In some ways I wonder if the GOP is glad that the sideshow keeps on, distracting everyone, while these types of judicial nominees sail through:

 

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-judicial-nominee-claims-gay-judges-shouldnt-hear-lgbt-cases/

Trump's favorite network admits something he won't: 2017 saw the lowest number of jobs created since 2010. #JobsReport https://t.co/z1Y41EDESQ

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) January 5, 2018

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

In some ways I wonder if the GOP is glad that the sideshow keeps on, distracting everyone, while these types of judicial nominees sail through:

 

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-judicial-nominee-claims-gay-judges-shouldnt-hear-lgbt-cases/

When I think about how these nominations will affect us for generations, I'm just sickened.

Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway | AL.com

3 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway | AL.com

This is so f*cked up.  Thank goodness she has a Go Fund Me account and people are coming through for her.  I hope whoever did this goes to prison.

Semi-OT, but...

 

What all the hullabaloo over that damn Mike Wolff book reminds me of:

 

 

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Source with knowledge of Mueller investigation says 3 more individuals were indicted in late December. Indictments are under seal-they include 1 A list and 2 from the shadows.

— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) January 6, 2018

ok, Stephen Miller has just lost his ever loving mind on Jake Tapper. The man is nuts.

23 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

  I hope all of these people get what's coming in the new year.

“I get it. There’s one viewer that you care about right now and you’re being obsequious, you’re being a factotum in order to please him, okay?” Tapper finally interjected. “And I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time.”

https://t.co/t04W3kI2RB

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 7, 2018

Scoop from @lopezlinette: Stephen Miller refused requests to leave the set at CNN today and had to be escorted out. https://t.co/uLusqxd7W4

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 8, 2018

According to @jonathanvswan, start of official day for @realDonaldTrump is now usually "much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am" and he's holding far fewer meetings, according to copies of his private schedule shown to @axios. pic.twitter.com/aBX9q8JACQ

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 7, 2018

Trump is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days, often around 11am, and holding far fewer meetings, per Axios.

This is largely to meet Trump’s demands for more “Executive Time,” which apparently means TV and Twitter time. https://t.co/ypbWfzwiaC

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2018

That makes me nervous as it makes me wonder who is now making all these decisions for him in his absence (or is anyone making them? Are they all just standing around, checking their phones?)

Has Trump ever been the one fully making decisions? For almost a year, I've gotten the feeling that nobody is in charge.  Just a staff tiptoeing around an explosive 'personality' hoping he won't blow and  trying to cover his tracks when he has the inevitable tantrum or outburst.

I'm not sure what to think about all this talk of Oprah being our next president.  Part of me balks at another unqualified billionaire being elected due to a cult of personality. Another part of me thinks it would be a good thing to break the barrier of a black women becoming president. Anything is better than another four years of Trump.

53 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

I'm not sure what to think about all this talk of Oprah being our next president.  Part of me balks at another unqualified billionaire being elected due to a cult of personality. Another part of me thinks it would be a good thing to break the barrier of a black women becoming president. Anything is better than another four years of Trump.

 

I think she'd be a very good President - she's always seemed incredibly intelligent and has good survival skills - but I think her support would be overestimated, mostly because white female voters have shown they will vote for any Republican any time, and I doubt white men will have much support for her. Oprah running would also make it easy for the media to stay in their bubble, which is one of the reasons they were so helpful to Trump in 2015 and 2016.

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2 hours ago, Juliajms said:

I'm not sure what to think about all this talk of Oprah being our next president.  Part of me balks at another unqualified billionaire being elected due to a cult of personality. Another part of me thinks it would be a good thing to break the barrier of a black women becoming president. Anything is better than another four years of Trump.

I think that underestimates Oprah Winfrey. Sure it's cult of personality at this point, but she is entirely self made and successful. She lived in poverty, was abused as a teenager, and went on to likely be the most successful woman in media.  She's an entrepreneur, a CEO, a humanitarian, and an activist. I'm not confident she'd run and running for president would change a lot of things for her, does she want that. Putting all that aside I think she'd be great. She's relatable and based on her upbringing and her own experiences, empathy has been her strongest trait IMO. And she's also intelligent and as Carl said a survivor.