4 minutes ago, Vee said:

Ivanka's self-determination is built entirely around her father's love and attention. The stories about her commandeering the phones at her school as a child to make sure she got time with him are myriad.

 

I think that's a part of it, but if so I also don't put that on Ivana's dark schemes. That part seems a bit silly to me. The rest I can believe. 

Trump White House official tells reporters that Trump’s White House Chief of Staff is incompetent https://t.co/mgdOcUDxXN pic.twitter.com/VjsomdTjWY

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 31, 2017

"under-competence" and "a slight amount of insecurity." They may be insane but they know how to dish out insults that are going to sting for a long time. 

I always said I wanted to know what life was like during the Watergate era.  #bcarefulwhatuwish4

7 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

We need fresh elections immediately. Of course, that will never happen, but it is necessary to stabilize the country.

 

That's especially true now that we've had our first Monday Night Massacre.

 

Again, I say, Vee is right: this [!@#$%^&*] cannot go on.

I believe every bit about Preibus. I don't think any of these people have a clue how to manage the white house and all are like bulls in a china shop. Clinton if I recall replaced his CoS after a year due to problems and the lack of structure and organization. That's when Panetta became CoS.

 

6 hours ago, Wales2004 said:

If the plan really is to oust Trump, they're going to have their hands full trying to stick this out until they are able to get all their legislation through.

 

The thing is, Congressional Republicans might reach that point BEFORE they can accomplish everything on their agenda.  I, too, wonder whether they expected this amount of pushback from the public.  I could be wrong, of course, but provided the protests and efforts to resist continue at this level or intensify, Congressional Republicans will soon have to make that choice: either screw their agenda (and possibly, their final grasp at relevance) and save the damn country, or press ahead, even if it means the entire United States being broken apart permanently.  Silence and passivity will no longer be options.

6 hours ago, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

 

This better not be f-cking true. We are about a millisecond away from concentration camps reemerging. 

 

At this point, I think we have to prepare for the worst.

Dems thinking of not fighting the first SCOTUS pick too hard.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/index.html?sr=twCNN013117democrats-supreme-court-battle0211AMStoryLink&linkId=33950547

Edited January 31, 20178 yr by Juliajms

Our dear friends, the Russians, just voted for domestic violence to be decriminalized. Figured we'd remember things suck elsewhere, too. But, remember, beat your wives WITHOUT causing substantial bodily harm and ONLY once per year. Sorta like the purge, get it out of your system.

 

I wonder, will he see this and think, "Great idea!"?

 

17 minutes ago, Khan said:

At this point, I think we have to prepare for the worst.

 

This is why I made my most recent status update. It really wasn't a joke. Things can get to that point SO easily, as many, many countries have discovered.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I believe the stuff about the sons. I don't believe Ivana Trump is some puppetmaster sending her daughter out into the front. Ivanka always seems very self-determined to me, for better or worse. 

 

Yeah, the "pawn" phrasing may be taking it too far. But a mother manipulating her daughter in such a way sounds very plausible, though.

Edited January 31, 20178 yr by YRBB

5 minutes ago, YRBB said:

Our dear friends, the Russians, just voted for domestic violence to be decriminalized. Figured we'd remember things suck elsewhere, too. But, remember, beat your wives WITHOUT causing substantial bodily harm and ONLY once per year. Sorta like the purge, get it out of your system.

 

I wonder, will he see this and think, "Great idea!"?

 

I'd say state-level laws are more of a concern on this issue than Trump. Or something snuck into a larger bill that Congress passes. I'd seriously look to states like North Carolina to push this type of law. 

In case you hadn't had enough:

 

 

New Trump executive order on cyber security expected tomorrow, I'm told.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 30, 2017

Tomorrow cyber security exec order, if true says⬇

Sec 7d: SEC OF DEFENSE will oversee DEPT OF EDUCATION.

What in the hell is this?

— David Yankovich (@DavidYankovich) January 31, 2017

@andref1989 @DavidYankovich here's the relevant section. pic.twitter.com/1UUJLzChdP

— Peter Olson (@Dethtron5000) January 31, 2017

So basically a fancy way to say they'll be spying on students? Or is this an excuse for propaganda?

15 minutes ago, YRBB said:

Our dear friends, the Russians, just voted for domestic violence to be decriminalized. Figured we'd remember things suck elsewhere, too. But, remember, beat your wives WITHOUT causing substantial bodily harm and ONLY once per year. Sorta like the purge, get it out of your system.

 

I wonder, will he see this and think, "Great idea!"?

 

 

This is why I made my most recent status update. It really wasn't a joke. Things can get to that point SO easily, as many, many countries have discovered.

 

Yeah, the "pawn" phrasing may be taking it too far. But a mother manipulating her daughter in such a way sounds very plausible, though.

The Pawn? You mean John Black is really Ivana Trump?

It makes more sense than whatever he's supposed to be now.

200 State Department employees sign a letter opposing Trump's immigration ban.

So that's 200 more people out of work.

Edited January 31, 20178 yr by Khan