In order:
Warren
Harris
Gillibrand
Beto
Mayor Pete
Getting hit by a car
Bernie
Getting hit by a train and not being Ubiq
Yang
Gravel
Being in the blast radius of a nuclear bomb
Riding a nuclear ICBM side saddle into the moon
Gabbard
In order:
Warren
Harris
Gillibrand
Beto
Mayor Pete
Getting hit by a car
Bernie
Getting hit by a train and not being Ubiq
Yang
Gravel
Being in the blast radius of a nuclear bomb
Riding a nuclear ICBM side saddle into the moon
Gabbard
Well, I'm not committed to anything until 2020, but:
Warren
Bernie
Harris
Pete
Yang
Islee if he doesn't drop out, I which he probably will. I just figured I'd mention the guy.
I'm for Yang in the primaries, but I'll vote for whoever the candidate is. Hard to imagine a worse one than Trump.
Right now I have no preference because there's no one issue that's driving me towards one candidate over another and anyone besides Tulsi Gabbard will be a step up from Trump. Even Biden, for all he's got his faults, would still be a step up from Trump.
The only thing I truly want is a candidate who's competent and will take the job seriously, and most of our crop are that.
How high are the chances of Democrats seizing Congress and the presidency?
Rough estimate
50-50 for the senate
60-40 for the presidency ultimately all this depends on how stupid and gullible people continue to be.
A random thought today, but I think this is the best thing to say to any shithead Trump supporter who gets on your ass about not being patriotic:
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Thanks, Teddy.
Literally a monkey throwing poo would get my vote over Trump.
So it really truly honestly doesn't matter, but Warren seems like the best bet, but shes probably going to lose to a dude just cause.
I hate the thought of her losing to a guy just cause she's a woman, but part of me also doesn't want to give up another of our senators. How many senators is Massachusetts going to have to lose!?
60-40 for the presidency ultimately all this depends on how stupid and gullible people continue to be.
Also depending on how much Russia messes with our voting machines.
Rough estimate
50-50 for the senate
60-40 for the presidency ultimately all this depends on how stupid and gullible people continue to be.
Oh, okay, hopefully, things will turn out well then. I can't vote in the primary because my state is stupid, and I have to be part of a party, so hopefully it be a good candidate.
I really like that quote, also he was a Republican xD
Sadly what Republican meant back in Roosevelt's time was in some ways very different than what the Alt-Right has made it today. Conservative? Yes. Elite? Yes. This fucking stupid and manipulated? They'd be aghast.
Seriously, if Roosevelt was here he'd break every one of Trump's limbs.
Seriously, if Roosevelt was here he'd break every one of Trump's limbs.
Well he'd have to have two good set of legs to chase him down first.
Are you making an FDR joke?
@Stranger:
I really like that quote, also he was a Republican xD
If you're looking at any president from 100 years ago or more, switch their parties around, the good and the bad. (Not accounting for the Whig party) And any president before Nixon you can mostly flip. Both parties try to claim the greats from throughout their history as their own, but its a little disingenuous for the current republican party to be "The party of Lincoln".
The parties switched almost all their stances for a variety of reasons over the years. In the 30's they switched who was for big government and who was for small, at least partly because of the great depression, New Deal, and WW2 all being major world shaping events. Then in 64 Johnson signing the Civil Rights act, which flipped them the rest of the way and turned the south Red because, you know, racism and a history of being slave owners that the south is oh so proud of for some insane reason.
Its going through another evolution where Republicans are going full tilt on the racism and hating of women, where now its text instead of just subtext, so we'll see where that takes things. It won them Trump but its hard to imagine the party not suffering for that for a while.
Well he'd have to have two good set of legs to chase him down first.
I meant Teddy Roosevelt, not FDR, or did you know that and I'm just missing the joke?
Not that FDR wouldn't love to break all of Trump's limbs too, but stuck to the wheelchair I'm sure he could think of something just as satisfying. Or tell Truman to do it.
I meant Teddy Roosevelt, not FDR, or did you know that and I'm just missing the joke?
No I honestly didn't and given Teddy's luck I don't know if I risk him racking up another debilitating injury or health related problem. Trying to throw down with the guy who thinks McDonald's and Diet Coke is good eating.
Not that FDR wouldn't love to break all of Trump's limbs too, but stuck to the wheelchair I'm sure he could think of something just as satisfying. Or tell Truman to do it.
Hey get Eisenhower too….eventhough he gave a bone to evangelicals at the time with that "under god" and "in god we trust" nonsense.
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/10/day-872/
Day 872: Possibly catastrophic
1/ The Justice Department agreed to provide Congress with "key evidence" collected by Robert Mueller related to obstruction of justice and abuse of power by Trump. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said "Mueller's most important files" will be available to all committee members, allowing "us to perform our constitutional duties and decide how to respond to the allegations laid out against the President by the Special Counsel." The House Judiciary Committee, however, moved no closer to securing testimony from Mueller or other figures, such as former White House counsel Donald McGahn, who has declined to testify, citing Trump administration lawyers. (New York Times / CNN / Washington Post)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/10/politics/jerry-nadler-mueller-report-william-barr/
2/ Jerry Nadler agreed to delay a vote to hold Barr and McGahn in contempt of Congress after reaching the deal with the Department of Justice for evidence from the Mueller report. The House will still proceed with a vote to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to take Barr to federal court to fully enforce its subpoena, but will not formally vote to hold Barr in contempt. "If the Department proceeds in good faith and we are able to obtain everything that we need, then there will be no need to take further steps," Nadler said. "If important information is held back, then we will have no choice but to enforce our subpoena in court and consider other remedies." (ABC News / NBC News / NPR)
3/ Trump backed off his threat to impose tariffs on all Mexican goods, tweeting that the U.S. reached an agreement with Mexico to reduce the number of migrants at the southern border. According to a joint statement, Mexico agreed to "take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration," including the deployment of thousands of national guard troops to its border with Guatemala to stop migrants from reaching the U.S. Mexico also agreed to an expansion of a Trump administration program to host more migrants seeking asylum while their court proceedings are in progress in the U.S. (New York Times / Washington Post)
READ: The United States-Mexico Joint Declaration released by the State Department. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/us/state-department-mexico-trump.html
4/ Mexico had already agreed to deploy its National Guard several months ago. The Mexican government agreed to the "deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border" during secret talks with Kirstjen Nielsen back in March. And, the agreement to host asylum seekers in Mexico while their cases proceed in the U.S. was reached in December. Trump, however, tweeted on Saturday that he was "very excited about the new deal with Mexico." (New York Times / Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico-idUSKCN1TA0GM
5/ Trump claimed there are "some things….. …..not mentioned" in the deal with Mexico, promising they'll be revealed "in the not too distant future." Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard, however, contradicted Trump's claim that a "fully signed and documented" agreement would be revealed soon, saying there were no undisclosed parts of the U.S.-Mexico deal. Trump also claimed that Mexico agreed to "immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural product from our great patriot farmers." There is no evidence, however, that an agreement on agricultural trade was agreed to and three Mexican officials have denied that it exists. (Politico / Associated Press / ABC News / New York Times / CNN / Bloomberg / Business Insider)
https://www.apnews.com/7bedd8e672dd4f6ca3ffe2b3fd78fe0f
6/ The White House blocked a State Department intelligence agency from submitting written testimony that human-caused climate change is "possibly catastrophic" to national security. The written testimony by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research for a House Intelligence Committee hearing outlined that "absent extensive mitigating factors or events, we see few plausible future scenarios where significant — possibly catastrophic — harm does not arise from the compounded effects of climate change." Officials from the White House's Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, and National Security Council all objected to parts of the testimony because it did not align with the Trump administration's official stance. The analyst, Rod Schoonover, was ultimately allowed to speak before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but the White House refused to approve Schoonover's written testimony for entry into the permanent Congressional Record. (Washington Post / New York Times)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that people deal with climate change by "mov[ing] to different places." Pomeo claimed that the climate "always changes," and so "societies reorganize" and "we will figure out responses to this that address these issues in important and fundamental ways." (Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pompeo-climate-change-move-different-places
Notables
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao set up a special liaison to deal with grant applications from her husband Mitch McConnell's state of Kentucky. The deal allowed at least $78 million for preferred projects to go through while McConnell campaigned for reelection. Chao personally asked Todd Inman to serve as intermediary and help advise McConnell and local officials on specific grants that McConnell designated. One grant for a highway improvement project in a McConnell political stronghold had already been rejected on two separate occasions. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068
A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner received $90 million in foreign funding since 2017. Kushner failed to list the company, Cadre, on his first ethics disclosure, but later adding the company and calling it an inadvertent omission. (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/10/jared-kushner-real-estate-cadre-goldman-sachs
A bipartisan group of Senators is attempting to block Trump's sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. Senators are using a provision in the Foreign Assistance Act to request a report from the Trump administration on Saudi Arabia's human rights record, which could trigger a vote to halt the billions of dollars in arms sales that Mike Pompeo is pushing for despite opposition from Congress. (Politico / NBC News / The Hill)
The Trump administration rejected requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during Pride Month. An advisory cable last year directed diplomats to obtain top-level approval from the State Department's Office of Management to fly a rainbow flag. Requests by U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles have been denied. (NBC News / Washington Post)
The symbolic oak tree Emmanuel Macron gave to Trump last year has died. Macron tweeted at the time that the sapling would be "a reminder … of these ties that bind us" and the "tenacity of the friendship" of the two nations. (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/10/tree-planted-to-mark-trump-macron-friendship-dies
Trump has made at least 10,796 false or misleading claims since taking office. Trump has averaged about 12 false claims a day. (Washington Post)
Biden's very consistent pitch is that Republicans are actually great (which makes sense since he loves voting like one).
Gee it's almost like the republican obstructionism under Obama was a figment of people's imaginations.
You can't ignore the Republican Party as much as one would like to. Not being able to work with each other and find an acceptable outcome is one of the major problems of our government right now.
Not that I'm backing Biden here, he's not the guy I want to see.
…
Oh no, you misunderstood me. I said he was Republican to the idea how if the members that support Trump would read this quote they be like OwO
I know there was a change in shift between the parties xD
Sorry about the confusion owo
You can't ignore the Republican Party as much as one would like to. Not being able to work with each other and find an acceptable outcome is one of the major problems of our government right now.
Not that I'm backing Biden here, he's not the guy I want to see.
You're both sidesing this. Obama did nothing but reach out to the GOP and they called him an illegitimate Kenyan socialist Muslim, stole his Supreme Court pick and elected a demented baby who undid all of Obama's accomplishments (Uncle Joe should know this since he was right there. But he's also really old so he might've forgotten).
Electing a bipartisan clown rather than someone who sees the GOP as the existential threat that it is could have serious consequences: https://www.thenation.com/article/bipartisanship-trump-authoritarian/
You're both sidesing this. Obama did nothing but reach out to the GOP and they called him an illegitimate Kenyan socialist Muslim, stole his Supreme Court pick and elected a demented baby who undid all of Obama's accomplishments (Uncle Joe should know this since he was right there. But he's also really old so he might've forgotten).
Electing a bipartisan clown rather than someone who sees the GOP as the existential threat that it is could have serious consequences: https://www.thenation.com/article/bipartisanship-trump-authoritarian/
I'm forced to agree, here. Much as I personally loathe the "THEIR SIDE BAD!!!!!" brand of politics we have today, the Republican party as it currently exists is objectively the less competent and trustworthy of the two parties whose policies deserve to be opposed at every turn.
In other news: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/11/day-873/ Day 873: Not off the table
1/ The White House will review and decide what evidence from Robert Mueller's report the House Judiciary Committee gets to see. The Trump administration will work with the Justice Department and is expected to assert executive privilege to limit the documents the committee has access to. (Daily Beast)
2/ The House authorized committee chairs to sue the Trump administration in federal court to enforce a series of subpoenas. The House Judiciary Committee can now begin legal proceedings to enforce the panel's subpoenas for Mueller's evidence and force former White House Counsel Donald McGahn to cooperate with the panels' probe into whether Trump obstructed justice. The move also empowers other committee chairmen to seek enforcement of their own subpoenas for testimony and documents, such as Trump's tax returns. The measure, however, stopped short of a criminal contempt citation for Attorney General William Barr and McGahn. (Politico / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg)
3/ Trump Jr. will be interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee behind closed doors on Wednesday. The Republican-led committee subpoenaed Trump Jr last month, angering Trump and his allies. Trump Jr. will testify for two-to-four hours on a half dozen topics, including the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting and the Trump Tower Moscow project. (CNN)
that "If [Trump Jr.] fails to comply with a lawful subpoena, he has no privilege, prison is the only answer." Trump Jr. is expected to assert his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination in order to resist testifying about his contacts with Russia. (Washington Post / Politico/ CNN / The Hill / Reuters)4/ **Speaker Nancy Pelosi said impeachment is "not off the table,"**but that the Democratic caucus is "not even close" to moving forward with impeaching Trump. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, meanwhile, has twice urged Pelosi in private to open a formal impeachment inquiry. (CNN / Axios / Politico)
poll/ 70% of American voters say the economy is "excellent" or "good," but only 41% of voters say Trump deserves credit for it. Another 27% said Trump does not deserve credit and 28% say the economy is "not so good" or "poor." (Quinnipiac)
Notables.
- Trump distinguished between himself and Richard Nixon about the possibility of impeachment. "He left. I don't leave," Trump said. "A big difference." (Politico)
See any normal….
no.
Any rational.
No.
Any competent.
No.
Any AMERICAN when comparing themselves to the poster image of a corrupt politician who was caught obviously lying and conniving, committing outright criminal acts, would instead draw the comparison at:
"They broke the law and i didn't"
not
"They resigned when faced with the great reality they will be impeached and charged with multiple criminal acts, unlike I who will NOT resign in the face of similar charges"
He left, I don't leave.
Yeah just like you didn't leave the Iran Nuclear deal for still vague and poorly defined reasons.
Someone should've called him out for that but alas.
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/12/day-874/
Day 874: Not at all worried
1/ Trump asserted executive privilege over subpoenaed documents about the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The move, on the advice of the Justice Department, was meant to undercut a vote later in the day by the House Oversight Committee to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for refusing to turn over the materials. Hours later the committee voted 24-15 to advance the contempt measures against Barr and Ross. The full House will need to hold a floor vote in order to to file a lawsuit to enforce the committee's subpoenas. (Washington Post / NBC News / Politico / New York Times / Axios / Associated Press / Wall Street Journal)
https://apnews.com/292e6a9a05f345ae83bff304efebf76b
2/ Trump Jr. said he's "not at all worried" about perjury charges over suspicions he previously lied to Congress. "There was nothing to change," Trump Jr. said following his closed-door meeting with the Senate Intelligence Committee today. In February, Michael Cohen testified that he briefed Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump about negotiations regarding the Trump Tower Moscow project. Cohen also told Congress that he believed he heard Trump Jr. talking with his father about the Trump Tower meeting between him, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, and a Russian lawyer promising damaging information on Hillary Clinton. (CNN / Washington Post / Politico / Talking Points Memo)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/politics/donald-trump-jr-testifying/
Michael Flynn's new attorney is one of the earliest and fiercest critics of the Justice Department and the FBI's investigation into a potential conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia. Sidney Powell, a former Justice Department attorney, claimed that Flynn was spied on as part of a "set-up" by the FBI and that his case should be "dismissed." Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation. (The Hill / Politico / CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/politics/michael-flynn-lawyer-sidney-powell/
The House Intelligence Committee chairman threatened to subpoena FBI Director Christopher Wray for information related to the counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Adam Schiff said he has been unable to get information on the status or findings of the counterintelligence probe. (The Hill / Associated Press / Politico / CNN)
https://www.apnews.com/be67be02cbb44bd7a42d1429fdae8824
3/ Hope Hicks agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next Wednesday. Hicks will be the first former Trump aide to go before the committee investigating whether Trump tried to obstruct a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Her testimony will be behind closed doors but a transcript will be released to the public. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal)
4/ Kamala Harris – if elected – said her Justice Department "would have no choice" but to prosecute Trump after his term in office. "There has to be accountability," Harris added. "Everyone should be held accountable, and the president is not above the law." (NPR / Axios)
poll/ 69% of voters said a sitting president should be subject to criminal charges, while 24% said a president should be charged with crimes after they leave office. 52% of Republicans, 83% of Democrats, and 68% of independent voters all support charging a sitting president. 55% of voters say Robert Mueller's report did not clear Trump of wrongdoing. (Quinnipiac)
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2628
Notables
Trump publicly came out against the use of CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it would not happen on his watch. Trump's comments came a day after reports that Kim's half-brother, who was killed at the Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017, was a CIA source. "I saw the information about the CIA, with respect to his brother, or half-brother," Trump told reporters. "And I would tell [Kim Jong Un] that would not happen under my auspices, that's for sure. I wouldn't let that happen under my auspices." (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-idUSKCN1TC256
Trump held up a document and claimed it was a "secret" deal with Mexico to avoid further tariffs. Mexican officials had already revealed most of it. Photographs of the document show language about "a regional approach to burden-sharing in relation to the processing of refugee status claims to migrants." The document also refers to a window of "45 days," and says Mexico has committed to examining and changing its laws in order to implement the agreement. Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the Friday agreement with the U.S. gave Mexico 45 days to prove that it could diminish migration without agreeing to a "safe third country" deal, in which Central American migrants would be held in Mexico while their claims are processed. (Washington Post / Reuters / The Guardian)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico-border-idUSKCN1TC1IP
Trump – without evidence – claimed he is "winning in every single state that we polled." Trump, however, was recently briefed on a 17-state poll by his campaign that showed him trailing Biden in many of the states he needs to win in 2020. He then instructed aides to deny the results of the campaign's internal polling. "We have great internal polling," Trump added. (Washington Post)
Mitch McConnell dismissed reports that his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, helped steer federal funding to his home state of Kentucky. When asked about the allegations of special treatment, McConnell joked that he was disappointed that Chao wasn't able to steer enough funds his way. "You know, I was complaining to her just last night: 169 projects, and Kentucky got only five," McConnell said. "I hope we'll do a lot better next year." (Washington Post)
The U.S. budget deficit widened to $738.6 billion – a $206 billion increase from a year earlier. (Bloomberg)
At least 22 foreign governments have spent money at Trump Organization properties. According to news accounts and other public records, at least nine foreign governments were involved in hosting events at a Trump property, at least nine foreign governments rented or purchased property in buildings or communities owned by Trump businesses, representatives of at least five foreign governments have stayed at a Trump property, and at least eight foreign governments or their representatives attended parties or gatherings at Trump properties. (NBC News)
I'm forced to agree, here. Much as I personally loathe the "THEIR SIDE BAD!!!!!" brand of politics we have today, the Republican party as it currently exists is objectively the less competent and trustworthy of the two parties whose policies deserve to be opposed at every turn.
This is sadly true, I suppose. I just try to think of the conservatives I do know who are actually really nice people.
The DNC has announced the list of candidates qualifying for the first debates.
Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado
Former Vice President Joe Biden*
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey*
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg*
Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro*
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii*
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York*
Sen. Kamala Harris of California*
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado
Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington*
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota*
Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas*
Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont*
Rep. Eric Swalwell of California
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts*
Author Marianne Williamson*
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang*
They've increased the donor and poll threshold from here on out so this might be a one-and-done for several of these. The asterisk means that they met both standards for inclusion.
Those not meeting the requirements include: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, Mayor Wayne Messam (Miramar, Florida); and Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts. Plus the teenagers that are doing the Weekend At Bernie's thing with Mike Gravel.
The DNC has announced the list of candidates qualifying for the first debates.
The DNC has helpfully provided a song to help remember how many candidates are running.
Howard Schultz is, of course, a late seasons Digimon.
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/13/day-875/
Day 875: The green light
1/ Trump admitted that he'd "want to hear" from foreign governments with damaging information about his political opponents. Trump claimed "there isn't anything wrong with listening" to a foreign government if they contacted him and said "we have information on your opponent." Trump also rejected the notion that accepting damaging information from a foreign government would constitute election interference, saying "It's not an interference, they have information – I think I'd take it." FBI Director Christopher Wray during congressional testimony last month told lawmakers that "the FBI would want to know about" any foreign election meddling. Trump, however, said he might alert the FBI "if I thought there was something wrong," but then said "The FBI director is wrong, because frankly it doesn't happen like that in life." (ABC News / Associated Press / NBC News / New York Times / Bloomberg)
https://apnews.com/4f12f64313cf4fdcb7cb55d7f24a3e9e
Putin: Relations between Moscow and Washington "are going downhill, they are getting worse and worse." (Reuters)
2/ Nancy Pelosi: "Everybody in the country should be totally appalled" by Trump's comments and that he "gave us evidence once again he does not know right from wrong." Pelosi added that Trump is giving Russia "the green light" to again interfere in the presidential election. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, meanwhile, called Trump's remarks "disgraceful" and "shocking," saying that "it's as if the president had learned absolutely nothing in the past two years" from Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Washington Post / Associated Press / ABC News / CNBC / CNN / Wall Street Journal)
https://www.apnews.com/4f12f64313cf4fdcb7cb55d7f24a3e9e
More than a dozen 2020 Democratic presidential candidates rebuked Trump after he admitted he would consider taking information on his political opponents from a foreign government. Many renewed calls for impeachment while also voicing new concerns about the security of American elections. (Washington Post)
3/ Trump tried to defend and recast his comments about accepting information about his rivals from foreign governments, tweeting that he talks to foreign leaders every day and asking: "Should I immediately call the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous!" Trump then argued that his comments were taken out of context, claiming that his "full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media" and that "They purposely leave out the part that matters." He did not offer evidence to support the claim. (Politico / HuffPost)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/trump-tweet-interference-1363403
4/ The Justice Department plans to interview senior CIA officials about the origins of its Russia investigation and their conclusion that Putin ordered an influence campaign that "aspired to help" Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton. Attorney General William Barr previously said he wanted to review why the FBI opened the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in order to determine whether law enforcement officials abused their power. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/us/politics/russia-investigation-cia.html
5/ Sarah Huckabee Sanders resigned and will leave the White House at the end of the month. Sanders has not held a press briefing for a record 94 days. (Politico / NBC News / CNN / The Guardian / New York Times / Washington Post / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/sarah-sanders-to-leave-white-house-1364563
6/ A federal watchdog agency recommended that Kellyanne Conway "immediately" be "removed from service," citing repeated violations of the Hatch Act, which bans federal employees from political activity. The Office of Special Counsel – unrelated to Mueller's office – said Conway has been a "repeat offender" by "disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media." The decision to remove Conway is up to Trump. (Washington Post / Politico / ABC News / New York Times / Axios / Reuters / Associated Press / The Hill / The Guardian)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-conway-idUSKCN1TE2FI
7/ The House Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas to Michael Flynn and Rick Gates. The committee is demanding that Flynn and Gates provide documents by June 26 and testify before the committee on July 10. Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the committee issued the subpoenas after both "refused to fully cooperate with Congress." Flynn and Gates both pleaded guilty and cooperated in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. (New York Times / CNN / Politico / Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-subpoenas-idUSKCN1TE1UV
Trump approves of Flynn's new lawyer, saying his former national security adviser "has not retained a good lawyer, he has retained a GREAT LAWYER." Sidney Powell previously accused the FBI of spying on Flynn as part of a "setup," arguing that Flynn should withdraw his guilty plea and that his case should be dismissed. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/trump-michael-flynn-lawyer-1363094
Notables
Trump Jr. indicated that he plans to campaign against Justin Amash, the only Republican congressman who has called for Trump's impeachment. (CNBC / Washington Post)
Two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were attacked as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was meeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. The attack comes a month after four tankers were damaged in the same area. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, said intelligence showed that Iran was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers. While Pompeo didn't present any evidence, he called the sabotage against the tankers the latest in a series of "unprovoked attacks [that] present a clear threat to international peace and security." (Associated Press / Washington Post / New York Times / Bloomberg)
https://apnews.com/d67714ab8ac344a3b3af19cca1c20192
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney used his position to push for the nomination of a federal judge over the objection of White House lawyers. Mulvaney repeatedly pushed Don McGahn to nominate Halil Suleyman Ozerden to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mulvaney was a groomsman at Ozerden's wedding in 2003. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/mulvaney-halil-suleyman-fifth-circuit-1362794
Trump still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in security fees to at least ten U.S. cities. The Trump campaign has failed to reimburse the cities for public-safety costs associated with his presidential and campaign rallies. The total bill currently sits at $841,219 and includes invoices that date back to before Trump was elected in 2016. (Center for Public Integrity / The Hill / NBC News)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/448323-10-cities-say-trump-owes-them-money-from-rally-security
Trump revealed images of Air Force One's proposed redesign, which features a color scheme similar to his own private jet. The two new planes will cost $3.9 billion, but won't be ready for takeoff until 2024. (ABC News / Washington Post)
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/17/day-789/
Day 879: True cowards
1/ The Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants may be prosecuted for the same offenses in both federal and state court without running afoul to the Constitution's double jeopardy clause. The ruling could impact Trump's pardon power – which only extends only to federal crimes – by leaving people he pardons subject to state prosecutions. Paul Manafort, for example, is facing charges in New York similar to the federal charges for which he has been tried. A presidential pardon could free Manafort from federal prison, but it would not protect him from being prosecuted in New York. (New York Times / NBC News / CNN / USA Today)
2/ U.S. Cyber Command hacked and deployed malware inside Russia's power grid that could be used for surveillance or attack – without Trump's knowledge. Pentagon and intelligence officials reportedly did not brief Trump due to concerns that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials. The actions were taken under a new set of legal authorities granted to U.S. Cyber Command by Congress last year, which allows the routine use of "clandestine military activity" in cyberspace without requiring presidential approval in order to "deter, safeguard or defend against attacks or malicious cyberactivities against the United States." Officials at the National Security Council declined to comment about how deep into the Russian grid the U.S. had accessed, but said they had no national security concerns about the details of reporting about the targeting of the Russian grid. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/trump-cyber-russia-grid.html
[emoji419] Day 571: Trump signed defense legislation named after John McCain but didn't mention the Senator's name during the ceremony. Trump praised the U.S. military and took credit for the $716 billion defense bill, which represents a $16 billion increase in authorized funding for the Pentagon over the current year. The bill is formally named the "John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2019." (Bloomberg / Washington Post)
3/ Trump accused The New York Times of committing a "virtual act of treason" for reporting that the U.S. had increased its cyberattacks on Russia, which were meant to deter future cyber activity by Moscow. In a separate tweet, Trump claimed that the story was "NOT TRUE!" and characterized the journalists as "true cowards." The New York Times' responded to Trump's tweet, calling the accusation "dangerous" and noting that the paper reached out to the administration for comment on the story, but Trump's own officials said they had "no concerns" about the story. (Associated Press / NBC News / The Hill)
https://www.apnews.com/ed30a98cafa94ecab4e540ffbd16a385
The Kremlin warned of a possible cyberwar with the U.S. for hacking into Russia's electric power grid. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/world/europe/russia-us-cyberwar-grid.html
4/ Trump's re-election campaign fired several pollsters after leaked internal polling showed he trailed Joe Biden in 11 battleground states. Trump denied the existence of any negative polling last week, calling them "fake polls" and claiming "we are winning in every single state that we've polled." The campaign fired Brett Lloyd, Mike Baselice and Adam Geller. Lloyd is the head of the Polling Company, a firm started by Kellyanne Conway in 1995. (CNN / Politico / New York Times / NBC News / Bloomberg / ABC News)
poll/ 27% of Americans say there's enough evidence to begin impeachment hearings now — up 10 points from last month. 24% think Congress should continue investigating to see if there's enough evidence to hold impeachment hearings in the future, while 48% believe that Congress should not hold impeachment hearings and that Trump should finish out his term as president. (NBC News / Wall Street Journal)
poll/ 50% of Americans believe the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia — up six points over the last three months — compared to 44% who do not believe there was coordination. (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-voters-doubt-impeachment-will-happen
poll/ 50% of Americans say enforcement of immigration laws has "gone too far." 24% say actions haven't gone far enough. (Bloomberg)
Notables
Trump suggested his supporters might "demand that I stay longer" than two terms as president. "At the end of 6 years," Trump tweeted, "after America has been made GREAT again and I leave the beautiful White House (do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA GREAT), both of these horrible papers will quickly go out of business & be forever gone!" The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the presidency to two terms. In April, Trump told a crowd that he might remain in office "at least for 10 or 14 years." And, last year Trump joked about doing away with term limits entirely, praising Xi Jinping for doing so in China. (Washington Post / The Independent)
The Supreme Court ruled that the legislative districts in Virginia that it previously said were racially gerrymandered have to remain in their redrawn form. The Republican-led Virginia House of Delegates attempted to challenge a lower court opinion that struck several district maps as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The justices found that House Republicans did not have legal standing to challenge the decision. (NPR / Washington Post / CNN / The Hill)
Congressional leaders from both parties will meet this week in an attempt to reach a deal to avoid tens of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts this fall. Neither side says they are close to reaching an agreement at the moment, and Republicans have acknowledged that they're even having trouble finding a common position with the White House. At stake is $125 billion in automatic, mandatory spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic spending unless a deal is reached to increase those limits. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/16/white-house-congress-leaders-spending-deal-1365905
The State Department will cut off all foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador until the countries take "concrete actions to reduce the number of illegal migrants coming to the U.S. border." (Axios)
Trump directed all agencies to cut their advisory boards by "at least" one third. Agencies have until Sept. 30 to "evaluate the need" for each of their current advisory committees and reduce them by one-third. (The Hill)
Notables
Trump suggested his supporters might "demand that I stay longer" than two terms as president. "At the end of 6 years," Trump tweeted, "after America has been made GREAT again and I leave the beautiful White House (do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA GREAT), both of these horrible papers will quickly go out of business & be forever gone!" The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the presidency to two terms. In April, Trump told a crowd that he might remain in office "at least for 10 or 14 years." And, last year Trump joked about doing away with term limits entirely, praising Xi Jinping for doing so in China. (Washington Post / The Independent)
This guy is such an idiot. We all know that, but it's like every day it's hammered into our heads even harder.
Just keep the burgers flowing.
God, he's such an arrogant asshole.
I thought Trump hated China.
I thought Trump hated China.
He likes it's dictatorship and wishes he had one just like it.
He only doesn't want China to outdo his own country because he hates to lose.
He likes their money.
Trump is so fucking New York. All he does is talk shit day in and day out… but he's the president. It's absurd.
Trump is so fucking New York. All he does is talk shit day in and day out… but he's the president. It's absurd.
I'm not sure that's a fair comparison, and not just because comparing Trump to anything is an automatic insult to whatever he's being compared to. It seems unfair given the New York Attorney General is one of the primary people investigating Trump right now, so his own state is one of the biggest thorns in his side… Probably precisely because they know the man.
I'm not sure that's a fair comparison, and not just because comparing Trump to anything is an automatic insult to whatever he's being compared to. It seems unfair given the New York Attorney General is one of the primary people investigating Trump right now, so his own state is one of the biggest thorns in his side… Probably precisely because they know the man.
Fair enough, and I think you're right.
I appreciate the defense of New York. Anyone with sense in the East Coast knows the guy is an idiot and a fink, and have long since rejected him as one of their own.
Trump is so fucking New York. All he does is talk shit day in and day out… but he's the president. It's absurd.
Not all of us a shit talking, shit stirrers that let everyone live in their head rent free while trying to collect on rent.
I appreciate the defense of New York. Anyone with sense in the East Coast knows the guy is an idiot and a fink, and have long since rejected him as one of their own.
Florid can have him.
Florid can have him.
You reminded me Trump is having a rally in Orlando, isn't he? I look forward to the horrible excerpts from the news tomorrow.
And yes, Florida is pretty much Trump's hometown now, considering Mar-lag and the collection of old people who are angry at everything, I fully expect him to adopt it.
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[h=1]](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/06/18/day-880/)Day 880: Let's see[/h]
1/ Trump threatened to arrest and deport "millions of illegal aliens" next week. The action is not for people who have been in the country long term, but focused on recent arrivals who skipped court dates. There are an estimated 12 million immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Of those, a senior administration official estimated that over "1 million" undocumented immigrants "have been issued final deportation orders by federal judges yet remain at large in the country." A senior administration official said the department is still in the planning phase. (Washington Post / Politico / ABC News / CNN / NPR / Reuters)
that the U.S. reached an agreement with Mexico to reduce the number of migrants at the southern border. According to a joint statement, Mexico agreed to "take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration," including the deployment of thousands of national guard troops to its border with Guatemala to stop migrants from reaching the U.S. Mexico also agreed to an expansion of a Trump administration program to host more migrants seeking asylum while their court proceedings are in progress in the U.S. (New York Times / Washington Post)2/ Trump's nominee for defense secretary "decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family." An FBI background check revealed that Patrick Shanahan's ex-wife had accused him of punching her in the stomach after she was arrested and charged for punching him in the face, and in a separate incident, his son hit his mother with a baseball bat. Shanahan's nomination process had been delayed by an unusually lengthy FBI background check. Trump named Mark Esper, the secretary of the Army, to take over as acting secretary of defense. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNBC / USA Today / Reuters)
3/ Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations was frequently missing from her post while the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. FAA records show that a private jet registered to Kelly Craft's husband and used by the ambassador made 128 flights between the U.S. and Canada during a 15-month span of her tenure in Ottawa – the equivalent of a round trip once a week. (Politico)
4/ Attorney General William Barr's top deputy intervened in Paul Manafort's prison designation. The former Trump campaign manager was expected to be transferred to Rikers Island this month to await trial on a separate state case. Instead, Jeffrey Rosen informed prosecutors that Manafort will await trial at a federal lockup in Manhattan or at the Pennsylvania federal prison where he is serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence. (New York Times / NBC News)
5/ The White House explored demoting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in February, shortly after Trump talked about firing him. When asked if Trump still wants to demote Powell, he told reporters: "Let's see what he does." The comment comes a day before the Fed was set to announce its next decision on interest rates. (Bloomberg / CNBC)
6/ Trump accused Fox News anchor Bret Baier of pushing "fake news." Baier cited Fox's own polling results that showed Joe Biden leading the 2020 presidential field in several battleground states. (Daily Beast)
7/ The EPA will allow states to use a pesticide that is harmful to bees. The use of Sulfoxaflor was temporarily banned in 2015. (The Hill)
I appreciate the defense of New York. Anyone with sense in the East Coast knows the guy is an idiot and a fink, and have long since rejected him as one of their own.
I can easily say that 95% of New England hates his guts. Even New Hampshire (the one red state in a field of blue) hates him, and some only voted for him so that they didn't have to vote for Dems.
7/ The EPA will allow states to use a pesticide that is harmful to bees. The use of Sulfoxaflor was temporarily banned in 2015. (The Hill)
FUCKING GODDAMN IDIOTS!!!!!
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And God bless you, Jon, for shitting on Mitch McConnell for being Mitch McConnell.
@Cyan:
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Getting hit by a train and not being Ubiq
This seems oddly specific. Did Ubiq get hit by a train or is this an inside joke or?
@Medical:
This seems oddly specific. Did Ubiq get hit by a train or is this an inside joke or?
I hope it means that Ubiq is Bruce Willis.
@Medical:
Did Ubiq get hit by a train or is this an inside joke or?
Yes.
I hope it means that Ubiq is Bruce Willis.
Why would you wish that on anyone? Especially after the remake of Death Wish.