momadance wrote:

PSUsarge wrote:Reddit context?

Banning everything that promotes hate speech. About 200 subs.

Thank you - and that is great to hear.

Gonna miss Tupay if the trend reaches BSG

So the White House was briefing House Republicans, while the press conference was taking place, though the White House has not been briefed. Got it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1277657523248488449

This is apparently from yesterday, but eye opening nonetheless:

Fox's Gasparino: GOP operatives raising possibility Trump 'could drop out of race' if polls don't rebound

thephan wrote:This is apparently from yesterday, but eye opening nonetheless:

Fox's Gasparino: GOP operatives raising possibility Trump 'could drop out of race' if polls don't rebound

Lately I've been thinking about the end of the movie Network with respect to one of the possible fates of President Trump. If things don't rebound for him, how desperate will the GOP become?

that scenario seems implausible

I mean that would be Trump's MO, right? He has spent his entire life cutting bait and running whenever things got too tough for him. He was miles out of his depth on day one of his presidency.

Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

you can fit any narrative you want to any situation

Can't see it happening. No authoritarian (or would-be authoritarian) gives up power voluntarily. Hope I'm wrong, but I just can't see him giving up the Presidency and all its trappings without a fight.

Grotewold wrote:Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

If he is going to lose won't he lose that cover anyway?

I could see him faking an illness or something and then he can say he was undefeated in every election he participated in. Things would have to get really bad in the polls.

That really is 11th dimension chess with that late night run into Walter Reed, saying you should have known.

heyeaglefn wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

If he is going to lose won't he lose that cover anyway?

Yeah, but that's far from a definite

heyeaglefn wrote:I could see him faking an illness or something and then he can say he was undefeated in every election he participated in. Things would have to get really bad in the polls.

There's no need to fake it, high chance he just drops dead.

Grotewold wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

If he is going to lose won't he lose that cover anyway?

Yeah, but that's far from a definite

Yeah I don't think he'd do it today, but if it is October and things are really bad and he hasn't closed the gap I can see him coming up with something.

Grotewold wrote:Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

Steps down, pardoned by Pence. Doesn't solve his problems in NYC though.

These fucking people lol...

@RepJimBanks
I just left the White House where I was briefed by CoS @MarkMeadows and top intelligence officials. They discussed @nytimes' hit piece falsely accusing @realDonaldTrump of ignoring reports that Russia placed bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan.

The real scandal: We’ll likely never know the truth… Because the @nytimes used unconfirmed intel in an ONGOING investigation into targeted killing of American soldiers in order to smear the President. The blood is on their hands.

Having served in Afghanistan during the time the alleged bounties were placed, no one is angrier about this than me.

Now it’s impossible to finish the investigation. All b/c the @nytimes will do anything to damage @realdonaldtrump, even if it means compromising nat'l security.

Sad, but many in the media & Congress rushed to judgement before learning the whole story. We should treat anonymously sourced @nytimes stories about Russia w/ skepticism.

Here's a fact: No President in my lifetime has been tougher on Russia than @realDonaldTrump.

Grotewold wrote:Too reliant on the legal cover of the office

Absolutely correct, though here is some sweet fan fiction

momadance wrote:These #$!&@ people lol...

@RepJimBanks
I just left the White House where I was briefed by CoS @MarkMeadows and top intelligence officials. They discussed @nytimes' hit piece falsely accusing @realDonaldTrump of ignoring reports that Russia placed bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan.

The real scandal: We’ll likely never know the truth… Because the @nytimes used unconfirmed intel in an ONGOING investigation into targeted killing of American soldiers in order to smear the President. The blood is on their hands.

Having served in Afghanistan during the time the alleged bounties were placed, no one is angrier about this than me.

Now it’s impossible to finish the investigation. All b/c the @nytimes will do anything to damage @realdonaldtrump, even if it means compromising nat'l security.

Sad, but many in the media & Congress rushed to judgement before learning the whole story. We should treat anonymously sourced @nytimes stories about Russia w/ skepticism.

Here's a fact: No President in my lifetime has been tougher on Russia than @realDonaldTrump.

We have heard this unprovable "fact" a thousand times from Trump and his minions. I'm curious, what is it that they think he has done that makes him "tough on Russia"?