AllieTsundere Posted January 25, 2017 It all became surreal to me when President Trump began tweeting at 8pm in the WHITE HOUSE yesterday!! Like he was bored. Normally he tends to tweet at 5am or something, but those series of tweet at night really made be depressed. It's going to be a long 4 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted January 25, 2017 Because it's going to be eight years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Problem Machine Posted January 26, 2017 Well... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I hope not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted January 26, 2017 I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for 8 years because what typically happens is the President running for reelection gets reelected. Ugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeusthecat Posted January 26, 2017 This thread should be renamed "President Evil". That's all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBiasedMan Posted January 26, 2017 9 hours ago, sclpls said: I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for 8 years because what typically happens is the President running for reelection gets reelected. Ugh. Nothing about this election has been typical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoThatLimp Posted January 26, 2017 I think we are all hoping he is a less-than-one-term president, that's pretty atypical right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clyde Posted January 26, 2017 More on the privatization of the U.S. government (video).https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/24/jeremy_scahill_on_trump_team_a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted January 26, 2017 The republican party is basically sounding more and more like a terrorist organization to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted January 26, 2017 Chomsky agrees: http://www.ecowatch.com/noam-chomsky-trump-2093271018.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lechimp Posted January 26, 2017 20 hours ago, Problem Machine said: Well... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I hope not For what it's worth, he's already at a 35% approval rating and now is when it's supposed to be the highest. There will always be some sort of floor that the approval rating cannot drop below, because of evangelicals and other crazy people, but this isn't a good sign for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted January 26, 2017 Pfft, I listened to you lot when you said he wasn't going to get elected the first time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SL128 Posted January 26, 2017 Authoritarians have a tendency to gain support as their reigns continue. We shouldn't count on it dropping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lechimp Posted January 27, 2017 True but that seems kind of hard when they're so hated that they inspire the world's biggest protest. I think we'll be ok if we just keep vigilant by protesting, supporting local democratic clubs, and constantly calling local reps into voting against Trump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted January 27, 2017 Running list of laws and executive orders that Trump has signed. Interesting to keep track of. There's some pretty silly stuff, and some scary stuff. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/all-the-laws-and-executive-orders-trump-has-signed-so-far Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted January 27, 2017 The good news is that a lot of these executive actions are probably unenforceable (that's what you get when you have media people like Bannon coming up with this stuff instead of lawyers drafting the language and having relevant federal administrations review the orders). The bad news is that it creates a lot of ambiguity in the government and that will make things more dysfunctional. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted January 27, 2017 Can't help but wonder how those "anti-Hillary" (rolls eyes) people from that Idle Weekend episode thread a while back are feeling about now. Trump's been awful from both a domestic and global perspective so far. Ugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted January 27, 2017 If my daily checkup on the front page of the WSJ and Fox News are any indication, they are blissfully ignorant, and it turns out they actually don't have any serious issues with government officials using private email servers to conduct government business. So glad we cleared that up on week one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted January 27, 2017 41 minutes ago, sclpls said: The good news is that a lot of these executive actions are probably unenforceable (that's what you get when you have media people like Bannon coming up with this stuff instead of lawyers drafting the language and having relevant federal administrations review the orders). The bad news is that it creates a lot of ambiguity in the government and that will make things more dysfunctional. An acquaintance who does immigration law in Minnesota posted on Facebook about how the vast majority of the administration's planned actions against sanctuary cities is extremely unconstitutional (withholding federal funds for unrelated transgressions of federal law) and will have no problem being struck down in court, but when the Trump administration is doing so many unconstitutional things it's hard to have the time, money, and manpower to challenge them all in a timely fashion. It's the Peter Thiel v. Gawker model of governance, in a way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badfinger Posted January 27, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 2:53 PM, AllieTsundere said: It all became surreal to me when President Trump began tweeting at 8pm in the WHITE HOUSE yesterday!! Like he was bored. Normally he tends to tweet at 5am or something, but those series of tweet at night really made be depressed. It's going to be a long 4 years. I can't find the original article I read, sadly, but it's even worse because he has an old busted Galaxy S3 or something. https://www.wired.com/2017/01/trump-android-phone-security-threat/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted January 27, 2017 Yeah Gormongous, that's the scary part. They're just rolling the dice and most of the stuff will get shut down, but probably some stuff will go through because you know, the courts are known to make bad decisions from time to time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, sclpls said: If my daily checkup on the front page of the WSJ and Fox News are any indication, they are blissfully ignorant, and it turns out they actually don't have any serious issues with government officials using private email servers to conduct government business. So glad we cleared that up on week one. Almost certainly, but I've never had the (dis)pleasure of interacting with the front page writers for WSJ or Fox News correspondents, whereas I spent a not insignificant amount of my own personal effort trying to etch out a single valid reason from these people for thinking Trump winning could possibly be anything but a complete and utter disaster. Now that we're witnessing disaster as it happens... Do they still really think "wait and see" is a valid response? Bleh. Obviously, I shouldn't let a few internet trolls get to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xchen Posted January 27, 2017 3 hours ago, sclpls said: If my daily checkup on the front page of the WSJ and Fox News are any indication, they are blissfully ignorant, and it turns out they actually don't have any serious issues with government officials using private email servers to conduct government business. So glad we cleared that up on week one. Admit it you enjoy reading it, you neocon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted January 28, 2017 Hey speaking of internet trolls... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikemariano Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Twig said: Can't help but wonder how those "anti-Hillary" (rolls eyes) people from that Idle Weekend episode thread a while back are feeling about now. Trump's been awful from both a domestic and global perspective so far. Ugh. About how I expected! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites