Yes, the Trump-Bannon thing should be fascinating and very entertaining.

Per some reports, Wolff has tapes of his interviews with Bannon. :popcorn:

It's all a show. They won't go after him more formally for a lot of reasons.

No way they get to the point of filing a lawsuit. Can you just imagine what would come out in discovery?

Yep, this is what I was thinking.

It's going to be fun when the states that have legalized pot stymie any attempts by the feds to enforce those laws - and when juries engage in jury nullification.

But, state’s rights...:confused:

yeah I'm sure this had nothing to do with California just legalizing pot...

This is Jeff "I thought the KKK guys were alright until I learned they smoked pot" Sessions - I'm just surprised it hadn't happened already.

Seems like a horrible issue to do battle on. I thought this was something most of the country didn't worry about anymore? What percentage of the GOP voters care about pot anymore?

51% of the GOP support legal Marijuana.

One Republican Senator isn't happy with Sessions.

Colorado Republican vows to retaliate against Sessions for legal pot crackdown

I'm sure that number will become like 20% if Trump speaks/tweets about it

The Democrats last legal challenge failed...and the name drawn was the ...Republican

So my wife and I had a discussion about this last night and have decided that when the change happens, anything additional in our pay checks is just going into a savings account until we do our 2018 taxes, just to be sure.

If you're reasonably sure of what you'll be paying you can just have a set extra amount withheld from each check so that you don't owe. Like if you assume you're going to be 2K short just have 80ish extra withheld from each check or something

I think this is far more likely to backfire for Sessions than anything. I don't see the courts backing the federal government over state rights.

https://apnews.com/97e57e5f0f7045909757e87b452fd2a5

Trump opens up off-shore drilling, because no doubt it will make America great again.

Trump's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to the publishers of Fire and Fury. The publishers responded by saying that book now won't be released on the 9th. It will be released tomorrow.

LoL

I mean you can't buy this publicity... strike as soon as possible.

This isn't states rights though (from a legal sense). It's the DoJ selectively choosing which federal laws to enforce and how aggressively to do so. Though it looks like a circuit court did halt a federal prosecution back in August, so we'll see Feds Blocked in Attempt to Prosecute Marijuana Growers | L.A. Weekly

It looks like the law in your article only protects medical marijuana growers in my layman's understanding. Actually it blocks funding for the government to prosecute state compliant medical marijuana growers.

Not sure if it will protect recreational growers/sellers/users.

Don't you know the only thing standing between jobs/MAGA and foreign dependence is destroying our environment so Exxon and BP can make more money.

Hey the only thing standing between US independence on foreign oil and not is green tech.........sorry. That's whats standing in between US independence on foreign oil and the oil companies. That is until they get enough alternative infrastructure built so they can run it instead of whomever else. Gotta keep that money train rolling one way or another!

I think trump has played Bannon perfectly. Trump needed him to get elected, now with the Bannon base fanatically loyal to trump, trump is free to piviot to the middle and appeal to the moderates.

In what way has Trump shown he is pivoting? I don't see it.

The pivot will never happen.

I think trump is now more free to support more winnable republicans in primaries, far right or not.
I also think Bannons biggest influence was in those executive orders. I think they be will slowed, as they were largely symbolic.
I also think DACA reform can happen with less reguard to the far right

Trump wants win and is not married to an ideal. It seems following establishment congress will get him more wins

I don't think he has any real policy stances outside of what Fox News says. Not sure what he's going to pivot from.

I also think Bannon's influence is minuscule. I'd wager most people don't even know what Breitbart is or read it regularly.

Trump supports the people that kiss his ass the most.
The executive orders were perfect because Trump is all bluster.
Trump knows nothing about any policy issue.

Wins for Trump mean whatever feels good right now. Working with congress is hard and takes time. Trump won't do anything than he's done already, claim total credit for anything that gets passed.

Or undoing anything 44 did.

“Sloppy Steve”

:lol: :lol: :lol:

So anyone that kissed trump's ass after sloppy steve is sloppy seconds then?

The US has been a net exporter of oil for awhile now, and regardless it's a global market with transnational corporations. This is giving in to big business over the environment, but we could be "energy independent" tomorrow, it'd just cost us money and hurt the EU a whole lot more.

Yeah, that will happen...

Man between this and all the "SJW" stuff(my initials) it's not shaping up to be good for me this year.

Trump is, like, really smart, and a very stable genius.

The stablest

And Trump apparently doesn't remember running for president in 2000.

The irony in this quote from Trump about Wolff's book is unparalleled.

"I consider it a work of fiction," Trump told reporters. "The libel laws are very weak in this country. If they were strong, it would be very helpful. You wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head."

There's literally a tweet for everything.

I am starting to think that there is something seriously wrong with President Obama's mental health. Why won't he stop the flights. Psycho!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2014

lol

Bannon is going full cuck.

Which now makes him irrelevant with everyone, good riddance!

now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and the one white house staff that had no choice but to keep them all together #fireandfury #arresteddevelopment pic.twitter.com/3t82FrwV5f

— rob tanchum (@robtanchum) January 6, 2018

All he does is watch TV.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!

I am extraordinarily thankful that Trump spends most of his time golfing and watching TV.

There's such a fine line between genius and stupid...

It amazes me that this is where we are now.

Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails

Looks like CNN just grabbed themselves a fake newsie!

I don't know what it is about Miller, but just his appearance and that smug look he always wears makes me want to slap him Rick James style.

I'm curious, do a lot of American's actually enjoy/respect the tweets, nicknames and 'fake news awards' chicanery, or do even his supporters (in general) just put up with it because they feel he pushes their agenda in the right direction? Is the concept of 'class' and acting 'presidential' just something archaic in large portions of America at this point?

A lot of people don't follow Twitter. The few supporters I know don't believe it's actually him tweeting. It can't be they say...

I think a little bit of everything. I know some people who voted for him because they are single issue voters but personally dislike the guy.

There are also plenty of people who like his 'plain speaking' style as opposed to the highly polished manufactured speeches one expects of the PotUS. I'll even admit I am amused by his antics from time to time even though I hate him as President.

As for the whole fake news things, he's just giving his base some meat. They've been hearing for years about the dreaded liberal media and how you can't trust anyone not named Limbaugh or Hannity. He's reinforcing their world-view in that regard.

This is from December, but you can find a number of other polls with similar results.

I'll pay you $200 if you get the chance and i can watch. Cause i know how hard you'll crack him. I wanna see that.

It's like God was trying to create a human being with the most punchable face ever and came up with Ted Cruz, but thought, "No wait! I can do better!" And so we have Stephen Miller.

Someone on Twitter said Miller is what happens when you spend your entire childhood in your room

That's not fair. He was a track star.

Yeah when you listen to the elegance with which he speaks the tweets can throw you off.

Couple of good articles showing genius on display.

Trump Speaks At Fourth-Grade Level, Lowest Of Last 15 U.S. Presidents, New Analysis Finds

U.S. Army Likes Tweet Mocking Trump for Being Stupid

It's probably for the best, but it also seems really troublesome that the executive branch runs on its own often contradicting or ignoring the statements of the President.

I really don't think Oprah is qualified to be President. Hollywood elitist snobs at it again.

Now I do think she can play a role in a Cabinet and she can definitely contribute but as prez is going too far IMO.

This 100%

Fuck us if we haven't learned that with out current occupant.

I would gladly pay you $200 if you could set it up...

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I think Phillip Rivers was also a test subject.

I would never have guessed Stephen Miller to be 32 years old.

Totally. I would have left off the 2.

Are we SURE that Stephen Miller didn't kill Mikey Tandino???

The irony is that she's basically the only liberal celebrity that is more well liked by "regular voters" than coastal elites.

That said, Dems aren't going to follow the celebrity path because they like the idea that a President should know how the government operates.

MSNBC was exploring the idea of her running on Morning Joe this morning. That would be a huge mistake after we just elected a President with little knowledge of how a government operates (except for how things like natural parks, taxes, and safety regulations for workers prevented him from making more money.) If she's been inspired to run due to Trump, run for the Senate/House, and get some knowledge and experience with issues she's never had to deal with before, and then consider a run for something higher.

Doesn't really matter how skilled she will be as a president. This is where we are as a country, democrats like to pretend that they are 100% educated intellectuals that would never elect a celebrity with no experience. However there are plenty of idiots on both side of the aisle and Oprah would likely bring out a large amount of voters that would not have voted otherwise.

Not that I like it. It's depressing, but this has always been inevitable.


Depending on how you are defining "Dems", either you are overestimating voters or underestimating how little that will matter if Dems think she'll give them a better option to win. I do think the Dem establishment will be more open to her than Republicans were to Trump, she's not an erratic mystery with countless red flags.

Maybe we can just gradually evolve the presidency into a ceremonial king position, which is always occupied by a celebrity who reflects the U.S. mood at the time. So they'd be our "leader" who can influence policy, but they don't actually work "in government." Then the vice-president, or a newly-created prime minister-type position, can operate as the actual head of the executive branch.

"I can't believe it took y'all almost 250 years to figure this out"

That is a disturbingly large picture.

ETA: Not a criticism of your photo. I'm actually a big fan of seeing old monarch nose hair.

Oprah is probably the best of the potential left leaning celebrity candidates. Interestingly, I'm certain she's way more moderate than many people would expect. Still, as I've said in the past, we don't need our own version of Trump.

I don't care anymore and desperately want a Rock v. Oprah presidential election.

I think a President Oprah would be expected to give everyone a free car or something.

"It's an older reference, sir, but it checks out."

From presidential pardon to US Senate?

Arpaio announces Arizona Senate bid | TheHill

So it seems Dianne Feinstein was fed up with Chuck Grassley's refusal to release the transcript of the head of the firm behind the now infamous dossier. One in which he had called for to be released. So she went behind his back and released it herself. I'm not bored enough to slog through it all-anyone got some spare time on their hands and want to report back what it said and didn't say :)

Feinstein posts testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder | TheHill

Everything's a con.

Yeah, Seth Abramson is on it. Shocked. :eyeroll:

Here's some of the highlights:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/09/sen-...testimony.html

At least something good to start 2018

Why are people wasting time talking about Oprah?

We elected Donald Trump for president, everything's in play now.

would you like a lemon tweest?

Yup.

Just got my first paycheck and the Federal withholding rate is virtually unchanged so far. Based on the online calculators, I should benefit from the tax change. I did not change my W-4.