@TimStone ELON_WEED_FACE.JPG

apparently the only good use of twitter is doing crimes in front of the SEC

Like he famously used the site to accuse a rescue diver of being a pedophile because no one wanted his death tube

"Ah, see, that's how I want the site to be used"

🤔

Well thank goodness Trump has permission to accept the deal

@TimStone oh wow i forgot about that and the ensuing lawsuit entirely

@TimStone i dunno, ann coulter was pissed about it

They threw her under the bus when the government reopened so I think we're okay there, at least

@TimStone oh no @jack also likes @AOC

And as if on cue

Hey! It's actually kind of RICO!

@TimStone sounds like he would divert any "border security" funding to "wall funding"

wouldn't that be like a problem that needs oversight? checks and balances?

something to stop a president just twisting word from approved budgets to spend on what he wants

@Memor-X Did you miss where the Republican party has completely subverted checks and balances to support Trump?

@SaintWacko They're so desperate to stay in power that they'll support Trump to keep it.

@SaintWacko i thought that was Trump doing it and the GOP just going along with it because of a lack of spines

@Memor-X That's what I'm saying. The Republican controlled legislature was ignoring their duty

gasps

Yeah, seems everyone but Coulter is on board with Trump not shooting off his foot by not signing the deal

Arghhhhhh

@TimStone BTC is Bitcoin right?

Yeah

we're probably getting to the point where we might as well consider anyone having Bitcoin as a criminal since they seem to always trade in it

lmfao

It is worth noting that the media could simply stop this at any time though

That uh. That is a take, you could make, I guess

@TimStone someone's taking lessons from Trump

@TimStone isn't this the shifting the blame thing, like "..but what about them, they did it and worse"......yet done poorly because your blaming yourself?

@TimStone he thinks he's gonna win by out trumping trump?

Maybe, but he forgot to be appealing to literally anyone

yeh, and no one says this and really means it

@Memor-X the whitest, billionairest guy you know

all his lines go over real well at the yacht club

> i don't see colour as white is a shade, not a color.....also i see green *dives into pool of money*

@Memor-X "i don't see race" - guy sitting behind a pillar at a nascar event

lol

@TimStone no longer stealing music i see

@TimStone so he wants to privatize the VA

just say that howard

@TimStone Just wanted to add another "what even the fuck" to this

CAPITALI$M

See I replaced the "s" with a "$" because money

@TimStone Sleeping while black

Well Bill Shine's wife has a batshit crazy anti-vaxx take so that's cool

It's good to get measles because it keeps you healthy and fights cancer, apparently

...

@Wipqozn now that public parks have been corrupted there's only one place left

(apparently somebody wrote that line super seriously? but like otoh you did get tim curry? and you're a video game with live action cutscenes in the 90s?)

@Unionhawk I mean, you say that, buuuuuuuuuuut

lol

"Why would the news be at my house, when all I am is the most likely person to be indicted?"

@TimStone wait hang on six

six different people took this, uh, decidedly unnecessary shot?

six

as in five more than one

> Police were reportedly called to the restaurant late Saturday after an employee said he found a driver slumped over in his car

half a dozen people

I like that we apparently jumped to the assumption he might be dead so this was a matter for the police and then uhh as if by magic he was

The only possible scenario this even makes any fucking sense is if all of those who responded made a pact like "they can't prosecute all of us"

or if the hill is creating a parsing error

which seems more likely

since the officers knew that none of them are going to be prosecuted whether or not they created some weird I'm Spartacus situation

> According to the Guardian, police said the six officers each fired shots within four seconds, but wouldn't disclose how many bullets hit McCoy.

Not even sure how all six of them were positioned in a way that they could see him allegedly "reach for his gun"

I honestly don't want to know that number.

convicted killer cop jason van dyke fired 16 shots for fuck's sake

sixteen

I don't like to post a lot of political commentary any more but this

Fak u rib Ford

On the scandal scale of 0-10, this one is like a -2. So?

@BradC what would you consider a 10?

@Nzall Evidence that the President is beholden to a hostile foreign power

Makes good old fashion grifting "only" a 9.

@Nzall (that's a negative 2, by the way. The golf simulator is maybe an interesting human interest story, but not a scandal, by any means)

(That's another article about the coal plant: Trump intervenes in support of coal plant owned by major donor)

Here is Rachel's opening segment last night about this issue:

> ‘Fox & Friends’ tells Americans it’s their fault their tax returns are smaller this year

To be fair, Americans voted in Trump so they're not wrong.

Article title: Being Raised by Two Narcissists Taught Me How to Deal with Trump

"Two years in, some people are still expecting one of his scandals to bring him down. I know better."

> Democrats, and even some Republicans, apologize all the time when caught out by the media. The answer comes down to a simple truth: Assholes are incapable of being shamed.

@BradC That... is an unfortunate quote.

@MBraedley Why? The "normal" way a scandal takes down a politician is that they have some shame and apologize, or resign. Trump will never do that; period, because he has no shame.

I'm saying it's unfortunate because we need something worse than scandal to bring down Trump.

@MBraedley Or do you mean that its unfortunate that some people still believe they could?

@MBraedley Well, we need scandal backed by determined action in Congress.

And that's the other side of the coin. The GOP in congress are enablers.

@MBraedley right. They're complicit. But I think articles like the Vice one above are helpful for understanding the mindset and workings of people like Trump

> Assholes can be and do get defeated, but expecting a true Watergate moment—where the president steps down to prevent the country from falling further into chaos—is not based in reality. Media outlets and Twitter personas do a disservice to everyone when they hype up the cinematic ending that’s never ever going to arrive. Understanding what others know about aberrant behavior and how to navigate it might be the only way to hold the president even minimally to account.

@Ash We can only hope he would leave if voted out. It wouldn't surprise me if he refused.

@BradC But then at that point he's not the president anymore. Just a guy trespassing on government property

Of course we would have a complete constitutional crisis on our hands if anyone continues to acknowledge his authority as president after he legally no longer holds the position.

@murgatroid99 Exactly. You'd hope the rest of the executive branch would follow the constitution and recognize whoever was sworn in, but in these times, you never know...

Yep, he is already setting up a scenario where he can deny any result that goes against him:

ooo, animated gifs work!

@BradC I mean I am kind of curious if he just had it installed to tell people he doesn't need to use it because he's too good

@TimStone wait gothamist kind of lives or?

Yeah, WNYC/KPCC/WAMU public radio stations entered a joint agreement to acquire the Gothamist/LAist/DCist properties

But also that Inside Edition video was just bad for anyone who didn't watch it

"shoves microphone in a guy's face repeatedly DON'T TOUCH ME"

🙄

Farewell, Opportunity. You've been a trooper.

That was today's XKCD

@Ash Same. I find it awesome that even after 2000 comics, Munroe STILL manages to create such awesome content

@BradC They have to be under a certain size though, IIRC.

yep, he's had some good mars rover comics

Here's his one about Spirit:

@BradC :(

yep :(

Honestly, I think it speaks for how overengineered NASA stuff is that they sent 2 rovers on missions scheduled to last for 90 days that end up lasting for 6 to 14 years

man's license plate denied, opts for decal

@BunsGlazing That's one way to ensure noone is going to steal your truck

Yeah, the former isn't even his position

It's "I am upset that it's no longer socially acceptable to beat gay people to death in public, and this is clearly because of a global cabal of queer masterminds keeping straights like me under their boot"

Article 13/11 in the EU is really not going the right way

Only hope right now is that the EU parliamentaries vote against it

but I'm worried they won't

This is the EU's new, completely bugfuck nonsense copyright bill?

coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool (he will the answer is yes)

@GodEmperorDune Okay, apropos of nothing and this might be considered rude, but I cannot stop chuckling at that photo.

@Yuuki yeah it's a bad picture

Did they get it from the DMV?

Wait, not blurry enough for DMV.

@Yuuki looks like an official picture because of the 90s background

@GodEmperorDune I'm sure that background is copyrighted by Sears.

@Unionhawk It's weird how much offense he takes at the suggestion despite the significant support "whatever it takes" garners anyway 🤷‍♂️

Maybe he just really believes it, hm

@ToxicFrog yeah

Mandatory automated upload copyright filters for any site that allows user-submitted content. Youtube has already more or less stated that they might even leave the EU entirely if this happens

@TimStone he either believes that he did what he had to do in the 80s, or he doesn't care.

Either way, thanks HW

(he'd be out of jail by now he was only charged with lying to congress, but)

(thanks)

Imagine if he was charged for the actual crimes

we would have to be party to the ICC for that

but since war crimes are fake to the united states,

and again, thanks in part to HW

this guy gets to do it again

@BradC I'm not sure it's not a scandal. The President has a massive golf course in Florida he spends most of his weekends at, so for him to put a golf simulator at the WH and then not use it seems like a waste of government money

@Unionhawk on a related note Max Boot has a take here of course

Really tho what is a little Iran-Contra between friends?

@Nzall Certainly not a good use of his time, but it wasn't apparently paid for by taxpayer dollars

> The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the president’s private residence, said Trump had paid for the new system and the installation personally.

@TimStone just when we think we have reached the maximum levels of boot,

@BradC actually i think what people are expecting is one of those scandals to be a crime, not that it shames him greatly

i think the image they are expecting it Trump being dragged out, kicking and screaming "I'M THE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, I AM THE FUCKEN LAW!"

@BradC that one is sad

it makes me think of Johnny 5

@Memor-X I would record that and watch it when I was feeling sad

protip: don't do this

also i would not recommend reading the replies

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

@TimStone of all the scandals, this is what they're latching onto? really?

@TimStone naughty avenatti

@GodEmperorDune Yeah like I think there's a point to be made generally maybe but "Could the FBI please punish people employing undocumented immigrants" is definitely not it!

@GodEmperorDune Democrats, for some reason, loving hitting "hypocrisy" button no matter how dumb it is.

lmfao, I'm sorry, but that's an amazing self-own

@Yuuki it's their equivalent of the republican house passing the repeal obamacare bill so many times

@TimStone lol this is IMC level

Amazing

Stiffing contractors as a governing principle

@TimStone if only he had shown a sign of this before the election

Imagine it falling apart because of the dumbest character flaw

Narrator: That was now par for the course

lololololol

tfw you're going to prison and staying in prison

@TimStone For the rest of your life, no less.

@TimStone Well, stiffing contractors has sort of been his modus operandi in his own businesses.

He's counting on them needing the work badly enough to not lawyer up about it.

jfc