100 days in - congrats to us all for keeping sane on the Trump train

[TheClaws]

The Trump thread continued. We are all LEGENDS!

Yes it is rather personal!

Blimey, that Hamilton quote gives me shivers.

Plus ça change. What's happening isn't new, it's very, very old. Archaic, even...

By Keynes.

'If Mr. Lloyd George had no good qualities, no charms, no fascinations, he would not be dangerous. If he were not a syren, we need not fear the whirlpools.'

Archaic all right.

45 has been describing the current system as "archaic".

You know, the complicated checks and balances system, with separation of powers, full suffrage and democracy?

He wants to get back to something much older... simpler...

Of course. The Divine Right of Kings.

Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers & 1st Secty of the Treasury. Killed in a duel by VP Aaron Burr. Also, he's who the hit musical 'Hamilton' is about.

www.biography.com/people/alexander-hamilton-9326481

RE: "the country needs a good shutdown in September"

Hmmm.. someone's got a golf holiday booked in September that he doesn't want to cancel.

Oh good lord. Please tell me no relation to the Senator Burr currently stalling the Trump - Russia investigation?

What kind of fucker wants to punish the country for being Democratic?

There are checks and balances for a reason.

Of course, I have a different suggestion. Elect more Democrats and impeach the President.

Perking If you're talking about Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) then yes, but I don't know what the relationship is. All it says is 'distantly related'.

heavy.com/news/2016/10/sen-richard-burr-north-carolina-senator-debate-deborah-ross/

Comey testifying in closed hearing today.

Will be interesting to see looks on faces afterwards....

What kind of fucker wants to punish the country for being Democratic?

An Autocrat, defined by Google dictionary as:

1-a ruler who has absolute power.

2-someone who insists on complete obedience from others; an imperious or domineering person.

synonyms: absolute ruler, dictator, despot, tyrant

Definition #2 is specifically relevant, I think.

Exactly.

2 seems disturbingly relevant over in the UK at the moment as well.

If you're talking about Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) then yes

A view.

Trumpcare - tomorrow's vote

Do you think Trump's civil war confusion is due to mixing up Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson? Maybe he thinks they're the same person?

I'm reading a book about Hamilton , thanks for telling me the ending

@Reuters
JUST IN: McConnell says overwhelming majority of Senators do not want to change filibuster rules as Trump suggested.

t.co/e2qxmH4x82?amp=1

Scott Dworkin @funder
Comey/Rogers testifying today in closed House hearing —We won't hear testimony—we WILL see Members of Congress demeanor after

Isn't Sally Yates going to testify soon?

Judd Legum @JuddLegum
Trump's budget director brags that the Trump administration held miners' health care in limbo to extract concessions from Democrats

mobile.twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/859466407964233730/video/1

On the 8th lionheart and it's a public hearing, unlike today's.

No press briefing from spicey today:

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
So Sean Spicer walked out of the briefing with Mick Mulvaney—without taking any questions.

Thanks Pain.

Meanwhile, in another part of the swamp:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-kushner-wall-street-loans-donald-trump-adviser-son-in-law-a7713601.html