All Trump sees is green. All we see is a traitorous orange menace. Who is right? Place bets now!! (Trump continued)

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A nod to Banzai there for old timers like me.

Old thread here.

Question is, is it Mueller time yet? Anyone fancy placing a bet on when Trump will exit the POTUS role?

My bet: 20 March 2019.

Normal intelligent bloke:

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Looking at the sheer size of the protests happening across the country, it's clear the Resistance is the most underestimated, unappreciated, and underreported political movement in modern American history.
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Delusional fellow:

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You do realize it's a crock and most of them are bused in and paid for by none other than George Soros. If you actually fall for this you need to seek professional help.

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<a class="break-all" href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/21/politics/cnn-poll-midterm-elections-generic-congressional/index.html#click=t.co/01T2VNA0Os" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/21/politics/cnn-poll-midterm-elections-generic-congressional/index.html#click=t.co/01T2VNA0Os

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A new CNN poll finds the 2018 midterm advantage for Democrats narrowed to 5 points on a generic congressional ballot, which doesn't name specific candidates

Pence in the hot seat. Good.

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That is really off the scale delusional.

Mueller spills the beans. Or bangs the desk.
And reads this thread (loaves of bread).

Also totally worth it.

Body of a seal.

And less funny than cold truth Stormy.

Pain, the Women's March got quite a bit of 'air time', but the#TrumpShutdown is getting the 'biglyest' share. Which I believe is the way it should be. The shutdown needs to be front and centre.

Re an above PP. I'm not surprised Scrotus is refusing to negotiate. He doesn't really know how. All his 'yuge business deals' have been negotiated by the lawyers and minions in his employ then he's just stepped in and signed the papers and does the photo-op. This is what he thought the presidency would be. He'd hire and send in 'his people' to do the real work of governance whilst he sat at his empty desk fiddling with his sharpie (yes, I do mean that like it sounds) waiting for them to bring him the 'done deal' to sign and take credit for. Then he'd tour around and receive the adulation of the masses. I don't think he's figured out yet that it doesn't work that way. Nor do I think he ever will. And as a result the GOP in Congress knows that it pretty much as free rein as long as they throw him a wall bone now and then and vomit up some flattery from time to time.

In contrast, in past shutdowns, the Presidents, from Reagan to Obama, have been hot on the phones from dawn til midnight calling the movers and shakers in both parties chiding them for a lack of cooperation and brokering deals to end the shutdowns.

I also took a look. My career included involvement in 8 shutdowns! Most of them were for a few hours or a day so I guess they didn't stick out in my mind. There were actually more during my career, but they were either weekends or didn't involve my agency.

How do you think it would play, Across, if 'someone' came out of the woodwork and.........pleaded with Schulosi to think of the troops?

White House aides say Trump is being told to not give in by Mulvaney, McConnell, Marc Short, others. Wanted a full tv blitz this AM and has been monitoring coverage closely. "He's itching a little," one person says.
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Thanks across that’s useful to know.

On the last thread, there was a thread about how trump’s deal-making usually start after people have signed up and aren’t then committed, when he’s then free to dick about and leave them with the consequences which they have to accept as they’re now tied in. It doesn’t translate well for the shut down.

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Out of interest, how do you make a 'see-through' wall - unless it's mostly glass?

If it’s loosely knitted?

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After a year of Trump, women expect less from men – but demand more

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The FBI Hasn’t Even Seen the #ReleaseTheMemo Memo

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Immigration officials detain green card-holder who has lived in US for nearly 40 years hill.cm/yNDoOUb

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In the long history of foreign trips by senior U.S. officials, @ilangoldenberg is hard pressed to find one that is likely to be more counterproductive than this visit. bit.ly/2DPPNjf

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EXCLUSIVE: The FBI says Rep. Devin Nunes won’t show them the memo alleging agency abuses. thebea.st/2BiOK8J #ReleaseTheMemo pic.twitter.com/f4uYZ4uEFf

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President Trump and other Republicans have been hammering FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for months on Twitter. During that time, Jeff Sessions has been urging FBI Director Christopher Wray to get rid of him

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The 270 people connected to the Russia probes

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Trump Insider Gives Five Names of People Expected to Be Indicted By Mueller
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