Pleading Ignorance

I just wanted to put that up so we start to get an idea where some of the lines are.

45*'s behavior is suspect.  At the very least, he needs to understand that just his tweets can constitute Witness Intimidation, bordering on Tampering - and that can be construed as attempts to Obstruct.

But it seems he doesn't understand any of that, even though his actions indicate that he does understand - he just has no intention of staying between the lines.

Even though his actions make it all appear chaotic, he thinks in terms of absolutes and everything he does is aimed at keeping everybody off balance so he can make the decision to move one way or the other - depending on whatever he thinks benefits him the most or hurts everybody else so it accrues to his benefit anyway.

It bears repeating:

"I may or may not do what your lawyers force my lawyers to try to talk me into doing."

And now:

"I am Trump. Trump can do no wrong."

Theater

HuffPo:

President Donald Trump has set a deadline of July 4 for a shakeup of the White House that could include removing Reince Priebus as his chief of staff, according to two administration officials and three outside advisers familiar with the matter.

While Trump has set deadlines for staff changes before, only to let them pass without pulling the trigger, the president is under more scrutiny than ever regarding the sprawling Russia investigation, which is intensifying the pressure on his White House team.
45* believes his main function is to set up the cliffhanger for whatever fucked up Reality TV show he thinks he's hosting this week.

And as long as we tune in for the shit show instead of concentrating on holding the GOP to account for all this mess, we're complicit.

Get woke

Get together

Get focused

Get shit done

Today's Quote

"I suppose one reason people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."

--James Baldwin

Today's Tweet

FUN FACT: Alpha penguins will push other penguins into icy waters to see if Polar Bears are layin' in wait.https://t.co/7sx0zyzUvX

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) June 11, 2017

How They Die

According to Pentagon data, more than 6,800 troops have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11 and more than 3,000 additional service members have taken their lives in that same time

Closing in on 10,000 dead uniforms.

And in 2012 and 2013, for the first time ever, suicide caused more military deaths than anything else.

Can we stop handing these kids every shitty problem that we don't feel like dealing with?  And cops too btw, now that I'm thinking about it.

We have to get back to some reasonable facsimile of sanity, and start figuring out how to deal with our shit without always bashing each other over the head with sticks and rocks.

We can't kill our way out of every fucking problem that comes along.

It's A Word

"That's our word now - and you can't have it back".

Oh yeah, Ice Cube gave @billmaher the talk he needed to hear pic.twitter.com/i7jYbCtm5P

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) June 10, 2017

Pretty strong. And I think I'm straight with it now.

Thanks, Ice.

Under-Reported

Enablers and supporters and apologists  for the guy who claimed "Only I can fix it" are all very busy telling us he's having trouble fixing anything because of his naiveté and inexperience.

You got suckered, "conservatives". And it's time to admit it - so c'mon.

It's All For Show

We all know he said he'd release his tax returns - he said that at least twice, under two different circumstances, and with two different caveats.

We all know he said there was evidence of Obama tapping his phones in Trump Tower, and that he'd have it for us inside a week - which was 3 or 4 months ago.

We all know there's any number of other instances when he "promised" something that never materialized.

Every time out, we get a new look at 45* doing nothing but trying to set up the cliffhanger for this week's episode of Your Life Is A Rolling Clusterfuck In A Dumpster Filled With Burning Tires And You Pay Me For All Of It.

If anybody calls this asshole's bluff on this one, we all hafta know by now that some imaginary lawyer will suddenly appear in 45*'s dreams and forbid him to testify - even though he really really really wants to do it - for reasons beyond the understanding of you mass of unwashed idiots.

Balls

I'll go ahead and call this Leadership - cuz that's what it is.

And hey "conservatives" - if you still think guys like 45* are the ones talkin' plain English and gettin' down to bidness wid it, then you're admitting to being the rubes I've been saying you are for a very long time now.

Stop volunteering for The Big Bamboozle.

Today's Tweet

And BTW - why does it seem like the Lady Dems are the ones with the real balls?

This is the face of every American woman after listening to a man blab his mouth when you asked him a yes or no question. pic.twitter.com/SF8shsFTtN

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 8, 2017