Jan 22, 2017
The March(es)
In case you were wondering about that accapella thing that happened yesterday in Washington.
Quiet --MILCK
Quiet --MILCK
Beating Trump
The guy goes out of his way looking for rakes to step on.
@realDonaldTrump 30m were watching to see if you did a nazi salute or tripped down the stairs— kristyan benedict (@KreaseChan) January 22, 2017
@realDonaldTrump here are some of my views: pic.twitter.com/tPSEEEQWfc— #TheResistance (@AynRandPaulRyan) January 22, 2017
@realDonaldTrump who told you to say this? Can they be president?— Sean Hartofilis (@BeachPillows) January 22, 2017
What A Country
I'm not one for sloppy sentimental patriotism. But I saw this on Facebook today, and something kinda popped in my brain (sometimes I think it may be a stroke when that happens, but anyway...).
The US National Anthem isn't exactly 'the people's song', cuz it can be a real bitch to sing it. But this is not the joint where we only do the easy shit. We do the hard things - and we do those hard things by choice.
It's just possible that we're gettin' back to where we're at least willing to do the hard work of democracy again. And if we can do that, the rest will follow.
It's just possible that we're gettin' back to where we're at least willing to do the hard work of democracy again. And if we can do that, the rest will follow.
What You Think Is Real
No, Mr Trump
Climate Change is a real thing
You as POTUS - now there's a hoax
Today's Tweet And GIF
Freedom of expression is an awesome thing.
Internet… thank you pic.twitter.com/EFMys3tQWV— Layne Theory (@ThisIsLayne) January 21, 2017
Jan 21, 2017
Now What?
So, Trump's in the Oval Office now, and in that first big official briefing, did everybody roll their eyes when he asked, "So what's the real story on that whole Roswell alien thing, huh?" - like he's the first one who ever came up with that (except he prob'ly wasn't joking).
Second - how disappointed is he that there really is no such thing as The Big Book Of Secrets?
Which brings us to number three - will there be a call to Alex Jones? Like: "Dude, you really are a fuckin' idiot - none of that shit's true."
Yeah - prob'ly not. And the Press Poodles prob'ly won't ask him about any of it either.
Just wonderin'.
Second - how disappointed is he that there really is no such thing as The Big Book Of Secrets?
Which brings us to number three - will there be a call to Alex Jones? Like: "Dude, you really are a fuckin' idiot - none of that shit's true."
Yeah - prob'ly not. And the Press Poodles prob'ly won't ask him about any of it either.
Just wonderin'.
Yeehaw And Away We Go
Somebody who's better at this than I am would prob'ly find it fairly easy to run it down and make sure, but I'm thinking this is prob'ly a nice little payoff for somebody in Trump's Krony Klatch.
HuffPo:
HuffPo:
With what may have been his first presidential order, Donald Trump made it more expensive for working- and middle-class Americans to buy their first homes. The move will increase costs for 750,000 to 850,000 Americans in the next year alone, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The Obama administration had said last week that the Federal Housing Administration would drop the cost of mortgage insurance it sells by almost a third to 0.60 percent. But after Trump took office, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees the FHA, told lenders the fee cut was off. The reversal of the reduction will mean that homebuyers who borrow $200,000 under the program will see their mortgage insurance fees go up by $500 a year relative to what the Obama administration had ordered, according to figures released by the FHA when the cut was announced.
The reduction was intended to help partially offset the cost of rising mortgage rates and was scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 27. The government sells the insurance in case borrowers default.- and -
Julian Castro, Obama’s HUD secretary, said when the fee cut was announced that the FHA’s reserve fund had grown by $44 billion in the last four years and that it was time to share these gains with borrowers. Ben Carson, Trump’s nominee to run HUD, said in his confirmation hearing that he supported undoing the fee cut, and lending trade publications reported that a reversal was likely.Profits for me and costs for thee.
Phony-ass POTUS
I don't know all that much about it, but this body language doesn't exactly scream "Church-Goer" to me.
This is not the posture of somebody who regularly attends church. pic.twitter.com/XSg8PDGprH— John Aravosis (@aravosis) January 21, 2017
@aravosis
Jan 20, 2017
The Haunting
This is the best thing I've seen. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/91P0OD4SWn— mariana xx (@trustnorminah) January 20, 2017
Today's Tweet
— TheAverageBlackMan™ (@TheAvgBlackMan) January 21, 2017
Not exactly the adoring throngs he was hoping for.
A coupla screen caps from WaPo's live feed:
Where else do we see "presidential parades" where the security forces outnumber the crowd?
This does not bode well.
And y'know, it occurs to me - if almost literally nobody shows up to acknowledge the installation of the POTUS, maybe we only think there's a guy in the office, but we don't really have a president.
On Hoping It's Not The End
I make a conscious effort not to get too starry-eyed about anybody, but I'm afraid I'll be missing that Obama guy somethin' awful.
Inauguration Day
We always have great hope for a new president. This is the first time I can remember including the hope that this ass-wipe schmuck doesn't just rob us blind and then set it up to get us all killed to cover his get-away.
не мой президент
Fuck you, Trump
and the horse's ass you rode in on
Jan 19, 2017
Boycott
NEW VIDEO: #TheResistanceGQ is officially underway as of noon: BOYCOTT THE INAUGURATION. pic.twitter.com/wbBpMGzNLD— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 19, 2017
Fake Lord Have Mercy
Again, Governor - those glasses ain't foolin' nobody.
PERRY: I hope you're as much fun on that dais as you were on your couch.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2017
FRANKEN: Well.
PERRY: May I rephrase that please?
FRANKEN: Please. pic.twitter.com/fiLWD6qTOK
hat tip = @kylegriffin1
And how long before we're treated to a headline along the lines of:
Energy Sec'y Perry Announces
Nuclear Arsenal Maintenance Contract
Awarded To JiffyLube
More Than One Way
At last count, the number of Congress Critters who've said they won't attend the inauguration is pushin' towards 60.
Cummings nails the point when he says it's about the need to defend our institutions, and he's doing it his way while everybody else does it their way.
It sucks that this is where are are now.
It sucks that we're just kinda stuck with this particular battle.
It sucks that, by default, we have to own this bit of history.
It just sucks.
All we can be expected to do is to what we're able to do,
Hoping to be surprised at how able we are.
Embrace the suck
Do what you can do
Stay in the fight
...but take a break once in a while too
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