trump isn’t a dining room type of guy and the ball room has a lot of witnesses
Yes, the lounge is the obvious choice, but you’d have to leave a tape of him yelling at the TV for hours so you can get away without anyone else wondering why things are so quiet.
FTFY.
Moscow Mitch is on board with the seizing of power.
I say this with a genuine combination of love and seriousness, because I deeply appreciate all of the fantastic people on UP.
There are a lot of smart people on this forum, and smart people (especially poker players, maybe) are unusually adept at looking for and finding threats in the world around us. That said, I think we need to be careful about becoming an echo chamber for acute depressive thoughts in response to each of Trump’s new weekly horrors.
The dude is a monster, surrounded by monsters, and enabled by monsters. I’m scared too, and my family is in the process of updating our passports. But none of us UPers are made safer by driving each other toward despondent helplessness, and the game isn’t over yet.
Worst case scenario, we can all pile in a solar-powered bus caravan and get some breathless coverage from Tucker Carlson before we bluff our way (right? who else could do it better?) across the Canadian border.
Stay strong, team. We’re in this together.
Trump was accustomed to cutting deals and sharing gossip on his private cellphone, often loudly. He enjoyed being around billionaires, to whom he would “show off about some of the stuff he thought was cool — the capabilities of different weapons systems,” one former senior administration official recalled. “These were superrich guys who wouldn’t give him the time of day before he became president. He’d use that stuff as currency he had that they didn’t, not understanding the implications.” Trump also stocked his President’s Intelligence Advisory Board with wealthy businesspeople who, when briefed by one intelligence official, “would sometimes make you uncomfortable” because on occasion, “their questions were related to their business dealings,” this individual recalled.
But her emails, tho
Pass the Heroes Act again on Monday.
ETA: I was going to suggest doubling whatever amount Trump threw out there, but then I realized IT ALREADY IS. Good job press noting that today.
CNN/WaPo/NYTimes headlines: “Democrats, forced to action by President’s Executive Orders, pass stimulus bill that some say gives away too much money with too little oversight”
There were obvious security issues that seemed not to have occurred to Kushner, who “would have the Chinese ambassador and his minions wandering around the West Wing unescorted,” recalled one former senior administration official.
Give Jared a break, the guy’s got a lot on his plate.
In so depressed this place seems uplifting to me. UPlifting, if you will.
It’s illegal for states to offer unemployment? What? California has its own unemployment insurance.
The states should pay. We should pay 30% in tax to the state and 10% to federal government instead of the other way around. Or better yet 0% to the federal government. 40 million people is more than enough for a country.
There are three key words in there, ‘exploring his options’.
You’re Canadian, you’ve got the golden ticket.
Wrong pitch for JT. If I’ve ever met someone who is absolutely guaranteed a terrible case of survivors guilt it’s him.
Gary Larson got into digital art and is making new comics.
Ok I can appease his survivor’s guilt. You can take spouses to Canada with you right? Start a harem of UPers.
The payroll tax cut would be a little weird just because the employer and employee each pay half of it. Are the planning on employers not paying their half?
Although looking around there is already a 50% employer payroll tax credit related to Covid.
I think there are employee side credits that exist, unrelated to Covid, but I am not entirely sure on that. If that’s the case the payroll tax cut might offer up a decent increase on the paycheck but be offset come tax time, compared to previous years.
I think it is a stupid plan. Just give people money. Doing a payroll tax cut adds a bunch of additional moving pieces that are going to cause problems for many people.
Plus taking funds from Social Security and Disability is bad.
Im pretty sure you got all the good shit out in the garage under those lights if ya know what I mean.