Trump MAGAthread VI

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

So does that make Pence Brutus? Ét tu Pencé?

Also, Caesar was stabbed by Senators trying to save the Republic. Does anyone think the Republicans have the spine and balls to even proverbially stab Trump?

Nah, Brutus was an Optimates who changed sides to Caesar, but who began to fear him later on. Comey is Brutus, clearly.

In reality, the senators only began when the Liberators (Comey, Mueller) began stabbing. All the system needs is a little push.

Proverbial stabbing, mind.

[Luminesa]

This...baffles me. Though at the same time, I think panic might be slightly more appropriate if they did...MacBeth, maybe?

That would imply Melania was the real power.

...I could technically give a long essay explaining how this may not have been the case...but Melania is easily the better of the two.

[Vassenor]

So does that make Pence Brutus? Ét tu Pencé?

Also, Caesar was stabbed by Senators trying to save the Republic. Does anyone think the Republicans have the spine and balls to even proverbially stab Trump?

I would rather throw my stinking shoes at Obama, like the Arabs do.

Bush 43 was the one who had a shoe thrown at him, not Barry.

[Greater Miami Shores]

I would rather throw my stinking shoes at Obama, like the Arabs do.

Bush 43 was the one who had a shoe thrown at him, not Barry.

I know what a shame. What a waste of shoes

[Gauthier]

Bush 43 was the one who had a shoe thrown at him, not Barry.

I know what a shame. What a waste of shoes

Oh right, Obama pissed off the Iraqis by following through on the withdrawal agreement signed by Bush.

[Neo Balka]

I know what a shame. What a waste of shoes

Oh right, Obama pissed off the Iraqis by following through on the withdrawal agreement signed by Bush.

I mean i can see why they'd be pissed because a JV team called isis rolled in from Syria.

they werent the "kind and gentle" type.

[Luminesa]

I know what a shame. What a waste of shoes

Oh right, Obama pissed off the Iraqis by following through on the withdrawal agreement signed by Bush.

So Bush did something good, then?

[AiliailiA]

Oh right, Obama pissed off the Iraqis by following through on the withdrawal agreement signed by Bush.

So Bush did something good, then?

Yep. Ducking that shoe was Dubya's finest hour.

[Neutraligon]

So Bush did something good, then?

Yep. Ducking that shoe was Dubya's finest hour.

I would say his reaction after ducking to the shoe being thrown was a pretty good reaction.

[Cannot think of a name]

Yep. Ducking that shoe was Dubya's finest hour.

I would say his reaction after ducking to the shoe being thrown was a pretty good reaction.

Compared to the way 45 handles criticism in retrospect Bush handled that show like a fucking champ.

[AiliailiA]

Yep. Ducking that shoe was Dubya's finest hour.

I would say his reaction after ducking to the shoe being thrown was a pretty good reaction.

Both shoes actually. I think the first one gets most replay because it was closer (both would have hit Bush in the head, but the first would have got him clean between the eyes), and for the second one Bush put up a hand as well as ducking. Both shoes are world class though, well pitched and well played!

[Blakk Metal]

It's like a Russian nesting doll of lawyers...

It's pretty great. With any luck his lawyers lawyers will get lawyers.

Yo dawg...

[Northern Davincia]

Oh hey, more cases of supposedly pro-free speech Rightists getting triggered by people using their free speech in ways that they don't like.

The incident was filmed by Jack Posobiec, a rightwing provocateur best known for helping to spread the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. He stood up as Loomer was escorted off stage by security guards and yelled at the crowd: “You are all Goebbels. You are all Nazis like Joseph Goebbels … You are inciting terrorists. The blood of Steve Scalise is on your hands.”

So right wing Shitpostmaster General trying to encourage some gullible shitbag to shoot up Shakespeare In the Park.

Did the person responsible claim to be in favor of free speech?

[AiliailiA]

So right wing Shitpostmaster General trying to encourage some gullible shitbag to shoot up Shakespeare In the Park.

Did the person responsible claim to be in favor of free speech?

Which person, Posobiec or Loomer?

If the former, I'd say no. Because he posted his video with the title "Julius Ceasar Gets SHUTDOWN". As he sees it, the achievement wasn't Loomer or his own speech, but the "shutting down" of someone else's speech.

If Loomer, I dunno. Calling the play itself "political violence" is a bit crazy. She was free to go after being removed from the theatre, but got herself arrested instead. On the limited evidence available I can't determine her attitude to free speech, or really anything beyond her being a shouty person.

[Izandai]

Well, no, they just draw parallels. The assassination is obligatory, because it's a rendition of Caesar.

Although I can see how it might have been obligatory (I think that scene is famous?), they could have went with something metaphorical or further applied to our time, like his sudden impeachment and removal from office, both Republicans and Democrats striking the great Julius Trump down or something. With Scalise and the shooting the assassination seems more real.

Or they could perform the play in accordance in the usual manner and if anyone gets butthurt about it that's their problem.

[Corrian]

I would say his reaction after ducking to the shoe being thrown was a pretty good reaction.

Both shoes actually. I think the first one gets most replay because it was closer (both would have hit Bush in the head, but the first would have got him clean between the eyes), and for the second one Bush put up a hand as well as ducking. Both shoes are world class though, well pitched and well played!

Don't forget the games!

[Izandai]

Both shoes actually. I think the first one gets most replay because it was closer (both would have hit Bush in the head, but the first would have got him clean between the eyes), and for the second one Bush put up a hand as well as ducking. Both shoes are world class though, well pitched and well played!

Don't forget the games!

...Why the hell is every one of the top 10 a chinese-sounding name who clearly hacked the site?

[Corrian]

Don't forget the games!

...Why the hell is every one of the top 10 a chinese-sounding name who clearly hacked the site?

Because this game is over 10 years old and nobody does anything to maintain it anymore I am guessing.

[Free-Don]

America was best when it was a quasi-empire. Remove pesky tribal nations, more states, take all sand castles, tripoli become best sandbox, filipinos are best US Navy, korea needs more democracy, encourage second Ever Victorious Army, remove mexico a-lah halls of montezoma, and buy cuba.

[Vassenor]

The plot thickens over the hecklers thing.

Tl;dr version: paid protests are a demonstrable thing on the right.

[Washington Resistance Army]

The plot thickens over the hecklers thing.

Tl;dr version: paid protests are a demonstrable thing on the right.

After all that stuff with paid protesters last year I've just pretty much come to accept everyone is gonna do this kinda nonsense.

[AiliailiA]

The plot thickens over the hecklers thing.

Tl;dr version: paid protests are a demonstrable thing on the right.

Are you relying on some other information besides that linked, to assert that Loomer was paid?

Manufactured news, yes. Astroturfing, yes. Paid protest?

[Vassenor]

The plot thickens over the hecklers thing.

Tl;dr version: paid protests are a demonstrable thing on the right.

Are you relying on some other information besides that linked, to assert that Loomer was paid?

Manufactured news, yes. Astroturfing, yes. Paid protest?

"I'll pay someone $1000 to disrupt this" isn't paid protest?

[AiliailiA]

Are you relying on some other information besides that linked, to assert that Loomer was paid?

Manufactured news, yes. Astroturfing, yes. Paid protest?

"I'll pay someone $1000 to disrupt this" isn't paid protest?

Is this the other information I asked for? If so, thanks.

[Galloism]

Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation

WASHINGTON — An attorney for President Trump was adamant on Sunday that the president is not under investigation, despite the president’s tweets this week referring to one as a "witch hunt."

“Let me be clear here,” said Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s legal team, on NBC's “Meet The Press.” “The president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction."

On Friday morning, President Trump sent a tweet that seemed to confirm that he was under scrutiny, writing, “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.”

But Sekulow claimed the president wasn’t referring to an actual investigation in the message, but instead a news report about one.

“The tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources purportedly leaking info to the Washington Post,” he said, referring to the Post’s report this week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the election, now also includes a look at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice.

“He's not afraid of the investigation — there is no investigation,” Sekulow said, adding, “there is not an investigation of the President of the United States, period.”

Sekulow on Sunday also acknowledged that the president was “fully aware that if in fact he took this action, he would see a lengthening" of the amount of time it would take to get through the Russia investigation if James Comey was removed as FBI director, but still decided to move forward with firing Comey because he "thought it was in the best interest of the American people."

Also on Sunday's “Meet The Press,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, noted that “one thing we’ve learned from the testimony of multiple people now is the president is pretty fired up about this" and doesn't believe that he did anything wrong. The president “wants people to say that," he said.

Rubio is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is doing its own probe into Russian election interference. He maintained that the president’s actions won’t prevent any of the investigations from proceeding, and that getting to the bottom of what happened would benefit all involved, including President Trump.

“This is is going to move forward,” he said. “We are going to get the full truth out there. I believe this is the thing that could happen for the president.”