US Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/oct/19/who-started-melania-trump-body-double-conspiracy-theory

Isn't this the plot of the Fawlty Towers episode "The Anniversary"?

Not quite sure what's going on here :)

The Republicans are letting Trump act like an idiot, give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
Pence takes over under 25th Amendment and looks like a hero.

Strong sock game from Bush Snr. Fat ankles or super thick socks?

Thought he was tagged

Is that...

Lady Gaga?

Yes it is Lady Gaga. Picture was at the One America benefit show for hurricane relief.

I think Bush Senior had a stroke, he is in a wheelchair now. Socks may be for DVT.

Jimmy Carter was building houses for Habitat For Humanity here in Winnipeg a few months ago. he got dehydrated, went to hospital, and was back the next day. I admire that he is trying to do good at his age.

Heart meds - he's retaining a lot of water. I mean, he is 93.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/trump-quitters/

I'm about halfway in so far. An interview with 4 people that have quit since trump because they couldn't deal with it. Not all anti trump to begin with either, fairly non-partisan as government employees mostly tend to be

http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/trump-throws-farage-under-bus.html?m=1

Hopefully its the bus was the one bringing £350m back for the NHS from Europe, in which case they will patch him up in no time

...

Quite interesting (mentions Trump about half-way through)

https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads

it's almost like corporations are more concerned with making money than with helping people...

making money IS helping people - the wealth trickles down, remember - duh!

Things getting interesting on the legal front ; this happened yesterday

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/boente-mueller-dana/5724/

then this overnight

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/first-charges-mueller-investigation/index.html

and then Team Trump lost their fucking shit

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/924158124998713345

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/29/hail-to-the-chief-cyclist-gives-trump-the-middle-finger

"Cyclists Stay Awesome"

Well, we'll see what happens today.

Perhaps it will be like this (I like what they have done with Ivanka)?

https://twitter.com/AgentHades/status/924112609409875969

There's a non-zero chance of Trump nuking North Korea today

A speculative thread on how the right-wing media might try to influence today's events

https://twitter.com/drvox/status/924848605457825792

It includes this depressing prediction within

My prediction: Mueller fired, blanket pardons, Rs defend, Russians
hack again in 2018, House Ds win popular vote by 7 points, GOP
majority.

This is pretty scary. How far will Trump go to distract attention / keep himself in power?

If in the coming months an indictment comes for him or his family, he has the legal power to launch a nuke at NK, or at the very least start a war somewhere. He doesn't need approval from anyone. Distraction guaranteed.

Who knows, his approval rating may even go up.