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[StopMakingSense]

100k seems like an extremely conservative number for Puerto Ricans moving to FL post-Maria.

 

[Anoregon]

Siena Polls:

New York

Trump favorables:

Approval: 28
Disapproval: 68

Schumer:

Approval: 58
Disapproval: 31

Gillibrand:

Approval: 50
Disapproval: 23

Cuomo:

Approval: 57
Disapproval: 35

Actually a little surprised Schumer's approval is higher than Gillibrand, but he definitely edges her out on profile/name recognition so it makes sense he's higher in both approval and disapproval.

 

[Dominican Power]

That Full Frontal episode about the history of America fucking over Puerto Rico is infuriating.

 

[BigJonsson]

Has this been posted yet?

Michael Del Moro‏Verified account @MikeDelMoro 46m46 minutes ago

ABC News: Robert Mueller's team met behind closed doors today w an unknown group of attorneys & chief judge of US District Court in DC

Hmmmm

 

[Holmes]

So I'm not disregarding warning signs but I remember the whole "GOP INTERNALS SHOW HILLARY UP IN INDIANA" a month before the election. So.

 

[Aaron Strife]

To be honest I'm kind of hoping for this outcome. Making Florida a reliably blue state would be a suitable consequence for Trump and his cronies' racist response to Puerto Rico's disaster.

Step 1: Florida becomes a solid blue state
Step 2: Dem wins next presidential election easily by flipping MI and FL (+ maybe more but that’s all it would take)
Step 3: New PresiDem makes Puerto Rico into a state
Step 4: Republicans doomed forever*

*until next midterm election

 

[smokeymicpot]

Has this been posted yet?




Hmmmm

No idea what that means.

 

[Teggy]

No idea what that means.

It means the grand marshall of the supreme court is about to deliver a sealed indictment.


Wow, Spicer is having a conniption about Harvey Weinstein today and every time he comes up with a new "gotcha" it's slapped down in 5 seconds because he's a complete idiot.

 

[StopMakingSense]

It means the grand marshall of the supreme court is about to deliver a sealed indictment.

Dammit, I was gonna make a Marshall of the Supreme Court joke!!!

 

[chadskin]

No idea what that means.

The Grand Jury in Manafort's case is located in DC, so ... indictment preparation?

 

[smokeymicpot]

It means the grand marshall of the supreme court is about to deliver a sealed indictment.

Better tell Mensch about the scoop. She been saying it for months. /s

 

[BoboBrazil]

Has this been posted yet?




Hmmmm

Indictment time baby

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

It means the grand marshall of the supreme court is about to deliver a sealed indictment.


Wow, Spicer is having a conniption about Harvey Weinstein today and every time he comes up with a new "gotcha" it's slapped down in 5 seconds because he's a complete idiot.

....

this also might explain the trump ramblings

 

[RDreamer]

I don't get this whole push that the dems should give back the money given to them by Weinstein. Since when does receiving money equate to an endorsement of everything that person does? And are Republicans somehow going to give back all the air time and support Fox News/Roger Ailes/Bill O'Reilly gave them?

I mean I get the Dems wanting to donate it for a PR move, but why should liberal people join Republicans in calling for this crap when it's clearly just a move to empty Dem coffers and has no real basis in moral reality.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Has this been posted yet?




Hmmmm

Subpoena or indictment?

 

[tbm24]

I don't get this whole push that the dems should give back the money given to them by Weinstein. Since when does receiving money equate to an endorsement of everything that person does? And are Republicans somehow going to give back all the air time and support Fox News/Roger Ailes/Bill O'Reilly gave them?

I mean I get the Dems wanting to donate it for a PR move, but why should liberal people join Republicans in calling for this crap when it's clearly just a move to empty Dem coffers and has no real basis in moral reality.

People are too caught up by emotions at the point. It’s not about it making sense, just if it FEELS good.

 

[chadskin]

AP poll finds only 67% of Republicans approve of Trump (!!!!!!)

While 67 percent of Republicans still approve of the job the president is doing, support among Republicans has decreased significantly since March when 80 percent of Republicans expressed approval. Twenty-eight percent of independents and 5 percent of Democrats say they approve of Trump’s handling of his job. Among Democrats, this also represents a decline since March when 11 percent said they approved.

http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Americans-Evaluations-of-President-Trump.aspx

 

[Grexeno]

AP poll finds only 67% of Republicans approve of Trump (!!!!!!)


http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Americans-Evaluations-of-President-Trump.aspx

He's even losing the Democrats who have always voted Republican!

 

[Mark Andrew]

AP poll finds only 67% of Republicans approve of Trump (!!!!!!)


http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Americans-Evaluations-of-President-Trump.aspx

67% Republican approval in the FIRST YEAR of a Republican Presidency. I’m sure it’s an outlier, but if not, wow.

 

[StopMakingSense]

holy moly, 67 is a terrrrrrrrible same party number.

 

[Kusagari]

AP poll finds only 67% of Republicans approve of Trump (!!!!!!)


http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Americans-Evaluations-of-President-Trump.aspx

32% overall approval rating in that poll. I think that's the lowest we've ever seen, right?

 

[Teggy]

I don't get this whole push that the dems should give back the money given to them by Weinstein. Since when does receiving money equate to an endorsement of everything that person does? And are Republicans somehow going to give back all the air time and support Fox News/Roger Ailes/Bill O'Reilly gave them?

I mean I get the Dems wanting to donate it for a PR move, but why should liberal people join Republicans in calling for this crap when it's clearly just a move to empty Dem coffers and has no real basis in moral reality.

Basically because the right claims the moral high ground so the left is forced to overcompensate. It's a pretty amazing trick they pull off. Do very little when they are caught (hell, they just elect their sexual abusers), but then scream bloody murder if it happens on the other side. Since the left actually tries to practice what it preaches, they are held to a higher standard.

 

[benicillin]

What did it? How did it get that low??

 

[Basileus777]

What did it? How did it get that low??

Republicans mad that Trump/Congress can't get shit done.

 

[DTC]

That poll seems like a big outlier to me.

Regardless, Trump is in big trouble if he can't pass tax reform or some other thing happens.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

Has this been brought up yet?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.ff167a4deece

The guidelines from the DoJ allow for interpretations of religious freedom that, put together, seem to grant some pretty big wiggle room for religious and non-religious corporations to discriminate in hiring for religion and sexual orientation.

 

[Mark Andrew]

The DC District Court’s Chief Judge looks like Crooked Hillary’s sister from a parallel universe.

Deep State confirmed.

 

[Ithil]

AP poll finds only 67% of Republicans approve of Trump (!!!!!!)


http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Americans-Evaluations-of-President-Trump.aspx

While I'm sure it's an outlier, if the average of polls drops to this low you're gonna see such panic among the GOP.

 

[Plinko]

What did it? How did it get that low??

Mentioned it in the other thread, but anecdotally I've seen a lot of republican friends on social media posting about how they are disgusted with his lack of compassion and empathy about the recent disasters, and how his response to Puerto Rico was disgusting.

Has this been posted yet?




Hmmmm

President Hatch incoming.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

Mentioned it in the other thread, but anecdotally I've seen a lot of republican friends on social media posting about how they are disgusted with his lack of compassion and empathy about the recent disasters, and how his response to Puerto Rico was disgusting.



President Hatch incoming.

gonna get even worse now he's issuing vague threats of war

 

[tbm24]

I find it odd there seems to be many who are surprised that a random 64 year old up and decidedly to hatch a plan for mass murder without something they can point to about his past and say THATS WHY!

 

[Aaron Strife]

32% approval to 67% disapproval JESUS Christ

I expect that’s a big outlier but man.

 

[Teggy]

Maybe the slip in the polls is why they’re pedal to the metal on culture war shit today.

 

[AndyD]

Has this been brought up yet?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.ff167a4deece

The guidelines from the DoJ allow for interpretations of religious freedom that, put together, seem to grant some pretty big wiggle room for religious and non-religious corporations to discriminate in hiring for religion and sexual orientation.

It'll take a case of a company discriminating against a white Christian going to the supreme Court to reassert individual rights over commpany rights.

 

[pigeon]

Super annoyed that that poll doesn't post crosstabs.

* Trump lost 7 points of approval from March to June, then another 3 from June to September. So the majority of this slide happened earlier.
* Trump's "strongly approve" number is still the same as it was in March (with a small dip in June erased in this poll.) The loss is completely from "somewhat approve." "Strongly disapprove" has gained 7 points in the same timeframe, so basically, there was a linear shift in opinion among everybody except Trump's hardcore fans, who feel exactly the same.
* Congress lost 7 points of approval from March to September as well. In June people were a little less sure what they thought -- in this poll, though, 51% of respondents strongly disapprove of Congress, and they're at 18/81 topline.
* People are reporting that the economy and healthcare are very important issues for them, and think Trump is handling them badly, but their numbers haven't changed since June. So the additional slide is presumably something else.

 

[Random Human]

Has this been posted yet?




Hmmmm

So who’s about to get it?

 

[jtb]

The DNC had the right idea. Just give the Weinstein money to EMILY's List, a de facto arm of the Democratic party anyways.

 

[whyamihere]

32% approval to 67% disapproval JESUS Christ

I expect that’s a big outlier but man.

Yeah, I expect he's probably higher. But look at these trends.

 

[BlastProcessing]

@abbydphillip
**Does double take **

[url]http://wapo.st/2yN0PSD [/URL]

 

[whyamihere]

@abbydphillip
**Does double take **

[url]http://wapo.st/2yN0PSD [/URL]

......omg

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

@abbydphillip
**Does double take **

[url]http://wapo.st/2yN0PSD [/URL]

Deer Lord

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Pfffft.

Straight out of arrested development

 

[Nordic4tKnight]

......omg

Btw, former presidents and First Ladies describe the White House and the security bubble that envelops it like a prison.

 

[metalslimer]

I expect the NFL thing probably did him good with republicans, but the Puerto Rico response was a dumpster fire.

 

[RustyNails]

The DC District Court’s Chief Judge looks like Crooked Hillary’s sister from a parallel universe.



Deep State confirmed.

She looks like the child of Hillary and Carly Fiorina

 

[Aaron Strife]

I thought if Hillary won Trump and Melania would be divorced within a year.

Trump won and I might not have been that far off anyway.

 

[chadskin]

@abbydphillip
**Does double take **

[url]http://wapo.st/2yN0PSD [/URL]

Peak Veep.

 

[Teggy]

Btw, former presidents and First Ladies describe the White House and the security bubble that envelops it like a prison.

Did they use it to sympathize with someone whose husband was in a South American prison? There’s always context.

 

[dramatis]

It's past 5pm eastern, so I'm assuming Tillerson survives the week.

 

[thepotatoman]

I find Northam an interesting case study in ideology vs. personality and how the latter seems to heavily drive public perception of the former. Northam has staked out some pretty hard left positions over the course of the campaign, but he’s kind of boring so he’s often perceived as being a centrist or moderate.

We already had that case study with Hillary. If you don't make those positions crystal clear in your campaigning, it is functionally the same as not having them at all. It doesn't have anything to do with how charismatic you are. He obviously wants to be seen as an ideological blank slate except for abortion, so he has to take all the good and the bad that comes with it.

I expect Northam to win, but that washington post poll should be the norm, not the outlier. If you can't win midterms in purple states by a huge margin while the opposite party president is breaking records for disapproval ratings, then your strategy probably isn't going to work when that president goes away.