Trump’s replacement for The New Celebrity Apprentice, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is leaving the show. Let’s see how Trump and Ahnold react on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/838016045222854656
EDIT: Also, there’s this:
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Time to post some amazing degree of pettiness.
In the time that all this took place, someone else claimed the original name. It’s not in your best interest to look it up.
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The entire thing is worth reading, but some interesting(and in hindsight, pretty obvious) takeaways:
The_Donald + Games = KotakuInAction(Gamergate sub), /r/gaming(The largest gaming sub, which is often pretty much reddit standard right-wing), and /r/cynicalbrit(The subreddit for gamergate favorite youtuber TotalBiscuit)
/r/conservative - /r/politics = Three catholic subreddits, one general christian subreddit, and one dedicated to AK47s.
The_Donald - Politics = /r/fatpeoplehate(now banned subreddit, what it says on the tin), TheRedPill(Reddit’s MRA community hub), the 4chan sub, and an explicitly racist sub.
Oh, and they also threw their code for the project up on Github, and pointed to where they got their raw data from(Google’s BigQuery)
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I don’t usually like Perlstein’s takes on contemporary politics because they aren’t that incisive but this piece is good.
Hard to see the point for all the belly lint.
That is one priapism of a ferocious wink.
Call a doctor!
Snark aside, albeit deserved, I do think ego and insecurity in socially undervalued people is an issue in America, along with the inability to receive critique without absolute defensive denial. And the criticism is valid for most people that I’ve met, regardless of affiliation or status. But that doesn’t mean the solution boils down to Participation In Humanity empathy trophies for Repugnicants sorry not sorry. (Which, while not mentioned in this particular article, is the running theme in 150% of post-election think pieces. True facts.)
Don’t play strategy games with people who need everyone to acknowledge how smart they are. Even winning is torture.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Flynn’s asked the FBI for immunity in exchange for testimony.
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Whats insane to me about all of these shady deals is how amazingly cheap it is to buy politicians. 5 figures usually and 6 at max. Like, I’d understand people selling their country out for 7 or 8 figures but it seems like they could be making a lot more just working doing normal shady nonsense and not fuck up the entire country shady nonsense.
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I thought I understood what you were getting at in this paragraph but the more I look at it the less sure I get. Your belabored metaphor aside, I don’t think I get your meaning and I don’t want to attribute a position to you that you do not hold. If you would like to claify, cool, but if you are busy then I will just drop it.
5 or 6 figures over a career of 20+ years, after they leave they can become a consultant for Fox News or other similar engagements.
They’ve created a situation where they can receive piles of money in exchange for relatively little effort for the rest of their life.
Oh, the sweet sweet sounds of an ironic echo…
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In short, the irony of this piece is that it represents everything it is criticizing. I was mocking it by imitating it.
It’s amazing how well this describes the current state of politics.
Remember how Trump was putting his assets in a blind trust? That he couldn’t touch or profit from, and was being run by his children?
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Well, technically he has to ask his son.
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Well, technically he has to ask his son.
[/quote]Do you really think he’ll say no?
Aside from the extremely obvious conflict of interest this represents. And even, in some ways the giant walking conflict of interest that is president trump. A thing that really bothers me about this is the precedent it sets. If you’re already extremely rich, why not seek the presidency and use it to maximize your own profits?
Like honestly, why not do that?
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Like honestly, why not do that?
[/quote]If the US learns anything from this mess, a set of revised, robust and strict laws regarding presidents profiting from their office.
If not…Er, dunno.