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OT: American Politics

CH1 said:
Pruitt is so bad vs cannabis that I don't think he gets through. His stunt vs Colorado made him plenty of enemies.
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I hope so, but I don't ever trust the Republicans to do the right thing, and I also refuse to underestimate their willingness to bend over for Trump.
 
MindzEye said:
I hope so, but I don't ever trust the Republicans to do the right thing, and I also refuse to underestimate their willingness to bend over for Trump.
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I'm hoping some might be incentivized to bend the other way as November looms
 
CH1 said:
Get the popcorn ready, bitchez

BuzzFeed may have found a legal opening to allow the porn actress Stormy Daniels to discuss her alleged relationship with President Donald Trump and a $130,000 payment she received just before the 2016 election as part of a nondisclosure agreement she is now trying to void.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/14/buzzfeed-stormy-daniels-trump-462261
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The most interesting part of the story imo isn't that Trump was cheating on his wife shortly after giving birth to his youngest child. But how the payoff happened. It sure looks possible that campaign funds were used to do it.
 
MindzEye said:
The most interesting part of the story imo isn't that Trump was cheating on his wife shortly after giving birth to his youngest child. But how the payoff happened. It sure looks possible that campaign funds were used to do it.
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Trump rarely uses his own money for anything.
 
Sarah Sanders
@PressSec
Just spoke to @POTUS and Gen. H.R. McMaster - contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the NSC.
 
zeke said:
these november elections are kind of a big deal.
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They really are. Trump would much, much rather whine about how the bad Democrats aren't letting him make america great again than he actually wants to put the effort into governing and getting things done. Listening to Fox rant about how bad the obstructionist Democrats are and how great Trump is would probably sustain him for the year until he gets to go campaigning again, which is clearly the only part of the job he actually enjoys.
 
Jonathan Cheng
@JChengWSJ
No Tillerson? No problem. S. Korea's foreign minister, originally scheduled to meet Rex in Washington, will meet Ivanka instead.
bit.ly/2pg3JfA
 
zeke said:
Sarah Sanders
@PressSec
Just spoke to @POTUS and Gen. H.R. McMaster - contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the NSC.
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I meant to post kissofdeath.gif when I saw this and passed on the opportunity.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...77aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.a87cf98012e1


President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration.

Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is willing to take time executing the move because he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated and that there is a strong successor lined up, these people said.

The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House, where staffers are gripped by fear and un*certainty as they await the next move from an impulsive president who enjoys stoking conflict.

For all of the evident disorder, Trump feels emboldened, advisers said — buoyed by what he views as triumphant decisions last week to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum and to agree to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president is enjoying the process of assessing his team and making changes, tightening his inner circle to those he considers survivors and who respect his unconventional style, one senior White House official said.
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Habsy was right, this is just another season of the Apprentice to him.

This portrait of the Trump administration in turmoil is based on interviews with 19 presidential advisers and administration officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer candid perspectives.

The mood inside the White House in recent days has verged on mania, as Trump increasingly keeps his own counsel and senior aides struggle to determine the gradations between rumor and truth. At times, they say, they are anxious and nervous, wondering what each new headline may mean for them personally.

But in other moments, they appear almost as characters in an absurdist farce — openly joking about whose career might end with the next presidential tweet. White House officials have begun betting about which staffer will be ousted next, though few, if any, have much reliable information about what is actually going on.
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Trump recently told Kelly that he wants McMaster out and asked for help weighing replacement options, according to two people familiar with their conversations. The president has complained that McMaster is too rigid and that his briefings go on too long and seem irrelevant.
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Some in the White House have been reluctant to oust McMaster from his national security perch until he has a promotion to four-star rank or other comfortable landing spot. They are eager to show that someone can serve in the Trump administration without suffering severe damage to their reputation.
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Stable ****ing genius
 
Also in what can only be an incredible coincidence:


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/hr-mcmaster-russia-syria-crime-punishment-465841


National security adviser H.R. McMaster on Thursday called for further U.S. action against Russia as punishment for crimes in Syria, in a fiery address at an event marking the seventh year of the Syrian Civil War.
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“Russia is also complicit in Assad’s atrocities,” he declared. “The Russian government has bombed civilian areas and provided political cover for Assad’s crimes.”

He slammed Russia for carrying out more than 100 bombing missions in the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta and invoked the recent chemical attack on a former spy in southern England as examples of Russian aggression. The U.S. on Thursday morning joined Britain, France and Germany in blaming Russia for the attack in a rare joint statement.

But statements, McMaster said, do not go far enough.

“If Iran and Russia do not stop enabling the regime’s atrocities and adhere to U.N. Security Council resolutions, all nations must respond more forcibly than simply issuing strong statements,” McMaster said. “It is time to impose serious political and economic consequences on Moscow and Tehran. Assad should not have impunity for his crimes, and neither should his sponsors.”
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Tillerson shit talks Russia, almost immediately punted. McMaster shit talks Russia, punted the same day
 
There's also this, and it's some scary shit. Full article worth reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/politics/russia-cyberattacks.html

Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S. Says

The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will.

United States officials and private security firms saw the attacks as a signal by Moscow that it could disrupt the West’s critical facilities in the event of a conflict.

They said the strikes accelerated in late 2015, at the same time the Russian interference in the American election was underway. The attackers had compromised some operators in North America and Europe by spring 2017, after President Trump was inaugurated.

In the following months, according to a Department of Homeland Security report issued on Thursday, Russian hackers made their way to machines with access to critical control systems at power plants that were not identified. The hackers never went so far as to sabotage or shut down the computer systems that guide the operations of the plants.

Still, new computer screenshots released by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday made clear that Russian state hackers had the foothold they would have needed to manipulate or shut down power plants.

“We now have evidence they’re sitting on the machines, connected to industrial control infrastructure, that allow them to effectively turn the power off or effect sabotage,” said Eric Chien, a security technology director at Symantec, a digital security firm.

“From what we can see, they were there. They have the ability to shut the power off. All that’s missing is some political motivation,” Mr. Chien said.

American intelligence agencies were aware of the attacks for the past year and a half, and the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. first issued urgent warnings to utility companies in June. On Thursday, both agencies offered new details as the Trump administration imposed sanctions against Russian individuals and organizations it accused of election meddling and “malicious cyberattacks.”

It was the first time the administration officially named Russia as the perpetrator of the assaults. And it marked the third time in recent months that the White House, departing from its usual reluctance to publicly reveal intelligence, blamed foreign government forces for attacks on infrastructure in the United States.
 
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The issue with cyber-warfare is the US is the most plugged in superpower which makes them the most vulnerable to hacking.

They need to stop ****ing around and get their cyber house in order.


As for trump, I just can’t watch this shit anymore. Priorities are all screwed up or nonexistent.
 
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