American Government Thread 2: RIP John McCain, 81

https://twitter.com/nopenotthistime/status/951559287733669888

And some 63 Sam Club locations closed

The Samā€™s near me closed without warring or even advance notice to their employees.

http://www.wbaltv.com/article/sams-club-closes-owings-mills-location/15061916

Employees found out as they show up for work that their location closed from locked doors and a sign on the door and not from management.

when one reads these types of trumpgrets articles. one common theme seems to be prevalent.

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financial genius? didnā€™t trumpā€™s casinos lose money? anyway, tom brady will likely be the greatest qb the in nfl history. however, why would one assume bradyā€™s ability to recognize man vs zone coverage would translate into presidential ability? in any case, the people in the article realized their mistake and owned up to it. conversely, the cult45 members are up in here hilariously celebrating chump change being thrown their way, copping pleas for a unhinged president and stanning for huge tax cuts for gop donors and corportions sitting on tons of cash.

they sure did, but trump stans wouldnā€™t recognize an obviously transparent pr stunt if it bit them in the ass.

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also.
https://twitter.com/AlanMCole/status/951450999440494593
IOW, unemployment is continuing to drop (which was happening before trump got in office) and wal-mart is playing catch-up to some competitors to recruit employeess in a tightening labor market. wal-mart is already paying out $11/hr in states (DC, CA, WA and MA). a total of 18 states raised their minimum wages in 2018. also, target has been paying $11 for hourly employees since oct 2017 and costco raised itā€™s minimum to $13 in March 2016. nonetheless, this isnā€™t exactly a windfall when put into context as noted in the article.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot? http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx

oh, those stories will definitely come out simply because of the historical spectacle and rarity of a shit show of a presidency. btw, trumpā€™s latest interview in the WSJ delivers as usual. he comes off as bizarre and completely incoherent.

lolā€¦a real life archie bunker with mental instability and cognitive skills that have declined to the point where he canā€™t even grasp his own policy stance nor the stance of others.
https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/950798611587174401

I donā€™t pay a lot of attention to politics, but I do respect Trump for one thing, and thatā€™s taking his presidency in a different geographical direction. Yes heā€™s illiterate, yes heā€™s luxuriously retarded, but thereā€™s one thing I have to admit is that peace between the West and Russia, and peace between North Korea and South Korea, would all be a good thing for the world. Yes Trump is probably scared of NKā€™s ballistics and nuclear power, but if he at least got them talking, thatā€™s a good thing.

Because I have to be honest, after the past 15 years Iā€™m sick of hearing about the Middle Eastā€™s civil war and terror, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and so on. Just years and years of conflict in different countries and us sticking our noses in their business. Just to hear on the news what people think is going on between Trump and Putin is a sigh of relief, not that Iā€™ve forgotten and donā€™t care about the victims of conflict in the Middle East, but itā€™s a sign that our focuses are being shifted to other places.

But, Iā€™m not going to defend the moron, I donā€™t know enough about him to say, but it seems to me that Trump is tackling actual genuine world issues that can benefit everyone, instead of simply invading a country on the first day of his presidency.

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https://twitter.com/McJesse/status/951656747269345281

Trumps ass would steal some fizzy lifting drinks then leave the factory acting like he didnā€™t do shit then proceed to extort Slugworth for 8x his asking price for the ever lasting gobstopper.

**Fun fact IMDB said he even did a cameo in the movie: **

Employment is dropping across the board and has been for a long-time because of the one-two punch of automation and outsourcing.

Proponents will tell you that itā€™s creating new opportunities but itā€™s twisting facts. It is creating new opportunities but not an equal amount of opportunities. Some new jobs but overall a lower amount of jobs.

Kara throw? You could hit him with Hondaā€™s overheadā€¦

ofc some people from Norway want to go to the USA, canā€™t blame them.
For the 3 years of work Iā€™d do over there, my salary would be be rougly 2 times as high as here. I wouldnā€™t stay there but I seriously considered the move.

Meanwhileā€¦I just got this on my cell phoneā€¦

Thenā€¦

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/952243723525677056

https://twitter.com/Hawaii_EMA/status/952243912415985664

Hack?

Either way someoneā€™s gonna lose their job over this. :coffee:

Been watching the governor debate for california the guy trying to run on a trumplike racist and conspiracy theory platform bringing up soros and then bringing up the mainstream liberal media

Then blaming immigrants for the fires and mudslide

Fuck at least california isnā€™t going to fall for that

Hopefully arizona wonā€™t either.

Trump is a dumpster fire right. To associate with him is to associate with racist and xenophobic values. But mostly racist because trump hates minorities.

When trump steps down it will be pretty epic if Pence does not pardon him. All this news about pence avoiding all the russian bs. Prepare for a more tactful kind of evil.

I imagine a lot of people were shitting in their pants.

https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/951799802014158849

Still not sure how we survived the 8 years of that madman.

My personal favorite. So odd Faux decided to remove those segments. Problem is it would have to be 90% of the crap they did now. Oddly they did lie about Trump being at ā€œworkā€ when he was at his golf resort multiple times.

https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/951803045930766336

Worth the 3 min investment to those who need a good laugh.

Weā€™re in Hawaii. Thereā€™s not a lot one can do if a nuclear missile were to detonate over the state. Of course a lot of people were in panic. Someone has to lose their job for this. I wouldnā€™t be surprised if prison time for those who fucked this up.

A friend of mine was in a middle of a hike when he received the notifications from EAS. It will only take minutes for a missile to hit Hawaii and he wouldnā€™t even have had a chance to find shelter.

Republicans under Trump are just old man 4chan trolls. Talk a lot of shit when surrounded by likeminded retards, but melt into a pile of silence and regret when actually confronted by someone calling them out. This fuckface got exposed.

Canā€™t do much but be a BITCH when youā€™re called out on bullshit that panders to people of your shithole country.

Yup my sister was blowing up my phone think she was going to die. Shit is not a good way to start your day. Nothing like threat of nuclear war thanks to this baby carrot wielding idiot in the office

https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/951898870191132675

Imagine being a white person and then your boss said the best use of your abilities would be testing mildly seasoned food to make sure itā€™s not too spicy.

I read Trudeau is welcoming all the brown in after the poopy hole comment? Just hope you @odin and the rest of your leaf people will be ok. I know the Asians coming in to Canada arenā€™t playing nice already.

At least Trump had some nice words for the people to Hawaii who had to go through that frightening ordeal.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/952301373479104512

J/K he only cared about real news and his ego and was fucking GOLFING for the 100th time while that went down.

So this happened

Maryland Politics
Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/chelsea-manning-files-to-run-for-us-senate-in-maryland/2018/01/13/6439f0d0-f88c-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.342015b506be