I wonder if Trump will remember that the reason he's pulling the troops out is because he defeated ISIS or if he'll say that he's pulling them so no more have to die in Syria.

Pelosi is requesting Trump delay the SOTU until the government shut down is over or give it in writing, old school style.

**** that, make him explain how the state of the Union is strong in the middle of the longest shutdown ever. The optics of him whining about a wall Americans don’t want us going to be terrible. Dem response should just be “He said Mexico would pay for it *mic drop*”

Apparently Pelosi can deny Trump the use of the House for the SOTU address. He could probably still give it in the senate or somewhere else though. It wouldn't surprise me if he goes to Alabama and gives it at one of his MAGA rallies and then Sean Hannity will be there for the post-speech wrapup interview.

It’s a classic Pelosi power move to shut him out f the House but I think it’s a bad play, just makes the Dems look petty.

I don't mind the maneuver. Trump absolutely does not want to be told what to do, especially by a woman. He also loves to get up in front of people and look important, even though he's actually just ranting like a senile grandpa. Now either has to do what Pelosi told him to do, or go up and make a fool of himself (again).

Edit for new posts: I wouldn't block him from using the House though.

He could do it from the Oval office as well

I don't think it counts as being delivered if the people you are delivering it to aren't there. He could certainly deliver it in writing and then demand air time to read it to the nation from the oval office. The lack of applause breaks would make it go much faster...

It's a fair point though and SOTU probably takes a ****load of extra work from people who aren't getting paid. The letter may be a bit overdramatic though.

No can hold him to that standard. He'd use it to blame Democrats, talk about illegal immigrant killers, and list the accomplishments he's done. Sure they'd be some that would complain about norms but that doesn't matter

BOIDS with the deep dive. I'm actually most curious the process that led to a search for "Darwinist". I wonder what other gems he found along the way.


I think it's moreso because I'm one of the few dissidents of the echo chamber that haven't completely abandoned the forum. I can understand that it's not as fun to rip on people who never know you're doing it. At that point you're just typing mean things into a computer for no particular audience, and that's just sad.


I've actually never actually eaten a big mac. AMA


No, that was more of a reference on the overall breadth of nature than a A -> B link, but there was definitely some cringe in that thread. I still fall on the creationist side, but 2008 Inso0 was definitely a different person. Color me a little bit embarrassed, for sure.

Asking him to not give the SOTUA is exactly what I'd do if I was a woman and wanted him to give the SOTUA.

He’s gonna do that regardless, better to have him give the speech now that the country is completely dysfunctional and trash is piling up in our national parks rather than later when the country is up and running. Dems cannot project the image that they’re being difficult just to stick it to Trump, they need to look like the adults in the room.

Inso0,

In all seriousness, good for you for growing and recognizing growth in the last 10 years. Consider the possibility you will feel similar about yesterday's posts in 2029

They should offer him the wall funding in exchange for Gorsuch and Kavanaugh's soctus seats. I'll be the gop forgets how to even spell wall within a day.

So true.

I searched for "Darwinist" because it seemed like the most likely word that would bring up the exact post BOIDS quoted, not sure how he found the post originally.

lol @ creationists ever using the phrase "normal people"

just shut the **** up

You support concentration camps.

he also said way back in 2016 election season that he'd snapcall a literal deal with the devil to prevent hillary from being president. very smart and true christian this guy is

took like 2 mins

first search was for young earth, which yielded nothing

second was for ark

Love the move by Nancy to stop Trump from having a proper SOTU.

Of course, Trump will reopen the government for January 20th, give the SOTU and shut it down immediately afterwards. Or he'll give it at a rally in Who-the-****-cares, Mississippi. Or sit in The Oval Office and have himself aired live on national TV reading a teleprompter to a camera. Hell he might prefer the other options over a traditional address. Better for his ego to not get booed relentlessly by the majority of Congress for over an hour.

They don’t look like they are being difficult, though. Lack of security is a legitimate concern. Trump loves the attention he will get from giving the SOTU, so there is no way he wants to cancel or postpone it, so he’s probably going to do something stupid in response to this. I think it’s a decent play.

I didn’t interpret what this person was saying to mean that the senators were motivated by some desire to do the right thing or be some kind of hero-patriot agains a threat to our country. He explicitly said they don’t care about the shutdown because it’s not seriously affecting them, in some I stances it is taking attention away from their favored issues and allowing them to operate in relative peace. I interpreted last straw to mean that they had given up the notion that Trump was a reliable political ally. The guy I was speaking with even mentioned an anecdote that Nixon thought he had the support of Republicans in Congress, but was surprised when he was informed that he didn’t have the votes in support of some resolution, he resigned the next day, supposedly. I think the turn will be swift. Naturally you would expect these people to take the line that they are being patriots and putting the country over party politics, but we all know that will be BS.

I'd think he'd prefer to do it in front of Congress vs. in the Oval Office. I can imagine him parading a bunch of special guests in attendance (e.g., families impacted by immigrant crime) and an Oval address gives the rebuttal address an almost equal footing in terms of stature.