Just sitting back and saying the intel community will save us is a recipe for disaster

I'm looking forward to hearing from McMaster. This is "Dancing with the Stars" level tap-dancing that these staffers are having to do lately. Let's see if he can keep up.

You should be wary about concern trolling and that's good. There's tons of right-winger concern trolls in the world and we should basically be telling them to **** off.

But adios's advice isn't bad? My answer to his question is: yes? Yeah, it's that in a nutshell. Democrats should be spitting hot fire about a far more progressive tax system, about single payer, about equitable trade policies, about free college tuition and less focus on the personal or even specific political failings of Trump.

All of Trump's failures should be tied directly to the GOP, be made part and parcel of the GOP, and the Democrats should be voicing what our alternatives are.

Unfortunately the wide panoply "good governance" issues (e.g., don't be a stooge for Russia, don't whimsically release classified information, don't tweet inchoate nonsense, don't be a racist idiot, don't fire non-partisan executives for scrutinizing you) are just far too esoteric and distant for most voters.

I don't think adios's advice is bad on the whole. I agree that the 'Trump is a wholly unqualified, out-of-bounds idiot' was more or less the 2016 message and simply didn't resonate. I wish it did, it's all frightfully accurate, but long term strategies and visions for Democratic ascendancy have to involve way more than that.

There's space for both but my jumping off point here was how quickly the Republicans pivoted on Trump's mistake from "didn't happen" to "actually it did, and it just shows how awesome Daddy the unitary executive is, he gets to decider, he's the decider" -- which, yeah, that's exactly what they did. The media is too ****ing hapless and can't keep up. Persuadable voters aren't going to be won over with Washington Post scoops but when the inevitable political gravity of GOP's policy proposals (gutting Medicare, ending Obamacare, giving government services) that effect people start to anger the masses and weigh the GOP down. Be the party that was there all along saying we told you so, here's how to do it differently. Bernie had the closest approximation to that.

There was news recently of a woman who's husband was deported and she was still hemming and hawing about saying voting for trump was a mistake on her part. Trump supporters ain't never gonna change their minds. Never.

McMaster briefing coming up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5i6...feature=em-lss

pretty disappointed no one has posted this in connection with Trump's tweets this morning

Trump was born with a certain kind of mind and moves to quickly, so it is hard for them to keep up.

Our National Security adviser confirmed scumbag lying *******.

cool. sick find mate. i always viewed PPP as credible but that poll result is so ****ing remarkable it made me wonder if it was too good to be true!

Well to be fair the denial McMaster gave was in regards to things that weren't actually in the WP article.

It was actually a pretty good attempt at a head fake too, up until his own boss threw him under the bus.

WH

DENY AT ALL COSTS

Trump the next morning

yeah I did it and there's not a damn thing anyone's gonna do about it, GET THE LEAKERS.

Hilarious that Trump's team thinks anyone but his supporters care about his trip abroad especially given the news of the day.

I'm a pretty cynical guy but even I can't believe how much this administration is filled with complete and utter contemptible pieces of ****.

yeah why is the National Security Advisor needed to tell me what Trump plans to have for lunch?

Thank you for the jokes McMaster. Jfc. No one in that room should have laughed.

Also, did he just say Trump was going to hold a twitter forum? Doesn't he do that everyday.

Is McMaster still active duty military?

It's to build up the appearance they are actually doing something.

LEAKS

LEAKS

LEAKS

THE REAL ISSUE

McMaster was very careful to not lie, everyone was calling him out for his semantic technicality bull****.

They are so dumb to think young people actually want to interact with Trump other than to rip him to shreds. Oblivious...

McNaster :

Totally normal to share classified information with Russia.

The big issue is leakers.

Pretty sure yes

If so then he's basically obligated to follow orders. So if Turnip orders him to lie he's likely going to either do it or resign.

Yeah he's lying through his teeth and dodging, just another clown

SAUCES AND METHODS