That seems fair, although I don't know to what extent Bannon was involved with the statement.

My general test for anti-Semitism on Holocaust stuff is if what the person says in anyway diminishes the fact that the Holocaust was a genocide committed specifically targeting Jews and that the US (along with other countries) did not do enough to stop it, fully knowing the repercussions, then the comment is absolutely anti-Semitic. Both the tears thing and the statement fall under this category, IMO.

I didn't see the original of that gif. I don't know what he was putting on display, but I expect it was about as presidential as "kat -> meow".

I don't know either, but it's hard to imagine Trump being sophisticated enough to do it on purpose. We shouldn't forget that he's an idiot. He can barely read. Remember his ghost writer talking about him? He probably hasn't read much beyond a headline in years. People constantly say he can't pay attention to a conversation.

Kat meow A+

Screamin, thanks for posting that gif. Made my day already.

Winner gets a rose?

Probably. It's a strange world.

So it appears that some Democratic senators view a filibuster as a "one time", and are unwilling to exercise it for the sake of opposing a a non-crazy nominee who will not swing the idealogical balance of the Court.

My guess is that Republicans almost certainly would not have to exercise the nuclear option to get Hardiman through. Maybe there is a 20-30% chance that they would have to exercise it to get Gorsuch through. And there is a 90% chance that they would have to exercise it to get Pryor through because he is viewed by Senate Democrats as the most extreme by far.

I love how Trump's viewing this as a ****ing game and announcing this in prime time like it's a game show for him. Now even bringing in more than one person for suspense. Pathetic.

"donald j trump is a ratings machine" - president donald j trump

Spicer press briefing going down hill fast. Everyone arguing with Spicer talking over each other.

sean spicer is usually pretty spicy, but today he's even spicier

Also lol at turning the SC nominee pick into a ****ing gameshow. Bringing both of them to DC in the dark.

Spicer's on a rampage lol

These press conferences are some of the only things I like about this whole thing

It's just so absurd

Bull**** Spice is having a bad day.

NOT TRUE, YOU'RE SPREADING MISINFORMATION

Jan 15: trump tells WaPo government needs to negotiate drug prices with big pharma.

Jan 17: HHS nominee Price won't agree to this (as he voted against such measures as a congressman), saying that he will follow the president's decision.

Today:

Spicer: AG should do whatever President wants within the law.

What a dumb thing to say. I'm surprised no reporter followed it up with the easiest hypotheticals ever.

Off the top of my head:

"So, with that logic, you [Spicer] would have been okay if Nixon had fired the AG for not firing Archibald Cox?"

Or: Something something Jim Crow laws.

These journalists need to up their game.

It makes such little sense--there are rumors someone is retiring and he's going to nominate both. Who knows.

This isn't gloating, this is PR. To get more support the ACLU needs to show that the work they're doing matters.

This seems like insane FPS analysis to me. The Bannon to NSC thing was reported on, and what's the implication of this article, that if only people weren't too busy protesting in the streets over the immigration ban they would be protesting in the streets about Bannon on the NSC, rising up to stop it from happening? Get out of here, that **** is way too wonky for people to protest, if it's legal then it was always going to happen anyway and never be opposed anyway no matter how they chose to do it.

Uh, awval, what great work are the liberals who break with their own party to join Republicans (spoiler: to do something Trump wants) going to be doing during this administration?

I just realized that President Comacho from the movie Idiocracy did a better job then Trump ever will. He actually managed to gather the smartest people around him.

Spicer: this is not a ban.

Reporter: Trump said it's a ban.

Spicer: Trump said ban because that is the word the media uses.

That would hilariously backfire. Dems stall nominees as long as possible and in the meantime 4-3 SC runs through as much as possible.