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ZonkerHarris

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May 16, 2017

If Trump resigns, the GOP and Pence will act worse, not better.

I've seen some posts saying the GOP would be chastised for what they have done, and turn into lame ducks.
Nope.
After Watergate the GOP went nuts.
A kind of Bat shit crazy that keeps growing to this day.

They blamed the media.
They blamed the Democrats for a witch hunt.
They did everything except take responsibility for what Nixon and the rest actually did.

Then the GOP dove deep into the Moral Majority and decided that labeling ALL government as bad would be the way to cover up the fact that the Republicans were the ones who created the biggest Presidential scandal in our history.

Do not look for accountability or remorse for their mistakes after this is all over.
That's not hope the GOP works.

They will be vindictive instead.
They will gut Medicare and Social Security.
They will drop all taxes on the 1%.
Anything they can do to fuck average Americans will be done, faster and meaner than right now.

May 16, 2017

When you take McMaster out of his fancy uniform and put him in a ill-fitting suit he reminds me of

Mafia Don John Gotti's lawyer back in the day.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mob-attorney-punches-man-steakhouse-article-1.1510921

McMaster loses a lot of his credibility and authority without the uniform.
Just another talking head suit now.

May 16, 2017

"NBC clearly views Kelly as a prominent new personality for its news division, as illustrated by her

joining some of their most prominent anchors on the upfronts stage — and, it must be said, not a single representative from MSNBC."

“There’s never been a more exciting time to be a journalist,” NBC News anchor Lester Holt declared to kick off the NBC News portion of the presentation, to some dry laughs. The ensuing sizzle reel — dramatically set to Sia’s “Breathe Me” — contained clips from throughout NBC’s 2016 election coverage, from Rachel Maddow making grim declarations on MSNBC to the Today show determinedly grinning and bearing the chaos. Holt was then joined onstage by Today hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie, who in turn introduced Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd, before finally Fox News expat Megyn Kelly strode onstage.
“I'm here,” she beamed to scattered applause. “I'm psyched."

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/15/15633328/nbc-fall-2017-schedule-this-is-us-upfronts

Just so you know where MSNBC and their audience rates with NBC overall.
At least Will & Grace is back....

May 9, 2017

Our new FBI Director will probably be a set of Russian nesting dolls...

Since nepotism rules in his world, Trump will just name a relative of Vladimir Putin to the post.
Or maybe Tiffany finally gets her big chance!
Fuck it, just tell Jared to take care of it.

May 5, 2017

GOP Haiku

Twenty-four million
People losing healthcare means
Let’s have a party

May 4, 2017

Will Mitch McConnell cheat/change the rules to pass the ACHA in the Senate?

Like he did to get a new SCOTUS justice placed on the court?
Yes
No
Unsure?

May 4, 2017

Trump is ready to sign the ACHA bill after it passes the House. I don't think he understands

the Senate gets it now.
He's taking a full victory lap on Twitter already with his cell phone phone in one hand and a Sharpie to sign the bill in the other.

May 4, 2017

Nancy Pelosi is right. The Targets on the backs of GOP reps voting for Trumpcare will glow

in the dark.
As more info comes out on their bill and the CBO score will eventually be released, they will regret this vote more than any other they ever made before.
Now it's up to us to make them pay for it at the ballot box in 2018.
Messaging and marketing on this issue will be vital in the 2018 mid terms.

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About ZonkerHarris

Nixon was a fucking crook. As a teenager I marched on the UN in 1982 with a million other people demanding we get rid of the threat of nuclear weapons hanging over our heads. Since then I've worked to get Democrats elected like John Aristotle Phillips, known as the A-Bomb Kid when he ran for Congress against Stuart McKinney in CT in the 80's (we lost twice) through the Obama campaign in 2008 and 2012. I want to legalize cannabis, reform our prison for profit system, cut our military budget, get out of Afghanistan and push solar energy panels into every building in the USA.
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