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The wall
Send the bill back to Mexico Frodo!
FP Edit: Send me anything? First time on FP!
Feb 10, 2019 7:44 AM
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Send the bill back to Mexico Frodo!
FP Edit: Send me anything? First time on FP!
elfmirfkin
I'm surprised that there have been no assassination attempts yet.
Novemburr
thought this was a windows meme at first
Atomsk
Same thing with Brexit referenda, I bet.
SquidShadeyWadey
Should’ve replaced his head with trump. Woulda been funny
StealTow
If only there was one party that was more worried about the people rather than going against some guy.
SlobberToilet
Can we just pay for the wall already and stop shutting down?
Acrage
Inb4 everyone whines about political posts on Imgur
RawSuger
this is political shitposting done right, right or not complaints are usually when the post is just an opinion w no fun/info
ArtOzz
A lot of it is the Trumpets I think. If you cant win, smash the board entirely. Although how could one prove that?
PotooGeatAndWise
Like playing chess with a pigeon
lefthandtaco
Wait did we shut down again?
ThatTransformersDude
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_United_States_federal_government_shutdown
MisterManatee
No, but they only re-opened it for 3 weeks. If there's no deal by the 15th, there could plausibly be a second shutdown.
Sunderlion
...we will on the 16th. Because our government is broken.
obioneblowme
How is our government broken?
lefthandtaco
Oh joy
LizardEnterprises
Our government is not broken. Half the people operating it are insane, though.
ArtOzz
That open peroid must be nearly up by now? Unless Ive lost track of time. Again...
DVSBSTrD
*period
coolkidwestern
Open til the 15th
ArtOzz
T-minus 4 and a half days give or take. Yeee.
coolkidwestern
It’s not going to be the same, the gov shuts down, Trump moves to build the wall immediately, because the shutdown is unpopular, then reopen
fantasticlight
"Build the wall" "No" "Build the wall" "No"
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
This is not a “both sides” thing and it’s not about border security. Democrats have approved money for border security. What they WON’T 1/
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
approve is a coast-to-coast barrier. It’s useless, expensive, and wildly impractical. The Dems have made their position clear. DON’T 2/
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
let the message of “border security” obscure the fact that this is, in fact, only about a physical wall. 3/3
chikichikiyei
Mexican here, could we have the check please?
AeonsShadow
I'm sorry, but our current president will require that payment in non-sequential hundred dollar bills.
photog
Get a hold of Michael, he'll pay you.
sundaymondayhippyday
BlitzerRhames
He said Mexico is paying for this shit thing that is not gonna work
AeonsShadow
We both know he won't accept pesos. He'll say "no you need to pay in real money." Or some shit
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
I thought this was about an IT call at first because they never believe me when I say I freaking restarted my computer already
GoldenSun3DS
I thought it was about Windows Update.
ShowMeTheGifs
How I assume the congressional talks are going..
pwlfwb
That pretty much sums it up. There has been no visible effort on the side of Congress.
testzero
softballguy
Rexli78
vuvuzevka
Smell the fart politics
Barkinsons
Unless they are discussing tax cuts, then it's cocaine for everyone
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
If would be nice if everybody having a voice in the shutdown does not get paid a single dime while at it.
probablyobvious
I don't know how much that would help, they are extremely rich and most of the benefits are not the money, it's the power.
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
Ok so freeze their assets
IrishWhisky24
Looks like he's checking all 14,000,605 possible outcomes
ShowMeTheGifs
TheElusiveEnchilada
metalissa8810
It’s a fake border crisis to divert our attention to nonexistent problems.
copingcabana
The UK wants Brexit. The US wants No Mexit.
AImaginationBaroness
TobiasKamp
Its Almost if hes trying to get impeached
ThatTransformersDude
They can't impeach him for disagreeing on a budget. However if the reason would be to destabilize the U.S. Government on purpose, maybe?
removekarling
They could impeach him for a dozen different things right now. Remember Clinton was impeached just for lying to Congress about (1)
removekarling
something unrelated to the actual investigations of him.
jasoncain142
Bill was under oath at the time.
Onaskeles
LMAO, if they could on anything, it would have happened already.
removekarling
Why? Republicans haven't had a solid enough reason to risk turning against him yet is all.
ThatTransformersDude
Investigations at the federal level aren't like a 30 mim tv sitcom. If there is or isn't something to be found, it takes a long time
ThatTransformersDude
To be thorough and make sure all the info checks out before moving on. Which is why Mueller said the article from Buzzfeed was false.
attofreak
Ask, and you shall receive: https://bloom.bg/2DqAaPn
SpookyNerd
Weren't they supposed to stop government shutdowns affecting government workers & only the politicians? How's that going?
sonof
Dems got their way and have had time to work it out as they promised or face second shutdown.
Slander7
They did work it out in December. There was a bipartisan bill passed that Trump refused to sign, forcing the shutdown.
Slander7
The shutdown ended because McConnell warned Trump that the Republicans had enough of his shit and were about to overrule him.
IKnowAllTheLyricsToTheSimpsonsThemeSong
Why wasn't it such a "crisis" when the GOP had the House and Senate? This is about a grown man pouting. Literally said it's his own blame.
EarlGreyOrDeath
They offered the funding the Shit Gibbon wanted, but it would give Dreamers a path the citizenship, so he said no.
imgurdotcommie
which is crazy. we've spent all this money educating them, and people actually want to send them back to another country. da fuq?
EarlGreyOrDeath
They're also legally allowed to work and have to pay taxes. They're basically have 90% of the responsibilities a citizen has.
RawSuger
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ steadily declining approval since the shutdown recovered a little when paused
LizardEnterprises
Yeah he has literally no leverage here. The only thing democrats need do to to win is nothing.
GringoMandingo1
Until the SOTU the source I saw 50 percent record high
segfaultytowers
538 pulls an aggregate of a lot of polls and weights them based on their bias. Usually on the more accurate side but don't show methods :/
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
They’re pretty good. Since they’re so reactive they started to catch the drift in Nov 2016 that many aggregates missed.
Sandyundertones
It is based on predictive power of the sample, not bias.
segfaultytowers
Well they do skew some results, like if Fox got R+10 they give it +8. But still about predictive power, I just wish they disclosed methods
Imthedroidyouwerelookingfor
First president ever to not have 50% approval rating in his first year.
TheBlackWindHowls
That's what happens when it wasn't 50% of voters that got you elected. Good ol' electoral college disappoints the majority again.
Daeyelle
I've never understood how anyone thinks that could work in modern times.
TheBlackWindHowls
Something about urban centers having too much power/influence, as if somehow it makes more sense for rural communities to overrule them.
Daeyelle
It doesn't matter where the people are located, if more people want person B in charge than person A...
zstorm6
I know people that just see a map of like 80% red, not understanding population distribution. Like "ah yes, obvious Republican win"
theSungamer
It's a smart idea in theory. The theory is that you want to include everyone's interests, but with big urban areas they have the majority1/2
ArtOzz
America, officially 40% stupid.
DnDInsanity
Well, half of us are dumber than average.
whatwhatwhonow
Half are dumber than the median. Most people are the average.
Sebofthelandofsleep
Depends on the shape of the distribution, but overall about half would be dumber than the average. That's how averages work.
NotABench
Isn’t that what average means?
whatwhatwhonow
Colloquially the average refers to the mode, not the media
thatguyisreallydeep
Depending on context, average can mean 'mean', 'median', or 'mode'. But if you say "the average X", you mean the typical example, i.e. mode'
RawSuger
its crazy how few disapproved of a shutdown tho. might not be enough to stop him
LizardEnterprises
As a Democrat, I absolutely approve of the shutdown. Trump steadily convincing swing voters to hate him? Can we do that till the election?
Tarmaccian
There’s a large group who thinks that “no government” is somehow better. Anarchy means we can do anything we want, right?
Daeyelle
A large group of those don't even realize what true anarchy actually entails.
johnvictor
I work with one of his supporters, he sees what Trump is doing as divine providence.
Sandyundertones
All hail the God-Emporer!
Mindshard
I know one of those. Refuses to watch the news or read the paper, hardcore Trump supporter based on pre-election claims.
johnvictor
Guy is scary. Apparently he defended a child molester but is okay with the horrific torture then killing of a serial killer because bible.