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2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath

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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1761 » by Pointgod » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:52 am

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The Democrats folded a 900 million COVID bill into a 2.5 trillion bill, that was 5,000 pages and was given hours to read. Because of the pressure of having to pass a COVID bill and the non-existent time frame, it was clearly by design to be passed without reading it, taking the covid bill hostage to get 1.6 trillion of other pork through. Some of this included hundreds of millions for countries like Burma, Cambodia, Sudan, Egypt, Nepal, etc. instead of giving to the people.


Democrats?

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You know that Democrats passed a covid relief bill through the House 7 months ago. Mitch McConnell could have negotiated this exact bill and allowed the Congress to read it months ago. He sat on his fat ass and did nothing.

It’s rich that you’re blaming Democrats for this when Pelosi was negotiating with Munchkin months ago. McConnell could have jumped in anytime.


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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1762 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:59 am

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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1763 » by Dr Positivity » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:32 am

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Democrats?

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You know that Democrats passed a covid relief bill through the House 7 months ago. Mitch McConnell could have negotiated this exact bill and allowed the Congress to read it months ago. He sat on his fat ass and did nothing.

It’s rich that you’re blaming Democrats for this when Pelosi was negotiating with Munchkin months ago. McConnell could have jumped in anytime.


Pelosi has been playing games with the covid bill the entire year trying to put stuff into it the Republicans were never going to pass like removing voter ID and illegal immigration changes in addition to them being like 3 trillion bills where like 200 billion is stimulus. She didn't want a smaller covid bill like the one they just agreed to pass earlier because the goal was to hurt Trump to beat him in the election. She basically admitted this



"That was not a mistake, it was a decision"
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1764 » by spree2kawhi » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:15 am

I'm glad they prevented Trump from buying voters. Simple as that.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1765 » by rammagen » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:36 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:
Pointgod wrote:
Democrats?

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You know that Democrats passed a covid relief bill through the House 7 months ago. Mitch McConnell could have negotiated this exact bill and allowed the Congress to read it months ago. He sat on his fat ass and did nothing.

It’s rich that you’re blaming Democrats for this when Pelosi was negotiating with Munchkin months ago. McConnell could have jumped in anytime.


Pelosi has been playing games with the covid bill the entire year trying to put stuff into it the Republicans were never going to pass like removing voter ID and illegal immigration changes in addition to them being like 3 trillion bills where like 200 billion is stimulus. She didn't want a smaller covid bill like the one they just agreed to pass earlier because the goal was to hurt Trump to beat him in the election. She basically admitted this



"That was not a mistake, it was a decision"

Do you know what was in that bill exactly and what could have been bargained out? the point is McConnel sat on his fat ass and did nothing to help people that need it. Now more then ever. This crap with partisan politics has been around but has gotten nasty since the 90s this is the pay off. Why the f are you blaming just Nancy and not McConnel for not even voting or reading on it. There needs to be starting point in any negotiations Polosi gave him one and he did not act on it. Whose fault is that again?

Items could have been bargained out changed just to get Americans the help they needed when they needed it. now it is likely to late
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1766 » by Pointgod » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:48 pm

rammagen wrote:
Dr Positivity wrote:
Pointgod wrote:
Democrats?

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You know that Democrats passed a covid relief bill through the House 7 months ago. Mitch McConnell could have negotiated this exact bill and allowed the Congress to read it months ago. He sat on his fat ass and did nothing.

It’s rich that you’re blaming Democrats for this when Pelosi was negotiating with Munchkin months ago. McConnell could have jumped in anytime.


Pelosi has been playing games with the covid bill the entire year trying to put stuff into it the Republicans were never going to pass like removing voter ID and illegal immigration changes in addition to them being like 3 trillion bills where like 200 billion is stimulus. She didn't want a smaller covid bill like the one they just agreed to pass earlier because the goal was to hurt Trump to beat him in the election. She basically admitted this



"That was not a mistake, it was a decision"

Do you know what was in that bill exactly and what could have been bargained out? the point is McConnel sat on his fat ass and did nothing to help people that need it. Now more then ever. This crap with partisan politics has been around but has gotten nasty since the 90s this is the pay off. Why the f are you blaming just Nancy and not McConnel for not even voting or reading on it. There needs to be starting point in any negotiations Polosi gave him one and he did not act on it. Whose fault is that again?

Items could have been bargained out changed just to get Americans the help they needed when they needed it. now it is likely to late


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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1767 » by dakomish23 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:52 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1768 » by HarthorneWingo » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:53 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad


How far do these yahoos want to take this insurrection BS? I think they actually want these militia **** to do what they're doing in Michigan. These militias are dangerous and need to be addressed by the Biden administration and the state governors.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1769 » by HarthorneWingo » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:59 pm

rammagen wrote:
Dr Positivity wrote:
Pointgod wrote:
Democrats?

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You know that Democrats passed a covid relief bill through the House 7 months ago. Mitch McConnell could have negotiated this exact bill and allowed the Congress to read it months ago. He sat on his fat ass and did nothing.

It’s rich that you’re blaming Democrats for this when Pelosi was negotiating with Munchkin months ago. McConnell could have jumped in anytime.


Pelosi has been playing games with the covid bill the entire year trying to put stuff into it the Republicans were never going to pass like removing voter ID and illegal immigration changes in addition to them being like 3 trillion bills where like 200 billion is stimulus. She didn't want a smaller covid bill like the one they just agreed to pass earlier because the goal was to hurt Trump to beat him in the election. She basically admitted this



"That was not a mistake, it was a decision"

Do you know what was in that bill exactly and what could have been bargained out? the point is McConnel sat on his fat ass and did nothing to help people that need it. Now more then ever. This crap with partisan politics has been around but has gotten nasty since the 90s this is the pay off. Why the f are you blaming just Nancy and not McConnel for not even voting or reading on it. There needs to be starting point in any negotiations Polosi gave him one and he did not act on it. Whose fault is that again?

Items could have been bargained out changed just to get Americans the help they needed when they needed it. now it is likely to late


Yeah, well it's Schumer's fault too. He's incapable to bringing the heat on McConnell. He's pathetically weak.

Of course, the Republicans are the schnooks once again but that does not absolve Pelosi and Schumer for doing a bad job here. They, just like the rest of us, know what the Republican play is in these situations. It's always the same. A smart and savvy politician would've stuck up their asses in a very public way and made them pay a political price on top of getting a much better deal.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1770 » by Oscirus » Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:14 pm

Jesus, how did the dems manage to make mcconell the hero in all this. This is the next level incompetence. But then again, pelosi thinks 600 dollars is a significant amount so what did ya expect?
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1771 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:20 pm

The shell corporation used to deposit $617M of campaign funds funneled $170M directly into the pockets of Trump's family, Pence's family and close associates.

The details are starting to take shape. This is unprecedented fraud.

And so many of them were feeding at the trough that the DoJ is going to have plenty of names to squeeze for testimony. So many criminals means more than one will flip.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1772 » by Oscirus » Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:34 pm

If this is true, not as mad at the domestic stuff, but still

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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1773 » by Pointgod » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:36 pm

Oscirus wrote:If this is true, not as mad at the domestic stuff, but still

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This is why people shouldn’t get their takes from social media and Twitter. Remember the Covid package was attached to a government spending bill so I’m going to assume a lot of this stuff that you see for foreign aid was already part of the normal government bill. Same thing can be said for the wall funding. The domestic stuff I’m not sure if it was part of the covid bill or regular government spending. The media needs to do a better job educating and explaining how this works to people because I see so much misunderstanding of this on Twitter.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1774 » by Pointgod » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:38 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad


Cross-out faithless and replace it with dumbass electors. Once again this isn’t going to work and someone needs to point out they’re literally doing this for the ego of Trump. It’s over come Jan 20th, Trump is going to slink out the Whitehouse like the slime ball that he is.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1775 » by omerome » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:57 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad

Can we just charge these fools with treason already?
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1776 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:31 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad


Cross-out faithless and replace it with dumbass electors. Once again this isn’t going to work and someone needs to point out they’re literally doing this for the ego of Trump. It’s over come Jan 20th, Trump is going to slink out the Whitehouse like the slime ball that he is.


Trump will slink out the door way sooner than January 20th. He won't even be there. His fragile ego can't handle the cameras flashing as he boards AF1 one last time to vacate the premises. Basically, don't expect him to give the press that photo op. He'll leave earlier to go golfing and never come back.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1777 » by Pointgod » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:37 pm

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Faithless electors/ Congress/ SCOTUS

Called it a month ago

They’re so sad

Can we just charge these fools with treason already?


Pelosi should refuse to sit them and read them for filth even if ultimately doesn’t mean anything. These are serious **** games being played and they shouldn’t get away with it.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1778 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:39 pm

One of Trump's primary Deutsche Bank handlers, Rosemary Vrablic, just resigned from the bank.

In recent weeks, Cy Vance has been calling in DB execs to the Trump grand jury to testify. She obviously was one of the people subpoena'd.

This grand jury has been going for over a year now. The last remaining piece could be the Treasury releasing Trump's tax records on January 21st, but I'd expect charges at any time between now and this coming Spring.

Also, Rudy's troubles are deepening. The SDNY has leaked they are close to seizing his electronic devices. It likely means they've had him under a FISA warrant, have been taping him and they already know enough to want every last record.

Those investigations probably have more to do with Rudy's violations of FARA regulations in his dealings with foreign powers. Turkey is definitely in that mix.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1779 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:47 pm

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This means any hopes that Trump had to replace Barr with a flunkie the remaining month in order to sabotage any ongoing SDNY probes is dead in the water. The acting AG is NOT a Trumper.

And there are definite ongoing investigations into Trump within the DoJ that Barr failed to shut down before and will not be impeded the rest of Trump's term.

For those who think Barr completely corrupted the DoJ, no, you're wrong. There were appointees within the system who resisted Trump and Barr's corruption and who are investigating them.

Plus, now that Barr is out of the picture, his former department can now free investigation him for his transgressions like obstruction of justice during his time as AG.

These DoJ officials opposed Trump and Barr and prevailed. I'd bet on them turning the tables in the future and exposing Barr's corruption.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath 

Post#1780 » by dakomish23 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:12 pm

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