The new TIME cover is really quite something

[kpete]

Link to tweet

http://time.com/4696428/donald-trump-war-state-government/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

[sunonmars]

1. Justin Green cant spell obviously....

[kpete]

3. I think that was ME

fixed, and thanks,
kp

[sunonmars]

6. nah it was Green, the original words in his tweet spelled it wrong, he's changed it.

[demmiblue]

7. You can't edit a tweet. n/t

[amuse bouche]

22. True, but you can delete it and write a new one.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Clown tie and all.

I can't think of a greater threat our democracy has ever faced. Anyone?

[neeksgeek]

4. The Bubonic Plague? ...

Oh wait, that was the 14th Century. Nevermind.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. We'll be back in that era soon enough.

Look for fine print in their health care financing bill that proposes that leeches be covered for all medical care.

Oh, and I think his tie needs to hang at least six inches lower.

[neeksgeek]

10. That seems to be the plan!

It sickens me (no pun intended) to imagine a major pandemic breaking out while these people are in power.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. For sure. Especially since the CDC's budget is also on the block.

The Prevention and Public Health Fund accounts for 12 percent of the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2010 Affordable Care Act set it up specifically to try to lower health costs by preventing diseases before they happen.

The CDC uses it to help states deliver vaccines, watch for infectious diseases, keep an eye out for lead in water, promote breastfeeding in hospitals, prevent suicide and watch out for hospital-associated infections. It totals $931 million for 2017.

"It really is a core activity," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's acting director.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/new-gop-health-care-bill-would-cut-fund-fight-killer-n730391

Not to worry, though. Only "those" people are susceptible to things like bird flu and Ebola.

[lagomorph777]

15. Trumputin and the Reputin Party ARE a major pandemic.

[jmowreader]

48. If you knew what leeches cost, you wouldn't say that

Turns out there are several conditions where leeches are really good therapy.

Here's the problem: You've heard the term "blood-sucking leech." That is exactly what leeches do, and for conditions where you need blood removed from the patient (such as a reattached limb - until the venous system reestablishes itself, blood will be pumped into the tissues where you don't want it, it'll clot...and the clots will break free and screw you up) they're good therapy. The name is "hirudotherapy."

Have you ever seen the Far Side cartoon about Equine Medicine? The one where the book had this long list of horse diseases, and the treatment for all of them was "shoot"? That was kinda like people medicine in the 1800s, but then it was "bloodletting." And leeches are bloodletting tools. When it became apparent that "cut a hole in the patient and let him drain" didn't cure everything, leeches fell out of favor.

This is what fucks the GOP regarding leeches: the damn things are $24 apiece. As in one, which isn't enough for anyone.

[Initech]

5. Isis? No. Al Qaeda? No. The Taliban? No. Syrian refugees? No.

Trans people using the bathroom of their choice? Absolutely not. White fundamentalist Christians with a superiority complex? Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!!!

[PatSeg]

13. The tie just cracked me up

Blowing in the wind and hitting his privates.

[Bucky]

28. Well, the Civil War was pretty bad

But this has the potential to get into that zone. Thankfully, Trump is probably too stupid to be an existential threat to the country. He's "merely" a personal threat to the health & safety of millions of citizens.

[amuse bouche]

8. He's such a disgusting POS. I hate him

[llmart]

23. I was trying to think of what to say...

that would express exactly how I feel, but you said what I feel.

Disgusting POS. He's not even good enough to be a deplorable.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

30. He's not good enough to be a disgusting piece of shit.

He's much, much worse.

[Alice11111]

37. You beat me to it. I Was thinking that.

Oh well, he is the disgusting POS's POS

[Fantastic Anarchist]

55. Several generations of! LOL

[dalton99a]

11. Kick.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

14. I wonder what the Free Masons thinlk of that image.

[dchill]

16. K&R.

[SpankMe]

17. It's really Trump's war on America, not just Washington. n/t

[ymetca]

18. It's also a subtle dig at his virility

Cracked Obelisk = Flaccid Penis

[ailsagirl]

19. hee-hee

[llmart]

25. Oh, I wouldn't have thought of that...

but yes, you are correct.

"The Failing Penis" - Good name for him.

[SMC22307]

32. My mind went there as well...

glad I wasn't alone.

[Alice11111]

38. ...as his tie gently waves and touches his genitals

Where is the scotch tape?
Oops, the thought of DT's genitalia...

[Danascot]

20. Time has been merciless on Trump lately.

nt

[Gabi Hayes]

21. Kind suggestion to all who link tweets only. those at work aren't usually able to see tweets,

because of our stupid safety filters

sooooo......

pls give a url or actual pic

thx

[llmart]

24. The tie...

The doofus in chief doesn't even know how to dress properly.

He's not going to like that cover. I guess Time will be on his shit list next, if it already isn't.

[Alice11111]

39. Think it is...Time Warner, CNN

HaHaHa. Never has a Prez been so trolled. He's shutting down the press, but the press is opening fire on him!

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. He doesnt do his own tweets for two reasons, 1. doesnt know how to operate a phone

and 2. cant spell or read well enough to do it.

This is known about him.

And yet, half the country is thrilled he is running the show.

The ELECTORATE is the problem, folks.

[Alice11111]

40. Yep! We have to fix stupid.

[tavernier]

27. He is much dumpier looking

in real life. His suits haven't fit him that well in 40 years.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

43. I was thinking the same thing. Too flattering

[Vinca]

29. Good, but they shaved about 50 lbs. off that tub of orange lard.

[Alice11111]

41. I think they did it to highlight the issue

The issue is not that he is a fat dumpy piece of shit, which of course, he obviously is.

[stollen]

50. I think they did it so he would fit on the front page.

[Crash2Parties]

31. What's with his tie? Way too long in front, other end so short he tapes it in place...

[Alice11111]

42. ...his family is in fashion. Tie is from 50s, like his policies.

Actually, we were probably more progressive in the 50s.
I don't think it is an accident, his tie. I think he is an accident, an accidental president, who is going to cause an accidental WWIII, though we are crumbling within too. It is not an accident for Bannon though.

Wow! The picture says it all. Brilliant!

[elehhhhna]

51. It's proud to be a merkin

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Needs a bigger ass and a longer tie. nt

[JudyM]

56. Yeah, def not his bod, I was noticing the legs.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. Shouldn't he be sitting on the toilet?

That's where he usually tweets from.

(Visual metaphors notwithstanding.)

[applegrove]

35. Hannity suggesting CIA framed Russians for hack of us election.

[Alice11111]

46. He is DT's bitch. Even Cheney only outed one CIA agent,

which we thought was horrifying, and it was because he was a vindictive SOB. DT, through Assange, outed the whole friking CIA and all it's intelligence. DT is Assange's bitch.

[KewlKat]

52. I figured that was coming. Surprised it took them that long to air the fake news.

[zentrum]

36. "War on Washington"...

...helps him with his base frankly and with everyone who doesn't trust the DC bubble. I think it makes him look kind of strong to the uninformed.

I'm sure Bannon loves this pictures since he's "Deconstructor in Chief".

[Hassin Bin Sober]

44. Agree.

Portraying these assholes as a wrecking crew is a compliment

[Alice11111]

45. You make a good point. They may see it as his destroying

Washington DC, draining the swamp. Amazing, it could be like the deplorables comment. We see one thing and think it's horrifying, but the Deplorables relish it. For example, separating mothers and children at the border.

[zentrum]

47. That's it exactly.

To them he looks heroic in this graphic. Just doing exactly what he told them he would.

I wonder if Time was playing it both ways.

[Alice11111]

49. Even more brilliant

[KewlKat]

53. perhaps Time should not only do a cover, but an inner cover.....keep us all happy.....

[WePurrsevere]

54. Although I get Time sees this as a negative as we do...

the thought that followed the first 'cool' was the same as yours... his base is loving this 'war'. They really are a clueless, shortsighted & bigoted (etc) bunch.