Come on, let Drumpf be next!!!

[True Dough]

Pharma bro gets permanently banned from Twitter

Notorious pharma bad boy Martin Shkreli says he’s been permanently banned from Twitter.

The man who felt the wrath of the world after he inflated the cost of AIDS medication by more than 5000 per cent announced early Thursday on Facebook that his Twitter feed of @MartinShkreli was shut down for good.

“Breaking News: Twitter has confirmed I am PERMANENTLY suspended from Twitter,” Shkreli wrote. “This account will not be restored.”

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/pharma-bro-gets-permanently-banned-from-twitter/news-story/c1c4a7dd0b90ef757a39e68722f37185

[PJMcK]

1. Don't do that

Trump's Twitter feed is the insight into his inner being. It is the clearest view of his idiocy.

Granted, whenever he speaks, he demonstrates his ignorance but the tweets are the perfect vision of his insanity.

[True Dough]

2. I used to argue in favor of Drumpf keeping his Twitter account as well

Based on the fact that his lies are documented there and easily tracked, I thought it would be a means to hold him accountable. However, it's been proven many times over that his supporters don't give a shiat whether he is a con or not. Meanwhile it infuriates the rest of us.

So I'd be happy knowing that he'd be doing a slow burn if Twitter took away his beloved tweets.

[True Dough]

3. Oh, and this

is an example of a useful Twitter account:

Link to tweet

[PJMcK]

4. I nearly always agree with Mr. Takei

But in this singular moment, I think he's wrong.

The 60+ votes in the Republican-controlled House to repeal the ACA have always been about demeaning and delegitimizing President Obama. The fact that they'll hurt many millions of Americans is simply icing on their cake.

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5. No - they are paid to cut taxes on the rich, that's the goal

The tax cuts are the big thing. Most Congressional GOP are now in the pockets of the GOP donor class - the Koches, etc. And the GOP donors have one big common central issue -- destroy government for tax giveaways to the very wealthy.

(Demeaning Obama is nice too, that's definitely part of it.)

The other big factor is that GOP has been running on destruction of "Obamacare" for several elections and they need to deliver SOMETHING to pretend they're not ineffectual.

Josh Marshall at TPM has covered the politics well, I think.