Breaking: Donald Trump Fires Reince Priebus, Kicks Him Off Air Force One

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As the amazing clusterfck in the White House continues, today Donald Trump chose to reward Anthony Scaramucci for his bizarre, profanity-filled tirade to reporter Ryan Lizza by firing the Mooch’s enemy, Reince Priebus.

After all that groveling and bowing and scraping, this has to smart. Alas, poor Reince.

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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…and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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Can’t you just smell the sincerity in that last tweet?

Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it pic.twitter.com/mlrV2s3U8P

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) July 28, 2017

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UPDATE at 7/28/17 2:18:56 pm by Charles Johnson

Meanwhile, just yesterday…

.@SpeakerRyan: “Reince is doing a fantastic job at the White House and I believe he has the president’s confidence.” pic.twitter.com/UmGCxUaSpX

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 27, 2017

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 2:16:32pm

Oh goody. New confirmation hearings for the Homeland Security Sec. More chances to talk about Russia.

Well done, Orange Shitgibbon.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 2:17:17pm

Quote is from February but becomes more apropos every day.

“There’s zero chaos,” Trump said of his administration. “This is a fine-tuned machine.” pic.twitter.com/YsX7sGzVhu

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2017 • 2:17:25pm

Hahahahahahaha x for the rest of the day.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:17:27pm

I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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Sincerity just oozes from this tweet. https://t.co/RCUlXgg8vq

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 2:17:46pm

Oh man, the books that will be written…

Rocky-in-Connecticut Jul 28, 2017 • 2:17:48pm

For those keeping score, we are still just 7 months into this dumpster fire of an administration.

3 years 5 months to go. Excuse me while I jump off a building.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:18:30pm

.@SpeakerRyan: “Reince is doing a fantastic job at the White House and I believe he has the president’s confidence.” pic.twitter.com/UmGCxUaSpX

— CSPAN (@cspan) July 27, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:19:13pm

re: #6 Rocky-in-Connecticut

For those keeping score, we are still just 7 months into this dumpster fire of an administration.

3 years 5 months to go. Excuse me while I jump off a building.

courage, camille.

they are (mostly) only hurting themselves, so far

gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 2:19:24pm

LOL I’ve been using this: pic.twitter.com/bxN2KEp6Lx

— 10Plus20Birdy (@10Plus20Birdy) July 28, 2017

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 2:19:49pm

I’m sure this will go over well with the party leadership.

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 2:20:17pm

WHERE DID MY JET GO??!!????? I HAD A RIDE!!???
Oh this is so sweet. This malignancy can’t keep himself from being just who he is. A fucking cancer. The GOP owns this overflowing septic tank. Sweet.

Dr Lizardo Jul 28, 2017 • 2:21:56pm

re: #10 Targetpractice

I’m sure this will go over well with the party leadership.

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Yeah……Priebus was the GOP leadership’s inside man. I can’t imagine they’d be too thrilled with this.

I Would Prefer Not To Jul 28, 2017 • 2:22:37pm

Anthony Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce

Anthony Scaramucci, the White House’s potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.

KGxvi Jul 28, 2017 • 2:22:51pm

re: #6 Rocky-in-Connecticut

For those keeping score, we are still just 7 months into this dumpster fire of an administration.

3 years 5 months to go. Excuse me while I jump off a building.

Six months. We just passed the six month mark of his presidency. And at the rate things are going, I’m not entirely convinced there will be another six months

Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 2:23:09pm

The wingnuts will no doubt cheer this, as they’ve not only hated Rinsed for ages, but they’ve bought into Mooch’s idea that he’s a major leaker.

Which will make it all the more hilarious when Bannon goes next.

Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 2:23:18pm

Seems like just an hour ago we were all talking about Mooch’s divorce.

And nobody is talking about Pharma Bro’s trial, which just went to the jury.

nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 2:23:27pm

gone

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:23:27pm

Please, no one forget that this happened pic.twitter.com/ezICBagOoI

— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) July 28, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2017 • 2:25:06pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

And when the leaks continue.

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if it was Melania. Sneaking into the offices at night while he’s twooping, making copies of everything. lol

wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 2:25:32pm

Rage Furby reference, or maybe weev?

Yeah, dissing Sessions and hiring globalists is really helping with that, isn’t it? If Bannon goes, all is lost. This I can tell you.

— Raheem 🇬🇧 (@RaheemKassam) July 28, 2017

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Sessions got us into independent counsel mess. Personal friends of mine being subpoenaed. Word is I’m gonna get one. Major screw up. https://t.co/x7nD9LMe1c

— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) July 28, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 28, 2017 • 2:25:53pm

I just started the new Tick series. It has a lot to measure up to, but so far, so good.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 2:26:08pm

re: #17 nines09

Dude, please put that behind a spoiler tag.

Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 2:26:10pm

Rinsed can always go back to Wisconsin and apply for one of those Foxconn jobs. With the state kicking in $3 billion, each one is going to cost over $200k.

MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 2:26:12pm

On a positive note, I think that most of the elected Republicans are going to stop bending over backwards for trump.

Just my two cents which is worth less than two cents these days.

MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 2:27:02pm

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

Dude, please put that behind a spoiler tag.

And add a GROSS to it.

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:27:42pm

re: #20 wheat-dogg

Rage Furby reference, or maybe weev?

[Embedded content]Sessions got us into independent counsel mess

the appearance if not actual malfeasance by any number of people is what got you into the independent counsel mess

personal responsibility my ass

I Would Prefer Not To Jul 28, 2017 • 2:28:29pm

re: #24 MsJ

On a positive note, I think that most of the elected Republicans are going to stop bending over backwards for trump.

Just my two cents which is worth less than two cents these days.

Little by little.

I was thinking that the healthcare defeat could be his Waterloo. I think that there will be a tweetstorm this weekend. But all of us have been wrong about many things so who knows.

latter people

Rocky-in-Connecticut Jul 28, 2017 • 2:29:32pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

The wingnuts will no doubt cheer this, as they’ve not only hated Rinsed for ages, but they’ve bought into Mooch’s idea that he’s a major leaker.

Which will make it all the more hilarious when Bannon goes next.

I think we just might see the first serious alt-right revolt against Trump if/when this happens. I think the Milo-brigade (the “intellectual arm” cough*) of our modern day Know-Nothings are perhaps looking for a way out of this and they could claim they were lied to by Trump. The true caveman sect (C Johnson, et al) will cling to every turdball that clings to Trump’s ass until the wheels finally fall off the flaming dumpster rolling down a hill.

KGxvi Jul 28, 2017 • 2:29:38pm

re: #20 wheat-dogg

Sessions did not get them into the special counsel mess. Trump did that by firing the Director of the FBI. Sessions recused himself from the investigation BEFORE Trump fired Comey. Trump couldn’t just let the investigation run its course, he panicked and fired the guy conducting the investigation in a very public way (and with a shitton of preface).

scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:29:52pm

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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Easy prediction: John F. Kelly to appear on Hannity tonight where he will have sex with an armadillo while singing “I’m a Little Teapot.” https://t.co/CvyN5CC1Id

— Zort Zammons (@MistahScooter) July 28, 2017

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2017 • 2:30:43pm

You’re not a “fucking paranoid schizophrenic” if they’re out to get you https://t.co/00FQGDtAtl

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 28, 2017

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I’ve sought comment from #PresidentBannon but an aide says he never talks with his mouth full. https://t.co/wfM6KtwjA2

— Patrick O’Grady (@maddogmedia) July 28, 2017

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austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 2:30:47pm

Man, you go get some groceries and BOOM! goes the dynamite.

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:30:54pm

re: #28 Rocky-in-Connecticut

I think we just might see the first serious alt-right revolt against Trump if/when this happens. I think the Milo-brigade (the “intellectual arm” cough*) of our modern day Know-Nothings are perhaps looking for a way out of this and they could claim they were lied to by Trump. The true caveman sect (C Johnson, et al) will cling to every turdball that clings to Trump’s ass until the wheels finally fall off the flaming dumpster rolling down a hill.

helluva mixed metaphor at the end there….

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2017 • 2:31:39pm

What’s the over/under on how long Kelly will put up with Trump’s bullshit? I say 3 months.

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 2:31:50pm

Taking the White House Chief of Staff position after the way Priebus was viciously abused is prima facie evidence that Kelly is an idiot.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 2:31:52pm

re: #24 MsJ

On a positive note, I think that most of the elected Republicans are going to stop bending over backwards for trump.

Just my two cents which is worth less than two cents these days.

You may be right, now that Trump’s chief campaign promises are all dead in the water, or at least foundering.

*The wall — construction delays, funding issues
*The travel ban — skewered in the courts
*End the ACA — nope

Trump is going to attack the GOP for failing him, but as only a few Republican Senators are up for re-election in 2018, the Republicans in the Senate don’t need to toe the line. House Republicans may wake up and realize that Trump’s overall popularity sucks, and if they continue to follow his lead, they may be out of jobs in 2018.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:33:01pm

Yeah, dissing Sessions and hiring globalists is really helping with that, isn’t it? If Bannon goes, all is lost. This I can tell you.

— Raheem 🇬🇧 (@RaheemKassam) July 28, 2017

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Sessions got us into independent counsel mess. Personal friends of mine being subpoenaed. Word is I’m gonna get one. Major screw up. https://t.co/x7nD9LMe1c

— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) July 28, 2017

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https://t.co/LrN5AFE2G9 pic.twitter.com/tWYCKq0cQo

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 2:34:14pm

re: #29 KGxvi

Sessions did not get them into the special counsel mess. Trump did that by firing the Director of the FBI. Sessions recused himself from the investigation BEFORE Trump fired Comey. Trump couldn’t just let the investigation run its course, he panicked and fired the guy conducting the investigation in a very public way (and with a shitton of preface).

Well, *I* know that and *you* know that, but Mikey apparently doesn’t. I’d love to see how drunk-ass alpha male Cernovich deals with testifying (or whatever) before a Congressional committee.

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:34:58pm

re: #36 wheat-dogg

You may be right, now that Trump’s chief campaign promises are all dead in the water, or at least foundering.

*The wall — construction delays, funding issues
*The travel ban — skewered in the courts
*End the ACA — nope

Trump is going to attack the GOP for failing him, but as only a few Republican Senators are up for re-election in 2018, the Republicans in the Senate don’t need to toe the line. House Republicans may wake up and realize that Trump’s overall popularity sucks, and if they continue to follow his lead, they may be out of jobs in 2018.

….
*jobs
*infrastructure
*taxes

freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 2:35:02pm

So is Kelly going to be double-hatted?

How can he do both jobs?

Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 2:35:13pm

re: #35 goddamnedfrank

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You just saw your predecessor drug through the mud and then fired in the most humiliating fashion, but you take the job because you’re sure it can’t happen to you.

scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:35:23pm

re: #38 wheat-dogg

Well, *I* know that and *you* know that, but Mikey apparently doesn’t. I’d love to see how drunk-ass alpha male Cernovich deals with testifying (or whatever) before a Congressional committee.

Imagine his reaction when a woman or African-American asks him questions he doesn’t know how to answer.

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:36:09pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]Personal friends of mine being subpoenaed. Word is I’m gonna get one. Major screw up

major screw up that you got caught?

dont hang with crooks

Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 2:36:10pm

Trump’s basically declared war on Ryan and McConnell. It feels like that was bound to happen regardless if skinny repeal passed last night or not, as Mooch’s dumbassery telegraphed that everyone but apparently Reince himself.

And just wait until Bannon gets the heave-ho. I honestly think he’s willing to sacrifice his support amongst the goddam Nazis just as long as it means he has a chance to escape from the Russia probe.

Trump and/or Jared have clearly taken Bannon’s ideas for creating institutional destruction and merged it with his want to create chaos and internal fighting within his own inner circle, at the expense of Bannon himself.

wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 2:36:31pm

re: #42 scottslemmons

Imagine his reaction when a woman or African-American asks him questions he doesn’t know how to answer.

Maxine Walters, f’r’instance

freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 2:36:52pm

Chief of Staff has to be a full time job, trying to herd all the cats.

So if he resigns as Secretary, isn’t that a step down? Secretaries of Departments have legal and Constitutional powers (part of the succession stream.)

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 2:37:17pm

Kelly couldn’t keep his own Dept from leaking a report undermining the travel ban or classified photos of the Manchester bombing victims.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 28, 2017

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scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:37:20pm

re: #45 wheat-dogg

Maxine Walters, f’r’instance

(insert “weeping with joy” emoji here)

Dr Lizardo Jul 28, 2017 • 2:38:11pm

re: #44 Myron Falwell

Yeah, I’m really wondering if Bannon’s next on the scaffold.

That would likely set off an alt-right shitstorm; they’ll be absolutely livid if Bannon is shitcanned.

KGxvi Jul 28, 2017 • 2:38:39pm

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

Amory Blaine Jul 28, 2017 • 2:38:44pm

I hope Priebus doesn’t come back to Wisconsin.

KGxvi Jul 28, 2017 • 2:39:08pm

re: #34 GlutenFreeJesus

What’s the over/under on how long Kelly will put up with Trump’s bullshit? I say 3 months.

How much can I lay on the under?

Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 2:39:23pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

You just saw your predecessor drug through the mud and then fired in the most humiliating fashion, but you take the job because you’re sure it can’t happen to you.

If Kelly had a pair he’d not only refuse the chief of staff job, but he’d resign from his current job as well. How blind do you have to be to not see that everyone associated with Trump ends up covered in shit?

scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:39:39pm

re: #44 Myron Falwell

Trump’s basically declared war on Ryan and McConnell. It feels like that was bound to happen regardless if skinny repeal passed last night or not, as Mooch’s dumbassery telegraphed that everyone but apparently Reince himself.

And just wait until Bannon gets the heave-ho. I honestly think he’s willing to sacrifice his support amongst the goddam Nazis just as long as it means he has a chance to escape from the Russia probe.

Trump and/or Jared have clearly taken Bannon’s ideas for creating institutional destruction and merged it with his want to create chaos and internal fighting within his own inner circle, at the expense of Bannon himself.

If he fires Bannon, Bannon goes back to Breitbart. I don’t know who’d win a war between Trump and Breitbart, but I enjoy imagining the carnage.

gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 2:40:23pm

We took a look at the dramatic moments (by seconds) when McCain’s vote sunk republican efforts to repeal Obamacare https://t.co/5E6IYcm840

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) July 28, 2017

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KGxvi Jul 28, 2017 • 2:41:32pm

re: #54 scottslemmons

If he fires Bannon, Bannon goes back to Breitbart. I don’t know who’d win a war between Trump and Breitbart, but I enjoy imagining the carnage.

Fairly sure America would win that war

Eclectic Cyborg Jul 28, 2017 • 2:41:42pm

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:41:54pm

re: #50 KGxvi

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

planning ahead? we dont do no stinking planning

Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jul 28, 2017 • 2:42:34pm

re: #54 scottslemmons

If he fires Bannon, Bannon goes back to Breitbart. I don’t know who’d win a war between Trump and Breitbart, but I enjoy imagining the carnage.

That’s why I don’t think he’ll fire Bannon. He wants him in the tent pissing out, rather than the opposite. Bannon controls a lot of hateful Morons.

austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 2:42:40pm

re: #50 KGxvi

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

Well, you *are* talking about Drumpf, here.

Oh, and She Who Must Be Obeyed just heard on twitter that The Mooch’s wife is divorcing him.

So his wealth will be only $42.5 million real soon.

Pretty good little haircut there, Moochie!

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:43:19pm

Cernovich apparently does have someone in the White House feeding him information, which is fucking grotesque.

Source close to POTUS: Reince has been told he’s out.

— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) July 28, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:43:30pm

re: #60 austin_blue

Well, you *are* talking about Drumpf, here.

Oh, and She Who Must Be Obeyed just heard on twitter that The Mooch’s wife is divorcing him.

So his wealth will be only $42.5 million real soon.

Pretty good little haircut there, Moochie!

are there any lawyers left?

scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:44:37pm

re: #59 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

That’s why I don’t think he’ll fire Bannon. He wants him in the tent pissing out, rather than the opposite. Bannon controls a lot of hateful Morons.

That would be the rational thing to do. But Trump isn’t rational, and he has mooks like the Mooch talking smack in his ear.

Alephnaught Jul 28, 2017 • 2:44:49pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

Cernovich apparently does have someone in the White House feeding him information, which is fucking grotesque.

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What’s the bets that’s Bannon?

goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 2:45:21pm

re: #50 KGxvi

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

Moving Kelly makes less sense when you consider that Trump could’ve replaced Priebus with anybody, but by choosing Kelly he’s needlessly walked his administration into an otherwise avoidable round of confirmation hearings.

scottslemmons Jul 28, 2017 • 2:45:28pm

re: #64 Alephnaught

What’s the bets that’s Bannon?

Or Miller…

EDIT: Or Don Jr.

austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 2:46:34pm

re: #62 dangerman

are there any lawyers left?

With an $85 million estate? Oh, hellz yes.

BlueGrl21 Jul 28, 2017 • 2:46:40pm

re: #50 KGxvi

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

I’m thinking Rudy G. Noun, verb, 9/11.

Alephnaught Jul 28, 2017 • 2:47:14pm

re: #66 scottslemmons

Or Miller…

Aren’t both Bannon and Miller in the Mooch’s sights?

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:47:16pm

re: #65 goddamnedfrank

Moving Kelly makes less sense when you consider that Trump could’ve replaced Priebus with anybody, but by choosing Kelly he’s needlessly walked his administration into an otherwise avoidable round of confirmation hearings.

though you do have to actually nominate someone for the spot first..

sagehen Jul 28, 2017 • 2:47:34pm

re: #67 austin_blue

With an $85 million estate? Oh, hellz yes.

They’ve only been married a few years; I’m sure there’s a good solid prenup.

Jay C Jul 28, 2017 • 2:47:51pm

re: #58 dangerman

e: #50 KGxvi

So, who does he name for Homeland Security? More importantly how do you make a move like this without having a new DHS nominee lined up?

planning ahead? we dont do no stinking planning

Just curious: does Kelly HAVE to resign his position as DHS to take the White House CoS job? Or did Trump just think “I’ll get the General over here: he’ll follow orders”, and assume that Kelly can fill both positions?
Did Trump even THINK about this? Or does he see it as just another “You’re Fired” episode??

wrenchwench Jul 28, 2017 • 2:47:57pm

A reminder that as DHS Sec., John Kelly is facing a lawsuit after border agents illegally turn away asylum seekers. https://t.co/yVnU2vtArG

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) July 28, 2017

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 2:48:15pm

re: #44 Myron Falwell

Trump’s basically declared war on Ryan and McConnell. It feels like that was bound to happen regardless if skinny repeal passed last night or not, as Mooch’s dumbassery telegraphed that everyone but apparently Reince himself.

And just wait until Bannon gets the heave-ho. I honestly think he’s willing to sacrifice his support amongst the goddam Nazis just as long as it means he has a chance to escape from the Russia probe.

Trump and/or Jared have clearly taken Bannon’s ideas for creating institutional destruction and merged it with his want to create chaos and internal fighting within his own inner circle, at the expense of Bannon himself.

So who’s singing…

Jim Croce - Greatest Hits - Lover’s Cross

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:48:27pm

re: #67 austin_blue

With an $85 million estate? Oh, hellz yes.

i thought every lawyer was somehow tied up with that russia think

Ace-o-aces Jul 28, 2017 • 2:49:40pm

re: #69 Alephnaught

Aren’t both Bannon and Miller in the Mooch’s sights?

Bannon’s OK for now. I understand he won his immunity challenge this week.

freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 2:50:13pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

I thought he was one of Bannon’s boys? If so, wouldn’t it be Bannon?

MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 2:50:15pm

re: #51 Amory Blaine

I hope Priebus doesn’t come back to Wisconsin.

He will oversee Foxconn.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:50:44pm

Reince Priebus said in a text message Friday to @wsj: “I resigned privately yesterday.”https://t.co/Y4hys4YEeT

— JamesVGrimaldi (@JamesVGrimaldi) July 28, 2017

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Could be. Very hard to square with motorcade humiliation of @Reince45 today and the fact it didn’t leak. https://t.co/rKsf4BHefO

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) July 28, 2017

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Not buying this for a second. https://t.co/8Ee8rITBcc

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 2:50:50pm

re: #54 scottslemmons

If he fires Bannon, Bannon goes back to Breitbart. I don’t know who’d win a war between Trump and Breitbart, but I enjoy imagining the carnage.

Drudge is already sour. It would be a trump bloodbath.

austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 2:51:09pm

re: #72 Jay C

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Just curious: does Kelly HAVE to resign his position as DHS to take the White House CoS job? Or did Trump just think “I’ll get the General over here: he’ll follow orders”, and assume that Kelly can fill both positions?
Did Trump even THINK about this? Or does he see it as just another “You’re Fired” episode??

I don’t think he’ll have much choice. WH Chief of Staff is a huge time suck. He will be the primary legislative liaison with the Congress.

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 2:51:13pm

The Trump White House is running like a fine-tuned clusterfuck.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 2:51:37pm

Kelly was the same asshole who “joked” about killing reporters https://t.co/9tJmfAjpKj

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 2:53:02pm

re: #72 Jay C

r

Just curious: does Kelly HAVE to resign his position as DHS to take the White House CoS job? Or did Trump just think “I’ll get the General over here: he’ll follow orders”, and assume that Kelly can fill both positions?
Did Trump even THINK about this? Or does he see it as just another “You’re Fired” episode??

ive long since stopped trying to figure these people out or second guess

nevertheless i dont think he did this on his own in a vacuum
so if they really didnt think it through, that will be on a lot of them, not just him.

(and i still wouldnt be surprised)

Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 2:55:36pm

I’m waiting for the tweet that says “Who am I going to pick to be new DHS Sec? Stay Tuned!”

austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 2:56:40pm

re: #85 Skip Intro

I’m waiting for the tweet that says “Who am I going to pick to be new DHS Sec? Stay Tuned!”

I’ll take “Satan” for $200, Alex.

Ace-o-aces Jul 28, 2017 • 2:56:46pm

Hearing the WH briefly considered Bannon for the position but realized he was already overstretched from his existing duties

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2017

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CHRIS!

BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 2:57:40pm

“We all serve at the pleasure of the president,” said @SHSanders45 when asked if @Reince was fired. Said Kelly starts Monday morning.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 28, 2017

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KingKenrod Jul 28, 2017 • 2:58:05pm

Did Trump get someone else to do his dirty work again? Sure looks like it.

How Priebus learned he’d been fired: “Priebus, Miller and Scavino loaded into one Suburban. Moments later, Miller and Scavino got out.” pic.twitter.com/nSzGkyiy8s

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 28, 2017

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 2:58:30pm

Trump on track to spend more on travel in 2017 than Obama spent in all 8 years: https://t.co/syvjeOvoEw pic.twitter.com/ZHORTkMB91

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2017

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Mike Lamb Jul 28, 2017 • 2:59:43pm

Love that Cernovich thinks Sessions is to blame for the independent counsel. Not Flynn being fully compromised. Not Kushner trying to set up back channels to the Russians. Not Donny Jr. having meetings with Russian spies. And, most certainly, not Trump firing Comey and openly admitting it was to stop the Russia investigation.

Nope. It’s all because Sessions recused himself.

Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:00:27pm

Trump on TV: “YOU’RE FIRED!”@realDonaldTrump in real life: “Somebody tell that guy he’s fired. I’m gonna hide over here.”

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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lizardofid Jul 28, 2017 • 3:00:53pm

re: #89 KingKenrod

Did Trump get someone else to do his dirty work again? Sure looks like it.

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Scavino to Miller: “Bring the cannoli”

dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 3:02:11pm

re: #90 Kragar

[Embedded content]Trump on track to spend more on travel in 2017 than Obama spent in all 8 years:

a lot of which is ~~siphoned~~ er paid out to the trump empire

lizardofid Jul 28, 2017 • 3:04:32pm

re: #94 dangerman

a lot of which is ~~siphoned~~ er paid out to the trump empire

I remember the early reports that DT wanted to use his own plane instead of AF-1, ala Robert Vesco.

Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 3:04:54pm

Important reminder: Reince Priebus was among only Trump campaign insiders NOT to sign non-disclosure agreement last year.

— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) July 28, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 3:05:14pm

re: #92 Kragar

[Embedded content]Trump on TV: “YOU’RE FIRED!”@realDonaldTrump in real life: “Somebody tell that guy he’s fired. I’m gonna hide over here.”

i wonder how many takes they do each time to get it just right

when i have to let someone go irl, i only get one

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 28, 2017 • 3:05:50pm

re: #20 wheat-dogg

Rage Furby reference, or maybe weev?

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awwww them little snowflakes are melting.

I just cannot wait to see these assholes before Senator Warner. He will grind them up into Sausage McMuffin patties!

Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 3:06:07pm

Sassy Trump: I’m ‘More Presidential’ than anyone but Lincoln

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jul 28, 2017 • 3:07:17pm

re: #96 Stanley Sea

Important reminder: Reince Priebus was among only Trump campaign insiders NOT to sign non-disclosure agreement last year.

Trump would have the entire US government sign a lifetime NDA for his tenure in office…

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 28, 2017 • 3:09:43pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

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This is the music that ought to be playing when those clowns are before the Senate Intelligence Committee…

Benny Hill Theme

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:10:12pm

.@Reince A message from a year ago 🙄 pic.twitter.com/LMmw9RcI68

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 28, 2017

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2017 • 3:10:55pm

Priebus out, Kelly in as Trump’s Chief of Staff, the most historic leadership change since the naming of a new headwaiter on the Hindenburg.

— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) July 28, 2017

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 3:12:46pm

I’m old enough to remember when Rinsed insisted that the party primary candidates sign a loyalty pledge and Trump blew him off to insist the party show loyalty to him instead.

I wonder if he’s contemplating that as he cleans out his desk…

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gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:13:05pm

A DHS spokesman tells me the department has received “no guidance” on who is now the acting secretary of homeland security.

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 28, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:15:03pm

re: #105 gocart mozart

Unless the President chooses another under (b)(ii), (a)(i) of the DHS Order of Succession designates the DHS depsec https://t.co/c9X8v6HZOl

— Gus Coldebella (@g_co) July 28, 2017

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This is reassuring. https://t.co/shoPjg2ZyX

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 28, 2017

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I presume Elaine Duke, the deputy secretary, is now acting secretary. At any rate, that’s how it usually works…

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 28, 2017

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:15:15pm

So Trump leaves hundreds of positions vacant, fires even more people, now promotes from his previous appointments?

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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Trump’s only accomplishment in 6 months is crashing the US government into a ditch

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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stpaulbear Jul 28, 2017 • 3:15:51pm

I can’t imagine that anyone fired by Trump wouldn’t be crying from relief within a couple days.

Richard and Linda Thompson - Hard Luck Stories

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:17:54pm

Hey, opening at DHS explains why Giuliani came to town the other day.

Be afraid

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jul 28, 2017 • 3:18:51pm

re: #109 FormerDirtDart

Hey, opening at DHS explains why Giuliani came to town the other day.

Be afraid

Yes. lets see Democrats grill Ghouliani about all his buddies in the New York FBI office!

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:23:13pm

In May 1973, as the Watergate scandal deepened, Richard Nixon took the unusual step of making a general his new White House Chief of Staff.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 28, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:24:20pm

Wait, is this true? We’re not going to have a Homeland Security secretary for the near future? pic.twitter.com/4miwAfQrfL

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) July 28, 2017

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:25:03pm

re: #109 FormerDirtDart

Hey, opening at DHS explains why Giuliani came to town the other day.

Be afraid

I’ll see you Rudy and raise you David “Beetlejuice” Clarke.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:25:50pm

There’s one for every occasion

3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason why @BarackObama can’t manage to pass his agenda.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2012

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:26:37pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart

They have no concept of a recess appointment? Good lord.

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Jebediah, RBG Jul 28, 2017 • 3:27:08pm

re: #114 FormerDirtDart

And that dimwit doesn’t know which word to make plural.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:28:03pm

Sometimes, you rush in to put out a fire.
Other times, you get clear and let it burn.

Trump’s WH is the second.

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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Get clear, prepare yourself for its collapse, then move in to pick up the pieces.

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 3:28:24pm

re: #113 Myron Falwell

I’ll see you Rudy and raise you David “Beetlejuice” Clarke.

Jesus Christ.

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mmmirele Jul 28, 2017 • 3:29:01pm

I cant even drive to the airport and get checked in without things going sideways, can I?

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:29:33pm

Yeah, dissing Sessions and hiring globalists is really helping with that, isn’t it? If Bannon goes, all is lost. This I can tell you.

— Raheem 🇬🇧 (@RaheemKassam) July 28, 2017

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Sessions got us into independent counsel mess. Personal friends of mine being subpoenaed. Word is I’m gonna get one. Major screw up. https://t.co/x7nD9LMe1c

— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) July 28, 2017

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Yes, that you are. https://t.co/LNiZU3hykG

— Boko Harambe (@donachaidh) July 28, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:29:36pm

re: #109 FormerDirtDart

Hey, opening at DHS explains why Giuliani came to town the other day.

Be afraid

Someone agrees

Wait, is this true? We’re not going to have a Homeland Security secretary for the near future? pic.twitter.com/4miwAfQrfL

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) July 28, 2017

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Rudy is available https://t.co/meiwvHUhjY

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017

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Timothy Watson Jul 28, 2017 • 3:31:21pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart

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Recess appointment?

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2017 • 3:34:05pm

re: #52 KGxvi

Whatever I can afford. $1.

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 3:34:10pm

re: #117 Kragar

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And sometimes, if you’re Mooch, you toss in a jug of gasoline and wait for the boom.

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 3:35:29pm

re: #120 Kragar

Hiring globalists? Dog whistling here.

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:36:53pm

re: #122 Timothy Watson

Recess appointment?

If he really wants Rudy, recess appoint him in there. Plus Rudy wouldn’t have to worry about accidentally incriminating himself WRT Russia** in the confirmation hearings a la Jeff Sessions.

But again, it’s Trump, and his inner circle’s collective IQ plummeted with Mooch’s arrival and Reince’s departure.

**Only going on suspicion here, but would we really be surprised?

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Jay C Jul 28, 2017 • 3:37:03pm

re: #107 Kragar

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So Trump leaves hundreds of positions vacant, fires even more people, now promotes from his previous appointments?

Actually, it seems more like he’s promoting from his previous vacancies….

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:37:28pm

Oh, that explains some things. pic.twitter.com/puAFiEVAQj

— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 3:38:30pm

re: #126 Myron Falwell

If he really wants Rudy, recess appoint him in there. Plus Rudy wouldn’t have to worry about accidentally incriminating himself WRT Russia** in the confirmation hearings a la Jeff Sessions.

But again, it’s Trump, and his inner circle’s collective IQ plummeted with Mooch’s arrival and Reince’s departure.

If you look at trumps historical pics, he’s going to pick Clark as he is less qualified than Rudy - whose qualifications are yapping about 9/11.

As much as I hate to say this, I would take Rudy over Clark. Clark is a total fucking lunatic. Rudy is less so, IMO.

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 3:38:58pm

re: #128 Kragar

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really? what’s his legal expertise?

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:39:15pm

re: #125 wheat-dogg

Hiring globalists? Dog whistling here.

Rakeem works for Breitbart, no?

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 3:39:38pm

re: #128 Kragar

We’re living in a real life Twilight Zone episode.

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 3:40:11pm

re: #129 MsJ

…As much as I hate to say this, I would take Rudy over Clark. Clark is a total fucking lunatic. Rudy is less so, IMO.

differing strains of crazy is all

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makeitstop Jul 28, 2017 • 3:40:24pm

re: #13 I Would Prefer Not To

Anthony Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce

Anthony Scaramucci, the White House’s potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.

I said it downstairs - reading that story makes Mook sound like a stalker.

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 3:40:31pm

re: #129 MsJ

I think the choice is clear.

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 3:41:21pm

re: #112 FormerDirtDart

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Scarier and scarier:

Totally possible that Trump now moves Sessions to DHS and taps someone else already Senate-confirmed to run Justice. https://t.co/UcclVQtttj

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 28, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 28, 2017 • 3:41:29pm

re: #116 Jebediah, RBG

And that dimwit doesn’t know which word to make plural.

Samurai Cop - I’m telling these son of a bitches.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 3:41:51pm

re: #135 Skip Intro

I think the choice is clear.

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yup, so you get fake general clark and real general kelly.

out fucking standing

(my fingers are messed up, sorry for the typing)

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darthstar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:43:21pm

How Priebus learned he’d been fired: “Priebus, Miller and Scavino loaded into one Suburban. Moments later, Miller and Scavino got out.” pic.twitter.com/nSzGkyiy8s

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 28, 2017

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gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:43:34pm

re: #111 FormerDirtDart

From May 1973 to Jan. 77 we had a Gen. Al Haig / Don Rumsfeld / Dick Cheney trilogy. https://t.co/TK681i5tAC

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) July 28, 2017

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 3:44:43pm

re: #122 Timothy Watson

Recess appointment?

According to Chris Hayes

except they’re staying in pro-forma session so he can’t fire Sessions

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2017

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 3:44:46pm

re: #40 freetoken

So is Kelly going to be double-hatted?

How can he do both jobs?

He can’t.

Trump thinks that Kelly is no drama and therefore is the guy to settle things down.

The reason Kelly isn’t engaging in drama is that the agency he oversees isn’t usually a drama llama unless there’s a major security/terrorism issue. Chief of Staff is always a drama position because of proximity to the President and the need to balance all the competing interests trying to keep the president’s attention.

Under Obama, even this was minimal drama.

With Trump, it’s an deluge of a shit show because no one in the Trump admin knows how to do their jobs let alone do so in a way that is without drama. That’s by design too - since Trump picks people who are sycophants and suck ups whose only source of power is by proximity to Trump. If you don’t have his ear for more than 5 seconds, whatever Trump will do is lost to the ether. Trump has the attention span of gnat, so if you can’t constantly keep in his ear, all is lost.

Reince tried riding that dragon, and lost. Kelly wont do any better. I give him 6 weeks before he either quits or is fired.

Trump picked all the best people. Six months in and he’s got wholesale anarchy.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 3:45:10pm

re: #136 BeachDem

Scarier and scarier:

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Sessions would have to agree to go to DHS and submit himself to more confirmation hearings. Very doubtful that happens.

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darthstar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:46:49pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

Cernovich apparently does have someone in the White House feeding him information, which is fucking grotesque.

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He got a text from Bannon.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 3:46:59pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

With this cesspool of cronies and craven crackpots, why would this be surprising?

Everyone is leaking - both to save their own skins, and to throw others under the bus because this is entirely normal for this bugnuts insane regime.

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thecommodore Jul 28, 2017 • 3:47:28pm

This article in the New York Times is a perfect example of Normalizing Trump.

You Talkin’ to Me? Trump’s White House Gets Some New York Attitude

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gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 3:47:50pm

“Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.”
- H. P. Lovecraft pic.twitter.com/MStngBsqA2

— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) July 28, 2017

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darthstar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:47:56pm

re: #141 BeachDem

According to Chris Hayes

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Are they staying in pro-forma session? And what will Trump do when he realizes that? Will it be before or after he fires Sessions?

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Jay C Jul 28, 2017 • 3:48:48pm

re: #142 lawhawk

Trump picked all the best people. Six months in and he’s got wholesale anarchy.

And so what’s the over/under on when Fox News decides to declare THIS is when Donald Trump finally “became Presidential” and got his Admin “in order”??

My guess: 1) tomorrow; 2) guess 1 operative for about a week, tops.

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 3:49:23pm

re: #142 lawhawk

Trump picked all the best people. Six months in and he’s got wholesale anarchy.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 3:49:34pm

re: #141 BeachDem

According to Chris Hayes

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Sessions was a GOP Senator, so the Republicans are going to help make sure no recess appointments occur during the break. If Trump had made almost anybody else his AG they might put up with it, but the amount of pubic abuse he’s heaped on one of their own over the last two weeks has really pissed a lot of them off.

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:51:01pm

re: #149 Jay C

Trump picked all the best people. Six months in and he’s got wholesale anarchy.

And so what’s the over/under on when Fox News decides to declare THIS is when Donald Trump finally “became Presidential” and got his Admin “in order”??

My guess: 1) tomorrow; 2) guess 1 operative for about a week, tops.

I’ll go with 3) tonight with Fucker Carlson and/or Lumpy.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 3:51:11pm

StoppLiberals has added you to the lists “Major Assholes” and “Ignorant Fucks”

and he’s blocked pic.twitter.com/18opuaLPT8

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 3:52:04pm

Kelly is an even bigger idiot than I thought possible for not negotiating this before agreeing to take the job.

I wrote this story on Monday. It’s obviously been updated since, but sources said Reince wouldn’t make the week https://t.co/pEmHeKJVJI

— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) July 28, 2017

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WH Official: Anthony Scaramucci still reports directly to POTUS, not new COS Kelly https://t.co/nZebSNdYiM

— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) July 28, 2017

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 3:55:42pm

re: #154 goddamnedfrank

Kelly is an even bigger idiot than I though possible for not negotiating this before agreeing to take the job.

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Talk about an unwinnable quagmire.

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Unshaken Defiance Jul 28, 2017 • 3:56:08pm

Well guys for me this is an awful mixed bag of emotions. One one hand this kind of chaos is what will end this administration. Otoh I worry the damage wrought to the nation will be very tough to repair.

It’s like reverse schadenfreude. Whatever one might call that. Trumpification maybe.

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 3:57:14pm

re: #155 Myron Falwell

He’ll be COS but not of all the staff. Not Mooch, not Jared, not Ivanka and not anybody else Trump says. Not to anybody who reports directly to Mooch, either, I assume.

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JordanRules Jul 28, 2017 • 3:57:24pm

re: #146 thecommodore

Wow!!!!
Utterly ridiculous. They’ve been doing it since the campaign so they’ve gotten even better at it. SMH

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 3:58:24pm

re: #146 thecommodore

This article in the New York Times is a perfect example of Normalizing Trump.

You Talkin’ to Me? Trump’s White House Gets Some New York Attitude

roguishly irrepressible

Sounds like a description of a sitcom character, ala Eddie Haskel.

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2017 • 3:58:52pm

Let’s do this, Friday pic.twitter.com/WlbLCDY2wh

— 70s Dinner Party (@70s_party) July 28, 2017

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So that’s what happened to Everett.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 3:59:12pm

What is it with all these right wing morons making lists of liberals they hate? What a pathetic, sociopathic way to spend your time.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 4:00:22pm

re: #157 Skip Intro

He’ll be COS but not of all the staff. Not Mooch, not Jared, not Ivanka and not anybody else Trump says.

chief-of-irrelevant-staff?
irrelevant-chief-of-staff?

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 4:00:38pm

re: #161 Charles Johnson

Maybe they know Trump is going to want a list like that soon.

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gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:00:47pm

Has anyone checked on Steve Bannon today? pic.twitter.com/f3VNK3DqV9

— Ryan Adams (@filmystic) July 28, 2017

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 4:00:56pm

Fun fact: Kelly had never met Trump—until Reince called and asked if he would join the the administration. https://t.co/T2A9mrNaiU

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 28, 2017

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 4:01:26pm

re: #162 dangerman

Chief fall guy, sucker-in-charge of nothing.

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 4:01:45pm

re: #148 darthstar

Are they staying in pro-forma session? And what will Trump do when he realizes that? Will it be before or after he fires Sessions?

Only going by Chris Hayes’ tweet—haven’t researched it. BRB

(play Jeopardy music)

Back now—CNN says the same.

cnn.com

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Jay C Jul 28, 2017 • 4:01:49pm

re: #160 wrenchwench

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So that’s what happened to Everett.

Yep: must have been the Irradiated Evaporated Milk that did it…

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 4:02:06pm

re: #161 Charles Johnson

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Was it this asshole?

StoppLiberals has added you to the lists “Major Assholes” and “Ignorant Fucks”

and he’s blocked pic.twitter.com/18opuaLPT8

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 4:03:23pm

re: #160 wrenchwench

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So that’s what happened to Everett.

“irradiated” doesnt sound natural to me
and im not building a fire just for some soup

/ (yes i know)

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gocart mozart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:03:42pm

Hannity just retweeted this…not sure he realizes that it’s not the real Julian Assange. pic.twitter.com/neSOzZdEBE

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 28, 2017

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wrenchwench Jul 28, 2017 • 4:04:52pm

Oh man, @SherylCrow must be rolling in her grave right now… pic.twitter.com/o69j53JteC

— Tuna Ketchup (@TunaCatsup) July 28, 2017

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Dude. I’m still alive. https://t.co/CoFpuTpekf

— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) July 28, 2017

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 4:05:26pm

Trump just green lighted this “procedure”. Remember Freddie Gray?

SOP in Precinct and District and Parish coast to coast.

You can be a white boy too.

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 4:05:32pm

re: #169 Kragar

Was it this asshole?

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I blocked that one a while back. Every day I find one of these creepazoids adding me to their lists. Some of them add me to three or four lists at a time.

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majii Jul 28, 2017 • 4:08:07pm

re: #45 wheat-dogg

“Maxine Walters, f’r’instance.”

Maybe that’s why he turned down the NAACP’s invitation. [He may have been thinking that Ms. Waters would be there.]

I’m LMBO at how quick Trump is to run from any/all situations in which he may face opposition. Strong leader, my butt!

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 4:09:13pm

re: #175 majii

He’s like a RW talk radio host in that.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:10:14pm

Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 28, 2017

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Yeah. That’ll fucking work.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 4:10:18pm

Having been put in the position of replacing someone who was fired by an incompetent boss for the results of the boss’s own communicative cowardice and dysfunctional leadership my only advice to General Kelly is to recognize the developing pattern and get the fuck out now.

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whitebeach Jul 28, 2017 • 4:10:56pm

re: #132 MsJ

We’re living in a real life Twilight Zone episode.

Feels more like a real-life Twilight Zone season.

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 4:12:14pm

re: #177 Blind Frog Belly White

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Yeah. That’ll fucking work.

My administration is in tail-spin, I have absolutely nothing to sell me to voters, so sure let’s go ahead and go to war with the people we need to make all our campaign promises reality. Awesome idea.

/////

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 4:12:20pm

re: #157 Skip Intro

He’ll be COS but not of all the staff. Not Mooch, not Jared, not Ivanka and not anybody else Trump says. Not to anybody who reports directly to Mooch, either, I assume.

So Gen. Kelly is the new Mr. Irrelevant. I hope it makes him feel really proud.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:12:23pm

re: #179 whitebeach

Feels more like a real-life Twilight Zone season.

IT’S A COOKBOOK!!!!

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stpaulbear Jul 28, 2017 • 4:12:40pm

re: #167 BeachDem

Only going by Chris Hayes’ tweet—haven’t researched it. BRB

(play Jeopardy music)

Back now—CNN says the same.

cnn.com

I’m so glad that the senate is c*ck-blocking Trumps recess appointments.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 4:12:55pm

re: #178 goddamnedfrank

Basically if you can’t look the person you’re replacing in the eye that’s nature’s way of telling you to find the exit.

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 4:14:19pm

re: #178 goddamnedfrank

Having been put in the position of replacing someone who was fired by an incompetent boss for the results of the boss’s own communicative cowardice and dysfunctional leadership my only advice to General Kelly is to recognize the developing pattern and get the fuck out now.

I was going to say earlier that I’m basically watching the White House politics play out at work right now. Incompetent asshole hired as new front office manager, has absolutely no clue what he’s doing, but he’s convinced the management that he can walk on water so they’re giving him cover to basically run the front office into the ground. And are convinced that the problem isn’t his management, but the employees not wanting to get with the program.

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:14:49pm

This is a pretty sad way for a general’s resume to end.

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Ace-o-aces Jul 28, 2017 • 4:15:19pm

tell your cheering brownshirts

— Schadenfreude (@GraySky66) July 28, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:15:36pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is a pretty sad way for a general’s resume to end.

I think Flynn’s got that beat, though.

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Dave In Austin Jul 28, 2017 • 4:16:27pm

pic.twitter.com/2PU9mjamjO

— Just Things (@ScullyThings) July 28, 2017

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Ace-o-aces Jul 28, 2017 • 4:16:39pm

re: #172 wrenchwench

This is #MyFavoriteMistake

— John Verburg (@MCB_johnverburg) July 28, 2017

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 4:17:44pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

I blocked that one a while back. Every day I find one of these creepazoids adding me to their lists. Some of them add me to three or four lists at a time.

I get one every few weeks. Its like they expect people not to notice.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:20:06pm

Christ almighty! You take a couple hours to do some work, and what happens?

Guess I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue!

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 4:20:12pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

You just saw your predecessor drug through the mud and then fired in the most humiliating fashion, but you take the job because you’re sure it can’t happen to you.

That’s the special kind of stupid that Republicans learn in childhood and take a whole lifetime to master.

tr*mp is a toxic piece of shit. To have any dealings with him at all is to bathe in shit and be grateful if you’re only ordered to eat a small amount of it.

The only exception to this rule is Putin and the Russians, who own tr*mp from the tip of his horrid hair-piece to his fungus-encrusted feet.

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:21:49pm

**** Toxic Brand H.R. Training Films ****

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Jay C Jul 28, 2017 • 4:23:08pm

re: #177 Blind Frog Belly White

Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 28, 2017

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Oh yeah, THAT’S going to be an epic conflict! What “forces”, exactly does Hair Furor imagine he is going to able to muster for that “warfare”? Alt-right bloggers? Breitbart “News”? The “F*ck your Feelings” brigade (assuming they’ll rouse themselves off the couch)? The Trumpenproletariat out there in the “heartland” still panting for news of mass cattle-car deportations?

What I see as a more likely scenario is Congress [finally] realizing that DJT is a national embarrassment, finding some shit to pin on him (Russian-money-related, probably: it seems to be the easiest), and impeaching his fat orange ass, probably by something like 80-20 margins, and getting on with dealing with the Pence Administration as best they can as soon as they can.

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 4:23:22pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is a pretty sad way for a general’s resume to end.

self induced

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:25:31pm

Trump hired Reince just so he could be the boss of the man who told him to drop out & never let him 4get it. always planned to humiliate him

— Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) July 28, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:25:41pm

In town pool report even worse. It’s like Carlo at the end of GF1. Look! pic.twitter.com/fvcFwph9AI

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 28, 2017

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If I had to guess, Miller and Scavino were detailed to inform Reince in the van.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 4:26:23pm

re: #153 Kragar

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Dude. Congrats. Your doing Twitter right.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:26:26pm

Heh, I’m willing to wager she started talking to an attorney the second he filed his “public” disclosure forms when he was given that VP position at the Export=Import Bank in June.
Probably the best accounting of his financial holdings she’s ever had access to.

Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce over his love for Trump: report https://t.co/MHlLbUOz44 pic.twitter.com/ML24Y8JSeX

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2017

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 4:32:11pm

re: #186 jaunte

This is a pretty sad way for a general’s resume to end.

It’s an all-volunteer army.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 4:32:18pm

re: #177 Blind Frog Belly White

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Yeah. That’ll fucking work.

The people who hold the impeachment card? Brilliant.

Expect it next week.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:33:45pm

“None of you understand! I’m not locked in here with you. YOU’RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!”

Current status of the Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/rkntASYwhn

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 28, 2017

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:34:31pm

re: #201 Decatur Deb

I’m still mystified by all these ostensibly smart people who are willing to go to work for Trump. It’s guaranteed to end badly.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 4:35:25pm

re: #204 jaunte

I’m still mystified by all these ostensibly smart people who are willing to go to work for Trump. It’s guaranteed to end badly.

They think power is contagious.

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:35:59pm

re: #205 Decatur Deb

“I should grab that downed power line!”

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:36:57pm

re: #203 Blind Frog Belly White

“None of you understand! I’m not locked in here with you. YOU’RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!”

Current status of the Republican Party

I watched Watchmen last night.

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majii Jul 28, 2017 • 4:37:39pm

re: #141 BeachDem

“Recess appointment?”

Thanks for this post, BD. I recall that GOPers sued PBO so he couldn’t make recess appointments and held pro-forma sessions during recess periods. Thanks to you I now know that what I recalled earlier was correct. GOPers had no idea that their sh*tty move would come back to bite them in their butts. Serves ‘em right.

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:37:46pm

“It has nothing to do with logic,” the drowning scorpion gleefully replied. “It’s just my character.”

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 4:37:46pm

re: #206 jaunte

“I should grab that downed power line!”

“Fuse not name, Fuse job.”

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:37:55pm

Police chiefs association doing cleanup on the president’s remarks pic.twitter.com/MHZFMd4xuQ

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 28, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:38:18pm

re: #204 jaunte

I’m still mystified by all these ostensibly smart people who are willing to go to work for Trump. It’s guaranteed to end badly.

Everybody thinks they’re smarter than the guy who just got axed. And they think they’ll be okay if they just don’t do what he did. Eventually, they figure out that the only thing the fired person did wrong was taking the job in the first place.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:39:24pm

The best part of this @NewYorker cartoon is that it was published *on Wednesday* pic.twitter.com/b5k3BQXPt4

— Matt Drange (@mattdrange) July 28, 2017

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 4:40:21pm

re: #203 Blind Frog Belly White

“None of you understand! I’m not locked in here with you. YOU’RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!”

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Rorschach Prison Canteen Scene | Watchmen (2009) | 4K ULTRA HD

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 4:40:27pm

A+ @NewYorker. pic.twitter.com/4uARGEdemB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 28, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:42:52pm

They screwed up
Should have done it in Black & White

Alien Donald Trump appears on Mexico City billboard https://t.co/gsYQw6bgsv pic.twitter.com/zA3A0MtrCE

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 28, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:44:30pm

FOX News just lost their source, they’re pissed

DJT in 2012: “3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason @BarackObama can’t manage to pass his agenda.” pic.twitter.com/fcQfFLJJDH

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 28, 2017

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Interesting tweet by Fox News https://t.co/16eYjVkEAI

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 4:46:02pm

re: #205 Decatur Deb

They think power is contagious.

And everyone things they’re immune. They’re special snowflakes.

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jaunte Jul 28, 2017 • 4:48:39pm

Firings/Resignations under Trump
—Yates
—Flynn
—Walsh
—Bharara
—Comey
—Dubke
—Shaub
—Corralo
—Spicer
—Short
—Priebushttps://t.co/MvrUXwtyFt

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 28, 2017

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 4:48:40pm

re: #198 Blind Frog Belly White

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If I had to guess, Miller and Scavino were detailed to inform Reince in the van.

Trump doesn’t have the stones to fire anyone directly. He’ll bully them into submission or resignation, or tasks his sycophants to fire on his behalf.

Still more evidence Trump isn’t who he says he is or how he portrays himself in reality tv.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 4:49:02pm

“We don’t want career politicians, also, I want the bum who washes my windows to rebuild my transmission, & the Mary Kay rep as my Doctor.”

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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austin_blue Jul 28, 2017 • 4:49:51pm

re: #205 Decatur Deb

They think power is contagious.

They ain’t doing it for the lullz.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 4:51:01pm

Poll: Trump job approval rating hits new low https://t.co/1c7EJSQy4A pic.twitter.com/EUWM0ufX79

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2017

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44% Approval, and this was from before the debacle of the last 48 hours https://t.co/YDdxYwCLcl

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 4:51:16pm

re: #216 FormerDirtDart

They LIVE!

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Jul 28, 2017 • 4:51:51pm

Yikes! As former RNC capo, Prince Rebus is massively networked for a back stabbing vendetta of epic dimensions. Orangeman has really put his foot in it this time.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 4:52:17pm

re: #217 FormerDirtDart

They lost a source.

They’ll still have Trump. Because you know he’s calling in to complain about Bannon or Kushner or anyone else he thinks isn’t sufficiently loyal. Just watch…

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Ace-o-aces Jul 28, 2017 • 4:54:01pm

Good news for Reince: he won’t lose his health care. #ThanksObama

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) July 28, 2017

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Paul wins the internet today.

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 4:54:36pm

re: #223 Kragar

I thought the approval rating had already dropped into the high 30’s?

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 4:54:36pm

re: #223 Kragar

Still way too high. WAY too high

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 4:54:48pm

re: #224 lawhawk

They LIVE!

They Live South Park

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 4:55:11pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

I watched Watchmen last night.

Oh, so YOU’RE the one who watches the Watchmen!

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 4:55:24pm

re: #225 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Yikes! As former RNC capo, Prince Rebus is massively networked for a back stabbing vendetta of epic dimensions. Orangeman has really put his foot in it this time.

That’s overrated. The GOP rolled over for Trump. All the GOP did. That includes the establishment asshats pushing for Obamacare repeal for 7 years and didn’t have a plan beyond repeal (and it’s inarguable that they didn’t even have a plan for repeal).

Trump will now play blame game with the Congress over why none of them can repeal Obamacare. Trump will blame Congress. Congress will blame Democrats, and a few will demand a purging to get even more extreme members elected to Congress.

Trump is expert at one thing - pandering to the know-nothing ignorant base that the GOP relies on, and that terrifies those in Congress. That’s why they’re not opening the floodgates of investigations.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 4:57:58pm

re: #232 lawhawk

That’s overrated. The GOP rolled over for Trump. All the GOP did. That includes the establishment asshats pushing for Obamacare repeal for 7 years and didn’t have a plan beyond repeal (and it’s inarguable that they didn’t even have a plan for repeal).

Trump will now play blame game with the Congress over why none of them can repeal Obamacare. Trump will blame Congress. Congress will blame Democrats, and a few will demand a purging to get even more extreme members elected to Congress.

Trump is expert at one thing - pandering to the know-nothing ignorant base that the GOP relies on, and that terrifies those in Congress. That’s why they’re not opening the floodgates of investigations.

That wasn’t trump. It was Ryan. REPUBLICANS want that more than trump. Trump wants a win. He doesn’t care what the win is.

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 4:58:23pm

re: #223 Kragar

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Emergency Plane Crash Landing (“Knowing” 2009)

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 5:01:33pm

She possesses not one iota of empathy, or shame.
What a strikingly repulsive combination

NRA’s Dana Loesch: Penalizing gun owners for improperly storing firearms is “like shaming a rape survivor” https://t.co/Vxiy0lsmzJ

— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 28, 2017

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 5:02:37pm

The numbers from that Harris poll:

Strongly/Somewhat Approve 904
(Net) 44%
Strongly approve 446
22%
Somewhat approve 458
22%
Strongly/Somewhat Disapprove 1147
(Net) 56%
Somewhat disapprove 270
13%
Strongly disapprove 877
43%

So still 22% strongly approve.

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 5:04:08pm

re: #236 freetoken

The numbers from that Harris poll:

So still 22% strongly approve.

22%? Shit, he’s cracked the Dubya floor.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 28, 2017 • 5:05:16pm

re: #6 Rocky-in-Connecticut

For those keeping score, we are still just 7 months into this dumpster fire of an administration.

3 years 5 months to go. Excuse me while I jump off a building.

No. Hang in there. This is beyond a trainwreck. You don’t want to miss a single moment of it. Otherwise, when you tell your grandchildren about the Trump regime, they’ll scoff and say that you’re making it all up.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 5:05:35pm

re: #229 MsJ

Still way too high. WAY too high

Online poll drawn from Harris’ Panel, does’t even bother calculating a confidence interval. How does Harris get people to take its surveys? In exchange for filling out surveys panel members accrue points that they can exchange for gift vouchers and a four times a year chance at a $10K prize.

In other words the process selects for bored morons.

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majii Jul 28, 2017 • 5:06:15pm

re: #218 MsJ

“And everyone things they’re immune. They’re special snowflakes.”

They don’t know what Trump is capable of doing. With him, he comes first, and he won’t hesitate to lie to their faces and throw their butts under the bus, run them over, reverse, and run them over again. Unless they’re really stupid, they couldn’t have missed the way Trump & Co. was trying to snatch their healthcare away to score a “victory” for himself this week. They’re expendable, always have been.

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Patricia Kayden Jul 28, 2017 • 5:06:28pm

re: #235 FormerDirtDart

Sure Dana. Exactly the same.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 5:06:53pm

One take on Sec. Kelly: https://t.co/AUf8EUjDFW pic.twitter.com/AkdFa5Qxsb

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) July 29, 2017

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451_Montag Jul 28, 2017 • 5:07:33pm

re: #200 FormerDirtDart

Heh, I’m willing to wager she started talking to an attorney the second he filed his “public” disclosure forms when he was given that VP position at the Export=Import Bank in June.
Probably the best accounting of his financial holdings she’s ever had access to.

So Scarramucci getting a divorce? Does this means he will have to get lessons from Banning for his, erm, personal needs?

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 5:08:46pm

CoS Kelly escorts Trump into their first cabinet meeting together pic.twitter.com/sclO4iPl6Y

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 28, 2017

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 5:12:03pm

That Harris poll reminds me of why I think so lowly of these kind of polls.

Here’s a question from that poll. Grok it if you can:

CL10 People who are arrested on suspicion of having committed a crime have the right to challenge their detention in a court, and the right to a lawyer to help them. Which of the following types of suspected criminals should have the same right? Please select all that apply.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:12:07pm

Reek Priebus has left the galley.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 28, 2017 • 5:13:21pm

WHO.RULE.LEAKERTOWN?

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 29, 2017

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 5:13:43pm

This is why @Scaramucci is obsessed with leaks. Video of his call-back interview with Trump has been leaked. pic.twitter.com/fdrNXSMajb

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 25, 2017

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 5:14:39pm

If you read that Harris poll you should be afraid.

An uncomfortably large portion of our society appears to want to live in a police state.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:15:01pm

No one is more tired of winning than Reince Priebus.

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:17:40pm

God I miss this man.

One of Obama’s final interviews in which muses about the future of Obamacare, predicts this Republican mess

Full: https://t.co/edlBXubjYw pic.twitter.com/mCXlyOqu4r

— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) July 28, 2017

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 5:18:16pm

Somewhere John Boehner just cracked another bottle of single malt.

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JordanRules Jul 28, 2017 • 5:18:37pm

re: #248 Charles Johnson

ROFL That is so well done!! Oh myyyy. Scary as shit also too.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:19:08pm

It appears McConnell is in trouble. No Brooks says McConnell had to go. On TV.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 5:20:10pm

re: #254 MsJ

It appears McConnell is in trouble. No Brooks says McConnell had to go. On TV.

You’re a strategic genius right up until you go down in flames on live TV.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:21:06pm

re: #254 MsJ

It appears McConnell is in trouble. No Brooks says McConnell had to go. On TV.

Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:21:41pm

re: #254 MsJ

It appears McConnell is in trouble. No Brooks says McConnell had to go. On TV.

Here’s Mo. snappytv.com

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mmmirele Jul 28, 2017 • 5:21:43pm

Waiting at the airport, the aircraft we were going to take is severely broken (a one-hour delay turned into 10 pm at the earliest) but apparently they have another plane landing very soon that will be turned around for us. Thank God CNN isn’t on the monitors here or I’d be going nuts.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:22:22pm

re: #256 Decatur Deb

Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.

He wants to keep beating the Obamacare horse.

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 5:22:33pm

Given that Harris’ poll on this question:

G1 Do you support or oppose each of the following policies related to gun ownership?

Summary Of Favor

Laws to prevent people with 1821
mental illnesses from 89%
purchasing guns

Making private gun sales and 1738
sales at gun shows subject 85%
to background checks

Creating a federal 1529
government database to track 75%
all gun sales

A ban on assault-style 1443
weapons 70%

I have to ask why these are not part of our laws.

What does the NRA have on our Congressmen and Senators?

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:22:49pm

re: #259 MsJ

He wants to keep beating the Obamacare horse.

Yup. That’s Mo.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:22:57pm

re: #258 mmmirele

Waiting at the airport, the aircraft we were going to take is severely broken (a one-hour delay turned into 10 pm at the earliest) but apparently they have another plane landing very soon that will be turned around for us. Thank God CNN isn’t on the monitors here or I’d be going nuts.

I’d be thankful it wasn’t fox.

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Belafon Jul 28, 2017 • 5:23:23pm

re: #260 freetoken

Given that Harris’ poll on this question:

I have to ask why these are not part of our laws.

What does the NRA have on our Congressmen and Senators?

money.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 28, 2017 • 5:23:42pm

Putting up a page on the Trump chaos later.

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mmmirele Jul 28, 2017 • 5:24:44pm

re: #262 MsJ

I’d be thankful it wasn’t fox.

There are no monitors at this end of the terminal.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:25:04pm

Oriented still sticking that… Whatever.

Reince Priebus: Trump ‘wanted to go a different direction’ @CNNPolitics https://t.co/saD2JDp61g

— Donna Borak (@donnaborak) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:26:42pm

re: #266 MsJ

Oriented still sticking that… Whatever.

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My fucking keyboard had decided to not enter what I’m typing.

Preibus still sucking that..whatever.

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majii Jul 28, 2017 • 5:27:22pm

re: #242 Kragar

“One take on Sec. Kelly”

I’m thinking that Trump’s choice of Kelly has to do with trying to gain credibility. He knows by now that he has none/very little among most of us. I’m also thinking he thinks that since Kelly has ties to the military, we’ll believe everything he says on every subject. Plus, he might be thinking that Kelly’s authoritarian air will serve him well in helping him push his BS-based policy ideas.

Trump doesn’t know me, so he doesn’t know that I don’t believe anything anyone in the WH says or will say in the future. He can keep doing these shakeups, but the problem will remain. He is the problem. He’s a vulgar, lying, classless, ethically-challenged, know-nothing, and unless he disciplines himself to learn what he needs to learn (won’t happen,) the instability in the WH will continue. I can’t help recalling his many tweets last year in which he gave the impression that being POTUS is easy. Now he knows it’s a job he is totally unqualified to do.

I’ve always viewed Trump as a liar and as someone who doesn’t know sh*t about sh*t, and that won’t change. One thing my dearly departed parents cultivated in me is a well-functioning BS Meter. I use it everyday.

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Kragar Jul 28, 2017 • 5:27:27pm

We will defend our country, protect our communities and put the safety of the AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST! Replay: https://t.co/dcZxPKOPZ9 pic.twitter.com/0NGiIhGY18

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017

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Just not from Russia, and not if you’re talking about LGBT, Black or Latino communities https://t.co/bzcNjTT2Gg

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 29, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 5:28:49pm

re: #260 freetoken

Given that Harris’ poll on this question:

I have to ask why these are not part of our laws.

What does the NRA have on our Congressmen and Senators?

Interesting question. I don’t think that it’s anything that the NRA has, in the form of dirt on them. What I think it is, is that while they SAY the support those things, if anyone makes a move to ENACT those things, the NRA declares Ammogeddon is coming, and 1/3 of the country goes apeshit, no matter what the bill actually says.

You say, ‘Sensible Gun Laws’, they hear ‘Confiscation’.

You say, ‘Keep them out of the wrong hands’, they hear ‘Ban all gun sales!’

You say, ‘Safe storage laws’, they hear hordes of black people coming to kill them, and their gun is locked up.

It’s crazy, but guns have become the third Third Rail, right behind Social Security and Medicare.

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bratwurst Jul 28, 2017 • 5:28:57pm

Reince got off easy. Thomas Cromwell and Robespierre were executed on this date in 1540 and 1794, respectively. America is a gentler place.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 29, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:29:15pm

re: #256 Decatur Deb

Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.

Jesus, every one of those guys running for Session’s seat is actually worse than Sessions, if that’s possible.

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 5:29:41pm

Somebody certainly must be lying:

S3 Some people had the chance to vote in this year’s presidential election on November 8, 2016. Others did not. Did you vote in November’s presidential election?

Yes 1760
86%

No 290
14%

Yeah, right, 86% of them voted in Nov.

What was the actual turnout?

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 5:29:47pm

Reince Priebus is looking at a nice vintage tonight…..

Kills pain and shame and save money too!

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 5:30:36pm

re: #272 Barefoot Grin

I suspect the same thing will be true about McCain’s seat.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 5:30:37pm

Activists just delivered a bouquet of flowers to McCain’s Senate offices. Murkowski & Collins next. Say it’s more fun than getting arrested

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 28, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:30:42pm

It’s like a flesh-eating bacterial superbug got introduced to the body politic in January.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:31:20pm

re: #272 Barefoot Grin

Jesus, every one of those guys running for Session’s seat is actually worse than Sessions, if that’s possible.

Oh no, Forrest is a good trade. He lacks the true killer instinct.

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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 28, 2017 • 5:34:02pm

re: #269 Kragar

Don’t forget women.

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majii Jul 28, 2017 • 5:34:09pm

re: #256 Decatur Deb

“Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.”

His pic should be beside the definition of the word “Desperate.” He’s running behind Roy Moore in the GOP primary poll and is just throwing things against the wall and hoping they stick. A couple of weeks ago, he said he’d read the KJV of the Bible on the Senate floor until senators break and vote for funding Trump’s wall. [Lamebrain sh*t like this seems to sell well in Alabama]

I don’t think his mental elevator goes all the way from the basement in his brain to the penthouse floor.

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:35:02pm

re: #278 Decatur Deb

Oh no, Forrest is a good trade. He lacks the true killer instinct.

Sounds like it. I heard he demanded the candidates hold the seat open for Sessions’ return.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:35:28pm

re: #280 majii

“Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.”

His pic should be beside the definition of the word “Desperate.” He’s running behind Roy Moore in the GOP primary poll and is just throwing things against the wall and hoping they stick. A couple of weeks ago, he said he’d read the KJV of the Bible on the Senate floor until senators break and vote for funding Trump’s wall. [Lamebrain sh*t like this seems to sell well in Alabama]

I don’t think his mental elevator goes all the way from the basement in his brain to the penthouse floor.

Couple of days ago he suggested all the GOP candidates drop out of the race so Beauregard can come back.

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:35:30pm

re: #280 majii

“Mo Brooks is the Forrest Gump of Alabama politics.”

His pic should be beside the definition of the word “Desperate.” He’s running behind Roy Moore in the GOP primary poll and is just throwing things against the wall and hoping they stick. A couple of weeks ago, he said he’d read the KJV of the Bible on the Senate floor until senators break and vote for funding Trump’s wall. [Lamebrain sh*t like this seems to sell well in Alabama]

I don’t think his mental elevator goes all the way from the basement in his brain to the penthouse floor.

A voter interviewed by NPR today said “they are all a bit too Montgomery-DC for me; I want someone more like Trump.”

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 5:37:14pm

re: #283 Barefoot Grin

Lamebrain sh*t like this seems to sell well in Alabama

Yeah, but the sale is taxed at 9%.

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dangerman Jul 28, 2017 • 5:37:23pm

re: #235 FormerDirtDart

She possesses not one iota of empathy, or shame.
What a strikingly repulsive combination

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Control your weapon at all times

Simple

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Blind Frog Belly White Jul 28, 2017 • 5:39:55pm

Can Russia execute a hack so devious even Russia can’t detect it?

. @Scaramucci: If Russian hackers were able to hack the elections, they would also be skilled enough to leave no traces. Vicious circle? pic.twitter.com/ADscTAlA5V

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) July 28, 2017

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When even the Russians are scoring points off the incompetence of your team. https://t.co/XGGFwWMBAv

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 28, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:42:40pm

And already we’re like “Sean who?”

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Jul 28, 2017 • 5:44:21pm

re: #266 MsJ

battered wife syndrome, white house edition

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 5:46:51pm

pic.twitter.com/1xToOtF91N

— DIGGER (@puckofff) July 29, 2017

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 5:48:52pm

re: #251 MsJ

God I miss this man.

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Jesus, he said more things of substance in five seconds than this orange dunce has said in six months.

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 5:51:35pm

re: #200 FormerDirtDart

Heh, I’m willing to wager she started talking to an attorney the second he filed his “public” disclosure forms when he was given that VP position at the Export=Import Bank in June.
Probably the best accounting of his financial holdings she’s ever had access to.

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Good point. The missus may have just found out he was worth way more than he had told her earlier.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Jul 28, 2017 • 5:53:07pm

re: #291 wheat-dogg

Good point. The missus may have just found out he was worth way more than he had told her earlier.

…and that’s why he was so pissed.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 5:54:36pm

re: #277 Barefoot Grin

It’s like a flesh-eating bacterial superbug got introduced to the body politic in January.

The better medical analogy for the GOP is that it is in the late stages of a deadly prion disease caused by eating the rotting brains of the Zombie Confederacy in the 1960s.

Now we find out who dies, just the GOP or everyone.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 5:55:28pm

🐝🐜🐝At one point, Trump tasked Priebus with killing a fly in the Oval Office. 🐜🐝🐜 https://t.co/JEeyxDupNh pic.twitter.com/pB3hDbQ9vo

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) July 29, 2017

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The wraithing

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:57:08pm

re: #293 EPR-radar

The better medical analogy for the GOP is that it is in the late stages of a deadly prion disease caused by eating the rotting brains of the Zombie Confederacy in the 1960s.

Now we find out who dies, just the GOP or everyone.

Yes!

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Barefoot Grin Jul 28, 2017 • 5:58:28pm

re: #294 Stanley Sea

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The wraithing

Somehow I just pictured Trump’s Pepe tongue going “zot” and catching the fly in flight.

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Dave In Austin Jul 28, 2017 • 6:00:09pm

Well that just proves it. I’ve been calling Bannon a maggot for quite some time.

— Covfefe McGoo (@DaveoutofAustin) July 29, 2017

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No Depression Jul 28, 2017 • 6:00:47pm

re: #294 Stanley Sea

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The wraithing

I prefer presidents that kill their own flies:

Obama Kills Fly During Interview

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451_Montag Jul 28, 2017 • 6:02:15pm

re: #277 Barefoot Grin

It’s like a flesh-eating bacterial superbug got introduced to the body politic in January.

True, but don’t forget as the superbug consumes it’s host, it is killing what is keeping it alive.

Wow, just depressed myself.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:04:27pm

The SCPD has strict rules & procedures relating to the handling of prisoners. Violations of those rules are treated extremely seriously.

— Suffolk County PD (@SCPDHq) July 28, 2017

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Can’t believe he chose Suffolk Co as the appropriate place to say this. Their chief is in prison for a cover up and for beating a suspect.

— Torspin (@tor_spin) July 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:06:46pm

i can’t even remember everything that happened this week

— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 28, 2017

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Same. https://t.co/mWdpqJNKdU

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 29, 2017

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The Jared Kushner testimony happened on MONDAY. Every day is a year. https://t.co/AhTY00wvK5

— Michael Colton (@mikecolton) July 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:07:45pm

Emanuel’s office says Trump made up the claim about sending them the name of the magical mystery cop: https://t.co/XApXzbdtd3

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 29, 2017

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:08:23pm

re: #300 FormerDirtDart

tr*mp probably didn’t know about this police chief being in prison for official malfeasance because tr*mp is a stupid, incurious jackass.

If tr*mp did know about this police chief being in prison, tr*mp would have incited further police brutality exactly as he did anyway, because tr*mp is also vicious, depraved and utterly evil.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:08:54pm

re: #302 Stanley Sea

Scoop: It was Jim, the guy who doesn’t go to Paris anymore.

— Msbmoran (@Msbmoran) July 29, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 6:09:05pm

This is something.

Amazing. Also clear now that McCain’s yes on motion to proceed is what killed the bill. https://t.co/4CRz8VABeE pic.twitter.com/jzqVqmiZmJ

— Steve Simitzis Ⓥ (@s5) July 28, 2017

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 6:09:07pm

re: #300 FormerDirtDart

I can believe it. His staff is incompetent.

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 6:10:22pm

re: #304 Ace Rothstein

Jim, who has a kid named Pickle.

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 6:10:22pm

re: #305 MsJ

Rules are made for losers.

Trump is a winner, so there.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:11:39pm

re: #305 MsJ

This is something.

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Brilliant.

Y’all take back all yo bitching about McCain voting on the MTP.

heh

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:12:39pm

re: #305 MsJ

I’ve seen this elsewhere, and it makes sense. If true, then McCain really did come to DC to fuck up the tr*mp/Ryan/McConnell health care circus as severely as possible, and that his prior votes were all to set up this one.

So McCain has done something right, much to my amazement.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:12:49pm

re: #307 wheat-dogg

Jim, who has a kid named Pickle.

Who is 9, but so badly home schooled that he writes & spells like a 5 yo.

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 6:12:53pm

You know the Margaret Atwood quote:

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

So this happened:

Man Charged With Killing Wife Says ‘She Would Not Stop Laughing’: Cops

huffingtonpost.com

On a fucking cruise ship…traveling with their three children.

I can’t even.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:13:03pm

re: #307 wheat-dogg

Jim, who has a kid named Pickle.

And they all go to cocktail parties.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:13:58pm

re: #309 Stanley Sea

Brilliant.

Y’all take back all yo bitching about McCain voting on the MTP.

heh

In fairness, when McCain voted for the MTP it seemed very likely that the Republicans (including McCain) would pass some kind of garbage out of the Senate.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:15:53pm

re: #312 BeachDem

You know the Margaret Atwood quote:

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

So this happened:

Man Charged With Killing Wife Says ‘She Would Not Stop Laughing’: Cops

huffingtonpost.com

On a fucking cruise ship…traveling with their three children.

I can’t even.

Saw that. It was an ANNIVERSARY trip.

fucked up.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:16:10pm

re: #309 Stanley Sea

Brilliant.

Y’all take back all yo bitching about McCain voting on the MTP.

heh

Even the RudePundit took down his excoriation of McCain on the MTP vote.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:16:46pm

How to be a dog in two easy steps pic.twitter.com/G0SXwtHRwT

— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) July 29, 2017

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 6:17:41pm

re: #305 MsJ

This is something.

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Goddamn, this was a serious shiv in the back.

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451_Montag Jul 28, 2017 • 6:17:46pm

re: #305 MsJ

This is something.

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I love this story so much. I really hoped McCain was going to do the right thing and was severely upset when he came back to vote and let it go to a vote. I want to believe in the inherent goodness of people (hard as it can be with these racist fucknuts in the GOP) and I’m finding this plausible. His speech pointed towards a wish to higher ideals, so I’m going to choose to believe that he came back with a plan to fuck this atrocity of a bill, and shove it elbow deep up Trumps puckered ass, as one last act before he meets his maker. If this is this case then this is an exquisite piece of political revenge.

That’s what I choose to believe and I’ll go to sleep with a little smile.

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freetoken Jul 28, 2017 • 6:19:08pm

Rules can always be changed.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:19:16pm

McCain is a cantankerous, crusty old fuck, but he played this one like a real OG.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 6:20:02pm

re: #309 Stanley Sea

Still not taking it back because there was 7 years of this endless parade of lifeless packaging by the GOP, including McCain about how they’ve got a plan to repeal and replace, and it was always vaporware/malware.

McCain may have had a hand in this ending for now, but the GOP will not stop here. Watch the GOP change the rules. Watch them ignore the rules. After all, the GOP claimed that the last time the bill died in the House it was finally dead and that Obamacare was the law of the land.

Trumpcare is zombie legislation that will not die until its ashes are scattered to the four corners and nuked from orbit. Even then, the only sure way to kill Trumpcare and #GOPDontCare in any form is to vote the craven fuckers out of office.

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No Depression Jul 28, 2017 • 6:20:05pm

re: #316 EPR-radar

Even the RudePundit took down his excoriation of McCain on the MTP vote.

I think everyone can be forgiven for that though. We’re not used to hearing about budget reconciliation because it very rarely has a big impact on our daily lives. We can blame that crooked bastard Mitch McConnell for that. Budget reconciliation was never meant to have a substantive impact on policy.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:20:09pm

This move by McCain is almost as good as when Michael settled all the family business.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:20:15pm

A dinner of cold pizza and beer has left me wanting more cold pizza and beer

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:23:03pm

re: #320 freetoken

Rules can always be changed.

Sure, but being a Senator is typically a lifetime job, and the Republican senators are mostly aware they won’t keep their majority forever. So they are reluctant to get rid of rules that will protect their own future power to obstruct, like the legislative filibuster.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:25:22pm

Hey suggestion request - planning drive from Orlando to Myrtle Beach in early Nov.

Want to do a 2-day side trip.

Anyone know about Hilton Head SC? I’m thinking of some sort of fishing excursion. But one for poor people, not chartering myself, unless there’s some river/bayou type fishing that pays off?

Any other locals to pick? No on Charleston & Savannah. BTDT

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451_Montag Jul 28, 2017 • 6:25:35pm

re: #322 lawhawk

Still not taking it back because there was 7 years of this endless parade of lifeless packaging by the GOP, including McCain about how they’ve got a plan to repeal and replace, and it was always vaporware/malware.

McCain may have had a hand in this ending for now, but the GOP will not stop here. Watch the GOP change the rules. Watch them ignore the rules. After all, the GOP claimed that the last time the bill died in the House it was finally dead and that Obamacare was the law of the land.

Trumpcare is zombie legislation that will not die until its ashes are scattered to the four corners and nuked from orbit. Even then, the only sure way to kill Trumpcare and #GOPDontCare in any form is to vote the craven fuckers out of office.

But every day closer to the mid terms makes it more toxic to the GOP. So even if all he did was buy it some time, that’s a win in my book.

Also I’m pretty sure that there are a goodly number of the GOP raising a glass to him tonight. It was obvious that a decent proportion wanted it to fail, but lacked the shiny brass needed to put a stop to the madness.

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:25:37pm

re: #322 lawhawk

The one and only idea that Republicans and conservatives have ever had on health care is the individual mandate, which is included in the ACA.

Because of that, the only idea they are really putting on the table in their bid to repeal the ACA is a return to the bad old days of pre-existing conditions and insurance company death squads.

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No Depression Jul 28, 2017 • 6:26:00pm

re: #326 EPR-radar

Sure, but being a Senator is typically a lifetime job, and the Republican senators are mostly aware they won’t keep their majority forever. So they are reluctant to get rid of rules that will protect their own future power to obstruct, like the legislative filibuster.

I guess it all depends on how much confidence they have in Kobach’s Voter ~~Fraud~~ Suppression Commission to rig future elections.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 6:27:05pm

All the so-called adults in the GOP room could have ended this charade years ago. They could have worked with Democrats to actually improve Obamacare and expand its coverage. They’ve continually opposed it every step of the way, adding costs, uncertainty, and depriving their own constituents health coverage.

That goes for people like Graham, McCain and all the rest of them.

That’s the job of the Senate - to be the adults in the room when the House goes off the rails (as they’ve done nonstop since Obama took office). They completely ignored it all to push this craven extremist agenda.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:28:22pm

Breaking: President Trump will sign the #Russian sanctions bill, WH announces

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 29, 2017

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He did, however, face certain override if he vetoed. https://t.co/59iaPoLKqC

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 29, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:31:40pm

What a load of shit

Trump plans to sign the Russia sanctions bill, the White House says in a statement. pic.twitter.com/4rkY31Y8D4

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 29, 2017

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 6:31:52pm

re: #322 lawhawk

McCain will to me always be the man who could have really made a difference in goverment. This time for once he did the right thing. This time. I thank him. Keep it up. We see.

The real heros in this are a few women. Senator Murkowski of Alaska @lisamurkowski and Senator Collins of Maine @SenatorCollins. Those two stood fast the entire time. I thank them. I think I’ll tweet them every day and say thanks. And this woman below.

How about some Aloha love for my Hawaii’s @maziehirono who is fighting cancer & voted to save our healthcare? https://t.co/XumMZqy0Ee

— HawaiiDelilah (@HawaiiDelilah) July 28, 2017

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Don’t think this fight is over. Far from over. They will do anything to crash the ACA. Anything. They just showed you how low they can go. They’re looking for bigger shovels.

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No Depression Jul 28, 2017 • 6:32:43pm

re: #332 FormerDirtDart

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At this rate, Sean Hannity and Rage Furby will be Shitler’s only external allies.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 6:33:09pm

re: #333 FormerDirtDart

What a load of shit

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So fucking transparent Dear Leader shit.

wow

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wheat-dogg Jul 28, 2017 • 6:33:17pm

re: #313 Ace Rothstein

And they all go to cocktail parties.

On yachts with hot girls and Boy Scouts

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 6:33:31pm

This is true: Susan Collins on our plane to Bangor, gets applause as she passes through Bangor airport waiting area. pic.twitter.com/a1s2QTpldd

— BLCKDGRD (@BLCKDGRD) July 28, 2017

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:34:29pm

re: #331 lawhawk

All the so-called adults in the GOP room could have ended this charade years ago. They could have worked with Democrats to actually improve Obamacare and expand its coverage. They’ve continually opposed it every step of the way, adding costs, uncertainty, and depriving their own constituents health coverage.

That goes for people like Graham, McCain and all the rest of them.

That’s the job of the Senate - to be the adults in the room when the House goes off the rails (as they’ve done nonstop since Obama took office). They completely ignored it all to push this craven extremist agenda.

The reason for this nonsense is perfectly clear. The GOP wants to get two giant tax cuts for the rich passed. The first was to be via repeal of the ACA, and those lowered taxes were to be used as the baseline for tax cuts round 2.

Now we’ll see if they just double the tax cuts they go for in their ‘tax reform’. Since they want the rich to pay nothing and also increase military spending, they are likely to end up with modest proposals like the blind and disabled having to pay to avoid being liquidated by death squads as part of ‘entitlement reform’.

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lawhawk Jul 28, 2017 • 6:36:45pm

re: #339 EPR-radar

I’ve noted that here and on Twitter that the GOP tax scheme is entirely predicated on Trumpcare passing with all the tax cuts that entails. Now that Trumpcare seems to have been derailed for now, the tax reform package is DOA too since all the numbers wont add up (not that they did before, but they’re not even in the same universe).

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 6:36:49pm

re: #312 BeachDem

You know the Margaret Atwood quote:

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

So this happened:

Man Charged With Killing Wife Says ‘She Would Not Stop Laughing’: Cops

huffingtonpost.com

On a fucking cruise ship…traveling with their three children.

I can’t even.

I saw that on the nightly news last night. Mark my words that that woman was in an abusive relationship. You don’t go from A to Z without passing “giant dick” along the way.

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 6:37:13pm

re: #335 No Depression

At this rate, Sean Hannity and Rage Furby will be Shitler’s only external allies.

Third-place Lumpy will be the last one on board the Trump Titanic.

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 6:42:46pm

John Kelly: I’m not that John Kelly
People: Yes you are, now get to work pic.twitter.com/iuyaYsBPBz

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) July 28, 2017

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nines09 Jul 28, 2017 • 6:45:07pm

re: #325 FormerDirtDart

Sometimes I prefer cold pizza. My wife looks at me strange…

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 6:46:08pm

New White House Press Secretary/Communications Director, Anthony Sarah-Mucci. pic.twitter.com/x0SwJ2MnX6

— Pin Head (@PiercedSkull) July 23, 2017

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EPR-radar Jul 28, 2017 • 6:46:31pm

re: #340 lawhawk

I’ve noted that here and on Twitter that the GOP tax scheme is entirely predicated on Trumpcare passing with all the tax cuts that entails. Now that Trumpcare seems to have been derailed for now, the tax reform package is DOA too since all the numbers wont add up (not that they did before, but they’re not even in the same universe).

I expect to see some very creative massaging of those numbers. Repealing the ACA is to make the GOP base happy. Cutting taxes on the rich is to make GOP donors happy, which is about 10,000 times more important for GOP representatives than making their base happy.

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:47:34pm

re: #345 teleskiguy

OMFG, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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Skip Intro Jul 28, 2017 • 6:49:53pm

re: #345 teleskiguy

Damn, that scared me!

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Ace Rothstein Jul 28, 2017 • 6:50:11pm

Oh, by the way…

Reince Priebus did NOT sign a non-disclosure agreement.

This is gonna be fun.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) July 28, 2017

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Targetpractice Jul 28, 2017 • 6:53:23pm

re: #349 Ace Rothstein

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No NDA, no real loyalty to him, just got stabbed in the back, and the GOP will actually benefit from putting distance between him and them. Good times.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 6:57:48pm

re: #195 Jay C

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Oh yeah, THAT’S going to be an epic conflict! What “forces”, exactly does Hair Furor imagine he is going to able to muster for that “warfare”? Alt-right bloggers? Breitbart “News”? The “F*ck your Feelings” brigade (assuming they’ll rouse themselves off the couch)? The Trumpenproletariat out there in the “heartland” still panting for news of mass cattle-car deportations?

What I see as a more likely scenario is Congress [finally] realizing that DJT is a national embarrassment, finding some shit to pin on him (Russian-money-related, probably: it seems to be the easiest), and impeaching his fat orange ass, probably by something like 80-20 margins, and getting on with dealing with the Pence Administration as best they can as soon as they can.

It’s so unbelievably stupid to go to war with the only people who can remove you from power….you know trump will do it.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 6:59:12pm

re: #350 Targetpractice

No NDA, no real loyalty to him, just got stabbed in the back, and the GOP will actually benefit from putting distance between him and them. Good times.

If they can get a new base.

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 7:01:39pm

Sect of State Tillerson’s statement on DPRK missile also mentions Russia as “principal economic enabler” of NK pic.twitter.com/CqhkafcIAj

— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) July 29, 2017

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That is no small thing https://t.co/zrRia3Y0tA

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 29, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:03:32pm

re: #353 Stanley Sea

I thought Tillerson was napping. I wonder who at State wrote that and who’s going to get fired.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:04:46pm

Be still my heart.

Pelosi opens door to working with GOP on healthcare House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) e… https://t.co/nZSH2j0QKo via @TheHill pic.twitter.com/pS9o40sB2u

— The_News_DIVA🎀 (@The_News_DIVA) July 29, 2017

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 7:06:47pm

“Excuse me, Sir. Where are you going?”
“I’m going to punch George Bush in the face.”
“Okay. Is he expecting you?” pic.twitter.com/XNS6h3SUG8

— SimpsonsQOTD (@SimpsonsQOTD) July 28, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 7:11:22pm

re: #355 MsJ

Be still my heart.

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Exactly what needs to happen.

Fix the problems. Dump the stupid rhetoric.

Here I am again, that 1/2 full believer.

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 7:12:23pm

Facebook: Essential oils.
Snapchat: I’m a bunny!
Instagram: I ate a hamburger.
Twitter: THIS COUNTRY IS BURNING TO THE GROUND.

— Jeanne Hulme (@jeannes_jargon) July 28, 2017

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:12:25pm

Thread. I have to say it’s hard to argue with this. I love that McCain fucked them. And from what I noted above, he really fucked them, but this is some thread.

Read the whole thing.

I’m no more inclined to heap praise on McCain for his vote than I would be an angel of death RN who suffocates her patients to revive them.

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) July 28, 2017

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 7:13:27pm

America is starting to look like an authoritarian dictatorship. Trump is losing on his legislative agenda, but doing vast damage elsewhere.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2017

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stpaulbear Jul 28, 2017 • 7:14:44pm

re: #276 MsJ

Jeff Stein ✔ @JStein_Vox
Activists just delivered a bouquet of flowers to McCain’s Senate offices. Murkowski & Collins next. Say it’s more fun than getting arrested

I managed to get a phone call to one of Collins’ offices this afternoon to say thank you. I delivered the message before saying I was from MN. The staffer sounded glad to get a thank you. I can’t imagine what their phone calls have been like today.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:16:13pm

This is reassuring (seriously).

Meet the woman set to lead Homeland Security Elaine Duke is set to take the helm of the department … https://t.co/B1RQ70Txwe via @TheHill pic.twitter.com/QMTJlYh8y3

— The_News_DIVA🎀 (@The_News_DIVA) July 29, 2017

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 7:16:35pm

.@Scaramucci said what?! pic.twitter.com/VpJk7X8Dh3

— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) July 28, 2017

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:16:58pm

re: #357 Stanley Sea

Exactly what needs to happen.

Fix the problems. Dump the stupid rhetoric.

Here I am again, that 1/2 full believer.

They’re gonna break your heart, kid.

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BeachDem Jul 28, 2017 • 7:17:14pm

re: #357 Stanley Sea

Exactly what needs to happen.

Fix the problems. Dump the stupid rhetoric.

Here I am again, that 1/2 full believer.

Just for you

It All Begins with the People in the Streets

You can accept that political activism is a sucker’s game and give up, or wrap yourself in the robes of ideological purity as though they were suits of armor. Or, you can accept that political activism is a sucker’s game and then engage in political activism to make it less so…

The primary force driving the events of Thursday night and Friday morning was the energy and (yes) persistence of all those people who swamped town hall meetings, who wrote, or called, or e-mailed various congresscritters to show them what real political pressure felt like.

esquire.com

Much more from Charlie Pierce—you’ll like it!

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Archangelus Jul 28, 2017 • 7:18:00pm

re: #345 teleskiguy

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Charles Johnson Jul 28, 2017 • 7:18:48pm

Yes, he suffered a setback on his healthcare destruction agenda, but there are SO MANY other ways he’s remaking the US into a nightmare.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 7:21:39pm

JUST IN: @NancyPelosi sends letter to Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell saying House Dems could support some elements consistent with BCRA pic.twitter.com/FqZEyk9NEv

— Rebecca Shabad (@RebeccaShabad) July 28, 2017

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Lot of lefty misinterpretation of this. BCRA had items to stabilize markets that were in ACA but phased out. Pelosi says let’s get ‘em back. https://t.co/gvNpLGCjDH

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 29, 2017

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NoSoapForYou Jul 28, 2017 • 7:23:51pm

Happy Birthday, Junior Kimbrough.

Junior Kimbrough - Lord, Have Mercy On Me

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FormerDirtDart Jul 28, 2017 • 7:25:18pm

North Korea expert Scott Adams pic.twitter.com/6XDsZurD8i

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 29, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 7:26:43pm

re: #365 BeachDem

Just for you

It All Begins with the People in the Streets

You can accept that political activism is a sucker’s game and give up, or wrap yourself in the robes of ideological purity as though they were suits of armor. Or, you can accept that political activism is a sucker’s game and then engage in political activism to make it less so…

The primary force driving the events of Thursday night and Friday morning was the energy and (yes) persistence of all those people who swamped town hall meetings, who wrote, or called, or e-mailed various congresscritters to show them what real political pressure felt like.

esquire.com

Much more from Charlie Pierce—you’ll like it!

Perfection as usual.

We all decide, ultimately and individually, if the country is worth saving, one heavy lift at a time, knowing that, if the country is worth saving, we never will come to the last of them.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:27:11pm

OK, y’all, John Kelly is fucking nuts. Read this from the Boston Globe.

A Rikers inmate slipped away from guards, climbed the fence, and disappeared. https://t.co/y0vW4H75Io pic.twitter.com/a0oBHfH6JC

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 27, 2017

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NoSoapForYou Jul 28, 2017 • 7:27:36pm

re: #370 FormerDirtDart

“Next up, Thomas Nast on the benefits of coal dust.”

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:29:01pm

re: #372 MsJ

OK, y’all, John Kelly is fucking nuts. Read this from the Boston Globe.

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Oops, wrong link.

bostonglobe.com

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:31:19pm

re: #373 NoSoapForYou

“Next up, Thomas Nast on the benefits of coal dust.”

“Charles Schulz Tackles Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens.”

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 7:33:14pm

re: #375 Decatur Deb

“Charles Schulz Tackles Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens.”

“Jim Davis tackles infrastructure and the tax structure needed to improve our roads and bridges.”

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prairiefire Jul 28, 2017 • 7:35:10pm

re: #374 MsJ

Looks like he will be adding to the paranoia.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:36:02pm

re: #377 prairiefire

Looks like he will be adding to the paranoia.

But now the focus of his paranoia will be the West Wing. Go for it.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:36:11pm

re: #375 Decatur Deb

“Charles Schulz Tackles Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens.”

“Berke Breathed Discusses the Positive Affects of Climate Change, Proven by Opus’s Acclimatization To City Living”

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:37:02pm

re: #379 MsJ

“Berke Breathed Discusses the Positive Affects of Climate Change, Proven by Opus’s Acclimatization To City Living”

Bill the Cat for HHS Secretary !!

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:38:03pm

re: #380 Decatur Deb

Bill the Cat for HHS Secretary !!

Bill the Cat for president!! Gah!’s For All!

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No Depression Jul 28, 2017 • 7:38:33pm

re: #376 teleskiguy

“Jim Davis tackles infrastructure and the tax structure needed to improve our roads and bridges.”

“Rick Perry discusses maintenance of the nuclear arsenal.”

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:39:09pm

re: #382 No Depression

“Rick Perry discusses maintenance of the nuclear arsenal.”

Way too close to home.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:39:10pm

re: #382 No Depression

“Rick Perry discusses maintenance of the nuclear arsenal.”

Fail. Not believable.

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teleskiguy Jul 28, 2017 • 7:39:18pm

“We are now joined by Robert Crumb to discuss the contentious issues of sex and drugs among youth. Mr. Crumb, welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight…”

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Stanley Sea Jul 28, 2017 • 7:40:18pm

re: #374 MsJ

Oops, wrong link.

bostonglobe.com

Glad he’s out of DHS. But…..

Threat inflation

This kind of threat inflation is basically the default foreign policy mantra in Washington. Dangers are always growing; America is always under attack; the world is always dangerous; conflict is always looming … except for the myriad ways none of this nonsense is true. In fact, the world has never experienced a combined period of greater freedom, safety, health, and raised living standards than right now; and America, which faces no serious military rival, is probably the safest great power in history.

Kelly is simply following a path well tread by other snake oil salesmen who’ve misused the authority that comes with public office to scare Americans into supporting bad policies.

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MsJ Jul 28, 2017 • 7:44:13pm

re: #386 Stanley Sea

Glad he’s out of DHS. But…..

Threat inflation

Like I said earlier, I’m uncomfortable with a general as chief of staff. After reading that, I’m more uncomfortable.

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retired cynic Jul 28, 2017 • 7:46:07pm

re: #387 MsJ

Like I said earlier, I’m uncomfortable with a general as chief of staff. After reading that, I’m more uncomfortable.

Alexander Haig scared my hair off, and this sounds like another such.

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Decatur Deb Jul 28, 2017 • 7:51:25pm

re: #388 retired cynic

Alexander Haig scared my hair off, and this sounds like another such.

“If we’re not at war, why am I in this gaudy uniform?”

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Myron Falwell Jul 28, 2017 • 8:09:15pm

re: #359 MsJ

Thread. I have to say it’s hard to argue with this. I love that McCain fucked them. And from what I noted above, he really fucked them, but this is some thread.

Read the whole thing.

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I only have one quibble with this:

Gentle reminder that McCain coulda saved all this drama by voting NO 3 days ago. He should be recuperating, not micromanaging death panels.

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) July 28, 2017

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…because he said flat-out he was going to vote no. And it would remain a no unless things happened that were impossible in the fuckery that is McConnell’s Senate leadership, and that didn’t happen.

But the way McConnell set it up, McCain had to vote yes in order to vote no.

Why? If McCain had indicated he would vote no in the MTP, McConnell would have simply yanked it from the floor, thus prolonging the madness… until McCain would be forced to retire due to his glioblastoma. His treatments start Monday. And McConnell would have definitely waited until an appointment to take over for McCain took office, then used him/her as the 50th vote with Pence to ram this down everyone’s throat.

If McCain was going to be a man of his word and stop this bloody mess, he had to take McConnell’s dirty tricks and use it against him in the most public and humiliating way possible. His MTP address was along the lines of, “You want a MTP to rework 1/5 of our fucking economy with nothing more than a blank piece of paper? Fine, I’ll vote for that… and I’ll vote against that, and you won’t change my goddam mind.”

21 hours later, and I’m still stunned.

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Mr.Boots Jul 28, 2017 • 8:59:28pm

re: #16 Skip Intro

If he’s found innocent, Trump will make him the Head of the FDA.

Spy Auto

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