New From Keith Olbermann: Down Goes the Mooch!
The chaos comes at you quick, right? Anthony Scaramucci, “The Mooch,” is out. Who will be in?
The chaos comes at you quick, right? Anthony Scaramucci, “The Mooch,” is out. Who will be in?
Spicer is still technically “in”, for about 2 more weeks. Must feel funny.
Me and one of my co-workers are going to set up a GOT deadpool; we ought to have one for the White House too!
re: #2 Big Beautiful Door
Me and one of my co-workers are going to set up a GOT deadpool; we ought to have one for the White House too!
Little late… for both, no?
Reports Tillerson rescinding all delegations of authority - State overseas will grind 2 halt put US & others at risk https://t.co/x0YR4FZaiv
— Mark R. Jacobson (@markondefense) July 31, 2017
One called it “completely insane.”
Another said, “Basically it’s a clusterfuck.” https://t.co/IwRYo692xv— Laffy (@GottaLaff) July 31, 2017
Scaramucci: So fucking stoked about my new job at wh—
Karma: RECLAIMING MY TIME.— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) July 31, 2017
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
People complain (rightly) about the mess at DoE and DoEd, but it seems the real disaster that could harm us sooner is the Trump State Department.
Brutal essay from Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. “If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it.” https://t.co/OhGmtidBco
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 31, 2017
Stop voting to kill people’s health care and then get back to us https://t.co/qf3bJRZ9IQ
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) July 31, 2017
A great day at the White House!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2017
re: #1 Decatur Deb
Spicer is still technically “in”, for about 2 more weeks. Must feel funny.
I could see Spicey “unresigning” now.
This chaos is getting more dangerous. Civility and peace on the streets rely on a thin veneer of faith in the system. Matter of time before a far more serious mis step or provocation from a blood enemy like Al Qaeda or NK or who knows.
re: #7 freetoken
People complain (rightly) about the mess at DoE and DoEd, but it seems the real disaster that could harm us sooner is the Trump State Department.
Indeed. The messes at DoE and DoEd are both messes of commission, where actions that are taken create the harm. At State, it a mess of Omission. Lots of people gone, with no replacements lined up. Tillerson isolating himself. Career folks left in limbo without the political nominees who have the power to make decisions.
State’s going to die of the dwindles. Then we’ll have a crisis, and we’ll wonder who’s in charge, and the answer will be “Nobody.”
re: #12 Blind Frog Belly White
State’s going to die of the dwindles. Then we’ll have a crisis, and we’ll wonder who’s in charge, and the answer will be “
NobodyDoD.”
I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won’t happen again.
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 28, 2017
You’re right, it definitely won’t.https://t.co/fY9uuQbXpM
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) July 31, 2017
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I read Flake’s op-ed. There’s a fair amount of mea culpa in there, but overall, yeah - if he had voted differently, he might have more ground to stand on.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is the extent that Trump and Bannon want their Reichstag Fire. Problem is, it’s so fucking obvious, he’ll have pissed off everyone Not A Republican.
A great day at the White House!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2017
Did you resign? https://t.co/UWEs1WDNlH
— Andrew Wortman (@Amoney666) July 31, 2017
re: #13 Decatur Deb
The press asked, he shot it down.
I’m convinced since Spicey would never lie to the press.
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re: #7 freetoken
People complain (rightly) about the mess at DoE and DoEd, but it seems the real disaster that could harm us sooner is the Trump State Department.
It’s all of the Departments that are going to end up hurting this country. You can’t have so many years of continued government systems counted on suddenly get a wrench tossed in and hammered to death and not expect it to damage.
re: #14 Decatur Deb
That would be the DoD that STILL hasn’t gotten any direction from Trump on the whole transgender thing.
I guess the one good think is if Trump ever decide to launch the missiles, he may forget to give the actual order.
re: #19 b.d. (bill d.)
I’m convinced since Spicey would never lie to the press.
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Yeah, there’s that.
per the last thread re: abortion
i think a similar dispassionate, constitutional argument can be made re guns/gun control that would neuter all the god-given, 2a interpretation arguments
we could own “responsible gun ownership” without ever threatening registration, databases, taking anyone’s guns away, etc.
re: #3 KGxvi
Little late… for both, no?
Still 10 episodes left and lots of characters left to die in GOT, and who knows how long the Trump Administration will last!
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
Brutal essay from Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. “If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it.”
Add in the Facebook Congress Rep yakking to Robert Reich and something is up.
We are seeing the Republicans turn on Trump. It will be a slow turn.
It’s August. By the end of September Trump will be isolated and The Republicans will be much more interested in the Investigations of Mueller. By the end of the year the fires may be built.
re: #25 ObserverArt
Add in the Facebook Congress Rep yakking to Robert Reich and something is up.
We are seeing the Republicans turn on Trump. It will be a slow turn.
It’s August. By the end of September Trump will be isolated and The Republicans will be much more interested in the Investigations of Mueller. By the end of the year the fires may be built.
Don’t let them scrape the Trump off until they’re on a penitential dungheap.
re: #23 dangerman
per the last thread re: abortion
i think a similar dispassionate, constitutional argument can be made re guns/gun control that would neuter all the god-given, 2a interpretation arguments
we could own “responsible gun ownership” without ever threatening registration, databases, taking anyone’s guns away, etc.
‘Show your work’. Long comments, Pages; it’s a discussion which needs to be had at Party level, but it can start here.
re: #25 ObserverArt
Add in the Facebook Congress Rep yakking to Robert Reich and something is up.
We are seeing the Republicans turn on Trump. It will be a slow turn.
It’s August. By the end of September Trump will be isolated and The Republicans will be much more interested in the Investigations of Mueller. By the end of the year the fires may be built.
Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch….
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Mooch will **not** be on Hannity tonight, Fox says
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) July 31, 2017
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re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Flake is up for re-election. He has to keep the Trump off, but he’s trying to do it without changing his matching agenda.
re: #25 ObserverArt
Well, the turn has been pretty glacial so far, at least in public.
It has been speculated that McCain’s much publicized vote on skinny repeal really was about giving Trump a big FU, over actually wanting to stop the repeal process in Congress.
I expect very few religious right folk to turn. Once they’re marks, its hard for them to escape.
And if the Log Cabin Republicans haven’t bolted by now, well, they never will.
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I read Flake’s op-ed. There’s a fair amount of mea culpa in there, but overall, yeah - if he had voted differently, he might have more ground to stand on.
He similarly reached for things to stand on, on NPR this morning.
A ten day old tweet, aged to perfection:
For someone who’s never worked in communications, @Scaramucci is a very impressive communicator. Great hire, @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/6Tvq5vYs84
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 21, 2017
re: #27 wrenchwench
‘Show your work’. Long comments, Pages; it’s a discussion which needs to be had at Party level, but it can start here.
i wrote a couple of pages last year.
since then its been honed to a fine edge, id like to believe
wilco soon, but not tonight
re: #29 b.d. (bill d.)
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He probably STILL hasn’t seen his newborn child.
re: #33 bratwurst
A ten day old tweet aged to perfection:
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…Until it all went horribly wrong!
re: #29 b.d. (bill d.)
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There’s a veritable cornucopia of shitty people Lumpy will have as guests instead.
Putin and Flynn are the only two that come to mind…
“I’m loyal to people who’ve done good work for me.” #TheArtofTheDeal
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2012
re: #38 b.d. (bill d.)
Putin and Flynn are the only two that come to mind…
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No True Scotsman would demand payment from Trump, I guess.
from what I understand…. Scaramucci’s biggest mistake was that he didn’t lie enough on his security forms for clearances…
just goes to show that there are standards…. /////////////
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s some article. Too bad I remember Flake being rather front and center about some negative and crazy things he said about Obama.
Even in his book - his BOOK (of which that was an excerpt) did he refer to Obama as Mr. Obama or President Obama? No. Just Obama. One would think that would be remedied in a printed volume.
Yeah. You bought and paid for that shit.
The Telegraph have officially run out of things to attack millennials for pic.twitter.com/e4UYVeOsg9
— Alex Finnis (@AlexFinnis) July 31, 2017
Uber pic.twitter.com/BHucwJScNr
— Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) July 31, 2017
New US information minister Paul Gualtieri, formerly of Hoboken Sanitation, is famed for easy relations with press, loyalty to Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/skZzKYDVTd
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) July 31, 2017
It certainly was for #Scaramucci https://t.co/Ani28Jun1W
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 31, 2017
re: #38 b.d. (bill d.)
Putin and Flynn are the only two that come to mind…
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So why did you cheat on all your wives?
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 31, 2017
re: #25 ObserverArt
Add in the Facebook Congress Rep yakking to Robert Reich and something is up.
We are seeing the Republicans turn on Trump. It will be a slow turn.
It’s August. By the end of September Trump will be isolated and The Republicans will be much more interested in the Investigations of Mueller. By the end of the year the fires may be built.
They could look to the 25th right now and easily impeach him on mental instability. They don’t have to wait for him to fuck things up further.
This right here vanityfair.com is proof positive that the country is in deep trouble.
re: #41 MsJ
well, when Flake actually votes against the WH, then maybe he can back up his words with some damn deeds. It’s all fainting couch shit, he smiles and nods and is civil and polite and still voted to take away your healthcare.
to steal from commenter Suzanne over at Balloon Juice:
Generic nice is all the guy does. He doesn’t vociferously do anything. I bet even his orgasms are polite and unobtrusive.
which sums him up incredibly well.
*waves* GORILLA MINDSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 31, 2017
Oh Joy!!
.@speechboy71 throws cold water on Kelly-as-savior story, says new CoS distorts reality/inflates threats like Trump https://t.co/TQJXNg6k6C
— Indira Lakshmanan (@Indira_L) July 31, 2017
Reince was the only voice of sanity?
re: #34 dangerman
i wrote a couple of pages last year.
since then its been honed to a fine edge, id like to believewilco soon, but not tonight
Found ‘em. Updinged one at the time, the other just now. Good work which I had forgotten. Will look for more in the future.
Unless I’m mistaken, this came out right around the time Scaramucci was losing his job….
Why Anthony Scaramucci Is The Man Trump And America Need https://t.co/auAOoeDQ2N
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) July 31, 2017
re: #48 MsJ
They could look to the 25th right now and easily impeach him on mental instability. They don’t have to wait for him to fuck things up further.
This right here vanityfair.com is proof positive that the country is in deep trouble.
They are dragging on their knuckles to do anything. Any calamity that happens on his watch will be their fault.
re: #51 b.d. (bill d.)
Oh Joy!!
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Reince was the only voice of sanity?
Reince was like that character in horror movies, who nobody likes for good reason, but occasionally actually sees the impending threat, but all the jock characters and the busty-blond characters ignore.
Oh my.
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— ToddInTheShadows (@ShadowTodd) July 31, 2017
re: #53 Blind Frog Belly White
It was noted when the news broke this morning that the Federalist story had just been put online.
Amazing timing, these right-wing propaganda sheets.
re: #53 Blind Frog Belly White
Okokok. So I like twitter because it’s so easy to be a troll. But there are good trolls. :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 31, 2017
re: #55 freetoken
Reince was like that character in horror movies, who nobody likes for good reason, but occasionally actually sees the impending threat, but all the jock characters and the busty-blond characters ignore.
Kelly:
“Make no mistake — we are a nation under attack.”
No, we’re not.
“We are under attack from criminals who think their greed justifies raping young girls at knifepoint, dealing poison to our youth, or killing just for fun.”
Crime rates have been declining for decades.
“We are under attack from people who hate us, hate our freedoms, hate our laws, hate our values, hate the way we simply live our lives.”
Since 9/11, approximately 94 people have been killed on US soil by jihadist terrorists — a bit more than the number of Americans killed every single day in gun violence.
“We are under attack from failed states, cyber-terrorists, vicious smugglers, and sadistic radicals.”
Cyber-terrorists have never killed an American citizen, no failed state threatens America and more Americans are killed by lightning strikes than sadistic radicals.
“And we are under attack every single day. The threats are relentless.”
……..
On Sunday Kelly continued the onslaught.
“We have tremendous threats, whether it’s drugs, people, potential terrorists coming up from the south,” he said
There’s pretty much no evidence that terrorists are using the southern border as a transit point for entering America.
Scary dude, not one I want to have Crazy Man Trump’s ear.
re: #48 MsJ
They could look to the 25th right now and easily impeach him on mental instability. They don’t have to wait for him to fuck things up further.
This right here vanityfair.com is proof positive that the country is in deep trouble.
We need to look at this both politically and realistically.
I’d like him gone now too, but it isn’t realistic.
Government stuff goes slow. Party stuff is to protect the party. Individual politicians wants to save their asses. It takes a lot of change and coordination to get all that together and to find a message they can all use to allow them to boot him.
We are at 7 months. I think it is moving in the right direction and faster than expected realistically.
Remember Watergate and that was a Democratic congress that took out Nixon forcing him to resign. This is majorly up to Republicans and it is going to be real tough for them. To see some actually saying what they are saying today is big in my eyes. It gives some cover for others to come out.
re: #51 b.d. (bill d.)
Kelly has been criticized widely, but the rabid right love him.
re: #31 freetoken
Well, the turn has been pretty glacial so far, at least in public.
It has been speculated that McCain’s much publicized vote on skinny repeal really was about giving Trump a big FU, over actually wanting to stop the repeal process in Congress.
I expect very few religious right folk to turn. Once they’re marks, its hard for them to escape.
And if the Log Cabin Republicans haven’t bolted by now, well, they never will.
True this: a very large part of the American Right has invested a very large amount of political, social and psychic capital in President Donald Trump: unlike their idol, they’re not going to easily just declare bankruptcy and walk away.
re: #58 freetoken
It was noted when the news broke this morning that the Federalist story had just been put online.
Amazing timing, these right-wing propaganda sheets.
Sinclair Broadcasting’s own little Goebbels, Boris Osama bin Epshteyn, did a prerecorded rant earlier today forced on all Sinclair stations praising the work of Mooch.
Ha ha, the Sinclair propaganda engine JUST did a “Mooch is getting it done!” take https://t.co/Jo8cmC1Z5T
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 31, 2017
re: #61 ObserverArt
We need to look at this both politically and realistically.
I’d like him gone now too, but it isn’t realistic.
Government stuff goes slow. Party stuff is to protect the party. Individual politicians wants to save their asses. It takes a lot of change and coordination to get all that together and to find a message they can all use to allow them to boot him.
We are at 7 months. I think it is moving in the right direction and faster than expected realistically.
Remember Watergate and that was a Democratic congress that took out Nixon forcing him to resign. This is majorly up to Republicans and it is going to be real tough for them. To see some actually saying what they are saying today is big in my eyes. It gives some cover for others to come out.
I get what you’re saying but Nixon had a functioning state department. He had a functioning government. We don’t.
State is broken.
Education is broken.
The people who manage the fucking nukes are broken.
If we had a reasonably functional government I’d wait. We don’t. And we can’t.
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
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LOL!! Thank you Rep Maxine Waters for that phrase going viral.
re: #2 Big Beautiful Door
Me and one of my co-workers are going to set up a GOT deadpool; we ought to have one for the White House too!
Someone’s wearing their brown pants.
“I’m extremely disappointed in Secretary Kelly,” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who voted to confirm him in January, told Politico last week. “I have buyer’s remorse.”
Maybe all the Democrats in the Senate who approved Kelly’s nomination ought to think again when the next DHS nominee comes up.
re: #57 Myron Falwell
Oh my.
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re: #65 MsJ
I get what you’re saying but Nixon had a functioning state department. He had a functioning government. We don’t.
State is broken.
Education is broken.
The people who manage the fucking nukes are broken.
If we had a reasonably functional government I’d wait. We don’t. And we can’t.
And all that is going to help force the Republicans. But our time hopes are not Republican time hopes. It probably will take a major fuckup that will turn a hush-hush Facebook post stating the president may be nuts into a full-blown freakout stating he’s fucking got to go.
These are the Republican after all. Look how well they did fighting healthcare for 8 years.
Keep in mind I agree with you. I just am trying to be real about time. And, if you go on what other LGF members say, nothing will happen to Trump at all because Republicans.
So…
re: #53 Blind Frog Belly White
Why Anthony Scaramucci Is The Man Trump And America Need https://t.co/auAOoeDQ2N
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) July 31, 2017
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Why Scaramucci’s Firing Might Be Good News For Donald Trump https://t.co/zSAoKsJvVW
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) July 31, 2017
re: #24 Big Beautiful Door
There have been characters introduced on GoT that have lasted longer than Scaramucci. Heck, Ed Sheeran was alive longer. Ned Stark was alive longer than the Mooch was in that position.
Anyone who thinks that this was organized or planned is deluding themselves (and yeah, I’ve seen that this was a way to get rid of Reince and clean house). No, the way to clean house is to clean house, not bring a guy in who says they’ll clean house, and then they are themselves sacked within days.
This mess will not end with the Mooch. Others will follow. I suspect Kelly wont last long either. It’s impossible for him to last when you’ve got Bannon, Miller, and Kushner all running their own shows so that they can push their disparate agendas - the sum total of which is to grind government to a halt.
We are seeing it with the State Department, and that’s a willing decision by Tillerson to completely screw US foreign policy for no reason except to claim that they’re cleaning out “deep state” bullshit.
The entire Trump admin can’t help but sabotage everything they touch. That’s who they have always been.
Exclusive: President Trump personally dictated the misleading statement on Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians https://t.co/FvPd6bU3Jf
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2017
The “adoption” line. It happened day after Trump’s 2nd, undisclosed meeting w/Putin at which “adoption” - AKA Magnitsky sanctions - discussd https://t.co/88mxGX2jwN
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) July 31, 2017
re: #73 FormerDirtDart
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“Ha, I’ll fire the Mooch before he takes his job! That’ll be a POIFECT distraction!”
Advisers fear the statement, and his personal involvement, could put President Trump and others in legal jeopardy https://t.co/vGRpZfFCJx
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2017
Welp.
re: #76 Myron Falwell
Who possibly could be a source that would know this and reveal it?
Didn’t Mooch fire all the leakers?
Oh, that’s right… his official start wasn’t until the 15th.
If this is a real “leak”, I wonder if this is Reince’s revenge?
re: #55 freetoken
Reince was like that character in horror movies, who nobody likes for good reason, but occasionally actually sees the impending threat, but all the jock characters and the busty-blond characters ignore.
All the conspiracies and backstabbing negated all action. They were paralyzed by their batcrap insanity, and now there’s a few less people running around spewing their nonsensical ravings. The fact is that this will still be an admin that is reactionary and lacks any kind of coherent policy other than an intent and desire to break whatever Trump sets his sights on. Functioning government will be broken in serious and lasting ways. The GOP has already damaged Congress and comity was destroyed thanks to McConnell and his obstructionism preventing Obama nominee Merrick Garland from even getting a hearing, let alone confirmation.
This is where we’re at, and Trump’s pushing all chaos all the time.
The bigger problem is that his supporters think that this ultimately helps them.
It wont. It wont in the slightest. They will end up far worse off, but the GOP will time and again deflect attention from their actions to blame others.
re: #73 FormerDirtDart
“I had no knowledge of any meeting!”
re: #71 FormerDirtDart
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Wait - SERIOUSLY?!?!
This is like the old “This is good news for John McCain!” thing.
The perfect comment….
So, they said I was daft to write a story about Mooch, but I did it anyways. That one fell down, BUT! I did it again anyways.
— Cant Make This Up (@cantmakeitup77) July 31, 2017
re: #76 Myron Falwell
President Trump personally dictated the misleading statement on Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians
The Bull Goose Loony takes command.
re: #68 freetoken
None of Trump’s picks were qualified or competent to hold the positions sought. None should have gotten waivers from their military service.
All this admin is shown that they’re intent on breaking/sabotaging functioning government in furtherance of an agenda that is antithetical to the general welfare of the American people or US foreign policy.
re: #72 lawhawk
There have been characters introduced on GoT that have lasted longer than Scaramucci. Heck, Ed Sheeran was alive longer. Ned Stark was alive longer than the Mooch was in that position.
Anyone who thinks that this was organized or planned is deluding themselves (and yeah, I’ve seen that this was a way to get rid of Reince and clean house). No, the way to clean house is to clean house, not bring a guy in who says they’ll clean house, and then they are themselves sacked within days.
This mess will not end with the Mooch. Others will follow. I suspect Kelly wont last long either. It’s impossible for him to last when you’ve got Bannon, Miller, and Kushner all running their own shows so that they can push their disparate agendas - the sum total of which is to grind government to a halt.
We are seeing it with the State Department, and that’s a willing decision by Tillerson to completely screw US foreign policy for no reason except to claim that they’re cleaning out “deep state” bullshit.
The entire Trump admin can’t help but sabotage everything they touch. That’s who they have always been.
“We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles Administration. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.”
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Good grief this is fucking ludicrous.
At what point will it need to get to before they 25th Amendment Trump to put him out of his misery?
I can barely get the evening commute in without another story breaking about this yutz.
Advisers fear the statement, and his personal involvement, could put President Trump and others in legal jeopardy https://t.co/vGRpZfFCJx
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2017
This is beyond just consciousness of guilt by @realDonaldTrump. This is a cover-up. Fun fact: Nixon resigned because of the cover-up. https://t.co/AfukESgc6s
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 1, 2017
re: #76 Myron Falwell
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Welp.
Exclusive: President Trump personally dictated the misleading statement on Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russians
I swear I heard that right after it happened??
“You save a lot of money, and you can go to work on time.” Biking has become part of New York’s commuting culture. https://t.co/pj83jbfH95
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 31, 2017
it assumes that we can all bike, when we can’t. It assumes that we all live within a reasonable distance for biking
— Tanzina Vega (@tanzinavega) July 31, 2017
just fix the trains.
— Tanzina Vega (@tanzinavega) July 31, 2017
re: #9 Ace Rothstein
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It’s scary how delusional Trump is (and his supporters). No self awareness.
re: #77 freetoken
Who possibly could be a source that would know this and reveal it?
Didn’t Mooch fire all the leakers?
Oh, that’s right… his official start wasn’t until the 15th.
If this is a real “leak”, I wonder if this is Reince’s revenge?
It could also be Bannon found everything to burn out democracy down. He’s said he wants to do that.
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
Good grief this is fucking ludicrous.
At what point will it need to get to before they 25th Amendment Trump to put him out of his misery?
How high the collateral damage/human casualties?
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
Majestic moose have lasted longer than Scaramucci.
re: #94 Myron Falwell
How high the collateral damage/human casualties?
That was a better question a year ago.
re: #89 b.d. (bill d.)
I swear I heard that right after it happened??
I think what you’re remembering was that STAFF worked on it, and Trump was involved. That was bad enough, since it’s paid Federal employees working on a campaign-related issue in the White House.
But this also explains why Trump thought he was so clever to mention talking ‘adoption’ with Putin at the G20. He’s like the old Jon Lovitz character, the compulsive liar…
“And the meeting was about…adoption! Adoption, yeah…THAT’S the ticket!”
Trump congratulating Don Jr. for being so transparent seems extra rich about now
— Laura Walker 🍸 (@LauraWalkerKC) August 1, 2017
I’m just waiting for Trump to announce that Kelly has his complete trust and confidence. #WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/03WiP5tApM
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2017
re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
I think what you’re remembering was that STAFF worked on it, and Trump was involved. That was bad enough, since it’s paid Federal employees working on a campaign-related issue in the White House.
But this also explains why Trump thought he was so clever to mention talking ‘adoption’ with Putin at the G20. He’s like the old Jon Lovitz character, the compulsive liar…
“And the meeting was about…adoption! Adoption, yeah…THAT’S the ticket!”
That is it, thanks!
Now, now Trump is a big fan of adoption, he has adopted a few of his wives from Eastern Europe.
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re: #92 MsJ
It could also be Bannon found everything to burn out democracy down. He’s said he wants to do that.
He’ll burn down the government, then go back to Breitbart. Excellent strategy. /
Senior GOP senators serve notice: No action on healthcare at this point
A Great Day at the White House!
re: #90 FormerDirtDart
Fix the trains.
Not everyone needs to ride mass transit to get to work or travel around town. Better that they bike than drive the same routes. Some people bike to get to the nearest train, and that’s where investing in the trains is critical.
Cuomo and BDB are busy fighting with each other over who pays for funds that will go to help start to claw the system back to a state of good repair despite underfunding for decades.
Neither is doing nearly enough to wring every penny to do capital projects where the 7 line extension cost more per km more than any other subway project in the world other than the 2d Ave Subway, which cost more per km than any other project in the world. It wasn’t even close. NYC subway expansions are about 2x more per km than any other project, and there’s no good reason for any of it.
Paris and London expansions are far less costly and face the same kinds of underground issues. They’re doing it cheaper and faster. They get more done.
That’s the problem, and no one wants to address it.
Inside sources at @CNN say producers have been told to halt coverage on the fake Russia story due to ratings collapsing. Credibility lost!
— The Trump Train (@The_Trump_Train) July 31, 2017
All Is Well!!!
re: #38 b.d. (bill d.)
Putin and Flynn are the only two that come to mind…
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His favorites and retweets on that one are really low.
That Donnie Jr. statement couldn’t have been written by Trump, there isn’t enough Trump fawning in it.
re: #91 Patricia Kayden
It’s scary how delusional Trump is (and his supporters). No self awareness.
He’ll be in total delusion even long after the ignominious end.
‘So Fuckin’ Sorry To Hear About This Shit,’ Reads Outpouring Of Sympathetic Texts From Scaramucci’s Friends, Family https://t.co/zX5qIdafNZ pic.twitter.com/F6QrH8AdDm
— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 31, 2017
re: #90 FormerDirtDart
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Those “bikes will save us” stories also don’t account for people in wheelchairs. The vast majority of NYC’s subway system is completely inaccessible for those folks. So fix those trains and make them accessible, dammit. The Americans with Disabilities Act is over 25 years old. Get with the times, NYC.
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
Good grief this is fucking ludicrous.
At what point will it need to get to before they 25th Amendment Trump to put him out of
hisour misery?
re: #110 Myron Falwell
He’ll be in total delusion even long after the ignominious end.
The end of the reign of ignominious the last (and first)
re: #106 jaunte
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All Is Well!!!
Does Trump understand that even if CNN stops reporting about Russia, Mueller’s investigation into Russian influence on his election will continue? He’s clueless.
The Shitshow will remain a Shitshow.
Trump aides are already sharpening the knives for advisers John Kelly is likely to bring in the WH https://t.co/kAwOHlY0eA pic.twitter.com/OBg6cbdmk6
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) August 1, 2017
A great day at the White House!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2017
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2017
Life is a circle… pic.twitter.com/0F0Vor7zWM
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) July 31, 2017
re: #116 Patricia Kayden
Does Trump understand that even if CNN stops reporting about Russia, Mueller’s investigation into Russian influence on his election will continue? He’s clueless.
That was a parody account.
This isn’t.
A great day at the White House!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2017
re: #113 No Depression
Those “bikes will save us” stories also don’t account for people in wheelchairs. The vast majority of NYC’s subway system is completely inaccessible for those folks. So fix those trains and make them accessible, dammit. The Americans with Disabilities Act is over 25 years old. Get with the times, NYC.
Bikes will help, particularly with getting to outlying areas that are more than 1/4-1/2 mile from a station. You can have a multi-prong strategy to deal with commutes and biking is part of it. So too is getting rail and bus working.
The problem is that more than 3/4 of the subway stations aren’t ADA compliant, and they only need to brought into compliance if they undergo rehab that is more than a percentage of the cost. It would cost billions just to make them all compliant.
Moreover, the MTA is operating under a plan that allows Access a Ride bus service to cover for these deficiencies in the subway accessibility, and that’s a huge cost suck too. It would be cheaper to build ADA accessibility than continue the Access a Ride over a period of years.
It still is all about cost.
Less costly, and perhaps the quicker to implement is true bus rapid transit, with priority lanes, light priority, and pre-boarding. Community boards need to get on the program, and car parking needs to take a back seat to moving people.
Time to play guess the author:
Let’s check in with House Republicans to see if Donald Trump’s Bud Light Lime Hold My Beer And Watch This Worst Week Ever, Poochie Plus One Edition is making any of them rethink their unwavering support for a barely functioning idiot manchild with a moon-sized ego and the management skills of a rabid squirrel duct-taped to a Roomba and set loose in the Roosevelt Room.
Hunter at Dailykos, of course.
Careful @FDRLST - you’re gonna give yourself whiplash doing radical 180s like this. Utterly shameless pimping. pic.twitter.com/Sp6kBmo1AS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2017
re: #119 teleskiguy
Yeah Drudge, except this circle has nuclear codes. And your insane hatred of the Clinton family cancels it all out, of course.
**snicker, snicker, snort**
Please proceed Donnie.
Please……
EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway May Be The Next Communications Director https://t.co/bHG2Qvt2mF
— Alex Pfeiffer (@PfeifferDC) July 31, 2017
please, please, please, please…….
They break into our country, steal resources, then do shit like this. And libs still wonder why we are pushing for immigration controls… pic.twitter.com/Y5ZSv9jkgo
— Lucian B. Wintrich (@lucianwintrich) July 29, 2017
You really are every bit as stupid and bigoted as your boss Jim Hoft. Those are Native Americans, you dumbass. https://t.co/NCaRIyyqw3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2017
re: #127 Charles Johnson
For anyone curious, here’s what Six Grandfathers looked like before they defiled it by carving a bunch of old white men into it. pic.twitter.com/UeUonkHa8I
— Ari Dee 🗝 (@TheAriDee) July 31, 2017
re: #86 Eclectic Cyborg
Good grief this is fucking ludicrous.
At what point will it need to get to before they 25th Amendment Trump to put him out of his misery?
President Eisenhower was in the end of his second term when I was born. (Fun fact: I am one of the relatively few Americans born under the 49-star flag.)
There has been no Republican president in my life that was elected either through violations of the Logan Act, corruption, or other chicanery. None.
Had Mr. Nixon not rodent-copulated the Vietnam peace talks under Johnson, my father would be alive. Mr. Johnson only found out three days before the election, and called it in a private phone call to a Republican “straight up treason.” Also, Watergate break-in during his second campaign.
Mr. Ford pardoned Nixon (and never would have been President had Nixon not been).
Mr. Reagan’s rodent copulation of release of the Iran hostages (the man elected President of Iran ran specifically on negotiating their release) right before the election, so he could win an election, directly resulting in Iran-Contra and the most people ever indicted or convicted in a Presidency.
Mr. GHW Bush was (in my opinion) aware of Iran-Contra as VP but dodged the bullet. In any case, he likely wouldn’t have been President without Reagan being elected. Also, throw in his illegal invasion of Panama.
GW Bush’s Supreme Court case that ended recount of the Florida election, overruling the Constitution’s rules that elections are controlled by states, followed by the invasion of Iraq, and pardoning Scooter Libby after he outed CIA agent Valerie Plame. Following the Supreme Court ruling, newspapers conducted a recount and determined that Al Gore indeed won the election.
Now this Dumpster fire of espionage enabled by the GOP with Donald Trump.
Yeah, there’s a reason I never once supported conservatism as it has manifested in my life, nor ever voted for a Republican.
Isn’t it time to finally bring Mark Burnett in as “Communications Director”?
re: #127 Charles Johnson
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re: #126 b.d. (bill d.)
**snicker, snicker, snort**
Please proceed Donnie.
Please……
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please, please, please, please…….
Exclusive photo of Kellyanne before she was interviewed for the job:
Ummmm outside the White House a man is wheeling a skeleton right now: pic.twitter.com/U5WUZ8k82j
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 31, 2017
re: #125 No Depression
LOL
Senate leader Mitch McConnell goes to war—against fellow Republicans
And here I would have thought this fucking pile of Kentucky horse manure on two legs would have several things more important to think about these days than Alabama politics.
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re: #130 Barefoot Grin
Isn’t it time to finally bring Mark Burnett in as “Communications Director”?
Anyone but Dinesh D’souza would be pandering to the libtards….
re: #135 b.d. (bill d.)
Anyone but Dinesh D’souza would be pandering to the libtards….
It’s time we had a ginger.
re: #133 bratwurst
And here I would have thought this fucking pile of Kentucky horse manure on two legs would have several things more important to think about these days than Alabama politics.
The two candidates McConnell’s targeting — Mo Brooks and Roy Moore — want to oust McConnell as majority leader. Turtle Boy must be worried that could seriously happen.
re: #127 Charles Johnson
.@lucianwintrich You broke into their country, chump. Maybe you should stop pandering to the fascist right and remember how to be American.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 1, 2017
The best part of having a blind trust is dictating a false statement for the guy running it because was got caught colluding with Russians.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 1, 2017
re: #136 Decatur Deb
It’s time we had a ginger.
Someone who poops on the floor and forgot how a razor blade functions?
re: #127 Charles Johnson
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I see that the apprenticeship for the SMOTI is going just fine.
re: #127 Charles Johnson
Native Americans in South Dakota have been screwed by the USG for decades. They ignored the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which granted the Sioux control over the Black Hills.
Well, the moment gold and other minerals were found in the Black Hills, the treaty got promptly ignored.
Mount Rushmore was built atop sacred land to the Sioux. The Crazy Horse Memorial (which will be bigger than Mount Rushmore) was initiated as a response to it.
re: #141 Myron Falwell
Someone who poops on the floor and forgot how a razor blade functions?
Those are the strong points on his SF-171.
re: #136 Decatur Deb
It’s time we had a ginger.
It is funny how Rage Furby hasn’t taken credit for getting Mooch fired like he has for every other WH firing.
re: #135 b.d. (bill d.)
Anyone but Dinesh D’souza would be pandering to the libtards….
I was thinking more along the lines of “Burnett’s the only one who really knows how to script Trump. Maybe he can offer some control in return for a sweet deal on syndication.”
Well, I see now that Cheeto Pendejo has everyone thinking exactly what he wants them to think:
WHO WILL BE FIRED NEXT!!!!! ISN’T THIS EXCITING, WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL TELEVISION? STAY TUNED!!1!!!!!
Little Kim in North Korea must be wondering what the hell he has to do to get any attention.
Thread.
Straight news reporters have to work within many important conventions. Reading the WaPo story a few things become clear. One is the …
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 1, 2017
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
Well, I see now that Cheeto Pendejo has everyone thinking exactly what he wants them to think:
WHO WILL BE FIRED NEXT!!!!! ISN’T THIS EXCITING, WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL TELEVISION? STAY TUNED!!1!!!!!
Can’t wait for the season finale!
We interrupt our programing for this communique: We would like to inform you that the situation at the White House is just fine! pic.twitter.com/2zwwXeScPl
— Tahar (@laseptiemewilay) July 31, 2017
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹
Worth noting: General Eisenhower had been a declared Republican for just 5 months when he won the election.
Draft Eisenhower movement
re: #150 MsJ
Good reading between the lines by Josh!
Very interesting.
re: #148 The Vicious Babushka
In the beginning, Trump WH firings were weeks apart! Now, they’re down to days! Soon, we will have a double event! #Scaramucci pic.twitter.com/Je1cP2G8b2
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 31, 2017
A rat just ran in front of me in the smoking section outside the Trump Hotel. I’ve had enough metaphors.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) August 1, 2017
Gone. too. soon.
Gay Adult Film Star Blake Mitchell Speaks Out About Being Followed by Anthony Scaramucci on Twitter
possibly nsfw
re: #149 b.d. (bill d.)
Little Kim in North Korea must be wondering what the hell he has to do to get any attention.
It’s frightening to consider that Kim Jong-Un’s regime may not be the most insane and/or malignant government on this planet.
Missed this when it dropped on Friday: The US has been nabbing suspected Russian hackers as they vacation in Europe https://t.co/FITI5pTDbu
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 31, 2017
re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Telegraph on the number of teens who have never seen a cow
… .
Ben Sasse wants to fix that, by issuing shoulder-length gloves to every teenager in the USA… .
Fuck You Ben Sasse (goes to Wonkette about his gosh-golly story about how he paid a rancher to take his teen daughter for a few weeks to “learn responsibility” - ignore my comments on my senator over there).
re: #134 teleskiguy
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this is not normal!!! pic.twitter.com/SW8zggDj1K
— Joe Veix (@joeveix) July 31, 2017
Ah, has anyone noticed that Rasmussen poll has Trump down to 39% approval?
Yes, Rasmussen.
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
I read Flake’s op-ed. There’s a fair amount of mea culpa in there, but overall, yeah - if he had voted differently, he might have more ground to stand on.
And the rest of his book will no doubt blame the democrats. The GOP got their SCOTUS appointment - which will forever be the worst thing they have ever done - it should be the turtle’s legacy that he took away the President’s ability to appoint judges - but no doubt some think the health care fail was his big fail.
re: #168 weave
Ah, has anyone noticed that Rasmussen poll has Trump down to 39% approval?
Yes, Rasmussen.
Worked on this guy last night, got about a dozen more to go. pic.twitter.com/MtnDeit9Lo
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 1, 2017
A great day at the White House!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2017
Seriously?
What’s a shitty one look like? https://t.co/n1XeD1ME1k— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 1, 2017
WaPo FLAG: Trump personally dictated the misleading statement on Don Jr.’s meeting with Russians. https://t.co/tEv2BaP33m
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2017
This seems very significant. Smart staffers (and lawyers) protect principals from moments like this. What say you @matthewamiller? https://t.co/lkQbi8uRFY
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) July 31, 2017
Incredible. The president intervened to direct a cover up - Mueller will want to know how far it extends beyond lying for press stories. https://t.co/OidEpaDgsI
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) August 1, 2017
Trump has fired people representing the establishment, military, and Wall Street but not the Nazis (Miller, Gorka, Bannon). Never the Nazis.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 31, 2017
Under the ‘Breaking News’ heading at YouTube:
Scaramucci resigns as Kelly steps into his new role
Fox News
1,561 views1 hour ago
He also asked for a security escort from the White House so he didn’t get mobbed by sobbing staffers sorry to see him go.
Liberals: When will conservatives stand up to Trump?
Jeff Flake: Hi. I wrote a book.
Liberals: But he opposes single-payer!— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) July 31, 2017
Media: Jeff Flake writes good.
Liberals: He votes with Trump 95.5% of the time. https://t.co/zB4qFAZMIJ
Media: Jeff Flake writes good. https://t.co/LiKink41qG— Harry Stein (@HarrySteinDC) August 1, 2017
Breaking — White House officials hoodwinked by email prankster - https://t.co/4kGK7SPuhq https://t.co/XzJdKZTwdn
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 1, 2017
As if this clown show wasn’t already ridiculous enough: White House officials tricked by email prankster https://t.co/Gu8Gsh5ooS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2017
re: #178 Kragar
“I can’t believe it’s not butter e-mails!”
re: #121 lawhawk
It’s not a fair comparison, since the rapid transit systems are much newer than NYC’s, but the metros and buses in China, Hong Kong and Tokyo put New York’s to shame. I’m a native New Yorker, so don’t hate on me, but the subways there suck in comparison — noisy, dirty, and not especially well organized. The last time I rode the subway in New York was 20 years ago, and I expected vast improvements after two decades. The only thing changed was the tokens being replaced by a mag-strip card. It was like going back in time.
re: #133 bratwurst
And here I would have thought this fucking pile of Kentucky horse manure on two legs would have several things more important to think about these days than Alabama politics.
Mitch was born in Alabama, so there’s that explanation.