Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

Sad lol

Windup...

When you're a member of congress, your life is in hallways. Reporters ask questions. They wait outside bathrooms. the big leagues.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 25, 2017

Pitch

It's not for everyone. #mtpol https://t.co/KKsoa5fH7a

— Jon Tester (@jontester) May 25, 2017

Gianforte's response is, of course, intended to set up the counternarrative of "reporter had it coming," you know, what with the badgering and all. Anyone who was already at "fuck the media" is even more energized than they were to begin with (when you have Trumpspawn stumping for you that's the vote you're courting).

Corey Lewandowski's rough handling of Michelle Fields was breathlessly covered for weeks and didn't swing any votes; perhaps this is different.

well, it's the candidate this time

it seems like a more serious incident in terms of the degree of force involved.

EMS transported someone from the scene, I read in one of the write-throughs that are up already, I think

LIVE on #Periscope: Gallatin county sheriff gives a press conference on Montana Republican Greg Gianforte's alleged… https://t.co/jnMNTyEuE2

— Blake Montgomery (@blakersdozen) May 25, 2017

Jacobs released from hospital and being interviewed, 5 other witnesses were identified.

Periscope comment bubbles far too annoying for me to keep watching

http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/18580805_1946119242338116_7555043148079038464_n.jpg

I'm not big on loltrump memes but that one is pretty good

Fox news reporters wete eyewitnesses to Gianforte atrack:

Fox News crew witnessed it—says Gianforte grabbed @Bencjacobs by the neck, slammed him to the ground and punched him https://t.co/f8gkvLV4oU pic.twitter.com/VSeOLTlpYE

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 25, 2017

Good to see that the Fox reporters got the apology they deserved from gianforte

All three fox reporters were so stunned that they didn't respond when the guy who pummeled asked for their names as witnesses. Also, it didn't sound like anyone asked this guy if he was alright after he got chokeslammed. Everyone must have been very stunned.

A minor little detail as to why Gianforte wasn't immediately arrested...

This is a huge conflict of interest, isn't it? Sheriff Gootkin is a @GregForMontana donor. #mtpol #mtal pic.twitter.com/d4ICX0uNP4

— Don Pogreba (@dpogreba) May 25, 2017

Politicians always need to keep their cool. But what would most Montana men do if "body slammed" for no reason by another man?

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 25, 2017

"i can't believe this reporter cucked out and didn't shoot Gianforte in the head"

xpost That...makes no sense.

there are so many more obits i'm gonna go shakey on than there were a year ago

RE: Ingraham
how does she (and hannity and coulter and all other blowhards) manage to find the exact worst way to respond, every single time?

Unerring moral compass aimed by their personal relationship with Christ

They really are wired differently than normal people.

Viva Trump!

"Carrier, the company President Trump pledged to keep on American soil, informed the state of Indiana this week that it will soon begin cutting 632 workers from an Indianapolis factory. The manufacturing jobs will move to Monterrey, Mexico, where the minimum wage is $3.90."

Mark Meadows suddenly seems human.

http://ijr.com/2017/05/881482-cbo-health-care-bill-sick-people-face-higher-premiums-even-priced-market/

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), — who played a pivotal role in including state waiver options in AHCA — hadn't read the full report yet, but initially said he saw it as “good news.”

When reporters pointed out the portion of the CBO report saying individuals with preexisting conditions in waiver states would be charged higher premiums and could even be priced out of the insurance market — destabilizing markets in those states — under AHCA, Meadows seemed surprised.

“Well, that’s not what I read,” Meadows said, putting on his reading glasses and peering at the paragraph on the phone of a nearby reporter.

...

After reading the paragraph, Meadows told reporters he would go through the CBO analysis more thoroughly and run the numbers, adding he would work to make sure the high-risk pools are properly funded.

Meadows, suddenly emotional, choked back tears and said, "Listen, I lost my sister to breast cancer. I lost my dad to lung cancer. If anybody is sensitive to preexisting conditions, it’s me. I’m not going to make a political decision today that affects somebody’s sister or father because I wouldn’t do it to myself.”

He continued:

“In the end, we’ve got to make sure there’s enough funding there to handle preexisting conditions and drive down premiums. And if we can’t do those three things, then we will have failed.”

Meadows indicated he would support less-conservative changes to provide more funding for high-risk pools in the Senate, if needed.

But what would most Montana men do if "body slammed" for no reason by another man?

Does she think Jacobs attacked Gianforte?!?

Your guess as good as anyone's

i think she was suggesting that jacobs couldn't have been "body slammed" by gianforte because if it really happened that way, jacobs would have fought back like a true XY manly man (instead of what really happened, which was jacobs bravely calling out a powerful politician in front of everyone in the room, none of whom offered any sort of support)

montana men would fight back, apparently

http://37.media.tumblr.com/ecca1c768942e83a2fbc3cddf919ad37/tumblr_mwpr8sQ5gB1qc8x7eo7_r1_250.gif

the only guy i know from montana is an artist living in dc who i smoke weed with occasionally

Never knew Senator Tester was so relaxed!

quote me as an anonymous source pls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlrauHGAbY

http://missoulian.com/opinion/editorial/missoulian-rescinds-gianforte-endorsement/article_ab947a9d-9220-5dc5-9193-f1ae9ef03c60.html

Have fun trying to stay quiet there guys...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/henrygomez/national-republican-groups-silent-on-montana-altercation?utm_term=.tsmMm5dZe#.ue83pnWaB

I feel like I can see Jonah Ryan doing this.

Whoops again!

BREAKING: Greg Gianforte cited for misdemeanor assault of reporter Ben Jacobs. #mtal #bdcnews

— Whitney Bermes (@wabermes) May 25, 2017

@askbeez07 It was law enforcement that issued the citation. It is theoretically possible for charges to be changed by county attorney's office.

— Whitney Bermes (@wabermes) May 25, 2017

Here's differences in #Montana law between misd. assault (https://t.co/PJmHSPmZZn) vs. felony assault (https://t.co/yfdAVJMJxz) #mtal

— Whitney Bermes (@wabermes) May 25, 2017

Whoops

I thought this was a decent intro to the race/state https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/theres-so-much-to-learn-from-the-montana-special-election?utm_term=.dd2GBvjKl#.qfXVlRoBX

It will never stop being horrifying that a state whose entire population wouldn't crack the top 50 metro areas (or top 10 actual cities IIRC) has such importance.

Thursday briefing: May to Trump – you are not helping https://t.co/mH5FGI3vv7

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 25, 2017

more salient than may's response:

UK police stop passing Manchester bombing information to US over leaks https://t.co/e9ZNHa4F2E

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 25, 2017

o_O

They were terrific leaks though. The best!

have we talked about this from yesterday's wapo?

A secret document that officials say played a key role in then-FBI Director James B. Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation has long been viewed within the FBI as unreliable and possibly a fake, according to people familiar with its contents.

In the midst of the 2016 presidential primary season, the FBI received what was described as a Russian intelligence document claiming a tacit understanding between the Clinton campaign and the Justice Department over the inquiry into whether she intentionally revealed classified information through her use of a private email server.

The Russian document cited a supposed email describing how then-Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch had privately assured someone in the Clinton campaign that the email investigation would not push too deeply into the matter. If true, the revelation of such an understanding would have undermined the integrity of the FBI’s investigation.

Current and former officials have said that Comey relied on the document in making his July decision to announce on his own, without Justice Department involvement, that the investigation was over. That public announcement — in which he criticized Clinton and made extensive comments about the evidence — set in motion a chain of other FBI moves that Democrats now say helped Trump win the presidential election.

cuz jesus christ this fuckin' guy

Love the idea of May dressing down Trump for leaks, that should piss him off to no end.

Heard a thing on the radio this morning about a proposed tax on remittances to Mexico to pay for The Wall. That is some bullshit, almost as sloppy and vindictive as the travel ban.

RE: Ingraham
how does she (and hannity and coulter and all other blowhards) manage to find the exact worst way to respond, every single time?

They all badly need sh**ting.

It's true, constipation can really angry up the blood.