Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

Turns out Chaffetz is smarter than we gave him credit for.

ha

fuck that smarmy piece of shit i'll be happy if i never have to see his dumb gopher face ever again

not sure if this was posted prev

As Donald Trump has grown increasingly angry and frustrated with his White House staff, the beleaguered targets of his ire have a quietly roiling gripe of their own — their boss, the president himself. For many White House staffers, impromptu support groups of friends, confidants and acquaintances have materialized, calling and texting to check in, inquiring about their mental state and urging them to take care of themselves.

One Republican operative in frequent contact with White House officials described them as “going through the stages of grief.” Another said some aides have “moved to angry,” frustrated with a president who demands absolute loyalty but in recent days has publicly tarnished the credibility of his team by sending them out with one message — only to personally undercut it later with a contradicting tweet or public comment.

And a third said that others are sticking around purely for self-interest, hoping to juice their future earning potential. This Republican added that any savvy White House staffer should be keeping a diary. “The real question is, how long do you put up with it?” this person said. “Every one of those people could get a better-paying job and work less hours.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-worst-job-in-washington-right-now-working-for-trump/2017/05/17/a3d9ec00-3b17-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.b74ea736d67e

boohoo

Since the moment Trump became the presumptive nominee, we've been increasingly aghast as we watched the GOP engage in the gasoline fight from Zoolander. I'm not quite sure whether the match has already been struck or if it's right around the bend, but I look forward to their cries of WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY FORESEEN THIS TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS?! Like...anyone with eyes and a brain?

And we're fully off and running for today!

Exclusive: Trump sends private message to embattled Flynn: "Stay strong" https://t.co/eBxJzknvaS

— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) May 18, 2017

BREAKING: Top Republican on Senate intelligence panel says Michael Flynn's lawyers say he will not honor subpoena.

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 18, 2017

that's an interesting pair of items

Ryan's asked about impeachment talk among GOPers. "Good grief, I'm not even going to give credence to that."

— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 18, 2017

IOW, "Yes, there's a lot of that."

@pareene
my favorite thing about jokes is how they never involve things an audience believes are true but unsayable

also i wonder in which decade we'll finally stop hearing "b-b-but HILLARY AND OBAMA"

Only Morbius's doctors know for sure.

oof

"We won't impeach him, he will just resign like Nixon, SHEESH!"

yeah i've always said Trump is better

go get in the box with R.A.

xxp

Even small children need to be told"the world is not fair"

so if he won't honor the subpoena...that's breaking the law, so he gets thrown in jail, right?

so we gonna have to torture Michael Flynn or what

I think he'd be cool with that, right?

So he's at least 10x as guilty as Hillary but he won't go to jail. That's a swizz.

well actually considering his "if I did a tenth of what she did" line he's going to jail 100 times?

Does Flynn refusing to honor the subpoena mean he's been promised a pardon?

hahaha, i was so busy looking forward to the fallout from pence's pardon that i didn't even think about the idea that trump could pardon him right now. boy, that would fuck things right up, wouldn't it? i wonder if he's thinking right now "well, i can just pardon myself, right?"

This was from a couple of days ago but could be relevant

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/flynn-senate-subpoena-russia-trump-238404

And when they are stonewalled by a witness, there's often little the committees can do to force quick compliance. Congressional subpoenas, according to lawyer Stanley Brand, sometimes amount to little more than “a piece of paper.”

“The problem is enforcing them,” said Brand, a senior counsel at Akin Gump who has represented individuals under investigation by Congress. “They can go the civil route in the Senate, but that’s a lengthy process. That can take a year or more. They could go under the criminal statute, but that’s sort of unavailing because by the time that gets decided, it’ll be the next Congress.”

This said, given the increasing scrutiny and interest, kinda hard for me to imagine they'll let him skate.

I'm starting to think that Trump, for once, will not easily wriggle his way out of this jam

Ya think?

Trump is being urged by advisers inside and outside the WH to hire a new lawyer to help navigate latest issues https://t.co/CN2dttW2gx

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 18, 2017

He's like a greased pig contest.

I hadn't realized that McGahn's uncle (or one of them) represented Trump for a long while back in the 70s/80s, IIRC. So another case of misplaced loyalty, I suspect.

So who is councelling the president these days?

nugent?

Looking forward to the irascible Michael Cohen representing the irrepressible Donald Trump during this time of upheaval.

Speaking of whom: Why did Donald Trump’s attorney tweet a picture of his daughter in a bra?

Only Morbius's doctors know for sure.

― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:46 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ftr this is not a cool joke to make. maybe you were going for something different than the way i read it though.

I still can't believe he's going to do a press conference later this afternoon. AND is currently having lunch off-the-record with a bunch of news anchors.

Speaking of whom: Why did Donald Trump’s attorney tweet a picture of his daughter in a bra?

the initial tweet was skeevy but the "Jealous?" remark five minutes later ratcheted it up a hundredfold. whats up with this administration wanting to fuck their own daughters???

"So who is councelling the president these days?"

http://www.mountrantmore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lionel-hutz-fictional-lawyer-the-simpsons.jpg

Trumps administration is like a Shaggs record - everyone failing in some new unexpected way

re: Chaffetz: he came in as basically a proto-Tea-Party guy in 2008, primarying a well-established Republican incumbent by running to his right. His district also went for Trump in 2016 by 47% (McMullin got 24, Clinton 23). Can't imagine a place like that is going to cough up anybody much better, but maybe things have chilled out slightly. Bizarrely, Utah has no procedure on the books for filling a vacated Congressional seat, and there are different plans being thrown around.

Many xposts

Hey 誤訳侮辱 that was a terrible thing to say

Bizarrely, Utah has no procedure on the books for filling a vacated Congressional seat

Have the checked the tablets in the Tabernacle? There must be something...

Oops, I see others have commented on it too. Flag post is all I can do I guess, wish I had 50 more to hand out

Trumps administration is like a Shaggs record - everyone failing in some new unexpected way

― Violet Jynx, Thursday, May 18, 2017 12:25 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also has a cult following that believes it's all charming

Except Shaggs are wonderfully awful, Trump admin just awfully awful, like a Creed record.

Trump is sort of like one of those "shredding" videos of a real president talking

Years from now we will wear orange masks with corn husk hair and pretend to be Trump and everyone will laugh since he resigned in shame and we have some other president
- like Nixon

Hmm

BREAKING: US official confirms to @BuzzFeedNews that the US-led Coalition hit Assad regime forces with air strikes in southern Syria today

— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) May 18, 2017

Except Shaggs are wonderfully awful, Trump admin just awfully awful, like a Creed record.

― I don't really like any of these albums (Dan Peterson)

i like the shaggs, but i would not vote for dot wiggin for president. sorry, dot.

hey it's wag the dog time

xp

taxes need to go up on the wealthy to finance medicare / social security for all, and tuition-free state colleges

it's the best way to prevent another trump incident

what the?

Trump is sort of like one of those "shredding" videos of a real president talking

haha yes