Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

he's a bond villain, his henchmen are getting off likely so far

i mean i guess it's not out of the question that trump's object-permanence is so stunted he forgets about spicer whenever spicer's not around and none of the rest of the entourage bothered to remind him

from FAKE NEWS cnn

Two additional senior White House officials said the Vatican was very "strict" on the number of people who would be allowed to join the talks.

But previous administration officials who helped orchestrate meetings between US presidents and the Pope said that high-level Catholic staffers who expressed interest in attending the papal sessions were regularly accommodated. During his two equivalent sessions at the Vatican with Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict, President Barack Obama was joined by his press secretaries, Jay Carney and Robert Gibbs, along with senior-level national security and West Wing aides.

WaPo pool reporter Philip Rucker:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAq5VrNXsAAbCVT.jpg

'for more than forty minutes, the men engaged in silent combat, their hands locked together in a death grip, their eyes never leaving their opponent's. the deadlock was broken only when a member of mr trump's security detail removed a large set of keys from inside an ermine-lined lockbox and rattled them in the air, instantly attracting trump's attention.

'"sometimes this our only option", sighed a white house source at the scene.'

I would've gone in a different, more erotic direction with my fanfic, but that's also acceptable.

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.

― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Thursday, May 25, 2017 3:16 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Every small population state has an outsized importance because of how the Senate is organized, but this race is only super important because it's a tightly contested race in a normally deep red state/district and because it's a harbinger of what could happen in 2018.

'for more than forty minutes, the men engaged in silent combat, their hands locked together in a death grip, their eyes never leaving their opponent's. the deadlock was broken only when a member of mr trump's security detail removed a large bottle of lube from inside an ermine-lined lockbox and arced a jet of water-based gel into the air, instantly attracting trump's attention.

'"sometimes this our only option", sighed a white house source at the scene, as the president began loosening his belt.'

Beauuuuutiful.

the best, the best, the best he grunted

trump tube steaks

I dunno, having never engaged in that alpha male bullshit, from the outside it always reads very much like 'I have a nearly-insatiable desire to fuck this other man.'

imagine dying of a ruptured aorta cuz you were trying to out-macho the president of france

'for more than forty minutes, the men engaged in silent combat, their hands locked together in a death grip, their eyes never leaving their opponent's. the deadlock was broken only when a member of mr trump's security detail removed a large bottle of lube from inside an ermine-lined lockbox and arced a jet of water-based gel into the air, instantly attracting trump's attention.

'"sometimes this our only option", sighed a white house source at the scene, as the president began loosening his belt.'

― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara),

excerpt from D.H. Lawrence

there's a sons and lovers / daughters and lovers / ivanka is both amirite followup in there somewhere but it's not quite coming together in my head

This oughta go well.

Montana GOP House candidate @GregForMontana joins @chucktodd for a one-on-one interview tonight on #MTPDaily on @msnbc. #MTAL

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 25, 2017

Gianforte's also appearing on Fox at 2 pm ET.

communications 101: immediately after being cited for misdemeanour assult, appear on television to further incriminate yourself

xxpost

reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-hRW_2ePk

Huff Post published the headline, “Sean Spicer Gets A Ride On The Nope Mobile.”

ok lol

Meantime, what not to do

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/manafort-trump-russia-advise-238803

Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russia, Manafort called Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus to push back against the mounting controversy, according to four people familiar with the call.

It was about a week before Trump’s inauguration, and Manafort wanted to brief Trump’s team on the alleged inaccuracies in a recently released dossier of memos written by a former British spy for Trump’s opponents that alleged compromising ties between Russia, Trump and Trump’s associates, including Manafort.

Also

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/russia-white-house-staff-238802

A White House spokeswoman said Bannon and Priebus returned to work on the president’s legislative agenda. But the pair have held high-level meetings and phone calls with a hope of securing outside lawyers and consultants to handle what they fear will be a months- or years-long slog, according to White House officials.

Top aides have begun asking White House lawyers and outside advisers how long such a probe would take, who should hire lawyers and how to preserve evidence. Trump’s legal team will be headed by his longtime attorney Marc Kasowitz, but whether other lawyers are in — or out — has become something of a parlor game in Washington.

A senior administration official described “paralysis” setting in as more of the White House’s time and resources are consumed by the Russia probe. With so much energy being directed toward the investigation, this person said, it is becoming harder to see how any policy goals get accomplished.

Every day in every way, it's definitely incompetence beating out malevolence.

But Pence would prove to be the easy conduit between the WH and Congress oh wait

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/pence-tax-lobbying-sparks-hill-backlash/index.html

Vice President Mike Pence's attempt to peel away House Republicans to support the White House's tax plan spurred a backlash among a critical bloc of conservative lawmakers Wednesday, Hill sources said.

Pence pressed Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker to poll his members to see if they would split with House Speaker Paul Ryan and support the White House tax plan -- which lacks a border tax that is the centerpiece of the House GOP proposal.

But in a flurry of exchanges Wednesday afternoon, Republican Study Committee members turned on the White House, saying they should not blindly accept whatever President Donald Trump is selling, the sources told CNN.

but he's the president!

boy these guys suck at this huh

unified government!

OMG I'M SO SAD THAT THE SPICE DIDN'T GET TO KISS THE POOPAL POP! give me a break....

"I dunno, having never engaged in that alpha male bullshit, from the outside it always reads very much like 'I have a nearly-insatiable desire to fuck this other man.'"

welcome to western civilization and how buildings get built.

What brought me here tonight? What brings anyone anywhere? Why do men build bridges? Why are there jets? I was hoping to have sex tonight.

— 30 Rock Quotes (@30_Rock_Quotes) August 24, 2013

buildings: unsubtly representing repressed homosexual desire since time immemorial

Yeah medieval cathedrals are basically penises. It's no accident the largest church in the world is called SAINT PETER

is that a fountain in your lobby or are you just glad to see me?

Captain Beefheart: "You know what an architect is? A man who crawls up his own penis to pull up a shade, and design all night".

Dan Scavino, his social media manager.

Is this the guy who's in charge of hiding the phone? Because A+ job there, buddy.

is that a fountain in your lobby or are you just glad to see me?

if there's a fountain in your lobby, don't be alarmed now
it's just a sprinkling from the main drain

tbf to dan scavino, hiding trump's phone is a 24/7-vigilence job and he's gotta sleep sometime

NYT:

Ben Carson, the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, faced an intense backlash on Wednesday for calling poverty “a state of mind.” Mr. Carson, who oversees a department that handles housing for millions of low-income Americans, made the comments during a radio interview on Tuesday with Armstrong Williams, a friend and conservative media personality. During the talk, Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, said he thought some people were poor because of their outlook on life.

“I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind,” he said, according to a transcript of the interview that was released on Wednesday. “You take somebody that has the right mind-set, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they’ll be right back up there.” He added that helping people may not better their lives. “You take somebody with the wrong mind-set, you can give them everything in the world — they’ll work their way right back down to the bottom,” Mr. Carson said.

what if...they had the Gorilla Mindset

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

shoot them and claim self defense, obvs

best thing to do with these wrong-mindset motherfuckers is turn 'em into our old friend soylent green, obv

it's the only language they understand

Y'know, Ben Carson might have a point if the GOP didn't basically exist for the sake of making his point moot.

I'm surprised Trump hasn't tweeted about Seth Rich yet

I think systemic oppression in the service of the perpetuation of white male hegemony to a large extent is also a state of mind.

Has Trump tweeted much/at all while overseas?

I think in America assoulting a reported may actyually help you get elected - shows power

It worked for Wu Tang

greg gianforte, the gop's bjork

Nothing wrong here!

Update: @GregForMontana's campaign has cancelled his appearance on @MSNBC's #MTPDaily this evening. https://t.co/vOZE8uURa9

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 25, 2017

I guess one roadblock could be kail time

Gianoforte had a 2pm interview on Fox News and a 5pm interview on MSNBC

Both canceled now

— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) May 25, 2017