the trump gang

https://i.imgur.com/6wCDZNQ.jpg

god, this part from the new yorker entry that accompanied that photo:

A recent photo, taken by Jonathan Ernst, for Reuters, of a group of Trump staffers on the move, makes plain the ensemble’s “Jersey Shore”-style entertainment value—riveting and headache-inducing at once. Corey Lewandowski, a Trump confidant who was briefly banished after physically assaulting a female reporter—and following a public altercation with Hope Hicks, the only remaining enigma in the West Wing—stands just right of center, both of his pointer fingers sprung, the right one aimed just beyond the lens. He wears a stupid smirk, and his wrinkled brow casts shadows over his eyes. Behind him, mid-swagger, in Marian blue and dark shades, is the former “Apprentice” contestant Omarosa Manigault, the baldest reminder, in case we needed it, of the President’s orientation vis-à-vis public service, mass entertainment, and the meaning of relevant experience. Manigault told the world in November that the Trump team was “keeping a list” of those who opposed Trump. (A few months later, the reporter April Ryan, a former friend, said that Manigault told her that the Administration was keeping dossiers on journalists.) Toward the rear of the pack is Sebastian Gorka, whose apparent ties to a historically Nazi-sympathizing group once seemed sure to sink him. Rob Porter, Trump’s all-but-anonymous staff secretary—it’s this poor guy’s job to present important paperwork to the world’s most famous non-reader—trails the bunch, blank-faced and mercifully out of focus.

written back in august, long before the rob porter news came to light. it really is an iconic image. even the seemingly innocent person in the photo turns out to be a monster

can we get an id on the barely visible driver in the photo? i'm assuming she runs a secret prison or something

the half-wit avengers

to me Huckabee Sanders epitomizes them the best... Spicer if he hadn't been shitcanned

just the blatant contorting lying

every time I see Gorka in that photo it makes me think of the video for Eye Of The Tiger with Survivor strutting around town pretending to be a tuff-guy street gang, and their plump speccy keyboard player is really not pulling it off

You have already voted for THE MOOCH and cannot vote again.

The Mooch is on David Axelrod's podcast this week

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

loved how all-caps made mooch's victory seem preordained back in November

OK who else voted McMaster

forgot when explaining my Felix Sater vote that he also went to jail for stabbing someone in the face with the stem of a martini glass TERRIFIC

Mooch is like the “let’s just do it, we’ll be legends” guy who somehow climbed the ranks and became press secretary (or whatever he was for) for 10 days

Mooch is like the "cool" guy from an '80s teen comedy who everyone now views as a total asshole.

You bump into him in the food court and invite him over to your table to catch up and then have to apologize to your companions afterward

Mooch is Poochie

You bump into him in the food court and invite him over to your table to catch up and then have to apologize to your companions afterward

"Yeah, sorry about that, our kids do ballet together, he's a total dick."

I'm seeing sitcom potential a la Laverne and SHirley

its a bit unfair that this poll was taken before the Carter Page hat pic

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/carter-page-800x430.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snl/images/d/d1/Two-A-Holes.jpg

Trump supporters and haters both agree -- the new season of The Apprentice is smash hit!

really enjoying The Running Man reboot

Reverse Robin Hood is the best

"In 2017, after a worldwide economic collapse, the United States has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The U.S. government pacifies the populace by broadcasting game shows where convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where "runners" attempt to evade "stalkers", armed mercenaries, around a large arena, and near-certain death for a chance to be pardoned by the state."

In 2018, after a worldwide economic collapse, the United States has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The U.S. government pacifies the populace by broadcasting fake news where convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style Facebook, hosted by the ruthless Donald Trump, where "runners" attempt to evade "Mueller", armed mercenaries, around a large arena, and near-certain death for a chance to be pardoned by the state.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scaramucci-michael-cohen-wont-turn-trump

that's not how coin flips work

forgot cuban AND cohen :(

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/michael-cohen-upset-trump-didn-chief-staff-article-1.3956650

Later in the conversation, Cohen — who at one point expected to be named Trump's chief of staff, according to the Journal — vented to Trump about how he wanted to get out of New York.

"Boss, I miss you so much," Cohen said, according to the source. "I wish I was down there with you. It's really hard for me to be here."

;_;

we sure have been through a lot together, haven't we boss? boss, i love you. i need you closer. talk to you soon, boss. can't talk to you soon enough. goodbye for now, boss.

It's quite a tender declaration of the wistful longing for one's boss to which we all relate.

These coarse attorney's hands have been too long denied the electric thrill of tousling your wispy locks. I long to once again caress the hills and valleys of your crepey wattle flesh, boss.

*later that week, while waiting in line for an ATM*

i love boss

THE DOCTOR

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcIGKu7V4AEx5bQ.jpg

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

Bono with the mumps

steven spielberg and robert plant's love child

finally put my finger on who bornstein reminds me of - yoram globus

https://img.discogs.com/u5MhXEbCtkYq_XrkbTPk2Vqu87Q=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-5210996-1471526724-7384.jpeg.jpg

which seems appropriate since the trump admin is like the cannon films of politics

poor michael caputo :(

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/god-damn-you-to-hell-michael-caputo-tells-senate-intelligence-in-russia-investigation-testimony

it's roger stone's time in the barrel

the kenyan soetero has ruined so many lives, so many lives

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5775859/Ex-Trump-campaign-adviser-Carter-Page-claims-FBI-surveillance-ruined-life.html

no way

https://medium.com/@ScottMStedman/energy-investment-group-claims-350m-capital-commitment-from-carter-page-after-2016-election-414fe7ce33e0

curious how the jarvanka marriage dynamic might change when her dad's a convicted felon, too

more than words

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/michael-cohen-lying-to-congress-plea-deal-devin-nunes.html

Trump gang vs Turnbull ACs Fite!

the acorn doesn't fall far from the treason

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/blue-state-genocide-is-acting-president

^ all that does is take good original reporting by various journalists and run it through a rhetorical filter that spits out phrases like "kibboshing the national testing plan his own buddies had come up with, apparently hoping for a blue state genocide".

But hey, if you go for that sort of thing, knock yourself out!

i'm not sure how i'd characterize this. i feel like, they weren't actively trying to kill blue staters but they liked the idea of "blaming" democratic governors.

these people don't believe they have a responsibility to govern, just to get elected. i was infuriated watching this for three years. now i feel contempt. i feel they did tremendous damage to our society at large, their zero sum thinking infecting even the way people behave with one another online, right and left. (i'm sorry but it's true, point-scoring is the only operative value on twitter and it was not as bad in the before-times).

"if someone else looks bad, that's all that matters! we're even. i cannot be held to any standards while other people—people on your side—can also be criticized." ----- this is the thought trump has hundreds of times per day and other people seem to be thinking this way too, increasingly.

that article about Kush isn't even a new wrinkle to the story, I thought Trump funneling resources to save lives away from governors who criticized him was well-known even before that

goddamn, some of these names are a real blast from the past too. Scott Pruitt! that napping-ass motherfucker! Tom Price! did he ever pay his country back for all those private jet flights?

lol @ napping-ass motherfucker

what an overwhelmingly weird motherfucker

WOW!!! Don Jr. is beyond a mess today. Is this booze or drugs? He can’t even make his mouth work. pic.twitter.com/nMw73L1eYu

— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) December 13, 2020

i haven't heard him speak that much. he sounds (superficially; tone of voice; cadence) like ted cruz

his sinuses are so rammed with coke that his vowels are squeezed to half-width

That’s just barroom drunk right there. Still incredibly funny. Hope he keeps spiraling.

he always sounds like he's about to cry.

He sounds like he's actively trying to sound more like his dad.

the way he says "nothing shady at all" definitely sounds like his dad

my immediate thought was oh he's straight aping his dad now, it's a v weird contrivance

Don Jr's puppetmaster put his hand up further than usual today

The way he says "tied to China".

He sounds like a bad imitation of James Austin Johnson's Trump impression.

Is there a German word for 'recognizing and having a microscopic glimmer of empathy for the fact that a broken person is the product of abuse but still being all like fuck that shitty walking garbage pile who's chosen to shit their damage all over other people rather than doing a single thing to fix themselves'?

well, there is such a thing as Trümpferhaufenmitleidenschaftsschadenfreude...

It looks to me like a bad imitation of the Bad Lip Reading videos that were popular during the 2016 campaign. The voice doesn't match the lip motions.

Does he have somewhere to stay tonight? Poor guy.. maybe he can crash in Randy Quaid's double-wide.

Appears to be quarantining in a Motel 6.

If what he says is true, I don't see how the Electoral College in good conscience can vote for Hunter Biden.