US Politics, March 2018: Why do people leave the White House for good?

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I hope Sam Numberg remembers to check in on Michael to make sure he’s stirring the sauce.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 5, 2018

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link

Counterstrike!

Carter Page responds to Sam Nunberg's alleged drinking today: "There's been a lot of people who have been quite intoxicated for a year and a half now, so nothing new here" pic.twitter.com/7bgwOpCDMh

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 6, 2018

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 04:20 (six years ago) link

This must be one grimy clip

Basically Hannity keeps trying to get Page to get on the offensive but Page is uncharacteristically tight-lipped. Hannity asks him if he'll sue the media for defamation, Page begs off.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 6, 2018

Hannity keeps pumping up Page: "Carter Page is going to be rich, that's my prediction. Carter Page is going to be a rich man after all of this!"

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 6, 2018

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link

now see if I suspected Hannity were contemplating suicide I would be rejoicing

had (crüt), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link

he's one of the few people on earth that would be correct in thinking they're better off dead

Idc about this guy but this interview will probably be of interest to y'all

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sam-nunberg-im-not-meltdown-050200426.html

Simon H., Tuesday, 6 March 2018 05:46 (six years ago) link

“My response is Chris Cillizza can go f**k himself and he dresses like s**t"

while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 06:44 (six years ago) link

Seems telling that this guy can have a world-class meltdown that leaves people worried he won’t survive the week and still effortlessly own Cillizza.

JoeStork, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 06:49 (six years ago) link

That URL is killing me. 'I'm not meltdown.'

Did you ever see a doffin, did you (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 11:26 (six years ago) link

Basically sounds like Mueller broke him, but not in the way we traditionally understand it.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link

Seems telling that this guy can have a world-class meltdown that leaves people worried he won’t survive the week and still effortlessly own Cillizza.


Ha, exactly.

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:44 (six years ago) link

That McCay Coppins tweet is adorable. “Hi! I’m at a restaurant with my dad and my lawyer now. I’m going to cooperate with the authorities. Yeah! See you later Mr. Coppins! Bye!”

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link

man....
the cast of characters surrounding this administration is unreal

good candidate for next thread title

“Number one on Twitter!” Nunberg yelled

It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link

lol no, rowley birkin is meant to be this:

The new Fake News narrative is that there is CHAOS in the White House. Wrong! People will always come & go, and I want strong dialogue before making a final decision. I still have some people that I want to change (always seeking perfection). There is no Chaos, only great Energy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 6, 2018

mark s, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link

by the power of Grayskull! for great Energy!!!

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link

i hate to say this but when he is on it he is kind of a terrific microblogger

mark s, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link

no you're right. it's this weird talent, even when his faculties seem otherwise, well, less-than-par shall we say

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link

trump attacks with his +3 microblog of energy, dispersing the fake news spell

bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link

It does take a certain skill to convince people that breaking things is a talent.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link

The Bureau of Land Management on Monday removed about 17,300 acres of land in central Montana from an upcoming oil and natural gas lease auction, just a week before the scheduled sale.

The Interior Department, which oversees one in every five acres of land in the United States, was set to auction off leases for 109 parcels stretching across the Big Sky State from the Canadian border to Wyoming.

But Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who before joining the Trump administration represented Montana in Congress, decided to withdraw 26 parcels from consideration, along with portions of two others. A cadre of local and national environmental groups had filed formal protests against the sale, contending that drilling would adversely impact the Yellowstone River and other areas.

Interior will proceed starting next Monday with the auction of the remaining 83 parcels, which encompass nearly 46,200 acres.

Zinke initially tweeted his decision before issuing a more detailed statement that said further study was needed before part of the sale could take place.

“Multiple use is about balance,” his statement noted. “I’ve always said there are places where it is appropriate to develop and where it’s not.”

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link

good mourning!

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link

I want nothing more than the most ironic of punishments for Zinke.

I still don't care about the freakshow element of the death of the Republic, but i'm glad you guys had yet another rollicking day's entertainment

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link

you're too hip, baby. I can't carry you no more.

papa don't take no meth (stevie), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link

must be tough to wait for Solo to come out

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link

Must be tough to wait for The Day The Clown Cried to come out.

papa don't take no meth (stevie), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link

no, that's for fuckers like you i suspect

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link

Seems telling that this guy can have a world-class meltdown that leaves people worried he won’t survive the week and still effortlessly own Cillizza.

― JoeStork, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 6:49 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's just repeating what he's heard from his pinstripes-and-primary-colors mentor, who probably got it all from Roy Cohn. Chris Cilizza's layup punditry with I-like-the-new-Grizzly-Bear asides can be pretty corny, but he seems to make a pretty good living at it, and he isn't about to maybe go to jail or worse.

Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link

Holy shit how do you do it

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link

I want nothing more than the most ironic of punishments for Zinke.

― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:56 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agreed. Horse-whipping? Lonely death from fall in box canyon?

Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link

let me know when gabbneb is banned again, guys

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxPDoTGWj0

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link

Also, I think Nunberg would probably say the same thing about virtually everyone who posts on this message board.

Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link

I like how we're supposed to pity him even though it's clear he's been living in his home state of Rhode Island since last year, so it's not like he's suddenly homeless.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/flynn-selling-house-pay-legal-bills-trump-probe/story?id=53545172

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link

Oh well that's so nice!

Joe Flynn and other family members set up a defense fund for Flynn to collect donations from supporters. He wouldn't disclose how much has been raised, but he said the family has been surprised and deeply moved by the thousands of individual donations they've received, none of which came from foreign nationals or from Flynn's former boss, Trump.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link

I want nothing more than the most ironic of punishments for Zinke.

― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:56 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agreed. Horse-whipping? Lonely death from fall in box canyon?

― Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:20 AM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there has to be an endangered species of stinging ant or easily annoyed stinging bug that lives on our public lands

Crystal Skull flashbacks, gabbneb standing up for poor old Cilizza, and Morbius in the Morning - we’ve almost hit for the cycle and it’s not even 10am eastern

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link

Huh, did not know this about Beto:

His relentless touring schedule, however, hails from his days as a post-hardcore guitarist in the 1990s, when his band Foss released a seven-inch record called The El Paso Pussycats. (The drummer of his group, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, went on to find widespread success in bands like At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta.)

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link

"There is no Chaos, only great Energy!"

i knew it. trump is dr. robotnik

maura, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link

I want nothing more than the most ironic of punishments for Zinke.

Mauled by a bear.

A bear who then wears his ears as a trophy.

tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link

i knew it. trump is dr. robotnik

holy shit, truth bomb

bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link

i wonder if maybe michael cohen paid sam nunberg for that awesome meltdown (the day the new yorker (!) alleged the kremlin ordered trump to choose rexxon tillerson for american secretary of state over mr. self-deport) more than he paid stormy daniels, less?

reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link

I'm sure the ATDI connection is among the factors making him probably the most youthfully exciting and, more fraught, attractive candidate of the cycle*, even aside from the fact that he's running against probably the most annoying major candidate, to put it nonviolently. I expect it may also make a side-of-freakishness appearance in an outside-expenditure negative ad focusing on his burglary and DUI arrests, including video of him rolling around on the floor of a bar, for which the Mercers et al may be willing to spend in unlimited amounts, but these days it may just help him, we'll see.

*which may or may not be siphoning dollars from less interesting and less liberal candidates with much better shots at winning in NV, AZ, and maybe/probably TN (and now MS too?), not to mention downballot in TX. Wendy Davis was exciting and attractive and spun her fundraising too, but lost by nearly 20 points. Beto is doing better, and will do better, and fingers crossed.

Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link

holy shit a line break

bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:08 (six years ago) link

It's merely a footnote.

Line break isn't really my preferred nomenclature. Maybe because I'm Jewish.

Moo Vaughn, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:10 (six years ago) link

holy shit another line break

bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link

Hard return? Enter?

Or, since you're Jewish:

?retnE ?nruter draH

tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:15 (six years ago) link


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