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

Update on that:

1. So the Page 6 story that Vanessa Trump hired a "criminal defense attorney" is BS.

I looked into it and David Feureisen does as much civil work as criminal work and regularly handles divorce cases in New York pic.twitter.com/j6yk5yEsuC

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 16, 2018

Don, Jr.: HEY LOOK OVER THERE

The Pirro angle, whatever its significance, is fun.

The best people

John Kelly actually told reporters that Tillerson was on the toilet when he told him he was gonna be fired https://t.co/AbYrxGle4v

poop scoop from @swin24

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 16, 2018

dumped on the dumper!

They keep using all this a-list material, they are going to wear out their audience.

DO YOU WANT TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF or SECRETARY OF STATE or WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR or NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR or ECONOMIC ADVISOR or STAFF SECRETARY or DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR or DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR or ATTORNEY GENERAL or DON JUNIOR'S WIFE? pic.twitter.com/Hk9SJa2y5e

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) March 16, 2018

Getting testy!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-attorney-accuses-stormy-daniels-of-violating-nondisclosure-agreement-20-times-claims-right-to-seek-20-million-in-damages/2018/03/16/a5fd1686-296b-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.13716ae51457

@MichaelAvenatti: How can President Donald Trump seek $20 million in damages against my client based on an agreement that he and Mr. Cohen claim Mr. Trump never was a party to and knew nothing about? #notwellthoughtout #sloppy #checkmate

Isn't there just one Dem billionaire who'd foot the bill for her to spill all the beans regardless? What use is your $900 billion, Soros?

she doesn't need soros; she and her lawyer are playing the game very well

I love this tweet. Why? Because this two years ago this Friday (3/16/16), I was humbled and honored to be nominated to the SCOTUS by @POTUS44. @GOP refused to even meet with me. https://t.co/lrbeYwr3wH

— Merrick B. Garland (@MerrickGarland_) March 15, 2018

Someone should truck bomb the Senate imo

Too many innocent bystanders.

fuck year merrick garland

if i ever get a chance to spit in mcconnell's face i'm gonna spit "MERRICK GARLAND IN YOUR FACE" right in his face

I'd like to make some turtle soup outta this bitch

I don’t generally eat eyeballs, especially not human eyeballs. But when I do, I make it a Mitch McConnell eyeball and crunch down with pleasure

Why did Garland tweet that? He will shame no one.

We sure that's him? It isn't verified.

it's Trump

Yeah....it looks fake

well now this cornea just tastes a bit off

oh boy:

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Is Fired 2 Days Before Retirement

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-020008530.html?soc_trk=gcm&soc_src=bef2a7b5-90e6-3bf7-8d7c-669cedbab8dd&.tsrc=notification-brknews

And McCabe ain't holding back

McCabe statement 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/AXm94irR2w

— Laura Walker 🍸🦈 (@LauraWalkerKC) March 17, 2018

so the don jr divorce is an asset shielding move right?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-deputy-director-fired-days-retirement-kick/story?id=53805919

"The FBI’s OPR then reviewed the report and underlying documents and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of Mr. McCabe. Both the OIG and FBI OPR reports concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor - including under oath - on multiple occasions," the statement continued.

"The FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability. As the OPR proposal stated, “all FBI employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand,” Sessions said.

lol didn't this dude perjure himself before congress

I'm not surprised, but this is a gross, low move.

dang, mccabe!

https://i.imgur.com/zSkxySo.png

i think he'll be fine in the end - it's easy for me to imagine the next administration, whoever runs it, quickly arranging to get him lost pension money.

but yeah, it's just petty and so trump

Not even the next admin, though that could happen -- that guy just scored one hell of a book deal, whenever it happens.

so the don jr divorce is an asset shielding move right?

I keep seeing a lot of claims about that but I haven't seen anything actually spelling it out in a 'here's the law, here's the deal' move. Is there one out there?

I am wondering how he survived in real estate. The mafia doesn't take kindly to panic.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) March 17, 2018

bahaha

Wow. I just turned to FOX. Laura Ingraham has a show this late, doncha know. Alan Dershowitz was a guest. She and the floating heads of white people were proud as they affirmed Donald Trump's right to "clear the brush" so that the Justice Department can have good, clean men reporting to the president. It was terrifying -- it's what Hannah Arendt called the the gruesome quiet of an entirely imaginary world.

there's just no way Dershowitz doesn't have some weird skin in this game. I used to kind of get (?) his regular-old-contrarian bit but come on

what a fucking creep

Dershowitz def has weird skin

I saw OJ was piping up about kneeling for the anthem this week, maybe they are warming up for a reunion

vg ha

Guess it's a late Friday night in DC.

out suckin' up blood

Crap, and spousal privilege against testifying lasts past the end of marriage. I just looked that up.

The gerrymanderers are angry

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/pennsylvania-special-election-gop-investigation/index.html

so is every close election going to turn into an INVESTIGATION from now on instead of just a recount

RIP democracy

Got to love how the party that actively tries to disenfranchise democratic voters complains that they didn't win for the same reasons they intentionally impose on others.

When my winning streak in the 500 yard dash is threatened because the judges have decided it's only 'faaaaaaaair' to take the blindfolds and leg irons off of my opponents, you'd better believe I'm feeling miffed.

Republicans have successfully pushed the "dead, non-citizens, and fake individuals largely vote Democratic" for years without ever offering any substantial evidence, so they'll keep trying to suggest this happens.

in PA, the state GOP was even talking about impeaching the judges who made them redraw the district maps. they're a particularly garbage group of human beings.

our hell timeline has branched off into a new, even more hellish timeline https://t.co/OQHWQ1ISWi

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 17, 2018

And here we go!

“I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier,” Dowd then wrote.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-lawyer-its-time-to-fire-robert-mueller?ref=home