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

may have been in one of those briefings with the details in them

hey guys

Zell Miller died

yes I saw. Go to hell, Zell.

fuck that guy

"i didn't leave the democratic party, the... country just realized that... it had an utterly artificial racist legacy party misalignment."

fuck that guy

― maura, Friday, March 23, 2018 8:51 PM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I remember Bush I being asked about Miller’s 2004 speech at his son’s convention, struggling to explain how it was different than the 92 Pat Buchanan speech he publicly complained about.

transgender troops banned

he probably did this because Stormy's attorney is threatening to leak their sex tape

DailyKos, 2005: Horrifying, personal John Bolton story

Mr. Bolton proceeded to chase me through the halls of a Russian hotel -- throwing things at me, shoving threatening letters under my door and, generally, behaving like a madman. For nearly two weeks, while I awaited fresh direction from my company and from US AID, John Bolton hounded me in such an appalling way that I eventually retreated to my hotel room and stayed there. Mr. Bolton, of course, then routinely visited me there to pound on the door and shout threats.

I give him 4-8 mooches.

btw i broke the Zell Miller death story on ilx

Yam is not interested in the Art of the Possible, or the Constitutional

Bolton story shows he cares, dammit

guilty lol

does bolton have any standout qualities OTHER than being the guy who pushes hard for pre-emptive strikes and invasions? why else would you hire him?

― Karl Malone, Friday, March 23, 2018 5:36 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's been on Fox a lot?

lol she is such a moron

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday it is "extremely disappointing" that a bill she backed to stabilize ObamaCare markets was left out of a must-pass government funding bill.

Collins voted for the tax-reform legislation in December after securing a commitment from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to support the ObamaCare fix. Collins had worried about the repeal of ObamaCare's individual mandate in the tax bill and the resulting premium increases. She wanted the stability measures to try to make up for that.

But now the fix is being left out of a funding measure that is likely the last chance for the health legislation to pass this year.

Democrats say Collins should never have made the deal to support tax reform in the first place, saying she should have known that Republicans would not agree to fix ObamaCare.

Ha I thought Zell Miller died like 10 years ago

when i worked at the holiday inn he was a major dick to my coworker buddy tony, refusing to acknowledge the city's smoking ban and just wordlessly turning his back and continuing his smoking and schmoozing when it was brought to his attention

hoos woulda booted his ass

ayooo

In one clause, @nytimes has distilled the presidency of @realDonaldTrump: “Mr. Trump watched television, reacted to what he saw on television and then reacted to the reaction.” pic.twitter.com/FF5mJOZvKB

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) March 24, 2018

he saw it on the television

Maybe now you all know it’s as serious as a threat gets — not homophobia hotel, not FBI or FB me — hit the streets.

no Shari as soothsayer on the Occam’s razor tip, not Simon & Fred on the bath of purity, but a real problem a near million courageous children came to DC for.

It might be a head fuck but it’s happening

....

u ok hun xp

This morning's dispatch from "everything he says is the opposite of the truth"-land:

Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case...don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018

....lawyer or law firm will take months to get up to speed (if for no other reason than they can bill more), which is unfair to our great country - and I am very happy with my existing team. Besides, there was NO COLLUSION with Russia, except by Crooked Hillary and the Dems!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018

unfair to our great country

Surprised he didn't capitalize country in that tweet.

I'll have what lion in winter is having

No, you'll have your bath of purity, and you'll like it, goddammit!

Hey. Hey, guys? Shut the fuck up.

lion in winter (correct me if I'm wrong on any points) is in this country as an immigrant and working as an immigration lawyer for undocumented children. This doesn't put liw above criticism but it gets my dander up when I see snarky comments directed at someone who's probably getting smacked in the face by the policies of this administration on a daily basis.

Clever, I'd say.

Note: (a) not all of our evidence will be mentioned/displayed tonight – that would be foolish; (b) we are not sure what CBS will include but we know a lot from the full interview will have to be cut bc of the time allowed; (c) tonight is not the end – it’s the beginning. #basta

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 25, 2018

@Old Lunch: Context: This is what liw wrote to me at the same time in another thread:

Are you though? Or is that you’re Tuomas two? A weird bald Scandinavian looking for love and cred in all the wrong places?

― lion in winter, 25. marts 2018 11:25 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm sorry that he is getting smacked in the face by Trump, but I'll 'direct snark' at any asshole who writes to me like that.

it gets my dander up when the "purity" cliche is trotted out re principle, whether you share it or not

tuomas was cool

btw the march was very touching. So was the march on climate change.

You really are Carol Kane’s character from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

We Are All Kaushtuppers Now

Whomp whomp

Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow confirms to me that Joe di Genova and his wife/law firm partner will not be joining the President’s legal team after all. “The President is disappointed that conflicts prevent [them] from joining the President's Special Counsel legal team.” https://t.co/9YHYuqtG0e

— Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) March 25, 2018

I guess 'sanity' counts as a conflict for those embedded in Trumpworld.

@Old Lunch it was meant as good-natured joshing tbh, I just didn't get why I was being invoked at all

Yeah, sorry, I was unnecessarily aggro. I've just seen people jumping on lion in winter lately and thought it was worth addressing some context.

Scholars all!

Told line-item veto was ruled unconstitutional, Mnuchin says: “Congress can pass a rule that allows them to do it.” Told Congress would have to pass a constitutional amendment, Mnuchin says on Fox: “We don’t need to get into a debate ... There are different ways of doing this.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 25, 2018

fred is bald? updating the .xls

Unconstitutional stuff- if youre rich they let you...wait, they dont?! Xp

You really are Carol Kane’s character from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

sorry, I can't afford Prestige TV (Carol Kane is great tho).

November will tell the tale.

More on lawyerly foolishness:

Trump had not closely researched di Genova or even consulted with top aides, including Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and White House counsel Donald McGahn, before hiring him.

Trump had hoped diGenova could serve as a surrogate in television interviews and play the role of attack dog in criticizing the Mueller probe.

Sekulow approached him two weeks ago about joining the team, but he and his wife run a law firm that represents clients with conflicting interests.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-another-blow-to-trumps-efforts-to-combat-russia-probe-digenova-will-no-longer-join-legal-team/2018/03/25/8ac8c8d2-3038-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.d4211696d6bc

the endless cycle of people who want to be close to power thinking "it's gotta be a schtick to some degree he can't be that much of an idiot"......"oh wow he is that much of an idiot"

remember the only reason Vince McMahon isn't Secretary of State is because Trump thought he died in a car explosion.

what is Steven Seagal up to these days?