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25th August 2017, 05:55 PM | #201 |
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25th August 2017, 08:11 PM | #204 |
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Gorka might proved some comic relief in an otherwise somber evening.White House is saying that Gorka did NOT resign, but was involuntarily removed but Gorka is insisting that he resigned. Classic "You Can't Fire Me, I Quit!". And for the first time, I actually believe the White House......
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26th August 2017, 03:44 AM | #206 |
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I'm going back to Kushner. He's the only person present at the meeting where collusion with the Russians began still in the administration. That will make it too hot for Jared once we refocus on Russia.
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26th August 2017, 11:42 AM | #209 |
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OECD healthcare spending Public/Compulsory Expenditure on healthcare https://data.oecd.org/chart/60Tt Every year since 1990 the US Public healthcare spending has been greater than the UK as a proportion of GDP. More US Tax goes to healthcare than the UK |
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Jarrod's title is Senior Advisor to the President. He is appointed by Trump, and takes no salary (so far). Ivanka's title is Advisor to the President. She is appointed by Trump and takes no salary (so far). Aside from the implication of rank suggested by the use of "Senior" in their titles there is no functional administrative difference between the two. A 1978 statute has been seen by some (Kushner's lawyers among them, not surprisingly) as clearly superseding the 1967 law provoked by Bobby Kennedy's appointment, but even that may not have had any relevance. Here's some discussion of the question. The WaPo article they cite is worth a peek, too. So, no technical difference between Kushner's job and Ivanka's, really. Which one Trump actually thinks of as the "senior" of the two is anybody's guess. In a toe-to-toe disagreement between them I'd put my money on Trump listening to Ivanka first ... if he was to listen to either of them, that is. |
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26th August 2017, 05:25 PM | #214 |
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It's hard to decide who's left because the turnover is so fast I've lost track of who is actually left.
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28th August 2017, 09:13 PM | #223 |
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A bit distant from the top staff in the White House but yet another sacrifice to lubricate the wheels of the bus. Gigicos, Trump's long time event organizer:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/721390...vent-organizer I don't know how reliable this news source is, but according to the site the size of the crowds in Phoenix didn't match Trump's ego (despite Trump playing up the size of the crowd during the event and chastising the TV news for not showing how huge it was). So someone had to take the blame. RIP Gigicos... |
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Nothing. Kelly will push for an establishment diplomat or former law maker who had a foreign policy portfolio to slow our decline abroad and stop the brain drain from Foggy Bottom. The person who can do that won't work for Trump.
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Rex is doing a bang up job dismantling the State Department so he won't be going anywhere for a while.
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He just told trump to pound sand on the transgender ban.
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Not sure what the poor guy did to earn Trump's ire, but reportedly he was angry that the crowd wasn't big enough.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/a...phoenix-speech
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30th August 2017, 07:39 AM | #237 |
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I still think Kelly will go soon. I think either he'll give up and quit, or piss off Trump and get fired. I'm less sure of it now than I was, though.
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If things keep up, the White House itself will resign and walk out of town.
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Whatever happened to KellyAnne Conway? I haven't heard her BS for what seems like several weeks.
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