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27th September 2017, 05:39 PM | #281 |
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27th September 2017, 08:41 PM | #282 |
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Given that Jared made the same mistakes that someone did so recently argues that he's a slow learner. Not a good trait. In the office pool, though, he's even money to stay on as Trump's big acid test is personal loyalty. :P
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27th September 2017, 11:15 PM | #283 |
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27th September 2017, 11:30 PM | #284 |
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28th September 2017, 03:48 AM | #285 |
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28th September 2017, 03:51 AM | #286 |
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There's no way Trump is going to let them go over an email flap. He conceivably could use the email issue as an excuse when he wants to let them go for other reasons, but then he'd have an issue because Kushner and Ivanka will certainly not be let go, despite the same sin.
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28th September 2017, 04:16 AM | #287 |
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28th September 2017, 08:52 AM | #288 |
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It is going to take a lot of private flights to compete with the fiscal profligacy going down at White House South.
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29th September 2017, 08:26 AM | #289 |
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29th September 2017, 12:45 PM | #290 |
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29th September 2017, 12:47 PM | #291 |
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29th September 2017, 01:40 PM | #292 |
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29th September 2017, 02:06 PM | #293 |
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...and another one bites the dust
Kushner or DeVos next. |
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29th September 2017, 02:23 PM | #295 |
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29th September 2017, 04:09 PM | #296 |
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29th September 2017, 04:17 PM | #297 |
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Trump has staffed his White House and cabinet with the best people, so their replacements are by definition sub-optimal. This media witch-hunt is undermining efforts to drain the swamp.
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29th September 2017, 04:18 PM | #298 |
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At some point, my question from before Trump won the nom of the GOP will come up with greater gravity:
Who wants to work for this guy? Who will work for this guy? The first six month's carnage/turnover argues for "why would I bother" as a response to feelers from someone like Kelly contacting prospects. |
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29th September 2017, 04:23 PM | #299 |
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29th September 2017, 04:40 PM | #301 |
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I think he got the word that Trump was going to pull the trigger,and decided to resign to avoid that humiliation.
IMHO it was all about the optics. It was not so much what Price did, but that vioilated the 11th Commandment:Thou Shalt Not Get Caught. But it is a nice scalp for Politico, which broke the story. I am pretty sure there are asking "How the hell did we miss this" at the WAPO. |
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29th September 2017, 04:44 PM | #302 |
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Politico also broke the story the prevented Puzder from being appointed. But as their editor said:
someone just said "your reporters brought price down" I said no -- Tom PRice's poor judgment and costly travel brought him down |
29th September 2017, 06:23 PM | #303 |
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29th September 2017, 06:39 PM | #304 |
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Rachel Maddow had a long list of the people currently on survival island.
Last night's program is on the top playlist but hopefully there'll be a link to tonight's program soon. She listed a half dozen or more with the same abuse of power scandals. Looks like the VA head has some explaining to do: VA chief took in Wimbledon, river cruise on European work trip; wife’s expenses covered by taxpayers. I vote David Shulkin the next off the island. The EPA administrator could be in trouble even though the National Review tried to clear him yesterday: The Scott Pruitt Non-Scandal. That may not help: EPA inspector general launches probe of Scott Pruitt’s travel costs. It's not just travel costs. That $25K cone of silence is certainly an eyebrow raiser. |
29th September 2017, 11:25 PM | #305 |
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1st October 2017, 04:56 PM | #306 |
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I think Tillerson will resign when he gets back from China. How can he not? Where's the way forward for him after this?
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4th October 2017, 06:34 AM | #309 |
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I guess that could be true for any senior member of the Trump Administration. The President seems to make up policy on the hoof which means that any deal that someone has been patiently working on is scuppered when President Trump makes a speech extolling the complete opposite position.
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4th October 2017, 06:38 AM | #310 |
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It is now official. The secretary of state has confirmed that Trump is indeed a "moron".
Which comes as no great surprise. Putin did not select Trump to be our president because he admired Trump's intellect. |
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4th October 2017, 07:38 AM | #311 |
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ws_report.html
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4th October 2017, 07:45 AM | #312 |
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Well the jerk store is running out of YOU!
....I hate when I want to make a joke that someone already made. "Moron" this story. |
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Doggone it. He's just giving Trump a gobbie and praising Dear Leader.
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4th October 2017, 08:09 AM | #318 |
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When directly asked if he called Trump a "moron", Tillerson refused to answer.
From this non-answer we can confidently conclude Tillerson did in fact call Trump a "moron". We can also confidently conclude Tillerson is not ready to leave yet. We should probably be relieved that Tillerson and a couple of others are hanging around, keeping an eye on Putin's selection. |
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