Trump, June 2017: From [Covfefe] with Love

rankly, describing her in terms of whose wife she is is not a great approach either imho.

^fair point. but they're both human garbage who were more than happy to give Trump a cushy platform right up til the very end.

Oh no, where will Louise Mensch post her hot takes

Heat Street is folding on August 4th as a standalone operation. Will be restructured under MarketWatch. Story coming shortly
— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) June 29, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, June 29, 2017 4:32 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mensch was ousted a while ago!

An unusually smart move!

Separately...

Bolling on Where Trump Went Wrong on Health Care: 'He Believed Paul Ryan'https://t.co/Ru5TEaQzvy

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 29, 2017

o rly

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-operative-sought-clinton-emails-from-hackers-implied-a-connection-to-flynn-1498770851?mg=prod%2Faccounts-wsj

Linked a few posts above. Bit of an odd story.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya!..."

“Joe and Mika postponed their trip so they can be back on air Friday to sling some ‘bad blood’ back at Trump” https://t.co/w9Oz3YhIoh

— New York Post (@nypost) June 29, 2017

CA Assembly Speaker Rendon (D) just killed the Cali single-payer bill. He says it was a pipe dream without any details about funding but all of the proponents claim to have laid it all out pretty clearly with proposed taxes. It did seem a little undercooked for such a major undertaking but I'm disappointed that they just decided to kill it instead of working to hammer something out. I hope Nevada sees more success with their efforts but I'm not holding my breath.

That it's gotten as far as it has is monumental progress.

I thought the NV gov did the same thing to their bill, but maybe my news is all mixed up.

The analysis done on the California bill is great. But without funding it wasn't going anywhere.

How could you have single payer in one state anyway - wouldnt people flood Cali to take advantage?

how could AUMF expire? Perpetual war is our raison d'etre.

people are not as mobile as you’d think, and places in California with jobs are very expensive to live in

isn't aumf an acid mothers temple album?

mh: good point.

Damn. Donny Deutch on Morning Joe: "I've had enough with the top toeing. He is a physically disgusting man. He's disgusting to look at."

I have no idea what this is about, but @pwnallthethings is a serious guy, a former GCHQ hacker, and a true deep stater. #distributedticks https://t.co/3zNgAmF7s0

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) June 30, 2017

pwnallthethings is a serious guy
pwnallthethings is a serious guy
pwnallthethings is a serious guy
pwnallthethings is a serious guy
pwnallthethings is a serious guy
pwnallthethings is a serious guy

Once again, way to go out on a limb, deep stater. OK, here's mine: I predict Trump will some time very soon say or do something really stupid and/or offensive. Mark my words, but don't ask me for sources.

their story this morning about the National Enquirer's blackmail attempts through WH staff was interesting

the way the national enquirer and tmz have been deployed by trump's team sure says a lot about infotainment

https://thinkprogress.org/tmz-quietly-became-americas-most-potent-pro-trump-media-outlet-bf703c24a68e?gi=8495bd9b8273

Watched low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2017

BAD SHOW

So this is (further) confirmation that he talks to his TV.

As if he's having a conversation with the people on the other side of the screen.

I've been having daydreams lately of getting invited to the White House to accept some award and then attending just to tell him "go fuck yourself, you piece of shit" to his face.

i keep waiting for someone to do that

Ticks within ticks
it's 25 o'clock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OctrGD4JW8U

Tick tock tick tock just another blip on the statscock

I love the smell of trashfires in the morning. It smells like...flopsweat.

Meantime, an oddity.

Why this warning now? And at 3am? https://t.co/n3DxmcjoYo

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 30, 2017

Also, I think this counts as a self-own.

BREAKING! THIRD O’Keefe STING VIDEO HITS CNN: Trump is a ‘f**king crazy’ ‘clown’ https://t.co/X5gyqGWCwJ pic.twitter.com/OhPQcQxkW1

— The Right Scoop (@TheRightScoop) June 30, 2017

Ah but don't worry, serious plans!

https://www.axios.com/exclusive-trump-plots-trade-wars-2450764900.html

With more than 20 top officials present, including Trump and Vice President Pence, the president and a small band of America First advisers made it clear they're hell-bent on imposing tariffs — potentially in the 20% range — on steel, and likely other imports.

The penalties could eventually extend to other imports. Among those that may be considered: aluminum, semiconductors, paper, and appliances like washing machines.

One official estimated the sentiment in the room as 22 against and 3 in favor — but since one of the three is named Donald Trump, it was case closed.

No decision has been made, but the President is leaning towards imposing tariffs, despite opposition from nearly all his Cabinet.

In a plan pushed by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and backed by chief strategist Steve Bannon (not present at the meeting), trade policy director Peter Navarro and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, the United States would impose tariffs on China and other big exporters of steel. Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.

Everyone else in the room, more than 75% of those present, were adamantly opposed, arguing it was bad economics and bad global politics. At one point, Trump was told his almost entire cabinet thought this was a bad idea. But everyone left the room believing the country is headed toward a major trade confrontation.

xpost Now, see, that Holder tweet ... between that and all the other intimations afoot, does indeed seem like something wicked this way comes.

Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.
Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.
Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.
Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.
Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.
Neither Mike Pence nor Jared Kushner weighed in either way.

America's moral voice!

He might as well be.

I'm sorry, but Trump's behavior is not just beneath the dignity of the Presidency...but that of any decent man.

— Jerry Springer (@jerryspringer) June 30, 2017

At one point, Trump was told his almost entire cabinet thought this was a bad idea.

sorry jerry, but i need you to stand in front of a brick wall while saying that

Jerry Springer is both classier than Trump and has more successful executive experience (former mayor of Cincinnati.)

He might run for Congress, they say.

jfc @ trade war

The head of the NRA said: "academic elites, political elites, and media elites. These are America’s greatest domestic threats"

— JenAshleyWright (@JenAshleyWright) June 29, 2017

Good things these guys can't do anything about it

So the WSJ story about the (I guess now dead?) guy who may have worked with/for Flynn to get emails was apparently the "boom" to Wittes' "tick?" If they can prove that connection, and prove Flynn was working on behalf of Trump, yeah, that could be pretty bad. But I'm not sure they can prove it, which just makes it look bad for Flynn, even though he doesn't really need any more help on that front. I guess if they flipped him he could point more fingers, but I don't see Flynn flipping. Manafort, sure, but not Flynn.

Isn't the assumption that Flynn has already flipped?

^^ a lot of reporting today is saying that this may be the story that carries the Trump/Russia investigation forward

TPM had an interesting article a week ago arguing that Flynn may have already flipped
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/sheldon-whitehouse-flynn-cooperating-special-counsel-russia-investigation

Can't wait!

Chaffetz to write book about the ‘deep state’ https://t.co/gvG4kpqnqH

— Roll Call (@rollcall) June 30, 2017

I have to admit, I was amused by this response:

I guess he's postponing his autobiography, "I Am One Stupid Ex-Jew," until he finishes this one. https://t.co/s7UTkZhhp8

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 30, 2017

I feel for them

Email from Speaker Ryan's press office, sounds like they need a hug

"Despite What You May Hear, We Are Getting Things Done"

— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) June 30, 2017

"Despite What You May Hear, We Are Getting Things Done"

This sounds like the title of a good short story or a prize-winning novel.

"Despite all this rage, we are still just rats in a cage."

The Chaffetz Origin Story

Surprised Chaffetz can read, let alone write. (I know he's not the only righty with a book deal that I've said that about, but he really does seem like someone waters him twice a day.)

It's all fun!

NEW: Jared Kushner told Joe Scarborough: Talk to President Trump about "Enquirer" dirt https://t.co/xGTTJe7Zdy pic.twitter.com/e1UFvi2hjf

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 30, 2017