Trump, July 2017: Tweet more

"This is like a car crash. Everyone will slow down to look at the carnage but no one will get out to help," said one senior GOP aide.

I would say that this is indicative of GOP philosophy in general, except that's probably being unduly generous, a more appropriate analogy would involve them causing the crash in the first place

(but seriously what kind of asshole just drives by a crash without stopping to help)

the whole approach felt like a 'let's just do it and be legends, man' punt

Ooh, ooh, Can they somehow contrive to call it the LEGENDS Act?

"Legislation Endangering Geriatrics and Everyone Not Djillionaires, Seriously (LEGENDS) Act of 2017..."

Ah but of course

Sen. Cornyn on a floor hot mic to Sen. Young: "We're trying to figure out what to do with the individual mandates..."

TELL ME MORE PLZ

— Amelia Frappolli (@AmeliaFrappolli) July 26, 2017

Whoops!

CBO just scored the “skinny repeal” bill. 16M Americans would lose insurance + 20% spike in premiums, per senior Dem aide

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) July 26, 2017

Is anyone going to come up with an alternative direction? If not, are any Senate Republicans going to oppose a skinny repeal bill solely because of this lack of clarity about where this is all going? When asked this question, one of the current GOP aides answered, "Nope. Because [Majority Leader Mitch} McConnell has some mystical power to convince people he knows what he is doing."

It's really not McConnel Mystery Magic as much as it's the rest of the GOP senators being complete idiots...

Better late than never, etc. And is she wrong?

http://caitlynjenner.com/2017/07/my-response-to-president-trumps-attack-on-transgender-service-members/

maybe if more of these dimwits could be weaned from their 'team' and 'battle' metaphors enough to recognize that their offices entail duties to exercise their own judgment and oversight.... : (

wait, what?

https://theintercept.com/2017/07/26/steve-bannon-pushing-for-44-percent-marginal-tax-rate-on-the-very-rich/

Rumors just hit overdrive

Everybody in D.C. Shld b warned that the agenda for the judiciary Comm is set for rest of 2017. Judges first subcabinet 2nd / AG no way

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) July 27, 2017

NEW: Trump talks privately about a recess appointment to replace Sessionshttps://t.co/5pjKo0qw45 @CarolLeonnig @AshleyRParker @PhilipRucker

— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) July 27, 2017

Well, duh, of course he would. This piece of shit president is such a piece of shit on so many levels that I think I'm already burnt out on righteous indignation editorials. Like, fuck you, Trump, and fuck everything about you forever. When you were elected I was not sure the country would survive, and things have not gotten any better. So fuck you, Trump, fuck you forever until you die, and then fuck your kids and your name and everything about you.

It's a horribly fascinating botch to watch. Horrible because all of the real consequences, fascinating because it is, grimly.

Meantime

BREAKING: Bipartisan group of 10 Governors slams "skinny" repeal, agrees with McCain that the Senate should return to regular order. pic.twitter.com/YGE0Jm0YMB

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 27, 2017

Josh and Ned otm

Michael Lewis, meantime, with a big new story

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis

wait

government . . . actually does important things?

xp @reggie

Bannon is a culture warrior with larger aims than Trump, or the GOP. He's a populist, yes, but mostly fixated on a perceived decline of the West that came with the 18th century Enlightenment. Tax rates mean little to him, he's trying to roll back modernity. See the Ian Masters interview with Joshua Green, author of Devil's Bargain.

wait, what?

https://theintercept.com/2017/07/26/steve-bannon-pushing-for-44-percent-marginal-tax-rate-on-the-very-rich🕸/

The Intercept has been completely co-opted (if was ever "opted") as a psyops mouthpiece to sow discord in the left while pretending to be of the left, when it's not at all. It's mostly a venue for exaggerated, fact-challenged, unedited barf pieces where the upshot is always "Democrats Suck," to reinforce the insipid bubble that certain people (ahem) live in.

It should merit approximately as much credulity as the NYT editorial page, in other words, although since there's no print edition it's not as useful for a charcoal starter or birdcage liner.

Oh now THIS is fun

SCOOP: Senate Intel Committee Wants To Interview Chuck Johnson As Part Of Trump-Russia Probe https://t.co/ztODX6njWh @dailycaller

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) July 27, 2017

Even better -- it's about the GOP operative suicide guy

Johnson says that he believes that the committee wants to talk to him about his work with Peter Smith, a longtime GOP opposition researcher who formed a team of investigators and cyber sleuths last year to obtain emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private email server.

Johnson, who has reported for The Daily Caller in the past, says that he plans to accommodate the Senate committee, though he will insist on testifying in a public setting. If he ends up giving a closed-door interview, which has been the norm so far for the committee, Johnson says he will likely attend without an attorney present.

He did add that he plans to turn any Senate appearance into a “circus.”

I have a feeling this is not going to turn out the way he thinks.

I just used the word credulity either completely incorrectly or at least really awkwardly but the point stands that not even parakeets can take sufficient shits on the intercept to make it worth anyone's time.

It us

Man behind me at concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, pulls joint from pocket, prepares to light & asks friend: "Is Jeff Sessions still AG?"

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 27, 2017

Internal turf wars? Who knew?

Scaramucci financial disclosure spills... https://t.co/ALcQSRxTeI

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 27, 2017

In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony. I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept #swamp @Reince45

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 27, 2017

I just love how Reince is 'casually' tagged in that tweet.

lol, Christ I hope these assholes all eat each other

Are sentence fragments a topic of concern on Twitter?

when celebrities @ each other, do they expect that the other person will see it? reince probably gets @'d like 4000 times a day (most of those being variants of "hey @reince, fuck you!!!")

Hahah

In case there's any ambiguity in his tweet I can confirm that Scaramucci wants the FBI to investigate Reince for leaking.

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) July 27, 2017

Poop Will Eat Itself

Oh my god

Some in White House are trying to build a case that Priebus is a leaker — “a diagram” charting leaks, per senior official — to show Trump.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 27, 2017

Palace intrigue y'all

you don't even have to feed these guys bullshit, they'll smell it and follow it on their own

omg, don't ask me how i have this but i have obtained the diagram

http://i.imgur.com/CDYheHr.jpg

so weird that these guys use papyrus but nothing much surprises me anymore

This piece from a year ago in June, focused on Priebus, is well worth a reread.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/will-trump-swallow-the-gop-whole.html

That URL just confirms the diagram

Twitter is the White House Slack channel.

— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) July 27, 2017

Re: the Mooch reportedly ratting out Reince to the FBI, 1) it's not a felony to disclose a disclosure form and 2)

Does this idiot realize this now gives the FBI a non-Russia related reason to interview everyone on WH staff??? 😂😂😂 https://t.co/hH1gEowQbl

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 27, 2017

SCOOP: Senate Intel Committee Wants To Interview Chuck Johnson Tingle As Part Of Trump-Russia Probe https://t.co/ztODX6njWh @dailycaller
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) July 27, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 July 2017 02:36 (two hours ago) Permalink

at this point, makes sense.

TY Karl, real lols.

^^Co-sign. Haven't laughed that hard in awhile.

1: I want to take a moment to highlight how Senate Democrats are fighting against this bill so effectively.

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 27, 2017

hey i just finished reading the vanity fair piece ned linked to on the department of energy and it's fucking terrifying

Well, this is going to be fucking delightful.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/26/house-judiciary-committee-votes-to-probe-comey-and-clintons-2016-campaign

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to request documents about former FBI director James B. Comey’s conversations with the Obama administration and journalists, amending and replacing a Democratic resolution that was designed to obtain documents about Comey’s firing by President Trump.

Oh, boy, a Clinton investigation. We're getting the band back together!

I see on twitter that skinny repeal isn't reconciliation compliant. Can't post tweet for some reason.

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/hr1628selectedprovisions.pdf

Apparently the Mooch is going all out re Reince on CNN right now.

battle of the bastards

.@Scaramucci on CNN: "There are people inside the administration that think it is their job to save America from this president. Ok?"

— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) July 27, 2017