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The neglected puppy hired by Trump and abused by Trump.

Didn't the Trump admin early on make it difficult to report animal abuse or something? Playing the long game.

lol

really dgaf about the deck chairs on the titanic at this point, the entire cabinet is dysfunctional and it p much doesn't matter who any of them are since none of them can do their jobs. the reality tv soap opera of who's in?/who's out? is just some shit Trump does cuz that's all he knows how to do, but it's largely insignificant at this point since none of these jackals (except Sessions) know how to do a goddamned thing.

Man, this ICE gorilla speaking right now ...

Bears repeating once again, all this bullshit is playing out in a period of relative stability. If Trump Inc. can't handle stability, what kind of shit are we in for if and when disaster strikes?

If we're lucky, we'll get a parade of classic Busta Rhymes videos.

re: graham-cassidy - keeps federal taxes, passes off everything to the states incl. whether to keep mandates and medicaid expansion

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/lindsey-graham-bill-cassidy-health-care-plan/index.html

"Freedom Caucus will stop the bill we pass, which is my excuse for passing it" is not something I thought sens would be saying at this point https://t.co/wzHAHDhBV4

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 27, 2017

And hard to disagree with this

I think "skinny repeal" becoming law would be the worst all possible scenarios for Republicans, politically.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2017

Graham and Cassidy, who have been working closely with former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, argue that one of the main reasons that Republicans are having such a hard time agreeing is because they are working from the Obamacare template -- particularly federal control of health insurance.

"The reason we can't pass a bill is because we are trying to do it in Washington, so stop it," Santorum, a CNN contributor, told CNN. Both senators agree that the key to making their plan work, is giving states flexibility. "A blue state can do a blue thing, a red state a red thing," Cassidy said. "My state is going to repeal and replace Obamacare with something that gives power to the patient, but that starts with us giving power to the states."

isn't this a conflict of interest for Santorum?

That Al Jaffee fold-in is great, thank u for sharing

Hayes again:

The line from many GOP Senators today: "I will vote for this bill you wrote over lunch but only if you *guarantee me* it won't become law."

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 27, 2017

This ICE galoot speaking now ... could he be any less trustworthy when he asks immigrant communities to come forward to help them prosecute bad guys?

Profiles in Courage xp

a reminder why Sessions is awful:

The Department of Justice has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under former President Barack Obama.

The department’s move to insert itself into the New York case was an uncommon example of top officials in Washington opining directly in the courts on what is an important but essentially private dispute between a worker and his boss over gay rights issues. Civil rights advocates immediately criticized the filing not only for the arguments it advanced, but also for having been made on the same day that President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would be banned from serving in the military.

“The fold-in is a sort of bait-and-switch process,” Jaffee tells The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs. “The full-page scene asks and illustrates a question. After the page is folded, a surprise new scene and answer appear."

Imagine being the person who needs this explained to them. (IOW, imagine being...Chris Cilizza.)

Sanders demeanor at the podium like a kid reluctantly reading a book report.

Well, I win the day. Re that Reince/puppy anecdote:

Can someone do the appropriate Photoshop please? https://t.co/FTuRAjDfN5 pic.twitter.com/7NfT1evxro

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) July 27, 2017

This seems right up @darth's alley

— Scott Calvert (@Scott_Calvert) July 27, 2017

pic.twitter.com/OjVWybI8ct

— darth:™ (@darth) July 27, 2017

"See? It's all a hoax. Gotta run!"

That was like a Lionel Hutz exit.

Or, like, Snagglepuss.

Is Trump's use of ellipses new? He's got another two-part tweet today (which is kind of like breaking up a Ramones song into two parts on an 8-Track) about Russia. Coming soon: ampersands, semi-colons, and umlauts.

umlauts

appropriate seeing how he's a fucking nazi

I wonder if he's dumb enough to adopt Charles Pierce's The President* appellation if he's convinced the asterisk means he's a star?

xxpost

Just wait until he discovers emojis.

Too late! He dropped a completely non-sequitur movie camera emoji into a tweet yesterday.

http://www.watcherofthedawn.com/2017/07/09/golden-dawn-leader-griffin-donald-trump/

The chiefs of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, outer order of the Rosicrucian Academy of Alpha et Omega say they lost their dog, their car and nearly their lives after working magic to protect US President Donald Trump.
Imperator David Griffin and his wife Leslie McQuade were furious at those who have been working magic to hex Trump. Writing in his blog, Griffin said:

“The issue here is not whether or not you agree with the politics and policies of Donald Trump. The real question is whether or not a gaggle of Communist leaning magicians and witches should be permitted to topple a duly elected President of the United States or bind and curse the American people who voted for him.”

― mark s, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:34 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Amazing. RIP Redd Dogg you just weren't magical enough to defeat Communism.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/scaramucci-wears-womens-sunglasses/article/2009019#.WXo9fc4g5ZQ.twitter

Guess he's out.

Imagine if he wore women's underwear.

-John Lennon

Yes of course

BREAKING (CNN): Sources close to Trump say that he is "done with" his Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, but hasn't decided whether to fire him

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 27, 2017

guy famous for "you're fired" hates firing people

this is going to end with a primetime special with sessions and reince on stage, and trump deciding which of them (or both? or NEITHER?) will be fired, isn't it

Meantime, the Senate, everyone

I'm undoubtedly missing something, but I don't really get Senate GOP should want a conference if it can't pass anything itself

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) July 27, 2017

I've said this before - it's not that he hates firing people (he loves it!), it's that he *can't* fire any of the people in his cabinet without endangering himself. They all have dirt on him now.

xp

It's sad, he was a guy

"It's kind of hurtful," Sessions tells Fox of Trump's criticisms. But he wants to keep serving the president & they agree on many issues.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 27, 2017

the "get a bill to conference" thing is obvious, and Senate GOP leadership (Cornyn, I think?) has clearly said that that's the goal because once something's gone through conference they're hoping that will apply even more pressure to wavering "no" votes. Plus it buys them time.

xp

plus plausible deniability

A Politico headline for the ages. pic.twitter.com/imHROvdmOq

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) July 27, 2017

Aw, really?

NEW: Ron Johnson says the GOP pledge to repeal/replace Obamacare was an 'over-promise' https://t.co/pcKxSLgzuK

— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) July 27, 2017

you're just overtired, GOP

Lindsey Graham says he'll work with Freedom Caucus to make sure skinny repeal doesn't pass wout conference. We're in the strangest timeline.

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 27, 2017

I mean the thing is that increasingly it looks like the House could just call the Senate's bluff and vote on it and go on vacation.

Ok so here’s a quick thread recapping where the health debate is at now, which is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.

— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) July 27, 2017

Meantime

Circa is reporting a top FBI lawyer is allegedly under investigation for leaking classified information to the media https://t.co/VoOfqJAV2b

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 27, 2017

Meadows & Freedom Caucus publicly stating they won't vote for "skinny repeal" by itself w out conference.

and we all know how well Ryan is at corralling their votes...

Confidence!

Perdue on #SkinnyRepeal "The only possibly problem would be would the House take it up and actually have a vote on it."

— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) July 27, 2017

It's getting fun!

Rep. Carlos Curbelo says he would support skinny repeal, and that he would prefer no conference before the House passes it.

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 27, 2017

Argument I saw just now

Pretty dumb of House GOP to say publicly “we’ll pass skinny repeal!” when Senate moderates are leery of House rubber-stamping it

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 27, 2017

Have you considered they might want this to stay in the Senate's hands?

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) July 27, 2017

Yes, this makes sense. The House GOP also doesn’t want anything to pass. https://t.co/uqkQV3LmSb

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 27, 2017