After the fiasco of its first counter-terror effort, the Trump administration is barred from Yemen. https://t.co/p0h4CeKKsB
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) February 8, 2017
Spicer denies that the target of the Yemen raid was AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi. Says it was to get intelligence.
— Samuel Oakford (@samueloakford) February 7, 2017
@dandrezner that f***ing laptop better tell us where Luke Skywalker is
— Rogue Rogue One Acct (@ZeddRebel) February 8, 2017
(Or at the very least, Qassim al-Rimi’s pr0n stash… remember the hunt for Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction? Or the very nasty filthy videos said to be found at bin Laden’s compound?)
Trump 'shows true face of US,' says Iran's Supreme Leader https://t.co/cr7fKLaBhP
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 7, 2017
Nah, bro. He couldn’t even win the popular vote. https://t.co/DfJk2wyhBV
— Oliver Griswold (@originalgriz) February 7, 2017
NR
I don’t think you can call any mission in which an eight year old child is killed a success.
Anne Laurie
@NR: “Well, it’s not like she was an American… (whoops)… ” — GOP spokesthing, I’m predicting.
NR
@Anne Laurie: Sigh. I really hope not. Not that it makes much difference at this point I guess.
? Martin
The WH won’t abide by the Yemen decision. They’ll continue to take actions. Trump doesn’t recognize international law – he’ll force a showdown with DHS and the military leadership.
Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]
The IKOYAR that has been in Washington for at least the past 20 years is sickening. If Obama had messed up this badly on a special ops engagement, it would have been a year-long, 24/7, wall-to-wall, mini-series/movie coupled with weekly breaking news of live tearful pain of the next 3rd removed cousin reminiscing over a member of the team who had died.
Right now, a moderate amount of 2nd page articles where the administration is woodenly proclaiming victory, coupled with awkward silence. The only reason we are getting this much is only because his administration is staggeringly incompetent and leaking like a bucket that has been a target for a week downrange of 0.50 cal practice.
And it’s only the 3rd week of his presidency.
OzarkHillbilly
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]:
Following 2008, the GOP played the press for all they were worth, using them to get out the GOP propaganda about everything and anything Obama did, including the bad effects his playlist would have on Malia and Sasha. Following 2010, the GOP had a House majority and absolutely no shame or reluctance whatsoever about using it to create committees to investigate Obama’s smoking habits, Hillary’s sneezes, or Solyndra’s paper clip usage and demonize any and all DEMs or anyone associated with them. Following 2012 they did the same in the Senate. Give them credit where credit is due: It worked.
DEMs? Your turn.
montanareddog
This administration has had so much “alternative” winning in just 3 weeks, that I am already tired of it.
Seriously though, this concentration on Trump’s manifold inadequacies is becoming counter-productive. We know what he is and he cannot change and there is nothing to gain in facepalming about it incessantly. The real issue here are the other branches of government. So far, the Judiciary has shown some recognition of its responsibilities; Congress not.
Harry your Reps and Senators, of whatever party. Incessantly. Remind them that Congress is the primary of all branches. Original Intent was that the Presidency would be a weak institution – no more kings!
J R in WV
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]:
But do you think the Trump Administration could hit a bucket downrange with a .50 MG? ‘Cause I don’t. Well, maybe Mad Dog Warrior Monk….
amk
@OzarkHillbilly: Yup. The presstitudes were/are the enablers of rethugs’ traitorous brinkmanship.
low-tech cyclist
You know all those Republican Congresscritters who are running away from town hall meetings? They keep claiming that there are paid protesters and other Dems showing up from outside their districts that are mobbing these things.
That’s bullshit, of course, but I’ve thought of a way that the House Dems could call their bluff.
Pelosi and Hoyer should suggest to the GOP House leadership that all 435 Representatives should have their town hall meetings on the very same day. Pick a Saturday in early March to have time to get organized, plan town halls for all the Dem Representatives on that day, and dare the GOP to do likewise.
The idea is that maybe there could, in theory, still be paid protesters and Dems from Democratic districts mobbing GOP town halls just to cause trouble. But if all 239 GOP town halls were at the same time, the notion that Dem activists from outside were mobbing ALL of them would be totally ridiculous. Especially if the 196 Dem town halls being held at the same time were also quite well attended.
And this would make the GOP Reps either face their constituents, or explain why they were afraid to.
(Steny Hoyer is my Rep, and I’ve already left a voice mail suggesting this.)
TriassicSands
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]:
Damn, and here I thought it had been 3 years already. The exhaustion (mine) and the incredible number of mistakes (Trump’s) couldn’t have happened in less than 3 weeks. Sigh.
OzarkHillbilly
@amk: The Press thrives on outrage and chaos. They are reporting on everything Trump does, for a day or 2 until the next outrageous thing comes out. It ain’t enough. What DEMs need to do is begin investigating all the corruption in the admin out of their own pockets. There is a lot of low hanging fruit in there: Starting with Bannon’s voter registration shenanigans in FL. Pretty sure that is just the tip of a large iceberg of corruption. In fact, with Trump saying our voter registration is broken, why aren’t DEMs pressing that very fact every day?
DEMs can play the press too, but what’s needed is to give them focus. Bannon should be easy to attack, he has never acted with a politicians caution and must have left a long and wide trail of slime behind him. Could be the perfect place to start at gutting this admin.
Aleta
@OzarkHillbilly: I still believe in the power of the press.
OzarkHillbilly
@Aleta: It can do wonders. Look what the GOP did with it.
satby
@Aleta: I believe in the power of the owners of the press to enable the worst of what the Republicans do, because that’s what the press has been doing since the Reagan years.
DissidentFish
@Anne Laurie: Trump’s folks do not consider any Muslim to be American.
Chris T.
@NR: For the Trump administration, killing children is the measure of success. More children killed = better.
Denali
My daughter’s maid of honor is a Muslim whose mother is from Thailand and father from the United States. She just joined the DAR.
Mart
@Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]: I do not think Obama would get much airplay for a blown mission either. US news consumers never see videos of the women and children being pulled out of the rubble where the rest of the world does.
BobT
“In other news, the Trump administration has embarked on a world wide search for that which it sorely needs…”
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