WATCH: Chuck Todd unloads on "crazy" Trump White House: “It's like we're living inside a parody" https://t.co/4ayF4yl88Y pic.twitter.com/9daVBVivyW
— The Hill (@thehill) February 9, 2018
Chuck Todd said Hillary Clinton was “overprepared” for a fucking debate he can have several million seats. https://t.co/H2PjNryIXP
— Celia (@_celia_marie_) February 9, 2018
Chuck Todd don’t care that Trump is a sexist, racist, xenophobic liar, but he has very strong feelings about the “dignity” of… the political press, as represented by Chuck Todd. And every single day, Donald Trump clues a few more rubes in on the gaff. If it’s all a cheapjack game show, why pay Chuck Todd seven figures for what so many bloggers will give away for free?
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Trump's closing argument in the '16 election was that Hillary Clinton would be mired in endless scandals and controversy.
But since taking office, Team Trump has been stuck in a year of permanent scandal https://t.co/ZX8nf9jrvA pic.twitter.com/WzEk4Ag1Bf
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) February 9, 2018
NotMax
Crisis averted.
Used up the last of the vodka last night. Luckily, today was the once a month shopping expedition to town.
BTW, have gasoline prices spiked upwards where y’all are? Closing in fast on $4 for regular. Again.
? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?
@NotMax:
Wow. Prices are only around $2.40 a gallon where I live.
The Dangerman
Yeah, what happened to gas? In CA, the new taxes hit, but that was months ago.
I think I saw $3.45 on the typical corner last night (I fill up at Costco, and last time was $3.09, IIRC).
Any bets on how long Trump keeps the Democratic Memo under lock and key to protect … well, himself? I’m guessing his taxes will come out first and that will be the first of never.
Villago Delenda Est
Chuckles is facing fierce competition from Chris Cillizza for that coveted first spot on the Village tumbrel manifest. He is upping his game.
Karmus
Gas be around $2.559, $2.609, like that in LA (Lower Alabama). For now….
I wonder if Mueller has seen Trump’s tax returns?
Yutsano
@The Dangerman: They’re ranging between $2.69 and $2.81 here. But I have noticed an upward trend.
lahke
Probably a temporary spike from last week when gas hit $70/barrel. Down to $60 today.
Dan B
.30 cents per gallon here.. Nissan Leaf $1.00 of Seattle electricity for 100+ miles. Of course there’s the $6.00 per day lease, minus the lack of maintenance costs (oops, tire rotation) We have to negotiate who gets to drive it… or has to suffer with the pickup.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@Villago Delenda Est: Who says there has to be only one? The great thing about tumbrels is they’re not Highlander or Thunderdome.
KickBoxBanana
Chuckles Toddler trying to be the first person to the back of the line.
Jewish Steel
Tonight my wife misspoke and said, “Quid pro crow.” Then recovered quickly, “That’s when you give me a thing and I give you something shiny in return.”
Major Major Major Major
The Onion: Frustrated Hope Hicks Wishing She Could Find One Nice Guy In This Autocratic Personality Cult
Sab
@Jewish Steel: She’s quick. Well done.
Waldo
Not just Chuckles. NPR was killing Trump over his mealy-mouthed Porter statement. Better late than never, I guess, but jeezuz, where have these people been?
Chyron HR
@Waldo:
At least Trump DID issue a statement. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton has been damningly silent on the Porter controversy.
Mrs. D. Ranged in AZ
@Chyron HR: lmfao! That warmed the cockles of my cynical heart
OzarkHillbilly
@Chyron HR: I’ll bet Hillary is still defending Huma over her husband’s dick pics.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Chyron HR: I’m sure there’s an email on her secret server.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Parodies are funny. This is a horror show.
OzarkHillbilly
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Good. The Russians will hack it, then Wikileaks will “edt” and release it.
Kathleen
@Chyron HR: Has CNN posted the clock yet?
p.a.
I was wondering why it took the Big Media Boyz so long:trash humanity, well both sides blah blah blah; slag the brotherhood, you BAD! But they’ve been slagging the Boyz since the advent of Rushbo.
Sam
What do you want to bet someone at the White House suggested to a Walton that Rachel Brand needed a very good job at Walmart?
hueyplong
Isn’t Brand eligible for a $1,000 bonus if she stays at Walmart for 20 years?
Brachiator
@Major Major Major Major:
Proving once again that, with Trump, the line between farce and reality has been obliterated.
hueyplong
@Brachiator: This was foreshadowed when SNL writers said Screw it and went with transcripts of Palin’s own words.
Amir Khalid
@hueyplong:
Do people stay at Walmart that long? I hear that once you get some seniority and start climbing the pay scale, they begin looking for excuses to get rid of you.
m.j.
I was imagining Chuck Todd filling out the form for his new job.
Are you capable of introspection?
Yes
No
Do you know what the word introspection means?
Yes
No
kindness
Chuck Todd lost me when he defended Fox News as legitimate news rather than the Pravda it is.
hueyplong
@Amir Khalid: To say nothing of the fact that they’ll be rescinding the whopping $1k bonuses the second the media starts chasing a different rabbit, and if not then, they’d immediately discontinue the practice upon the election of any Democrat.
p.a.
Regarding Chuck et al the title should be WeatherVain…
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
@kindness: Chris Hayes just says Trump TV when he talks about Fox. He doesn’t even offer a gloss.
Brachiator
@hueyplong:
Wal-Mart and other companies have been clear that these are one time bonuses.
The media have actually been pretty good in noting this, and also in reporting that companies are using anticipated tax breaks to fund severence payments related to layoffs and stock buy backs.
The amount going to employees as wages and bonuses is, as to be expected, a trickle.
Johannes
@p.a.: He probably thinks this song is about him.
zhena gogolia
@kindness:
Wasn’t that Jake Tapper? I always get them mixed up.
Just one more canuck
@hueyplong: they won’t rescind the bonuses, they’ll claw them back by reducing hours
Aunt Kathy
I just figure Chuckie has been seeing clips of Jake Tapper and thinks, hey, I can do that.
Ken
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
Don’t forget the horror parodies, most of which manage to be neither funny nor horrifying.
Ken
@Amir Khalid: It would be kind of funny if Rachel Brand’s job disappears after six months. “Sorry, not really the right person for the job, and we’re eliminating it anyway.”
Citizen Alan
@kindness:
Chuckles lost me when he asked Obama in complete seriousness whether he would veto a health care bill passed by Congress without any Republican votes because something something of bipartisanship.
Kathleen
@kindness: Well the Black Guy said that so he felt compelled to resist Obama’s tyrannical attack on journalmalism.
Tenar Arha
Jeffrey Toobin’s impulse tweet yesterday was an illustration in miniature of how fecking bad our media pundits really are. His first impulse with the Porter revelations was to find a woman to criticize for not responding to “the controversy” rather than to criticize that man’s supervisors. So he goes after Gillibrand who probably didn’t even know of the existence of that Porter slime before 48 hours ago, instead of Hatch or Kelly who knew him and/or had the information!
Yeah sure, I noticed Toobin took it back, but somehow it’s seems even worse after thinking about it for another day.
catclub
@The Dangerman:
unlike the continual news of the Hillary scandals, Trump just says no to releasing and the press lets it go. His Taxes are only one example of this.
Archon
Trump’s closing argument was, “I’m a white man in a country that should be for white men”.
Let’s stop pretending it was anything else.