Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Consistently wrong since 2002

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

I was promised a recession.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Not all heroes wear capes.

In my day, never was longer.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“But what about the lurkers?”

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Evening Round-Up Open Thread: The GOP, Party of White Collar Criminals

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Now, I’m not saying it’s all Republicans (she said, sanctimoniously), but there does seem to be something about that group’s cultural norms which encourages rule-breaking. Perhaps it is a failure of their upbringing, or they might be genetically inclined towards criminality…


(My guess: Donald Trump has only a tenth, or less, of Briody’s wealth!)



RICK GATES! There’s a name we’d almost forgotten, in the news torrent…

What’s that proverb from (what they claim is) their sacred text? He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent…

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  1. 1.

    lamh36

    @cmclymer
    Talked to a friend with an ear deep in GOP leadership circles. Asked them what their read is on Rosenstein/Mueller situation.

    “All the scuttlebutt has Rosenstein fired in the next 48 hours.”

    Keep your head on a swivel, folks, and be prepared to raise hell.

    5:27 PM – Apr 13, 2018

  2. 2.

    lamh36

    @sarahkendzior
    60m60 minutes ago
    More Sarah Kendzior Retweeted Mooneen
    Notably, Christopher Steele was so worried that the FBI had been compromised (in Trump’s favor) that he stopped cooperating with the FBI

    @mpkennison
    Follow Follow @mpkennison
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    Replying to @sarahkendzior
    Turns out that dossier is pretty reliable. It’s pretty bad when Christopher Steele was more concerned about our democracy than our own Congress

    https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/984936708104966144

  3. 3.

    The Dangerman

    Hey, maybe Trump WILL be the reason the swamp gets drained, at least a little bit; wasn’t the way he planned, of course, but I’m a results oriented kinda guy.

    News is fast and furious tonight. I shoulda stocked up on popcorn.

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    A reader commenter on a NYTimes thread suggested Team Mueller stay together and prosecute other white collar crime; not a bad idea. The rich have had a different system for years, and can afford legal talent to evade or greatly reduce their exposure.

    That has to stop.

  6. 6.

    The Dangerman

    @lamh36:

    All the scuttlebutt has Rosenstein fired in the next 48 hours.

    I wonder how many Deputy AG’s Trump will have to send packing to get the one that fires Mueller? Those will be helluva job interviews for those interested in the job. One qual only; fire the SC.

  7. 7.

    The Dangerman

    @FlyingToaster:

    I’m betting a a nuke in Syria.

    While a nuke ain’t gonna happen (at least not Syria), there is about to be one amazing Wag The Dog.

    Now, Iran and a nuke? Now we can talk.

  8. 8.

    The Dangerman

    ETA: Everyone at the salad bar at Applebee’s?

    ETA: Hold it. I clicked edit. DIdn’t I? I’m one beer in to the Friday so I don’t recall.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent…

    So many different translations at your link. Who knows what god really believes?

  10. 10.

    patrick ii

    I think Michael Avenatti should have his own show on MSNBC. He has been on at least one show every night for the last two weeks. And its been must see TV.

  11. 11.

    Marcopolo

    Lisa Green, Esq. on Chris Hayes: Cohen appears to be a central player in an NDA Industrial Complex. Ha ha.

  12. 12.

    TenguPhule

    @Elizabelle:

    The rich have had a different system for years, and can afford legal talent to evade or greatly reduce their exposure.

    All registered Republicans on the rich list should be given a choice.

    Total asset forfeiture. Or Tumbrels.

  17. 17.

    TenguPhule

    @FlyingToaster:

    At this point, I’m betting a a nuke in Syria.

    Too much risk of being effective action.

    Cruise missiles against Yemen. Because “hey why not” has been the Trump motto towards international affairs.

  19. 19.

    Dave

    @The Dangerman: When I’m feeling doe-eyed and Pollyanish that’s my take. HEC wins in 2016 we have another devastating 2018 midterm because let’s face it GOP along with the media would turn what tea she drinks into a massive scandal. 2020 is lost even more crazy redistricting locks in GOP congressional control. Trump winning may actually be the carastrophic event that changes things assuming of course that catastrophic event doesn’t kill us all or totally tear the country apart. Of course there is also Supreme Court, thanks a lot Mitch, and all the damage done in the meantime but like I said if I’m being all doe eyed and hopeful this may actually work out. The heighten the contradiction idiots may have been accidentally right this one, and only one, time

  22. 22.

    germy

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Trump to provide statement on Syria in 30 minutes

    Maybe he’ll fire Rosenstein during the statement. You know how his mind wanders.

  24. 24.

    Marcopolo

    Breaking: Word on Twitter is a strike decision has been made on Syria. Trump to make statement in next 30 mins.

  25. 25.

    germy

    @Dave:

    The heighten the contradiction idiots may have been accidentally right this one, and only one, time

    But so much collateral damage.

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    Reports coming on Twitter that something big is going on WRT Syria. I guess an immediate distraction was necessary.

  29. 29.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    NEW YORK (AP) — Popcorn futures post sizable gains in after hour trading on news Michael Cohen was in Prague paying hush money to hackers who broke into Democratic servers during the 2016 election.

  32. 32.

    germy

    Washington Post:

    Trump administration clips the wings of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

    In an opinion benefiting oil companies and others, guidance to federal wildlife police says a 100-year-old law can no longer be used to hold companies accountable for bird deaths unless killing birds was the “underlying purpose” of the activity that caused them.

  33. 33.

    Elizabelle

    @Dave: I am looking for that silver lining too. Some people have to live how bad it can get. Sad!

    This has to destroy a lot of the media industrial complex too. They are Republican enablers and feed off ugliness and controversy. How juvenile they are.

  34. 34.

    Davey C

    Not entirely sure why, but I feel very nervous about everything that’s happening right now.

  38. 38.

    Chet Murthy

    @Dave:

    The heighten the contradiction idiots may have been accidentally right this one, and only one, time

    The fackin’ Lenin-corpse-felchers will never, ever let us forget it, if this transpires.

  40. 40.

    Dave

    @germy: Yep so damned much. And that’s why it’s my shiny happy take where I pretend everything will work out.

  41. 41.

    Marcopolo

    @Baud: Who knows, if it’s sending missles maybe Rosenstein will be attached to one? It’s Trump anything’s possible.

  43. 43.

    Baud

    @Dave:

    The heighten the contradiction idiots may have been accidentally right this one, and only one, time

    The problem isn’t the theory. The problem is that its never a better alternative than avoiding the problem in the first place.

  48. 48.

    lamh36

    @MikevWUSA
    9m9 minutes ago
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    #BREAKING – United States to hit Syria. President Trump to deliver statement in approximately 30 minutes
    @WUSA9 @CBSNews

  50. 50.

    dmsilev

    @Davey C:

    Not entirely sure why, but I feel very nervous about everything that’s happening right now.

    “President Donald Trump” is probably why.

  51. 51.

    Waldo

    So Rosenstein gets the ax, then Mueller. Then what? A Trump loyalist takes over the investigation and declares Trump the least crooked prez ever. The “deep state” leaks more damning evidence. Twitler whines about it. Rinse and repeat until 2020?

  54. 54.

    dmsilev

    Trump is going to find out that Wag The Dog doesn’t work well on breeds with docked tails.

  55. 55.

    jl

    ” Mueller investigation keeps revealing…. there is a ton of un-prosecuted white collar crime in America. ”

    MY didn’t know that already? Do tell.

    My own sensible bothsidesdoit balanced moderate political self started crumbling during the Bush I administration, when I had a hard time distinguishing between what the GOP was doing and corporate white collar crime.

    I still mistrust the political and money establishments of both Dems and GOP, but realize that the GOP is miles worse in pretty much every way. And damn, I saw a tweet from Chuck D recently saying the same thing. Hey, call me a crazy radical, I guess.

  56. 56.

    MisterForkbeard

    @The Dangerman: I bet the plan is “declare Rosenstein is fired and dare everyone to treat him like he still works there.”

    Basically, fuck the details, we’re just going to fire him by fiat and threaten everyone into pretending it’s normal and okay.

  58. 58.

    piratedan

    @Adam L Silverman: nah… not really, just imminent missile strikes in the middle east and another likely firing of a high ranking DOJ official in the aftermath that all of the fucking dots are about connected leaving little doubt to our worst fears about the election of 2016 and who orchestrated and funded the operation and the aims of those who perpetrated it.

    Our media dares not call it for the treason that it is or point the accusatory finger on those who benefited.

    so in short, its Friday night… I might go see a movie.

  60. 60.

    The Dangerman

    @Waldo:

    Rinse and repeat until 2020?

    2024. Trump would be more than happy to win the same way (i.e., Russia).

  62. 62.

    Roger Moore

    @TenguPhule:

    All registered Republicans on the rich list should be given a choice.

    Total asset forfeiture. Or Tumbrels.

    I would assume we’ll just expropriate their estates, so what’s the point of giving them the choice?

  69. 69.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
    5 Sep 2013

    AGAIN, TO OUR VERY FOOLISH LEADER, DO NOT ATTACK SYRIA – IF YOU DO MANY VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN & FROM THAT FIGHT THE U.S. GETS NOTHING!

    4,354 replies 84,487 retweets 65,123 likes

    Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
    7 Sep 2013

    President Obama, do not attack Syria. There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your “powder” for another (and more important) day!

    869 replies 7,655 retweets 4,307 likes

    Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
    3 Sep 2013

    For all of those fools that want to attack Syria, the U.S.has lost the vital element of surprise-so stupid-could be a disaster!

    214 replies 731 retweets 426 likes

    Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
    5 Sep 2013

    All former Bush administration officials should have zero standing on Syria. Iraq was a waste of blood & treasure.

    730 replies 2,485 retweets 2,710 likes

    There’s a tweet for everything

  75. 75.

    Cheryl Rofer

  77. 77.

    lamh36

    Ya’ll will have to tell me what Chumps says exactly…I have manage to not hear the man speak unless I have been forced…and I plan to continue to never hearing it if I don’t have to.

  80. 80.

    MisterForkbeard

    @rikyrah: In what way? Be sure I’m not sure if that’s better or worse for Trump if Cohen was meeting hackers or other officials.

    Also, what does hush money for hackers mean in this case? Paying them to keep quiet about Trump’s own problems? Keeping quiet about their part in the campaign?

  82. 82.

    Mandalay

    @Marcopolo:

    Anyone think the attack is underway already?

    It is definitely already underway.

    Rosenstein’s coffee mug and the photo of his wife have just been put in a cardboard box by security. They’re about to pry open the drawers of his desk.

  88. 88.

    TenguPhule

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    It would be tactically stupid to make an announcement any period of time before doing so.

    Attacks will begin after Trump finishes then.

  91. 91.

    Cheryl Rofer

  92. 92.

    Elizabelle

    He has some nice pee-yellow roses over his left shoulder.

    And he looks calm. Guess there’s still time to go off script, though.

  99. 99.

    different-church-lady

    These must be the “party of family values” values I keep hearing so much about.

  101. 101.

    mainmata

    @The Dangerman: Also, remember that under the rules, a special counsel can appeal his dismissal to the courts which, for sure, would overturn a dismissal because there’s no except obstruction of justice.

  103. 103.

    randy khan

    @Dave:

    The heighten the contradiction idiots may have been accidentally right this one, and only one, time

    I don’t think they were talking about the contradictions between sane, honest people in government and raving lunatic criminals, though.

    And that’s not just snark. A lot of the really terrible substantive action in this Administration is well beneath the radar for most of the population, and what the “heighten the contradictions” crowd never understood is that even the people who are being massively harmed by a Republican-controlled government do not necessarily make the connection. In addition, as a general principle, losing an election pushes a party closer to the perceived center, not further out. (This particular era appears to be an exception, but it’s not the way you’d bet.) It’s unfortunate, to say the least, but it’s still true.

  105. 105.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    @Anne Laurie:

    Perhaps it is a failure of their upbringing, or they might be genetically inclined towards criminality…

    Yup. If minorities had did this, the usual suspects in the media would be screaming about “personal responsibility”. If white liberals had did this, the usual suspects in the media would be screaming about the 60s and permissiveness and school prayer.

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