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No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

We still have time to mess this up!

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

This really is a full service blog.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

In my day, never was longer.

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

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

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Always fun, mocking The Most Powerful Guy, who can’t rest for those godsdamned mosquitos…

In case you missed the original kerfuffle…

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  1. 1.

    debbie

    No one could possibly make Donald Trump look worse than Donald Trump. Proof that he’s the leaker.

  2. 2.

    TenguPhule

    ““To cover my tracks, I usually pay attention to other staffers’ idioms and use that in my background quotes. That throws the scent off me.”

    The flock is composed entirely of wolves in sheep’s clothing.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    Well, can think of certain individuals in the White House who I would like to take a leak on.

  5. 5.

    piratedan

    and tbf, the remainder of the GOp loves it, because it deflects the attention from what a heinous group of evil folks that they are, both in providing cover for this asshat, being just as corrupt as the Trump Administration and rarely being called to task for their own misdeeds, of sending up odious pieces of legislation that are just as self serving as the SOB who’s in the Oval office.

  8. 8.

    Mary G

    The fish rots from the head, Twitler.

    I would love to know how many people were in the meeting with Sarah Sanders when she yelled at them for leaking. Five people promptly leaked, so if there were ten, that’s half.

  9. 9.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    John Miller and John Barron are gonna get fired. They’re the biggest leakers in the whole building.

  11. 11.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    Rush Limbaugh said he knows the identity of an alleged FBI mole that worked on the Trump campaign and noted the entire Russia investigation is “utterly phony.”

    The conservative radio host talked about the Russia probe on his radio show Monday and claimed to know who the FBI planted in the Trump campaign — although he would not reveal the person’s name. Limbaugh said the mole helped jumpstart the investigation into Russian collusion, which he indicated began when former Trump campaign associate George Papadopoulos got drunk in a London bar and told an Australian diplomat the Russians had some of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s missing emails.

    ***

    “The whole thing was a setup. It was perfect entrapment 101.”

    The evidence must be so overwhelming they’ve given up on claiming the evidence/charges are false. So instead they’re conditioning the sheeple to think the liberal FBI entrapped Drumpf into committing treason.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    Trump and his White House work hard at being the opposite of Obama and his White House. The Trumpenvolk have been particularly successful at being the opposite of clean, discreet, and professional.

  14. 14.

    NotMax

    @David Merry Christmas Koch

    This is the new new conspiracy theory*, intended to misdirect and obfuscate. Promulgated in the Wall Street Journal, no less.

    *The old new conspiracy theory is in mothballs for the nonce.

  15. 15.

    JDM

    @Mary G: it was probably four people. One of them was so eager (and with the typically poor memory of Trump staffers) they leaked it twice!

  19. 19.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    The so-called leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible.

    Trust me, you do that just fine all by yourself, Trumpenfuhrer

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    @Baud

    Never ever feel bad about quitting.

    Uh-oh. Sounds suspiciously like setting up a Baud/Palin run.

    :)

  25. 25.

    Mary G

    WaPo says none of the GOP senators who met with Twitler said boo to him about either Kelly Sadler’s insult of John McCain or the fact that he undermined the sanctions on ZTE.

    “I’ve said how I feel about the comment about Senator McCain. It was unconscionable. I think everybody involved should apologize,” said Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) as he exited the lunch held at the U.S. Capitol. “But this was a policy meeting, right? It was policy-driven.”

    Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who has had his own personal spats with Trump, added: “That’s not what we do in those meetings.”

    Brave, brave, Sir Robin!

  27. 27.

    Steve in the SFO

    So I put a witness on the stand? And she’s named Amber? And she’s from San Diego? And she works in marketing? And I had to try so very hard not to smack her with my legal pad when she turned every statement into a question?

    Omg y’all!!!

  28. 28.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Hope they go well! I recently quit my bussing job and I’m happier for it. My current cashier job is so much easier and pays more. I recently went back to the banquet center I worked at as favor when they called me in to work for a sit-down luncheon with over 1,000 people.

    We didn’t have enough staff to deal with it. I was assigned to 3 rows of 6 tables, each with 8 people at them. I had to run food out to a server and that was all we had for my section. People kept asking for more coffee and bread but I didn’t have enough time to do all of that. I was only there for 3 hrs and it was absolute hell and I’m glad I quit.

    Even the worst days at my current job pale in comparison.

  38. 38.

    Mnemosyne

    Totally random, but does anyone here take Symbicort for asthma? It always makes me nervous when my doctor prescribes something where the potential side effects include “sudden death.” ?

  40. 40.

    Steve in the SFO

    @jacy: hey that’s really good!

    @NotMax: I’m normally opposed to the death penalty, but….

    @Ken: maybe at least one of the kitchen staff? Though if they were truly decent people they would have poisoned that fat fuck by now.

  49. 49.

    TenguPhule

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:

    We weren’t either, but they still charged gratuity. They made a killing on New Years Eve, Easter, and Mother’s Day pocketing the tips.

    That’s illegal and the Dept of Labor should be informed.

    /Or rather it was supposed to be illegal…..

  50. 50.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Mnemosyne:
    Lots of drugs have all sorts of side effects.

    Only 1% of all patients taking a medication ever experience any adverse side effects.

  51. 51.

    jacy

    @Steve in the SFO:

    Thanks! I’ve been trying art therapy to stay sane until the universe returns to normal. It makes me less likely to defenestrate myself than watching the news. I’m working towards doing customized pet portraits, because I find critters more soothing. Maybe by the end of the month I’ll be ready to go for it. I did start an Etsy shop, mostly going in a lot of different directions. I’ve done a bunch of dogs for friends and family, but I haven’t posted them anywhere because they’re gifts I haven’t given out yet.

  52. 52.

    Kraux Pas

    @Mnemosyne: I don’t suppose there’s a pharmacist you could call and ask about it?

    My understanding is that they have to report everything that shows up in clinical trials. Even if there is a risk, though, I doubt anyone who experienced that particular effect is here to answer you.

  53. 53.

    Sab

    @Steve in the SFO: She might have been a relative of mine, except only one of us lives in San Diego. My whole family does that. It drives my husband insane (“Commit to a thought, please!”)

  56. 56.

    Mnemosyne

    @Kraux Pas:

    I think my dad used to take it for his COPD and he died from other (all smoking-related) causes, so that’s … good?

  59. 59.

    Mike in NC

    The beatings in the West Wing will continue until morale improves, says Captain Chaos.

  64. 64.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @TenguPhule:
    Yeah it is, but the people who own and manage it have local connections with old mob figures as well as local political connections. They also didn’t have enough storage for all the stables and chairs so they put the excess in the fire exit hallway in the rear of the building.

  66. 66.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @raven:
    If I won $125 million dollars I’d put myself through Yale, not dump shit on my boss’ lawn.

  71. 71.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Baud:
    Well, yeah, but I’m not petty like that. I also have no interest getting into trouble with the law and getting a negative story in the national media.

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Baud: So many people are so limited in their thinking. One could also build an underground and/or mountain top lair.

  75. 75.

    Jeffro

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Nunes is saying the same thing – the whole thing was a “setup”

    Really? So Team Trumpov was just sitting there, Innocent as lambs, doing nothin’ wrong, and somehow those dastardly Deep State boys tricked ‘me into doing something wrong (and probably also by accident, of course!)

    Ugh

  76. 76.

    TenguPhule

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    One could also build an underground and/or mountain top lair.

    Do you have any idea how long an environmental impact statement report takes for one of those? //

  77. 77.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    You could also spend $75 million of it on a fake presidential campaign just to piss off a superpowered alien because he bruised your ego just by existing.

    If anyone gets this reference I will love you forever. I know Adam would.

  82. 82.

    Ruckus

    @Baud:

    Never ever feel bad about quitting. It is one of the great joys in life.

    Two best days.
    1. Telling the CEO of my last job that I was quitting and when he asked why, that my boss was a drunk. I think the CEO was the last person in the company to actually know.
    2. This one really wasn’t about quitting but still a good day about leaving a job. Being shown a radiogram on a Tuesday that totally unbeknown to me, I was being discharged from the Navy any time before noon on that Friday. Of course I walked off the ship at 11:59am. Friday. They needed that time to fuck with me as much as possible.

  83. 83.

    momus

    Ya know, “leaker” has a special meaning among small boat sailors. I shouldn’t need to explain beyond Trump is a leaker.

  84. 84.

    Schlemazel

    @Steve in the SFO:
    I am forced to work with a bunch of 20-something ‘professional’ college educated women from a major consulting company (think toilet and douche) and 90% of them speak like that constantly. I want to jab my eardrums with a fork to make it stop.

  85. 85.

    smintheus

    I’m watching PA primary results, waiting to find out whether my fellow Dems in PA-7 are actually going to do the insane thing and nominate anti-immigrant bigoting, abortion-rights denying, gun-mayhem loving, Trump-suck-uping John Morganelli for Congress. He’s not somebody I can vote for.

    There’s a great alternative in Susan Wild. Morganelli’s buddies in No Labels have been smearing her for months with outlandish lies linking her to the corruption in Allentown – corruption that in reality she helped to expose.

  86. 86.

    glory b

    So, I saw that Jeff Weaver has written a book called “How Bernie Really Won,” or some such nonsense. He came on All In as a sub for Wilmer’s bi-weekly tongue bath from Chris Hayes.

    As best I can figure, his theory is that the Dem enthusiasm is all a direct result of Wilmer’s primary race.

    He’s also talking about how the Dems need to work hard to get back all of the votes we lost.

    Neera Tanden is being remarkably tolerant.

  89. 89.

    Schlemazel

    @Major Major Major Major:
    Smart waiters & waitresses tip out the bus help. If they do more than clear tables well the percentage goes up.

    Also, too. I had forgotten about your quiting so when I red that I thought you meant elected Republicans. You’ll be glad you quit, they didn’t deserve you.

  91. 91.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Schlemazel:
    It’s a banquet center and we don’t officially get tips. We’re paid the full minimum wage. Also, We don’t have waitresses. We sometimes double as servers when it’s a sit-down as opposed to a buffet.

  92. 92.

    raven

    @Steve in the SFO: Miss Teen USA 2007 – South Carolina answers a question

    I personally believe that U. S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U. S. should help the U. S., uh, or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq, and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.

  95. 95.

    Ruckus

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
    I got put on a drug that gave me massive and not at all fun hallucinations. This drug has been prescribed for 70 yrs with very minor side effects for better than 95% of patients. My doc, who was about 60 has been prescribing it for over 30 and had never seen anyone with this issue. He didn’t believe me. I told him that I’ve never done acid but I’ve known a number of people who have and this was by far the worst trip I’d ever been told about.
    So, just so you know, I’m in the 1% now.

  97. 97.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    @Steve in the SFO:
    Did she really say “omg y’all” out loud? I don’t talk like that. But then I’m something of an anomaly in my generation. I sometimes say “man” at the end of a sentence. I hate it when people address me as “bro”, too, online especially when they don’t know what my gender is. My one friend from HS does it all the time when texting.

  100. 100.

    Schlemazel

    @glory b:
    I am unfamiliar with her but will try to remember it now to avoid hearing her. It is a crime when people who really have something to say insiste on such an annoying affectation.

  105. 105.

    Schlemazel

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
    I was responding to m^4’s comment about bussing.

    It may be illegal if they are collecting tips for the servers but not giving them to the servers. Depends on the state you are in I suppose.

    It is worse for back of the house. Cooks almost never get tipped out. I have worked both halves & the money is so much better out front it is ridiculous, particularly when the cooks can make or break a dinner. Even in the high end places most cooks make minimum wage. I have no idea how they afford their cocaine.

  106. 106.

    Sab

    @jacy: I love [email protected]? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: He nominally lives in Atlanta and came from Memphis.

    In the South people do actually say y’all. My family is six generations Ohio, but I spent my first twelve years in the South, plus three years of grad school, and I can’t get away from saying it.

    “You guys” isn’t gender neutral. “Y’all” is.

  111. 111.

    Brachiator

    @TenguPhule:

    Do you have any idea how long an environmental impact statement report takes for one of those?

    This is one of the reasons being a supervillain is so expensive. You have to hire an entire staff of hench persons to handle the paperwork and approvals before you can even begin breaking ground on your secret lair.

  114. 114.

    clay

    From the Axios piece:

    A former senior White House official who turned leaking into an art form made a slightly more nuanced defense of the practice. “Leaking is information warfare; it’s strategic and tactical — strategic to drive narrative, tactical to settle scores,” the source said.

    This sounds like someone whose name rhymes with “Beve Stannon”.

  117. 117.

    Mike in NC

    TV news is reporting that thousands of public school teachers will be gathering in the state capital Raleigh tomorrow to protest lousy salaries and benefits and other longstanding grievances. For some reason this state ranks almost at the bottom for those things. Hard to believe but there it is…

  120. 120.

    Chet Murthy

    @Sab: Something I noticed starting in Jan 1996 (I was out of the country Sep 1991-Aug 1994, so maybe it changed in-between). I grew up in DFW, and everybody growing up had Texas accents. Everywhere, including Dallas. I interviewed for a job in Dallas in Jan 1996, and at lunch, the waitress …. talked like she was from The Valley (you know, Beverly Hills 90210, etc). It was uncanny. And over time, I noticed that, more and more younger Texans had weak-to-no Texas accents. Instead, they had that Southern California thing, including the “uptalking”, y’know? [sic]

    I gotta say, while it might grate on some people’s ears, I LOVE IT. ANYTHING other than a Texas accent, AMEN!

    P.S. They do say “y’all” as the plural of “you”. I still do it from time-to-time, though not often.

  125. 125.

    Corner Stone

    Not really a big fan of Fettywap like Cole seems to be. He’s got that failed Bernie guy stink all over him.

  126. 126.

    Amir Khalid

    @Chet Murthy:
    Funny. “You all” is also an informal second-person plural pronoun in Malaysian English (and in Malay, too; everyone here knows those two languages at least, and using all the languages you know together in conversation is a common habit).

  130. 130.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @glory b: As best I can figure, his theory is that the Dem enthusiasm is all a direct result of Wilmer’s primary race.

    Did he mention the Stein votes that delivered WI, PA and MI to trump? Does he see any connection?
    /rhetorical

    Neera Tanden is being remarkably tolerant.

    We don’t want them to wish us into the cornfield. Again.

  132. 132.

    Corner Stone

    @glory b: It’s why I don’t watch Hayes any longer. I also find TRMS unwatchable as well unless there is a sub in there.

  134. 134.

    Corner Stone

    Come get you some.

    Josh Smith
    ‏Verified account @joshjonsmith

    BREAKING: KCNA says North Korea will “reconsider” summit with Trump if U.S. insists on it giving up nuclear program, says it will never give up its nuclear program in exchange for economic trade with the United States

    Reuters Top News
    ‏Verified account @Reuters

    JUST IN: North Korea says will never engage in economic trade with the U.S. in exchange for giving up its nuclear program – KCNA. For the latest on #NorthKorea, follow our live blog https://reut.rs/2L2w2YU

  136. 136.

    NotMax

    @Amir Khalid

    Also too, Spanish in Spain. Vosotros (informal) versus ustedes (more formal).

    Outside of Spain, the latter is generally used as a both formal and informal construction (and always takes third-person verb conjugation, but that’s another story).

  138. 138.

    Peale

    @Brachiator: at the same time you’re competing with Bruce Wayne who can build his crime fighting lair because he owns a big company, has the city declare his property a FTZ free from regulations, and everyone looks the other way because he brings up his childhood tragedy whenever someone looks closely. And Superman who builds his in international waters. Neither hires union labor.

  139. 139.

    NotMax

    @NotMax

    Once the powers that be took away the plates of crullers and danishes, Hayes as host markedly declined.

  141. 141.

    Corner Stone

    KJU just rolled up his copy of Forbes magazine and is spanking Trumps ass like Clockwork Orange.

  143. 143.

    jl

    @Corner Stone: I thought NK would string their gambit out longer.
    I thought Trump had already moved the goal posts on what NK denuclearization meant, so they could have their warheads and preserve some development capability.

    Some international relations pundsters were saying NK was going to take Trump to the cleaners in order to drive a wedge between US on the one hand and SK and Japan on the other.

    I am puzzled.

  144. 144.

    Corner Stone

    HAHAHAHAHAHA

    Donald J. Trump
    ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

    I will be speaking to my friend, President Xi of China, this morning at 8:30. The primary topics will be Trade, where good things will happen, and North Korea, where relationships and trust are building.

  145. 145.

    smintheus

    Wow, Morganelli has already conceded in a very tight race! What a relief we won’t have to deal with that doccia borsa.

  147. 147.

    Corner Stone

    @jl:

    Some international relations pundsters were saying NK was going to take Trump to the cleaners in order to drive a wedge between US on the one hand and SK and Japan on the other.

    KJU has already driven that wedge. Both SK and Japan knew the US was being a simpleton in their rhetoric and lack of preparation. The main thing Pres Moon of SK wants is to warm their relationship with NK. Now what is big stupid ego face Trump going to do?

  148. 148.

    Peale

    @Corner Stone: makes sense. They seem rather testy today that Trump hasn’t made any pre talk concessions like they think he’s supposed to.

  149. 149.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @jl: @Corner Stone: I thought NK would string this gambit out longer.
    I’m a bit surprised they’re pushing back so hard, so fast, so soon, only because, as you say

    Some international relations pundsters were saying NK was going to take Trump to the cleaners in order to drive a wedge between US on the one hand and SK and Japan on the other.

    trump would sell our allies out for a photo-op, it think the No Koreans know this, and I’m sure Xi knows it. Abe may be realizing giving trump a silly hat wasn’t enough.

  150. 150.

    Brachiator

    @Peale:

    And Superman who builds his in international waters. Neither hires union labor.

    With Bruce Wayne, it’s tricky because it’s hard to use any hired labor to build a secret lair and keep it, well, secret. Superman don’t got to hire nobody. The Fortress of Solitude is the biggest DIY project in history.

  151. 151.

    NotMax

    @Corner Stone

    In Beijing: “No, Mr. President, that’s not poorly muffled laughter you hear in the background.” (places hand over mouthpiece) “Guys, I know it’s hard but try to stifle it.”

  153. 153.

    jl

    @Corner Stone: Seems like NK had a chance of really taking Trump to the cleaners even more if they had strung out their previous negotiating position. Trumpsters were signaling they’d cave on Trump’s previous demands.

    Maybe they are testing to see if they can get more movement their way.

    I am for negotiating with NK, even if it will be a very difficult long term game, as opposed to Dub’s BS chest pounding and do nothing approach, and over war. But seemed to me Trump was going to make huge blunders and NK was going to say ‘go right ahead, you are such a hard bargainer, you scared me so much, let’s talk, Owwee oweee, oweee!’ All the while the Trumpsters were ready to back away from demands Trump made earlier.

  157. 157.

    NotMax

    @Brachiator

    Alfred Pennyworth, jack of all trades.

    “I’m afraid dinner will be delayed tonight, Master Bruce, until after I finish assembling this nuclear reactor.”

  159. 159.

    Brachiator

    @NotMax:

    Dolt 45’s presidential library will be the Fortress of Narcissitude.

    Featuring a hall of gold rimmed mirrors with a single chair in the middle of the room.

  160. 160.

    Patricia Kayden

    @TenguPhule: The President is the head wolf but without the sheep’s clothing. I assume only horrible people would work for him so of course his White House is leaking like a sieve.

  162. 162.

    danielx

    @NotMax:

    Well, can think of certain individuals in the White House who I would like to take a leak on.

    Nope. Not a one of them, and especially not if they were on fire.

  167. 167.

    Bruce K

    I wonder if there’s anyone left in the halls of power with the brass nerve to bring a printout of the Constitution to the Oval Office, with Article 3, Section 3 highlighted. Every time the man brings up the T-word, that’s what flashes in my head.

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