Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

The willow is too close to the house.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

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

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

The revolution will be supervised.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

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

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Bark louder, little dog.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

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  3. 3.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    It’s a coup. Unelected and unaccountable officials run the executive branch. Let that sink in.

  6. 6.

    Patricia Kayden

    The Senior Official who wrote the op-ed is fine with keeping Trump in office as long as Republicans get their awful policies signed, regulations repealed and Judges confirmed. That’s pretty much the long and short of it.

  9. 9.

    TenguPhule

    Only a fucking Republican would think committing treason to defend the country from a treasonous lunatic was a good idea.

    And the Republicans in both the Legislative and Judicial branches are just fine with this.

  10. 10.

    dmsilev

    @Patricia Kayden: Basically this. Not to go all Godwin, but it inescapably brings to mind the German industrialists who were just fine with Hitler pouring money into rearming Germany and beating up labor-union members, but chose to turn a blind eye towards everything else.

  11. 11.

    Francis

    Re-read the op-ed from the position of a Republican donor. The writer is telling them not to lose their nerve and to keep the checkbook open. Yes, the op-ed states, we empowered a moron. But don’t worry because the mandarins are in control. There’s just enough apocalyptic language to get the NYT to publish it, but it’s really nothing more than a donor pitch

  12. 12.

    toschek

    I remember 6 years ago when Glenn Beck was complaining about Obama’s unaccountable czars running the country, and here we’re in 2018 and it’s actually happening! This is nothing short of a coup, and our government is being run by anonymous cowards wrapping themselves in the flag and patting themselves on the back for destroying the environment while running up an incomprehensible tab on useless tax cuts. People should be taking to the streets over this shit! Fuck the Kavanaugh hearings, we need a national strike like yesterday!

    Sorry if I sound crazy, but this is maybe one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen.

  13. 13.

    TS (the original)

    GOP operative and the NYT trying to distract from the SCOTUS nomination – the opposite has been suggested on Maddow show – but I go with the former.

  16. 16.

    Marcopolo

    The op-ed writer is obviously Wilbur Ross. Oh those droopy eyes, that sloth-like demeanor. He’s been playing us all for fools since the very beginning. And Carson is in on it too!

  19. 19.

    sukabi

    @Patricia Kayden: it’s kinda been the Republican MO since Reagan. They’ve just taken it to the extreme this time. The only two president since Nixon that wasn’t being a puppet for someone was GHWB.

  25. 25.

    jimmiraybob

    Motive: As a political move this puts Pence in a position to clean up after God makes him president. Very Biblical all around.

    Motive: Still young and not in prison, Ivanka is the only one that trump wouldn’t have summarily executed if he had the power.

    Motive: Trump would be free to flee to one of his foreign palaces and live his life like a wronged king waiting for his chance to return to reclaim his rightful crown. He will die a tragic broken man – empty – mumbling “where is my Cohn?” “where is my military parade?” “where is my space force?” “bring me the traitors!.” In his mind he will have been the greatest Sovereign Lord eveh to build and lead a mighty Christian empire! Before the betrayal. A witches chorus will mock him without mercy. Very Shakespearean.

    Glad Lily is doing well.

  30. 30.

    TenguPhule

    Embattled House Republicans shrug off gloomy outlook and hope for ‘no drama’ ahead of midterms

    Wapo headline.

  31. 31.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    If I had to bet, I think I’d go with Kelly. Along with everybody else, it sickens me that we’re watching a soft golpe here. To paraphrase what Dan Coats said a few months ago, the lights are blinking fucking red right now. I don’t know what the fuck we need to do here, not specifically, not what the immediate next step needs to be now, but this fucking clown needs to go, and boy, I mean like yesterday.

  32. 32.

    dmsilev

    @schrodingers_cat: Given that the accomplishments they highlighted were mostly economic “feed the rich” things, I’m more inclined to think it’s one of the Wall Street crew.

    I give it a week, two tops, before we have a definitive answer one way or the other.

  33. 33.

    eemom

    Dunno. I still sort of have my money on (1) Zombie McCain or (2) McGahn, but I’m starting to get creeped out by the possibility that it’s a highly organized troll op, possibly for the purpose of diverting attention from the murder of democracy now underway in the Senate. Yes, I know that idea was scoffed at yesterday, but who am I to care? Just cuz you’re a conspiracy theorist doesn’t mean there isn’t one.

  34. 34.

    germy

    I've been on the phone for the past hour talking to an Anonymous White House Official who claims Trump swears he's a Holstein cow. When I asked AWHO why they won't do anything to stop an obviously unfit man from running the country, he says "Because we need the milk". ???— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) September 6, 2018

  37. 37.

    Miss Bianca

    @Francis:

    There’s just enough apocalyptic language to get the NYT to publish it, but it’s really nothing more than a donor pitch

    I’m afraid you’re all too right.

    @SiubhanDuinne: I see what you did there, missy!

  39. 39.

    TenguPhule

    The head winds for congressional Republicans appear to be strengthening. Inside Wednesday’s closed-door meeting, GOP leaders emphasized their plans for a “no drama” legislative calendar over the coming weeks — including passing spending bills to avoid an Oct. 1 government shutdown. Hours later, Trump upended that sentiment by refusing to rule out a shutdown. “If it happens, it happens,” he told reporters.

    And this was before the Night of Long Sporks of Dubious quality began today.

  40. 40.

    HRA

    I am very glad about Lily’s update today.

    This has been quite a day. U expected to only read about the confirmation hearings and the Bob Woodward book. This NY Times oped piece threw me, too. I am grateful for seeing your tweets on it right next to where I am writing this comment. I am spent with the heat, Mr. A’s medical tests today and the Tiki dog’s constant need for my attention. Thanks, John!

  44. 44.

    dmsilev

    @germy: Considering the source, I read that as her trying to metaphorically stick a knife into the back of Jared, rather than any real information or insight that she might have.

    Still, root for injuries and all that.

  46. 46.

    BruceJ

    Only a fucking Republican would think committing treason to defend the GOP Agenda from a treasonous lunatic was a good idea. We’re run by complete idiots and it’s terrifying.

    There, FTFY, John.

    Yes, from experience when dogs go off prednisone they do drop some weight and have less of an appetite. She should improve as her system re-equilibrates itself.

  47. 47.

    germy

    @dmsilev:

    Considering the source, I read that as her trying to metaphorically stick a knife into the back of Jared, rather than any real information or insight that she might have.

    Shakespearean

  53. 53.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: Tiffany! Tiffany! Tiffany! Tiffany! Tiffany!

    The last voice Ivanka will hear, the last face she will see, then… darkness.

  54. 54.

    sukabi

    @jimmiraybob: Pence and or Mother have been veeeery quiet and fawning when they surface. Pence is likely waiting for his opening, and thinks this might be one. So he’s a likely candidate.

    Mattis, if he’s been scuttling plans to kill Assad and his entire regime and keep the bombs from hitting NK may just feel that going public (anonymously) would spur some action from the spineless/complicit/corrupt republicans who are in a position to check drumpf’s lunacy. I think he’s probably the most likely candidate.

    The rest of the cabinet seem too stupid and too corrupt to give 2 shits about anything other than “how much can I steal”.

  57. 57.

    ByRookorbyCrook

    This is a communique to the donors and squishy Romney-ites. It is damage control from the GOP to stave off 25th amendment or impeachment talks as more shoes drop from Woodward and especially Mueller. There is no coup. It is ineffectual bureaucracy and soothing wounded pride for the fools who joined this circus. The grand resistance of the Praetorian GOP guard is stealing paper off the Orange Orangutan desk? Can we get them a purple heart for the paper cut they endured? This is infuriating because it is so petty and so ineffectual. We think we are up against Machiavelli and instead, our adversary is a group of spineless syphilitic monkeys who are challenged by matching their right and left shoe in the morning.

  58. 58.

    Keith P.

    Maybe the goal of writing the op-ed was to get Trump to have a major stroke and/or heart attack? That’d be some 11th dimensional chess shit right there.

  62. 62.

    TenguPhule

    According to Vega’s letter, prosecutors told the defense that they have pictures of indiscretions.

    “While there may be evidence of infidelity, irresponsibility or alcohol dependence, once properly understood, the underlying facts do not equate to criminal activity,” Vega wrote.

    The prosecution has photos of Rep Hunter’s affairs.

    Photos.

    Hilarity is going to ensue.

  64. 64.

    Mnemosyne

    @Patricia Kayden:

    The Senior Official who wrote the op-ed is fine with keeping Trump in office as long as Republicans get their awful policies signed, regulations repealed and Judges confirmed. That’s pretty much the long and short of it.

    This. And the writer is trying to assure the Permanent Republican Establishment that, if they just don’t panic, they’ll totally be able to keep Trump under their thumb and run everything for the PRE’s benefit.

    Of course, the famous movie line that keeps going through my head is, “Remain calm! All is well!” as the terrified mob ignores a panicked Kevin Bacon at the end of Animal House.

  65. 65.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @germy:

    Omarosa says it’s someone in the family.

    The literal family, like a Trump or a Kushner? Or the “family” family, as in famiglia ?

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    For reasons unexplained, the car which was supposed to be delivered at some unspecified time this afternoon, for which the driver called me at 3:00 pm today and suggested tomorrow morning, then called me at 6:30 pm and wanted to know if he could drop it off today after all, was finally dropped off 15 minutes ago. In the dark, so I can’t really look it over, but whatever. It’s here.

  70. 70.

    Aleta

    @Patricia Kayden:
    Yes, “No one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis” =
    If he’s removed from office, Republicans risk losing his voters and losing seats. Or
    If we start the process to remove him, it will divide Republicans in Congress. Or
    If he goes down he’ll get revenge / expose others.

    The Constitution provides a remedy for a crisis like this; but using it would be worse they say.

  73. 73.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Omnes Omnibus: A 2012 Subaru Outback, 3.6. It’s been in various overseas locations all its life, so it has only 26k miles, and looks to be in beautiful condition. Buying it from a family friend. I gave some details a couple of nights ago.

  74. 74.

    Thoughtful David

    @ByRookorbyCrook:
    I mostly agree, but it’s a bit too self-serving. This is someone trying to distance herself from the collapse. I’m going with Nikki Haley. She thinks this will make her seem a hero and allow her to run for president in 2020.
    She has another think coming, but I bet it’s her.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Gin & Tonic: Cool. I spent the weekend with family and largely away from the internet. It was a good thing – except that I started reading a novel that kept me up until 3:00 on Friday and Saturday.

  76. 76.

    Millard Filmore

    @TaMara (HFG): With the coordination, knowlege (phone numbers) to pull that off, I am guessing this is a Russian controlled event. Maybe the tanks on Ukraine’s border are timed with this.

  77. 77.

    Ian G.

    So we a actually elected Turkmenbashi. At least the people of Turkmenistan never had a choice.

    At least there still enough of the rule of law in this country that Tuesday hasn’t been renamed “Ivankaday”. But I’m not sure I’m down with this de facto military junta running things.

    Fuck, on some level, it is almost fascinating to learn what it’s like to live in a thoroughly corrupt pseudo-democracy like Pakistan.

  79. 79.

    B.B.A.

    @Aleta: If they start the process to remove him, and there are just enough wingnuts in Congress to block the 25th Amendment, then it’s not just a crisis, we’re talking Cultural Revolution levels of chaos.

  80. 80.

    Calouste

    @TenguPhule: I noticed that the prosecution was talking about Hunter’s affairs with five individuals. Individuals, not women. Of course that’s legalese, but it would be nice to use that phrasing and let the evangelical hypocrites in his district draw conclusions on their own…

  84. 84.

    The Midnight Lurker

    Ten bucks says this is some bullshit Koch PR stunt and Mike Pence will later be revealed to be the ‘author’. See? There was an adult in the room at all times. Vote Pence 2020 – he saved us!

  85. 85.

    burnspbesq

    Another juicy tidbit getting lost today: the Special Counsel’s office dropped a grand jury subpoena on Stone’s associate Jerome Corsi, and he is testifying on Friday.

  87. 87.

    Jeffro

    @TenguPhule: Wait…I thought Rep Hunter was framed by the Deep State? Are you telling me they DOCTORED PHOTOS OF HIM as well?!?!?

    …cue bad Shatner imitation…

    “Those. Bastards!”

  89. 89.

    Millard Filmore

    @Mnemosyne:

    the writer is trying to assure the Permanent Republican Establishment

    Why does the writer need the NYT to communicate this message? Are the other Republicans in leadership positions refusing or unable to pass the message? This op-ed strikes me as a Start The Fires type of thing.

  90. 90.

    japa21

    Here’s the thing. They say they are in control of the situation but then they let this person they consider a danger to the country go into one on one meetings with Putin and Kim. That in itself contradicts everything else they say.

  91. 91.

    lamh36

    Kamala Harris is the real deal, and it’s not suprising why so many on the right and even some on the left…try to undermine her anyway she can.

    But homegirl…is a prosecutorial BEAST in these hearings!

    @igorbobic
    Regarding Harris’ question whether Kavanaugh discussed Mueller’s investigation with anyone at Kasowitz’s firm, a Democratic aide says they have reason to believe that a conversation happened and they are continuing to pursue it.

    @jenhab
    . @SenKamalaHarris is making quite a splash in her first SCOTUS confirmation hearing. Tough questions on Roe, discussing the Mueller investigation, voting rights and whether there are laws that govern “the male body.”

    Here’s the full video:
    https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1037518507423002629

  92. 92.

    rikyrah

    Don’t fall for it, Cole.
    Don’t.
    It’s bullshyt.
    All true, but this was written by a craven Traitors.
    Stop thinking logically.
    Stop believing that they ALL are nothing but TRAITORS ? ?

  93. 93.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Barbara:

    Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) allegedly spent campaign cash on affairs with five separate individuals, according to prosecutors who reportedly claim to have photographic evidence.
    Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted last month on 60 charges related to the alleged misuse of $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses such as lavish vacations and dinners. The couple has pleaded not guilty.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune is now reporting that the 47-page charging document alleges that the congressman had “personal relationships” with at least five individuals, none of whom are identified.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lamh36: Say what you will about Schumer, he made sure that that right person was asking the right questions on the right subjects. Let the boring guys ask the technical things. Have the stars to do the fireworks. She was given the chance and she full on took it.

  98. 98.

    opiejeanne

    @HRA: Our favorite neighbor, and I mean that sincerely, was in an uproar over the op-ed, thinking it meant something BIG. We hadn’t seen it because we were away from all media when it broke, partly on purpose. I was reading a doctoral thesis about banking in Missouri during the Civil War. fascinating stuff.
    She’s a Democrat but doesn’t understand a whole lot of what’s going on, so I told her I’d take a look. I read it twice, it’s not that long, and was unimpressed. It hit all of my cynical buttons, especially when the anonymous writer says we’re safer now because of something Trump did, then went on to praise the tax reform and getting rid of regulations. It just strikes me as jumping up and down and waving his arms, “Hey, look at us, we’re the REAL heroes of the resistance, Republicans keeping him from blowing up the world while getting all of our wishes fulfilled.”

    Meh.

  100. 100.

    BlueDWarrior

    @Ian G.: It’s happened because we have ‘half’ the polity now openly embracing autocracy to force society back into the good ol’ days. Democracy can’t work when half the people would rather have a military junta or culturally conservative dictatorship than make peace with abominable liberals.

    And the awful thing about it is the fact that we can’t make the fever break until someone from within thier own community throws on the emergency brakes. Until someone the cultural revanchists trusts can get through thier thick skulls, were having fight tooth and nail too hold on to the 20th Century while we are well into the 21st.

  104. 104.

    Spotweld

    We are seeing the groundwork for the “reasonable republican”, the “victim republican”, the republican who honestly wanted to help… but didn’t do anything.

    It’s bull. The GOP has done nothing but supported Trump to the hilt

  105. 105.

    patroclus

    I’m not stunned at all – we’ve known Trump is a lunatic for quite some time and we’ve known that this has been the attitude of senior Republicans since he took office. This was the attitude of Preibus, McMaster, Mattis, Rosenstein, Wray, Coats, Pompeo, Mnuchin, and all the rest for at least 20 months.

    The Kavanaugh hearings are far more important and we should be talking about them more. Women’s liberty, union rights, gay rights, criminal justice, interstate commerce, health care and the rule of law are all at stake and we’re talking about some ridiculous op-ed by a cowardly Republican that concerns policy not at all. Kavanaugh blatantly lied in his 2006 confirmation hearings. He abjectly refuses to answer reasonable questions. He uses right wing buzz words to mask his clear intent. He would be a terrible Justice.

  108. 108.

    Mnemosyne

    Here’s my opinion about who wrote the op-ed:

    I don’t really care. It’s unimportant, because it’s a message to Republican donors. It could have been several people writing it together.

    But in the end, it doesn’t matter, because it’s not news. It’s a begging bowl in print.

  111. 111.

    Kay

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    Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!

    Wackadoodle. “At once!” Like some crazed king.

    Worst president ever. By a mile.

  114. 114.

    Mnemosyne

    @Millard Filmore:

    Because the NYT is the newspaper of the PRE. Their purpose in life is to prop up the PRE regardless of what elected Republicans come up with. It’s been like that since Reagan, at a minimum.

  117. 117.

    Kay

    I love “the grownups” part. Yeah sure. That’s what “grownups” do. They write a mean letter and are too cowardly to sign it.

    Is it meant to be a clue? Is this some kind of game? Now we wait for the next one?

    How dare these assholes jerk the whole country around like this. They got their fucking tax cut. What else do they want? How much do we have to pay them to go away?

  118. 118.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @dmsilev: IIRC they thought they could control him, they thought they were in control. Until……they painfully learned they WERE NOT!!

  119. 119.

    SFAW

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Just get a Saab.

    Thanks, but I think I’ll wait to see if the Chinese can make reliable cars before I buy one of them.

    But your comment — or, rather, the googling resulting from it — indicated to me that commenter “trollhattan” may not have chosen that nym/nom as a portmanteau of “troll” and “Manhattan,” as I had (ignorantly, I guess) believed for some time. [Of course, if he/she used “Linkoping,” I probably would have gotten it a lot sooner.]

  124. 124.

    SFAW

    @Mike J:

    They don’t sell fighter jets to civilians.

    Will they let me borrow a Viggen, then? [Is the Viggen still produced? Yeah, I know, “Google is your friend, etc., etc.”]

  125. 125.

    dmsilev

    @Kay: Blustering like that makes him look weak. If he knew, or thought he knew, who wrote the article, he wouldn’t need to bluster. Instead, the Times will ignore the demand and he’ll either just keep blustering or forget it and move to the next shiny object.

  126. 126.

    patroclus

    @Omnes Omnibus: We have to pressure Collins, Murkowski, Flake, Corker or someone else to actually pay attention to what will happen if Kavanaugh is confirmed. We have to create a political issue as intense as it was when Bork was defeated. The media must focus on it, we have to talk it up, we have to create a legitimate opposition. We have to make it very difficult for Heitkamp, Manchin, Tester or McKaskill to go rogue. Time is short. Chasing our tail about this op-ed is counter-productive.

  128. 128.

    PaulWartenberg

    Although, seriously.

    WE NEED A BETTING POOL ON WHO WROTE IT.

    I got five bucks on Jared. He’s trying to trigger his FIL into firing Kelly and Sessions in order to shut down the whole DoJ before Mueller can indict him.

  132. 132.

    Mai Naem mobile

    @TenguPhule: I don’t think its Kudlow because it sounds like its somebody who has been there since the beginning and Kudlow has been there for a few months. It could be somebody who we don’t know that well.

  133. 133.

    PaulWartenberg

    Regarding the Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Leahy brought up some serious allegations that Kavanaugh was involved in stealing Democratic Party emails back in 2003 (!) and at the least lied about it in previous testimony before Congress. I wonder if Leahy can bring charges on Kavanaugh re: committing perjury to Congress during these hearings.

  134. 134.

    Bill Arnold

    @Mnemosyne:

    Co-signed. It’s a troll op, but one designed to prevent the big money donors from closing their checkbooks.
    Really fucking dangerous troll op, if so. (Interesting theory though.) Do such people not understand that Trump could mess things up big, in many hard to fix ways that matter to the very rich? Or is there an implied assertion that Trump is sufficiently constrained (e.g. threats of instant death) and/or enpuppeted that there is no significant risk? (I’d be afraid of catching dementia cooties from the puppet strings. :) ) Or perhaps the people involved would profit from The Collapse?

  135. 135.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Miss Bianca: It is from the mid-80s, but is in in my frequent rereads. The copy is is technically mine but it is at my parents’ house, and my dad does the frequent reread as well.

  138. 138.

    Mai Naem mobile

    @PaulWartenberg: I thought of Jared but he would be divorced and lose custody of the kids. Also I think he’ll continue to enjoy grifting till the end. I do think it’s a lawyer and probably somebody who has had gov’t experience before. McGahn, Pompeo,Chris Wray or Mnuchin.

  139. 139.

    SFAW

    @patroclus:

    We have to pressure Collins, Murkowski, Flake, Corker or someone else to actually pay attention to what will happen if Kavanaugh is confirmed.

    Yes, they’ve already proved themselves to be “country before party” more times than I can count. And Flake and Corker have already backed up their tough talk with countless votes contrary to Shitgibbon’s wishes.

    And I hear Lindsey Graham is standing tall, like a bulwark against Shitgibbon’s pronouncements about Sessions.

  141. 141.

    BlueDWarrior

    @patroclus: the problem is that the Republican party telegraphed from the start that there was nothing that could come out about Kavanaugh that’d change thier minds. And conservative voters have shown they will accept anything from thier politicians so long as the government is used to straight-jacket the evil liberals. The more liberal culture has become despite conservative domination off legislatures (more or less) have driven that third of the polity completely insane.

    And it’s going to boil over in a way that’s even worse that electing someone to act as an active spanner in the works. They will not stop until everyone, from thier neighbors to those effete limousine riders are genuflecting to the One True God (however the particular observer defines it).

    People who aren’t conservative have to come to understand what is happening, and vote, agitate, and plan accordingly.

  145. 145.

    Mandalay

    @Mai Naem mobile:

    He’s old and has nothing to lose.

    Right – that’s precisely the reason Lawrence O’Donnell eliminated other candidates such as Pompeo (who would have a lot to lose by being exposed as the snitch).

  146. 146.

    Aleta

    Woodward says Trump is mentally incompetent and quotes his staff. Raises a question about his nominee who is up for a vote right now. Someone inside the circle writes an op ed to say don’t worry, we’re insulating operations from his whims.

  148. 148.

    Kay

    It also should be noted how antidemocratic they are.

    Rather than removing the president using legal means, publicly and transparently, these people just decided among themselves they would be president. They have completely removed the public from the process. In fact, they didn’t even bother to tell us they had taken over.

    We don’t actually know who is running the country and they don’t plan on telling us. They have absolute, utter contempt for the public. Maybe this was always the conservative dream. They can elect some idiot clown to show to the masses and then appoint a secret “real” leader.

    They should be arrested and marched out of there. Make the idiot clown do his actual job, and massively fail at it.

  149. 149.

    Mnemosyne

    @Bill Arnold:

    Do such people not understand that Trump could mess things up big, in many hard to fix ways that matter to the very rich?

    No. No, they do not. Because, despite being rich, they’re not very bright AND they think they’re in control of more than they actually are.

    Dunning-Kreuger of the rich is going to kill us all.

  150. 150.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    So are we starting the pool for how long until he completely disappears from public view and barricades himself in the residence with Ivanka and Jared and nobody else [*], communicating only by Twitter?

    I’d suggest that we hear the sound of boards being nailed in place from the inside, but I don’t think he knows how to operate a hammer. Maybe Ivanka does.

    [*] Yes, I left Melania out. I don’t think she’ll enter the bunker with him when it comes to that.

  151. 151.

    Jay

    On the bright side, Canada just had it confirmed that Navarro is the Trade Warrior, Cohn’s the sane one and they are both engaged in treason.

    So, CSIS pulls some texts, calls and emails, maybe some Skipes, a little blackmail, a couple small bribes, and Canada get’s everything we want in NAFTA.

  152. 152.

    Mandalay

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) allegedly spent campaign cash on affairs with five separate individuals, according to prosecutors who reportedly claim to have photographic evidence.

    More bad news for the studmuffin:

    An internal poll conducted for Hunter’s Democratic opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, found the two dead-even at 46 percent in the head-to-head race.

    If the photos of Hunter’s dalliances get released he’s toast.

  153. 153.

    Mnemosyne

    @Aleta:

    And the MSM says, “Yay! Problem solved!” rather than rushing over to the Senate and demanding answers from Republican leadership.

    The fact that we see through the entire façade is immaterial to them.

  154. 154.

    Jay

    BTW, how’s QAnon reacting to the revelations that the Derp State Bilderburg Illuminati Pedo’s are “inside the party”,

    Asking for a friend who wants a clean browser history,………

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    J R in WV

    @burnspbesq:

    Oh, good! I’m having a bourbon right now, in honor of the end of the American way of life.

    Check out Trump’s demand that the NYTimes turn over the traitor over to the government for national security proposes, followed by a string of replies, my favorite is

    “The President is Insane!”

  156. 156.

    Mnemosyne

    @Kay:

    Make the idiot clown do his actual job, and massively fail at it.

    To be fair, Donald Trump has never had to do his job a single day in his life, and if he started to fail, Daddy always propped him up. Once Daddy was gone, a series of babks and business associates took over the propping-up.

    He literally has no idea how to do a job. Any job. Much less a job as hard as being President of the United States.

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    Ladyraxterinok

    @patroclus: So what issue do you suggest? I think you’re correct, but I don’t see how we do it.

    And wasn’t there a long committee examination with lots of groups testifying vs Bork. And IIRC he would periodically make v blunt statements that revealed how awful his judicial philosophy was.

    The Bork confirmation is what led to the modern day GOP SCOTUS candidates never answering any question directly. Bork’s comments destroyed his chances.

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