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Nancy Pelosi Is A Gracious Ruler

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Given the accelerating speed of criminal revelations about the Thief-in-Chief, she may be President Pelosi before 2022:

Rep. Pelosi has nothing left to prove:

Prominent Republican once again jams own foot well down throat:

Colby Itkowitz, at the Washington Post, “While Trump mansplained, Pelosi illustrated her case for a ‘woman at the table’”:

Over 10 minutes of a surreal public sparring match in the Oval Office, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tried mightily to rise above the bluster and ego that erupted between the men in the room.

But Pelosi (D-Calif.) instead had to listen as President Trump mansplained to her the legislative process and her role in the debate, while Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer talked over her to trade barbs mano a mano with Trump…

Inside the Oval Office, the spectacle that played out in real time offered a window into the gender dynamics at play as the country’s most powerful woman navigates a male-dominated government that is now helmed by the ultimate alpha male. In her bid to be speaker again, Pelosi has argued the importance of having a woman at the “decision-making table” in Trump’s Washington. And Tuesday’s show helped make her point…

Pelosi kept her composure throughout the charade, continually trying to bring the conversation back to a place where actual dialogue could occur. But it was clear from the press presence that Trump had very little interest in finding a compromise and primarily wanted to show off his bravado for the cameras…



(And yet, she is careful not to shock the grandchildren…)

Even her professional enemies in the pundit caste respect Pelosi’s game:

ALL HAIL QUEEN PELOSI…

Oh, yes — speaking of little men:

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  1. 1.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I’m a sucker for the kid-with-the-lawn-mower thing, and that must be one of the best yet

  2. 2.

    B.B.A.

    Speaking only for myself, I’d be fine with installing Nancy Pelosi as absolute dictator for life and sending everyone who’s ever spoken a word against her to the guillotine.

    But that’s just me.

  4. 4.

    SFAW

    Moulton “buck[ed] the top echelon”? And here I was, thinking he was just trying to swing his dick to show the shrieking harpy who wears the pants in the House.

    ETA: And that picture of Moulton makes him look a bit like Nunes. Yet another reason to primary his quisling ass.

  5. 5.

    NotMax

    Was hoping for a more open thread-y nighttime venue to repeat this from early in the morn but what the hey. It looks to be a fun ride.

    Ooh. Holiday time viewing chez NotMax now set. Vanity Fair shows up on Amazon Prime on the 21st.

    Expect the amusing Frances de la Tour to leave no piece of scenery unchewed.

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Melania has had it with all of you grifters seeking to make a buck off the good name of Gnauss

    Jennifer Jacobs JenniferJJacobs
    Hannity: “What’s been the hardest thing that you have to deal with?”
    First Lady Melania Trump: “I would say the opportunists who are using my name or my family name to advance themselves—from comedians, to journalists, to performers, book writers.”

    also, the third-tier model who married a “billionaire” speaks out against “opportunists”…. okay

  14. 14.

    The Dangerman

    Trump is going to end up being his own Chief of Staff. Of course, nothing will get done, but no one will notice because that’s what’s not happening now. Trump will be hoping that however Bannon learned to do the Bannon will, um, rub off on him.

  16. 16.

    Steeplejack

    Okay, I have to admit that Jennifer Rubin tweet up top is the most Democratic-positive thing I have seen her say. Credit where due.

  19. 19.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    O Lord. This would be an ugly third act for Newton Leroy. I’d give him three months, but it would be a long, slow and ugly three months.

    ndrew Feinberg @ AndrewFeinberg
    I’ve now heard from two different sources that @ newtgingrich (who was at the White House today) is currently topping the list for the next realDonaldTrump administration White House Chief of Staff

  24. 24.

    SFAW

    From Texas and the Senate’s own Master Debater:

    “Gosh, why do you think Nancy wanted the press out of the room? Why didn’t she want the American People to hear this discussion?”

    And the answer(s) is/are:
    Because unlike you and the rest of the traitors in the Rethuglican Partei, she was putting country before party, and hoping not to have to embarrass the Moron-in-Chief in public.

    Gee, Rafael, for an obnoxious prick who demanded that his HLS study group(s) only have the best of the best of the best, you’re awfully fucking stupid. I can see why you’re among the top-70-Most-Loved-Sitting-Republican-Senators. If you could weaponize stupid, you’d be able to destroy a number of medium-sized armies.

  25. 25.

    cain

    WTF? Who are these people even bothering to withhold their vote after that display? She made every Democrat proud by standing up this bully and doing it with grace and poise. Fuck them. In the next two years, they are going to learn why she’s the Leader.

  27. 27.

    SFAW

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I think it’s appropriate that the Philanderer-in-Chief choose someone just like him for CoS:

    Serial philanderer – check
    Fat piece of shit – check
    Thinks he’s smart but is actually stupid – check
    Arrogant asshole – check
    Wants to boink Ivanka – check (OK, I don’t actually know that Newt wants to)
    Tried/trying to destroy the country – check

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    Nice exchange seen on some Twitter thread yesterday:

    “Skunk Tinkle? I saw them in ’82. Great show!”

    “Opened for Aerosmith, right?”

  29. 29.

    Dan B

    @NotMax: Frances we LA Tour leaves no piece of the scenery ungobsmocked!

    Please try to keep up with the ugly birth of the future language…

  30. 30.

    Dan B

    @Dan B: de la

    Nite to Dan.. try to stay ahead of fricken spell check. Making new languages faster than a speeding electron (or photon).

  32. 32.

    Dan B

    @Dan B: de la

    Note to Dan.. try to stay ahead of fricken spell check. Making new languages faster than a speeding electron (or photon).

  34. 34.

    Platonailedit

    One of the lingering questions in the Cohen case that @maddow points out: What exactly did Michael Cohen not want to talk about with SDNY prosecutors?— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 13, 2018

    Yup, what was it that was so bad about the totus turd that cohen was willing to go to jail for?

  35. 35.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Cripes, Rafael is fucking stupid.

    Then there’s the Slovenian whore playing the victim card.

  37. 37.

    Mary G

    Trump is horrible, but I have to say, seeing older women (who so many believe should stay home knitting one minute post menopause) kicking his ass all over Washington gives me life.

  38. 38.

    Faithful Lurker

    @Platonailedit:Cohen has been a criminal since his teens. His uncle ran a social club for the Russian mob, his father-in-law is part of a Russian criminal gang (Ukranian actually}. And that’s only a small part of what is publicly known. Trump is just a small part of his life. If he had to come absolutely clean to the SDNY Fed attorneys, he and a much of his family and friends would be spending the next 20 years in jail. The 3 years is got today is easy compared to what he would have received. I won’t see the comments for this, it’s been a long day and I’m going to bed. Good night, jackals.

  40. 40.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Humdog: the child of MAGAts wrote to trump saying he’d like to cut the grass at the White House, so they flew him in for a photo-op and trump stood there in his uniquely awkward way, and a twitter meme was born.

  45. 45.

    Aleta

    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhghg

    (WSJ) Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is weighing the creation of a consulting firm when he leaves government after being ousted by voters in last month’s midterm elections.
    Rohrabacher … has told senior staff and other acquaintances in recent weeks that he plans to form a company called R&B Strategies with top aide Paul Behrends, according to people familiar with the matter.

    A spokesman … didn’t deny the conversations and said forming a company is one of many options the congressman is considering.

    The spokesman, Ken Grubbs, said Mr. Rohrabacher’s only definite plans are to move to Maine after the current session of Congress ends in early January and newly elected lawmakers are sworn in.

  46. 46.

    ruemara

    Nance was planning to retire this year. She gave them what she was planning to do anyway and they can crow about it if they want, but she snookered them. Idiots.

  48. 48.

    PJ

    @Aleta: Isn’t Maine where The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming! was set? Maybe the Russkies have a mini-sub stashed there for Rohrabacher’s exfiltration.

  50. 50.

    Nishu Chauhan

    Who are these individuals notwithstanding trying to retain their vote after that show? She made each Democrat glad by standing up this harasser and doing it with beauty and balance. Screw them. In the following two years, they will realize why she’s the Leader !!

  51. 51.

    JGabriel

    @Platonailedit:

    Yup, what was it that was so bad about the totus turd that cohen was willing to go to jail for?

    It probably wasn’t to protect Combover Caligula. Cohen’s own family is connected with Russian and Ukrainian (in fact, primarily Ukrainian) organized crime families.

    So, most of the knowledgeable speculation I’ve read thinks that Cohen refused to co-operate on some issues to protect his family rather than the president.

  52. 52.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @Faithful Lurker:

    If he had to come absolutely clean to the SDNY Fed attorneys, he and a much of his family and friends would be spending the next 20 years in jail. The 3 years is got today is easy compared to what he would have received.

    With Ukrainian mobsters, if Cohen spilled his guts, 20 years in jail would be the least of his concerns. His life expectancy would undoubtedly be far shorter.

  55. 55.

    danielx

    @Aleta:

    Well, shit, there have got be a lot of income opportunities for the most Russian-friendly former congressman, like, ever. Of course, getting on the wrong side of the vory and getting fed into an industrial sausage grinder would be a potential downside.Speaking of why Michael Cohen refuses to talk about certain things….

  58. 58.

    Mnemosyne

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Wait.

    Hang on.

    Are you trying to tell me that’s a REAL PHOTO and not a Photoshop job?

    I’m going to need some documentation on that. Sorry to be suspicious, but it’s been that kind of year.

  64. 64.

    opiejeanne

    Ladyraxterinok, in one of the western NA tribes the women were the bosses. I’m trying to remember if it’s Navajo or one of the others.

  65. 65.

    Bobby Thomson

    Seth Moulton just looks like a douchebag.

    And Cruz can’t really think Pelosi honestly didn’t want the press there.

  68. 68.

    Ken

    @opiejeanne: Depends what you mean by “boss”. The Hopi, among others, are matrilineal. Ownership of houses and land passes down through the female line, and when a man marries he moves to his wife’s household.

  69. 69.

    SFAW

    @Aleta:

    said Mr. Rohrabacher’s only definite plans are to move to Maine after the current session of Congress ends in early January and newly elected lawmakers are sworn in.

    Fuck.

    I can only hope it’s somewhere around T3 R9, and he stays the fuck away from where MomSense is (and others are), and way-the-fuck away from wherever Mrs. SFAW and I end up.

    Fuck.

  74. 74.

    Kristine

    Thinking that more than a few of Pelosi’s opponents could find themselves voted out of office before 2022 rolls around. Assuming Madame Speaker still wants to play in the sandbox, what would happen to that deal?

  75. 75.

    PPCLI

    @Aleta: Unless Maine doesn’t have an extradition treaty with the rest of the US, this is probably unwise. I’m thinking Uzbekistan is a better bet for his long-term freedom.

  77. 77.

    kindness

    I swear to God any Democrats in the House who are still asking Nancy for concessions to get her vote need to have their asses kicked….repeatedly. Now I get that that is not a liberal attitude. However, in the face of what Republicans have done to our Republic over the last 20 years, those Democrats need an ass kicking. I’m pissed.

  78. 78.

    NonyNony

    @Kristine: She’s going to be 82 by then. My understanding was that she was thinking back in 2016 of retiring in 2018, but when Trump got more electoral votes she changed her plans. As long as Trump gets put out on his keister in 2020 I don’t think she’ll be thinking of changing these plans.

    This strikes me as a face-saving gesture extended to her opponents – she already had these plans and is allowing them to pretend like they talked her into it so they can back down from the ridiculous positions they put themselves into.

  79. 79.

    Skepticat

    @Aleta:

    Mr. Rohrabacher’s only definite plans are to move to Maine

    And just when we finally are getting rid of LeRage … sigh.

  80. 80.

    artem1s

    “We didn’t want to say, in front of those people, ‘You don’t know what you’re talking about’.”

    The life of women in the workplace. It’s not enough to excel, you have to do it without embarrassing and hurting your male colleagues feefees. And you have to pretend that their feelings matter to you and you’re not just being nice because the blowback, temper tantrum and meltdown that comes once they realize they’ve been pwned aren’t worth the trouble. Pelosi picked her battle well. This time the aftermath is part of the goal and she played him expertly.
    #TeamPelosi

  83. 83.

    different-church-lady

    I don’t understand why it’s Nancy Pelosi who’s facing a leadership challenge and Chuck Schumer who isn’t.

    Chromosome shape, ya think.

  85. 85.

    different-church-lady

    What D in his/her right mind would say we don’t want the most effective D to take on Trump ?

    “We,” Jennifer? “We?”

  86. 86.

    Boris, Rasputin's Evil Twin

    @BretH: I had a fine pick, but yesterday we learned Charlie Sheen’s been sober for a year, so he’s out.

  87. 87.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Shana:Things are getting so bad for the Cal GOPers they have to import their crazies from out of state now, like that Cox idiot who ran for governor against Newsome. While Newsome isn’t exactly the most beloved of Cal Dems and Cox on was only able to get 38% of the vote. Even Neel “You really ran against Jerry Brown ?” Kashkari was able to do 40% in 2014.

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