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Late Night RussiaFvckery Open Thread: They Swarm When Darkness Falls

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Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, “as a private citizen” and small-time grifter, is beginning to suspect that when it comes to the grifters of Trumpworld he’s well over his head (and that ain’t clear spring water rising)…

For one thing, Trump’s closest political confidents all seem to be such scrimey little wannabes. Even their fantasies are pathetic — imagining themselves as swingin’ desperados instead of third-tier coatholders and chair-setters…


Speaking of third-tier, since I’d never heard of the guy either, here’s a piece from NYMag on “comedian” and emotional-support-dog-owner Randy Credico:

… Credico has spent the better part of three decades as something of a fringe figure in New York politics — a cross between “The Rent Is Too Damn High” guy, the Naked Cowboy, and Samuel Gompers. He has run for the Senate, for mayor, and for governor, never getting more than 4 percent of the vote. He slept out in the cold during Occupy Wall Street, attended a session of the New York State Senate dressed as the Greek philosopher Diogenes, smoked a joint on the steps of the State Capitol in Albany to protest the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and has been tossed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for screaming about Julian Assange at the CNN table…

The history between [Credico & Roger Stone] is long, stretching over a decade and a half, mostly at the margins of the political world. They would fight over crumbs — over who would run on which minor party line — only to reconcile and then fall out again. And again and again and again, Stone, the ruthless political operative with the dyed-blond hair and the Nixon tattoo on his back, would get the better of Credico, the scrappy, needy, earnest son of a nightclub owner. While in some sense, the scrap between the two of them over WikiLeaks, Assange, and the 2016 election is just another in a long series, it is safe to say that the political stakes of this one — perhaps even with implications for Donald Trump’s presidency — are considerably higher than any of the others…

Aaaaand let’s not forget birther profiteer Jerome Corsi!

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  4. 4.

    NotMax

    third-tier coatholders and chair-setters

    The ones who screamed “Dibs on the iron!” as soon as the Monopoly box was placed on the table.

  6. 6.

    eemom

    Good Lord, what an archetypal thug that guy is. Why isn’t he in Central Casting waiting to land a “leave the gun, take the cannolis” part, where he belongs?

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    Remembering back to when normalcy was a president not being prominently featured in the news every freaking day.

  9. 9.

    Redshift

    Another reminder that it’s not just Trump’s personal incompetence that has saved us from even worse things, or even that he’s so awful to work for that no one competent wants to do it. It’s also that he attracts ridiculous characters with a vastly overinflated confidence in their own abilities.

  11. 11.

    West of the Rockies

    Will Corsi get the hook? Guy looks very unhealthy. Looks like he could go horizontal at any time. FSM, this really is Stupid Watergate.

  12. 12.

    Plato

    This traitorous whiny lock her up corrupt carnival barker scum can’t take it when the table is turned on him.

  13. 13.

    akryan

    I honestly wouldn’t mind if this whole thing was over soon. I don’t want Mueller to end things before he feels he’s done, but I’m worried that there is so much corrupt about the Trump campaign and administration that he just can’t get to the bottom of the rabbit hole. He could probably keep investigating for years. I hope he leaves that to the historians. As soon as he has enough to nail the main characters, I’d like to see him wrap this up before the Republicans suffer any political cost. I hope it doesn’t take more than another 6-8 months. In the mean time, as soon as Republicans put people on the relative committees (which isn’t an inevitability) the House needs to go hard on this.

  15. 15.

    Jay

    “ As soon as he has enough to nail the main characters, I’d like to see him wrap this up before the Republicans suffer any political cost.”

    LMFAO,

    Igor, read the room before you troll.

  16. 16.

    Villago Delenda Est

    The thing is, there were so many FBI agents on the raid because let’s face it, Roger Stone is actively hated by those in the know.

  20. 20.

    Jay

    @Plato:

    New poster, centerist gibberish word salad, 8am in Saint Petersburg, early shift troll, hoping to establish a nym.

  21. 21.

    Mart

    Josh Marshall is too kind

    Key line from Sun Tzu “Do not hire an ex toilet salesman as your lead general.”

    Not any kind of toilet salesman, but one who sales toilets tailored for men with big hands, if you know what I mean.

  23. 23.

    Amir Khalid

    @akryan:

    He could probably keep investigating for years.

    Der Müller Gottes needs to keep going for as long as it takes, and let the chips fall where they may. The Special Counsel’s team needs to find every last instance of related wrongdoing, prosecute it as the law requires, and not stop for anything before the job is done. If what he finds is damaging to the Republican party or to anyone else, they brought it upon themselves and deserve no sympathy.

  24. 24.

    CZanne

    Um. Those who do good thoughts & prayers: my teenage niece was t-boned this afternoon. SUV vs ATV, she wasn’t in the safer vehicle, and she’s in pretty bad shape. Every minute is a good minute. If you do good thoughts, B in Georgia really could use them.

  25. 25.

    Sebastian

    Holy Flopsweat, Batman! Someone get that man a towel!

    Feeling the heat, Whitaker?

    Stone was the dark nexus of Trump’s campaign and now Mueller has it all. They are all shitting so many bricks they don’t need money to build the fucking wall.

  26. 26.

    ruemara

    I’m lying here, reading the day’s shenanigans roundup atop my new actual frickin bed while the Google mini plays ocean sounds. Personally, I can’t wait to see the whole collection of egomaniacs receive their just reward & for America to be rid of them. And with that sweet thought, adieu until the morrow.

    @CZanne: Sending all I have tonight. So very sorry.

  31. 31.

    Aleta

    Josh Marshall @joshtpm
    I think AOC has done a service opening the debate to dramatically higher marginal rates for the super wealthy. But notice Schultz states it as a consensus Dem party position. That’s demonstrably false. His campaign is based on attacking Democrats.

    Haven’t been hanging in every word but in the last 48 hrs of his pre-campaign I’ve heard @HowardSchultz attack Medicare 4 All, higher marginal rates, attack social security, embrace fiscal austerity. I’ve heard him say he doesn’t support a wall. He’s running as an anti-Democrat.

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    @CZanne:

    Oh no! Don’t despair, though — as Leto and Avalune can tell you, surgeons can do amazing work on a healthy person who also manages to be a little bit lucky.

    You should also post in the morning thread. I have a weird superstition when bad things happen that if I can get zhena gogalia and rikyrah to add my person to their prayer lists, that person will pull through. It’s pretty much worked so far, anyway.

  36. 36.

    Aleta

    From a report by the Immigrant Defense Project at
    immigrantdefenseproject.org/wp-content/uploads/TheCourthouseTrap.pdf

    How ICE Operations Impacted New York’s Courts in 2018, January 2019

    From 2017 to 2018, ICE operations in and around the courts continued to increase, keeping arrests at an unprecedented level. These operations increased by 17% compared to 2017 and by 1700% compared to 2016. New York City continued to account for about 75% of arrests statewide with Queens and Brooklyn reporting the largest numbers.

    Several upstate counties, including Orange, Rensselaer and Fulton reported ICE courthouse arrests for the first time. Westchester County reported the largest increase in arrests statewide.

    Reports of ICE using violent force to conduct arrests—slamming family members against walls, dragging individuals from cars, and even pulling guns on people leaving court—have become commonplace. Witnesses to ICE arrests have called 911 to report that they were witnessing a kidnapping. ICE has also turned to more aggressive surveillance, trailing attorneys to their offices and eavesdropping on confidential attorney-client conversations.

    ICE set no limits on who they targeted in New York’s courts—arresting immigrants who appeared in a diversion court for victims of human trafficking and going after survivors of domestic violence. ICE also stepped up arrests of youth, even when they were eligible for special forms of immigration relief like DACA.

    In the vast majority of operations, ICE agents refused to identify themselves, explain why an individual is being arrested, or offer proof that they have reason to believe that the individual they’re arresting is deportable. This occurred despite the fact that internal agency regulations require them to provide this information.

    In January of 2018, ICE issued its first policy on courthouse arrests.1 Reports to IDP show that after this policy was issued, ICE agents expanded the reach of courthouse arrests.

    ICE agents also appeared to ignore their own policy directive, continuing to conduct arrests in civil and criminal courts, and targeting friends and family members who accompanied a
    loved one to court.

  38. 38.

    Czanne

    @Mnemosyne: Will keep that in mind, thanks. I hate being so far away and so bloody helpless.
    And @sukabi And @Aleta @ruemara : Thank you.

    (I am brain software, not hardware, and me interpreting brain hardware stuff is barely better than asking Dr Wiki. But I have to.)

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