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Jon Karl, still working for the Republican party, as his Very Serious Media fellows applaud his savvy!…

 
As long as the straw stays glued to its head, no Republican or reporter will know the difference…
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(Yeah, like *you* wouldn’t have thought the same thing.)
 

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  6. 6.

    Scout211

    Trump secretly plotted to become Speaker of the House back in January as McCarthy struggled to get votes, getting Matt Gaetz to nominate him on the House floor.

    These secret, exclusive, scoops saved for these journalists’ books are getting downright pedestrian. There are more blockbuster scoops and wild charges coming out of the eleventy criminal and civil trials that Trump is involved in these days than any supposedly “shocking” behind the scenes political or narcissistic moves that these books describe.

    Karl and his ilk have jumped the shark.  Boring.

  8. 8.

    SpaceUnit

    TFG saying he’d be the speaker but only for the budget crisis is like someone saying they’ll pretend to be a farmer but only for the pigfuck.

  9. 9.

    Another Scott

    @SpaceUnit: He’s aiming too low.

    He should demand that Biden appoint him to the SCOTUS.  Only he can rule fairly on cases involving hisownself.  And it would solve a problem with potential ties if/when Thomas recuses himself.

    Win-win, obviously.

    (groucho-roll-eyes.gif)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  12. 12.

    bbleh

    Trump as Speaker would be a disaster all around — for him, for the Republicans, for the Congress, for the country, and for the world.  But just because he was saying he might do it, or getting other people to say he might do it, doesn’t mean it ever would have come to that.  This is just his standard attention-getting “stay tuned!” / throw-shiny-things-to-distract-them BS.  What’s getting headlines right now?  The Speaker thing.  Must be part of it!!

    It may just be wishful thinking, but the nature of his recent outbursts suggests to me that he’s deteriorating, whether from age, lack of attention, the pressure of his legal problems, progression of his psychopathy, or some combination of all of them, I dunno.

    @Baud: but sunshine causes SKIN CANCER!  Ohhh, my head …

  16. 16.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Baud: Need a ray or two of sunshine. Looking out the window and seeing pitch black at 7:08 pm isn’t helping my mood.

  17. 17.

    Matt McIrvin

    Trump as Speaker would not be good for Democrats, because if they actually let it happen, it could only mean there’s a plan in motion to kill Biden and Harris. This is the kind of thing that would totally push me over the edge into full-blown conspiracy theorist–I mean, come on, Trump doesn’t actually want to be Speaker of the House, the point would obviously be to put him in the presidential line of succession.

  20. 20.

    Ruckus

    @bbleh:

    It may just be wishful thinking, but the nature of his recent outbursts suggests to me that he’s deteriorating, whether from age, lack of attention, the pressure of his legal problems, progression of his psychopathy, or some combination of all of them, I dunno

    As I am an old and have watched all my family elders go, including grand parents, aunts and uncles, till I am the oldest in this family line, I’ve seen this go easily, and with difficultly. SFB has lived a live of privilege and money and it didn’t help his brain one iota. It was damaged long ago, or more likely just never actually developed fully. If he’s starting to talk funny (OK that was interesting to type, he’s always talked like he had his foot – and shoe, stuck in his mouth) Not mumbling but seemingly having difficulty in doing anything but being pissed or having a tantrum. No one has ever mistaken him for a brainiac. Or even close. More like a 5 yr old having a once in a lifetime tantrum.

  21. 21.

    Anne Laurie

    @zhena gogolia: Everything is so depressing.

    That’s why I’m promoting the image of TFG as a 400lb pig with a handful of straw glued to its head!

    (In my defense, the Spousal Unit turned on the furnace this week, so my dust allergies have been *fierce*. It’s hard to be witty when one’s brain seems to be dripping clear fluid out of every cranial orifice… )

  22. 22.

    Anne Laurie

    @Matt McIrvin: Trump as Speaker would not be good for Democrats, because if they actually let it happen, it could only mean there’s a plan in motion to kill Biden and Harris. This is the kind of thing that would totally push me over the edge into full-blown conspiracy theorist–I mean, come on, Trump doesn’t actually want to be Speaker of the House, the point would obviously be to put him in the presidential line of succession.

    Don’t worry, the GOP’s professional politicians don’t trust him either.  They’ll indulge him wildly, because he’s been a boon to their brand, but even the ones who are fairly far gone in the cult — like MTG — also think of him as a 400lb pig in a straw wig.  Good figurehead, bad leader!

  23. 23.

    pat

    .. “not a fan of zucchini… “” this from the hubby has finally jolted me out of my post-travel jet-lag and depression and boredom and not wanting to do anything that NEEDS TO BE DONE around here….

    Hmm, how about “want to cook something of which you are a fan..???” He does not cook. Well except for the hard-boiled eggs that he eats (one a day) for lunch.

    Anyway, I have already emailed a friend about next Friday (was thinking to cancel… ) and will be planning to do something tomorrow that needs to be done. Like throw out the 40 pounds of junk mail that arrived while we were in Austria in September. Or start to clean up the yard for winter.

    Not sure what to do about the cooking. Hmm, zucchini twice a week? I thought it was pretty good tonight, a bit of red pepper, mushrooms, yellow squash, zucchini sauteed, then add pasta (cooked, obv.), cream and grated parmesan…

    Ok, rant over and hopefully also the ennui that has affected me the past week.

  24. 24.

    JaySinWA

    @Anne Laurie:

    (In my defense, the Spousal Unit turned on the furnace this week, so my dust allergies have been *fierce*. It’s hard to be witty when one’s brain seems to be dripping clear fluid out of every cranial orifice… )

    I have been using higher end furnace filters (because of wild fire smoke) over the last couple of years and this year bought a Winex air cleaner that sits close by.

    My explosive allergy sneezes and runny eyes are fewer and farther between. When they do occur I usually need to do a saline rinse to get them to stop.

  25. 25.

    Tony Jay

    @Matt McIrvin:

    There’s been a noticeable narrative push (very strong over here) to blur the distinction between believing, based on observable evidence, that certain actions and events constitute a conspiracy, and someone being a conspiracy theorist.

    Like, sure, there might be some kind of tightly defined thing that could be called a ‘conspiracy’, but whatever it is (and it’s probably something to do with organised crime) whatever you’re worried about isn’t that, and if you persist in claiming that, say, the Western News Media is mostly owned by people who arrange for it to be in the tank for conservatives, or the US Republicans are an extremist organisation that promotes and celebrates violence against opponents, or that oil-rich nations are trying to buy up entire professional sports to give them revenue streams once oil is no longer traded, you’re just as bad as Covid-deniers/Covid 5G truthers or people who believe that the rich and powerful are all shapeshifting reptilians in human suits.

    Which almost certainly means that at least four of those five are definitely true, and are absolutely things that we should be worried about. After all, MAGAts may be dumb, but even they have access to calculators that can confirm that 3 – 2 = 1.

  26. 26.

    kindness

    Trump believes there is no such thing as bad publicity.  I suspect he’ll soon fine otherwise.  Then what does the Republican party do?

  27. 27.

    Bill Arnold

    Trump cannot become speaker without a majority of House votes. Anyone scaremongering about this needs to outline the greater-than-zero ways that this majority would plausibly happen.

  28. 28.

    trnc

    I agree with the overall point about news being saved for books, but IMHO, the DT Speaker news wasn’t really critical news to the public. It would obviously be a bombshell if it actually happened, but there’s not much anyone in the public could do about it other than call their reps and scream at the them to vote yea or nay.

    Compare that to when DT knew covid was dangerous but downplayed it. Woodward held on to that info for 7 months, and I think he deserves a special place in hell for that.

  29. 29.

    Geminid

    Trump couldn’t get 217 votes for Speaker. I heard he’s pushing Jordan, but I don’t think Trump can help get Jordan to 217 votes either.

    Can Scalise or someone like him get to 217? I guess that’s possible, but this is s really f**ked up RepublicanParty and that is reflected in a really f**ked up House caucus. They may not have anyone who can get to 217.

    So it’s very possible we won’t have a Speaker this time next weekend. I think we will by Sunday the 22nd, though. The physical law that “Nature Abhors a Vacuum:” applies in this situation, I think, and the post will be filled whether or not the Republicans can get their act together.

  33. 33.

    Morfydd

    Thank you, Anne Laurie, for referring more to Bluesky. I know it’s more work than embedding Xitter links, and I appreciate it!

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