Good news, friends: I’ve decided to launch an eponymous upscale fashion and jewelry brand!
Those of you who know me in real life might protest, “But Betty, since you’re frequently mistaken for a bag lady, what makes you think you have the fashion cred to pull this off?” Or, “But you have no money, and no one has ever heard of you — why would anyone buy your crappy products?”
Those might have been valid criticisms in 2016, but in Trump’s America, everything has changed — via WaPo:
Although Ivanka Trump lacks a formal White House job, the president’s older daughter is moving into her own West Wing office, an administration representative said — a move that increases her profile as an influential, although unofficial, adviser to her father.
Ivanka Trump will not be on the government payroll or officially bound by its ethics rules, but she said in a statement to Politico that she will “voluntarily” follow those restrictions. She also acknowledged the unusual nature of her emerging role…
President Trump has named Ivanka, 35, the mastermind behind his child-care and maternity- leave plans, the first proposals on such issues from a Republican president. Since the election, she has sat in meetings with world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Politico reported that she is also working to obtain a security clearance and this week will receive government communications.
If the Trump spawn and Mr. Ivanka are qualified to jointly serve as de facto Secretaries of State (and the former as the official handler of “women’s issues”) by dint of their membership in the lucky sperm club, I don’t see why my dearth of fashion sense, relative lack of funds and personal obscurity should be obstacles to my dream of founding a rag-and-bauble empire.
So what role for which you are completely unqualified do you see yourself occupying over the next three years and 10 months (barring impeachment)?
I keed, but seriously, I don’t see how we reestablish standards once this debacle ends. It’s all very decline-and-fallish.
This is an open thread, and feel free to use it to discuss the Gorsuch hearings if you’re so inclined. I don’t give a good goddamn what Gorsuch says about the law since he’s the appointee of a crook and is angling to be the recipient of stolen goods. I’ll confidently assume the worst.
Should the Democrats blow up the filibuster in an almost certainly futile attempt* to block him? I say yes. It’s going to happen eventually anyway. Might as well keep their fingerprints off any Trump-associated enterprise. Anyhoo, open thread.
*Italicized text added for clarification; I think there’s almost zero chance the Democrats can successfully block Gorsuch, but I hope they try.
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