Political satirists may be best positioned to explain the President-Asterisk’s actions over the next days and months. Alexandra Petri, at the Washington Post: …[Trump] has decided that his official position on the kinds of conflicts of interest that might arise if he kept running his business while president is that If The President Does It, …
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Long Read(s): Jared Kushner, the Half-Bright Prince
Trump's campaign pledge to clean up corruption is looking a lot like Nixon's pledge to end the Vietnam War https://t.co/6hfDgmRPmU — Gabriel Snyder (@gabrielsnyder) January 8, 2017 BettyC posted about some of Kushner’s most glaring conflicts earlier. As with every comic-book crime cartel magnate, there’s a varied if mostly banal JKush backstory. From the NYTimes …
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Late Night Open Thread: “Prepare Yourself… This Man Is Not Well”
. To be honest, I’m surprised none of the Trumplodyte Army has taken noisy public outrage against Olbermann’s remarks yet. It’s an interesting clip, and you might want to forward it to those of your Trump-curious (let’s say) acquaintances who haven’t demonstrated themselves so toxic that you’ve just cut all ties…
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Herding Cats, or Progressives
(Arlo & Janis via GoComics.com) . In the spirit of staying upbeat for the new day, here’s the new National Legal Director of the ACLU, David Cole, on “The Way to Stop Trump“: … There is no question that President Trump will be a disaster—if we let him. But the more important point is that—as …
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Excellent Read: “David Fahrenthold tells the behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump”
My year of covering @realDonaldTrump: how a rally in Iowa and a campaign mgr's falsehood set the stories in motion. https://t.co/RRrpLzvwW2 — David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 29, 2016 A well-deserved victory lap, with a promise for the future: “Arnold and Tim, if you’d come up, we’re going to give you a nice, beautiful check,” Donald …
Last 2016 Saturday Morning Open Thread
2017: The year the American president openly cheers for the Nazis in Casablanca. https://t.co/bgKnOFb9xD — Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) December 31, 2016 For New Year’s Eve 1942, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt privately screened new film "Casablanca” at White House: pic.twitter.com/U2v6LoOJO0 — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 30, 2016 “I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on …
Me The Next Four Years
This idiot was trying to make a racist announcement and this guy kept yelling ?NOOOOO in his face lmao pic.twitter.com/dvSGCLIPJ6 — pb (@paigebrittany) December 16, 2016