“Asked who in the White House is responsible for handling Giuliani’s missteps, a White House aide said, ‘Handling Rudy’s f***-ups takes more than one man.’”https://t.co/8AGiFaepJs — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 23, 2019 Eventually the circle always comes down to family and/or those who are equally compromised/culpable. https://t.co/L1qT9z8yr0 — Mig Greengard (@chessninja) January 23, 2019 … …
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Glass Not-Quite-Empty Open Thread: “President” Baby Wants His SotU
Why do reporters do this? “White House staffers tell me President Trump will run to the moon tonight. When I asked how, they said with elan.” https://t.co/vMJSXxZq5p — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 22, 2019 The International House of Pancakes? That's the only house I can think where he could do it. — Jimminy Crickets! (@DCclone) …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Running in Even Bigger Circles, Faster
CERN wants to go super-sized. https://t.co/DAlFVIM08f — MIT Technology Review (@techreview) January 22, 2019 Hmmm. $5.7B For a tunnel. Isn't there also something that costs $5.7B that's the opposite of a tunnel? — Nymquaat (@nymquaat_bearer) January 22, 2019 It's the only way to get us out of the Trump time fart. https://t.co/lZJDVjB98p — Schooley (@Rschooley) …
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MAGAt Scions vs. Peace Warrior Nathan Phillips: I Blame the Parents
Nathan Philips of the Omaha Nation speaking on what happened from @/ka_ya11 IG. pic.twitter.com/XBf1kTf8a5 — Unceded Clothing (@UncededClothing) January 19, 2019 Apparently there is a volk custom where busloads of milk-fed suburban high schoolers are shipped into Washington DC every year to bulk up the numbers at the “National Right to Abuse Women Life March.” …
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Help a Furloughed Worker Out
About a week and a half ago, I read a story in People magazine about furloughed workers having a rough go of it: When Kristie Scarazzo, a divorced single mom of a 4-year-old daughter landed her dream job last September as a botanist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, she drained her savings for …
Late Night Sad Trombones Open Thread: Viewers Grow Bored with Novelty Act
Next week's New Yorker cover pic.twitter.com/agC5MJJtHP — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) January 17, 2019 I feel like this Art of the Deal quote should be getting more play lately. pic.twitter.com/roJCAeb7zO — Schooley (@Rschooley) January 19, 2019 ‘Bipartisan’ horse-race promoters at the Cook Report, last Thursday: The fight over the wall and shutdown has done more to …
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My Succinct Take on Trump’s “Offer”
Sum total of Trump's Offer: Robber: Hey, if you give me 5.7 billion I will give back some of the shit I stole. Homeowner: Ok here is 5.7 billion. Robber: Haha Thanks for the money now get fucked. — Cake or Death (@Johngcole) January 19, 2019