I doubt there is anything especially unique about Richard Burr. GOP leaders would prefer you did not know this, but Republicans are feeling deeply queasy about Trump right now. His manic behavior is increasingly putting them between an impossible rock and a hard place. If we cannot help having a compromised lunatic at the helm …
Get on the phone
Please RT: NC Senator Burr on fence about Devos nomination and instructing interns to count constituent responses. Call 202-224-3154. — Pamela Alexander (@jeditigger) January 26, 2017 Let’s politely destroy his voice mail box.
Alternative Facts Open Thread
Someone bought ALTERNATIVEFACTS.COM and the redirect is awesome: (I included the screenshot because they are getting bombarded and the site keeps crashing) h/t jacy via facebook for all of this. Open thread
Operations Security Failure! Cyber Security Edition
Operations Security is defined as: Operations Security, or OPSEC, is the process by which we protect unclassified information that can be used against us. OPSEC challenges us to look at ourselves through the eyes of an adversary (individuals, groups, countries, organizations). Essentially, anyone who can harm people, resources, or mission is an adversary. OPSEC should …
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There’s Some Shit You Won’t Eat
Trump is used to getting people to take his money (or, more accurately, the promise of his money), eat his shit, and pretend to like it. That strategy doesn’t work so well for people who don’t owe you anything. Two examples from the last couple of hours: The entire State Department senior leadership team resigned …
He Said What ? The Entire Transcript of the President’s Interview with ABC News
? Trump was asked whether it was distasteful to give a boastful speech at the CIA. His response reads like a parody. pic.twitter.com/fEpvWZUMrx — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 26, 2017 ETA: I will just briefly state that no one in a military or intelligence community setting (uniformed or civilian personnel) will sit down when being …
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Open Thread: On “Voter Fraud”
President Trump to launch investigation into alleged voter fraud: “I want the voting process to be legitimate." https://t.co/zjjJ6vMqXU pic.twitter.com/Spb3a9ScQf — ABC News (@ABC) January 25, 2017 The President-Asterisk certainly comes across here as a well-informed and not at all obsessed-with-internet-rumors individual, does he not? (Spoiler: He does not.) Imagine, for a second, the pressures that …