WTF I've had periods longer than that.
— Tyranneato (@tyranneato) September 7, 2018
Trump Confesses to Crime, Commits Obstruction on Camera. Again
Okay folks, I’m not a lawyer, but isn’t this a no-no?
EXCLUSIVE: President @realDonaldTrump on if he knew about the Cohen payments. See more from his interview with @ainsleyearhardt tomorrow 6-9amET. pic.twitter.com/HPJPslOG6X
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) August 22, 2018
In his eagerness to assure the simple-minded Fox rage-bots that he didn’t use the sock-and-bra money they contributed to his campaign to pay off Stormy, Trump admitted that HE paid her off. Isn’t that, like, a felony? And again, Trump goes after Jeff Sessions for refusing to shield him from another crime, indicating consciousness of guilt. Hoo-boy.
Also, Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened today’s shit-show of a press briefing with a statement that was a blatant attempt to exploit the murder of a young woman in Iowa for political gain, once again demonizing an entire group of people whose demographic commits far fewer crimes than native-born Americans. Huckabee Sanders ended her opening statement by saying, “Sadly, the individual believed to be responsible for the murder is an illegal immigrant.”
“Sadly” my ass — I bet a SETI-equivalent program on the far side of Alpha Centauri picked up the whoops of glee from the White House communications shop when they read the alleged perpetrator’s alleged immigration status. But inconveniently, the man charged with the crime was also the long-time employee of a family of local Republican bigwigs. And may also be in the country legally, according to his lawyer.
Regardless of the alleged murderer’s immigration status, it’s both hideous and unsurprising that the Trump people would try to use the tragedy of that young woman’s death to shield their horrible boss from a catastrophic news cycle. Sweet, weeping Christ on a Triscuit, I hate these fucking people. The Angry Circus Peanut administration can’t collapse in a scandalous heap quick enough to suit me.
One thing I’m wondering: Do y’all think the media yowling is equal to the Sturm und Drang around the Lewinsky scandal during the Clinton years? It goddamned well better be, but I don’t remember. I had an infant to look after when that absurd circus was in town. I’m a lot older and more pissed off now.
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Oh And Then There is This
Rough news cycle for the Republican Crime syndicate:
Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday on charges related to the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and the filing of false campaign finance records.
The charges of wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy were the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that has stretched for more than a year, during which the Republican congressman from California has maintained his innocence.
Duncan Hunter is actually more of an asshole and dumber than his father, which is hard to fathom.
Right on Schedule: The Next Phase of the Bust Out
The Republicans are like the mafia, but less subtle:
CNBC’s John Harwood: You were, during the Obama administration, a big critic of rising levels of national debt. We see the deficit going up to $1 trillion next year, debt levels are rising. About the tax cut: Did you guys go about it the wrong way?
Rep. Steve Stivers: I don’t think we did. I think you’ll see the economic growth will actually reduce the deficit a bit from the projected levels. And I think there’s still an opportunity to continue that growth.
Harwood: No misgivings about a tax cut that was not paid for, that’s allowing debt and deficits to rise like it is now?
Stivers: I do think we need to deal with our some of our spending. We’ve got to try to figure out how to spend less.
Harwood: Entitlements? Social Security, Medicare?
Stivers: Yeah, I mean, what I think we need to do is get some people who are now on government programs jobs, we have more open jobs than we have people on unemployment. So if we could get people to go from unemployment, or a government program, to become a taxpayer, it’s a twofer because not only are they getting less government assistance, they probably have a better life economically and they’re actually paying taxes.
Blow up the budget with massive tax cuts to the rich, then use the budget deficits as a pretext to rob more from the poors. Good work if you can get it.
And you thought the re-emergence of Ron Fournier and the no labels motherfuckers was just a coincidence. How long before we’re hearing from Evan Bayh and they’re rolling out the rancid corpse of David Broder?
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