Kevin Hassett, chair of Donald Trump’s Economic Advisory Council recently said that the furloughed workers were actually “’better off’ because they’re getting time off without having to use any of their vacation days.” This is when the TSA workers have...
Rachel Maddow reported last night that after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin finished  briefing a bipartisan group of House members yesterday about the admin’s decision to drop sanctions against Manafort’s BFF Oleg Deripaska, he complained to reporters about having having to take a...
William Barr, Trump’s choice to succeed Jeff Sessions as Attorney General (or replace Matt Whitaker, as you wish) was thought to be an okay choice, being as how he’s reportedly been friends with Robert Mueller for the past twenty years, and...
It’s an interesting fact of Washington life that the Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, is married to a man who makes no bones about describing her boss as a narcissist and a fool. https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1081603367032508417 https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1081216447869792257 That’s George Conway’s take. Now here’s...
CRASH!!! Ohhh, sorry about that. I didn’t mean to knock over that china cabinet, but you looked so funny, laying there on the sofa with your eyes closed, moaning and rubbing your temples, that I accidentally fell against it laughing. I’ve never been...
Remember Mad Magazine’s iconic line, “What, me worry?” That’s the thought you might want to adopt today, because who knows what we’re going to be talking about when the market closes tomorrow. And you might consider getting your money...
Have you ever noticed that Trump describes all his appointees, or even just people he encounters in Washington, in trite show biz terms? They're all "very talented" or if they're female, "lovely." The latest in the talented and lovely...
Rick Wilson, current clown prince chronicler of “President Best Brain” and his tantrums, holds forth on the departure in protest of James Mattis and what it means. Daily Beast: His extraordinary departure in protest of Trump’s policies and personality is...
It didn’t take long for the shoe to drop.  It was only yesterday that the Washington Post noted, “Mattis has been repeatedly overruled by Trump in recent months and left out of key discussions as the president pursues his...
This has the blue check, so it’s not a parody account, right? https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1074829578886103040 How about we rework a few phrases, “Republicans should stand up to Trump and his tremendous corruption” -- he is after all the target of 17 investigations at...

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