Trump Fri-yay? (Is there a fri-yay in Trump's America..?)

[vicky]

t.co/TGf2YZA06s?amp=1


"President Donald Trump’s administration parted ways with yet another staffer this week.

Politico reported Thursday that Andy Hemming resigned from his position as the White House communications team’s director of rapid response on Monday.

The 31-year-old former Republican National Committee staffer, who was profiled by Politico’s Annie Karni this month, was responsible for finding positive mainstream media news stories about the Trump administration and recirculating those reports to key reporters and talking heads. Hemming’s goal was to ultimately create more mainstream coverage about positive moments for the Trump administration on the very networks the president routinely bashes and refers to as “fake news,” according to Karni’s piece."




I lol'd.

[mrsd2006]

Oh no, now what will happen if he doesn't get his folders of good news?!?


Ivanka shows off letters she received from kids. Did not go well on the Twitter.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-fan-mail_us_599fd19de4b06d67e336d261

[downtoearth]

Well, I can see why he resigned that nearly impossible job - is there even one story a week that is good natured? I mean he freaked out at the Boy Scouts... if you can't do a feel good speech to Boy Scouts, what do you do that is feel good?

[sofamonkey]

Aug 25, 2017 9:03:51 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Well, I can see why he resigned that nearly impossible job - is there even one story a week that is good natured? I mean he freaked out at the Boy Scouts... if you can't do a feel good speech to Boy Scouts, what do you do that is feel good?

My guess is he'd be down to the massive size of he president's morning dump.

[WanderingWinoZ]

Trump's dog whistle (blow horn) to the neo nazis
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-charlottesville-heritage-same-rhetoric-white-nationalists-use-recruit
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the confederacy and the death of “our culture” maps to the language and lures skinheads and white supremacists use to lure people into hate groups.

[WanderingWinoZ]

since Trump is pretty much known for sayign the opposite / lying... we can assume he's going to fire kelly today?

[rjamz]

Aug 25, 2017 9:35:43 GMT -5 WanderingWinoZ said:

since Trump is pretty much known for sayign the opposite / lying... we can assume he's going to fire kelly today?

It is Friday! And we usually get an episode of White House Apprentice on Fridays

[Deleted]

Aug 25, 2017 9:35:43 GMT -5 WanderingWinoZ said:

since Trump is pretty much known for sayign the opposite / lying... we can assume he's going to fire kelly today?

Yep, he'll be gone by Labor Day!

[nikki25]

See ya Johnny boy, which sadly was probably the best and only thing positive in that administration at this point.

[jeaniebueller]

Aug 25, 2017 8:55:29 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Oh no, now what will happen if he doesn't get his folders of good news?!?


Ivanka shows off letters she received from kids. Did not go well on the Twitter.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-fan-mail_us_599fd19de4b06d67e336d261

She is the fucking worst. Her goddamn kids probably wrote those.

[sushi]

Aug 25, 2017 9:23:15 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

Aug 25, 2017 9:03:51 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Well, I can see why he resigned that nearly impossible job - is there even one story a week that is good natured? I mean he freaked out at the Boy Scouts... if you can't do a feel good speech to Boy Scouts, what do you do that is feel good?

My guess is he'd be down to the massive size of he president's morning dump.

So very Louis xiv. It was considered an honor to watch him shit. Also, he developed a massive fistula which then became a desirable trend. I wouldn't mind wishing that nastiness on trump.

[onomatopoeia]

Aug 25, 2017 10:27:58 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Aug 25, 2017 8:55:29 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Oh no, now what will happen if he doesn't get his folders of good news?!?


Ivanka shows off letters she received from kids. Did not go well on the Twitter.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-fan-mail_us_599fd19de4b06d67e336d261

She is the fucking worst. Her goddamn kids probably wrote those.

They all look like they were written with the same package of markers by a group of kids around the same age.  I bet they're from a classroom or some other kids group she visited and are a "thanks for stopping by" sort of thing.  My grocery store posts those on their community wall all the time after kids go there on field trips.  It's cute, but kind of laughable in Ivanka's instance as she's kind of implying she's actually done something important to be thanked for.

[cous0226]

Gary Cohn was so very upset about Charlottesville but you know he's staying on of course. asshole.


www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/gary-cohn-trump-charlottesville.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[atarianna]

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

[WanderingWinoZ]

XP from the Hurricane post...this is what a government failure looks like

The Trump administration has appointed a head of FEMA, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is responsible for forecasting the storm, is operating with an acting director. So, too, is the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which is part of NOAA. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security, which includes FEMA, Coast Guard and other responding agencies, has an acting director since Trump tapped former secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff in late July.

[WOT?*]

Aug 25, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5 atarianna said:

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

As much as I dislike Kasich's policies (and a few other things about him such as this somewhat looked over gem: www.bing.com/videos/search?q=kasich+traffic+stop+video&view=detail&mid=6941FA80F644093199B56941FA80F644093199B5&FORM=VIRE) if Hickenlooper can get him to moderate his stances on Planned Parenthood and some of his education policies, I wouldn't be against this if we can also have a bi-partisan Congress working together better.

I see this more as a ploy for name recognition and a national presence for them both though, and not as anything realistic.

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 25, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5 atarianna said:

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

As long as Hick is the top of the ticket.

[downtoearth]

Aug 25, 2017 12:34:30 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Aug 25, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5 atarianna said:

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

As much as I dislike Kasich's policies (and a few other things about him such as this somewhat looked over gem: www.bing.com/videos/search?q=kasich+traffic+stop+video&view=detail&mid=6941FA80F644093199B56941FA80F644093199B5&FORM=VIRE) if Hickenlooper can get him to moderate his stances on Planned Parenthood and some of his education policies, I wouldn't be against this if we can also have a bi-partisan Congress working together better.

I see this more as a ploy for name recognition and a national presence for them both though, and not as anything realistic.

While it seems like a good compromise, I don't want to compromise after DT's dumpster fire of terrible. Plus as you said, a third party run isn't realistic-  unless they have money from both the GOP and Dems and I don't see that happening since you lose a lot of each base by having someone on the ticket that is not in your party.  I need some statistics nerd to run some simulations on the EC and how likely, or not likely, this may be.

[downtoearth]

Oh and because of the title of the post... yes, there is a fry-yay in DT's world... he loves some fries:

[mbcdefg]

Aug 25, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5 atarianna said:

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

If the Dems put up another polarizing candidate, or someone weak, I feel like this move pretty much guarantees Trump a second term.

[aurora]

Aug 25, 2017 12:34:30 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Aug 25, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5 atarianna said:

Rumors that Kasich and democratic Governor of Colorado are considering a "unity ticket" independent run in 2020.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/kasich-hickenlooper-2020-unity-ticket/index.html

As much as I dislike Kasich's policies (and a few other things about him such as this somewhat looked over gem: www.bing.com/videos/search?q=kasich+traffic+stop+video&view=detail&mid=6941FA80F644093199B56941FA80F644093199B5&FORM=VIRE) if Hickenlooper can get him to moderate his stances on Planned Parenthood and some of his education policies, I wouldn't be against this if we can also have a bi-partisan Congress working together better.

I see this more as a ploy for name recognition and a national presence for them both though, and not as anything realistic.

I see what you're saying, but no way do I want Kasich to be second in line for the Presidency. Nope.

[aurora]

Wait a second, CNN says Kasich would be top of ticket.

That's a hard no for me.

[sonrisa]

Aug 25, 2017 10:45:51 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

Aug 25, 2017 10:27:58 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

She is the fucking worst. Her goddamn kids probably wrote those.

They all look like they were written with the same package of markers by a group of kids around the same age.  I bet they're from a classroom or some other kids group she visited and are a "thanks for stopping by" sort of thing.  My grocery store posts those on their community wall all the time after kids go there on field trips.  It's cute, but kind of laughable in Ivanka's instance as she's kind of implying she's actually done something important to be thanked for.

Her daughter is in first grade, right? $20 says these were written by her class.

[SallyJ]

Have you heard about the Carl Icanhn corruption thing?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington

Rep. Don Beyer from VA08 added his commentary:

[picksthemusic]

Aug 25, 2017 15:31:02 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Have you heard about the Carl Icanhn corruption thing?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington

Rep. Don Beyer from VA08 added his commentary:

Holy shit.

Our Congress is completely spineless and greedy.

[OscarQ]

Aug 25, 2017 15:31:02 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Have you heard about the Carl Icanhn corruption thing?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington

Rep. Don Beyer from VA08 added his commentary:

This paragraph is so deliciously backstabby:

In 2010, Trump again found himself in trouble in Atlantic City. But this time Icahn was his antagonist. Along with a Texas banker, Icahn was trying to gain control of three Trump casinos. When a lawyer asked, during a deposition, whether Icahn intended to rebrand the casinos, he said that a consultant had deemed the Trump name a “disadvantage.” In an interview, Trump shot back, “Everybody wants the brand, including Carl. It’s the hottest brand in the country.” But in Icahn’s opinion the only real downside to shedding the Trump name was the expense that would be associated with changing all the signage. Trump expressed dismay at Icahn’s slight, telling the Times, in 2011, that he was a “loyalist” who prioritized friendship, whereas “with Carl the friendship stops where the deal begins.” (Icahn responded that he did not consider the two of them to be close, adding, pointedly, that he had not been invited to Ivanka Trump’s wedding.) In court papers, Icahn’s lawyers suggested that Trump’s name was no longer “synonymous with business acumen, high quality, and style.” Icahn told the Wall Street Journal, “I like Donald personally, but frankly I’m a little curious about the big deal about the name.” If the Trump brand carried such cachet, he asked, why did Trump properties keep going bankrupt?

[miniroller]

Aug 25, 2017 15:50:07 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Aug 25, 2017 15:31:02 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Have you heard about the Carl Icanhn corruption thing?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington

Rep. Don Beyer from VA08 added his commentary:

Holy shit.

Our Congress is completely spineless and greedy.

It is mind-boggling to imagine what they'd do if Partisan roles were reversed 😟😡😖

Can you IMAGINE what Senator Sessions &/or Governor Pence would have to say about this dirty-ass bullshit?!?

[mbcdefg]

Mooch ate at Trump Hotel's restaurant the night he was fired. And stayed the night, it seems.

Pathetic.

mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/PQboLIEhxp?amp=1

Mr. Scaramucci, who was dispatched as the White House communications director on July 31 after serving a bombastic, profanity-laced 10 days in the job, made a beeline for BLT Prime, and the salmon, on the night he was fired.

“Anthony is here,” a solemn-faced hotel employee said that evening, requesting anonymity out of fear that he, too, might be fired for speaking indiscreetly. “He’s angry. He’s sad. He’s staying at the hotel.”

[cbwm1]

Mueller is issuing grand jury subpoenas!

ETA- www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mueller-seeks-grand-jury-testimony-pr-execs-who-worked-manafort-n796066

[aurora]

Aug 25, 2017 15:31:02 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Have you heard about the Carl Icanhn corruption thing?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington

Rep. Don Beyer from VA08 added his commentary:

The hypocrisy is mind-boggling.