Let's start the Orange Foolius weekend early.

[WOT?*]

Because holy shit on a shingle. The White House is kind of like being in a Venezuelan prison.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-melania-reportedly-compared-life-in-the-white-house-to-being-in-a-venezuelan-jail/ar-AAsZQwc?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

During the visit with Tintori, Trump seemed unfamiliar with her and her experiences, according to The Washington Post, though he reportedly knew enough to have "praised her past a reality television star in Venezuela's version of 'Survivor.'"

Trump and the first lady also reportedly tried to commiserate with Tintori through a source of their own discomfort — the White House. 

Melania said she sympathized with what Lopez had gone through in jail in Caracas, Venezuela, noting that the White House felt as confining as prison, two people familiar with the meeting told the Post. Trump reportedly agreed.

(The First Lady's spokesperson denied her saying it, as the next paragraph reads. Because of course.)

[Pom]

I'd be all about them leaving the WH and going to real prison.

[sofamonkey]

45s Access Hollywood tape is playing 12 hours straight at the mall. 😂

www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-trump-access-hollywood-tape-is-playing-on-repeat-for-12-hours-on-the-mall/2017/10/06/c19a4d52-aaa2-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.0ebc0417cdd8

"Friday’s demonstration wasn’t appreciated by everyone on the Mall. Parents scurried past the screen so their children wouldn’t hear the profanity-laced video. One man questioned how such a setup could be allowed on federal land."

LOLOLOLOL

[secretlyevil]

Oct 7, 2017 1:38:42 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

45s Access Hollywood tape is playing 12 hours straight at the mall. 😂

www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-trump-access-hollywood-tape-is-playing-on-repeat-for-12-hours-on-the-mall/2017/10/06/c19a4d52-aaa2-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.0ebc0417cdd8

"Friday’s demonstration wasn’t appreciated by everyone on the Mall. Parents scurried past the screen so their children wouldn’t hear the profanity-laced video. One man questioned how such a setup could be allowed on federal land."

LOLOLOLOL

That is epic.

[cous0226]

John Kelly is struggling in his role.

www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/rex-tillerson-john-kelly-white-house/index.html

[curbsideprophet]

Oct 7, 2017 5:30:53 GMT -5 cous0226 said:

John Kelly is struggling in his role.

www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/rex-tillerson-john-kelly-white-house/index.html

Shocking!

Oh wait, no its not. Not exactly sure what he expected but this does not surprise me at all.

[MixedBerryJam]

Oct 7, 2017 1:38:42 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

45s Access Hollywood tape is playing 12 hours straight at the mall. 😂

...

Junior is castigating Hillary Clinton for her silence on the Weinstein story. Today.

[pitta12]

Who knows? Surely not 45.

[WanderingWinoZ]

(((((((


One year ago today — Oct. 7, 2016 — brought one of the tectonic news collisions in the history of elections ... 3 p.m.: White House releases intelligence community statement saying Russians are behind election hacking ... 4:02 p.m.: WashPost reveals "Access Hollywood" tape ... 4:30 p.m.: John Podesta emails posted by Wikileaks. Relive it if you dare.
www.yahoo.com/news/64-hours-october-one-weekend-blew-rules-american-politics-2-162827162.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories

[WanderingWinoZ]

Oct 7, 2017 5:30:53 GMT -5 cous0226 said:

John Kelly is struggling in his role.

www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/rex-tillerson-john-kelly-white-house/index.html

It's funny how all the agencies break the same story about hte same person...

www.axios.com/axios-am-2493905455.html
You are a true America hero — enlisting in the Marines and rising to become a highly decorated four-star general who once ran the entire U.S. Southern Command.

You gave your life to service. Your son, Marine Lt. Robert Kelly, 29, gave his in service, killed after stepping on a landmine while leading a platoon in Afghanistan.

Now, you spend your days cleaning up messes all around your Commander, the actual Commander-in-Chief — a guy who dodged the draft, and taunts or tramples on many of things you feel and believe deep in your bones. Everyone knows you don't share his views, values or politics.

Most of your days, like those of your friend Rex Tillerson, blow.

You spend most of your time killing bad things: bad ideas, bad information flow, bad habits. You inherited an Island of Misfit Toys, and tossed out the most obnoxious ones.

You run a tight ship during workdays -- but lose total control of the wheel when your boss goes rogue, which is most nights, most mornings, most weekends.

Now scattered, Trump originals ask what exactly it means for you to do your duty as chief of staff. You feel your duty is to protect the nation from POTUS.

But some Trump loyalists won't concede that you're always right and DJT is always wrong. They think that sometimes it's their duty to subordinate their opinions to his. They ask: What's patriotic about thwarting the duly elected POTUS?

You cringe and sometime rage when you see the nasty tweets, the childish taunts, the wild improvisation.

You start watching Fox just to see what he sees, and read Breitbart for a glimpse of the world through the President's eyes.

You plot with Tillerson and SecDef Mattis and National Security Adviser McMaster, and find comfort and camaraderie in your pact to save the world from an impulsive president.

[WanderingWinoZ]

Oct 7, 2017 8:35:40 GMT -5 pitta12 said:

Who knows? Surely not 45.

www.axios.com/why-george-soros-is-a-favorite-target-of-the-right-2491072164.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories

A well-wired Republican told us: "It codifies the Rs' failure on repeal/replace and shows the President can move without hesitation or ideological impediment to make a deal with the Dems. It depresses R base turnout in the midterms, as Trump voters are further disconnected from the Congressional wing."

[curbsideprophet]

Trump vented to Tillerson about law barring US companies from bribing foreign officials

thehill.com/homenews/administration/354344-trump-vented-to-tillerson-about-law-barring-us-companies-from-bribing

[cous0226]

The axios piece is so spot on. What a life he has on a daily basis. If he didn’t leave after Charlottesville, I just think he will continue to suffer. Sending Rex out to “deny??” calling 45 a moron seems easy compared to the rest of the shiiit he deals with lol

[Vespasia]

Not US related but today is the 11th anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Her writings on the Chechen conflict and Putin are  the main reason I have hated him for a very long time. 

www.economist.com/node/8023316?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/annapolitkovskaya

[jeaniebueller]

I didn’t realize Kelly lost a son in Afghanistan.

[pitta12]

[sparrowsong]

Down to 32% approval, new low.

thehill.com/homenews/administration/354325-poll-trump-approval-hits-32-percent?amp

[mbcdefg]

[1confused1]

Oct 7, 2017 14:55:41 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

OMG

[curbsideprophet]

I feel like he has no concept of how devastating nuclear war could be.

[tessalb]

Oct 7, 2017 14:55:41 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

I only read the top one and thought maybe he was tweeting about himself

[mbcdefg]

And his first few tweets this morning were about how unfair the late night talk show hosts are to him!!!!!

Someone needs to get this motherfucker out of the White House already. Enough is enough.

[sofamonkey]

Oct 7, 2017 15:04:48 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I feel like he has no concept of how devastating nuclear war could be.

Well, considering he has no idea how bad tweets are, I'd say you are correct!

[sparrowsong]

Fucking moron!

[cous0226]

Oct 7, 2017 14:55:41 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

wtf?? go back to your golf game.  Where is Melania and the rest of the family?  Why is he always alone with his phone?  I mean I know noone wants to be around him but if they can suck it up and give him attention and keep him entertained so he stays off his phone, that would be helpful.  Can't they just order a circus or something at the WH to entertain him?   This really isn't that hard.  He just needs attention. 

SaveSave

[eclaires]

Oct 7, 2017 11:44:30 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

I didn’t realize Kelly lost a son in Afghanistan.

Yes. My SIL's mom is close to the family and when my SIL was telling me that she mentioned she'd gone to all their weddings and the one son's funeral.

I think he as at least one other son who is in the military. Maybe two?

[carmenere]

Oct 7, 2017 15:04:48 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I feel like he has no concept of how devastating nuclear war could be.

Of course not. He just thinks it will make him the big damn hero, and then he'll get his military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

[sparrowsong]

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59d881dee4b072637c443a6e

Donald Trump Marks Hispanic Heritage Month By Mocking The Puerto Rican Accent

[miniroller]

Not directly in reference to 45, but I audibly appreciated (with a snort, whatev!) this tweet:

[georgeglass]

I'm in DC and after seeing what appeared to be Marine One leaving the White House, I found a bar that serves a drink called the Presidentski, complete with Orange (cotton candy) toupee. I ordered it, obviously, even though it was disgusting.