Does anyone else think of The West Wing when talking about the presidential medical exam?
That episode still makes me cry.
The physician and the new baby!!!! :-(
Jim Acosta is reporting that MLK Jr.'s nephew was at the ceremony with Trump today and talked to Trump privately after, during which time Trump told nephew that he was "not the person the media is making me out to be." Nephew is now saying that "Trump is not racist, just racially ignorant."
These 2 assholes. Well the R’s didn’t get on the same page as far as lying because Graham admitted it to Tim Scott that the reporting is accurate.
Oh and it just happened yesterday so I guess they have memory issues too like 45. They can go see the same doc tomorrow.
Yes, and Flake also went on the record saying that he was told that Trump said these things by both a Democratic and a GOP Congressman who were in the room before the Post story ever got published.
But people who want to believe Trump/discredit things said bad about him don't care about that. This gives those people enough deniability to insist it never happened and the Dems are saying this in bad faith.
Yup it’s just enough gaslighting by turning Senators against each other to cause confusion for the deplorables.
Fox hosts regularly get calls from Trump about segments he likes—or doesn’t. “When you worked at Fox, you knew that at any moment Roger Ailes was watching. Every day was like a job interview with Ailes. Now it’s the same way for Trump,” says a veteran Fox News contributor. According to sources, Trump doesn’t explicitly dictate talking points the way Ailes did, but over time, the effect can be similar. “What he usually does is he’ll call after a show and say, ‘I really enjoyed that,’” a former Fox anchor told me. “The highest compliment is, ‘I really learned something.’ Then you know he got a new policy idea.” But knowing Trump always could be tuning in means the network is being programmed for an audience of one. “He has the same embattled view as a typical Fox viewer—that ‘the liberal elites hate me; they’re trying to bring me down,’” an executive said.
Diane Feinstein not messing around in her statement:
Excerpts: "The president's expressed desire to see more immigrants from countries like Norway must be called out for what it is: an effort to set this country back generations by promoting a homogenous, white society."
"We all need to stop pretending that there are no consequences when the most powerful person in the world espouses racist views and gives a wink and a nod to the darkest elements in our society. If the president can't control himself and lead this country with the authority, dignity, and leadership it requires, then he shouldn't be the president. There's no room for racism in the Oval Office."
Once again with this presidency, women coming in strongly to declare the emperor has no clothes.
"More than one-fifth of Trump’s U.S. condominiums have been purchased in secretive, all-cash transactions that enable buyers to avoid legal scrutiny by shielding their finances and identities, a BuzzFeed News investigation has found."
Jim Acosta is reporting that MLK Jr.'s nephew was at the ceremony with Trump today and talked to Trump privately after, during which time Trump told nephew that he was "not the person the media is making me out to be." Nephew is now saying that "Trump is not racist, just racially ignorant."
MLK Jr. would almost certainly disown his ass. What the fuck!?
It took the White House twenty-two minutes to figure out how to enable the "listening only" feature on a conference call on Thursday where senior administration officials announced that President Trump would continue to waive nuclear program-related sanctions, keeping the deal intact.
"This White House can't even run a f*cking conference call," a reporter on an unmuted phone line angrily exclaimed to the entire call. "They don't know how to mute their line."
"It's the illegitimate media that doesn't know how to conduct themselves. They can't mute their f*cking phones," an unidentified official said. "Mute your phones."
Another White House official repeatedly attempted to quiet the noisy line "so the people in charge" could talk.
"I think if everyone had half a brain and common sense and muted their phones, this wouldn't be a problem," she yelled in an apparent fit of frustration.
"Hello? Hello?," one reporter interjected, some 15 minutes after the slated start of the call. "Has the call started?"
"This is Kim Jong Un calling for Donald Trump," another reporter joked as tensions flared.
"All participants are now in listen-only mode," the operator finally announced, much to the relief of everyone on the call. The call began at 1:07 p.m.
A State Department official announced at the end of the call that the technical difficulties prevented the senior administration officials from taking any questions from reporters.
The White House has struggled with facilitating background briefings on conference calls before.
It took the White House twenty-two minutes to figure out how to enable the "listening only" feature on a conference call on Thursday where senior administration officials announced that President Trump would continue to waive nuclear program-related sanctions, keeping the deal intact.
"This White House can't even run a f*cking conference call," a reporter on an unmuted phone line angrily exclaimed to the entire call. "They don't know how to mute their line."
"It's the illegitimate media that doesn't know how to conduct themselves. They can't mute their f*cking phones," an unidentified official said. "Mute your phones."
Another White House official repeatedly attempted to quiet the noisy line "so the people in charge" could talk.
"I think if everyone had half a brain and common sense and muted their phones, this wouldn't be a problem," she yelled in an apparent fit of frustration.
"Hello? Hello?," one reporter interjected, some 15 minutes after the slated start of the call. "Has the call started?"
"This is Kim Jong Un calling for Donald Trump," another reporter joked as tensions flared.
"All participants are now in listen-only mode," the operator finally announced, much to the relief of everyone on the call. The call began at 1:07 p.m.
A State Department official announced at the end of the call that the technical difficulties prevented the senior administration officials from taking any questions from reporters.
The White House has struggled with facilitating background briefings on conference calls before.
Omfg. This would be hilarious if it weren't so serious a subject.
It took the White House twenty-two minutes to figure out how to enable the "listening only" feature on a conference call on Thursday where senior administration officials announced that President Trump would continue to waive nuclear program-related sanctions, keeping the deal intact.
"This White House can't even run a f*cking conference call," a reporter on an unmuted phone line angrily exclaimed to the entire call. "They don't know how to mute their line."
"It's the illegitimate media that doesn't know how to conduct themselves. They can't mute their f*cking phones," an unidentified official said. "Mute your phones."
Another White House official repeatedly attempted to quiet the noisy line "so the people in charge" could talk.
"I think if everyone had half a brain and common sense and muted their phones, this wouldn't be a problem," she yelled in an apparent fit of frustration.
"Hello? Hello?," one reporter interjected, some 15 minutes after the slated start of the call. "Has the call started?"
"This is Kim Jong Un calling for Donald Trump," another reporter joked as tensions flared.
"All participants are now in listen-only mode," the operator finally announced, much to the relief of everyone on the call. The call began at 1:07 p.m.
A State Department official announced at the end of the call that the technical difficulties prevented the senior administration officials from taking any questions from reporters.
The White House has struggled with facilitating background briefings on conference calls before.
When the analyst responded that her parents were from South Korea, the president reportedly responded by asking a nearby adviser why the "pretty Korean lady" was not negotiating with North Korea's government on behalf of the Trump administration.
The analyst, whose name was not released, is reportedly trained in hostage negotiation, not diplomacy.
When the analyst responded that her parents were from South Korea, the president reportedly responded by asking a nearby adviser why the "pretty Korean lady" was not negotiating with North Korea's government on behalf of the Trump administration.
The analyst, whose name was not released, is reportedly trained in hostage negotiation, not diplomacy.
I mean, it’s not too far out there to say the hostage negotiator might be a better fit...
The threat of Tom Steyer primarying herhas turned Diane Feinstein into a force. Keep it up!!!!!!
I was just about to say that Feinstein is no dummy. She knows that she's not considered progressive enough for many CA dems, and she wants to stay competitive. Hence releasing the transcript, and her statement today.
So she's *not* retiring? I thought I'd heard she was gonna retire at the end of her term.
I was just about to say that Feinstein is no dummy. She knows that she's not considered progressive enough for many CA dems, and she wants to stay competitive. Hence releasing the transcript, and her statement today.
So she's *not* retiring? I thought I'd heard she was gonna retire at the end of her term.
I think retirement was the expectation, but she has been non-committal.
When the analyst responded that her parents were from South Korea, the president reportedly responded by asking a nearby adviser why the "pretty Korean lady" was not negotiating with North Korea's government on behalf of the Trump administration.
The analyst, whose name was not released, is reportedly trained in hostage negotiation, not diplomacy.
I mean, it’s not too far out there to say the hostage negotiator might be a better fit...