The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[enipla]

@Guest-starring_Id

here at 1:10…(it wouldn’t let me do an edited link)

Hope I’m way off base in speculating that the “Second Step” will have something to do with some kind of large-scale for-profit re-structuring.

Of course. Private prisons and forced labor.

[elucidator]

You don’t have to. You can sit in your cell, hoping someone will send you some money so you can buy a bag of Cheetos. Though it very well may be that such service will enhance your chances for parole. They can’t actually tell you that, that would be wrong. But it may.

(Gotta wonder how the “real” firefighters, trained and experienced, feel about this.)

[Kimstu]

@jsc1953

So, what is the Koch’s interest in criminal justice reform?

Blue Wave panic, apparently. They’ve been scared that metastasized robber-baron capitalism might actually generate some serious democratic pushback if they don’t throw a few crumbs of social justice policy to the huddled masses.

With 2018’s midterm elections looming [as of last January] with plenty of pitfalls for Republicans, much of the three-day retreat for donors near Palm Springs focused on civil society programs. “Let’s be frank right upfront: These elections are going to be brutally tough,” Americans for Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel told guests. “So what are we going to do about it? We’ve never faced a challenge like this one.”

So many of the most enthusiastic conversations stemmed from conversations about how the Koch-backed network could change communities.

“I hate to quote Hillary Clinton, but it takes a village,” said Jill Lynch, whose family owns an Iowa agriculture firm.

[eschereal]

It is just that Koch Industries is losing too much talent to the Justice system.

[Johnny_L.A]

How long until we see Failing Donnie put on a performance like this?

[Bryan_Ekers]

@Johnny_L.A

How long until we see Failing Donnie put on a performance like this?

About negative-two years, I’d say.

[Johnny_L.A]

It strikes me that the difference between Captain Queeg and Failing Donnie is that Captain Queeg eventually realised how he sounded.

[AnalogSignal]

I am becoming a fan of Kellyanne Conway’s husband:

Trump Admin 'Shitshow in Dumpster Fire,' Says Conway

Attorney George Conway described the Trump administration as a “shitshow in a dumpster fire” as a reason for why he did not take a post in the Justice Department last year and explained why he decided to form a group of conservative lawyers to defend the constitution.

[Toxgoddess]

Donald Trump will not be rid of this meddlesome reporter: the White House must return Acosta’s press credentials. A lawsuit by CNN against the White House can also go forward. I’ll be eager to see what federal courts think of the doctored video. Seems pretty strong evidence of slander or libel (whatever’s the correct legal label); Trump and SHS could be in serious legal trouble over that.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/white-house-must-return-cnn-s-jim-acosta-s-credential/article_7087a205-cea3-5d1e-bcac-e36009bc5bc9.html#utm_source=stltoday.com&utm_campaign=BreakingNewsNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=7AA409AF65889991EB893B1640D6F70EFFF7F48A

[Johnny_L.A]

@Toxgoddess

Seems pretty strong evidence of slander or libel (whatever’s the correct legal label)

Libel and Slander are defamation. Libel is written, and slander is spoken.

[Toxgoddess]

@Johnny_L.A

Libel and Slander are defamation. Libel is written, and slander is spoken.

So what does video count as?

[ElvisL1ves]

Speaking of demands for civility: A performance of Fiddler on the Roof was disrupted by a patron yelling “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!”.

[RickJay]

@Toxgoddess

So what does video count as?

It’s libel. The defamation is published, so it’s libelous.

[Ravenman]

Trump is giving the medal of freedom to Babe Ruth, Elvis, and Scalia. They must be looking for deceased people to honor who don’t have the capability to turn him down.

Next year, perhaps we should look forward to the honorees including George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and maybe Cleopatra. The deader the better?

[enipla]

@Ravenman

Trump is giving the medal of freedom to Babe Ruth, Elvis, and Scalia. They must be looking for deceased people to honor who don’t have the capability to turn him down.

Next year, perhaps we should look forward to the honorees including George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and maybe Cleopatra. The deader the better?

Caligula, Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde.

[Rick_Kitchen]

@enipla

Caligula, Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde.

Trump’s role models.

[Skywatcher]

@Rick_Kitchen

Trump’s role models.

-Carnac the Magnificent

[ThelmaLou]

@Ravenman

Trump is giving the medal of freedom to Babe Ruth, Elvis, and Scalia. They must be looking for deceased people to honor who don’t have the capability to turn him down.

Next year, perhaps we should look forward to the honorees including George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and maybe Cleopatra. The deader the better?

@enipla

Caligula, Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde.

Why not Jesus?

[JohnT]

@Ravenman

Trump is giving the medal of freedom to Babe Ruth, Elvis, and Scalia. They must be looking for deceased people to honor who don’t have the capability to turn him down.

Next year, perhaps we should look forward to the honorees including George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and maybe Cleopatra. The deader the better?

My money is on Jesus.

Edit: :shakes fist:

[mistymage]

But all Jesus does is maintain the Mar-A-Lago grounds for the least legal amount of money.

Trump only rewards people who pay him (obviously not the dead people listed) like Miriam Adelson. Trump giving Miriam Adelson the Medal of Freedom captures the transactional nature of his presidency or to score brownie points from the GOP like Orrin Hatch.