The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[Steve_MB]

@SteveG1

This SHOULD directly implicate Giuliani. It probably won’t since that sumbitch is one lucky (if crazy) bastard. But I can hope he’s headed for prison soon too.

What good would that do? He’d just transform into his bat or mist form and slip out between the bars.

[Ludovic]

@VinylTurnip

Which is a totally normal thing that probably happens all the time in a functioning democracy with an impartial Justice Department focused on its top priorities.

But hey, Clinton once talked with someone else in public so everything is exactly equivalent.

[jsc1953]

The Nobel Peace Prize went to somebody from one of those shithole countries.

Oh well, Donnie…better luck next year.

[Try2B_Comprehensive]

Trump keeps calling it an insane impeachment witch hunt. Makes me want to call it an insane clown posse hunt

[QuickSilver]

I heard a new nick name for Giuliani: Rudy Colludy. Perfect.

[Shoeless]

@eschereal

Whenever I hear anything about that guy, I hear the opening line from an old Supertramp song, Rudy …

LOL… “Rudy’s on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line”

Great, now I’ll never hear that song again without thinking of Guliani.

[Skypist]

Per Yovanovitch From CNN

“With respect to Mayor Giuliani, I have had only minimal contacts with him—a total of three that I recall. None related to the events at issue,” she said, according to her prepared remarks. “I do not know Mr. Giuliani’s motives for attacking me. But individuals who have been named in the press as contacts of Mr. Giuliani may well have believed that their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in Ukraine.”

Roundup of Trump impeachment inquiry on October 11

So apparently she’s not testifying behind closed doors?

Well it sounds like it is closed door but a copy of her opening statement was released.

[BlankSlate]

@scabpicker

Hehehe, a link that hasn’t been taken down for those who want to hear a message to Rudy.

Seriously, a perfect pick, Walken. I love any reason to listen to it on days that end in y - today is much more special, given the context.

Are ‘Rudy’ and ‘rude boy’ synonymous? I always thought Rudy was just his name, but maybe it’s more like the ‘rude boys’ in Desmond Dekker’s 007 (Shanty Town)?

[Johnny_L.A]

Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents

In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court ruling saying the firm must turn over eight years of accounting records.

The opinion is a strong signal that the White House’s letter earlier this week refusing to cooperate with the impeachment probe without a full House vote authorizing it would not hold up in court…

“The courts lack the power to invalidate a duly authorized congressional subpoena merely because it might have been ‘better [if]…the full House’ had specifically authorized or issued it,” the court wrote. “Unless and until Congress adopts a rule that offends the Constitution, the courts get no vote in how each chamber chooses to run its internal affairs.”

[Walken_After_Midnight]

@BlankSlate

Are ‘Rudy’ and ‘rude boy’ synonymous? I always thought Rudy was just his name, but maybe it’s more like the ‘rude boys’ in Desmond Dekker’s 007 (Shanty Town)?

Yep:

Thus, “Rudy, A Message To You,” was a call for the rude boys — or Rudies — to reflect on their behavior and its potential implications

[BlankSlate]

@Walken_After_Midnight

Yep:

Thanks. It took 40 years, but I finally got there.

[Sage_Rat]

Supposedly, we have reached a small trade deal with China.

US and China reach 'phase one' trade deal, staving off more tariffs for now

I am skeptical of the specifics.

Soybean tariffs were set to pressure Trump voters. Trump needs those voters massively. That China would give them away for nothing seems unlikely.

I suspect that we’ll find out what the Adminstration is actually trying to give away in return, soon.

[Jack_Batty]

I wonder if it rhymes with schminvestigate schmiden.

[Steve_MB]

@Sage_Rat

Supposedly, we have reached a small trade deal with China.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/us-and-china-reach-limited-trade-deal

I am skeptical of the specifics.

Soybean tariffs were set to pressure Trump voters. Trump needs those voters massively. That China would give them away for nothing seems unlikely.

I suspect that we’ll find out what the Adminstration is actually trying to give away in return, soon.

@Jack_Batty

I wonder if it rhymes with schminvestigate schmiden.

No; that would be another gift from China to Old Orangestain; the question is what gifts he’s giving them in return.

For starters, I assume he never heard of any Hong Kongians storming the beaches at Normandy…

[VinylTurnip]

@Sage_Rat

Supposedly, we have reached a small trade deal with China.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/us-and-china-reach-limited-trade-deal

I am skeptical of the specifics.

This is the same administration that recently insisted talks with North Korea had been good discussions that totally didn’t end in failure, despite accomplishing nothing and being characterized by their own envoy as “bad and sickening” on his way the hell out of Dodge?

Yeah, think I’ll wait for third-party confirmation.

[Guest-starring_Id]

Really cute Eric Trump’s brilliant turn of phrase:

“How do you think [Hunter] is feeling after embezzling a lot of money?” Eric Trump asked the audience Thursday. “A lot of crookedness, he is not feeling too good. Maybe ‘Lock her up!’ goes to ‘Lock him up!’”

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Even if his allegations were true, does he think the US imprisons people for crimes they commit in other countries?

I hate stupid people who are loud and talkative.

[Procrustus]

@Snowboarder_Bo

Even if his allegations were true, does he think the US imprisons people for crimes they commit in other countries?

I hate stupid people who are loud and talkative.

Also, (I can’t follow the insanity too closely) but I don’t think the made up allegations against Hunter include embezzlement.

noun: embezzlement; plural noun: embezzlements

theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Well that’s what I mean and what I keep asking people about: why the fuck should American law enforcement care about someone breaking a law in another country? Even if it’s an American?

And if American law enforcement doesn’t care about it, why the fuck should Americans?

[Snowboarder_Bo]

This just in: Trump: Kevin McAleenan out at Homeland Security

President Donald Trump says Kevin McAleenan is out as the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and says he will be announcing a new acting secretary in the next week.

I wonder what someone found out about him?