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Vice President Mike Pence's new national security adviser steps down after reported pushback from Trump (just three days after Pence appointed him to the job)

He beat Anthony Scaramucci's 10 day record.

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This is my favorite season of The Apprentice.
The Apprentice: Celebrity President
Is this "The Apprentice"?

I thought I was watching "Survivor: Gilligan's Island"!
Trump better be nice to Pence, since he will be needing that pardon from President Pence sooner than he thinks.
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but, but she could have paid it all back if they had only allowed her to sell her office a little longer. damn those regulations and the evil deep state regulators who regulate our freedoms away.
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”

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Nikki Heat can't be all that comfortable under that bus. I'm guessing she's a short timer.

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O Really wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:32 am
Nikki Heat can't be all that comfortable under that bus. I'm guessing she's a short timer.
"Heat"?

I've gained a little respect for her. Not much, but a tad more than none.
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:40 am
O Really wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:32 am
Nikki Heat can't be all that comfortable under that bus. I'm guessing she's a short timer.
"Heat"?

I've gained a little respect for her. Not much, but a tad more than none.
Nikki Heat is a fictional character who is modeled on the fictional character Kate Beckett played by Stana Katic, created by the fictional author Richard Castle played by Nathan Fillion in the former TV series Castle.

As for why O Really associates the two, he'll have to explain his own kinkiness. :P

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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:54 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:40 am
O Really wrote:
Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:32 am
Nikki Heat can't be all that comfortable under that bus. I'm guessing she's a short timer.
"Heat"?

I've gained a little respect for her. Not much, but a tad more than none.
Nikki Heat is a fictional character who is modeled on the fictional character Kate Beckett played by Stana Katic, created by the fictional author Richard Castle played by Nathan Fillion in the former TV series Castle.

As for why O Really associates the two, he'll have to explain his own kinkiness. :P
I started calling her that back when she was campaigning for Governor. Probably had something to do with the contrast between her and the usual run of Repug candidates. It wasn't that I thought she actually had a strong physical resemblance to the fictional detective.

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:19 pm
Forget all his other bs. This suckup quack stood in front of the American people and lied about the physical he falsified for Donnie. That was his only job and he failed. Just as his who do I suck up to next attitude will damage the va.
Ronny Jackson withdraws from consideration for VA chief

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Otoh, I'm fine with an alleged drunk that allegedly recklessly prescribes drugs continuing as White House doctor. :D

New Documents Show Pompeo Failed To Disclose Additional Business Ties To China

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Another example of everything Trump touches turning to shit. Jackson had a nice cushy job through two previous administrations, and maybe he was a drunk and an asshole, but he stayed under the radar. Then comes Trump and Jackson (who few had heard of before) becomes a laughingstock with his "medical report" on obese Trump's physical. Then he gets nominated for a job for which he clearly has no qualifications (or previous interest, apparently), and then he gets hung out to dry. Maybe just desserts for a life of suck-ass assholery, but still. Standing close to Trump is like touching the third rail.

Will be interesting to see how long it takes Kanye to crash and burn now, too.

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O Really wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:34 am
Another example of everything Trump touches turning to shit. Jackson had a nice cushy job through two previous administrations, and maybe he was a drunk and an asshole, but he stayed under the radar. Then comes Trump and Jackson (who few had heard of before) becomes a laughingstock with his "medical report" on obese Trump's physical. Then he gets nominated for a job for which he clearly has no qualifications (or previous interest, apparently), and then he gets hung out to dry. Maybe just desserts for a life of suck-ass assholery, but still. Standing close to Trump is like touching the third rail.

Will be interesting to see how long it takes Kanye to crash and burn now, too.
Pompeo was confirmed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on January 23, 2017, during POSPOTUS' honeymoon. If he's rejected for SoS, I wonder if he'll stay on as weaker CIA chief. Then, what happens with Gina Haspel?
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Vrede too wrote:
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No one will ever put on their resume: "I vetted people for the Trump administration."
"No, no. I only vetted people for the McCain campaign."

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rstrong wrote:
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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:34 am
No one will ever put on their resume: "I vetted people for the Trump administration."
"No, no. I only vetted people for the McCain campaign."
:lol:

". . . and early 2016 DNC leadership."
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Then, what happens with Gina Haspel?
Just a reminder:

"I'm Leninist. Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment...."
- chief Trump strategist Steve Bannon, to a reporter in 2013


Everything we've seen so far has been consistent with this. People have been appointed to lead agencies (Education, EPA, Interior, etc.) that they'd previously sworn to tear down. Other key positions have been filled with incompetents and nutjobs.

Vast numbers of positions have been left empty. Enough to cripple the State Department for example.

Anyone capable of acting like rational adults - even if criminally dishonest rational adults - gets forced out. Soon you end up with war mongers like John Bolton and torturers like Gina Haspel in key positions.

Now there's a wave of traditional Republicans in Congress retiring. With a wave of torturers, Nazis and other nutjobs lined up to replace them. Those who fail to be elected will do better the next time by default. (The opposition candidate will usually do better, the longer the incumbent is in office.)

Bannon is having a lot of success.

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Pompeo becomes U.S. secretary of state as Iran, North Korea issues await

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Secretary of State )

Vote Counts:
YEAs 57
NAYs 42
Not Voting 1 - McCain (R-AZ)

Party line except Dems/Ind voting YEA:
Donnelly (D-IN)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Jones (D-AL)
King (I-ME)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Nelson (D-FL)
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Fools and assholes.

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Trump’s Immigration And Customs Enforcement Chief To Retire

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So much winning...
They don't last long......do they?
Wonder who will replace him?
Maybe Sheriff Joe?
THAT would be a spectacle
Maybe that one isn't funny.
Anyone left?
The old “my family has sacrificed” routine huh?
And the next candidate for the ICE post is....

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Two top U.S. EPA staffers resign amid ethics probes

Two high-level Environmental Protection Agency employees whose names have come up in investigations of Administrator Scott Pruitt's ethics and travel have resigned from the agency, the EPA confirmed on Tuesday.

Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, a former Secret Service agent who served as the head of Pruitt's security team, resigned on Monday but said he will continue to cooperate in a U.S. House of Representatives investigation of his role in costly decisions around Pruitt's security. ABC News first reported the resignation on Tuesday.

Albert "Kell" Kelly, who ran the agency's Superfund cleanup program, also announced his resignation, the EPA confirmed. Kelly was barred by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from working at any U.S. financial institution after unspecified violations while working at a bank in Oklahoma....
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These people who have gotten away with sleaze all their lives in the private sector never seem to realize why government work is called the "public sector." :crazy:

Like some fool getting on the "Survivor" show and never bothering to learn to make fire.

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White House lawyer Ty Cobb says he is retiring at end of the month

The original Ty Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, lawyer Ty Cobb lasted 10 months in the Trump Administration*. Dolt .45 has had more people abandon him than most bosses ever have work for them.
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rstrong wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:04 am
It's gotten hard to keep track of all these folks, so I figure it's time to start keeping a list....
Less than 3 months, mostly new development posting, 6 pages!
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