The new White House press secretary apparently tried to do damage control on the confusion surrounding her legal credentials — and didn't succeed.
Katie Zacharia made a disastrous debut behind the briefing room podium Tuesday and later left a gaggle of reporters outside the White House befuddled when they tried to ask her where she had passed the bar.
"When I moved to China," she answered while flanked by President Donald Trump as the roar from Marine One nearly drowned out the exchange.
Trump has described Zacharia as an attorney, and she lists one of her jobs on LinkedIn as general counsel to Fix California, an "election integrity" group founded by former Trump administration diplomat Ric Grenell.
"attorney"
"general counsel"
"integrity"
... It has since emerged that the 41-year-old California mother of four, who graduated from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, sat for the bar exam but didn't pass.
... Use of the term "general counsel" is not OK, however, according to Erwin Chemerinsky, who heads the law school at the University of California at Berkeley.
"You can't be a general counsel to a company in the United States unless you're admitted to the bar to practice law," Chemerinsky told The Times. "A general counsel implies that you're practicing law, giving legal advice to the company. You can't practice law without a license." ...
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pm
Katie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pmKatie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pmKatie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
I've read that the insiders are already jockeying for positions for after the elections. Chief of staff was one. The stuff I read seems to think Susie will leave and be replaced by either Pulte (king sickophant of the universe) or Stephen Miller (even worse).
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pmKatie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
I've read that the insiders are already jockeying for positions for after the elections. Chief of staff was one. The stuff I read seems to think Susie will leave and be replaced by either Pulte (king sickophant of the universe) or Stephen Miller (even worse).
I also read that Harpy did an end run around Wiles to get her hired and she was pissed. Wiles arranged the Hannity interview that got Zacharia blown up and booted.
Brutal.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
GoCubsGo wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 9:19 pmNot even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
I've read that the insiders are already jockeying for positions for after the elections. Chief of staff was one. The stuff I read seems to think Susie will leave and be replaced by either Pulte (king sickophant of the universe) or Stephen Miller (even worse).
I also read that Harpy did an end run around Wiles to get her hired and she was pissed. Wiles arranged the Hannity interview that got Zacharia blown up and booted.
Brutal.
Zacharia's debut press conference disaster played a role, too. Then, turns out she was also a Pizzagate moron and has other major stains in her history.
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pmKatie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
I've read that the insiders are already jockeying for positions for after the elections. Chief of staff was one. The stuff I read seems to think Susie will leave and be replaced by either Pulte (king sickophant of the universe) or Stephen Miller (even worse).
I also read that Harpy did an end run around Wiles to get her hired and she was pissed. Wiles arranged the Hannity interview that got Zacharia blown up and booted.
Brutal.
Yeah, I read about that, too. I figure the next couple months in trump world are going to illustrate trouble in paradise. Hell, it may even explain why trump seems to never sleep. I always figured it was because it would mess up his hair, but there's a line in the "Trouble in Paradise" song about how "you just can't sleep in a solid gold room."
Vrede too wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2026 7:46 pmKatie Zacharia did not last a Scaramucci :wtf: . Incredible. Another WOMAN added to the ranks of the disappeared.
:---P
Not even half a Scaramucci.
Anyone besides Dementia Don and his team of utter incompetents and I would call it an unbeatable record. Will neoplacebo win our pool when Susie Wiles gets booted in the wake of this and other fiascoes?
I've read that the insiders are already jockeying for positions for after the elections. Chief of staff was one. The stuff I read seems to think Susie will leave and be replaced by either Pulte (king sickophant of the universe) or Stephen Miller (even worse).
I also read that Harpy did an end run around Wiles to get her hired and she was pissed. Wiles arranged the Hannity interview that got Zacharia blown up and booted.
Brutal.
I think Susie Wiles is the "head booter" as Trump apparently has a lot of trust in her.
... Much of the friction has centered on James Blair, the longtime aide who runs Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc., and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who until now had largely escaped criticism. Trump has faulted Blair's handling of campaign funds, while some White House officials and allies have questioned Wiles' oversight of the political operation.
As Trump questions why campaign spending has failed to improve Republican polling numbers, his advisers are also blaming one another. Wiles has pointed to Blair, while Blair has faulted the White House legislative affairs team, one of the people said.
"What's really happening is a circular firing squad," the person said.
... Trump defended Wiles on Friday, calling her "smart" and "tough" and saying she would remain in her job. "Susie is here, and she's going to be here for a long time," he said.
Ut-oh, Scaramucci time.
... Trump has long sought to distance himself from political setbacks. He refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election and said ahead of the 2022 midterm results that he deserved "all the credit" if Republicans won but "should not be blamed at all" if they lost. More recently, he has reminded audiences that the president's party typically struggles in midterm elections.
Lifelong coward, as I said.
But Trump helped devise and drive some of the strategies he is now questioning, including the redistricting effort and candidate choices shaped by his personal loyalties or grievances. His approval rating is at the lowest point of his presidency, weighed down by voter concern over high prices and dissatisfaction with the Iran war.
No one else to blame.
... Trump also has pressed political aides and advisers in the past week to explain why the redistricting effort he personally pushed has failed to deliver more clear-cut Republican gains, two sources said.
Texas is a particular concern. Republicans redrew the state's congressional map to gain seats, but the strategy relies in part on Hispanic voters turning out as they did for the 2024 election. Opinion polls suggest that support may be difficult to replicate amid concerns about the cost of living and Trump's handling of the economy. Some Republicans fear the new boundaries could backfire, leaving incumbents more vulnerable instead of giving the party an advantage.
"The redistricting diced up the Trump voters too much," one of the sources said....
There are also noises about impeaching KINO. Sure some Senate RepuQs would have to defect in order to convict either of them, but it may be a photo finish whether O Really/GoCubsGo or I win the pool on who gets ousted first. Then, there's still neoplacebo's dark horse pick of Susie Wiles. WH Chief of Staff is an easy target for mismanagement blame.
There are also noises about impeaching KINO. Sure some Senate RepuQs would have to defect in order to convict either of them, but it may be a photo finish whether O Really/GoCubsGo or I win the pool on who gets ousted first. Then, there's still neoplacebo's dark horse pick of Susie Wiles. WH Chief of Staff is an easy target for mismanagement blame.
Jagoff and KINO persist.
Hell, I didn't think it would cause this. But it seems trump is figuring to get more crazy than he already is. I mean, I have to figure Susie gave him competent, and sometimes, accurate advice, Miller will stay up late writing down bullshit to tell trump the next day. I see trouble comin' down the line.....
neoplacebo wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2026 5:19 pm Hell, I didn't think it would cause this. But it seems trump is figuring to get more crazy than he already is. I mean, I have to figure Susie gave him competent, and sometimes, accurate advice, Miller will stay up late writing down bullshit to tell trump the next day. I see trouble comin' down the line.....
That was FAST, just as we're discussing reviving your poison pen. This may be your highest ranking victim yet.
Another WOMAN canned and replaced by a man, of course.
Hell, I didn't think it would cause this. But it seems trump is figuring to get more crazy than he already is. I mean, I have to figure Susie gave him competent, and sometimes, accurate advice, Miller will stay up late writing down bullshit to tell trump the next day. I see trouble comin' down the line.....