NEW: Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker says Mueller investigation is "I think, close to being completed, and I hope that we can get the report from Director Mueller as soon as possible." https://t.co/gBzs0y5eEF pic.twitter.com/0FwjHfRFEz
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 28, 2019
Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, “as a private citizen” and small-time grifter, is beginning to suspect that when it comes to the grifters of Trumpworld he’s well over his head (and that ain’t clear spring water rising)…
Key line from Sun Tzu “Do not hire an ex toilet salesman as your lead general.”
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 28, 2019
For one thing, Trump’s closest political confidents all seem to be such scrimey little wannabes. Even their fantasies are pathetic — imagining themselves as swingin’ desperados instead of third-tier coatholders and chair-setters…
One of the most memorable moments in American history was when Osama bin Laden posted bail and gave an exclusive first interview to Alex Jones, before treating all major media networks to a full press conference outside SDNY https://t.co/1pCvx80HWw
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) January 28, 2019
I think Bin Laden had to wear an ankle bracelet after posting a higher bond, yes https://t.co/STXKU2YV3e
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 28, 2019
hmm. wonder if it might have included stone and trump confidante/phone buddy chris ruddy https://t.co/0SPAACE8Hw
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 28, 2019
Speaking of third-tier, since I’d never heard of the guy either, here’s a piece from NYMag on “comedian” and emotional-support-dog-owner Randy Credico:
… Credico has spent the better part of three decades as something of a fringe figure in New York politics — a cross between “The Rent Is Too Damn High” guy, the Naked Cowboy, and Samuel Gompers. He has run for the Senate, for mayor, and for governor, never getting more than 4 percent of the vote. He slept out in the cold during Occupy Wall Street, attended a session of the New York State Senate dressed as the Greek philosopher Diogenes, smoked a joint on the steps of the State Capitol in Albany to protest the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and has been tossed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for screaming about Julian Assange at the CNN table…
The history between [Credico & Roger Stone] is long, stretching over a decade and a half, mostly at the margins of the political world. They would fight over crumbs — over who would run on which minor party line — only to reconcile and then fall out again. And again and again and again, Stone, the ruthless political operative with the dyed-blond hair and the Nixon tattoo on his back, would get the better of Credico, the scrappy, needy, earnest son of a nightclub owner. While in some sense, the scrap between the two of them over WikiLeaks, Assange, and the 2016 election is just another in a long series, it is safe to say that the political stakes of this one — perhaps even with implications for Donald Trump’s presidency — are considerably higher than any of the others…
Aaaaand let’s not forget birther profiteer Jerome Corsi!
lol https://t.co/WHD9L23AMG via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 28, 2019
ETA:
also yes. https://t.co/9n09yflPnF
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) January 28, 2019
Mike E
The Aristocrats!
sukabi
Needs a wrap up with Randy Rainbow.
Mary G
Obligatory “only the best people.”
NotMax
The ones who screamed “Dibs on the iron!” as soon as the Monopoly box was placed on the table.
NotMax
@sukabi
FYI, 14,000 thumbs up on YouTube in what, under two days?
Thumbs down? A whopping two digit total of 94.
For any unfamiliar with the source material, here it be.
eemom
Good Lord, what an archetypal thug that guy is. Why isn’t he in Central Casting waiting to land a “leave the gun, take the cannolis” part, where he belongs?
Sister Golden Bear
The cheaper the crook the gaudier the patter — and the louder the butt hurt whining when caught.
NotMax
Remembering back to when normalcy was a president not being prominently featured in the news every freaking day.
Redshift
Another reminder that it’s not just Trump’s personal incompetence that has saved us from even worse things, or even that he’s so awful to work for that no one competent wants to do it. It’s also that he attracts ridiculous characters with a vastly overinflated confidence in their own abilities.
sukabi
@NotMax: lol…This one is fun too…If you ever got impeached
West of the Rockies
Will Corsi get the hook? Guy looks very unhealthy. Looks like he could go horizontal at any time. FSM, this really is Stupid Watergate.
Plato
This traitorous whiny lock her up corrupt carnival barker scum can’t take it when the table is turned on him.
akryan
I honestly wouldn’t mind if this whole thing was over soon. I don’t want Mueller to end things before he feels he’s done, but I’m worried that there is so much corrupt about the Trump campaign and administration that he just can’t get to the bottom of the rabbit hole. He could probably keep investigating for years. I hope he leaves that to the historians. As soon as he has enough to nail the main characters, I’d like to see him wrap this up before the Republicans suffer any political cost. I hope it doesn’t take more than another 6-8 months. In the mean time, as soon as Republicans put people on the relative committees (which isn’t an inevitability) the House needs to go hard on this.
Luthe
@West of the Rockies: He should probably hire a food taster toot suite before Vlad gets out the polonium.
Jay
“ As soon as he has enough to nail the main characters, I’d like to see him wrap this up before the Republicans suffer any political cost.”
LMFAO,
Igor, read the room before you troll.
Villago Delenda Est
The thing is, there were so many FBI agents on the raid because let’s face it, Roger Stone is actively hated by those in the know.
Plato
@akryan:
Aren’t you mixing up your rethugs and dems?
Jay
@Villago Delenda Est:
And they did it with out pay???????
Villago Delenda Est
@akryan: The GOP needs to go the way of the NSDAP and the CPSU.
Oblivion.
Jay
@Plato:
New poster, centerist gibberish word salad, 8am in Saint Petersburg, early shift troll, hoping to establish a nym.
Mart
Josh Marshall is too kind
Not any kind of toilet salesman, but one who sales toilets tailored for men with big hands, if you know what I mean.
Jay
@Mart:
Big feet, and too dumb to master the art of not drowning it in the toilet,
Amongst other “talents”,
Amir Khalid
@akryan:
Der Müller Gottes needs to keep going for as long as it takes, and let the chips fall where they may. The Special Counsel’s team needs to find every last instance of related wrongdoing, prosecute it as the law requires, and not stop for anything before the job is done. If what he finds is damaging to the Republican party or to anyone else, they brought it upon themselves and deserve no sympathy.
CZanne
Um. Those who do good thoughts & prayers: my teenage niece was t-boned this afternoon. SUV vs ATV, she wasn’t in the safer vehicle, and she’s in pretty bad shape. Every minute is a good minute. If you do good thoughts, B in Georgia really could use them.
Sebastian
Holy Flopsweat, Batman! Someone get that man a towel!
Feeling the heat, Whitaker?
Stone was the dark nexus of Trump’s campaign and now Mueller has it all. They are all shitting so many bricks they don’t need money to build the fucking wall.
ruemara
I’m lying here, reading the day’s shenanigans roundup atop my new actual frickin bed while the Google mini plays ocean sounds. Personally, I can’t wait to see the whole collection of egomaniacs receive their just reward & for America to be rid of them. And with that sweet thought, adieu until the morrow.
@CZanne: Sending all I have tonight. So very sorry.
Aleta
@CZanne: Positive thoughts to B in Georgia and you.
opiejeanne
@sukabi: Randy Rainbow is so good!
sukabi
@CZanne: sending positive thoughts to your niece and you. May her recovery be speedy.
Larime Taylor
So much ratfuckery.
These are some well-fucked rats. They’re smoking cigarettes.
Aleta
sukabi
@opiejeanne: yes he is. ?
Aleta
@Larime Taylor: setting the bed on fire
sukabi
@Aleta: as long as they’re still in the bed I don’t see a down side.
Mnemosyne
@CZanne:
Oh no! Don’t despair, though — as Leto and Avalune can tell you, surgeons can do amazing work on a healthy person who also manages to be a little bit lucky.
You should also post in the morning thread. I have a weird superstition when bad things happen that if I can get zhena gogalia and rikyrah to add my person to their prayer lists, that person will pull through. It’s pretty much worked so far, anyway.
Aleta
From a report by the Immigrant Defense Project at
https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/wp-content/uploads/TheCourthouseTrap.pdf
How ICE Operations Impacted New York’s Courts in 2018, January 2019
Amir Khalid
@CZanne:
Good thoughts sent.
Czanne
@Mnemosyne: Will keep that in mind, thanks. I hate being so far away and so bloody helpless.
And @sukabi And @Aleta @ruemara : Thank you.
(I am brain software, not hardware, and me interpreting brain hardware stuff is barely better than asking Dr Wiki. But I have to.)
opiejeanne
@CZanne: Oh no! Sending good thoughts to her and you.
JPL
@Czanne: I am so sorry and hope that she will be okay. You are in my thoughts.
Jay
@CZanne:
Let us jackals know what is needed.
TaMara (HFG)
@CZanne: Holding her in light. Keep us up to date.
Gelfling 545
@CZanne: Sending hopeful thoughts.