the year that Mercy Schlapp, who’s now in the running to replace Hope Hicks, joined the Trump administration, her husband’s lobbying firm saw its income nearly double. https://t.co/tUWUsnMEHO — Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 29, 2018 Just posting this is gonna infuriate some of y’all, but still: Kellyanne Conway wants to be Trump’s next communications director, …
Open Threads
Russiagate Open Thread: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III Finds Himself in A Tough Spot
I’m trying to figure out which part of this will piss off Trump more: that Sessions won’t appoint a second counsel or that it’s gonna steal all the headlines. https://t.co/OGLKHVzU1O — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 29, 2018 Jeff Sessions rejects Republican calls for a second special counsel looking into past investigations of Hillary Clinton …
In The Spirit of Holy Week, Go Crucify Yourself
Laura Ingraham is the latest wingnut welfare queen to fuck up her perfectly good grift by taking on a Parkland kid. Here’s the full story if you haven’t heard it already. The short version is that she made fun of Parkland student David Hogg because he didn’t get into some colleges where he had applied, …
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Open Thread: All the Privacy You Can Buy, Citizen!
Reaction to this tweet indicates a lot of people not 100% sold on their kids. — Schooley (@Rschooley) March 28, 2018 (Reminder: Schooley writes cartoon shows for a living. Yes, it’s a joke!) . Now, *this* is depressing: Tim Cook is happy to tell us that privacy — like clean water, decent health care, education, …
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Thursday Afternoon Open Thread
Saw this beautiful little downy woodpecker in a bamboo stand this morning: Odds and ends in the news include Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg getting an apology from wingnut jackass Laura Ingraham — after advertisers fled her show. She had ridiculed the kid for failing to get into his first choice college with a …
John Bolton As Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor
When thinking about John Bolton as National Security Advisor, we should keep in mind that there is no reason for war between the US and North Korea or Iran. Iran has adhered to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and the other six signatories are satisfied with the situation. It is testing missiles and …
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On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into …