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Thursday Morning Open Thread: He’s Losing the Media, Too
From @Kevinliptakcnn: As Trump's aides try to rein him in, he instead acts out: https://t.co/JhgXu7Kzod
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 23, 2017
A tweet you can set to repeat. All that's missing is him saying "no one changed how things are done." https://t.co/5NYyqPv71t
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 23, 2017
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Apart from cheering on the HATERZ & LUZERS, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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Nothing so concentrates the journalistic mind as the prospect…
To family/friends who support Trump: what he said last night about reporters was despicable, extremely deceptive, dangerous…
— Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) August 23, 2017
Wait til you you hear what he has said about Latinos, Muslims, women, the disabled. https://t.co/4uw1zY914S
— trifecta (@3fecta) August 23, 2017
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Late Night Rational Economics Open Thread: In A Successful Marriage, Each Partner Contributes Their Individual Talents…
A+ @katierogers line: "She even managed to upstage President Trump, a man who had just stared directly into the sun" https://t.co/lG6JpxXD2q
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) August 23, 2017
Not that it’s easy to sympathize with Louise Linton, but why should only one partner in the relationship be taking so much stick on the internet?
My statement on #Charlottesville and #Yale classmate's inquiries. pic.twitter.com/hN8JsCEqZb
— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) August 20, 2017
In which Nazi sympathizer @stevenmnuchin1 literally says, let's pass tax cuts & worry about Nazis later. Or not worry. But def. tax cuts. https://t.co/7qoKQiVdRS
— Bakohn (@Bakohn) August 20, 2017
In a purely sociological sense, both Linton and Mnuchin have fallen victim to shifting social standards. Since approximately the 1950s, an aspiring businessman has been more or less required to find himself a wife who was not only comely and young (or working hard to appear young), but also an educated and ideally successful partner. Having achieved a highly satisfactory level of social/economic success (Skull & Bones, Goldman Sachs, IndyMac), Mnuchin could afford a (third) wife who was not only 18 years younger than he, but an actual (tv & remake) ‘movie star’. After working hard to achieve enough success that she could partner an independent production company, Linton assumed she could take a (second) husband and an ongoing role as a high-profile trophy wife.
Alas for romantic dreams, in today’s turbulent world, a Treasury Secretary is required to be not only wealthy but also socially conscious (thus his former classmates’ request that Mnuchin speak up about that whole Charlottesville embarrassment). And a High-Placed Public Official’s trophy wife — someone whose “job”, by definition, is to be seen traveling to all the newsiest places while wearing easily-identifiable high-dollar goods (preferably donated, for marketing purposes, by the best brands) — is required to demonstrate a conspicuous modesty about her good fortune. When Mnuchin fluffed his social-responsibility test, the news only appeared on the political pages; when Linton #failed her So-lucky-God-and-the-market-have-blessed-me audition, she immediately became fodder for the voracious celebritainment media she’d formerly courted…
UPDATE: Millionaire wife of Trump’s treasury secretary apologizes for mocking Oregon mom for not being rich https://t.co/geQBMZgcqY pic.twitter.com/VTIvTyIBbP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2017
#rolandmouret pants — $925#tomford sunnies — $380 to $1,950#hermesscarf — $780#valentinorockstudheels — $945 pic.twitter.com/1vfpCphDsR
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 22, 2017
also wait does the treasury secretary's wife think paying taxes is like a kind of credit to a government rewards program https://t.co/64XRHnI7xn
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) August 22, 2017
As a side bar, because I am a a natural-born hater, I find this grace note intriguing…
Bernie kicks off Ohio town hall by criticizing TV coverage of Mnuchin Instagram story. (I think it's a good story) pic.twitter.com/aQaYyzciW0
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2017
(Why would a proud leftier-than-thou Independent have such sympathy for the sufferings of a rich man’s wife at the hands of the media, just because she might’ve gotten a little… overambitious on the wings of her husband’s success? Maybe he’s just that generous a soul!)
Open Thread: Even the Very Serious People Think He’s Lost the Plot
James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, says he questions President Trump's fitness for office https://t.co/IRRXg7paZM
— CNN (@CNN) August 23, 2017
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Yes, I fully agree it’s croggling to find any point of agreement with James ‘NSA’ Clapper… but there it is.
Lord Smallgloves is well on his way to achieving a warped form of his vision of ‘America United’ — we all agree the man is lacking. And dangerous.
"The President exhibits a total moral, and ethical void. Frankly, I worry about his access to the nuclear codes." – James Clapper pic.twitter.com/IcdBlLXzU1
— (((evan shapiro))) (@eshap) August 23, 2017
it's very sad how difficult the domestic terrorist attack has been for the victim, President Howling Grandpa
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 23, 2017
An infinitely needy and desperate man is having an emotional breakdown on TV. Never seen him quite this unhinged and lonely at once.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 23, 2017
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Straight to hell
The Wall Street Journal is ruled by an effete asshole and that’s a shite state of affairs to be in:
Gerard Baker, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, has faced unease and frustration in his newsroom over his stewardship of the newspaper’s coverage of President Trump, which some journalists there say has lacked toughness and verve.
Some staff members expressed similar concerns on Wednesday after Mr. Baker, in a series of blunt late-night emails, criticized his staff over their coverage of Mr. Trump’s Tuesday rally in Phoenix, describing their reporting as overly opinionated.
“Sorry. This is commentary dressed up as news reporting,” Mr. Baker wrote at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday morning to a group of Journal reporters and editors, in response to a draft of the rally article that was intended for the newspaper’s final edition.
And heh:
When Ivanka Trump, the president’s older daughter, walked into the Oval Office, Mr. Baker told her, according to the transcript, “It was nice to see you out in Southampton a couple weeks ago,” apparently referring to a party that the two had attended.
Sometimes I think first up against the wall is too good a fate for these guys.
Rupert Murdoch has done more damage to western civilization than anyone since Hitler. May he and his minions rot in hell.
Schadenfreude Open Thread: The McConnell-Trump Marriage of Convenience Has Turned Very, Very Bitter
This Senator Found a Monkey's Paw and Wished for GOP Judicial Nominees. You Won't Believe What Happened Next https://t.co/wroP6TvmvO
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2017
I, myself, am rooting for painful and potentially disfiguring injuries…
Breaking News: Mitch McConnell, the Senate leader, privately doubts whether Trump can salvage his administration https://t.co/MktHupZGpv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 22, 2017
The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has privately expressed uncertainty that Mr. Trump will be able to salvage his administration after a series of summer crises.
What was once an uneasy governing alliance has curdled into a feud of mutual resentment and sometimes outright hostility, complicated by the position of Mr. McConnell’s wife, Elaine L. Chao, in Mr. Trump’s cabinet, according to more than a dozen people briefed on their imperiled partnership. Angry phone calls and private badmouthing have devolved into open conflict, with the president threatening to oppose Republican senators who cross him, and Mr. McConnell mobilizing to their defense.
The rupture between Mr. Trump and Mr. McConnell comes at a highly perilous moment for Republicans, who face a number of urgent deadlines when they return to Washington next month. Congress must approve new spending measures and raise the statutory limit on government borrowing within weeks of reconvening, and Republicans are hoping to push through an elaborate rewrite of the federal tax code. There is scant room for legislative error on any front…
Mr. McConnell has fumed over Mr. Trump’s regular threats against fellow Republicans and criticism of Senate rules, and questioned Mr. Trump’s understanding of the presidency in a public speech. Mr. McConnell has made sharper comments in private, describing Mr. Trump as entirely unwilling to learn the basics of governing.
In offhand remarks, Mr. McConnell has expressed a sense of bewilderment about where Mr. Trump’s presidency may be headed, and has mused about whether Mr. Trump will be in a position to lead the Republican Party into next year’s elections and beyond, according to people who have spoken to him directly…
Others in the party divide blame between Mr. Trump and Mr. McConnell. Al Hoffman, a former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee who has been supportive of Mr. McConnell, said Mr. McConnell was culpable because he has failed to deliver legislative victories. “Ultimately, it’s been Mitch’s responsibility, and I don’t think he’s done much,” Mr. Hoffman said…