Trump 36: We Shall Overcome

[Destiny]

41 minutes ago, SassyPants said:

FFS, The WH has revoked Jim Acosta's press pass claiming he groped that intern who today, attempted to grab the microphone from him during Trump's conference.

He totally didn't:

 

[Rachel333]

I'm seeing them call it assault, not groping, but he very clearly didn't do anything to her at all. She was the one trying to grab the mic right out of his hands.

[fraurosena]

It doesn’t matter that she ‘assaulted’ him instead if the other way around. They have finally found a pretext to get rid of his pesky questions. I now hope two things happen:

1. CNN replaces Acosta with another journalist who is just as, if not more, determined to get answers to those pesky questions.

2. Acosta sues the presidunce for defamation of character. There is no way he couldn’t win. Not with all the video evidence.

I thought about him sueing the aide too, for asaulting him, but then he’d be stooping to their level, so better not.

 

[Rachel333]

I also really liked that the next reporter defended Acosta, even though that led to insults from Trump as well.

[GreyhoundFan]

This is a a good piece by Dana Milbank: "Thought the election might restore some order? Oh you poor, sweet child."

Spoiler

On Tuesday, American voters had their say: They gave Democrats control of the House, a check on the chaotic and rageful Trump presidency that left many voters saying in Election Day polls that they felt anxious and overwhelmed.

On Wednesday, President Trump gave his response: He will be even more chaotic and rageful going forward.

Trump called a news conference Wednesday and, incredibly, proclaimed Tuesday’s loss “a great victory for us . . . very close to complete victory.”

He mocked Republicans who lost, claiming they didn’t embrace him enough: “Too bad, Mike . . . Mia Love gave me no love.”

He threatened to respond to House Democrats’ prospective probes of his administration by bringing government “to a halt,” going to a “warlike posture” and directing Senate Republicans to investigate House Democrats.

He raged at the media , renewing his “enemy of the people” accusation, telling CNN’s Jim Acosta “you are a rude, terrible person” and accusing an African American journalist, PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor, of asking “such a racist question” because she dared to inquire about Trump’s self-declaration as a “nationalist” emboldening white nationalists.

And then, the coup de grace: Soon after the news conference ended, Trump announced that he had ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He hadn’t even bothered to tell Sessions himself. Trump replaced him with a loyalist, Matthew Whitaker, who has publicly criticized special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia probe and speculated about ways to end it.

This was a brazen and defiant response to the election results by a president who is apparently moved neither by convention nor by constitutional checks on his power. He renewed his threat Wednesday unilaterally to try to rewrite the Constitution’s citizenship provisions by executive order. Rather than offer reconciliation, he trolled his opponents and spun more wild fantasies: The Democrats “agree that a wall is necessary” on the border, Democrats “at a high level have suggested . . . getting rid of law enforcement,” CNN has perpetrated “voter suppression.”

Though the Sessions firing had been expected after the election, Trump’s handling of it renewed a sense of looming crisis. Trump, before announcing the ouster, again declared the Russia probe “a hoax” and asserted that support for Mueller had fallen. It’s difficult to see the appointment of Whitaker, stripping Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein of authority over the Mueller inquiry, as anything but an attempt to shut down a probe that has already earned criminal convictions against several Trump advisers.

For those who hoped the election results would restore some calm and order to politics, Trump has just informed them that they can expect more of the same — and worse.

The defiance of the electorate is breathtaking. Republicans appear to have lost nearly 35 House seats, seven governorships, more than 225 state legislative seats and six legislative chambers. And Republicans’ House losses would be higher if not for gerrymandering.

Trump’s victory claims rest on Republican gains of a few Senate seats — an artifact of a political map friendly to Republicans, not popular will. The latest popular-vote tally for the Senate, though distorted by the absence of a Republican candidate in California, shows Democrats leading Republicans by 12.5 million votes. Voters turned out at near-presidential levels. Of the two-thirds of voters who said Trump was a factor in their votes, most said they were voting to oppose him.

And yet, asked Wednesday “what lesson did you learn most” from the election results, Trump replied: “I think people like me.”

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, after the Democratic takeover of the House had become official, Trump retweeted a message saying “Trump is the magic man.”

And he is! Trump made three dozen Republican House seats disappear, sawed his party’s advantage in governorships in half and caused six legislative chambers to escape from Republican control — while pulling one racist canard after another out of his hat about invading hordes of migrant criminals.

Most troubling: Trump is acting as though he actually believes the midterms were a triumph. His sacking of Sessions suggests he thinks he can get away with anything — even ousting Mueller — with impunity. And he seems to credit his reckless campaign tactics for his fantasy election outcome.

“Why are you pitting Americans against one another, sir?” asked NBC’s Peter Alexander.

Trump’s reply: “We won a lot of elections last night.”

A foreign journalist asked about his polarizing message on race.

“I have the best numbers with African Americans and Hispanic Americans,” he answered.

What will he do to reduce the startling rise in anti-Semitism?

“Nobody has done more for Israel than Donald Trump,” he replied.

But what about his role as a moral leader?

“I think I am a great moral leader.”

Trump’s fury and falsehoods sent tens of millions to the polls Tuesday to tell him to tone it down.

Instead, he’s determined to be even worse in defeat.

 

[thoughtful]

Looking way into the future (assuming we all survive), I can see two good things coming out of the Trump presidency:

1. Nobody will be able to smugly say "It can't happen here," -  we may need to stop invoking Godwin's Law for lots of arguments (in fact, Godwin himself has commented on this!). Perhaps more people will realize that we have to keep a close watch on those who are trying to run the world, and on bigots even if they are in the minority.

2. Psychologists and sociologists will have a huge (YUGE! THE BEST!) library of video to illustrate the term "malignant narcissist."

[GreyhoundFan]

From Jennifer Rubin: "Acosta should sue the president, and Americans should shun Sanders"

Spoiler

The White House revoked the press pass of and defamed CNN’s Jim Acosta, falsely accusing him of  putting his hands on an intern. Press secretary Sarah Sanders accused Acosta of “placing his hands” on the intern. In fact, video shows conclusively that the woman tried to grab the microphone from his hands, and he held onto it:

... < video we've seen of the intern grabbing the mic >

President Trump’s conduct (Sanders surely didn’t do this on her own) violates every democratic norm one can think of — and what’s more, is illegal.

The First Amendment protect the press’s right to report the news and the public’s right to receive that news. The government cannot punish or threaten the press or individuals based on the content of what is reported. In fact, in a public forum, which Twitter was deemed to be, a federal court already ordered Trump to unblock Twitter users who were critical of him.

There is actually a lawsuit pending alleging that Trump is violating the First Amendment of members of the press by using the powers of his office to curtail criticism. As I reported last month, “PEN’s lawsuit is not brought on behalf of those whom Trump threatened (e.g., The Post, Time Warner). Instead, it alleges: ‘Defendant’s use of the power and machinery of government to punish his media critics creates an atmosphere in which journalists must work under the threat of government retaliation. This environment, underscored by Defendant Trump’s campaign of intimidation against critical reporting, casts a chill on speech that — even if braved and overcome by diligent and courageous reporters — constitutes an ongoing First Amendment violation.'”

Acosta has an even more obvious case because he is the one whose rights have been directly violated. (The current lawsuit could also be amended specifically to reference the Acosta incident as precisely the sort of action that would chill the First Amendment rights of  others.) The utility of filing a lawsuit (other than in annoying and embarrassing Trump and Sanders) would be a declaratory judgment ordering the White House to return Acosta’s credentials and barring the White House from taking such action in the future.

This is a far better option than writing pointed statements as both CNN and the White House Correspondents’ Association did on Wednesday. The statements, without further action, make the press appear feckless. They simply underscore the president’s dominance over the media.

While I believe the press must continue to cover and attend news conferences when Trump is present, there is absolutely no reason to attend Sanders’s briefings, which do not import information but instead use the press as a forum to abuse and threaten reporters and spread misinformation. Sanders is not the news; the White House is the news. Reporters can cover their beats and obtain comment as necessary from Sanders without attending, let alone covering live, her (albeit rare) news briefings.

Sanders whines that the press is too critical or too mean or something. She can think whatever she pleases, but she is an employee of the American people and has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution like every other White House employee. She has no right to use her office to lie to the American people, let alone to violate the First Amendment. She has disgraced herself and should be denied the normal presumption of good faith accorded to past White House press secretaries. I condemn harassment and threatening conduct of any sort (shame on the protesters who showed up at Tucker Carlson’s home and made threats); however, after leaving office, she deserves none of the niceties normally accorded to others in her position. (In the past, we would have said that she has not earned the right to be included in polite society.) No responsible news outlet should hire her; employers making hiring decisions have every reason to shun her.

 

[fraurosena]

And again they are caught fabricating alternative facts...

(edited to add Sarah Sanders link to white supremacists)

 

[GreyhoundFan]

"Cornered and raging, Trump begins his coverup. Here’s how Democrats can respond."

Spoiler

President Trump has forced out his attorney general and replaced him with a loyalist who will now oversee special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Speculation is rampant: Will the new acting attorney general fire Mueller? Constrain his investigation? Block Mueller’s findings from going public?

We don’t know whether Matthew Whitaker, Trump’s replacement for Jeff Sessions, will go through with these things. But here’s something we can conclude right now: Trump surely picked Whitaker, Sessions’s chief of staff, expressly to put him in the position of being able to do any and all of them.

Unlike Sessions, who recused himself from the probe, Whitaker will oversee it, whereas before, that had fallen to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Whitaker can theoretically fire Mueller by invoking some rationale that fulfills the relevant regulations’ requirement for “cause,” or he can revoke those regulations. Or he can severely limit the scope of the investigation, or starve it of funds.

Ask yourself: What would this look like if Republicans had held the House? We would be concluding that Trump is taking steps to close down or limit the probe, or keep its findings covered up, in the full knowledge that congressional Republicans will let him get away with it. Which is why it’s a good thing that Democrats did capture the House.

At his news conference on Wednesday in the wake of the Democratic victory, Trump raged over the investigation. He said that if House Democrats investigate his administration — an activity known as congressional oversight —  that the White House can retaliate by investigating Democrats. Trump vowed a “warlike posture.” This lays the groundwork to dramatically resist whatever Democrats do in response to Trump’s moves against the Mueller probe.

So what can Democrats do in these scenarios, once they’re in the majority? Here’s a rundown:

House Democrats can investigate the firing of Sessions. The question of whether Trump fired Sessions or whether Sessions merely resigned is critical. If Trump fired Sessions, it might not be legit that Trump replaced him with an acting attorney general (Whitaker) who didn’t require Senate confirmation (which Trump may have wanted to do to insulate the replacement from questioning from senators about his intention toward the Mueller probe). Mueller could conceivably challenge the appointment in court if Whitaker does try to shut down or severely constrain the probe.

Though the White House claims Sessions resigned at Trump’s “request,” it seems obvious that Trump did fire him. The Post reports that Sessions thought staying would protect “the investigation’s integrity,” which would leave the country “better served,” as its findings will be “more credible to the American public.” So House Democrats can try to investigate the circumstances leading up to Sessions’s “resignation,” to determine whether Sessions did resist it and was fired.

“The rationale would be that they were investigating to determine whether Sessions was fired as part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice,” Josh Chafetz, a professor at Cornell Law School, told me. “This could entail requests for documents and witness testimony.”

Subpoena Sessions himself. House Democrats can try to question Sessions himself, both about the circumstances surrounding his firing and, more broadly, about private meetings in which Trump raged at Sessions for failing to protect him from the investigation. Sessions would likely assert executive privilege regarding his conversations with Trump.

But Democrats have recourse. They can “haul Sessions in and make him refuse to answer questions live, on TV,” Chafetz told me. “Then, after some arguing back and forth, if Democrats decide that the assertion of privilege is improper, they can hold him in contempt.” Whether that would do much is anybody’s guess, but at least the spectacle of Sessions refusing to say whether Trump forced him out and why would be dramatized for the country.

Subpoena Mueller’s findings. Under the regulations governing the special counsel, he is to provide a “confidential” report explaining his conclusions to the person overseeing the probe — who would have been Rosenstein but now will be Whitaker. It is Whitaker who is then supposed to provide a report to the bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate judiciary committees, which gives him a great deal of discretion to decide how much to put in that report.

Whitaker could theoretically report little to nothing, in effect covering up what Mueller learned. “Democrats could subpoena Mueller’s findings,” Chafetz tells me. “But expect the White House to put up a fight in response to the subpoena.” Other legal experts think that if the White House defied such a subpoena, the courts would rule against them, meaning Congress would get Mueller’s findings.

As Chafetz has written elsewhere, one key thing Democrats must think hard about is how to use such proceedings to inform the public about what’s happening, both for political and substantive reasons.

Impeach the acting attorney general. This is a far-fetched scenario, but it’s not an impossibility. As it is, Whitaker has publicly opined that Mueller has gone too far in probing Trump’s finances and has openly suggested that one option is to de-fund the investigation. On these grounds, Democrats have called for his recusal.

Here an irony kicks in. A handful of House Republicans loyal to Trump tried to impeach Rosenstein earlier this year on grounds so specious that even many Republicans, including the leadership, rejected it. It’s hard to say what circumstances might justify such a move against Whitaker, if any, but if he shuts down the Mueller probe without good cause, that might be seen as extremely serious misconduct — far more serious than what Republicans alleged against Rosenstein.

Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western University, points out that there are other forms of misconduct Whitaker could commit. Whether or not his public opinions merit recusal, he should still solicit a Justice Department ethics opinion on whether he should oversee the probe. “Rosenstein did this, and some Republicans still called for his impeachment,” Adler notes. “If Whitaker fails to take the same prudent step, it would be inexcusable.”

It seems obvious that once Democrats take over the House, we are headed for a major escalation in hostilities. Trump is already testing to see what he can get away with, so it’s good that leading Democrats just responded with a letter calling on Republicans to hold emergency hearings on Trump’s move, arguing that the appointment of Whitaker is precipitating a “constitutional crisis.” Republicans will shrug, but this suggests Democrats recognize the gravity of the moment and are organizing to respond accordingly.

 

[47of74]

Yeah, I know, satire.  But, still, chuckle...

D&D Party Member With -3 Charisma Keeps Trying to Fucking Roll Deception

Quote

WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, roleplaying as Press Secretary, was seen attempting yet another Deception roll despite her character sporting an abysmal 5 total Charisma score, according to insiders from within the Trump administration. The low roll of 3 (natural 6 minus 3 when factoring in Charisma) was contested by the entire nation’s passive Insight, which at the time of reporting currently sits at 9.

Though Sanders is specced into primarily Intelligence to bolster her spellcasting ability to allow her to conjure up fantastical images and fake realities, other players at the table have commented that she goes out of her way to use her worst stat to lie to almost every NPC that they meet in the game.

“I’d say it was funny once or twice, but nobody at the table is laughing anymore and she really isn’t getting it,” recently killed-off Human Barbarian Jeff Sessions said to reporters. “I mean, even with my low Wisdom, I still managed to make some decent rolls in the campaign, like hitting the saving throw and successfully recusing myself from the Russia investigation.”

Sanders’ roll was made after the party’s plan to destroy a troublesome NPC named Jim Acosta went belly-up, leaving them floundering for a backup in true D&D fashion. According to Sanders, Acosta is a rude and bloodthirsty Level 14 Monk who found President Trump (Goblin Bard) and beat up his squire.

 

And Flake is teasing a primary challenge against fuck head in 2020;

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Jeff Flake said Friday that a Republican needs to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2020. And it might be him.

Flake gave at least some credence to the widespread speculation that he might mount a quixotic primary campaign against Trump, given the retiring senator’s public fretting about the state of the party. The Arizona GOP senator, who has visited New Hampshire recently, is decidedly keeping his name out there.

“I’ve not ruled it out. I’ve not ruled it in. Just, somebody needs to run on the Republican side,” Flake said on Friday in a lengthy conversation with POLITICO and The Hill on Friday.

We'll need lots of this if he does...

[hoipolloi]

Should be a special trolling award for this.

Go get him, Jim!

 

[GreyhoundFan]

"Trump takes aim at Obama, Clinton, judges, election officials, reporters and a host of others before leaving the country"

Spoiler

As the blades of the Marine One helicopter whirred behind him Friday, President Trump aired grievances and spewed insults at a wide array of targets as he stood on the South Lawn of the White House preparing for an overseas trip to Paris.

Trump took aim at former president Barack Obama, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the husband of one of his top aides, Democrats in Congress, two prominent White House reporters, elections officials in Florida, elections officials in Arizona, the FBI and a federal judge in Montana, among others.

Taking one question after another from reporters, Trump immediately pivoted when he was asked about Michelle Obama writing in her new memoir that she would never forgive Trump for advancing the false birther claim about her husband’s citizenship that endangered her family.

Trump said that the former first lady was no doubt paid a lot of money to write her book, but he reserved his harshest words for her husband: “I’ll never forgive him for what he did to our United States military. I’ll never forgive him for what he did in many other ways, which I’ll talk to you about in the future.”

Trump, who touted his own buildup of the military, appeared to be referring to cuts in military spending that were required by the 2011 Budget Control Act backed by congressional Republicans and Democrats and signed into law by Obama. The 2010 tea party class of Republicans were intent on cutting the nation’s deficit and endorsed the spending cuts to defense and domestic programs.

Clinton’s name came up during the questions as Trump was insisting that there was no collusion between Russia and his campaign in 2016, an issue being investigated by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

Trump said he won the election not because of illegal coordination with the Russian government but because he was the better candidate and Clinton “didn’t know what the hell she was doing.”

A far less frequent target of Trump’s public ire — but one who was also hit Friday — is George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway. In his latest criticism of Trump, George Conway co-wrote an opinion piece this week asserting that Trump’s installation of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general was unconstitutional.

Asked what he thought of the piece, Trump said, “He’s just trying to get publicity for himself.” He added: “Why don’t you ask Kellyane that question? She knows him better.”

At another point, Trump again bashed congressional Democrats, accusing them of standing in the way of immigration laws he wants to pass.

Trump took a fresh shot at CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta, whose press credential was yanked this week after Acosta’s persistent questioning of Trump at a news conference.

“I think Jim Acosta is a very unprofessional man,” Trump said. “He’s a very unprofessional guy.”

Trump also denied that a video of the episode tweeted by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had been altered. Experts said the video of the news conference, in which Acosta is seen rebuffing a press aide’s attempt to take a microphone out of his hands, was changed to exaggerate the aggressiveness of Acosta’s actions.

“Nobody manipulated it. Give me a break,” Trump said. “All that is a close-up . . . It wasn’t doctored. They gave a close-up view.”

The president also took aim another reporter who’s not on his favorites list, April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks. “You talk about somebody who’s a loser,” Trump said of Ryan. “She doesn’t know what she’s doing . . . She’s very nasty.”

Ryan later responded on Twitter, writing: “I love this country and have the most respect for the Office of the President. I will continue to ask the questions that affect America, all of America.”

During his comments with reporters, Trump appeared agitated that Senate races in Florida and Arizona that at first appeared to be Republican victories had narrowed as votes were still being counted.

“What’s going on in Florida is a disgrace,” Trump said, not ruling out a federal role in a recount in the Senate race between Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D). “He easily won, but every hour he seems to be going down,” Trump said of Scott’s vote percentage. “I think people have to look at it very cautiously.”

As for Arizona, where Democrat Kyrsten Sinema took a lead over Republican Martha McSally on Thursday as counting of mail-in ballots continued, Trump said Sinema’s votes seemed to be coming “out of the wilderness.”

Trump later tweeted on the subject, also referring to Georgia, where the tally in the governor’s race has narrowed. “You mean they are just now finding votes in Florida and Georgia — but the Election was on Tuesday?” Trump wrote. “Let’s blame the Russians and demand an immediate apology from President Putin!”

On the South Lawn, Trump also took aim at a list of officials who have left the FBI since his arrival, including former director James B. Comey, whom Trump fired last year.

“You have a whole list of people,” he said. “There’s a lot of crooked stuff going on.”

He also slammed a federal judge in Montana who temporarily blocked construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, ruling late Thursday that the Trump administration had failed to justify its decision granting a permit for the 1,200-mile long project designed to connect Canada’s oil sands fields with Texas’s Gulf Coast refineries.

“It was a political decision made by a judge,” Trump said. “I think it’s a disgrace.”

Trump continued to take aim at other targets even after departing the White House.

On Twitter, he attacked Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), calling him “Jeff Flake(y)” and a “weak and ineffective guy.”

Flake on Thursday said he wants a vote on a bill that would protect the work of special counsel Mueller with the arrival of Whitaker, the new acting attorney general, who has been critical of Mueller’s probe in the past.

Trump said Flake was doing so “to protect his future after being unelectable in Arizona for the ‘crime’ of doing a terrible job!” Flake is retiring from the Senate after this year.

 

[AmazonGrace]

Has he said anything about the fires in California?

[Ozlsn]

1 hour ago, AmazonGrace said:

Has he said anything about the fires in California?

Oh yes. Basically claimed that the Parks service were incompetent and deserved less money.

"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!" Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 

 

[WiseGirl]

And let's not forget that he is making friends in France.   What a fucking idiot.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/politics/emmanuel-macron-donald-trump-military-nato/index.html

Oh, and to throw it back a few pages the only thing I would dislike about 45 being questioned live is that I would have to hear his voice.  Otherwise, I would love, love, love to see him sit and squirm.  Who am I kidding he would flee to another country. It would have to be Russia, North Korea, or Saudi Arabia though, they are the only countries he hasn't pissed off (yet).

Finally, Michelle, thank you for pissing him off.  Keep doing it!

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59vpk8/michelle-obama-never-forgive-trump-memoir-becoming-trump-responds-vgtrn

[Howl]

 

[fraurosena]

C'mon, they both start with 'Bal' and end with 's'...

 

[SassyPants]

7 hours ago, Ozlsn said:

Oh yes. Basically claimed that the Parks service were incompetent and deserved less money.

"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!" Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 

 

My BIL works for the Forest service in CA, AND yesterday he lost his home in Magalia, CA.

[AmazonGrace]

48 minutes ago, fraurosena said:

C'mon, they both start with 'Bal' and end with 's'...

 

I love visiting the Balloons.

[fraurosena]

5 minutes ago, AmazonGrace said:

I love visiting the Balloons.

At least you have the Balls to do so... 

[47of74]

So fuck head couldn’t even be bothered to go out to the American cemetery to honor American soldiers buried there due to light rain. For fuck sake.

 

[Cartmann99]

Trump couldn't serve in Vietnam because of his debilitating foot boo-boo, and he couldn't participate in a ceremony to commemorate the end of WWI because he's a delicate flower.  

My dad's mom was the old school sort who got her hair done every single week at the beauty salon. To protect her hair from rain, she always had some of those plastic rain bonnets that folded up into a little square in her purse. I'd love find some of the ones with polka dots on them and send a case of them to Trump. I'd enclose a note about how it's best to make sure the polka dots coordinate with your outfits.

Edited to add: I see that @47of74 and I were posting at the same time.

[47of74]

Trump couldn't serve in Vietnam because of his debilitating foot boo-boo, and he couldn't participate in a ceremony to commemorate the end of WWI because he's a delicate flower.  
My dad's mom was the old school sort who got her hair done every single week at the beauty salon. To protect her hair from rain, she always had some of those plastic rain bonnets that folded up into a little square in her purse. I'd love find some of the ones with polka dots on them and send a case of them to Trump. I'd enclose a note about how it's best to make sure the polka dots coordinate with your outfits.
Edited to add: I see that [mention=21952]47of74[/mention] and I were posting at the same time.

And if Mrs. Clinton was President and had skipped out on this ceremony due to light rain fuck face and his groupies would be all over her. Fuck head’s fluffer Sean Hannity would be whining all fucking day long.

(My bum knee has temporarily deactivated the fornicate substitution circuit in my brain).

[Destiny]

2 hours ago, SassyPants said:

My BIL works for the Forest service in CA, AND yesterday he lost his home in Magalia, CA.

I’m so sorry. I know people who lost everything in Paradise. It’s so heartbreaking. I’m an old pro at wildfires and I can’t look at the pictures without crying. 

I wish your family the best. 

[Cartmann99]

7 hours ago, WiseGirl said:

Oh, and to throw it back a few pages the only thing I would dislike about 45 being questioned live is that I would have to hear his voice

Mute him and turn on the closed captions.