MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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THIS IS NUTS?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
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Here is Politico's take.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/bannon-ousted-from-national-security-council-236908
It is all over cable news.
by Richard Day on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 12:17pm
But having to go to those meetings was keeping him out of trouble, now he has more time on his hands.
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 4:39pm
This is all so strange?
AA there was this junior aide whom the NCS head was so damned mad about.
And now, Bannon is gone?
This is an interesting story for sure.
by Richard Day on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 4:50pm
What I glean from the evening talk shows in the background and bouncing around the net, so cavaet emptor:
McMaster wins, is basically in charge of foreign policy and that will be more grown up from now one, including the Prez himself, note how his Syria comments today were quite different from yesterday. And grownup GOP Senators are breathing sigh of relief. And he might even make Tillerson get his act together.
But "they" are also saying it means: White House domestic policy and politics is still chaos and infighting. All Trump's got in that vein that he trusts is his family. Nepotism reigns for the foreseeable future, nobody else in the White House has any power.
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 9:02pm
AA I agree 100% with this analysis.
McMaster (why he never hung in there and got his PHD is beyond me) appears to be 'in charge'.
I am viewing Rachel now and the same type of discussion ensues.
If Bannon were in charge, I believe that he would never stand for this stand down. hahahahah
I will say this.
If Cruz were in charge right now, we would be in a worse fix.
Better incompetence than the competence of the real right.
That's all I got.
by Richard Day on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 9:36pm
NYT reporting tonight that it really was a case of "you're fired!" just like on The Apprentice, albeit orchestrated by McMaster, and that Bannon was upset
Note that the article is by the 3 reporters with the most ties to the White House staff leakers, who have often gotten the leaks that end up being true:
By PETER BAKER, MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 10:12pm
YES!
Thank you.
Maybe this bastard has been deballed after all
ha
by Richard Day on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 11:01pm
Oops, that's my cue to feed Dick some more 70's music.
By the way, that really is Steve Bannon in his Navy uniform sitting at the bar - he'd do anything for an extra buck back in those days. Actually, still will.
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 4:53pm
Well my memory aint what it once was.
But I do recall 'touching myself' rather incessantly listening to this:
Of course I had a lot of time on my hands back then, so to speak.
by Richard Day on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 5:13pm
Uh, otay. Time washes away all, but what washes away "time"? Did you do it in the "Water loo"?
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 5:24pm
I did. Still do. But I have a swimming pool.
by CVille Dem on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 8:12pm
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
Politico says Civil war rages throughout Trump administration
Trump campaign staffers are squaring off against establishment GOP types in federal agencies — and the casualties are piling up.
By Alex Isenstadt and Andrew Restuccia, 04/06
by artappraiser on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 6:53pm
More fighting by leak:: Megadonor urged Bannon not to resign
Trump’s strategist threatened to leave the White House after clashing with Jared Kushner.
By Eliana Johnson, Kenneth P. Vogel and Josh Dawsey 04/05
Excerpt, my highlighting:
by artappraiser on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 8:20pm
A detail I hadn't glommed on to. Supposedly reknowned cheapass Trump plopped down $5 million to miracle makers Cambridge Analytica when Hillary was too cheap/shortsighted to do it. More likely is the Mercers got a heavy campaign kickback for what they already owned, like Trump overcharging for his plane.
I guess Cambridge's stolen data is beyond investigation and prosecution now.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 04/08/2017 - 2:56am
Steve Bannon Calls Jared Kushner a ‘Cuck’ and ‘Globalist’ Behind His Back
@ Daily Beast, April 6
by artappraiser on Sat, 04/08/2017 - 12:24am
Variant of he said/she said: "two Sources" say vs Sarah the spokesperson:
Trump fires warning shot in battle between Bannon and Kushner
by artappraiser on Sat, 04/08/2017 - 2:08am
Trump just threw Steve Bannon under the bus and backed it up over him
In just a brief statement, he managed to portray Bannon as unimportant, ineffective, and on thin ice.
by artappraiser on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 2:03am