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The Atlantic has a similar

barefooted — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:26:55 +0000

The Atlantic has a similar report. It's not a surprise, really, that either Bannon or Priebus would at some point be demoted (at best) simply because the co-existence of the two men in their "equal" positions was and is untenable. 'Course Trump loves that stuff, but since the two men come from polar opposite backgrounds something was bound to give eventually - would suit Trump's MO if he planned it that way. Bannon isn't going anywhere ... so watch for Priebus to be quietly backgrounded soon. He won't be booted because he's needed for his establishment cred - as is Pence - but publicly or not he'll be blacklisted.

good point about the possible

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:48:19 +0000

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good point about the possible boot licking via TV transmission, I can see that

Although she supposedly has

barefooted — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:30:10 +0000

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Although she supposedly has walk-in privileges, it seems that she's told to walk out more often than not. So ... since it's widely believed that to get your message across to Trump you need for him to see it on cable TV, she's apparently trying to appease him via "the shows" - see boss? I'm willing to say anything just for you!!

Hopefully more networks (and especially their Sunday juggernauts) will follow suit. But does that mean she's on her way out? Doubt it.

'Morning Joe' has blacklisted

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:15:11 +0000

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'Morning Joe' has blacklisted Kellyanne Conway. And that's not all.

Washington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski said Wednesday that she refuses to book Kellyanne Conway on “Morning Joe” - and that wasn't even the harshest thing Brzezinski and co-host Joe Scarborough said about the counselor to the president.

Edit to add for those who can't click through. The article makes clear that she has been begging TV news producers to be booked for quite some time, driving some nuts that the most recent SNL sketch was spot-on that way:

The Conway caricature on “SNL” is desperate to be on TV, and the real-life Conway is, too, according to “Morning Joe.”

that she has become like a joke to them (not just NBC; CNN mentioned, too) MAINLY BECAUSE she is no longer included in any important administration meetings. While at one time she may have been offered the job of press secretary, which she turned down because of its time demands, she is no longer in the inner circle and therefore no longer has any clue about wassup in Trumpland. So whatever she says is no longer crazy spin but just made up 100% out of not just thin air but no air. Hence she said the president still supports Flynn while he is going about asking for Flynn's resignation. She is now useless to the media, even for spin and they all know it.

A new Breitbart article

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:32:35 +0000

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A new Breitbart article reveals much about the war inside the White House: Sources tell Steve Bannon’s old website that Reince Priebus is doing a terrible job.

By Andrew Prokop @ Vox.com, Feb. 14 @ 2:20 pm

Matt Lauer: “Kellyanne, that

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:32:05 +0000

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Matt Lauer: “Kellyanne, that makes no sense”

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway struggles to explain the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

By Jacob Gardenswarz @ Vox.com, Feb. 14

Related gossip from Emily

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:54:18 +0000

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Related gossip from Emily Jane Fox @ Vanity Fair, Feb. 13

While the president was hosting Abe in Mar-a-Lago, Priebus’s fortune already seemed to be on the decline. Christopher Ruddy, the Newsmax Media C.E.O. and Trump pal who spent an evening with the president at Mar-a-Lago, told CNN on Sunday that “there’s a lot of weakness coming out of the chief of staff.” (Ruddy would later issue a tweet backtracking.) A source close to the president, who was not there but had knowledge of the situation, told me that Trump was going around tables during dinner asking guests what he should do about Priebus and Spicer—a crowdsourcing game he reportedly played when he was deciding which candidate to choose for vice president, and again, when picking who he would nominate as secretary of state. (A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to request for comment.)

from

JARED KUSHNER EMERGES AS TRUMP’S TRUE BELIEVER

Far from being a moderating influence on his father-in-law, Kushner has embraced his inner Bannon.

Hah! The joke's on us.

jollyroger — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:59:37 +0000

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Hah! The joke's on us. Maybe you didn't notice in the midst of the other craziness that Miller postulated a ledger column for "terroristic disasters forgone" as the new metric.

We are on the way to pre-crime, and we don't need no stinkin' minority report (to present a movie reference mashup that really should be put out of it's misery...).

ETA: The Bowling Green Massacre, in this framing, is thus one of the thousands and thousands that happened that week but didn't create corpses because of the powers of Donald Trump to keep us safe which shall not be questioned.

So you called it, babe.

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:37:45 +0000

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So you called it, babe.

Chris Matthews on MSNBC was just pointing out it was an incredible bottom-up rebellion of NSA underlings including political appointees. Sort of the reverse of "The Apprentice", they said "you're fired" en masse.

I'd bet on Kellyanne next. I agree someone threw her under the bus today. Coming so soon after Bowling Green Massacre, nobody will want to listen to anything she has to say, no air time.

oh geez even if the leakers

artappraiser — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:55 +0000

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oh geez even if the leakers are making stuff up it's beginning to look like a spy novel with a CIA coup in it. Pompeo approved the denial.

Made me go look up Pompeo's background on wikipedia:

Even though it says He is a member of the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party he is far from the usual Tea Party type stuff:

attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he majored in Mechanical Engineering, graduating first in his class in 1986
He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
He then worked as a lawyer for Williams & Connolly.[white shoe firm sometimes called "most powerful in the world")
served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall.[12] He also served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the Fourth Infantry Division. He served his last tour in the Gulf War.

Meanwhile as wikipedia sums up Flynn: Flynn has drawn criticism for his purported close relations with Russia and for his promotion and popularization of anti-Clinton conspiracy theories and fake news during the 2016 presidential campaign....and Flynn's education is all military strategy and MBA in business management, his intel related work is all in military strategy management under Bush and Obama admin in Afghanistan and Iraq..

Looks to me maybe like Pompeo doesn't want another Trump at the table when they have National Security meetings with President Trump?! Would be feeding Trump's predilection for Russia and wacky conspiracy theories. The way to push Flynn out, since he doesn't need Senate confirmation, is to deny him the aides he wants? (Notice I don't give Trump any credit for orchestrating anything...hah...)