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On the issue of whether the

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:39:42 +0000

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On the issue of whether the impromptu presser was defiance disorder against John Kelly by Haberman yesterday @ NYTimes Basically just sorting through the gossip and infighting; interesting if you're into that sort of thing, i.e. some have put out that Ivanka dislikes Kelly, but then countering that Ms. Trump has also complained to colleagues that people try to use her as a cudgel against Mr. Kelly, imparting a level of anger at him that she says she herself does not feel.

Schumer's got a Svengali

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:58:31 +0000

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Schumer's got a Svengali effect, apparently

I'm thinking "President Jello," has been thinking how "Crying Chuck Schumer" could get him the wall, the wall....

I wouldn't be surprised if he starts bragging to the snobs who look down on him at Davos how he's going to MAGA by accepting all these great hardworking DAGA kids as citizens.

he's thinking about letting

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:36:17 +0000

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he's thinking about letting them "morph", possibly just so he can publicly embarrass his minions (Opposition Defiance Disorder**)?

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said that he is open to a possible path to citizenship after 10 to 12 years for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, days after rejecting a bipartisan plan with that as its centerpiece.

Mr. Trump once again seemed to undercut his administration’s message, telling reporters at the White House that he would allow the young illegal immigrants to “morph into” citizens over a period of time.

The reporters had gathered for a briefing from a senior official detailing the administration’s plans to stick to a restrictive immigration agenda when the president dropped in unprompted and made his remarks. [.....]

** purported to be a common Trump staff diagnosis of their bossman according to both Howard Kurtz's new book and the Times' Maggie Haberman. On the other hand, it could also be something like he just became enamored of a tweet he just ran across or some Fox News pundit that just broadcast exactly the right talking points, turned on the switch....Whatever the case, increasingly it just seems we have a spoiled bratty child president. There was just a clip I heard where he truly sounded like a terrible two having a temper tantrum.

the gaslighter par excellence

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:28:10 +0000

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the gaslighter par excellence, he's baaaaaack:

Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’

just published @ NYTimes.com, 8:01 pm, by Maggie Haberman, Katie Rogers & Michaeal D. Shear

It's a pretty smart piece by

Doctor Cleveland — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:17:14 +0000

In reply to ah great minds think alike, I

It's a pretty smart piece by Rubin. I appreciate her much more in her new Trump-hater incarnation than I did in her old fact-proof Romney loyalist phase.

NO DEAL until THE BORDER is

NCD — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:21:18 +0000

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NO DEAL until THE BORDER is SECURED!! Dems want more illegals to add to 3 million who voted for CROOKED Hillary!!! MAGA @RealDonaldTrump

NCD, you're so good at

artappraiser — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:48:38 +0000

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NCD, you're so good at imitating him, got any ideas of how he might take to spinning the current situation of the bill, i.e., how he singlehandedly got the government open again and got them to send him the bill he is now signing?

NEXT UP: off to Davos to show how he's got the yugest most brilliant brain in the whole world?

From your little nk:

NCD — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:18:56 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Rubin's take: https:

From your link:

This is about putting the screws to the House. The Senate, if possible, will pass a bill and then, as they like to say, “jam” the House. The bill and possibly continued funding will then rest with the House. Whether House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has the nerve to bring a DACA bill to the floor (and actually act on his sympathetic rhetoric!) is a big open question. Making House Republicans the bad guys on this may help Democrats’ chances in the midterm elections, but the path to putting an actual bill on the president’s desk is murky at best. As former Department of Justice spokesman Matthew Miller tweeted, “I don’t think people analyzing the politics of this have considered how bad the situation will be for the GOP if the Senate passes a DACA bill, the House doesn’t, and deportations start in the months before the midterms.” Perhaps.

ah great minds think alike, I

artappraiser — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:06:04 +0000

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ah great minds think alike, I just came to post that! This excerpt, I believe it's true

[....]

3. Both sides know better than to negotiate with President Trump. Removing him from the equation, thereby diminishing the influence of senior adviser and anti-immigrant hardliner Stephen Miller, should make a deal possible. The great dealmaker has been sent out to pasture (or to Davos, if you prefer). Trump was exposed as a non-player, a hazard to dealmaking. That’s quite a blow to his brand.

4. This is about putting the screws to the House

I just saw evidence of that live on MSNBC! Anchor was interviewing Rep. Tom Barret (R) of the Freedom Caucus live. He was basically mildly dissing Trump about immigration in general. Upon various challenges from her, he said he didn't agree with their (the White House's) messaging attacking Dems about how they are now responsible for illegal immigrants committing crimes. He basically said it's not helpful at all. That everyone working in Congress is a fine human being, they all get along with each other and this kind of labeling of someone with a different opinion as evil is ridiculous and has just got to stop. That he's going to ignore that kind of thing from now on....Etc.

Edit to add: I think the "putting screws to the House" is partly going to be "get them to act more Senatorial." Which, admittedly, has not been easy over it's history! But temporarily, I suspect what's going on is that party leaders are asking their caucuses to tamp things down for a while, stop the artificial crises making that is very much instigated by Trump controlling the national rhetoric. Barrett used exactly this kind of language, he was talking about tamping down the angry rhetoric. He was talking about being more collegial. I am as cynical about that as anyone else, it is likely to be temporary, of course. But something is better than nothing.

And I think you are still

artappraiser — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:04:50 +0000

In reply to ah great minds think alike, I

And I think you are still going to see partisan attacks, but they are going to be about actual policy positions, not according to Trump's artificial narratives. Precisely because they want voters/constituents to actually know where they stand on issues, not according to the Trumpian meme du jour that may or may not even make sense.