dagblog - Comments for "Nick Ayers, Mike Pence&#039;s right hand, likely to be Trump&#039;s next chief of staff" http://dagblog.com/link/nick-ayers-mike-pences-right-hand-likely-be-trumps-next-chief-staff-26942 Comments for "Nick Ayers, Mike Pence's right hand, likely to be Trump's next chief of staff" en Mulvany isn't serving as http://dagblog.com/comment/262551#comment-262551 <a id="comment-262551"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262550#comment-262550">From calling Trump &quot;a</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Mulvaney isn't <em>serving</em> as Trump's chief of staff. Trump never actually had a chief of staff except for perhaps a few months when Kelly first started. As the headline clearly states he'll only be acting.<img alt="wink" height="23" src="http://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.5.6/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/wink_smile.png" title="wink" width="23" /></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 15 Dec 2018 06:42:02 +0000 ocean-kat comment 262551 at http://dagblog.com From calling Trump "a http://dagblog.com/comment/262550#comment-262550 <a id="comment-262550"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262540#comment-262540">BREAKING NEWS @ WaPo Trump</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">From calling Trump "a terrible human being" to serving as his chief of staff in two years flat <a href="https://t.co/jrZM9xpD35">https://t.co/jrZM9xpD35</a> <a href="https://t.co/f3VaNq794d">pic.twitter.com/f3VaNq794d</a></p> — Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) <a href="https://twitter.com/harrysiegel/status/1073781162336768000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sat, 15 Dec 2018 06:27:36 +0000 artappraiser comment 262550 at http://dagblog.com BREAKING NEWS @ WaPo Trump http://dagblog.com/comment/262540#comment-262540 <a id="comment-262540"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/nick-ayers-mike-pences-right-hand-likely-be-trumps-next-chief-staff-26942">Nick Ayers, Mike Pence&#039;s right hand, likely to be Trump&#039;s next chief of staff</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>BREAKING NEWS @ WaPo: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-names-budget-director-mick-mulvaney-as-acting-white-house-chief-of-staff/2018/12/14/4d32a516-ffee-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html">Trump names budget director Mick Mulvaney as acting White House chief of staff</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-names-budget-director-mick-mulvaney-as-acting-white-house-chief-of-staff/2018/12/14/4d32a516-ffee-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html"><img alt="" src="https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/pe7pu69imPB_9ZGrCcit9gDwdSM=/112x112/www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/12/14/Interactivity/Images/crop_902018-12-14T222759Z_1810861264_RC162C888F00_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-STAFF-MULVANEY.jpg" /></a></p> <p><em>The announcement came after nearly a week of jockeying in which several possible picks turned down the job</em>.</p> <ul><li>By <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/philip-rucker/">Philip Rucker</a></li> <li>21 minutes ago</li> </ul></div></div></div> Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:49:21 +0000 artappraiser comment 262540 at http://dagblog.com Well we now know where http://dagblog.com/comment/262537#comment-262537 <a id="comment-262537"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/nick-ayers-mike-pences-right-hand-likely-be-trumps-next-chief-staff-26942">Nick Ayers, Mike Pence&#039;s right hand, likely to be Trump&#039;s next chief of staff</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Well we now know where Christie draws the line on corrupt politics and craziness:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Christie asked Trump to “no longer keep me in any of his considerations” for the chief of staff. <a href="https://t.co/IQcZRu64mS">https://t.co/IQcZRu64mS</a></p> — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1073640283470991361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:27:39 +0000 artappraiser comment 262537 at http://dagblog.com Piers Morgan: He hired me http://dagblog.com/comment/262467#comment-262467 <a id="comment-262467"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/nick-ayers-mike-pences-right-hand-likely-be-trumps-next-chief-staff-26942">Nick Ayers, Mike Pence&#039;s right hand, likely to be Trump&#039;s next chief of staff</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Piers Morgan: <em>He hired me once when I won Celebrity Apprentice. We know each other. We’ve worked together a long time."</em></p> <p><em> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">After all the bad news, some good!<a href="https://t.co/NZLwwMi87c">https://t.co/NZLwwMi87c</a></p> — Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) <a href="https://twitter.com/brexit_sham/status/1072870803568418817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </em></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:19:39 +0000 artappraiser comment 262467 at http://dagblog.com Why not Javanka? Would be a http://dagblog.com/comment/262406#comment-262406 <a id="comment-262406"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262389#comment-262389">All 4 names a no go! ‘There</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Why not Javanka? Would be a huge 1st for civil rights, a corrupt marital couple unit occupies something beneath the top junta spot (I.e. we can be functionaries too, not just top banana Juan &amp; Evita or the Noriega pair in Nicaragua now). And it'll be so cute to hears Donald sY "my chiefs of staffses".</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:08:59 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 262406 at http://dagblog.com That's just the base salary. http://dagblog.com/comment/262403#comment-262403 <a id="comment-262403"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262394#comment-262394">Hey now you gave me ideas.</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>That's just the base salary. In the Trump administration the opportunities for corruption and theft make that base salary look like a pittance.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:17:27 +0000 ocean-kat comment 262403 at http://dagblog.com Preet Bharara got better: http://dagblog.com/comment/262402#comment-262402 <a id="comment-262402"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262399#comment-262399">Bill Kristol:</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Preet Bharara got better:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">This may be a little inside baseball but tonight <a href="https://twitter.com/nick_ayers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nick_ayers</a> &amp; Rachel Brand are drinking scotch because they might live to serve another day. And <a href="https://twitter.com/nikkihaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nikkihaley</a> is picking up the tab. Leaving is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#winning</a> in the Trump era.</p> — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) <a href="https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/1072347214889041920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:12:43 +0000 artappraiser comment 262402 at http://dagblog.com Bill Kristol: http://dagblog.com/comment/262399#comment-262399 <a id="comment-262399"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/nick-ayers-mike-pences-right-hand-likely-be-trumps-next-chief-staff-26942">Nick Ayers, Mike Pence&#039;s right hand, likely to be Trump&#039;s next chief of staff</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bill Kristol:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Nick Ayers doesn’t need more money, doesn’t need to return to Georgia, and hasn’t suddenly developed moral scruples about associating with Trump. There’s only one reason he avoids taking WH chief of staff and suddenly leaves as VP chief of staff: He’s fleeing the Trump ship.</p> — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1072173658326659072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">For what it’s worth, I hope that someone competent and responsible takes the WH chief of staff job. Containing the damage Trump does over the next two years (or for as long as he’s there) is important for the sake of the country.</p> — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1072176250997870592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:03:41 +0000 artappraiser comment 262399 at http://dagblog.com Hey now you gave me ideas. http://dagblog.com/comment/262394#comment-262394 <a id="comment-262394"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262391#comment-262391">I&#039;d like to put my name in</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hey now you gave me ideas. But I looked it up: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/these-are-the-21-highest-paid-staffers-in-the-white-house.html">highest salary possible is $179,700.</a> Even though that would do me way more than fine, maybe $7,500 a month take home, not worth it, you can have it.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:23:49 +0000 artappraiser comment 262394 at http://dagblog.com