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Folks, when you wake up to find former Attorney General Eric Holder felt the need to send out, like, the St. Crispin's Day Tweet to "the career men & women at DOJ/FBI," you fucking well know that Shit. Be. Cray.
And it is. Shit is also hitting the fan. Cray shit is hitting the fan and spreading insanity and poo all over your bedroom, BETCHA WISH YOU HAD CENTRAL AIR, RIGHT?
Oh Sweet Jesus Rubbin' His Ass on Your Brand New Carpet, this thing with Joe and Mika!
Because he is crazed, sloppy maniac, Shart Garfunkel apparently hate-watches Morning Joe while they report on what a sack of fetid hippo turds he is, and it makes him mad...der than usual. So yesterday he lost his shit and somehow managed to force his limp, inadequate, baby hands to tweet out some hateful sexist garbage about how Mika luvs Drumpf so much but he's over her cuz there was blood coming out of her wherever from a face lift.
While any decent human being can recognize this as unacceptably repulsive behavior, let's not forget that SCROTUS has surrounded himself with some fantastically indecent human beings, and they dutifully marched out to defend the Bathtub Clog That Somehow Won the Electoral College, because they figure their souls are a long fucking gone by now.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was all "The American people clearly wanted a Neanderthal Hate Beast as President," before moving on to opine that gun violence happens because of the inferior morality in Chicago COUGHCOUGHITSTHEBLACKPEOPLE or some shit. After her musings on righteousness, SHS excused herself to have tea and biscuits with her daddy's multiple child molester friends.
Kellyanne was equally indignant, impugning the patriotism of those who insist on reporting that our Piece of Shit President is a Piece of Shit. Since this wouldn't be the last time Kellyanne's name popped up in today's gnus, I'll just leave this alone for right now, walking away with a dark chuckle at Kellyanne's "patriotism."
Anyhow, Joe n' Mika counter-counter-punched, telling the world that Team Shart sicced the National Enquirer on them, and that high ranking executive branch officials told them that if they just apologized and eased up on the ournalism-jay, then Boss Shart could make the story go away, and America wouldn't need to know that Joe fathered an alien duck baby with that space hooker he met at the Tesla concert.
No big deal, just the President of the United States and his staff trying to blackmail members of the free press into providing more favorable coverage.
If this shit keeps up, Bashful Bob Mueller's investigative team is gonna need more staff than a mid-twentieth-century Hollywood Biblical Epic. THE TEN INDICTMENTS, whaddya think?
(Some folks are saying Jar-Jar is swept up in the whole colluding-with-a-tabloid-to-blackmail-journalists deal. I just think it'd be a shame if he went to jail before he can finish bringing peace to the Middle East.)
Mitch McConnell's health care headaches got worse, as the CBO released a direct-to-DVD sequel to their score of his MurderBill, saying "Oh yeah, he tried to trick us by putting the steepest cuts to Medicaid outside the ten year window we usually look at, but we noticed, NICE TRY, DONATELLO!"
Now, we know from experience that Shartboy tends to mindlessly ape the views of the last person who talked to him, and on the health care front, that seems to have been Rand Paul. So the Idiot Manchild parrots Rand's pet idea that they should just repeal Obamacare straight out, and then hope for the fucking best when it comes to the replacing.
And now the furthest-right members of the Senate GOP caucus are running around the playground, high on Pixy Stix and Grape Crush, taunting the others "nyah nyah, the President agrees with MEEEEE!!!!!!!" and giving all the moderates wedgies. Now, this makes Yertle's job much tougher, because he's being tugged from the semi-rational center AND the lunatic right, so maybe this whole thing will fall apart and millions of Americans will get to, y'know, GROW OLD BECAUSE THEY WON'T DIE FROM TREATABLE SHIT, but just in case, let's keep blasting these fuckers' phone lines, huh?
The Man With a Tumor-Filled Scrotum For a Heart is apparently really excited about his upcoming employee evaluation with Vlad Putin. Nobody can seem to convince Donnie that Russia isn't our BFF, that they'll never return that copy of River City Ransom he loaned them six months ago, that they FUCKING ATTACKED OUR DEMOCRACY, and in fact he's asked the National Security Council to prepare a list of "deliverables" to offer Vlad, because he is not a Russian agent even a little bit. What those "deliverables" may be, God only knows, but I'm assuming it's a couple of nuclear subs and maybe Delaware.
Axios reported that the Marmalade Shartcannon is all damp n' sweaty to get his trade war started, because he is a stupid, stupid man who thinks that such a thing can be done without consequences. Everybody except Animate Lawn Gnome Wilbur Ross and Steve "Darth Wino" Bannon kept yelling "FUCK NO YOU FUCKHEADED MORON" at him, but hey, maybe we'll get to see a U.S.-led global financial meltdown, that'll be...different.
The Pumpkin Spice Assclown's shitty racist travel ban went into effect, and we learned that we're using it to keep an all-girl group of Afghan teen inventors from attending a robotics competition they'd earned their way into, thank god we've been protected from this grave threat, it was probably going to be like, Ultron, Only For Jihad, like it would only attack bakers who refused to make cakes for gay weddings.
Kris Kobach's "Silly Rabbit, Voting is for White People" campaign kicked into gear today. For starters, Hans Von Spakovsky, frustrated after several failed attempts to kill Captain America, joined the commission. Hans is the OG vote suppressor, so of course he wants in.
Anyhow, Kobach sent out this ridiculous letter demanding that states turn over all kinds of information a little Nazi like him shouldn't be trusted with; names, addresses, drivers license numbers, SSNs, do you prefer cake or pie, how attractive on a scale of 1-10 do you find Chris Pine (now, I'm straight, but in all honestly I have to say "at least 6" , did you eat the last Hot Pocket DON'T FUCKING LIE TO ME CARL, and several years' worth of voting histories.
Needless to say, state officials from both parts are telling Kris where he can stick his letter. Mississippi's Republican Secretary of State even told him he could jump in the Gulf of Mexico, so other officials are feeling pressure to up their game. "Make like a tree and go fuck yourself," reads a draft from Illinois, but the SoS thinks he can probably do better if he sleeps on it.
Most hilariously, Kansas Secretary of State...wait for it...Kris Kobach...announced he can't comply with his own records request because of state privacy law. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHOHGODIHURTMYBACK
Oh, and there was that little story the Wall Street Journal broke.
The one about that GOP operative/activist, what was his name? Peter Smith?
Something about...forgive me, I've got a couple beers in me...something about...colluding with Russian hackers to gain access to Hillary Clinton's e-mails and pass them on to the Drumpf campaign, via Mike Flynn and his Angry Thumb of a son? Yeah, that one.
Weird, that Hannity and Hume and the other toadies in the right wing media started singin' that whole "Colluding with a hostile foreign power ain't no thang" tune a few days ago, don'tcha think?
Now, just for a little extra flava, Peter Smith died a few days after giving his interview with the Journal. And that's...a bit weird. Maybe it's coincidence. Maybe he was like, terminally ill and trying to clear his conscience in order to get a nicer cot in hell. Or hey, maybe Reince Pubis got wind that he'd spilled the beans, and had him polonium 210'd. Maybe he's been haunting Shart House aides since his death, and Steve Bannon is just now realizing he's not a pink elephant, who can say?
But that was last night. TONIGHT, we learned that Peter had listed not only Flynn, but Kellyanne "SuperPatriot" Conway and Steve "Satan's Servant on Earth" Bannon in a recruitment document for said collusion-with-Russia project.
FUCK.
And if you haven't read Matt Tait's piece over at Lawfare, filling in some of the gaps in this story, and describing his own experience with it, you need to jump over there and read that shit right fucking now. Don't worry, my last paragraph isn't that funny.
Folks, I know there's more. The Shart wants to sue CNN and invade North Korea and I guess spend all that Meals on Wheels money he's cutting on going into spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace, and we all found out how many of our tax dollars are going to Bannon's gin fund and Omarosa's gilded "The Honorable" stationary, and fuck knows what else, but it's late, and these last three beers ain't gonna drink themselves. Be well, and, as always, VOTE IN THE GODDAMN MIDTERMS.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)MontanaMama
(23,330 posts)how do I love thee, let me count the ways. Pumpkin Spice Ass Clown..stop it!!!
You nailed it. Again.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)beveeheart
(1,369 posts)but you forgot to comment on the salaries posted today. Maybe tomorrow?
Loved the "upcoming employee evaluation" comment.
worstexever
(265 posts)He mentioned something about how much gin that buys Bannon and how it pays for The Honorable Omorosa's gilded stationery
beveeheart
(1,369 posts)MY bad!
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)thank you
MLAA
(17,302 posts)dalton99a
(81,534 posts)So no
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Link to tweet
"The first group listed campaign officials: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, Lt Gen. Flynn & Lisa Nelson"
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Cha
(297,382 posts)"Anyhow, Kobach sent out this ridiculous letter demanding that states turn over all kinds of information a little Nazi like him shouldn't be trusted with; names, addresses, drivers license numbers, SSNs, do you prefer cake or pie, how attractive on a scale of 1-10 do you find Chris Pine (now, I'm straight, but in all I honestly I have to say "at least 6" , did you eat the last Hot Pocket DON'T FUCKING LIE TO ME CARL, and several years' worth of voting histories.
Needless to say, state officials from both parts are telling Kris where he can stick his letter. Mississippi's Republican Secretary of State even told him he could jump in the Gulf of Mexico, so other officials are feeling pressure to up their game. "Make like a tree and go fuck yourself," reads a draft from Illinois, but the SoS thinks he can probably do better if he sleeps on it.
Most hilariously, Kansas Secretary of State...wait for it...Kris Kobach...announced he can't comply with his own records request because of state privacy law. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHOHGODIHURTMYBACK"
Mahalo, Ferret
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Lilma
(132 posts)An excellent piece...so many good quotes to choose from...my favorite one was taken so I choose this one.
"If this shit keeps up, Bashful Bob Mueller's investigative team is gonna need more staff than a mid-twentieth-century Hollywood Biblical Epic. THE TEN INDICTMENTS, whaddya think?"
Thank you Ferrit
Hugin
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HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHOHGOD-NOW-IHURTMYBACK!
*gasp*
Vinca
(50,296 posts)Quanta
(195 posts)This guy. One of the reasons I love this board!
VOX
(22,976 posts)I just don't feel right if I've missed even one of the TF's posts. TheFerret possesses a nifty "gift": he affirms your sanity in the face of so much insanity.
Thank you!
dalton99a
(81,534 posts)Thanks, Ferret!
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Astounding as it may be, this is the first time I have heard of the site. Read several interesting pieces there over my morning coffee.
Cheers!
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)Thank you!
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)DippyDem
(659 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Greywing
(1,124 posts)"Man With a Tumor-Filled Scrotum For a Heart"
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)But now I'm awake and soooooo happy to read this great diatribe.
Perfect, as always!
Thank You.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)lord knows, this situation we find ourselves in is really, really NOT funny. But we have to have something to break the tension and it might as well be humor that saves our sanity.
Just a question. Do you makes notes throughout the day and then write while consulting your jotted notes? Or do you "observe" things and then sit down to your computer and write? What comes out just flows. Just curious because I've done a bit of writing and have done both methods.
NotASurfer
(2,153 posts)And then I say we figure out how to replace that grape Crush in Capitol Hill vending machines with whatever you're drinking, kick back, and watch 'em implode
cry baby
(6,682 posts)I read them several times and share them with my kids...grown kids, of course!
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Is someone collecting these and collating into a book?
Hope so.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)You know how to close.
Be well, and, as always, VOTE IN THE GODDAMN MIDTERMS.
mac56
(17,574 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Afghan nerdy teens!!!
AND YEAH VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS!!!
sagesnow
(2,824 posts)Your writing style reminds me of Mark Morford. I love you both if you are not him. Would one or both of you please Repeal and Replace the Gaslighter in Chief? Thanks in advance if so.
cp
(6,643 posts)"Bathtub Clog That Somehow Won the Electoral College" is mighty fine, and I like how you're going after Don Trumpetti's mobster pals, too, particularly the fat, seedy alcoholic "Darth Wino."
TheFerret, your writing is superb.
Thank you.
spooky3
(34,462 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Ferret, if you never write another word (and I really hope you do!) thank you for that! Describes Dump perfectly.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)And I believe that the blog will be separate from his DU (and Facebook!) rants.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I never miss a Ferret post.
bora13
(860 posts)as in inspires awe here in the real world and is in fact the real
news through the looking glass. If Alice were running along at
top speed and listening to the news on her iPhone, she would hear this.
That is some real bleeding edge shit right there, I tell you what.
Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)I'm late saying "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!" a la Michael Bluth, and sending so many thanks for keeping your readership uhhhh breathing, and uhhhh "sane". THANK YOU!
Also, I didn't comment on the post you posted before this one, because shit be cray in my area of the sandbox. But a belated THANK YOU for that one as well.
Here are a shit ton of smilies, as I can no longer express myself using "language" (that's YOUR job, TF, please never stop!!)
is
oh damn, food and caffeine, man :
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)(John Oliver would, but I can't afford him) are helping me cope with this nightmare. Thank you!