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Orangeutan

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July 16, 2018

Gallup weekly is driving me f'ing crazy

Trump swaggers over to Europe, pisses all over NATO, then bulls into Britain, cuts off the queen, trashes the P.M. and raises an uproar in Trafalgar Square, and today his disapproval drops sharply while his approval rating rebounds? What the fuck??!!

July 12, 2018

Next Air Force One will be all red and say "MAGA" on the side

Just kidding. But Trump does want to redesign the new version to include a splash of red and move up production by three years, in time for his 2021 inaugural (if we should be so cursed). The man does love him some red. (And Reds.)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/politics/trump-air-force-one-paint-design/index.html

July 11, 2018

I don't get it. I just don't get it. (Shakes head.)

The senate voted 97-2 yesterday to affirm the importance of NATO as a deterrent to Russia--an implicit rebuke of Trump and a recognition of the threat he poses.

Then, in an about face, they voted 51-48 in cloture to bring the nomination of Benczkowski to the floor for a vote, with every Repug falling into line.

This guy has never so much as filed a motion in a courtroom, and they think he's fit to run DoJ's Criminal Division and oversee hundreds of prosecutors?

This guy also whitewashed the investigation into the Russian firm Alpha Bank and its role in the Russian meddling as a lawyer representing the bank. As head of the Criminal Division at Justice, he'll be able to fling monkey wrenches at the gears of the Mueller investigation and would be in line to replace Rosenstein should he be removed.

No one on the R side was willing to stand up to this travesty? Not Flake? Not Corker? Sasse? Murkowski? The squishy Collins? None of them?! What are all Flake's pretty speeches on the Senate floor for if he rubber stamps this nomination?

July 1, 2018

Local Girl Makes Good

Maureen Dowd's column today. Love the way this candidate characterizes Trump, based on her life experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-maureen-dowd.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion-columnists

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