In a pickle

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Well, everybody knows what the top story today is:

9 minutes(!) later:

Thank you

According to Politico, Trump is announcing this “policy” to save funding for his beloved wall.

But like…is he?

For a historically non-transparent administration, people in the White House do have an unprecedented affinity for saying…exactly what they mean:

Because, of course, this was never about costs:

Hey, what happened in those nine minutes between his first and second tweets?

VERY COOL.

*to avoid military service FIVE TIMES
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But where is our LGBT hero —trusted presidential advisor and voice of the voiceless — Ivanka?

Ah, yes, their critical political capital.
luv 2 hav a president in decline

A few bad tweets today:

and:

Whew.


Out of this mess came a truly unreal press briefing with newly minted (at least, officially) Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders:

Of course our President, who definitely did not make up the pseudonym John Miller to brag about his sex life to tabloids, would not make up this letter.



Holy shit, healthcare! Tbqh, I didn’t have a lot of time today and most of this unfolded while I was away from my computer, so this is woefully lacking.

I just want to pause to say, forget about John McCain for a moment (there is enough content on his being a disgrace to fill 100 TOTIs). Let’s talk about the women that are putting their careers on the line to not screw over millions of Americans (this time):

Which of course leads to:

For now, the Senate has voted down a straight repeal of the Affordable Care Act:

And for now they’re moving forward with the “skinny repeal,” a term that is still pretty unclear to me and it seems most people? But:

seems bad.

More on all this very soon, inevitably.


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