Sean's gone. It's sad. Great guy. Going to miss him.Trump continued

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What's up with Scaramucci & Bannon? I've read about S & Priebus but not much about him & Bannon. Is it just that S wants to be Head Prefect or is there more to it?

Iirc, Leo first called Bartlet 'Jed' in the scene where he sees him in the residence after he had 'the flu' after Abbey told him about the MS. Bartlet comments that was the first time he'd called him that since he became president.

I love all the West Wing chat.

Not sure about the Bannon thing but it could be simple jealousy about access? Who knows with these people?

From what I've read though they seem quite far apart ideologically with Bannon more of a hard right nationalist who has been quite disdainful of the New Yorkers Trump is bringing in. Possibly?

worship

That's the word I was looking for. :)

Bannon also carries the deplorables with him, along with Breitbart, so he brings a different kind of power to the table, I guess?

L-G-B-T by James Corden

"How is their disruption worse than Trump's corruption?"
"... overcompensating for his tiny........"

Bannon will wait. 4-6 weeks at least.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
Friend of @Scaramucci and man who has been quoted as his publicist in media stories about @Scaramucci 👇

Arthur Schwartz @ArthurSchwartz
Hey @Reince45. Oops; @Reince - you're unemployed now. Keep pushing this crap & I'll start dropping oppo on you. Mistress much, 🦌?

[Schwartz quotes the following in his tweet:

Christina Wilkie
Christina Wilkie @christinawilkie
Replying to @christinawilkie and @VickyPJWard
Priebus warned Trump not to hire Scaramucci, saying SkyBridge Capital's buyers overpaid because he'd promised them special access to Trump. ]

They really are scummy.

'Deference and humility'? How very Uriah Heep of her.

They really are scummy

They really, really are.

New name for Sarah HS, courtesy of Colbert.
"Mother of the child who bit your child."

You gotta love him

Someone needs to start pondering a new thread header. So much rich content (depressingly) to draw on...

Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Don't give up Republican Senators, the World is watching: Repeal & Replace...and go to 51 votes (nuke option), get Cross State Lines & more.

What with North Korea successfully launching a missile that's thought to show that they now might have the capability of hitting lots of parts of America, Trump's casual use of "nuke" is not reassuring.

'Nuke option'??

Interesting.

Kushner hearing

The China/NK tweet was frightening, especially given the way the State Dept has been gutted so there are fewer career diplomats able and willing to smooth things locally.

2 WH correspondents in Sarah HB's early days described her as "no brain, no pain" commenting on her ability to lie easily when Sean was struggling to put the Trump gloss on stuff.

"2 WH correspondents in Sarah HB's early days described her as "no brain, no pain" commenting on her ability to lie easily when Sean was struggling to put the Trump gloss on stuff."

Doesn't surprise me a bit. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Nor me.

Small world.

www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/07/28/pro-trump-trolls-silent-after-alt-right-ship-detained-mediterranean-apparent-human-trafficking/217437

Another interesting take on Trump (and also applicable to his mini-me - Scaramucci)

Death of a F*ing Salesman
amp.nationalreview.com/article/449988/donald-trump-cant-close-deal-failing-salesman?

"Woody Allen without the humour."

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/07/30/politics/russia-sanctions-donald-trump/index.html

Russia vows further retaliation if US moves forward with sanctions

Another reason having a functioning, staffed state department would be helpful right now

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