Holy Fuckballs!

[vorlon13]

BTW, how fast can Georgia, North Dakota and South Carolina ratify the 25th Amendment ?

And could they all do so simultaneously ?

Nice warning shot across the bow, so to speak . . . .

[Angrboda]

One must ask this anonymous source if it is really worth serving such a useless piece of shit?  Why not simply declare yourself and, although this is not common among republicunts, show some guts.  There are worse things than being fired by the Orange Turdfuhrer.

Somebody has to remain to steal things off the president's desk!

[The Grand Nudger]

LOL @ "antics"

He's 72.  Trump is not going to stop being Trump.   That was never an option, and wasn't it just a few months back that the prevailing trumpster wisdom was to let trump be trump?  At least we see the slow trickle of distancing oneself from Dear Leader begin.  It's his "antics" you see..damn those "antics".  If only he could stop with the "antics". Come impeachment hearings, every MAGA hat wearing idiot will swear that he never even knew that bitch!

#Resistence! Steady State!

[I_am_not_mafia]

"Oh if only our fascist leader wasn't so blatantly fascist so we don't have to be reminded daily that we're supporters of fascism"

[Fireball]

LOL @ "antics"

He's 72.  Trump is not going to stop being Trump.   That was never an option, and wasn't it just a few months back that the prevailing trumpster wisdom was to let trump be trump?  At least we see the slow trickle of distancing oneself from Dear Leader begin.  It's his "antics" you see..damn those "antics".  If only he could stop with the "antics".  Come impeachment hearings, every MAGA hat wearing idiot will swear that he never even knew that bitch!

#Resistence!  Steady State!

I've been hearing, "They need to give him a chance", from some of the people who support him. When he finally hits the intake to the garbage disposal, I'll bet dollars to holes in doughnuts that there will be cries of unfair persecution.

Magats-

[AFTT47]

I couldn't believe I couldn't find a thread about this - being that it's such major news. Silly me for not immediately recognizing that the thread titled, "Holy Fuckballs!" would be the one I was looking for.

Tipping off Trumply is logically inconsistent with the whole idea of there being organized resistance inside the politburo.

I can think of one possibility: The author is one of the cabal who favors invoking the 25th amendment now while it is those "like-minded" associates he speaks of who are timid about doing so. Perhaps by going public, he forces a confrontation.

If Trump was off the rails before, imagine his behavior going forward. The author may be deliberately provoking Trump with the goal of forcing his co-conspirators to act.

[Minimalist]

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4...e-to-trump

Note: To the average or even above-average reader outside the Washington-New York bubble, the Times refers to the op-ed as being written by a "senior administration official," which sounds like a cabinet member, or at least someone who interacts with the president on a daily basis. Pretty serious stuff from a high place, right? 

Yet, as everyone from former Hillary Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri to the Washington Post's David Nakamura to Fox News's Brit Hume point out in rare bipartisan fashion, "senior administration official" could apply to hundreds and even more than 1,000 people. 
...
So here's the question: Should the Times have narrowed down the actual governmental level of the writer in a way that at least tells the reader if this person was indeed as close to the president as they portray, unintentionally or otherwise? That doesn't, of course, mean giving away obvious clues that would reveal identify. But, as the Post's Nakamura asks, does this person actually work in the White House? The National Security Council? A federal agency? On domestic or foreign affairs? 

As the Post's Dana Milbank pointed out years ago: "The only people who can’t be senior administration officials are the interns." 

Narrowing down the writer's role in the administration to at least a place or department is a fair ask of the Times, which clearly reaps benefits from the ambiguity of "senior administration official." But such ambiguity leads to the kind of dangerous speculation so many see from some quarters of the media on a daily basis, which only leads to increased cynicism about the institution.

The TIMES owes that Orange Fuckball exactly nothing.  The whole point of writing - and having the Times print the letter - is to drive der Turdfuhrer deeper into the abyss.  Fuck him and all the stupid motherfuckers who voted for him.