The Mike Pompeo/Mary Louise Kelly/NPR saga continues: x Pompeo just spoke on his plane about his NPR meltdown, said “there’s a lot of history with NPR†and that he hopes â¦@NPRKellyâ© “finds peace.†Comments via â¦@TracyKWilkinsonâ©: pic.twitter.com/QAG3CDWYTw — Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 29, 2020 “Look, go back and take a look. There’s a lot of…
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George Conway unspools *long* thread trashing Trump's geographical gormlessness
When Mike Pompeo instructed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly to point Ukraine out on a blank map, we all had some version of the same thought: Why doesn’t he ask his boss? Well, George Conway, full-time Trump gadfly and part-time husband to Barbie Riefenstahl, pointed out in a recent Twitter thread just how fruitless such…
State Department appears to retaliate against NPR following Pompeo imbroglio
Guess the Trumpian Empire will not brook tough questions. Be warned! x The State Department removed NPR reporter Michele Kelemen from the press pool on â¦@SecPompeoâ© trip this week to Europe and Central Asia following his dustup w â¦@NPRKellyâ©. Read statement by â¦@shauntandonâ©, State Department Correspondents' Association president: pic.twitter.com/XksXaInNCJ — Lara Jakes (@jakesNYT) January 27,…
Trump threatens NPR in wake of Pompeo outburst
It’s no secret that Donald Trump hates media outlets that challenge him and his administration. In the past, he’s singled out The Washington Post and CNN, corruptly using his office to try to punish them and their parent companies. Now he appears to be threatening NPR’s funding following a recent dustup between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
All things considered, NPR should totally steal this brilliant fundraising idea
This was shared by a retired public radio host. (I won’t say who, but if she wants to come forward and claim her laurels, all the better.) The graphic itself was created by Gary Huck. (Give him some loves.) It’s effing brilliant: If NPR doesn’t steal this posthaste, they’re crazy. I know I’d get one. Anything…
NPR host: Pompeo 'screamed' and 'swore' at interviewer following tense exchange
Daily Kos’ Jen Hayden has a more complete rundown of Mike Pompeo’s interview with Mary Louise Kelly, in which the secretary of state got his arse handed to him on the air. But this seemed, well, pertinent, to say the least: x The coda to @NPRKelly's interview with @SecPompeo is shocking. As described on @npratc:…
the Mike Pompitous of hate and Trump is still … #ImpeachedForLife
The disinformation continues as a new week will bring perhaps that impeachment trial, even if some of us might want the GOP to sweat a bit more. x These continued violations of Iraq’s sovereignty by groups not loyal to the Iraqi government must end.— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 12, 2020 x Killing of General Qasim…
Trump is reportedly turning on Pompeo now
Enemies. Enemies everywhere! Keep your head on a swivel, Donny. Are you sure that’s really Ivanka? It could be Adam Schiff in a blond wig and couture. So now Donald Trump is reportedly miffed at one of his closest allies, the eternally obsequious Mike Pompeo, his longtime (by Trump administration standards) secretary of ingratiation. NBC News:…
Mike Pompeo was Glad to Be Out of D.C. – Then He Sat Down With Dogged Local Reporter Nancy Amons.
Mike Pompeo was having a great day in Nashville yesterday, speaking to his homies, a group of Christian counselors, and just glad to be out of D.C. on the day one of his former employees punched a hole you could drive a truck through in the wall of obstruction drumpf’s built around the W.H. and State Dept. Then…
State Department Inspector General to Give “Urgent” Briefing to Congress. Another Shoe to Drop?
abcnews.go.com/… ABC News reports that the Inspector General of the US State Department will brief congressional staffers from a number of Senate and House committees about legal documents that appear to be related to the Ukraine, Rudolph Giuliani and the Bidens. The briefing will happen Wednesday afternoon in a secure location on Capital Hill. The…
Did Trump shiv Pence during his low-energy speech today?
It looks like we need to put Donald Trump in cryogenic freeze until science finds a cure for very, very low energy. Today, Trump came down from the prospectin’ camp what’s a spell up the mountain by the crick near the big rock next to Farmer Olsen’s hunner’-year-old oak tree to ramble incoherently about this and that and…
How the press keeps helping Trump spread his crooked Ukraine conspiracy
Tapped to handle damage control on the stunning revelation that Donald Trump aggressively tried to pressure a foreign country to dig up dirt on his possible 2020 Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo engaged in reckless bouts of misinformation during appearances on Sunday morning shows yesterday—and the hosts did nothing to stop him. In…
How the press keeps helping Trump spread his crooked Ukraine conspiracy
Tapped to handle damage control on the stunning revelation that Donald Trump aggressively tried to pressure a foreign country to dig up dirt on his possible 2020 Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo engaged in reckless bouts of misinformation during appearances on Sunday morning shows yesterday—and the hosts did nothing to stop him. In…
“Sanity” Prevails? Why Am I Not Reassured?
Jeez, it’s getting so that you don’t dare to sleep anymore. Every time you close your eyes, that damn little ditty from Wes Craven starts going through your head, One, two, Donnie’s coming for you! Three, four, better lock your door. On the other hand, you need a good nights sleep if you’re going to have to wake up to…
Trump reportedly 'pleased' with his performance last night
If this report is true, I feel really sorry for Melania. x A source told me 30 minutes ago that Trump was pleased with his own performance last night, loved being in command by ordering the strikes and by then ordering the stand-down. And the president just… tweeted it. https://t.co/tUPSym7inn — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June…
Trump official doesn't know who has authority to declare war — Ted Lieu informs him
I can understand why a U.S. citizen wouldn’t know that the Constitution gives Congress, and not the president, authority to declare war. U.S. presidents have been pushing the envelope vis-à-vis military action for decades now. But Brian Hook is U.S. special representative for Iran and senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — so in an…
Pompeo: Trump would 'do the right thing' if offered foreign election help
The sinister derp-state campaign to pass Donald Trump off as a real president and/or human being continues. Today, it was Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s turn. Speaking with Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan, Pompeo risibly claimed that Trump would do what normal presidents, politicians, and people do if offered election assistance from a foreign entity…
Pompeo's solution to climate change: 'Move to different places'
Seems conservatives have two responses to the existential threat of global climate change. The least-educated GOPsters, such as Donald Trump and the secret vault of clones Dick Cheney harvests his replacement organs from, choose to ignore it. Less-benighted Republicans (and we’re definitely grading on a curve here) downplay the crisis by pretending everything will work out…
The real problem with the USS McCain nonsense.
It has become a defining feature, perhaps the defining feature of the m(or)onarchy of King Schitwitz the First. And the longer we live under the thumb of Fumbles the Clown, the more pronounced it gets. I’m talking about the phenomena of “Hey, remember when this shit was funny?” They came out of the blocks quickly. On the…
Trump's advisers running out of ways to explain his lies; the latest to try? Mike Pompeo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may want to take gaslighting lessons from Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway. Or at least study their tape. He’s not great at it. (Pivot to Hillary, man! You’re going down!) On CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper yesterday, Pompeo and Tapper were discussing the upcoming North Korea…
