Muller, Flynn, et al.

[King Of Dirk]

the matthew spencer peterson thing is mind boggling
who is advising trump on these appointments?

That was one of the most painful things I’ve ever seen.

[Corso]

the matthew spencer peterson thing is mind boggling
who is advising trump on these appointments?

Answer: Even I have to go with Vladimir Putin on this one!

Sat night live couldn’t improve on this. Painful indeed!

[vertical_doug]

The other party just seems like a bunch of kamikazes living in a fact free world and hell bent on destroying government.

I think you misinterpret their intent. They don't want to destroy government. They want to remake it to serve the ruling class not the people. If you think of it in these terms every action is completely rational.

[mjbabcock]

I hate Bannon, but today I love Bannon. The guy has a warped view of history and our country, but he’s not afraid to call a spade a spade. If you haven’t read his comments on Trump and his team’s Russia investigation, go find them.

[taz]

I hate Bannon, but today I love Bannon. The guy has a warped view of history and our country, but he’s not afraid to call a spade a spade. If you haven’t read his comments on Trump and his team’s Russia investigation, go find them.

I think he's pulling strings. If he can (indirectly) convince Trump that Jr is going down, Trump is more likely to fire Mueller. Which I think is Bannon's goal with these comments. It appears that Trump likes to think he's his own man, so this play may have more effect than Bannon directly telling Trump to fire Mueller.

[taz]

I went and read some of Bannon's comments. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit and he really just wants to trash Trump and family.

[King Of Dirk]

I hate Bannon, but today I love Bannon. The guy has a warped view of history and our country, but he’s not afraid to call a spade a spade. If you haven’t read his comments on Trump and his team’s Russia investigation, go find them.

Don't get too excited:

Steve Bannon to Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes: "There's nothing to the Russia investigation. It's a waste of time." (Nov 17, 2017)

Steve Bannon to NYT: "I think the collusion thing, and I said this from day one, is a joke." (Nov 10, 2017)

Just sayin.

[ElvisMerckx]

I went and read some of Bannon's comments. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit and he really just wants to trash Trump and family.

You might be giving him too much credit. Bannon's trying to sell a book.

[false_aesthetic]

Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’: Inside Trump’s White House

Fun read while trying to ignore my work today.

[Scott G.]

You might be giving him too much credit. Bannon's trying to sell a book.

SOP for the President is to trash the reporter or Hillary when negative news appears,
this time POTUS goes after Bannon instead, interesting.
Mike Wolff (author) gets the money, Bannon gets the twitter beat down.
Maybe Bannon stole the Hillary Vodoo doll from Trump ?

[thollandpe]

Who do you think ghost-wrote that scathing response? There ain't no way Trump, or any one of the Trumps, put all those words together like that.

[bigbill]

Up until a few days ago, Bannon was a white nationalist, racist, media bomb thrower, hated character by the left, and driving force behind Roy Moore's campaign. Now he's totally believable. Got it.

[djg714]

Who do you believe?

[thollandpe]

Up until a few days ago, Bannon was a white nationalist, racist, media bomb thrower, hated character by the left, and driving force behind Roy Moore's campaign. Now he's totally believable. Got it.

I don't know if it's correctly attributed to Sun Tzu, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".

Certainly not a philosophy I follow. But watching these two throw bad shit each other is entertaining. Political horror comedy, like John Carpenter got together with Ridley Scott and Aaron Sorkin.

[robin3mj]

Up until a few days ago, Bannon was a white nationalist, racist, media bomb thrower, hated character by the left, and driving force behind Roy Moore's campaign. Now he's totally believable. Got it.

Bannon's only MO is to throw a lit match at something flammable and see if he gets blamed or praised for it.

[thollandpe]

Steve Bannon reminds me more than just a little of the character in the middle, below.

[sine]

There is an unhealthy fascination with all things Trump, "media" included.

Trump furiously stokes the fire but some folks need to get out and talk/listen to their fellow man.....other side of the fence very much included.

[Saab2000]

There is an unhealthy fascination with all things Trump, "media" included.

Trump furiously stokes the fire but some folks need to get out and talk/listen to their fellow man.....other side of the fence very much included.

There's an unhealthy fascination because a lot of folks see him as very unhealthy for democracy in the United States. It's not really completely idealogical. Many folks, myself included, see him as wholly unfit for the office he holds in ways that have nothing to do with partisan ideology.

His attacks on freedom of speech are alarming, as are his comments about 'absolute authority', etc. If it was just idealogical it would be one thing but a lot of folks, myself included, see him as unstable and uninformed and not fit to be Commander in Chief.

[monadnocky]

Steve Bannon reminds me more than just a little of the character in the middle, below.

The character in the middle, or the character in the middle of the character in the middle?

[vertical_doug]

SOP of the Presidency is to create a tweetstorm when there is something important happening which he doesn't want us to pay attention too. Pretty confident something really bad is happening which is not related to this distraction.