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tfan
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Posted: 07/21/17 3:23 pm ::: New Communications Director |
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They keep running video of Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House Communications Director calling Trump a "hack politician" and future president of "The Queens County Bullies Association". He also suggested that Trump should pick Elizabeth Warren as his running mate due to Trump's criticism of hedge funds and hedge fund managers.
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justintyme
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Posted: 07/21/17 3:41 pm ::: |
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And yet once again Trump makes overtures to Wall Street. This is a good example of the "Trump the Candidate" con. He ran on helping the average worker yet now bows to the wealthy elite. He is not the "anti-establishment".
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jammerbirdi
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Posted: 07/27/17 8:45 pm ::: |
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Actual excerpt from today's New York Times as this White House forces the Grey Lady to go blue. Warning: Queeniespeak.
"Anthony Scaramucci, who was installed as White House communications director last week over the objections of the chief of staff, Reince Priebus, in the morning called into CNN to say that the two men were at odds and to dare Mr. Priebus to deny being a leaker. By the evening, The New Yorker had posted an interview quoting Mr. Scaramucci using vulgar language to describe Mr. Priebus.
“Reince Priebus — if you want to leak something — he’ll be asked to resign very shortly,” Mr. Scaramucci told The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza in an angry, profanity-laced telephone call on Wednesday night. Mr. Scaramucci suggested that he believed that Mr. Priebus was leaking information to damage him. “Reince is a fucking paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” he said.
In the same telephone call, Mr. Scaramucci disparaged Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist, who also warned against hiring him as communications director. “I’m not Steve Bannon. I’m not trying to suck my own cock,” he said. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the fucking strength of the president. I’m here to serve the country.”"
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 07/27/17 9:35 pm ::: |
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This is the best summary I've seen of this clown's insane rant.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/scaramucci-lizza-quotes-ranked/index.html
"Mooch" (as he calls himself) is like right out of central casting for a bit part in Goodfellas.
Or maybe he could have played the Kansas City guy who served as the courier for the briefcases of cash from the Tangiers in Casino.
By the way, the first supposed "leak" he went off about was of his financial disclosure form at the ExIm Bank which is publicly available and was obtained by the Politico reporter simply by asking the ExIm Bank for a copy. Hmm. No leak. So sorry.
The second leak supposedly threatening the welfare of the nation was that Scaramucci and Trump were having dinner with Sean Hannity. Now I can understand being embarrassed about that, but I don't think it was a national security crisis.
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Randy
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Posted: 07/28/17 4:28 pm ::: |
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Mooch gets his first kill - WH Chief of Staff. Be nice if Bannon was next, but I suspect Trump is afraid to fire him or Bannon's website would turn into an anti-Trump conspiracy theory library.
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 07/28/17 4:48 pm ::: |
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Interesting tweets from John Harwood, political affairs writer for CNBC
Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress
Ryan-Priebus ally tells me Trump is moving toward "an independent WH" untethered from the Republican Party
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 07/28/17 5:07 pm ::: |
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Reportedly Mooch's wife has filed for divorce because of his "naked ambition" and her dislike of Trump.
"Deidre Ball was tired of Scaramucci’s “naked ambition, which is so enormous that it left her at her wits’ end,” "
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/344395-scaramuccis-wife-files-for-divorce
"Anthony Scaramucci, the White House’s potty-mouthed new communications director, has been dumped by his beautiful blond wife because of his “naked political ambition,” multiple sources exclusively tell Page Six.
Deidre Ball, who worked as a vice president in investor relations for SkyBridge Capital, the firm he founded in 2005 and sold to ascend to the White House, has filed for divorce from “The Mooch” after three years of marriage after getting fed up with his ruthless quest to get close to President Trump, whom she despises.
One source told Page Six, “Deidre has left him and has filed for divorce. She liked the nice Wall Street life and their home on Long Island, not the insane world of D.C. She is tired of his naked ambition, which is so enormous that it left her at her wits’ end. She has left him even though they have two children together.”"
http://pagesix.com/2017/07/28/anthony-scaramuccis-wife-files-for-divorce/
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Posted: 07/28/17 6:50 pm ::: |
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Is that what passes as beautiful on Wall St?
Anyway...
Additionally, as a public servant, the Mooch will be able to defer the capital gains taxes anyone else would have to pay from the sale—a delay that could ultimately save him millions, if his new boss manages to reform the tax code in his favor. Scaramucci, patriot that he is, is willing to make that sacrifice.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/anthony-scaramucci-skybridge-sale
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Posted: 07/28/17 8:41 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
Interesting tweets from John Harwood, political affairs writer for CNBC
Ryan-Priebus ally to me: next phase of Trump presidency will be warfare against GOP Congress
Ryan-Priebus ally tells me Trump is moving toward "an independent WH" untethered from the Republican Party |
Is he trying to get impeached then?
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Queenie
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Posted: 07/30/17 9:04 am ::: |
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I swear like a sailor and this guy swears too much.
I also imagine Italians everywhere are facepalming and saying, "Dude. You're not helping. Stop stereotyping yourself. You're not helping."
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Posted: 07/31/17 2:14 pm ::: |
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I mean, he didn't even work a full pay cycle! His direct deposit didn't even take effect!
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Posted: 07/31/17 3:05 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
Is that what passes as beautiful on Wall St?
Anyway...
Additionally, as a public servant, the Mooch will be able to defer the capital gains taxes anyone else would have to pay from the sale—a delay that could ultimately save him millions, if his new boss manages to reform the tax code in his favor. Scaramucci, patriot that he is, is willing to make that sacrifice.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/anthony-scaramucci-skybridge-sale |
If the sale of his hedge fund to the Chinese collapses, it proves his appointment was motive for a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation. If the sale goes through , but for one cent less than the previously announced $90million, it proves the same, because he’d be accepting less with less access to offer.
The Mooch is in a world of trouble on all sides. The Feds will scrutinize that sale; Mrs. Mooch’s divorce lawyers will have forensic accountants scrutinize every dime he’s ever had or spent, and he’ll be unemployable for his public disgrace.
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tfan
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Posted: 07/31/17 3:18 pm ::: |
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"No WH chaos!" - Donald Trump 7/30/2017
I read that he actually wasn't supposed to be officially working until 8/15, so he was fired before his first day at work. Jared and Ivanka were said to be in favor of his hire but flipped after his infamous phone call. But they say Kelly wanted him gone as well.
Supposedly they are still up for him holding some other White House position.
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