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Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation

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A CIA veteran says it’s in line with what he’d expect to see.

Before the WaPo wrote this, the Bitemaster was saying the same thing (you’ll have to trust me). The way I figure it, it was a win-win for the Ruskies. Either they could turn some of Trumps inner circle, or compromise them so they could be blackmailed later.

When Donald Jr. released his emails, he precluded any Russian blackmail attempt. I thought it was a smart move on his part.

Source: Perspective | Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation

With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/23/media/white-house-press-briefing-sketch-artist/index.html?sr=twCNN062317white-house-press-briefing-sketch-artist0735PMVODtopPhotos&linkId=39041337

Good one! Though the Bitemaster thinks the White House press corps should disband. Desk jockeys back in the newsroom can read and fact-check the tweets and faxes just as well.

The Bitemaster will be on hiatus

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Your Bitemaster booked a cruise to the Lethargy Zone for himself, the Bitemistress and all the little bitty biters. After studying the travel brochures, he had visions of lying on a white sand beach with waitresses in bikinis bringing him Mai Tais. Unfortunately, somebody screwed up the paperwork and the family ended up at the Balea Ice Hotel in — as God is my witness — Cîrţişoara, Romania‎.

The local sherpas bring in news of the outside world several times a week and, if the reports are to be believed, the Trump administration is hard at work lobbing grenades at everything good and sacred about the United States.

In theory, the Bitemaster could keep posting from here, but turning the crank on the old Soviet-made generator gets tiresome really fast.

So what can you do in lieu of your daily dose of the bracing reality of BiteMe.Me? I propose that you watch Fox News and assume that everything is the opposite of what they say. For example, if Fox News says that the Trump Administration is running like a fine tuned machine, assume that it’s more like a beater with a broken crankshaft. If Fox reports that left-wing agitators are being bused into New Hampshire, it means that right-wing agitators are being bused into New York. If Fox News says the GOP has a splendid replacement for Obamacare, it means that medical care will be available to the highest bidder.

In the meantime, Noroc !

Trumpism: America’s new civil religion

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“People were being ushered into a deeply religious experience…and it made me completely uncomfortable,” the pastor recalls. “I felt like people were here to worship an ideology along with the man who was leading it. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t the song per se – it was this inexplicable movement that was happening in the room. It was a religious zeal.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/pastor-walks-out-on-trumps-demonic-florida-rally-my-11-year-old-daughter-was-sobbing-in-fear/

News from the swamp #2

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Here are some of the personnel failures of Trump’s “fine tuned machine”:

  •     Monica Crowley — withdrew after revelations of plagiarism
  •     Paul Manafort — resigned after revelations of lobbying for The Ukraine
  •     Michael T. Flynn — resigned after revelations of Russian connections
  •     Andrew Puzder — withdrew after revelations of spouse abuse
  •     Scott Pruitt — the shit may hit the fan on Tuesday, when Pruitt will have to reveal 2500 emails to and from his pals in the energy industry

Trump plans overhaul of intelligence agencies

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The review is being pushed by President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and would be led by Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire private equity executive.

President Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the way the US intelligence community has maintained its independence and is apparently considering engaging Stephen A. Feinberg, a private equity executive, to do a top-to-bottom overhaul.

According to the voices I hear in my head, Steve Bannon immediately put in a call to former KGB Lt. Colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, to ask for pointers on how to use the US intelligence apparatus to assassinate his opponents, harass the media, intimidate nongovernmental organizations, and round up hooligans and rootless cosmopolitans.

Source: White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies – The New York Times

Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court

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The biggest issue when State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. Trump gets to the Supreme Court is to balance your traditional deference to Executive authority with the need to affirm judicial authority. Deferring to the Executive is perfectly reasonable in a country of some 300 million people, But the President’s many recent attacks on the judiciary make it necessary for you to assert your authority at this time.

I propose that you strike down the ban and uphold your authority.

  1. The specifics of the ban do nothing to make the country safer. The protocols previously in place did an excellent job of that.
  2. In light of the President’s contempt for the judiciary, if you don’t strike down the ban, you will look like a bunch of Executive lapdogs and your Court will be reduced from a co-equal branch of government to a mere rubber stamp.
  3. Once you strike down this Executive Order, you’ll have a free hand to do what you think best in the future.

Thank you.

News from the swamp #1

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Several House Judiciary Committee aides helped craft the controversial Muslim ban without telling Republican leaders.

And House staffers had to sign NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) in advance. Just like Trump’s campaign volunteers had to.

Source: Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump’s immigration order – POLITICO