General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2017-2021)

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@MichaelCBender
NEW: John Bolton’s No. 2, Mira Ricardel, was escorted from the White House moments ago, an administration officials tell ⁦@WSJ⁩. Ricardel was standing just a few feet from President Trump earlier this afternoon. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-decided-to-remove-homeland-security-secretary-nielsen-1542126979 …
3:26 PM - Nov 13, 2018

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@MichaelCBender
UPDATE: Ricardel hasn’t been escorted from the building. Some White House officials are operating under the belief she has, but at this moment Ricardel is in the building — though multiple White House officials say they expect her firing to be imminent. Apologies for the error.
4:18 PM - Nov 13, 2018 · Washington, DC

 

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@EamonJavers
A White House official just told reporters the WSJ story is not accurate. Says Mira Ricardel has not been fired or escorted off the grounds and is at her desk and still works at the WH now.
3:44 PM - Nov 13, 2018

 

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@kylegriffin1
Trump has retreated into "a coc00n of bitterness and resentment," LAT reports.

Sources say Trump has lashed out at several aides, from junior press assistants to senior officials. "He's furious," said one official. "Most staffers are trying to avoid him." http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-absent-20181113-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
4:15 PM - Nov 13, 2018

CNN stated that she's been fired but wasn't escorted from the premises.
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@jaketapper
WH official: @POTUS has told advisers he’s made the decision to fire deputy National Security Adviser Mira Ricardel — but she’s been given a bit of time to clear out desk. @FLOTUS publicly called for her firing earlier today.
- @jeffzeleny & @Kevinliptakcnn report
4:46 PM - Nov 13, 2018

 

[sjankis630]

Trump a businessman? He couldn't find a sale at a yacht club.
I see now why he didn't want to win. Everyone who can read and see can now know his whole "businessman" label is just as fake as his campaign promises.

 

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@weinbergersa
The Trump administration doesn't like "peacekeeping." So, now the Army is trying to shut down its only peacekeeping institute, setting off a battle inside the Pentagon. @SeanDNaylor reports for @YahooNews . https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-push-end-peacekeeping-institute-sparks-wider-debate-100019830.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw …

8:05 AM - Nov 13, 2018

 

[fact]

Mattis is only staying the position at this point so he can use what little power he has left to stop these crazies from doing things like this, even if it’s only temporarily. Trump and his team are trying to humiliate Jim Mattis. I’m not sure how well this will go over with the troops. Trumps ratings with active military are already waning, while Mattis’s are Off the charts.

 

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The Hill

9 hrs ·
BREAKING: Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was sued for allegedly failing to comply with a court order to cancel student debt for people whose for-profit colleges have shut down.


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DeVos sued for allegedly failing to comply with court order to cancel student debt
The Obama-era debt regulations have to be implemented after over a year of delays by DeVos.

 

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The Hill

9 hrs ·
A former New York Times book critic has made the rare move of taking back her positive review of Sen. Jeff Flake's book where she once praised the Republican for standing up to President Trump: "I said that Flake's book had rhetorical power. But looking back on it, it didn't."


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Ex-NY Times book critic takes back positive review of Jeff Flake's book
" Jeff Flake’s book couldn’t even convince Jeff Flake. As of this writing, he has voted with Trump 84 percent of the time.”

 

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The Hill

12 hrs ·
JUST IN: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 90 cases of a polio-like illness in 27 states.


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CDC confirms 90 cases of rare polio-like illness affecting children in 27 states
The CDC is still trying to determine what triggers Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), which causes limb weakness and primarily affects young children.

 

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The Hill

15 hrs ·
After receiving widespread criticism, President Trump is defending his decision to cancel his trip to a cemetery in France last weekend due to bad weather.


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Trump defends skipping cemetery visit in France
Trump had visited France for the weekend to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the end of World War I, in which more than 115,000 Americans died.

 

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@thehill
George Conway forms group to encourage conservative lawyers to "speak out" against Trump http://hill.cm/XGNsqZQ
8:40 AM - Nov 14, 2018

 

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@kylegriffin1
The Census Bureau's top scientist has testified that neither he nor other top Census officials thought the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was a good idea. The researcher says he raised the issue to Wilbur Ross. It didn't matter. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-abowd-census-citizenship-question_us_5beb5dc1e4b0caeec2bf07fe?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 …
9:15 AM - Nov 14, 2018

 

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@MichelReuters
France not amused by Trump's tweets: the U.S. President should have shown some "common decency" on the day the country was commemorating the murder of 130 people, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux says https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-usa/france-says-trump-should-have-shown-decency-on-paris-attacks-anniversary-idUKKCN1NJ1S5 …
8:12 AM - Nov 14, 2018

 

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@TomNamako
Fox News says it will file an amicus brief in support of CNN’s lawsuit against Trump.

"While we don’t condone the growing antagonistic tone by both the President and the press at recent media avails, we do support a free press, access and open exchanges for the American people”
10:48 AM - Nov 14, 2018