Despicable Don

Setting the stage for the future of the American presidency.  This shit is now okay.

Shameful.




Nope.  Once respected.  Now being skirted or played like a fiddle.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Jesus wept

Soooo much wrong with that.





He has to keep attacking to stay alive, like a shark has to keep swimming.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Oh, Mika, you are asking for it

Giuliani attacked the credibility of Daniels, saying that "if you're going to sell your body for money, you just don't have a reputation."

“The hypocrisy is astounding,” Brzezinski said of Giuliani's remarks about Daniels, who says that she slept with Trump and was paid to keep quiet.

“Because I know someone who spoke to Donald Trump recently about life in the White House,” Brzezinski continued, “and Donald Trump’s biggest complaint was that he’s not allowed to watch porn in the White House."

[...]

The startling remarks are just the latest eyebrow-raising moment in the feud between Trump and "Morning Joe" hosts Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who are engaged to be married.

Just a day ago, Scarborough and Brzezinski lashed out at Trump over his remarks a year ago on Twitter that Brzezinski had shown up for a party on New Year's Eve at his Mar-a-Lago estate bleeding from a bad facelift.

Scarborough did so after Trump ripped the media over its coverage of first lady Melania Trump.

  

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Faux News

Fox News has published [...] a piece entitled "Trump, Kushner never blackmailed Scarborough, source says" was published Friday without a byline and cites a single, unnamed source as denying that a top White House aide had offered MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough with an ultimatum—apologize to Trump for the liberal network's negative coverage or face a hit piece in the National Enquirer.

[...]

In late May, Fox News released an article entitled "Jared Kushner didn't suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says" again without a byline and using a single, anonymous source apparently "familiar with the matter."

  Newsweek

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The Sad Tale of Joe & Mika's Fall from Trump's Grace

According to Joe and Mika, of course.

“It went back and forth for 20 or 30 minutes and it was a very ugly call,” Mr. Scarborough said. “He was screaming at me saying, ‘Why are you being so tough on this kid — I invited you to lunch at the White House, and you know I could have invited Sean Hannity,’ and I said, ‘Well, invite Sean Hannity — we’re not going to be schmoozed because you gave us some fish.’”

  

Continue reading.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

In the Immortal Words of James Comey

"Lordy, I hope there are tapes."

Here's exactly what the co-hosts [Jose Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski] alleged on Friday's "Morning Joe."

"We got a call that, 'Hey, the National Enquirer is going to run a negative story against you guys...' And they said, 'If you call the president up, and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike this story," Scarborough said.

[...]

Scarborough says he has proof of White House threats earlier this year -- he replied to Trump and said "I have texts from your top aides and phone records."

And an NBC News spokesman told CNN that Scarborough kept several executives apprised of the alleged threats "contemporaneously."

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Scarborough and Brzezinski are essentially alleging a form of blackmail.

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[A] White House official suggested to CNN that nothing untoward had occurred. The official told CNN that Scarborough called Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, about the Enquirer story before it was published. Kushner, the official said, told Scarborough to call the president. The official denied there was ever any offer from Kushner of a quid pro quo -- in other words softer coverage in exchange for spiking the Enquirer story.

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What's definitely true is this: Trump and the publisher of the National Enquirer, David Pecker, are friends and allies.

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The Enquirer, a supermarket tabloid, frequently promotes the president's agenda.

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And the Enquirer did publish a negative story about Scarborough and Brzezinski back in early June.

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Scarborough and Brzezinski are now engaged. The negative article was about their past marriages and the beginning of their relationship.

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The president himself weighed in via Twitter a few minutes later. He said he heard what Scarborough said on "Morning Joe," but claimed that it's untrue: "He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show."

Scarborough responded quickly to Trump's tweet with one of his own, writing, "Yet another lie. I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven't spoken with you in many months."

  CNN

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Scarborough-Brzezinski Blackmailer

New York Magazine reports it was Jared Kushner.  Presumably at the behest of Trump.

In mid-April, Scarborough texted with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner about the pending Enquirer story. Kushner told Scarborough that he would need to personally apologize to Trump in exchange for getting Enquirer owner David Pecker to stop the story. (A spokesperson for Kushner declined to comment). Scarborough says he refused, and the Enquirer published the story in print on June 5, headlined “Morning Joe Sleazy Cheating Scandal!”

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While the Enquirer denies that Trump encouraged Pecker to investigate the MSNBC hosts, Trump himself has pushed the story publicly. Last August, he tweeted, “Some day, when things calm down, I’ll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns!”

  NYMag

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

The Plot Sickens

Trump working with the National Enquirer for hit pieces on "opponents".

Click the pic for the video.

Of course, the Trump people are denying this.  I don't doubt Joe and Mika are telling the truth, but may I ask why they didn't publicize this incident when it was happening?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

   

Absolutely.

FURTHER UPDATE:

NY Mag says it was Jared Kushner.

FURTHER UPDATE:

Better and better.

Your Lyin' President: Despicable Donnie

via GIPHY

The Trump definition of "a long time":  one day.


...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE: Excerpt from Scarborough and Brzezinski op-ed refuting Trump's Twitter claims.

Mr. Trump claims that we asked to join him at Mar-a-Lago three nights in a row. That is false. He also claimed that he refused to see us. That is laughable.

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And though it is no one’s business, the president’s petulant personal attack against yet another woman’s looks compels us to report that Mika has never had a face-lift.

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The president’s unhealthy obsession with our show has been in the public record for months, and we are seldom surprised by his posting nasty tweets about us. During the campaign, the Republican nominee called Mika “neurotic” and promised to attack us personally after the campaign ended. This year, top White House staff members warned that the National Enquirer was planning to publish a negative article about us unless we begged the president to have the story spiked. We ignored their desperate pleas.

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The president’s unhealthy obsession with “Morning Joe” does not serve the best interests of either his mental state or the country he runs. Despite his constant claims that he no longer watches the show, the president’s closest advisers tell us otherwise.

  WaPo

It's pretty obvious that he does.

FURTHER UPDATE:

The New York Magazine has information reportedly from "three sources familiar with the private conversations" Scarborough had with "White House Staff" on this issue. Blame it on Jared Kushner.