In addition to my “duties” (it’s no duty, it’s a pleasure) here at First Draft, I’m pleased to announce that I will be joining the Bayou Brief as a contributing writer. It’s a brand spanking new progressive news site focusing … Continue reading The Bayou Brief
I wish I were writing about the drink they were obsessed with on Sex and the City or the magazine of that name. Not that I’d drink a cosmopolitan since they contain the demon vodka. I’m referring to comments by … Continue reading The Fog Of Cosmopolitan History
I was watching Americans Pickers the other day and one of the pickees was a collector of movie ephemera. Mike Wolfe spotted a poster for a flick that I had no idea existed: Werewolves on Wheels. It was a biker … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Werewolves On Wheels
It’s Miller Time. Continue reading Deep White House Shakeup Thought
The Insult Comedian gave a rather chummy interview to the Wall Street Journal the day after the Trumpers Jamboree speech. The WSJ declined to post the transcript so I’m obliged to thank Tiger Beat on the Potomac for doing so. I … Continue reading Your President* Speaks: Boy Scout Bullshit Edition
Another Wednesday, another Sixties psychedelic album cover. I’m familiar with the loopy grandeur of Manfred Mann’s hit version of Bob Dylan’s The Mighty Quinn but I’d never seen the album before. It has a wicked cool cover by Victor Moscoso … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: The Mighty Quinn
I can’t keep up.
I have NEVER started an “Obsession” post a week before its publication date.
Ever.
But the hits just keep on coming. So – it’s bonus “Obsession” time.
First, it’s:
Anthony Scaramucci RESIGNS as White House Communications Director
WBEN Buffalo ^ | JULY 31, 2017 | WBEN BuffaloPosted on 7/31/2017, 1:44:10 PM by johnk
07.31.17 Anthony Scaramucci RESIGNS as White House Communications Director Comes less than a week after hiring
JULY 31, 2017 Washington, DC (ABC/WBEN) Anthony Scaramucci resigns as White House Communications Director.
This comes the same day John Kelly was sworn in as Chief of Staff. Sources tell ABC Scaramucci resigned, asking to be redeployed at the Export Import Bank as chief strategy officer.
Scaramucci had not been on the job less than a week. It may be most memorable for an expletive-laden conversation with a New Yorker reporter that disparaged other members of the Trump team.
Then, it’s :
Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role
The New York Times ^ | July 31, 2017 | By MAGGIE HABERMAN, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and GLENN THRUSHPosted on 7/31/2017, 1:44:17 PM by abb
WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director, three people close to the decision said Monday, relieving him just days after Mr. Scaramucci unloaded a crude verbal tirade against other senior members of the president’s senior staff.
The decision to remove Mr. Scaramucci, who had boasted about reporting directly to the president not the chief of staff, John F. Kelly, came at Mr. Kelly’s request, the people said. Mr. Kelly made clear to members of the White House staff at a meeting Monday morning that he is in charge.
Well, WHICH IS IT?? Did the mooch resign, was he fired by Kelly, or was he shitcanned by The Darnold?
This news hit Freeperville like a string of firecrackers being tossed into an Open Carry demonstration.
Click the linky thingy for the fireworks.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Screwing The Mooch edition”
Everybody’s sharing this Kevin Williamson piece and it’s horseshit: Trump is the political version of a pickup artist, and Republicans — and America — went to bed with him convinced that he was something other than what he is. Trump inherited his fortune but describes himself as though he were a self-made man. He has had a middling career in real estate and a poor one as a hotelier and casino operator but convinced people he is a titan of industry. He has never managed a large, complex corporate enterprise, but he did play an executive on a reality show. … Continue reading They Knew What Trump Was. They Liked It.