As long as she herself wasn't a victim Trashelle apparently had no problem donating to a guy who had been credibly accused of sexually assaulting over 20 women, screwed a porn star shortly after his wife had had his child and carried on an affair with a former playboy bunny.
Trashelle? Okay, there are lots of odd names these days and it usually isn't nice to make fun of people for them, but seriously, what were her parents thinking?
Wait...Corey Lewandowski is married with four children? Since when? There were several reports of his dating Hope Hicks during the Trump administration. . Didn't realize he was married, with children, at the time. Joy Villa, the singer, filed a police report against Corey for, allegedly, slapping her ass at a party. Then he supposedly groped Trashelle at a dinner. (Fortunately Trashelle's twin sister, Garbagella was not there.) According to Wikipedia, Corey is Catholic. Wow, the Church has really gotten lax on what constitutes a sin. By the way, BEST MORNING SHOTS EVER!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who finds Khatiri's polemics about Biden/Afghanistan tiresome. Reading different viewpoints is great, and it's one of the reasons I love The Bulwark, but Khatiri gets a little old and shrill on this subject.
I would also like to point out that Shay's piece this morning is ridiculous. If you want to call Biden a liar about Afghanistan, go ahead. If you dislike his policies so much that you go forward and further add to the "senile" Biden myth then we have problems. Whoever edited this piece should think about what they are doing. I like to hear opposite sides of the issues, that is why I am here on Bulwark and added Bulwark+, but that is not shooting it straight - it is manipulative and straight-up lying.
Nice write up. I lean left, but you guys are right, Democrats have their heads up their…well you get it. I’m also queuing up for one of those t-shirts…
Reading this, and listening to THE NEXT LEVEL yesterday, it made me realize that presidents don't have control of even the House and Senate members of their own party. Most of the obstructionist class (I'm looking at you, AOC) not only live in a bubble, they live in said bubble because they are in uber-safe seats and the whole party process of primaries, and caucuses, etc. has weakened the political parties and allowed candidates, who may have never passed party muster, to run and if they win, to thumb their noses at all authority. Lyndon Johnson would never have taken from Manchin or AOC that Biden is forced to take.
Jonathan Rauch had a great piece in the Atlantic a few years ago of the havoc that the demise of political parties has caused. Worth going back and reading.
And to finish this rant, here is Eric Clapton singing "I shot the Pony..." Or something.
Regarding the game of chicken, Jonathan Chait at NY Mag had a different take on this (link: https://nym.ag/2Y3Pi34). To wit:
"The truth of the situation at hand is almost precisely the opposite. The people who are willing to compromise and accept half a loaf are the progressives. The ones who refuse to negotiate are the centrists.
"Just listen to what the progressives are saying:
“What we have said is that if there is an agreement that the president strikes on this Build Back Better agenda, we will vote for the bipartisan bill, we’re willing to negotiate,” Representative Ro Khanna said on CNN. “The president keeps begging [Senator Kyrsten Sinema], ‘Tell us what you want. Put a proposal forward’ … How do you compromise when Sinema isn’t saying anything?”
"Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal: “They need to tell us what they don’t agree with. And we need to be able to actually negotiate it.”
"Jayapal, again: “If they don’t tell us what they want to do, which was the president’s message, and if they don’t actually negotiate on the entire bill, then we’re not going to get too close.”
"Representative Jim McGovern: “I think a lot of us want to make sure we have an assurance that, in fact, there’s going to be a reconciliation bill.”
"They are not making implacable demands. They are begging the centrists to simply negotiate."
"Trashelle" is the name of a Trump donor? That's just too good to be true.
As long as she herself wasn't a victim Trashelle apparently had no problem donating to a guy who had been credibly accused of sexually assaulting over 20 women, screwed a porn star shortly after his wife had had his child and carried on an affair with a former playboy bunny.
Trashelle? Okay, there are lots of odd names these days and it usually isn't nice to make fun of people for them, but seriously, what were her parents thinking?
Wait, Charlie actually reads these comments? I better get my A-game on. ;)
I can't believe he kept my shot at Khatiri in there. :o
Tom Nichols is always worth the price on admission.
I'd buy one of those T-shirts
Wait...Corey Lewandowski is married with four children? Since when? There were several reports of his dating Hope Hicks during the Trump administration. . Didn't realize he was married, with children, at the time. Joy Villa, the singer, filed a police report against Corey for, allegedly, slapping her ass at a party. Then he supposedly groped Trashelle at a dinner. (Fortunately Trashelle's twin sister, Garbagella was not there.) According to Wikipedia, Corey is Catholic. Wow, the Church has really gotten lax on what constitutes a sin. By the way, BEST MORNING SHOTS EVER!
There better be an email blast when that shirt is ready.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who finds Khatiri's polemics about Biden/Afghanistan tiresome. Reading different viewpoints is great, and it's one of the reasons I love The Bulwark, but Khatiri gets a little old and shrill on this subject.
I would also like to point out that Shay's piece this morning is ridiculous. If you want to call Biden a liar about Afghanistan, go ahead. If you dislike his policies so much that you go forward and further add to the "senile" Biden myth then we have problems. Whoever edited this piece should think about what they are doing. I like to hear opposite sides of the issues, that is why I am here on Bulwark and added Bulwark+, but that is not shooting it straight - it is manipulative and straight-up lying.
Nice write up. I lean left, but you guys are right, Democrats have their heads up their…well you get it. I’m also queuing up for one of those t-shirts…
Oh, Charlie, you make my mornings!
Reading this, and listening to THE NEXT LEVEL yesterday, it made me realize that presidents don't have control of even the House and Senate members of their own party. Most of the obstructionist class (I'm looking at you, AOC) not only live in a bubble, they live in said bubble because they are in uber-safe seats and the whole party process of primaries, and caucuses, etc. has weakened the political parties and allowed candidates, who may have never passed party muster, to run and if they win, to thumb their noses at all authority. Lyndon Johnson would never have taken from Manchin or AOC that Biden is forced to take.
Jonathan Rauch had a great piece in the Atlantic a few years ago of the havoc that the demise of political parties has caused. Worth going back and reading.
And to finish this rant, here is Eric Clapton singing "I shot the Pony..." Or something.
Regarding the game of chicken, Jonathan Chait at NY Mag had a different take on this (link: https://nym.ag/2Y3Pi34). To wit:
"The truth of the situation at hand is almost precisely the opposite. The people who are willing to compromise and accept half a loaf are the progressives. The ones who refuse to negotiate are the centrists.
"Just listen to what the progressives are saying:
“What we have said is that if there is an agreement that the president strikes on this Build Back Better agenda, we will vote for the bipartisan bill, we’re willing to negotiate,” Representative Ro Khanna said on CNN. “The president keeps begging [Senator Kyrsten Sinema], ‘Tell us what you want. Put a proposal forward’ … How do you compromise when Sinema isn’t saying anything?”
"Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal: “They need to tell us what they don’t agree with. And we need to be able to actually negotiate it.”
"Jayapal, again: “If they don’t tell us what they want to do, which was the president’s message, and if they don’t actually negotiate on the entire bill, then we’re not going to get too close.”
"Representative Jim McGovern: “I think a lot of us want to make sure we have an assurance that, in fact, there’s going to be a reconciliation bill.”
"They are not making implacable demands. They are begging the centrists to simply negotiate."
Can't believe you left my favorite Trump remora - Brad Parscale - off of the hall of fame list.
Exit take: I am definitely going to make “notorious Never Trumper, who is regarded as a traitor by many in the GOP base,” into a t-shirt.
Please sell them.