Apparently he got up today and told his staff he wanted to hold a press conference, so either he took some really good uppers this morning or he’s having one of his random manic episodes. Maybe both!

WikiLeaks!!

Meanwhile there was a Financial Times article today which makes it seem that the Russians will continue to be aggressive unless Trump goes along with his promises of playing nice to them. Link to TPM because FT has a paywall:

He’s busy making oil companies great again.

Sarandon who voted for Jill “I’ll rsvp for Putin” Stein.

McConnell saying the Republicans can handle an investigation is like when an abuser’s enabling relatives say “it’s a family issue, we’ll deal with it privately.”

I tend to agree. Trump is not an evil genius, just evil and is surrounded by people who are using him to play their political games. We should all be afraid of what happens when Putin tires of putting up with him.

If that happens there should be Vegas odds on whether Trump will pardon him.

American Crime Story: The Trump Years

So it’s 2021 and the newly elected Democratic administration (work with me here, people) is ready to clean up the mess of the last four years. What are the chances that guys like Flynn find themselves indicted by the Dept of Justice for ethics violations and/or light treason?

Resigning at 11pm on a Monday used to mean something big was about to drop, but now it’s just another night in Trumpland. Still genuinely happy to see him gone while simultaneously terrified of who will replace him.

Source for this about the room with plastic covered windows?

Oh jeez, the psychopaths truly have taken over. He sounds like a grade A asshole.

And apparently, he got debriefed on the NK missile test IN THE FUCKING RESTAURANT with dozens of people within ear shot. But at least he didn’t use a private email server!

Mental health crisis, or is it

Don’t get me started on the navel gazing self importance of Gizmodo commenters. Must be nice to only care about video games and the latest iPhone.

Speaking of the Bundys, I’m sure any day now they’ll send their armed followers to join the Standing Rock protestors’ fight against government sanctioned seizure of land. I mean that’s their whole schtick, right?

I get a strong Tommen Baratheon vibe from Barron. He needs a pet cat.

She’s a woman! Why should the big men working on big issues be concerned with the whereabouts of someone’s wife? Leave her be and she’ll go shopping or change a diaper or whatever it is wives do all day.

Maybe they’re just superfans of Westworld?