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This is not normal (part gazillion)
Author: Raine    Date: 02/27/2017 14:50:31

Over the weekend Politico published this story: Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown
Upon entering Spicer’s office for what one person briefed on the gathering described as “an emergency meeting,” staffers were told to dump their phones on a table for a “phone check," to prove they had nothing to hide.

Spicer, who consulted with White House counsel Don McGahn before calling the meeting, was accompanied by White House lawyers in the room, according to multiple sources.

There, he explicitly warned staffers that using texting apps like Confide — an encrypted and screenshot-protected messaging app that automatically deletes texts after they are sent — and Signal, another encrypted messaging system, was a violation of the Presidential Records Act, according to multiple sources in the room.
Word is G. Gordon Libby wanted to call in the plumbers.

This comes a day after Spicer decided to make a public press briefing into a gaggle,
On Friday, the administration for the first time included in its guidance a planned press gaggle that was supposed to be on camera. That was changed to off camera, with the White House not informing reporters that they would have to be put on a list. News organizations were put on a list of “interested parties” but then not allowed in. The New York Times, CNN, BuzzFeed News, Politico and the LA Times were not allowed in. Instead, a group that included handpicked reporters from conservative outlets were invited to chat with Spicer, including Breitbart, One America News Network and The Washington Times. Some national news outlets, like ABC, were also allowed to attend the briefing.

Basically, they are excluding press outlets out of favor with the pOTUS.
The administration blocked a number of outlets from Spicer's gaggle Friday afternoon, including The Hill, the New York Times, CNN, Politico, the BBC, BuzzFeed and others. (snip)

Spicer did allow several right-leaning outlets to attend the gaggle, including Breitbart, the Washington Times and One America News Network.

Also attending were Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, Bloomberg and Reuters, among others.

Saturday pOTUS announced he would not be attending the White House Correspondence Dinner.
“You know, one of the things we say in the South [is] ‘If a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her?’ I think that this is a pretty similar scenario,” Sanders added. “There’s no reason for him to go in and sit and pretend like this is going to be just another Saturday night.”
because that analogy makes so much sense.

Let's see what else happened this weekend?

Oh, he had dinner at his hotel in DC.
Inside the restaurant, on the first level, an uncommon guest is having a cocktail. It's Nigel Farage, the Brexit leader and Trump ally, who is sitting at a table with three other people. Nigel is on what looks like a serious phone call. Our party is seated at our table upstairs, but it is rather clear that the entire staff is on edge. (snip)

Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and his wife walk up the stairs, past our table and are seated on the other side of the restaurant from the Trump table preparations. They are alone and dressed for a date night. (snip)

(...) The young crew are the first in line. Also waiting in line as the President arrives is Nigel Farage.

Trump stops momentarily to speak with Farage and points upstairs in the steakhouse, seemingly inviting him to dinner. (snip)

He is joined by Farage, Governor Rick Scott of Florida, and his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. My party sits just a table away, outside the president's security barrier. Trump's table is surrounded by agents facing outward, creating a barrier between the president and other diners.
Read the whole thing -- the well done aged steak with ketchup was the least offensive part.

Here is something to cleanse your palate. President Obama was sighted in NYC this weekend.


And then last night:




and
Raine

 

 
 
 

29 comments (Latest Comment: 02/28/2017 03:22:03 by Will in Chicago)
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Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 14:12:47
Comment by wickedpam on 02/27/2017 14:15:00
Morning

Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 14:45:56
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!




Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 14:53:36
BLOG POSTED


Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 14:55:58
Happy Birthday Will!


Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 14:58:15
That last video was the palate cleanser needed after reading the earlier parts of the blog.

Comment by Mondobubba on 02/27/2017 14:58:36
No, the aged strip, well done with catsup was the most offensive thing from the dinner on Saturday night. Why? Because it is a metaphor for his tasteless, ignorant vulgarity.That tasteless ignorant vulgarity is how he makes policy as well as how he likes his steaks.

Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 14:58:48
Something else happened at the Oscars last night. I'm not dead, yet!

Comment by TriSec on 02/27/2017 15:09:12
Hi folks. With school vacation week over in these parts, it's pretty quiet at the store this morning.



Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 15:15:19
Quote by Raine:
Something else happened at the Oscars last night. I'm not dead, yet!

That is terrible

Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 15:16:13
I may actually check this interview out.




Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 15:17:34
re: today's blog: More shit show

Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 15:45:58
Quote by BobR:
re: today's blog: More shit show

After I read this -- I can't even find a way to cram more shit into the blog.

It;s such a mess.

Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 15:48:29
This is wrong.
According to internal Trump administration correspondence seen by The Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security has decided at the last minute to block Khaled Khateeb from traveling to Los Angeles for the Oscars.

Khateeb was scheduled to arrive Saturday in Los Angeles on a Turkish Airlines flight departing from Istanbul. But his plans have been upended after U.S. officials reported finding "derogatory information" regarding Khateeb.




Comment by Raine on 02/27/2017 15:52:15



Comment by Mondobubba on 02/27/2017 16:02:22
Quote by Raine:
I may actually check this interview out.





For all of his flaws, GWB went out of his way to say we weren't fighting Islam, we were fighting against extremists.

Comment by Mondobubba on 02/27/2017 16:50:30
About Spicy wanting to see the staffers' phones. If they are smart, they have two. The clean ones they showed Spicy and then the burner that has all the offending apps loaded on it.

Comment by Mondobubba on 02/27/2017 16:52:20
I'm sure that the NYT, Buzzfeed CNN et al are busy with their lawyers, who are writing briefs about Cheetolini and Spicy trying to suppress freedom of the press.

Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 16:57:54
Quote by Mondobubba:
About Spicy wanting to see the staffers' phones. If they are smart, they have two. The clean ones they showed Spicy and then the burner that has all the offending apps loaded on it.

and no identifying personal info

Comment by trojanrabbit on 02/27/2017 17:07:14
Another not normal thing....

Over the weekend an EF1 tornado struck Western MA (Conway & Goshen). Since 1950 when records started being kept there has NEVER been a tornado recorded in February in MA.

Comment by TriSec on 02/27/2017 17:11:42
You know the Union has gone off the rails when George Bush looks like a rational elder statesman.

Comment by Mondobubba on 02/27/2017 17:11:45
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
About Spicy wanting to see the staffers' phones. If they are smart, they have two. The clean ones they showed Spicy and then the burner that has all the offending apps loaded on it.

and no identifying personal info


That goes without saying. But, a good point. Some people are bright enough to do that.

Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 17:14:11
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Another not normal thing....

Over the weekend an EF1 tornado struck Western MA (Conway & Goshen). Since 1950 when records started being kept there has NEVER been a tornado recorded in February in MA.

We were commenting on Saturday how absurd it was to have a dangerous hail storm in our area in February.

Comment by BobR on 02/27/2017 18:14:42
Comment by wickedpam on 02/27/2017 18:28:01
Quote by BobR:
Must see



O.O Wow, usually I think whimsical or bawdy when I think Carnival, Germany plays now games however.

Comment by livingonli on 02/27/2017 18:33:01
When Bush becomes the voice of reason, we know we're in trouble.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/28/2017 02:57:38
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.

In some good news, I have a second interview on Friday.

Comment by BobR on 02/28/2017 03:16:54
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.

In some good news, I have a second interview on Friday.



Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/28/2017 03:22:03
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.

In some good news, I have a second interview on Friday.




It feels good, and I am already working on the lesson. I hope to have good news to share with the blog soon!!