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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 12
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation
Per Fox, a link I won't post here:
So a pre-dawn raid of a Congresswoman's home, just before an election, over an alleged investigation about paperwork that would have been filled out by her father when she was a child...
Totally legit, nothing to see here citizen, move along.
I figured it was nothing. My MAGA family member sent me a meme about it but I kind of assumed they wouldn’t find anything worth prosecuting. The MAGA right will celebrate our spiral into fascism and eventual collapse
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving role (5) days after taking job
Who had 0.5 scaramucci’s?
It's 2.2 Zacharias to a Scaramucci now.
My favorite take is that it's rude they fire a woman who is just as qualified as everyone else in the administration.
Second favorite is that they fired her before SNL even got a skit off and you know they're having to do rewrites now.
Finally, ew he said she'll work for him in "some form" "maybe a more pleasant form". Ew. Ew. Ew.
Everything he says gets an ew from me. It's the weird way he puckers his mouth into a little circle that always give me the heebie jeebies. Plus usually what he says. What a time to be alive.
Certainly, this was just a particular ew. I hate hearing his actual voice and try to avoid it as much as possible
It looks just like a puckered sphincter!
I just realized that!
I didn’t realize Leavitt was out. Was there a story behind that one?
She said it was to spend more time with her two young children.
Is that a record for shortest job in the Trump admin? Seems like it, but genuinely unsure because I remember his first term was just a constantly rotating roster.
She had one and only one press conference. That lasted all of 14 minutes.
I guess that was her 15 minutes of fame?
Oh. She also appeared on two Fox news programs.
It is hard to think of anyone who flamed out so publicly and yet so quickly.
In the press release she noted how her husband and four kids had moved up to Washington with her... I guess they are moving back now?
I was thinking of the 5 days, but I suppose most of her work really was just 14 minutes.
I almost feel bad for her. Almost. Being press secretary for Trump has to be one of the hardest jobs in the world with how unfiltered and erratic he is, and that's on a good day. She took the job at one of the most critical times politically AND when he's already under a lot of scrutiny from even his own party. Everyone is out for blood right now, anyone taking that job is basically set up for failure if they're anything less than absolutely perfect.
Hopefully their family can move back and just return to their old lives ASAP. Kids would only miss a week of school at most.
Helpful to know she got the job because she was a hateful, spiteful troll. She trolled Podesta about pedophile conspiracy theories. She claimed Hollywood was full of cannibals.
Trump waives new Russia sanctions in the "national interests"
Trump ousts Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece after corruption allegations
Kimberly Guilfoyle Broke Trump’s Most Important Rule
After reading this, I was wondering how long Katie Zacharia was going to last.
That’s hilarious lol
Yeah, golden rule of Trumpland is don't get more press than Trump.