March 13, 2018 - Pensito

No Text for Rex

March 13, 2018 Buck Banks

The call from John Kelly was vague but discreet,
He gave instructions to watch Twitter all week.
When around rolled Tuesday,
It became a big news day,
When Rex Tillerson got fired via Donald Trump’s tweet.

The Last Straw for Tillerson

March 13, 2018 Buck Banks

“From Ukraine to Syria – and now the UK – Russia continues to be an irresponsible force of instability in the world, acting with open disregard for the sovereignty of other states and the life of their citizens.”

— Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, quoted by ABC News, last night, hours before he was fired.

Saccone: My Opponents Hate God

March 13, 2018 Buck Banks

“They’re energized for hate for our president. Many of them have a hatred for our country. I’ll tell you some more — my wife and I saw it again today, they have a hatred for God.”

— Rick Saccone’s (R) closing message in the Pennsylvania special election, NBC News reports.

Dems Did Not Foresee the Degree of GOP Complicity with Trump

March 13, 2018 Buck Banks

“Many of us could see that Donald Trump was going to be a very poor president. What we couldn’t see is many people would be complicit in that.”

— Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), in an interview with the Rachel Maddow Show.

Rosenstein Backs Mueller

March 13, 2018 Buck Banks

Day: March 13, 2018

No Text for Rex

The Last Straw for Tillerson

“From Ukraine to Syria – and now the UK – Russia continues to be an irresponsible force of instability in the world, acting with open disregard for the sovereignty of other states and the life of their citizens.”

— Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, quoted by ABC News, last night, hours before he was fired.

Saccone: My Opponents Hate God

“They’re energized for hate for our president. Many of them have a hatred for our country. I’ll tell you some more — my wife and I saw it again today, they have a hatred for God.”

— Rick Saccone’s (R) closing message in the Pennsylvania special election, NBC News reports.

Dems Did Not Foresee the Degree of GOP Complicity with Trump

“Many of us could see that Donald Trump was going to be a very poor president. What we couldn’t see is many people would be complicit in that.”

— Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), in an interview with the Rachel Maddow Show.

Rosenstein Backs Mueller

“The special counsel is not an unguided missile. I don’t believe there is any justification at this point for terminating the special counsel.”

— Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, quoted by USA Today.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”