ABOVE: He says he's The Only Steven, and I have no reason to doubt it.
ABOVE: He says he's The Only Steven, and I have no reason to doubt it.
ROSENSTEIN EXPECTED TO BE FIRED: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is heading to the White House with the expectation that he will be fired, sources tell ABC. The co-hosts react to the breaking news. https://t.co/rXudjtVgLD pic.twitter.com/8RY4ueoyy5
— The View (@TheView) September 24, 2018
Days after The New York Times reported that Rod Rosenstein allegedly talked about wearing a wire when talking to Trump and joked about using the 25th Amendment to have him removed from office, the White House claimed Rosenstein had verbally offered to resign.
That report was immediately refuted, with Rosenstein instead heading to the White House with the expectation of being fired.
The difference is important — if he resigns, Trump can appoint anyone he likes to take Rosenstein's job, which includes overseeing Mueller's Russia probe.
If he is fired, Trump can only appoint someone already Senate-approved.
The Times — which, again, ushered in this Constitutional crisis — is now reporting that Noel Francisco, the solicitor general, would assume oversight of Mueller's probe, and that the acting deputy attorney general would be Matthew G. Whitaker. Whitaker is the chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which is a totally and completely different job.
Every goddamned Republican in office at every level needs to be voted out in six weeks and kept out forever. This continues to be nothing short of a rolling coup attempt.
Also, it has more recently been reported Rosenstein has yet to be fired and has yet to resign. Close call? Or premature ejection?
Above: No, this was not part of a professional fashion shoot. This is how this guy looks randomly.
If a huge % of the community would feel symbolically more welcomed, why not? (Image via Internet)
Kenneth In the (212): This is how I feel about the Pride Flag controversy — if it bothers you more to change it than why people want to, you're why people want to.
DListed: A gay Golden Girls is coming! (And I bet the men will not be 50-60, but 70-80.)
OMG Blog: I was remiss in not posting this yesterday, but here's why Patti LuPone wouldn't perform for Trump:
Huff Post: Trump is now attacking Rod Rosenstein — and in the process, confirming he is now officially under investigation.
CBS News: After savaging Qatar as a state sponsor of terror, enflaming regional tensions, Trump now sells the country $12B of U.S. weaponry.
Via Instagram @mch463: She's Betsy DeVos, and guess what she's gonna do? He's Mike Pence and he just lawyered up! Keep reading ...
Rod Rosenstein, the acting FBI director, has appointed a former FBI director as special prosecutor to oversee the Trump/Russia probe.
Background On Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller
Just for fun, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said — on tape, way back in 2016, before Trump/Russia was a thing — he thought that “Putin pays Trump.”
He, uh, now says he was just joshin'.
Trump whined at today's U.S. Coast Guard commencement ceremony that no politician has been more badly mistreated than he. (Harvey Milk might beg to differ.)
Would be funny if the investigation concluded the Russian ties were murky, but that Trump definitely obstructed justice.
KatyPerry.com: Katy Perry announces Witness album and tour using totally awesome '80s imagery.
Gallup: 64% of Americans now back gay marriage, 72% are okay with gay sex, both all-time polling highs. (F*ck you — both legal anyway, guys.)
Huff Post: Fired attorney Preet Bharara pleads with Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein to assign a special prosecutor for the Trump-Russia investigation.
The cover on the left IS FAKE. (Images via Time)
Politico: This is how Trump, a deranged and feeble-minded madman, comes to believe the fake news he then pushes. UNBELIEVABLE.
theOUTfront: Kellyanne Conway, anti-gay Benham Bros. will headline a massive hate conference in Iowa. Tell me again Hillary would've been same/same.
THR: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) & Sin City (2005) actor Powers Boothe dies in his sleep @ 68.
Powers Boothe: June 1, 1948—May 14, 2017 (Image via Miramax)