Tag: Sean Spicer

Reshuffling the Deck Chairs: Three More Overboard

Well, folks it’s Friday and the news dump has started early. This morning Press Secretary Sean “Spicey” Spicer resigned his position in a pique over the appointment of former transition team official and Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as the new communication director. The office has been empty since the resignation of Mike Dubke in …

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Trump’s Not So Excellent Overseas Adventure

I haven’t bothered to cover Trump’s travels and travails abroad but this struck me as just really mean spirited and speaks volumes about Trump’s “temperament.” Spicer’s absence in papal visit reveals Trump’s family-first rule By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The most visible moment for White House press secretary Sean Spicer on …

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Real Life Imitates Art

Steve Benen over at Maddow Blog, notes that there are plenty of television and cable programs that depict life in the White House that makes the viewers wonder which one is closest to realty. He thinks it may be HBO’s “Veep” staring Julia Louis Dreyfus. Unfortunately, this White House is imitating art. According to the …

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The Inept Administration’s Antisemitism

You really have to work hard to be as inept as the Trump administration. Yesterday’s press conference with Sean Spicer at the helm was a prime example. In an attempt to condemn Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for attacking a village with Sarin gas, Spicer compared him to Hitler but not how you would thing and …

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