Idiocracy

Vice reports: After segments of that on-the-record call were published—including the Mooch slamming his colleagues at the upper echelons of Team Trump, threatening to “eliminate everyone in the comms team,” calling Reince Priebus a “fucking paranoid schizophrenic,” and accusing Steve Bannon of “trying to suck [his] own cock”—many people wondered a) Where’s the audio? and b) what the hell Lizza …

Politico reports: New Hampshire leaders reacted angrily Thursday to President Donald Trump’s description of their state as a “drug-infested den” in a leaked transcript of a phone call earlier this year with Mexico’s president. “Up in New Hampshire — I won New Hampshire because New Hampshire is a drug-infested den,” Trump told Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in January, according …

Vanity Fair reports: Before he (temporarily) disappears from public view, however, Scaramucci had a few things to get off his chest. Which is why he promised to tell the American people what really went down during his week and a half on the job, in an “online event” Friday that could be the biggest spectacle in Washington since James Comey’s …

CNN reports: Anthony Scaramucci wants to tell his own story. Following his departure from the White House after less than 11 days as communications director, Scaramucci will be hosting an online event on Friday where he will address the American people directly. Scaramucci said this daytime event — which will be broadcast on various live platforms with help from former …

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump denied late Wednesday that he called the White House a “dump.” Trump responded on Twitter to an article posted Tuesday on the website golf.com. The story recounts a scene in which Trump was chatting with some club members at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump reportedly told the members he visits the …

CBS Chicago reports: Chris Christie reminded people Wednesday that he didn’t dump nachos on a Chicago Cubs fan who heckled him. Speaking at an unrelated event in Trenton, the Republican governor said three days after he confronted a heckler at a Milwaukee Brewers-Cubs game that he won’t quit attending baseball games. “I didn’t dump the nachos on him or anything, …

The Hill reports: President Trump’s approval rating hit a new low on Wednesday, according to a new poll. A Quinnipiac University poll finds 61 percent of voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing in office, compared to just 33 percent who approve of Trump’s performance. This marks the president’s lowest approval rating since he was inaugurated, according to the …

UPI reports: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to give a press briefing Wednesday afternoon. Sanders’ briefing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT. All briefings are now live on-camera. Since the last briefing Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed into law stronger sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran. In the signing statement, Trump said the …

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump may tap U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who took over as White House chief of staff this week, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Bloomberg, citing three people familiar with deliberations, said others were also being considered for the post. White House officials had no immediate comment. Asked …

The Week reports: When Donald Trump Jr. was discovered to have met with a bunch of Russians who turned out to have ties to Russian intelligence, he “released a statement saying he didn’t know who he was meeting with and they mostly talked about adoption,” not Hillary Clinton, Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday’s Late Show. “Those were lies, including the …

TIME reports: President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that after his controversial speech at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree in West Virginia, the head of the Boy Scouts called him and told him it was “the greatest speech that was ever made to them.” But the organization told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership …

From an story published today by Golf.com: During election season, Bedminster morphed into a kind of permanent campaign rally site. Trump posters and bumper stickers were plastered across the property, and an anti-Hillary shrine was built in a bar in the men’s locker room. The club held a Ryder Cup–style competition in which the teams wore either red or black …

Mediaite reports: TMZ scored the first on-camera comments from Anthony Scaramucci since the former White House communications director was ousted from his job yesterday. Scaramucci didn’t really have much to say today, and he deflected questions about his future plans and whether he had a chance to say goodbye to President Trump. At the very end, Scaramucci got the question …

Talking Points Memo reports: Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Monday bragged that no details of the White House’s negotiations in the Middle East have been leaked, in a talk to congressional interns which itself was immediately leaked to the press. “Nothing’s leaked out, right?” Kushner told congressional interns, according to audio of his talk that Wired obtained. “Nothing …

The New York Times reports: After President Trump pilloried China in 48 tweeted words, accusing it of failing to tame its neighbor and longtime ally North Korea, Beijing issued its own rebuke to Mr. Trump — in a cutting editorial of 1,000 Chinese characters from Xinhua, the official news agency. “Trump is quite a personality, and he likes to tweet,” …

The Washington Post recently busted that 110 million followers number: One can debate whether Trump’s Twitter feed has been terribly effective at making him successful, post-election. But one cannot debate the assertion that Trump has 110 million people following him on social media, because he doesn’t. Trump has at least two accounts on four of the biggest social media platforms. …

Newsweek reports: “The Mooch is toast. The front-stabber has been backstabbed.” Anthony Scaramucci’s hasty exit from his role as President Donald Trump’s communications director dominated the topic of conversation on late-night television Monday. On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert paid a musical tribute to the Mooch’s 10-day occupancy in the White House, inspired by the similarities between his last name …

SURE JAN: Just hours after ousting his newly appointed communications director, President Trump tweeted that Monday was “a great day at the White House.” Trump expressed the sentiment in a single tweet, which came just hours after the ouster of White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who had took the job just 10 days ago. Earlier Monday, Trumo hosted his …

Law Newz reports: President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Friday when he suggested cops get rough with suspects, but White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that he shouldn’t be taken literally. “I believe he was making a joke at the time,” she said at a press briefing, after a reporter asked if it was just a joke. Trump …

UPI reports: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to give the daily press briefing on camera Monday. She is set to answer questions on a variety of developments at 3:45 p.m. EDT. Since her last press briefing on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Senate failed to replace the Affordable Care Act early Friday morning. President Donald Trump on …