But, you know, doing it, like, in peace.

It is pretty incredible how uninformed of current events the speaker of the house manages to be, isn’t it?

At first glance I read this as “banged a table” and wondered if he had started cheating on the couch, too.

Better make real sure that incoming pardon isn’t in auto-sharpie, Pete…

And maybe not plan any trips out of the country for, like, ever.

Interesting. Similar spread.

Grant, you don’t also happen to go by “Bubba,” do you? I mean, amongst your close friends?

Par for the Mar-a-Lago course by this point.

And he and all involved had sure better hope those pardons aren’t written with an auto-sharpie.

Honestly, you could probably just fire 11.7% of the workforce and get exactly the same results (not saying they would be positive results for either scenario. Just very similar).

So much of the media wanted the easy to report, reality TV ready circus back in place of the boring, rational political leader. And they made sure they got it. And now even they don’t seem to want it anymore. Or maybe, Trump has just made that the easiest story to tell.

But it’s so telling of how much more they value the sensational, reality TV version than the rational version of events. It’s why they just can’t quit Trump. It’s so damn easy. Reality just can’t compete in the media marketplace (at least, not without working for it).