Today in "so much winning"!

[Leawood]

Makes one wonder how he isn’t Governor.

[Deleted User 89]

Nice to see that "the swamp" has been "drained":

(Those silly republicans... You can't make this shit up.)

Access to a government jet 24 hours a day. An office in the West Wing, plus guaranteed weekends off for family time. And an assurance of being made secretary of homeland security by November.

Those were among a list of 10 conditions that Kris Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, has given to the White House if he is to become the administration’s “immigration czar,” a job President Trump has been looking to create to coordinate immigration policy across government agencies. The list was described by three people familiar with it.

Mr. Kobach, who once served as an adviser to the hard-line immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio and helped write an Arizona law requiring local officials to verify the citizenship of anyone they had “reasonable suspicion” to believe was an unauthorized immigrant, said he would need to be the main television spokesman for the Trump administration on immigration policy. And he said he wanted a guarantee that cabinet secretaries whose portfolios relate to immigration would defer to him, with the president mediating disputes if need be.

The list was submitted by Mr. Kobach in recent weeks as he discussed his interest in the job. Other conditions included having a staff of seven reporting to him, “walk in” privileges to the Oval Office, a security detail if deemed necessary and the title of assistant to the president.

...Mr. Kobach submitted the following list of demands during discussions for an administration post.
1. Office in the West Wing.
2. Walk-in privileges with the president.
3. Assistant to the President rank - at highest pay level for WH senior staff.
4. Staff of 7 people (2 attorneys, 2 research analysts, 1 scheduler, 1 media person, 1 assistant).
5. POTUS sits down individually with Czar and the secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, Ag, Interior, and Commerce, and tells each of the Secretaries to follow the directives of the Czar without delay, subject to appeal to the President in cases of disagreement.
6. 24/7 access to either a DHS or DOD jet. Czar must be on the border every week.
7. Ability to spend weekends in KS with family on way from border back to DC, unless POTUS needs Czar elsewhere.
8. Security detail if deemed necessary after security review.
9. Serve as the face of Trump immigration policy - the principal spokesman on television and in the media.
10. Promise that by November 1, 2019, the president will nominate Kris Kobach to be DHS Secretary, unless Kobach wishes to continue in Czar position.

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[Shirley]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

[Shirley]

Judge rejects Trump’s request to halt congressional subpoenas for his banking records

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request by President Trump to block congressional subpoenas for his banking records, according to the Associated Press, dealing the latest blow to the president in his bid to battle Democratic investigations into his personal finances.

The decision in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York could clear the way for Deutsche Bank and Capital One to hand over the president’s financial records to Democrats in the House. Trump’s attorneys could appeal the decision.

...The ruling comes after a federal judge in Washington on Monday rejected the Trump legal team’s argument in a separate case seeking to block the House Oversight Committee’s demands for records from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA...

[dolomite]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

[Deleted User 62]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

Exactly, shut down all of the arts.

Bring back HeeHaw. Let the Trump base finally hold sway.

[Shirley]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

^^^

Georgia's film industry generates $9.5 billion economic impact in fiscal 2017

Georgia is now the No. 1 filming location in the world, according to FilmL.A., and the industry has a giant impact on the state's economy.

[Shirley]

Yes..."good riddance".

#lulz"

The fallout from Gov. Brian Kemp’s signing of the “heartbeat” abortion bill and his dismissive attitude toward Hollywood is having a real impact: multiple TV and film productions that were planning to come here have decided to go elsewhere.

Time magazine reports that an Amazon Prime drama called “The Power” was planning to shoot in Savannah and has been scouting locations for months but pulled out after Kemp signed the bill earlier this month. The show’s director Reed Marino, who won a directing Emmy for Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” told Time: “We had no problem stopping the entire process instantly. There is no way we would ever bring our money to that state by shooting there.”

Ron Howard says he will boycott Georgia if abortion law takes effect

Time and The Wrap also confirmed a film co-written by actress Kristen Wiig calld “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” has abandoned Georgia after the bill’s signing. Kris Bagwell, who runs EUE Screen Gems in Atlanta, said he just lost a Netflix movie that was supposed to come to his studio because of the bill, a production that would have provided jobs to 300 crew members. He also represents the Georgia Studio and Infrastructure Alliance, a six-member lobbying group. Bagwell said he has heard at least three TV shows, including “The Power,” have decided to go elsewhere.


This is clearly the worst crisis the state’s burgeoning entertainment business has faced since the sweetened tax credits were passed in 2008. The Georgia film industry now generates an estimated 92,000 jobs and billions in direct spending.

...Several independent productions companies - including the one that brought three “Hunger Games” movies to Georgia - have publicly stated that Georgia is now a no-go state for them. Dozens of actors such as Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Gabrielle Union, Uzo Aduba and Don Cheadle have vowed to avoid the state as well.

Among those taking that stance include Ron Howard (Netflix movie “Hillbilly Elegy”), J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele (HBO series “Lovecraft Country’) and Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping (”Fear Street” film trilogy, Starz’ drama series “P-Valley”). “Some shows are leaving or not landing, yes,” said Bagwell, whose studio has been home to “The Hunger Games,” “Flight” and BET’s “Being Mary Jane,” to name a few. EUE Screen Gems is currently housing multiple Netflix projects, including “Insatiable,” starring Alyssa Milano, a vocal proponent of the boycott who is contractually obligated to work here right now...

[dolomite]

Hollywood,a great source of snowflakes.

[Deleted User 62]

Hollywood,a great source of snowflakes.

Afraid of them too, I see.

[Deleted User 266]

Hollywood,a great source of power and money.

Yes, I realize that "Hollywood" as a whole is far left but Hollywood actually matters to the Pubs.
Enough so that the Pubs felt a need to parade out Scott Chachi Baio at the convention.
Not sure if that garners a WTF or an LOL. Probably both.

[Deleted User 89]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

Exactly, shut down all of the arts.

Bring back HeeHaw. Let the Trump base finally hold sway.

hey now...i have very fond memories of HeeHaw

[Deleted User 62]

Good riddance

Exactly, shut down all of the arts.

Bring back HeeHaw. Let the Trump base finally hold sway.

hey now...i have very fond memories of HeeHaw

Were you pickin'? Or grinnin'?

[jhawks99]

Roy Clark was da man.

[Deleted User 89]

Exactly, shut down all of the arts.

Bring back HeeHaw. Let the Trump base finally hold sway.

hey now...i have very fond memories of HeeHaw

Were you pickin'? Or grinnin'?

yes

[seahawk]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

Wait, you don't talk about abortion, why do you care?

[twocoach]

Good riddance

Exactly, shut down all of the arts.

Bring back HeeHaw. Let the Trump base finally hold sway.

hey now...i have very fond memories of HeeHaw

It was stamped as too dumb to be allowed to watch in my childhood home by my parents. I do not feel that I missed out.

[dolomite]

Kristen Wiig's comedy pulls out of Georgia after anti-abortion bill signing

Good riddance

Wait, you don't talk about abortion, why do you care?

I wasn't talking about it.

[seahawk]

Since the filmmakers pulled their business due to the abortion law, actually you were.

[dolomite]

Since the filmmakers pulled their business due to the abortion law, actually you were.

Whatever you say.