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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave you noticed how Kushner, Ivanka, Dumb and Dumber have
kind of faded into the background? Every time they open their mouths, twitter stuffs the crap in their mouths.
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Have you noticed how Kushner, Ivanka, Dumb and Dumber have (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Dec 2019
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handmade34
(22,757 posts)1. good piece on jared
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/12/with-impeachment-imminent-jared-kushner-white-house-takeover-finally-complete?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing=VF_CH_121819&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c65ad9224c17c67f8196410&cndid=51982624&hasha=e7edbd180cd810a38969300ce5b539b7&hashb=8cf472738035d712ab6259a2cca43732dfa5915a&hashc=347c415dc83627b8d871cdb8e560fd42d12ee27cb307fda0d650596dce7d62ed&esrc=newsletterfooter&utm_campaign=VF_CH_121819&utm_term=VYF_Cocktail_Hour
Jared Treats Mick Like the Help: Its Jareds White House Now (Trumps Just Living in It)
...Kushners survival owes a lot to the Trumpworld truism that family comes first and last. The family has a larger degree of trust and protection that no one else enjoys, the former West Wing official said. Trump has adopted Kushners view that the White House is winning the impeachment fight. Jared thinks Nancy Pelosi is running away from this as fast as she can, a prominent Republican said. But its also true that, at this point in Trumps term, Trump cant find anyone actually qualified who wants to work for him. Compared to everyone else, Jared has proved to be competent, Nunberg told me. It may be a low bar, but hes an asset there. As much influence as Kushner has now, some critics fear what a second term would look like. Theres no pushback now, said the prominent Republican. As they go into the second term, theyll be able to do whatever they want.
...Kushners survival owes a lot to the Trumpworld truism that family comes first and last. The family has a larger degree of trust and protection that no one else enjoys, the former West Wing official said. Trump has adopted Kushners view that the White House is winning the impeachment fight. Jared thinks Nancy Pelosi is running away from this as fast as she can, a prominent Republican said. But its also true that, at this point in Trumps term, Trump cant find anyone actually qualified who wants to work for him. Compared to everyone else, Jared has proved to be competent, Nunberg told me. It may be a low bar, but hes an asset there. As much influence as Kushner has now, some critics fear what a second term would look like. Theres no pushback now, said the prominent Republican. As they go into the second term, theyll be able to do whatever they want.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)2. LOL he probably made him wear this.
Link to tweet
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,413 posts)3. wonder if he sees himself as a space force superhero ...
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)4. I used to love Spaceghost, feels like a million years ago.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. Jared is busy.
Trump directs Jared Kushner to investigate why Matt Drudge has turned against him
https://www.salon.com/2019/11/25/trump-directs-jared-kushner-to-investigate-why-matt-drudge-has-turned-against-him/
Frank Bruni: Jared Kushner fails up. Again.
<snip>
"Jared Kushner just got a promotion. Another one. At least I think we can call it that, and its a deliciously perfect assignment. The pallid princeling is now responsible for speeding construction of the border wall. In other words, a make-believe fixer will oversee a fairy-tale fix.
Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff of The Washington Post broke the news, and when I read it, I realized that I hadnt heard much about Jared or, for that matter, Ivanka in a good long while. Theyre front and center when the administration is announcing some ostensibly sensible initiative or claiming a pittance of progress. But when its corruption is being exposed and the drizzle of subpoenas becomes a downpour, they vanish, cuddling for warmth under the gilded umbrella of their hallucinatory virtue.
We can pretty much chart the weather of the administration by the relative visibility of Donald Jr., so loud and hirsute, and Jared, so smooth-cheeked and mute. Donald Jr. thrives when its nastiest, stomping gleefully through the muck. Jared comes out only if his suit wont get dirty or his hair wet.
During the impeachment inquiry, weve seen a lot of Donald Jr. Thats partly because he has been hawking his new book, copies of which the Republican National Committee spent nearly $100,000 on. But its also because hes such a ready, eager conduit for his fathers wrath, with a talent for exaggeration and misdirection thats clearly chromosomal.
Jared and Ivanka have been strategically scarce, though Ivanka did flutter into view, in a fashion, when President Donald Trump boasted two weeks ago that she had created 14 million jobs since the inauguration. Fourteen million and going up! he clarified, lest anyone get the misimpression that she thought her work was done. Never! On behalf of the American people, Ivanka is tireless. Theres no rest for the weary, and theres even less of it for those who live at the crossroads of self-infatuation and delusion."
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/11/30/frank-bruni-jared-kushner/
https://www.salon.com/2019/11/25/trump-directs-jared-kushner-to-investigate-why-matt-drudge-has-turned-against-him/
Frank Bruni: Jared Kushner fails up. Again.
<snip>
"Jared Kushner just got a promotion. Another one. At least I think we can call it that, and its a deliciously perfect assignment. The pallid princeling is now responsible for speeding construction of the border wall. In other words, a make-believe fixer will oversee a fairy-tale fix.
Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff of The Washington Post broke the news, and when I read it, I realized that I hadnt heard much about Jared or, for that matter, Ivanka in a good long while. Theyre front and center when the administration is announcing some ostensibly sensible initiative or claiming a pittance of progress. But when its corruption is being exposed and the drizzle of subpoenas becomes a downpour, they vanish, cuddling for warmth under the gilded umbrella of their hallucinatory virtue.
We can pretty much chart the weather of the administration by the relative visibility of Donald Jr., so loud and hirsute, and Jared, so smooth-cheeked and mute. Donald Jr. thrives when its nastiest, stomping gleefully through the muck. Jared comes out only if his suit wont get dirty or his hair wet.
During the impeachment inquiry, weve seen a lot of Donald Jr. Thats partly because he has been hawking his new book, copies of which the Republican National Committee spent nearly $100,000 on. But its also because hes such a ready, eager conduit for his fathers wrath, with a talent for exaggeration and misdirection thats clearly chromosomal.
Jared and Ivanka have been strategically scarce, though Ivanka did flutter into view, in a fashion, when President Donald Trump boasted two weeks ago that she had created 14 million jobs since the inauguration. Fourteen million and going up! he clarified, lest anyone get the misimpression that she thought her work was done. Never! On behalf of the American people, Ivanka is tireless. Theres no rest for the weary, and theres even less of it for those who live at the crossroads of self-infatuation and delusion."
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/11/30/frank-bruni-jared-kushner/