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Antifar
07/09/18 2:24:41 PM
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https://wapo.st/2m0v8km
For any new presidential team, the challenges of adapting to Washington include navigating a capital with its own unceasing rhythms and high-pitched atmospherics, not to mention a maze of madness-inducing traffic circles.

Yet for employees of Donald J. Trump the most singularly combative president of the modern era, a man who exists in his own tweet-driven ecosystem the challenges are magnified exponentially, particularly in a predominantly Democratic city where he won only 4 percent of the vote.

For as long as the White House has existed, its star occupants have inspired a voluble mix of demonstrations, insults and satire. On occasion, protesters have besieged the homes of presidential underlings, such as Karl Rove, George W. Bushs political strategist, who once looked out his living room window to find several hundred protesters on his lawn.

Yet what distinguishes the Trump eras turbulence is the sheer number of his deputies many of them largely anonymous before his inauguration who have become the focus of planned and sometimes spontaneous public fury.

Better be better! a stranger shouted at Stephen Miller, a senior Trump adviser and the architect of his zero-tolerance immigration policy, as he walked through Dupont Circle a few months ago. Millers visage subsequently appeared on Wanted posters someone placed on lampposts ringing his City Center apartment building.

One night, after Miller ordered $80 of takeout sushi from a restaurant near his apartment, a bartender followed him into the street and shouted, Stephen! When Miller turned around, the bartender raised both middle fingers and cursed at him, according to an account Miller has shared with White House colleagues.

Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

On Saturday, as Stephen K. Bannon, Trumps former strategist, browsed at an antiquarian bookstore in Richmond, a woman in the shop called him a piece of trash. The woman left after Nick Cooke, owner of Black Swan Books, told her he would call the police.

We are a bookshop. Bookshops are all about ideas and tolerating different opinions and not about verbally assaulting somebody, which is what was happening, Cooke told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which first reported the incident.

Steve Bannon was simply standing, looking at books, minding his own business, Cooke told the paper.

While he was a part of the presidents team, Bannon dealt with life in Washington, a city he freely described as enemy territory, by hiring security and rarely venturing out in public. When Bannon traveled, it was usually aboard a private plane.

For a time, a sign on the front steps of his Capitol Hill address read, STOP.
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A White House reporter, once on the phone with Sean Spicer while the then-press secretary was standing in his yard in Alexandria, said he could hear a passing motorist shouting curses at him. By then, Spicer had become a regular inspiration for mockery on Saturday Night Live, along with Trump, Conway, and Bannon.
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A week ago, it was a Sidwell Friends teacher who interrupted her lunch at Teaism in Penn Quarter to tell Scott Pruitt eating with an aide a few feet away that he should resign as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

By last Thursday morning, nearly half a million viewers had clicked on a video of the confrontation that the teacher, Kristin Mink, had posted on Facebook. By late Thursday afternoon, Pruitt quit.

I would say its burning people out, said Anthony Scaramucci, Trumps former communications director. I just think theres so much meanness, its causing some level of, What do I need this for? And I think its a recruiting speed bump for the administration. To be part of it, youve got to deal with the incoming of some of this viciousness.

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southcoast09
07/09/18 2:25:45 PM
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What do you want on your burger?

Nothing
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mistalightbulb
07/09/18 2:26:14 PM
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Those poor fascists
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Axiom
07/09/18 2:29:17 PM
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Antifar posted...
A week ago, it was a Sidwell Friends teacher who interrupted her lunch at Teaism in Penn Quarter to tell Scott Pruitt eating with an aide a few feet away that he should resign as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

By last Thursday morning, nearly half a million viewers had clicked on a video of the confrontation that the teacher, Kristin Mink, had posted on Facebook. By late Thursday afternoon, Pruitt quit.

A teacher single-handedly took down Scott Pruitt with words. Based Mink
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BLAKUboy
07/09/18 2:30:59 PM
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We are a bookshop. Bookshops are all about ideas and tolerating different opinions and not about verbally assaulting somebody, which is what was happening, Cooke told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which first reported the incident.

Yeah, how dare people not be tolerant of that poor Neo-Nazi!
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eston
07/09/18 2:37:37 PM
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The unfortunate side effect to this is that it drives off people who would have been committed to the job moreso than the administration, and leaves only die-hard Trump supporters filling those positions
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BLAKUboy
07/09/18 2:39:42 PM
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eston posted...
The unfortunate side effect to this is that it drives off people who would have been committed to the job moreso than the administration, and leaves only die-hard Trump supporters filling those positions

The upside is they've all but run out of those. The downside is they've all but run out of people to hire, and the entire administration has been way understaffed from day 1.
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Blue_Inigo
07/09/18 2:43:11 PM
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All of them deserve much, much worse
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Were_Wyrm
07/09/18 2:43:46 PM
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Summers in DC get quite warm.
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BLAKUboy
07/09/18 2:43:52 PM
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But really, people that would "actually be committed to the job" aren't staying away just because of the protests. It's not like any of these people are being protested just because they work for Trump. It's because they're doing illegal and/or unethical shit. People aren't protesting John Kelly to my knowledge, even if they probably should.

Reasonable people just don't want to be tied to the Trump administration or its policies.
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Vyrulisse
07/09/18 2:43:57 PM
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Freddie_Mercury
07/09/18 2:44:10 PM
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womp womp
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Darkman124
07/09/18 2:44:45 PM
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eston posted...
The unfortunate side effect to this is that it drives off people who would have been committed to the job moreso than the administration, and leaves only die-hard Trump supporters filling those positions


naw, that was already done in advance by trump

loyalty has always been a priority over ability for him.
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BWLurker
07/09/18 2:45:05 PM
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I'm okay with this
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WaffIeElite
07/09/18 2:45:53 PM
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Poor, triggered snowflakes. Do they need a safe space?
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A_Good_Boy
07/09/18 2:53:19 PM
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Seems pretty fair to me. DC residents being able to heckle administrators and representatives is by design anyways. If they don't like it then they can quit. The rules of the game were set years ago, just like Trump's ability to win via the EC despite not winning a majority vote.
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coolboy11
07/09/18 2:54:33 PM
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one of the softest men in modern history.
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hockeybub89
07/09/18 2:55:23 PM
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coolboy11 posted...
one of the softest men in modern history.

Softer than Chris Bosh?
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Vyrulisse
07/09/18 2:55:52 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
coolboy11 posted...
one of the softest men in modern history.

Softer than Chris Bosh?

Softer than Jimmy Graham
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ledbowman
07/09/18 2:57:31 PM
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Antifar posted...
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

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NinjaWarrior455
07/09/18 2:59:48 PM
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Well deserved
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slimfizzle2
07/09/18 3:00:59 PM
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ledbowman posted...
Antifar posted...
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

The bastard
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SuperShake666
07/09/18 3:01:33 PM
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WaffIeElite posted...
Poor, triggered snowflakes. Do they need a safe space?


THEY NEED CRAYONS AND BLANKlES, STAT!
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Heineken14
07/09/18 3:03:11 PM
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I believe the correct response is.....

Womp womp
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BWLurker
07/09/18 3:03:43 PM
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Heineken14 posted...
I believe the correct response is.....

Womp womp

@Womp_Womp
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ledbowman
07/09/18 3:04:15 PM
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Seems like a bad idea to eat out where others prepare your food if you're so hated.
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Shuto-uke
07/09/18 3:05:11 PM
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Antifar posted...
One night, after Miller ordered $80 of takeout sushi from a restaurant near his apartment, a bartender followed him into the street and shouted, Stephen! When Miller turned around, the bartender raised both middle fingers and cursed at him, according to an account Miller has shared with White House colleagues.

Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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eston
07/09/18 3:40:03 PM
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slimfizzle2 posted...
ledbowman posted...
Antifar posted...
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

The bastard

Yeah that triggered me too

But realistically, would you eat food from a restaurant where one of the employees ran out and flipped you off after you picked up your order?
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A_Good_Boy
07/09/18 3:48:09 PM
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eston posted...
slimfizzle2 posted...
ledbowman posted...
Antifar posted...
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

The bastard

Yeah that triggered me too

But realistically, would you eat food from a restaurant where one of the employees ran out and flipped you off after you picked up your order?

I'd have chucked it too tbqh. I don't want to risk eating spit or whatever is on the kitchen floor.
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yusiko
07/09/18 3:49:12 PM
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My heart bleeds purple piss for them
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Balrog0
07/09/18 3:51:22 PM
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makes sense

if you're a resident of DC you have literally no other way to make your displeasure known
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cmiller4642
07/09/18 3:52:06 PM
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Fuck Trump and his aides
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snowman9267
07/09/18 3:54:57 PM
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Nothing wrong here. You don't get to be a shitbag who has a hand in awful policies and strategies but not face ridicule for it. I hope these people get real good at cooking their own meals.
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Phantom_Nook
07/09/18 4:01:27 PM
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ledbowman posted...
Antifar posted...
Outraged, Miller threw the sushi away, he later told his colleagues.

Throw away 80 bucks of sushi to own the libs.
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Howl
07/09/18 4:02:39 PM
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IDC about this topic at all tbh, but I love that womp womp is a meme now.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
07/09/18 4:12:15 PM
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Their poor feelings are probably going to be triple hurt now
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Womp_Womp
07/09/18 7:02:38 PM
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Heineken14 posted...
I believe the correct response is.....

Womp womp

Womp womp
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billcom6
07/09/18 7:04:00 PM
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"Why can't I support horrible people who awful but suffer no ill effects from it?"
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Bio1590
07/09/18 7:48:10 PM
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They should be happy that Western Society has evolved to the point where they no longer have to worry about being dragged out of their homes and beaten to death in the streets.
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Rad_Chad
07/09/18 7:54:48 PM
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Cohen is gonna fucking ruin Trump.
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Anteaterking
07/09/18 7:55:58 PM
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Stephen Miller seems more like an "Ate the sushi but said he threw it out" kind of guy.
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Antifar
07/09/18 7:57:06 PM
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Anteaterking posted...
Stephen Miller seems more like an "Ate the sushi but said he threw it out" kind of guy.

There are a couple Kellyanne Conway quotes in here that are absolutely things she came up with on the car ride home rather than in the moment
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Bio1590
07/09/18 8:00:15 PM
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Darkman124
07/09/18 8:10:39 PM
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Antifar posted...
There are a couple Kellyanne Conway quotes in here that are absolutely things she came up with on the car ride home rather than in the moment


yeah anytime she says something i assume it is a lie
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A_Good_Boy
07/09/18 8:12:51 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-wants-staffers-to-stand-up-to-public-confrontations-2018-7

Topical

More tough guy talk from a guy that won't subject himself to the same comments as his staffers anyways.
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Darkman124
07/09/18 8:14:51 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...

More tough guy talk from a guy that won't subject himself to the same comments as his staffers anyways.


i suggest a public petition that restaurants refuse to serve him, since throwing food at him would likely result in secret service officers discharging their weapons.

public safety risk, and he prefers to eat at restaurants he owns anyway.
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Rad_Chad
07/09/18 8:16:46 PM
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Darkman124 posted...
Antifar posted...
There are a couple Kellyanne Conway quotes in here that are absolutely things she came up with on the car ride home rather than in the moment


yeah anytime she says something i assume it is a lie

spoilers: did you know she is actually denis o'leary?
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Darkman124
07/09/18 8:21:10 PM
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i would only believe that if she denied it
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E32005
07/09/18 8:22:45 PM
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Vyrulisse posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
coolboy11 posted...
one of the softest men in modern history.

Softer than Chris Bosh?

Softer than Jimmy Graham

oooh. das mean
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