And you knew it, too.

A U.S. government photographer edited the official pictures of Donald Trump’s January 2017 inauguration to make the crowd appear bigger, following a personal intervention from the president, according to newly released Interior Department documents.

Sean Spicer called the Park Service several times to get “more flattering photographs” of the inaugural crowd to make it look like more people were there. You know,  like “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration—period.”

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

So sayeth the lord.  

A few hours ago the New York Times published an op-ed from who they say is a senior Trump administration official.  File this piece under nuclear war with Trump.  The piece claims that their are “adults in the room” who are part of a secret resistance to “frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations” and protect the nation from his impulsiveness and proclivity to support despots while denigrating long standing allies.  The writer clarifies that their opposition of Trump’s worst traits is not some left wing effort – quite the opposite; he/she says this:

“That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.”

After the op-ed exploded onto social media, Dan Rather tweeted,

Trump is presently going apeshit on Twitter, and just posted this:

I had a mixed reaction to this piece – First, it’s a Holy Crap moment where even insiders are talking about THE PROBLEM.  Second, I find the piece oddly comforting that there really are normal people in the WH diligently working to stop this lunatic from burning down the planet.  It’s somewhat cold comfort, but comfort nonetheless.

There is a place for anger, and THIS is it.

Guys, I got tied up in Houston today.  I don’t have my computer and trying to post from my phone is more technology than I own.

Carry on.  Have fun watching the Rubio hearing, seeing Alec Jones make a fool of himself, listening to the scoops in Woodward’s book, and whatever the hell else comes up. I might make it back home this afternoon or late tonight.  Hold the fort down.

The internet machine is spitting glitter over Bob Woodward’s new book, but this recorded interview between Trump and Woodward tells you exactly what you need to know about this heap of batcrap sitting in the White House.

Crazy on the phone.  I think it’s better if you listen rather than read the transcript.

I gotta tell you that nothing – not one damn thing – more easily proves that right-wingers are dumb than their reaction to things they want to protest.

I am told that we shouldn’t call them dumb because it makes them feel bad.  Crap, them being dumb makes me feel real bad.  They are destroying my country for one reason – they are dumb.

Look, if I don’t like Chik-fil-a’s political views, I don’t go to Chik-fil-a to eat.  What I don’t do is go to their restaurant, buy something to eat, and then take it outside and burn it or stomp on it or some damn thing. I understand that means they got my money and I got diddle-squat. I’m not dumb.

Remember when Yeti got crosshairs with the NRA and the dumb sumbitch NRA members went out and shot up their very expensive Yeti coolers?  Those things cost hundreds of dollars. They shot them full of holes and put it on YouTube.  Yeti got the money and the dumb people got fame that lasted, I dunno, maybe 36 hours?  Hell, Yeti coolers have a lifetime guarantee and that’s generally more than 36 hours.

Well, now they are all hacked-off at Nike for making Colin Kaepernick their poster man. So, they are burning their shoes. I know the pictures of the man burning the Nike shoes while they are still on his feet is fake but it’s a testament to how dumb Republicans are that millions of people believed it. They are that dumb.

I’m still not going to buy Nike shoes because they are made in sweatshops. But, I will stand in awe of the amount of stoopid that can be housed in one group of people.