Steve Wynn, Vegas slick guy and the Republican National Committee Finance Chairman, paid $7.5 million to keep a rape victim quiet.

Not long after the billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn opened his flagship Wynn Las Vegas in 2005, a manicurist who worked there arrived at the on-site salon visibly distressed following an appointment in Mr. Wynn’s office.

Sobbing, she told a colleague Mr. Wynn had forced her to have sex, and she repeated that to others later.

Beyond this incident, dozens of people The Wall Street Journal interviewed who have worked at Mr. Wynn’s casinos told of behavior that cumulatively would amount to a decadeslong pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Wynn. Some described him pressuring employees to perform sex acts.

He’s already applied to the religious right for a few dozen Mulligans.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

I urge you to go watch this video from this morning’s Fox and Friends about Trump wanting to fire Mueller.

Here’s the deal.  After Sean Hannity first called it Fake News, Fox’s news department was able to confirm the story, so Sean dropped the whole thing last night. Didn’t mention it again.

This morning, the morning kids called it a he said / she said thing.  I guess they are kinda hung up on all the sex stories surrounding Trump.

Now they are saying that nothing actually happened, so no problem. Trump just wanted to, he didn’t actually do it.

So, Trump almost cut the brake lines in Mueller’s car. But he didn’t he didn’t cut the brake lines in Mueller’s car. So, according to Fox, it’s real tough to say “obstruction” when nothing happened.

And this is why we can never build that wall – Fox won’t have anything to talk about.

The Washington Post.  I did not want you to miss this.

The emailed response from the Guggenheim’s chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: The museum could not accommodate a request to “borrow” a painting by Vincent Van Gogh for President and Melania Trump’s private living quarters.

Instead, wrote the curator, Nancy Spector, another piece was available, one that was nothing like “Landscape With Snow,” the 1888 Van Gogh rendering of a man in a black hat walking along a path in Arles, France, with his dog.

The curator’s alternative: an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet — an interactive work titled “America” that critics have described as pointed satire aimed at the excess of wealth in this country.

No word yet on whether or not Trump already has one.

Yes, the Guggenheim has loaned art to the White House before.  However, it was for the oval office or public areas.

Thanks to Chloe Bear for the heads up.

Claude Taylor, of Twitter Fame, has designed two new billboards for Texas.

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Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

Characters in order of appearance:

Bob Murray –  chief executive officer of Murray Energy Corporation, a mining corporation based in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He is one of the largest independent operators of coal mines in the United States.

Donald Trump – supposed president.

Rick Perry – supposed college graduate.

FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Action:

Bob Murray: Mr. President, here’s my four-page action plan to have American consumers subsidize my failing company by having the FERC require utilities to buy a three month supply of coal under the guise of ensuring the reliability of the electric grid.

Trump: Why thank you Bob.  You should give this to DOE Secretary Rick Perry. He’s an expert on the electric grid because they have electricity in the Governor’s Mansion in Texas.  Give him a call – I’ll encourage him to take the meeting with you.

March 29, 2017 –  Bob Murray meets with DOE Secretary Rick Perry.

Bob Murray: Mr. President it’s been months since I met with Secretary Perry and he hasn’t acted on my four-page action plan.

Trump: These things take time Bob.  Why don’t you try contacting some outside groups that are trying to build public support for the coal industry?  Some of my former campaign staffers are working with a group called America First Action.

Bob Murray: Thanks Mr. President, I’ll call them.

August 8th, 2017 – MURRAY ENERGY CORPORATION donates  $1,000,000.00 to America First Action

September 29, 2017 – DOE Secretary Rick Perry submits Murray’s action plan to FERC.

January 8, 2018 – FERC unanimously rejects Perry’s action plan.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday unanimously rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have propped up nuclear and coal power plants struggling in competitive electricity markets.

The independent five-member commission includes four people appointed by President Trump, three of them Republicans. Its decision is binding.

Trump: What?  All I did was ask Perry to take a meeting with Murray.  I never pressured him to do anything about it and I never pressured the FERC to approve it either.  Don McGahn says that’s not a bribe after McDonnell v. United States.  I love Donny – he’s my new Roy Cohen!

Trump to FERC appointees:  Can you believe that schmuck!?!?  He actually thought we’d do it!  What an idiot!  A million bucks!  I used to have to go all the way to fucking Batumi to endorse a fake Trump Tower project to make a million bucks.

Yeah, this presidency thing is a great scam – much easier than selling condos to Russian oligarchs for twice the fair market value so they can get their money out of Russia.

Heh, heh, heh.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen.