I bet there are a lot of Washington Repubs calling each other tonight.

[Honeycombe8]

Getting their talking points together. Tommorrow: sending out the dogs with the talking points. Fox will also get the memo.

Pretty good timing...the story is out suddenly, at night, before the Repubs can get ahead of the story. Someone knew what he was doing when he leaked this.

[lapfog_1]

1. melania stayed here

flew down to MAr-a-logo to get her stuff out of the closets...

I think she is back in DC tonight.

Hmmm

[HipChick]

2. Kelly stayed behind...Damage Control...

[Honeycombe8]

4. Hmmmm. Roll out the mannequin wife to "stand by her man," and "all is normal." nt

[blogslut]

3. No Friday news dump this time.

I bet they dance their little shoes off tomorrow.

[Honeycombe8]

5. Should be good. And infuriating, as Repubs downplay it. nt

[lapfog_1]

6. But but but... what about the SECRET SOCIETY!!!

you know, the one with the cool Vladimir calendars!

And the missing texts!

The MSM IS IN ON THE CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE OUR HERO AND SAVIOR!

Fox and Fiends told me so!

[Honeycombe8]

8. I know, I know! Maybe it's the Deep State that leaked this fake news! nt

[L. Coyote]

12. EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Meeting of Secret Society dedicated to taking down Trump and the GOP.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Friday freakout talking point bingo...

Nothingburger.
But... Hillary.
Hey, he didn't actually fire him.
Secret Society! Secret Society!
Maybe he should.
How about those Eagles?
Fake News.
This is a Democrat(ic) plot.
Others?

[Honeycombe8]

9. Here...

He was just asking his counsel what was in the realm of possibility, because of the conflicts; He didn't actually tell anyone to fire Mueller.

This would be concerning, if true, and depending on the reasons. He could fire Mueller, if there is just cause, for instance. But I haven't confirmed it yet. And obviously, he didn't fire him, so he obviously didn't decide to do that.

(Otherwise, I think you hit all the high points of what may be the talking points.)

[Honeycombe8]

10. Scaramucci's talking point response

Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director, questioned the timing of the New York Times' report, calling it a distraction from President Trump's trip to Davos.

"This information apparently happened in June," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "Why is it coming out right now like a big water balloon on the President when he is having a fantastic trip here in Davos meeting with world leaders and about to give a fantastic speech about global prosperity and global growth? I find this to be one of those nonsensical stories and another red-herring in the investigation."

Scaramucci also took aim at former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

"I would love to get a look at somebody like Steve Bannon's phone records to see who he is talking to and how this information is out there," he said.

CNN fast feed

[C_U_L8R]

11. Ah yes, good additions.... the nefarious Bannon pretense

And the faithful "stop picking on Donnie" whinge