Showing posts with label Bannon. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Steve Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart to Spend More Time With Bottle of Gin

Throughout Donald Trump’s unexpected ascendancy from walking punchline to walking punchline with nuke codes, political strategist and oily sack of potatoes discovered in the back of the cupboard on moving day Steve Bannon was one of the president’s most trusted and influential advisers.


Of course, Trump aides have proven to have roughly the same shelf life as Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers at Hogwarts, so it came as no surprise when Bannon was booted from the White House back in August.



What followed, however, was an unexpectedly abrupt downfall befitting a man who once favorably compared himself to Darth Vader and Satan.


Bannon delivered that quote to The Hollywood Reporter’s Michael Wolff, who’s made headlines this week thanks to his controversial book Fire and Fury, which details his experiences inside the Trump White House.


In the most widely-circulated passage, Wolff reveals that Bannon described a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort and group of influential Russians as “treasonous.”


Bannon later attempted to walk back his remark, claiming that he only meant to label disgraced campaign manager Manafort as a traitor, not the president’s son.


However, the damage had been done, and Bannon soon found himself atop the Donald’s ever-lengthening sh-t list.



Of course, falling out of favor with the human throbbing forehead vein that occupies the White House means that Bannon has also lost the support of his army of alt-right trolls, and the race to cut ties with the man once dubbed the most powerful figure in American politcs began in earnest this week.


Yesterday, Bannon was unceremoniously axed from his position as head of far-right media outlet Breitbart News.


“Breitbart News has decided to end its relationship with Stephen K. Bannon, therefore he will no longer host on SiriusXM since our programming agreement is with Breitbart News,” reads a statement posted on the company’s flagship website.


Bannon attemptes to downplay the termination and paint it as a mutual decision, but there’s no denying that it’s a socking fall from grace for a man who was frequently referred to as “President Bannon” just a few short months ago.”


“I’m proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time,” Bannon said in response to his dismissal.



The move came as a surprise even to many within Breitbart, who reportedly learned of Bannon’s departure in the company’s Slack chat.


As recently as last month, the company was still publicly praiaing Bannon’s influence on modern conservatism and crediting him with helping to shape the 2016 presidential election via as host of his own satellite radio show.


“As I have said all along, everything I brought to the Trump campaign came directly from the listeners I spoke with every morning on Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM’s Patriot channel,” Bannon said at the time.


A spokesperson for Breitbart has confirmed that Bannon will no longer serve as host of the outler’s popular call-in show.


No replacement has been announced, but at press time, the racist blowhard who’s always drinking alone at your local dive bar was still available for the position.



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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Michael Rapaport Slams Donald Trump for "Stealing" Nickname Sloppy Steve Bannon

Michael Rapaport says Donald Trump ripped off his idea for “Sloppy Steve Bannon,” claiming he came up with the nickname a year ago … and he’s got the proof. Mike posted a video Sunday in which he slams Trump for allegedly stealing his OG…


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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Donald Trump: Steve Bannon Has "Lost His Mind" Suggesting Russia Meeting Was Treason

Donald Trump has completely turned on Steve Bannon — saying the guy has lost his mind … this after Bannon called a meeting the President’s son took with Russians “treason.” Bannon was quoted by author Michael Wolff in a sweeping new book…


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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Steve Bannon Shades Mitt Romney Over Roy Moore

Steve Bannon’s throwing serious shade Mitt Romney’s way, and it’s all over the Trump administration’s push to get Roy Moore into the U.S. Senate. We got President Trump’s former senior adviser leaving the Willard Hotel in D.C., and asked if…


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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Steve Bannon: Mark Cuban Should Run for President as a Democrat

Steve Bannon’s calling out the elephant in the room where Mark Cuban’s considering a run for the presidency as a Republican … by labeling him a donkey. We got the Breitbart exec Monday in D.C. and asked if Mark would be taken seriously as a…


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Monday, October 2, 2017

Evan Rachel Wood Responds to Steve Bannon "Dumb as Ticks" Comments

Evan Rachel Wood had a message for Steve Bannon … and it was written all over her. The “Westworld” star was at LAX Sunday, and we asked if she had more to say after the ousted White House Chief Strategist called out Hollywood celebs, saying…


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Friday, September 15, 2017

Darrell Hammond Says Steven Bannon Never Called Him About "SNL" Portrayal

Steve Bannon never reached out to ‘SNL’ announcer and former cast member Darrell Hammond about how the show would portray him, at least not according to Hammond. There was a rumor going around that Bannon had contacted Hammond while he was still…


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Darrell Hammond Says Steven Bannon Never Called Him About "SNL" Portrayal

Steve Bannon never reached out to ‘SNL’ announcer and former cast member Darrell Hammond about how the show would portray him, at least not according to Hammond. There was a rumor going around that Bannon had contacted Hammond while he was still…


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Friday, August 18, 2017

Steve Bannon: Booted from The White House!

Steve Bannon has been ousted from his role as chief strategist for Donald Trump.


Or Steve Bannon has resigned from his role as chief strategist for Donald Trump.


It depends on who you ask, but either way, the result of the same:


One less racist in the White House!



Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the news in a statement to CNN on Friday, a couple hours after word started buzzing around Twitter.


“White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day,” Sanders said, adding:


“We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”


Bannon was a controversial figure from the moment he became associated with Trump about a year ago.


The editor-in-chief of Breitbart, a website dedicated to the “alt-right” movement, Bannon’s views on race, ethnicity and America’s place in the world have been clouded in controversy for years.


In addition to often clashing with several other senior officials, he was widely believed to be the driving force behind the president’s “nationalist” ideology.



This ideology was on full display this week following protests in Charlottesville that featured one woman being run over by a car and hundreds of neo-Nazis chanting racial epithets in the street.


The President has been criticized for a response that did NOT include direct condemnation of the White Supremacy groups at the center of these protests, while Bannon gave an interview afterward that in which he seemed to encourage such civil unrest.


“The Democrats, the longer they talk about identity politics, I got ’em,” Bannon told The American Prospect.


“I want them to talk about racism every day.


“If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.”



Trump stayed quiet about Bannon’s future during a chaotic press conference at Trump Tower in New York City this past Tuesday.


“We’ll see what happens with Mr. Bannon,” he told reporters at the time, yet defended Bannon as “not a racist” and a “friend.”


There’s been chatter for several weeks, however, that Trump was unhappy with all the attention Bannon has been receiving.


He’s especially been displeased with the credit Bannon has received for getting Trump elected after he came on board the Presidential campaign last year.


For those unfamiliar with Steve Bannon, we posted the following bio breakdown many months ago.


It’s scary to read. But at least you can take comfort in knowing he’s no longer advising the President of the United States:



(Editor’s Note: We know this is a small comfort, considering Donald Trump is still the President of the United States. But still.)


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Steve Bannon Out White House Chief Strategist

Steve Bannon had to know his days were numbered when Trump threw shade a few days back, and now it’s come to pass. Bannon is out as Chief Strategist, and it also appears it was Trump’s doing … not Bannon’s. There’s one report Bannon had…


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Friday, July 28, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci: Steve Bannon Wants to Blow Himself & Reince Priebus Is INSANE!

Backstabbing, bitter rivalries, vulgar tirades, graphic descriptions of revloting sex acts … the new season of Game of Thrones is left in the dust by the daily updates coming out of the White House, and it would all be very entertaining if it weren’t so horrifying.


The Trump administration’s latest affronts to out political system and the bedrock principles of basic human decency come to us courtesy of the Littlefinger of Long Island, new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.




Anthony Scaramucci


It’s an imperfect comparison, as the GoT character is known for his guile and charm, and Scaramucci is, well … not.


Quite the opposite, in fact, the Mooch, as he’s known to many, makes his boss look like a paragon of eloquence and dignity, which is reallyno easy feat.


The investor and former Obama fundraiser (if you’re in power, the Mooch is your pal), Scaramucci was promised a spot in the Trump White House early in the transition process, but was blocked by high-ranking rivals, such as Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.


Now, Scaramucci is having his revenge.


Already, former press secretary Sean Spicer has resigned as a result of his appointment, and if the Mooch has his way, Priebus and infamous White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon will be next out the door.



Fortunately for Priebus and Bannon, there’s a good chance that Scaramucci will torpedo his own career before he’s able to oust them.


Demonstrating an astonishing lack of media savvy for someone who’s tasked with serving as the liaison between the press and the president, Scaramucci called New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza on Wednesday and launched an unhinged rant against his foes within the White House:


“Reince is a f—ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci told Lizza without ever requesting that his comments remain off the record.


“I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I’ll fire tomorrow. I’ll get to the person who leaked that to you. Reince Priebus—if you want to leak something—he’ll be asked to resign very shortly,” Scaramucci continued.


It was a shocking breach of protocol, and an amusingly ironic one, given that Scaramucci had called Lizza to gripe about leaks to the press.




The Mooch


And because this guy is clearly angling for the title of Most Batsh-t Member of the Trump Staff, he didn’t stop there.


Launching into an impression of Priebus, Scaramucci remarked:


“Let me leak the f—ing thing and see if I can c—-block these people the way I c—-blocked Scaramucci for six months.”


He then turned his attention to Bannon, complaining that the former Breitbart chief is using his posittion to boost his public profile.


“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c—,” Scaramucci said.


“I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f—ing strength of the president. I’m here to serve the country.”



Astonishingly, Scaramucci isn’t denying the comments, but has vowed not to indulge in any further tirades:


“I made a mistake in trusting in a reporter. It won’t happen again,” he tweeted on Thursday.


Check out the full conversation between Lizza and Scaramucci over at The New Yorker.


Like a George R.R. Martin novel, the whole thing is worth a read, but not for the faint of heart.


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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Steve Bannon: Sean Spicer Is Too Fat For Press Briefings

Steve Bannon is not the kind of guy you expect to engage in body-shaming.


For starters, he looks like if someone put a suit and tie on Keith Richards’ liver and taught it words like “globalist” and “cuck.”


On top of that, he’s a 63-year-old White House strategist, not a 15-year-old Taylor Swift fan trolling Katy Perry on Instagram.



But body-shaming is just what President Bannon is being accused of today after comments he made regarding Sean Spicer’s reduced role behind the White House press room podium.


Asked why more press briefings are taking place off-camera, Bannon didn’t give the obvious reply (“Have you seen those trainwrecks?!”), but instead delivered a one-liner that went over about as well as the first Trump Care proposal.


“Sean got fatter,” Bannon reportedly told a reporter.


The comment caught the attention of many social media users, including Chelsea Clinton, who called Bannon out for what she considers fat-shaming:


“The White House using fat shaming to justify increased opacity. 2017,” Clinton tweeted.



When several of Clinton’s followers pointed out that Bannon appeared to be joking, Clinton ammended her statement slightly:


“Oh ok. So using fat shaming to avoid answering questions about increasing opacity. Got it. 2017,” the former first daughter tweeted.


Few White House press secretaries have received as much attention as Spicer, and that’s not by design.


Spicer’s obvious ineptitude has made him a frequent target for ridicule and even inspired a series of memorable SNL sketches in which Spicer is played by Melissa McCarthy.


Judging from the reaction to his joke today, Bannon should probably leave the humor to her.



There have long been rumblings that President Trump would like to replace Spicer with Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders.


Reducing the amount of time Spicy spends on camera is seen by many as the first step toward replacing him with Huckabee-Sanders, so it’s not hard to see why Bannon would be keen to laugh off questions from reporters.


But we’re getting Spicer wishes Bannon would’ve chosen a different way to change the topic.


Even the most soulless of dead-eyed lackeys have feelings.


We think …



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Friday, April 7, 2017

President Trump"s Got His Back to Steve Bannon During National Security Briefing on Syria Strikes (PHOTO)

President Trump’s turned the table on one of his closest advisors … and his back, too. Check out this photo taken Thursday during a National Security briefing on Syria strikes … son-in-law Jared Kushner is right in the middle at the table…


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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Steve Bannon: Getting the Boot From Donald Trump?

If you’ve been following American politics over the past year, then you’re no doubt familiar with the name Steve Bannon.


Bannon, a former executive chair at Breitbart News, emerged seemingly from nowhere to become a shadowy fixture during the 2016 campaign and the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency, exerting a tremendous amount of influence from behind the scenes.


In the media, the-investment-banker-turned-political-Svengali has been portrayed as the Emperor Palpatine to Trump’s Darth Vader, ant it’s not uncommon to hear him referred to as President Bannon.



It’s been said that Trump owes his meteoric rise more to Bannon than to any other individual.


(There are those who argue that Vladimir Putin deserves that dubious honor, but that’s a conversation for another time.)


However, a change in the Trump-Bannon dynamic took place around the time the current administration began to suffer its first public setbacks (the blocking of the controversial Muslim ban, the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn amidst allegations of collusion with Russia, etc.).


Reports from the White House indicate that Trump blamed his staff for the failures, at one point openly lashing out at Bannon, and abruptly canceling plans to have Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus join him at Mar-aLago for the weekend.



Now, the divide between Trump and Bannon appears to have deepened, as several media outlets are reporting today that Bannon has been ousted from the National Security Counsel, per Trump’s request.


Bannon’s appointment to the counsel – reportedly the result of an executive order that Trump signed without reading in full – was a controversial and unprecedented move by the White House.


Not only does Bannon have no experience in national security, and his appointment was accompanied by the removal of key members, which resulted in the political neophyte carrying more clout than some of our nation’s top-ranking military brass.


It’s not entirely clear why Trump made his decision today, but NBC News is reporting that Bannon’s role within the counsel was to monitor Gen. Flynn (possibly due to Flynn’s ties with Russia).



With Flynn gone, his replacement, General H.R. McMaster, and other high-ranking members of the counsel were reportedly able to convince Trump that Bannon’s presence was no longer needed.


We’ll have further details on this developing story as more information becomes available.



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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Donald Trump: Lashing Out at Steve Bannon Over Russia Scandal?

By now, you’ve almost certainly heard the  allegations that the Trump administration collaborated with Russia to manipulate the results of the 2016 presidential election.


Already, National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn has resigned from his post, and Attorney General Jess Sessions was forced to recuse himself from the investigation after it was revealed that he lied under oath about contacting a Russian ambassador.



At this point, if what appears to be happening is actually happening, then we my be at the beginning of what the most damaging political scandal in US history.


Needless to say, at this point, reports that the pressure is beginning to get to President Donald Trump are not particularly surprising.


From the time of the president’s scandal-plagued transition, rumors of dissent and disorder within Team Trump have been rampant, and now it seems the escalating animosity may have come to a head on Friday, as Trump reportedly lashed out at two of his most high-profile staff members:


According to CNN, Trump spent much of the past week infuriated by the escalating Sessions scandal, and he repeatedly took his anger out on top adviser Steve Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus just before departing for another weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.



“Nobody has seen him that upset,” a source tells the news network of Trump’s outburst, adding that the president’s speech was peppered with “lot of expletives.”


The insider adds that Priebus and Bannon were both scheduled to join Trump in Florida over the weekend, but the president decided at the last minute that both would remain in D.C.


Adding to Trump’s fury over the weekend was an unsubstantiated report by Bannon’s Breitbart News that claimed Trump Tower was subjected to surveillance ordered by President Obama during the 2016 campaign.


Despite a complete lack of evidence and the fact that Obama would need the justice department to establish probable cause before any such surveillance could take place, Trump reportedly flew into yet another rage.



Reports of this second outburst come courtesy of longtime Trump associate Christopher Ruddy, who described the incident to The Washington Post:


“I haven’t seen him this angry,” Ruddy tells the Post. “This will be investigated.”


The Trump administration has yet to comment on the president’s alleged emotional outbursts.


Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s daily briefing with White House correspondents is scheduled for this afternoon.



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Friday, February 17, 2017

Rosie O"Donnell Says She Won"t Play Steve Bannon on "SNL" (VIDEO)

Anyone hoping to see Rosie O’Donnell play Steve Bannon on “Saturday Night Live” better write to their congressman … Lorne Michaels.  We got Rosie leaving Nobu in West Hollywood Thursday night and she told us her uncanny photoshop of Bannon…


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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Donald Trump: Pissed at SNL For Portraying Steve Bannon as Grim Reaper?

There was a time not all that long ago, when the idea of an American president venting his outrage toward a late night sketch comedy show for depicting him in an unflattering light would’ve been absolutely absurd.


We call that time “the entirety of American history prior to January 20, 2017.”


(In fairness, there were no sketch comedy shows during most of that period, but we imagine the Founding Fathers suppressed the urge to get upset over particularly droll etchings or something.)



As you’ve probably heard, President Trump is feuding with SNL because we’re living in some heavy-handed satirist’s version of America, in which the president gets all pissy when comedians make fun of him and then takes to social media to tell the world about it.


One of the many reasons sane world leaders avoid that sort of behavior is because it gives the impression of instability and discord.


Ironically, It seems much of the reason Trump dislikes SNL’s skewering of his administration is that he feels the show’s depictions make his staff appear “weak.”


The Washington Post reports today:



Aides said they strive to avoid appearing “weak” or “low­ energy” — two of Trump’s least favorite attributes.”


“Staffers buzz privately about who is up and who is down, with many eagerly gossiping about which poor colleague gets an unflattering portrayal on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”


“For the past two weeks, it has been White House press secretary Sean Spicer. But aides said Trump was especially upset by a sketch that cast White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon as the Grim Reaper manipulating the president — who was ultimately relegated to a miniature desk, playing dolefully with an expandable toy.


Yes, as hilariously cutting as Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer impression has been, it seems Trump might be even more irate about the depiction of Steve Bannon as the Grim Reaper.



Which really doesn’t make much sense …


Trump is concerned about his staff looking week, but his top adviser has obtained so much power since the inauguration that the Internet has taken to referring to him as President Bannon.


Not only that, Bannon is a man who equates evil with power:


“Darkness is good,” the man actually told The Hollywood Reporter in a November interview. “Dick Cheney, Darth Vader, Satan. That’s power.”


Also, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine looking like this:



At first, we were in favor of SNL changing tactics and going with Rosie O’Donnell as Bannon, because we figured it would piss that sickly Nazi off even more.


But now that we know how much Trump hates the reaper, we encourage SNL to not fear that approach.


Also, more cowbell…



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Friday, February 10, 2017

Rosie O"Donnell as Steve Bannon is The Photo You Can Never Unsee

WARNING:


Once you take a look at the photo below, you will never be able to get it out of your head.


It will haunt your dreams. It will follow you around wherever you go. It will make you wonder about what is true and what is false in nearly every aspect of your life.


Are you ready? Okay, you’ve been warned…



No, wait. Not that photo.


It’s a different Rosie O’Donnell photo that is causing the Internet to stop in its collective tracks.


On Thursday night, a Twitter user with the handle @Principat0 sent a picture to O’Donnell of her face superimposed over that of Steve Bannon.


This genius individual included a message with the image that reads:


“A @Rosie picture is worth a thousand words.”


O’Donnell quickly replied by writing “Exactly” and causing the photo to go viral.


And here is that photo…



For those in need of some background, here you go:


O’Donnell was on to Donald Trump as the epitome of all things evil long before the rest of the world.


Her feud with the President goes back many years, with Trump having called O’Donnell a “at pig, among many other insults, throughout their never-ending rivalry.


Last weekend, meanwhile, Melissa McCarthy guest-starred on an episode of Saturday Night Live as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.


The segment was viewed as hilarious and spot-on by viewers… and as cause for grave concern by those in the administration.


According to a report in Politico, Trump was especially angry that Spicer was portrayed on SNL (below) by a woman because it made him look “weak.”



Naturally, this led many people to push for O’Donnell to appear on a future installment of the NBC comedy show as Bannon, Trump’s top advisor who is basically a modern day Nazi.


The idea being that Trump’s main celebrity foil impersonating the man who most consider to be pulling Trump’s strings in office would be enough to drive the President legitimately insane.


(Assuming he isn’t there already, that is.)


It didn’t take long for this campaign to reach O’Donnell, who responded to the movement this week by Tweeting that she’s prepared to take one for the country.


“I am here to serve,” Rosie wrote in response to those who want to see her as Bannon.


She added of Alec Baldwin and McCarthy:


“Alec has Trump. Melissa has Spice. I would need a few days to prepare. So, if called, I will be ready.”



Does her Tweet of the mash-up picture mean that O’Donnell actually will appear as Bannon this weekend? On an episode that will be hosted by Baldwin?


We’ll need to wait a day or so to find out.


In the meantime, we’ll need to think of some kind of way to stop seeing the photo above in our head every time we close our eyes.


It’s eerie.


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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Rosie O"Donnell to SNL: I"m Ready to Play Steve Bannon!

Rosie O’Donnell has a message for Saturday Night Live:


Give me a chance! I’m ready! Put me in, team! Let me show you what I can do!


The comedian/actress/talk show host has responded to a number of Internet users who say they’d love to see her appear on a future episode of Saturday Night Live…


… as white nationalist advisor Steve Bannon!



On the latest installment of Donald Trump’s least favorite show, Melissa McCarthy shocked viewers when she showed up as Press Secretary Sean Spicer.


The beloved star mocked Spicer as someone with a short fuse and a very loose grip on the facts.


It was as memorable a guest-starring appearance on SNL as any in recent memory, partly due to McCarthy’s hilarious impression – but largely due to the response of the White House.


According to Politico, Trump was pissed that Spicer was portrayed by a woman.


In the President’s sexist mind, this meant that Spicer was considered “weak” by his critics, the most damning charge one can possibly level against someone else in Trump’s view.


So… now that America has Alec Baldwin angering the Commander-in-Chief via his popular impression, along with McCarthy doing her best Spicer, Twitter has come up with the next most logical step for Saturday Night Live:


To truly drive Trump over the edge, O’Donnell must take on Bannon.



For those just catching up:


Steve Bannon is the former editor-in-chief of Breitbart News.


He is a close advisor to Trump and was recently placed on the National Security Council.


He’s basically a Nazi and has advocated in the past for creating complete chaos around the world in order to tear the country down and essentially start all over again, according to his own vision of how things should go.


Many think Bannon is the one pulling Trump’s strings, with a Twitter movement rising up in the past week or so that refers to Bannon as the actual “President” in order to really get The Donald’s goat.


So can you imagine how Trump would react if O’Donnell, his long-time celebrity antagonist, were to actually portray Bannon on the NBC sketch show?


Many social media users don’t want to imagine.


They want to find out for real!






The former View co-host is apparently aware of these requests and answered one of them herself on Twitter yesterday.


“I am here to serve,” Rosie wrote. “Alec has Trump. Melissa has Spice. I would need a few days to prepare. So, if called, I will be ready.”






Now, look, on one hand, we obviously want to see this happen.


Forget Kim Kardashian nude photos. Rosie O’Donnell as Steve Bannon and Donald Trump’s subsequent response really would break the Internet.


He’d Tweet for days on end. He’d use SO many exclamation points. He’d be really very, very angry and upset.


On the other hand, Trump may start an actual world war if this happens.


So, yes, we want to see O’Donnell as Bannon. It would be terrific.


But would it be worth the loss of so many lives and the likely use of nuclear weapons?


Probably not.



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Friday, February 3, 2017

President Bannon: Has Donald Trump"s Right-Hand Man Seized Control of the White House?

If you’re like most Americans, you weren’t familiar with the name Steve Bannon prior to the 2016 presidential election.


While Kellyanne Conway may have been the face of the Donald Trump’s successful campaign, it was Bannon who most often seemed to monopolize Trump’s ear.


Now that Trump has been sworn in as the 45th President of the United States and kicked off a reckless agenda of state-sanctioned discrimination, it seems he may be doing so at the behest of Bannon, which is obviously cause for deep, deep concern:



Bannon is an investment banker turned Hollywood producer and a leading figure in the white nationalist and “alt-right” movements, both of which are widely regarded as thinly-disguised hate groups.


Prior to his involvement with the Trump campaign, Bannon was executive chair at Breitbart, a fringe-right news organization described by Time magazine as dangerously “racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic.”


Under his leadership, Breitbart took an even more radically far-right approach, publishing such scandalous headlines as “Trannies whine about hilarious Bruce Jenner billboard” and “Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy.”


The latter piece concluded with the sentence, “We need the kids if we’re to breed enough to keep the Muslim invaders at bay.”



For obvious reasons, when President Trump began signing executive orders which seemed to give government consent to discrimination against various religious and minority groups, many concluded that he was doing so on the advice of Bannon.


Frighteningly, Bannon has made no secret of the fact that he covets absolute power and emulates those who have seized it through violence and subterfuge:


“Darkness is good,” he told The Hollywood Reporter following Trump’s election. “Dick Cheney, Darth Vader, Satan. That’s power.”


Bannon covers the new issue of Time magazine, and the accompanying piece (which describes the 63-year-old Virginian as “the second most powerful man in the world”) reveals that he’s a firm believer in a bizarre theory regarding America’s history.



The so-called “fourth turning” theory, first espoused by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, holds that societies move in 80-100 year cycles, which culminate in cataclysmic events that force nations to rebuild, often with a whole new set of ideals and values.


According to the theory, the previous American “turnings” were the Civil War/Reconstruction and the Great Depression/World War II.


Bannon believes that the nation is currently in the midst of another fourth turning (he’s written that it began with the 2008 financial crisis), and he clearly feels that Donald Trump is the man to bring it to fruition.


If Bannon’s plan to court destruction sounds familiar, that might be due to the fact that it’s not far off from the beliefs of a better-known radicalist movement.



The most frightening thing about ISIS is that the group welcomes all that we most fear, hoping to bring about utter devastation as the fulfillment of an arcane koranic prophecy.


Similarly, Steve Bannon feels that it is only through the destruction of the present world order that America can be rebuilt to the specifications of right-wing radicals.


If all of this sounds extreme, that’s because it is.


Bannon is the poster boy for a terrifying new breed of extremism, and his vision of seizing absolute power through total destruction is dangerously close to being realized.



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