Fabled Donut Eater to Hyde Smith Campaign

Been busy as heck folks but I could not let June roll by without sharing that I too love donuts and commenting on this:

There’s been an unexpected staffing shakeup at DMR ~ Paul Hampton

Then there’s Melissa Scallan, the public affairs director who is leaving the agency, perhaps only temporarily. Neither Spraggins nor Scallan would say much.

“Not sure if I can make the announcement as to where Melissa is going,” Spraggins wrote in an email. “Probably can very soon.”

Scallan, a reporter at the Sun Herald for years before going to DMR, simply said we’d have to be patient.

Of course Point Park beat me to it: Continue reading “Fabled Donut Eater to Hyde Smith Campaign”

Are the Dog Days of Summer here early?

They must be folks. Just a reminder to those that think its advisable to toss about wild conspiracy theories about birth certificates or another’s religious beliefs. Politico gives us the background:

Young Trumpies Hit D.C. (And D.C. hits them right back.) ~ Daniel Lippman and Ben Schreckinger

And of course this story is still reverberating across the media landscape because it’s evidently tough being a “Trumpie” in a cosmopolitan place like our Nation’s Capitol. Here is a sampling:

Trump Staffers Can’t Get Laid ~ The Cut

Trump Staffers Complain They Can’t Get Laid in D.C. ~ Spin

Millennial Trump Staffers Complain Yet Again About Being Unfuckable Losers ~ Splinter

Young Trump staffers can’t get laid, and no one feels bad for them ~ Mashable

And of course earlier today even Esquire joined in: Continue reading “Are the Dog Days of Summer here early?”