What The Fuck Just Happened Today?

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Day 713: Enjoy the ride.

Day 714: Foolish.

Day 715: Contentious.

Day 718: Prime-time.

Day 719: Intentionally misleading.

Day 720: Bye-bye.

Day 721: A credible account.

Day 722: Embarrassing.

Day 725: Big fat hoax.

Day 726: Everyone's favorite.

Day 727: Damage.

Day 728: Any way, shape or form.

Day 729: Make it happen.

Day 732: So what.

Day 733: Hypothetical.

Day 734: Unforced errors.

Day 735: History and tradition.

Day 736: "Nothing to do with the president."

Day 739: Wrong track.

Day 740: Regime survival.

Day 741: Back to school.

Day 742: Waste of time.

Day 743: The greatest loser.

Day 746: Willful ignorance.

Day 747: Hysteria.

Day 748: Doesn't work that way.

Day 749: Political hack.

Day 750: No crimes whatsoever.

Day 753: Generally working.

Day 754: Not happy.

Day 755: Other methods.

Day 756: Emergency declaration.

Day 757: Didn't need to do this.

Day 761: Grenades.

Day 762: Retribution.

Day 763: Swiftly.

Day 764: Infinitely better.

Day 767: Super-creepy and inappropriate.

Day 768: Lawless.

Day 769: Spin this.

Day 770: Options.

Day 771: Alarming.

Day 774: High crimes and misdemeanors.

Day 775: Stone cold crazy.

Day 776: Unusual.

Day 777: Humanitarian catastrophe.

Day 778: Blameless.

Day 781: Sanity.

Day 782: Deteriorating situation.

Day 783: Gaming the system.

Day 784: Sending a signal.

Day 785: Dangerous and reckless.

Day 788: Pathetic.

Day 789: A little longer.

Day 790: Nuts.

Day 791: Alternative means.

Day 792: Principal conclusions.

Day 795: No conclusion.

Day 796: Invalidated.

Day 797: Difficult decisions.

Day 798: Bully.

Day 799: Not playing games.

Day 802: Meaningless.

Day 803: "Incompetent or corrupt."

Day 804: Not inclined.

Day 805: Alarming and significant.

Day 806: Tougher direction.

Day 809: A way forward.

Day 810: A mess.

Day 811: Genesis.

Day 812: "I know nothing about WikiLeaks."

Day 813: Nonstory.

Day 816: Hateful and inflammatory.

Day 817: Breakdown-level anxiety.

Day 818: Weakened authority.

Day 819: Inadequate.

Day 820: Total bullshit.

Day 823: Weapon of choice.

Day 824: Defiant.

Day 825: Transparency.

Day 826: Inherent contempt.

Day 827: Defensive.

Day 830: Personal conversations.

Day 831: Meritless.

Day 832: "Context, nature, and substance."

Day 833: That's a crime.

Day 834: Sweeping and systematic.

Day 837: Legitimacy.

Day 838: Privilege.

Day 839: Sport.

Day 840: No choice.

Day 841: No Rush.

Day 844: Rules and norms.

Day 845: Echoes.

Day 846: Escalating tensions.

Day 847: On fire.

Day 848: Willingness to cooperate.

Day 851: "Threshold for impeachment."

Day 852: Demands.

Day 853: Cover-up.

Day 854: Intentional.

Day 855: Full and complete authority.

Day 859: "False narrative."

Day 860: Not an option.

Day 861: Essentially.

Day 862: A colossal blunder.

Day 865: Presidential obstruction and other crimes.

Day 866: False light.

Day 867: The cleanest climate.

Day 868: Aesthetics.

Day 869: Untenable.

Day 872: Possibly catastrophic.

Day 873: Not off the table.

Day 874: Not at all worried.

Day 875: The green light.

Day 876: Probably not a good idea.

Day 879: True cowards.

Day 880: Let's see.

Day 881: Misplaced certainty.

Day 882: The best is yet to come.

Day 883: "Cocked and loaded."

Day 886: Restraint.

Day 887: Overwhelming force.

Day 888: Terminated.

Day 889: Contrived.

Day 890: Reluctantly.

Day 893: Unforeseen.

Day 894: Surreal.

Day 895: Moving forward.

Day 900: Pathways.

Day 901: Radiating insecurity.

Day 902: A worthwhile cause.

Day 903: Collateral damage.

Day 904: Not a good one.

Day 907: Racist in chief.

Day 908: "Join us in condemning the president's racist tweets."

Day 909: "Not unhappy."

Day 910: Imminent danger.

Day 911: "The gravity of the president's misconduct."

Day 914: An unindicted co-conspirator.

Day 915: Still at it.

Day 916: "A very innocent President."

Day 917: Extensive activity.

Day 918: Warriors.

Day 921: Critical.

Day 922: An emblem of hate.

Day 923: Animosity.

Day 924: Dramatic impact.

Day 925: LameStream.

Day 928: "Enabling white supremacy."

Day 929: "The least racist person."

Day 930: Do something.

Day 931: "Hostile actions."

Day 932: "Not a photo op."

Day 935: Irregularities.

Day 936: Just in case.

Day 937: Clueless.

Day 938: Fantastic.

Day 939: Hate and war.

Day 942: Damaging to our democracy.

Day 943: Fundamentals.

Day 944: Absurd.

Day 945: "Frankly ridiculous."

Day 946: "Our bigger enemy."

Day 949: Magnificent.

Day 950: Downhill.

Day 951: Dread.

Day 952: "A troubling pattern of corruption."

Day 953: Cone of uncertainty.

Day 957: Always good to be prepared.

Day 958: "I don't know."

Day 959: The ultimate deal.

Day 960: Looking for acknowledgment.

Day 963: "NOTHING TO DO WITH ME"

Day 964: Extremely complete.

Day 965: Boneheads.

Day 966: Simply unacceptable.

Day 967: Moral compass.

Day 970: Locked and loaded.

Day 971: Abuse of power.

Day 972: Dastardly.

Day 973: Credible and urgent.

Day 974: "Totally appropriate."

Day 977: "It doesn't matter."

Day 978: "A betrayal."

Day 979: "Do us a favor."

Day 980: "The President abused his office for personal gain."

Day 981: Profound.

Day 984: Fractures.

Day 985: Entitled.

Day 986: "BULLSHIT."

Day 987: "China, if you're listening."

Day 988: Smoking texts.

Day 991: "Devastating for the good guys."

Day 992: "Further acts of obstruction."

Day 993: "Nothing to see here."

Day 994: "Oh well, I’m president!"

Day 995: "Repugnant to the American Dream."

Day 999: An abomination.

Day 1000: Meltdown.

Day 1001: "Get over it."

Day 1002: White House confessional.

Day 1005: "We prefer peace to war."

Day 1006: Direct line.

Day 1007: "This whole thing is about corruption."

Day 1008: Human scum.

Day 1009: "Potentially impeachable conduct."

Day 1012: "Eliminate any doubt."

Day 1013: "Extremely, extremely, extremely disturbing."

Day 1014: Out of step.

Day 1015: "Nobody comes to Congress to impeach a president."

Day 1016: Sensitive.

Day 1019: Threatened.

Day 1020: Orchestrated efforts.

Day 1021: A clear understanding.

Day 1022: A campaign of lies.

Day 1023: No doubt.

Day 1026: "This issue."

Day 1027: Another state of mind.

Day 1028: "The investigations."

Day 1029: Not even a little bit.

Day 1030: Rooting out corruption.

Day 1033: "Unusual and inappropriate."

Day 1034: Duty.

Day 1035: "At the express direction of the president of the United States."

Day 1036: Weaponized falsehoods.

Day 1037: "Never took place."

Day 1040: Without reason.

Day 1041: Bleak.

Day 1042: Dissenting opinions.

Day 1047: Entirely prudent.

Day 1048: Clear and present danger.

Day 1049: "Are you ready?"

Day 1050: Time to act.

Day 1051: That's what impeachment is for.

Day 1054: Justified.

Day 1055: We must act.

Day 1056: Scum.

Day 1057: Crazy.

Day 1058: "No chance."

Day 1061: "Betrayed the nation."

Day 1062: An open war on American Democracy.

Day 1063: "He gave us no choice."

Day 1064: Counterpunch.

Day 1065: "A near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused."

Day 1068: Hold off.

Day 1072: Below average.

Day 1075: Admired.