Kelly out. CNN just reporting.

[Vinca]

[malaise]

1. Bye bye you racist liar

Nielsen will follow

[PJMcK]

2. +1 (n/t)

[Zoonart]

3. Yep...

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Have fun living in disgrace.

Gonna be a busy day, Mal.

[malaise]

6. Oh yes- Ill miss most of the morning

But will be back after noon.
It 's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

[Zoonart]

13. I'm out at an opening most of the afternoon and evening,...

so I won't be back until late this evening. I'll be checking my phone every hour.
Should be an explosive day. See ya later.

[OnDoutside]

4. Counterbalance to the Mueller Friday stuff ?

[malaise]

14. Good spot

Add the Fox UN Ambassador to the diversion.

[OnDoutside]

18. Which is a pretty weak hand !!!

[malaise]

20. A pretty weak

tiny hand!

[OnDoutside]

30. Touch !

[olegramps]

41. Kind of early for Christmas presents.

[olegramps]

48. Nick Ayers is supposedly going to be his replacement.

Ayers is a devoted Trump bootlicker first class. This is his only qualification. He dropped out of college to establish himself as a radical Republican and only completed us degree after nine years.

[brush]

55. Good, but is this announcement just to distract from the release of the Cohen and Manafort...

charging docs scheduled for today?

[Charlotte Little]

62. +1,000,000

Kelly is an older version of Stephen Miller. Good riddance.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Who's replacing him?

Stephen Miller?

[malaise]

15. Hannity?

[mucifer]

21. How about Stephanie Miller? That would be a hoot!

[dameatball]

25. I now love Stephanie Miller. I used to try and listen to her show on Sirius, but they all constanly

talked at the same time and I have difficulty following that. Now she has the show on Free Speech TV and you can see which people are speaking. It is much easier to follow. Plus instead of ads they run segments from previous shows I may have missed. Much better.

[watoos]

44. Thanks for the heads up,

I also listen to Stephanie and I agree with your assessment. When she is interviewing guests on Sirius it's ok. She does get good guests to call in.

[dameatball]

54. Right. She has great guests and she slows down and lets them talk.

[getagrip_already]

26. nobody....

or maybe one of the brats. bbut probably nobody. he doesn't want one.

[PatSeg]

47. And doesn't need one

He has a big brain and is a stable genius.

[Xipe Totec]

28. A roll of Sharmin nt

[deurbano]

32. Honey Boo Boo. Too qualified? Bristol Palin.

[Blue_true]

50. Bristol Palin is likely too qualified for a Trump job.

Plus, she is prone to getting impregnated. Don't need another robot Trump in the world (with pardon to his youngest daughter and son, who DO appear to be different from the rest).

[Charlotte Little]

63. So is Honey Boo Boo

Just sayin'

[uponit7771]

53. heh heh

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

7. Let the contest to find a replacement begin!

The ratings will be huuge! Welcome the new Chief of Staff, Gary Busey.....

[MrsCoffee]

10. Now that's terrifying.

[Zoonart]

17. I vote for Penn.

Maybe he can make 45s troubles disappear.

[NBachers]

59. It wouldn't be Busey's first go-round with this tribe.

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[Achilleaze]

8. Republican rats abandoning the S.S. Republican Traitor*

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[MrsCoffee]

9. Trump is in serious panic mode.

I wonder who he thinks is going to save him now.

[Hortensis]

11. Scheduled staff meeting cancelled. This was sudden.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Paladin]

12. Deflection timing by trump. More proof it's going to be a shitty day for him. (nt)

[watoos]

16. Well if he wants another bigot, Ann Coulter is hard to top.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Man, Trump is loosing his shit today.

[underpants]

23. AND he's got himself a State Department Barbie

Heather Nuart formerly of Fox & Friends

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211521922

[WeekiWater]

33. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

That is wrong. It's embarrassing. I am equally as qualified in education and background. I'm not qualified to hold that position.

[better]

36. Perhaps.

But your recognition of that fact means that you are at least more qualified.

[James48]

22. John Kelly, NOT KellyAnne C.

She’s still in.

Christ, somebody please make sure the red button isn’t anywhere within reach.

[uponit7771]

24. Has This Been Confirmed? Doesn't look like MSNBC is reporting this

[NewJeffCT]

29. I don't believe anything from the WH

Sanders has been rumored to be on the way out for months and she is still there.

Mattis has supposedly been in trouble for months as well.

[uponit7771]

31. +1

[WeekiWater]

27. Not good. Kelly is about as stable of a Republican as you will find around Trump these days.

I guess it depends on how you look at it. He will be replaced by a more overt and less stable liar and racist, generating even more instability. Might just get us to the end sooner.

[Blue_true]

52. He is a racist shiteater. There is no one stable or moral around that fool. nt

[WeekiWater]

58. That is why I referenced him as I did. I agree. NT

[FSogol]

34. Again?

[Late Knight]

35. Young, rich and loyal: Nick Ayers could be Trump's next chief of staff

Updated 8:58 AM ET, Fri December 7, 2018

Kelly is expected to resign in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN, and Ayers has emerged as a top contender for the job, multiple people familiar with the situation told CNN. Interviews with nearly two dozen current and former White House officials, former Ayers colleagues, sources close to the President and Republican congressional staffers portray an ambitious aide who has worked to insulate his current boss from the chaos of the West Wing, while also angling for a bigger job that would place him squarely in the middle of it.

Trump's relationship with his chief of staff has reached a stalemate and is no longer seen as tenable by either party as the two have stopped speaking in recent days. Trump has begun to envy the smoothly operating vice president's office, which Ayers has managed to keep distanced from the daily scrum and scandal of the White House. Ayers has cultivated key allies, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. He also boasts an impressive track record in Republican politics that could serve the President well in the run-up to his 2020 re-election.

But Ayers' meteoric rise has also earned him his fair share of critics, including a few inside the White House. While plans were floated in November for Ayers to become the new chief of staff, multiple sources told CNN, they have stalled amid the President's reluctance to fire Kelly -- who typically does the firing for Trump -- and the backbiting Ayers has faced from some of his West Wing colleagues.

Several of Trump's top advisers have voiced concerns to him about Ayers, with some threatening to quit if he is tapped for the job. One of Ayers' top West Wing detractors during the process has been Kellyanne Conway, the combative counselor to the President who vehemently opposed Ayers' hire as Pence's chief of staff last year, two former White House officials and a source familiar with the matter said.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/23/politics/nick-ayers-pence-chief-of-staff-trump/index.html

[GeorgeGist]

68. Trump is gonna let Pence's mole in?

[llmart]

37. Who has that image of the Trump administration bingo card?

You know, the one where all the original players that have left are crossed out? Have we got a bingo yet?

[helpisontheway]

38. He wants the media to talk about this instead of the info coming out today. Nt

[MineralMan]

39. And so it continues.

Trump is firing, but who will he be hiring? This should be interesting.

[LudwigPastorius]

40. Sooo....

Just Trump and Bolton hanging around the Oval Office?

Bombing of Iran to commence in 3,...2,...

[Adrahil]

42. "How to Destroy Your Reputation in Two Short Years"

His upcoming title from Idiot Press.

[Kahuna7]

45. +1 nt

[IronLionZion]

43. Took long enough

Can't believe he stuck with that orange doofus this long.

[dalton99a]

46. Kelly expected to resign soon, no longer on speaking terms with Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/john-kelly-chief-of-staff-donald-trump/index.html
Kelly expected to resign soon, no longer on speaking terms with Trump
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN
Updated 9:58 AM ET, Fri December 7, 2018

[Autumn]

49. See ya asshole. Hope it's in court.

couldn't happen to a nice guy.

[awesomerwb1]

51. F*ck Kelly

F*ck Kelly, racist mother****er misogynistic trash.

[Takket]

56. A scumbag who betrayed his uniform and country

He will die an unloved disgrace. Good riddance to another horrible person.

[RockRaven]

57. Minor upside - House Dems can now compel him to testify w/o executive privilege getting in the way

He can spill his guts about everything he saw and heard, or be forced to answer questions at least.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

60. He's not out YET but he and Tiny aren't on speaking terms.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/john-kelly-chief-of-staff-donald-trump/index.html

[spicysista]

61. " I'm not going to allow 4 stars to permit stuck on stupid..." - Roland Martin

Now, you guys know that Roland rolls very fast, so my quote may not be exact. Here's the clip...he expresses everything I'd like to say about the general and then some!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

64. kelly, is an empty barrel.

[cwydro]

65. But, he's not out YET, is he?

Why not post that he’s expected to resign, as reputable news sources say?

His imminent demise has been speculated about ever since he got in, but it’s not happened yet.

I used to come to DU for news I could trust. Now, not so much.

[Yosemito]

66. False

Not out yet.

[cwydro]

67. Posters are doing this more and more.

Now, I always double check what I read on DU.

It’s no longer a trusted place for news, as I once regarded it.

[Kaleva]

69. LBN is where one goes for news. GD is half opinion, half specualtion and half news.

[onetexan]

70. HuffPost just confirmed it

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-leaves-white-house-chief-staff_us_5994aaa3e4b0d0d2cc83eb42