Can You Keep A Secret? -- July 23, 2019 -- Nothing About The Bakken -- The Media Page

Re-Posting:

Hmmmm! If this is accurate, it speaks volumes about the ability of the White House to "turn on a dime," to coin a phrase. A baggie of fentanyl is generally about 1/10th of a gram. The individual of interest was caught with 1,500 grams, which would yield about 15,000 doses on the street. Wholesale fentanyl runs about $6,000/kg; retail Fentanyl runs about $1.6 million/kg. Source. Obviously, prices vary considerably. New Hampshire has been particularly hard hit by opioid abuse, apparently #1 among US states for fentanyl-related deaths. 

I posted that note late last night after it "broke."

This is what I find most interesting about that story. Washington can keep a secret. LOL.

I guess this happened about two weeks ago. VP Pence was on his way to New Hampshire for some political event. Either before taking off or en route he was hastily called back, no explanation given, but the White House said "we" would be told the reason for the change in plans in a couple of weeks.

Then the story went "cold." Not one thing was written. I don't recall any speculation.

For two weeks we heard nothing. Then, yesterday, "we" were told that VP Pence was called back because he might end up in the middle of some federal opioid investigation.

It's hard to believe that "everyone" in Washington was able to keep this secret for two weeks.

A snarky comment: the media really doesn't care about the comings and goings of VP Pence and this was a non-story from the beginning.

By thew way, speaking of "turning on a dime," Trump is apparently stepping it up:

• there are reports that a Trump rule change will cut "ineligible" recipients from the "food stamp program"; a little confusing; are they currently "ineligible" or will the rule change make them "ineligible"? Big difference.
• there are reports that Trump will enforce a 1996 law giving ICE authority to quickly deport illegal aliens who cannot prove they've been in the country for two years; the law was originally established to allow authorities to quickly turn back illegal aliens found wandering along the southern border, but it was never enforced by Bush II or his successor

For a White House of control, it certainly seems to be doing very, very well. Even, apparently, shepherding a two-extension of the US debt limit; it's been a long time since I recall seeing a two-extension (on anything).

By the way, I haven't seen any story about a "disorganized" White House since all the military general officers left. LOL. 

Okay, enough of this.

Back to the  important stuff.