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(94,985 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 05:05 PM Jan 2018

Steve Bannon to Step Down From Breitbart Post [View all]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company will announce on Tuesday.

Mr. Bannon’s departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer, comes as Mr. Bannon remained unable to quell the furor over remarks attributed to him in a new book in which he questions President Trump’s mental fitness and disparages his elder son, Donald Trump Jr.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/politics/steve-bannon-breitbart-trump.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0

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Steve Bannon to Step Down From Breitbart Post [View all] brooklynite Jan 2018 OP

The party is over.......... democratisphere Jan 2018 #1

The RePutin Party? lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #12

Agreed. Enough is enough! democratisphere Jan 2018 #13

My disdain/dislike for Bannon knows no bounds, but I don't like that this is going to hlthe2b Jan 2018 #2

Ditto iluvtennis Jan 2018 #7

Master strategist! fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #3

Yeah he really considered all the angles and depths of the situation underpants Jan 2018 #11

Huzzzahh! Ellipsis Jan 2018 #4

I can't wait until the mass feeding on each other really begins as Nov 6 starts looming over them. marble falls Jan 2018 #5

He'll probably create a new entity BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #6

That or they plan to work with him in secret and claim innocence for whatever shit he spews. cstanleytech Jan 2018 #9

Yep - easier for Sleaze Steve to do his mischief away from his patrons erronis Jan 2018 #19

Pretty bad pecosbob Jan 2018 #8

The Heart Truly Bleeds Kristofer Bry Jan 2018 #10

lol it never ceases to amaze me how fast the right wing donors Mr. Sparkle Jan 2018 #14

Bannon look like he reached his "sell by"... 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #27

Authoritarians kill their wounded. NT Comatose Sphagetti Jan 2018 #31

He's such toast! Squinch Jan 2018 #15

Bannon is having a very bad month. Marie Marie Jan 2018 #16

Here's hoping for an entire bad year for Bannon lunasun Jan 2018 #41

Hopefully Bannon pulls the pins..... magicarpet Jan 2018 #17

Dump toast already. I'd like to see some grenades launched at Murdoch, Mercers, Kochs. erronis Jan 2018 #20

The Mercers kicked Bannon to the curb pressbox69 Jan 2018 #43

WOW laserhaas Jan 2018 #18

Another step on the road to irrelevance. nt Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 #21

The alt-right nation it's exploding. KWR65 Jan 2018 #22

Unfortunately for Dems, this means Trump's power as President is more entrenched. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #24

If all of Bannon's froggie guys go over to dRumpf, all the better. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #45

No, not that. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #50

Apologies, didn't mean to mischaracterize your statement. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #52

Whoa. The King is dethroned. Whoa. They fired his a__ for doing exactly why they had him there. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #23

Trump is going to tweet something real nasty now SummerSnow Jan 2018 #25

I still will see him in the WH as a bad dream. It's so hard for my brain to grasp. C Moon Jan 2018 #26

I hope that means his loss of income Hav Jan 2018 #28

Trump will say he never met Bannon ... Puzzler Jan 2018 #29

I think he did already say that he only played a minor role MrPurple Jan 2018 #37

Trunp probably wouldn't even recognize him if they were in the same room. True_Blue Jan 2018 #51

The Deplorables belong to trump and not bannon Gothmog Jan 2018 #30

This is right up there with al Qaeda kicking ISIS out... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #32

It would have been better for Bannon to stick with the treason statement janterry Jan 2018 #33

its ironic that the book meant to destroy AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #34

Bannon should write his own book, and I bet he will FakeNoose Jan 2018 #47

Step Down? Really? Cheviteau Jan 2018 #35

If Dotard and the Rethugs go down in flames, will Bannon then look shrewd for having called it? MrPurple Jan 2018 #36

The stuff Bannon said in that book was from last year FakeNoose Jan 2018 #48

Yeah, that seems like his clearest career path MrPurple Jan 2018 #49

Another genius Maxheader Jan 2018 #38

F Bannon and all of his ilk JDC Jan 2018 #39

No more Mercer money for you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #40

until this man is finally in his grave DonCoquixote Jan 2018 #42

Waiting for Brietbart to DIE on the vine yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #44

So his radio show on Sirius... titaniumsalute Jan 2018 #46