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How Kelly could really end White House chaos
Despite President Trump’s proclamation that there is no chaos in the White House, new chief of staff John Kelly has a lot to do. Yahoo News talked to experts to find out what Kelly needs to do to ensure his tenure is longer than that of his predecessor.
'Where I grew up we’re front-stabbers': 15 of Anthony Scaramucci's best quotes
Anthony Scaramucci was White House Communications Director for just 10 days, since July 21, but managed to develop a cult of personality in his short time in the spotlight. Mr Scaramucci's 1980s boardroom slang, strong language, frequent references to his blue-collar Long Island childhood and ability to conjure up impactful mental images - as well as his acrimonious divorce - have helped him garner headlines across the world. Here are a few of his best quotes: A timeline of Anthony Scaramucci's fall from grace 02:06 1. "Do you know how many congressional liaisons we are going to have? I don’t either, but I told Pence, it should be four times whatever Obama had. I don’t know how many he had, but I’m telling you that didn’t work out." 2. Talking to a reporter: “How old are you? You look good. No lines on your face. What are you, a Sagittarius?” "I’m a Leo." “F***ing king of the jungle!” 3. "Let's go get a steak sometime," said while throwing his arm around a reporter who visited Mr Scaramucci at the West Wing. Scaramucci's 15 second cameo in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 00:26 4. "You're from New York, I'm from New York, the president is from New York." 5. "You know what this nation is? It's a disruptive start-up. It was a group of rich guys that got together and said 'you know what? We're going to break away from the other countries and start our own country.'" 6. "I said to the president this morning, I can't afford to be a sycophant to you." Trumps Comms director: "I have no idea about chlorine-rinsed chicken" 00:35 7. "I can tell you two fish that don't stink. That's me and the president. " 8. "One of the things I can't stand about this town is the back-stabbing. Where I grew up we’re front-stabbers." 9. "Let's get the gun on the bird and talk about what's going on." Scaramucci: leakers would have been hanged 150 years ago 00:44 10. "I speak with the right pronouns. It's 'we' and 'our.' It's never 'me' or 'I.'" 11. “Reince is a f***ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci said. Doing an impression of him, he added: “‘Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the f***ing thing and see if I can c**k-block these people the way I c**k-blocked Scaramucci for six months.’" 12. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c**k.” Anthony Scaramucci: 'President Trump has really good karma' 01:59 13. "I was teasing you. It was sarcastic. It was one Italian to another." 14. ".@SHSanders45 killing it from the podium! Hair and make up is on me going forward as long as you don't take all my hairspray!" 15. “Let me tell you something about myself. I am a straight shooter.”
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Kenyan voting official found dead as opposition cries foul ahead of general election
Kenya’s opposition said it had abandoned all hope of a free and fair general election next week after a key official responsible for protecting the vote from electronic manipulation was found dead. The apparent murder of Chris Msando, the electoral commission’s acting technology director, raised fears that an already acrimonious poll could be marred by the type of violence that killed 1,300 people in Kenya ten years ago. Two days after Mr Msando’s disappearance, colleagues at the commission said they had formally identified his battered body after finding it at a mortuary in the capital Nairobi. Wafula Chebukati, the commission’s chairman, said it was clear that Mr Msando “had been tortured” before his death. There were injuries to the dead man’s head, back and belly, deep cuts on both hands and one arm appeared to be broken, according to witnesses who saw the corpse. Unidentified relatives of Chris Musando, cry after seeing his body at the city mortuary, in Nairobi With tension already mounting ahead of next Tuesday’s election, Mr Msando’s death could undermine the credibility of the result even though there is as yet no proof to link the killing to the vote. Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, has already repeatedly accused Uhuru Kenyatta, the president, of trying to rig the vote in order to secure a second five-year term. Salim Lone, Mr Odinga’s spokesman, said that the killing had removed the “one last hope” of an honest election. “It is unbelievable,” he said. “It shows that those who want to subvert this election will stop at nothing to achieve their goal and they do not care if Kenyans know what they are doing.” Mr Msando held the encryption codes that ensured the integrity of results transmitted from polling stations to the electoral commission’s central headquarters. Were the codes to be compromised, the results could potentially be tampered with — although observers also said that any such fraud would be quickly identified. Campaign posters of candidates for the role of local representative are seen on a water tank in the Barut ward, Nakuru Credit: REUTERS Mr Msando had only recently been appointed to the post after the suspension of his predecessor, James Muhati, who was accused by auditors of impeding them from assessing electronic systems. In a country deeply divided by tribal animosities, suspicions have been further fuelled by the ethnicity of the two men. Mr Muhati is a Kikuyu, like the president, while Mr Msando is a Luhya, an ethnic federation that mostly supports the opposition. The death is the latest in a series of mysterious killings blamed — not always credibly, critics say — by the opposition on the government. Mr Kenyatta, who holds a narrow advantage in opinion polls, has accused his rival of making unsubstantiated claims and has persistently denied any plan to rig the election. Nonetheless Kenya has a history of questionable elections. The most dubious was in 2007 which led to widespread ethnic violence after a badly flawed poll saw Mr Odinga beaten into second place. Amid fears of a repeat, some people — particularly Mr Msando’s fellow Luhyas — have begun fleeing slums in Nairobi for the countryside.
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