The slog of this authoritarian shitshow is grinding us all down. My inspiration has gone into hiding with Melania. Knock yourselves out! (Trump cont.)

[boatyardblues]

Does what it says on the tin. 🤷‍♂️

Here’s the last thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3258057-I-Spy-with-My-Little-Eye-Something-Beginning-with-T-Traitorous-Treasonweasels-in-Trumptown-Trump-contd

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

keep persisting.

[PerkingFaintly]

Grinding on here, with refreshments to keep us going:

Thank you so much for the new thread.

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

Thanks Boatyard. Authoritarian shitshow just about covers it. I wonder what this thread will bring? We can but hope

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

I can bring smoked cheese and dates but that's EXACTLY what I brought to the table last time. One snack pony, me.

[boatyardblues]

You’ve just reminded me I have in the kitchen.

[PerkingFaintly]

And this is a problem... how, Bette?

[AcrossthePond55]

Checking in, thanks for the new thread.

Anxiously awaiting the final primary results and the drop of the next episode of Handmaid's Tale, both probably occurring at about the same time on the West Coast. Nothing ironic about that, is there?

[lionheart]

Thank you for the new thread title, boatyard. I read the end of it as Trump c*nt which would be entirely in keeping, obviously, but really means I need to find my glasses.

[lionheart]

I have dim sum -- although maybe we will need those for the Singapore summit. [smile[

[lionheart]

Glasses!

[lionheart]

Reuters Business
‏Verified account
@ReutersBiz

'EXCLUSIVE: ZTE has signed an agreement in principle with U.S. that would lift Commerce Department ban; U.S. will claim penalty of as much as $1.7 billion - sources'

[lionheart]

edition.cnn.com/2018/06/05/politics/kelly-sadler-white-house/index.html

'Kelly Sadler, the White House communications aide who made a imprudent comment about Republican Sen. John McCain's health last month, no longer works in the administration, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.'

[lionheart]

De Vos doing her thing again.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal school safety commission set up after the deadly shooting at a Florida high school will not examine the role of guns in school violence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday.

[Roussette]

Thanks lots boatyard for thread.

I watched a bit of that Betsy DeVos interview, god that woman is nauseating, grinning like a jackass whilst talking about gun deaths in schools and not even remotely answering the questions. She has the sort of face I would like to slap (not advocating this is a thing to do!)

Watching Trump try and sing God Bless America has given me the biggest laugh today. God Bless America, la la la la, smile, grin, thing, la la. He looked soooo stupid

There is speculation there were few Eagles fans and many staffers and interns

[Gumpendorf]

I came to post the video of Betsy's statement, per se.

Sen. Leahy: Will your school safety commission look at the role of firearms?

Sec. DeVos: "That is not part of the commission's charge, per se."

Leahy: "So you're studying gun violence but not considering the role of guns?"

DeVos: "We're actually studying school safety."

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1004089993168654338/video/1

Thanks for the new thread, boatyard. It's now hard to remember the normality before Trump and his corrupt chums occupied our lives.

[lionheart]

This is powerful.

mementos

'Photographer Andres Gonzalez's passion project might break your heart. He has spent the past five years documenting mass shootings at American schools.

But not in the way you might expect: There are no landscapes of school yards, crying teenagers, terrified parents or yellow police tape.

Gonzalez has traveled to communities where school shootings have taken place and sifted through archives of the tangible pieces of grief left behind: handwritten letters, crosses, Stars of David, candles with icons, angels, photographs, painted portraits, teddy bears, T-shirts, deflated balloons, origami cranes — a symbol of hope and healing with its roots in Japanese culture.'

[Lweji]

It is!!!

Thanks for the new thread, even if I need to keep some distance atm.

[BertrandRussell]

Is there a sensible theory about what's going on with Melania?

[Quantumblue]

Lovely thread title. We cannot lose hope.

[lionheart]

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/robert-mueller-paul-manafort-latest-filing?mbid=social_twitter

[ohmymimi]

Lovely new thread, thank you, boat.
That's an interesting comment about attendees at the flag/anthem do, Roussette. I noticed it was a very white gathering. Noticed the same about the Memorial Day attendees at Arlington. Then I recalled the pic. of the new cohort of WH interns. Bloody regressive.

[boatyardblues]

Thanks for being so generous about the crappy thread title. 😆 You guys are the best!

[BoreOfWhabylon]

Thanks boat

[ohmymimi]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/05/robert-kennedy-assassination-nra-50-years-success

[PerkingFaintly]

Sorry, Bertrand, I haven't seen anything helpful about Melania.

Her recent non-appearance could have been because of something innocuous like cosmetic surgery, but she's not going to the G7 in Canada either. So .