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You can read this thread anywhere. Even in a Florida resort. It's a secure thread. Trump cont.

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amispartacus · 15/02/2017 13:10

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2852511-This-thread-will-see-you-in-court-Again-Trump-watch

I had a million thread titles to choose from....Grin

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illegitimateMortificadospawn · 15/02/2017 23:35

My DH is really taken with the MN cast of characters, especially Angry Spice. They are used IRL as well as on here.

GingerIvy · 15/02/2017 23:35

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Explosive allegations against Fox News out of a New York State courtroom this afternoon...

2/ Attorney for suspended host Andrea Tantaros said in court there was "compelling evidence" Fox conducted electronic surveillance agst her

3/ Jud Burstein, the lawyer, also said prosecutors had subpoenaed one of his other clients as part of federal investigation into Fox News

4/ Burstein said in the courtroom that another client had been subpoenaed in the inquiry.

4a/ Outside courtroom, Burstein told NPR's @nickfountain he spoke to prosecutors from USAtty for Southern Dist NY's securities fraud unit

5/ Each claim - the alleged illegal surveillance & securities fraud inquiry - are fraught for Fox News & for parent co 21st C Fox

6/ The allegations that Fox News would have had Tantaros' private email/phones hacked raise troubling echoes of News Corp UK tabloid scandal

7/ Securities inquiry appears to focus on payments made by Fox News to women who accused fmr Fox News chairman Ailes of sexual harassment

cozietoesie · 15/02/2017 23:37

Oh Dear. Smile

illegitimateMortificadospawn · 15/02/2017 23:40

I know Conway is a lying unprincipled horror, but I would kinda miss her if she got completely sidelined. With the addition of "alternative facts" to the English language, she does bring a certain something to the table.

GingerIvy · 15/02/2017 23:40

Kurt Eichenwald ‏*@kurteichenwald* 10m10 minutes ago
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I'll be on @TheLastWord w/ @Lawrence on @MSNBC tonight at 10 ET, discussing US allies intel ops against Trump staff.

cozietoesie · 15/02/2017 23:41

In today's White House, she needs to put her hair up. A French pleat or something.

Lweji · 15/02/2017 23:48

Breitbart also "fake news"?

Bannon "livid" with suggestions that Priebus is on the way out. Yeah, I'm sure.

I think he may know about MN too, btw.

PS- Don't go sensible on me. Of course Jimmy reads MN.

cozietoesie · 15/02/2017 23:52

I don't know, Lweji. A close relationship on one day doesn't always mean a close relationship on the next day. Wink

cozietoesie · 15/02/2017 23:53

It's like old-style Kremlin-watching, this. Grin

Lweji · 15/02/2017 23:55

Still, how big is that list of fake news?
Fox has escaped so far, but even they seem to be putting some pressure.
Or they risk being left behind.

ZebraOwl · 15/02/2017 23:57

The Russians are also getting cross about Fake News: www.buzzfeed.com/miriamelder/russian-foreign-ministry-spokeswoman-denounces-fake-news?utm_term=.ln0L3qYD4v#.ln0L3qYD4v

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:01

Donald J. Trump ‏*@realDonaldTrump* 2m2 minutes ago
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Venezuela should allow Leopoldo Lopez, a political prisoner & husband of @liliantintori (just met w/ @marcorubio) out of prison immediately.

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:03

Guardian news ‏*@guardiannews* 53s53 seconds ago
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Seattle judge demands an explanation after undocumented 'dreamer' arrested

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/seattle-daca-dreamer-arrested-judge-trump-immigration?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Lweji · 16/02/2017 00:04

Grin at the idea that the Venezuelan government cares about tweets from Trump.

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:05

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BREAKING: House GOP votes to help Wall St block states from offering low-cost savings plans to millions of workers

www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/wall-street-wins-republicans-vote-block-states-offering-low-cost-retirement

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:05

Christopher Hayes ‏*@chrislhayes* 4h4 hours ago
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GOP was skittish about confirming someone with allegations of domestic abuse and yet voted for someone who bragged about sexual assault

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:08

Nicholas Kristof ‏*@NickKristof*

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Trump news is steadily more hair-raising! My new column argues that we now have to ask the Watergate question nyti.ms/2llcFQp Read!

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:08

owntown Josh Brown ‏*@ReformedBroker* 46m46 minutes ago
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Tonight on Hannity: Flynn did absolutely nothing wrong, which is why Trump was right to fire him.

cozietoesie · 16/02/2017 00:12

Oh that remark on Hannity is wicked! Wink

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:12

If he's going after those with Daca, it will get extremely ugly.

GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:13

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#BREAKING: FBI releases documents on '70s investigation into Trump apartments racial discrimination hill.cm/hZ4RuEk

Lweji · 16/02/2017 00:16

According to the Guardian:

Awaiting Senate approval:
Wilbur Ross (Commerce),
Rick Perry (Energy),
Ben Carson (Housing and Urban Development),
Ryan Zinke (Interior),
Linda McMahon (Small Business Association),
Sonny Perdue (Agriculture),
Mick Mulvaney (Office of Management and Budget director),
Robert Lighthizer (US trade representative),
Scott Pruitt (Environmental Protection Agency)

How many will get through?
I don't fancy Ben's, Scott's or Rick's chances considering the latest developments. I don't know of the others.

ZebraOwl · 16/02/2017 00:23

My only previous frame of reference for "Zakharova + mad"...

(Svetlana Zakharova so much FTW. Her idea of Fake News would probably be slamming traditionally-made pointe shoes & anyone who dares criticise Gaynor Mindens. [You wouldn't think a pointe shoe could be controversial, would you? You would be very VERY wrong. To the extent of my having emergency!Grishkos in case of again encountering someone batty enough to insist Gaynors Are Forbidden In Their Class. Mmmhmm.] And possibly controversy over co-ordination of arm & head movements for swans in "Swan Lake" - for some reason the Royal, BRB & - IIRC - ENB all have arms & heads in opposition while the French & Russians co-ordinate. It could all get a bit geopolitical I'm sure. And I'm definitely not going to go & hunt around on YouTube to try to do as wide-ranging a survey as possible. [Can't remember what ABT or National Ballet of China do. ABT have a hilarious prologue with a swan that looks like a comedy rubber chicken though...])

People were saying earlier it might not make a good film given the level of absurdity, but you could definitely get a good narrative ballet out of this madness. Hmm...

You can read this thread anywhere. Even in a Florida resort. It's a secure thread. Trump cont.
GingerIvy · 16/02/2017 00:40

Linda MacMahon was sworn in yesterday

Megatherium · 16/02/2017 01:18

Am also remembering that, after inauguration, El Trumpo gave his people (not sure which ones) thirty days to come up with a plan to vanquish ISIS.

He also said during the campaign that he could do it overnight. Given the way he keeps banging on about what a threat they represent, you'd think it would have been his first action if it were that easy.