I never met someone from NM to discuss MN. Honest. Trump thread cont

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So.... Is the whole sorry facade starting to slip?

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Review: Trump tweeted that this new immigration book is a ‘must read.’ So I read it — and you must not. wapo.st/2m5OvYn

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Per the WH pool, Trump "might hit a few balls" today at the course

Mashable - Facebook now officially marks 'fake news' as 'disputed.

People rolling their eyes over a central organisation having the power to start labelling stuff as fake, but I feel like this can only be a good move, with auto-tags of "disputed by Snopes and Politico" etc.

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Bannon is working closely with Trump on combating what he calls the "deep state" in intel comm, per multiple people at WH

And by now, those 'multiple people' would all be part of the incoming administration?

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Before leaving for Mar-a-Lago yesterday, Pres. Trump summoned some senior staff to the Oval Office and went "ballistic," sources tell @ABC.

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Trump was known for years to tape calls in his own offices. And during campaign, staffers fretted their offices were bugged.

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1/ The wiretaps that Donald Trump "just found out" about have been reported for weeks. I'm going to summarize here some of the discussion.

2/ @LouiseMensch broke the news for @heatstreet that a FISA warrant was granted to explore Donald's Russia Ties heatst.com/world/exclusive-fbi-granted-fisa-warrant-covering-trump-camps-ties-to-russia/ … pic.twitter.com/ixedz3TuTx

3/ The @guardian's @julianborger reported on the FISA warrant again when the Steele dossier news broke in January www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts … pic.twitter.com/CX0PAGTDs7
4/ Republicans who have defended surveillance powers are now critical of it especially following Flynn's resignation theintercept.com/2017/02/15/after-michael-flynns-resignation-surveillance-defenders-suddenly-care-about-wiretap-abuse/ … pic.twitter.com/PgYLhfj1bQ

5/ And just this week Donald's administration announced it had no intention of curtailing FISA www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fisa-idUSKBN16855P … pic.twitter.com/jXGbWoUqJ2

6/ When @LouiseMensch reported on the FISA tap, she included details that implicated Putin's own daughters, Carter Page and Paul Manafort. pic.twitter.com/TgeO9x1NvC

7/ This week @SenCoonsOffice suggested the transcripts that the FBI has may prove collusion with Russia. www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/sen-coons-attorney-general-sessions-lied-to-the-senate-889587267708 …

8/ Coons has been one of the staunchest critics of surveillance powers, having introduced bills to reign in FISA …

9/ Back to Donald. Wiretapping him was not illegal, full stop. And it suggests the court had reason to permit it. twitter.com/20committee/status/838001204206649344 …

10/ Donald's tweets this morning are a helpful reminder that he was under investigation, possibly for espionage. twitter.com/davidfrum/status/837999403436736513 …

Thanks for posting those tweets from Justin Hendrix in the correct order, Ginger. You are a

From the NY Time

Mr. Trump’s aides declined to clarify whether the president’s explosive allegations were based on briefings from intelligence or law enforcement officials or on something else, like a news report.

A spokesman for Mr. Obama did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though officials from his administration called Mr. Trump’s accusation shocking and untrue. They pointed to longstanding laws and procedures intended to ensure that presidents cannot wiretap a rival for political purposes

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Mort haha I had to go back and check - I thought "oh man!! I put them in the wrong order, I'll bet!!"

So, has someone taped those phone calls to Putin that Donald had decided not to record officially, unlike other calls?
Good.

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It would have been difficult for federal agents, working within the law, to obtain a wiretap order to target Mr. Trump’s phone conversations. It would have meant that the Justice Department had gathered sufficient evidence to persuade a federal judge that there was probable cause to believe he had committed a serious crime or was an agent of a foreign power, depending on whether it was a criminal investigation or a foreign intelligence one.

In one message, which Mr. Trump sent from his Palm Beach, Fla., resort at 6:35 a.m., the president said he had “just found out” that his phones had been tapped before the election. Speculation online quickly turned to the possibility that Mr. Trump had been reading an article on the Breitbart News site or listening to the conservative radio host Mark Levin; both have embraced the theory in recent days.

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BREAKING: Neither Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen: Obama spokesman

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Imagine if u honestly uncovered a Watergate-level scandal abt yr own presidency, but then 30 min later got bored & started tweeting about TV

BREAKING: Neither Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen: Obama spokesman

Well, someone's lying......Or is being less than honest with the truth.

Maybe Michelle did it?

Arnie's response.

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Barack Obama spokesman says President Trump's claims of wire tapping are 'simply false' bbc.in/2m8sF8t