Tap Dancing around the Truth with Trump - 44 days in for POTUS 45.

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The Trump thread, continued from here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2867981-I-never-met-someone-from-NM-to-discuss-MN-Honest-Trump-thread-cont?watched=1&msgid=67412870#67412870

The 'Russian connections' are getting to him, Ginger. It's a 'distancing' manoeuvre.

The Hill‏Verified account @thehill now4 seconds ago
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White House struggles to defend Trump's unfounded wiretapping allegation: hill.cm/ba5d6jS

How I'd love the Trump bots of 6 months ago to explain all these twists and turns.

They swore that Crimea wanted to be Russian.

That Hillary was a hawk and would lead the US (us, NATO) into war with Russia.

Well... ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

There will be much 'talking' going on in the corridors right now. When Comey came out with that blunt statement, many people will have listened.

I'm starting to agree with Trump on waterboarding.

Perhaps then he'd admit that he doesn't know what he's doing and tweeting bollocks.

Bradd Jaffy‏Verified account @BraddJaffy 1m1 minute ago
FBI Director Comey just pulled out of his appearance at #SXSW pic.twitter.com/qEW08O1P9l

AnneFrankCenter(US)‏Verified account @AnneFrankCenter 4m4 minutes ago
In response to today's threats of violence to Jewish institutions, statement of Steven Goldstein, Executive... fb.me/19fe7n5j5

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Wikileaks is calling it the "largest ever publication of confidential documents" on the CIA: usat.ly/2n1v3Mu (Getty) #Vault7

Ah, something I hadn't thought of, but that is a distinct possibility...re GOP health care plan

Brian Klaas‏Verified account @brianklaas 2h2 hours ago
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@realDonaldTrump @foxandfriends Will phase 2 and 3 also undo phase 1, which reduces coverage for poor people and cuts taxes for the rich?

Impeach Trump Now.‏ @TomWellborn 4m4 minutes ago
Former Trump employee: @realDonaldTrump admitted to illegally wiretapping his employees - Palmer Report www.palmerreport.com/politics/former-trump-employee-donald-trump-admitted-wiretapping-phones-employees/1811/ …

Well - 'apparently' for certain health insurance executives, that's already in.

Joe Ranft‏ @jranft 11h11 hours ago
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@kyledcheney The Obamacare penalty was $690 per year to the IRS. The Trumpcare penalty is $3600 paid to insurance companies.

Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 48s48 seconds ago
ADL reporting multiple new bomb threats at offices this AM—meanwhile, the FBI is investigating a threat to a JCC in Rochester, NY. pic.twitter.com/pjdyGPT602

@realDonaldTrump admitted to illegally wiretapping his employees

So maybe someone found taps on Trump tower, asked Trump, and he's blaming it on Obama?

'Apparently' - as I haven't read the original yet:

"Generally, employers may deduct the remunerations paid to employees as ‘ordinary and necessary’ business expenses,” the draft bill, introduced Monday evening, noted. “Obamacare added a limitation for certain health insurance providers that exceeds $500,000 paid to officer, director, or employee. This section repeals the limit on the deduction of a covered health insurance provider for compensation attributable to services performed by an applicable individual starting in 2018.”

Peter Alexander‏Verified account @PeterAlexander 1m1 minute ago
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BREAKING: It's happening again... at least 4 more Jewish community centers received bomb threats today: Miami, Rochester, Milwaukee...

Newsweek‏Verified account @Newsweek 3m3 minutes ago
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Alec Baldwin might be retiring his Donald Trump impersonation on SNL bit.ly/2mez1Bz

The Independent‏Verified account @Independent 1m1 minute ago
Government votes down plan to help more child refugees ind.pn/2lAsyng pic.twitter.com/HNJQwgXdWP

In fairness to Baldwin, I reckon that 45 is very difficult to caricature?

Oh bloody hell about the child refugees in the UK. From that link:

A cross-party bid to force Theresa May to accept more child refugees from Europe has failed, despite a Conservative revolt.

The Government defeated an attempt to force ministers to take up offers from local councils eager to accept more unaccompanied children fleeing conflicts.

There was uproar last month when the Home Office suddenly axed the so-called ‘Dubs scheme’ to bring in 3,000 refugees from Europe – when just 350 have arrived.

Ministers have been accused of ignoring evidence that town halls are willing to make thousands more places available, with the right funding.

But the bid – led by Conservative backbencher Heidi Allen – to force ministers to properly audit local council capacity was lost by 287 votes to 267, a Government majority of 20.

I know these have been posted earlier

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 2h
I am working on a new system where there will be competition in the Drug Industry. Pricing for the American people will come way down!

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 2h
Don't worry, getting rid of state lines, which will promote competition, will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout. @foxandfriends

He's back with his competition idea from the campaign. That is his only idea on healthcare and the only one he can deal with.

He just doesn't understand what being POTUS is all about, does he?

Got it in one, cozie - but that's why he was voted in, because he wasn't a Washington "insider". Breath of fresh air, my backside.

I'm just so tired of it all.

The release of the ACA replacement bill now adds another ball to juggle in the 'Trumph Achilles Heel' watch. As a 'strategy' it's not bad. Give us so many things to want to protest, to write letters about, to tweet and FB the truth about, and hopefully we'll be overwhelmed and just give up.

I just have to keep repeating (to paraphrase) "Nevertheless, WE WILL persist!".

My son's doing pretty well Dum, he's beginning to put things in perspective and realize that you can only do what you can do. And that you shouldn't waste energy 'catastrophizing' (if that's even a word) when you can use that energy constructively. And that no effort is futile, even if it doesn't succeed. It's the fact that you cared enough to stand up for others.

Surprise, surprise, surprise. (in my best Gomer Pyle voice)

Chad Sarno‏ @Wanderer19 1m1 minute ago
NYTimes: G.O.P. Repeal Bill Would Cut Funding for Poor and Taxes on Rich nyti.ms/2mzaeL6 #p2 #TheResistance #Obamacare