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

ami I thought this was a good segment on the jobs reports:

Donald Trump is now living in fear www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/donald-trump-is-now-living-in-fear-895473731944 via @msnbc

It will be interesting the next time there's a press conference. He is bound to be asked about Obama

I have a bit more time now.

Here's What Global Building Companies Say About Designing Trump's Wall
So far, few of the firms that have expressed interest in the border wall project have the resources to pull it off.

Note that the deadline for the 10th of March has been extended to the 20th.

"An official at another international building company echoed that sentiment. “We have no interest in the border wall,” said the official, who was not authorized to speak for the entire firm. “As most builders know, it’s suicide.""

www.citylab.com/design/2017/03/heres-what-global-building-companies-say-about-designing-trumps-wall/518475/

Federal judge refuses to apply previous travel ban stay to Trump's new order
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/323517-federal-judge-refuses-to-apply-previous-travel-ban-stay-to

Interesting article on trade.

Well, this is sudden. I don't always agree with Owen Jones but I think it is a shame he has felt the need to walk away completely from social medis. I hope he can take a break and find less exhausting ways to say what he wants to say.

Owen Jones quits social media, blaming 'frothing keyboard warriors'
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/owen-jones-quits-social-media-keyboard-warriors-labour-party-jeremy-corbyn-momentum-a7624311.html

He won't 'walk away'.

There's already been one judge that has overruled the travel ban for a particular family that is partway through the refugee process. I will link it if I find it again - was on my phone earlier and spotted it.

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|@nypost editorial: Firing US Attorney Preet Bharara is a "big mistake." nypost.com/2017/03/10/hey-mr-president-dont-fire-us-attorney-preet-bharara/ …

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Major health insurer backs GOP's Obamacare repeal bill politi.co/2mu4gIU

Anthem. I guess that puts them in "bottom feeder" category. Willing to make money no matter what it does to people's lives.

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Trump, who promised to “end forever” such “rampant, widespread H-1B abuse," has yet to address the matter: usat.ly/2na9YCR

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Turkey says all deals with EU in jeopardy if no visa liberalization reut.rs/2mwOIWq

Maybe he thought that being POTUS would be easy? (Lots of grandstanding interspersed with some 'fun'.)

It's not.

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AP: Flynn's representatives had a second talk with @White House counsel after inauguration, making clear he'd register as a foreign agent.

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Bob Jervis does not traffic in hyperbole, which makes this essay critiquing Tillerson all the more damning. foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/10/rex-tillerson-might-be-the-weakest-secretary-of-state-ever/ …

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Shabbat’s not the reason Trump tweets on Saturdays politi.co/2n9ft4G via @AnnieKarni

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Muhammad Ali’s son held up at D.C. airport after testifying about first detainment
wapo.st/2lNza25

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Yes, President Trump continues to use his violent private security detail inside the White House www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/10/just-another-three-hours-at-the-trump-white-house/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.142276fba19b …

The House of Cards appreciates Spicer's gesture with the flag.

House of Cards ✔ @HouseofCards
Your loyalty has not gone unnoticed. twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/840273860327018496 …
7:19 PM - 10 Mar 2017

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author of GULAG and IRON CURTAIN, among others. Washington Post columnist. Visiting Professor, LSE Institute of Global Affairs. CEPA fellow.
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Roger Stone was in contact with the Russians who hacked the DNC but it was innocuous and he forgot about it. Really. m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/10/roger-stone-trump-confidant-acknowledges-innocuous/?platform=hootsuite …

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Bush ethics lawyer knocks Trump Russia ties: "KGB agents running around the West Wing" hill.cm/d18y0cA

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Trump’s #MuslimBan denounced by 134 security experts - it "weakens US security and undermines US global leadership"
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Maryland becomes 5th state to sue Trump over travel ban hill.cm/DvvFL8c

Meanwhile in the UK...

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Young people without a permanent home are obstructed from voting, while the Governemnt help rich expats register ind.pn/2mLYzZ6

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been invited to the White House by Donald #Trump for peace talks trib.al/ftte9Pe