This thread is better than any White House Press dinner. Trump cont

[Orlantina]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2907040-Our-bigly-armada-is-somewhere-Watch-out-gentleman-Trump-cont

As requested

Congress has been feeling its oats - a quick campaign to attempt to bring them back into line was to be expected.

Has Gorka confirmed?

Joy Reid‏Verified account @JoyAnnReid 3m3 minutes ago
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GOP source tells me the purge talk is real. McMaster not playing around. Rebekkah Mercer bargaining for Bannon. No soft landing for Anton.

Source adds: Stephen Miller hanging on by sucking up to Jared. Cohen Watnick still on McMaster's purge list.

Mercer can't bargain too hard.

interesting reading re Ivanka

thecorrespondent.com/6591/the-tale-of-the-dictators-daughter-and-her-prince/1864265121147-43ede0f9

Interesting indeed.

Has Ivana reappeared yet?

(Huff Post) Trump says election hacking was nothing to do with them:

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-election-hacking-nothing_us_5905f3b7e4b0bb2d086f397b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

More Huff Post - This one is about Trump's pipe dream of being able to sue the media for 'bad' stories:

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-media-libel-laws_us_5905e63fe4b0bb2d086f310f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

southpaw @nycsouthpaw

Duterte confirms he murdered three people during his term as mayor of Davao.

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Preet Bharara @PreetBharara
Admin attacks crime approach of NYC - America's safest large city - then invites admitted killer, Philippine Pres Duterte, to White House.

Reuters Top News @Reuters
White House defends Trump invitation to Duterte despite human rights criticism t.co/kteDcMGegs?amp=1

Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow

So Trump has invited the man who called President Obama a "son of a whore" and our ambassador a "gay son of a whore" to the WH?! I cannot…

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Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
Well... the murderous autocrat did geenlight a Trump condo in his capitol, and Ivanka got a modeling gig out of it so...

NBCNews
Deal on Government Funding Reached, Averting Shutdown
www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/amp/deal-government-funding-reached-averting-shutdown-n753086

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Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
Clear win for Democrats: no $ for a wall/deportation force, no cuts to sanctuary cities, PR gets Medicaid expansion.

Caroline O. @RVAwonk
OMFG --> Trump was planning to time his announcement about withdrawing from #NAFTA to ruin the #WHCD on Saturday.
t.co/QgjE6xmFiu?amp=1

Peter Brack @peterbrack

Assistant to POTUS models in an ad for POTUS's new Tower in Manila. President of Philippines just got WH invite.

Martina Navratilova @Martina
Mike Pence Claims Trump Didn't Change His Stance On NATO — Rather, NATO Changed- right Mike- NATO changed overnight t.co/VZX91dCZPP?amp=1

Caroline O. @RVAwonk
Pay attention to this. Please. --> White nationalists believe Trump "has been nudging them to commit violence."
t.co/8No65bBDlD?amp=1

Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff
Day 101, a lot like Day 1. @POTUS attacks press, claims hacking could have been China, and won't release taxes. No change. No growth.

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Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind
1/2 Trump clashes with:
Canada
Mexico
Germany
Australia
Sweden
Norway
S Korea

Trump gets along well with:
Duterte
Ergodan
Putin
Assad (for a bit)
Sisi

Notice a pattern here?
Democracies and authoritarian regimes!

The Hill @thehill

Biden's upcoming schedule sparks rumors of a 2020 run t.co/gPbf7Kct19?amp=1

Tony Posnanski @tonyposnanski
Sebastian Gorka is leaving White House

I did Nazi this coming

There's speculation about Zuckerberg too.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/29/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-dinner-ohio-family

Meanwhile, the Young Turks are at the "God help us all" stage.

Gorka go?

Laurence Tribe‏Verified account @tribelaw 6h6 hours ago
Blaming the Constitution can be a precursor to trashing it openly: Trump blames it for chaos of his first 100 days www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/trump-blames-constitution-for-first-100-days-chaos-presidency?CMP=share_btn_tw …

Oh FFS. Because the UK really needs this, right??

Telegraph News‏Verified account @TelegraphNews 25m25 minutes ago
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Tony Blair announces his return to politics - and hints at starting a new anti-Brexit movement www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/01/tony-blair-announces-return-politics-hints-starting-new-anti/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

What's the betting that Melania Trump has a fantasy in which the administration follows its own rules and makes an example of her?

www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/04/27/trump_supreme_court_deportation_citizenship_argument_might_cover_melania.html