100 days in - congrats to us all for keeping sane on the Trump train

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The Trump thread continued. We are all LEGENDS!

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GRAHAM: why here? gives TL of info re Russia 2016 election interference; goals 1) validating findings in bipartisan way; 2) "unmasking."

WHITEHOUSE: summarizing TL of Russia involvement and IC investigations into links AND coordination between Trump campaign and Russia.

Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind
"Facts not disputed by any serious person" LOL @SenWhitehouse on Russian modes of hacking. #SallyYates

This is
Strong stuff! Now outlining how
Russia uses funds to manipulate people and now is talking about how the trump's are involved with Russia!

Citing trump's children's tweets and now talking about Kushner. Lost connection for a bit so slightly out of context

Compared this situation to watergate : previously we weee concerned about an 18 minute gap, now we're faced with an unexplained 18 day gap

WHITEHOUSE: "The President and his administration have yet to take responsibility" for these concerns and questions re ties to Russia.

WHITEHOUSE: "Of course, President Trump could clarify these questions by releasing his business and personal tax returns."

Anyone else planning on watching Dispatches on Channel 4 at 8pm? It's about Trump's connections to disgraced Dr Andrew Wakefield (he of the MMR/Autism debacle)

CLAPPER: Due to "some executive privilege requested by the White House there are limits to what I can discuss."

(Clapper is the previous head of the FBI)

@juliettekayyem
Clapper makes unnecessary but well understood statement: Republican platforms were hacked but never released by wikileaks.

Is Clapper the bald guy with blue tie talking now? (Found livestream on YouTube, but got to put kids to bed shortly & then phone a poorly relative.)

SOrry, clapper was the former director
Of national intelligence

Strong start from Yates. Go Sally!

Ranking member
Feinstein: what did they know and when did they know it.

!

(Bedtime stories break - will be resuming on delayed stream)

Clapper seems very antsy and Yates seems very calm.

It's all go tonight.

Facebook - the secret election weapon
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39830727

I've just missed this Panorama, but will be watching on catch-up.

to the live-narrators. I can't seem to get the Sally Yates vid working (and would struggle to concentrate).

Oh, it's working now. May try to listen for short bursts.

Ari Melber‏Verified account @AriMelber now4 seconds ago
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BREAKING: Yates says at her second WH meeting about Flynn, WH counsel asked whether Flynn had committed federal crimes.

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GRASSLEY: Asking lots of diversionary questions about unmasking of Trump or his associates and leaking of confidential information.

If you have CNN it's live

Me Grassley has the weirdest accent - ryshins!

Yates confirming basically that she warned the WH and the same day she was fired. Not Flynn.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm
Bracing to see the questions originate at Breitbart and make their way all the way to Sen. Grassley.