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Only been 4 days since the last one.

Claude Taylor removed earlier tweet but now says SCIF hearing held at EDVA

Still awaiting details

Conflicting reports re EDVA being closed.
Interesting Obama/Boente tweets

Phil McNamara‏
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I'm being replaced @DHSgov by #SheriffClarke. My job was to work with state and local officials. Clarke says he wants to strangle #Democrats

So much for Sheriff Clarke's ability to work with #Democratic governors and mayors, he is too polarizing and calls critics #snowflakes

His department is being investigated for an inmate death because they refused to give the inmate water, he died of #dehydration

The job is massive, the issues are complex and nuanced, and requires political tact and ability to build relationships, he can't do that

#SheriffClarke will take an entirely different approach to job than @juliettekayyem @BetsyMarkey and I ever did.

I guess he's getting out of Milwaukee before the voters fire him. In recent polling 62% of votes disapproved of his job as #sheriff

Asked about working with Democrats Clarke said he wants to grab them by their throats, I never said that about GOP electeds I worked with

I feel bad for my career staff @DHSgov, also bad for groups like @NatlGovsAssoc @usmayors, will he really be their #advocate inside DHS?

Also why did #SheriffClarke travel to #Russia in 2015 to meet with one of #putin's deputies? And who paid for trip?

Well I can say that I've never been sued by the @ACLU and I've never traveled to Russia to meet with a Putin deputy

Daily Beast article on likely forthcoming treatment of 'leakers'.

DOJ - ready to find and prosecute

Bruce Bartlett‏ @BruceBartlett 8m8 minutes ago
Orrin Hatch lets cat out of the bag--GOP opposition to Obamacare never had anything to do with individual mandate. morningconsult.com/2017/05/17/hatch-says-hes-open-keeping-obamacares-individual-mandate/ …

Reports it was locked at 1 but reopened.

Dockets of judges cleared. Now filled again.

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.@jeffzeleny & @mkraju report that Sessions and @Reince45 recommended @JohnCornyn for the FBI job. Was leading contender before dropping out

Marshals approved against many but all sealed.

Basically gun is loaded, primed and they're taking aim.....

Here

@lauferlaw translates:

FBI or federal Marshals plan to apprehend defendants has been approved by the court and their executing warrants per @TrueFactsStated

Shree ✊🏾 ❤️ 🇺🇸‏Verified account @shreec 1h1 hour ago
BREAKING: DeVos' ed budget has been leaked.

It's awful & will harm children and young adults.

Analysis thread👇🏾

www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trumps-first-full-education-budget-deep-cuts-to-public-school-programs-in-pursuit-of-school-choice/2017/05/17/2a25a2cc-3a41-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html …

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JUST IN: Attorney General Jeff Sessions spotted arriving at the White House, following Trump interviews with four FBI director picks.

Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 8m8 minutes ago
Watch: DHS chief caught on hot mic suggesting Trump use sword 'on the press' wapo.st/2pVdheQ

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FBI director candidates: Acting dir Andrew McCabe, Frank Keating, Richard McFeely, and Joe Lieberman, according to Spicer, re pool report.

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Joe Lieberman is sr counsel at Kasowitz, a firm that represents Trump in a wide range of his personal litigation: www.kasowitz.com/joseph-i-lieberman/ …

Hope and anchor:

newrepublic.com/article/142719/trump-really-screwed-james-comey-tapes-memo

It wouldn't surprise me if Trump started a 'small war' somewhere to distract people from this week's events.

We seem not to be talking about Trump accusing Obama of wire tapping him. It's amazing how much has happened and been forgotten about.

Michelle Kosinski
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This is How Your Government Responds to Unfavorable News Coverage
Monday night, as the story of the President giving classified information to the Russians was in full evolution, I get a call from this guy:
RC Hammond, the State Department’s communications advisor, who had his facts wrong about what was reported and by whom.
But he kicked off the conversation with a venomously irate “What the hell are you doing??!!”
Followed up with full-on DEMANDS—over and over, and over again—to tell him who my sources were. He kept pushing, as if he thought this was ample reason. Then, “Why won’t you tell me who they are?” he bellowed repeatedly, again demanding I at least tell him what jobs they held at State, or in what areas.
I had to explain to him that wasn’t how it worked.
This, mind you, is someone employed by the US government to act as a communications professional.
But he went for another approach: personal attacks. Saying I was losing the “shred of credibility I had left,” etc.
Not sure what he was trying to accomplish here, but next came Hammond’s final attempt: threats.
That he would make sure NO ONE no one at the department would speak to me, EVER AGAIN, he proclaimed.
I asked Hammond to name one time he had ever shared information with me or responded to a single email I’ve ever sent him (this has been a problem here that has been discussed among journalists, and Hammond told me to my face two weeks ago a flat “no” when I asked him if he ever answered emails.)
“Well maybe there’s a reason for that,” he spat into the phone.
Me: “Ok and what would that be.”
Hammond: “WE don’t think you’re smart enough to HANDLE OUR information!!!!
So when you wonder why it seems information might be a bit—ahem—lacking, contradictory, or confusing coming from your own government, just recall the immortal words of RC Hammond:
“WE don’t think you’re SMART ENOUGH to HANDLE our information!!!!!”
And that should pretty much explain it.

The Hill @thehill
Tillerson: "No way to know" if Russians bugged Oval Office during meeting t.co/sOQRuwsG6z?amp=1

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JUST IN: Secretary of State Tillerson will accompany President Trump on travel to Riyadh, Jerusalem, Rome, and Brussels. via @StateDept

Ah, and he works alone... without press. Wonder if they'll ban the press from it?

Hunter Walker @hunterw
Trump supporters just got this fundraising text message with a quote from the president: "They are trying to SABOTAGE us!"

He's back on Twitter. Bigging himself up again.

I don't think it can be small, I fear, Orlantina. It would be a classic tactic though.

A Special Counsel for Russia Investigation has been appointed (from the DoJ).

CNN Politics @CNNPolitics

UK PM Theresa May says the UK will continue to work with the US despite reports Trump shared classified intel t.co/0F0HrdVHyf?amp=1

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Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
Sounds wise, Madam Prime Minister. Very wise... I'm sure your intelligence services thank you.

I don't think he wrote that, Roussette.