Match your outfit with the drapes and no-one will see you are here.

[lionheart]

Watch and listen.

He does. But.

"Pence thrives in a vacuum of inattention......."

He wouldn't get that as President. 2018 is still critical.

Yes, agreed cozie. I'd also always be cautious of anyone for whom significant 'news; is preceded by a 'trailer'.

It's really odd, especially when the stakes are so high.

I don't think that they thought they'd actually do it. (Remember how close run it was in the end.) I reckon they hoped to have an embattled Clinton in power with an enraged Trump roaring around the country and - with luck - a Republican Congress. That would have been extremely destabilising as it was. But Trump won the electoral college after all.

Alt right press in Britain is on the turn against Trump:
www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/is-the-trump-presidency-in-its-last-days/

Yes - after a fashion.

Cameron Abadi‏*@CameronAbadi*
What would happen if Trump pardoned himself? @ProfBrianKalt has spent years thinking it through

foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/19/what-would-happen-if-trump-pardoned-himself-mueller-russia-investigation/
Can Trump Pardon Himself?
If the current president has proved anything, it’s that there’s a first time for everything

I have been writing about presidential self-pardons for years. My position has always been that they would be legally invalid. I have also believed that a self-pardon is unlikely to ever happen because there are too many incentives weighing against it. But I am not sure that applies to Trump, who has proved he has a high tolerance for personal risk and a taste for attempting the never-before attempted.

If you think the Trump situation is crackers and crazy now, just wait until we hit this. Its going to happen isn't it?!

He can't do it.

Prepare to cringe - dude has got no rhythm at all

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-39988492/trump-in-saudi-arabia-us-president-joins-ceremonial-sword-dance

I cannot watch that CaveMum because if I did, it would just be added to the very long list of things I cannot unsee.

No beavers in this neck of the woods. But just like the White House there are plenty of nuts and lots of squirrels.

Squirrels? Don't tell me you watched that John Oliver piece?

Yep, can't be unseen.
Do none of Trump supporters associate Saudi with 9/11? Or do they still think it was Saddam Hussein?

It's difficult to guess. They likely don't know much about the reality of anything, I think.

And I'm very sorry, Across. I was reading last night about Santa Barbara and in particular about offshore fracking. (And the new perils which this administration will bring as well as the old perils.) I shall not dwell on it, but I know it's close to your neck of the woods.

Fracking in California? Near the San Andreas fault? What could possibly go wrong?

Don't get me started. (That's a whole other thread......)

ITs not like the whole area isn't due another huge quake.

Oh, wait.....

The Hill‏Verified account @thehill 24m24 minutes ago
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JUST IN: McMaster suggests Trump won't say "radical Islamic terrorism" in Saudi Arabia speech hill.cm/mTTw9On

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NEW: GOP considers changing Senate rule which would make it easier to confirm Trump's circuit court picks hill.cm/7UZXRgJ

Thank Goodness he'll phrase things carefully if that is indeed to be the case.

I'm going to have to read the second piece again. It's complicated.

Well, that took a different turn to what I'd expected. BBC news covering the Trump/Saudi visit: ..."and that allowed the President to talk about something close to his heart.." I immediately thought "himself", but - no - "jobs"! It then played part of his speech where he did the classic "jobs, jobs, jobs" 3x repetition. Those kind of 3 part lists are ideally suited to Trump's tiny mind.

I'll have to read it a third time - with a fresh mind, hopefully. It really is complex.

This is simpler:

www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/richard-spencer-gym?utm_term=.jbENAGLwq#.kblv0AOk9

This is courageous:

:www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/al-green-impeachment-town-hall

I couldn't 'find the server' on that second link, lion, but I searched and got an article elsewhere. (Just to let you and others know.)

Yes. It was courageous.