It's too hot for high drama, but nonetheless we persist (Trump cont.)

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I'm all out of inspiration here. The grind is getting us all down, interspersed with terrorist attacks, but we shall overcome. In the meantime, there's gin and camaraderie.

Previous thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2952694

Can't watch Handmaid's Tale--maybe when Trump is history.

I'm surprised about Illinois but not about the Whitehouse/State Department fractures.

2 connected and useful links for those of us who need things explaining!
(Courtesy of 3 Political Science Professors in USA)

twitter.com/civics4grownups/status/879329421177507840
And...
A Few Reasonable Words…A podcast from three professors trying desperately to soothe the frayed nerves of the American public with the comforting balm of political science
afrwpodcast.wordpress.com/

I don't know how it is humanly possible to be such a bare-faced liar, Ginger.

Delusional decor is in vogue:

www.yahoo.com/news/trump-resorts-fake-time-cover-walls-featuring-guess-202311427.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Try to watch 'The Handmaid's Tale', lion. Now may be the time?

I'm afraid that the very name 'Standard & Poor's' always makes me giggle. I know it shouldn't but........

I've just discovered that - on the All4 app at least - you can now only get Episode 2 et seq of The Handmaid's Tale'. (And Episode 2 is only available for 4/5 more days or something.) View now if you want to keep up with it and you don't have the book.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 4m4 minutes ago
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I just finished a great meeting with the Republican Senators concerning HealthCare. They really want to get it right, unlike OCare!

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 9m9 minutes ago
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With ZERO Democrats to help, and a failed, expensive and dangerous ObamaCare as the Dems legacy, the Republican Senators are working hard!

(Who would have imagined working in a governmental environment would be this difficult? Why should the opposition party "help"? The GOP have the majority, do they not?)

And this is the person who is running international affairs for the US?

The very same.

The below from Rep. Adam Schiff is so true. I think Trump doesn't actually have a full understanding of the word 'collusion', and certainly not as it applies in politics. He misuses and overuses words constantly, and his fanbase repeats them like a mantra; they then become part of the language. SAD!

Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff 1 day

.@POTUS now accuses Obama of collusion and obstruction. Like his abuse of term "fake news," he hopes to demean the words beyond recognition.

I think it's more basic even. Everything is/ought to be just as he wants it. I suspect he genuinely doesn't appreciate that there is any other point of view but his own. In an individual, that's bad but in someone who is serving a nation, it's disastrous.

Humpty Trumpty.

Per NBC JUST NOW

There will be NO vote on Trumpcare in Senate, it has been delayed.

Good news for now.

Roger Stone will make a non-public appearance:

www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-associate-roger-stone-to-testify-before-house-intelligence-committee-report/article/2627267

Per Rachel Maddow the bill has been pulled.

Rachel is using the word 'collapsed'.

Trump will be raging.

Quite a day for Scrotus, isn't it?

Healthcare reform collapses and the bill is put on hold, a second campaign official (Manafort) is registering as a foreign agent, Jared Kushner has added a 'well known criminal defense attorney' to his legal team, and Roger Stone to testify.

I feel sorry for Melania, Barron, and the WH staff tonight. I'm sure he's going to be having toddler hissy fits all over the place! Why does that picture make me feel so gleeful.

Not "bizarre" more like sleazy old man!

US President Donald Trump has spoken to Ireland’s newly-elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar from the Oval Office. During the call, reporters from the Irish media were present. At one point Trump tells Varadkar he has “a lot of these beautiful Irish press” in the room and singles out Caitriona Perry, asking her to come forward and tell him her name. As she explains who she works for, Trump says “she has a nice smile on her face so I’m sure she treats you well.” Perry, Washington correspondent for RTE, posted the exchange on Twitter, calling it “bizarre”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/jun/28/trump-on-the-phone-to-irish-pm-tells-reporter-she-has-a-nice-smile-on-her-face-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

ABC News @ABC
NEW: Federal authorities investigating breach into computer systems of at least one U.S. nuclear power plant.
t.co/C4ditDxxci?amp=1

Preet Bharara @PreetBharara
7 yrs ago today SDNY charged 10 Russian spies. Looking back, relatively innocent times compared to election meddling t.co/N4QK55Drgu?amp=1

Manu Raju @mkraju

BERNIE SANDERS breaks his silence on FBI inquiry, asserts to @ErinBurnett it's a politically motivated, "pathetic" attack against his wife

Preet Bharara @PreetBharara
All politicians hate investigations. All cry "political motivation." Democrat, republican, socialist, whig. Oldest & lamest play in the book
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Preet Bharara @PreetBharara
Btw, had I said this about Trump or a Republican tonight, I would have 20k likes already. We are better served by principle > politics.

The Hill @thehill

Billionaire Koch brothers to spend $400 million on politics and policy in 2018 midterms t.co/2aq0bmNvV4?amp=1

Brian Karem wasn't forceful enough. He should have asked how the WH has the nerve to call the media out when they barefaced lie all the time. And change their story like the wind.

Another side issue, but that adds to the pile.
Private prisons, which were supposed to be phased out, because they cost taxpayers to keep owners pockets lined, contributes to the unreasonably high prison population numbers in the US and lead to corruption.
But Trump is again in favour.