The thread where we meet to discuss the unfolding Trump administration catastrophe, but end up discussing adoptions from Russia

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If we can get our hands free to type from the constant facepalming, we should be able to post on this topic.

Continuation of the previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2968382-The-one-where-Trump-just-cant-stop-being-Trump

Dammit, Bigly, you've stolen my scoop by coming out with it yourself.

All those wasted salmon-smelling months trying to get persuade your cats to blab...

It was lovely to meet you there Bigly, you may not have noticed, but I was disguised as one of your cats.

thanks for the salmon Perking.

Mr Colbert.

Judd Legum
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr, admits she communicated regularly with top Russian gov't official

Yuri Chaika is a top Putin loyalist. www.thedailybeast.com/was-yury-chaika-a-putin-loyalist-accused-of-corruption-behind-the-don-jr-meeting

Kremlin spox denied ever hearing of Veselnitskaya. Now we find out she communicates reguarly w/top official www.wsj.com/amp/articles/russian-lawyer-who-trump-jr-met-says-she-was-in-contact-with-top-russian-prosecutor-1500063809

Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand
Wow. Veselnitskaya said she shared info about Browder w/the Russian prosecutor general’s office. Including w/ Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika

James Miller @Millermena
Jesus, the lawyer who met Trump Jr was actively spying on one of Putin's most important critics

Sorry. I forgot this one.

Pain. I had to smile when Shep Smith said there are still people out there who think we're making this up. Yes, it's called Fox and Friends.

Kyle Griffin
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
.@kenvogel breaks on MSNBC that the 6th person in the room was translator Anatoli Samochornov, who has worked with Veselnitskaya for years.

mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/885959922101387264/video/1

I know, it took me a while to reconcile the two!

She could have had six translators there, for all I care, actually. Why did Junior go there again? (With colleagues.)

www.politico.com/story/2017/07/14/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-russia-democrats-240569

www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/14/1680760/-Jared-Kushner-gets-dropped-by-veteran-Washington-lawyer-as-Trump-pads-his-legal-team

I'm not surprised. Despite the seeming Brand/Mueller conflict of interests, he must have been an ................unfortunate client to have.

Well, all I know is that I am very hurt not to have been invited to Donnie Jr's meeting party. After all, it sounds like anybody who is somebody was invited!

I have to admit I'll find it delicious if Scrotus' downfall is brought about by his own son. It would have truly been poetic justice if it had been Ivanka, but Donnie Jr will do just as well.

HA HA HA #clutchingatstraws

Fox News‏Verified account @FoxNews 3h3 hours ago
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.@EricBolling: “Maybe the Russians were colluding with @HillaryClinton to get information on @RealDonaldTrump.” #FoxNewsSpecialists

Yeah, maybe, Fox.

Blake Hounshell @blakehounshell
"a member of [Kushner's] staff prematurely hit the 'send' button for the [clearance] form before it was completed"

@Susan_Hennessey
Wait, what? SF86 is printed out, signed, and then sent. You can't accidentally hit submit.

[and from a NBC clip that I can no longer find, you then are interviewed by an ex FBI agent who goes line by line through your form with you to make sure you haven't omitted anythinh]

David Enrich @davidenrich
NEW: Kushner organized a White House tech summit. The only startup with seat at table is part-owned by his brother.
t.co/j0S6dpynEK?amp=1

Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs
Kellyanne Conway on Fox News: "The goalposts have been moved. We were promised hard evidence of systemic, sustained furtive collusion."

Haley Byrd @byrdinator
People who went from "no collusion whatsoever" to "if it were true, collusion would not be illegal" are complaining about moving goalposts

A depressing read. Of the many awful things the GOP are pushing for this, for me, is one of the worst.

Republican health bill: latest draft would scrap contraception mandate
Proposal in Senate bill puts women’s health coverage in precarious position Planned Parenthood: ‘Latest version of Trumpcare is even scarier for women’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/14/republican-healthcare-bill-birth-control-contraception-mandate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

They've also brought back the amendment which would protect the senators' own health coverage

www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/7/13/15966034/senate-republicans-exemption

From that:

Laguens said: “Thanks to the birth control benefit in the ACA, more than 55 million women currently have access to birth control without co-payments. Without insurance coverage, birth control pills can cost up to $600 a year. Trumpcare will put contraception, which has been instrumental in furthering women’s educations, careers, and economic standing, out of reach for many women

I wonder what Ivanka and Melania think about this?

There's no moving goal posts for the accusation. I imagine there's quite a lot under investigation that is not public knowledge.
What'd we'd like was some form of truthfulness at this stage from the Trump administration.

Melania and Ivanka won't care about other women.
It's back to fighting for basic women rights again.
And to think I remember recent discussions when some people thought feminism wasn't needed anymore...

Yes Orlantina that paragraph particularly stood out to me.