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

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illegitimateMortificadospawn · 12/07/2017 12:56

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

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PerkingFaintly · 14/07/2017 21:29

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...

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/07/2017 21:36

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

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/07/2017 21:37

thanks for the salmon Perking.

cozietoesie · 14/07/2017 21:44

Mr Colbert. Smile

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/07/2017 21:53

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

The thread where we meet to discuss the unfolding Trump administration catastrophe, but end up discussing adoptions from Russia
cozietoesie · 14/07/2017 21:56

Sorry. I forgot this one.

Gumpendorf · 14/07/2017 21:58

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. Grin

cozietoesie · 14/07/2017 22:00
Grin
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/07/2017 22:02

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

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 14/07/2017 22:03

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

cozietoesie · 14/07/2017 22:05

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

cozietoesie · 14/07/2017 22:46

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

AcrossthePond55 · 14/07/2017 23:02

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.

TheClaws · 15/07/2017 01:34

HA HA HA #clutchingatstraws

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

WestleyAndButtockUp · 15/07/2017 06:53

Yeah, maybe, Fox.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 15/07/2017 07:56

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]

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 15/07/2017 07:57

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

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 15/07/2017 07:58

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

TheNorthWestPawsage · 15/07/2017 08:07

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

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 15/07/2017 08:13

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

orlantina · 15/07/2017 08:18

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?

Lweji · 15/07/2017 08:28

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. Sad
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...

TheNorthWestPawsage · 15/07/2017 08:28

Yes Orlantina that paragraph particularly stood out to me. Sad

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