Trump: yes, we have no Steve Bannon

[PerkingFaintly]

"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."

I see that Grassley has been promised some deal on biofuel. ''twas ever thus.

Snakey.

But Mueller has ideas.

www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/manafort-mueller-probe-attorney-general-242191

A New York reminder (from a few months back).

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/eric-schneiderman-on-keeping-trump-in-check.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-t

sister literally doing it for herself www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/30/ivanka-trump-gender-pay-gap-obama-policy-rollback

Vets Against Trump
Vets Against Trump @commondefense
A military veteran is being deported in Arizona, despite evidence and a court ruling that he is a US citizen.

www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082517_marine_deportation/decorated-marine-vet-may-deported-despite-likely-us-citizenship/

Joshua Chavers @JoshuaChavers
Explosion is inevitable at chemical plant flooded by Harvey, CEO says m.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Chemical-plant-hit-by-Harvey-cannot-prevent-12162255.php?cmpid=twitter-tablet

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
This is frightening. Was just on BBC and guest before me was expert who compared it to Fukushima. Hopefully they'll post his interview clip.

Fox News Poll @foxnewspoll
BREAKING! 56% say #Trump “tearing the country apart” @FoxNews #Poll MORE:

That's an interesting poll, Pain. Not only because of the question asked but because Fox are actively promoting it via their Twitter feed. Is the tide turning?

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Cloud Cuckoo Land:

Theresa May insisted she could fight another general election as prime minister, arguing that she is “not a quitter” despite June’s disastrous election result and repeated criticisms of her leadership style.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/30/im-not-a-quitter-theresa-may-says-she-could-fight-another-election-as-pm

Fox News Poll
Fox News Poll @foxnewspoll
NEW! 40% say media poses greater threat to U.S. than white supremacists @FoxNews #Poll MORE:

I'm not sure if anyone's seen this. To me, it's chilling. The vile Seb Gorka. He talks about what he and Steve (Bannon) are going to do from outside the WH. He talks of the MAGA Agenda that will be 8 years happening. When I say he talks... that's an understatement... he is rude, sarcastic, derogatory but the Newscaster who is clearly bristling holds him to account. Gorka's Agenda is frightening.

The whole interview is worth watching, he talks of Charlotsville from 7minutes on. This man is a Nazi. He talks to the Newscaster like he's a child, enunciating words syllable by syllable telling him 'just keep spinning your left wing wet dreams'.

Vile man.

www.channel4.com/news/sebastian-gorka-its-the-left-that-have-normalised-violence

Pain gives with one hand and takes away with the other... Your second Fox poll is

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/brian-benczkowski-justice-alfa-bank.html?referer=t.co/D5DWIt1zF8?amp=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/brian-benczkowski-justice-alfa-bank.html?referer=t.co/D5DWIt1zF8?amp=1

Justice Dept. Nominee Says He Once Represented Russian Bank

Can't face the whole interview with Gorka but seeing bits of it makes me feel a bit sorry for the White House personnel who had to put up with him for so long. What a coruscating BORE. Who hired him?

www.wsj.com/articles/paul-manaforts-overseas-political-work-had-a-notable-patron-a-russian-oligarch-1504131910?mg=prod/accounts-wsj

Paul Manafort’s Overseas Political Work Had a Notable Patron: A Russian Oligarch

amp.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/officer-to-woman-during-traffic-stop-we-only-kill-black-people-right/600704431

Officer to woman during traffic stop: 'We only kill black people, right?'

Andrew Beatty
Andrew Beatty @AndrewBeatty
White House @PressSec explains the President's earlier tweet about seeing the horror of Harvey 'first hand'

Shaun King @ShaunKing
White House confirms Trump did not see the devastation of Harvey "first hand" as he described. The man is a serial liar.

@ashleyfeinberg
This is the best photo they could find for "witnessing first hand"

If he saw it firsthand, we did too.

stupid man.

bad thats how the polls popped up on my feed so I experienced the hope and then disappointment in real time too

And that stupid hat again - INDOORS!

L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar
www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-indigenous-peoples-day-20170829-story,amp.html

I can hear the 'political correctness gawn mad' bosom being hoisted from here, Pawsage. I bet that's covered in the Mail.

Possibly with some crestfallen white nationalists doing DM sadface in front of a Columbus statue.

Good news about mueller and Schneidermann teaming up, from lionheart's link. Hopefully this anticipation of further pardons means they're trump-proofing the investigations.

As far as I can make out, the only way for pardoning to work in trump's favour is if he preemptively or otherwise pardons all the witnesses (manafort, Flynn, don jr etc), then resigns and is himself pardoned by pence.

That Gorka interview is absolutely horrifying.

Why do reporters never ever challenge the fact that the white supremacists turned up with assault rifles and the like. They were an armed militia.