Trump: yes, we have no Steve Bannon

[PerkingFaintly]

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

Perking, sea surges over multiple tides (fairly unusual as this storm is moving slowly), combined with extremely heavy rainfall, very definitely not good 🙁

As Perking said, I hope things go as well as possible.

Sarah HS presser imminent from WH - assume it will be about Hurricane Harvey.

Thanks for the new thread Perking. I am waiting for the next atrocity to be expelled like a thought fart from the anus mouthed orange buffoon.

Presser started - McMaster talking about Venezuela. Mnuchin also due to talk and then SHS about hurricane m.

If you substitute the word USA for the word Venezuela in Mnuchin's speech it would make complete sense!

LionsTeeth thanks for that, and welcome

Watching the presser but running out of battery.

Mnuchin really is odd.
Anyway, some good questions there, but nobody asked what moral authority the current US government has over Venezuela.
I like McMaster, but even his condition based goals are vague and I wonder if ever achievable.

Thanks for the thread perking

Sliding on with this delight

Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg @JeffreyGoldberg
Fox host argues that mental health in presidents is overrated:

Rightly News
Rightly News @RightlyNews
“Stable politicians have gotten us $20T into debt, open borders, and stagnant wages. That’s why Donald Trump was elected”
-@jessebwatters

mobile.twitter.com/RightlyNews/status/900898880728031239/video/1

Bill Browder @Billbrowder
Putin's persecution of me continues. Yesterday, Russia began a second criminal trial in absentia against me

[ Sputnik link: t.co/DGZTN2xxzj?amp=1 ]

Thanks for new thread

Melissa McEwan @Shakestweetz
A note regarding this White House briefing that's focused on Venezuela: Mike Pence's Twitter feed has been nothing but Venezuela for days.

Seriously, go check @VP. There have been 24 tweets about Venezuela in the last three days. Almost no other content.

Here's Pence beating the drum on Venezuela.

Vice President Pence @VP
The collapse of Venezuela will endanger all who call the Western Hemisphere home. We cannot & will not let that happen. #VPinFL

mobile.twitter.com/VP/status/900475751962734593/video/1

Trump's pretty clearly looking for a military action that will bump up his approval ratings. Venezuela seems to be the latest trial balloon.

Doubling down in Afghanistan wasn't met with enthusiasm. North Korea has nukes, so people didn't support Trump's belligerence there.

None of their other trial balloons have worked. So it appears as though they're trying out Venezuela to see how that plays.

They're war-shopping. And it looks like Pence is really pushing for military action in Venezuela.

Shareblue Media @Shareblue

Millions of Texans are facing a major natural disaster, and the White House is talking about Venezuela.

But "America First," amirite?

Stable politicians have gotten us $20T into debt, open borders, and stagnant wages. That’s why Donald Trump was elected

Because $20T wasn't enough?

We'll see. I suspect the WH thinks it's a problem for Texas.

@reportbywilson
Border Patrol keeping checkpoints open during #HurricaneHarvey. www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/border-patrol-texas-checkpoints-remain-open-hurricane-harvey/ Meanwhile, dozens of colonias are in path of storm.

andrea grimes
andrea grimes @andreagrimes
Christ almighty. Undocumented Texans won't be able to get north of storm w/out threat of detention.

Olga_Lautman NYC✨@olgaNYC1211
Wtf!! Citgo bribes the Trump regime 500k and receives a Venezuela Sanctions carve out that benefits Rosneft..

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-just-gave-a-big-carve-out-to-citgo-an-oil-giant-repped-by-his-ex-aides

Trey Yingst
Trey Yingst @TreyYingst
President Trump told me "good luck to everybody" when I asked what message he had for the people of Texas

Better detained than drowned, surely.

Sorry if it was posted already. Story in the Hill on Russian treason charges and Kaspersky.
thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/347776-russian-treason-arrests-stemmed-from-intel-official-helping-us-catch

Thanks, Elena.

Its Cat 3 now as it approaches Texas.
edition.cnn.com/2017/08/25/us/hurricane-harvey/index.html

Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson
Hmm. Don’t see much denial of @NOAA climate scientists who have predicted Hurricane Harvey’s devastating path into Texas.

Question: why Venezuela, and not Turkey, etc?

Answer (not given): oil.

Don't know who to credit for this but

Oh! And this one too

Well.

www.politico.com/story/2017/08/24/john-kelly-trump-control-241967