Is he Right, Left, or is He Nothing at All? Trump thread continued.

[TheClaws]

My bet is on nothing.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3024189-In-the-dim-corner-we-have-Trump-In-the-dictator-corner-we-have-Kim-Or-is-that-mixed-up

Emails!

That's brill cavemum

I know Pain.

Almost ludicrous.

That Biden article is interesting - I should Google really to see how old he is to see whether a 2020 run is feasible.. mind you, Scrotus is pretty fucking old!

Love George Clooney's 'fuck you'

Yes, he is not exactly known for his cunning and farsightedness.

www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trump-is-prepping-his-base-for-a-constitutional-crisis-to-stop-the-russia-probe-dem-lawmaker/

Is it only me who wonders why the heck Farage is there, or whether the supporting some POS in their election is cover for 'Mr Mueller has requested an interview and I need a cover story'?

Yeah the Farage thing is really odd.

The TakeAKnee hashtag has set Twitter alight this evening. Continuing support from military families. Obama has tweeted asking if the people who are complaining bother to get up out of their lazyboys to stand when the anthem is playing.

Trump's at the 'swinging punches in a crowded bar' stage - he knows his days are numbered and he's trying to do as much damage as possible before he's yanked off the world stage. Like a belligerent drunk, I can't see him going quietly. Let's just hope that he doesn't irreparably damage US civic society and its institutions in the process.

It is not a good idea to take on the entire sporting workd. Even maverick Australian tennis player Kyrgios has taken a knee. thenewdaily.com.au/sport/other-sports/2017/09/25/us-sports-teams-kneel-donald-trump/?utm_source=Responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170925_TND
My concern is that 45 will be flailing around to get this off the news cycle and will escalate even further with NK.

New travel ban
www.politico.com/story/2017/09/24/trump-travel-ban-iran-korea-syria-243078

badbad from your mouth to God's ear!!!

twitter.com/UnfollowTrump/status/912019598500917249

Of course, the funny (not funny) part of this is that Scrotus really believes that 'it's all about the ratings'. How stupid can he be not to realize that locked arms and taking a knee is the same thing.

He just can't stand to lose, can he?

Here is a concerning anecdote.

A friend of mine just called me having landed an hour ago in Melbourne from LAX. Her plane sat on the tarmac for over 2 hours before leaving - they were told the flight was delayed due to military activity in the skies and they did not know when they were going to be able to take off.

Renato Mariotti @renato_mariotti
Not surprising that Trump will revamp the travel ban. This could render legal challenges to the current ban moot, forcing new wave of suits.

Jim Sciutto
Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto
Most important word here is "indefinite" - this is a permanent ban which includes countries w/long history of emigration to US

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
WaPo: Obama personally appealed to Zuckerberg to take the threat of fake news, political disinformation seriously.

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/business/economy/obama-tried-to-give-zuckerberg-a-wake-up-call-over-fake-news-on-facebook/2017/09/24/15d19b12-ddac-4ad5-ac6e-ef909e1c1284_story.html

RynheartTheReluctant @TheRynheart
Good News For Russia: 15 States Use Voting Machines. Easily Hackable For More Than Decade @realDonaldTrump

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5967e1c2e4b03389bb162c96/amp

Also

Olga_Lautman NYC ✨ @olgaNYC1211
Cyber experts were blocked from fixing the voting system In 2016 & Intel knows 🇷🇺Agents will be back 2018 @mikefarb1

Cyber experts were blocked in their push to patch voting systems in 2016

amp.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article170010162.html

Also

Caroline O. @RVAwonk
Russian-linked influence networks are very interested in the NFL this Sunday, per @SecureDemocracy's Hamilton 68 dashboard.

... /1/

Notably, they're exploiting trending hashtags (#TakeTheKnee/#TakeAKnee) to push negative (#BoycottNFL) hashtags. /2/

(Rest of thread here: mobile.twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/912064398973337600 )

'Trump’s secret Yemen war': UK role in US counter-terrorism causes unease

As new figures point to doubling of covert US airstrikes in Yemen, MPs and human rights groups voice concerns over British involvement

amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/25/trump-secret-yemen-war-uk-role-us-counter-terrorism-causes-unease

ISLAMOPHOBIC U.S. MEGA-DONOR FUELS GERMAN FAR-RIGHT PARTY WITH VIRAL FAKE NEWS

theintercept.com/2017/09/22/german-election-afd-gatestone-institute/

This was written way back at the beginning of February. Who could have predicted that 8 months later how much worse things would get!

I don't agree with all that Frum says, by any means, but there's a lot of good points in there, I think. And even more relevant now.

What Effective Protest Could Look Like.

Perspective from the right on Trump’s political challenge for the left.
www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/515736/

That's a really interesting article, Pain, about how Facebook shifted from saying "nothing to see here" to "we've found 3000 Russian political ads".

"Facebook agreed to set up a special unit to develop tools for finding Islamic State messages and blocking their dissemination. Facebook’s efforts were aided in part by the relatively transparent ways in which the extremist group sought to build its global brand. Most of its propaganda messages on Facebook incorporated the Islamic State’s distinctive black flag — the kind of image that software programs can be trained to automatically detect.
...
The sophistication of the Russian tactics caught Facebook off-guard. Its highly regarded security team had erected formidable defenses against traditional cyber attacks but failed to anticipate that Facebook users — deploying easily available automated tools such as ad micro-targeting — pumped skillfully crafted propaganda through the social network without setting off any alarm bells.

For a long time, Facebook didn't know what it should be looking for or how to find it. It's slowly getting a handle on some of this... but I'm sure the attacks will evolve.

Why aren't Trump and his flunkies shouting "Lock him up" at Ivanka Trump's husband? Oh, what, it's "do as I say, not as I do" and one law for the Trump family and another for the Obamas and Clintons? Of course, because that's what the Constitution says, all Presidents except #45 are accountable to their electorate.

I might be a little bit in luuuurve with George Clooney

A friend of mine just called me having landed an hour ago in Melbourne from LAX. Her plane sat on the tarmac for over 2 hours before leaving - they were told the flight was delayed due to military activity in the skies and they did not know when they were going to be able to take off.

That’s really odd Saffron - particularly if it’s unusual to her if she flies reasonably often. We have an airport near us that is close to a military air base, but flights are rarely delayed as they are timed around the base schedules.

Merkel has a more difficult task this time.

The far right gets over 10% in the Bundenstag.

www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/24/angela-merkel-faces-stark-choice-between-coalition-or-minority-rule

Meanwhile, Japan will have elections in less than a month:

www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/25/japans-pm-shinzo-abe-calls-snap-election