The zephyrs of change. Trump continued

[PerkingFaintly]

Republicans starting to feel the breeze as diverse Dems have a good election day.

Six lessons learned from US Democrat wins
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41920434

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3073837-Manafort-Destiny-Trump-continued?pg=1

Natasha Bertrand‏
@NatashaBertrand

Lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin “told congressional investigators that he asked for the Moscow meeting with Kaveladze to argue that they should go public with the details of the Trump Tower meeting” before the media caught wind of it

AP sources: Trump Tower meeting in 2016 draws more scrutiny

apnews.com/271974530ece4ef6a33a4c5bf0522f88/AP-sources:-Trump-Tower-meeting-in-2016-draws-more-scrutiny?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories

I was loathe to include the link to the sun but thought for completeness sake, I should!

BUT. Among his many many weaknesses, 45 does not react well to change. He can’t afford - the US can’t afford - to view the Big Three as monoliths. They’re not.

Amy Siskind weekly update:

www.facebook.com/amy.siskind/posts/10214473149327645

If you are at a lose end with regard to holiday gifts, Trump will supply (for a price).

www.trumpstore.com/

Thanks for the Siskind link. I’ll review it properly later. (Just dipped quickly right now.)

I haven't got the headspace to absorb it at the moment so haven't read it properly either!

This is more in line with what I can cope with today

Daily Mirror‏
@DailyMirror
Mysterious planet Nibiru 'set to wipe out all life on Earth - tomorrow'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tomorrow-end-world-mysterious-planet-11544174

Rep. Eric Swalwell‏
@RepSwalwell
Shit. I never started #GOT.

Ah Well. As Mr Colbert said ‘I’ll miss us’.

Just checking in to keep this thread on my active list - I’ve taken a few days out.

for your stalwart linking today, Pain and everyone else. I'm picking through bit by bit.

The elephant thing....:(

I am massively putting off doing my accounts, hence the increased posting

The slightly silver lining to the elephant story ringle is that public pressure appears to have stopped the measures, although they are only officially "under review" for now.

However, there is still awfulness breaking even now

Ex-state Sen. Ralph Shortey to plead guilty to child sex trafficking charge, lawyer says

www.koco.com/article/ex-state-sen-ralph-shortey-to-plead-guilty-to-child-sex-trafficking-charge-lawyer-says/13801860

"Awfulness Breaking"

Good way to put it...

Bill Browder
@Billbrowder
Putin has completely lost the plot. He now accuses me of serial murder. He’s seriously rattled by the Magnitsky Act

amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/19/bill-browder-putin-accuses-three-murders-campaigner-sergei-magnitsky

Ken Dilanian
@KenDilanianNBC
New: Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer confirms to NBC News that his client spoke to Russian central banker Alexander Torshin at a May 2016 dinner, but says they were not seated together.

Mr O’Donnell has the floor.

I wonder if they did it trump and putin style, air wanking and gesticulating at each other from across the table

(I’ll confess to having a fused brain after trying to read up on PayGo.)

2018 GOP

www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/us/politics/republican-governors-trump-backlash-2018.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Junior. I bet Senior wouldn't think twice about letting him take one for the team.

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/18/swamp-diary-jack-shafer-wikileaks-don-trump-jr-215841

Slowly, belatedly, you might get called to account.

verifiedpolitics.com/roy-moore-just-hit-bar-complaint-witness-intimidation/

Healthcare (or not).

www.economist.com/news/united-states/21718885-one-way-seeing-fight-over-health-care-clash-between-two-different-wagners?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/americanexceptionalismwarfarehelpsexplainwhyamericanwelfareisdifferent

Thanks for that NY Times link, lion. I think I’ll end the day on that.

The frog is boiling and 'the sky is green'.

www.brennancenter.org/blog/trumpland-has-sky-green-problem#.WhDcMtTxFWY.twitter

Or we could move to another planet (in a zillion years).

edition.cnn.com/2017/11/15/world/new-earth-size-exoplanet-life-potential/index.html