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[AcrossthePond55]

Dear Father Christmas/Santa, Please grant our Christmas Wish. We have been very good this year. We promise not to say shit, cunt, or fuck too terribly much unless we're driven to it by Trump CuntFuckery. Oh shit, so much for that promise! Well, we'll TRY. Thank You, the MN Viper Freedom Squad

Old thread;

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3081957-The-zephyrs-of-change-Trump-continued?msgid=73548297

www.politico.com/story/2017/11/22/roy-moore-trump-support-alabama-258375

Marking my place as I missed most of the last thread!

Rosenstein.

www.npr.org/2017/11/22/565677234/deputy-attorney-general-rosenstein-supervises-mueller-probe-but-hes-also-a-witne

Sanders again.

www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/degrading-ritual-sarah-huckabee-sanders-pre-thanksgiving-press-briefing

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
The Trump Organization is walking away from Trump SoHo, which was built in partnership with Felix Sater’s firm, Bayrock. Bayrock’s been accused of being a money laundering front & Sater helped Trump scout Russia deals.

mobile.nytimes.com/redirect?to-mobile=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fbusiness%2Ftrump-organization-soho-hotel.html%3Freferer%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FxwEPfam2vB%3Famp%3D1

I don't know why they played her game but the description of her here is spot on:

'On Monday, during the last briefing before the Thanksgiving holiday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders treated the White House press pool the way a sadistic teen-ager would treat a group of third graders. The journalists, for the most part, went along with it.'

Facebook will tell users if they followed Russian pages

www.axios.com/facebook-will-tell-users-if-they-followed-russian-election-meddling-pages-2511649655.html

Facebook will tell users whether they followed pages set up by Russian operatives as part of a broad campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. The company, along with Twitter and Google, have faced pressure from lawmakers to be more transparent about how far the Russian ads, pages and propaganda spread on their platforms and who was exposed to it.

The details: The social network said Wednesday that it will create a page on its support website that will tell a user which pages and accounts they followed on Facebook and Instagram that have been linked to a Russian troll farm involved in the election campaign. Users will also be able to see when they followed the account.

The announcement coincides with the deadline to respond to a letter from Sen. Richard Blumenthal asking the company to "individually notify any and all users who received or interacted with these advertisements and associated content." He also sent letters to Google and Twitter.
What they're not doing: Telling users whether they were exposed to content from the pages in their Newsfeed, even if they didn't follow them. Users may have seen content that spread organically or as a result of a paid ad. Facebook has argued that it's especially difficult to be able to show that information.

Shame.

www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/trump-organization-soho-hotel.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Twitter has not provided the House and Senate Russia investigations with any additional Kremlin-backed imposter accounts and bots since at least November 1, The Daily Beast has confirmed.

amp.thedailybeast.com/twitter-has-turned-over-zero-new-russian-troll-accounts-to-congress

But Fekko, HER EMAILS!

Impeachment and a trial with custodial sentence. That’s my wish list.

Maybe it will do better once ties are severed, lion.

On the judiciary, since we will be sitting down to an imaginary meal with a table full of lawyers.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/22/federal-court-judicial-nominations-donald-trump

Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
I’m told Kellyanne Conway spoke with Trump about the Alabama Senate race before she went on Fox yesterday. During that interview, she said a vote for Jones was a vote against tax reform & stopped short of endorsing Moore.

Walter Shaub
@waltshaub
Was she identified by her official title while advocating against that candidate? Has OSC commented on what she did? (e.g., “violated the Hatch Act by advocating for and against . . . candidates while giving a media interview”)

Walter Shaub
@waltshaub
Replying to @waltshaub and @kaitlancollins
I found the video. She’s standing In front of the White House. It seems pretty clear she was appearing in her official capacity when she advocated against a candidate. This is at least as clear a violation of 5 U.S.C. § 7323(a)(1) as OSC identified with regard to Castro.

Richard W. Painter
@RWPUSA
This is an official interview. She has violated the Hatch Act by using her position to take sides in a partisan election. That is a firing offense. And for her this is strike two.

That’s concerning, lion.

But I still think that they’re going more slowly - on everything - than they envisaged. Timing is all.

Robbie Gramer
@RobbieGramer
Scoop: Team Trump is pushing to declassify intelligence allegedly linking Iran to Yemeni missile attacks against Saudi Arabia as part of a PR blitz to get the UN on board with Iran bashing

foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/22/with-saudi-blockade-threatening-famine-in-yemen-u-s-points-finger-at-iran/amp/

Oh. They’ve become interested in the U.N, have they?

Whatever it takes to keep their new bffs sweet I guess.

Apologies if I missed this (during my expulsion yesterday )

Murkowski says she backs Obamacare mandate repeal

www.politico.com/story/2017/11/21/murkowski-obamacare-mandate-repeal-257557

Very important stuff for important people.

Yep, this was clearly the problem.

"I think I was undercoached,” DeVos says of her hearings. “In hindsight, I wish I had a whole lot more information.”

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/01/betsy-devos-secretary-education-profile-2017-215768

'Tis that time of year.

www.bustle.com/p/how-to-argue-with-trump-supporters-in-your-family-this-thanksgiving-yes-you-have-to-5534327

HA!

'Trump on first morning of Thanksgiving vacation: Give thanks to me.'

shareblue.com/trump-on-first-morning-of-thanksgiving-vacation-give-thanks-to-me/

It wasn't an expulsion, exactly Pain, more like a rest (well-deserved).

I didn't know about Murkowski.

This is pretty worrying (from what I can follow)

PONARS Eurasia‏
@ponarseurasia

New Policy Memo: #Russia’s Military Modernization Plans: 2018-2027 | By D. Gorenburg @russmil

www.ponarseurasia.org/memo/russias-military-modernization-plans-2018-2027

Michael McFaul
@McFaul
Michael McFaul Retweeted PONARS Eurasia
Terrific summary of often overlooked issue. The Russian military is back. Analysts need to stop referring to Russia as a declining power

Also

Vladimir Putin says all big Russian businesses should be ready for war production

'Our army and navy need to have the very best equipment — better than foreign equivalents'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russia-business-war-production-sochi-military-talks-a8069951.html

Olga_Lautman NYC ✨‏
@olgaNYC1211
More Olga_Lautman NYC ✨ Retweeted The Independent
🚨Now that Putin is ending Syria and has the US dealing with his chaotic puppet @realDonaldTrump that he installed.. Who is Russia preparing to go to war with?? Wonder if it has anything to do with the left behind weapons in Belarus after the war games

Also

X Soviet‏
@XSovietNews

Putin's goals achieved in Syria:

• Make Assad dependent on him, form alliance with Iran and Turkey to dominate Middle Eastern affairs

• Show the West that Russia is a superpower that can impede democratic aims

• Prove the deadliness of Russian weapons to sell more overseas

Also

President of Russia‏Verified account
@KremlinRussia_E

The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey are discussing the Syrian settlement process in Sochi, taking into account joint efforts in the Astana format bit.ly/2zbmggF

Michael McFaul‏
@McFaul
More Michael McFaul Retweeted President of Russia
And the U.S. is absent.

Also

Molly McKew‏
@MollyMcKew
Vladimir Putin is remaking the Middle East.
POTUS is fighting with athletes.

Molly McKew‏
@MollyMcKew
While POTUS continues talking about nonsensical idea of "working with Russia to fight terrorism," the Russian foreign minister is saying the US keeps ISIS alive to achieve political objectives.
(Pretty much the opposite is accurate)

Also

Glasnost Gone‏
@GlasnostGone
HURRAH: With Russian led forces busy, #Ukrainian military today report they've advanced & taken control of Hladosove & Travneve villages. Situated in #Donetsk region, near Russian held Horlivka & #Debaltseve mil.in.ua/poblyzu-horlivky-zsu-vzyaly-pid-kontrol-dva-naselenyh-punkty/ … #Donbas #Donbass

Euan MacDonald‏
@Euan_MacDonald
More Euan MacDonald Retweeted Glasnost Gone
Not confirmed, but likely. The Russian army had to redeploy a large force fom Donetsk to secure Luhansk. Even though Russia’s proxy forces in Donbas are huge, Ukraine’s army is now bigger, and can react quickly to redeployments, taking advantage where possible.

Euan MacDonald‏
@Euan_MacDonald
2h2 hours ago
More Euan MacDonald Retweeted Euan MacDonald
Also, Russia’s proxy forces in the Donbas complained today about “Ukrainian advances,” which adds to the probability of the report being accurate.

Missed this one off (with the standard disclaimer that I cannot read Russian so no idea what the primary source is saying):

lennutrajektoor‏
@lennutrajektoor
BREAKING Russian army drafting offices have started sending out to all employers requests to hand over the list of army servicemen. It really seems as-if Putin truly prepares to go to war but no one knows with whom.
twitter.com/Dmitriy_Belyaev/status/933342713323425793

SWISSUKRAINE.ORG‏
@SWISSUKRAINE
More SWISSUKRAINE.ORG Retweeted lennutrajektoor
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ Germany, USA, GB all are absorbed with itself - we expect Kremlin will seriously test its options -