‘Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’ - as it should be! Trump thread continued.

[TheClaws]

From Shakespeake’s Henry IV, Act 3 Scene 1.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3094156-All-we-want-for-Christmas-is-an-IMPEACHMENT-Trump-cont

African American individual: When was American last great?
Roy Moore: When we had slavery.

Sheesh!!!! I must be living in a parallel universe, like the Upside Down in Stranger Things.

More power, more sponsorship

David Sirota
@davidsirota
BREAKING: The Koch Brothers are represented in Congress by Kansas Sen. @PatRoberts -- he's been pushing to add language to the tax bill that would give the Kochs & other billionaires a special tax cut when they funnel cash to dark money groups

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/tax-bill-koch-brothers-senator-pushes-tax-break-dark-money-groups-2625547?amp=1#click=t.co/Kob0R0EBmX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/tax-bill-koch-brothers-senator-pushes-tax-break-dark-money-groups-2625547?amp=1#click=t.co/Kob0R0EBmX

Jane Mayer
@JaneMayerNYer
Report says the Kochs' senator tried to get taxpayers to fund their dark money spending on politics by making it tax deductible for them. So thoughtful!

Across Tell me Moore didn’t really say that?

Question is, Claws, if we told you would you believe us?

I’m getting round to believing anything these days.

Fox is spitting. Big move from Obama here.

Fox News‏Verified account
@FoxNews
31m31 minutes ago
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.@jessebwatters on Obama comparing #Trump's election to the Third Reich: "I thought @BarackObama was better than this. To compare [@realdonaldtrump] to Adolf Hitler...horrible, horrible. Just demeaning, beneath him." bit.ly/2iD8D3u

.....beneath him....

Oh Boy.

Their editor slipped up Bigly allowing that phrase out. (Or maybe not.......)

Claws From upthread:

Eugene Scott‏
@Eugene_Scott
Moore to an African American asking when he last thought America was “great”: “I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.”

OK, so I paraphrased a little.

it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another

Bold fail

Re Fox News. Yeah, like we know they never compared Obama to anything negative. Right.

This guy is, I believe, a racist." –Glenn Beck on President Obama, sparking an advertiser exodus from his FOX News show, July 28, 2009

"I am not saying that Barack Obama is a fascist. If I'm not mistaken, in the early days of Adolf Hitler.........'" --Glenn Beck, comparing government bailouts of auto companies to actions of German companies during the rise of Hitler, Fox News's Glenn Beck show, April 1, 2009

And that's just two examples

Fox also on a roll today ... comparing the FBI to the KGB.

Caroline O.‏
@RVAwonk
2h2 hours ago
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What is going on and why I am agreeing with what Joe Walsh is saying?

Thanks Across.

Just waking up to this thought:

Wouldn't it be fun if Hillary's emails caused the downfall of the Trumps?

Lock them up.

I think it’s fairly likely that if they were found to have committed crimes by mueller, the emails would play a huge role in that. Which will join the sight of Flynn being driven away to signs and shouts of “lock him up” as my new happy place

This isn’t news but sometimes it’s nice to start mornings with things that aren’t doom and gloom

The Hoarse Whisperer
@HoarseWisperer

So, Amazon is selling a red MAGA hat Christmas tree ornament.

You're gonna want to read the reviews.

No, seriously. You want to...

www.amazon.com/Trump-America-Great-Collectible-Ornament/product-reviews/B01N67D8HO/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_2?pageNumber=2&reviewerType=all_reviews&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8

Wouldn't it be fun if Hillary's emails caused the downfall of the Trumps?

That would amuse me

Et voila

Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
NEW: Russian social media executive emailed Don Jr & Dan Scavino offering to help promote Trump’s campaign to its nearly 100 million users.

Russian social media executive sought to help Trump campaign in 2016, emails show

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/russian-social-media-executive-sought-to-help-trump-campaign-in-2016-emails-show/2017/12/07/31ec8d90-db9a-11e7-b859-fb0995360725_story.html#click=t.co/Ru3srEm03F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/russian-social-media-executive-sought-to-help-trump-campaign-in-2016-emails-show/2017/12/07/31ec8d90-db9a-11e7-b859-fb0995360725_story.html#click=t.co/Ru3srEm03F

This guy is an executive at VK.

Earlier today we found out that Don Jr & Paul Manafort were "on board" with a plan for Trump to create a page on VK (Russian Facebook), and that this plan was discussed at the Trump Tower meeting.

This is a short thread from earlier today about Don Jr, Dan Scavino, Paul Manafort, and VK ("Russian Facebook").

Now we know they embraced the offer of help from the Russian social media exec.

[short thread]:

Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
NEW: Leaked emails show first evidence of follow-up after Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

On June 14, 2016, publicist Rob Goldstone forwarded a story to about DNC hack & referred to it as "eerily weird" given what they had discussed 5 days earlier at Trump Tower mtg.

Evidence that the hacked emails were discussed at the meeting

Holy crap --> Goldstone emailed Dan Scavino — current WH social media director — suggesting that Trump should create a page on the Russian social networking site VK.

Don Jr & Paul Manafort were "on board" with the plan, which was discussed at the Trump Tower meeting.

If you're not familiar with VK, it's basically a Russian version of Facebook. With a lot more white supremacists. And this is where Don Jr. & Manafort wanted Trump to create a profile.

(Here's a thread on VK from October👇)

mobile.twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/924377618996228107

You're gonna want to read the reviews.

Pain, thank you so, so, much for that ornament review link! It has made my morning here in the not so sunny sand-pit!

This is also that rare mix of amusing/slightly terrifying

Robyn Pennacchia
@RobynElyse
PUT YOUR TIN FOIL HATS ON, we are about to go on a VERY wild ride.

I haven't been this excited since I first found out about the incredibly strange world of quicksand porn.

mobile.twitter.com/RobynElyse/status/938916412248199168

DS was laughing at the ornament reviews. Then he pretended to order one so I want amused!

Justice Department Moves To Investigate Planned Parenthood’s Fetal Tissue Practices

The Justice Department is set to request documents from Congressional investigators related to the group’s practice of sharing fetal tissue with researchers.

www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-moves-to-investigate-planned-parenthoods-fetal-tissue-practices

Big Cases Bot‏
@big_cases
New filing in United States v. Mike Flynn: Case Assigned/Reassigned

www.documentcloud.org/documents/4324525-document-21676350.html

Judge in Flynn case recuses himself
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/363885-judge-in-flynn-cases-recuses-himself

southpaw‏
@nycsouthpaw
Personally I don't think we ought to be scouring FBI agents' personal text messages for 2016 political opinions, but if Republicans are so gung-ho about that project let's subpoena the NY field office's phone records and see what we find.

Susan Hennessey‏
@Susan_Hennessey
Indeed. Some of the most flagrant, disturbing and ultimately false leaks from FBI in October and November of 2016 were those attributed to NY Field office and calculated to hurt Clinton.

Natasha Bertrand‏
@NatashaBertrand
New from me: Devin Nunes spoke to Erik Prince about forthcoming House Intel testimony despite recusal from Russia probe
uk.businessinsider.com/erik-prince-testimony-house-intel-committee-devin-nunes-russia-probe-2017-12?r=US&IR=T

But then hours later

Ethics Committee clears Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes

edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/politics/ethics-committee-devin-nunes/index.html