‘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

This might force the uk government into stopping their pretence of ignoring that there’s a problem and acting as if everything about Brexit was legit. How they’ve managed to get away with resisting any attempt to acknowledge there’s a problem, let alone do anything about it, has always baffled me

Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
Wow. WSJ confirms Mueller has demanded evidence from Cambridge Analytica. This is a very big deal. Not least for Britain.

www.wsj.com/amp/articles/mueller-sought-emails-of-trump-campaign-data-firm-1513296899?__twitter_impression=true

Recap: Electoral Commission is investigating impermissible donation from Cambridge Analytica to @NigelFarage & @Arronbanks’ Leave.EU campaign 2/

That’s @nigel_farage the v good friend of Steve Bannon, director & shareholder at Cambridge Analytica at the time of ref. On day, Article 50 triggered. ‘Well done Bannon. Well done Breitbart. You helped with this hugely.’

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZnyJfH3poE&feature=youtu.be

And yes, also this:

Jamie Bartlett
@JamieJBartlett
Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica will appear before the House Intelligence Committee today as part of its probe into Russian election interference on Thursday. Here's some of my interview with Nix for the BBC series 'The Secrets of Silicon Valley'

Happy Friday!

Not news to take down a president but all the same

mobile.twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/941367856070979584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-37115410443236620699.ampproject.net%2F1512677960104%2Fframe.html

What was that at the end?
F O X ?

Between.
-You have the right to remain silent. -Blah, blah, blah (because that's exactly how it will go)
Puerto Rico

I want rid of Trump but heaven help us if Pence is the alternative

I suspect someone was aware of this when he was chosen.

Still, Pence and a Democratic House and Senate? Maybe...

Yes sorry, shouldn’t have glossed over that it is actually an appeal for PR. Surely international aid communities step in at some point, or is that too politically antagonist?

I think pence will go down too - if there’s any taking down allowed to happen at all - because he’s
Up to his neck in it with the knowing Flynn was compromised but still doing jack all to stop him being head of the nsa. And there’s bound to be more.

Trump super PAC quietly launches new ad campaign targeting Special Counsel Robert Mueller

thinkprogress.org/trump-pac-mueller-2e51b395d246/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Zac Petkanas
@Zac_Petkanas
ALERT

Hearing rumors that Speaker Ryan is going to shut down the House Intelligence Committee investigation right before leaving for Christmas.

This is part of the coverup.

Jennifer Epstein
@jeneps
White House confirms that President Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin today and promises a readout tonight. Kremlin has already released its readout.

Christina Wilkie
@christinawilkie
NEW WH: "Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Trump thanked Putin for acknowledging America’s strong economic performance in his annual press conference."
Seriously? That was the point of the call? To "thank Putin for acknowledging" we have a strong economy?

Collusion or not, the idea that a U.S. president would "thank" a hostile foreign power "for acknowledging" the hard work and ingenuity of Americans, seems surreal.

Full WH readout of Trump’s call with Putin >>

Trump thanks a hostile power for “acknowledging” how strong U.S. economy is, while that same hostile power works 24-7 to weaken our economy, our security and our standing.

To borrow Steve Bannon’s phrase, I’ll bet Putin likes knowing he's living rent-free inside Trump’s head.

Might be slightly more lol-zy

Ashley Feinberg
@ashleyfeinberg
Sean Spicer thinks that A Christmas Carol is a collection of Christmas carol

Surely international aid communities step in at some point

They need permission to enter the country.

Colin Kahl
@ColinKahl
Trump “might legitimately feel insulted by any mention of Russian hacking...But it’s quite possible his hair-trigger anger over the subject of Russia is a tactic designed to close off a subject on which his guilt runs very deep.”

amp.nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/bringing-up-russian-hacking-triggers-trump.html

Also

shauna
@goldengateblond
To recap, Mueller fired an agent for texting about Trump but Trump wouldn't fire his national security adviser for being compromised by Russia.

Oh I meant to say lion that the piece on Ryan was amazing!

Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, British military chief warns

Air Chief Marshall Peach says Russian ships have been spotted close to Atlantic cables that carry communications between Europe and the US

amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/14/russia-could-cut-off-internet-to-nato-countries-british-military-chief-warns?__twitter_impression=true

This seems pretty problematic

Official: Tillerson 'not really speaking' for Trump anymore

thehill.com/homenews/administration/365048-official-tillerson-not-really-speaking-for-white-house-anymore?amp&__twitter_impression=true

lweji given that trump reinstated the Jones act after a mere two weeks (or maybe even ten days? I can’t remember) I’d imagine it’s unlikely they’d allow that to happen. It’s almost a wilful genocide, deliberately not improving conditions with no intention to solve any problems.

Exactly

Oops

Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
MUST WATCH: Republican @SenJohnKennedy asks one of @realDonaldTrump’s US District Judge nominees basic questions of law & he can’t answer a single one. Hoo-boy.

mobile.twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/941484131757838337/video/1

I saw that Pain. How embarrassing!

Where do they find these people?

www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-sought-emails-of-trump-campaign-data-firm-1513296899?mod=e2tw

That clip is laughable Pain.

Wow Pain. One good thing about all these hearings is that you get to observe close-up how people react when they dissemble.

Useful to know for the coming year.

I particularly enjoyed the many varied ways he came up with to avoid saying "no" in answer to all the questions about whether he had experience and/or knowledge. Have stored a few of them for when I need to extricate myself from such questions (though hopefully not in nearly as humiliating or public situations!).

Incidentally, two of Trump's judiciary picks withdrew their nominations day before yesterday (at Grassley's urging!), which Maddow saw as a sign of Trump's waning influence and power ie the Republicans now didn't have so much to fear if he turned on them given how his political plans played out in Alabama, so if that's the case it can only be a good thing.

Article about it here:

www.politico.com/story/2017/12/13/brett-talley-trump-nominee-withdraws-295322

I agree!

Apart from a couple of 'I don't recalls' there was the classic...

'Have you ever blah blah'

Answer
'I believe not'
or
'I believe I haven't'

NO will do thank you!

Amusing in a kind of horrifying way. The important question is, did the committee confirm the know-nothing applicant? Or maybe that's what the social media question at the end was for - to weed out all the wishy-washy liberals who haven't tweeted in favour of the KKK...