Trump thread # 100 “Cannot you see that I, too, have a tall and beautiful person?”

[TheClaws]

Roman Emperor Nero wrote the above in a manual titled ‘Care of the Hair’. Nero was tyrannical, vain and cruel, and thought little of the lives of others. He also liked to erect buildings and carve his name into them. if only we could learn well from the past.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3104707--Uneasy-lies-the-head-that-wears-the-crown-as-it-should-be-Trump-thread-continued

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/us-isolated-on-un-security-council-in-rift-over-jerusalem.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1

This is a wonderful textile artist named India Tresselt. She has been stitching this piece for some time - I think since inauguration?

www.yarndancevt.com/cloths-of-resistance/

I didn’t add in the message above you need to click on the image to see that the sentence ‘This is not normal’ is repeated over and over on the canvas to form the flag image. It is quite extraordinary.

Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson
3h3 hours ago

Rick Wilson Retweeted CNN

This is no longer a question: Putin has executed the greatest intelligence coup of all history.

Rick Wilson added,
2:09
CNN
Verified account @CNN
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: Vladimir Putin "knows how to handle an asset and that's what he's doing with the President" cnn.it/2kgW270

That's brilliant, Claws.

time.com/5054583/michael-flynn-putin-trump-power/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
I agree with Clapper that Trump behaves like a Kremlin asset.

Other things Clapper has said that I agree with:

• Trump is likely to use nukes, possibly in a fit of rage
• Vulnerability of our IT systems to Russian hacks isn't taken seriously enough

Pay attention.

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
“People with knowledge of the investigation said it could last at least another year and members of Mueller’s team have told others they expect to be working through much of 2018, at the minimum.”

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-teams-meeting-with-muellers-office-poised-to-ratchet-up-tensions/2017/12/18/15dac668-e41d-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html?__twitter_impression=true

Emma Loop
@LoopEmma
Burr confirms SSCI is investigating Jill Stein's campaign, saying there are TWO campaigns the committee has just started looking at.

I asked what he's looking for from Stein's campaign.

"Collusion with the Russians," he said.

Burr was asked just before that about the committee's progress in the investigation.

"I think it's safe to say that we've got two other campaigns that we're just starting on," Burr said.

FYI I’ve asked Burr’s office for clarification re: the two campaigns he says they’re just starting on.

[my entirely speculative guess would be that it’s sanders but that isn’t based on any solid evidence at all, just what seems most likely to me]

Sam Biddle
@samfbiddle
Jill Stein told me she plans on fully cooperating with Senate Intelligence inquiry, will hand over all Russia/RT related comms

theintercept.com/2017/12/18/jill-stein-will-hand-over-russia-related-communications-to-senate-commmittee/?clear

She also flatly denied any contact with Trump campaign/Wikileaks, and says any material given to Senate will be published online too—so, we'll see I guess!

(The Guardian) US could broaden its use of nuclear weapons, Trump administration signals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/18/nuclear-weapons-trump-national-security-strategy

Fox appends this with an image of Trump and Mueller side-by-side and the text, ‘You would have thought they were preparing for the apocalypse’. They just forget the LOL! at the end. The three words were “No, I’m not,” referring to the answer Trump gave as to whether he’s going to fire Mueller. LOL! A beautifully crafted tweet from Fox.

Fox News @FoxNews 1hr
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OPINION: Trump shuts down ginned-up liberal 'uprising' in three words

The Onion
@TheOnion
Robert Mueller Ascends Into Sky With Umbrella After Trump Family Promises They Learned Lesson About Honesty (link: trib.al/UUh65F7) trib.al/UUh65F7

Thanks for all the links and info, that flag is wonderful Claws.

Rep. Elise Stefanik
@RepStefanik
Tomorrow I will be voting no on the final tax legislation and will continue to work hard to ensure that hard working #NY21 families and small businesses have their priorities represented in Congress. Read my full statement:

We need a uk version of that flag too

I’m not sure they’ll be able to ever say with confidence that it was the FCC who added this specific comment but

Sam Sykes
@SamSykesSwears
Holy shit. The @FCC used Barack Obama's identity to forge fake complaints against #NetNeutrality : www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/1051157755251

I'm sorry, this is totally irrelevant but the best Christmassy Tweet I've seen. I feel obliged to share it, I missed it last year.

Oh that is brilliant!

Ooo I like that 'this is not normal' flag Claws

Here's the direct link for where James Clapper describes Trump as Putin's asset:
twitter.com/CNN/status/942871683152560128

That's, um, no mincing of words from the former Director of National Intelligence.

Facebook to demote posts fishing for Likes
money.cnn.com/2017/12/18/technology/facebook-spam-posts/index.html?sr=twCNN121817facebook-spam-posts0313PMStory

Facebook "can detect different types of engagement bait," the company said in a blog post. "Posts that use this tactic will be shown less in News Feed."
The company said it will have stricter demotions for repeat offenders.

What's with Trump and drinking water?

Does he have a neurological disease?

Weird.

twitter.com/atrupar/status/942835162315927553/video/1

Also with a commentary of Trump's NATO speech.

Thanks Perking I saw that and tried to link it but couldn't

The family swamp...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/welcome-to-the-trump-family-swamp/2017/12/18/01ad0adc-e42e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.a379e85cac9c

Who are we as a country? Time to decide: Sally Yates

www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/12/19/what-kind-country-we-speak-out-core-american-values-sally-q-yates-column/951828001/

Ahh, Yates hits the nail on the head again.

An excerpt, but it's worth reading the whole:

And there is something else that separates us from an autocracy, and that’s truth. There is such a thing as objective truth. We can debate policies and issues, and we should. But those debates must be based on common facts rather than raw appeals to emotion and fear through polarizing rhetoric and fabrications.

Not only is there such a thing as objective truth, failing to tell the truth matters. We can’t control whether our public servants lie to us. But we can control whether we hold them accountable for those lies or whether, in either a state of exhaustion or to protect our own political objectives, we look the other way and normalize an indifference to truth.

Andy Slavitt
@ASlavitt
BREAKING: Politico is reporting this morning that 67 conservative groups came out against the deal that Collins wants in exchange for her “yes” on the tax bill.

@SenatorCollins: do you believe your deal will be honored? You need to decide today.

#GOPTaxScam