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

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TheClaws · 16/12/2017 06:25

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. Smile if only we could learn well from the past.

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 15:06

Ben Wexler
@mrbenwexler
Roy Moore still hasn’t admitted that he lost the election last week

Which maybe tells you a little something about his other denials

[and I would add, not taking no hot an answer]

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 15:10

*not taking no

PerkingFaintly · 19/12/2017 15:11

Yeah, he's looking less and less like a member of the fact-based community, isn't he?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 15:30

I’M sure he can just will it into existence. It was god’s will after all so perhaps he’ll get that miracle if he prays hard enough

Why it’s Far Worse for Trump to Fire Rosenstein than to Fire Mueller

www.justsecurity.org/49847/its-worse-trump-fire-rosenstein-fire-mueller/

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 17:40

NPR Politics
@nprpolitics
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is the latest leader to face the ire of Republicans who are angry about what they call bias at the highest levels of federal law enforcement.

Senior FBI Official McCabe To Face Closed-Door Grilling From House Lawmakers

www.npr.org/2017/12/19/571726696/senior-fbi-official-mccabe-to-face-closed-door-grilling-from-house-lawmakers?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2048

Katie Bo Williams
@KatieBoWill
Gowdy just told reporters “It’s not two o’clock yet,” when asked whether he thinks McCabe should stay in his job. Says he hopes he shows up for his HPSCI his interview — hinting heavily (or speculating?) that he thinks that he might not because he’s already out?!

Manu Raju
@mkraju
Grassley again reiterates he wants Andy McCabe out at FBI. "The answer is yes," he told me when asked if he wants McCabe out.

Susan Hennessey
@Susan_Hennessey
Gowdy is playing at an awfully strange game here. Even if Wray was inclined to fire McCabe, comments like these make it far harder for him to do so credibly.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 17:45

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block abortion for immigrant teen

www.politico.com/amp/story/2017/12/18/abortion-detained-teen-immigrants-304113?__twitter_impression=true

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 17:48

What’s everyone else getting when they click on “The full NSS report is available to download here”?

A New National Security Strategy for a New Era

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/new-national-security-strategy-new-era/

AcrossthePond55 · 19/12/2017 17:48

This is encouraging;

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/exceptional-number-of-democratic-house-challengers-await-2018-1119443523900

Roll on, Blue Wave!

cozietoesie · 19/12/2017 17:55

68 pages worth as far as I can see, Pain. (Although Page 2 is, of course, blank.)

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 17:57

It was previously a link to a tweet from Karen Pence! Just had another go and it's a report, so at least it's been rectified.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 17:57

It was previously a link to a tweet from Karen Pence! Just had another go and it's a report, so at least it's been rectified.

cozietoesie · 19/12/2017 17:58

Sorry. And some other pages. Looks as if they've just loaded it, ignoring the need to rid themselves of 'facing pages'.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 18:25

It was most bizarre when Karen Pence's tweet kept popping up!

Don't think this has been posted here yet. Funny how loyalty keeps recurring as a theme

Trump talked about rescinding Gorsuch’s nomination

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-reportedly-considered-rescinding-gorsuchs-nomination/2017/12/18/ad2b3b68-e1c7-11e7-9eb6-e3c7ecfb4638_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.da689d693855

Trump, according to several people with knowledge of the discussions, was upset that Gorsuch had pointedly distanced himself from the president in a private February meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), telling the senator he found Trump’s repeated attacks on the federal judiciary “disheartening” and “demoralizing.”

The president worried that Gorsuch would not be “loyal,” one of the people said, and told aides that he was tempted to pull Gorsuch’s nomination — and that he knew plenty of other judges who would want the job.

Trump's push backed on this saying it's untrue, so obviously it is.

Kyle Griffin‏Verified account
@kylegriffin1

The WaPo story cites 11 sources.

Marc Short confirmed Trump’s frustration in the piece: “The process obviously caused frustration, but that frustration was compounded by the fact that Gorsuch had sent him a personal letter that he never received.” wapo.st/2kKavrA

lionheart · 19/12/2017 18:26

Yes, Sally. Smile

The tweet to go with the article posted above.

Sally Yates‏Verified account
@SallyQYates

'We have reached an inflection point where our core values and democratic institutions are at stake.'

PerkingFaintly · 19/12/2017 18:47

Yes, because obviously the job of a Supreme Court judge is to show personal loyalty to the emperor.

Oops, I meant to the president of a democratic republic.

badbadhusky · 19/12/2017 19:06

Thanks to everyone still researching and posting amidst the Chrimbo cray-cray. I am busy bookmarking articles for when I get a moment’s peace. You rock! Nice to see some new faces delurking - stay delurked, you also rock.

lionheart · 19/12/2017 19:34

Kamala Harris‏Verified account
@SenKamalaHarris
24m24 minutes ago

My Republican colleagues have cobbled their tax bill together behind closed doors, with no attempts at bipartisanship. Now, they are trying to rush this bill through today before Alabama Senator-elect Doug Jones is sworn into office.

AcrossthePond55 · 19/12/2017 20:08

And the tax bill has passed the House. It now goes back to the Senate, and their vote is expected later today.

lionheart · 19/12/2017 21:02

Emails and why you should not send them.

www.lawfareblog.com/did-special-counsels-access-transitions-emails-violate-fourth-amendment

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 19/12/2017 21:54

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say 3 provisions in GOP tax bill violate Senate rules and will be removed, forcing House to revote Wednesday.

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