He is the very model of a Very Stable Genius: Trump cont

[PerkingFaintly]

We rushed out of the last thread without even a pocket handkerchief: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a3124599-Trump-2018-Resistance-is-Never-Futile

So here's a new one, with its own

I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius.
I have a mighty button and no problems with my penius.
I have no time for television, golf or social media
Since my brain is way way better than the best encyclopedia.

I'm cutting tax, I'll build a wall, I'll take away their medicare
You can trust me 'cos I'm orange and I have the most amazing hair.
So with my total ignorance of matters heterogeneous
I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius!

Compared to other leaders, my behavior's quite unusual
My twisted tweets and pissed-on sheets have managed to amuse you all
I have to drink two-handed 'cause my fingers are the teeniest
I need a sippy-cup with the inscription "Stable Genius."

Justices Appear Likely To Uphold Ohio's System For Removing Voters From The Rolls

Arguments on Wednesday centered around whether Ohio is using a failure to vote, and nothing more, as the basis for canceling voter registrations. The state says a notice it sends to people who haven't voted provides a safeguard that makes the system OK.

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/chrisgeidner/justices-appear-likely-to-uphold-ohios-system-for-removing?__twitter_impression=true

Andy Slavitt
@ASlavitt
BREAKING: In the next 48 hours, the Trump Administration is planning to issue policy on how states can stop people from receiving Medicaid coverage if they don’t have a job.

And they plan to put this in action in their first state— Kentucky.

Many thanks for the new thread Perking and the pm you sent me, which I haven't seen because I don't know how to access messages on the phone app but I saw an email...
Watched Miller interview with jake tapper - he's a nasty piece of work isn't he? Loved how Jake said to him 'you're obviously speaking to an audience of one and I'm sure he'll be very pleased'.

On the subject of Oprah, I love her, always have, and if she became president...it would be extraordinary but this time in a good way. BUT I was listening to something on radio4 the other day, and the woman who was speaking (can't remember who) said that Oprah has stated she would never run for president Still in these strange times, you never know...

www.foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/release/cardin-releases-report-detailing-two-decades-of-putins-attacks-on-democracy

This Twitter thread is a small distraction for film fans. 😊

It's like this entire administration is made up of James Bond villains.
twitter.com/kevinmkruse/status/930918835246551041

Those uppity women.

thehill.com/homenews/administration/368238-female-dems-to-wear-black-to-trumps-state-of-the-union-to-protest

northwest I thought, oh yes, that’s quite funny, when I saw the first tweet but then I realised there were more and the resemblances are uncanny! Perhaps we are just in a bond movie, which would account for the weirdness

I've always hated Bond.

www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmaker-aims-to-block-border-wall-funding-with-taxpayer-dollars/

Talking of self awareness

NBC News
@NBCNews
President Trump: "We are going to take a strong look at our country's libel laws ... You can't say things that are false, knowingly false, and be able to smile as money pours into your bank account."

mobile.twitter.com/NBCNews/status/951147988008734722

This is a long read but well worth it for anyone interested in the press freedom across different WH administrations.

theintercept.com/2018/01/03/my-life-as-a-new-york-times-reporter-in-the-shadow-of-the-war-on-terror/

www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-praises-himself-for-meeting-with-dems-my-performance-got-great-reviews-the-ratings-were-fantastic/

Payback for some.

www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/climate/coal-murray-trump-memo.html?_r=0

Jeremy Herb
@jeremyherb
COMING ATTRACTIONS: House Republicans want to bring former FBI Director Comey back to the Hill again to testify in joint Oversight-Judiciary probe on Clinton email investigation, via @mkraju and me

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/10/politics/james-comey-house-investigation/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Six sources tell the AP that Trump is expected this week to once again renew Iran nuclear sanctions relief.

apnews.com/3ded94f2c06840b4a7aa0a55fd269989?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

I wonder what Feinstein is doing behind the scenes?

More of the same I hope!

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
New documents released by FBI related to Comey's firing include this letter from McCabe to FBI employees: "We all miss him. And I know that he misses us....hang in there."

I don't know who did this.

Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/mueller-adds-veteran-cyber-prosecutor-to-special-counsel-team/2018/01/10/860f3364-f585-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?__twitter_impression=true

I bet Oprah would divest from business. Properly.

She should set up a Fantasy President channel. It would be like an alternate reality where the President acts normally. Even if she would occasionally surprise journalists on the WH press briefings with little presents under their chairs.

So he's actually been there for two months?

Which is good by the way.

A Newsweek piece.

Trump failed his freshman year

^Donald Trump says US could 'go back' into Paris climate agreement
The President says he feels 'very strongly about the environment^

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-paris-climate-deal-agreement-us-go-back-latest-a8152531.html

He's become a bit more nuanced about his wall, and DACA?

Nothing to do with hurricanes and frozen sharks?
Maybe the idea of Mar-a-Lago being destroyed was too upsetting?
Feeling left out?