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All Trump sees is green. All we see is a traitorous orange menace. Who is right? Place bets now!! (Trump continued)

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badbadhusky · 17/01/2018 22:57

A nod to Banzai there for old timers like me.

Old thread here.

Question is, is it Mueller time yet? Anyone fancy placing a bet on when Trump will exit the POTUS role?

My bet: 20 March 2019.

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TheNorthWestPawsage · 21/01/2018 23:09

Downtown Abbey, it ain't
(he won't be getting that wedding invite either...)

Mar-a-Lago guests paying $100k or more per couple to attend Trump’s inauguration anniversary political fundraising fala—which Eric & Don Jr attended in President Trump’s stead due to the shutdown—are apparent “traumatized” by scooping caviar with plastic spoons.
twitter.com/annalecta/status/955116544601837569

All Trump sees is green. All we see is a traitorous orange menace. Who is right? Place bets now!! (Trump continued)
TheClaws · 21/01/2018 23:17

Oh, that’s shocking, North. If I’m partaking in caviar, I like a long-handled teaspoon that has a deeper bowl so the little eggs don’t fall out. Preferably golden. I can’t believe a man of his wealth doesn’t know that. Obviously no class. Grin

cozietoesie · 21/01/2018 23:18

'plastic' spoons?? Shock

TheClaws · 21/01/2018 23:25

I don’t think the talks between the North and the South are going as well as hoped, and NK is still quite unhappy with the US, it seems.

Rodong Sinmun Censures U.S. for Aggravating Regional Situation

Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- Shortly ago, the U.S. organized a foreign ministers' meeting of its satellites in Canada against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The meeting brought together those in charge of foreign affairs of mainly U.S. allies that participated in the past Korean War. The meeting chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson was reported to discuss the issues to intensify sanctions and pressure for "denuclearization" of the DPRK.

Rodong Sinmun Sunday in a commentary says this runs contrary to the aspiration and wishes of all the Koreans for the country's peace and reunification and is an unpardonable provocation aimed at aggravating the regional situation.

What the U.S. seeks in the meeting is to realize its aggressive goals by wrecking peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and exacerbating the tension, the commentary says, and goes on:

That's why the U.S. is hell-bent on the sanctions and pressure against the DPRK by mobilizing even its vassal forces in a bid to cast a chill over the atmosphere of north-south dialogue and refrain the tension on the Korean Peninsula from being defused.

What merits a more serious attention is the fact that the south Korean authorities spouted undesirable remarks at the U.S.-led meeting in Canada.

The south Korean authorities would be well advised to think twice about inglorious consequences to be entailed by their behavior.

With no sanctions and blockade can the hostile forces frighten the DPRK.

Even though the U.S. gets more desperate in anti-DPRK sanctions by mobilizing riffraff, unaware of the DPRK's strategic position and the trend of the times, the U.S. will never reverse the fate of the American empire rushing headlong to doom. -0-

badbadhusky · 21/01/2018 23:27

I like the other tweets on that thread discussing the quality of the silver and the tarnish.

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Lweji · 21/01/2018 23:28

Bastard Trump and GOP.

Just saying:

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The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov.
Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at USA.gov.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

There are sequences to be searched. Papers to be found.

GingerIvy · 21/01/2018 23:37

Kyle Griffin

Verified account

@kylegriffin1
1m1 minute ago
Tammy Duckworth tried to pass a bill to ensure military pay and military death benefits during the shutdown. The effort failed after Senate Majority Whip, Republican Sen. John Cornyn objected.
whotv.com/2018/01/21/neither-side-budges-as-day-2-of-shutdown-continues/

GingerIvy · 21/01/2018 23:50

Newsweek

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@Newsweek
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Trump is repeating ISIS rhetoric, says London mayor Sadiq Khan bit.ly/2BjspHW

GingerIvy · 21/01/2018 23:56

Tracie

@traciemac_Bmore
57m57 minutes ago
BREAKING Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has been talking with George Nader, a little-known Bannon associate who boasts of his well-placed connections in the Middle East (look @ZevShalev) 👀 www.axios.com/scoop-muellers-interest-in-a-mysterious-white-house-visitor-1516568389-6d406353-c96b-438f-99dc-9d9dc31413de.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

GingerIvy · 21/01/2018 23:57

Barnett R. Rubin

@BRRubin
8h8 hours ago
This is disgraceful. @VP is openly campaigning for the support of the military in a partisan political conflict. This is not America. It is potentially an impeachable offense. twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/955092407489564672

cozietoesie · 21/01/2018 23:57

Goodness. Duckworth lost both her legs in Iraq.

cozietoesie · 21/01/2018 23:58

So when she calls 45 a 'draft dodger'..............

cozietoesie · 22/01/2018 00:27

Sorry. Here is an excerpt from her speech on the Senate floor:

"I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft-dodger," Duckworth said during a speech on the Senate floor. "And I have a message for cadet bone spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops and millions of innocent civilians in danger."

lionheart · 22/01/2018 05:57

More on Pence.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vice-president-pence-lays-blame-democrats-shutdown-visit-troops-n839651

Duckworth is feisty all right.
Smile

lionheart · 22/01/2018 06:03

It's as if he thinks those soldiers have not been paying attention to this whole sorry saga.

shareblue.com/trump-budget-chief-mick-mulvaney-cant-explain-why-republicans-blocked-troop-pay-during-shutdown/

lionheart · 22/01/2018 06:10

PR so inept it looks like sabotage.

shareblue.com/white-house-photos-backfire/

TheClaws · 22/01/2018 06:31

Nunes doesn’t want the FBI to see the memo for some reason. Could that be because it’s composed of a grocery list and other associated bullshit?

thehill.com/policy/national-security/370033-fbi-says-house-intel-chief-has-not-shared-memo-alleging-surveillance

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 06:51

The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s team bypassed the Dept. of Homeland Security analysts to produce a bogus terror report, @attackerman reports
The Trump administration made it crystal clear: “An analysis conducted by DHS” determined that 73% of terrorists were “foreign-born.” But DHS analysts had nothing to do with it
Two ex-DHS officials say Homeland Security doesn't even cross-reference terrorism convictions with citizenship data
As it turns out, AG Jeff Sessions’ office assembled the stats and sent them to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for her stamp of approval after the report was virtually finished
Why this matters, in the words of an expert: “The Trump administration is trying to turn counterterrorism into an immigration issue”

<a class="break-all" href="https://amp.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-bypassed-dhs-analysts-to-produce-bogus-terror-report#click=t.co/tQj8yQhRYG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amp.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-bypassed-dhs-analysts-to-produce-bogus-terror-report#click=t.co/tQj8yQhRYG

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 06:56

Gromer M. Jeffers‏Verified account
@gromerjeffers
Dallas County Republicans file lawsuit to kick 128 Democrats off election ballot

www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/01/21/dallas-county-republicans-file-lawsuit-kick-128-democrats-election-ballot

Christian J.
@dtxErgaOmnes
The GOP’s New “Gerrymandering” Practice: Suing to Get Democrat Candidates Kicked Off the Ballot—Rigging Elections for GOP Candidates.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 06:57

Senator John Cornyn‏Verified account
@JohnCornyn
Top Republican Shoots Down Tentative Shutdown Deal thebea.st/2mZhyyJ?source=twitter&via=mobile … via @thedailybeast

Topher Spiro
@TopherSpiro
BREAKING: GOP leadership rejects deal to open the government supported by Republican Senators Alexander, Collins, Corker, Flake, Graham, Murkowski, and others...and even RAND PAUL!!! Blame is easy to assign with this smoking gun 👇🏼

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 06:59

Bit more detail on the fall from grace

The decline and fall of Wilbur Ross

www.axios.com/the-decline-and-fall-of-wilbur-ross-1516568275-c795e9b4-f84f-4080-a129-da23cb91ed2a.html

Eliana Johnson
@elianayjohnson
A source I had contacted about something more important responded that not only has Wilbur Ross fallen asleep at every meeting he’s been in with source, but that he drools - and uses his tie to clean it up.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 07:05

Chelsea Manning Made An Appearance At A Pro-Trump Gala

Manning said she "crashed" the event. One attendee who knows Manning told BuzzFeed News that "while she was not there protesting she was there in a effort to bridge gaps between left and right."

www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/chelsea-manning-goes-to-a-pro-trump-gala?utm_term=.jyORnBpw0#.meKR9pNy8

Chelsea E. Manning
@xychelsea
crashed the fascist/white supremacist hate brigade party 😂 all selfies were denied 😎💕🌈 #CrashTheFash #WeGotThis #NightForFreedom

shout out to the dozens of protesters staying out in the cold !! #DefendJ20 #WeGotThis

learned in prison that the best way to confront your enemies is face-to-face in their space

Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Chelsea Manning said she was crashing @Cernovich’s party last night but here’s a picture taken in DC before Christmas where she certainly does not appear to be crashing...

@willchamberlain @JackPosobiec @CassandraRules @lucianwintrich

All Trump sees is green. All we see is a traitorous orange menace. Who is right? Place bets now!! (Trump continued)
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 07:10

There appear to be a few candidates running as Dems who don't actually seem to be Dems

Avi
@AviAhvee
Really important that we vet every one of these candidates who runs as a Democrat. Akzam is all over Cassandra Fairbanks' mentions, including engaging in Seth Rich conspiracy theories with her. He is no Dem.

I rest my case. “Why I Won’t Help The DEMS” @JohnnyAkzam

twitter.com/AviAhvee/status/955270186378125312

nadinevanderVelde
@nadinevdVelde
🔥 Johnny Akzam responding to an October 2016 tweet from @HillaryClinton in most derogatory way. He is endorsing TRUMP's TWEETS. This guy was an independent now running as a democrat. Is he a Trojan Horse??? I'd like to know exactly which Trump tweets are "easier to stomach."

ѕσℓαя ƒℓαяє‏
@skullflowers__
Democratic candidate @johnnyakzam also apparently believes that Hillary Clinton gave trump supporters malware...

twitter.com/skullflowers__/status/955282928719757317

Johnny Akzam‏
@JohnnyAkzam
Replying to @HillaryClinton
You are a shameless Twitter troll @HillaryClinton. Even @realDonaldTrump tweets are easier to stomach than yours! #DeleteAccount

Olga_Lautman NYC ✨
@olgaNYC1211
This in itself is disgusting and inappropriate but what makes it worse is that @JohnnyAkzam is running as a Democrat. This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

We have a divisive lunatic in the WH and need normal candidates to bring back sanity to 🇺🇸

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 07:22

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House’s drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law firm because he “just didn’t show,” a partner at the firm told WaPo.

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/trumps-24-year-old-drug-policy-appointee-was-let-go-at-law-firm-after-he-just-didnt-show/2018/01/20/a7de7c28-fd43-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.f52ef23aabd7&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1&__twitter_impression=true

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 22/01/2018 07:23

The Hill
@thehill
McConnell breaks with Trump: GOP opposes using "nuclear option" in budget debate: hill.cm/wJBsM2U