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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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.

Peter Alexander
‏*@PeterAlexander*
NEW: Trump’s legal team argues its providing “the most transparent response in history by a President to [Special Counsel] inquiries.”

It’s Official: America Suddenly Isn’t Comfortable With LGBT People

For the first time in four years, GLAAD found that fewer non-LGBT adults are comfortable with their LGBT peers. The organization says Trump’s anti-LGBT agenda is partly to blame.

www.thedailybeast.com/its-official-america-suddenly-isnt-comfortable-with-lgbt-people

Manu Raju
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GRASSLEY says Senate Judiciary will release transcripts of intvws with Trump Tower meeting participants, including Don Jr. “Let the public have access to it.” SJC won’t talk to Kushner, he tells us. “He’s spooked by the unilateral release of what transcripts are out there.”

'spooked' ?

The Doomsday Clock just moved: It’s now 2 minutes to ‘midnight,’ the symbolic hour of the apocalypse

www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/25/after-a-missile-scare-and-insult-war-with-north-korea-its-time-to-check-the-doomsday-clock/?utm_term=.988805b7696a&tid=sm_tw&__twitter_impression=true

Dave Weigel
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New: A project that fizzled in the Obama years spending $$ to elect Democratic secretaries of states is rebooted and spending $5m in swing states.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/25/democratic-group-will-spend-5-million-to-elect-secretaries-of-state-the-latest-front-in-voting-wars/?utm_term=.6ea417073bf4

Dozens of displaced Puerto Rican families were suddenly informed last week that their temporary FEMA housing assistance in Connecticut was being cut — just days after being given an extension, according to local officials.

www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/puerto-rican-families-had-fema-housing-funds-suddenly-cut-connecticut-n840831?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

He said that he had hoped to speak with all of the witnesses involved in the meeting before releasing the transcripts, but that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) decision earlier this year to unilaterally release the transcript from the interview with Glenn Simpson has “spooked” other witnesses.

Sorry, from this:

thehill.com/homenews/senate/370670-grassley-calls-for-release-of-transcripts-from-interviews-linked-to-trump-jr?__twitter_impression=true

W. Kamau Bell
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Trump's #MuslimBan is a year old. Many of us don't think about the toll it takes on the people being banned. It punishes people for no reason, tears families apart & forces an entire faith to bear the brunt of Trump's bigotry.

Read some of their stories.

www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/living-muslim-ban?redirect=Year-of-theBan&ms=web_180122_immigrantrights_muslimban_par

Oh I believed the word, I'm afraid.

Ha, I didn't think you doubted it, was just providing context!

Manu Raju
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Cornyn, who has been briefed on Nunes memo, suggests Nunes should listen to DOJ concerns. “We all should pay attention to what the Justice Department's concerns are, and I'm sure the chairman will. It's always good when we communicate and consult with one another,” he told me

Kevin Schofield‏Verified account
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BREAKING: Downing Street confirms Donald Trump will finally visit the UK "later this year". Number 10 and White House officials now "finalising the details".

You all may be interested in this CNN Money piece.

Half of Venezuelan economy has 'disappeared'

Pain - in better start polishing my backside. I have frequently said that I will moon the great orange one if/when he he dares show his face here.

I like to think of it as granddads ‘Dunkirk spirit’. He would be proud (and would have probably yelled and waved his walking stick).

Tech firms let Russia review software used by U.S. agencies

Technology giants SAP, Symantec and McAfee allowed a Russian defense agency to probe the source code of some of their products — the same ones used by at least a dozen federal agencies — in order to sell in the Russian market, Reuters reports.

Why it matters: Experts say this could jeopardize the security of government computers and networks by allowing Russian hackers to discover unknown vulnerabilities. The agencies that use these software products include the Pentagon, NASA, the State Department, the FBI and other intelligence units.

Go deeper:
In October, Reuters revealed that an HP software used in at least seven agencies had been reviewed by a Russian military contractor.
In letter to Sen. Jeanne Sheehan, the Pentagon warned that source code reviews by countries like China and Russia could allow them to expose vulnerabilities.

Reuters has not found any cases in which a source code review aided in a cyberattack, but both federal and private cyber experts have expressed concern.

Ha, I'll be there too fekko (though I'll spare you the sight of my arse and keep it firmly under wraps)

Is it to be a 'state visit'?

edition.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/grassley-donald-trump-jr-transcript-release/index.html

They’re confirming details so it’s not clear but I think just a normal visit (though this is only because it hasn’t been referred to as a state visit anywhere)

Peter Alexander
@PeterAlexander
NEW: Nikki Haley presses Arab leaders to step up in peace process, asking: "Where is the Palestinian Anwar Sadat?"

Note: Sadat was assassinated two years after he signed a peace deal with Israel.

Hooray!!!!

The Guardian
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13m13 minutes ago
Murphy Brown is coming back to TV: why America needs her more than ever trib.al/KoZ84uL

Haley is not the sharpest tool in the box.

#TheResistance
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26m26 minutes ago
California lt. gov. to Sessions: “Your racist political stunts … will not work on us.” ift.tt/2na3y5g

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I’m glad somebody’s hot on the trail of this secret society. As soon as we’re done investigating Russia, we’ll join the hunt for the Illuminati.

9:37 AM - 25 Jan 2018

Brian Krassenstein 🐬
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3h3 hours ago
BREAKING: Wisconsin Republicans Have Abruptly Decided To Oust Top State Elections And Ethics Officials.

Note that Primaries begin in 4 weeks and Wisconsin was one of 21 states targeted by Russian hackers ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

This is OUTRAGEOUS!