As far as Nunes can tell, none of us have even met with Trump

[PerkingFaintly]

Devin Nunes Gets A Pretty Basic Fact Wrong In Defending His Memo
Nunes suggested that Donald Trump had never met with George Papadopoulos. There's a photo of them sitting at the same table.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/devin-nunes-memo_us_5a788b57e4b01fe513a60603

And we certainly didn't have a national security meeting right here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3150505-The-one-in-which-Trump-orders-his-staff-to-fire-Mueller-and-they-give-him-the-finger?pg=1

She's right about Nielsen, The hearings and her responses to Kamala Harris at the recent hearings showed who she is.

That was a bit garbled but Kamala did her stuff.

I thought this was a parody.

thehill.com/homenews/administration/373352-trump-mulling-privatization-of-international-space-station-report?rnd=1518382083&__twitter_impression=true

God, Trump is a bellend of epic proportions.

Yup.

:rantt.com/the-anti-women-party-how-the-gop-became-allies-for-abusers-857db19f57c

Daniel Dale
@ddale8
According to the U.S. government, the Border Patrol has the right to question anyone on any vehicle about their citizenship within 100 miles of a boundary - which means all or almost all of 11 states. My story on the “100-mile zone” near Canada:

To the U.S. Border Patrol, their jurisdiction includes anything within 100 miles of the borders — a zone that spans several entire states

U.S. border agents are not only patrolling the country’s frontiers for illegal crossers. Under a 1953 federal regulation, they are questioning and detaining American citizens travelling well within U.S. boundaries

www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/02/11/to-the-us-border-patrol-the-canadian-border-is-100-miles-wide.html

And

Battle lines are drawn over legal immigration in US

Trump wants to place limits on family-based migration

www.ft.com/content/ced08b6e-076b-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

And

Border Security, Quick Deportations
Package aligns with President Trump’s proposal but has uphill battle to 60 votes

www.wsj.com/articles/senate-conservatives-offer-immigration-plan-heavy-on-border-security-quick-deportations-1518388256

And

Garance Franke-Ruta
@thegarance
"as ICE officers get wider latitude to determine whom they detain, the biggest jump in arrests has been of immigrants with no criminal convictions. The agency made 37,734 'noncriminal' arrests in the govt’s 2017 fiscal year"—more than twice # previous year

National Security
Trump takes ‘shackles’ off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe

www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-takes-shackles-off-ice-which-is-slapping-them-on-immigrants-who-thought-they-were-safe/2018/02/11/4bd5c164-083a-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_icearrests-8pm-winner%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.02c0e930de0c

Naveed Jamali
@NaveedAJamali
More evidence that ICE agents are looking to make big deportation numbers by targeting easy non-violent people. These are not MS13 members. It’s about numbers! @thegarance

And

Molly McKew
@MollyMcKew
Matt Gaetz FL GOP rep, leader in "release the memo" affair, self-appointed leader of congressional Trump defenders brought a Holocaust denier & white supremacist to the SOTU -- into our Capitol.

And really no one has called him out.

www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/02/09/spurned-milton-race-baiting-troll-has-found-acceptance-trump/jk2YPROcjHz8OPLMrj3zFL/story.html

And a very terrifying thread:

Mikki Kendall
@Karnythia
What if I told you that some of you aren't safe from ICE just because you were born here? Would that wake you up? I'm curious
I know that if any official decided to make a fuss about my birth certificate (I was born in 1976, got an official birth certificate in 1989) I would be hard pressed to prove birthright citizenship
Baby Girl Gamble aka me was born in Cook County hospital. I was issued a record of live birth. Not a birth certificate because I wasn't named. No dad on the birth certificate & my mother was 19.
Now all signs point to my bio das being American just like my mother. But I filled out my birth certificate right before high school. If someone decides my paperwork looks funny in the light I will be fighting in court & maybe reportable. No one knows. That's just one example
People with home births, especially those whose parents were avoiding the government (I am looking at you survivalist, separatists, religious abstainers & so on), they already struggle to get basic paperwork as adults. I was lucky to get mine easily.
And we have the resources to fight a while or to move abroad on an artist visa. But a lot of folks who think this can't touch them need to wake up. Undesirables, chain migration, etc? All terms that will push out even people from families who are multi gen Americans.
Now is a great time to understand that the "slide into an authoritarian state" will absolutely have consequences for everyone. You aren't safe.
Your neighbors aren't safe & neither are your relatives. Especially not if the "anchor baby" asshats get their way & torpedo birthright citizenship. You should be fighting them. Not voting for them.

Hend Amry‏Verified account
@LibyaLiberty
The authoritarian state will find reasons to revoke the citizenship of naturalized, then native-born citizens. The first part has already begun.
When I had my second daughter we had already moved abroad for work as a family, but I stayed behind to give birth on US soil. Everyone told me I was being paranoid, that I was a US citizen so my kids would be. But I'm one generation away from refugee status. Those memories last.
...but even US-born citizenship is no guarantee if the rights and values of the nation become eroded. Depending on your race/religion/political activity, you can never really take that kind of security for granted.
This erosion always starts at the dark margins,of course. When people talk about revoking citizenship for convicted terrorists for example, my blood runs cold. Not b/c I care about terrorists but because it represents the erosion of a fundamental right,& that erosion WILL spread.
Case in point:

www.justsecurity.org/15147/no-cant-strip-americans-citizenship-senator-cruz-folly-expatriate-terrorists-act/

Russia

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
“The hackers known as Fancy Bear, who also intruded in the U.S. election, went after at least 87 people working on militarized drones, missiles, rockets, stealth fighter jets, cloud-computing platforms or other sensitive activities, the AP found.”

Drones to Cloud Computing: AP Exposes Russian Wish List

mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/07/us/politics/ap-us-russian-hackers-contractors.html

Also

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
An AP investigation has found that Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft.

apnews.com/cc616fa229da4d59b230d88cd52dda51/Russian-hackers-hunt-hi-tech-secrets,-exploiting-US-weakness

And

Julia Davis
@JuliaDavisNews
#Russia's state TV: Dep. Dean of World Politics at Moscow's State University:
"Unfortunately, Trump didn't reach the level of Abraham Lincoln & didn't drive the U.S. to civil war. That's sad. Hopefully, he'll become Herbert Hoover and at least drive them into a Great Depression."

Brain Hurtey
@fenrir_71
Why would Putin say that openly?

What's the purpose of that?

Carolyn Boyle
@accidntlmystic
Maddow made the analogy of the hydrogen bomb: they didn't hide it because they wanted the world to know what they were capable of doing.

It's the same now. 🇷🇺 has made no secret of the connection to chump. Putin is bragging about what he's done.

Julia Davis
@JuliaDavisNews
More Julia Davis Retweeted Carolyn Boyle
I wish more people (including those in the MSM) would realize this simple truth.
The Russians aren't joking. They are proud of what they've done — boasting, trolling & rubbing it in. It's easier to assume they're just kidding, but that is not the reality.

And (very good read)

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

“What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?" technologist Aviv Ovadya warns.

www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?utm_term=.hnVWG6ZmM#.pbgJjaoXR

And

Maxine Waters‏Verified account
@MaxineWaters
Replying to @SavingAmerica4U
.@FBILosAngeles @TwitterSupport This is an illegally forged document. It is against federal law to misrepresent a government official. A complaint was filed with the FBI. Please remove this post! @AprilDRyan @angela_rye

This illegally forged document has been retweeted over 10,000 times and @Twitter refuses to do anything! The forgery is also being bolstered by Russian bots. Please report this tweet wherever it appears @MichaelSkolnik @AP @JakeSherman @samstein

Melissa McEwan
@Shakestweetz
More Melissa McEwan Retweeted Maxine Waters
Please help signal boost @RepMaxineWaters pushing back on a forged document intended to discredit her and being promoted by bots.

And

Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
More Malcolm Nance Retweeted Maxine Waters
Forged documents make up half of my chapter of Russian Active Measures. Ru Intel agencies are masters if it. The Swedes have found the same type released to legit news agencies. #Forgeries

And

David Cay Johnston‏Verified account
@DavidCayJ
Victory for transparency—3 federal judges order release of violent felon Felix Sater/Donald Trump court files sought by atty Henry R Kaufman for @DCReportMedia as amicus to @Richard Behar request.

And

Senator seeking admin records on Trump's sale of Palm Beach mansion to Russian

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/10/politics/russia-trump-real-estate-deal-wyden/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

And

Olga_Lautman NYC ✨‏
@olgaNYC1211
When will @realDonaldTrump fire John Kelly, Ivanka, Kushner, and all unquantified members for the mishandling of classified material ..

How many members of Trump’s team do NOT have security clearance and have access to 🇺🇸 Top Secrets?

And wth does @seanhannity have access?

This is so scary that these compromised criminals have access to our Nations secrets and have no problem selling it to the highest bidder. In Trumps case he just gave it away for free to the Russians at that famous Oval Office meet..

And

It's Going Down
@IGD_News
Neo-Nazi that organized Unite the Right bragging how close they are to Tucker Carlson. "There are people that know us, that also know him."

twitter.com/IGD_News/status/962775437373034502

Trumpian corruption

Elizabeth Warren paints a damning portrait of Equifax’s handling of the data breach before, during, and after the incident in a new report, warns Equifax could “wiggle off the hook” for users’ credit data getting hacked.

www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2018_2_7_%20Equifax_Report.pdf

And

The White House budget will not balance, reversing the administration‘s stance and casting aside a point of pride for conservatives.

The White House is preparing to release its budget – and it won't balance
www.cnbc.com/2018/02/09/white-house-budget-will-not-balance-source-says.html

And

Trump promised he would donate his presidential salary. But in two cases, the government programs he donated to help don’t seem to exist, WaPo reports — at least, not yet.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ten-key-questions-about-the-ethical-issues-surrounding-president-trumps-company/2018/02/05/e5a6653a-0693-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.a45d1b6bc2bd

And

A Death Sentence: Trump to allow lifetime limits on Medicaid, even if disabled or suffering serious chronic illness

Trump administration to allow lifetime limits on Medicaid, coverage for thousands at risk

The proposal is the latest in a line of attempts to dismantle the safety net program.

thinkprogress.org/trump-medicaid-lifetime-coverage-70965a6cab92/

And

Koch-backed group fights paid sick leave laws as flu sweeps US
The lobbying group that led the assault on Obamacare has targeted movements across the US to ensure workers can get needed time off

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/11/paid-sick-leave-koch-brothers-nfib

And

“People should be terrified with what Pruitt is trying to do with the EPA,” a scientist who has worked at the agency for several years tells Newsweek. “If people aren’t terrified, they probably don’t know how important EPA is for public health.”

HOW THE EPA'S SCOTT PRUITT BECAME THE MOST DANGEROUS MEMBER OF TRUMP’S CABINET

www.newsweek.com/2018/02/16/scott-pruitt-most-dangerous-member-trump-cabinet-801035.html

Also

EPA records show that wherever Scott Pruitt’s schedule takes him, he often flies with a much more expensive first or business-class ticket, citing unspecified security concerns.

First-class travel distinguishes Scott Pruitt’s EPA tenure

www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/first-class-travel-distinguishes-scott-pruitts-epa-tenure/2018/02/11/5bb89afc-0b7d-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pruitttravel-625pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.25e8ab83ebe6

And

Trump's nominee to be the ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries spread fringe conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks about Trump's political opponents on Twitter, including ones about Ted and Heidi Cruz during the election.

Trump ambassador nominee promoted fringe conspiracy theories on Twitter

edition.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/kfile-caribbean-ambassador-twitter/index.html

And

The National Republican Congressional Committee is offering donors the chance for an "all expenses paid trip" over Mother's Day weekend to—you guessed it—Trump winery.

NRCC offers donors chance for all-inclusive Trump Winery trip

www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/trump-winery-trip-nrcc-390357

And

A grand jury is reportedly probing Reoublican Gov. Eric Greitens’s affair, with the then-husband of the woman involved in the extramarital relationship with the Missouri governor called to testify.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-investigating-missouri-governor-s-affair-lawyer-says-n844961

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
Well, this is telling: The Economist has downgraded the US from “full democracy” to “flawed democracy” because of a further erosion of trust in government and elected officials under Trump.

www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016

And

RynheartTheReluctant
@TheRynheart
‘Tea Party group targets Rosenstein in new attack ad’

Bad sign. This is a slow swing at Mueller. 😐

Tea Party group targets Rosenstein in new attack ad

edition.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/doj-rosenstein-attack-ad/index.html

And

Nunes: We've 'grappled' with approaching Chief Justice Roberts

thehill.com/policy/national-security/372833-nunes-weve-grappled-with-approaching-chief-justice-roberts

Asha Rangappa‏Verified account
@AshaRangappa_
I hate it when that whole "separation of powers" thing gets in the way of my attempts to obstruct a federal investigation!

I have an idea, @DevinNunes, why don't you get the legal Einstein who drafted your memo to look into it, I'm sure it'll go well

This is basically how I see this showdown going. You figure out who's who

Mark S. Zaid‏Verified account
@MarkSZaidEsq
This is really starting to get scary. In the movies it would be a prelude to a coup within the govt to establish a dictatorship. Attacks on Intelligence Community. On law enforcement. Now efforts towards the Judiciary.

What is Trump and Nunes doing?

thehill.com/homenews/house/373355-devin-nunes-media-site-down-after-reported-attack-on-server?rnd=1518384800

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
For weeks, Trump has seethed about the depiction of him in 'Fire and Fury,' NYT reports, even asking the White House counsel and allies whether a libel lawsuit against Michael Wolff is still possible. (His advisers have told him no.)

‘No Fire, No Fury?’ Trump Is on Board With a Jeanine Pirro Book to Rebut Michael Wolff

www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/us/politics/trump-jeanine-pirro-book.html

And

Kyle Griffin‏Verified account
@kylegriffin1
“This is the strongest indicator yet that Trump will reflexively defend his male allies from any and all accusations, even when he thinks those accusations are true.”

Twisted: Trump says Porter sick, guilty; defends him publicly
www.axios.com/twisted-trump-says-porter-sick-guilty-defends-him-publicly-1518385468-1e643a55-5ef4-43fe-90f4-fdba5fc7eadb.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic

But

Wes Jordan 💦
@wesley_jordan
Trump has privately been telling people that he despises the #MeToo movement, claiming that it hurts CEOs.

It's an open declaration of war against those who speak out, as the POTUS is basically saying to women that they need to shut up & take the abuse.

www.politicususa.com/2018/02/11/trump-declares-war-metoo-movement-says-hurts-ceos.html

CNN
‏
Verified account

@CNN

"She was criticized in a way I think no man would have been criticized."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she thought it was "difficult" for Hillary Clinton in the last election campaign and that sexism played a "prominent" part in it.

edition.cnn.com/2018/02/11/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-me-too-poppy-harlow/index.html?sr=twCNN021218ruth-bader-ginsburg-me-too-poppy-harlow0842AMVODtop

Media

Tommy Vietor
@TVietor08
You see this a lot in coverage - that Porter looks innocent because he’s white. Never mind the fact that he looks like American Nazi Richard Spencer.

And

POLITICO‏Verified account
@politico
Opinion: Hillary Clinton needs to move on politi.co/2Cb7B5P via @POLITICOMag

Eric Boehlert
@EricBoehlert
More Eric Boehlert Retweeted POLITICO
like Trump, press obsessed w/ targeting private citizen Clinton

And

(on KAC)

Eric Boehlert
@EricBoehlert
Conway says Sen Gillibrand "protected" Bill Clinton during impeachment--Gillibrand was 31 yrs old during impeachment and working as private attorney in NYC

twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/962796950163808256

And

NYT Politics‏Verified account
@nytpolitics
News Analysis: President Trump keeps straying from the message Republicans want to use to win the midterm election: tax cuts and the economy.

Eric Boehlert
@EricBoehlert
More Eric Boehlert Retweeted NYT Politics
NYT claims Republicans were "infuriated" by Trump's tweets defending abusers--NYT can't find single GOP member of Congress who's actually infuriated

And

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
Brilliant and scathing on NYT. Read the whole thing. amp.slate.com/culture/2018/02/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-new-york-times-contrarian.html?__twitter_impression=true

And

The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account
@WSJ
First stars of the Olympic Games have emerged—North Korea’s cheerleaders

www.wsj.com/articles/north-korean-cheerleaders-100-olympic-stars-are-born-1518275788?mod=e2tw&page=1&pos=1

Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath
Even the @WSJ is doing puff pieces

And

Reuters Top News‏Verified account
@Reuters
North Korea judged winner of diplomatic gold at Olympics reut.rs/2nYWDv8

And

CNN‏Verified account
@CNN
Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics cnn.it/2nW0eKA

Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Stop it. Just stop. This is the emissary of a psychotic, highly dangerous regime on a mission of straight up propaganda, not a celebrity starlet.

And

ABC News‏Verified account
@ABC
North Korea's 200-plus cheerleaders steal spotlight at 2018 Winter Olympics with matching outfits, synchronized chants. abcn.ws/2Egqfzc

paul mcleary
@paulmcleary
More paul mcleary Retweeted ABC News
We realize of course that these people are slaves doing this under threat of execution, right ABC?

And to summarise it all (really worth a read)

Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post”

lareviewofbooks.org/article/normalization-lesson-munich-post/

That article is excellent Pain. More than a decade before the Wannsee Conference.

'And in their biggest, most shamefully ignored scoop, on December 9, 1931, the paper found and published a Nazi party document planning a “final solution” for Munich’s Jews — the first Hitlerite use of the word “endlösung” in such a context. Was it a euphemism for extermination? Hitler dissembled, so many could ignore the grim possibility.'

'Sooner or later, Trump’s satraps and lieutenants, present and former, come to betray a vivid sense of just how imperilled and imperilling this Presidency is. In their sotto-voce remarks to the White House press, these aides seem to compete in their synonyms for the President’s modesty of intelligence (“moron,” “idiot,” “fool”); his colossal narcissism; his lack of human empathy. They admit to reporters how little he studies the basics of domestic policy and national security; how partial he is to autocrats like himself; how indifferent he is to allies. They are shocked, they proclaim, absolutely shocked. In the past few days, it has been Trump’s misogyny, his heedless attitude toward women and issues of harassment and abuse, that has shocked them most. And those who know him best recognize the political consequences ahead.'

www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-reckoning-with-women-awaits-trump

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-budget-latest-updates-us-mexico-border-wall-funding-opioid-crisis-build-illegal-immigration-a8206101.html

www.thedailybeast.com/american-media-just-cant-resist-north-korean-propaganda?ref=home

'I'm still a Republican, but my party needs to be fumigated.'

amp.usatoday.com/amp/327327002?__twitter_impression=true

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/a-better-way-to-look-at-most-every-political-issue/552752/

Interesting piece, lion.

No time to read this now--off to watch Chruchill do his thing and for some uplift.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/INFRASTRUCTURE-211.pdf

Churchill even, don't know who the other chap was.

Caroline O.
Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
NEW: Rachel Brand, #3 DOJ official, quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-official-brand-leaves-partly-over-fear-she-might-n847156

Ditched the subtlety

Tess Owen
@misstessowen
"The office of Sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement. We must never erode this historic office" : Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the National Sheriff's Association winter conference in DC. @vicenews

mobile.twitter.com/misstessowen/status/963083927152971776/video/1

Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath
Sessions flying his white supremacist flag high:

Calls “law enforcement” part of “Anglo-American heritage”

🚨

Also

The Hill
@thehill
"Jeff Sessions's year at DOJ is a year the civil rights movement will never get back" (link: hill.cm/BL3QEoZ)

Kyle Cheney
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
NEW from @joshgerstein and @dsamuelsohn: @realDonaldTrump's budget provides MUELLER a $10M line item. Seems like he doesn't expect him to be done for awhile.

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/02/12/trump-budget-mueller-investigation-404587#click=t.co/dRXvSFRwUw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/02/12/trump-budget-mueller-investigation-404587#click=t.co/dRXvSFRwUw