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Trump talk: HOW MUCH for that inauguration?

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PerkingFaintly · 27/02/2018 17:57

Shock We can start whole new threads for less than $26,000,000.

This one only cost 23p I found down the back of the sofa:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3171217-Trump-Talk-or-Lift-every-voice-and-sing?pg=1

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Melania Trump has parted ways with adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff after news broke about Wolkoff’s firm reaping $26,000,000 in payments to help plan Trump’s inauguration, NYT reports.
www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/us/politics/melania-trump-inauguration-adviser.html

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 16:27

Interestingly, I saw this. Another reason that Russian bots might've been involved in Brexit?

Theresa Griffin MEP
‏*@TheresaMEP*
Luckily we are part of the internal EU energy market & can rely on our EU neighbours to supply gas to the UK in emergencies

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 16:32

Natasha Bertrand‏Verified account
@NatashaBertrand

Swalwell asked Hope Hicks whether a number of Trump associates, including Kushner and Donald Trump Jr., had ever asked her to lie. She declined to answer in every case but Michael Flynn, who she said had never asked her to lie "in the campaign."
www.cbsnews.com/news/hope-hicks-white-lies-testimony-flashpoint-house-intelligence-committee/

lionheart · 01/03/2018 17:05

It was then that he asked whether the president had ever asked Hicks to lie for him. Hicks and her counsel then conferred for "five to ten minutes," and she responded, according to Swalwell, by saying, "I have never been asked to lie with respect to the Russia investigation."

www.cbsnews.com/news/hope-hicks-white-lies-testimony-flashpoint-house-intelligence-committee/

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 17:24

The Senate Intel Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intel Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between Mark Warner and a Russian-connected lawyer, two congressional officials briefed on the matter tell NYT.

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?referer=t.co/ROUjlqDous?amp=1#click=t.co/ROUjlqDous" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?referer=t.co/ROUjlqDous?amp=1#click=t.co/ROUjlqDous

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Burr and Warner were apparently so perturbed by the leak that they demanded a rare meeting with Paul Ryan to inform him of their findings.

They used the meeting to raise concerns about the direction of the House Intel Committee under Devin Nunes, officials told NYT.

lionheart · 01/03/2018 17:52

Slightly off topic but then again, sadly not.

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/01/marine-le-pen-charged-for-posting-violent-isis-images-on-twitter

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 17:58

I actually warmed to her after reading that (before realising it probably was a dig at trump and remembering her birthed ways)

On the perils of trying to use a loose cannon as a puppet

Kenneth P. Vogel
@kenvogel
The Koch brothers & their allies have asked Trump's team to try to rein in his public outbursts, which they fear will hurt the GOP in the midterms, reports @FoxNews' @schwartzbFBN.

t.co/wfTtVioJ1h?amp=1 [its a fox business link]

lionheart · 01/03/2018 18:01

'Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Columbia University reviewed 10 years of data on emergency department visits and hospitalizations during the NRA’s convention dates, as well as the three weeks before and three weeks after. They found that firearm injuries decreased by an average of 20 per cent during NRA conventions.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nra-conference-gun-injuries-decrease-accidental-shootings-study-a8235361.html

Perihelion · 01/03/2018 19:22

OYBBK not tinfoil hat at all. Russia has form for disrupting gas supplies, notably to Ukraine. Although they probably need the gas revenue atm. ( UK also has a problem of doing away with gas storage doesn't it? ). Also interesting that your linked article mentioned Qatar as Russia's biggest competitor in the market........

I don't often post on these threads, but try to read them and thank you all for your posts and insights.

lionheart · 01/03/2018 19:43

Hello Perihelion.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/even-for-hope-hicks-the-west-wing-got-too-hot

But in recent weeks, Hicks became disillusioned with her job, people who’ve spoken with her told me. Her closeness to Trump meant she was also nearest to the hottest flames of the fires that have burned in the West Wing, the most intense being the Russia probe. Hicks has racked up substantial legal fees, one source told me. “She’s in immense personal jeopardy,” one Republican close to the White House said yesterday. “This is a sign the Mueller investigation is a lot more serious than any one of us thought.” (Hicks and the White House declined to comment.)

lionheart · 01/03/2018 19:45

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lionheart · 01/03/2018 19:50

SHS behind the podium if anyone has the stomach for it.

thehill.com/video/administration/376288-watch-live-white-house-holds-press-briefing?__twitter_impression=true

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 20:03

They’d have to be an intrepid soul to venture over to shs.

Speaking of Russian gas...

China's CEFC chairman investigated for suspected economic crimes - CEFC has agreed to buy a $9.1 billion stake in Russian oil major Rosneft - last week the Chinese gov't took control of Anbang Insurance Group

mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1GD3O9?__twitter_impression=true

[incidentally, Anbang is the company that Kushner tried to get a loan from to help pay off 666]

lionheart · 01/03/2018 20:24

666 already owned him body and soul, I reckon.

cozietoesie · 01/03/2018 20:27

Ms Maddow.

cozietoesie · 01/03/2018 21:06

Yes. I saw that.

lionheart · 01/03/2018 21:31

I wonder if he'll walk it back--I read somewhere he was supposed to hold off on this announcement until next week.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 01/03/2018 21:34

It feels as though this story regularly pops up but somehow it seems more plausible this time

White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month

www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/amp/white-house-preparing-mcmaster-exit-early-next-month-n852371?__twitter_impression=true

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