Trump talk: HOW MUCH for that inauguration?

[PerkingFaintly]

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

Pizzagate would make me laugh uncontrollably if it weren't that people actually believe it..........

The 3rd Clinton on the Trump administration:
Collision between cruelty and incompetency.

He is trying to talk to the press.

Gary Cohn to Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/gary-cohn-resigns.html?referer=t.co/0Y49U7TEhK?amp=1#click=t.co/0Y49U7TEhK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/gary-cohn-resigns.html?referer=t.co/0Y49U7TEhK?amp=1#click=t.co/0Y49U7TEhK

Bill Browder
@Billbrowder
Very important development: UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee demands review of 14 suspicious Russian deaths in U.K. (including Perepilichnyy)

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/patricksmith/pressure-is-growing-on-the-government-to-investigate#click=t.co/BN2kJUa441" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/patricksmith/pressure-is-growing-on-the-government-to-investigate#click=t.co/BN2kJUa441

Colin Kahl
@ColinKahl
If Bolton replaces McMaster (and I’ve heard Kelly likes Bolton), we are all going to die.
9:25 pm · 1 Mar 2018

Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
News: President Trump met with John Bolton in the Oval Office today.
10:19 pm · 6 Mar 2018

That's a positive development (of sorts) if there is indeed a review into the suspicious deaths. Browder was scathing about police efforts in front of the DCMS committee this morning.

BTW, it seems the video of the committee remains available exactly as one would hope. So no need to catch live, one can watch at any time.

Here's the link for this morning's DCMS session:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6cf790a9-182d-40dc-a22a-e6a912e54b63

And here's the link for DCMS committee, 27 February 2018, witness Alexander Nix:
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/28bd490e-e556-485f-bf1a-264b8a0b902e

Presumably transcripts will eventually appear in Hansard, but can't find either yet.

<a class="break-all" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/george-nader-special-counsel-mueller-cooperating-seychelles.html#click=t.co/3Dqq44Suz0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/george-nader-special-counsel-mueller-cooperating-seychelles.html#click=t.co/3Dqq44Suz0

John BOLTON??? You mean the UN disaster John Bolton? Oh Mother of God, NO!!!

Possibly old news: Maddow Trump implicated, porn star payment scandal intensifies

Ooops, sorry! Maddow:

There has been a further development to that story:

Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says 'hush agreement' invalid because he never signed

www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/amp/stormy-daniels-sues-trump-says-hush-agreement-invalid-because-he-n854246?__twitter_impression=true

A thread dissecting the complaint here:

mobile.twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/971192288486490114

One of the many notable things:

Judd Legum
@JuddLegum
My understanding was that this was a consensual physical relationship between Trump and Daniels which is why the reference to an allegation of "injury to her person" in the hush agreement surprised me (link: goo.gl/gVe2Z7)

Oversight Committee
@GOPoversight
🚨Breaking: Chairmen @TGowdySC and @RepGoodlatte call for special counsel to investigate crimes involving bias and FISA abuse at DOJ.
(link: oversight.house.gov/release/goodlatte-gowdy-call-special-counsel-investigate-crimes-involving-bias-fisa-abuse-doj )
Read the Letter 📰⬇️

Wendy Siegelman
@WendySiegelman
The Nunes strategy progresses - Gowdy & Goodlatte send letter to Sessions and Rosenstein requesting special counsel to investigate FISA bias, abuse & crimes, including 'political opposition research' (aka the Dossier) used in the FISA process

And

GOWDY says a special counsel is necessary to probe FISA problems first outlined in the Nunes Memo because Congress is too partisan and leaky.

"We leak like the Gossip Girls," he said.

www.politico.com/story/2018/03/06/sessions-special-prosecutor-fbi-republicans-442521

The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: The Justice Department is suing California over immigration laws that oppose President Trump's agenda, its boldest attack yet on the state

t.co/WcOTPOMikg?amp=1

Naveed Jamali
@NaveedAJamali
The irony of Republicans who decry states rights, but now want to use the federal government to attack progressive values is rich.

Dan Pfeiffer
@danpfeiffer
This lawsuit is the legal equivalent of Jeff SessIons standing outside the White House holding a boom box playing “In Your Eyes” for Donald Trump.

Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
Kushner trip to Mexico Wednesday suggests he'll continue to hold broad foreign policy portfolio despite downgrading of his security clearance last week.

t.co/u1zYgVmTw6?amp=1

The President said he spoke to the rogue nation of North Korea on the phone saying he told them to "de-nuke."

Turns out he actually meant South Korea, according to an official on the National Security Council.

www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-appeared-to-mix-up-north-and-south-korea-1178608707627

Caroline O.
@RVAwonk
Milo Yiannopoulos canceled an event in AZ because he said Scottsdale Police had informed him of credible death threats (which Milo blamed on "violent left-wing tactics").

...but Scottsdale Police said they never received notice of any death threats.

www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/02/milo-yiannopoulos-fans-plot-their-revenge-after-his-arizona-speech-canceled#.Wp9ZzIsGrk4.twitter

Brian Krassenstein🐬
@krassenstein
This needs to go Viral. This is the window of a voting location for Precinct 4 in Somervell county Texas. These elections are incredibly important for Democrats, but the sign clearly only states "Republican precinct" and shows a Republican sample ballot ONLY.

THANKS @MrsKucera

Still up to their old tricks then?

Worrying, but somehow not surprising, that Trump was unsure about which Korea he was talking about...

I listened to him (live) on the news yesterday and his ramblings were “not normal” ie fairly standard for unscripted Trump.
As per usual, later short newsclips made him look a bit more presidential (that’s one of the reasons I try to make the effort to listen to him talking live as often as I can stomach it).

www.thestreet.com/story/13896916/1/donald-trump-rode-5-billion-in-free-media-to-the-white-house.html

This 'take' is not going down well on the Twitter.

edition.cnn.com/2018/03/06/politics/trump-reality-show-analysis/index.html?sr=twCNN030618trump-reality-show-analysis0942PMVODtop

Oh Lord.

They will find the small number of students who want to arm schools further and parade them.