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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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lionheart · 07/03/2018 16:52

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/06/gary-cohn-resigns-democrat-tariffs-trump

Even for a lesser titan of finance, one without a reputation for deep self-regard, it would have qualified as a painfully humbling moment.

At a news conference in January, Gary Cohn, who was the Goldman Sachs No 2 for a decade, found himself called to the lectern by Donald Trump. The president had been asked by a reporter whether Cohn was happy in his job as director of the national economic council.

“Come here, Gary,” Trump said. “Are you happy?”

“Yes, I’m happy,” Cohn replied through a clenched smile. “How’s that?”

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 18:01

How will the uk government react?

Sergei Skripal believed to have been poisoned with nerve agent

Investigators think nerve agent deliberately used on former spy and his daughter in Salisbury

amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/07/russian-spy-police-appeal-for-witnesses-as-cobra-meeting-takes-place

[the article is worth reading just to see what they have that suggests it might be russia]

OhYouBadBadKitten · 07/03/2018 18:21

There are all sorts of questions to be asked now that we know it is a nerve agent, not just which country, but also where it was made and how it was administered. It suggests perhaps that it wasn't consumed.

That poor policeman.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 18:28

It’s whether the questions get asked and not brushed under the carpet

blueskyinmarch · 07/03/2018 18:29

I wandered on to the thread to see what has been going on and i find myself backing out slowly shaking my head. I have no words.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 18:35

The good news that I don’t think has been posted about much on this thread is that gun control hasn’t gone away as an issue and there are small victories being won all the time, with no sign it’s about to let up any time soon.

For example

Illinois Gun Show Bans AR-15 And Bump Stock Sales After Protesters Speak Out

<a class="break-all" href="http://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/illinois-gun-show-bans-ar-15-sales_us_5a9dc7f7e4b089ec353defd1#click=t.co/hDlIo8LxDp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/illinois-gun-show-bans-ar-15-sales_us_5a9dc7f7e4b089ec353defd1#click=t.co/hDlIo8LxDp

OhYouBadBadKitten · 07/03/2018 18:44

I think these questions will be asked because it looks likely that a nerve agent was administered in a public area in such a way that it was able to contaminate at least one other person who came into contact with them.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 07/03/2018 18:52

Are there any threads about the assassination attempt? It seems very odd that no one is talking about it on mn apart from a couple of posts here.

If it had been an IS attempt on someone's life there would be dozens of threads.

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PerkingFaintly · 07/03/2018 18:56

Oh dear lord, the policeman who found them now seriously ill?

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 19:02

I think the fact that the policeman is affected will be what makes it harder to ignore Sad

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 19:20

I don’t know if this is peddling misinformation as I don’t know about the veracity of this so please take with a pinch of salt

In reference to this:

www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil?utm_term=.qnEryJaOq#.drxPG73Y5

Miles King
@MilesKing10
Replying to @BenPBradshaw, @CllrAdamBoyden, and 3 others
Given UKIP/Russian connections, it's interesting that head of Counter-Terror at the Met when several of those 14 assassinations took place was Richard Walton. Walton is a key player in Veterans for Britain.

www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexitinc/adam-ramsay/who-are-veterans-for-britain

OhYouBadBadKitten · 07/03/2018 19:56

All things keep pointing in circles at present.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 20:45

I mean, this thread Shock

BuzzFeed News
@BuzzFeedNews
The UK is investigating the suspected poisoning of Sergei Skripal, an ex-Russian spy, and his daughter. Police say they were specifically targeted with a nerve agent

mobile.twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/971481197749686273

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 20:47

Someone said (I can’t remember who, sorry) there are so many dots, it’s all just one big dot, if we’re talking circles

lionheart · 07/03/2018 20:49

I did not know that this existed.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/electric-shock-courtroom-trial-defendant-terry-lee-morris-fort-worth-texas-judge-gallagher-a8244516.html

'A judge administered multiple electric shocks to a defendant on trial as a “punishment” for not answering his questions properly, an appeals court has heard.'

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 20:53
Shock
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 20:55

Senator Jeff Merkley
@SenJeffMerkley
This is not a joke. Under the leadership of @realDonaldTrump and @MickMulvaneyOMB, a payday lender applied to run the @CFPB – and cited HER EXPERIENCE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION VIOLATIONS as a qualification. (link: apnews.com/8ed9d74512e646ff8449732930323240 ) #NotTheOnion

lionheart · 07/03/2018 20:56

www.nydailynews.com/news/national/betsy-devos-visits-parkland-school-angers-shooting-survivors-article-1.3860816

'Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a contentious visit to the site of last month’s Florida school shooting Wednesday, in which she was criticized by survivors and abruptly walked out of her own press conference.'

lionheart · 07/03/2018 21:04

www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-06/trump-aides-like-nunberg-and-cohen-haunt-his-white-house

'Even before he was president, Trump was never good at attracting talent. Now that's coming back to haunt him.'

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/03/2018 22:57

But her (personal!) emails