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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.

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Kyle Griffin
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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 · 28/02/2018 19:20

The emails is just what we were discussing earlier! About how they were knowingly conspiring rather than unwittingly as it was all out in the public domain.

lionheart · 28/02/2018 19:31

Salt applied. They are finalising Big Parade Plans unless we hear otherwise. Smile

lljkk · 28/02/2018 19:38

Ivanka Trump's visa card bill is in the range £50-£100... thousand.
That's down from somewhere less than £250k.
Sometimes I feel beyond sheltered.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 19:40

To clarify - they have cancelled the presser but I don’t know about the meetings or the gathering in the Oval Office. But yes, it’s a good plan to manage expectations! I think they’re deciding on whether to parade to jailhouse rock or no way out Wink

lionheart · 28/02/2018 19:41

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From Manafort arraignment today -- Manafort defense counsel requests mid-September trial date (and court grants it), but Mueller's team says they're ready to go right now:

Trump talk: HOW MUCH for that inauguration?
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 19:41

Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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From Manafort arraignment today -- Manafort defense counsel requests mid-September trial date (and court grants it), but Mueller's team says they're ready to go right now:

Trump talk: HOW MUCH for that inauguration?
OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 19:51

It’s a bizarre feeling watching this all unfold. With the whole emails thing, trump was so blatant about it and they were terrible about trying to be covert, when they werent broadcasting it live to millions of people Confused, so of course mueller would ask about it but it’s still thrilling to see it reported as being part of the investigation.

lionheart · 28/02/2018 20:03

'A majority of Americans believe social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook hurt free speech and democracy more than they help, according to a new survey.

In a finding that underscores a considerable shift in public opinion following revelations about the way Russia allegedly used platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to try and interfere in the 2016 election, the poll also suggests a majority of Americans want major technology firms regulated by the government.'

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/us-social-media-democracy-free-speech-big-tech-regulation-privacy-a8233306.html

lionheart · 28/02/2018 20:06

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-korea-donald-trump-special-envoy-joseph-yun-abruptly-retires-kim-jong-un-pyongyang-a8233461.html

'America's special envoy to North Korea is set to resign this week, amid speculation he had grown frustrated with Donald Trump‘s tough stance towards Pyongyang.

The departure of South Korean-born Joseph Yun, a strong advocate for engagement with the North, was described as “exceptionally bad news” by experts who predicted his exit could lead to a deterioration of relations.'

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 20:11

So clearly not all meetings!

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WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at meeting with lawmakers on guns and school safety (link: hill.cm/FfTQfKL)

lljkk · 28/02/2018 20:22

The whole thing is more riveting than any storyline in Corrie or East Enders or General Hospital (etc.)

I'm the worst sort of junkie. I want expanded daily updates (storylines) on all the bit part players, like Pruitt, Carson, Zinke & DeVos.

AcrossthePond55 · 28/02/2018 21:21

All these reports of Regime members slowly starting to stand up to Scrotus' remarks and bullying is heartening. Perhaps these 'rats' will start to desert the 'ship of state' soon. What tales they will have to tell!! (Under subpoena, of course, so an NDA won't be enforceable)

Cindy McCain (Mrs Sen. McCain) was on The View today and said something I felt was interesting. She was speaking about Jared, Ivanka et al and remarked that Scrotus was surrounded by people whose main focus was HIM, but that the main focus of the people surrounding a President should be the Country, not the man. I think it's really true, he has 'emotional nannies', not advisers. But even the most patient of nannies gets tired of never-ending spoilt brat tantrums and demands, don't they? And what might that 'nanny' do when that happens? I suppose it's too much to hope that one of them will clock Scrotus one, so the most we can hope for is that they sing like canaries.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 21:30

Top Armed Services Republican Hits Trump on Russia Sanctions

amp.thedailybeast.com/top-ranking-armed-services-republican-hits-trump-on-russia-sanctions?source=twitter&via=desktop&__twitter_impression=true

The chairman of the House armed services committee on Wednesday became the highest-ranking congressional Republican to declare that the Trump administration should have implemented mandatory sanctions against Russia last month, adding to a growing bipartisan movement to put pressure on the White House to more aggressively punish the Kremlin.

lionheart · 28/02/2018 21:34

You can get the details on CNN if you have the stomach for it.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/28/1745583/-In-wild-meeting-Trump-forgets-past-shootings-suggests-gun-confiscation

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 21:36

#BREAKING: Hope Hicks to Resign as White House Communications Director

<a class="break-all" href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/hope-hicks-resign-communications-director.html?referer=t.co/iSXtFRI6MU?amp=1#click=t.co/iSXtFRI6MU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/hope-hicks-resign-communications-director.html?referer=t.co/iSXtFRI6MU?amp=1#click=t.co/iSXtFRI6MU

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 21:40

Adam Parkhomenko
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Reminder: after Steve Bannon spoke to House Intel, he started speaking with Mueller team multiple times within a week. A day after Hope Hicks speaks to House Intel, and tells the truth that she lies for Trump, she resigns WH post. Expect lots more with Team Mueller now.

ginandtonicformeplease · 28/02/2018 21:40

Have any of these idiots voting for teachers to have guns thought about what would happen if one of the armed teachers went on a workplace massacre? After that will they vote for students to be armed too?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 28/02/2018 21:42

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
History of Trump W.H. communications directors:
—Sean Spicer: January-March 2017
—Mike Dubke: March-June 2017
—Spicer (acting): June-July 2017
—Anthony Scaramucci: July 2017
—Hope Hicks: August 2017-February 28, 2018

cozietoesie · 28/02/2018 21:43

Has Ms Hicks actually stated what these lies were?

lionheart · 28/02/2018 21:44

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Schiff has released a list of Russia probe subpoenas that Intel Dems have sought but that have been blocked by Nunes and Committee Repubs:
—Don Jr.
—Cohen
—Sessions
—Lewandowski
—Bannon
—Hope Hicks
—Deutsche Bank
—Comey-Trump convo evidence
—Twitter
—Encrypted apps
—Comms records

cozietoesie · 28/02/2018 21:45

I assume so, gin. (Although not pre-schoolers. )

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