“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” We know this now! Trump thread cont.

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This is a quote of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon has a number of quotes when Read through the lens of Trump are eerily prescient. Napoleon wasn’t of the same political bent as Trump necessarily, and he was certainly more cerebral, but the lust for power is the same.

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3191613-Even-if-you-subpoena-us-we-wont-turn-up-on-the-Trump-threads

Best not to get me to answer that question, Pain.

Here's the Gallup Polls news release:

news.gallup.com/poll/231224/teachers-prioritize-gun-control-prevent-shootings.aspx

The 7% figure doesn't surprise me in the least, especially if they included teachers from private schools. Many private schools here are church run and many of those are of an 'evangelical' or 'very conservative' philosophy so the idea of carrying a gun would probably be met less unfavorably in the schools of the 'evangelical' bent. I'm in the US, so public schools are required to be absolutely non-religious, private schools can do what they want as far as faith based studies go.

I thought a bit about it and although I graduated decades ago I could think of at least three teachers/administrators at my US public High School that I believe would have been willing to carry a gun. That worked out to 6% of staff.

Trump’s Russia probe lawyer John Dowd resigns

The departure comes amid a larger shakeup of the legal team handling the Mueller investigation.

www.politico.com/story/2018/03/22/trump-lawyer-john-dowd-steps-down-479417

Manu Raju
@mkraju
Trump lawyer John Dowd was not happy with the hiring of Joe DiGenova, and members of the legal team were not happy with Dowd's statement on Saturday about ending the Mueller probe. Decision to leave was "mutual," @PamelaBrownCNN reports

Blimey.

Lots of budget dramas happening that I haven't kept abreast of but it seems the usual ineptitude is at play

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
.@JuliaEAinsley just reported on MSNBC that, according to two sources close to Trump's legal team, Trump is interested in bringing back his previous lawyer Marc Kasowitz (who was removed from the team last summer).

Don't get me started on 'teachers I have known', Across. It wouldn't be pretty.

NBC Politics
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JUST IN: House Intelligence Committee voted to approve and release the GOP report on their Russia investigation, Rep. Conaway says

House Intelligence Panel Votes to Release Russia Report
Decision ends the House’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election

www.wsj.com/articles/house-intelligence-panel-votes-to-release-russia-report-1521732328

Sorry, but WTAF?

Jake Sherman (Who he? Senior writer for POLITICO.)
‏Verified account @JakeSherman

Something extraordinary just happened on the floor. Republicans closed the vote while democrats were yelling they wanted to vote. Steve Womack — budget chair — was in the speakers chair. Rule passes 211-207. This on top of less than 24 hours to read a bill.
6:55 PM - 22 Mar 2018

Jake Sherman
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2h2 hours ago

This is rare. Majority usually gives the minority time to vote. Instead, knowing they may vote no, they pushed through before 11 Dems could cast their ballot.
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Jake Sherman
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1h1 hour ago

Republicans say this isn’t a big deal. Dems were trying to delay the vote, they say. I watch the floor every day and I’ve not seen that.
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Jake Sherman
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1h1 hour ago

And, truth be told, all sides are happy about the outcome.

And again, WTAF?

I hear you on that cozie!! There are some real horror stories to be told. Especially from those of us who were in school 'a while ago'!

Stormy Daniels' lawyer demands Trump's company and banks preserve records

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna859076

Those will be long gone. They were fake, anyway.

Scott Walker ordered to hold special elections he was afraid Republicans would lose

thinkprogress.org/scott-walker-special-elections-7f70f3a2c515/amp/

NPR
@NPR
House intelligence committee Republicans have revealed why they're concluding Trump's campaign didn't conspire with Russia's attack on the 2016 election: People involved said they didn't.

www.npr.org/2018/03/22/596066356/house-intel-gop-report-witnesses-say-they-didnt-collude-with-russian-interferenc

The CLOUD act has been included in the omnibus

Will Bunch
@Will_Bunch
"Race realism" is a new name for old-fashioned KKK-style white supremacy -- weaponized by Bannon and Cambridge Analytica, embraced by Trump to woo white working-class men. My column on the focus-grouped scheme to use naked racism to elect a president:

www.philly.com/philly/columnists/will_bunch/race-realism-steve-bannon-cambridge-analytica-elected-trump-20180322.html

House Intel Republicans shoot down hearing with Zuckerberg

www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/03/22/house-intel-mark-zuckerberg-480406

The New York Times
@nytimes
Citigroup will not do business with companies that allow certain kinds of gun sales. It is the first Wall Street bank to take such steps.

t.co/zI2DeI5hqz

Is this any worse than bannon, admittedly in a vague role, or Flynn - national security adviser! - being part of the company itself?

Trump Administration Appointee Worked At Cambridge Analytica
Kelly Rzendzian worked on message planning for the presidential campaign before joining the Commerce Department, she wrote in her resume.

m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-administration-cambridge-analytica-kelly-rzendzian_us_5ab3d598e4b054d118e0aa25

www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/22/facebook-gave-data-about-57bn-friendships-to-academic-aleksandr-kogan

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/22/cambridge-analytica-scandal-the-biggest-revelations-so-far

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/22/theresa-may-struggling-win-eu-support-russia-europe

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/22/eu-expects-escape-trump-steel-aluminium-tariffs-talks

I think my head is going to explode with all of this.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/john-dowd-donald-trump-mueller-resigns

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/21/trump-has-no-right-to-buy-the-silence-of-white-house-staffers

Cynthia Nixon
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21h21 hours ago
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“When I announced yesterday that I’m running for gov, one of Cuomo’s top surrogates dismissed me as an “unqualified lesbian.” It’s true that I never received my certificate from the Department of Lesbian Affairs, though in my defense there’s a lot of paperwork required.”

Here's a figure to ponder.

www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/us-school-shootings-history/?utm_term=.d7f69670607b

More than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence at school since Columbine, The Washington Post found.

Many are never the same.

www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/the-trump-administration-insists-its-trying-to-prevent-russia-from-hacking-the-next-election/

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insists the Trump Administration is working hard to stop Russian interference in future elections, but lawmakers in both parties are questioning whether the efforts can succeed under a chief executive who dismisses the danger.