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

[TheClaws]

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

This problem is enormous.

www.axios.com/drug-prices-exploding-2017-1521564090-aa025591-9e50-491d-b3e2-c981e85adb60.html

Still too scared to mention Stormy by name

Donald J. Trump
‏*@realDonaldTrump*
So much Fake News. Never been more voluminous or more inaccurate. But through it all, our country is doing great!

Justin Kanew
@Kanew
It really does seem ridiculous that the way our government works is they pass a $1.3 Trillion 2300-page budget stuffed with all kinds of giveaways almost nobody has read, at the last minute. Something is very wrong there.
Like this, for instance. What is this doing in the spending bill? A result of back room lobbying.

Baseball players in minors to lose minimum wage protection
apnews.com/cb183f59e88948e8b9cd49ad07bde807

Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
So it starts... reports that Germany has expelled four Russian diplomats, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania have also summoned their ambassadors

www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/03/26/trump-orders-expulsion-of-60-russian-officers-and-closure-of-consulate-in-seattle-e-u-actions-also-expected-today

Kaitlan Collins
‏*@kaitlancollins*
A senior administration official who briefed reporters on the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats was asked if the U.S. is planning on sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. "No comment at this time."

WH statement

Donald Tusk
@eucopresident
Today 14 EU Member States decided to expel Russian diplomats as direct follow-up to #EUCO discussion last week on #SalisburyAttack. Additional measures including further expulsions are not excluded in coming days, weeks.

Katelyn Polantz
‏
Verified account

@kpolantz

Reasons why big law firms have told me they won’t rep Trump:
1 Already repping subjects in investigation
2 He’s a “difficult” client
3 Could hurt relationships w corporate clients
4 Could hurt associate recruiting
5 Key partner is “busy”
6 He attacked judge/rule of law

Sarah Kendzior
‏*@sarahkendzior*
Expelling diplomats is not enough. More effective measures: enforcing harsh sanctions on oligarchs; strengthening US cybersecurity so that Russia has less leverage.

Very unlikely Trump admin will pursue either given its dependency on and fear of the Kremlin.

This is ridiculous.

apnews.com/b2318b42727449bf93eda01883f717fa/Report:-Democrats-would-need-huge-wave-to-win-US-House

This is petty but still.

money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/media/anderson-cooper-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/index.html

This would be document heaven.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/20/adam-schiff-republicans-intelligence-committee-russia-probe/441363002/

Lawyers also have lawyers.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/26/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-alleged-affair-threat

'Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who spoke out on US TV on Sunday night about her alleged affair with the future president and threats she said she had received.'

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/26/forget-policies-the-stormy-daniels-affair-shows-how-far-us-politics-has-sunk

www.thedailybeast.com/the-women-trump-underestimated-are-coming-back-to-bite-him?ref=home

Good. Good.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/trumps-legal-threats-backfire/556505/?utm_source=atltw

Kendzior is right, I reckon. Money is the only language certain people understand.

Facebook is under federal investigation

www.axios.com/facebook-oisunder-federal-investigation-1522075398-2926ae98-77fd-4c28-8ece-b0a51f95ca76.html

Trump’s least qualified lawyer is now leading his legal team
thinkprogress.org/jay-sekulow-least-qualified-trump-legal-team-bc7d681dbe26/

Josh Barro
‏*@jbarro*
It's gonna be funny if Jay Sekulow, who took this job pro-bono for the publicity, gets stuck having to actually conduct the president's legal defense.

Primary surprise: Dems pull more ballots than Republicans in 3 traditional GOP counties
www.dailyherald.com/news/20180324/primary-surprise-dems-pull-more-ballots-than-republicans-in-3-traditional-gop-counties

Is that Kardashian bloke still around? He might give it a go.

Progress.

www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/opinion/chicago-police-reform.html?mtrref=t.co&gwh=C781E2617DBD4B1CF2E2F1AE49D108D0&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion

Progress.

www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/opinion/chicago-police-reform.html?mtrref=t.co&gwh=C781E2617DBD4B1CF2E2F1AE49D108D0&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion