We’re all going on a WITCH HUNT! We’re not scared ...we persist. (Trump cont.)

[TheClaws]

In response to one of Trump’s incoherent WITCH HUNT! tweets in the last 12 hours, Rep. Adam Schiff sent this:

Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff 12 hrs
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Adam Schiff Retweeted Donald J. Trump

Given all the secret meetings with the Russians, the denials, the false statements, and the guilty pleas, your attacks on the Republican, respected, decorated, Vietnam Veteran running the investigation could not be more false, or transparent.

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3231026-Trumpwatch-Courage-Calls-to-Courage-Everywhere

Morning Joe. (Minus Mr Scarborough.)

That would be 'Minus STB Congressman Scarborough' of course.

I think he’ll go for it, cozie. He strikes me as someone that doesn’t back away from anything. He hasn’t responded to any of Trump’s whinging, barbs or threats yet. And that’s something.

Their house was up for sale early this year if I recall . (I haven't checked recently.) I think they were 'downsizing'.

I think he'll go for it. After all, he's been in Congress before. And running wouldn't hurt the show.

I'm afraid that I have little confidence in 45's ability to secure a deal (via hamburgers?) with NK. This politico piece rather sums up my fears.

Trump and North Korea

If (and I think it unlikely) he succeeds in the medium to longer term, I'll be pleased. It would save me having to apologise to the birds in the back garden.

I agree cozie re:Trump’s bargaining ability. I believe KJU and NK view the US and Trump as an enemy - and worse still, an enemy they can potentially outwit, as a Trump has so carelessly exposed his weaknesses over the past year for all to exploit as they wish. They want to US to leave the Peninsula and sanctions lifted. Trump may be stupid enough to agree to this, and thus you have a dictator free to do as he wishes with his people, and the so-called peace treaty between SK and NK crumbles. I could be wrong though

Iran

Without Nuclear Deal, U.S. Expects Resurgence in Iranian Cyberattacks
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/technology/iranian-hackers-united-states.html

Within 24 hours of Mr. Trump announcing on Tuesday that the United States would leave the deal, researchers at CrowdStrike, the security firm, warned customers that they had seen a “notable” shift in Iranian cyberactivity. Iranian hackers were sending emails containing malware to diplomats who work in the foreign affairs offices of United States allies and employees at telecommunications companies in an attempt to infiltrate their computer systems.

And security researchers discovered that Iranian hackers, most likely in an intelligence-gathering effort, have been quietly probing internet addresses that belong to United States military installations in Europe over the last two months. Those researchers would not publicly discuss the activity because they were still in the process of warning the targets.

And

Top State Department Nuclear Expert Announces Resignation After Trump Iran Deal Exit
Officials warn of brain drain across government offices.
foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/11/top-state-department-nuclear-expert-announces-resignation-in-wake-of-trump-iran-deal-exit/

Officials say the trend is particularly evident at the State Department, where Trump sidelined career diplomats and morale plummeted under former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The office Johnson led has gone from seven full-time staffers to none since Trump’s inauguration.

And

Joost Hiltermann
@JoostHiltermann
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Some quick thoughts: It looks like #Israel initiated military activity against Syrian regime and Iranian assets in Syria last night in order to take advantage of favorable political situation in aftermath of #Trump's withdrawal from #IranDeal, and also... /2
/2 to draw a red line against #Iran/#Hezbollah moves southward toward #GolanHeights now that regime has completed takeover of most Damascus suburbs, freeing up forces. Yet the Iranians don't seem to be responding, Israeli claims to the contrary - .../3
3/ or at least not with the ferocity that would enable an even stronger Israeli riposte. Moreover, Israel is constrained by #Russia's two principal red lines: Syrian regime preservation, and no harm to Russian assets and personnel..../4
4/ Hence #Netanyahu's visit to Moscow now, while military operations were being prepared: to gauge Putin's acquiescence to Israeli strikes, and understand the limits. Likewise, the #Saudis and #Emiratis seem to be gearing up for an assault on #Hodeida, similarly realizing.../5
/5 that their moment may be now or never. No one knows how this perfect (to them) alignment of Trump, #Bolton and #Pompeo will last. But they, too, face real limits. Militarily, Hodeida port and city may be one proverbial bridge too far without major US military support....6/
/6 And if and when they take Hodeida, they may discover that now they will own #Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe even more than they already have. In sum: the Washington-Tel Aviv-Riyadh-Abu Dhabi alliance.../7
/7 may well have an opportunity to pursue its priority agenda of pushing back against Iran in the #MiddleEast and #Gulf, but they face real constraints, and much will depend on how Iran responds.../8
/8 If the Iranians are wise, as some Israeli security officials intimated, they would not respond militarily but sit back and negotiate with the Europeans to keep the #IranDeal alive until the Trump misadministration is history..../9
/9 But some of the hardliners in Tehran may have different ideas, and instead go for the bait. In that case, my advice to all of you: Hold on to your seats. /END

Back in February, we warned about an externally-driven escalation scenario in Syria. Iran and Israel are playing a game of chicken in seeking to set their red lines. But are their positions reconcilable? Very likely not. Meanwhile, ordinary Syrians suffer.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/182-israel-hizbollah-and-iran-preventing-another-war-syria

I have argued elsewhere that while Russia is just as much part of the problem in Syria as everyone else leaping in from the outside, it could also help de-escalate tensions because of its unique position in relation to Iran, Israel, Hezbollah and Turkey:
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/opinion/russia-prevent-israel-iran-war-syria.html

And

Iran's supreme leader trolls Trump with photo of himself reading 'Fire and Fury'
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/387289-irans-supreme-leader-shares-photo-of-himself-reading-fire-and-fury

Cohen and co

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
In 2013, the year Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Trump U, Cohen told Gleason that "if Mr. Trump were to run for and be elected governor of New York, he would help bring to light the women’s accusations about Mr. Schneiderman."

Lawyer for 2 Schneiderman Accusers Brought Their Claims to Michael Cohen
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/nyregion/eric-schneiderman-michael-cohen.html

Also

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Weiner is gone, Spitzer is gone - next will be lightweight A.G. Eric Schneiderman. Is he a crook? Wait and see, worse than Spitzer or Weiner
12:10 pm - 11 Sep 2013

Christina Wilkie
@christinawilkie
More Christina Wilkie Retweeted Donald J. Trump
Holy smokes. New court filings today indicate that Trump already knew about two women's allegations against Schneiderman in 2013, when he wrote this >>

Here’s the letter submitted to the court today:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/4457445-Letter-Motion.html

So first, this lawyer advised two women not to report abuse. Then, after advising the victims to keep quiet, he gave their allegations to a totally unrelated party, Donald Trump, so Trump could weaponize the information. Amazing.

And

Ryan J. Reilly
@ryanjreilly
In interview with @svdate, Giuliani claims Trump didn’t know what Cohen was up to

Giuliani Says Cohen Never Spoke With Trump About His Big-Dollar Clients
The president’s new lead lawyer sees this as proof Trump is draining the swamp.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-giuliani-cohen-corporate-clients_us_5af606e6e4b0e57cd9f979c7

Giuliani just went ahead and said that Trump was involved in DOJ decision on proposed AT&T Time Warner merger: “The president denied the merger. They didn’t get the result they wanted.”

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-giuliani-cohen-corporate-clients_us_5af606e6e4b0e57cd9f979c7

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
More Renato Mariotti Retweeted Ryan J. Reilly
If Giuliani didn’t misspeak, this is major news—it is highly unusual for the president to be involved in DOJ merger decisions. AT&T is fighting DOJ’s challenge to the merger, alleging that Trump denied it for political reasons.

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
BREAKING: Giuliani says Trump was behind the DOJ trying to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. This is huge news! Interfering with our markets!
“The president denied the merger. They didn’t get the result they wanted.

And

Mueller Asked Ford for Records After It Rejected Michael Cohen Consulting Overture
Trump’s personal lawyer touted his proximity to the president
www.wsj.com/articles/ford-rejected-michael-cohens-consulting-overture-1526079214

Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
More Chris Hayes Retweeted Christina Wilkie
Interesting theme developing here: companies/industries Trump had explicitly talked tough about during the campaign (drug prices, cars being built in Mexico, ATT merger)

Matthew Miller
@matthewamiller
More Matthew Miller Retweeted Chris Hayes
Old school protection racket. Trump was also attacking a lot of these companies on twitter during the transition when Cohen made his approach.

And

Steve Schmidt
@SteveSchmidtSES
Michael Avenatti has exposed what is going to be a giant corporate scandal. Every company that wrote a check to Cohen or others that is excessive and opaque has a huge problem. Public companies as a general proposition don’t like pain and a lot is coming. @MichaelAvenatti

And

Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Says Michael Cohen Was a Disappointment
“He couldn’t bring in the volume of introductions.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/05/columbus-nova-michael-cohen/

And

Not Just Michael Cohen: AT&T Met With Other Allies for Trump Intel
In early 2017, AT&T was looking for someone, anyone to help them understand the new White House. They hired Michael Cohen, but he wasn’t the only Trump ally they spoke with.
www.thedailybeast.com/not-just-michael-cohen-atandt-hit-up-other-allies-for-trump-intel/

And

Michael Cohen made $100,000 a month over the course of a year from Novartis.

Daily Beast reports that actual lobbyists hired by Novartis make less than $12,000 a month.

That's 1/8 of what it paid Cohen for what, the company says, was exactly zero work.

To ‘Cash In’ on Trump’s Presidency, Michael Cohen Sold Clients on Secrecy and Access
He never registered as a federal lobbyist. He made more than they did.
www.thedailybeast.com/to-cash-in-on-trumps-presidency-michael-cohen-sold-clients-on-secrecy-and-access

And

Michael Avenatti
@MichaelAvenatti
On April 9, the FBI raided Mr. Cohen’s home, office and hotel room. Within 48 hours, Mr. Cohen sent the below email to Mr. Davidson. Why? They had no ongoing legal matter at the time. Was it part of an attempt by Mr. Cohen to obstruct justice or worse? #basta

twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/994568990264619008

And

Eamon Javers
@EamonJavers
Sarah Sanders told me today that the AT&T payments to Michael Cohen actually represent the definition of draining the swamp. Here’s that exchange:

www.cnbc.com/2018/05/11/white-house-payments-to-cohen-prove-trump-is-draining-the-swamp.html

[double think is here]

And

Head of Demeter Direct tells CNN he worked for Cohen in Korea Aerospace deal
edition.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/demeter-direct-michael-cohen/index.html

Michael Avenatti
@MichaelAvenatti
In 2017-18 - Why was Mr. Cohen paying Demeter Direct Inc. in Los Angeles large sums of money from his Essential Consultants LLC account? Keep attacking me Mr. Giuliani and @foxnews. Please. #Basta

Wendy Siegelman
@WendySiegelman
More Wendy Siegelman Retweeted Michael Avenatti
story👆🏼isn't adding up - Korea Aerospace paid Cohen $150K, @MichaelAvenatti said large sums of money paid to Demeter where Mark Ko was business consultant/translator between Cohen & Korea Aerospace - what does 'large sums' mean? what kind of consulting?

Anyone else hear Mike Pompeo’s interview on the R4 Today programme this morning? First of all, it perturbing to hear a US politician talking in full, fluid sentences and making sense. Secondly, he said the world didn’t need any more wars and there was too much hunger already. I found myself agreeing and then felt icky. He is a war mongering toad like all the other GOP bastards in Trump’s administration, isn’t he? It was a discombobulating experience, because he made a passable human being.

White supremacy

Glenn Thrush
@GlennThrush
A story that is getting way too little attention: White Michigan lawmakers are writing a law that would exempt white folks but not black counties from Medicaid work requirements. It won't pass, but still.

Michigan’s Discriminatory Work Requirements
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/michigan-medicaid-work-requirement.html

And

abolish ice. send homan to the hague.
@SeanMcElwee
The United State's immigration policy is now fundamentally committed to re-shaping the racial demographics of the country. We have an explicitly white supremacist immigration policy and no one seems to care.
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/05/11/trumps-latest-rage-filled-tirade-unmasks-paul-ryans-lies/

And

Wesley
@WesleyLowery
This should horrify every American: the FBI held a man for 5 months and tried to prosecute him as a “Black Identity Extremist”...because he made anti-cop postings on Facebook and attended a Black Lives Matter rally

Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/11/rakem-balogun-interview-black-identity-extremists-fbi-surveillance

And

Kelly says undocumented immigrants 'don't have the skills' to assimilate into US society
edition.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/john-kelly-immigration-education/index.html

And

WATCH: Policy Advisor For Trump-Tied ‘America First’ Group Praises Nazis: They Should’ve Kept ‘Going’ (Exclusive)
www.mediaite.com/online/watch-policy-advisor-for-trump-tied-america-first-group-praises-nazis/

And

Ronald Klain
@RonaldKlain
The WH hosted military spouses today. Our armed forces are 40% non-white. The odds that BY CHANCE a group of 52 military spouses would contain no people of color are lower than 100 trillion to 1. So, umm....
twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/994807951679508481

And

These Families Of Parkland Shooting Victims Are Still Waiting To Hear From Trump
“Don’t use my daughter’s life for a political moment, and that’s what he did, and that pisses me off.”
www.buzzfeed.com/remysmidt/parkland-florida-families-parents-trump-shooting-victims

And

Dan Cohen
@dancohen3000
Just saw several dozen teens escorted by armed Customs and Border Protection agents marching in the streets of Washington, DC. They’re partaking in CPB’s Explorer program, which recruits kids to assist in operations, receive firearms training and become “guardians” of the borders
From CBP’s website: “CBP Explorer Program is your bridge to one of the most challenging and exciting missions in law enforcement today - the job of serving as the guardians of our nation's borders, America's frontline.” www.cbp.gov/careers/outreach-programs/youth/explorer-program
A couple of weeks ago, Border Patrol agent and "guardian" Lonnie Swartz, was found not guilty of second degree murder for shooting dead a 16-year-old Mexican boy across the border.

And

A Black Yale Student Was Napping, and a White Student Called the Police
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html

And

North Carolina cop choke-slams black man wearing a tuxedo for arguing with Waffle House workers
www.rawstory.com/2018/05/north-carolina-cop-choke-slams-black-man-wearing-tuxedo-arguing-waffle-house-workers/

And

William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump
After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s final—and most radical—campaign.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/william-barber-takes-on-poverty-and-race-in-the-age-of-trump

“Poverty has been so racialized,” Barber told me, “that most people don’t even know that, in raw numbers, the majority of poor people are white.”

Russia

Olga Lautman
@olgaNYC1211
This #TrumpRussia Plot Is So Simple Yet MSM and the Government Are Going In Circles and Misleading The American People!! Why??
Thread

The Russians operate in a very simple way and almost always use the same methods. They offer lots of illegal money and then use blackmail
Trump has had dealings with the Russian mob for over 3 decades. Many Russians laundered money through his properties world wide
By Trump and his family cooperating with mobsters in the US and other countries the Kremlin was able Trump acquire decades of blackmail
It is rumored that a Putin used the same method in Hungary on Orban when he acquired a videotape of Orban cooperating w Mobster Mogilevich
The Russians are cruel and leave few options. In 2006 Ivana Trump stated she had to hire bodyguards because of threats by the Russian mob
Trump because of blackmail or disdain for this country decided to comply with the Russ and over the past decade the plot went into action
The Russians infiltrated all the key agencies and compromised all the key government officials using the same methods.
They laundered money through Super Pacs and as a result were able to collect blackmail on key officials forcing them to comply with Russia
This resulted in the compromised officials being forced to collect blackmail on their peers in order to make them comply
Once Russia had the control of the officials they were able to force them to do The Kremlins bidding. Russia basically operates like the mob
Russia then attacked America using several methods over a long period of time. They used fake media, infiltrated social media
Russia also used WikiLeaks and hacking of the machines to complete their operation. Russia studied Americans and found their weaknesses
Russ then used the weaknesses to cause a maj divide amongst Americans. This is all part of the Russian playbook and has been used many times
Back to Trump! With Trump working with the Kremlin he made sure to assemble his team with Russian agents in order to pull off this plot
It is not a coincidence that revelations are coming to light of the whole Trump team either working with Russia or having past dealings
Trump,Manafort,Page,Sessions, Sater, Epshteyn, Gorka, Bannon, Kushner, Flynn and many others coordinated this attack on Russia's behalf
This attack was based on a combination of blackmail and at the same time the guarantee of future money and oil deals.. Rosneft
The GOP and some Dems are compromised and will do anything to disrupt and sabotage the Investigations.
It's also import to remember that every individ who spoke or met with Russ was taped ..Either by our Intel and our Allies and Def by Russia
That is the number one method Russia employs. For ex when Sessions met and spoke with Russians it is definite that the Russ recorded him
The Russ will keep all the inappropriate meetings and financ dealings and can employ it at their choosing..Same with the GOP hacked emails
So while this seems like a complicated plot it really isn't. It boils down to a few things.. collecting and using blackmail and money
It is essential for the American media to understand this in order to report accurately and stop dancing around what actually happened
At this moment we need to assume that the whole Trump regime starting with Trump and Pence are willing agents of the Kremlin

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
More Sarah Kendzior Retweeted Olga Lautman
Olga's year-old thread is a clear-eyed look at Trump/Russia tactics. We've been begging people to take this seriously for years.

The question remains why so few officials acted to stop it, and why obvious signs of danger (like Manafort taking over the campaign) were played down.

Here is another example. Oligarch mobster threatens US security. FBI knows about it and issues a public warning letter in 2014.

Oligarch makes good on threat, and this flagrant act of corruption has him ending up...going to Trump's inauguration.

Thread:

Tim Mak
@timkmak
SCOOP: FBI made unusual warning four years ago about the foundation controlled by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, now alleged to given $$ to Michael Cohen.
www.npr.org/2018/05/11/610381368/fbi-warned-of-russian-intelligence-links-to-oligarch-in-cohen-payment-allegation

And

Trump’s Russia Ambassador to Share Stage With Sanctioned Tycoon at Putin Forum
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-10/putin-s-economic-forum-gets-boost-from-trump-s-man-in-moscow

And

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
In March 2013, Mueller was hacked by Russians and his private information was posted online www.washingtonian.com/2013/09/03/fbi-director-bob-muellers-war-on-terror-comes-to-an-end/

And

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
Russia mobster and Kremlin official Aleksandr Torshin served as an election observer in Nashville

Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives In U.S. Since 2009
www.npr.org/2018/05/11/610206357/documents-reveal-how-russian-official-courted-conservatives-in-u-s-since-2009

Social media

Chris Vickery
@VickerySec
This will be immensely helpful: www.wired.com/story/house-democrats-release-3500-russia-linked-facebook-ads/

I have approximately 19,000 image assets that can be directly tied to Cambridge Analytica/AggregateIQ. I plan to find out how many match up to what the House of Representatives have released today.

[this thread is interesting and touches on Brexit as well: twitter.com/brexit_sham/status/994966746690981889

Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
More Carole Cadwalladr Retweeted Brexitshambles #FBPE
Wow. This important. Look at the geographical location this ad was targeted at. These are the Russian Facebook ads released yesterday by Congress. This one clearly targeted at UK during referendum period. And not declared by Facebook to parliament. Is that right, @DamianCollins? ]

And

Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🤦🏽‍♀️
@JaneLytv
Earlier today, Facebook turned on a feature that showed information about Pages including:

• date of creation
• number of admins
• location of admins
• name changes.

This allowed us to confirm that many pro-Trump pages are run from outside the US. [threaaaad]

Facebook says they accidentally launched the feature early, we noticed they disabled it right after we inquired about it.

But! We still grabbed some screenshots.

What we noticed is that many pages have admins overseas. InfoWars, for example, has someone in Switzerland. YourNewsWire, a site that spreads a lot of fakes, has an admin in Qatar.
www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/facebook-ads-pages-transparency-trump-overseas

But it's not just Trump pages.

Native American, health, and Black Lives Matter pages that sold merch were also run in part from places far away from the US.

[the highly fascinating thread here: twitter.com/JaneLytv/status/995031028753313792 ]

And

We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Their dominant strategy: Sowing racial discord
www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/11/what-we-found-facebook-ads-russians-accused-election-meddling/602319002/

And

Russian trolls targeted teens on Facebook with memes
www.cnet.com/news/russian-trolls-targeted-teens-on-facebook-with-memes/

Rest of the administration:

Kelly's agonizing relationship with the press
The White House chief of staff was forced to retract remarks made in an NPR interview.
www.politico.com/story/2018/05/11/john-kelly-press-trump-583940

And

Trump unloads on Homeland Security secretary in lengthy immigration tirade
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-unloads-on-homeland-security-secretary-in-lengthy-immigration-tirade/2018/05/10/f0ded152-54a0-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html

John Roberts
@johnrobertsFox
Follow Follow @johnrobertsFox
SCOOP - @WhiteHouse COS John Kelly told me this afternoon that after yesterday's cabinet meeting where @realDonaldTrump berated @SecNielsen , Kelly called Nielsen to implore here not to quit over it.

Josh Dawsey
@jdawsey1
More Josh Dawsey Retweeted John Roberts
Even as White House/DHS said she never threatened to quit.

And

Senate intelligence panel seeking Sam Nunberg communications with Stone
edition.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/senate-intelligence-sam-nunberg-roger-stone/index.html

And

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
Good time to remind everyone Kushner is still representing our country despite the fact he couldn’t get full security clearance. Kelly has gone quiet on this.

Kushner shares Jerusalem embassy spotlight
The opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will reset the power balance within the administration on Israel-Palestine.
www.politico.com/story/2018/05/10/pompeo-middle-east-jerusalem-embassy-582226

And

Kushner-backed health care project gets ‘devastating’ review
The Pentagon report could delay the VA’s plans to install the multibillion-dollar software project begun under Obama.
www.politico.com/story/2018/05/11/kushner-backed-health-care-project-gets-devastating-review-535847

Judiciary

Lawrence Hurley
@lawrencehurley
Senate Democrats just issued this lengthy report on judicial nominations: www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b/7/b783e2d9-38be-4798-a7fb-e89ff11fd47c/A233636E649CB9CD98B0555FB3D18C88.judiciary-dems-final-judges-report-5.10.18-.pdf

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
More Natasha Bertrand Retweeted Lawrence Hurley
"These circuit court nominees were confirmed by the Senate an average of just 20 days after being voted out of the committee. This is eight times faster than President Obama’s nominees, who were confirmed an average of 167 days after being voted out by the committee."

And

Re this:

Manu Raju
@mkraju
NEWS: In move to potentially end standoff amid GOP threats of holding Sessions in contempt, DOJ invites Nunes and Gowdy to a classified Thurs briefing on material department warned could risk human lives if disclosed. Nunes had issued subpoena for it. w/@LauraAJarrett @jeremyherb

Susan Hennessey
@Susan_Hennessey
More Susan Hennessey Retweeted Manu Raju
This is a hugely significant story. DOJ and the IC do not trust the HPSCI chair to protect sources and methods that directly risk human lives. Nunes simply cannot continue to serve in the role and Speaker Ryan is wrong to not remove him and appoint a suitable choice like Conaway.

Kimberley Strassel
@KimStrassel
More Kimberley Strassel Retweeted Susan Hennessey
Alternate (and reality) read: DOJ/FBI don't want HPSCI to see what shenanigans they were up to in 2016. And now gunning for Nunes, cuz he won't give up. Side note: Ryan said in his presser this morning that he's read HPSCI request and it is "wholly appropriate."

Susan Hennessey
@Susan_Hennessey
More Susan Hennessey Retweeted Kimberley Strassel
This is a malicious and intentional lie against federal law enforcement. These craven operators are running cover for Nunes in ways that will have profound consequences to the FBI’s ability to recruit and protect sources. And they know it.

And

Here’s How Trump Is Trying To Remake His Least Favorite Court
The White House sent five names to California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris over the summer for the 9th Circuit. The senators are preparing a list of candidates to send back to the White House.
www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/heres-who-the-white-house-pitched-for-the-federal-appeals

Scrubadubdub, the Trump Washomatic can cope with those extra large loads.

www.wnycstudios.org/shows/trumpinc

Those images from the Waffle House are sickening.

Something on Putin's longterm tactics.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/11/feature/putin-needed-an-american-enemy-he-picked-me/?utm_term=.ccafe7da77e6

Kelley again.

The Hill
Verified account
@thehill

Kelly: Separating families at the border isn't cruel: Kids go to "foster care or whatever"

thehill.com/homenews/administration/387309-kelly-its-not-cruel-to-separate-undocumented-immigrant-families

Still trying to avoid the swamp splatter.

shareblue.com/mike-pence-andrea-mitchell-michael-cohen-mueller-investigation/

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/11/what-is-wrong-with-these-people/

ebola

www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/05/white-house-loses-global-health-security-lead-as-a-new-ebola-outbreak-hits/560195/?utm_source=atltw

I feel like I should take up fancy knitting. Some of those complicated patterns would look like a walk in the park, these days.

On Eric Greitens and his peculiar political transformation.

www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n10/deborah-friedell/diary

‘Have I told you about my old friend who’s married to the Republican governor of Missouri?’ Too often, the answer was yes, I had – sometimes more than once. My Sheena story was my best story, the anecdote that rarely failed, which was fortunate, because I couldn’t stop telling it, usually in the same way, even with the same pauses and hand gestures. At the end, I would play on my phone one of Eric’s earliest campaign ads, in which he shoots a machine gun into a field as he promises to take ‘dead aim at politics as usual’. ‘If you’re ready for a conservative outsider,’ he says, ‘I’m ready to fire away.’

I'd forgotten about this.

coldwardaily.com/2018/05/12/trumps-nobel-peace-prize-talk-the-story-the-us-media-may-be-missing/

Has anyone explained just how Mr M's people knew to interview executives from eg the firms involved in paying Michael Cohen large spondulicks before - long, long before in fact - they seized his records? The depths of my ignorance are almost unplumbable.......

Hmm. Good question. Perhaps the payments were flagged on other systems (tax?), or someone leaked? Curious.

www.scotsman.com/news/donald-trump-s-scottish-resort-paid-by-us-taxpayers-for-vip-visit-1-4738591

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