I Spy with My Little Eye Something Beginning with T. - Traitorous Treasonweasels in Trumptown (Trump cont'd.)

[ohmymimi]

All out effort to shore up the 'Spygate' false narrative today. I see the F and F interview is pre-recorded I wonder why
Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3242915-We-re-all-going-on-a-WITCH-HUNT-We-re-not-scared-we-persist-Trump-cont?pg=39&order=

Eric Geller
@ericgeller
'This is a sobering look at American diplomacy in decline during the Trump presidency, with a focus on Latin America, a perennially overlooked region. (link: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/28/the-diplomat-who-quit-the-trump-administration) newyorker.com/magazine/2018/… '
mobile.twitter.com/ericgeller/status/1000801244997447681

Paul Kane
@pkcapitol
This @danbalz piece gets at heart of Trump/Rudy strategy: There is almost no legal strategy there, it's political. Designed to discredit Mueller in eyes of GOP primary voters, built to protect him if this ever gets to Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trumps-war-of-attrition-against-mueller-bears-fruit-among-republicans/2018/05/26/9e759738-603b-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html

mobile.twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1000765201938034690

Across, Kristol clear?
'On Memorial Day weekend, Donald Trump has said more about a few of his supporters whose careers might have been damaged than about those who fought and died for our country.'
mobile.twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1000727724099559424

It compares, I think, with how SecDef spent a recent Veterans' Day?

Across, I've seen it suggested it could be he is feeling the loss of Hope Hicks, but the New York Post article mentioned below is the sort of thing that sets him off.
'It’s far from clear who Trump was referring to when he complained about the young people who “went home in tatters” although several former campaign aides are known to have met with Mueller and his team. He might specifically be referring to George Papadapolous, the 30-year-old campaign adviser who pleaded guilty of lying to the FBI. In the past he has also lamented the fortunes of his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The tweet could also be in reference to a column in the New York Post on Sunday in which former campaign aide Carter Page said he lost business and his girlfriend because of the FBI.'

slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/trump-tries-new-tactic-bemoans-young-and-beautiful-lives-destroyed-by-russia-probe.html

nypost.com/2018/05/26/carter-page-the-fbi-ruined-my-life/

'When Trump was in the tower, he got hard copies of the N.Y. Times and N.Y. Post (which a friend calls "the paper of record for him" — he especially studies Page Six). He "skims The Wall Street Journal," the friend said. No Washington Post, although friends assume he'll add it now. He had started skipping the other New York tab, the Daily News, because he thought it treated him shabbily.'
www.axios.com/trump-101-what-he-reads-and-watches-1513300066-41aaed6d-20e3-4022-acaa-f0099058d9e3.html

It was Javanka. My heart bleeds for them.

Yeah, the public do not like Ivanka. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/27/ivanka-trump-tweets-photo-backlash-border-separation-policy Probably doesn’t help that she’s as politically tone deaf as her father.

Good one cozie!

And probably exactly who he's talking about!!!

I didn't know about that tweet.

Offending Ivanka tweet

It just dawned on me that Donald loves to dish it, but he doesn’t like being on the receiving end. At all!

Just like most ignorant cowards boat

"Florida, Alabama and Mississippi declared states of emergency on Saturday ......"

I didn't realise.......

Sorry. That would be due to Storm Alberto.

Meanwhile in North Korea: KCNA Commentary warning US media about statements regarding supposed future economic support of NK. Hint: they do not appreciate this at all.

U.S. Media Warned against Misleading Public Opinion

It is the U.S. that asked for DPRK-U.S. talks first.

The U.S. has recently come to realise that the military strength, it regards as almighty, and the anti-DPRK sanctions, it pinned hope on, were all doomed to failure. After all, there could be no other way out for the U.S.

The international community contends that the world-startling dramatic change in the DPRK-U.S. ties was entirely thanks to the DPRK's efforts for peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the world.

As far as the "economic aid" advertised by the U.S. is concerned, the DPRK has never expected it.

U.S. media would be well advised to stop talking nonsense as hack media and deeply study what the strategic line advanced at the historic April Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea means. -0-

They're like squabbling children! It must be exhausting being around these people.

twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1000845606313758720?s=21

Kelly Sadler accuses Mercedes Schlapp of being a leaker during meeting with Trump: Report

Embattled White House communications aide Kelly Sadler accused Mercedes Schlapp, a more senior communications official, of being "one of the worst leakers" in an oval office meeting with President Trump, according to a new report.

Axios reports the open-door meeting was convened by Trump and was attended by Sadler, Schlapp, White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah, and White House chief of staff John Kelly. During the meeting, the president informed Sadler that she would not be fired for her leaked remarks joking about Sen. John McCain "dying," and then told Sadler he wanted to know who the leakers in the White House were -- to which Sadler responded that she thought Schlapp was one of the worst leakers. Sadler then named other people she suspected of being leakers in White House.

Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communication, "pushed back aggressively and defended herself in the room," according to the report, and other colleagues defended her against Sadler's claim in follow up conversations.

www.axios.com/oval-office-leak-kelly-sadler-mercedes-schlapp-trump-0b622aa7-6719-47f0-89eb-8d12008f7cd9.html

Ivanka Trump headed to Fresno to pump up support for Devin Nunes

Vanderhoof, the local GOP chair, expected Ivanka’s June 18th event to be held away form the public to avoid protesters.

www.rawstory.com/2018/05/ivanka-trump-headed-fresno-pump-support-devin-nunes/

Oh well, that's alright then.

Mass-shooter insurance is gaining popularity with U.S. schools, WaPo reports. "The policies pay for counseling services and victim death benefits."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/one-roadblock-to-arming-teachers-insurance-companies/2018/05/26/59d6c704-5f7e-11e8-8c93-8cf33c21da8d_story.html

Interesting thread/discussion about calling out bare-faced lies vs mere falsehoods in the media - in ref to the recent Twittering about Maggie Haberman not calling Trump a liar in her reports.

I’m someone who uses “lie” a lot for Trump claims. I also think Maggie’s points in this fight are indisputably true.

Two things are true at once: 1) Trump is a serial liar; 2) Reporters can’t call all his false claims lies; sometimes he’s confused or ignorant, not intentional.

Thread:
twitter.com/ddale8/status/1000767176284999680?s=21

John Feeley, Ex-Ambassador to Panama:

“In private, he is exactly like he is on TV, except that he doesn’t curse in public,” he told me. Feeley sensed that Trump saw every unknown person as a threat, and that his first instinct was to annihilate that threat. “He’s like a velociraptor,” he said. “He has to be boss, and if you don’t show him deference he kills you.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/28/the-diplomat-who-quit-the-trump-administration

Liz Garbus
@lizgarbus
I invite those engaged in the twitter debate about the use of the word “lie” at @nytimes to check out #TheFourthEstate on @SHO_Docs. You’ll see a very open and candid debate where @maggieNYT @shearm @juliehdavis @BumillerNYT @deanbaquet and others weigh the usage of the word.
mobile.twitter.com/lizgarbus/status/1000858663417008128

'How the ‘Watergate Babies’ Broke American Politics'

'They arrived and began opening up Congress. They ended up inadvertently institutionalizing a distinctly partisan and confrontational style that permeates contemporary American politics today.'

By JOHN A. LAWRENCE 05/26/2018 06:48 AM EDT
www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2018/05/26/congress-broke-american-politics-218544?__twitter_impression=true

Jonathan Swan
@jonathanvswan
Re ongoing White House leaks... there’s been many times over the past year when one senior official or other has told me “you’ll be screwed when X person leaves the WH.” Assuming they are THE leaker and everything will change once they’re gone. It’s always amusing to hear...
mobile.twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1000817907310514177

He’s like a velociraptor

Velociraptors don't deserve this treatment.