The slog of this authoritarian shitshow is grinding us all down. My inspiration has gone into hiding with Melania. Knock yourselves out! (Trump cont.)

[boatyardblues]

Does what it says on the tin. 🤷‍♂️

Here’s the last thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3258057-I-Spy-with-My-Little-Eye-Something-Beginning-with-T-Traitorous-Treasonweasels-in-Trumptown-Trump-contd

Oh oh, Alexander Nix back in front of DCMS committee on Fake News today, 3 pm BST.

Here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5cf03dfb-aac9-46b5-95f8-6c5728249059

Well that's my afternoon sorted.

Cambridge Analytica is now defunct, of course, so I wonder where this will go? It's possible he's in legal jeopardy for misleading parliament previously...

Gavin Newsom (D) has advanced to the general election in November, as expected. He'll be running against John Cox (R), who just loves to compare himself to Trump.

The rest of the races in CA turned out pretty much as expected. Unfortunately it looks as though we aren't going to be able to oust our Representative. Looking at the primary numbers, even if every person who voted for every Democratic candidate voted for his opponent, he'd still have more votes. On the good side, both candidates for Senate in November are Democrats.

Wait, what? You guys are kidding me that Rodman is part of the 'summit' team, right?

Nope. It's the Trump version of high stakes diplomacy.

Donald J. Trump
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12h12 hours ago

'Great interview by @LouDobbs with Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch concerning the governments counter-intelligence operation into the Trump Campaign. SPYGATE at the highest level. Who would believe?'

'Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch. “They were running an operation to undermine a candidate for President of the U.S. These are all violations of law. This is intelligence tradecraft to steer an election. There’s nothing more grave when it comes to abuse of our intelligence system...'

'...This is a level of criminality beyond the pale. This is such a grave abuse of power and authority, it’s like nothing else we’ve seen in our history. This makes the Nixon Watergate burglary look like keystone cop stuff'

'....The greatest Witch Hunt in political history!'

Avenatti just posted this.

mediabiasfactcheck.com/judicial-watch/

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, Avenatti,
Keeps trolling all of the time

At least he got her name right this time.

Donald J. Trump
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'The Fake News Media has been so unfair, and vicious, to my wife and our great First Lady, Melania. During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the W.H. (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse. All Fake, she is doing really well!'

Donald J. Trump
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27m27 minutes ago

'...Four reporters spotted Melania in the White House last week walking merrily along to a meeting. They never reported the sighting because it would hurt the sick narrative that she was living in a different part of the world, was really ill, or whatever. Fake News is really bad!'

'walking merrily' or ?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/06/cambridge-analytica-brittany-kaiser-julian-assange-wikileaks

'A Cambridge Analytica director apparently visited Julian Assange in February last year and told friends it was to discuss what happened during the US election, the Guardian has learned.'

So helpful, Rudi.
Michael C. Bender
@MichaelCBender
Kim Jong Un got ‘on his hands and knees and begged’ for the summit w Trump.—Rudy Giuliani in Tel Aviv
mobile.twitter.com/MichaelCBender/status/1004364298376876034

30 pardons lined up, for cover, or covering up?
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/06/politics/donald-trump-pardons/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/05/macron-trump-call-terrible-sausages

'Emmanuel Macron has said his phone calls with Donald Trump and other world leaders are like sausages: better not explain what’s inside.'

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scott-pruitt-chick-fil-a-franchise-wife-epa-environmental-protection-agency-a8385501.html

That Chick-fil-a (sp.?) attempt at nest feathering was Chris Hayes' 'Thing 2' yesterday. I've had 'Chick, chick, chicken' as an earworm all day.

lion, I used to work in a (vile) meat processing factory, linking sausages, in the school hols. Couldn't eat a sausage for a good twenty years! But now I want to know exactly what is in a sausage. (Not double entendre, strictly a political analogy )

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un got "on his hands and knees and begged" for a summit with President Trump cbsn.ws/2sLnHR8 twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1004394165009108993/video/1

Rudy is just an old gossip, isn't he? Loves sharing that's he's in the know.

Not that I think for a minute KJU did get down on his knees.

There is that line from Leo in The West Wing:

'There's two things in the world you never want to let people see how you make 'em: laws and sausages.'

Neal Katyal
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10m10 minutes ago

'Judge Baylson just ordered permanent injunction against Jeff Sessions in our Philadelphia sanctuary city case. He ruled for us on everything-that Trump acted both unconstitutionally and in violation of federal laws.He ordered Sessions to pay the $.'

amp.thedailybeast.com/white-house-game-of-thrones-elevates-newbie-to-run-cybersecurity?__twitter_impression=true

Spasibo, Trumpski

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-justice-department-vacancies?mbid=social_twitter

Love the sausage analogy

Ivanka and weight-lifter. Of course.

www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/ivanka-trump-putin-moscow-meeting-michael-cohen-tower?utm_term=.nyaLWkpDK#.tdZoywB6A

Well my computer's ability to play that DCMS session is up there with Nix's ability to answer a question straight, so I'm finding the experience too excruciating to continue.

I'll have to come back to it in a day or two and hope to play the video when it's not of a live session.

But ermahgawd what a weasel.