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

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boatyardblues · 05/06/2018 21:57

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

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ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 12:07

I wonder how much Miller and Bannon are in touch.
Miller is insidious, in a way he reminds me of Uriah Heep; he manipulates and influences while only appearing to serve.

www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-aid-miller-separating-children-at-border-was-simple-decision-1.6179898

nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/family-separation-just-part-of-trump-immigration-offensive.html

lionheart · 19/06/2018 12:11

www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article213415624.html

'Judge strikes down Kansas voter law, orders Kobach to take classes.

A federal judge has struck down a Kansas voter citizenship law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had personally defended.

Judge Julie Robinson also ordered Kobach, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, to take more hours of continuing legal education after he was found in contempt and was frequently chided during the trial over missteps.'

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 12:23

National Guard deployment on the Mex/US border waste of time anyway, apparently, lion. El Presidente is the master of the omnishambles clusterfuck and empty gestures. Yet horribly successful at petty spite and targeted cruelty.
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/05/25/border-patrol-union-head-calls-national-guard-deployment-a-colossal-waste-of-time/

Lweji · 19/06/2018 12:51

I just got this on my computer notifications. Not sure why.

But it's interesting.

Orthodox Jews Start Prayer Protest Outside OU Office in New York, Angered by Its Support for Trump

www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-orthodox-jews-start-weekly-prayer-protests-outside-ou-in-new-york-1.6193404?utm_source=Push_Notification&utm_medium=web_push&utm_campaign=General

mackerella · 19/06/2018 13:05

John Kelly doesn't care enough to save Trump from himself

"But Kelly’s status in the White House has changed in recent months, and he and the president are now seen as barely tolerating one another. According to four people close to Kelly, the former Marine general has largely yielded his role as the enforcer in the West Wing as his relationship with Trump has soured. While Kelly himself once believed he stood between Trump and chaos, he has told at least one person close to him that he may as well let the president do what he wants, even if it leads to impeachment — at least this chapter of American history would come to a close.

"There are other clues that he’s not all that invested in his boss’s fate, like his new midday workout habit.

"In recent months, his Secret Service detail has often been spotted standing outside the gym in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the middle of the day — and White House officials who pass it on the way to meetings view his late morning workouts as an indication of him having thrown in the towel on trying to have any control inside the West Wing."

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 13:52

@peterbakernyt
'Miller sees broad support for immigration crackdown: "The American people are going to side with the party that wants to secure the border. And not by a little bit. Not 55-45. 60-40. 70-30. 80-20. I’m talking 90-10.” b ⁦*@shearm*⁩
mobile.twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/100904843921528422
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<a class="break-all" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/us/politics/immigration-children-sessions-miller.html#click=t.co/uxsLh8HklE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/us/politics/immigration-children-sessions-miller.html#click=t.co/uxsLh8HklE

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 14:11

That NY Mag. piece on Kelly's indifference. So what does that indicate? Is Kelly just treading water and picking up the pay cheque? Hmm
Well, maybe gettin to brutalise vulnerable children at the Mex/US border has made it worthwhile ditching the last scale of his dignity and reputation.

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 14:13

Not 'scale', scraps !

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 14:37

@maggieNYT
'important subtext that @elianayjohnson and @anniekarni get at - Kelly doesn't shield Sessions from Trump the way he has other Cabinet members because he faults Sessions for his protege, Nielsen, getting heat from Trump over immigration '
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1008912276135596033

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 14:39

Re Kelly's current indifference:
@elianayjohnson
Replying to @StevenTDennis
'FWIW, it wasn’t a joke, according to my source, who said his attitude is let the shit hit the fan, make Corey chief of staff, instruct Cabinet secretaries to do things that are illegal — so be it.'
mobile.twitter.com/elianayjohnson/status/1008892524948226049

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:16

Clusterfuck is the word.

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:17

Hillary Clinton

Verified account

@HillaryClinton
2m2 minutes ago

'Thanks to all of you, we have now crossed the $500,000 mark. Here’s where your generosity is going, let’s keep it up!'

@ACLU
@asylumadvocacy
@FlorenceProject
@humanrights1st
@supportKIND
@LUPE_rgv
@RAICESTEXAS
@UNITEDWEDREAM
@WomenBelong
@wrcommission

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:20

Paul Krugman

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@paulkrugman
50m50 minutes ago

'So, as I understand it:

Trump has imposed vicious border policies partly to fire up the base, because his big "win" the tax cut is still unpopular

Now Republicans may try to repeal Obamacare again, partly to fire up the base, because family separations are so unpopular.'

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:24

Needs to feed the base.

www.thedailybeast.com/erik-prince-i-cooperated-with-mueller

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:28

Frank Thorp V (NBC)

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@frankthorp

NEW: @senorrinhatch tells me he’s circulating a letter to AG Sessions for Senators to sign that calling for a moratorium on separations at the border until Congress can act. He’s hoping to send it out by the end of the day. Says the separations are “not American”

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:31

ACLU.

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/19/families-border-separations-trump-immigration-policy]]

lionheart · 19/06/2018 15:37

In letter to AG Sessions and Sec. Nielsen, 21 attorneys general demand Trump admin. end family separation policy:

"This practice is contrary to American values and must be stopped."

The slog of this authoritarian shitshow is grinding us all down. My inspiration has gone into hiding with Melania. Knock yourselves out! (Trump cont.)
The slog of this authoritarian shitshow is grinding us all down. My inspiration has gone into hiding with Melania. Knock yourselves out! (Trump cont.)
ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 15:39

Look whose DH is retweeting naughty Kelly stories Grin

@StevenTDennis

Oh, hi George.

mobile.twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1008895590346969090

Lweji · 19/06/2018 15:46

How much does he know?

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 15:56

News for Sen. Hatch - these separations were ordered by Americans, are being carried by Americans on American soil. That's all American in today's America, and it's what you get when you enable an amoral grifter for your ends.

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 15:57

for your own ends

Lweji · 19/06/2018 16:04

Oh, dear. I hope they don't report this on Fox News. Someone will not like it at all and will go all out to get one too.

Richmond school drops Confederate name in favor of Barack Obama

edition.cnn.com/2018/06/19/us/richmond-school-name-change-barack-obama/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_content=2018-06-19T11%3A20%3A07&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN

ohmymimi · 19/06/2018 16:26

Not sure Mueller and Prince would have the same interpretation of 'co-operation'. And he's such a charmer, too:

Eric Prince 'scariest man I've ever met' Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky:

'From the Seychelles to the White House to Cambridge Analytica, Erik Prince and the UAE are key parts of the Trump story'
medium.com/@wsiegelman/from-the-seychelles-to-the-white-house-to-cambridge-analytica-erik-prince-and-the-uae-are-key-6d860808da91

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