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

We wil need a new thread soon. At least Melania was found during the tenure of this one.

Pfft, what's couple of lies here and there:
@GeoffRBennett
NEW: @DHSgov tells us Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen recently visited detention centers on two occasions: A visit in March to Otay Mesa BEFORE the family separation policy was in place. And on June 1, 2018 to Nogales -- a 72-hour hold facility which does not house children.

mobile.twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1009078578640838657

@christinawilkie
HHS Official just now: "We expect that the new policy will result in a deterrence effect."

Kirstjen Nielsen yesterday: “I find that offensive," when asked if the separations were meant to have a deterrence effect. “Why would I create a policy that purposely does that?”
mobile.twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/1009082892641755137

thehill.com/latino/393000-hhs-official-says-family-separation-policy-will-have-deterrence-effect

UN human rights council

Yes, we need a new thread.

That's OK then, Rudy, no holes in that reasoning

@AaronBlake

Giuliani to FBN on leaked info he got:

' "I never got a leaked information from any FBI agent. I haven't talked to an on-duty FBI agent, except for background checks, in a couple years. That information he's talking about came from retired FBI agents who were speculating..." '
mobile.twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1009107568608858113

Trump giving one of his campaign type speeches tripling down on his border policy. He sounds unhinged and out of control.

U.S. Plans to Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council Today
By Nick Wadhams
June 19, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT

www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-06-19/trump-is-said-ready-to-pull-u-s-from-un-s-human-rights-council?__twitter_impression=true

Ahem Mr Miller...
You say you descend from refugees?

www.businessinsider.com/stephen-miller-immigration-hardliner-is-the-descendent-of-refugees-2018-6?utm_content=buffercb6d4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi

That's a clear message.

Grump, that’ll be because he’s unhinged and out of control

I keep thinking, with each new low, that this has to the The inflection point- people will stop enabling him.
Maybe kids in cages will be it but the policy seems to have a distressing amount of support amongst his base.

This was literally on the record. They had better release the full transcript, if they've caved on the recording. Or it access at any price?

@kylegriffin1
The White House objected to the NYT using audio of an interview with Stephen Miller on The Daily.

In the audio, among other things, Miller describes the policy of family separation as a "humanitarian" act.

mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1009094764422197248

Whoops.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/trumps-trade-war-wipes-out-2018-dow-gains

Swamp.

www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/mike-huckabee-praised-qatar-without-revealing-he-was-paid-50000-by-qatar/

Are we playing chicken this time?

Shoes.

Vivian Salama (WSJ)
‏
Verified account

@vmsalama

POTUS, during his NFIB speech, says Canadians cross the border to smuggle goods back into their country. “They buy shoes and they wear ‘em. They scuff ‘em up to make ‘em sound old, or look old.”

I think we are along way from the end. He was so full of bombast that I was expecting him to sack Mueller there and then. He tore into the IG report and criticised media for focusing on immigration as a distraction from the IG hearings. You couldn't make it up.

.@POTUS: “I'm going to go, very shortly, for authorization that when countries abuse us by sending their people up not their best [people] we're not going to give any more aid to those countries. Why the hell should we? Why should we?" https://cbsn.ws/2taqF2o https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1009121669959569409/video/1

This man is delusional he needs sectioning.

Rosenstein deadline for handing over all kinds of docs. coming up Friday and are lots of murmerings about that date.

WOW -- Trump accuses "the fake news media" of helping human traffickers.

"The fake news media back there doesn't talk about that. They are fake. They are helping these smugglers and these traffickers like nobody would believe. They know it, they know exactly what they're doing" twitter.com/atrupar/status/1009117534195417089/video/1

Well, the Fake News Media are, in Trump’s own words, enemies of the people...

Also.

www.rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-loses-temper-threatens-government-shutdown-border-wall-funding-not-robust-enough-gop-senator/

I've made a new thread as we were running out of road. Hope that's ok.

Trump puts kids in cages because he wants his wall. How low can he go? The authoritarian shitsh...http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3283037-trump-puts-kids-in-cages-because-he-wants-his-wall-how-low-can-he-go-the-authoritarian-shitshow-continues

And the thread

is hereby closed.

See ya on the new thread. Here's to better days ahead.