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Has Trump Turned Traitor? Trump thread continued.

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TheClaws · 17/07/2018 11:24

The Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, coming so soon after Trump’s ally-crumbling display in Britain and at the EU, is still sinking in. Let’s just say: he’s in all kinds of shit. All the kompromat.

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ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 09:10

Yes, and Sneerah's hawking of those shoddy wares in Gaslight Alley yesterday was truly chilling.
Matthew Miller
@matthewamiller
Hard to be shocked anymore, but this is an outrage. Should have been dismissed immediately, and two days later they definitely have no excuse. Smacks of Trump joining Putin in trying to intimidate a critic.
Julie Davis
@juliehdavis
WH @PressSec said in his mtg w Putin, Trump discussed the possibility of allowing the Russians to question Americans, including former US Amb to Russia Michael McFaul, for what they call "crimes" by Bill Browder, but that he made no commitments

mobile.twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1019658153791717382

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 09:15

Matthew Miller
@matthewamiller
This is gross: McConnell’s top political strategist endorsing Trump’s attacks on Mueller as key to their midterm electoral strategy. Pretty revealing about why R’s never push back on him. (link: amp.mcclatchydc.com/podcasts/beyond-the-bubble/article215036400.html) amp.mcclatchydc.com/podcasts/beyon…
mobile.twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1019579421357957126

lionheart · 19/07/2018 09:19

It feels like something is happening.

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 09:21

@JanaeStracke
Overheard @clairecmc staffer Moriah discussing #Kavanaugh at hearing today. She said McCaskill won’t even consider voting yes for Kavanaugh and then bragged, “She’s in such a red state, but she doesn’t even try. She doesn’t give a sh** and I love it”
@PYNance @CWforA @cwaofmo

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ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 09:33

Butina:
Matea Gold
@mateagold

Photo of Maria Butina having lunch in March with a Russian diplomat suspected of being intelligence officer. (A menu board in the photo matches one featured in a photo of La Piquette, a French restaurant in Cleveland Park.)
mobile.twitter.com/mateagold/status/1019740456077406208/photo/1
(link: www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-had-ties-to-russian-intelligence-agency-prosecutors-say/2018/07/18/a1a4042c-8a01-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?utm_term=.57af2c3df29f) washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…

Here's the memo seized from Erickson's home referring to FSB job offer:
mobile.twitter.com/mateagold/status/1019746457367269377/photo/1

And here's the selfie Butina took of herself at Trump's inauguration and sent to her contact in the Russian government:
mobile.twitter.com/mateagold/status/1019747245099380736/photo/1

For more on the Russian presence at the inauguration, read our January piece:

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/amid-trumps-inaugural-festivities-members-of-russias-elite-anticipated-a-thaw-between-moscow-and-washington/2018/01/20/0d767f46-fb9f-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?utm_term=.a84b11532210&__twitter_impression=true

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ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 09:35

I do not like that feeling lion

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 10:23

Real Time Economics
@WSJecon
Washer and dryer prices climbed 20% in the three months through June, the steepest rise in at least 12 years.
mobile.twitter.com/WSJecon/status/1019747866720563200

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 10:26

Deadline White House
@DeadlineWH
"Prosecutors don't always reveal their whole hand. So, stay tuned. This is not the last time we're going to hear about Maria Butina. I think Robert Mueller is really interested in what she has to say" - @LawProfButler w/ @NicolleDWallace

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ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 10:28

Deadline White House
@DeadlineWH
"I want to connect a couple of the dots..the Russian illegals in 2010 that were sent back to Russia, remember Anna Chapman?..Who investigated for the FBI? Bob Mueller. He knows the Russian file very well. Who ordered the Russians? Vladimir Putin" - Jeremy Bash w/ @NicolleDWallace
mobile.twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1019716660561883138

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 10:35

Thomas Cleveland
@TCleveland4Real
Apparently we have a new Syria policy known to the President, Putin, and the Russian government but not, by a good portion of the American government. (link: www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-russians-describe-verbal-agreements-at-summit-us-officials-scramble-for-clarity/2018/07/18/8bb1e96c-8aa7-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html) washingtonpost.com/world/national…
mobile.twitter.com/TCleveland4Real/status/1019744975087702021

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 10:36

@Lucian_Kim
Montenegro joins EU sanctions against Russia along with Albania, Norway, Ukraine, Georgia. (Somewhat less aggressive than starting WW3.) (link: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/07/18/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-alignment-of-certain-countries-concerning-restrictive-measures-in-response-to-the-illegal-annexation-of-crimea-and-sevastopol/) consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

mobile.twitter.com/Lucian_Kim/status/1019876006704934913

Roussette · 19/07/2018 11:55

On a lighter note, I did laugh at this.... this is happening every night just outside the WH

Bagpipes are pretty piercing and if the wind's in the right direction... would be my idea of hell in the middle of the night!

Adam Parkhomenko
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For anyone out there that wants to chip in to support the 15-Member Mariachi Band we have hired, or for the future most epic bagpipe performance you have ever seen, we will be using the following Act Blue contribution page through Party Majority:

lionheart · 19/07/2018 13:16

Trying to stay positive about it, ohmy.

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 13:23

Thread:

@RobertEKelly
I know McFaul & Russia are the huge right now, but this should not slip below the waves: Trump basically just admitted that we are back to Obama's strategic patience on N Korea. So all the threats of last year and sucking-up of this year didn't work, as so many predicted, and /1

@RobertEKelly
Trump: There’s no time limit for N Korean denuclearization. I.e., the last 5 mos & all that big talk of CVID, a Nobel, this time is different, nuclear threat is over, etc was just another Trump snow-job. Good grief.Why do we even listen to this guy anymore link: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/18/donald-trump-says-there-is-no-time-limit-for-north-korea-to-denuclearise theguardian.com/world/2018/jul…

mobile.twitter.com/Robert_E_Kelly/status/1019890525036371968

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 13:40

This is me lion🙏 (and I'm an atheist - desperate times ... Grin )

ohmymimi · 19/07/2018 13:41

@kylegriffin1
Sens. Coons and Flake have introduced a resolution that would:

  1. Commend Mueller probe
  2. Agree with I.C. assessment on Russian interference
  3. Reaffirm that Russia should be held accountable
  4. Call for hearings on Helsinki summit
  5. Call for implementation of Russia sanctions
mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1019785167899111425
Lweji · 19/07/2018 13:49

Samantha Bee knows who's boss.

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