Has Trump Turned Traitor? Trump thread continued.

[TheClaws]

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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Manu Raju
@mkraju
Mark Warner tells us Senate Intel still has NOT gotten briefed on what happened at the Putin-Trump meeting. Says he’s concerned about Mike Pompeo testimony today because “we don’t even know if the president relayed truthfully to Secretary Pompeo” what happened with Putin
4:37 pm · 25 Jul 2018

Replying to @mkraju
Warner on Cohen tape: “There is a pattern here where the president either exaggerates or gets his facts flatout wrong,” comparing it to the “remarkable damage to our country’s image with that pathetic performance” with Putin.
mobile.twitter.com/mkraju/status/1022143708219752450

Yesterday:

@PeterAlexander
NEW: On AF1, WH spox Hogan Gidley says Trump has "begun the mechanism" to remove security clearances from the six former national security officials named Monday.

Yesterday, the WH said Trump was only "exploring the mechanisms."

Today:

@PeterAlexander
Gidley, a White House spokesman, apparently misstated the White House’s position.

A senior WH official confirms there has been no change since yesterday — the revocations are being considered, but no decision has been made.
mobile.twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1021960065841025024

stolen Smashed to smithereens

@MollyJongFast
And another Trumpian horcrux bites the dust.
Greg Angel
@NewsGuyGreg
Reports are coming in that someone has stolen President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

mobile.twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1022147020419678209

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,haaaaaa:
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
No, the White House didn’t intentionally edit a question to Putin out of a video
mobile.twitter.com/yashar/status/1022127119852163072

Now here's a man who has never had a moment of self-reflection in his life (or he's trying out his stand up routine for his new day job at The Comedy Club in Milwaukee)
Paul Ryan
@SpeakerRyan
More and more, our politics is enabling the worst in us. We’ve become blind to other perspectives. We’re more connected then ever, but also more disconnected and alienated. That’s what concerns me most about our civic life.
mobile.twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/1022134793809481734

Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers
Lets hope this is going somewhere, could be very revealing:

David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold
BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers. (link: www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/25/federal-judge-rejects-trump-effort-to-stop-lawsuit-alleging-he-violates-constitution-by-doing-business-with-foreign-governments/?utm_term=.e5734a9b02a5) washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…
mobile.twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1022154400972894208

@DaveKeating
What to expect from today's meeting in DC between EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Trump?

Nobody knows, but don't expect a miracle resolving the trade dispute. That being said, Juncker will be freer to act than national leaders.

Here's what we know: (1/5)
mobile.twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1022047952892772353

'We were disappointed to hear some of our members boo the press," Randi Law, manager of communications and public affairs for VFW, said in a statement to POLITICO. "We rely on the media to help spread the VFW's message, and CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and others on site today, were our invited guests. We were happy to have them there." '
www.politico.com/story/2018/07/24/trump-press-vfw-hecklers-738035

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-corporate-penalties_us_5b589b72e4b0fd5c73caedac

Oh.

thehill.com/homenews/administration/398799-soccer-ball-putin-gave-trump-contains-transmitter-chip-but-for-adidas

David Fahrenthold
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Verified account

@Fahrenthold

BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers.

thefayetteadvocate.com/2018/07/25/whistleblower-provides-emails-that-show-stormy-daniels-arrest-was-pre-planned/

www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jul/25/donald-trump-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-hollywood

I see that 'stars' are actually purchased. Who laid out the $30k for 45's?

The Repug stats are alarming

New Q poll: "Which comes closer to your point of view: the news media is the enemy of the people, or the news media is an important part of democracy?" 21% said "enemy," 71% said "important part of democracy" poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2558
twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1022230399928467461

Democrats: 4% enemy of the people, 94% important part of democracy. Republicans: 45% enemy of the people, 44% important part of democracy. twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1022230399928467461
twitter.com/ddale8/status/1022231504271880197

twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1022151263289528322

New Quinnipiac poll show a double-digit Democratic lead on the generic congressional ballot.

Voters prefer a D House over a R House by a margin of 51-39%.

WOMEN support Ds 57-32%.

MEN support Rs 46–44%.

New Q poll

•51-39% back Dems for the House

•27-66% approval for Hill GOP

•55-39% say DON’T impeach Trump

•54-34% trust media over Trump
•21%: press = “enemy of the people”

•41-40% say reject Kavanaugh
•66-23% don’t want Roe overturned

Striking to see Americans so evenly split on Kavanaugh (in the new Quinnipiac poll). Republicans say confirm him 80-9%. Democrats say reject him 70-11%. Independents say reject him 42-36%.

(SCOTUS nominees typically get lopsided support for confirmation.)

Caroline O.
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@RVAwonk
32m32 minutes ago

BREAKING: Per @CNN, the White House banned CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins from today's Rose Garden event because Trump didn't like her questions earlier in the day re. Michael Cohen.

www.politico.com/story/2018/07/25/bolton-cabinet-meetings-mattis-pompeo-trump-740429

Well.

Mark Meadows
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Verified account

@RepMarkMeadows

'I just filed a resolution with @Jim_Jordan and several colleagues to impeach Rod Rosenstein. The DOJ has continued to hide information from Congress and repeatedly obstructed oversight--even defying multiple Congressional subpoenas.

We have had enough.'

Would have like to have been the quintessential fly on the wall during that meeting - my bet is it wasn’t quite as “warm” as Trump believes

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
4m4 minutes ago
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Great meeting on Trade today with @JunckerEU and representatives of the European Union. We have come to a very strong understanding and are all believers in no tariffs, no barriers and no subsidies. Work on documents has already started and the process is moving...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago
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...along quickly. European Union Nations will be open to the United States and at the same time benefiting by everything we are doing for them. There was great warmth and feeling in the room - a breakthrough has been quickly made that nobody thought possible!

Now, for some comic relief, a romance:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago
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Obviously the European Union, as represented by @JunckerEU and the United States, as represented by yours truly, love each other!

'I just filed a resolution with @Jim_Jordan and several colleagues to impeach Rod Rosenstein. The DOJ has continued to hide information from Congress and repeatedly obstructed oversight--even defying multiple Congressional subpoenas.'

Well, this could be the beginning of the end for the Mueller Investigation.

Yes, the very thing Sally Q. said should be protected.

Kyle Griffin
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Verified account

@kylegriffin1

WASHINGTON (AP) -- GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

www.lawfareblog.com/document-reps-meadows-and-jordan-introduce-articles-impeachment-against-rosenstein

Well they blew that one.

They have just 11 Republicans signed up. Desperate.

Caroline O.
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@RVAwonk
15m15 minutes ago

'In the articles of impeachment against Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, Republicans cite an action the DOJ took in Oct. 2016 ... six months before Rosenstein was sworn in as Deputy AG in April 2017.

They're trying to impeach him for things that happened 6 mos. before he was Deputy AG.'