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'A Liar should have a good Memory,' Trump thread cont.

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lionheart · 30/07/2018 02:58

Quotation from Quintillian, I believe (unless someone was fibbing about that too).

Old thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3309032-Has-Trump-Turned-Traitor-Trump-thread-continued?watched=1&msgid=79826824#79826824

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Gumpendorf · 07/08/2018 09:08

The UK will not go along with US sanctions against Iran confirms Middle East Minister @AlistairBurtUK. "We think the Americans have really not got this right" #r4today
twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1026736547394215936

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lionheart · 07/08/2018 12:03

Trump has lost his star. Star

Democracy.

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lionheart · 07/08/2018 12:28

NRA bluffing?

www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nra-new-york-lawsuit-706918/

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lionheart · 07/08/2018 13:07

www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-tweet-trump-tower-meeting-707063/

'If not now, then very soon the president’s lawyers will be eyeing the exits, power-calling their media contacts and having panicked off-the-record conversations, whispering that they never knew just how bad it was going to be. Trump has slipped the leash. He’s gone full rogue, defying not only legal advice but every member of his slope-shouldered claque of shell-shocked, thousand-yard stare advisers. He’s back to tweeting with a manic vigor typically seen only in people equipped with a Red Bull IV drip and a pound of pure Bolivian flake on their desk.'

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ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 13:30

Mr Colbert highlights how the Oaf gets that healthy glow. Beep boop:

AcrossthePond55 · 07/08/2018 14:29

NorthWest We must have the same mum Grin. No ill-wishing, no saying you 'hate' someone, no swearing, and no saying 'shut up'. Scrotus has made me throw all those childhood teachings out the window. And I'm sure we're not the only ones. Another thing to put to his account, the responsibility for so much anger (against him) in people who are normally peaceable. And damn skippy if Mar A Lago was here he'd be singing a different tune. Except that we Californians would probably have put the damn place to the torch ourselves (see childhood lessons lost Wink).

Now excuse me whilst I slip into a flesh-toned sequined evening gown so I can regale Mr Mueller with a breathy version of "Happy Birthday, Mr Special Counselor".

Roussette · 07/08/2018 14:34

He’s back to tweeting with a manic vigor typically seen only in people equipped with a Red Bull IV drip and a pound of pure Bolivian flake on their desk

Grin love it

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lionheart · 07/08/2018 14:36

This counts as supremely qualified in Trumpland.

www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2018/08/06/new-details-about-wilbur-rosss-businesses-point-to-pattern-of-grifting/

'But all told, these allegations—which sparked lawsuits, reimbursements and an SEC fine—come to more than $120 million. If even half of the accusations are legitimate, the current United States secretary of commerce could rank among the biggest grifters in American history.'

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cozietoesie · 07/08/2018 16:40

Disagreements?

Melania contradicting Trump?

cozietoesie · 07/08/2018 18:31

Worth noting that Le Bron James is an Ohio native. Smile

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 18:37

Meh, that was then:
'Mike Pence's moral case for removing a president from office'
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/08/06/politics/kfile-mike-pence-moral-columns/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 18:41

'Fairfield losing another 126 jobs after TV-maker closes plant, citing Trump tariffs'
amp.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article216196580.html?__twitter_impression=true

Anshu Siripurapu
@AnshuSiripurapu
.@LindseyGrahamSC today: "You’re going to see some increase in prices, the supply chain is going to become more costly, and you’ll pay more in the short term, but here’s the way I look at China: Pay now or pay later."
(link: insidetrade.com/trade/sen-graham-says-china-manipulating-currency-avoid-tariffs-plans-legislation) insidetrade.com/trade/sen-grah…
Avery Wilks
@AveryGWilks
This has quickly become one of the top stories on our site (link: www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article216196580.html) thestate.com/news/politics-…
mobile.twitter.com/AnshuSiripurapu/status/1026666485006192640

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 18:48

Manu Raju
@mkraju
NEW: Kavanaugh said in 2013 that presidents can ignore laws they view as unconstitutional, defending signing statements. Dems have demanded his staff secretary records, citing Kavanaugh and signing statements. Rs say staff secretary not involved in policy.
@mkraju
Kavanaugh noted that if a president signs a bill "and says these certain provisions in here are unconstitutional, and we're not going to follow those provisions, that is a traditional exercise of power by Presidents."
@mkraju
In a legal opinion that same year, Kavanaugh took a similar stance
"If the President has a constitutional objection to a statutory mandate or prohibition, the President may decline to follow the law unless and until a final Court order dictates otherwise," Kavanaugh wrote in ‘13

mobile.twitter.com/mkraju/status/1026574604876374016

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 18:54

Pass the kleenex:
Robert Costa
@costareports
Trump used to call Ryan “Boy Scout.” “I thought it was a compliment,” said Ryan, a former altar boy and habitual people-pleaser. “But... I guess he meant it as an insult all along.”

This is the Way Paul Ryan’s Speakership Ends
nytimes.com
mobile.twitter.com/costareports/status/1026785057518878722

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 18:56

Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake
Dissecting Donald Trump Jr.’s new defense of the Trump Tower meeting

Analysis | Dissecting Donald Trump Jr.’s red herring-filled defense of the Trump Tower meeting
washingtonpost.com
mobile.twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1026850568814383109

cozietoesie · 07/08/2018 19:07

If 45 is on his way to losing Ryan??..................GrinGrin

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 19:07

'Gates' testimony turns Manafort fraud trial into soap opera.
Analysis: He spoke to something no other witness so far has been able to: his assessment of Manafort's motives. In a word, greed.'

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna898281?__twitter_impression=true

cozietoesie · 07/08/2018 19:14

....greed.....Grin

cozietoesie · 07/08/2018 19:16

I hope that Mattis has read Schlesinger, and thoroughly.

ohmymimi · 07/08/2018 19:16

Millions of Americans voted to put a man in office who would rain this hell on fellow humans, with nary a blip of conscience, if he thought it would save his skin:
'Hiroshima'
by John Hersey August 23, 1946 8:00 PM
www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Dollyrama · 07/08/2018 19:21

Acrossthepond55 LOL at Californians putting the torch to the damn place themselves.
I live in the UK but am from Sacramento. My sister still lives round that way, she teaches yoga, and Trump has made her lose a lot of her Cali chill.

We’re planning on maybe moving to the States in the next year, DH has had a good job opportunity, so I’m having to take my head out of the sand and educate myself as to how much he’s destroying the country. Will be reading these links you guys posted today with some dread.