"There's a pony in there somewhere". Trump con't

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Title based on what a college professor used to tell us when the going got tough.

"Just remember when you're standing shoulder deep in horse shit, there's a pony in there somewhere. So just keep digging".

I wonder what the McGahn/Pence relationship works ...

shugerblog.com/2017/09/04/pence-and-obstruction-of-justice/

Gump, this is the CNN report on Tangier Island. I recall seeing it when it was first broadcast. It made an impression.
edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/06/09/lead-gray-tangier-island-va-at-risk-of-disappearing-pkg.cnn

Crikey.

More from those Oaf loving Tangier Islanders:

Oaf to the rescue?

*how it works (or doesn't).

I'm coming clean, cosie, I had to look fulsome up when I read Kristol's twit, just to reassure myself, of course

Pence does appear to slither under the radar. Dirty as the rest of them. But Mueller 👀

Sorry, cozie

I'm sure we've all done that on occasion, mimi.

www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/nyregion/michael-cohen-loans-donald-trump.html

'Well over $20 million is a lot of spondulicks.

Sorry. 'Well over $20 million'........

This also adds up:

fortune.com/2018/08/14/trump-aides-nondisclosure-payments/

Legal experts were surmising last week that the recent, sudden silence from Cohen indicates he is now co-operating.

His taxi medallion problem:
therealdeal.com/2018/02/27/meet-trump-attorney-michael-cohens-nemesis-uber/

Excellent podcast on Mr. C.'s nefarious 'business' life:
[Trump, Inc.] The Company Michael Cohen Kept
podplayer.net/#/?id=49263523 via @PodcastAddict

'McGahn seen as ‘undercover operative’ in Trump’s White House.
Lawyers say that it’s not likely that McGahn coughed up independently damning information but could still help bolster Mueller’s probe.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/19/mcgahn-undercover-trump-lawyers-788210

'Manafort trial has Ukraine freshly nervous about Trump.
Good-government advocates say Ukrainian authorities will ignore the incriminating details from Paul Manafort's trial, fearful of losing Donald Trump's support.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/19/trump-ukraine-manafort-trial-788028

'Michael Cohen's attorney says he's talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/19/davis-cohen-john-dean-788456

Grateful for hardworking posters keeping the information flowing.

And more for those of us mostly just reading and watching.

KristolConvos
@KristolConvos
Giuliani's "truth isn't truth" quote from this morning reminds us of
@Kasparov63's definition of the essence of fake news:
Full conversation: (link: bit.ly/2L8joGD) bit.ly/2L8joGD
mobile.twitter.com/KristolConvos/status/1031381021999202305

Garry Kasparov
@Kasparov63
The truth doesn't care if anyone believes in it or not. Our Herculean labor is to find the truth and to cherish it for what it is, even if it's not what we hoped it would be.
mobile.twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1031244804829532160

Curly and Moe go golfing:
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
An unnamed White House spokesman tells the pool Trump “played a quick round of golf with Senator Rand Paul who the president really likes and enjoys spending time with. He also spent the weekend working on economic growth and making calls on the economy and national
@kaitlancollins
Sen. Rand Paul, who first suggested revoking John Brennan’s clearance to President Trump, was just seen boarding Air Force One.
10:08 pm · 19 Aug 2018
mobile.twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1031286767603929088

Manu Raju
@mkraju
Rand Paul was spotted boarding Air Force One this afternoon. He had planned on asking Trump to let all Russian lawmakers into the US, in exchange for Kremlin allowing US lawmakers into Russia. He is trying to bring Russian lawmakers to DC — including two who are banned from US
mobile.twitter.com/mkraju/status/1031283021515763714

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT

Email sent this AM after NYT story and McGahn lawyer’s comment to reporters
link: www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/politics/don-mcgahn-trump-mueller.html nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/…

In a 6:30 AM email to current members of the Trump legal team and other associates, John Dowd insisted their decision preserved their right to exert privilege later on
After Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, was initially interviewed by the special counsel’s office in November, President Trump’s lawyers never asked for a complete description of what Mr. McGahn had said.
Trump Lawyers’ Sudden Realization: They Don’t Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller’s Team
nytimes.com

Trump, who has long been obsessed with John Dean’s role with Nixon, was enraged by the idea that he wasn’t fully aware of what McGahn did in special counsel interviews
After Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, was initially interviewed by the special counsel’s office in November, President Trump’s lawyers never asked for a complete description of what Mr. McGahn had said.
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1031300727346540544

Mm, Twitter comments on that Manu Raju thread suggest that Rand Paul may be meeting Trump outside the White House because they're afraid of being overheard or recorded.

That's just wild Twitter ramblings. But I wonder if there's a grain of truth.

"Prison isn't prison"
twitter.com/mrbenwexler/status/1031332179236646912?s=21

(liberty

• the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behaviour, or political views:
• the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved:
• a right or privilege, especially a statutory one:
• the power or scope to act as one pleases:
• a presumptuous remark or action.)

What a liberty at Liberty U.!:
'Papered over.
Biblical truth-telling at college newspapers can sometimes conflict with the way administrators want to portray the school. Here’s a case study of how Liberty University handled the tension last spring.'

world.wng.org/2018/08/papered_over?utm_source=CNN+Media%3A+Reliable+Sources&utm_campaign=59611e84a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e95cdc16a9-59611e84a1-83211989#.W3XhDnVqy_8.twitter

A bushell, Perking