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

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AcrossthePond55 · 16/08/2018 00:12

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".

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ohmymimi · 18/08/2018 12:06

Pooh!
Meet the Press
@MeetThePress
ICYMI: Politics stinks, could the White House cash in on this with fragrances? #MTPDaily

mobile.twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1030215368369954816

lionheart · 18/08/2018 12:07

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-mueller-paul-manafort-trial-evidence-crimes-charges-alexandria-virginia-washington-a8496861.html

'Robert Mueller has over 1,000 pieces of evidence to reveal in next Paul Manafort trial.'

PerkingFaintly · 18/08/2018 12:18

Ahh Kofi Annan has died. Very sad to lose a statesman of such calibre.

He was 80 and retired from the UN, of course, but was chair of Mandela's peace and human rights advocacy group, The Elders.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892

lionheart · 18/08/2018 12:25

Wideview.

www.thenation.com/article/destroy-democracy-trump-putin-way/

'Is it fascism yet? When the actual Godwin says he’s suspending Godwin’s law, you’d better believe we are in trouble. I’ve always resisted applying the term to contemporary politics, because fascism came out of particular historical circumstances that do not obtain today—a devastating world war, drastic economic upheaval, the fear of Bolshevism. When Naomi Wolf and others insisted that George W. Bush was taking us down the path of 1930s Germany, I thought they were being histrionic. The essence of fascism after all was the obliteration of democracy. Did anyone seriously believe that Bush would cancel elections and refuse to exit the White House?'

TheNorthWestPawsage · 18/08/2018 13:42

These are the faces of Fox News. Is it any wonder that they screwed up Aretha Franklin with Patti LaBelle?
twitter.com/realmuckmaker/status/1030515591113670657?s=21

"There's a pony in there somewhere". Trump con't
TheNorthWestPawsage · 18/08/2018 13:46

Do you think Trump even knows his name? (Rhetorical question)

A peace maker has died and this should make the whole world sad. #KofiAnnan
twitter.com/harryslaststand/status/1030795070436458496?s=21

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AcrossthePond55 · 18/08/2018 16:01

I think that Scrotus doesn't even know his own fucking name half the time! (Non-rhetorical answer)

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Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 16:49

32 days and still noisy as hell twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1030254306497310720/video/1

twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1030254306497310720

👍👏👏

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 17:04

WATCH: Steve Bannon speaks to Ari Melber about the Mueller investigation in an exclusive interview. https://on.msnbc.com/2BpiC8I

NEW: Here is the ENTIRE Steve Bannon-Ari Melber interview, from 2018 to Time’s Up to Charlottesville to news about the Mueller probe https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/watch-steve-bannon-s-full-interview-with-msnbc-s-ari-melber-1301579843692

Because the Oaf says the right should have a voice on Social Media too. Confused

TheNorthWestPawsage · 18/08/2018 17:15

👀??
Jon Cooper chairman @TheDemCoalition

Buckle up your seatbelts everyone, because this ride is going to get pretty wild over the next couple of weeks. I can’t be more specific, but let’s just say that I wouldn’t want to be in @realDonaldTrump’s shoes right now. Stay tuned, my friends.

I’ve been working on this story for the past two days with a major national media outlet. I truly wish I could say more, Nancy, but I simply can’t reveal more right now. I apologize if it came across as a tease, but this is certainly not a game. Please trust me on this — thanks!
#Resist #ImpeachTrump
twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1030657182906441728?s=21

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 18:43

I hope we are not disappointed NorthWest. He's had a few bad weeks Helsinki but he always come through mostly unscathed and defended by his base and the GOP. Rinse and repeat. Confused

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 18:43

Comes

cozietoesie · 18/08/2018 18:44

Yes. It came across as a tease.

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 19:05

W.H. counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively in Mueller's probe, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether Trump obstructed justice—including some investigators wouldn't have learned otherwise, NYT reports. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/don-mcgahn-mueller-investigation.html

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1030875742937260033

Mr. McGahn and his lawyer, William A. Burck, could not understand why Mr. Trump was so willing to allow Mr. McGahn to speak freely to the special counsel and feared Mr. Trump was setting up Mr. McGahn to take the blame for any possible illegal acts of obstruction, according to people close to him. So he and Mr. Burck devised their own strategy to do as much as possible to cooperate with Mr. Mueller to demonstrate that Mr. McGahn did nothing wrong.

It is not clear that Mr. Trump appreciates the extent to which Mr. McGahn has cooperated with the special counsel. The president wrongly believed that Mr. McGahn would act as a personal lawyer would for clients and solely defend his interests to investigators, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking.

cozietoesie · 18/08/2018 19:17

She probably disliked her quarters.

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 19:22

The McGahn story is being received positively by the mainstream press and commentators.

There is an alternative view:

This piece is (searching for the word) funny.

It confuses WHCO with personal lawyer.
It doesn't mention that one thing McGahn produced (Flynn report) was badly misleading.
It uses the word "cooperate" in a misleading way.
It continues to treat obstruction as only investigation. twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1030879950872576001

twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1030881609917124608

Gumpendorf · 18/08/2018 19:23

Butina and Manafort together. Will they have lots to talk about ...

lionheart · 18/08/2018 21:09

It certainly conjures up some images.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 18/08/2018 21:58

place marking at last.

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