Trump has a Pecker problem and there is a blue pill to make it grow bigger - midterms! Trump threads contd.

[ohmymimi]

Titled with Across in mind

May all the Oaf's problems be big ones, and the events of this week at least be the beginning of the beginning of the end.

Old thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3337261-Theres-a-pony-in-there-somewhere-Trump-cont?pg=39&order=

The Ivanka Trump-endorsed family leave plan is a scam to undermine Social Security
www.rawstory.com/2018/08/ivanka-trump-endorsed-family-leave-plan-scam-undermine-social-security/

Kasie Hunt
@kasie
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Trump staffer physically blocks you from seeing what is really going on. Stunning from from
@evanvucci
link: www.instagram.com/p/BnH8WvzHxMv/?taken-by=evanvucci instagram.com/p/BnH8WvzHxMv/…
mobile.twitter.com/kasie/status/1035338727185412097
And:
amp.poynter.org/news/she-was-detained-doing-her-job-she-doesnt-want-it-happen-others?__twitter_impression=true

Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch tell orphan children to go screw themselves
thinkprogress.org/thomas-alito-gorsuch-dont-care-about-children-e5434f96e9ed/

More on Ron DeSantis, the Republican Congressman now running for governorship of Florida.

GOP nominee exposed as moderator of racist Facebook page
shareblue.com/ron-desantis-racist-facebook-page-moderator/

Trump-endorsed GOP nominee Ron DeSantis was already under fire for using a racist dog-whistle during a Fox News interview this week.
[...]
As first discovered by Media Matters extremism researcher Natalie Martinez, DeSantis is listed as a moderator for a Tea Party Facebook group where members share racist, conspiratorial, and hateful content aimed at a range of targets “including black Americans and South Africans, the ‘deep state,’ survivors of February’s massacre at a Florida high school, immigrants, Muslims and, in recent days, John McCain,” according to American Ledger.

Virginia was already looking bleak for Republicans, with a near-broke state party and Corey Stewart at the top of the ticket. Trump jamming federal employees on pay is almost cartoonishly unhelpful.
twitter.com/alexburnsnyt/status/1035255385836408832?s=21

States with the most federal employees as of mid-2017 were California (250,000), Texas (200,000), Virginia (178,000) and Maryland (147,000). The vast majority of all federal employees about 79 percent work outside the D.C. region. Source: governing.com

I don't agree with that thinkprogress link northwest. They interpreted the law. I dont necessarily agree with their interpretation but they did their jobs.

President Trump interrupts a long rant against the media to say this: "That just shows where you get good ratings you can say anything.”
Jeff Zeleny
@jeffzelen
A few takeaways from President Trump's rally tonight in Indiana:
Issues he dwelled on: the media, immigration, trade.
Issues he did not: North Korea, Syria, Russia

People he talked about at length: Hillary Clinton, Bobby Knight, Donald Trump.
People he did not mention: Jeff Sessions, Robert Mueller, John McCain.

So far tonight, President Trump has spent more time talking about Hillary Clinton, Bobby Knight and the media than the GOP message for the 2018 elections. But the crowd inside a packed Ford Center in downtown Evansville, which seats 11,000, loves the show. No question about it.

Moments after declaring: "This election is about safety and this election is about jobs," President Trump returned to his favorite election of all: the great campaign of 2016. He is now in the middle of the story of how Bobby Knight came to endorse him and he won states.

About 40 minutes into a grievance-laced speech tonight in Indiana aimed largely at the media Trump offers a 2018 message: "This election is about safety and this election is about jobs.”

Another nickname for a Red State Dem: Sleepy Joe (Donnelly.) "A vote for Mike’s opponent – Sleepy Joe – is a vote for Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and who else, Maxine Waters," Trump says in Evansville.

It could just be me, but the "Lock Her Up" chants seem to be losing a bit of their passion at Trump rallies....

President Trump interrupts a long rant against the media to say this: "That just shows where you get good ratings you can say anything.”
mobile.twitter.com/jeffzeleny?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
www.bustle.com/p/are-trump-bobby-knight-friends-potus-indiana-rally-name-dropped-the-coach-repeatedly-11466292

I'm at this bit from the article you linked mimi

Trump, they believe, was “raised up by God to reverse the trend in American culture toward total decadence and hedonism.”

If God wanted to do this, why would he pick such an amoral person as Donald Trump.....

'Trump: US will quit World Trade Organization unless it 'shapes up'
In Bloomberg interview, president criticises organization and lauds plan on China tariffs, driving down US equities'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/30/trump-world-trade-organization-tariffs-stock-market

Oh, they have an answer for that, Roussette. They can use the Bible to justify anything that serves their purpose:
'The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump
Why evangelicals are calling Trump a “modern-day Cyrus.” '
www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/5/16796892/trump-cyrus-christian-right-bible-cbn-evangelical-propaganda

STEVE BANNON WANTS TO NATIONALIZE FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE’S DATA
www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/steve-bannon-big-data-facebook-twitter-google

In summary, Bannon, heavily involved with Cambridge Analytica which exploited personal data on Facebook, slags off Facebook for being the sole proprietor of that data, and says data should be in a "public trust".

His complaint doesn't seem to be that the data is being collected or exploited – just that he's no longer getting to be the exploiter. He's trying to tap into the populist right's belief that social media is unfair to them.

"If there’s an intellectual through-line reconciling Bannon’s hypocrisy, it’s that he believes no one will bother to hold him accountable, so long as he ends up on the right side of history. Much like Trump, who has chosen a convenient time to magnify the right’s cries of censorship (just after a week in which his former lawyer and former campaign chairman pleaded guilty and were convicted, respectively), he’s willing to latch onto almost any cause in order to boost his own credentials. A well-practiced populist ambulance-chaser, Bannon’s speciality is popping up where he sees a likely success, and taking credit for it."

' .... the move is likely to face legal challenges from critics who say it gives an unfair advantage to investment income and from those who say it needs congressional approval. It could also alienate some segments of Trump’s base, as it would mostly benefit top earners who have investment income. More than 63 percent of the benefit would go to the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- and the tab would be $102 billion over the next decade, according to estimates by the Penn Wharton Budget Model.'
www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-30/trump-says-thinking-about-indexing-capital-gains-to-inflation?__twitter_impression=true

Woodward book is on sale Sep. 11. It will get blanket coverage leading up to that date and after. And Woodward will be interviewed a lot. There will be a lot of incoming from Trumpty Dumpty as he teeters on the edge.

edition.cnn.com/2018/07/30/politics/woodward-new-book-trump/index.html

'If here’s an intellectual through-line reconciling Bannon’s hypocrisy, it’s that he believes no one will bother to hold him accountable, so long as he ends up on the right side of history.'
That right side of history thing ........

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/watergate-whistleblower-to-testify-against-brett-kavanaugh-during-confirmation-hearings/

time.com/5372923/cambridge-analytica-state-department-terrorist-propaganda/

www.axios.com/robert-mueller-secret-files-russia-investigation-ec344cf7-b875-4b78-a0d9-2b7058e08fcf.html

I'm not sure about the Mueller activity today as it would overshadow McCain and Mueller is a decorated Vietnam veteran. OTOH, it's the last day before Labor Day.

www.defenseone.com/politics/2018/07/how-russia-persecutes-its-dissidents-using-us-courts/150136/?oref=DefenseOneTCO

Russia’s requests to Interpol for Red Notices—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant—against Kremlin opponents are being met with increasing deference by the Department of Homeland Security.

'The Weekend at Yale That Changed American Politics.
It’s not too extreme to say that one wonky student group founded in 1982 has reshaped the Supreme Court, and the nation. What actually happened at the birth of the Federalist Society?'

Today a remarkable four of nine of the country’s top justices have Federalist Society ties, and the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh—literally picked from a list given to President Donald Trump by the organization’s executive vice president—would make five

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/27/federalist-society-yale-history-conservative-law-court-219608

A Suspected Russian Spy, With Curious Ties to Washington
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/a-dc-operatives-long-relationship-with-a-suspected-russian-spy/557438/

A longtime Republican operative with ties to the controversial data firm [Cambridge Analytica] hired by President Donald Trump’s campaign team also has a nearly two-decade-long friendship and business relationship with a suspected Russian intelligence agent, Konstantin Kilimnik, who has landed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s crosshairs.

The Washington-based operative, Sam Patten, would not tell me whether he has been interviewed by Mueller’s team as part of their investigation into Russia’s election interference and potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. But Patten said that his relationship with Kilimnik—a former officer in Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) who worked closely with Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, for over a decade—has “been thoroughly explored by relevant government entities.”

That is interesting, thanks ohmy.

www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/puerto-rico-mayor-trump-s-response-is-undignified-1309188675695?v=raila

'Inside Kavanaugh's hearing prep: Mock hearings and faux protesters.
The White House is setting up a pair of war rooms in which aides will provide rapid responses as the Supreme Court nominee testifies next week.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/30/kavanaugh-senate-hearing-prep-supreme-court-white-house-805490

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/lindsey-graham-white-house-will-be-investigated-to-death-if-democrats-win-the-house/?__twitter_impression=true

campaign if they failed to pull their weight. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

‘Tough decisions have to be made’: House Republicans prepare for pain.
Party officials begin deciding which GOP lawmakers to save and which ones to cut loose.'

'Behind the scenes, senior party strategists have begun polling to determine which incumbents may be beyond saving. Among those most in jeopardy of getting cut off, they say, are Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock, Pennsylvania Rep. Keith Rothfus, and Iowa Rep. Rod Blum, all of whom are precariously positioned in their districts.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/31/republicans-midterms-congress-vulnerable-lawmakers-gop-805496

Numbers.