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

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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=

'What Is Trump Getting for Sucking Up to Saudi Arabia?'
'In our 65-plus years of experience working on U.S. Middle East policy, we’ve never seen anything like the Trump administration’s willingness to prostitute American interests to Saudi Arabia.'
www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/29/trump-mbs-saudi-arabia-yemen-middle-east-foreign-policy-219617

The April piece from Bertrand is well worth re-reading but also works as a primer for this, Perking.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/trumps-top-targets-in-the-russia-probe-are-experts-in-organized-crime/569056/

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UPDATE: Prosecutors say Patten also helped his foreign client pay for 4 tickets to Trump's inauguration, delivering $50,000 to Trump's inaugural committee through a "straw" purchaser
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An aide to GOWDY, who sits on the Intel Committee, checks in to note that he is not the source of the documents that Republicans used in the Ohr hearing.

"He has never once shared these documents with a single individual outside of HPSCI," the spokeswoman said.
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, this appears to to be the Feb. 2017 op-ed that PATTEN worked on for his client: (link: www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2017-02-06/ukraine-will-be-fine-in-the-donald-trump-age) usnews.com/opinion/world-…

The author figured in Manafort's recent trial -- prosecutors said Manafort sought $1 million from him for work he did in Ukraine's

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NEW: During their interview of Bruce Ohr, GOP lawmakers read aloud from emails, texts and notes between Ohr and Chris Steele. Dems say they weren't shown the sensitive files and don't know how Rs got them:
www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/08/31/dems-accuse-republicans-of-misusing-sensitive-documents-during-ohr-hearing-805565?__twitter_impression=true

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An aide to GOWDY, who sits on the Intel Committee, checks in to note that he is not the source of the documents that Republicans used in the Ohr hearing.
"He has never once shared these documents with a single individual outside of HPSCI," the spokeswoman said.
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DY, who sits on the Intel Committee, checks in to note that he is not the source of the documents that Republicans used in the Ohr hearing.

He has never once shared these documents with a single individual outside of HPSCI

Who else sits on the HPSCI who has devinitly has form for 'sharing'?

Mactrumptown. A fresh new hell (and you can live there).

qz.com/1341021/where-did-trump-org-get-the-money-to-build-a-village-in-scotland/

Oops, v. sorry copied/pasted slightly more than intended there. Concentration going

I nearly did the same thing earlier.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/betsy-devos-sexual-misconduct-title-ix_us_5b8834a4e4b0511db3d60df4

'Almost all of the known proposed regulations would put survivors at risk, but one stands out as particularly alarming. The potential new Title IX guidelines would only hold universities accountable for sexual misconduct that is “said to have occurred on their campuses,” according to the Times.

Title IX advocates and sexual assault survivors agree that this regulation could potentially be disastrous: A whopping 87 percent of college students live off campus. Additionally, many social events take place off campus at bars, Greek life houses, apartment complexes and sports teams’ houses.'

He's probably met some old local leaning against a gatepost with a trusty (but aged ) sheepdog by his side and thought to himself 'Oh - this will be straightforward.'

Scummy.

www.joemygod.com/2018/08/31/laura-ingraham-plays-peter-gabriels-shock-the-monkey-as-she-welcome-ron-desantis-to-her-radio-show/

Trigger warning.

www.centraltrack.com/no-joke-rockwall-republicans-promote-a-tatted-up-ted-cruz-poster/

eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/08/31/racist-robocalls-tied-neo-nazi-group-targets-andrew-gillum/1157860002/

'Robocalls against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum that say they were paid for by a neo-Nazi group in Idaho are going out to voters in Tallahassee.

The automated calls are narrated by someone pretending to be Gillum and using an exaggerated minstrel dialect with jungle noises in the background. The calls end with a disclaimer that they were funded by The Road to Power, an anti-Semitic, white supremacist website and podcast linked to Scott Rhodes of Sandpoint, Idaho.'

Bless his heart.

www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-likes-making-bizarre-rose-garden-infomercials-boost-self-esteem-report/

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-31/patten-caused-foreign-money-to-be-paid-to-inaugural-committee

'A former Paul Manafort associate who pleaded guilty to a lobbying crime admitted that he helped foreign donors give money to President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Committee.

In a plea agreement made public Friday, prosecutors outlined other crimes that the lobbyist, Sam Patten, admitted to but wouldn’t be charged with. Among them was “causing foreign money” to be paid to the Trump inaugural committee. Patten signed off on the allegation.'

www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/31/1792353/-Must-read-200-national-security-veterans-demand-investigation-into-leaked-CIA-operative-s-file

Said veteran being the Democrat nominee in a competitive race?

This segment from Maddow is just jaw dropping. Where did all that inauguration money go? And Melanie's mate getting $26 million? Something stinks here!

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-light-shines-on-blatantly-shady-trump-inauguration-finances-1311010883566?v=railb

Oh dear.

This is quite a document.

Poor George tried 'to preserve a perhaps misguided loyalty to his master,' amongst other things.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/4807546-Papadopoulos-defense-sentencing-memo.html

This document is a joy.

'Out of loyalty to the new president and his desire to be part of the administration, he hoisted himself on his own petard.'

'Shine will have a helping hand from his old boss, Rupert Murdoch, who has been doing his share of recruiting from in and outside the ranks of News Corporation — though it is not clear whether the two are coordinating with each other. “You want to go down there and fix things there like you did here?” the media mogul has asked at least one Fox News executive, referring to the White House, according to a person familiar with the conversations.'
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/31/bill-shine-donald-trump-white-house-805786

In so many ways.

This:
Most people close to White House have raised possibility that Trump ordered it put out

Maggie Haberman
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This literally never happens, that the OTR portions of these interviews leaks. Most people close to White House have raised possibility that Trump ordered it put out.

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Wow, I made OFF THE RECORD COMMENTS to Bloomberg concerning Canada, and this powerful understanding was BLATANTLY VIOLATED. Oh well, just more dishonest reporting. I am used to it. At least Canada knows where I stand!
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1035615323003801600
www.politico.com/story/2018/08/31/trump-canada-trade-negotiations-toronto-star-805570

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Trump has expressed preference for Flood, who doesn't necessarily want to stop focusing on Mueller lane. So a Cipollone-Flood combo is seen as a palatable scenario, via
@CarolLeonnig
'President Trump is considering Washington litigator Pat Cipollone to replace outgoing White House...'
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1035629717880233986

Ian M. Smith, the DHS staffer with white nationalist ties, attended White House meetings on immigration policy
Robert Costa
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Important story: A Trump admin. staffer resigned this week due to white-nationalist ties, not long after Brimelow appeared at Kudlow dinner and then-WH speechwriter Darren Beattie was fired.

Andrew deGrandpre
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Building on this week's story from the Atlantic, The Post's @NickMiroff w/ this scoop:
Ian M. Smith, the DHS staffer with white nationalist ties, attended White House meetings on immigration policy link: wapo.st/2N5ZgKe?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0eecb480712c wapo.st/2N5ZgKe?tid=ss…
mobile.twitter.com/costareports/status/1035583394573377539

'Mexico will pay for it, believe me'
When Congress returns from recess after Labor Day weekend, lawmakers will have just 11 legislative days before an Oct. 1 deadline to pass new spending legislation or a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open, or risk the third government shutdown in 2018.
But the White House is considering at least one alternative option, according to three people who have discussed the idea with West Wing officials: A "partial shutdown," in which President Donald Trump would sign stand-alone bills to fund the majority of the government, while reserving the right to veto others if they don't include funding for the border wall.^
www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/08/31/showdown--and-potential-shutdown--loom-over-border-funding.html?__twitter_impression=true