Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy. Trump no. 94.

[TheClaws]

Quote from Walter Cronkite.

Previous thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3345873-Trump-has-a-Pecker-problem-and-there-is-a-blue-pill-to-make-it-grow-bigger-midterms-Trump-threads-contd

I had a thought yesterday. What if the Op-Ed author isn't real (as in not in the WH or administration) and the NYT is just trolling Trump?

Yeah, Pence-y doesn't like Presidents who transgress norms. Oh wait...

I really hope they haven't Lweji. There was a brief discussion about it yesterday. They would be risking the first amendment and press integrity.

Trump’s #MeToo advice, per Woodward book:
“You’ve got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women. If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you’re dead.” twitter.com/CarlosLozadaWP/status/1038825663514529797/photo/1

twitter.com/CarlosLozadaWP/status/1038825663514529797

Ho Hum.

Florence intensifies

www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/09/09/florence-strengthens-to-hurricane-and-poses-extreme-threat-to-southeast-and-mid-atlantic/www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/09/09/florence-strengthens-to-hurricane-and-poses-extreme-threat-to-southeast-and-mid-atlantic/

Florence

www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/09/09/florence-strengthens-to-hurricane-and-poses-extreme-threat-to-southeast-and-mid-atlantic/

Trying again ... Florence

Thanks, Gump. I note the concern, also, about Isaac.

Larry Kudlow on C-SPAN: He's having so much fun with Trump. That's ok then

Mueller v. Miller

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4852424/9-6-18-Miller-Joint-Motion-to-Unseal.pdf

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4852427/9-6-18-Order-Unsealing-Miller-Contempt.pdf

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4852426/8-10-18-Miller-Contempt-Order.pdf

'The stress on Trump's machine'
It's hard to overstate the extremity and variety of pressures bearing down on President Trump and his understaffed White House.
www.axios.com/white-house-donald-trump-problems-crises-55f2ca8b-5ea7-4ea4-8b50-1ccb152b60e9.html

'Jailed'?

Karen Travers
@karentravers
No WH briefing on the schedule today-it has been 19 days since @PressSec last briefed reporters on camera.
Per @alex_mallin-this the longest period since Trump took office without a single WH official being made available to take questions on camera
mobile.twitter.com/karentravers/status/1039138907064074241

NBC News
@NBCNews
NEW: Exclusive: Despite the US president's ongoing stream of praise for Kim Jong Un, the newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has escalated efforts to conceal its nuclear activity, according to three senior US officials.

Behind the scenes, Trump’s team is about to get tough with North Korea
nbcnews.com
mobile.twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1039095815451627522

NB Sebaceous Gorka, screw your girlie motor, beta boy, this is now a real man shows how inadequate he is in trouser department:
mobile.twitter.com/mommamia1217/status/1038786283131285509/photo/1

Another shameful day in a long succession.of shameful days wrought by this administration:
Matt Lee
@APDiploWriter
@StateDept statement announcing the closure of the #Palestinian mission in Washington:
mobile.twitter.com/APDiploWriter/status/1039170326683414533

AND:

'White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday will reportedly label the International Criminal Court (ICC) "illegitimate" in an effort to push back on its plan to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan.'
<a class="break-all" href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405818-bolton-to-label-international-criminal-court-illegitimate-report?amp#click=t.co/e6V0uCfrzs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thehill.com/homenews/administration/405818-bolton-to-label-international-criminal-court-illegitimate-report?amp#click=t.co/e6V0uCfrzs

'The mystery of Tucker Carlson'
The question, What happened to Tucker Carlson? is worth answering. If we can figure out how an intelligent writer and conservative can go from writing National Magazine Award–nominated articles and being hailed by some of the best editors in the business, to shouting about immigrants on Fox News, perhaps we can understand what is happening to this country, or at least to journalism, in 2018.
www.cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php

So, what's new?
'Trump's latest boast about the economy isn't even close to accurate'
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/10/politics/trump-unemployment-gdp/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Laurence Tribe
Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
I dare anyone to disagree with @MaxBoot on this:

Opinion | Let’s be honest about why Kavanaugh was chosen
washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kavanaughs-excuse-for-refusing-to-recuse-himself-is-awfully-shady/2018/09/07/22df109e-b2d5-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html

'The Kavanaugh hustle.
Opinion | Think moderate Republicans will block Kavanaugh? Don’t hold your breath.'
Conservatives are willing to bend and break the rules, violate decorum and tradition, hide information and push Judge Kavanaugh through at breakneck speed. They want a Supreme Court that will achieve their policy objectives — on regulation, access to the ballot, social issues, the influence of money in politics and the role of corporations in our national life — no matter what citizens might prefer in the future.....
.... Kavanaugh will push the court much further right. Everything we know about him points to a man who is fierce and unapologetic in his partisanship and relentless in advancing his ideology. His confirmation will be the equivalent of handing the court over to the Heritage Foundation and the legal staff of Koch Industries.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-kavanaugh-hustle/2018/09/09/4d537010-b2c4-11e8-aed9-001309990777_story.html?utm_term=.77f892b2a7ee

Subsequent to those document links above, Andrew Miller hasn't yet been jailed after being found in contempt for not turning up to the grand jury hearing. He is appealing.

More here, and it's important:

The Real Reason Roger Stone Crony Andrew Miller Ducked Robert Mueller's Subpoena? To Challenge the Special Counsel's Legitimacy.
www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-roger-stone-crony-andrew-miller-ducked-robert-muellers-subpoena-to-challenge-the-special-counsels-legitimacy?ref=scroll

A little-known conservative non-profit is bankrolling the legal representation of a Roger Stone associate as part of an effort to challenge Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Attorney Paul Kamenar, who represents longtime Stone associate Andrew Miller, told The Daily Beast he is taking a reduced rate because he believes the special counsel probe is unconstitutional. He said the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is helping fund his work because they share his Constitutionality concerns.

This is all part of a effort to have a judge find that Mueller’s investigation is against the law.

Ah well.

Andrew Miller's backers are producing the same arguments as Concord, the Russian company in the dock for alleged troll farming. Concord is also trying to get involved in Andrew Miller's case.

Indicted Russian Firm Leaps Into Contempt-Order Appeal
www.courthousenews.com/indicted-russian-firm-leaps-into-contempt-order-appeal/

Charged by Mueller for allegedly funding one of the Russian troll farms that supported the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, Concord had made the constitutionality of Mueller’s appointment a central point of its own motion to dismiss.

After a federal judge rejected that effort on Aug. 13, Concord moved Wednesday to intervene in Miller’s appeal.
[...]
Represented by the firm Reed Smith, Concord told the D.C. Circuit Wednesday that its arguments play a central role in Miller’s case.

.... After a federal judge rejected that effort on Aug. 13, .....

239 lbs, eh?
twitter.com/kokomothegreat/status/1038992911990444032?s=21