‘Energy and persistence conquer all things’ - even vile orange ones. Trump thread con.

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From the august Benjamin Franklin. This thread is no. 84.

Old thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3369248-Not-knowing-when-the-Dawn-will-come-I-open-every-Door-Trump-No-95

'Just say no: Claire McCaskill leads in Missouri after coming out against Kavanaugh.
Do red-state Democrats really need to support Trump’s pick? Polls in Missouri, Indiana suggest otherwise.'
www.salon.com/2018/10/03/just-say-no-claire-mccaskill-leads-in-missouri-after-coming-out-against-kavanaugh/

www.salon.com/2018/10/03/just-say-no-claire-mccaskill-leads-in-missouri-after-coming-out-against-kavanaugh/

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
The statute of limitations will have run out on essentially all of this. The question is whether the new state AG or SDNY use it as an opportunity to dig themselves for other issues.

This:
Max Kennerly
@MaxKennerly
Replying to @maggieNYT, and @gtconway3d
What about for civil tax fraud? The criminal liability might have expired, but AFAIK the Federal and NY civil claims have no statute of limitations. The IRS and NY Tax Department can come for the money whenever they like. Here's a case from the Second Circuit (which includes NY).
mobile.twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1047492526574321665/photo/1

And this:
Emily A.
@emzorbit
Replying to
@maggieNYT, and @liamstack
Tigers don’t change their stripes. I would bet this is the current business model employed not just by Trump but his children as well. Exhibit A.

Here’s How Trump Transferred Wealth to His Son While Avoiding the Usual Taxes — ProPublica
propublica.org

The Flimsy L gets his clock cleaned with panache. Olé:

A small man lacking integrity and principals. He is a professional sidekick, The type of man who likes motorcycles but lacks the upper body strength to control one and thus is consigned to the side car.

Steve Schmidt
@SteveSchmidtSES
His ludicrous affectation and faux outrage at the hearings was a moment of beclownment that knows no equal. He is a political careerist and an unequaled sycophant when it comes to finding favor with power. He is a disgrace @LindseyGrahamSC

It turns out Lindsey is a titanic fraud. A fraud of Pence-ian dimensions. A small man lacking integrity and principals. He is a professional sidekick, The type of man who likes motorcycles but lacks the upper body strength to control one and thus is consigned to the side car.

<a class="break-all" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408904-former-top-mccain-aide-graham-has-been-corrupted-by-ambition?amp#click=t.co/kyGc2f3DuJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thehill.com/homenews/senate/408904-former-top-mccain-aide-graham-has-been-corrupted-by-ambition?amp#click=t.co/kyGc2f3DuJ

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzio
"They could get another candidate. It's not hard to find a right-wing extremist who wants a SCOTUS job. But they don't want to. Having that blatant liar, the judge who's above the law, is a show of power. The monster is out; they don't mind if we see it."

'Kavanaugh Catastrophe and the Death of Checks and Balances'
www.patreon.com/posts/21814373

An .. ahem .. 'interesting' perspective:
Charles Jaco
@charlesjaco1
NYT probe of Trump $ exposes why he's a bullying coward. He's rich b/c of Daddy's $. His own ventures lost $. And Fred never let him forget it. He has neither friends nor loving family. His brain's a hellscape of Fred's mocking him. Which is why he tries to look like his mother.

I mean, did you ever consider how his macho strutting contrasts with his feminized appearance? Bouffant hair dyed the color of a 1980 Miami condo rug? Sprayed-on tan and make-up? Tiny hands and soft body? He's trying to reject Fred by looking like Mary.

His fans use him to channel their rage because they recognize his own rage is real. Of course he's a racist, a fascist, a crook, a liar, and a sociopath. He's that, and more. He's also a kid wearing Mommy's make-up and hair style because Daddy had contempt for him.
mobile.twitter.com/charlesjaco1/status/1047465666897477632/photo/1

Senate Repugs stepping up their campaign to confirm Kavanaugh:

U.S. Senate Republicans are stepping up efforts to challenge Christine Blasey Ford’s credibility by confronting her with a sworn statement from a former boyfriend who took issue with assertions she made during testimony before the Judiciary Committee nyti.ms/2ycGozN

This is outside of Susan Collins’ office, where cops are not allowing the media to question her twitter.com/alanhe/status/1047503846044516353

Capitol Police aren’t allowing staffers, members of the public, or the media to walk along the 4th floor of Dirksen twitter.com/alanhe/status/1047503846044516353/photo/1

twitter.com/mkraju/status/1047512031111340034

The type of man who likes motorcycles but lacks the upper body strength to control one and thus is consigned to the side car.

The image this conjures up is perfect. 👏

apnews.com/cb53231a099640029c2b648824dd7d1c

shareblue.com/lindsey-graham-booed-brett-kavanaugh/

This is an interesting chart in gauging where some of the less mainstream publications are on the political spectrum.

via. twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1047515212746829824

Flakey:
Manu Raju
@mkraju
Flake just told me Trump’s comments last night on Ford would NOT affect his vote. He downplayed Kavanaugh comments about drinking in college as simply exaggerating - not lying to Congress. He said McGahn has been filling him in about probe.

Flake also didn’t seem to be interested in an FBI probe about if he lied to Congress about drinking - said the probe is focused on what happened to Ford. He said he has no concerns if Ford NOT interviewed. He said there can’t be a cloture vote Friday if no report is filed by then
mobile.twitter.com/mkraju/status/1047521634217861120

Between @realDonaldTrump last night, @KellyannePolls this morning, and now @PressSec, it's clear a new @WhiteHouse strategy is in effect: Dr Blasey Ford is no longer credible but mistaken -- she's now a target for skepticism, criticism, and (in DJT's case) mockery.

twitter.com/jheil/status/1047543147973292035

They know the fix is in.

Reporter: Does the president still believe that Dr. Ford’s testimony was credible?

Press Sec. Sanders: “The president believes that Judge Kavanaugh should be confirmed.” twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1047547566148091904/video/1

Certain to vote in '18, based on late-Sept. Gallup poll:
65+ 82%
50-64 69%
30-49 55%
18-29 26%

Sen. Bob Corker says the Senate expects to get the reports of the FBI Kavanaugh interviews this afternoon, reports @GarrettHaake. “That is it, there’s not going to be a finding, there never was," Corker says.

<a class="break-all" href="http://go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1047550706213896194" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1047550706213896194

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/push-button-fema-s-presidential-alert-be-tested-wednesday-n915966

If the 'Presidential Alert' is used correctly, it will be very effective in helping save lives," Hall said.

'Now Kavanaugh’s former law clerks are abandoning him too'
shareblue.com/brett-kavanaugh-former-law-clerks-abandon-supreme-court-nomination/

National text alert (responses to this are funny) plus SHS (not so much).

www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-tax-returns-in-the-spotlight-if-democrats-capture-the-house-1538575880

'Mitch McConnell whines assault victims are ‘harassing’ senators.
Mitch McConnell wants sexual assault survivors to stop telling their stories to Republicans who are eager to put an alleged sexual predator on the Supreme Court.'
shareblue.com/mitch-mcconnell-whines-assault-victims-are-harassing-senators/

Kasie Hunt
@kasie
Emerging consensus (!!) on the Hill: Public summary of Kavanaugh investigation update should be released. Both sides feel selective leaks with damage the process further (for different reasons, obviously)

Sens. Coons (D) and Kennedy (R) both told me this today
mobile.twitter.com/kasie/status/1047524881129246720

motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa9qvv/wikipedia-banned-breitbart-infowars?utm_source=mbtwitter

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/03/the-trump-prophecy-film-god-election-mark-taylor?CMP=share_btn_tw

Hope this bites him on his orange ass.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/02/trump-helped-parents-hide-money-on-tax-returns-new-york-times

So, Wikipedia has been infiltrated by snowflake liberals?

“Longstanding reputation for publishing utter falsehoods, fabrications and blatant distortions about living people it opposes, and having no meaningful fact-checking structure in place whatsoever,”
What gave them that idea?