Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

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

990 replies

TheClaws · 29/09/2018 02:44

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

‘Energy and persistence conquer all things’ - even vile orange ones. Trump thread con.
OP posts:
Thread gallery
22
ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 17:42

Premature posting syndrome:
The more you find out about Kav. the more skeevy he appears.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 12/10/2018 17:50
Hmm McConnell urges Dems not to investigate Trump after midterms www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mcconnell-urges-dems-not-investigate-trump-after-midterms
TheNorthWestPawsage · 12/10/2018 17:52

The last real wage numbers before November came this morning. The final verdict on the Trump economy is in: Corrupt.
twitter.com/capaction/status/1050393274626781184?s=21

‘Energy and persistence conquer all things’ - even vile orange ones. Trump thread con.
ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 17:55

www.thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-of-leonard-leo-the-man-behind-trumps-supreme-court-pick
medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisky/kavanaugh-christians-oil-and-gas-77f711230ae9
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Big #Republican influencers were there at the beginning, the funders behind the organization called the @FedSoc that selected #Kavanaugh.
(Per White House itself, #FederalistSociety was “insourced” to White House for this.)of
Thread:
mobile.twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1048722147873579008

ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 18:07

'U.S. treasurer, banks to attend Saudi conference amid media exit over missing journalist'
CNN, the Financial Times, the New York Times as well as reporters and editors from the Economist and CNBC said they were no longer participating in the conference scheduled to begin on Oct. 23, which relied heavily on journalists to moderate top sessions
mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1MM1GJ

PerkingFaintly · 12/10/2018 18:10

You know that Unexplained Wealth Order on the Harrods shopper lady? Imagine that on Kavanaugh.Shock

It's not just that there's a huge hole in where the money for his house came from. It's that he's being evasive and misdirecting. Again.

Why?

ohmymimi's link again:

Money Line Parlay: How Did the Kavanaughs Afford Their $1,225,000 Home?
medium.com/@gregolear/money-line-parlay-how-did-the-kavanaughs-afford-their-1-225-000-home-b53aaaf31b04

ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 18:18

Lobbyists have ethics? Who knew? Maybe it is not ethicsHmm
Ben Freeman
@BenFreemanDC
Update: the Harbour Group is the first #FARA registered firm to drop the Saudi's (link: www.wsj.com/articles/saudis-disappearance-risks-costly-image-crafting-effort-in-u-s-1539293872. wsj.com/articles/saudi… via @bykowicz Who's next?
mobile.twitter.com/BenFreemanDC/status/1050740956591529985/photo/1
inkstickmedia.com/the-saudi-lobby-and-the-disappearance-of-jamal-khashoggi/

ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 18:24

Perking's 'Harrods shopper lady':
Boy will Harrods miss herGrin
www.intellinews.com/uk-s-first-unexplained-wealth-order-used-against-azerbaijani-banker-s-wife-150040/

cozietoesie · 12/10/2018 18:35

£16m in a decade?

ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 18:47

TRUMP: "Again, this took place in Turkey, and to the best of our knowledge Khashoggi is not a US citizen, is that right? He's a permanent resident, okay... as to whether we should stop $110b from being spent in this country, that would not be acceptable to me."

'Did the U.S. Fail Its “Duty to Warn” Jamal Khashoggi? How U.S. Directive 191 Applies to Kidnapping Threats'
www.justsecurity.org/61001/united-states-fail-duty-warn-jamal-khashoggi-intelligence-directive-191-applies/

lionheart · 12/10/2018 19:04

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-john-kelly-fire-white-house-olivia-nuzzi-pence-pompeo-oval-office-a8578486.html

'Donald Trump has reportedly tried to fire John Kelly, but failed because the White House chief of staff “just ignores him”.

The president wants rid of the former Marine Corps general but “doesn’t know who to call to fire him” as Mr Kelly himself usually carries out his sackings, according to an administration staffer.'

ohmymimi · 12/10/2018 19:28

The Intercept
@theintercept
Democrats tend to bring a knife to a gunfight. Republicans bring a rocket launcher. Sen. @JeffMerkley, @ninaturner, Rep. @RoKhanna, and @SymoneDSanders join @mehdirhasan to discuss the future of the left on #Deconstructed.

theintercept.com/2018/10/11/deconstructed-live-special-are-democrats-ready-to-get-radical/

cozietoesie · 12/10/2018 20:25

A Newsweek piece.

The Economy

lionheart · 12/10/2018 21:19

www.apnews.com/1ecc474ca5ac4833aa736f76bb572c7f

'Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found.

The decade-old Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest recruiting program was put on hold in 2016 amid concerns that immigrant recruits were not being screened sufficiently. The Army began booting out those enlistees last year without explanation.'

lionheart · 12/10/2018 21:25

Miller and borders again

'Trump administration weighs new family separation effort at border.'

PerkingFaintly · 12/10/2018 21:27

That is unbelievably stupid. I can't even bring myself to spell it out.

Though I suppose it's just a natural consequence of the race-supremacist tenet that people's beliefs and behaviours are inherent at birth, not made.Sad

PerkingFaintly · 12/10/2018 21:27

The sacking of military staff who have been promised citizenship, that is.

cozietoesie · 13/10/2018 01:01

Surely not ?

Swipe left for the next trending thread