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lionheart · 17/10/2018 21:20

Mothers, Daughters, Soldiers ...

www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a23694436/women-rising-campaign-veterans-running-for-office/

Roussette · 17/10/2018 21:46

Thank Gump I'm following that account, v amusing!

cozietoesie · 17/10/2018 21:49

....we'll show him tough. Then we'll show him the door............. 

TheClaws · 18/10/2018 00:20

Thanks Gump for @narratedPOTUS - particularly the one ‘The President of the United States issues a tweet that smashes the Bullshit Density In A Single Tweet record for 2018’, which I assume is referencing this tone-deaf tweet from 45:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
4h4 hours ago
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College educated women want safety, security and healthcare protections – very much along with financial and economic health for themselves and our Country. I supply all of this far better than any Democrat (for decades, actually). That’s why they will be voting for me!

Oh, how all the women laughed and laughed! Grin

cozietoesie · 18/10/2018 03:02

It feels as though 45's time is nearly up.

Nauseous investors?

cozietoesie · 18/10/2018 03:11

I may be harkening to the expressions of just a few, Claws, but I receive the impression that women (and men too) are more concerned about having somewhere - a planet - that's fit to live on. Not just for them but for their children and their children's children. 45 has failed notably in that.

TheClaws · 18/10/2018 03:21

Agree cozie. He seems to have a gift for bringing fairly much everything into turmoil and tipping point levels of chaos.

TheClaws · 18/10/2018 03:22

Saudis greasing the wheels.

Malcolm Nance Retweeted

Leah McElrath
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Saudi Arabia wires U.S. $100 million as Trump proclaims MbS innocent in Khashoggi assassination

(Yes, really.)

TheNorthWestPawsage · 18/10/2018 07:10

So sayeth Pat the Christian.

Evangelical leader: Not worth risking ties with Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

A prominent evangelical leader told viewers to "cool down the tempers of those who are screaming blood for the Saudis" and not risk a $100 billion arms deal over the apparent death of Saudi-born journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Appearing on Christian television show The 700 Club, Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, said America's relationship with Saudi Arabia is too important to risk.

"These people are key allies," Robertson said Monday on the show, first reported by Vox. "I don't think on this issue we need pull sanctions and get tough. I just think it's a mistake."

Robertson advocated for behind-the-scenes diplomacy instead of publicly leveling harsh sanctions. He repeatedly invoked the more-than-$100-billion arms deal between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. as reason not to go after the country widely viewed as the culprit behind Khashoggi's disappearance.

"We've got an arms deal that everybody wanted a piece of," he said. "It'll be a lot of jobs, a lot of money come to our coffers. It's not something you want to blow up willy-nilly."

TheNorthWestPawsage · 18/10/2018 08:19

www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/politics/muellers-quiet-period-has-not-been-very-quiet/index.html

"People around Trump and other witnesses believe more criminal indictments will come from Mueller. Attorneys who have dealt with Mueller's investigators and other officials expect that the special counsel's efforts…include an active post-election period"
twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1052698285746589697?s=21

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 08:37

'House counsel Don McGahn's final day at the White House was Wednesday, according to a White House official and a source with knowledge of the matter.
McGahn has been planning to leave the White House, but a source told CNN his departure was expedited after President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had selected Patrick Cipollone as his successor. Cipollone is a seasoned litigator and former Justice Department official who served during President George H.W. Bush's administration.
A White House official said McGahn had a 20-minute farewell meeting with Trump Wednesday and that it was a "good meeting," with the President ticking off McGahn's accomplishments.
White House chief of staff John Kelly was hoping that McGahn would stay through the end of the year, according to the White House official, but McGahn felt it was time to move on. There was no fanfare to the departure McGahn just felt the timing was right and he informed the President and then Kelly, according to the official.
"Typically you would have the incumbent stay until the successor was ready to take his place. But in this case McGahn was tired of the President and the President was tired of McGahn,"
edition.cnn.com/2018/10/17/politics/mcgahn-leaving-white-house-council/index.html

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 08:41

Jenna Johnson
@wpjenna
Despite rampant voter enthusiasm, don’t forget this: Many Americans don’t plan to vote in November. ⁦*@Gabriel*_Pogrund and I spent a couple days in Tennessee’s Montgomery County, where only 42 percent of voting-age residents voted in 2016.

Despite rampant voter enthusiasm, the reality: Many don’t plan to vote in November
washingtonpost.com
mobile.twitter.com/wpjenna/status/1052707551979147265

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 08:46

Jamal Khashoggi's last column:

'Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression'
By Jamal Khashoggi
October 17, 2018
www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 08:53

Juliet Eilperin
@eilperin
"In days of private phone calls and Oval Office huddles, Trump has repeatedly reached for reasons to protect the U.S.-Saudi relationship, according to administration officials and presidential advisers." Read @costareports @jdawsey1**@PhilipRucker

Josh Dawsey
@jdawsey1
NEWS: Sen. Bob Corker says Trump admin has “clamped down” on information, canceled his briefing. And says he is sure Saudi is responsible for killing of journalist. Latest w/⁦**@costareports⁩ & ⁦@PhilipRucker

Amid global outrage over Khashoggi, Trump takes soft stance toward Saudis
washingtonpost.com

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 09:00

Chris Hayes covered this yesterday:
'A Group Of Black Senior Citizens Was Told To Get Off A Bus That Was Taking Them To Vote
"Voter suppression is real, y'all, and it happened to us today in Louisville, Georgia, in Jefferson County."
www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/talalansari/black-senior-citizens-voter-intimidation-georgia?bftwnews=&utm_term=4ldqpgc&__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 09:22

"We've got an arms deal that everybody wanted a piece of," he said. "It'll be a lot of jobs, a lot of money come to our coffers. It's not something you want to blow up willy-nilly."
Christianity without the Christ, perfectly formed for the United States of Trump.

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 09:28

'Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge'
slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/mitch-mcconnell-deficit-lies.html

Gumpendorf · 18/10/2018 09:34

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/media/trump-midterm-media-tour/index.html

All the signs are this will yield diminishing returns. 🤞

Gumpendorf · 18/10/2018 09:37

Mitch McConnell says that Republicans will not take any serious steps to reduce the deficit, unless they can also share blame for unpopular entitlement cuts with Democrats.

2020 - the deficit is the fault of the Dems for not taking action. Vote GOP 

Gumpendorf · 18/10/2018 09:41

You know that's in process. It's a tremendous waste of time for the president of the United States."

And ...... the Kavanaugh defence is ready to roll. 

ohmymimi · 18/10/2018 10:14

Ooo, look where I am:
www.instagram.com/p/BpBLsZEDfOD/?hl=en&taken-by=heathernauert