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ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 11:48

'Rename address of Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington into Jamal Khashoggi Way'
www.change.org/p/mayor-muriel-bowser-rename-address-of-saudi-arabian-embassy-in-washington-into-jamal-khashoggi-street?signed=true

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 12:12

Report from Turkey, on CNN this morning, that the Saudis intended to use a body double for Jamal Khoshoggi. This man is recorded on camera leaving from from rear exit of the embassy wearing Mr Khashoggi's clothes, apart from his shoes.

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 13:17

'Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says'
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/22/middleeast/saudi-operative-jamal-khashoggi-clothes/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 13:23

Daniel Dale
@ddale8
This is the most dramatic "sir" story Trump has ever told. Like a lot of his "sir" stories, it takes place backstage at a rally...though there was no rally in Ohio five weeks ago, and though he previously said this encounter happened when the woman stood up "at a meeting.
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054153434591608832/photo/1
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054153434591608832/photo/2
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054153434591608832

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 14:15

'Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS.
As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments.'
www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-lived-the-high-life-while-owing-millions-to-irs

cozietoesie · 22/10/2018 15:40

Thanks for keeping us on the straight and narrow, mimi. 

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AcrossthePond55 · 22/10/2018 16:00

^'Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS.
As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments.'^

Sooo, if this is true that just means he's doing the same thing that the 2020 GOP candidate has been doing all his adult life. Sad!

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ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:19

'France's Macron told Trump that nuclear pact is key to Europe's security.

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a news conference at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2018.
(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to stress the importance of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty Trump said Washington would withdraw from, Macron's office said in a statement on Monday.'
mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1MW168?__twitter_impression=true

Roussette · 22/10/2018 16:20

I have to say when I see Michael Avenatti mooted to be POTUS I think dear god NO. It's great that he's a thorn in the side of DT, but let him just be that. He has no experience and now I see his high spending I think double NO.
Same as Oprah. I'm hoping the american public have learnt their lesson as far as celebrities running a country Grin

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:22

Smile cozie
It struck me too, Across, there are similarities. His star will fade.

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AcrossthePond55 · 22/10/2018 16:26

No worries Roussette. Avenatti has as much chance of being nominated in 2020 as I have and he knows it. It's all to keep him in the limelight.

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AcrossthePond55 · 22/10/2018 16:29

Yes it will cozie. There have been lots of 'celebrity lawyers' here who have had their moment in the sun and then faded away. I appreciate what he's done for Ms Daniels and his being a thorn in the side to Scrotus and GOP. But he's edging perilously close to the edge of believing his own publicity and that's never a wise thing.

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ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:29

Van Jones, the man who lauded the moment Stinky became 'presidential '. Kushner will really get a grillingWink
Haberman has a lot more, but it is not on one thread.
Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
Van Jones interview Kushner at "Citizen by CNN" event starting now. Jones asks, "How did you get this job? You have like the dopest job in the world, the secretary of everything...how did you wind up in this position?"

Kushner: "I did not plan my life to go into politics...my father in law announced he was running for president...I took on a lot of responsibilities."
mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1054373108847689728

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:36

It's the way he tells them!
Even a meandering ramble through some historical facts comes out like a tall story.
Daniel Dale
@ddale8
Rare moment: I sent a Trump story to an expert for fact-checking and the expert told me the story was accurate. Historian Allen Guelzo, director of the Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, says the president was correct about Lincoln, Lee and Grant:
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054365660137119744/photo/1
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1054365660137119744

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:37

That is why I love Mr Dale, he is so relentlessly diligent.

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:47

Josh Robin
@joshrobin
ICYMI. Steve Bannon is on Staten Island

Yup. Screening his movie. And maybe more. Stay tuned....
mobile.twitter.com/joshrobin/status/1054394241152155648

Roussette · 22/10/2018 16:49

Phew! That's good then Across, I just want him to needle DT on twitter Grin

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 16:54

More relentless diligence:
David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold
Also got docs on the now-defunct LLC’s @realDonaldTrump set up for a hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Here’s 1 shutting down, in 2016.
mobile.twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1054394837745713152/photo/1

What we don't know about
@realDonaldTrump's plans for a Saudi hotel:
--who pitched him on the idea
--who his in-country partners were
--why the idea fizzled.

Trump says he never made a dollar on the project, and the hotel was never built.
(link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html?utm_term=.c9beb0ea6197. washingtonpost.com/politics/i-lik…
mobile.twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1054395573388955650

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 17:06

Hot takeHmmGrin
It is a long list, full of dubious observations, not all of which are as rib tickling as the first observation, but a lot are just as vacuous:
Patrick Ruffini
@PatrickRuffini
Here’s a thread where I list all my hot takes about politics. These are the core premises that underlie everything else I write. I’ll be adding to this periodically.

Trump is a normal President doing normal things except for the tweets.
mobile.twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/1054015923856818176

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 17:12

what we want to believe
CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics
CNN's Van Jones: “Do you trust the Saudis to investigate themselves?”

Jared Kushner: “We’re getting facts in from multiple places. Once those facts come in, the Secretary of State will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe” #CITIZENCNN

mobile.twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1054380420169646080

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 17:19

What a vile charade:
'Saudi king and prince phone Khashoggi's son to give condolences.
Turkish president says details of journalist’s killing will be revealed in parliament'
The Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has called the son of Jamal Khashoggi to express condolences on the death of the journalist, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in disputed circumstances.
King Salman made a similar condolence call, the kingdom said early on Monday, as international pressure on the Saudis to provide an satisfactory account of what happened to Khashoggi continued to rise.
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said details of the Washington Post journalist’s killing “will be revealed in all its nakedness” in parliament on Tuesday, the same day a glitzy investment forum in Riyadh spearheaded by the crown prince is to take place.
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/saudi-prince-father-phone-khashoggi-son-condolences-turkey-killing

ohmymimi · 22/10/2018 17:28

'Germany urges other EU states to also stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia.

(Reuters) - Germany wants other European Union member states to follow its example in stopping arms exports to Saudi Arabia as long as uncertainty remains over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday.'
mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1MW0V9?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly&__twitter_impression=true

cozietoesie · 22/10/2018 17:40

Sorry and all. A Newsweek OpEd piece.

The experts were wrong, again, on Trump