Democrats win the House, and he’s already fired Sessions: Trump thread 87

[TheClaws]

We start this new thread on a brighter note: the mid-terms were a win for the Democrats, securing the House of Representatives and further seats in the Senate. This means more scrutiny for POTUS and the GOP, and bargaining power.

He’s still a feckless, vain bully, oddly admired by some varieties of Christians - enjoy the cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

George P. seems to have a problem with the reality of his situation.

60% of a crop is an awful lot.

Deutsche Bank Is Said to Be Drawn Deeper Into Danske Scandal

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-19/danske-whistleblower-points-finger-at-deutsche-bank-in-testimony

.... Wilkinson, who used to run the trading desk at Danske’s Baltic business, also gave a detailed account of how money flowed from Russian banks into Danske and then out into the wider financial system, with the help of the correspondent banks......

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hijab-ban-house-congress-religious-headwear-democrats-floor-muslim-omar-tlaib-a8643151.html

Lwww.thedailybeast.com/house-intelligence-panel-hiring-money-laundering-sleuths

Clicky

www.thedailybeast.com/house-intelligence-panel-hiring-money-laundering-sleuths

Thanks lion and pain.

Christiane Amanpour
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'JUST IN: Former CIA Director Leon Panetta says that President Trump's approach to Saudi Arabia "is sending a message of weakness" to the world. "Essentially what he is saying is, 'America is for sale.'"'

David Carroll 🦅
@profcarroll
UNREAL: Facebook appeals its ICO Cambridge Analytica fine, essentially claiming UK Data Protection Act shouldn’t apply since UK citizens didn’t get sold off to SCL thru Kogan & Chancellor’s GSR since were targeting American voters, who have no rights

www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-46292818

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-bush-attorney-general-alberto-gonzales-rebukes-trump-for-reportedly-seeking-to-prosecute-clinton-comey/2018/11/21/103f5c64-ed8b-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?utm_term=.51d9d0cd7e93

The W.H. has signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act, Military Times reports.
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/21/white-house-approves-use-of-force-some-law-enforcement-roles-for-border-troops/

twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1065334031271776257

The Posse Comitatus Act keeps the President from using troops to enforce domestic policy. For all the obvious reasons. It was enacted in 1878. Only Trump would think to violate it & as all things with Trump, once you violate a norm, it’s a fast slide down the slippery slope.

twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1065335101490438145

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/steve-bannons-rightwing-europe-operation-undermined-by-election-laws?CMP=share_btn_tw

Former President Barack Obama surprises a Chicago food bank, volunteers and helps prepare Thanksgiving meal bags cnn.it/2DAwQCZ twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1065283944457871361/video/1

The W.H. has signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary

^^This scares the shit out of me.

We've joked a bit about Scrotus wearing a Ghaddafi style uniform with 75lb of gold braid & declaring martial law, but this truly is a step down the slippery slope.

Hopefully there will be push-back from somewhere.

Justice Roberts raps Trump for Obama judge comment
Trump won't be happy with this. One small step..

Where from, though, Across? Will this be the point at which, ironically, the military pushes back?

Sheldon Whitehouse.

www.whitehouse.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Whitehouse%20Complaint%20to%20OSC%20--%20Whitaker.pdf

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/21/why-doesnt-michelle-obamas-memoir-have-an-index-blame-trump

Michael Avenatti just now.

www.thedailybeast.com/matt-whitakers-dark-money-group-funded-by-one-anonymous-donor

It's official: The President of the United States is attacking the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on the day before Thanksgiving.

twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1065349170280710145

I'm sure this will end well.

Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have “Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an “independent judiciary,” but if it is why......

.....are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned. Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security - these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!

Trump picking a fight with Roberts.

Benjamin Wittes
@benjaminwittes
Robert Mueller speaks!

Extraordinary Work: Honoring FBI Agents and Families m.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iV_G34LPo

FBI Directors past and present discuss the importance of the work performed by FBI Special Agents and the support for Agents and families by the FBI Agents Association through its two charitable funds, the Memorial College Fund and the Membership Assistance Fund. For more information, visit www.fbiaa.org.

The Ninth Circuit handed down a ruling that Trump doesn't like, and his response is to claim that the judiciary is working to undermine US national security. If you're not alarmed by that, you're not paying attention. twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1065358370994077696/photo/1