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.

It's the sort of thing you expect from repressive dictatorships.

It still makes my heart sink.

Bad month, bad year and a bad presidency. A Beast piece.

Trump cries Witch Hunt

Oh holy fuck. How much lower can he sink. Never mind. The answer is always 'a lot lower'.

The Beast piece is cheering in a way ...

My worry is if, feeling threatened, he decides to go full fuck democracy mode.

Mrs Moon heads back to the main Blue House.

The man is unhinged. There must be White House staff working overtime on damage limitation.

It's absolutely brilliant to watch though. He's losing his shit in real time 😂

Until someone CGIs Trump's face on the Hitler rants parodies, here are the two calling each other.

My sense has been that Mueller cut Manafort loose on learning that the similarity of his lies and Trump’s was no coincidence but a result of illicit cooperation between them and part of a scheme in which Manafort would later be pardoned. I note that @maddow had a similar thought

twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1067610048640225280

Exclusive: Two key answers from Trump to Mueller

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/28/politics/trump-mueller-answers-wikileaks-trump-tower/index.html

twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1067841132082671617

CNN Exclusive: President Trump told Robert Mueller that he wasn't told about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting and that former adviser Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks cnn.it/2RmTlPW twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1067841132082671617/photo/1

Oh dear..... 😳🙄

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
The Mueller protection bill has been blocked again. Jeff Flake asked for unanimous consent on the Senate floor to move the bill. Republican Mike Lee objected, citing concerns over separation of powers.

Flake had said he wouldn’t confirm tom Farr unless the mueller bill was passed so it will be intersting to see what happens

Oh, he’s already voted!

Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Sen. Flake has voted no on cloture for Thomas Farr, which will make for a 50-50 vote assuming all other Republicans vote yes and all Democrats/Independents vote no. VP Pence would need to break the tie

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/nov/28/trump-live-latest-news-updates-us-politics-today-nancy-pelosi-white-house-mueller

Ari Berman
@AriBerman
Breaking: Tim Scott, only black Republican in Senate, just voted to invoke cloture on Trump judicial nominee Tom Farr, who has decades-long history of suppressing black voters. Pence breaks 50-50 tie to move forward on nomination

Pence proving his worth yet again. Mother will be pleased.

Trump says pardon for Paul Manafort still a possibility

nypost.com/2018/11/28/trump-says-pardon-for-paul-manafort-still-a-possibility/amp/

Aid isn't going down too well.

Tariffs and aid

....If you told the truth, you go to jail......😀

Thanks for that link, Pain.

Check out @carolecadwalla’s Tweet: twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1067885212221259777?s=09

Hahahaha, taxi for Farage!

Holy shit! That whole Cadwalladr thread!

twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1067885212221259777?s=09

Including this tweet:

Carole Cadwalladr
Verified account
...oh yes. & the guy who prompted this response! The great hero of the Nov 27 DCMS Facebook hearing. The FTC's ex-chief technologist @ashk4n who was watching live feed when he saw Lord Allan of Facebook being "deceitful" to MPs. And ran in & told them howCarole Cadwalladr added,

@carolecadwalla
One short clip from one long day. Here’s the moment a British MP tried to digest expert testimony that Facebook lied to UK parliament

twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1067905547599519745

OK, I really missed a lot on Monday with my streaming probs...