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.

I’m very uncomfortable with any of the Trumps having input on White House employment, especially the higher echelons.

Possible joint Russia/China - with a little help from Nigeria - war games. This kind of thing does happen frequently, but apparently this one was on a larger scale.

www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2172988/china-and-russia-suspected-hijacking-google-internet

Ha

Leader McConnell
@senatemajldr
My latest Op-Ed: Will Dems work with us, or simply put partisan politics ahead of the country?

Pain taken from your article of Mueller playing the long game, Love this...

'By all accounts, the end is nowhere in sight. Mueller is like Shakespeare's Birnam Wood, creeping closer to the White House step by step, without the president fully realizing it.'

That is good and Tolkien revisits the moving trees with his Ents in Lord of the Rings so it is also fitting in other ways.

Shame the trees can't really gather and fight back:

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/stench-of-epa-official-s-indictment-scandal-reaches-jeff-sessions-1369992771749?v=railb&cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

He came, he sulked, he tweeted: preening Trump on parade in France

'And then it rained'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/13/trump-meltdown-macron-paris?CMP=sharebtnn_tw

Fox's former Friend for UN Ambassador???
WTF?

washingtonmonthly.com/2018/11/02/a-fox-friends-host-for-un-ambassador/

And
www.businessinsider.com/heather-nauert-un-ambassador-position-trump-2018-11

www.statesman.com/news/20181113/in-austin-hillary-clinton-honored-for-public-service

All the usual caveats.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-2020-election-michelle-obama-oprah-joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-democratic-candidate-a8630971.html

Why is no one talking about the uncounted, suppressed votes in Florida? | Carol Anderson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/14/why-no-one-talking-uncounted-suppressed-votes-florida?CMP=sharebtnn_tw

"America has a long history of voter suppression that it seems to be comfortable with – as long as the veneer of democracy is in place"

The amount of good will a First Lady is granted at the outset is immense. Even Melania despite her behavior from day one, had large numbers of Americans ready to defend her. But her behavior in recent months has used all that up. She's being revealed for what she is.

twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1062447696429105152

The White House is a kindergarten.

www.newsweek.com/white-house-creates-policy-time-donald-trump-work-tweeting-executive-time-1213354

The White House has reportedly created a new strategy to get President Donald Trump to zero in on policy matters—a schedule block called "policy time." It's reminiscent of Trump's "executive time," which seemed to consist of tweet storms and cable TV viewing.
Politico White House reporter Annie Karni tweeted on Tuesday: "A new thing on Trump’s private schedule that I haven’t seen before: In addition to some 'executive time' today, he has two blocks of 'policy time.'"
Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey followed up on Karni's tweet by adding that "policy time" was instituted by Chief of Staff John Kelly in an effort to get the president to focus on issues.

Followed by 'potty time' and 'nap time'. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Ouch. 😀😀

Thread on what sort of person should challenge Trump in 2020

twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1062569660313464832

Natasha Bertrand
‏*@NatashaBertrand*
Wow. One day before the Federalist Society's annual convention, longtime member George Conway (@gtconway3d) has announced the formation of Checks and Balances—a new group of conservative lawyers who believe Trump is undermining the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/politics/conservative-lawyers-trump.html

I think I'll stick with the M&S chocolates - ta very much.

A handgun for Christmas: Wisconsin company decides to buy firearms for every employee this holiday season
www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2018/11/13/hortonville-business-gives-employees-handguns-christmas/1987839002

Divided We Stand The country is hopelessly split. So why not make it official and break up?
nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/maybe-its-time-for-america-to-split-up.html

I wish I could partake of breakfast at the Conway Residence! 😀

The Russian military jammed GPS signals during a major NATO military exercise in Norway that involved thousands of US and NATO troops, a spokesperson for the Norwegian ministry of defense tells CNN.

"We are aware of the fact that Russian land forces on the Kola Peninsula were jamming (between October 16 and November 7)," the spokesperson said.
www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/politics/russia-nato-jamming/index.html

Between 16/10 and 7/11? That's not a half-hour foray!

Remind me. Is Kelly still there? A Beast piece.

Melania exploits power vacuum

Fox eventually concedes that a free press is important

Gosh.