But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII

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GOP women.

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'Sarah Sanders says she hopes her legacy will be that she has tried to be "transparent and honest" every day.'

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kellyanne-conway-says-rep-elect-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-doesnt-seem-to-know-much-about-anything/2018/12/11/e83232fc-fd50-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?utm_term=.5dafa012b416

and Pelosi on Trump:

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/powerpost/pelosi-questions-trumps-manhood-after-confrontational-white-house-meeting/2018/12/11/2b2111be-fd79-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html

who apparently got into a bit of a strop after the smackdown in the Oval office.

Tell us what you think, there, Across, don't hold back
I'm having such fun googling "idiot" this morning, (little things please little minds) though not so much fun seeing his ridiculous image every time
Pelosi sure done good. WHY were people saying she shouldn't be Speaker? I got a bit lost with that, was it Dems or just the GOP complaining about her?

And, in the lead-up to Christmas, if you are writing your lists, this is from last year, but remains true!

Trump says he’s not concerned about impeachment , because if he is, “the people will revolt”. We did know his base have been warning of just this very thing, but to hear him say it - encouraging it, even - is another line that has been crossed.

It’s strange though that he should say he isn’t concerned - what could that mean?

thehill.com/homenews/administration/420918-trump-says-hes-not-concerned-about-being-impeached-the-people-would

Wallace interviews Comey (9 Dec?)
Deadline Whitehouse broadcast on 10.12 is fairly electric, does highlights of that interview.

I love Peanuts, here's another cartoon of his...

Him not ‘being concerned’ shows his level of egoism and delusion

Andrew Prokop
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So, Flynn sentencing memo claims he "accepts full responsibility" — and then offers "additional facts" intended to imply McCabe and Strzok railroaded him.

Mueller has a Friday deadline to reply, should he wish to provide his own additional facts.

(link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/5526100-Flynn-Defense-Sentencing-Memo.html

Elizabeth de la Vega
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Flynn's memo is troubling. A former DNI & NSA, he pleaded guilty to "knowingly & willfully" making several false statements in a voluntary, non-custodial interview and to making material false statements on FARA filings. His attempt to dilute his admission of guilt may backfire.

Btw, it's imp't for everyone to know that no warnings are needed for a voluntary, non-custodial interview. Also, of course, the idea that Flynn didn't know lying to the FBI was a crime is ludicrous, as is the idea that he thought lying would be cool because everyone was jocular.

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says he relied on Michael Cohen, who should have known what to do about payments to women. "Number one, it wasn't a campaign contribution. If it were, it's only civil, and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we did. OK?"

Justin Miller
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Individual-1 admits to what SDNY alleged, Cohen acted "in coordination and at the direction of" him.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump says release of #Huawei CFO could be part of a broader trade deal with China. More on Huawei: (link: reut.rs/2RXJSix )

Matthew Miller
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This would be such a dangerous precedent to set. Countries will stop cooperating with us on investigations and extraditions if they think we are using our judicial system as a tool for economic negotiations.

Kyle Griffin
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Full report: An AP investigation finds Ivanka and Jared stand to benefit from a program they pushed that offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden areas. They own a major stake in a firm that plans to take advantage of the program.

apnews.com/41847c1548e34d0ba8c339836b86ed93

Wendy Siegelman
@WendySiegelman
Erik Prince scoop: Prince is no longer Chairman of Frontier Services Group, the company he founded - he is now deputy chairman of the board and remains an executive director - Chang Zhenming an executive at Chinese state-owned CITIC is the new Chairman

[rest of thread here: mobile.twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1071983177776984065 ]

David Carroll 🦅
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It’s cool how Erik Prince is investing in state owned ventures in China while mercantilist and cyber espionage tensions flare up with the USA…while also remaining a subject in the Russia interference investigations.

mobile.twitter.com/profcarroll/status/1072698628576288771

Kyle Griffin
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Trump tells Reuters that he's standing by Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

"He's the leader of Saudi Arabia. They've been a very good ally," Trump said.

www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-saudi-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-standing-by-saudi-crown-prince-despite-pleas-from-senate-idUSKBN1OB01C?il=0

Kyle Griffin
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Trump said he was standing by Mohammed bin Salman the same day that TIME put Jamal Khashoggi on their Person of the Year cover.

Olga Lautman
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Since Russia invaded Crimea they have quietly been turning it into a military base. Russian troops have doubled, alarming increase in military equipment, and deployment of nuclear capable carriers. The latest was a deployment of S400 missiles to Crimea.

www.unian.info/m/politics/10365714-russia-deploys-nuclear-weapon-carriers-in-occupied-crimea-yelchenko.html

Not sure why Europe stood by and watched because this will have a direct impact of Europe as well and has been going on for awhile. Putin has in the past mentioned Poland and Romania besides his hybrid attacks on Europe and the West

themoscowtimes.com/news/russia-announces-new-s400-missiles-deployement-crimea-amid-ukraine-naval-standoff-63629

Roussette - that Peanuts cartoon is bigly sad, though

Is this the way dealing with foreign nationals accused of a crime commonly happens? Or is she being used as a bargaining chip?

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump says release of #Huawei CFO could be part of a broader trade deal with China. More on Huawei: reut.rs/2RXJSix

It's not normal - it's banana republic stuff. And isn't she being held by Canada?

The world has really gone loopy. 🤯

Interesting changes in Trump's (un)popularity ratings per state.

read.bi/2Baa5mD

Thanks, Lweji. 🙂

Thank you for the map, Lweji - it started to make more sense to me when I realised that the colours on the map didn't relate to the colour of the two main parties!

My god, how it's changed for him. There was always talk of him winning a second term... given that map, surely not? He's plummeted.

Love this... check out the footage as well

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"If you want positive search results, do positive things, if you don't want negative search results, don't do negative things..don't blame Google..consider blaming yourself"

@tedlieu WIPES THE FLOOR w/ Republicans whining about negative search results🔥🔥

GOP doesn't care about veterans, it turns out.
A bill to give benefits to those possibly exposed to agent orange didn't pass in the Senate.

read.bi/2La5aXh

....due to concerns about the bill's cost.....??

www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/incoming-new-york-attorney-general-plans-wide-ranging-investigations-trump-n946706?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Funds for the wall are more important.