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'Everybody has a heart. Except some people,' Trump thread 90.

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lionheart · 19/01/2019 01:08

From Bette Davis, who was too canny to name names. Smile

Here is the old thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3458456-Shutdowns-military-pullouts-and-resignations-it-s-Christmas-and-Trump-thread-89?watched=1&msgid=84240445#84240445

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/02/2019 22:18

Read: Transcript of closed-door Manafort hearing

edition-m.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/transcript-paul-manafort-hearing/index.html

AcrossthePond55 · 07/02/2019 22:30

Seems like the water in the Trump toilet is starting to swirl ever faster, doesn't it?

I just can't help but feel a bit of glee at what paranoia is probably going through Scrotus' teeny mind these days.

PerkingFaintly · 07/02/2019 22:48

Well. What a busy day it's been.Smile

lionheart · 07/02/2019 22:52

I'm so glad about the Epstein move.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/07/guns-v-grief-inside-americas-deadliest-cultural-chasm

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 07/02/2019 23:16

The whole thing is worth a read

Richard Burr on the Senate Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation, 2 years on

www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-burr-on-senate-intelligence-committees-russia-investigation-2-years-on/

The investigation into Russian intelligence activities by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence turned two years old, without fanfare, last month.

For almost as long, the inquiry, led by Republican Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, has been held up as the last bastion of bipartisanship in Washington.

After a parallel investigation divided the House Intelligence Committee last year, the Senate's probe has been under intense pressure to offer a single set of findings.

[...]And he acknowledges now that the investigation is broader, and perhaps more consequential, than it has long been thought to be.

"I'm not going to tell you that what we set out to do — which was to understand what happened in '16 — is what's extended the life of the investigation," Burr said in a rare interview with CBS News. "I think it's a better understanding of what happened and how coordinated and organized the effort was."

[...]He made clear that the investigation is not compiling the story of one pivotal election, but of something larger, more complicated and, from a counterintelligence perspective, more nefarious. The final report may be so highly classified, he said, that a meaningful portion may not be made public at all.

TheClaws · 08/02/2019 00:05

I’m not sure if this was lost in the build-up of the last few days, but Dr. Ronny Jackson is still about, has been promoted (!), and will be giving POTUS his annual physical is a few days. I’m sure POTUS will emerge Mr Universe from that. (Remember how Ronny was shifted into another department after that drinking scandal, after that POTUS physical questioning he received last year? These people are made of Teflon.)

Molly Jong-Fast liked
Katie Rogers
Katie Rogers
@katierogers
NEW: WH says Dr. Ronny Jackson, recently promoted to WH chief medical advisor, "will transition from providing medical care to using his extensive medical expertise to provide technical policy advice," an administration official says. (Pentagon investigation still ongoing.)

TheClaws · 08/02/2019 01:13

Kushner doing stuff he really shouldn’t be doing, as there are actually qualified and highly experienced people that do this for a living. Plus, it’s sensitive. It’s not just Israel - it’s the whole Middle East. As we know, no conflicts of note happen there!

thehill.com/news-by-subject/foreign-policy/429053-kushner-to-unveil-economic-plan-for-middle-east-peace-report

TheClaws · 08/02/2019 05:16

LOL! Republicans say there woz no collusion, OK? So it’s all good!

Donald J. Trump

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@realDonaldTrump
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Highly respected Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of Senate Intelligence, said today that, after an almost two year investigation, he saw no evidence of Russia collusion. “We don’t have anything that would suggest there was collusion by the Trump campaign and Russia.” Thank you!

Roussette · 08/02/2019 07:07

edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/trump-health/index.html

Trumpy was advised to cut down on the burgers and do more exercise at the last medical. He's ignored all the advice apparently. To me he looks more portly and is obese, but no doubt there will be lies subterfuge smoke and mirrors on that.....

I've just read the Guardian article on guns..... Shock Shock

Lweji · 08/02/2019 07:40

Even without collusion, they'd still impeach him based on the emoluments clause.
And generic incompetence.
It's hard to pick the worst.

Roussette · 08/02/2019 08:22

This is a must watch. Ocasio Cortez explaining how fucked campaign finance laws are ... a broken system.

twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1093770697636282368

lionheart · 08/02/2019 18:32

Seems an age ago but some people are keeping the accounts (Collins and Kavanaugh):

donations

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lionheart · 08/02/2019 18:55

It's wormy but I don't know what it did to deserve that name. Smile

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OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 08/02/2019 21:01

Darren Samuelsohn
@dsamuelsohn
NEW: Mueller's office urges court to gag Roger Stone. Story update TK. Here's the proposed order: (link: ow.ly/nRze30nDp7K )

PerkingFaintly · 08/02/2019 21:11

Order seems reasonable. Purpose is that Stone's continued very public statements make it harder for him to have a fair trial.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 08/02/2019 21:21

Interesting thread

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
@iyad_elbaghdadi
Here's a thread about the
@JeffBezos
hack, AMI, and the Saudi connection. Also what ties this together - The
@washingtonpost
. Apologies in advance, I wrote this in a rush, but thought I'd rather post it now than not post it.

mobile.twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1093967010931924998

PerkingFaintly · 08/02/2019 21:38

Shock From pain's link:

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
@iyad_elbaghdadi
1h
Now the thing is, AMI signed a deal with the US governments in the Cohen case. What I understand is that they confessed to certain shady activities, but also provided info on Cohen, in return for a promise from the government not to prosecute them.

National Enquirer publisher AMI strikes deal with prosecutors in Michael Cohen probe
edition.cnn.com

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
@iyad_elbaghdadi
1h
But that deal came with a caveat - if AMI commits any crime subsequent to this deal, then the government can take all their statements to court. Basically they become liable for everything, including all the statements they made as part of the Cohen investigation.

PerkingFaintly · 08/02/2019 21:43

And that thread gets even more exciting. Caveat emptor that I don't know this tweeter and whether what they say is likely to be well-founded.

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
@iyad_elbaghdadi
At this point I need to mention something I never mentioned publicly before. In a conversation with a Saudi whistle blower in mid October, said whistle blower told me that MBS is obsessed with the Washington Post and was preparing plans to target its employees.

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
@iyad_elbaghdadi
"He won't target them physically", he said, but rather, the preferred method is to expose either sexual or financial scandals. He insisted The Washington Post are at the top of MBS's enemies list. This is why this is what immediately jumped to my mind when the Bezos story broke.

TheNorthWestPawsage · 08/02/2019 22:19

Matthew Whitaker’s Bizarre Congressional Testimony Contained a Trump Easter Egg
Trump’s attorney general nominee made a statement about the president the Mueller investigation that may come back to bite him

www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/whitaker-testimony-trump-mueller-792060/

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 08/02/2019 22:21

Sarah kendzior replies to that thread with this:

Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior
Replying to
@iyad_elbaghdadi
The only thing I'm adding to this informative and frightening thread is that Kushner is a key node. He nearly bought the Enquirer in 2014, then became Trump team Enquirer liaison. He's very close with MBS; allegedly gave him classified intel and enemies list including Khashoggi