Trump, July 2017: Tweet more

it's the classic crisis-management tactic of 'getting out in front of the story' but filtered through the pomade-addled mind of donald j trump jr

I'm thinking more, "You can look through my phone. There's nothing else on there besides that one thing."

cannot be said enough that this is the dumbest time in history

looooooool poor twitter verified jared yates sexton

cannot be said enough that this is the dumbest time in history

we are about 2 steps above monty python monks trudging through the mud and slamming their heads with pieces of wood

Tonight'll be fun!

.@DonaldJTrumpJr will be on @seanhannity tonight.

— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) July 11, 2017

sean will really put his feet to the fire

Today we learned that Donald Trump Jr.’s favorite childhood food was lead paint

— Pinboard (@Pinboard) July 11, 2017

"mister president, let's cut right to the chase: ISN'T IT TRUE that all these accusations are just fake news made up by democrats??"

Donnie Jr taking legal advice from Rae Carruth

imagine being Trump Jr.'s lawyer right now

sean will really put his feet to the fire

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:03 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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I'm not entirely convinced I'm not having a break from reality.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017

I'm an independent journalist and I can tell you, there's a lot of us who have just gone after this thing in our free time.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017

Hey. I'm good. I feel great. I'm just...absolutely baffled at the moment.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 11, 2017

I'm sure the game plan is:

A) This is not actually illegal.

B) Some Democrat probably did something similar at some point. Probably Susan Rice.

C) Don Jr. not really part of the campaign, more of a mascot.

D) Jared showed up for the meeting, sure, but he was playing some game on his phone the whole time.

E) Trump never knew about this meeting because he's not interested in things that happen out of his eyesight.

F) Trump is very disappointed in Jr., will deal with him privately with a fine Trump belt.

Today we learned that Donald Trump Jr.’s favorite childhood food was lead paint

lol at this

B) Some Democrat probably did something similar at some point. Probably Susan Rice.

Laura Ingraham hinted darkly last night that "Clinton's people" did the same with Ukrainians last year. It took Charles fucking Krauthammer to remind her that Ukraine is not a hostile foreign power.

i just think ultimately Yam is counting on someone to do the Gene Wilder "this is a beautiful man" speech from The Producers trial.

this iphone speaks many languages

xxpost not to mention even if teh "tu quoque" claims were valid, it wouldn't make Trump not culpable, it would just make Hillary also culpable

I see this ending w/ Trump taking hostages in the White House

could someone define "a hostile foreign power"? Being that since the '50s none of our wars are actual wars? And that Russia is apparently our foe in one and our ally in another?

Pod Save America guys offered a reminder yesterday that Gore's team was given Bush's debate briefing book and immediately turned it over to the FBI.

xpost a power that hacks your country's political party systems and attempts to breach the election machines and attempts to influence said country's election

Also Hubert Humphrey turned down info on Nixon from a Russian ambassador

could someone define "a hostile foreign power"?

Iran, North Vietnam

i just think ultimately Yam is counting on someone to do the Gene Wilder "this is a beautiful man" speech from The Producers trial.

He will then be found incredibly guilty.

It looks fairly likely that Ukrainian intelligence cooked up the ledger that got Manafort axed - though Manafort had been taking money via other means so it's not exactly the strongest argument.

the "Tweet more" thread title choice is beginning to look good again

Nabisco winning life once more.

Seriously, though, this is definitely the most-read email ever sent by a music publicist

— Nitsuh Abebe (3.6) (@ntabebe) July 11, 2017

xpost a power that hacks your country's political party systems and attempts to breach the election machines* and attempts to influence said country's election

i knew that was coming, ok

(so, aspiring to be the ascendant postwar USA)

*I'm not sure this has been documented; to breach the voter rolls, yes.

could someone define "a hostile foreign power"?

Iran, North Vietnam

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:20 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

voodoo

I see this ending w/ Trump taking hostages in the White House

― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:16 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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BUT HER EMAILS! BUT HER EMAILS!

can't be stressed enough that Don Jr is only part of the puzzle. Kushner and Manafort were there too, and they were cc'd on the email, so there's quite a likelihood that they have emails of their own. Also, this took place in June! Months before the election. They had plenty of time to do stuff even more nefarious.

Po-des-ta! Po-des-ta!

"in other news: WTF there's gonna be competing GOP healthcare bills now?"

It sure seems like Republicans are realizing this is a law change that no one really wants and treating it like some date they got instead of the date they wanted but they decide to put on som e AXE boy scent anyway but won't be buying dinner

Oh this is good

NEW: Goldstone says his emailed reference to “crown prosecutor” was referring to Veselnitskaya, a private attorney. “It’s a language thing"

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) July 11, 2017

i thought his iphone spoke many languages tho

poorly

It sure seems like Republicans are realizing this is a law change that no one really wants and treating it like some date they got instead of the date they wanted but they decide to put on som e AXE boy scent anyway but won't be buying dinner

also at the end of the dinner the date dies

Adam Schiff on TV last night emphasizing that on June 9 2016 the Russians had already hacked the DNC but were sitting on what they turned up, had not yet repurposed or weaponized that intel. Seems like we are perhaps narrowing that window of days when go-ahead was given (bought?) to leak emails....

It sure seems like Republicans are realizing this is a law change that no one really wants and treating it like some date they got instead of the date they wanted but they decide to put on som e AXE boy scent anyway but won't be buying dinner

also at the end of the dinner the date dies

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, July 11, 2017

and the corpse turns into nude Mitch McConnell.

Here is page 4 (which did not post due to space constraints). pic.twitter.com/z1Xi4nr2gq

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2017

^I love that he made an extra tweet because the really incriminating bit didn't fit on the first one.

you do have to appreciate his commitment to transparency

Some useful background on the lawyer here :

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/view/articles/2017-07-11/trump-s-low-level-russian-connection

Raises the idea that Trump Jr was trying to collude with someone less powerful and connected than he imagined them to be.

maybe he posted the first batch, paused, had second thoughts, called his reasonable-facsimile-of-the-best people on the phone, reached only voicemail, drummed his fingers on the table for a minute and then went "nahhhh i was probably right the first time" and posted the rest

Trump Jr. is practically George 'I cannot tell a lie' Washington imo. A true patriot.

^I love that he made an extra tweet because the really incriminating bit didn't fit on the first one.

― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:53 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you do have to appreciate his commitment to transparency

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:55 PM

"Now, I'm going to lay out a case for how the prosecution should proceed in a court of law when they press charges..."

"Here is page 4 (which did not post due to space constraints) my strategy of hoping-against-hope that somehow a magic fairy will swoop in and make it all stop"

maybe he posted the first batch, paused, had second thoughts, called his reasonable-facsimile-of-the-best people on the phone, reached only voicemail, drummed his fingers on the table for a minute and then went "nahhhh i was probably right the first time" and posted the rest

nope, he posted the first batch at 11:00 and the remaining image at 11:01. he was very prepared to post the entire thing as quickly as possible! lol

Raises the idea that Trump Jr was trying to collude with someone less powerful and connected than he imagined them to be.

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:56 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IIRC, the predators still go to jail even after Chris Hansen reveals that the girl was actually a 21-year-old actress the whole time.

A round of applause for the dominatrix who clearly told Donald Trump Jr. to release proof of Russian collusion to prove what a loser he is.

— Kaleb Horton (@kalebhorton) July 11, 2017