Trump, July 2017: Tweet more

Why, how civic-minded.

Jared Kushner has added over 100 names to his foreign contacts https://t.co/3mVpWHHbft
Note penalty on SF-86: pic.twitter.com/92qskgaEqm

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) July 13, 2017

Interesting Chris Hayes analysis. I assume that's just the sort of thing and investigator would notice, but who knows, right?

Fun times!

The hunt is on for the Don Jr. leaker. But every WH aide & admin ally seems to have a different theory. @swin24 + me https://t.co/yu1lugJike

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 13, 2017

When asked if the president was still hissing at the TV this week over the televised Trump Jr. coverage, one White House official confirmed that the president was still taking out his Russia-related frustrations on an inanimate object while bitterly watching the news.

“Yes,” the aide replied. “Very much…Growling.”

thought he didn't have time to watch the news

Only watches when he's turned werewolf apparently

old but first time i saw it

"Because I hate the Motherfucker, how's that?"

Patti LuPone has no chill when talking about Trump and I love it!!! pic.twitter.com/PzR1EciN6l

— Naomi (@NotADayGoesBy_) June 14, 2017

OOOOH

incredible that after all this Don Jr. still has no clue what he did wrong and still laments the fact that he didn't get that sweet Hillary dirt he was promised

the thing about that is he never had get the dirt . All he had to do was promise some reimbursement that gave the green light for wiki leaks or whatever to disseminate the info. The russians were smart enough not to trust this bumbling idiot with anything.

I'm finding it difficult to find previous comment on Chris Wray on the search engine here.
Is he thought of as ok? Or is that moot in a Trump nominee.

the dems seem to like him enough i guess

His law firm represents Rosneft and Gazprom, two of Russia’s largest state-controlled oil companies. I'd think Trump could have found someone without those ties, but I should just give up thinking this administration has any concerns about the optics of anything. Beyond that, I don't know either. I watched part of his hearing, he seems okay enough.

because he's a Trump nominee it's safe to assume a) he's horrible/incompetent and b) he will get confirmed

Sessions definitely lied on his security clearance:

Aaand the DOJ has released a single page of Sessions' SF86. Box checked "no" on q about having contact w/foreign government in last 7 years. pic.twitter.com/5fI016nuH8

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 13, 2017

Did you say 7 years? Oh, I thought you meant 7 days! My bad.

if only there were consequences for that

It would've really sucked for Sessions if there were still rules or punishments meted out when those rules are broken. Whew!

I guess these white boxes are going to be the new standard for redaction style in opaque governance?

Like, seriously, just shred the goddamn regulations once you've made clear your intention to not enforce them. What's even the fucking point.

rules for thee but not for me

I wonder how much McConnell is hanging Cruz out to dry by letting him get this amendment on. He's an oily motherfucker, can totally see him setting Cruz up as the guy that tanked any chance of its passage.

giving a sick, screaming baby whiskey

nominate for the next thread title

also Patty LuPone is a goddess

rules for thee but not for me

― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:40 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

from Joe Carducci's Enter Naomi: SST and All That, the phrase that probably best defines the Trump era:

the word "Fascismo," one of the old SST buzzwords,
generally used as a begrudging compliment, coined by Mugger or maybe
Chuck Biscuits, derived from the Dukowski maxim, "Anarchy for me,
Fascism for you."

oh man that is so otm

Are security clearances just a formality now or something?

yeah i picked one up the other day

BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says he is asking Donald Trump Jr. to testify; will subpoena if necessary.

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 13, 2017

Do you know who my dad is?

Yam and Macron visited Napoleon's tomb [yr joke here]

Trump's going to finally figure out how to draw attention away from his hands

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e1/46/98/e1469814ba7e883e85ebed69bbdc56c0.jpg

http://wallaroundtrump.com/wep/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/trumpolean-md.jpg

It's still incredible to me how brazenly ineffective the Democrats are at being an opposition pic.twitter.com/jzh52EZEBA

— Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) July 13, 2017

TBF, owning Trump & co. as hard as they own themselves would be quite a feat. And even their self-owns don't seem to amount to a hill of beans.

It's like planning some sweet revenge on a shitty neighbor who first burns his own house down and then takes advantage of your awestruck amazement at his self-inflicted comeuppance to sneak in your back door and take your house from you.

Schumer and Pelosi have pulled p much every obstructionist trick there is and kept their caucuses voting together consistently.

maybe Tim Kaine shd tell people that "bipartisanship" would be a disaster

fat lot of good the procedural lockstep is worth if they keep backing loser policies

After declaring remarks off the record, Trump asked @maggieNYT why she didn't publish them, per pool report pic.twitter.com/e8EqKiUEiY

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) July 13, 2017

at this point i'm amazed we managed to ever have institutions of any kind at all that any period of stability or sense was totally anomalous

is there like a democratic party leadership that is coordinating messaging around the criminal implosion of the GOP or is it just twitter

— John Cook (@johnjcook) July 11, 2017

heaven forbid they beat the drum

it must be 'too early'

what does "criminal implosion of the GOP" mean

Huckleberry to the rescue lol

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-to-release-new-gop-health-plan-allowing-bare-bones-insurance-policies/2017/07/13/8f0509c4-67bb-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_mcconnell-1110am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.7e849f03aeff

So reassuring!

Trump says Don Jr. met with "not a government lawyer but a Russian lawyer."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 13, 2017

"Politics is not the nicest business in the world," Trump says of offering dirt on opponents, even from a foreign adversary

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 13, 2017

"My son is a great young man, he's a fine person," Trump says. .... "....and nothing came of the meeting."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 13, 2017

heaven forbid they beat the drum
it must be 'too early'
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:54 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Better not be seen placing a thumb on the scales, better make sure the whole gang of eight is on board b4 getting carried away

So does that mean those who attempt murder aren't guilty of anything except failing?

xp

I know I've said it before, but I'm hard-pressed to think of a more damning indictment of someone's character than an endorsement from Donald Trump.

Socks and sandals comes close

The biggest problem I see with Kaine's strategy is that he is still thinking in terms of "how can we get the other side to work with us" rather than "how can we stop these morons and monsters from harming their constituents"

The russians were smart enough not to trust this bumbling idiot with anything

right now they honestly seem to be making a good case for themselves as competent hands at the till