Manafort says Cruz is using “Gestapo tactics” to win delegates
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) April 10, 2016
Manafort AKA the guy who was advising the Putin crony who unleashed snipers on Maidan protesters 2 years ago. https://t.co/47wuXx79P3
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) April 10, 2016
I’m an internet rando and I knew Manafort had shilled for Putin proxies the minute Trump promoted him. EVERYONE did. https://t.co/1NVt4GU9MQ
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) March 22, 2017
The tapdancing is so loud it’s hard to hear the answers.
Tragedy in London and Spicer is still trying to justify baseless conspiracy theories that included smearing British spy agencies.
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) March 22, 2017
“Several fires”? You mean the ones billowing clouds of toxic smoke from the seat of Sean Spicer’s pants? And various other Trump Admin officials?
Shorter Sean Spicer: it would be insane for Trump to have been aware of readily available public information about his campaign manager
— jesse (@jesseltaylor) March 22, 2017
Spicer: no, the president was not aware of paul’s clients from the past decade. (he was on the contract til at least 2014)
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 22, 2017
Spicer explains how he should have been “more precise” when he lied about Manafort’s “limited role”
Spicer explains how he should have been “more precise” when he lied about Manafort’s “limited role” pic.twitter.com/g1wrb15tDV
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) March 22, 2017
re: #2 jaunte
The tapdancing is so loud it’s hard to hear the answers.
This would be funny if it was on SNL as a skit.
But since Spicer is really addressing the press at the White House it is, well…SAD!
(Sure would be fun to be around some of the media types when they are out of ear-shot of Trumpians and hear what they have to say about all these lies Spicer floats at one of his dog and pony shows.)
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good point. Reading the account of the Westminster attack, I was struck by the swiftness and efficiency of the police/counterterror forces in protecting Parliament and the public.
re: #8 ObserverArt
This would be funny if it was on SNL as a skit.
But since Spicer is really addressing the press at the White House it is, well…SAD!
(Sure would be fun to be around some of the media types when they are out of ear-shot of Trumpians and hear what they have to say about all these lies Spicer floats at one of his dog and pony shows.)
What I really want is for the media to more energetically report Trump/Spicer lies as the lies that they are. Giving this administration the benefit of the doubt for ambiguous statements etc. is idiotic.
You have to be kidding me?!: Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan https://t.co/uSm2pwRTjO
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 22, 2017
Sweetie, just be quiet and let the adults work. Nobody needs commentary from the spoiled brat peanut gallery. https://t.co/byx4TJoUIC
— Jill S. Russell (@jsargentr) March 22, 2017
@Green_Footballs
. pic.twitter.com/SnpRmMVT7J— Think B4U Tweet (@IRaiseUFacts) March 22, 2017
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we are currently being governed by the comments section.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 20, 2017
Spicer may not be lying when he says “How could Trump have possibly know about that!” when we now know that Trump only learned yesterday that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we are currently being governed by the comments section.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 20, 2017
The Stormfront comments section, to be precise. @JoyAnnReid https://t.co/EE9dHwPRXu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 22, 2017
At some point, we’re going to need a running tally on the Malicious vs Incompetent scale for the Trump Administration. It seems their general incompetence has undermined their general maliciousness. We have to wonder how much longer that will hold.
Spicer says Trump wasn’t aware of Manafort’s past pro-Russia clients.
— Anthony De Rosa 🗽 (@Anthony) March 22, 2017
If the reason Trump can say he wasn’t aware is Manafort deliberately never registered as a foreign agent, welp that’s why they’re surveilled https://t.co/6nzydmiQjb
— Rev. Magdalen (@revmagdalen) March 22, 2017
re: #14 The Vicious Babushka
Spicer may not be lying when he says “How could Trump have possibly know about that!” when we now know that Trump only learned yesterday that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.
It’s an easy mistake. I’m sure most of the Republicans Trump knows hate Lincoln because they are confederates.
Trump cultists actually believe the Fuhrer has been vindicated by Nunes’ latest bullshit revelation.
“It would be highly irresponsible for us to get ahed of British officials.” - Spicer, who falsely accused UK intelligence of spying on Trump
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) March 22, 2017
The house is on fire, Trump is running around with a box of matches, and the GOP demands to know who called the fire department.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 20, 2017
Spicer unwilling to vouch for the Trump Administration.
By tonight, Trump will be tweeting that he doesn’t know who Nunes is.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) March 22, 2017
re: #13 Interesting Times
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we are currently being governed by the comments section.
People like Breitbart and Drudge figured out that if you just float a story, no matter how preposterous, out there long enough, it will get picked up, discussed and disseminated by major news networks as if it had any real merit.
And that is one of the things historians will point to when they analyze the decline and fall of the American empire.
BREAKING: White House: House intel chair Nunes to brief Trump Wednesday on possible monitoring of Trump associates.
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) March 22, 2017
Why does Nunes need to “brief” Trump on intelligence that the president should have access to? This is just grandstanding #vf! https://t.co/dii9Vubgzu
— Apparent Steve (@Steverocks35) March 22, 2017
re: #22 jaunte
Spicer unwilling to vouch for the Trump Administration.
Impressive. I didn’t know there existed a lie that Spicer would not happily tell.
Profile piece on Manafort from 03/05/14
Mystery man: Ukraine’s U.S. fixer https://t.co/UI7RVIYykf— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 22, 2017
Would Trump have hired Manafort if he’d known he’d been paid $10 million to help advance Putin’s interests in 2005?
Spicer: I don’t know.— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 22, 2017
re: #26 EPR-radar
In effect “who knows what those people I work with have been up to; they filled out papers.”
re: #10 EPR-radar
What I really want is for the media to more energetically report Trump/Spicer lies as the lies that they are. Giving this administration the benefit of the doubt for ambiguous statements etc. is idiotic.
Yeah, that too.
Hopefully it is media constipation and they just need someone to step up and tell it like it is and then they all get on with it.
It always seems like they are scared of Trump and his wrecking ball ways where he will take it to their bosses and they fear they lose their jobs. Spineless would be a good word, but there is no indication of any actual structural bones in any many of them.
The German press comes over and gets right to it. Our’s hold back and look at each other waiting for someone to allow them to actually ask tough questions and report.
re: #25 FormerDirtDart
Why does Nunes need to “brief” Trump on intelligence that the president should have access to? This is just grandstanding
Ever since DT make his wiretapping claims, people have been scrambling to find something that would lend them some image of substance. This is close enough.
Said this before last summer, but I’ll say it again:
I’m honestly surprised that European music festivals have managed to avoid being targeted by these miscreants. But, as we all know, it’s only a matter of time until a leading music festival like Roskilde, Pukkelpop, Glastonbury, or Parklife (to name a few) are targeted.
Cornyn: If GOP fails to deliver on O’care, town hall crowds could change from anti-Trump liberals to GOP base “showing up with pitchforks.”
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 22, 2017
Nuking your credibility is the hot new trend among Republicans.
re: #33 jaunte
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The real read from this: Cornyn saying vote for the bill because Republicans can ignore liberals, but they can’t afford to piss off their base.
Spicer doesn’t know about any future rallies. Suggests reporters check “the campaign website”.
— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) March 22, 2017
So, they’re not really going to ask for a stay pending appeal. Just technically.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 22, 2017
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Can anyone remember a president who hasn’t even made it through his First 100 Days…having a campaign website that his press secretary can direct reporters to?
re: #32 electrotek
Said this before last summer, but I’ll say it again:
I’m honestly surprised that European music festivals have managed to avoid being targeted by these miscreants. But, as we all know, it’s only a matter of time until a leading music festival like Roskilde, Pukkelpop, Glastonbury, or Parklife (to name a few) are targeted.
Germany was terribly concerned about the safety of its Karneval celebrations in February, especially after the incident at the Berlin Christmas market, but nothing happened there beyond a lot of drunk revellers with death-dealing hangovers at the end of it all.
Well, you just know Abbot will be screaming for legislation shortly, to deny municipalities the authority to issue ID…
Dallas proposes ID cards for undocumented immigrants https://t.co/LBCFnHTs9z
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 22, 2017
“…Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has proposed offering identification cards to all of the city’s residents, including undocumented immigrants. Doing so would not only grant Dallas’ large population of Mexican immigrants free access to government or other municipal services but also formally involve them in the local economy, Rawlings told local reporters Tuesday.
The photo IDs would give undocumented immigrants who don’t have access to other forms of formal identification the ability to cash checks, pursue legal employment and acquire library cards.
The ID cards could also provide undocumented immigrants an avenue to open bank accounts in addition to giving them a way to identify themselves to local law enforcement officers, Liz cedilla-Pereira, head of Dallas’ Office of Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs, told Dallas News…”
re: #4 Jay C
“Several fires”? You mean the ones billowing clouds of toxic smoke from the seat of Sean Spicer’s pants? And various other Trump Admin officials?
That’s an amusing pic. I get this other vision of an Iranian propaganda missile photoshop as applied to dumpster fires.
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
Now in Germany, all citizens have a personal ID, and foreigners are required to present a passport and proof of legal residencebefore they can open a bank account, register a vehicle, sign a lease or employment contract, even buy or lease a cell phone.
FYI: @SenateGOP will vote this week to allow Internet providers to sell your personal info to the highest bidder. Protect #BroadbandPrivacy
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 22, 2017
re: #34 Targetpractice
The real read from this: Cornyn saying vote for the bill because Republicans can ignore liberals, but they can’t afford to piss off their base.
That is sort of politics 101 though. You don’t really worry about the complaints from the guy who isn’t ever going to vote for you.
“passing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the rules — would effectively permanently ban the FCC from ever writing new privacy rules.”
act.eff.org
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
Well, you just know Abbot will be screaming for legislation shortly, to deny municipalities the authority to issue ID…
He’s basically asked for legislation that says that the state preempts any local ordinances.
re: #43 KGxvi
That is sort of politics 101 though. You don’t really worry about the complaints from the guy who isn’t ever going to vote for you.
Nor do you try to appeal to them during a campaign.
re: #34 Targetpractice
The real read from this: Cornyn saying vote for the bill because Republicans can ignore liberals, but they can’t afford to piss off their base.
And this is different from Republican attitudes for the last several decades HOW?
(the only difference is that right now, a few GOPers are starting to get a glimmer that their “base” aren’t always a rock-solid bloc of reflexive RW obsessives, Too few, IMO, and a fairly dim glimmer, but there’s always room for improvement)
The donor class may appear with virtual pitchforks if the AHCA doesn’t happen, but the real trouble for R’s will come from their base if it does pass.
Absolutely pic.twitter.com/Dzw1FilGgB
— Brasilmagic (@Brasilmagic) March 22, 2017
re: #48 jaunte
Magic 8 Ball says: Outcome Hazy.
Much more likely, GOP blames Obama and these rubes go for it. They’ll blame Obama for their own failings, because that’s how the Party of Personal Responsibility rolls in the Shire.
Heck, I had someone claiming that half the people on Obamacare had coverage previously, and were swapping one coverage for another. That’s factually impossible, given that the uninsured rate dropped as it did. If you’re swapping coverage, then there’s no change - you’d still be covered.
white supremacist murders black man, @aidanlaughlin proceeds to list black victims unrelated priors & recap unrelated crime by black person pic.twitter.com/w5UYCbXiQj
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2017
BREAKING: White House: House intel chair Nunes to brief Trump Wednesday on possible monitoring of Trump associates.
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) March 22, 2017
which means the chair of committee investigating Trump/Russia is brieifing Trump on Trump/Russia https://t.co/zr0cuzTPm4
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 22, 2017
Of course because suspects are always regularly briefed about how investigations are going. https://t.co/iuAOtT1ZdI
— Pierre Omidyar (@pierre) March 22, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Trump sends his lawyers after a teen who, to practice coding, made a silly site where kittens punch him https://t.co/gPc0egvNh9 pic.twitter.com/hFYrBzSUFk
— Sage Lazzaro (@SageLazzaro) March 21, 2017
Here’s @PressSec mocking the idea the Trump campaign should’ve known former chairman Manafort was once paid to advance Putin’s interests
Here’s @PressSec mocking the idea the Trump campaign should’ve known former chairman Manafort was once paid to advance Putin’s interests pic.twitter.com/qPRbHNGZhN
— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 22, 2017
If a guy like Manafort made $10 MILLION A YEAR to “benefit Putin” imagine what an entire grifter family could bring in.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 22, 2017
Sasse: What questions should be put to future Supreme Court nominees? Gorsuch: Grateful for question, won’t answer viz separation of powers.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 22, 2017
Sasse: How do you understand American exceptionalism? Gorsuch: Means many things to many people, but don’t want to get involved in politics.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 22, 2017
Gorsuch praises the Declaration of Independence “with all apologies to my British wife.” Notes it isn’t law, though.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 22, 2017
good to see this hearing is being all serious…
re: #33 jaunte
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@PatrickSvitek And so they should pander to the violent sociopaths, rather than back down on their wicked plan when sane people protest?
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 22, 2017
re: #55 jaunte
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Even more ridiculous, the Trump lawyers apparently wanted to collect royalties for the use of the Royal name & visage.
“Royalties for the royal name”
I amaze myself sometimes.
@eclecticbrotha How often is the subject of an investigation briefed on possible evidence?
— Blackius Maximus (@BlackiusMaximus) March 22, 2017
It usually happens in every movie about well connected mobsters. https://t.co/S3VwMxIght
— Doc McStabby (@eclecticbrotha) March 22, 2017
Ha:
Nunes told @deirdrewalshcnn that he did NOT discuss his incidental collection findings today with Schiff, the ranking Dem
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 22, 2017
But Nunes told Ryan, went public, and trotted off to the White House? These are clear signs he is using this as political ammo. https://t.co/giSH9FXTtr
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 22, 2017
Two sentence readout just released by @WhiteHouse on @POTUS-@theresa_may phone call. pic.twitter.com/TOpgecl6Dv
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 22, 2017
@KenDilanianNBC @Wilson__Valdez Amazing how many people are missing the point: turning a tragic attack like this into an existential crisis is exact aim of terrorism
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 22, 2017
Not to make light of how terrible the attack in London is at all. But it’s amazing how many people want things to go into immediate lockdown the moment the word ‘terrorist’ passes by someone’s lips. Like…that’s the exact purpose of terrorism: to scare the shit out of a lot of people with minimal effort and get them to take drastic actions under the assumption of asymmetric and or indiscriminate threat. Treat it as a crime, rather than an existential societal crisis, and you defang the broader scope of terrorism. That doesn’t preclude treating it as a serious crime, with extensive investigation and hunt. But it also doesn’t mean turning on the war machine because of one small scope attack.
And yeah, I get that it was the fucking Parliament building. But why was there less concern about the broader scope of things when an actual MP, Jo Cox, was shot and killed by a crazy Brexit supporter? At least, to the extent people are trying to extrapolate the meaning of this attack?
Spicer can dodge and weave, but there’s inescapable facts. Trump knew Manafort for years. Ditto for Stone. They all know each other through Roy Cohn.
Trump has known Manafort since the 1980s, when he was partners with Roger Stone. Roy Cohn introduced Trump to Stone during that decade.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 22, 2017
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
@mkraju @deirdrewalshcnn It looks like the Republicans are all either totally-corrupt or completely-delusional at this point.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 22, 2017
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
NEW: “What I’ve read seems to be some level of surveillance activity, perhaps legal, but I don’t know that it’s right,” Rep. Nunes says.
NEW: “What I’ve read seems to be some level of surveillance activity, perhaps legal, but I don’t know that it’s right,” Rep. Nunes says. pic.twitter.com/wHz3nIwvVX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 22, 2017
Spicer: “All of the questions are in the presumptive negative towards us as opposed to, ‘Why was this [surveillance] taking place?’”
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) March 22, 2017
Just spitballing, but maybe because your campaign chairman was a Russian agent? https://t.co/Qubk9lByZR
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 22, 2017
re: #72 FormerDirtDart
“So, we’ll go to the president, have him declare all of them illegal, and then everything will be OK.”
Mid day “Awwwwww”
“Harry Potter” star Jim Tavaré reunited with his “best friend” after being hospitalized following a bad car crash https://t.co/9j2lbM48o3 pic.twitter.com/9UKnYoYnf0
— Page Six (@PageSix) March 22, 2017
Nunes says info on incidental surveillance “goes beyond” Flynn. Suggests Trump team were caught up in valid surveillance but were “unmasked”
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) March 22, 2017
re: #38 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germany was terribly concerned about the safety of its Karneval celebrations in February, especially after the incident at the Berlin Christmas market, but nothing happened there beyond a lot of drunk revellers with death-dealing hangovers at the end of it all.
Whew.
*blink*
Asked why it is OK to brief Trump on revelation today, Nunes says its not Russia related so that’s why
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 22, 2017
re: #43 KGxvi
That is sort of politics 101 though. You don’t really worry about the complaints from the guy who isn’t ever going to vote for you.
But you gotta wonder what happens when they pass the bill to make their base happy, and then a large percentage of the base lose any coverage they might have.
I think it’s gonna end in pitchforks either way. They’ve painted themselves into a lose-lose situation.
re: #79 makeitstop
But you gotta wonder what happens when they pass the bill to make their base happy, and then a large percentage of the base lose any coverage they might have.
I think it’s gonna end in pitchforks either way. They’ve painted themselves into a lose-lose situation.
Let’s hope so.