Abulsme.com: November 2016

@abulsme tweets from 2016-11-18 (UTC)

00:03:06 Retweeted @APDiploWriter 2016-11-17 23:11:32 .@statedeptspox says Trump transition team now in contact with @StateDept
00:05:00 Retweeted @W7VOA 00:01:57 Initial briefing of @realDonaldTrump transition team at @DeptofDefense expected to occur tomorrow. https://t.co/9AgqHYXnAN
00:27:16 Retweeted @doctorow 00:00:09 This is fine
https://t.co/AAZYNemJXs https://t.co/gLQfXx0eTh
01:50:18 Listening to Conversations with Bill Kristol Steven F. Hayward
via iCatcher! https://t.co/yrVw6FsxOR
02:14:25 Listening to KCRW's Left, Right & Center President Trump for the win
via iCatcher! https://t.co/zVHA5q9Gh6
05:15:10 Retweeted @AnnieLowrey 2016-11-17 15:20:04 Just to drive the point home: Trump has been talking to world leaders on unsecured lines without being briefed or prepped for the calls.
05:27:18 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 2016-05-09 00:42:57 Reporters covering Trump should familiarize themselves with вЂњprivileging the lieвЂќ https://t.co/JqSWZnLxg3 https://t.co/aSmzSfDweJ
05:27:46 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 04:57:20 Oliver is chronicling news companies that are just running with Trump’s lie. This is predictable and disastrous. https://t.co/PcIHUqAbqW in reply to jamisonfoser
05:27:49 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 04:58:22 If you are in a position of leadership in a newsroom and you aren’t immediately putting in place rules to prevent this, you’re fucking up. in reply to jamisonfoser
05:34:54 Retweeted @20committee 02:46:48 Heads of NATO security services (note plural) tell me — not only did Mike Flynn take Kremlin $ (ie RT), so did his son. Seems important.
06:10:36 Retweeted @Lee_Rosenberg 05:45:56 America's about to find out that running the country like a business doesn't make it more efficient, it makes the people running it richer
15:40:38 Reading – Is the Slide Into Tribal Politics Inevitable? (Brendan Nyhan) https://t.co/CeUZ7u5pJW
15:47:23 Reading – We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump. (Sarah Kendzior) https://t.co/fc6XQR7SlD
15:54:31 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 2016-11-17 06:00:34 Just found out my paternal grandfather shares his birthday with Frodo & Bilbo Baggins, it's official – I'm a hobbit
16:46:24 Reading – Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case (Kenneth Lovett) https://t.co/qKS76ph1P9
16:50:58 Retweeted @mattmfm 12:23:06 Every single one of these headlines is completely wrong, easily fact checked, and peddling a fake news story spreadвЂ¦ https://t.co/9v541z5WmA
16:52:44 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 15:39:28 Just what I wanted in middle-age after living through the Cold War: the global rise of ignorant nationalism and a crisis of democracy.
20:55:55 Watching – Doctor Who Xmas Sneak Peek in Full (BBC Children in Need) https://t.co/UatqcK2rJO
23:15:38 Retweeted @StevenTDennis 22:24:13 Jeff Sessions is now very close to a total lock for confirmation. Manchin (via @SalenaZito), Collins, Flake, Toomey etc on board.
23:17:32 Retweeted @MicahZenko 16:57:21 Every name confirmed or floated for FP positions in Trump admin support deeper US military intervention in Syria, and regime change in Iran.
23:36:52 Listening to Ep. 786 Why the Electoral College Is Great, and No One Should Even Think About Abolishing It https://t.co/LKxuACvf47
23:59:28 Retweeted @justinamash 18:13:32 Unlike the CIA director, the AG has a lot of independent policy authority and prosecutorial discretion. I'm deeply concerned about Sessions.

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2016-11-17 (UTC)

15:47:51 Yup, still waiting on Michigan. https://t.co/gmUwTGqJr4

@abulsme tweets from 2016-11-17 (UTC)

00:00:39 Reading – It Looks Like the Filibuster Is Going to Survive (Jordan Weissmann) https://t.co/f8jDdfowoJ
02:25:38 Retweeted @mattyglesias 00:01:52 Is Donald Trump conducting official business over an unsecured private telephone system rather than using appropriate equipment?
02:25:44 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:18:57 Thank goodness the Clintons, with their private email server, will no longer be running the government. https://t.co/sFa9DJRqEE
02:31:44 Retweeted @williamjordann 2016-11-14 21:29:33 Mocked it up on a whim, but at a glance, data seems pretty consistent with *lack of post-Comey polling* as big partвЂ¦ https://t.co/ivWWfaNRRb
03:59:40 Retweeted @EricKleefeld 03:22:17 The next Natl Security Adviser has literally been paid by Russian propagandists. @DefenseBaron @kwelkernbc @GenFlynn https://t.co/u9Y3nVWxna in reply to DefenseBaron
03:59:54 Retweeted @saletan 03:51:18 If we ever managed to plant one of our guys that deep in the Kremlin, the high-fives at Langley would be unbelievabвЂ¦ https://t.co/odMFrSBGmY
04:54:18 Retweeted @sahilkapur 03:34:53 This explains so much. Donald Trump won the election in the final days. https://t.co/49z2qwscW1
04:55:59 Retweeted @chrislhayes 04:18:04 So Bannon thinks we should ditch Turkey as an ally and Flynn is getting paid by Turkish interests. #TeamofRivals
05:07:29 Retweeted @bad_takes 02:37:42 Trump surrogates are already citing Japanese internment camps from WW II as "precedent" for Muslim registry https://t.co/DVnjtom0mc
13:09:05 Retweeted @AthertonKD 13:00:09 This sort of compromise isn't new for the Democratic Party, 15 years into the "War on Terror." Read this thread: https://t.co/LF9Igm3CCX in reply to AthertonKD
14:11:24 Reading – Facebook fake-news writer: вЂI think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ (Caitlin Dewey) https://t.co/izZdSaqJIx
16:37:04 Retweeted @TheWookieeRoars 15:23:58 Happy Life Day! https://t.co/5EpFM7W4Ll
17:50:22 Long but worth reading, even if you disagree -> You Are Still Crying Wolf (Scott Alexander) https://t.co/D47axF4RBo
22:19:48 Reading – The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends (Mooney/Samenow) https://t.co/Za9RtK1w4D
22:20:30 Retweeted @davidaxelrod 13:22:30 Lots of reasons to be concerned about @realDonaldTrump transition but the pace of announcements isn't one of them. That's not a fair shot.
22:22:23 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 21:41:12 Newt Gingrich confirms to NBC News he will not be in Trump’s cabinet; says he wants to focus on "strategic planningвЂ¦ https://t.co/PSCgs1D73h
22:52:28 Retweeted @ZeddRebel 15:09:45 No, really, we just wasted 4 years over Hillary's private server and now Prez-Elect Trump is talking to world leaders on his private phone. in reply to ZeddRebel
23:00:45 Reading – Heroic Geocacher’s Save Woman’s Life (Andrew Baldwin) https://t.co/nNtWvrYRou
23:43:49 Retweeted @morningmoneyben 23:05:40 Source on the Trump transition team to me today: "There is only one person on earth who knows what's actually gonna happen."
23:43:53 Retweeted @darth 23:10:45 putin? https://t.co/AvoIyJZVZi

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2016-11-16 (UTC)

00:13:06 A week since polls started to close. Still no Michigan call. We’ll keep watching until that happens & the EC votes. https://t.co/gmUwTGqJr4

@abulsme tweets from 2016-11-16 (UTC)

01:13:52 Retweeted @imbou 01:12:49 @abulsme he is right. Hillary has the means to defend herself and it will show Trump as a vindictive ass. Pardon Snowden let him come home in reply to abulsme
01:19:18 Reading – Donald Trump's Transition Team, Or Lack Thereof, Is Causing Real Panic (Stein/Reilly) https://t.co/J6NQoD8Vag
03:05:15 Retweeted @ndrew_lawrence 02:59:14 I'm actually half-expecting him to turn this into a TV show where the winners are chosen by who eats the most scorpвЂ¦ https://t.co/B1r0OWJsqw
03:17:29 Retweeted @ananavarro 03:00:22 God help us. He thinks it's The Apprentice. https://t.co/4E4TrQ144K
03:24:53 Retweeted @Lawrence 2016-11-15 17:01:44 Shhhh don't tell Team Trump every senate confirmation requires FBI background check & tax returns. Let them find out the hard way.
03:34:02 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:47:58 Glad Facebook got around to cutting off supply of fake news and Twitter stopped producing alt right hate bots before anything bad happened.
03:58:23 Retweeted @FrankConniff 2016-11-15 17:44:14 When I think of how close we came to electing a President who had once used a private email server, it just terrifies me.
05:46:32 Retweeted @RGolanVilella 02:41:15 I deeply regret ever making this joke https://t.co/YcCkMBMgcK
06:07:39 Reading – Republicans Fail the First Test (Jay Cobb) https://t.co/kOr64yAy6V
11:47:11 Retweeted @hormiga 2016-11-15 19:39:28 Sincere question: Is there an academic who studies autocracies, kleptocracies, and fascist states who does not see the US on this path?
11:47:21 Retweeted @hormiga 2016-11-15 19:50:50 As academics, let's listen to historians, economists, and social theorists to understand this moment. They are not saying "Wait and see." in reply to hormiga
11:47:28 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 2016-11-15 23:29:11 @hormiga Every academic studying authoritarian regimes I've spoken to believes we are on this path. We are all working overtime to stop it. in reply to hormiga
16:50:42 Retweeted @hannahmosk 2016-11-14 02:45:09 well. i got my first response.
no dear ms. moskowitz, either. how rude. https://t.co/U6gudcJ7az in reply to hannahmosk
16:56:01 Reading – Pence guts roster of Trump policy teams (Nancy Cook) https://t.co/afabrAP4CX
17:03:40 Reading – Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds (Wong/Levin/Solon) https://t.co/rLkWr8hEBJ
17:09:48 Reading – Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power (Farhad Manjoo) https://t.co/zpPYyfhpHe
18:47:40 Reading – The New Touch-Bar-Equipped MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac (John Gruber) https://t.co/OHAvWj8hOw
19:00:52 Listening to Reveal The secret Trump voter
via iCatcher! https://t.co/AYlhAuqLBl
19:25:33 Reading – Renegade Facebook Employees Form Task Force To Battle Fake News (Sheera Frenkel) https://t.co/HH5N1bbtKd
19:26:03 Retweeted @asnoel 2016-11-09 06:37:20 Richard Engel just said on NBC that some generals are reading the Constitution to determine their authority to override the President. Wow.
22:17:08 Reading – The forecasts were wrong. Trump won. What happened? (Drew, Votamatic) https://t.co/dNW8Kss02K
22:26:21 Reading – I told conservatives to work for Trump. One talk with his team changed my mind. (Eliot A. Cohen) https://t.co/Lks59LOJ6T
23:09:05 Reading – Trump Says Transition’s Going вЂSmoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports (Michael Shear) https://t.co/iBQIXwwqNS
23:18:45 Reading – Are You Fucking Kidding Me (Things Hillary Clinton Can't Say) https://t.co/MWadmaCmHC
23:20:05 Retweeted @Alyssa_Milano 22:43:31 This is exactly how my parents feel. https://t.co/D08ZZhdy23
23:29:25 Retweeted @NoahShachtman 12:57:05 WH "chief strategist" Steve Bannon likely can't pass the standard background check needed to work in the West Wing. https://t.co/pL7BfmNsd4
23:43:47 Reading – Donald Trump’s First, Alarming Week as President-Elect (Ryan Lizza) https://t.co/ymDmNvyll9

@abulsme tweets from 2016-11-15 (UTC)

03:12:14 Reading – The Real Forgotten Man Of 2016 Was Bill Clinton (Ben Domenech) https://t.co/eYpNdJAclO
04:04:27 [Blog Post] Two Hobbits https://t.co/7DATi89sXI
15:49:15 Reading – Trump Staff Shake-Up Slows Transition to Near Halt (Julie Davis) https://t.co/eOPqfLvkAx
17:02:01 Retweeted @jayrosen_nyu 03:55:32 Please update your assumptions more quickly. The whole idea that negative news stories = damaged political fortunesвЂ¦ https://t.co/mbyMbMaYmk
17:34:52 Retweeted @JustinBrannan 2016-11-10 23:18:05 There are 2 bald eagles trapped in a Florida sewer drain. This is more allegory than I can handle right now. https://t.co/5f6YPHv7rB
18:05:10 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 96 – Michael Morell
via iCatcher! https://t.co/NIQHxVeGKd
20:27:29 Retweeted @moshekasher 19:30:22 Alright, God that's a little heavy handed. https://t.co/AdmhId2uiC
20:47:20 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 20:09:15 Trump/Pence have gotten their first Presidential Daily Briefing sources with knowledge tell @KellyO
22:55:30 Reading – For the Good of the Nation President Obama Must Martyr Hillary Clinton, Not Pardon Her (Goldy) https://t.co/2r56mEWfnj

Two Hobbits

Alex and I finished The Hobbit this weekend.

My dad and I finished it about 38 years ago.

This makes me very happy.

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2016-11-14 (UTC)

19:02:18 Yup, still waiting for CNN to call Michigan. https://t.co/gmUwTGqJr4

@abulsme tweets from 2016-11-14 (UTC)

00:05:53 Retweeted @BNONews 00:04:17 BREAKING: Trump, on pledge to appoint special prosecutor to investigate Clintons, says "I don't want to hurt them. They're good people"
00:39:50 Retweeted @rebeccagberg 00:30:43 Asked about hate speech by some of his supporters, Trump tells offenders to "stop it" https://t.co/go6uCGvBgR
01:02:11 Retweeted @melissagira 00:51:53 what. does. he. think. roe. VS. wade. IS https://t.co/jGOrrbRq19
01:58:58 Retweeted @DouthatNYT 01:48:19 Trump's kitchen cabinet could be Priebus, Conway, Bannon and … Obama:
https://t.co/wG5q9Uq6dy
03:53:32 Retweeted @AstroKatie 03:47:41 America, this thread is relevant to your interests. https://t.co/mcfdZgunjx
14:08:10 Reading – Pulling Democrats Back to вЂIt’s the Economy, Stupid’ (Jonathan Martin) https://t.co/HLUb42RRJj
14:14:57 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 13:53:38 Something I've heard come up a lot: Trump, if he wants, is well-positioned to suddenly believe stats he said were fвЂ¦ https://t.co/TJK0oHSgWH
14:21:05 Reading – Why are we so surprised? (Allen Downey) https://t.co/Pl845N1m3g
17:13:49 Retweeted @iboudway 2016-11-13 12:23:40 I made a diagram to help explain Facebook's attitude toward the news business: https://t.co/aH2Tq2sdUW
17:32:43 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 04:59:07 Rage does not work as political opposition. Moral high ground, peaceful engagement, asking respectful questions of opponents. These work.
17:32:47 Retweeted @lottelydia 17:10:29 As a historian, I would like to say: THIS IS TERRIBLE ADVICE. My evidence is: ALL OF HISTORY. https://t.co/hHRy2zcOcQ
18:06:16 Retweeted @politicalmath 17:55:00 GOP [out of power]: THE DEFICIT! THE DEBT!
GOP [in power]: lol just kidding (bathes in money) https://t.co/q0k34zxoSj
18:50:11 Retweeted @dooce 18:46:58 "Trump walked into the Oval Office like a two-pump-chump freshman thinking it was syllabus day, and what he got… https://t.co/qLYLhcPYJd
19:05:39 Retweeted @thedailybeast 18:57:05 BREAKING: Journalist Gwen Ifill dead at 61: https://t.co/NylLj8Y6zW https://t.co/2YTGrS0nYz
19:07:13 Retweeted @chucktodd 19:04:28 Just heartbroken about losing Gwen Ifill. She owned every beat she was on, whether at the @nytimes @NBCNews or @NewsHour or anywhere else
21:59:33 Retweeted @mikiebarb 21:34:24 Main Obama messages here: Trump will adapt to office and tone it down a bit; Obama legacy is largely safe; people need to vote, not whine.
23:31:16 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 23:28:39 Wait…Trump wants his kids, who are going to be running his company and not be in govt, to have top secret clearance? This man is insane.

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2016-11-13 (UTC)

00:09:29 Still waiting for Michigan. In the meantime, listen to my podcast for a preview of the post-mortem. https://t.co/gmUwTGqJr4
00:10:45 Retweeted @librab103 00:05:36 @ElecCollPolls everybody but AP has called it. in reply to ElecCollPolls
00:10:47 Retweeted @ElecCollPolls 00:10:36 .@librab103 I’m going by CNN. They don’t seem to have called it yet. If others have in the last few hours though, they probably will soon. in reply to librab103
00:20:14 .@librab103 Do you have a link? I just checked a handful of sites and none had called Michigan yet.
00:32:20 Retweeted @librab103 00:31:51 @ElectionGraphs more of unofficially calling MI. State EB looks like it will not be until the end of the month. in reply to ElectionGraphs
00:33:45 .@librab103 Right. Everybody has Trump ahead, but as far as I know nobody has officially "called it". That is what I am waiting for. in reply to librab103

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