Abulsme.com: December 2016

Curmudgeon’s Corner: You can do that?

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s biggest topic is of course Russia Russia Russia, as we discuss all of this last week’s hubbub about Russian interference with the election, and everybody’s responses to that. But we also take one last look at the Electoral College before they vote, and do a segment on Apple products. Rounding it out, we cover being sick, taking parents or kids to work, the drama over the North Carolina governorship, Ivanka as First Lady, and more…

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Show Details:

Recorded 2016-12-17
Length this week – 2:25:37

(0:00:10-0:17:15) But First
- Agenda
- Everybody sick
- The unknown friend
- Bring parents/children to work days
- Sick kids at school
- Salt rooms
(0:18:00-1:03:59) Russia Russia Russia
- Didn’t we know this?
- Intentional misdirection?
- Was it decisive? Does it matter?
- Clinton team blaming everything but themselves
- Obama’s response
- Tillerson Nomination
- Hacking vs Disinformation/Propaganda
- Republican response
- Retaliation?
- Snowden Comparison
- Trump denial/connection?]
(1:04:38-1:29:35) Electoral College
- Hamilton Electors
- How many will be faithless?
- Who will they vote for?
- Record number of faithless electors?
- House scenarios
- State binding laws
(1:30:44-1:53:57) Apple Stuff
- New TV app
- MacBook Pro battery
- Ivan’s iPad Pro
- iPhone 6s batteries
- Apple News
- AllSides
(1:54:37-2:25:17) Lightning Round
- North Carolina Governor drama
- Some more Trump appointments
- Facebook fake news effort
- Sam and Brandy donations
- Ivanka as First Lady
- Trump can’t divest?
- China goading Trump?
- Trump Tower visitors
- Future of Obamacare

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@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-16 (UTC)

00:43:12 Retweeted @KIRO7Seattle 00:36:42 #BREAKING: @WoodlandParkZoo: fire crew only have access to bldg. to evacuate animals. Also one person reportedly inвЂ¦ https://t.co/xMdQhbK81w
00:46:51 Retweeted @NBCNightlyNews 2016-12-15 23:43:44 “They thought [Clinton] was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road,” one US official asserts to @NBCNightlyNews. in reply to NBCNightlyNews
00:48:26 Retweeted @RubinReport 00:30:59 And now Obama press conference tomorrow. I sense a disturbance in the Force… https://t.co/0jIQy8Ff8W
01:24:37 Listening to Planet Money #592: Bell Wars
via iCatcher! https://t.co/t9Lrz4qzxG
02:21:10 Retweeted @FINALLEVEL 00:57:31 I just got call to perform at the InaugurationвЂ¦. I didn’t pick up and Blocked the number.
04:04:09 Retweeted @peterdaou 2016-12-14 17:11:57 If Trump had won by 3 million votes, lost electoral college by 80K and Russia had hacked RNC, Republicans would have SHUT DOWN AMERICA.
04:04:46 Retweeted @SteveKopack 02:22:26 Trump will NOT divest from his businesses, WSJ’s Monica Langley reports. Concern from Trump Org. was that it would be “fire sale”
04:09:46 Retweeted @DavidKlion 00:51:12 I wrote a bit of a rant on someone’s Facebook wall regarding the GOP’s attitude toward “norms” going back two decadвЂ¦ https://t.co/U96InCFqJi
04:19:16 Reading – Swedish towns told to ‘make preparations regarding the threat of war and conflict’ with Russia (Orange) https://t.co/E9S9JSyuEr
04:33:54 Retweeted @GaryKIRO7 04:32:08 Update on Woodland Park Zoo fire.. Six hibernating turtles were inside burning building. Zoo officials say they don’t know if they survived.
04:46:42 Retweeted @HeerJeet 04:30:58 Honestly, Trump’s pick to head National Endowment for the Arts has to be the Dilbert guy.
06:09:31 Retweeted @smotus 06:06:32 There’s a lesson somewhere in here about polling… https://t.co/RX9iDOFgan
06:09:41 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 2016-12-14 18:57:58 As a reporter, I say this: If reporters say they were not responsible for aiding a Russian disinformation campaign, they are ignorant fools.
06:42:47 Reading – We need an independent, public investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal. Now. (Paul Waldman) https://t.co/fGUyQrWqg5
06:50:57 Retweeted @vaporwavewitch 2016-12-15 03:56:28 Please watch this until the end. https://t.co/GFhCenqWXN
07:10:45 Reading – Obama Says U.S. Will Retaliate for Russia’s Election Meddling (Davis/Sanger) https://t.co/kovwVM7QyO
15:39:09 Reading – Buzz Aldrin nearly died at the South Pole. Why he insists вЂit was worth it, really.’ (Peter Holley) https://t.co/EWRB9Dkric
15:47:30 Retweeted @scottygb 15:00:59 OH MY GOD THIS JUST HAPPENED ON THE BBC NEWS CHANNEL https://t.co/kaGIjhCrqX
15:54:53 Retweeted @MrJoshBecker 2016-12-15 05:39:11 @sambjoyce hope you don’t mind but I turned your tweets into this https://t.co/3HUQ69Hyz1 in reply to sambjoyce
16:15:09 Retweeted @Reuters 16:03:54 BREAKING: China’s navy has seized an unmanned, underwater U.S. Navy vehicle in international waters of South China Sea.
16:19:30 Reading – No record of вЂfaithless elector’ Chris Suprun as a 9/11 first responder (Jason Whitely) https://t.co/2KBBRo3Cyn
16:42:31 Reading – Hillary Clinton Ties Loss to Russian Hacking and Comey Letter (Chozik) https://t.co/DUZVxfy7Ag
16:45:18 FFS Hillary and Dems, in a close race EVERYTHING matters, but YOU should concentrate on the things YOU did wrong. Accept responsibility. in reply to abulsme
16:46:37 Meanwhile EVERYBODY ELSE should care more about Comey and Russia and external factors. But HRC campaign should concentrate on own failures. in reply to abulsme
19:44:19 Retweeted @mattyglesias 19:43:25 Obama reminding us right now of what a braggy “America is already great,” everything is fine message would actually have looked like.
19:46:50 Given this has been hyped as an opportunity for Obama to say something substantial on Russia, interesting he is starting with an overview.
19:49:36 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 19:49:12 @abulsme given what media is reporting his subdued reaction no evening address to nation about these attacks is making me skeptical of proof in reply to abulsme
19:51:01 .@DaveMc99TA If he was going to dump a mass of declassified info, this would be a good day for it. I now suspect maybe Jan 19 for that. in reply to DaveMc99TA
19:53:04 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 19:51:46 Obama says his hope is that *Trump* will prevent foreign influence in elections? Is he serious??? <symbol> in reply to sarahkendzior
19:53:37 Retweeted @NickBaumann 19:53:25 his tone + words suggest this is boring and people shouldn’t pay too much attention in reply to NickBaumann
19:54:58 Obama tone on this very conciliatory, put this behind us, prevent future occurrences, move on.
19:56:16 This is more a defense of Obama’s pre-election approach than about anything he will do in his remaining days.
19:59:34 Retweeted @nprpolitics 19:58:25 .@POTUS says he told Putin to “cut it out” with respect to meddling in the U.S. election when they met in China over the summer.
20:00:02 Retweeted @dangillmor 19:58:55 Good for Obama on calling out journalists’ “obsession” with personal trivia in leaks. Journos refuse to admit culpability, unfortunately.
20:00:31 Retweeted @eliasisquith 19:59:03 some folks are misunderstanding a measured delivery – intended to make the issue seem non-partisan – as meekness
20:00:46 Retweeted @HayesBrown 19:59:08 Shorter Obama to the media: “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed”
20:01:20 Retweeted @AlecMacGillis 19:58:50 Obama should also be asked about Comey, whose intervention was more consequential than Wikileaks.
20:02:09 Retweeted @mikiebarb 19:59:45 Am I missing something? Obama seems more critical of media than Russia/Putin in this press conference.
20:03:48 Retweeted @JYSexton 20:00:58 Obama is a constitutional prof with an even keel disposition. He’s not a bomb thrower. 1/
20:03:52 Retweeted @JYSexton 20:01:33 For eight years progressives have clamored for him to get angry, to get dirty. It’s not how he operates. This is a lecture. 2/ in reply to JYSexton
20:03:55 Retweeted @JYSexton 20:03:16 I’m not saying he’s right, but it’s what’s happening. As any professor, he wants us to learn for ourselves. Not what people want 3/3 in reply to JYSexton
20:04:06 Retweeted @mikiebarb 20:03:17 This is the height of cerebral Obama, in a way that feels oddly out of touch with the moment. Then again, we don’t know behind-scenes plans
22:21:01 Retweeted @DevlinBarrett 22:08:23 Shorter DNI: we said all this in October, people. https://t.co/ukYMIYjWhm

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-15 (UTC)

00:03:40 Reading – U.S. Officials: Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack (Arkin/Dilanian/McFadden) https://t.co/1vPTfn3MEN
00:15:51 Retweeted @20committee 2016-12-14 23:59:15 Of course he did. Vova’s a Chekist. A counterintelligencer. It was the 1st thing he was briefed on every morning.https://t.co/v6uMScR5SE
00:15:54 Retweeted @20committee 00:01:12 IC translation: “high confidence” = we have multiple HUMINT whispers buttressed by a bunch of SIGINT.https://t.co/qCrnRTuf5i
00:38:05 Retweeted @shookened 2016-12-13 23:17:01 someone’s cow just walked over and fell asleep on my legs?? and now i cant fucking move or ill wake her up https://t.co/2y60vv4X40
00:55:27 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 00:29:49 Its infuriating 4 me 2 watch media come in NOW with “exclusives” about conflicts & Russian interference with facts I reported pre-election.
00:57:26 Retweeted @JimCorrigan_ 2016-12-14 11:28:55 When someone says “only 37 electors,” remember who electors are: absolutely committed activists who won partisan elections to be electors.
01:04:06 Reading – What We Learned from the Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania Recounts (Mark Elias) https://t.co/9dt3GnmRkg
01:22:21 Retweeted @aravosis 01:00:55 Trump served вЂњTrump waterвЂќ at the meeting. He truly has no idea how people must mock him after these mtgs.вЂ¦ https://t.co/4ZCHEMvde2
01:23:30 Retweeted @KenJennings 01:03:27 This is an incredible achievement on every level. https://t.co/xd1HAGfmCL
01:26:55 Retweeted @leahmcelrath 00:58:15 Argument of GG/some on the far Left: how can you believe the CIA?My argument: CIA leaks = them SCREAMING there’s more they can’t reveal. in reply to leahmcelrath
01:31:28 Retweeted @reidepstein 01:28:18 Ellison on POTUS Trump: “I don’t know what stage in the whole spectrum of grief you may be at, but I think we need to arrive at acceptance.”
01:39:08 Retweeted @mattdpearce 2016-12-14 23:54:44 One thing that should be appreciated about NYT’s blockbuster DNC hacking story: Almost everybody quoted was named. https://t.co/ZoTEFGKAU1
01:44:32 Retweeted @HeerJeet 01:17:39 Even if, for the sake of argument, CIA revealed Trump did impeachable offences, that’s meaningless unless Congress feels compelled to act. in reply to HeerJeet
02:33:23 Listening to 99% Invisible 240- Plat of Zion
via iCatcher! https://t.co/f2lAMAV7DK
04:46:40 Retweeted @dangillmor 04:36:18 Please, @POTUS, make the DNC evidence — if it exists — public. You damage your legacy, and the republic, every day you delay.
04:55:52 Retweeted @BBCWorld 03:51:11 New spider species discovered by Indian scientists named after Harry Potter ‘Sorting Hat’.https://t.co/oG6ENKM3C7 https://t.co/aGnJytibxo
05:07:27 Retweeted @xeni 04:26:49 What if a lot of the chaos and insanity is just what really good cyberwar and psyops looks like
05:33:26 Retweeted @peterdaou 02:31:29 Two stories on an explosive collision course tonight:
1. Russian hacking was done at the highest levels
2. Team Trump knew what was going on
05:35:14 Retweeted @jswatz 00:12:09 Twitter was bumped from the Trump tech meeting because the room already had too many characters.
05:40:14 Reading – Trump’s campaign is threatening вЂњpolitical reprisalвЂќ for defecting Republican electors (Matthew Rozsa) https://t.co/T4vgz37Me6
13:29:56 Retweeted @kkondik 13:24:24 Incumbents did even better in 2016 than they usually do – https://t.co/4b9RDkZ9hn https://t.co/GXlEDw2YSC
13:49:07 Retweeted @prchovanec 13:32:17 If you are using an argument that you would not accept from the other side if they were in your shoes, just stop. in reply to prchovanec
13:57:42 Reading – The electoral voters speak, and they’re not out for a revolt (Woodward/LaCorte) https://t.co/2tfE9xjBQB
14:35:38 Reading – Why the Obama administration didn’t respond earlier to Russian hacks (Evan Perez) https://t.co/fDw7uo4r7t
15:08:06 Listening to Outlook The father taking on the Sandy Hook trolls
via iCatcher! https://t.co/UU2qCNzgoX
15:34:15 Listening to How I Built This Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard
via iCatcher! https://t.co/BKeEcLtt4v
19:10:46 Reading – Democrats at Crossroads: Win Back Working-Class Whites, or Let Them Go? (Martin/Burns) https://t.co/xkjiXiQ5FN
19:26:41 Retweeted @DLin71 2016-12-12 02:41:30 Transcript of Trump introducing John Bolton https://t.co/bO2qzG8o2k
23:52:44 Retweeted @eliasisquith 22:14:32 CNN is reporting that Trump’s refusal to acknowledge Russia interference has made White House decide orderly transition isn’t main priority

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-14 (UTC)

01:11:33 Retweeted @dcjohnson 2016-12-11 17:19:48 So you’re in the intelligence community. You have a source embedded in the Russian govt. Do you brief Trump, risking the source’s life?
01:22:43 Reading – Lessig: 20 Trump electors could flip (Kyle Cheney) https://t.co/teoNQrNKn1
01:34:21 Retweeted @Susan_Hennessey 01:31:37 I think Electoral-College-As-Savior fantasy is hopeless, so this is academic question, but can EC just refuse to caвЂ¦ https://t.co/PfulJCyPKW
01:35:14 .@Susan_Hennessey @ncweaver @thehill Date of EC vote is defined by law, so any non-votes would just count as abstentions. in reply to Susan_Hennessey
01:36:31 .@Susan_Hennessey @ncweaver @thehill Assuming they showed up and officially recorded their nonvote. If they don’t show they can be replaced. in reply to abulsme
03:28:19 Listening to Our National Conversation About Conversations A… #1649: Sorry To Burst Your Bubble
via iCatcher! https://t.co/eKAkQCKV72
03:30:24 Retweeted @alanferrier 2016-12-13 20:03:08 Who would have believed that the perfect Wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon? https://t.co/pLedKWbs1o
15:46:33 Reading – Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans (Lithwick/Cohen) https://t.co/UGq7Jbp1Xq
16:17:19 Retweeted @williamjordann 16:07:05 Um, wow…Net favorability of Putin:
Democrats
July 2014: -54
Dec 2016: -62

Republicans
July 2014: -66
Dec 2016: -10

(YouGov/Economist)
16:36:51 Lots of really dumb mistakes here -> How Clinton lost Michigan вЂ” and blew the election (@IsaacDovere) https://t.co/SfMiyCFrKF
16:44:02 This has to end at SCOTUS, right? -> Judge orders Colorado electors to vote for Hillary Clinton (Nicholas Riccardi) https://t.co/bveMQTb5FB
17:31:12 Reading – Trump wasn’t happy w/his State Department finalists. Then he heard new name. (Kranish/Gearan/Balz/Rucker) https://t.co/mJG7rV2WIx
18:03:14 Reading – Federal Agency Warns Trump He Must Give Up DC Hotel Before Inauguration (Allegra Kirkland) https://t.co/xY4qwIa3K2
18:12:40 Reading – Finding Bana – Proving the Existence of a 7-Year-Old Girl in Eastern Aleppo (Nick Waters) https://t.co/nBeSQ3iCGw
20:43:33 Reading – Divisions deepen inside Trump Tower (Isenstadt/Vogel) https://t.co/aCjhie0s1y
21:19:45 I’m late, but this is a must read -> The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the US (Lipton/Sanger/Shane) https://t.co/Zp6GmRxyAp
21:34:16 Reading – Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal (Nancy Scola) https://t.co/03tAtZtMyp
22:10:24 Listening to BhTV: The DMZ (audio) Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
via iCatcher! https://t.co/4yZ4Pg2BOg
22:23:29 Retweeted @owillis 21:36:32 when gop loses, they just insist america really loved them anyways and carries on.
when dems lose they go cry in their bed like a teen.
22:47:36 Reading – Ivanka Trump to get office in WH space reserved for First Lady (Jennifer Kalfas) https://t.co/Ccz3U4FJQm

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-13 (UTC)

00:03:03 Reading – As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair 4 tech shame on Silicon Valley 4 climbing Tower in silence (Swisher) https://t.co/HLN34zjJ50
00:11:31 Reading – Net neutrality faces extinction under Trump (April Glaser) https://t.co/AUxWRgkg4c
00:29:47 Retweeted @ananavarro 2016-12-12 22:08:42 Hillary had share of mistakes, self-inflicted injuries & flaws, but man, given Putin, Stein, Weiner, Comey…it’s a wonder she got so close.
00:35:05 Reading – Roger Stone: Trump interviewed Romney to ‘torture’ him (Brooke Seipel) https://t.co/a0t85DPNiT
00:38:55 Retweeted @NyleDiMarco 2016-12-12 21:03:04 I SHOOK OBAMA’S HAND and told him in Sign Language, “IM DEAF AND I LOVE YOU.”Obama laughed and replied back in ASL, “Thank you”
<symbol><symbol><symbol> #dead
00:40:46 Retweeted @cbouzy 2016-12-12 16:53:30 Someone started dumping Lockheed Martin stock just before Trump’s tweet. Can someone else please verify my findings. https://t.co/5J7p7SwwcD
00:41:38 Retweeted @imbou 00:38:57 @abulsme great!! Let’s get an insider trading case going already! https://t.co/Olut5eHzRp
00:43:33 Retweeted @politico 00:09:08 The latest from the desk of Matt @Wuerker. See more cartoons here: https://t.co/WmbfDOWMTw https://t.co/e458JDjq33
00:47:11 Reading – GOP leaders shield Trump from expanded Russia probe (Austin Wright) https://t.co/uTpkPArTmK
00:50:47 Reading – Harry Reid: The Trump Campaign ‘Was In On’ Russia’s Election Hacking (Stein/Grim) https://t.co/3NmsR6fV4f
00:51:41 Retweeted @ddale8 00:05:02 Trump’s big press conference wasn’t postponed, it went to press conference heaven with Melania’s big press conference.
01:28:04 Listening to Slate Presents Lexicon Valley Black Like Us
via iCatcher! https://t.co/aI2MAsP9Q4
02:14:51 Reading – Judge rejects Colorado presidential electors’ injunction request, calling it вЂњa political stuntвЂќ (Frank) https://t.co/iRBTK6D5Id
04:27:47 Reading – Maddow previews вЂexplosive’ Newsweek story that hints at Turkey’s blackmail of Trump (Boggioni) https://t.co/j4JbQsPHWe
04:59:22 Retweeted @DannyZuker 2016-12-10 05:32:07 PATRIOT TEST: If you’re cool with Russia meddling with our election because your candidate won, you’re not a patriot. Also fuck you.
05:07:27 Retweeted @tomtomorrow 2016-12-12 13:29:40 Right now someone hacking Trump’s account could set off a stock market crash or a war. Hope he’s using 2-step verification, but I doubt it.
05:10:32 Retweeted @JoeMuto 04:41:23 That’s the most terrifying “(s)” ever written https://t.co/dfb7Rr1lTD
05:11:11 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 03:44:52 you won’t find a better summation of the Obama-Trump transition than a nuclear physicist being replaced by a Dancing With The Stars washout
07:33:08 Retweeted @bridawson 2016-12-12 20:33:46 What a line: https://t.co/baguMkpEFv https://t.co/A6WV2TylvR
07:37:36 Retweeted @rebliv 07:06:33 I am ashamed that my country hasn’t taken in more Syrian refugees.
14:23:15 Head desk, head desk, head desk -> Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump (Sarah Kliff) https://t.co/kWXaiv3lVz
14:47:03 Reading – Why Trump can break his promises and still win (Yascha Mounk) https://t.co/AE8Z2ghiYz
14:47:19 Retweeted @xeni 14:39:09 Hey remember when Trump mocked the women he sexually assaulted or raped as being too ugly to be raped? I think about it every day.
14:55:37 Reading – RNC keeps close tabs on Electoral College vote (Kyle Cheney) https://t.co/KSSPGXUgy2
17:54:56 Reading – Rogue One: this is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war (@tvoti) https://t.co/PzuXdAR75A
18:10:59 Still only one Republican elector. Means nothing without lots of Republicans. https://t.co/EokCCxF3kk
18:16:42 Reading – ‘Rogue One’ adds an uneven but thrilling wrinkle to the mythology of ‘Star Wars’ (Justin Chang) https://t.co/K2fxnK0SX6

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-12 (UTC)

00:44:25 Storify of good thread by @ericgarland -> https://t.co/n65FN5zBFR
00:56:00 Reading – Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America (Lauren Duca) https://t.co/7Lpcu1vJSf
01:00:13 Retweeted @Bencjacobs 00:20:03 John Bolton suggests DNC hack was potentially a false flag operation by the Obama administration https://t.co/3rHLwHawR8
02:16:17 Retweeted @JuddLegum 01:20:52 UPDATE: GOP members supporting investigation of Russian interference in electionSen Graham
Sen McCain
Sen Lankford
Sen Corker
Rep McCaul
04:03:06 Reading – China flies nuclear bomber over South China Sea to ‘send a message’ to Donald Trump (Jon Sharman) https://t.co/OApT4deuQM
04:19:08 Retweeted @jonhurwitz 03:47:16 Yay! Thank God Trump is super smart and knows exactly what he’s doing! https://t.co/ct3cxpTRGy
04:52:32 Retweeted @saletan 00:00:54 Trump and aides went on TV to dismiss a CIA report they haven’t seen. That’s the story: They treat intel on Russian ops as a threat to Trump
04:59:25 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 02:26:48 It needs to be said: Only reason a prez-elect would skip intel briefings is not because he’s too smart. It’s because he’s stupid and lazy.
05:02:29 Retweeted @boylemansion 2016-12-11 16:46:46 BOSTON DYNAMICS DID IT AGAIN https://t.co/1jhS4VvQLy
05:07:09 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 2016-12-10 17:17:13 The person responsible for Clinton’s loss is Hillary Clinton.The Russians attacked our electoral system.
Both of these can be true.
05:10:59 Prediction: @Evan_McMullin will end up with at least one electoral vote from a faithless elector.
05:35:28 Sigh -> A big change to U.S. broadcasting is coming вЂ” and it’s one Putin might admire (WaPo Editors) https://t.co/gHHK7QlKLv
05:58:08 Retweeted @7im 05:38:27 Thanks Bob Dole. https://t.co/KTXYMPHesw
06:03:35 Retweeted @feministabulous 2016-12-11 22:59:03 just gonna re-up this fun photo from april: https://t.co/CaaSaU6FmQ
15:27:39 Reading – Democrats fear another Trump trouncing (Gabriel Debenedetti) https://t.co/BF3uWQc2Xh
16:43:51 Paging @imbou https://t.co/8CBMOMyYFH
16:56:33 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 104 – Alex Castellanos
via iCatcher! https://t.co/NIQHxVeGKd
17:35:32 Retweeted @shelleyaw123 17:29:54 @abulsme @washingtonpost @KellyannePolls Don’t think she believes what she’s saying anymore. As she’s said, she’s got kids to feed. in reply to abulsme
17:37:11 @shelleyaw123 As several have pointed out, standard authoritarian way to compel loyalty, make followers defend your obvious lies. in reply to shelleyaw123
17:38:45 .@shelleyaw123 Makes it so if they ever cross you, they look like fools & nobody trusts them. Ties them 100% to you & makes them dependent. in reply to abulsme
17:44:20 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 17:04:22 Read the replies, Trumpkins feel betrayed by Joe https://t.co/oWCvUsNkox
17:45:04 .@AuthorLMendez I have a feeling many Trumpkins are going to spend much of the next four years feeling betrayed. in reply to AuthorLMendez
17:53:01 Retweeted @mattyglesias 17:44:45 A million different ways to say this, but the marginal 2016 Trump voter does not appear to have been a вЂњTrump supporterвЂќ at all. in reply to mattyglesias
17:59:41 Retweeted @Jason 17:42:45 can’t imagine who just got subtweeted… any guesses? https://t.co/scS96ZdsEo
18:02:08 Retweeted @michaeldweiss 17:23:27 FBI, CIA disagree on motive of Russia interfering in a US election. Not on the interference itself, which is the real story.
18:03:39 Retweeted @HayesBrown 17:41:40 Also, wtf is the logic behind the “false flag” claim?
– US/Obama hacks DNC
– Leaks emails
– Gets Trump elected?
– Blames Russia
– …Profit?
18:12:16 On Trump picks and clearances -> President-elect Trump’s Picks Redefine вЂњTwo-Tiered System of JusticeвЂќ (Moss) https://t.co/9W9khFuxaR
18:21:35 Reading – Trump Declares War on the Intelligence Community (@20committee) https://t.co/t6M9nSu39X
18:25:12 Reading – Five Questions About Russia’s Election Hacking (David Frum) https://t.co/htud9wmGXq
18:31:39 Retweeted @davebernstein 18:01:05 Full statement from John Podesta https://t.co/VMfnsomrPV in reply to davebernstein
18:34:13 Retweeted @TylerMJones 18:03:40 Sorry, but Podesta/Clinton weighing in only makes this more of a partisan fight that looks like sour grapes to halfвЂ¦ https://t.co/DA5CvRok6K
18:37:14 Reading – Clinton campaign backs call for intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote (Debenedetti/Cheney) https://t.co/i7g5Lgliym
18:38:47 The open letter from electors. Note 9 Ds, 1 R. Wake me when there are more R’s in these sorts of things. -> https://t.co/mPHc6KSkUQ
18:52:01 Retweeted @joeyayoub 18:37:19 The messages I’m receiving from East Aleppo are all goodbyes. It’s haunting, beyond words. Humanity is dead.
18:56:05 Reading – With 7 days left, Trump resistance pins last hope on Electoral College (Byron York) https://t.co/srm96h3ZJn
19:00:38 Retweeted @Taniel 18:49:10 If this somehow goes to House, behavior of GOP Reps who didn’t back Trump will be interestingвЂ”eg. Coffman could swing how CO casts its vote.
19:02:12 Retweeted @Taniel 18:58:41 I didn’t realize how many procedural issues cld be up in the air in (unlikely) scenario of House electing PresidentвЂ¦ https://t.co/gLRukiJAGI
19:08:40 .@Taniel If we start talking unlikely procedural edge cases, there are fun ones in cong accepting EV tally too -> https://t.co/TpqNO7I4x2 in reply to Taniel
19:13:30 Retweeted @Hypnopaedia13 19:08:00 Just for the record, myself, Levi Guerra and Beth Caldwell all agreed to sign on to this letter. We support this. https://t.co/yHwXJ5i2fF
19:18:01 Trump is actually worried about this? -> Trump warns Electoral College lawsuit could undermine his election (Cheney) https://t.co/YzT2ydnq6D
22:08:13 Another interesting thread -> https://t.co/tIg6yRG2UN
22:38:45 Reading – The Kremlin Gloats Over Trump’s CIA Tantrum (Anna Nemtsova) https://t.co/gju09PQEcd
23:14:39 Retweeted @BreakingNews 23:12:34 Officials: Trump to postpone until January a news conference to outline plan for handling his business operations – Bloomberg News
23:14:42 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 23:12:30 With this postponement, he keeps the electors in the dark too. in reply to nycsouthpaw

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-11 (UTC)

00:00:40 @abulsme tweets from 2016-12-10 (UTC) https://t.co/nI9lmjFLOC
00:22:59 Retweeted @owillis 00:16:04 mcmullin has been doing a better job of being the democratic opposition to trump than the actual democratic oppositвЂ¦ https://t.co/vn5muZGkt4
01:04:59 Retweeted @NickBaumann 2016-12-10 23:41:58 It’s fun to imagine the stories about alleged Russian interference in the election except with the partisan politics exactly reversed.
02:40:36 Reading – FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia’s motives in 2016 hacks (Nakashima/Entous) https://t.co/dmdBvxcDFX
04:46:30 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 04:43:13 As the only operation of it’s kind, we made it through our first Presidential cycle.
04:46:50 .@DecisionDeskHQ Congratulations! Well done! in reply to DecisionDeskHQ
04:52:25 Retweeted @jelani9 2016-12-10 23:31:31 The anti-vax movement can only exist bc few living Americans can recall what polio actually did to ppl. I fear the same is true of fascism.
04:56:49 Retweeted @jeffparker 2016-12-10 03:28:02 This election is constant discovery that we’ve mostly depended on an understood set of scruples instead of having laws in place.
05:01:54 Retweeted @Anthony 04:31:09 Just to be fair, the list of elections the U.S. government has interfered with is pretty long.
05:10:13 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 00:40:13 Reality: Europeans arent going 2 let Trump/Putin alliance harm NATO. GOP might not investigate, but Europe intel already leaking like sieve.
05:19:44 Retweeted @ezlusztig 2016-12-10 06:16:12 Here’s the moment the Russia thing got real. Unnamed R operative alerted media to change in RNC platform on Ukraine. https://t.co/HAhJpsYYy0
05:26:23 Reading – Trump Energy Department Questionnaire Raises Concerns About Retaliation Against Staff (Brakkton Booker) https://t.co/7zSBHjGIqj
09:36:47 Retweeted @mutludc 2016-12-10 20:39:30 Moment of explosion in Istanbul from an amateur camera! https://t.co/tJ6KeYCPfD
14:13:06 Retweeted @abbydphillip 14:04:43 Trump on Fox News Sunday says he doesn’t need daily intelligence briefings as POTUS because he’s “smart” https://t.co/OUiKqj8qjV
15:49:02 Retweeted @SopanDeb 15:46:46 Trump claims he heard he was getting a call from Taiwan an hour or two before it happened: https://t.co/IYFZezPEnD
15:50:16 Retweeted @mbeisen 15:47:02 PEOTUS is trolling us all – Energy was the 3rd agency that Rick Perry couldn’t remember https://t.co/uBJ6WvLgY5
15:57:05 Retweeted @mattmfm 2016-12-10 20:36:07 Really NYT? You’re seriously going to frame up “both sides” reporting on the CIA’s Russian hacking report? https://t.co/dBuppieN7r
16:03:30 Retweeted @SopanDeb 15:37:56 Trump says he wants review of potential hacking by Russia too, then: “If you’re gonna to do that, I think you shoulвЂ¦ https://t.co/2LJSGJATAl
16:08:23 Retweeted @AstroKatie 16:02:18 When two stars love each other very muchвЂ¦ sometimes they create bizarre space spirals if they don’t just consume eaвЂ¦ https://t.co/k0bGDWbpvo
16:19:45 Retweeted @SopanDeb 15:52:59 Remarkable. The amount of somersaults Trump does here on why his keeping a stake in his business isn’t a conflict oвЂ¦ https://t.co/cMIAp7rQc2
17:50:05 Reading – Trump, CIA on collision course over Russia’s role in U.S. election (Nakamura/Miller) https://t.co/9L9g2L80gS
17:54:46 Retweeted @sahilkapur 17:30:00 Whether or not you believe the CIA on Russia hacking, this isn’t true. Clinton people were screaming it from the roвЂ¦ https://t.co/PytKQhe0sJ in reply to sahilkapur
18:33:59 Thread -> https://t.co/OwpA2Plj5L
18:39:58 Another good thread -> https://t.co/7qS06RIK6X
18:40:11 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 17:23:14 Biggest news in this exchange about conflicts of interest is Trump saying he was discussing business deals *last weвЂ¦ https://t.co/2AzNvW7Lar in reply to BraddJaffy
18:44:13 Reading – Donald Trump confirms he will violate Constitution his first day in office (Aaron Rupar) https://t.co/KkfmQRG9iH
20:18:31 Reading – Intelligence figures fear Trump reprisals over assessment of Russia election role (@attackerman) https://t.co/aR8NSIQrYj
20:22:05 Retweeted @wrmead 19:35:30 As Dems transition away from Obama, 3 changes: 1) they hate Russia 2) they love federalism 3) the filibuster becomes a bulwark of liberty.
20:22:10 Retweeted @cerenomri 19:45:24 Also rediscovering:
4) unimpeachable military dissent
5) imp of unpoliticizing intel
6) reporter perogatives
7) posвЂ¦ https://t.co/PDkJcsHR59
20:29:53 Reading – How Journalists Need to Go Beyond Fact Checking Trump (Eric Umansky) https://t.co/pEFVD5S2j5
20:32:33 Retweeted @mla1396 14:14:56 Joint statement from Senators McCain, Schumer, Graham, and Reed on Russia hacking U.S. Election https://t.co/iJrttTCl8P
20:33:58 Concentration on “cyber” may miss the point on Russia. This isn’t just email hacking, but larger disinformation and propaganda campaign.
20:36:26 Retweeted @MarkAmesExiled 2016-12-10 15:53:30 “Putin flipped 80,000 Rust Belt voters to his Manchurian Candidate using a teenaged Macedonian fake news troll” is not a conspiracy theory
20:38:32 Retweeted @JuddLegum 10:54:05 Updated list of GOP members supporting investigation into Russian interference w/prez electionSen Graham
Sen McCain
Sen Corker
21:02:42 Reading – Kellyanne Conway calls CIA report on Russian election meddling вЂlaughable and ridiculous’ (Guerra) https://t.co/hXzijZVz4q
21:08:26 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 2016-12-10 18:17:02 If HRC chose a SecState who ran an oil giant and got a medal from Putin, the GOPers defending Trump would re-convene the Salem witch trials.
21:15:02 Retweeted @NateSilver538 16:36:08 I’ll put it like this: Clinton would almost certainly be President-elect if the election had been held on Oct. 27 (day before Comey letter). in reply to NateSilver538
21:17:50 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 20:37:25 I don’t expect electors to change the trajectory we’re on, but I suspect that whatever eventually does will make EC shenanigans seem quaint. in reply to nycsouthpaw
21:24:39 Reading – The last time I loved a Star Wars movie as much as I loved Rogue One, it was 1977. (Wil Wheaton) https://t.co/G9hleagTsh
21:29:08 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 2016-12-10 22:57:45 Wow-Senator Lindsey Graham:”Russia interfered in our elections, and I want Putin personally to pay a price” https://t.co/8buBuct9ev in reply to Khanoisseur
21:29:34 Retweeted @jaynordlinger 18:34:11 Be clear: If a foreign intelligence operation had worked to elect the D, not the R, conservatives would talk of nothing else. Rightly.
22:29:21 The counter is gone now, so here are the final charts for the Stein recount donation paceвЂ¦ https://t.co/zvXm7Fxtpd https://t.co/KcmabAxahA
23:24:53 Reading – Russia’s Hand in America’s Election (NYT Editors) https://t.co/pu3Ka363OA

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-10 (UTC)

00:00:48 @abulsme tweets from 2016-12-09 (UTC) https://t.co/CEVMOAimmG
01:04:01 Worse & worse -> Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win (Entous/Nakashima/Miller) https://t.co/d0l2muvycp
03:32:15 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 03:30:55 Liberals right now:
It's outrageous the FBI director inserted himself into the election & the CIA director should have been more involved.
03:33:45 .@_Drew_McCoy_ It probably should have been either both or neither. I'm leaning toward both myself. in reply to _Drew_McCoy_
04:02:42 Retweeted @MikeMadden 03:28:33 Trump statement on Russia says he won one of the biggest electoral college victories in history. It was 46th of 58.вЂ¦ https://t.co/QB9dEdXiDC
04:04:42 Retweeted @ezlusztig 03:51:47 Oh my god. We're in a seriously fucked up situation. He's trashing the CIA? What's going on here? https://t.co/PDdX8unIvY
04:07:33 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 03:59:13 Federalist 68 https://t.co/Q30efLT3Ma https://t.co/lvYSzToIBq
04:07:50 Retweeted @summerbrennan 03:59:02 And here's the stuff that had me REALLY scared a few weeks ago. https://t.co/2LVZ8OASGi
04:08:22 Retweeted @Evan_McMullin 03:07:21 Republican leaders knew Russia was undermining our democracy during the election and they chose to ignore it. in reply to Evan_McMullin
04:10:56 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:36:19 Soon under Trump, the US's considerable surveillance skills will be able to join with Russia in influencing the French and German elections.
04:20:47 Retweeted @jbarro 03:53:35 Investigating Russia's actions is a very good idea. Using them as a pretext to indulge in One Weird Trick replace-Trump fantasies a bad idea
04:20:56 Retweeted @FranklinFoer 01:53:58 Russia tried to elect Trump…And Trump's campaign manager worked for Kremlin's inner circle for decades. But surely that's coincidence.
04:48:32 Retweeted @AJentleson 04:33:48 I'll say it: NYT interviewed Reid for this story. He said things contrary to the story. NYT discarded the interview. https://t.co/p39yXdu9Qq
04:57:37 Retweeted @jbouie 03:00:17 Popular vote loss. Foreign intervention in the election.
This is totally a constitutional crisis, isn't it?
05:49:04 Retweeted @chrislhayes 00:54:29 A reminder to take every claim made by unnamed US officials about intelligence conclusions with healthy skepticism.
05:57:54 Reading – Russia Hacked Republican Committee but Kept Data, U.S. Concludes (Sanger/Shane) https://t.co/m92xcMCcAu
06:30:32 Reading – Let's Not Pretend We Didn't Know This (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/hnbbd0Ymxw
06:32:49 Retweeted @yashar 04:33:12 Relative from Iran just emailed (in Farsi) about CIA/Russia Story in WaPo "I thought this kind of thing wasn't supposed to happen in the US"
06:33:47 Retweeted @andylassner 05:58:05 I know nothing about being the president but I do know throwing the CIA under the bus and accusing them of lying would not end well for me.
06:34:31 Retweeted @DavidAFrench 06:20:59 Imagine, Republicans, what you would think after losing a close election, then finding out Russia was interfering on Hillary's behalf.
06:38:59 Retweeted @Scout_Finch 06:10:43 Seriously, if the Russians are sitting on hacked emails and other intel, who's to say there isn't blackmail happening right now?
06:39:41 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 02:04:03 The thing no one will say–from NBC to the WH–is they didn't tell the people what they knew bc they thought the election was in the bag.
06:55:05 Retweeted @KenJennings 06:38:51 The Russians ABSOLUTELY have a sex tape of Trump and I just hope this ends without us having to watch any of it.
06:55:36 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 02:06:18 A whole lot of people didn't take risks to make disclosures about Trump because it was easier not to and every model said Clinton would win. in reply to nycsouthpaw
06:55:40 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:22:05 This. But more broadly a lot of journalism and activism was done on the implicit premise that of course Clinton wouвЂ¦ https://t.co/Dn96BjSI40
06:58:42 Retweeted @chrislhayes 05:12:56 Wait was the whole election a proxy battle between the FBI and the CIA that the FBI won?
07:00:30 Retweeted @bruce_arthur 01:33:45 Fun: imagine Hillary was elected with Russian help and gave donors cabinet posts and kept the Clinton Foundation and went on a victory tour
07:01:11 Retweeted @KenJennings 01:47:49 It's not cool that if you live in California your vote counts less than someone in Wyoming or North Dakota or the Kremlin.
07:33:40 Retweeted @xenocryptsite 02:43:05 The funny thing about close elections is everything mattered and nothing mattered for the same reason.
07:36:01 Retweeted @dandrezner 05:24:40 It's fair to ask how much new info WaPo's Russia story contains. What can't be questioned is that the Trump team's response is asinine.
07:36:06 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 05:36:13 New-ish info isn't info so much as no one bothering to pretend Russia didn't do what we know they did.
Well, no oneвЂ¦ https://t.co/9fpZfQa1eI
07:41:33 Not that any will happen, but remaining stop points: Electoral College, Congressional cert of electoral votes, 25th amendment, impeachment.
07:46:24 Retweeted @katherinemiller 04:30:22 In terms of election, nothing in these reports on CIA really seems very different from what we could observe with our human eyes all year
07:46:43 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 04:46:51 BTW- Does anyone really believe that the Russians had access to DNC and RNC (as we're now hearing) but not Hillary's DIY home server?
07:48:56 Retweeted @Redistrict 02:32:06 It now appears Hillary Clinton will fall just short of eclipsing Obama's 65.9 million tally in '12. She's at 65.7 million w/ almost all in.
07:52:55 Retweeted @mattyglesias 03:25:13 Russian hackers could steal Podesta's emails but it took an ideologically diverse set of American writers to misrepresent what they said.
07:52:59 Retweeted @mattyglesias 03:28:34 Whoever stole them for whatever reason, the vast bulk of the damage was done by irresponsible reporting not the hack per se. in reply to mattyglesias
16:36:47 Retweeted @zeynep 04:59:20 Key actor in this saga: People saw 70-90% Clinton win probability; didn't understand that 1-2% polling error would move that by 30-40%.
16:41:53 People minimizing Russia cause "Clinton didn't go to WI" or whatever, just stop. With close election basically ANY factor tips election.
16:44:50 Also, to "we already knew this", yes, we did. But official acknowledgment matters and lifts up the seriousness with which it is taken.
16:52:24 Reading – Donald Trump is actually a fascist (Michael Kinsey) https://t.co/s93tjqvebF
16:55:36 When watching reax 2 Trump stories, ignore libs & Ds. Watch Rs & Trump voters. Only when something bothers THEM do u have something w/legs.
16:56:48 Retweeted @7im 03:44:09 What is missing here is a denial https://t.co/TByHihVBV6
17:14:23 Retweeted @ScottyLiterati 09:08:24 Hillary dropped this exact same info about Russia in front of 66 million viewers in October. But I guess no one lisвЂ¦ https://t.co/DRjVh8qgzw
17:21:26 Reading – Unpacking the New CIA Leak: Don't Ignore the Aluminum Tube Footnote (@emptywheel) https://t.co/MqKYBOC3UH
17:27:29 Retweeted @mattyglesias 17:23:11 Man, Trump is going to be so mad when he finds out who is in Donald Trump's cabinet. https://t.co/yeVBCZm6St
17:31:40 Retweeted @ILLCapitano94 2016-11-21 00:07:13 In fact, they love people so much. They literally pose for selfies on purpose google "quokka selfie" and watch thatвЂ¦ https://t.co/1IVs5bfJT5
18:37:07 Retweeted @NateSilver538 17:38:25 Clinton lost 4 states (FL, MI, WI, PA) by ~1 point. If not for Comey/Russia, she probably wins them all by ~2 points & strategy looks great. in reply to NateSilver538
18:56:59 Retweeted @JoshHarkinson 17:49:07 The biggest question right now isn't whether Russia influenced the election. It's whether Russia is secretly influencing Trump and the GOP.
20:20:53 Reading – He Won't Because He Can't (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/Sf9LngvkOk
22:10:16 Retweeted @WalshFreedom 18:59:39 So wait…the CIA says Russia messed with our election to help Trump win and Trump attacks…the CIA?
Not Russia? He goes after the CIA?
23:22:38 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Hiding the Children https://t.co/LzQXRsgJ4C https://t.co/NxuWXkpufx

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Hiding the Children

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are Trump’s appointments so far, his call with the President of Taiwan, and the Pizzagate gunman incident. Aside from those, they talk a little about Sam’s “day of smells” and an issue with a computer monitor. Ivan’s brain exploded after talking about Pizzagate though, so no lightning round this week. Also, we recorded before the latest on Russia election interference, so maybe next week on that! :-)

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Recorded 2016-12-09
Length this week – 1:26:25

(0:03:30-0:15:33) But First
- Agenda
- Day of Smells
- Monitor
(0:17:33-0:47:12) Trump Appointments
- Who is really picking?
- Generals? Regular Republicans? Crazies?
- Against their own agencies
- Executive power
- Specific appointments
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
- Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
- Trump International
- Who can do anything?
- Trump supporter regrets?
(0:47:57-1:10:19) Trump Calls
- How calls happen
- Pakistan call
- Taiwan call
- Trump theatrics
(1:11:46-1:26:05) Pizza Gate Gunman
- Crazy Stories
- What is Pizzagate?
- The gunman’s “investigation”
- Fake news again

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00:09:34 Retweeted @LukeBrinker 2016-12-08 23:37:44 "House of Cards" season five is going to seem so hopelessly idealistic and naive.
02:40:26 Reading – How Many Generals Is Too Many? (Kevin Drum) https://t.co/R3DBH4YkNN
02:44:12 Reading – Maybe the Answer Is That He Can't Divest (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/DfJe24q4Kw
03:14:35 Reading – The shadow president (Emily Hauser) https://t.co/FerMkUHi4K
03:51:56 Retweeted @goldengateblond 03:51:39 Trump: FOREIGN-MADE THINGS
Fans: BOOOOO
Trump: HUGE TARIFFS
Fans: YAYYYYY
Trump: $5000 IPHONES
Fans: YAaaayoh whoa wait what
04:08:20 Reading – Republicans ready to launch wide-ranging probe of Russia, despite Trump’s stance (Karolyn Demirjian) https://t.co/WuKVsaf7t2
05:54:42 Agree -> A Utah Republican Is Challenging Trump More Effectively Than 99 Percent of Democrats (Ben Mathis-Lilley) https://t.co/CQxetRQOGn
13:52:06 Reading – Women’s March on Washington Barred From Lincoln Memorial (Cady Lang) https://t.co/R1XVQr40jl
13:59:03 Retweeted @BCAppelbaum 03:52:49 I don't know whether Donald Trump was a billionaire before he was elected president, but I bet he'll be a billionaire when he's done.
14:13:20 Reading – UK surveillance bill will force tech companies to disclose new products before they launch (Whittaker) https://t.co/aY4jXeetUy
15:15:46 Reading – None of the inauguration protests have their proper permits yet. Here’s why. (Perry Stein) https://t.co/uhoYFSBM0a
15:35:09 Reading – Trump's governing strategy is taking shape вЂ” and it could be a political winner (Andrew Prokop) https://t.co/7q0hJOaKWR
15:41:57 вЂCause Lead -> Prediction: Terrorism in the Middle East Will Decline By Half Between 2020 and 2040 (Kevin Drum) https://t.co/Kg1lJCAA76
15:45:43 Retweeted @breakingpol 15:44:30 Obama orders full review of cyber attacks on 2016 election, report to be delivered before he leaves office – Reuters https://t.co/goZVriZ21L
15:53:41 Retweeted @PeterGleick 15:32:18 The slow creep of global #climatechange, denied for so long, may have just crossed a point of no return with Earth'вЂ¦ https://t.co/DlLO4aZpAv
19:27:45 This season’s first snow https://t.co/HuXQILslgw https://t.co/HEbMRMoqv7
21:35:21 Retweeted @mviser 21:31:48 Trump announces that Rudy Giuliani withdrew his name from Cabinet post consideration 10 days ago. https://t.co/81tYOdEmt8
21:37:04 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 2016-12-06 11:49:31 For those bemoaning what enabled Trump's rise — propaganda, threats, compromised institutions — you realize it's all still happening now?
23:36:25 Retweeted @dansinker 04:30:54 They've been clear about this from the start. Pence is building *his* team. Trump's the face.вЂ¦ https://t.co/TIPQHhnlLE
23:46:15 Retweeted @GongwerMichigan 22:52:15 BREAKING: Michigan Supreme Court denies Jill Stein's request for an appeal that could have restarted the recount. 3-2 vote. Recount is done.
23:46:18 Retweeted @michpoligal 23:44:17 Total of 3,047 precincts counted in Michigan, which means a $380,875 tab for Jill Stein. and a $592,375 refund fromвЂ¦ https://t.co/KpRl8o8b09

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