Abulsme.com: December 2016

This season’s first snow

Very wet sticky snow. Just about an inch. It is supposed to all be gone in a few hours as things shift to rain, but Alex and I went out to play for a little while. Video of that will eventually of course be part of a video for his ALeXMXeLA channel… when I catch up in a year or two. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-08 (UTC)

01:46:54 Reading – Pushing to kill regulations (and weaken fair use), the newspaper lobby is asking Trump for change (Bilton) https://t.co/8gM8ZopjKI
02:05:24 Listening to NBC Meet the Press (audio) – 12-04-2016-113211
via iCatcher! https://t.co/TUAa8GL4XA
13:36:29 Retweeted @gerrycanavan 13:34:36 Main criteria for Cabinet seems to be not personal loyalty to Trump, as predicted, but possession of independent powerbase Trump can co-opt.
13:56:39 Read this -> The Necessity of Credibility (Nathan Robinson) https://t.co/RXOGbmZgqE
14:04:36 Reading – Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business (Haverkamp/Becker) https://t.co/kk4OGqAKUp
15:37:33 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 103 – Sen. Harry Reid
via iCatcher! https://t.co/NIQHxVeGKd
17:09:59 Reading – Personalization Front, the NDAs (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/PuK2h7DpP1
17:23:31 Reading – How to recover from the polling disaster of 2016? Look beyond polls. (Anderson/Ruffini) https://t.co/THBcJlHHX1
17:42:03 Retweeted @shelleyaw123 17:38:26 @abulsme @nytimes He's putting together his exit strategy. He knows he'll be impeached before he ends his first term. in reply to abulsme
17:44:10 Retweeted @AuthorMendez 17:43:42 I like this article, echoes what I've been saying. Data will have to learn and change post-2016 like it did after 1вЂ¦ https://t.co/t1upoCtrUL
20:16:55 Reading – Sorry, Al Gore. Support for the popular vote is historically low. (Chris Cillizza) https://t.co/oEpqYnKKEj
20:26:33 Sniff. :-( Will miss @BreakingNews -> NBC News will shut down the Breaking News app on Dec. 31 https://t.co/KDxk5o6Pou
20:28:46 Retweeted @BreakingNews 20:24:58 John Glenn, astronaut and former US senator from Ohio, has died at age 95 – Columbus Dispatch https://t.co/3hgQOjV50g
22:26:45 Reading – вЂњTrump TVвЂќ Will Be In The White House Press Briefings (Thomas Bishop) https://t.co/RE7Did3qtW
22:51:57 Reading – Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on вЂCelebrity Apprentice’ (Cynthia Littleton) https://t.co/DelDqgSzx8
23:07:42 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 21:27:38 Clinton at Reid portrait unveiling: "After a few weeks of taking selfies in the woods, I thought it would be a goodвЂ¦ https://t.co/nNTHrZ8eUo
23:27:09 Reading – Thursday Snow Nowcast at 3 PM: Snow Moving in Faster Than Expected (Cliff Mass) https://t.co/E4GuQJvfMR

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-07 (UTC)

02:12:43 Retweeted @SchuetteOnDuty 00:20:44 The Michigan Court of Appeals agreed that Jill Stein is not an aggrieved candidate and the recount must stop. in reply to SchuetteOnDuty
02:14:57 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 2016-12-06 20:30:21 Media: If you are still writing headlines of the form "Trump: <dubious claim>" after tweets you are failing at yourвЂ¦ https://t.co/ACUHvaLVrR
04:44:11 Reading – The FBI Is Investigating Me Because I Tweeted A Joke About Fake News (Nick Baumann) https://t.co/PrxbuC8bg5
04:54:47 By that theory you could use Art 1, Sec 5 to block all new Senators too. -> On Jan 3 the Senate can confirm Garland. https://t.co/9uBtAf6VB8
05:55:34 Retweeted @jonrosenberg 05:25:08 "The Universe is expanding the way your mind is expanding. It's not expanding into anything; you're just getting less dense." –@AstroKatie in reply to AstroKatie
06:26:00 Retweeted @NWSSeattle 05:44:40 Seattle hasn't had a sub-freezing night in 332 days…the longest stretch on record at Sea-Tac since records began. That ends tonight. #wawx
16:01:12 Retweeted @ianbremmer 15:51:27 The runner up https://t.co/VYhchWDDw2
19:21:49 Listening to Reveal If you can’t afford a lawyer
via iCatcher! https://t.co/stHlDJuUcZ
19:28:51 Retweeted @kkondik 19:24:14 State that voted closest to the national average is Minnesota right now, though when all is said and done it'll probably be Nevada
23:00:38 Listening to Mr Barton Maths Podcast Dylan Wiliam вЂ“ Author, Researcher, Trainer and Assessment for Learning Expert https://t.co/RKMcoLs4b4
23:05:37 Retweeted @MCJalonick 22:54:07 Joe Biden tells @pkcapitol "I have no intention of running."

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-06 (UTC)

00:56:09 Reading – After Senate tribute, Joe Biden jokes about 2020 run. Or maybe he wasn’t joking. (Mike DeBonis) https://t.co/bz7QPeWNEf
00:57:44 Down to 305 electoral votes for Trump -> Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump (Christopher Suprun) https://t.co/mF6d8f6aQR
01:58:13 Listening to Exponent Episode 097 вЂ” Google Versus AWS
via iCatcher! https://t.co/F2G45lwKAB
04:50:07 Retweeted @kairyssdal 04:31:16 No, it is crackpot. And deeply institutionally damaging https://t.co/2RqvWLnIA3
04:56:24 Reading – 'Pizzagate' story leads Flynn son, Jake Tapper to spar (Allan Smith) https://t.co/F1GUmoshy4
04:56:35 Retweeted @aravosis 04:45:21 So the gunman now has a more reasonable position on Pizzagate than Gen Flynn’s son and chief of staff. https://t.co/wW5x0wxITf
05:24:28 Reading – Bob Dole organized Trump's Taiwan call (Jessie Hellmann) https://t.co/3L20UPsHeV
18:58:17 Reading – Bob Dole’s Law Firm Was Paid $20,000 A Month To Lobby For Taiwan (Megha Rajagopalan) https://t.co/ufmWfvJ1BD
19:41:14 The issues w/ "categorization" -> B.S. Detector And The Rise Of 'Fake News' Detection Software (Gosztola) cc @imbou https://t.co/drfxU1gkgi
20:18:27 Retweeted @cracked 19:46:47 Trump: "$4 billion is way too much for Air Force One!"
Boeing: "But it's only $170 million?"
Trump: "Hah see!? I am a great negotiator!"
20:32:07 Retweeted @FoxBusiness 19:38:39 "The election is over. Now is the time for all of us to come together as Americans," said Gov. @JohnKasich in a staвЂ¦ https://t.co/rjPQl7lebC
20:33:34 A serious effort to get Republican electors to change votes would need a candidate actively lobbying for those votes. There is none.
22:10:09 Retweeted @RaniaKhalek 21:31:04 Armed groups surrender almost all of East Aleppo (85%) to govt forces. Nusra and friends hold out, but it's over https://t.co/WlJCfwTwf4
22:10:12 Retweeted @RaniaKhalek 21:33:38 Ppl in Aleppo are thrilled. They've reunited with their families. It's a very emotional time. Celebratory gunshots fill the air. in reply to RaniaKhalek
22:10:21 Retweeted @RaniaKhalek 21:34:38 I imagine the armchair jihadists in the US are panicking at the moment. Even my anti-govt friends are celebrating this. in reply to RaniaKhalek
22:10:28 Retweeted @RaniaKhalek 22:06:47 Just watch, as the Syrian war reaches its end, you'll see many of the "experts" turn to Ukraine. Anything to agitate war with Russia. in reply to RaniaKhalek

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-05 (UTC)

00:36:40 Retweeted @TimothyNoah1 00:35:56 Here's Flynn's tweet promoting fake-news untrue slander that Hillary was involved in a pedophilia ring. Our next naвЂ¦ https://t.co/qoPOfA76R6
01:34:05 Retweeted @max_read 01:00:21 a clippy for twitter that pops up every time someone starts a tweet with "1/" and offers to set up a wordpress for them
01:43:57 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 01:27:43 More evidence that support for Trump unique in mapping to views on race and gender – @b_schaffner on Trump vs RomneвЂ¦ https://t.co/kX3vH4zLLQ
01:44:01 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 01:29:33 Controlling for measures of racism and sexism eliminates the education gap among whites in support for Trump -вЂ¦ https://t.co/RBqvKUDJ4n in reply to BrendanNyhan
03:17:57 Reading – Trump’s Taiwan phone call was long planned, say people who were involved (Gearan/Rucker/Denyer) https://t.co/FCu6rlWRxp
05:02:08 Reading – The Equal Protection argument against вЂњwinner take allвЂќ in the Electoral College (@lessig) https://t.co/PX34BjfvT2
05:14:57 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 05:03:56 "Dude you fucked up"
"What? Not my fault. She called me."

"That's not better."

"I mean, top men have been working on this for months." in reply to nycsouthpaw
05:17:57 Reading – Lowland Snow: It's All About Temperature (Cliff Mass) https://t.co/sTHarPLGY1
05:43:26 This -> Coping with Chaos in the White House (N Ziehl) https://t.co/dHHPNSkVnt
21:00:32 Retweeted @KagroX 16:56:02 Who's doing enviro policy?
Ivanka.
Who's doing child care policy?
Ivanka.
What abt First Lady duties?
Ivanka.
Who's running the biz?
Ivanka.

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-04 (UTC)

00:01:48 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 2016-12-03 23:58:26 Full analysis of the election in one tweet: Too many democrats demand purity or wont vote, while most republicans want victory, and so vote.
00:03:38 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 2016-12-03 23:46:42 Breaking: Upon Stein camp's request to discontinue the recount request, the Pennsylvania recount matter is CLOSED,вЂ¦ https://t.co/go0BesPKDJ
00:43:06 Reading – Snow Update with a Probabilistic View (Cliff Mass) https://t.co/Byjd51z3pH
02:32:06 Retweeted @EdMorrissey 2016-12-03 23:18:35 WI has posted the spreadsheet for Day 3. Current count of completed precincts: 1077. Trump added (overall) 138, Hillary 126, for Trump +12.
02:42:12 Retweeted @JuddLegum 02:37:47 Jill Stein has raised $7M to recount 3 states
Wisconsin cost $3.5M

Michigan cost $1M

She just dropped PA, says she's out of money
02:49:09 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 02:48:50 2016 is so much better once you stop fighting the current and just let the undertow of hopelessness drown you https://t.co/PHacA0pppF
03:49:31 Retweeted @Matthops82 2016-12-03 23:44:11 Here's Jill Stein's official statement regarding the withdrawal from Pennsylvania's recount effort: https://t.co/6z1TP3OrCr
04:05:09 Retweeted @JenGranholm 2016-12-03 21:13:36 The reported "undervote" (Ds who left top of ticket blank) in MI is 75k – TWICE that of 2012. She lost by 10k. Just sayin' —
04:33:43 Reading – Authoritarianism and Post-Truth Politics (Jacob Levy) https://t.co/2rbl6sdHoW
05:16:43 Retweeted @cabel 2016-12-03 22:22:31 ALEXA vs. SIRI in 15 seconds https://t.co/sP2cEg5oO2
05:33:12 Retweeted @ClimateOfGavin 2016-12-03 02:23:12 Don't take your eye off the ball…
It's the long term trends that matter. https://t.co/KRjLTx3HqH
06:29:02 Retweeted @breakingpol 06:28:22 Green Party not giving up on Pennsylvania recount bid, will seek help in federal court, lawyer says – Philly Voice https://t.co/zioybEvd0V
06:54:59 Retweeted @eyeburst 04:42:12 ok im sorry but i had to do this to illustrate why centaurs are so weird to me. this problem doesn't happen with meвЂ¦ https://t.co/x6iIWlGGl0 in reply to eyeburst
07:23:34 Retweeted @kairyssdal 05:32:17 Eye on the ball: Taiwan phone call. Carrier deal. New SecState rumors. Pay attention to what's real. https://t.co/CASMMAKjvv
07:25:37 Retweeted @joshtpm 04:50:48 In his instinctive way Trump knows that since Mitt has now praised him as great, wise, glorious leader – Mitts now neutralized permanently.
15:01:08 Retweeted @redsteeze 14:30:57 Things people who voted for him are going to have to learn the hard way. https://t.co/1AZuNT9c5W
15:14:14 Watching – SNL: Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump Goes Twitter Crazy https://t.co/QTQ78mW8Wv
15:22:01 Retweeted @ThisWeekABC 14:12:53 .@mike_pence: Donald Trump will make decision to intervene with companies talking of moving jobs overseas "on a dayвЂ¦ https://t.co/EoFI3MRORk
16:47:06 Retweeted @mattdpearce 2016-12-02 22:51:28 factory jobs will return to the Midwest for the arms buildup
18:24:55 Retweeted @Emmabarnett 16:34:26 In a year of political surprises – Austria has bucked the trend and NOT voted for Western Europe's first far rightвЂ¦ https://t.co/rA7rNoBCgB
18:29:35 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 18:29:14 Weasel words that journalists use to evade actual reporting:
controversy
critics
claim
accusation

Here are better words:
true
false
19:30:02 Retweeted @Rainmaker1973 19:28:47 #Today in 1959, a Little Joe 2 rocket was launched carrying a rhesus monkey named #Sam https://t.co/xzYGf5QASA https://t.co/ZHg4OY3RyR
21:05:19 Reading – Comedian Mo Amer sat next to Eric Trump on a flight: I said 'I'm a Muslim' (Nicky Woolf) https://t.co/SjgDFsvuG0
21:44:37 Retweeted @BreakingNews 21:41:19 Standing Rock Sioux: US Army to deny current route for Dakota Access pipeline following months of protests – NBC News
22:01:40 Retweeted @KitOConnell 21:24:56 via sources on the ground, NOT a denial of final permit. Final easement is SUSPENDED pending further federal evaluaвЂ¦ https://t.co/3o59HKDxYb
22:02:02 Retweeted @bobcesca_go 21:26:48 Trump will likely reverse #DakotaAccessPipeline decision just to stick it to the protesters. Nothing in his character to prove otherwise.
22:06:15 Reading – Under Trump, red states are going 2b able 2 turn themselves into poor, unhealthy paradises. (Perlstein) https://t.co/y503nsWyOQ
22:07:43 Retweeted @Free_Media_Hub 20:14:59 Worrying news little @AlabedBana the 7 year old girl who tweets from #Aleppo Twitter page has been deleted :( by wвЂ¦ https://t.co/hUmOjyYmrl
22:08:00 Retweeted @ZainaErhaim 21:21:13 #BanaAlabed & her mam r fine & still n #aleppo. They decided 2 disappear 4 a reason. Plz respect that & let them have thier privacy. #Syria
22:31:57 Retweeted @EliotHiggins 20:08:57 Assadist talking about 7 year old girl @AlabedBana here: https://t.co/MOg3kMA150
22:45:27 Retweeted @liamstack 22:32:41 The next President of the United States says China needs American permission to devalue their currency https://t.co/5uet6t3Rgn

@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-03 (UTC)

00:04:19 Retweeted @mattyglesias 2016-12-02 23:51:09 Based on what we've seen so far the Trump Administration's adherence to official email use guidelines is going to exactingly scrupulous.
00:13:04 Guess she found out she won't be in the cabinet? https://t.co/1lBnpATLSI
00:24:36 Reading – Matches and Gas (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/IeU2yzHik0
00:26:50 Retweeted @prchovanec 00:25:59 Beijing will restate One China policy and US "obligation", throw in some stage anger, and quietly smile that Trump made such a clumsy move. in reply to prchovanec
01:45:00 Retweeted @michaelpfreeman 01:44:03 This would be a superb time for someone to hide his phone. https://t.co/bgu9gydRQq
01:50:04 Thread -> https://t.co/AsbbcGEnpt
01:53:48 Retweeted @ChuBailiang 01:07:23 Former Deputy Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney. https://t.co/dxn4XUJiC8
02:33:18 Retweeted @joshgroban 2016-12-02 18:50:59 Maybe let's not media shame the more centrist, smarter people who meet with trump. They're our only hope.
02:42:50 Retweeted @davidfrum 2016-12-02 23:59:40 What the media doesn’t get is that while other people are playing checkers, Trump is playing Russian roulette.
03:09:39 Retweeted @kevinroose 01:38:19 Twitter should rename "While you were away" to "Oh god, what did he do now?"
03:09:51 Retweeted @comradewong 02:41:00 Chinese diplomats told me before election they thought Trump’s brazen words were just an act. They assumed he wouldвЂ¦ https://t.co/QFfkMVnccA
03:24:08 Retweeted @ditzkoff 2016-12-02 21:44:19 President-elect Trump accepts congratulatory call from Sauron, dark lord of Mordor. вЂњIt’s a terrific eye, hovers over everything, terrific"
04:07:53 Retweeted @imbou 03:59:48 @abulsme the backlash is gaining speed and he hasn't been inaugurated yet! https://t.co/4grXpzfkuT
04:08:06 Retweeted @imbou 04:02:31 @abulsme https://t.co/5WvAdbFo0c
04:09:10 .@imbou Trumpgrets -> https://t.co/QLZHzNCLF8 in reply to imbou
04:22:10 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 04:00:50 Part of me believes Mike Pence will be president soon. I'm not consoled by that, but between Trump and Pence, yes, I would take Pence.
04:22:16 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 04:03:07 Pence is a bad politician with bad ideas. Trump is an immense danger to all of us, including his supporters. We can survive the first. in reply to MarkHarrisNYC
04:24:32 Retweeted @Walldo 04:01:33 China’s foreign minister on Trump’s phone call with Taiwan’s president: "I do not think it will change the one-ChinвЂ¦ https://t.co/63eB20IzG2
04:44:04 Retweeted @joshtpm 03:59:59 Fascinating but probably predictable response. At least publicly China FM will pretend the call didn't happen. Or it wasn't Trumps fault.
04:45:58 Retweeted @JohnWDean 04:07:50 Does Trump's telephone "diplomacy" violate the Logan Act, for he remains subject to it until noon on 01/20/17? https://t.co/SrLJpFXjAc
04:58:55 Thread on Trump/China/Taiwan from @ehundman -> https://t.co/GrMZEri9O8 in reply to ehundman
05:11:09 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 05:02:45 Trump: Focus. Let's pick a couple more people for my cabinet
Also Trump: Start a war
Trump: But-
Also Trump: Call TвЂ¦ https://t.co/BUcyyyNZcU
05:26:31 Retweeted @patricknathan 05:10:44 Just gonna quietly post this again https://t.co/AUQ1ZVJU3f
05:31:05 Retweeted @chowleen 04:59:14 е°Џе‹•дЅњ в‰ "small action." Means manipulative,underhanded,passive-aggressive act. This is an accusation against Taiwan.вЂ¦ https://t.co/vuyZNmB8Ks
07:55:08 Retweeted @aravosis 01:53:59 Dear World,
You may have noticed, we elected an idiot as president. Sorry in advance.

Love, Hillary’s 48%
14:42:51 Retweeted @samsteinhp 2016-12-02 18:41:42 It got little mention over the past couple days, but Trump has financial investments in Carrier’s parent company https://t.co/bKx3ltrTDi
17:19:50 Reading – Third time lucky? Iceland's Pirate party given chance to form government (Reuters) https://t.co/0eSKLkIQhc
20:42:56 Reading – Thoughts on the Taiwan Call (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/TJSvwvhqUq
21:46:01 Sorry @imbou -> Howard Dean Announces He's Dropping Out Of Race For DNC Chair (Esme Cribb) https://t.co/M24PjgHRto
22:56:16 This week’s episode of the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast with @imbou and myself is out. Listen now! вЂњNice SnuffleвЂќ https://t.co/2UKYxL5D6K
23:27:51 And Stein pockets the cash? -> Green Party Drops Statewide Pennsylvania Recount (AP) https://t.co/xzfvzrVK8T

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Nice Snuffle

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan return to the normal non-election format. The three main topics are fake news, Trump’s conflicts of interest, and how to respond to Trump. They also talk a bit about MacBook Pros, iPads, Fidel Castro, Standing Rock, Syria, and even more! Join us as things start to settle into the new normal.

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Recorded 2016-12-01
Length this week – 1:55:48

(0:00:10-0:21:20) But First
- Agenda
- MacBook Pros and huge iPads
- Trackpads/mice/trackballs
- Gestures
(0:22:29-0:47:37) Fake News
- How it gets created and spreads
- Engagement algorithms
- Possible solutions?
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
- Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
- Trump International
- Who can do anything?
- Trump supporter regrets?
(1:06:59-1:28:42) Responding to Trump
- How to respond to lies and crazy?
- Outrage fatigue
- Taking Trump’s phone?
- Presidential alerts
- Congressional strategy
(1:29:20-1:55:28) Lightning Round
- Congressional earmarks
- Fidel Castro died
- Standing Rock
- Columbia plane crash
- Electoral College update
- Daylight Saving Time
- Syria

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@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-02 (UTC)

00:48:04 Reading – Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides (Tumulty/Rucker) https://t.co/xsyOPTHjVH
02:21:26 Retweeted @RVAwonk 01:30:32 #Trump tells Cincinnati rally that violent crime is at a 45-year high. It's actually at a 51-year low, according toвЂ¦ https://t.co/UzbVEBiVqH
02:46:38 Reading – вЂThere's No Such Thing Any More as Facts’ (James Fallows) https://t.co/1v0cHCGK20
02:46:50 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 02:20:22 Listening to this again. Considering if it's the moment where the Enlightenment dies. Staggering that we're debatinвЂ¦ https://t.co/VokItJ7PDn
02:50:07 Retweeted @NateSilver538 02:15:52 One takeaway from the @HarvardIOP conference is that Kellyanne Conway is not the savvy, winking SNL caricature. She's a True Believer.
02:55:40 Retweeted @SethAMandel 02:40:01 CW was GOP needed to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Turned out the people wanted fiscally liberal and socially conservative.
02:59:33 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:19:25 1. The "literally/seriously" thing isn't getting enough attention as a matter of democratic norms.
02:59:36 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:21:37 2. If we act like words have no meaning, how can we hold politicians accountable? Oh, I said I'd protect Medicare? Didn't mean it literally! in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:40 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:23:24 3. It's part of a post-truth politics where you can always find a "source" on Facebook or in an email forward to tell you what you want. in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:43 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:40:02 4. It's ultimately a defense of cognitive dissonance. "I know banning Muslims is wrong, so I'll pretend my candidate didn't really mean it." in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:46 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:41:57 5. It's part cult of personality but also part negative partisanship, where nothing your candidate says can convince you to not support them in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:49 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:44:45 6. If it's now "elitist" to say that words mean things, then our democracy is in big, big trouble. in reply to ObsoleteDogma
03:00:52 Retweeted @marcambinder 02:44:26 So here's some good news: there is a new American citizen today, and his name is Andrew Sullivan.
03:01:16 Retweeted @observingjapan 02:42:05 How much of the literature about totalitarian regimes literally addresses the demolition of the very idea of truth? https://t.co/U2HiYole6l
03:08:14 Reading -Ivanka Trump, climate czar? (Annie Karni) https://t.co/2cbwtwskVQ
03:37:12 Retweeted @AndreaChalupa 03:30:54 .@HamiltonElector managed to steal 7 Clinton electoral votes not Trump's. Before election founder pledged to vote aвЂ¦ https://t.co/88hM8dwwhz
03:40:23 Retweeted @HeerJeet 03:28:24 Trump continues to talk up Bannon-style populism but his cabinet is filling up with old school rightwing plutocrats. Somethings gotta give.
04:24:32 Retweeted @JohnFPfaff 04:06:41 Oh, FFS. It’s the largest PERCENT jump in 45 years because it’s currently so LOW. This lie is unkillable.вЂ¦ https://t.co/5vyOFTcryh
04:37:17 Reading – GOP in talks about helping insurers after ObamaCare repeal (Peter Sullivan) https://t.co/9aNIczjmPx
04:37:26 Retweeted @dceiver 02:27:26 sweet zombie Jesus there's to be a TAXPAYER FUNDED BAILOUT of the FUCKING INSURANCE INDUSTRY https://t.co/acZGLpJGo2
04:37:52 Retweeted @Redistrict 2016-12-01 03:47:52 House GOP's 4% geography bonus:
2012: 49% of 2-party vote, 53% of seats
2014: 53% of vote, 57% of seats
2016: 51% of vote, 55% of seats
06:01:49 Retweeted @MEPFuller 05:56:39 What's amazing is this one little Carrier deal is *still* gonna stick in people's minds as Trump saving manufacturing jobs.
Facts are dead. in reply to MEPFuller
06:03:27 Retweeted @attackerman 2016-11-30 20:58:20 Nearly every Senate intelligence Dem, including incoming ranking member Warner, ask for declassification on info reвЂ¦ https://t.co/Y8b0JnL5KZ
06:08:45 Retweeted @TheCrosstab 05:45:16 Running a quick trend tells us that, in fact, EDU the biggest predictor вЂ” that and white percent. https://t.co/VXppZugz07 in reply to TheCrosstab
06:18:22 Retweeted @jbillinson 2016-12-01 18:07:00 WHO MADE THIS?! <symbol><symbol><symbol> https://t.co/RfOM1mT38E
06:25:14 Reading – Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast (Mark Landler) https://t.co/vt6ArcZq0c
06:28:09 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr 05:26:12 People freaking out that Uber is advertising on Breitbart. B/c a neo-Nazi site is last place you expect to see ads for a co. called UBER.
06:28:15 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr 05:29:10 Ok, yes, Uber threatens reporters, attacks women, hires spies to smear folks suing them. But why would they advertise on a Trump fan site?
07:02:51 Retweeted @DonCheadle 06:29:14 Donald Trump is shocked his working-class supporters believed his BS: https://t.co/1jxxjsb1v7 via @slate
07:07:26 Retweeted @marcambinder 06:40:34 I know my advice sounds obvious, but cable chyrons and well-written text pieces will not be sufficient, persuasive or shared with friends. in reply to marcambinder
08:17:01 Reading – Netherlands and Belgium to end lawless border oddity by swapping land peacefully (Adam Taylor) https://t.co/v330pwFw1w
08:52:19 Retweeted @EliotHiggins 08:50:01 We've looked into this account, it's certainly posting images from a specific location in Aleppo, so seems genuine https://t.co/40tGPSTyox
16:35:36 Recount making a huge difference so far! :-) -> First Day Of Wisconsin Recount Nets Hillary One Vote (Blake Neff) https://t.co/ke0VMC3IkT
16:37:00 Retweeted @moorehn 16:30:11 Hey everyone who lost their minds over Trump's flag-burning tweet and its "importance": this is the real First AmenвЂ¦ https://t.co/xHLVA1koZE
16:43:45 Reading – Don’t get distracted. Trump and Republicans are set to inflict radical, disruptive change. (Greg Sargent) https://t.co/iwAlEsJf4f
16:58:11 Retweeted @DrewLinzer 16:45:38 State-level presidential polls underestimated Trump's vote share, by a lot. Anyone still saying the polls were ok iвЂ¦ https://t.co/Q8a38sEY4a
17:24:27 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith 17:22:54 If reporters aren’t supposed to take Trump literally, can someone tell me how we’re supposed to do our jobs? I mean this literally.
17:26:04 .@ryanbeckwith Note but don't obsess over verbal statements. Pay very close attention to actions. Appointments. Meetings. Signed documents. in reply to ryanbeckwith
18:22:49 Retweeted @liamstack 18:00:14 Pence and Trump: "the free market" has been wrong "every time." Is that the new @GOP position on capitalism? https://t.co/gxUJeql995
18:39:13 Retweeted @csawula 18:10:27 Somewhere, Paul Ryan is sobbing over his copy of Atlas Shrugged. https://t.co/KvxTfwHWKA
19:45:35 Retweeted @ChaseMit 18:47:03 TRUMP: I won in a landslide
ALSO TRUMP: Millions of people voted illegally
SOMEHOW ALSO TRUMP: Please don't check tвЂ¦ https://t.co/ctCOc30YkM
23:35:25 Listening to Episode 152: Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America (PEL Live!)
via iCatcher! https://t.co/N9ewY8N95u
23:39:18 Retweeted @OKnox 22:34:58 Over to you, Beijing. (And possibly to Obama's State Department). https://t.co/H5C863aEbY
23:39:21 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 22:36:49 Countless diplomats currently asking selves whether this statement is meant to be taken seriously and not literallyвЂ¦ https://t.co/COgzTJm556
23:39:40 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 23:32:37 China just waking up. It's going to a very ugly weekend – completely unnecessary. Im sure Kerry on phone with em right now calming em down.
23:40:16 Retweeted @aedwardslevy 23:28:13 What if we look back upon 2016 as a paragon of relative normalcy
23:42:10 Reading – Trump speaks with Taiwanese president, a major break with decades of U.S. policy on China (Anne Gearan) https://t.co/VHpcA94GGD
23:47:10 Retweeted @goldengateblond 23:30:57 We've been worried about Donald Trump having nukes when what we really should've been worried about is Donald Trump having a phone.
23:58:43 Reading – Holy Conflict of Interest! The Firm Holding Much of Trump's Debt May Be Up for Sale. (Russ Choma) https://t.co/811b91F2OM
23:59:02 Retweeted @ClaraJeffery 20:10:21 Michael Bloomberg or Jeff Bezos should buy Trump's debt: https://t.co/po4GNgeWVa
23:59:05 Retweeted @MarkLGoldberg 20:28:07 The implications of this @russchoma piece are jaw dropping. A savvy foreign power could simply buy Trump's debt. ToвЂ¦ https://t.co/CUltlDDJyd
23:59:09 Retweeted @natsecHeather 23:53:22 Or already has? https://t.co/Y26Gz76Ua8

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00:10:37 Retweeted @PeterGleick 00:05:53 Just a reminder that the failure to vote for the "lesser of two evils" has given us the greater of two evils.
01:48:34 Listening to Watch Bernie Sanders' Full Speech in Philadelphia: The Future of American Democracy is at Risk https://t.co/bFk8TX1pP9
06:49:33 Thread -> https://t.co/YfQlGSr16f
07:05:51 Reading – Trump, a Free-Form Leader, Experiments and Invites Drama (Alexander Burns) https://t.co/h0PY6Y49DZ
07:54:39 Dem electors not voting Clinton to protest Trump is idiotic. Only weakens Clinton's total. Does not hurt Trump. -> https://t.co/I84oiE1NLw
14:19:28 Retweeted @JonathanMerritt 13:03:55 This clip is astounding. Tens of millions of Americans believe these same things. https://t.co/OqK1xtyVub
14:58:14 Listening to Storynory – Stories for Kids Beauty and the Beast Shorter Version
via iCatcher! https://t.co/aGCEv1KNWH
15:22:59 Listening to The Bob and Chez Show presented by https://t.co/DNuMbgqqND The Golden Turd
via iCatcher! https://t.co/jbeKhvrrSI
15:54:22 Reading – The Array of Conflicts of Interest Facing the Trump Presidency (Buchanon/Yourish) https://t.co/LNzcCIHQhk
17:12:58 Retweeted @airlivenet 16:54:30 BREAKING Contact lost with cargo space ship to International Space Station https://t.co/hmjEMDCwP8 https://t.co/7wbgKq2sST
17:22:33 Reading – Fate of Russian cargo freighter unknown (Stephen Clark) https://t.co/ka6eDnfQYt
17:24:47 Retweeted @billscher 17:06:41 PA margin 46435
WI margin 22177
MI margin 10704

79,317 more Dems show up in these 3 states, person with 65M+ votesвЂ¦ https://t.co/k6Dsjrnt1l
17:39:28 Retweeted @NateSilver538 17:05:27 So Clinton lost Michigan by ~0.2%, Wisconsin by ~0.7%, Pennsylvania by ~0.8%. https://t.co/wbnGFEmcen
17:45:20 Reading – Pollsters Probably Didn’t Talk To Enough White Voters Without College Degrees (Nate Silver) https://t.co/22L1f3BSyp
18:32:47 Retweeted @firstsheriff 2016-11-30 20:56:18 Cpl. Yingling had a unique call for service when the suspect, pictured, was witnessed causing prop. Destruction atвЂ¦ https://t.co/sB5jQIzeDr
18:53:26 Reading – Nancy Pelosi Beats Back House Democratic Leadership Challenge (Emmarie Huetteman) https://t.co/YDcOElXGIi
19:02:28 Reading – Trump Cabinet is people who've bamboozled Trump voters (Will Bunch) https://t.co/vD1FWC1rdX
19:15:31 Retweeted @RobertMackey 2016-11-30 20:01:51 I just recreated what Trump sees on Twitter by making a list of the 40 accounts he follows and I feel dumber already https://t.co/Zr03w5qs00
19:15:58 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 19:12:01 Interesting story in this thread. https://t.co/9epZx5m7VE
19:42:44 Retweeted @williamjordann 19:18:30 43% of Trump voters now believe "millions of people voted illegally" https://t.co/KEOPylrGhV in reply to williamjordann
19:46:19 Retweeted @williamjordann 19:16:30 42% of Clinton voters believe there is a "good chance" recounts will show Clinton actually wonвЂ¦ https://t.co/94s23klQxd
19:47:07 The 43% of Trump voters and the 42% of Clinton voters in the last two retweets are both deluded and misinformed. Sigh.
19:59:47 Retweeted @Redistrict 19:29:50 Jill Stein is now officially the Ralph Nader of 2016.
Stein votes/Trump margin:
MI: 51,463/10,704
PA: 49,678/46,765
WI: 31,006/22,177
20:05:51 Trump at Carrier right now. Is this the first real speech he has given since election night? He seems really low energy. Very mellow.
20:07:44 Retweeted @hunterschwarz 20:07:36 Trump admits that when he originally said Carrier wouldn’t leave the U.S., he didn’t mean it literally, was a вЂњeuphemism."
21:04:00 Retweeted @Acosta 20:47:48 Michigan Secretary of State office says Trump campaign has filed objection to recount. https://t.co/ilzhWUMd1u
21:11:13 Important thread. Optics matter more than reality. -> https://t.co/mYtIZhfn2c
21:22:52 Reading – Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense (Dan Lamothe) https://t.co/0bUaN05B0v
21:48:11 Retweeted @JonathanLanday 21:46:31 Official Trump spokesman denies WaPost story that ret. Marine Gen. James #mattisforsecdef has been selected as secrвЂ¦ https://t.co/J9enLkrlAF
22:48:01 !! -> Trump skeptic on Electoral College promises to quit but still can't (Kyle Cheney) https://t.co/G4IgN7NLe7

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