Abulsme.com: Saturday, January 14th, 2017

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It is back to the normal grind on this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner with Sam and Ivan. As if there was anything else, they have to start out talking about the explosive “Trump Dossier” and everything surrounding that. Trump and hookers and bribery, oh my! With that out of the way, they talk about Trump’s press conference and the latest developments with the Congress and Obamacare as well.

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Recorded 2017-01-13
Length this week – 1:42:52

(0:00:38-0:04:15) But First
- UTC
- Agenda
(0:05:19-0:49:14) The Dossier
- Order of events
- Allegations
- Origin of doc
- Confirmation?
- Alex interruption
- Believable?
- Press reaction
- Trump reaction
- Contrast with Obama/Pence
- Disagreements with cabinet
(0:50:30-1:13:05) Trump Press Conference
- Was it a disaster?
- Alex again
- Trump changes the topic
- The next election
- Conflicts of interest
- Things changing quickly
(1:13:41-1:42:32) Obamacare
- ACA is actually Obamacare
- What is congress doing now?
- Possible consequences
- Democratic response
- Claim victory and go home?
- Trump/Congress relationship

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-13 (UTC)

00:31:33 Reading – The Bush Sisters Wrote the Obama Girls A Letter (Barbara Bush / Jenna Bush Hager) https://t.co/mG5DyiFRfv
01:01:21 Reading – You Won't Believe the Reason Google Pulled Ads from these Big Sites (Erik Sherman) https://t.co/hr6KEdxONa
01:34:35 Retweeted @CNN 2017-01-12 22:38:15 The moment Joe Biden found out he'd be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President ObamaвЂ¦ https://t.co/FbIuVKHfKL
01:38:41 Retweeted @cspan 01:13:29 Statement from C-SPAN about January 12 Online Signal Interruption https://t.co/dlkSOntJgz
01:50:14 Retweeted @jaketapper 2017-01-12 23:22:26 It was FBI Director Comey in a one on one who briefed PEOTUS Trump on that synopsis, we can now report. More here -вЂ¦ https://t.co/2E0zFrREHl
02:57:31 Retweeted @BCAppelbaum 01:50:09 Lonely fiscal conservative seeks political party. https://t.co/yD2M4oBqdr
03:00:03 Retweeted @ywxwy 02:36:10 This @SpeakerRyan town hall is a weird counterpoint to the incoming PEOTUS. it's like "and now the opinion of the actual @GOP"
03:11:56 Drat. I missed the Ryan town hall. I’m sure there will be a video with highlights soonвЂ¦
03:14:21 Retweeted @dandrezner 01:46:32 Masha Gessen peer reviews the intel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. It's pretty devastating. https://t.co/tiac7cvZQA
03:14:25 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:59:11 Yes, fair response. It's possible for Gessen's critique of the document to be accurate and for classified info to sвЂ¦ https://t.co/Depjo0VWDC
03:15:33 Retweeted @dandrezner 03:06:07 The problem is that it requires the reader to trust the intel community. And as I noted here, it's a low-trust era.вЂ¦ https://t.co/FdyUueU5ot
05:27:22 Retweeted @christinawilkie 02:11:34 The @FEC just sent Trump a 250 page letter listing what appear to be illegal campaign contributions. Read it here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/GfX90MQbP3
06:14:59 Retweeted @meganamram 2017-01-11 08:06:51 I'm not sure Donald Trump is qualified to sit in an exit row on a plane
06:22:57 Retweeted @segalmr 2017-01-12 03:14:21 Trump Organization will ameliorate conflicts by *not telling people that Donald Trump is president.*вЂ¦ https://t.co/PnukPB5GKV
06:23:12 Retweeted @LaurenEMorrill 01:14:14 My biggest problem in these ACA debates? I don't know how to explain to you why you should care about other people.
06:25:10 Retweeted @cliffmasstldr 05:54:58 Everybody's getting snow but us. (That 3900% in Western OR isn't a typo) https://t.co/DKFa6YAmNS
06:29:08 Retweeted @derekwillis 06:10:35 So: 250-page FEC letter to Trump campaign is noteworthy. As was 400-page FEC letter to Obama campaign in 2008. The responses matter, too.
06:39:25 Retweeted @scottwongDC 03:09:23 .@speakerryan just dabbed https://t.co/NqhIvGyLbC
06:42:36 Retweeted @msgwenl 2017-01-12 18:12:52 I hope everyone who voted for Stein because "both candidates are the same" has enough healing crystals to replace their health insurance.
07:15:25 My son is asking me why @imbou & I talk about Trump on our podcast instead of Martin Luther King since holiday is Monday. No good answer.
08:03:14 Retweeted @HeerJeet 05:47:34 Memo to the Deep State: Next time maybe make all this shit available to the public before the election.
08:13:29 Reading – U.S. Intel Officials Reportedly Warn Israeli Counterparts Against Sharing Info With Trump Admin (Haaretz) https://t.co/HVFpt7B9UG
14:09:25 Reading – A Message To My Doomed Colleagues In The American Media (Alexey Kovalev) https://t.co/YuwCbU8pMi?
14:11:49 Retweeted @brianklaas 14:10:39 British betting house Ladbrokes is now offering nearly even odds (basically 50/50) that Trump won't finish his term. https://t.co/LWwRtAQLmU
14:17:38 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 11:57:23 Gallup Presidential transition approval (net):
Trump -7
Obama +71
Bush +36
Clinton +50

Trump dropped 13 pts in month among Independents
14:22:19 Reading – No Confidence: Warning Signs for the Health of Our Democracy (Todd/Murray/Dann) https://t.co/WzI2qhZA8S
16:04:26 Retweeted @HeerJeet 16:02:18 President-elect is up at 3 AM railing against both parties and the intelligence community. Nothing to see here. https://t.co/BsjQPsN4DB
17:24:00 Reading – If You Give A Trump A Hooker (Tom Scocca) https://t.co/edY8XZ8md7
18:18:34 Reading – Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia envoy (Julie Pace) https://t.co/lAhu1nmKDH
18:22:47 Reading – Meet Mike Pompeo, the far-right Christian zealot with Islamophobe ties who will lead Trump’s CIA (Digby) https://t.co/eEaVzHKx2O
19:57:10 Reading – Angering Congress, James Comey won't address Trump-Russia inquiry privately (@attackerman) https://t.co/ogmkrDdc62
19:59:38 To me this reads like there absolutely is an ongoing investigation and Comey doesn't want to tip off the specific tвЂ¦ https://t.co/jcQRTz97Um in reply to abulsme
20:32:06 Retweeted @Yair_Rosenberg 16:38:46 World leaders think the way to get Trump to do something is to talk to PutinвЂ”that the way to influence the US presiвЂ¦ https://t.co/kTZeUAEW0O
20:39:13 Reading – Dems 'outraged' with Comey after House briefing (Lillis/Williams) https://t.co/Gow9kTceLN
20:44:11 Reading – Why did Obama dawdle on Russia’s hacking? (@IgnatiusPost) https://t.co/Rdx0mIqU50
20:58:40 Reading – The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was "Hair-Raising" Stuff (David Corn) https://t.co/0e9JxBtfdH
21:05:11 Reading – Big security risks in Trump feud with spy agencies, officials say (Strobel/Walcott) https://t.co/63N7sGRMJd

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-12 (UTC)

01:43:59 Just listened to KellyAnn Conway interview w/Anderson Cooper. Unbelievable stonewalling, misdirection, dissembling. Absolutely insane.
01:50:36 Reading – After the Trump dossier, James Comey is running out of excuses (James Downie) https://t.co/DarJFqRxQ0
01:52:33 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 2017-01-11 21:42:42 UK's Telegraph reporting that the private investigator who wrote the Trump memo has fled his home fearing retaliation.
01:56:06 Retweeted @thegarance 01:49:33 Bombshell reporting strategy for the next 4 years: Google anyone Trump mentions or is close to. https://t.co/GBxctc4ZKv
02:01:22 Retweeted @mikeybbq 01:45:03 Wow! @carlbernstein lays into @KellyannePolls on @AC360 – calls her "Propaganda Minister." Says journos need seriouвЂ¦ https://t.co/tv9r0uykC4
02:02:06 Retweeted @moorehn 01:37:44 Ugh, so cheap and such a waste of time. BuzzFeed is not your enemy, media. Your enemy is soon to take over the WhitвЂ¦ https://t.co/r165nMmW4D
02:03:44 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 01:37:57 Conway: You reported this
Cooper: No we didn't
Conway: Many people feel you did
Cooper: Here's what we said
Conway: Fake news. Witch hunt.
02:06:14 Retweeted @JFXM 2017-01-11 22:58:42 Wow. Pro-Trump Fox News comes out in support of CNN, stands up for reporter belittled by president-elect. https://t.co/WIMDoN9f37
02:06:38 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 01:42:33 Conway: People keep using the word "dossier" like some fancy French word is going to imbue it with credibility
Hand to God, that happened
02:07:37 Retweeted @ajreid 2017-01-11 17:04:09 ICYMI: BBC correspondent says there's more than one source, more than one tape & more than one date of allegationsвЂ¦ https://t.co/UQ3FOCRwTL
02:07:42 Retweeted @KeithOlbermann 01:07:30 The correspondent is Paul Wood and stuff like this on the BBC is vetted to within an inch of its life before airingвЂ¦ https://t.co/GyByJKOK5X
02:08:02 Retweeted @KFILE 00:30:27 The last two jobs on my resume are "failing pile of garbage" and "fake news."
02:08:10 Retweeted @BoingBoing 01:42:14 <symbol><symbol> https://t.co/TzJKo6kvr1
02:09:15 Retweeted @nypost 00:19:05 Tomorrow's cover story: It's open war between the media and Donald Trump https://t.co/hh9JfkINBS https://t.co/8qIYEjHkNC
02:09:27 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 01:41:21 Lot of folks forgetting that CNN's story on Trump memo wasn't its unverified content, but that IC thought it contained something credible.
02:11:57 Retweeted @NPRinskeep 01:40:36 Why'd US intel give Trump unverified info? Analysts John Sipher & @Susan_Hennessey suggest: He needed to know it was circulating–widely.
02:12:29 Retweeted @MEPFuller 02:12:08 I'm trying to square House GOP leadership's confidence over this repeal vote on Friday with how close they are to an insurrection and, yeah.
02:17:12 Reading – At His First News Conference As President-elect, Trump Owns the Press (Gabriel Sherman) https://t.co/WV0MPJ839D
02:23:19 Reading – The British ex-spy behind the Trump dossier was an FBI asset (Michael Isakoff) https://t.co/eqVDxGDjfO
02:31:11 Retweeted @HouseInSession 00:09:53 House Repubs remain shy of enough votes to pass a budget bill intended to be a step toward repeal of Obamacare – say party vote-counters.
03:55:40 Retweeted @ericgeller 02:44:04 Wow. DNI James Clapper just issued a rare statement saying he expressed "profound dismay" to Trump tonight about koвЂ¦ https://t.co/7lPnyv54bV
04:07:21 Retweeted @HeerJeet 03:49:54 Trump and his team need to understand that they will never get the respect they want from the people they want. https://t.co/ekPvBbFAh3
04:36:09 Reading – Trump 'compromising' claims: How and why did we get here? (Paul Wood) https://t.co/GXjaJHUlob
04:54:17 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 03:40:17 From my reading, doesn't Clapper's statement confirm pretty clearly CNN's reporting? That is how i see it.
04:54:41 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 03:48:23 Clapper's statement–while attempting to smooth things over–confirms most of the reporting and contradicts the Trump team's factual claims.
04:55:28 Retweeted @aravosis 03:43:01 No one other than @DavidCornDC, @LouiseMensch. Everyone else ignored story. And now BBC is on it like a dog w/ boneвЂ¦ https://t.co/uP38Y5XVoD in reply to aravosis
04:55:41 Retweeted @aravosis 03:41:28 For those worrying that the bombshell memo has now undercut case against trump, no one was even writing about this until the memo came out.
04:55:50 Retweeted @aravosis 03:43:52 Without the cnn story and buzzfeed publishing the memo, the story was buried. Now it has legs. https://t.co/t2KVlxfupr in reply to aravosis
04:55:56 Retweeted @aravosis 03:44:10 And that is why you saw team Trump freaking out all day long. https://t.co/cdwjuHqjBk in reply to aravosis
04:56:09 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 04:27:18 I think an important point is that even if the American press shies away from the story, the international press wiвЂ¦ https://t.co/SVxgAaNO1M
04:56:14 Retweeted @shannona_smith 04:45:36 Also as @MalcolmNance has pointed out other Western Democracies have intelligence services too https://t.co/a1nw1rbwN7
06:00:02 Retweeted @morganhousel 2017-01-11 21:30:41 "Never make fun of people for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned it by reading."
07:28:29 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 06:40:00 The GOP just voted to kill insurance for preexisting conditions and keeping your kids insured until 26–2 provisions Trump said he'd keep.
07:29:00 Retweeted @ddiamond 05:52:10 Interestingly, the Sanders-Klobuchar plan to import drugs from Canada got 12 Republican votes вЂ” but 13 Democrats voted against it. in reply to ddiamond
07:38:40 Reading – How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump (Shane/Confessore/Rosenberg) https://t.co/LxomsCud2V
07:39:24 Retweeted @ddiamond 05:50:40 Voted down tonight in Senate
вќЊ Keep preexisting conditions protection
вќЊ Let young adults stay on parents plan
вќЊ Keep contraceptive coverage in reply to ddiamond
07:46:20 Retweeted @sannewman 2017-01-11 04:17:14 They say Trump is such a great deal-maker, but there are millions of women who would piss on him for free.
07:47:35 Retweeted @emmettrensin 07:31:55 The Democratic Party ought to start campaigning on single payer health care today and talk about nothing else for four years.
07:50:59 Retweeted @joss 01:40:24 Trump's signature move is accusing people of things he's doing or going to do. So when he mentions Nazi Germany, I'd go ahead & be TERRIFIED
08:00:23 Retweeted @sdkstl 07:53:03 Watching the response roll in to 1am vote on repealing #ACA aka #Obamacare, have a feeling @SenateGOP didn't quite grasp the optics. in reply to sdkstl
08:09:54 Retweeted @DavidYankovich 08:05:36 Whatever DEM candidate for 2020 comes out swinging hardest will have my vote. Simple.
Inspire. Swing. Connect. Repeat.
08:22:11 Reading – Why Donald Trump Will Be the Dunning-Kruger President (Jessica Pressler) https://t.co/ny9v820Fnk
15:11:19 Retweeted @ezlusztig 15:06:42 This thread. Which is heartbreaking and really hard to get through. But its message is very important today. https://t.co/rH5gG72Gyp
15:15:21 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 15:05:11 For example, these faces: https://t.co/2Oq8OnNG0d https://t.co/79TDegrl8G
15:17:46 Reading – UK Asks Journalists to Not Name Ex-Agent Allegedly Behind Trump Report (Joseph Cox) https://t.co/UghIDElDpj
15:20:42 Reading – The Sordid History of the Firm Behind the Trump-Russia Dossier (Mark Hemingway) https://t.co/Ade48IEgyP
15:23:24 Reading – North Dakota is trying to classify all internet-connected devices as porn vending machines (Oberhaus) https://t.co/MsDsVMbfu2
15:33:10 Retweeted @scalzi 15:32:53 Your reminder that the incoming president is a lying, grifting sack of shit and you should be spending the next four years loudly saying so.
15:38:16 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 15:37:53 Responding to experts' claims that he's deeply unqualified to lead HUD, Ben Carson tells us that brains are really amazing things. OK, sure.
15:39:16 Retweeted @NoahCRothman 15:34:11 Reminder: Sequester was designed to be so stupid and painful that no one would dare let it pass. It passed in 2011 and has been law since.
16:32:47 I have followed @xeni since well before her diagnosis. Well worth following for everything. But don't miss her lateвЂ¦ https://t.co/t0ZxjR0t3d in reply to xeni
16:38:02 Retweeted @davepell 16:23:35 And we enter another day of Trump’s nominees testifying that they don’t agree with the bombastic statements he makes every day.
16:43:28 Reading – Ben Carson’s prepared HUD testimony included accidental plagiarism вЂ” but he didn’t use it (David Weigel) https://t.co/LoNJXIPqAY
16:44:00 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 16:43:39 @abulsme Who does that boy remind you of……. even down to the hair! https://t.co/f2AsDK7pGW
17:45:33 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 17:44:52 Just had an image of trump interns handing out popcorn during exclusive showing of вЂњYellow RainвЂќ https://t.co/JiHEh4aA5U
17:55:05 Reading – Intelligence sources vouch for credibility of Russia dossier author | US news (Hopkins/Harding) https://t.co/M8lJVx6ifl
18:03:15 Reading – Trump’s Business вЂSeparation’ Plan Does Nothing of the Kind (Richard Painter) https://t.co/BlnE1oRNp3
18:36:21 Retweeted @W7VOA 18:25:31 IG @TheJusticeDept says will review how @FBI and Justice handled certain aspects of @HillaryClinton email probe during #Election2016.
19:00:04 Retweeted @johnastoehr 18:43:24 Reuters: Jeb Bush hired Christopher Steele to find dirt on Trump, according to the BBC. Steele wrote the Trump Dossier.
19:01:37 Retweeted @ericgeller 18:48:16 @johnastoehr: Bush Super PAC, not Bush, and the head of that Super PAC has denied in reply to johnastoehr
19:06:19 Good thread on intelligence gathering and how to think of it. Scroll up to top and read the whole thing. https://t.co/9rCcOu41I0
19:09:55 Reading – Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry (Lichtblau/Goldman) https://t.co/uTz18ZdJEW
19:13:00 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 18:59:45 Here is what the DOJ inspector general will be looking into, including FBI Director Comey's Oct/Nov letters and pubвЂ¦ https://t.co/j5XYO26TZa in reply to BraddJaffy
19:19:46 Reading – As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him (Jim Rutenberg) https://t.co/cSKhBHD3Js
19:21:39 Retweeted @JasminMuj 18:25:52 In light of RUS revelations, the conversation in Berlin, Paris, London is essentially: are Trump and Putin colluding to undermine our govts? in reply to JasminMuj
19:27:24 Retweeted @ezlusztig 16:51:43 I see people praising Putin today: "You gotta hand it to him, he's very smart." Actually it's more that we're being really fucking stupid.
19:28:02 Retweeted @TVsAndyDaly 18:48:52 Maybe the GOP could repeal Obamacare but leave the popular ACA fully intact, perhaps by naming a goat "Obamacare" & chasing it into the sea.
19:43:46 Retweeted @aedwardslevy 2017-01-11 21:49:31 You will be shocked to hear that Trump voters think he saved the ethics office, and that Clinton voters do not agree https://t.co/JsfTuORvu9 in reply to aedwardslevy
19:56:21 Reading – Beyond wild allegations, what’s clearly true about Trump and Russia is disturbing (Matthew Yglesias) https://t.co/jOAQQQ5Lt8
19:58:30 Thread on yesterday's ACA actions and what they were… and we're not. https://t.co/IxIRQgUV3d
20:33:46 What could possibly go wrong? -> N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications (Charlie Savage) https://t.co/NLtS3ugTVs
20:38:17 Reading – Graham apologizes for calling for Cruz's murder (Rebecca Savransky) https://t.co/D9tguaQK1q
20:48:46 Retweeted @alexburnsNYT 20:48:15 Is this a prank to get Powell photographed sitting at a witness table, holding up a flash drive between thumb and fвЂ¦ https://t.co/XipdUWuuML
21:05:12 Retweeted @jeffzeleny 21:04:53 President Obama awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Vice President Biden. The look of shock on @VP may render him speechless.
21:05:23 Retweeted @jaketapper 21:04:44 .@POTUS surprises @VP with a presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor
21:06:44 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 21:03:51 Nor do I. Yes, ACA is flawed. You still don't push people out of a plane and tell them the parachute will show up lвЂ¦ https://t.co/GWwtGPRSlk
23:36:30 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 22:32:44 Oh cool. Guccifer2, the distributor for emails taken from the DNC network is back. https://t.co/8KZtBxYt5U https://t.co/QqOHbx94uc
23:36:36 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 22:39:20 The tl;dr is "intelligence agencies are lying to you, I'm not associated with the Russian government. Also Obama haвЂ¦ https://t.co/SiyKyxgwtC in reply to pwnallthethings
23:36:44 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 22:42:22 Reads like a press release, and zero daylight between those talking points and official Kremlin ones. Curious it was released at all. in reply to pwnallthethings
23:36:52 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 23:02:11 Key narratives highlighted.
1. I am not Russian hacker
2. Evidence is all fake
3. Obama leaves soon
Sprinkled withвЂ¦ https://t.co/RQTNT29alE in reply to pwnallthethings
23:55:51 Retweeted @azalben 21:27:16 Biden just quoted, off the top of his head, an Irish poet, then the Talmud. I'm going to miss intelligent, emotional men so much.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-11 (UTC)

03:38:36 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 03:16:01 Estonia intelligence surveilled a meeting between a Trump associate and a Putin-supporting politician in August. https://t.co/uUsNEhtsSh
03:39:43 Retweeted @20committee 03:15:42 #GOP was informed back in the spring that Trump was a 1-man FSB kompromat machine come to life.
They did nothing. This is on them now.
03:40:14 Retweeted @endeavoringE 03:15:15 вЂњWe’re not going to hear a POTUS speech like that for a while,вЂќ is an understatement.
03:40:50 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 03:14:59 Imagine what this guy's farewell speech is gonna be like https://t.co/RbVPqdNmSo
03:42:27 Retweeted @LukeRussert 03:06:58 Not a political speech at all. That was Obama's Ike Military Industrial Complex. Warning about "end of expertise" & how it can end democracy
03:56:11 Retweeted @marcambinder 03:36:57 On Trump: the IC did not just summarize that dossier; their "synopsis" was summary of everything they've learned about Ru compromise efforts
03:56:44 Retweeted @marcambinder 03:37:51 … the existence of the 35-page unverified dossier was mentioned in the synopsis; it wasn't the entirety (or even the bulk) of their info. in reply to marcambinder
03:57:26 Retweeted @marcambinder 03:41:06 I have no idea whether the 35-page dossier is, resembles, or is a derivative product of a @4chan fiction. in reply to marcambinder
03:57:31 Retweeted @marcambinder 03:41:52 The IC has different independent sources, with varying degrees of reliability, on a variety of efforts to compromise Trump and the RNC in reply to marcambinder
03:59:27 Retweeted @MattBellassai 01:37:04 everybody be nice to donald, he *just* found out his best friend has been spying on him this whole time
04:00:11 Retweeted @michaelcrowley 03:42:36 The news has become like a Netflix series whose plot twists get ever more over-the-topвЂ”except in this case you can’t switch to a new show
04:00:18 Retweeted @chillhartman 01:00:11 welp, this feels warranted. https://t.co/Aht8C61EE6
04:06:04 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 03:42:01 If you reported, tweeted or shared WikiLeaks information, I have less than no interest in your opinion about what BuzzFeed has done.
04:14:18 Reading – Key GOP Chair Unveils Most Detailed Plan Yet To Repeal And Replace O'Care (Lauren Fox) https://t.co/w5F4RsB4xP
04:25:20 Retweeted @imbou 04:24:24 @abulsme this is a repeal in name only… in reply to abulsme
04:33:05 If info in "the doc" turns out to be false, it will cause quite a lot of damage to both the IC and the press reporting on the story.
04:34:11 Retweeted @oneLOUDERash 01:01:40 NIXON: No way can you pull off a more scandal-ridden presidency than I did.
TRUMP: Hold my beer.

NIXON: Wait this isn’t beer
04:34:55 Retweeted @steveking_ 04:14:34 Comeys a Repub. Didn't like Clinton. Prob likes Pence more than Trump. That's the long game. Pence. in reply to steveking_
04:35:25 Retweeted @steveking_ 04:12:59 Comey torpedoed Clinton & had dirt on Trump the whole time. His long game wasn't Hillary. She was cake. He did it to have Trump for himself
04:37:02 Retweeted @mattmfm 03:37:52 Carl Bernstein on CNN confirming there was an in-person meeting between McCain and Comey to speak about these Trump allegations personally.
04:38:42 Retweeted @ericacbarnett 00:26:55 This is the part that strikes me as unconscionable. https://t.co/7tZz9s5TNo
04:49:52 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 04:49:40 @abulsme it’s not like Trump’s followers will believe it anyway. They already only trust Breitbart. in reply to abulsme
05:19:25 Retweeted @xkcdComic 05:13:01 Bad Map Projection: Liquid Resize https://t.co/2aXbZ1i6pD https://t.co/7kPBGDQ4Wx https://t.co/SuNV1SErOo
05:41:28 Reading – BuzzFeed’s Trump bombshell was dropped irresponsibly (Kelly McBride) https://t.co/ePo4S4rX0i
05:44:53 I'm with Buzzfeed on the release. With appropriate caveats about inability to verify etc. I also think Comey's letter was appropriate.
05:46:16 Retweeted @summerbrennan 05:43:48 How nice for @nbcsnl that this broke with so much time before Saturday.
05:46:55 Retweeted @TomArnold 05:43:06 NBC pal escorting Trump 2 Moscow 4 Miss U 2013 asked if I had tips."Pee in dark incase KGB's filming" Assumed Trump knew same went 4 orgies
05:48:01 Retweeted @davidsirota 05:38:36 Worth mentioning: Judith Miller, Ahmed Chalabi and Curveball were at one point billed as "credible sources."
05:53:22 Retweeted @DylanByers 2017-01-10 23:46:46 Coming soon: Robust debate on whether websites should publish unverified reports from single sources claiming to be former intel officers
05:53:27 Retweeted @matthewamiller 01:57:21 While we're at it, maybe we can talk about news outlets publishing emails stolen by a foreign intelligence serviceвЂ¦ https://t.co/pIrAtHEX4z
06:00:07 Thread https://t.co/slC8PUAmuy
06:02:50 Retweeted @mattblaze 05:35:24 Jan 10, 2017: The outgoing President delivers an inspiring speech of unity.
The incoming President denies peeing on a hotel bed.
06:03:39 Retweeted @robofear 01:27:43 Trump is so concerned with witchhunts I am beginning to suspect he might be a witch.
06:10:51 Reading – Trump Intelligence Report Merits Caution, Spy Agency Vets Say (Andy Greenberg) https://t.co/Buee3ZXhil
06:11:02 Retweeted @SamSeder 05:34:04 Anyone know when exactly America is supposed to be great again? Is it going to be in Q1 or Q2?
06:55:06 Retweeted @DrewCurtis 06:43:18 If it was actually fake, Trump would shrug this off. Just saying
06:59:33 Reading – 4chan Claims It Invented the Trump Golden Showers Story (Gideon Resnik) https://t.co/yQbzh2uGsS
07:00:22 Retweeted @YourAnonCentral 04:23:23 "4chan" trying to deflect from #GoldenShowers by pretending it's a hoax is an obvious propaganda move to protect Trump. It is all true.
07:00:32 Retweeted @DaveKingThing 04:29:21 .@POTUS serious pitch: step down with like one day left and just let joe be president for a day.
07:00:58 Retweeted @tankgrrl 06:31:42 @DaveKingThing @POTUS @TreyStokes I agree w the spirit, but you know Joe would just wink and go вЂњNah, I’m good. Thanks.вЂќ :) in reply to DaveKingThing
07:01:41 Retweeted @brianklaas 06:33:32 The allegations about Trump are both deeply troubling and currently unsubstantiated. Do not treat them as fact until they have been verified
07:01:44 Retweeted @brianklaas 06:34:08 However, the magnitude of the threat is so great and so unprecedented in American democracy that we need to find out if they are true.
07:03:41 Retweeted @20committee 03:05:42 If Trump wants this RIS nightmare to go away he must immediately:
1. Have his lawyer talk to FBI.
2. Release tax returns & financial docs.
07:04:59 Retweeted @Penthouse 02:44:57 ATTENTION:
We are offering up to $1-million for exclusive rights to the FSB tapes of Donald Trump's #goldenshowers
07:05:34 Retweeted @TheDailyEdge 06:23:05 Note to owner of @realDonalTrum: great time to reactivate the account with a new slogan: "For people who prefer Trump without the p"
07:07:50 Retweeted @jbarro 06:29:38 The IRS, for all the crap it gets, seems to be very good at keeping secrets! Much better than the FBI or the CIA. https://t.co/UGVS2pB7c9
07:21:27 Retweeted @DPRK_News 01:31:59 United States dictator Donald Trump pledges to shower gold upon people of United States, through favorable trade policies.
07:24:37 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 00:59:27 If even a fraction of all of this is true, we are in the first days of perhaps the greatest political scandal in hiвЂ¦ https://t.co/cTlthjlOOF
07:25:13 Retweeted @MarkARKleiman 06:56:59 Yes.
And yes.
Just hope it's a scandal
rather than a Constitutional train wreck. https://t.co/HtqVtNNsOF
07:25:40 Retweeted @McFaul 06:49:13 Of course, Trump could be the victim of a disinformation campaign. Why we need an bipartisan independent commission to explore
07:27:47 Retweeted @JohnnyMcNulty 00:14:55 Dear Trump fans:
Turns out that hot mug of liberal tears you were sipping was something else entirely.
07:37:31 Retweeted @rebliv 07:22:25 Holy crap, @Klassnik is one of my best friends and I had no idea he was KGB! He warned us about this back in 2012. https://t.co/e4v3TURgWo
07:42:42 Reading – A Few Thoughts On the Big Story (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/iP8CPIyObr
07:49:39 Retweeted @Freedland 07:06:11 Now imagine if Comey had revealed *this* during the campaign https://t.co/KubPtlqG12
07:51:27 Retweeted @BuzzFeedBen 00:32:53 Here's the note I sent to @buzzfeednews staff this evening https://t.co/OcAloWzVzb
07:53:54 Retweeted @WestWingReport 07:49:27 President back at White House after farewell address in Chicago. His final journey on AF1. Mrs. O stayed behind in Windy City
08:05:11 Thread looks at Trump's lawyer's geotagged tweets when the doc says he was in Prague. -> https://t.co/dKBOq46Q7c
08:05:43 Retweeted @MissLiberty 07:31:20 Well played. https://t.co/W7nEo3N8SH
08:09:25 Retweeted @ASLuhn 07:33:03 Russian state TV ridicules report on Moscow influencing Trump: The compromising info it speaks of looks like "poorly constructed kompromat"
08:10:38 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 2017-01-10 08:27:48 Summary of Trump's ties to Russia, plus advisors who've lobbied to support/are aligned with Putin's geopolitical obвЂ¦ https://t.co/ygzhA0CG76 in reply to Khanoisseur
08:11:03 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 07:35:47 .@heidirettig I'm not touching golden showers thing yet-so many more substantive Trump-Russia leads to chase down https://t.co/ZpXd3NxSDd in reply to heidirettig
08:12:17 Retweeted @KaadifJT_352 06:19:20 How info on #Russia potential to blackmail #trump was obtained, according to #CarlBernstein https://t.co/MsCUE9PiZX
08:14:45 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 08:10:19 If it's true, as it seems to be, that official Washington is obsessed w this uncorroborated document, I think I should be allowed to read it
08:18:48 Retweeted @maureenjohnson 02:13:40 Fun reminder: Michael Cohen, the man the leak claims met with the Russians in Prague, is the SAYS WHO guy: https://t.co/pSsxRLEX6P
08:20:42 Retweeted @thejoelstein 05:28:45 If we saw @realDonaldTrump's taxes we'd know if he paid hookers to urinate on a bed at a Moscow Four Seasons! Or am I doing my taxes wrong?
08:25:13 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 01:01:32 Harry Reid's former spokesman —–> https://t.co/TBbSI0kXeA
08:30:01 Retweeted @OliverBullough 08:16:45 Please no one tweet a video of the Trump/RitzCarlton golden shower into my timeline. Or not until after breakfast anyway.
08:36:11 Retweeted @Nick_Ashdown 08:34:24 Good point. Even if video emerges, will anyone other than those who already hate Trump *really* care? https://t.co/NNhuJ0X2RY
08:54:34 Retweeted @matthewamiller 01:51:52 The chances this would have leaked out of the FBI pre-election had it been a warrant for Clinton and not Trump areвЂ¦ https://t.co/5lMAt7WmJc
09:07:15 Reading – China Sends Aircraft Carrier Into Taiwan Strait (Michael Forsythe) https://t.co/Fl4QDvI13W
09:16:17 Retweeted @NatVasilyevaAP 09:01:19 Putin's spokesman Peskov has just denied allegations in the Trump report, says "the Kremlin does not engage in collecting compromising info"
09:38:50 Retweeted @holmesdm 09:15:03 Publishing "unsubstantiated information from anonymous sources" may be suspect but it isn't "fake news." Making stories up is "fake news." in reply to holmesdm
09:44:15 Retweeted @jonnysun 02:23:49 BIDEN: look at this. u gotta say something
OBAMA: joe its my farewell address
BIDEN: just say "pees-ful transitionвЂ¦ https://t.co/rfgaTwjEfT
13:39:43 Retweeted @HeatherWhaley 13:22:48 Racist snowflake totally melting down this morning. https://t.co/nIHecfh1AA
13:42:21 Retweeted @JillFilipovic 13:37:53 Just because something feels true and you want it to be true doesn't mean it's true. #GoldenGate is titillating but proceed with caution.
13:44:25 Retweeted @mlcalderone 12:42:28 ProPublica president defends publishing: https://t.co/4CnXZfTjV2
13:45:55 Retweeted @mattmfm 11:51:54 Come on. The difference in how this Trump revelation is being handled vs. how the Comey letter was handled is too hвЂ¦ https://t.co/GeDd0eng32
13:51:41 Retweeted @dmitryzaksAFP 13:29:16 Just now, @CNN and @carlbernstein said their information on Russia blackmailing #Trump did *not* come from the US iвЂ¦ https://t.co/FhRWHvDy3U
13:53:11 Retweeted @VJS_Policy 13:27:40 And as your President, I will listen to SVR/FSB/GRU not CIA/FBI/DOD. https://t.co/CpUp0rdLcI
13:56:14 Retweeted @ericgeller 13:30:01 Reminder. ( https://t.co/03QPQXtpF2 ) https://t.co/Jf8m2yYH5o
14:00:42 Retweeted @NickBaumann 13:28:41 fwiw transition team has denied this https://t.co/JBcyec9vZ7
14:03:44 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 14:03:32 The Kremlin owes me a new keyboard for the one I just spewed coffee all over https://t.co/TcH0BZYQ94
14:06:18 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 13:19:21 Uh huh cool story https://t.co/NQ26hNtNaR
14:09:30 Retweeted @abbydphillip 13:29:52 The Buzzfeed document has made it really easy for Trump officials to deflect questions about other reports with more validity.
14:09:39 Retweeted @mattyglesias 12:36:01 There's a lot of damning, accurate information about Trump that most people don't know. I'd rather talk about that than wild charges.
14:09:54 Retweeted @owillis 01:27:59 press in 2016: omg what wikileaks released a thing? publish! publish!
press in 2017: guys we have to be careful with this trump stuff
14:23:30 Retweeted @DannyZuker 00:26:05 I know it's bad form to retweet yourself but I called this a year ago. I don't want to brag but Marvel should makeвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZcOTGqCr4z
14:26:02 Retweeted @jaketapper 14:22:15 Government source confirms different Michael Cohen was in Prague https://t.co/B4cwmL1Ek3
14:27:09 Retweeted @AlGiordano 14:22:50 I've been in journalism a long time. Excuse me if I translate today's pearl clutching as nothing more than "Damn! Buzzfeed got it first!"
14:27:45 Retweeted @charlescwcooke 14:22:10 None of that, of course, is to say that if this is true it isn’t extremely serious. But вЂњifвЂќ isn’t good enoughвЂ”and for too many it has been.
14:33:20 Retweeted @chrislhayes 14:18:36 Trump is understandably mad about slow-motion leaks of unverified allegations.
He should commiserate w Hillary Clinton of "lock her up" fame
14:38:33 Reading – The Trump 'Kompromat' Story — It's All Disturbing (David French) https://t.co/RFh5NdxjPg
14:44:43 Retweeted @dznyc 14:14:26 @charlescwcooke @brianstelter it’s incredibly common for news orgs to publish reports of claims they can’t verify; selective outrage here in reply to charlescwcooke
14:45:23 Retweeted @CharlesPPierce 05:01:20 DC is completely gobsmacked. Everybody's sitting around waiting for someone else to do something. It's like being aboard the Pequod.
14:46:37 Retweeted @normative 14:44:55 (1) many, many more than 12 FISC applications are returned for narrowing before being granted (like this one was) https://t.co/UMYbzDWnGG
14:46:40 Retweeted @normative 14:45:54 (2) It is not even slightly surprising that the FISC applied extra scrutiny to a request to spy on a presidential cвЂ¦ https://t.co/M6APZrJhEp
14:56:15 Retweeted @MickiMaynard 14:36:05 This story is really turning into a journalism Rorschach test. Fascinating to see who claims they had it and didn't publish.
15:05:22 Retweeted @StephenMarche 03:45:22 If Gawker were alive we would have read this report six weeks ago and probably already seen the video.
15:08:04 Another good thread on issues surrounding "the doc" -> https://t.co/5tdZyJ7QiZ
15:09:13 Retweeted @owillis 14:39:47 The journalistic pearl clutching is precious and hypocritical
15:16:51 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 05:34:43 A story in three parts https://t.co/tZaDPxxjgb
15:17:02 Retweeted @MollyMcKew 15:11:24 Perhaps worth saying what many discussing offline: If these memos are discredited, Trump will be untouchable.
15:19:29 Retweeted @AmbassadorPower 2017-01-09 02:50:34 In anticipation of life after government on January 20, I am starting a new Twitter account @SamanthaJPower — please join me there!
15:20:41 Accidentally woke up at 5 AM. Made the mistake of opening Twitter. So still awake and now time to get up anyway. Bleh.
15:22:50 Retweeted @Skrameesma 15:07:38 Is this officially the moment when Fonzie jumps his motorbike over the United States? @arthur_affect @AngryBlackLady in reply to arthur_affect
15:28:04 Reading – Nobody Knows What Comes Next (Charles Pierce) https://t.co/K9dUpNOLIX
15:30:27 Retweeted @Kasparov63 15:04:32 Truth is the greatest enemy of authoritarianism & the greatest ally of freedom and democracy. Fight lies with rumors & you've already lost.
15:36:02 Yes. Indeed. But better pee jokes. -> For Russian hold on Trump, follow the Money, not the Sex tapes (Juan Cole) https://t.co/sL7lCFgmH4
15:36:25 Retweeted @joshrogin 15:35:46 Tillerson says he hasn't had an in depth discussion about Russia with Trump. Menendez: "That's pretty amazing."
15:36:50 Retweeted @dandrezner 15:36:02 Did Tillerson just admit to Menendez that he hadn't talked about Russia to Trump?
15:39:11 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 15:38:26 Tillerson showing he's lived his life as a businessman not a diplomat: Sanctions are intended to 'harm American Business.'
15:41:44 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 15:37:40 FWIW, if Russia doesn't have Kompromat on Trump, should fire the head of SVR and ask for their tax rubles back because wtf are they doing?
15:45:14 Reading – What We Know and Don’t Know About the Trump-Russia Dossier (Scott Shane) https://t.co/h9iYsZSDCC
15:55:07 Scheduled in 5 minutes: How to Watch Donald Trump's First Press Conference Since July, No Cable Required (Novak) https://t.co/g3sthUyRyq
15:58:23 Retweeted @HeerJeet 15:29:24 Just noted that he used the word leak and put it in quotes to call attention to it. What a world. What a world. https://t.co/1vloEA5doV
16:13:23 Retweeted @anitakumar01 16:04:11 Staffers bring hundreds of folders to a table next to where PEOTUS will speak https://t.co/S9u1BnG7tU
16:15:30 Trump press conference starting.
16:16:15 Retweeted @guardian 16:16:05 Donald Trump's press conference has now begun. Watch live: https://t.co/LFc4YZSbUx
16:19:46 Retweeted @KellyO 16:19:38 Trump strategy is clearly to refute & reject the Russia related reports before Trump takes questions
16:22:56 Retweeted @lrozen 16:21:49 Trump saying the media orgs that didn't publish the dossier are better than the US intelligence agencies, which he heaps suspicion on.
16:24:36 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 16:24:28 Trymp whines about fake news. Then immediately starts lying. Again. Sad!
16:24:44 Retweeted @speechboy71 16:24:33 This is an incoherent ramble
16:25:31 Retweeted @politicalwire 16:24:15 Trump is totally winging these remarksвЂ¦ completely off the cuff
16:25:35 Retweeted @adamnagourney 16:25:02 Not seeing any notes, and obviously no Teleprompter. https://t.co/q72lsFg436
16:25:52 Retweeted @20committee 16:25:43 This is the most rambling, incoherent, info-free thing I've ever seen on live TV… Trump's going on about how great military bands are.
16:26:13 Retweeted @ejbeals 16:25:08 Trump & team spent 1st mins of presser making it clear press will be favoured or punished based on coverage + intel community are on notice.
16:27:33 What is he going on about?
16:28:49 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 16:28:42 Trump: It’s all fake news. It’s phoney stuff. It didn’t happen. And it was gotten by opponents of ours.
16:29:35 Retweeted @GlennThrush 16:29:17 Trump says he can't talk about classified material discussed in his meetings — but says "sick people… put that crap together."
16:29:48 Retweeted @mviser 16:29:22 Donald Trump: вЂњAs far as hacking, I think it was Russia.вЂќ
16:30:04 Retweeted @edwardlucas 16:29:30 Now POETUS eliding IC briefing on hack w private dossier
16:30:14 Retweeted @taylorjwofford 16:29:22 Asking Trump a 3-part questions is a mistake, no way he can remember all three parts.
16:30:38 Retweeted @alivitali 16:30:26 NEW: "I think it was Russia," Trump says, couched in a longer riff about how the US is hacked by other countries too.
16:30:53 Retweeted @petridishes 16:30:41 shorter trump: dnc was asking for it
16:31:10 Retweeted @HamiltonElector 16:30:44 "The DNC was open to be hacked. They did a terrible job." -Donald Trump
16:31:20 Retweeted @mattdpearce 16:30:47 There's your headline. https://t.co/TcM1ewfkGD
16:35:08 Retweeted @edwardlucas 16:34:25 Says he is always aware of ( and warns of )cameras in foreign hotel rooms.
16:35:16 Retweeted @Philip_Elliott 16:35:09 "You have cameras in the strangest places. … You better be careful or you'll be watching yourself on nightly television." -Donald Trump
16:35:23 Retweeted @petridishes 16:35:09 "I'm also very much of a germophobe"
16:35:58 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 16:35:01 Trump who chatted up sexual assault on an open mic now claiming he's super paranoid about being recorded in Russia.
16:36:12 Retweeted @micahcohen 16:27:03 <symbol><symbol><symbol> take: Trump should hold fewer press conferences. #trumppresser
16:36:28 Retweeted @elisefoley 16:36:18 What is happening https://t.co/zn0XLGXqwP
16:36:33 Retweeted @speechboy71 16:36:18 Trump just said that he has very little debt … I mean that is an astonishing lie
16:37:55 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 16:37:47 Trump is utterly lying about lack of deals with Russia. Even in 2008 his own son said they make up disproportionate amount of Trump biz.
16:37:58 Retweeted @juliaioffe 16:37:47 Trump: "I would be able to run my business and run the country at the same time."
16:38:08 Retweeted @tackettdc 16:36:14 Over the weekend, I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai, Trump says
16:38:12 Retweeted @Neil_Irwin 16:37:58 Today in COMPLETELY NORMAL THINGS https://t.co/nuNKfIrb9d
16:39:45 That's it?
16:40:22 Retweeted @imbou 16:40:14 @abulsme yep! in reply to abulsme
16:41:21 Retweeted @sadydoyle 16:41:12 I get the feeling we'll be hearing the phrase "laws simply do not apply to the President" a LOT in the next few years.
16:42:10 Retweeted @AlyssaRosenberg 16:41:04 So much lipstick. So many pigs.
16:45:45 Retweeted @dataeditor 16:43:44 I've said this before but the Trump camp isn't asking "is this ethical?", they're asking "is this legal?". https://t.co/GIhraEL68j
16:46:11 Retweeted @kelseymsutton 16:34:03 "Donald Trump will not sell his business nor place his assets in a blind trust while serving as presidentвЂќ https://t.co/9eXvMBOUta
16:47:48 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 16:45:13 she just undermined her entire scheme by noting the "well known" assets will be in the trust
16:48:29 Retweeted @ColdWarScience 16:46:57 Shorter Trump's lawyer: We're still in business, no stopping us, and law doesn't apply, so all y'all can fuck off. I'm POTUS now.
16:51:09 Retweeted @ericgarland 16:51:01 Shorter Trump: Don't care about espionage, still like Russia, I'm going to make being POTUS a for-profit enterprise for my family. Go screw.
16:55:10 Retweeted @samfbiddle 16:51:27 so far this rando lawyer’s only explanation of why Trump can’t divest is because it might sort of suck for him?
17:14:03 Retweeted @bennyjohnson 17:13:20 Trump calls BuzzFeed: вЂњFailing pile of garbage." CNN: вЂњI’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news.вЂќ
New era, people.
17:15:50 Had to take my son to school. What did I miss? I see Trump came back. More fun?
17:16:44 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 17:16:27 @abulsme Well he referred to a CNN reporter as fake news so… in reply to abulsme
17:17:57 Retweeted @jonathanchait 17:15:10 Reporters, stop asking 2 part questions, you're just giving him permission to ignore the first one.
17:18:33 Retweeted @mviser 17:15:39 вЂњThere’s no reset button. Either we’re going to get along. Or we won’t.вЂќ вЂ” Donald Trump
17:19:09 Retweeted @lukelewis 17:12:16 Pleased with our new tag line https://t.co/sFCMrX91qO
17:20:37 Retweeted @davidmackau 17:13:20 Trump refuses question from Jim Acosta of CNN bc "you are fake news" вЂ” only to then take one from CNN's @JDiamond1
17:21:33 Retweeted @CarlZimring 17:14:40 It is profitable for them. Which is why it keeps happening even though we know the consequences. https://t.co/zKy1BxDDEA
17:21:47 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 17:14:25 Trump is saying too much. He has twice claimed the RNC was alerted IN ADVANCE that Russians were trying to hack theвЂ¦ https://t.co/4lekrTiiId
17:21:59 Retweeted @anamariecox 17:14:32 If Trump is thanking your news org in his press conference, you’re doing it wrong.
17:22:21 Retweeted @TheChrisSuprun 17:14:29 Congrats @cnn you are now being attacked like @carlbernstein and @bobwoodward_ were once upon a time.
#Nixon
#TrumpPressConference
17:27:50 Retweeted @PennyRed 17:14:11 When they try to hold him accountable, he literally points and yells and tells them they will suffer the consequences. #TrumpPressConference
17:32:35 Retweeted @Acosta 17:24:55 Fortunately ABC's Cecilia Vega asked my question about whether any Trump associates contacted Russians. Trump said no.
17:33:00 Retweeted @TUSK81 17:20:40 Before it gets deleted, the law firm representing Donald Trump during his "press conference" earlier. https://t.co/jhhOIWybJk
17:33:10 Retweeted @KilloughCNN 17:32:36 .@Acosta says on CNN that @seanspicer threatened to throw him out of the press conference if he tried to press @realDonaldTrump again
17:33:33 Retweeted @AdamSerwer 17:23:29 If the press allows Trump to ostracize any legit news org–buzzfeed, cnn, anyone–based on tone of coverage, we won't have a free press. in reply to AdamSerwer
17:35:26 Retweeted @KilloughCNN 17:32:01 .@Acosta says that as Trump was going to elevators, he said "no," that his team didn't have contact with Russia
17:35:53 Retweeted @ianbremmer 17:31:47 Obama policy on Russia hacks:
Cut it out.

Trump policy on Russia hacks:
Cut it out.
17:36:05 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 17:31:47 Most of media hasn't learned that only way to get answers from Trump is to ask one question at a time in short concise way?
17:40:08 Retweeted @Alexey__Kovalev 17:30:38 Congratulation US media, you've just got a whiff of what covering Putin's pressers is like (we've been doing it for 13 years now w hiatus).
17:40:56 Retweeted @maggieNYT 16:15:31 Sean Spicer inaccurately claims that CNN ran with unsubstantiated claims against Trump. False. They reported that he was briefed by IC.
17:41:29 Retweeted @EmmaKennedy 17:30:19 Same here. It’s like watching a nation drowning. https://t.co/ZFMjjzdgqW
17:45:01 Retweeted @TVietor08 17:14:57 This press conference is a circus and shows just how ill equipped the current media infrastructure is to hold him accountable.
17:51:50 Retweeted @hunterw 17:22:13 I asked to look at some of the documents that were piled on the table but I was told I could not because they are "company documents"
18:00:15 Reading – Alt-Right Trolls Are Trying To Trick People Into Thinking Trump Dossier Was A 4chan Prank (Ryan Broderick) https://t.co/qQtRdxpIZk
18:04:19 Retweeted @edbott 17:59:41 The law firm that is doing Trump's business dealings was named Russia Law Firm of the Year 2016. вЂ¦ https://t.co/HChAyX5BaG
18:12:29 Retweeted @BenDWalsh 17:51:21 Trump referenced a $2bn offer from "Hussein Damac" in Dubai.
He was referring to Hussein Sajwani, emir of of Dubai who runs DAMAC Group
18:12:39 Retweeted @emilycadei 15:45:19 "I think you called me at the time," @SenBobCorker says, basically contradicting #Tillerson claim he's never personally lobbied vs sanctinos
18:23:36 Retweeted @daveweigel 17:34:02 Via @ZephyrTeachout, who literally wrote the book on this stuff. https://t.co/C3f3YRKQUK
18:27:02 Retweeted @jessesingal 03:37:30 "DJT- It must suck to be dogged by salacious rumors ppl r gonna believe forever, regardless of evidence. Hope urineвЂ¦ https://t.co/z3UVKHmWaU
19:05:57 Retweeted @fmanjoo 18:52:57 How would CNN have reported on the entire run-up to th Iraq war, for instance, if it insisted on independent corroborating gov intelligence? in reply to fmanjoo
19:19:37 Retweeted @hdevreij 18:39:37 FLASH – BBC reports there is more compromising material on Donald Trump. Source: CIA. Great report by Paul Wood /вЂ¦ https://t.co/oLaVktfD3v
20:52:04 Reading – Trump’s presser was remarkable. It means we’re heading into truly uncharted territory. (Greg Sargent) https://t.co/vjUoT85P6u
21:08:31 Retweeted @Jason_Pollock 19:01:55 Step 1: Create fake news
Step 2: Poison public w/ fake news
Step 3: Label real news, fake news
Step 4: Call any media against you fake news
21:08:56 Retweeted @digiphile 16:55:48 No divestment.
No disclosure.
No blind trust.
No independent overseer.
Trump's plan sets up Constitutional crisis.вЂ¦ https://t.co/lF097Xw8xb
21:09:53 Retweeted @JuddLegum 19:27:09 Trump's proof that he's ethical is this stack of folders that he's not letting anyone look at https://t.co/ZGxnnWNw7r
21:14:36 Reading – This Is Why You Don't Kiss The Ring (Hamilton Nolan) https://t.co/eRINGTX1ub
21:14:50 Retweeted @Jake_Bernstein 17:19:30 Reporters are going to have to learn to ask Trump qs @ press conferences. 1 q per person others reask if no answer.
21:18:34 Reading – The Gathering Storm (Micah Morrison) https://t.co/ttJPIVgBDn
21:20:24 Reading – Canceled hearing could complicate Mattis' confirmation (Leo Shane) https://t.co/gWVRwWigEk
21:37:34 Reading – The story of the Trump dossier: secret sources, an airport rendezvous, and John McCain (Julian Borger) https://t.co/DdQn0qYHtY
21:38:58 Retweeted @mattyglesias 21:09:40 The whole situation is genuinely funny to the extent you can look past the fact that it will end in disaster.
21:42:18 Yup! -> BuzzFeed Was Right to Publish Trump, Russia Allegations (@mathewi) https://t.co/iIw46e6xVR

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-10 (UTC)

04:03:28 Reading – The mind-blowing AI announcement from Google that you probably missed. (Gil Fewster) https://t.co/xcbV3Z6DnJ
15:32:21 Reading – Donald Trump leaves 89-year-old inauguration announcer 'heartbroken' after replacing him (Alexander) https://t.co/OpaUcyS63I
16:18:13 Retweeted @VP 16:11:41 Jan 20, Jill and I will head home to Delaware the same way I have for 44 years: by train. Serving this country hasвЂ¦ https://t.co/6ir2zR29OR
16:22:04 Retweeted @MrDanZak 16:15:24 The average age of senators who've questioned Sessions so far is 81. in reply to MrDanZak
16:25:01 Watching – Cars 3 Teaser Trailer #3 | Movieclips Trailers https://t.co/AvPla1urBm
16:27:32 Retweeted @FullFrontalSamB 16:13:53 Hey guys, if you want to watch two elderly identical twins talk about porn, turn on CNN! https://t.co/LQ78eGdQko
16:28:52 Retweeted @jbview 16:12:38 Spoke so far:
Sessions b. 1946
Grassley 1933
Shelby 1934
Collins 1952
DiFi 1933
Hatch 1934
Leahy 1940 in reply to jbview
16:32:36 Retweeted @woodruffbets 16:31:48 Two protesters start yelling when Sessions says Gitmo should stay open.
Lindsey Graham: "I think they're on the fence about Gitmo"
20:04:19 Oh FFS. https://t.co/wJGJHL3awO
20:12:04 Retweeted @BLeeDrake 19:19:20 @ddiamond The death of children’s book author Roald Dahl’s daughter offers a powerful lesson on vaccinesвЂ¦ https://t.co/FQKqXV8htY in reply to ddiamond
20:19:26 Reading – Welcome to Psychopathocracy (Juan Cole) https://t.co/vuNOv2RwZg
20:29:27 Retweeted @eruptionsblog 20:27:18 I mean, at this pace, when should we expect the Presidential Commission on the Danger Posed by Bigfoot?
20:33:22 Retweeted @davidfrum 19:37:01 Nature wants 5 of your 7 children dead. It wants you dead by 50. Everything better than that is brought to you by science & technology
21:19:07 Reading – Apple resolves the MacBook Pro battery life issues found in Consumer Reports testing (Roman Loyola) https://t.co/IhWyRNuvCh
21:20:08 Retweeted @studentactivism 21:19:35 Jeff Sessions gingerly but pointedly refusing to say that he respects secular perspectives as much as religious ones.
21:20:16 Retweeted @KillerMartinis 21:19:24 Sessions won't say that nonreligious people can find truth/right as well as religious people. in reply to KillerMartinis
22:57:09 Retweeted @BNONews 22:26:49 Russian operatives are claiming to have "compromising" information about President-elect Trump, intel chiefs have told Trump and Obama – CNN
23:09:32 Retweeted @HeerJeet 22:45:20 Either the Russians tried to compromise Trump or the IC is trying to undermine incoming POTUS on weak evidence. Both are scary.
23:09:39 Retweeted @jeffjarvis 23:08:56 Somewhere, Hillary Clinton is punching holes in walls. So am I.
23:10:08 Retweeted @ggreenwald 23:08:39 Recall just last week, Chuck Schumer said Trump was being "really dumb" for challenging IC given all the ways theyвЂ¦ https://t.co/BlCy43fXbq
23:10:51 Retweeted @GPollowitz 23:00:01 Am I reading this right? The 2-page blackmail memo was a summary of #NeverTrump oppo memos? https://t.co/8MA7yjZ4XI
23:11:00 Retweeted @Gary_Bainbridge 22:27:28 I seriously can't imagine anything the Russians would have on Trump that's any worse than what we already know about him.
23:12:24 Retweeted @michaelianblack 23:07:37 Trump/Russian compromise story developed by a British spy, according to CNN. New Trump statement below: https://t.co/PK57fYrW2d
23:12:51 Retweeted @ARothWP 23:05:04 Obama farewell speech just as the Trump kompromat bomb drops? Definitely the season finale.
23:13:09 Retweeted @20committee 23:04:14 Before I sign off for a bit — Happy Hour beckons and Dave makes a mean martini — buckle up, peeps, the game's afoot.
PS I told you so. :)
23:18:13 Sigh -> Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him (Perez/Sciutto/Tapper) https://t.co/eoRf9aAenQ
23:18:40 Retweeted @Millermena 23:04:08 Russia has made the US look like a Banana Republic. Now we have to decide if we actually are one
23:23:56 From before elex. Remember? -> A Spy Has Given the FBI Info Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Trump (Corn) https://t.co/PAib5bjA50
23:34:03 Retweeted @mviser 22:20:33 Donald Trump is now apparently learning some of the perils of going to war with the US intelligence agencies.
23:34:16 Retweeted @mviser 22:29:55 James Clapper to Donald Trump https://t.co/yscOrLpOhI
23:43:36 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 23:36:00 *Me reading this Trump memo* https://t.co/upli7rNmmr
23:44:01 Retweeted @dylanmatt 23:35:52 So I am updating my prior on this a little bit https://t.co/YlyTwx52dz
23:47:57 Retweeted @fmanjoo 23:28:44 Golden showers in Obama's hotel bed! https://t.co/IGdKmM04pB https://t.co/DalEmYNdD9

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-09 (UTC)

00:04:48 Retweeted @deray 2015-12-21 23:07:45 Remember, you can use emojis on your mac by pressing Control + Command + Spacebar.
04:31:07 Retweeted @DanaSchwartzzz 2017-01-08 21:51:19 I just googled what owls look like without feathers and I am severely shook https://t.co/B12IJ1atYl
08:11:55 Retweeted @molly_knight 2017-01-08 19:11:18 People who voted for Donald Trump continue to be mortified by his tweets and are begging him to stop: #MAGA https://t.co/T2AvOlL6WZ
18:40:16 Reading – Astronomers Discover the Source of Mystery Radio Waves from Deep Space (Paul Ratner) https://t.co/jTujZc0k4V
19:02:41 Reading – The March Will Only Reinforce the Divide in America (Kay S. Hymowitz) https://t.co/ZFTCATZFGO

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-08 (UTC)

00:32:04 Retweeted @MrDanZak 2017-01-07 21:42:24 To be fair, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was a full seven months ago. Easy to forget that it was inвЂ¦ https://t.co/zH6DPzVagL
00:43:56 Reading – Trump Finds That Attack-Dog Strategy Has Its Limits (Glenn Thrush) https://t.co/mWp5v406kl
00:49:46 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 2017-01-07 23:13:17 Reality: If Trump wont let ethics office do normal vetting of nominees, reporters will be winning Pulitzers for 4 yrs exposing their secrets
12:42:37 Reading – вЂWhat’s the Big Deal?’ Ask Trump Voters on Russia Hacking Report (Robertson/Smith) https://t.co/Dv3ROXJSwg
12:53:34 Reading – Makes Sense (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/eRPcuAoWMq
19:06:57 Reading – How We Fool Ourselves on Russia (William Burns) https://t.co/JPckKZs37j
19:16:14 Reading – Trump mentioned Wikileaks 164 times in last month of election, now claims it didn’t impactвЂ¦ (Judd Legum) https://t.co/JxfoVgxlvO
22:29:44 Retweeted @owillis 22:26:45 here is what fake news is. it isn't tied to any party or ideology. it is a thing that exists.вЂ¦ https://t.co/ivEC79U76p

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