Abulsme.com: January 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sitting on my Porch

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the debate on Donald Trump’s “legitimacy”, the fun of the final week of the transition, and the Chelsea Manning commutation. In addition though, they discuss reviving old computers, the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, Joe Biden, an odd Presidential succession edge case, and more!

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Show Details:

Recorded 2017-01-19
Length this week – 1:57:57

(0:00:10-0:20:34) But First
- 2017
- Agenda
- Reviving old computers
(0:21:13-0:45:08) Legitimacy
- Trump “legitimate”?
- Comey, Dirty Tricks, Fairness
- Voters made their choice
- Unfollowing Trump?
- Skipping the Inauguration?
- Anti-Trump Protests
(0:45:56-1:04:56) Transition
- Cabinet not talking to Trump
- Cabinet incompetence
- Cabinet Hodgepodge
- Unstaffed positions
- Normal policy disputes vs Crazy/Unqualified
(1:05:41-1:25:11) Manning
- Why this release date?
- Manning vs Snowden
- Consistency on leaks?
(1:25:50-1:56:37) Lightning Round
- Wet Foot Dry Foot
- Book: 2001 (1968)
- Old Postcard from Sam
- Movie: Rogue One (2016)
- Biden for President
- Succession Edge Cases

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-18 (UTC)

02:38:14 Retweeted @Publici 00:19:14 Here's @realDonaldTrump's education secretary Betsy DeVos talking money-in-politics back in 1997.вЂ¦ https://t.co/2MqLGP00Y4
04:22:14 Wait, DeVos said we need guns in schools to defend against bears? This happened?
04:25:41 Reading – Is Trump ready for a national security crisis? (Michael Crowley) https://t.co/l5GVfri1h4
04:32:31 Not the right way to protest. Hope they recover. https://t.co/frgpe8kbwP
04:36:22 Retweeted @mattmfm 02:05:14 Stunning: Maggie Hassan (who has a disabled son) realizes that DeVos doesn't know the Individuals with DisabilitiesвЂ¦ https://t.co/ycslg2mfWS
04:43:06 Retweeted @BrianByrdman 02:50:08 "No one could be more unqualified than Ben Carson"
DeVos: "hold my beer"
Me: "that's a Tonka trunk"
DeVos: "I don't know the difference"
04:47:50 Retweeted @SenSchumer 02:53:02 Betsy DeVos fails @timkaine's test at Senate hearing: https://t.co/qnyFZgc52X
06:33:54 Reading – Hard Brexit It Is (Joshua Keating) https://t.co/sIuQkPE3AB
06:37:51 Retweeted @IanARegan 05:48:31 <symbol>Tiny ring moon Daphnis, embedded in the Keeler Gap, caught by #Cassini last night! (<symbol>2017 JAN 16th) https://t.co/sbjOYW8NRf
07:22:58 Retweeted @BNONews 07:22:39 Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, aide says https://t.co/1bDs4b59Ki https://t.co/w081RVCkT1
13:29:03 Reading – Reality bites: Trump's wake-up call (Allen/VandeHei) https://t.co/iMiGRqBHBk
18:20:21 Both of them! :-( https://t.co/WXMlbkjg9X
18:39:36 Retweeted @CNN 17:33:02 Days before being hospitalized, former president George H.W. Bush told Trump he could not attend his inaugurationвЂ¦ https://t.co/JQ4RahciW3
19:25:32 Retweeted @BNONews 19:24:35 WATCH LIVE: President Obama holds final press conference before leaving the White House https://t.co/OrRvRJ9kF8 https://t.co/hhfvF5nDxp
20:13:18 Reading – FBI, 5 other agencies investigating Kremlin aid in hacking, sources say (Stone/Gordon) https://t.co/fzJlfOkfdb
20:15:04 Retweeted @DavidNakamura 20:05:54 .@potus making statement with his selection of reporters — Head of #WHCA, Fox News, Latino reporter, foreign press, LGBT press, Af Am press
20:22:56 Retweeted @ChloeAngyal 20:01:43 The subtext of most of these questions seems to be, "So, just how fucked do you think we are?"
20:24:22 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 20:23:36 Obama's final words to the press: "Good luck."
What he left out: "You're gonna need it!"
20:25:36 Retweeted @thegarance 20:23:16 Obama is so crushingly optimistic.
21:49:15 Thread -> https://t.co/HDcv9XvNZ0
22:04:57 Reading – I voted for Donald Trump, and I already regret it (Sherri Underwood) https://t.co/LvoSRclN9H
22:26:14 Retweeted @billclinton 20:09:05 41 and BarbaraвЂ”thinking about you both and sending wishes for a speedy recovery. Love, 42.
22:34:10 Reading – The Empty Trump Administration (Jonathan Bernstein) https://t.co/AANQTqZcC6
22:36:50 Retweeted @jbouie 15:30:53 No one cares because narratives are more enjoyable than facts, but the typical Trump voter isn't actually a downtrodden white person.
22:44:32 Retweeted @nancyayoussef 2017-01-17 14:47:39 Overheard at the Pentagon: "Mattis will save us. Mattis will save us. Mattis will save us. Mattis will save…."
22:44:48 Retweeted @OwensDamien 21:22:22 In keeping with a tradition as old as the presidency itself, Trump just paid out $25m to people he defrauded by running a fake university.
23:12:39 Reading – Gambia Prepares For Showdown As Foreign Troops Threaten Intervention (Merrit Kennedy) https://t.co/ytWj1xgaW9
23:32:09 Reading – Trump Disrupts World (Robin Wright) https://t.co/43Gt6LFy80

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-17 (UTC)

01:12:26 Listening to Powerhouse Politics 1/12/17: Chaos President?
via iCatcher! https://t.co/fFRby07tcG
01:33:51 Retweeted @KatzOnEarth 01:29:11 The thing about the supposed electoral price for repealing ACA without replacing it is idiots have short memories and dead people can’t vote
01:49:35 Retweeted @jrovner 00:22:56 That was fast. Kellyanne Conway (on MSNBC) just walked back most of what Trump told the Washington Post on ACA.
02:22:51 Retweeted @Atul_Gawande 01:51:29 Trump camp: He didn't mean it literally when he vowed "insurance for everybody." Did he mean anything? Who knows? https://t.co/28bZ6VDyLj
02:27:25 Yup -> The Case for Not Being Crybabies (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/GLOAKvlzSc
02:38:22 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:36:14 I don't agree with all of Kirshner's arguments, but these two paragraphs will haunt me for the rest of my days:вЂ¦ https://t.co/Dk17dH5mET
02:45:02 Reading – Rogue One's reshoots show how Disney saved the first standalone Star Wars movie (Andrew Liptak) https://t.co/MgvQ9riymZ
05:49:07 Retweeted @Attervar 2017-01-16 19:19:10 If you feel like you're in the wrong universe, remember all this weird crap only started after they turned on the Large Hadron Collider.
05:54:31 Retweeted @davepell 05:28:35 Trump can’t divulge the details of his health care plan otherwise the diseases will know exactly what’s coming.
16:26:03 Retweeted @ChristopherJM 15:03:24 Putin Says Doesn't Believe Trump Met Prostitutes in Russia. "Although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world." https://t.co/SUOFAlZMu3
17:25:35 The super pessimistic view. Horrifyingly resonant. -> America, America (Jonathan Kirshner) https://t.co/nARftMbzaj
17:27:49 After long silence, my wife @scatterbrandy has picked up Twitter again and can't put it down. Follow her! :-)
17:34:09 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 17:33:52 @abulsme is this a coded plea to STAHP???? in reply to abulsme
17:34:24 .@Scatterbrandy Nope. Never. in reply to Scatterbrandy
17:44:28 Retweeted @peterb 17:44:03 @abulsme "Could you really say with much certainty that AmericaвЂ¦will last as long as…the frog?" -Catch-22 in reply to abulsme
17:50:03 Reading – Donald Trump waits in his tower вЂ” accessible yet isolated (Parker/Rucker) https://t.co/APkWVJ9a03
18:04:29 Once again, head desk. -> I voted for Trump, not against Planned Parenthood (Melody Forbes) https://t.co/lF7lhowvoM
18:17:10 Retweeted @SeanTrende 2017-01-16 14:23:43 So @davidbylerRCP and I mapped Democratic strength in the South over ~30 yrs. The results are . . . striking (cc:вЂ¦ https://t.co/eOQ1bXJivU
18:20:40 Retweeted @williamjordann 17:53:55 Funny thing about ongoing Brexit comparisons is that all of the pro-Brexit politicians won & then promptly resigned deeply unpopular
18:57:00 Reading – Obama’s Flawed Foreign Policy (@natsecHeather) https://t.co/o4Vy4L1SCe
21:19:39 Retweeted @BNONews 21:19:24 BREAKING: President Obama grants commutation of sentence for Chelsea Manning, who sent classified material to WikiLeaks – NYTimes
21:22:57 Reading – Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence (Charlie Savage) https://t.co/SeA1NmEEbo
22:35:53 Retweeted @jaketapper 22:14:44 From Jan 12 https://t.co/jLNbqm7a9Z
23:34:38 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 23:15:33 Here's the video!
https://t.co/WXZLZXcDgX in reply to ComfortablySmug

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-16 (UTC)

00:01:39 Retweeted @girlyfiedgirl 2017-01-15 23:37:14 I'm expecting Friday to be like the scene from The Lion King when Scar takes over and the hyenas emerge from the shadows. @summerbrennan in reply to summerbrennan
01:40:33 Reading – Trump vows вЂinsurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan (Robert Costa) https://t.co/xtckQGRQJY
01:44:48 Retweeted @imbou 01:41:36 @abulsme @washingtonpost great! If he can pull this off that's awesome! in reply to abulsme
01:49:39 Retweeted @IvoHDaalder 00:04:39 Gen Mattis last week: "If we did not have NATO today, we would need to create it"
Pres-Elect Trump today: "NATO is obsolete"
02:04:58 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 02:04:37 Tweets from @realDonaldTrump have gotten increasingly negative since he's been elected, especially in 2017.вЂ¦ https://t.co/SS71yZZpNW
02:29:18 Retweeted @elerianm 2017-01-15 21:42:40 H/T @mikeallen : @businessinsider on the @OUPEconomics analysis on #populist movements, including prospects for 201вЂ¦ https://t.co/w1wzTPYJEE
03:28:58 Retweeted @shelleyaw123 03:21:53 @abulsme @washingtonpost For T1Ds the ACA was a milestone achievement. If he can improve on it, Great! But don't let the GOP gut it. in reply to abulsme
03:42:57 Retweeted @davidfrum 03:17:02 вЂ¦ bottom line is that the future of the free world is in the hands of somebody you would not hire to watch your dog. in reply to davidfrum
07:54:27 Retweeted @teenagesleuth 2017-01-14 20:21:00 Once or twice in every generation a line is crossed so egregiously that where you stood on the issue will forever define you.
08:05:40 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 02:15:56 RYAN: it's about ideas; one idea I've idea'ed is guaranteed *access* to coverage, which makes more s-
TRUMP: COVER EVERYONE FOR NO MONEY
08:32:16 Reading – Saturn’s вЂDeath Star’ Moon Looks Spooky as Hell in New Cassini Photo (George Dvorsky) https://t.co/Go6zPnO1vy
08:43:59 Reading – Why Are the Trump Allegations Hanging Around When They Haven’t Been Substantiated? (Hennessey/Wittes) https://t.co/NlHWTzaC1F
15:41:57 Retweeted @dangillmor 15:12:19 Increasingly looks like best-case scenario is Trump impeachment and President Pence…
15:44:09 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 14:17:46 вЂњIt sends a signal we're trying to hide things from them.вЂќ https://t.co/gJBo2ImeVf
16:06:38 Retweeted @studentactivism 16:04:06 Trump, inaugurated on Friday at noon, tells the Times of London he's going to take the rest of that day and the weeвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZU7m772k7D
17:34:36 Reading – Donald Trump may have just destroyed the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare (Paul Waldman) https://t.co/elrcqsYXRw
17:37:32 Retweeted @maitlis 10:39:32 I know it's classified n everything but did anyone understand this paragraph from #trump @thetimes transcript ? https://t.co/QOtujAEAM9
17:46:21 Retweeted @bungdan 16:49:50 Trump's inability to provide a coherent, structured answer to *any* question (Times transcript a typical meandering horror) is terrifying.
21:25:34 Retweeted @studentactivism 21:21:25 As of today, only six people remain alive who have walked on the moon. The youngest is 81 years old.
22:30:15 Retweeted @BoingBoing 21:46:20 A @NewYorker cartoon by @PaulNoth https://t.co/giBv9yIUJt
22:59:52 Good read -> The Music Donald Trump Can’t Hear (Adam Gopnik) https://t.co/tsFEHwU7Gy
23:03:08 Good thread prompted by that last article I tweeted. https://t.co/zgRLYdsL5F

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-15 (UTC)

01:28:16 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 2017-01-14 22:24:12 As I predicted, Trump's attack on John Lewis has pushed the number of Dems skipping the inaugural from 2 pre-tweer (including Lewis) to 16.
01:28:20 Retweeted @normative 01:16:58 What's the tipping point at which attending the Orange One's coronation becomes a mark of shame and cravenness?
01:31:52 Retweeted @justinamash 00:36:55 Dude, just stop. https://t.co/UCIqhqGnXu
01:37:47 Retweeted @soledadobrien 00:02:15 You, sir, are literally a moron. https://t.co/Gx2PPxlmjn
01:46:14 Retweeted @mindyfinn 01:40:24 Pres-elect Trump has many critics but carefully chooses the attacks that will divide us further. It's pure evil.
03:36:44 Reading – Without Obamacare, I Will Get Sicker, Faster, Until I Die (Cameron Ziegler) https://t.co/xGYt0qGt42
04:05:33 Retweeted @BNONews 03:17:51 BREAKING: Ringling Bros. circus to close in May after 146 years, company says, citing fall in ticket sales – AP
04:05:35 Retweeted @BNONews 03:34:26 President-elect Trump is considering to remove the press corps from the White House; spokesman says no decision made yet – Esquire
04:11:12 Reading – The Trump Administration May Evict the Press from the White House (Peter Boyer) https://t.co/3CL4UPHDKK
04:18:48 Reading – Man arrested after Bellevue mosque damaged in suspected arson (Seattle Times) https://t.co/pmJ0OEXnwU
04:44:07 Retweeted @AlexSteffen 00:11:51 Arctic sea ice collapse.
We areвЂ”right nowвЂ”in a rapidly worsening planetary crisis, one unparalleled in human histoвЂ¦ https://t.co/VcnN6W2YvX
04:44:31 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 04:44:07 I think if they do, they should stop reporting him entirely. Never mention his name. https://t.co/KwgXrTzfBZ
04:48:09 Retweeted @isaach 04:26:45 evening reading https://t.co/z1a6DjvgbV https://t.co/TbNB486O4l
04:51:50 Reading – Ex-Miss Hungary claims Trump invited her to his Moscow hotel room (Chris Sommerfeldt) https://t.co/4MmGaYESSx
04:53:37 Retweeted @ywxwy 04:23:18 Republican reaction to Democratic POTUS: panic buying guns/ammo
Democratic reaction to Republican: panic buying birth control
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05:10:07 Retweeted @KameronHurley 2017-01-14 15:38:07 Listen. The arc of history doesn't bend toward justice. Sorry. It bends toward tyranny. It takes active work to bend it toward justice.
05:15:08 Retweeted @BassoonJokes 2017-01-13 21:19:29 the new healthcare plan is everybody gets 50 tylenol at birth. those are your tylenol. use them whenever or however you want.
05:22:39 Retweeted @dandrezner 2017-01-14 20:15:55 A year from now, I hope I look back at what I've written recently and conclude that I overreacted to Trump. I really do.
05:36:33 Retweeted @ianbremmer 2017-01-14 19:58:04 Why the End of Pax Americana? More this than Trump: https://t.co/UUn9pZ0SWm
05:57:18 Retweeted @TheRickWilson 05:46:49 Expect a golden stream of tweets from Trump after this SNL cold open. https://t.co/x2WGA5HBGL
09:26:56 Retweeted @thehill 2017-01-14 20:41:04 Trump listed as threat to human rights by Human Rights Watch
https://t.co/YBOSnekhCu https://t.co/EcSe6AEKnQ
15:04:53 Retweeted @staceyNYCDC 14:46:58 Never forget Chaffetz saying he couldn't support Trump and also look his daughter in the eye then voted for him anyвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZfBccdQuy3
15:09:48 Retweeted @20committee 14:25:37 Yes, things really are this bad. Our closest intel partner is worried Trump will expose its operatives to Putin.
https://t.co/ZQCGIVcrim
15:22:28 Retweeted @ChrisCJackson 13:19:33 "scheduling issues" = finding out John Lewis has his own section there https://t.co/CuxG8Y1JzW
15:48:29 Watching – What Darth Vader Did in His Free Time (Fact Free) https://t.co/ncaBm5sR8y
19:45:51 Retweeted @pierre 19:43:28 The Clinton letter means he can't be accused of playing for Democrats during the Russia counterintel investigation. https://t.co/CYj0hw1qxm
20:47:09 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 20:23:41 But he can be accused of playing for GOP. Which he was. https://t.co/U1dfnHsBG7
21:42:47 Retweeted @summerbrennan 21:41:18 I get trolled the most when I try to encourage people to come together for common goals. Wonder why that is.
21:42:57 Retweeted @AdamParkhomenko 17:55:25 We must fight for automatic voter registration. No more opting in to vote. OREGON leads the way – proud of the hard work of @KateBrownForOR
22:24:02 Yes! -> Trump Wants to Ban the Press from the WH That Might Actually Be a Good Thing for Journalism. (David Atkins) https://t.co/IakZuanlm7
23:19:08 Retweeted @poniewozik 23:05:56 You can tell he's devoting himself to the rigors of the office when he doesn't get around to tweeting about SNL untвЂ¦ https://t.co/VR8ks2qADW
23:23:44 Sigh -> Trump Calls NATO Obsolete and Dismisses EU in German Interview (Rainer Buergin) https://t.co/KVzi8tNh3C
23:23:57 Retweeted @carlbildt 22:22:59 We might have to live, at least for a while, with a US President openly hostile to the European Union. Against true US strategic interest.
23:24:29 Retweeted @Kasparov63 23:04:04 Every FP position Trump takes, starting from total ignorance around year ago, is on Putin's wish list. Brexit, Ukraine, NATO, EU, Merkel. in reply to Kasparov63
23:28:24 Retweeted @Kasparov63 23:01:31 I'm still waiting for Trump to say something about global affairs that hasn't literally been said first by the KremвЂ¦ https://t.co/op0WtuHJ4L
23:55:05 Retweeted @jaketapper 22:42:39 If all these Russian trolls got off Twitter and got to work maybe they'd finally have an economy bigger than Italy'вЂ¦ https://t.co/RkbzciWA7X
23:57:03 Retweeted @maggieNYT 19:37:29 The WH briefing room issue is a classic Trump maneuver – float an extreme and bargain back from there.
23:59:39 Retweeted @bergopolis 19:16:41 Scotland's Sunday Herald wins the internet, not just today but for the next four years. https://t.co/XFvA3aBvc0

@abulsme tweets from 2017-01-14 (UTC)

00:59:09 Reading – How Putin Played the Far Left (Casey Michel) https://t.co/OvS9YHs8Ft
01:40:24 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 01:39:10 Rosneft President offers Trump aides 19% stake for getting sanctions lifted andвЂ¦
Oh look, Rosneft President's ChieвЂ¦ https://t.co/YlewgQMCJC in reply to Khanoisseur
01:44:32 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 2017-01-13 22:50:00 Just watch: When insurance industry goes into chaos and millions lose their jobs, the GOP will blame Obama.
04:02:34 Retweeted @20committee 2017-01-13 12:02:57 Biggest deal about last night's Flynn story is that as career MI he surely knows calls to the RUEMBDC are intercepted. He didn't care.
04:08:52 Retweeted @20committee 00:01:06 So Trump will enter the White House under Senate investigation. For espionage.
Get the inauguration party started!

https://t.co/IEeWBSL94O
04:10:54 Retweeted @McFaul 02:54:43 No it is unusual for transition teams to have contact with foreign governments. # of calls to Kislyak during ObamaвЂ¦ https://t.co/M5NXDu7Oh4
04:18:04 Reading – Trump adviser had five calls with Russian envoy on day of sanctions: sources (Landay/Mohammed) https://t.co/DNpuknMJcN
04:32:36 Ruh roh -> Former MI6 agent Steele's frustration as FBI sat on Donald Trump Russia file for months (Kim Sengupta) https://t.co/5ygUpTVoS3
04:33:05 Retweeted @notacroc 2017-01-13 01:30:23 Biden: am i an avenger now?
Obama: sure Joe

Biden: https://t.co/fNAy5Xwte2
04:38:08 Reading – Penthouse may have proof of Trump’s вЂgolden shower’ tryst at Moscow hotel (Greg Price) https://t.co/5mW1lSeaTu
05:10:18 Retweeted @leahmcelrath 04:41:14 A full-fledged Constitutional crisis is unfortunately the best case scenario at this point. https://t.co/MFJNv6jea7
07:41:46 Retweeted @DanteAtkins 2017-01-13 19:44:45 What the hell did Comey tell people anyway? it is soul-crushing to walk the halls with so many people who know and can't tell.
08:15:39 Retweeted @EmmaKennedy 08:05:07 Every journalist worth their salt is now actively trying to join up the dots on Russia and Trump. It’s the Cannonball Run to the Pulitzer.
08:28:26 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins 08:27:48 Are there really Republicans who think Trump will be anything other than a disaster? Forget policy. The guy is a walking basketcase.
13:31:21 Wake up in the middle of the night. Trump is freaking out on Twitter again. :-/
13:31:27 Retweeted @nycjim 13:26:10 The more @realDonaldTrump tries these weak ploys to discredit intel dossier, the more credible he makes its allegations. #maga in reply to nycjim
13:34:55 Some intrepid reporters are doing the dangerous work of searching the streets and morgues of Moscow for those prostitutes, right?
13:42:41 I can overlook Johnson voters. Even Stein voters & non-voters. But Trump voters… every single one of you… You own this mess. All of it.
13:45:36 Reading – Trump officials might be expecting E.U. to fall apart this year, U.S. envoy says (Michael Burnbaum) https://t.co/6VrUMKxcFG
13:54:31 Reading – Donald Trump has persuaded Republicans to doubt the intelligence on Russia’s hacking (Aaron Blake) https://t.co/hd8B4fDSLl
13:57:42 Reading – Trump suggests US sanctions against Russia are unnecessary if Moscow is 'really helping us' (Bryan Logan) https://t.co/dDjX27t7AT
14:00:49 Retweeted @20committee 13:19:32 Gosh, if only someone had the transcripts to those 5 calls….
https://t.co/8l7PbB57HA
14:05:39 Retweeted @dandrezner 13:54:13 That moment when you wake up, check your Twitter feed, realize that Trump has tweeted something egregious, and tense up before reading it.
16:38:28 Retweeted @shelleyaw123 15:58:50 @abulsme Intellects are marked as snowflakes. We traded in our predator/prey gene for compassion/empathy. Not "unprecedented", evolutionary. in reply to abulsme
16:40:25 Retweeted @jaketapper 16:14:59 On Fri some Dems worried Lewis comments would force them to defend PEOTUS Trump legitimacy. Not anymore. Now they rally around Lewis.
16:47:37 Retweeted @thegarance 16:32:34 Trump on protestors during campaign: вЂњIn the good old days…they used to treat them very, very rough." https://t.co/ZEr2hYMmyT
16:48:30 Retweeted @peterdaou 13:14:34 As the first black POTUS leaves office with honor, a new president supported by white nationalists fights with John Lewis on MLK weekend.
16:49:05 Retweeted @NormOrnstein 00:53:35 But, but… Sean Spicer said it was to wish him a Merry Christmas! https://t.co/p5KfvhJNvR
16:52:13 Reading – First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks (DeYoung/Miller) https://t.co/dbvCroeE84
17:01:00 It seems @repjohnlewis got exactly what he wanted. Baited Trump into an intemperate response, moved a few Dems further in his direction.
17:01:49 Retweeted @AlexMLeo 16:26:48 Can we just be honest here? Trump won in large part because he told people they didn't have to feel bad about their basest instincts.
17:01:52 Retweeted @AlexMLeo 16:27:49 That just because "the elites" said it was the right thing to do to embrace immigrants, diversity and inclusion they didn't have to like it in reply to AlexMLeo
17:02:03 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 16:27:27 In fact, he told them to celebrate those baser instincts as a way of expressing their authenticity as the "real" AmвЂ¦ https://t.co/46IIzisAPu
17:09:34 Retweeted @GideonResnick 16:57:20 this dynamic has in no way changed and if it doesn't shift, Trump will absolutely be in office for 8 years.вЂ¦ https://t.co/yKzIx5RWnK
17:12:58 Retweeted @EricHolthaus 11:48:30 There is, right now (as of Jan 12th), the least area of sea ice on our planet that we've ever measuredвЂ”probably theвЂ¦ https://t.co/qITen3u8Y0
17:20:47 Retweeted @CassiniSaturn 16:55:42 OTD in 2005, #Huygens landed on Titan. In this video, sound represents its motion, signal and instruments during deвЂ¦ https://t.co/rHGj98XfxF
17:22:40 Retweeted @jeremyscahill 15:12:03 Clearly John Lewis is unfamiliar with Trump's seminal civil rights missive: "Tweet from a Manhattan Penthouse."
17:24:28 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 16:53:48 There is some variation within the papers. But generally they're being timid while foreign news is treating it as oвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ql62amhUwJ
17:37:29 Retweeted @WhiteHouse 17:34:56 Watch @POTUS deliver his final weekly address to the American people. https://t.co/K5jqIAtlUd #ObamaFarewell https://t.co/MeylVmpAKu
18:07:57 Retweeted @adamjohnsonNYC 2017-01-13 22:54:25 tfw your Russian experts don't speak Russian https://t.co/p7z93YRLBK
18:18:23 Reading – This is why Republicans can't find a replacement for Obamacare (Michael Buxbaum) https://t.co/9QYQTvLFpm
18:32:35 Reading – As WhatsApp becomes latest victim, are any messaging apps truly secure? (Nathaniel Mott) https://t.co/pSZgZrqHt7
18:33:37 Retweeted @mattyglesias 16:20:33 "Trump criticizes Lewis but not Putin because Putin doesn't criticize Trump" is both accurate and exactly the problвЂ¦ https://t.co/gjsEa5FWZ8
18:38:06 Retweeted @greggiroux 17:51:27 10. Hatch, who briefly ran for president 2000, with a funny & self-deprecating sketch of the Senate as incubator ofвЂ¦ https://t.co/LHuDigvZrJ in reply to greggiroux
19:10:53 Retweeted @jaketapper 14:02:29 Congressional tweetstorm on yesterday's vote — worth a read — https://t.co/003az4qaHu
19:33:13 Reading – Back on the Mekong Delta, John Kerry finds a man who once tried to kill him and exoneration (Morello) https://t.co/18GdZG1J6s
19:48:20 Retweeted @imillhiser 16:37:51 Don't forget to piss off Trump by buying enough copies of John Lewis' memoir to put it on the bestsellers lists. https://t.co/Gxdew18Zhz
19:48:23 Retweeted @imillhiser 19:31:27 If you already have a copy, order another one and ship it to:
Donald J. Trump
Trump Tower
721 Fifth Avenue
New YorвЂ¦ https://t.co/FPT1Lw9HvD
19:48:29 Retweeted @KristineBrite 19:33:01 @imillhiser it is now saying out of stock on Amazon. Which is awesome. https://t.co/JkFU9lwZiM in reply to imillhiser
19:50:15 Retweeted @stevesilberman 17:59:23 Next 4 years will be the world watching King Cheeto attempt to ritually humiliate anyone who defies him. It's who he is. It's all he's got.
20:14:11 Retweeted @benschwartzy 20:08:44 Of course Trump knows who Lewis is. Trump went after McCain for being a pris. of war. It never sinks in on liberals that this works for him.
20:14:15 Retweeted @JeffSharlet 20:10:04 Exactly. See my previous RTs: attacking "losers" like Lewis or McCain isn't a Trump stumble; it is, to his believerвЂ¦ https://t.co/eIumzpHejB
21:11:31 Reading – Don’t treat Donald Trump as if he’s a normal president. He’s not. (Jonathan Freedland) https://t.co/uKzFxppcXp
21:33:11 Retweeted @HamillHimself 20:26:56 Am I the ONLY one man enough to confront this #OverratedFlunkyLoser without resorting to an ad hominem assault?вЂ¦ https://t.co/Hx7Op9Hggt
21:55:24 Retweeted @zengerle 14:33:28 Unfortunately, people who think that attacking John Lewis will hurt Trump must have slept through the last 18 months.
22:12:09 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 22:11:52 This will end in tears https://t.co/sgb5TczAya
22:14:18 Retweeted @imillhiser 22:14:00 Boom! John Lewis' graphic novel is now the #1 book on Amazon. https://t.co/CVeUYbvESP https://t.co/qQ9RSwQhEH
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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

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