- 00:01:51 This whole thread -> https://t.co/dXcwDpVQZx
- 00:02:05 Retweeted @PoliticalLine 2017-01-30 23:55:31 Line of Succession if Trump fires the Acting AG https://t.co/mEzQlWk7qf
- 00:07:42 Thread on Bannon playbook for this -> https://t.co/zZkBdqSQFs
- 00:08:47 Retweeted @pkcapitol 00:04:24 I missed escaped bobcat news. In the not-so-distant past, CNN would’ve gone wire-to-wire on zoo animals roaming D.C… https://t.co/5ZsoxAXsLG
- 00:08:54 Retweeted @benwizner 00:00:10 It took Nixon almost five years to get to the Saturday Night Massacre. Low energy! https://t.co/Bw0UboWWcx
- 00:59:57 Retweeted @ericgeller 00:50:00 Trump rips into acting AG Sally Yates, who just declined to enforce his Muslim ban. But will he fire her? https://t.co/GyhBP7Wdtt
- 01:14:33 Trump did say he wanted to kill the families. -> SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid (NBC) https://t.co/mXzJxddsQI
- 01:17:35 Retweeted @wyethwire 01:05:07 Tune in tomorrow when I name a nominee to a SCOTUS seat that’s been magically vacant for nearly a year. https://t.co/NPx1r501qN
- 01:18:31 Retweeted @MattGertz 01:04:14 To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with him doing this. The problem is Trump says this indicates fraud. https://t.co/8UFdUzEfcC
- 01:19:14 Retweeted @ChadLivengood 00:43:19 Today’s lesson in governing: Get your Attorney General confirmed before imposing a policy ripe for legal challenges… https://t.co/cLXy5d31u5
- 01:19:27 Retweeted @peterdaou 2017-01-30 17:36:42 Trump can mock @SenSchumer‘s tears, but give me a man who cries at the violation of our values over one who smiles while obliterating them.
- 01:20:12 Retweeted @ddiamond 2017-01-29 19:55:48 The first five executive orders signed by Obama vs the first five signed by Trump. https://t.co/HlHFlOr8jL in reply to ddiamond
- 01:27:32 Retweeted @lizcgoodwin 01:00:08 Senators voted to end the filibuster but Dems are taking up the hours they have left before final vote to oppose re… https://t.co/gKpiyezK3d
- 01:27:40 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 01:01:59 30 hours of post-cloture debate. McConnell is going to have to keep the Senate open round the clock for awhile. https://t.co/2gBEfim6L0
- 01:28:30 Retweeted @RaRaVibes 2017-01-30 17:13:46 In the US Holocaust Museum.
I’m shook. https://t.co/EeuHEXWusE - 01:30:09 Thread -> https://t.co/MIAN5F8Etk
- 01:31:56 Retweeted @_cingraham 2017-01-30 15:06:32 So, yeah. This tweet hasn’t aged well. https://t.co/uONn7JDie5
- 01:35:33 Retweeted @sparksjls 01:31:40 You asked her to stay, Mr. President. https://t.co/mnrOgKM0Ym
- 01:40:21 That won’t annoy anybody at all. -> Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump’s immigration order (Bade/Sherman/Dawsey) https://t.co/Yd0Qqi2K2q
- 01:40:53 Retweeted @JamesFallows 00:15:13 She’ll be remembered for this (cf A Cox, E Richardson). People choosing sides in real time. Going out the right way… https://t.co/XwkEZjuAQX
- 01:41:40 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-01-30 22:11:44 After a terrorist attack on a Canadian mosque by a Trump fan, I wonder if Canada will take measures for extreme vetting of Trump fans
- 02:17:15 Retweeted @BNONews 02:16:52 BREAKING: President Trump has relieved Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates of her duties
- 02:18:31 Retweeted @BNONews 02:18:03 MORE: President Trump has named Dana Boente to take over as acting attorney general, White House spokesman says in reply to BNONews
- 02:27:22 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 02:21:26 Woof, this statement is really disturbing. via @Bencjacobs https://t.co/8cRdC3MhEQ
- 02:29:23 Does Trump get to appoint replacement like this? I thot chain of command in DOJ was predefined & would automatically go to next in line. No?
- 02:33:39 Retweeted @goldengateblond 02:32:34 She knew this would happen when she took a stand. Tonight, she will sleep the sleep of the innocent. https://t.co/bwpNMdbEPr in reply to goldengateblond
- 02:33:53 Retweeted @mattblaze 02:32:28 My NYT home page has three BREAKING NEWS bars stacked at the top.
- 02:34:01 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:32:21 And now this guy is attorney general https://t.co/jLLx9sMrhk
- 02:36:42 .@PoliticalLine So was Boente actually next in line? Or is Trump actually not constrained by this? Or is this going to be disputed? in reply to PoliticalLine
- 02:38:15 .@PoliticalLine So that line of succession you posted wasn’t actually operative? He can appoint an acting that isn’t subject 2 confirmation? in reply to PoliticalLine
- 02:39:30 Retweeted @PoliticalLine 02:38:58 @abulsme so it is line of succession but section 2 of line of succession order says or whoever President deems appropriate in reply to abulsme
- 02:39:43 .@PoliticalLine If true, why bother ever appointing a regular AG, just appoint Sessions acting AG and be done… in reply to PoliticalLine
- 02:39:45 Retweeted @PoliticalLine 02:39:14 @abulsme US Attorneys are confirmed by Senate in reply to abulsme
- 02:43:21 .@PoliticalLine So by picking a USA he meets the requirement for FISA I guess? in reply to PoliticalLine
- 02:45:19 Retweeted @BNONews 02:44:36 Dana Boente was sworn in as acting attorney general about 40 minutes ago – CNN in reply to BNONews
- 02:59:48 Retweeted @imbou 02:57:48 @abulsme fuck fucking fucker stupid motherfucker! in reply to abulsme
- 03:00:47 Retweeted @JYSexton 03:00:09 Pundits are treating this like it’s any other Monday. The wheels have come off. The wheels have been off for weeks.
- 03:02:28 Retweeted @Carrasquillo 02:54:11 White House says acting atttorney general Dana Boente is authorized to sign foreign surveillance warrants as of Monday night.
- 03:02:45 Retweeted @KianpourWorld 02:50:54 State Dept official tells me border security EO dissent letter had 600 signatures by afternoon, now looks like up to 1000 @BBCNorthAmerica
- 03:02:55 Retweeted @steve_vladeck 2017-01-29 05:36:26 I teach my 1Ls about how hard it is under current EP doctrine to prove discriminatory intent because “no one’s that… https://t.co/XUgmDWqMWt
- 03:03:21 Retweeted @sfpathe 02:04:11 Banking on unpopularity of President Trump in 2018, Dems are targeting seats he won by as much as 36 pts https://t.co/qVsHcp13Oq
- 03:11:08 Retweeted @BNONews 03:10:24 BREAKING: President Trump dismisses Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Daniel Ragsdale
- 03:12:09 Retweeted @BNONews 03:11:52 Thomas D. Homan has been appointed to take over as Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in reply to BNONews
- 03:22:51 Retweeted @ElectProject 03:22:38 Tonight on Celebrity President:You’re Fired!
- 03:45:22 Retweeted @acoyne 03:06:37 I’ve said before: Nixon was a crook, but even he handed over the tapes when the SCOTUS told him to. I don’t think we can say Trump would.
- 03:48:41 Retweeted @JeffRLord 02:50:11 If you had “10 days” as a guess for how soon @realDonaldTrump would go full Nixon, you win. But maybe this means he’ll be gone by April.
- 03:49:42 Retweeted @ananavarro 02:25:35 After last 10 days, if u oppose Trumptatorship, u got 2 choices: live in blissful oblivion; 2) protest & resist & then do it again & again.
- 03:50:17 Retweeted @dicktofel 02:59:04 Not a constitutional crisis for president to want his order defended. That would come if he defied court ruling that it is illegal.
- 03:51:24 Retweeted @Reddy 01:56:16 The world we’re in now: GOP congressional aides, without telling their bosses, are working secretly with Trump aide… https://t.co/lvgQnNza5S
- 03:51:32 Retweeted @mcclure111 03:09:29 This is while multiple executive agencies have been ordered not to communicate with congresspeople https://t.co/PXahAUhCTM
- 03:51:48 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 03:49:08 WashPost quoting DHS as saying acting ICE director not fired, will become deputy director https://t.co/3iwnHrsYI5
- 03:53:33 Retweeted @rorycooper 03:42:00 Tomorrow night: “As you can see, my finalists for the Supreme Court nomination are trapped in the Roosevelt Room with a Bobcat…”
- 03:54:19 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 03:52:45 You should not be surprised at pace of admin’s destruction. You should be thinking many steps ahead, which means thinking fast, acting now.
- 03:54:53 Retweeted @deray 2017-01-30 23:38:05 It’s been interesting to see how protesting is now being re-framed as a sign of true patriotism. This has been a long two years.
- 04:02:07 Retweeted @Ali_H_Soufan 02:38:04 Chilling language. Refusing to defend an EO blocked by a judge doesn’t mean betrayal. President is not a king. The… https://t.co/b0jMpubjH0
- 04:02:46 Retweeted @mattmfm 03:58:48 Let me be blunt: if senate Democrats let a Court nominee through without forcing GOP to invoke nuclear option, they… https://t.co/UKDLS5AgRc
- 04:06:00 Reading – Who is new acting attorney general Dana Boente? (Rachel Weiner) https://t.co/YJDfaQFreG
- 04:06:27 Retweeted @SeanTrende 04:04:08 People are making the same mistake they made in the primaries and the general. Trump’s order not terribly unpopular. https://t.co/E4T3kOfOt9
- 04:07:18 Retweeted @MordorNPS 04:04:42 “He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” -J.R.R. Tolkien https://t.co/IcFt2r6iMN
- 04:09:56 Retweeted @theglipper 04:06:10 No matter what happens Ted Cruz manages to be the single most pathetic person involved. (via @OakParkLawyer) https://t.co/1mnVltuVEF
- 04:10:09 Retweeted @NickBaumann 04:10:01 butemails
- 04:12:21 Just a reminder that it was obvious this was the likely path as soon as Yates did what she did. https://t.co/NpUu8RWlNL in reply to abulsme
- 04:20:22 Trump net favorability still much better than it was on Election day. Last polls ended Wednesday. Eagerly waiting t… https://t.co/MtGBebNx9d
- 04:26:30 Or Pollster if you prefer: https://t.co/2rl4ooo6U9 in reply to abulsme
- 04:30:17 Retweeted @MikeScarcella 03:48:58 Jeff Sessions to Sally Yates: “People will be asking you to do things you just need to say no about.” (1:15:57) https://t.co/CZjt3DStmf
- 04:34:35 Retweeted @zachheltzel 01:34:08 Hillary Clinton’s silence means Trump has nobody he can reliably attack to take pressure off him. Look how he’s flailing without her.
- 04:37:10 Retweeted @lauramholson 04:33:14 For the young ones, this man worked in Nixon’s White House and was involved in the Watergate coverup. Yes, that Wat… https://t.co/Z1YNKrz3X7
- 04:39:01 Reading – Obama’s Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump (Jeremy Peters) https://t.co/VZ93C8AUKf
- 04:46:49 Retweeted @jbarro 04:44:12 Seems like another indication Trump will do what Trump cares about, not what GOP cares about. https://t.co/GHT5jB2dti
- 04:49:13 Retweeted @ryanjreilly 04:46:35 … and the new acting AG rescinded Yates’ memo, just after he was sworn in. https://t.co/hAsBuRGTcu in reply to ryanjreilly
- 05:11:26 Retweeted @JuddLegum 2017-01-30 18:00:50 The almost certain impact of Trump’s refugee ban is more children will die.Trump thinks anyone who cries over it must be faking.
- 05:13:10 Notice the leaks about Trump/Russia connections pretty much dried up after the inauguration?
- 05:28:48 Reading – Can Jared and Ivan outrun Donald Trump’s Scandals? (Emily Jane Fox) https://t.co/VDhmCbRBIi
- 05:28:57 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 05:25:07 .@abulsme not entirely. That thing about the stock? in reply to abulsme
- 05:45:01 Retweeted @CaitlinFrazier 00:06:36 The NPR politics podcast has to start with a time stamp now, bc they have no idea wtf could’ve happened since recording.
- 06:22:26 Good read -> Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders (Tom Pepinsky) https://t.co/p4mh4Lj5Hg
- 06:23:54 Retweeted @HeerJeet 2017-01-30 22:59:45 From 2014. Very strange comment. Almost as if the writer had a fear of stairs. https://t.co/v7trQsLPO9
- 06:25:40 Retweeted @yottapoint 04:40:27 Amazing. Sally Yates at her confirmation hearing answering her job-ending Q. Look who’s asking. Via @charles_gaba https://t.co/3Vsf9UugIu
- 07:30:35 Very good, very depressing, must read -> How to Build an Autocracy (David Frum) https://t.co/zkrA5U74xV
- 07:31:03 Retweeted @BYUfan 06:37:57 .@abulsme Is that your smoke alarm chirping again?! How can you live like that?
- 07:32:09 .@BYUfan Uh, oops, I think maybe? Different one. Downstairs from where I record. I think I have heard it a couple times. Maybe. in reply to BYUfan
- 07:33:08 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 02:54:22 Authoritarian Government Watch: before 1/20, I wrote a checklist. With Yates firing, it’s arguably at 5 out of 10.… https://t.co/VrF5YjiYdS
- 07:45:47 Just the start -> White House aides who wrote Trump’s travel ban see it as just the start (Bennett/Bierman) https://t.co/4ENPnY6YHi
- 07:52:36 Thread on Quebec shooting -> https://t.co/gh4vWbbF1U
- 07:55:18 Retweeted @pierre 07:26:16 Bannon thinks he’s winning because he’s creating more enemies. He doesn’t realize his enemies outnumber his base an… https://t.co/NemN9klSsl
- 08:01:20 Reading – The right splits, and the nature of our democracy is up for grabs (Jennifer Rubin) https://t.co/8RWgKXprzZ
- 08:16:58 Retweeted @cjwerleman 05:05:08 Watch this video and then try to describe immigrants in dehumanizing terms such as “waves” or “floods.” #MuslimBan https://t.co/vTqvE3Nvys
- 08:17:36 Retweeted @mattmfm 2017-01-30 23:52:32 Don’t think these protests are effective? House GOPer: “Women are in my grill no matter where I go. We’re getting h… https://t.co/mZQtm4Ty2e
- 08:26:32 Retweeted @ezlusztig 08:25:34 Agree totally. But that this has become so obvious, so quickly, indicates massive tactical dysfunction and administ… https://t.co/pK6auuFxO6
- 08:28:55 Retweeted @JohnWonderlich 02:30:25 A Congress that allows its staff to be secretly, contractually obligated to the White House is no longer a Congress.
- 08:29:43 Retweeted @NotAltWorld 2017-01-26 11:11:48 “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”― Isaac Asimov
- 08:35:14 Retweeted @brianklaas 08:06:47 Yates knew she would be fired. That’s not shocking. But Trump saying she “betrayed” him is something from Game of Thrones, not democracy.
- 08:36:12 Retweeted @evoque 2017-01-29 19:41:27 “God fucking damnit” indeed #somethingawful https://t.co/yGjGDuD2HE
- 15:02:48 Retweeted @imbou 15:00:01 @abulsme well they started killing some of these people… in reply to abulsme
- 15:04:28 Retweeted @imbou 15:00:52 @abulsme that’s a lot of drunk republicans who still cling to the belief he will help their agenda in reply to abulsme
- 15:04:58 Retweeted @imbou 12:27:58 TrumpВґs action keeps being called a refugee ban. He also banned dual citizens, tried to ban green card holders, visa holders. If he had
- 15:05:02 Retweeted @imbou 12:29:16 @imbou put a moratorium on new refugees until a new vetting process was in place, it would be different. But without due process stripped in reply to imbou
- 15:05:08 Retweeted @imbou 12:31:09 @imbou visas from people living and working here. There risk from allowing those already authorized to travel and remain was almost 0. in reply to imbou
- 15:05:13 Retweeted @imbou 12:32:59 @imbou you had a higher chance of getting killed in your car this morning or shit by a coworker than a terror attack.This was simply racist in reply to imbou
- 15:05:48 Retweeted @amiraminiMD 10:44:55 Yes, this is a refugee family in handcuffs, in America, for being muslim. That little girl? Handcuffed.History wi… https://t.co/KIJoo8Zd2B
- 15:06:17 Retweeted @natsecHeather 13:43:33 Folks, we need to acknowledge we didn’t get a CBP that handcuffs little kids in 1 week;our society built this tool&… https://t.co/ygYnwmbFmg
- 15:18:53 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 15:09:51 Tolkien is good. https://t.co/VgEzxCitrl
- 15:24:18 Retweeted @owillis 15:08:04 remember how in the hearings the nominees said things like they disagreed with trump? this is why that doesnt matte… https://t.co/MNTRVwZy5W
- 15:24:26 Retweeted @intelwire 15:08:02 Trump Week 2 has been great for jihadists and it’s only Tuesday. Everyone already talking about how the Muslim ban is good for recruiting…
- 15:27:49 Retweeted @NoahGarfinkel 06:48:45 To Trump voters who think liberals are condescending: We only thought he’d lose because we thought you were too smart to vote for him.
- 15:45:22 Retweeted @dimireider 14:21:14 EU President Donald Tusk tells EU leaders Trump admin part of external “threat” together with China, Russia, radical Islam, war and terror.
- 15:51:54 Retweeted @imbou 15:51:20 @dimireider @abulsme that’s what these fuckers wanted! America first fuck everyone else. Except Russia he loves Russia! in reply to dimireider
- 16:05:36 Retweeted @Gus_802 15:38:06 Far-left much like the far-right is framing Clinton’s loss as a landslide and not a minor technicality based on 80,000 lousy votes.
- 16:58:58 Retweeted @KSoltisAnderson 15:54:41 I wonder how many Americans view this all as a sort of “organ rejection” with the body of Washington just refusing to accept the transplant.
- 17:21:53 Retweeted @alexburnsNYT 15:54:11 There are folks on here who, if Trump launched a nuclear first strike, would say it’s merely a diversion from something Bannon did at the WH
- 17:21:58 Retweeted @alexburnsNYT 15:56:57 Point is, sometimes the story erupting in full view is actually the most important thing – not some connect-the-dots House of Cards fantasy
- 17:24:24 Retweeted @Evan_McMullin 16:58:37 Trump and some supporters are increasingly suggesting that principled opposition to him is betrayal or disloyalty t… https://t.co/EQrw6ZtkEZ
- 18:24:05 Reading – Stop that plane: The frantic race to halt a deportation (David Croman) https://t.co/VCMTRD9uFN
- 19:30:35 Retweeted @dylanmatt 14:51:45 In a normal country, the Executive Order madness would lead to junior coalition partners defecting, a vote of no confidence & new elections
- 19:31:11 Retweeted @ericgarland 19:27:31 US Marshals, enforcement arm for one branch of gov’t, is “waiting on orders” from the White House before obeying a judge? Is that right? in reply to ericgarland
- 19:34:48 Retweeted @DanKaszeta 19:27:07 This thread https://t.co/eqCjyakdN9
- 19:35:56 Retweeted @daniel_barker 2017-01-30 16:19:45 -What do we want?
-No more Nazis!
-When do we want it?
-Honestly like 70 years ago I mean it was a whole thing. - 19:37:51 Retweeted @TBCJay 19:13:42 This is the kind of factcheck that infuriates conservatives. Statement was factual. Yet you get “mostly true”.… https://t.co/onxtqP1ipQ
- 19:38:01 Retweeted @ericgarland 19:26:06 So we have Trump making secret deals with Legislative staffers, and now apparently with Judicial’s enforcement arm. Simultaneously.
- 19:44:14 Retweeted @DavidAFrench 19:23:02 My admittedly anecdotal evidence points to lots of anxiety and disappointment from folks who voted for him but didn… https://t.co/fATDsFcatm
- 19:51:51 Retweeted @mikeyang 19:21:09 Interesting thread on possible political consequences of Google’s efforts to get more timely info into search https://t.co/HIADlIKAiL
- 19:56:51 Retweeted @ACLU 18:24:13 If you have valid documents at a port of entry, you may have additional screening, but cannot be detained or illegally removed from US soil in reply to ACLU
- 20:21:40 Retweeted @varadmehta 20:20:18 What if Trump has Gorsuch and Hardiman at the announcement tonight, and says Gorsuch gets this vacancy and Hardiman gets the next one?
- 20:23:10 Retweeted @justkarl 19:48:31 If everyone reports it’s Gorsuch, what are the odds Trump picks Hardiman because he didn’t like the spoilers?
- 20:39:02 Reading – Che Taylor Shooting: Inquest Starts with all White Jury (Charlotte LeFevre) https://t.co/e53iyaj0w0
- 20:50:02 Reading – Trump admin circulates more draft immigration restrictions, focusing on protecting U.S. jobs (Hauslohner) https://t.co/5JpvR50S6B
- 21:58:51 Retweeted @jeffzeleny 21:40:55 White House is setting up Supreme Court announcement as a prime-time contest: @JusticeGorsuch and @JusticeHardiman identical Twitter pages.
- 21:59:01 Retweeted @ericgeller 13:45:11 I’m still astonished that a U.S. special forces raid in Yemen killed an 8-year-old American girl and virtually no one is talking about it.
- 21:59:46 Retweeted @cmclymer 21:17:26 Believe it or not, #TheResistance is working. These are not small things.h/t @ElaineReplogle https://t.co/gND2clhOYC
- 22:00:09 Retweeted @Outpost_Skaro 21:46:17 So are we setting into a 3 season pattern for Doctors or are we due a repeat of a one year wonder?
- 22:01:38 Reading – Trump’s travel ban polarizes America – Reuters/Ipsos poll (Chris Kahn) https://t.co/OjkVsAp9YU
- 22:39:13 Retweeted @jeffzeleny 22:13:13 The Twitter accounts of @JusticeGorsuch and @JusticeHardiman were not set up by the White House, I’ve been told.
- 22:43:17 Retweeted @NolanDMcCaskill 21:13:43 .@jaketapper with a remarkable 2-minute fact-check on @PressSec https://t.co/GGjQ21GMUb
- 22:46:36 Retweeted @chrislhayes 00:46:54 If there’s one thing D’s learned (first hand) in the Obama years is that there is *no* political cost for obstruction.
- 22:50:42 Reading – Trump admin signals that some temporary bans on entry into the US could become permanent (Brian Bennett) https://t.co/lOKoweWwDt
- 22:59:19 Reading – Trump Ignored All of Obama’s Advice—and Now He’s in a World of Trouble (Brian Beutler) https://t.co/VzRjjKRHvu
- 23:00:44 Retweeted @charlesornstein 22:23:35 This thread —> https://t.co/OaZmBFbmGS
- 23:06:04 Retweeted @dorseyshaw 21:04:51 Trump, asking for Rudy, can’t see that Giuliani is right in front of his face. This is scary. https://t.co/yc1DTE3pMe
- 23:06:16 Retweeted @laurenduca 22:57:02 If this was Hillary, the illness narrative would be throbbing so hard, blood vessels would burst all over Reddit. https://t.co/O5xD2zWSEu
- 23:10:47 Reading – Mysterious intruder rattles GOP lawmakers (Mike DiBonis) https://t.co/fStMmCSNcc
- 23:16:28 Retweeted @AGOWA 22:02:26 Federal court hearing on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in State v. Trump Fri 2:30pm before Judge Robart. https://t.co/uw3FphgELg
- 23:20:54 Retweeted @chrislhayes 22:52:37 Public opinion matters less, in these moments, than public pressure. Broad but weak support often loses to intense, concentrated opposition
- 23:58:03 Retweeted @SybilT2 02:53:38 Remember how Trump was going 2 manage the federal government like a businessman? I think we know now why he went thru bankruptcy many times
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