Abulsme.com: Saturday, February 25th, 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Not talking about that

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the latest developments on Trump’s immigration policies, but after that, they do something they haven’t done in a while. Lightning rounds! And ones that include some non-political things too! They can’t avoid SOME additional political talk, but they also discuss wireless headphones, the new discovery of 7 potentially Earth-like planets, Cloudbleed, and more!

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Show Details:

Recorded 2017-02-24
Length this week – 2:03:03

(0:01:30-0:09:17) But First
- Shouting at customers
- Agenda
(0:10:33-0:43:27) Immigration
- New travel ban planning
- Prioritization changes
- Roundups and escalations
- Role of laws and congress
- Scared people
- Only some countries matter
- Relations with Mexico
(0:45:27-1:17:52) Lightning Round 1
- Cab accident
- Movie: Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
- Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Flagged for abusing Trump
- Wireless headphones
- New Earth-like planets
- Republican town halls
- Obamacare
(1:18:56-) Lightning Round 2
- Cloudbleed
- Trump infosec
- Trump polls
- What might move polls?
- Choices for Democrats
- IC trying to bring down Trump?

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-02-24 (UTC)

00:38:53 Reading – FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories (CNN) https://t.co/pMrceNjavX
00:57:35 Retweeted @taviso 2017-02-23 23:00:46 Cloudflare have been leaking customer HTTPS sessions for months. Uber, 1Password, FitBit, OKCupid, etc. https://t.co/wjwE4M3Pbk
01:05:20 Retweeted @BNONews 00:56:12 VX, the most toxic and rapidly acting chemical warfare agent, was used in the murder of North Korean leader’s half-brother: Malaysian police
01:05:35 Retweeted @MAAWG 00:32:21 As the 39th meeting of @MAAWG closes, we thank all who continue to fight the good fight against internet abuse #m3aawg39
01:07:02 Retweeted @seanmdav 00:27:53 Laws should be enforced. Laws that aren’t worth enforcing should be repealed. Anything else leads to arbitrary, unequal enforcement.
01:07:44 Retweeted @MattBinder 01:05:11 Mike Pence talking paid leftist protesters at town halls and fake news in case you still think Republicans are different from Trump
02:25:03 Retweeted @EvelynNFarkas 01:55:53 Too many Russian diplomats dying. https://t.co/vRqGm6LEv4
02:32:02 Retweeted @CGBPosts 01:51:46 Sarah Kendzior, an expert in authoritarianism dragging the living hell out of irresponsible journalists. https://t.co/uc03JMiHBz
02:35:45 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-02-23 23:49:52 You *really* don’t want the WH COS calling the FBI director to have ANY conversations about ANYTHING related to ongoing investigations.
02:36:54 Retweeted @emptywheel 02:19:19 Sort of like the read that this CNN story is a way to oust Reince but CNN wouldn’t fall for that.Would they?
02:40:11 Retweeted @TheAVClub 2017-02-23 21:43:07 Depeche Mode tells вЂњlifelong fanвЂќ Richard Spencer to fuck off https://t.co/udZ2s8nFLl https://t.co/03hro9ITPK
03:05:51 Reading – Federal agents ask domestic flight passengers to show IDs in search for undocumented immigrant (Lowery) https://t.co/LEoJeC6oPv
03:08:50 Retweeted @tribelaw 02:13:58 That puts it mildly. The first basis for impeaching Nixon was his staff’s effort to deflect FBI investigation of thвЂ¦ https://t.co/AMnXpVT8B1
03:16:23 Reading – Garmin engineer killed in Kansas by man who allegedly yelled вЂget out of my country’ (Lecher/Popper) https://t.co/BBwtu0tfgE
06:10:15 Retweeted @TeaPainUSA 06:08:09 Folks, remember, the FBI didn’t have to leak Priebus’ meddlin’ to the press. The fact they did has the WH walkin’ the floor tonight.
07:44:55 Retweeted @chrislhayes 03:23:09 I have nightmares that all of this ends with Trump having a military confrontation w Russia to show he’s not a puppet.
07:59:19 Reading – Weakened Democrats Bow to Voters, Opting for Total War on Trump (Martin/Burns) https://t.co/7cmh4VNnQN
11:04:26 Retweeted @saladinahmed 02:10:00 this hateful man just killed more people than every Syrian refugee in the United States combined https://t.co/2ZxxYmikwd
13:58:53 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 13:47:02 Also:
1) still not clear Reince-FBI convo was leaked from FBI side
2) not sure is classified in any case
3) also ignores substance of claim in reply to pwnallthethings
14:01:40 Retweeted @keithboykin 13:08:24 Trump doesn’t deny his Chief of Staff tried to interfere with an FBI investigation. Instead, he attacks the peopleвЂ¦ https://t.co/oFXDbp7tjD
14:05:51 Retweeted @grynbaum 13:27:07 Next week’s cover of The New Yorker https://t.co/xQ8yzfJxee
16:37:27 Listening to The Renegade Republican with Dan Bongino Ep 402 Another Liberal Policy Implodes in Stunning Fashion https://t.co/eq08v8ztOK
16:53:44 Listening to The Sean Hannity Show Morning Minute: Sean’s Tribute to Colmes – 2.24
via iCatcher! https://t.co/HUCNmHcJtI
17:03:30 Reading – GOP Obamacare Plan Would Cover Fewer People; Blowback Grows (Tracer/House/Edney) https://t.co/qldrCMc91Z
17:06:38 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 12:38:18 Foreign tourism to US plunges under Trump; visits down 6.8%, online searches for airfare down 17% https://t.co/oaB219vWob
17:06:42 Retweeted @anngora 15:39:16 “Come for DisneyWorld, stay because you’re unconstitutionally detained and interrogated!” isn’t selling like we thoвЂ¦ https://t.co/vxgUNvZriM
17:08:40 Retweeted @PoliticsWolf 2017-02-23 16:25:22 New: These 21 congressional districts flipped to Donald Trump after backing Barack Obama in 2012вЂ¦ https://t.co/9sGTLVmReO in reply to PoliticsWolf
17:59:59 First time listening to this podcast. It is funny. Like. -> Listening to Politics Politics Politics Noe Means Yes https://t.co/CHCoAFskFg
18:12:06 Reading – Leaked GOP Obamacare replacement shrinks subsidies, Medicaid expansion (Paul Demko) https://t.co/mOQQ4LVZIV
19:18:18 Retweeted @BNONews 19:15:31 BREAKING: White House blocks CNN, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politico, and BuzzFeed from press briefing
19:53:08 Reading – GOP Rep.: O’care Repeal May Not Have Enough Votes After Town Hall Pressure (Caitlin MacNeal) https://t.co/o435qwSonv
19:53:38 Retweeted @kelseymsutton 19:32:29 blocked: CNN, NYT, LAT, POLITICO, BuzzFeed, BBCboycotted: Time, AP
attended: Breitbart, OANN, Washington Times, NBC, ABC

@abulsme tweets from 2017-02-23 (UTC)

00:08:28 They are actually learning? https://t.co/QYNy1luzfl
00:09:33 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 00:08:35 Deep state n.
/diЛђp steЙЄt/
Career govt officials whose advice is tainted by any actual experience or proficiency in the area they advise in
00:10:52 Retweeted @B_M_Finnigan 00:08:03 Look, stop it. the Republican Senator in TN is not vulnerable next year unless an 1894-level midterm strikes.
00:28:43 Retweeted @morningmoneyben 00:02:51 You mean TrumpCare? https://t.co/oczafL1Gci
00:29:09 Retweeted @sahilkapur 2017-02-22 19:59:54 DNC race whip countвЂ”via @APPerez 205
Ellison 153
Harrison 27
Brown 10
Buttigieg 8
Greene 0

(224 required to win)

https://t.co/JLEfnqj92O
00:50:27 Reading – Trump’s Apprentice-style hiring is upending Washington (Dawsey/Stokols) https://t.co/9vHz5OV3Wj
01:26:39 Reading – Trump visits Melbourne (Joel Tooley) https://t.co/KLb7FlsSUp
01:39:08 Retweeted @walkerorenstein 01:26:19 Inbox: @GovInslee statement about @POTUS order on access to bathrooms for transgender students. #waleg https://t.co/njrbx8GpPa
02:53:22 Retweeted @HeerJeet 01:14:30 I had sent a memo to the Post saying their motto should be “Don’t Fuck With Us, Asshole, We Took Down Nixon.” But cooler heads prevailed.
02:54:33 Retweeted @TopherSpiro 2017-02-22 22:54:10 NOTE TO REPORTERS: I’m told the House repeal bill will be delayed because the CBO score was horrific. @PeterSullivan4 @sahilkapur
02:54:53 Retweeted @brianefallon 02:50:22 If it is to occur, ACA’s survival will not be announced with the wave of a white flag. It’ll occur slowly, like this
https://t.co/i0IgBbwt3T
03:53:40 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 03:46:27 Not in the general, no. Suggests an obvious action, which is to find a way to help him get primaried. https://t.co/m79LBFRpnR
03:55:46 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 03:39:39 One of the weirdest side effects of wikileaks/DWS is that people think the national party committees are way important than they are
04:01:37 Retweeted @reidepstein 03:42:58 I’ve been talking to DNC members about this race since Nov & it’s remarkable the gap btwn issues they care about & what CNN asking about.
05:15:16 Retweeted @Taniel 04:56:34 Murkowski says she’d oppose Medicaid expansion repeal. If she sticks to that, GOP can only afford losing 2 more SenвЂ¦ https://t.co/7PPBsBHKsR
05:47:02 Retweeted @waEMD 05:30:05 Our alert & warning center states there’s no reports of damage from counties but a wide area felt the quake. We’reвЂ¦ https://t.co/UwkZRzqsOD
07:04:38 Retweeted @PNSN1 06:02:30 Check out a replay of the M4.2 #earthquake arriving at our seismic stations on QuickShake! https://t.co/hY6bYRxqVn https://t.co/4U9EjeUC4o
15:38:22 Reading – Manafort faced blackmail attempt, hacks suggest (Vogel/Meyer) https://t.co/LcQHHTlvAI
17:03:31 Reading – I Was a Muslim in the Trump White HouseвЂ”and I Lasted Eight Days (Rumania Ahmed) https://t.co/2QTIeGouty
20:03:25 Reading – Steve Bannon’s not-so-subtle threat to the media (@thefix) https://t.co/D5Nn5vKw9D
20:07:00 Reading – James O’Keefe’s вЂCNN Leaks’ are totally overrated (Callie Borchers) https://t.co/FKHqd5fMJL
20:09:00 Retweeted @davewiner 19:54:05 What Facebook did to/for the web. https://t.co/HAfgGIEIO6
20:31:09 Retweeted @OliverBullough 19:45:10 The idea of @Leshchenkos writing something like this is ridiculous. Have these journalists ever spoken to him? https://t.co/7b26On8fNy
20:33:27 Retweeted @davidfrum 19:08:03 Bannon impressively candid on CPAC stage that Trump top agenda item is to launch a series of trade wars across world
20:37:21 Retweeted @PaulBlu 20:25:29 Spicer one minute: “We are a states rights party.”
Spicer next minute: Federal marijuana laws override state recreational marijuana laws.
20:42:53 Reading – Bannon: Trump administration in unending battle for вЂdeconstruction of the administrative state’ (Rucker) https://t.co/SmkaRebkeL
20:43:10 Retweeted @DavidYankovich 20:26:36 So, it’s true.The point of Trump’s cabinet was the destruction of the agencies they lead. https://t.co/LWULAqQAiR
20:45:06 Retweeted @Jason 19:37:34 If you want to know what its like to have kids and work from home… https://t.co/Fk2LAnVRtV
20:53:47 Retweeted @epicciuto 20:18:30 Someone ought to tell Bannon his dog whistle is broken. Not only dogs can hear it. https://t.co/1vXlx5eEkJ
20:57:02 Thread https://t.co/yhB95Pe1kz
20:58:35 Retweeted @radleybalko 20:29:38 Spicer: DOJ will be “taking action” against states that have legalized recreational marijuana.
21:11:42 Thread -> https://t.co/ohRd2DY45r

@abulsme tweets from 2017-02-22 (UTC)

04:30:31 Reading – Same-sex marriage linked with 7% drop in US teen suicide attempts (BBC News) https://t.co/L0clSsA1MS
04:33:13 Retweeted @HeerJeet 04:24:09 On the one hand, the stupidity of Miller & co. limits their ability to enact policy. On the other hand, increases oвЂ¦ https://t.co/JDymzfLaiL
04:36:51 Thread -> https://t.co/EEa0RwekIJ
05:24:07 Reading – https://t.co/EFmqKMv8Gf: Trump’s “beautiful” Oval Office phones and what was changed on them https://t.co/ExfkbdE8CS
05:29:43 Reading – What Can We Do About Donald Trump’s Unsecured Smartphone? (Adam Estes) https://t.co/wYdoBJ0fPt
14:28:38 Reading – Donald Trump is dangerous when he’s losing (Ezra Klein) https://t.co/6Elhiy9BrT
17:21:17 Reading – A geophysical planet definition (Matt Williams) https://t.co/4oLMrcdvmk
17:28:26 Reading – The More Said, the More Questions Raised in Flynn Firing (Walter Pincus) https://t.co/2GJyIioQMX
17:30:37 Retweeted @Carter_PE 15:10:17 Trump admin in such chaos that its agencies don’t know whether/how to comply with its own Exec Orders. The oppositeвЂ¦ https://t.co/i6yQwaroC1
17:35:10 Retweeted @ColinKahl 03:18:52 We have 2 governments right now. One trying to reassure anxious allies & a 2nd w/Bannon at the helm doing this: https://t.co/U7JVYkBN1y 1/
17:39:56 Reading – Fight Erupts in Trump Administration Over Transgender Students’ Rights (Peters/Becker/Lichtblau) https://t.co/9NUoHRaQet
17:54:17 Reading – How Trump’s campaign staffers tried to keep him off Twitter (Tara Palmeri) https://t.co/t3ml4HmAX5
18:10:18 Reading – Seven Earth-Like Planets Orbit One Nearby Star (Jay Bennett) https://t.co/rTbqsMxA6W
19:25:28 Reading – Kellyanne Conway sidelined from TV after Flynn debacle (Dylan Byers) https://t.co/Zepp9Ivhiu
19:32:34 Retweeted @poniewozik 19:10:41 Saying that a protest is phony bc “activists” show up is like saying that football-stadium attendance is phony because it’s full of “fans.”
19:51:07 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 19:31:31 *Sigh* Again, the polls that were way off were state polls in the rust belt. National polling like this did just fiвЂ¦ https://t.co/qxqepOJAce
19:55:06 .@AuthorLMendez @GlenCompton And really only Wisconsin was WAY off. Averages in Michigan and Pennsylvania had them both close at the end. in reply to AuthorLMendez
20:06:03 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:02:45 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez What would you characterize as their shortcoming then? Focusing on national polls seem worthless based on the result in reply to abulsme
20:07:04 .@GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez As long as we have an elect coll, national polls are useless and distracting. Need more and better state polls. in reply to GlenCompton
20:08:58 .@GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez Also, better understanding of poll modeling error. Sample error reported, variance based on voter model not. in reply to abulsme
20:13:32 .@GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez My final avg in FL was Trump+1.2%. Actual was Trump by… 1.2%. Polls did OK in FL. :-) https://t.co/RDe14BG22S in reply to GlenCompton
20:13:37 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:08:50 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez sorry forgot the link.
https://t.co/L4xUU3KmV0 in reply to GlenCompton
20:14:00 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:09:33 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez I couldn’t agree more. in reply to abulsme
20:14:23 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:13:08 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez I am probably a massive loser for liking stats class, but it made me more interested in methodology than results. in reply to abulsme
20:16:03 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:14:18 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez I find people don’t like having those conversations & just want to focus on the results. I suppose that is my burden in reply to GlenCompton
20:39:57 .@GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez Methodology is critical. This NYT article from Sept by @Nate_Cohn brings that home: https://t.co/s3QL8t7pvl in reply to GlenCompton
20:40:04 Retweeted @GlenCompton 20:16:11 @abulsme @AuthorLMendez THAT looks like a WAY better site than the others I saw DURING the election! I feel like I missed out now… in reply to abulsme
20:41:09 .@GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez Aw shucks, thanks! It will be back for the 2020 cycle. Hopefully with some improvements. :-) in reply to GlenCompton
20:41:36 Retweeted @sumoh7 20:16:54 @abulsme @GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez
@TargetSmart & others do state level polls, exit polls. RCP reported by states. All showed Hillary win. in reply to abulsme
20:44:55 .@sumoh7 @GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez @Targetsmart Yes but all had T in reach. Median of those w/odds was 14%. Ppl didn’t understand 14%!=0%. in reply to sumoh7
20:47:44 .@sumoh7 @GlenCompton @AuthorLMendez @Targetsmart That’s close to the odds of rolling a 6 on a regular 6 sided die. Happens all the time! in reply to abulsme
22:13:13 Retweeted @JuddLegum 22:09:16 The wall is cracking.Republican Senator says Flynn should testify before Congress about Russia ties
https://t.co/pLEzG5SAWf

@abulsme tweets from 2017-02-21 (UTC)

01:53:59 Retweeted @BRIANMBENDIS 00:54:24 The вЂњpresidentвЂњ absolutely did comment on the jewish community threats. He told the person asking to shut up & sit down. He did it on TV.
03:48:23 Retweeted @daniellelvabner 2017-02-20 17:18:42 .@RealAlexJones has called Sandy Hook a hoax and denied that my brother & 25 first graders & teachers were killed.вЂ¦ https://t.co/9FXkaaK5X5
04:00:01 Reading – Mar-a-Lago 3, Camp David 0. With Trump as president, is the rustic Md. retreat doomed? (Michael Rosenwald) https://t.co/6Myh1hjVgj
04:54:13 Watching – Last Week Tonight – A Man Like Putin https://t.co/phue3ZZ6sC
05:24:01 Retweeted @BBCWorld 2017-02-20 20:50:02 The moment a crying girl is unearthed by the White Helmets in Syriahttps://t.co/K33yxxvIol https://t.co/TIBwHtFcJe
07:40:45 Retweeted @BuzzFeedNews 07:31:00 These classical statues are anything but ordinary https://t.co/FZEaBi6sq0
08:05:31 My 1st grade son just now: “5 times 4 plus 3 is 23. How do I know this? MINECRAFT CRAFTING RECIPES! Why don’t they use Minecraft in school?”
15:04:19 Retweeted @peterb 12:30:39 @abulsme It’s a good question. in reply to abulsme
15:05:21 .@peterb Of course some schools do use Minecraft. Not his though. :-) in reply to peterb
15:05:25 Retweeted @rebliv 14:42:43 An entire generation’s only association with conservatism is white supremacism/neo-nazism & the @GOP seems OK with that.
15:42:37 Reading – The government just put out the blueprint for President Trump’s immigration crackdown (Dara Lind) https://t.co/o4aLWyj9PD
16:41:35 Retweeted @asymco 15:51:37 40 years of personal computing with addition of Raspberry Pi, Chromebooks and Android for 2016 Thanks to those whoвЂ¦ https://t.co/ljz54b7YMq
17:13:28 Retweeted @mpoppel 17:10:53 Police pursuit in New York City. Yes, that is a cow. LIVE: https://t.co/m7l2A1R1Op https://t.co/iCqoaEQ0nG
19:15:24 Reading – Why the Flynn-Russia Affair Is So Troubling for Donald Trump (Kurt Eichenwald) https://t.co/f7BXCbtQQq
19:24:47 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 19:17:46 Starting to notice interesting trends in swing state polling, they claim some really bad approvals for Trump – even in states he won
19:28:43 Retweeted @mattmfm 16:43:10 This is great: WaPo compiled every false claim by Trump since taking office. He’s lied at least once every day.вЂ¦ https://t.co/NKSXLoIOeb
19:35:48 Retweeted @memeprovider 03:59:19 finally https://t.co/NP3FHQBRCW
19:52:40 Retweeted @NBCNewYork 19:25:57 #BREAKING: Bull involved in wild Queens police chase Tuesday morning has died, police confirm https://t.co/ChPX853T4A
19:53:23 Retweeted @BL_Abba 19:44:29 @NBCNewYork Gee, I wonder if it had anything to do with “at least a dozen tranquilizer darts in its side” in reply to NBCNewYork
19:54:18 Retweeted @natsecHeather 16:29:18 Millions of our neighbors fearing any contact w/govt,living in absolute insecurity day-to-day isn’t a recipe for stвЂ¦ https://t.co/F7mBWkYVok
20:01:46 Retweeted @NewYorker 00:30:07 A staffer from the Obama Administration recalls watching Trump’s win from inside the White House:вЂ¦ https://t.co/a2uUz64MMy
20:57:34 Retweeted @natsecHeather 20:17:34 I missed the part of “Schoolhouse Rock” where you can have concurrent regs that say non-concurrent things, I guess. https://t.co/izUzFoJYAl
21:10:49 Retweeted @EllenLWeintraub 20:43:15 I will not be silenced. https://t.co/HdUZGg1b3i https://t.co/wdbYewzciJ
22:20:15 Reading – Trump Leaves Europe with Three Bad Options (Kori Schaki) https://t.co/l3PcC7DonN
22:50:06 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 17:36:27 Cohen to NYT: I delivered the plan to Flynn
Cohen to WashPo: I didn’t deliver it
Cohen to me: I don’t know anythingвЂ¦ https://t.co/xXMwSLpaYa
22:51:49 Retweeted @bishopk0s 22:18:43 Dear press, the words “reset,” “pivot,” and “more presidential” should be taken out of your dictionary and burned fвЂ¦ https://t.co/WsHL0bZU0P

@abulsme tweets from 2017-02-20 (UTC)

01:51:35 Retweeted @tsengputterman 2017-02-19 00:46:54 As Trump admin tries to tweak Muslim ban to withstand scrutiny, a reminder: E.O. 9066 never once used the word “JapвЂ¦ https://t.co/oiNstW7Qae
02:09:10 Reading – Trump supporters see a successful president вЂ” and are frustrated with critics who don’t (Johnson/Weigel) https://t.co/l88druyEOd
03:31:06 Retweeted @DaveLeeBBC 00:08:38 Breaking — Uber boss @travisk opens “urgent investigation” into claims of “abhorrent” harassment at the firm. FulвЂ¦ https://t.co/KAcbMqEzgI
03:31:21 Retweeted @derektmead 00:30:49 “First time I’ve heard of it” response to a blog detailing repeated “this is the first offense” gaslighting from HR https://t.co/d6VB3F2AWp
03:39:23 Reading – Kellyanne Conway’s husband represented firm accused of Russia bribe (NZ Herald) https://t.co/gUHE1YGPN9
03:49:03 Retweeted @elainaplott 03:06:04 There is a difference between being skeptical of political correctness, and just being amoral.
04:26:31 Reading – Learning Eye-Popping Details About Mr Sater (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/v7jGeFWVLX
04:28:54 Retweeted @TonyRenner 04:04:07 @joshtpm @TPM @Khanoisseur Adam has been on this story for months.
https://t.co/jVAWZLSDX3 in reply to joshtpm
04:35:50 Retweeted @TheViewFromLL2 04:08:04 The FBI found Sater “working for a telecom” in Russia. And for some reason, the nature of that work must always beвЂ¦ https://t.co/rv7ZO5hQpx in reply to TheViewFromLL2
04:53:08 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 04:05:33 We could have had Jeb. My God.You people deserve this.
04:53:51 Retweeted @jbarro 2016-10-19 00:43:48 Trumpism is a reflection that, as racism and sexism became impolite, many conservatives decided politeness itself was a problem.
04:56:12 Retweeted @PollsAndVotes 04:04:41 Trump approval in 40-45 range, w Ds at 12, Inds at 41 & Reps at 87. To sink, inds & esp Rs will have to turn againsвЂ¦ https://t.co/Dz7tnDTdJf
05:11:58 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 2017-01-13 16:52:14 Every time I think we’ve captured all the Trump-Russian links, a new one pops upвЂ“need a Wikipedia like effort on thвЂ¦ https://t.co/oVsIzdCMKz in reply to Parsifalssister
05:12:02 Retweeted @Khanoisseur 04:02:50 Paul Manafort, Felix Sater, Trump, and so much more…if you all are feeling investigative.Go at it! https://t.co/Ag2PtYAMyO
05:14:50 Retweeted @DavidYankovich 01:26:41 You know the Republican who could credibly talk about Russia being the #1 threat to the U.S.?@MittRomney
Why thвЂ¦ https://t.co/7ppT2tYQ6I
05:24:44 Thread https://t.co/cVCGyt7RE8
11:44:50 Retweeted @JustinWolfers 02:42:15 This is epic: Springsteen invites an Aussie school kid up on stage and asks him if he can play. The rest is magic. https://t.co/vdbfumXYFE
11:50:25 Retweeted @RupertStone83 10:19:49 Donald Trump has conducted his first air strikes in Afghanistan. 18 civilians have died https://t.co/eYXRVMSsaZ
12:28:49 Retweeted @BillKristol 2017-02-19 14:11:54 Honest Q for conservatives who aren’t just working with or around Trump, but rationalizing him: In your heart, don’t you know you’re wrong?
13:09:02 Reading – Trump’s revised travel ban targets same countries (Vivian Salama) https://t.co/P90lGRiQdE
15:43:24 Retweeted @JackSmithIV 15:25:25 Walking around Malmo alone at 2 a.m. is like, the safest I’ve ever felt in my life. Challenge accepted idiot, pay mвЂ¦ https://t.co/fLhZDHfO20
15:47:27 Retweeted @RobPulseNews 11:11:11 You have to watch what happened in John Sweeney’s 2013 interview for @BBCPanorama when Donald Trump is asked aboutвЂ¦ https://t.co/epGMelUXx3
15:48:48 Retweeted @normative 15:23:37 This is one glimmer of hope they’ll eventually turn on Trump. He can’t fix what they’re actually mad about. https://t.co/UywJMkbLik
15:55:57 Retweeted @normative 15:51:51 Yeah, the counterargument is whatever schadenfreude consolation is derived from continuing to antagonize вЂњelitesвЂќ wвЂ¦ https://t.co/QP3oDM4Qi6
16:06:33 Retweeted @mattyglesias 15:48:45 Who among us hasn’t conducted back-channel diplomacy via a mobbed-up associate who we earlier testified to barely even know?
17:24:29 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 17:18:46 Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has died suddenly in New York, Russian Federation confirms
17:26:32 Retweeted @HeerJeet 17:15:14 The fact that Felix Sater was an FBI (and possibly CIA) asset makes this whole thing an extra level of bananapants.
17:27:49 Retweeted @Bachscore 17:26:36 @DanWolken The world has become a Tom Clancy novel in reply to DanWolken
21:07:50 Reading – Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser (Peter Baker) https://t.co/hrO6D6O7d5
21:24:58 Retweeted @W7VOA 20:55:07 Asked by reporter if @VP played a role in selecting the nat’l security adviser, @POTUS responds вЂњhe did.вЂќ
21:32:39 Reading – Russia Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump for Putin (Bill Neely) https://t.co/ySCm16y1tc
22:08:43 Retweeted @blakehounshell 21:28:19 former Biden advisor вЂ”> https://t.co/vItFs7YDkZ
22:13:36 Retweeted @ItaliangirlinVa 19:29:46 Russians dead since Steele Dossier: Erovinkin,Krivov,Karlov,Melanin,
Chandelon,Polshikov,Churkin all connected to Dossier. #TheResistance
22:28:34 Retweeted @SeanTrende 20:40:09 If the next few months are a steady stream of replacing “s/he supported me early”s with competent advisors, we shouвЂ¦ https://t.co/q0tca4Td85
22:46:01 Retweeted @HalBrands1 20:43:17 McMaster literally wrote the book on need for military officials to speak truth to civilian leaders. That code is about to be tested, bigly.
22:47:16 Retweeted @ericgarland 19:36:48 The lede is buried. Every intel service does dossiers on leaders. This is about Russia calling Trump a giant loser. https://t.co/Ma5mBK8CSZ
22:54:31 Retweeted @Kasparov63 22:39:16 My most optimistic take was Trump might tire of humiliation & pick good guys like McMaster to take over while he tweets & campaigns. Maybe!
22:59:19 Thread -> https://t.co/EyUBWt5ay7

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00:04:16 Retweeted @ACLU 2017-02-18 22:13:15 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Federal employees and the First Amendment. https://t.co/evxbKH4kIz
00:04:48 Retweeted @davidsirota 2017-02-18 23:49:51 The pathological quest for ratings now has the journalism industry live broadcasting a political leader’s authoritarian attack on journalism
00:04:53 Retweeted @davidsirota 2017-02-18 23:56:28 Every journo should understand this. Parts of our own industry are now broadcasting — and effectively promoting –вЂ¦ https://t.co/iyrH86Rprn
00:11:15 Retweeted @yottapoint 2017-02-18 22:52:58 Trump: You are fake news, the enemy of the people.CNN: Outrageous! Let us broadcast your political rally for free. https://t.co/5OCKVd0D3e
00:19:33 Retweeted @_haye_ 2017-02-18 23:46:27 @ericgarland any thoughts? https://t.co/efxhslgb2C in reply to ericgarland
00:19:36 Retweeted @ericgarland 2017-02-18 23:48:54 Nothing more to add.But Mr. Putin should be smart enough to know that the books are not balanced. Not after thisвЂ¦ https://t.co/98JgjYYmEP
00:20:12 Retweeted @moorehn 2017-02-18 23:45:01 The really rich part of this is that Priebus is frequently an anonymous source and insists on being one. https://t.co/abORdmJHFb
00:23:01 Retweeted @scarylawyerguy 2017-02-18 23:37:53 FYI: Hitting the “rally of die hard supporters” button 29 days into your Presidency is a sign of desperation, not strength.
00:30:52 Retweeted @SteveKopack 00:20:39 Trump, discussing terror, seamlessly mentions incident “last night in Sweden”.There was NO “incident” in Sweden lвЂ¦ https://t.co/AihJq35Vqh
00:33:19 Retweeted @Kasparov63 2017-02-18 18:32:00 US democracy will survive Trump and come out stronger for the test. Americans are rediscovering what they took for granted for too long.
00:33:59 Retweeted @tjbmurph_ 2017-02-18 23:45:49 https://t.co/3YxAsZDKs5
00:44:09 Retweeted @aravosis 00:15:34 Fine-tuned machine. https://t.co/l98U5yNpps
00:44:55 Retweeted @DannyZuker 00:15:15 The bad news is we will never convince the rally going “@POTUS” supporters that he’s a lying monster. The good news is that HE will.
03:19:20 Retweeted @ddiamond 2017-02-18 22:26:09 Trump complains about the Senate blocking his nominees, but NSC chief вЂ” a job he controls вЂ” has been empty for 5 days, longest in 20 years.
04:56:01 Retweeted @MachinePix 2017-02-18 22:21:31 Cubic trisection by Oskar van Deventer. https://t.co/gDtSq2PgAC in reply to MachinePix
05:03:37 Retweeted @mattyglesias 2017-02-18 20:47:02 Remember: You are more qualified for state legislature than Donald Trump is for president. https://t.co/IyVoDMFzcf
05:45:42 Retweeted @jeffbercovici 2017-02-18 23:56:58 Every reporter Reince Priebus has ever dished to on a not-for-attribution basis is now free to burn him with full eвЂ¦ https://t.co/oa3QB3NKy5
09:33:56 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 08:53:08 “Amy, I just learned a life lesson….crossing your legs can kill you.” – Alex (7)
09:35:50 Retweeted @samgadjones 08:46:59 Graham: “The US should have an article 5 compact between the political parties to say that an attack on one is an attack on all.” #MSC2017
09:36:00 Retweeted @joshrogin 08:47:23 .@LindseyGrahamSC on Russian interference: “Germany, you are next. France, they are coming after you.” #MSC2017
15:11:44 Retweeted @mattyglesias 14:24:39 Trump got 46% of the vote — a smaller share than Romney — it’s not literally necessary to convert any of those voters to win.
15:15:16 Retweeted @mutablejoe 2017-02-15 12:23:10 Every time a story linking Trump to Russia is uncovered there’s another one inside. Can’t think of a good metaphor for it though.
15:16:25 Retweeted @Eretria8 14:52:46 You know “what happened last night in Sweden”? Swedes slept peacefully knowing their leader wasn’t a delusional moron.
15:19:42 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 15:04:13 This is real… not a parody… <symbol><symbol> https://t.co/UibKIIkYZ9
15:21:32 Retweeted @ashleyfeinberg 00:56:16 turns out “what happened last night in Sweden” actually just means “last night I was watching Tucker Carlson talk aвЂ¦ https://t.co/WYukzIm8je
15:33:33 Retweeted @ComchaTerra 00:57:45 We survivors of the Bowling Green Massacre stand in solidarity with the tragic victims of The Sweden Incident. Oh, the horror. The horror.
15:35:21 Retweeted @owillis 15:32:14 Enough with the defeatist bullshit. Stand and fight.
15:42:54 Reading – Are Liberals Helping Trump? (Sabrina Tavernise) https://t.co/L9XBccQf97
15:43:19 Retweeted @thegrugq 15:24:44 Huge problem with countering influence operations is that (most) people aren’t reading “news media” for information but for ammunition.
15:45:12 Retweeted @binarybits 15:28:44 I was never sympathetic to Trump but the liberal echo chamber feels more claustrophobic now than it did even 6 months ago. in reply to binarybits
15:45:32 Retweeted @chrislhayes 15:30:32 @binarybits mobilization, activation of the base is going to be *defintionally* off putting to those who aren’t part of the base in reply to binarybits
15:46:43 Retweeted @BeauWillimon 2017-02-18 23:52:41 A few tweets from the guy Trump asked up to the stage at his rally and had speak from the podium with the PresidentвЂ¦ https://t.co/8ElePDE1iH
15:50:16 Retweeted @owillis 15:29:13 im really sick and tired of this attitude from folks on the left. who cares if haters and bigots dont get it? thats not why u stand up! in reply to owillis
15:51:51 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 15:05:04 Reince says knows what the House & Senate intel committees were told by the FBI; says NYT story on Trump campaign/RвЂ¦ https://t.co/CzMs5b5eKm
15:56:00 Reading – How Can We Get Rid of Trump? (Nicholas Kristof) https://t.co/OgSPB0wY5h
15:59:09 Retweeted @WakeUp2Politics 15:24:50 Well, @POTUS may have had a bad week, but he’s got one thing going for him: he’s officially beat W.H. Harrison for time in office (31 days).
16:18:24 Retweeted @HeerJeet 16:18:11 People seem to be assuming that gross incompetence & authoritarian repression are mutually exclusive. Reverse is true.
16:20:59 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 2017-02-18 23:22:40 Please note:Trump’s attack on the media is not mere craziness. It’s a concerted strategy. It works this way:вЂ¦ https://t.co/yir7KS5x32
17:20:53 Retweeted @DeCample 16:27:57 Each week, a different @sweden citizen controls the nation’s Twitter. A librarian on sick leave is impressively handling #swedenincident.
21:57:45 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 21:57:26 вЂ”> https://t.co/8VbZlWgnec
22:15:26 Reading – A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates (Twohey/Shane) https://t.co/FNbhjAz2Ae
22:17:52 Reading – A Big Shoe Just Dropped (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/9qWBlGOe8u
22:18:06 Retweeted @SethAMandel 18:50:18 @NTarnopolsky Get used to this phrase: “probably legal, definitely stupid.” Motto for the next four years. in reply to NTarnopolsky
22:24:48 Retweeted @McFaul 22:23:27 Could someone post link to this Fox story for those of us who missed it. https://t.co/s5iCN8WNYc
22:25:23 .@McFaul Think this is it: https://t.co/tDvY3n9AEt in reply to McFaul
22:59:12 Horrible -> Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber (Susan Fowler) https://t.co/sXVOvwFikx
23:02:52 Retweeted @jimsciutto 18:45:26 Just in: Senate Intel Committee tells Trump administration to “preserve records” related to #Russia –@mkraju reports

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