Abulsme.com: Friday, March 10th, 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Red Button is Bad

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan hit three big issues: Trump’s accusation that Obama ordered wiretaps, the new Executive Order on immigration, and the plan to replace Obamacare. Along the way we also touch on an odd constitutional edge case, how Priebus is doing as Chief of Staff, and the usual weekly Russia updates.

Click below to listen and subscribe!

1-Click Subscribe in iTunes
View Podcast in iTunes
View Raw Podcast Feed
Download MP3 File
Follow the podcast on Facebook
Support us on Patreon

Show Details:

Recorded 2017-03-08
Length this week – 1:49:16

(0:00:42-0:13:15) But First
- Agenda
- Material
- Sam Sick Kid
- Ivan Travels
(0:14:58-0:54:53) Trump Wiretap / Russia
- The Accusation
- Not Defending Trump
- Trusting Trump
- Trump Attention Span
- Russia Connections Again
- Trump vs Pence
- Constitutional Edge Case
(0:55:57-1:14:53) Immigration
- New Executive Order
- Does it get struck down again?
- Knives out for Priebus
(1:16:53-1:48:56) Healthcare
- Summary of Republican Plan
- Objections from the Left
- Objections from the Right
- Motives of plan supporters
- Politics of the plan
- Why not actually repeal first?
- Prospects of the plan

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)

Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)

Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)

Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-09 (UTC)

01:00:02 Retweeted @mattyglesias 00:49:41 Trump’s numbers would move if there were a war or a recession or a manufacturing boom but at this point all the antics are priced in. in reply to mattyglesias
01:00:32 Retweeted @chrislhayes 00:33:19 Thing that are not true about Trump but are tempting to think for different sides1 He’s popular. (He’s not)
2 He’s “imploding” (He’s not)
01:00:37 Retweeted @mattyglesias 00:46:36 Related: There’s been a ton of ~news~ since the election but not much has changed (yet) in non-immigrants’ lives. https://t.co/tnNfQkn16N
04:27:17 Retweeted @Acosta 02:35:29 Trump told Tea Party groups at WH if GOP health care plan dies, he will let Obamacare fail and let Dems take the blame, I’m told.
04:36:58 Retweeted @ElleOhHell 2014-02-11 06:19:57 5 SECONDS AGO!
What do we want?
TIME TRAVEL JOKES!
When do we want them?
04:39:30 Retweeted @mattdpearce 04:17:12 interesting strategy of winning congress and the presidency and then doing nothing https://t.co/OG4ZQG36pd
04:40:55 Retweeted @JuddLegum 03:12:29 If this is really his message, Trumpcare has no chance. This is a permission slip to vote against the bill https://t.co/tWdE9uTp5T
05:46:30 Retweeted @squarelyrooted 03:33:22 Reports: Dog Now Claiming “If I Can’t Eat The Car, I’m Going To Blow It Up Then Claim It’s The Manufacturer’s Fault” https://t.co/0Ts5QdbodI in reply to squarelyrooted
06:19:11 Reading – Authorities looked into Manafort protГ©gГ© (Kenneth Vogel) https://t.co/xO2bypyYI3
06:58:07 Reading – WikiLeaks CIA Cyberwar Pearl Harbor code release dangerous (Weise/Swartz) https://t.co/tHW41UDFDu
12:55:26 Retweeted @LeanneNaramore 2017-03-08 16:45:27 .@realDonaldTrump has even lost @Morning_Joe: “This is like a group of third graders have taken over the White HousвЂ¦ https://t.co/s0p3Ek7KpH
15:24:30 Retweeted @carolynporco 14:44:56 Nearing its end, Cassini delights again. Here is 35-km Pan in mind-blowing detail with its unmistakable accretionarвЂ¦ https://t.co/kjk4CAw3v8
15:28:32 Retweeted @tlaskawy 14:37:29 This is absolutely ludicrous. It’s 2017 and this is settled science. It’s on par with the Surgeon General not belieвЂ¦ https://t.co/7Acppo0gqy
21:11:39 Reading – A Public-Health Crisis That We Can Fix (David Leonhardt) https://t.co/8JD9tTYEvC
21:13:09 Retweeted @kasie 20:44:59 FBI Director Comey came to Hill today to update Gang of 8 senators on matters related to Trump Tower and their investigation, per source
21:32:14 The right action -> WikiLeaks to release code of CIA hacking tools to tech firms (Nakashima/Dwoskin/Barrett) https://t.co/UkZTXzRo9A
21:47:42 Retweeted @rebliv 21:43:15 When your neighbors show you an incriminating video of your son behaving like a twit.
21:48:24 .@rebliv Does this one have big $$$ on it like the other I remember from when he was half his age now? :-) in reply to rebliv
21:49:58 Retweeted @caroloffcbc 21:48:54 MB Premier says refugees walking into Canada are risking their lives. “Ottawa needs to talk to Washington.” @cbcasithappens @CBCManitoba
21:51:26 Retweeted @rebliv 21:51:00 @abulsme nah, he was just being annoying pressing their doorbell 30 times in the span of 60 seconds. They thought it was funny. I didn’t. in reply to abulsme
21:52:20 .@rebliv So now you will ring HIS doorbell. So far my son only does that our own house to rile up the dog (and us). Hope it stays that way. in reply to rebliv
21:54:01 Retweeted @rebliv 21:53:21 @abulsme I hate to break it to you, but as they grow up they become even more annoying. in reply to abulsme
21:54:26 .@rebliv Nnnnoooooooo!!!! Say it ain’t so! in reply to rebliv
23:02:31 Still smells like a zero 2 me -> FBI invest continues into computer link tween Russian bank & Trump (Brown/Pagliery) https://t.co/qtY2AQT61X
23:04:27 Retweeted @ericgarland 21:57:20 The lede here is a bit lame: “What if Trump-Russia’s all overblown?” But the details show how serious this is.вЂ¦ https://t.co/MSxgkVYxKM
23:04:31 Retweeted @ericgarland 22:00:14 The IC and Congress are opening up access to raw intel because they want everyone to know *precisely* why they came to their conclusions. in reply to ericgarland
23:04:36 Retweeted @ericgarland 22:00:49 That means one thing – they’ve got a very big decision ahead.When you come at the king, you best not miss. in reply to ericgarland
23:15:42 Thread -> https://t.co/3El6UOU6Oc
23:31:02 Reading – Working While Female (Nicole Pieri) https://t.co/4WcDhFCTiC

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-08 (UTC)

02:20:52 Retweeted @imbou 00:24:06 @abulsme Russia, Russia!!! https://t.co/HwM0kKCTdp
02:46:18 Reading – Trump campaign approved adviser’s trip to Moscow (Meyer/Vogel) https://t.co/1A893mXom9
03:26:21 You don’t say? https://t.co/M4Q06A546S
03:38:15 Reading – Trump Aides Address His Wiretap Claims: вЂThat’s Above My Pay Grade’ (Thrush/Haberman) https://t.co/Cw4W6hxEW5
03:49:38 Retweeted @StevenTDennis 01:57:05 AARP estimates eyepopping ***$8400 hike in Premiums*** for a 64-year-old making *$15,000* a year under Ryancare, plus copays.
03:59:36 Retweeted @clured 2017-03-07 17:30:18 Distribution of body parts across narrative time in 30k novels. https://t.co/4k3dEnxKH7
04:02:08 Retweeted @EmilyGorcenski 2017-03-07 21:03:33 Holy shit. Mexico is cancelling some exports to the US because Trump’s failure to fill posts leave no one to negotiвЂ¦ https://t.co/vm69IydbsF
04:50:55 Retweeted @kyledcheney 02:09:35 House conservatives emerge from meeting suggesting GOP health care bill has serious problems, willl need D support – not theirs – to pass
04:51:37 Retweeted @BNONews 04:47:26 Parts of the Statue of Liberty in New York have gone dark; cause not immediately known https://t.co/fFkjdP0IWf
07:35:27 Retweeted @soledadobrien 03:11:26 Wow this thread. Read it: https://t.co/W4rpPqYcZe
09:57:44 Reading – US Intelligence Officials: Latest WikiLeaks Drop вЂњWorse Than SnowdenвЂќ Docs (Sheera Frenkel) https://t.co/0sa0Bvw2pu
17:13:14 Reading – WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents (Shane/Rosenberg/Lehren) https://t.co/phix8JjhJe
17:15:48 Irresponsible for CIA/NSA/Etc to keep vulns to themselves instead of reporting to get fixed. Defense here more important than offense.
17:52:46 Watching – When Pi is Not 3.14 (PBS Infinite Series) https://t.co/SX07sFPBpX
19:35:33 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 19:15:25 Here’s the problem. Some Rs really want repeal. Other Rs want to *say* they voted for repeal without it happening:вЂ¦ https://t.co/Aq1wrATqWY
21:20:44 Retweeted @AlecMacGillis 18:28:53 Man, Trumpcare just brutal for middle aged folks making less than $75K. (NYT chart) https://t.co/prm8TYPazm
22:23:04 Reading – Why Republicans Can’t Do Health Care (Ross Douthat) https://t.co/DqcEcLDoRR
22:24:50 Retweeted @abradacabla 22:09:06 “Needs revision”? JFC get someone else to write your tweets, Democrats, this messaging sucks. https://t.co/jPvf1tvaYI
22:31:58 Reading – G.O.P. Health Bill Faces Revolt From Conservative Forces (Jennifer Steinhauer) https://t.co/LuLr3sqzzP
22:32:04 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 11:13:45 It’s becoming obvious that the President of the United States has no idea what replacing Ocare really entails:вЂ¦ https://t.co/J8FEF6DEpM
22:33:39 Retweeted @cbouzy 22:13:35 The FBI joins the CIA in the hunt for who leaked the sensitive data to Wikileaks. I wonder if they looked at the WH? https://t.co/lqmeSMSfXR
22:38:53 Retweeted @ByRosenberg 19:42:03 Pacific Northwest was so cold in February that it single-handedly prevented America from setting a heat recordвЂ¦ https://t.co/1Z6r8oBsui

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-07 (UTC)

00:12:35 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 2017-03-06 23:54:29 “buy insurance or pay the IRS a fine” becomes “buy insurance or pay Blue Cross a penalty surcharge” in reply to SimonMaloy
01:17:34 Retweeted @morninggloria 00:23:00 Obamacare/ GOP Obamacare replacement https://t.co/fryy7CSyOG
03:53:28 SoвЂ¦ North Korea / Malaysia shaping up to be 1st real external crisis of Trump presidency? No worries! He is tweeting about Exxon. All good.
04:08:40 Reading – The American Health Care Act: The Republicans’ bill to replace Obamacare, explained (Sarah Kliff) https://t.co/bqoX6rJX2J
04:42:58 Reading – The GOP health bill doesn’t know what problem it’s trying to solve (Ezra Klein) https://t.co/7laBAkT9Wd
04:44:47 Seems like news alerts on North Korea / Malaysia a couple times an hour (at least) for the last few hours. Wonder if they woke up Trump.
04:46:31 Retweeted @MikeDrucker 00:15:49 Controversial Thought: I’m kinda okay with taking home slightly less money if fewer people die horribly.
04:56:29 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins 04:40:25 Don’t call this garbage Trumpcare. Call it GOPCare. Or RepubliCare. Make them own it long after Trump is gone.
05:03:49 Thread https://t.co/DqVwqfjUDU
05:29:54 Reading – Five things about Trump approval polling (Charles Franklin) https://t.co/cxWl9PlJ2N
05:35:32 Retweeted @JoeNBC 05:06:46 The GOP’s Day:
1. POTUS at war with FBI
2. Fallout from false “tapp” tweets
3. SECHUD calls slaves “immigrants”
4. GOP Health plan trashed
06:00:11 Retweeted @rcalo 05:25:42 White House still operating like a fine-tuned machine https://t.co/51TirmpYBa
06:01:56 Retweeted @20committee 05:53:37 Learned fm very reliable IC sources that Trump WH, w/help fm Russian intel, is targeting US journalists. Rough road ahead. Get ready, peeps
13:39:10 Retweeted @CitizenCohn 13:25:05 None of the liberal wonks I follow like this bill.None of the conservatives wonks do either.
13:39:35 Retweeted @barefootboomer 2017-03-06 18:24:21 For my English-only friends: Russia tried to pay people to riot in Sweden to prove the “fake news” stories about imвЂ¦ https://t.co/R4pOvKHfyF
15:03:33 Retweeted @anamariecox 14:24:17 Lol at the people tweeting facts at Trump. https://t.co/8SZHnjojUh
15:38:10 So, consensus in my feed seems to be that this healthcare proposal is close to DOA in current form. Any pointers to arguments otherwise?
15:40:49 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 15:40:33 @abulsme ACA was DOA til it wasn’t. Depends what the R Senators want to vote for it. in reply to abulsme
15:42:50 .@DaveMc99TA And plenty of time for changes yet. Yesterday’s proposal just starting point. “In current form” dead doesn’t mean dead dead. in reply to DaveMc99TA
15:44:21 Retweeted @W7VOA 15:05:34 Yes, as @realDonaldTrump discovered on the first @WhiteHouse public tour of his administration @HillaryClinton is aвЂ¦ https://t.co/fldJaRlfw8
15:47:43 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 15:46:20 @abulsme curious how many Rs need to flip for it to pass. Should be a close vote but then what? Can’t imagine Rs want opposition to build up in reply to abulsme
15:49:03 .@DaveMc99TA We should have a better idea within a day or so just how many R’s are at no, & maybe some indications on their prices to flip. in reply to DaveMc99TA
15:58:51 Seemed like breaking news every 5 min on N Korea / Malaysia last night. I know it is nighttime there now. But topic seems gone this morning.
15:59:16 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 15:57:19 @abulsme would Rs repeal ACA before voting on a new plan? Much more R support for that than this. https://t.co/4upexlOVCH in reply to abulsme
16:00:32 .@DaveMc99TA Probably more support, but not sure there is enough for that either. Unless maybe they put very long time horizon on it. in reply to DaveMc99TA
16:13:26 Retweeted @christinawilkie 2017-03-06 23:46:08 This is Washington-speak for вЂњWe want Congress to own this mess, so if it’s a total disaster, they get the blame, aвЂ¦ https://t.co/etW489gvtl
16:15:09 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 15:50:13 Yeah good luck with this https://t.co/09Amcyxh1z in reply to ComfortablySmug
16:30:40 Retweeted @mattmfm 12:58:39 TrumpCare rollout going smoothly… https://t.co/Axa7TRoxyW
16:44:59 Retweeted @jamesrbuk 15:58:51 Yes, by compromising the device the app is on, not the app itself. This isn’t news, it’s just how things work. https://t.co/0zuAQa4ULR
16:56:48 Retweeted @RyanLizza 16:54:29 Response to GOP bill so far is as if the Progressive Caucus, CAP, Paul Krugman, & several Dem senators opposed the ACA when first released.
19:33:15 Retweeted @imbou 19:07:27 @abulsme this thing needs 60 votes in the senate. It’s DOA, the proposal is stupid. ACA could pass with dems controlling senate in reply to abulsme
20:09:02 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 19:30:24 Last month, 78% of Rs trusted Trump, not media, to tell them truth: https://t.co/TBEshH3W60Now that’s up to 86%:вЂ¦ https://t.co/dGH6va8aJs
21:24:23 Retweeted @imbou 21:15:45 @abulsme this article states that the proposed bill only needs simple majorities, I guess it’s because it’s amendinвЂ¦ https://t.co/bVj1S9Bji9
21:25:17 .@imbou They are trying to restrict it to items that qualify for using the reconciliation process, which only requires a majority. in reply to imbou
21:39:50 .@imbou Meant to answer this one right after I retweeted it, but had work stuff happen then forgot. Nope. Reconciliation. 50+VP needed. in reply to imbou
21:46:56 Repeal/replace better strategy 4 Rs. Would get some Ds on ANY replace that was better than nothing. Right now need better than ACA for that.
22:00:47 Retweeted @imbou 21:58:55 @abulsme did you see this? https://t.co/uXVa8mGO93
22:01:49 .@imbou Yes. I had. :-) Issue again is truthfulness. Actual meeting seems to not be consequential. in reply to imbou
22:07:18 Retweeted @imbou 22:06:45 @abulsme why do they keep lying about this, over and over.Different to Hillary which was more of just seemed to be defensive.This is lying. in reply to abulsme
22:07:37 .@imbou They can’t help themselves? in reply to imbou
22:08:41 Retweeted @imbou 22:08:19 @abulsme when you want to hide something, it’s what you do in reply to abulsme
22:09:48 .@imbou This actually draws MORE attention to it. Smart thing is just to say “Yes, I met with them, did nothing wrong, no big deal.” in reply to imbou
22:59:54 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 17:40:39 This is as angry as I’ve seen Al Franken get; calls Jeff Sessions’ response letter вЂњinsultingвЂќ вЂ” viaвЂ¦ https://t.co/2iCoflDVQG

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-06 (UTC)

01:09:33 Reading – Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim (Schmidt/Shear) https://t.co/aB4xMfsktR
01:10:22 Retweeted @maggieNYT 2017-03-05 22:25:03 Trump was frustrated by the Sunday shows today/felt people didn’t defend him strongly enough on his Obama claim, per ppl close to him.
01:10:26 Retweeted @davidfrum 2017-03-05 22:59:57 Sorry Trump surrogates: it’s keep your job or keep your reputation – your choice. https://t.co/xU7YjupMqm
01:11:31 Retweeted @scottdetrow 2017-03-05 23:41:23 NPR has confirmed the Times story: Comey requested DOJ publicly deny Trump’s allegation that Obama ordered a wiretap of Candidate Trump.
03:36:29 Reading – Trump’s charge that he was wiretapped takes presidency into new territory (Karen Tumulty) https://t.co/ndi5YS9RYv
03:39:58 Reading – Trump Expected to Issue New Travel Ban Excluding Iraq on Monday (Nixon/Haberman) https://t.co/RCVudlfMA5
03:40:19 Retweeted @natsecHeather 03:14:42 So let me get this straight: 12 “top Admin insiders” spend weekend leaking to @POLITICO, 17 to @nytimes. Hmmm.
03:40:39 Retweeted @jayrosen_nyu 2017-03-05 16:08:17 “I was wrong. Now we see: Tuesday night was not the moment he became presidential. I got swept up in the moment.” <вЂ” Anyone heard that yet?
03:41:10 Retweeted @KFoleyFL 03:28:29 Tetris IRL https://t.co/p3NNQ1kZ8K
04:01:54 Retweeted @fermatslibrary 2017-03-05 14:15:04 A visualization of chaos: 41 triple pendulums with very slightly different initial conditions https://t.co/CTiABFVWHW
04:11:09 Yeah, Priebus is the problem. That’s it. Priebus. -> Knives are out for Reince (Isenstadt/Dawsey) https://t.co/PXnXK4L9O6
04:16:51 Retweeted @brianstelter 03:44:39 “DeepStateGate.” “ObamaGate.” Here’s what conservative web sites are saying ( https://t.co/VMqLiI7S69 ) https://t.co/FKDA1rECsO
04:27:26 Reading – Inside Trump’s fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations (Rucker/Costa/Parker) https://t.co/0zGkhCsJlS
04:28:35 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 04:06:31 Focusing on standard-fare partisan/media outrages while our raging lunatic POTUS loses his s*** in real time is increasingly indefensible.
04:34:56 Retweeted @chrislhayes 04:10:30 US congressman calling for a purge of civil servants. https://t.co/P5r8x6x7zC
04:44:28 Retweeted @TheOneSoleShoe 04:41:32 Being optimistic about Trump at any point means you’re a naif. You’re not a shrewd observer of events and proponent of hard facts. A child. in reply to TheOneSoleShoe
04:48:14 Retweeted @PostRoz 04:40:59 This @pbump exploration of Trump’s scotch-tape-on-the-tie thing is both amusing and surprisingly informative. https://t.co/BZF0dBPOHW
05:05:18 Retweeted @tedlieu 03:11:30 Dear @realDonaldTrump: BRING IT ON. Let’s investigate why judge believed agents of foreign power were at Trump Tower https://t.co/J0hWTvolMW
05:16:38 Retweeted @BryanDawsonUSA 2017-03-05 01:10:29 Two options:1) If this is true, then 11 FISA Court judges agreed and you’re in *deep*shit.
2) If it’s not trueвЂ¦ https://t.co/DiHGWkBwiC
05:35:42 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 02:43:29 The White House chief of staff took more than an hour out of his schedule Friday to lie to multiple reportersвЂ¦ https://t.co/OFMd5pPEEx
06:36:44 Retweeted @conradhackett 2017-03-04 23:17:46 American exceptionalism: Health care spending vs. life expectancyhttps://t.co/9yDF7qJ7HO https://t.co/6Ni1z2tpPY in reply to conradhackett
06:44:58 Reading – In leaked document, the case for Trump’s вЂMuslim ban’ takes another huge hit (Greg Sargent) https://t.co/8Ip5F4aRxS
06:50:05 Retweeted @ezlusztig 2017-03-05 13:47:21 As soon as this is over, we urgently need new federal laws to ensure it never happens again. https://t.co/NVwsPWETmi
06:51:20 Retweeted @ezlusztig 06:49:00 Sounds like Reince is trying desperately to be the adult in the room. And the kids aren’t having it. https://t.co/J4M77gzQDI
06:53:16 Thread -> https://t.co/pAiFbIICLX
07:02:21 Retweeted @ElleOhHell 2017-03-05 18:23:56 WEB DESIGNER: (wakes up in lava) WhвЂ¦why am I in hell?
SATAN: You know
WD: Was it the autoplвЂ”
SATAN: It was the fucking autoplay videos, dude
07:08:56 Reading – New Development on the Michael Cohen ‘Peace Plan’ Meeting (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/Ru6eisDNhH
14:17:05 Reading – Democrats Have a Primary Problem for 2020 (David Byler) https://t.co/LACMSHugjY
14:43:12 Reading – Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Polluters and More (Lipton/Appelbaum) https://t.co/9ZLxnLHibG
15:15:41 Retweeted @studentactivism 00:03:10 Reminder: The current chaos in the White House is entirely self-generated. The first actual crisis of this presidency has yet to occur.
15:16:26 Retweeted @BrentButt 2017-03-05 19:53:02 FUN GAME: Start with “If it’s true,” then whatever gibberish tumbles out of your yap next is A-OK! GREAT DISTRACTIвЂ¦ https://t.co/uduvxSAG93
16:52:29 Retweeted @Anthony 16:44:32 Here’s the new travel ban EO. https://t.co/gbSUwagJAR
17:28:13 Retweeted @BNONews 16:50:42 Trump’s revised order will be effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 16, at which time the original January 27 order will be revoked in reply to BNONews
18:56:22 Retweeted @PaulaReidCBS 18:45:32 JUST IN: DOJ letter to the 9th Circuit informing it of the new travel ban. Earlier today DOJ said it believes newвЂ¦ https://t.co/sPIZG7TyNA
19:09:56 Reading – Spammers expose over a billion email addresses after failed backup (John Biggs) https://t.co/mk1wtPf0g4
19:18:24 Reading – Spammers expose their entire operation through bad backups (Steve Ragan) https://t.co/I9Rqyh0HM7
22:27:44 Retweeted @mattzap 22:10:55 JUST IN: Jeff Sessions has updated testimony to Congress. He insists answer on meetings with Russians “was correct.” https://t.co/LAAEuGBybC
22:28:08 Retweeted @_cingraham 22:09:33 White House press release (left) contains full paragraph copied verbatim from Exxon press release (right). https://t.co/NlhoUvdqvd
22:54:28 Retweeted @mattzap 22:41:10 For those wanting it, here’s Jeff Sessions’s full letter updating his testimony to Congress: https://t.co/5tIz1DYCUk
23:31:04 Reading – Republicans Finally Unveil Their Obamacare Replacement Plan (Paul McLeod) https://t.co/tsbwZ93ESz
23:47:46 Reading – House Republicans Unveil Obamacare Repeal Legislation … At Long Last (Tierney Sneed) https://t.co/UwjD76vWQI

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-05 (UTC)

00:01:37 Read!-> The Conspiratorial Game of Telephone in Bannon’s Rag that Made Left, Right, and POTUS Go Crazy (@emptywheel) https://t.co/Y9zqVxxh8c
00:02:35 Retweeted @erikaheidewald 2017-03-04 20:54:27 The GOP is tearing families apart. Why aren’t conservative pro-family orgs speaking out? Focus on the Family? Oh bc they’re full of shit in reply to erikaheidewald
00:14:13 Retweeted @blakehounshell 00:03:20 That thing where a fake Twitter account of a dead president provides cogent media analysis. https://t.co/2QPDluVyBq
00:14:42 Retweeted @ClaraJeffery 2017-03-04 20:18:43 Former spy twitter is on <symbol><symbol><symbol>
The thing is, so is lawyer twitter, national security twitter, presidential historian twitter…
00:15:45 Retweeted @drawandstrike 2017-03-04 23:54:55 Trump’s doing what he always does: starting with a way out there allegation that forces the media to dig into something it would never cover
00:17:08 Retweeted @davepell 00:09:26 You’re taking Trump literally and seriously when you should be taking him lyingly.
00:27:11 Good advice for ALL cases where there is a speaker you disagree with… or even speakers you think are completely eвЂ¦ https://t.co/bLXbX8HDYj
00:28:40 Retweeted @jbarro 00:08:19 One nice thing is when Trump WH does v. improper thing– WH counsel seeks to obtain FISA orders re Trump associates– it leaks right away.
00:57:06 Retweeted @Green_Footballs 00:56:18 Trump already stated it outright as a fact. Now it’s “possible surveillance.” These guys. @costareports https://t.co/oRNsN9TkxF @voicefeed in reply to costareports
01:03:12 Retweeted @cnni 01:01:01 First barred by travel ban, this Iranian baby is recovering after life-saving heart surgery in the USвЂ¦ https://t.co/DJNThVgs5p
04:58:22 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 126 – Madeleine Albright
via iCatcher! https://t.co/NIQHxUX5SF
07:05:42 Retweeted @StephAllynne 03:33:26 this headline really made me laugh. https://t.co/8RyaJ5bzvQ
07:13:43 Retweeted @gavreilly 2016-12-22 11:38:10 This was way too hard https://t.co/jeQSbszXzW
14:58:58 Retweeted @shaneferro 14:44:03 I love the conspiracy theories about grand plans coming from this thing where trump was clearly just reading breitbart and tweeting nonsense
16:59:00 Reading – Tapping Trump? (@normative) https://t.co/p9TTpOjdI5
18:13:01 Reading – Some GOP lawmakers’ block-everything mentality could imperil big-picture plans (Paul Kane) https://t.co/iqBoKbaDYC
19:02:03 Watching – Jeff Sessions Gump Cold Open (SNL) https://t.co/i6xKbLNLNd

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-04 (UTC)

04:51:54 Retweeted @mrochabrun 2017-03-03 22:36:02 This is big: @USCIS just announced that new H1-B visa applications will now all take many months to adjudicate, insвЂ¦ https://t.co/X8p7KN1CTC
05:21:35 Reading – A 13-Year-Old Girl Sobbed While Recording Her Immigrant Father Get Arrested By ICE Agents (Adolfo Flores) https://t.co/N7LcwatDND
08:08:40 Retweeted @BillGates 2017-03-03 19:50:01 Progress is sometimes hard to seeвЂ¦but for much of humanity, the world is better than it’s ever been:вЂ¦ https://t.co/eYWCghQqL1
14:11:01 Woke up. Looked at Twitter. Holy f*** what is going on now? Putting down phone. Going back to sleep.
15:51:29 Retweeted @rshotton 2017-03-03 11:43:13 How we phrase a question has a huge effect on the results – my favourite example, from @Gerald_Ashley https://t.co/fL06yeo9G9
15:54:53 Interesting thread. But then it looks like the tweets were triggered by nothing deeper than Trump reading a BreitbaвЂ¦ https://t.co/HVs2f1QG4J
15:58:32 Retweeted @mattkoff 13:46:51 Well, I’m glad he has his eye on the ball. https://t.co/Tiv20K3WTt
15:58:38 Retweeted @davidfrum 14:46:42 It smells as if officials leaked the North Korea nuke story to NYT because they had despaired of getting Trump’s attention via briefings
16:34:19 Good thread -> https://t.co/BeHIXPSECv
17:02:56 Retweeted @ABCPolitics 16:59:47 Russian foreign ministry trolls Sarah Jessica Parker after she posts meme; offers to arrange meeting with ambassadoвЂ¦ https://t.co/BsGucxCW2L
17:39:41 Retweeted @costareports 14:30:16 Trump left WH in a fury on Friday, fuming about Sessions’s recusal and telling aides that Sessions shouldn’t have recused himself…
17:57:18 Retweeted @davidmackau 17:44:07 Statement just in from @BarackObama spokesman on Trump wiretap claims https://t.co/U8QakCzR4K
18:02:58 Retweeted @KenDilanianNBC 17:24:12 A senior US official tells @NBCNightlyNews‘ Pete Williams that he and others in a position to know have no idea what Trump is talking about.
19:24:27 Retweeted @jaloysius 18:52:57 Ehrlichman, Haldeman advised Nixon to release all and put it behind them: problem was, they were guilty. So they didn’t.
19:33:03 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 19:26:47 Your periodic reminder of how swiftly the Trump presidency could end. https://t.co/vQ7dPb8JZg
19:39:01 Reading – Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones (Shear/Schmidt) https://t.co/gqT1XRluL0
19:42:47 Retweeted @StephenKing 19:37:42 Trump should know OBAMA NEVER LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE! He’s in the closet! HE HAS SCISSORS!
20:06:25 Retweeted @jonfavs 18:00:48 I’d be careful about reporting that Obama said there was no wiretapping. Statement just said that neither he nor the WH ordered it.
21:07:26 Reading – Ten Questions for President Trump (Benjamin Wittes) https://t.co/XMYXZEVI9L
21:31:30 Republican -> https://t.co/hnn0ULy98Y
21:39:44 Retweeted @deanbarker 20:56:13 Everything’s fine, everyone. Just the President’s inner circle shrinking to one or two people.вЂ¦ https://t.co/TBKWUAJpmz
21:54:40 Reading – What Happens When We Don’t Believe the President’s Oath? (Wittes/Juracic) https://t.co/MNrHA9RzdC
22:06:27 Retweeted @JBWolfsthal 22:06:11 This man has cornered the market on sane, non-sell out Republicans in the Senate. Small market, but still. https://t.co/t0og80W5x8
22:06:50 Retweeted @matthewamiller 21:24:49 Whoa. This could very likely provoke a major crisis between the White House and DOJ/FBI. https://t.co/oSeDT5VasI https://t.co/g7tQFZCd4O
22:19:22 Retweeted @CNN 16:11:55 .@LindseyGrahamSC responds to Donald Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped him https://t.co/phnWHeCO7J https://t.co/e8kvKJUC6Y
22:19:57 Retweeted @justinjm1 22:12:52 White House is really seeking access to DoJ warrants? This would be interference with an ongoing investigationвЂ¦ https://t.co/faYJJAxe53
22:20:01 Retweeted @jbarro 22:19:22 Buried at the bottom of this: Trump didn’t know Sessions would recuse until Sessions announced the recusal. https://t.co/74Y1wx1gaT
22:21:45 Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Russia Trump Show https://t.co/35ZkH4MfHd https://t.co/D78KELEsLg
22:49:09 Retweeted @sciencegurlz0 01:54:32 Just realized that 100% of EPA state funded ‘beach water quality testing’ is to be cut. Hope you like swimming in poop.
22:59:14 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 22:58:56 Spicer was resisting recusal literally 10 minutes before Sessions announced it. & Trump acted as if didn’t know abtвЂ¦ https://t.co/PjMqEVH1ke
23:23:10 Retweeted @20committee 21:32:32 POTUS can declassify & release any intel he wants. If Trump has proof of this shocking allegation, show the public.https://t.co/Arvkahst1N
23:28:46 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 23:24:58 Communications on Trump’s wire tap allegations are on lock down while White House legal staff figure out what should be said, I’m told.
23:51:16 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins 23:24:33 The presidential line of succession is a goddamned comic book rogue’s gallery. https://t.co/iBpucTbwOP

Site Controls

Categories

Calendar

Search New Archive

AbulWiki

Other Stuff

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Red Button is Bad

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-09 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-08 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-07 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-06 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-05 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-04 (UTC)

Twitter Archives

Archives

Site Controls

Categories

Calendar

Search New Archive

AbulWiki

Other Stuff

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Red Button is Bad

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-09 (UTC)

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-08 (UTC)

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-07 (UTC)

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-06 (UTC)

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-05 (UTC)

Share this:

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-04 (UTC)

Share this:

Twitter Archives

Archives