Abulsme.com: Friday, March 31st, 2017

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-21 (UTC)

02:17:16 Reading – FBI-led investigative team examines role of conservative news sites in Russia campaign (Stone/Gordon) https://t.co/4fg8Zd1GMA
02:40:56 Reading – Trump’s Weary Defenders Face Fresh Worries (Glenn Thrush) https://t.co/RGMMlZJtVM
03:08:25 Reading – GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal (Jennifer Haberkorn) https://t.co/bA9ZTSBNdA
03:16:19 Reading – Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April (Mohammed/Walcott) https://t.co/rnMSRFIM6W
09:46:09 Retweeted @AdamWeinstein 03:41:32 The flight electronics ban is a perfect example of a counterterrorism response that will disrupt more commerce than a terrorist planned to
16:20:33 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 16:14:46 LONDON (AP) – British government bans laptops from cabins on flights to the UK from 6 countries.
16:21:51 UK also banning laptops on some flights gives more confidence there is actually something prompting this rather than arbitrary Trump thing.
16:34:55 Reading – Experts criticize US electronic devices ban on some flights from Middle East (Thielman/Levin) https://t.co/r3Qg8LdDvp
16:42:57 Retweeted @KarlreMarks 16:42:19 This stupid ban won’t work if it’s not global, otherwise people can take laptops on connecting flights. Expect other countries to follow.
16:44:37 Retweeted @AnupKaphle 16:22:20 So, the US and UK are targeting different countries.Not on US list: Tunisia, Lebanon
Not on UK list: Morocco, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait in reply to AnupKaphle
16:45:35 Retweeted @pattymo 2017-03-20 14:56:32 Congrats to “LOCK HER UP” Crew on its upcoming pivot to “Just Because There’s An Investigation Doesn’t Mean There Was Any Wrongdoing” Crew
17:00:06 Retweeted @thatjohn 16:36:38 #ElectronicsBan relies on the idea that AQAP-type bombmakers can hide bombs in a Kindle but not create a pressure or remote detonator. Mad.
17:05:20 Retweeted @jessicaelgot 16:33:03 UK restrictions are significantly wider than US’ laptop ban, which only affects specific airlines and airports. This is entire countries. in reply to jessicaelgot
19:43:42 Retweeted @mattfleg 19:36:12 Cruz: “What is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?” Gorsuch: “Forty-two.” That was fun.
19:44:55 Retweeted @lebenseuche 2017-01-26 17:10:54 https://t.co/xSq4GSpuCG
20:22:26 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 19:49:58 GOP senator told me this a.m. McConnell’s caucus has 2 hard no’s – Paul and Collins. can’t lose any more. Mike Lee just tweeted, “I’m a no”
20:40:27 Retweeted @BBCDanielS 20:07:34 Lawyer for Sergei Magnitsky’s family Nikolai Gorokhov has been “thrown from the 4th floor of his apartment building” in Moscow.
21:48:47 Retweeted @BNONews 21:40:19 Lawyer representing family of the late Sergei Magnitsky is in critical condition after being thrown from a building in Moscow – Bill Browder
23:17:30 Retweeted @ncweaver 23:00:36 Bombs in laptops are a real threat, but banning them only from the cabin, and only on certain direct flights, is outright looney.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-03-20 (UTC)

01:54:02 A look at Trump favorability vs job approval https://t.co/ZuBtVFC5Iz https://t.co/W7m5N9rVPG
04:38:28 Reading – White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump’s eyes and ears (Rein/Eilperin) https://t.co/UU5GuBlldj
07:01:35 Retweeted @RepAdamSchiff 2017-03-19 16:21:55 Here’s where we begin our investigation into Russian interference вЂ“ with circumstantial evidence of collusion & dirвЂ¦ https://t.co/ObO7sJgQHI
15:15:16 Retweeted @BYUfan 06:04:51 @imbou @abulsme he’s a master of *distraction. Trump is so polarizing, the net result is no movement in the polls. in reply to imbou
15:16:27 .@BYUfan @imbou See my new post on poll movements: https://t.co/ZuBtVFTGA7 in reply to BYUfan
15:16:38 Retweeted @BYUfan 06:13:56 @imbou @abulsme 1. Health insurance is not health care. 2. Reducing insurance subsidies is not the same as taking away their health care. in reply to imbou
15:19:26 .@BYUfan @imbou Correct on both. But for many people those distinctions are not meaningful in practice as result is the same. in reply to BYUfan
15:19:31 Retweeted @BYUfan 06:20:32 @imbou @abulsme Sure, not huge escalation, but certainly more consequential that his tweets. He keeps the media distracted… in reply to imbou
15:19:35 Retweeted @BYUfan 06:23:04 @imbou @abulsme …this is definitely a pattern for him. One of his methods to avoid scrutiny. in reply to BYUfan
15:19:41 Retweeted @imbou 12:35:38 @BYUfan @abulsme I’m sorry but with the price of care in America if you don’t have insurance you dont have access to care. in reply to BYUfan
15:22:19 .@imbou @BYUfan Except certain kinds of emergency care that providers have to give regardless. But only relying on ER is BAD health care. in reply to imbou
15:22:35 Retweeted @imbou 12:36:30 @BYUfan @abulsme this is jib aporival which keeps tumbling and has since his first day in office in reply to BYUfan
15:22:59 .@imbou @BYUfan I’m not fond of the look of his jib. in reply to imbou
15:23:07 Retweeted @imbou 14:46:50 @abulsme Russia!!! Russia!! https://t.co/pqCuvYdPCv
15:23:18 Retweeted @imbou 15:20:36 @abulsme @BYUfan exactly. I’m. It taking your access away I’m just going to make it so expensive that the net result is the same… in reply to abulsme
15:23:48 Retweeted @imbou 15:23:33 @abulsme @BYUfan all they have to provide is they can’t let you bleed to death but if it’s beyond that they will bill and try to collect in reply to abulsme
15:24:51 Retweeted @RyanLizza 15:18:12 At time of pivotal Comey letter on Clinton email, FBI had been investigating Trump campaign links to Russia for three months.
15:24:57 Retweeted @EmmyA2 15:23:50 That sound you hear is every Hillary Clinton staffer’s brain spontaneously combusting https://t.co/lTVYvcp244
15:27:03 Retweeted @matthewamiller 15:18:00 вЂњI will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”вЂ¦ https://t.co/j0gQFF2IFS
15:28:07 Retweeted @RobertMackey 15:21:18 Asked how long a counterintelligence investigation into the campaign of a sitting President usually takes, Comey saвЂ¦ https://t.co/h4v8hIJVna
15:28:20 Retweeted @AtticusGF 15:23:11 MY FUCKING GOD MAN.YOU TOLD US ABOUT WEINERGATE EMAILS AND NOT THIS?
MY FUCKING GOD. https://t.co/iiFioyLe2t
15:28:37 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 15:23:09 FBI chief says Trump’s tweets on Obama-wiretapping are false, Russia story is not fake news & Trump-Russia contacts being probed. Big!
15:32:09 Retweeted @jbarro 15:22:50 I understand the urge here, but if you want to protect Trump, best thing to do is make this hearing about Clinton. https://t.co/ERZMxtEITg
15:33:49 Retweeted @byrdinator 15:15:05 They’ve been investigating this since July.
15:33:52 Retweeted @byrdinator 15:18:52 turns out BOTH of our presidential candidates were under some degree of investigation by the FBI during the electioвЂ¦ https://t.co/7udWbNcxfI
15:44:02 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 15:15:51 Investigation includes whether folks in Trump campaign were “coordinating” with the Russians – Comey
15:44:06 Retweeted @McFaul 15:20:37 Very important word. If coordination, then this scandal becomes Watergate-like. https://t.co/HRsolcinBv
15:45:18 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 15:17:05 the FBI waved the NYT off this story in October https://t.co/uLU5DUPDBm
15:45:25 Retweeted @jamiedupree 15:17:59 Strategy clear here: Dems zero in on questions of Trump Campaign links to Russia, GOP focused on intelligence leaks
15:45:36 Retweeted @mattmfm 15:20:29 Since it needs repeating: a friendly reminder that Comey cost Clinton the election.
15:46:52 Retweeted @emptywheel 15:20:11 Folks: This is a very important distinction. Please be rigorous about it. https://t.co/JkQDQUuVZm
16:08:15 Retweeted @jaketapper 15:28:31 Former/longtime GOP Senate staffer/McCain adviser —> https://t.co/2fE8NRTMqp
16:31:09 Retweeted @chrislhayes 16:00:21 This is part of the reason I’m a bit skeptical there was any actual *need* for collusion. https://t.co/JefhUZtyhM
16:35:48 Is it looking like scenario two? -> How to Listen to Jim Comey’s Testimony on Monday (Benjamin Wittes) https://t.co/rZRH21OqAi
16:36:03 Retweeted @EliLake 16:31:27 Comey won’t commit to updates to the House intel committee on Trump investigation. He learned his lesson from the last time.
16:39:03 Retweeted @MattGertz 16:02:24 Excruciating: Comey tries to explain to a Republican that if Putin wanted Clinton to lose, he wanted Trump to win https://t.co/QtqzKi6dR6
16:47:07 Retweeted @sheeraf 16:26:47 Can guarantee you that every single lawmaker complaining about leaks right now has at one point leaked something to the press.
16:47:55 Retweeted @KristiCCoulter 16:26:22 Comey suddenly all circumspect about telling Congress his random thoughts and feelings. That’s cute. #FBIHearing
16:51:57 Retweeted @anne_theriault 16:24:33 An ounce of forethought on James Comey’s part might have told him that doing his best to hand Trump the election wasn’t his greatest idea
16:55:56 Retweeted @imbou 16:55:37 @abulsme the wiretap claim, was not really connected to the Russia thing. Other than to say they are investigating he didn’t say much in reply to abulsme
16:56:16 .@imbou So you are thinking scenario 3? in reply to imbou
16:56:25 Retweeted @imbou 16:56:10 @abulsme I don’t know what to make of it. I am suspicious but yet realistic that there is the possibility this is more smoke than fire in reply to abulsme
16:59:41 .@imbou Official investigations grind slowly. Continue to think they have SOMETHING on some aides like Manafort/Page/Stone but unclear what. in reply to imbou
17:01:32 .@imbou What they have for sure may not be that serious. Or unethical but not illegal. Probably no direct indisputable tie to Trump himself. in reply to abulsme
17:01:43 Retweeted @imbou 16:57:14 @abulsme both 2 and 3 are possible but it’s tough to say. It’s just there is too much covering up, and usually if you act like that… in reply to abulsme
17:03:48 .@imbou Sometimes. But not always. Some people just always act guilty and defensive even if reality not bad. Just look at Clinton on emails. in reply to imbou
17:03:55 Retweeted @imbou 17:03:00 @abulsme I think they have to follow the money. That crazy mansion sale in palm beach on a house nobody wanted is sure fishy in reply to abulsme
17:05:34 .@imbou There is lots that is “fishy”. Q is if there is anything that can move it beyond circumstantial suspicion to probable reality. in reply to imbou
17:05:42 Retweeted @imbou 17:04:32 @abulsme agreed not always. It’s just so many of them at the same time? in reply to abulsme
17:07:17 Retweeted @gaywonk 15:50:59 The GOP is the party of “I know I shouldn’t have sexted her, but why were you checking my phone?”
17:12:04 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 17:10:53 .@abulsme @imbou Clinton didn’t really act guilty. People were mad b/c she didn’t seem to care. in reply to abulsme
17:13:49 .@Scatterbrandy @imbou Over & over again she did things in ways that made it seem like she had something to hide & made her problems worse. in reply to Scatterbrandy
17:14:02 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 17:13:26 .@abulsme @imbou bet there’s a big honking smoking gun, and he tries to make his kids go down for it. in reply to abulsme
17:20:13 Hearings now discussing “useful idiot” scenarios. I find this very likely with Trump, his family, staff, and associates.
18:08:57 Retweeted @Kasparov63 15:18:13 The house is on fire, Trump is running around with a box of matches, and the GOP demands to know who called the fire department.
18:15:01 Retweeted @brianbeutler 17:51:18 TV people: Monitor Spicer for news; return to hearing.
18:55:51 Retweeted @20committee 16:20:18 In light of #ComeyHearing, I remind TeamTrump that the first couple folks who talk generally get the best deal, maybe even tennis prison.
19:51:43 Retweeted @20committee 19:42:26 “Ok, ok, Flynn & Manafort had some weird stuff with the Russians, but we hardly knew them; in fact, we insisted they always wear name-tags.”
19:59:49 Retweeted @ananavarro 19:40:25 2017: Trump base won’t believe conclusive evidence of Trump-camp colluding w/Russia. His foes will take coincidental evidence as conclusive.
20:17:46 Retweeted @dandrezner 20:10:46 Some questions:
1) Which “concerned US departments?”
2) Any other airlines get this memo?
3) How will it be enforcвЂ¦ https://t.co/dsrwE8JiCX
20:21:59 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 19:25:25 If Comey presented an email from Trump to Putin asking him to hack Clinton, there is zero chance Ryan would move articles of impeachement
20:22:15 Retweeted @goldman 20:07:59 This is completely true. Which isn’t to say that Russia hearings don’t matter. But voters save us, not Congress. https://t.co/FA8TepJGGJ
20:30:17 Retweeted @RepSpeier 19:01:04 Apologies to all Tarantula-Americans who I inadvertently offended by suggesting u spin webs. Sending a basket of inвЂ¦ https://t.co/Kswdcbns6F
20:39:59 Retweeted @jonostrower 17:57:47 There is something very strange happening right now for some international airlines that serve the U.S. More questions than answers.
21:31:36 Retweeted @BNONews 21:28:10 U.S. instructs airlines from 13 countries to forbid passengers from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone – Guardian
21:31:39 Retweeted @BNONews 21:30:32 MORE: New edict instructs airlines from 13 countries to only carry laptops, iPads, Kindles and cameras as part of checked baggage – Guardian in reply to BNONews
21:32:11 New court cases on #ElectronicsBan in 3… 2… 1…
21:32:20 Retweeted @BNONews 21:32:03 MORE: U.S. official says measures targeting 13 countries is in response to a terrorism threat which will be announced on Tuesday – Reuters in reply to BNONews
21:52:47 Retweeted @nicoleb1969 21:52:26 @abulsme another distraction orchestrated by the orange person or his minions??? in reply to abulsme
21:55:16 .@nicoleb1969 That depends on if there really is a credible and specific threat the admin can point to that led to this. Stay tuned I guess. in reply to nicoleb1969
22:24:25 So #3 -> How to Read What Comey Said Today (Benjamin Wittes) cc @imbou https://t.co/l0eWfYgYeK
22:35:15 Reading – Ivanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands (Annie Karni) https://t.co/rkWeH4qNG7
22:43:47 Reading – What Did We Learn Today? (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/cxtNr8ySJC
23:14:22 Retweeted @JuddLegum 21:14:21 6. White House seems to be setting itself up to argue that no one IMPORTANT on the campaign colluded with Russia https://t.co/t2iOBi5HNJ in reply to JuddLegum

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2017-03-20 (UTC)

01:55:47 Retweeted @abulsme 01:54:02 A look at Trump favorability vs job approval https://t.co/ZuBtVFC5Iz https://t.co/W7m5N9rVPG

@ElecCollPolls tweets from 2017-03-20 (UTC)

01:55:37 Retweeted @abulsme 01:54:02 A look at Trump favorability vs job approval https://t.co/ZuBtVFC5Iz https://t.co/W7m5N9rVPG