Abulsme.com: April 2017

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-20 (UTC)

01:01:36 Retweeted @mlcalderone 00:15:59 Difference a day can make https://t.co/1DKx8cpWoK
03:19:03 Reading – Some Republicans Think They May Have A Health Care Deal (Fuller/Cohn) https://t.co/n0ud9515f3
14:24:22 Reading – Juice Machines and Red Flags (Matt Levine) https://t.co/0fxosZpjMg
14:46:49 Retweeted @jonfavs 14:43:17 Estimated spike in premiums if you have…
Lung cancer: $73k
Breast cancer: $28k
Diabetes: $5k
Autism: $5k
Asthma:вЂ¦ https://t.co/xlR8Mbz9jq
16:23:17 Reading – Determined honey bee removes a massive nail from a wall (SRC-TV) https://t.co/CtOIAD66Lc
16:46:45 Retweeted @daveweigel 16:42:32 Honestly, if Trump started insisting that they already passed the bill, 50% of GOP voters would believe him. https://t.co/VOABPHAVb6
16:49:47 Retweeted @JoeBeOne 15:19:17 “most Senate IDs have a photo of a chip printed on them, rather than a real chip.” omgwtfbbq https://t.co/ZQ40qpLGXn

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-19 (UTC)

00:16:59 Retweeted @EsotericCD 00:16:10 Vote in is ONLY early vote in the most strongly D part of GA6, DeKalb County. Can’t really draw any conclusions yet. https://t.co/RKzmlyTwzW
00:17:31 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:15:53 It’s going to be a long night. This is not what the GOP is looking for. https://t.co/MpafZP4yP1
00:19:07 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 2017-04-18 22:59:59 Crew on the ground in GA-6 say at least 30 ppl turned away in a short time bc they don’t live in the district. Many very angry.
00:19:24 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:16:48 Turnout is near midterm levels in these DeKalb precincts, which is going to raise the burden even higher on the GOP in Cobb
00:21:52 Retweeted @LakeChip 00:11:14 Gonna be a long night. Ossoff exceeding HRC numbers in Dekalb. Will be close to 50% by end of night. https://t.co/ZwYFFJHjnR
00:30:57 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 00:27:57 Synthesizing all of this #GA06 precinct talk for you:@ossoff is very close to being on track towards 50%. BUT, Its early, will change in reply to gelliottmorris
00:31:18 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:26:01 Well, the Election Day vote better be great for the GOP. Because the early vote is simply much better than expectedвЂ¦ https://t.co/H6QY3PObH1
00:31:48 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 00:30:38 No serious projections can be made until we have at least ~60% of total Election Day votes. And if it’s tight we will be here all night… in reply to gelliottmorris
00:32:05 Retweeted @Redistrict 00:30:31 Breaking: Ossoff (D) wins 61% of Fulton’s in-person absentees. Again, it’s almost *precisely* what he needs to be on track for 50%. #GA06
00:32:48 Paging @imbou https://t.co/RYXK0YjUXW
01:31:42 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:28:46 PROJECTION: #GA06 is headed to a 6/20 runoff between Jon Ossoff (D) & Karen Handel (R). @CookPolitical still rates race a Toss Up.
01:43:17 Retweeted @emptywheel 01:24:39 Wait. GA gets reports from paperless voting machines over dial-up modems? https://t.co/cS7YPc9EQF
01:45:13 Retweeted @kkondik 01:42:52 Matching Clinton or just barely exceeding isn’t quite good enough for Ossoff in getting a first-round win https://t.co/bGD0Fc57nZ
01:45:44 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:41:50 BREAKING: Ossoff (D) down to 50.8% of the vote w/ 119k votes counted. He’s not even close to where he needs to be for 50% overall. #GA06
01:52:15 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:49:25 Now thinking Ossoff will end up somewhere between 44% and 48%. #GA06
01:58:24 Retweeted @Bencjacobs 01:57:54 Looks like Ossoff’s percentages are starting to line up almost precisely with Clinton in 2016. This is good for Handel but bad for Trump.
01:58:56 Retweeted @geoffreyvs 01:57:17 A bit more of Cobb came in, Ossoff down to 50.1% #GA06At this point, 88% of Cobb is in, 95% of DeKalb, just 16% of Fulton.
02:08:51 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 02:06:58 Comparing @Ossoff‘s margin with Clinton’s looks like he will clock in a little above her, maybe 48.That is good for an R+8 district! in reply to gelliottmorris
02:09:14 Retweeted @thegarance 02:05:17 If Ossoff vote settles at 47-48%, he will have improved over previous D congressional candidate in 6th by same margin Thompson did in Kansas
02:09:53 Retweeted @Redistrict 02:07:35 DeKalb has completely reported, and Ossoff (D) won 58.5% there. That’s just not good enough to avoid runoff. #GA06
02:10:27 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 01:45:55 Ossoff’s attrition should probably slow down a bit now that so much of Cobb County is in, but still tracking toward a 48/48.5 type finish
02:11:47 Retweeted @Alex_Roarty 02:06:51 Very interesting! Also worth noting both are open seats, so seems unlikely Ds would be poised to make quite same inвЂ¦ https://t.co/0INGe4WI4k
02:12:12 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 02:10:24 To sum up, this result is reasonably in-line w/ expectations. Sets up what shud be tight runoff. Handel/Ossoff will end up w/ terrible favs.
02:12:24 Retweeted @SeanTrende 02:10:30 So, Ossoff ran 1.6% ahead of Clinton in DeKalb. Running 1.5% ahead of her in Cobb with 96% in. Would work out to 48% overall.
02:13:52 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 02:10:48 Our #GA06 map with 50% of precincts in (and all of DeKalb County). 1) Everyone 2) R votes only 3) Two-party share 4вЂ¦ https://t.co/f6Q9lBjcQp
02:25:37 Retweeted @pmiller1693 02:25:23 Runoff spin from politicos is silly lipstick on a pig. GA6 & KS4 have deep R roots. Never should have been in play. Rs should be concerned.
02:26:34 Retweeted @EWErickson 02:07:03 Significant to note that among the GOP tonight in GA06, the more closely aligned a candidate was with Trump, the worse said candidate did.
02:35:14 Retweeted @AP 02:34:57 BREAKING: Trump administration certifies Iran complying with nuclear deal, extends sanctions relief but says review underway.
02:51:01 Retweeted @jbarro 02:50:32 Trump’s surprisingly coherent argument about the Iran Deal was that it was a bad deal, but once made it was a deal & you had to work with it in reply to jbarro
02:52:05 Retweeted @EsotericCD 02:49:59 .@DecisionDeskHQ A JOKE: “Fulton County mules.”NOT A JOKE: Fulton Co. really does use dial-up modem for uploadedвЂ¦ https://t.co/7HNR3IhZBT in reply to EsotericCD
03:16:25 Retweeted @williamjordann 03:14:20 Democratic performance in GA-06 since 2006. https://t.co/1Ub53nEi1U
03:42:36 Retweeted @wsbtv 03:37:48 JUST IN: Rare data error from one of the cards means Fulton Co. will have to manually go through hundreds of cards to find the culprit.
03:43:49 Retweeted @EsotericCD 03:39:33 .@DecisionDeskHQ Unconfirmed reports that Fulton County Elections Preparation Center has been advised to “wiggle thвЂ¦ https://t.co/XOvzTzCi1y in reply to EsotericCD
03:43:57 Retweeted @Redistrict 03:39:33 These things could be simultaneously true:1) Dems could strike out in all 3 of #KS04 #MTAL #GA06
2) All 3 results could be bad for GOP
03:44:37 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 03:31:36 One card out of hundreds created an error. They need to manually go through them and re-upload everything in #Fulton #GA06
03:46:21 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 2017-04-18 22:30:18 EXCLUSIVE: What to expect from #GA06 and what it will mean for Democrats in 2018. https://t.co/l9PjgPpkGV
03:46:32 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 03:38:42 Jon @Ossoff is likely to wind up in the вЂњgood for DemocratsвЂќ part of this curve. Result is *near* expectations. HarвЂ¦ https://t.co/8A6aVA7BFd in reply to gelliottmorris
04:12:28 Retweeted @JMilesColeman 04:10:46 #GA06 with 177/210 precincts in. Ossoff at 48.6%. 1) All candidates 2) R candidates only 3) two-party total 4) OssoвЂ¦ https://t.co/Unxx6dX87f
04:14:20 Retweeted @katherinemiller 04:09:55 Thanks to @B_M_Finnigan and the @DecisionDeskHQ team for smart, fast, accurate stuff on a looooong night
04:16:59 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 04:07:31 Adding all the candidates together: R 50.49, D 49.41 in reply to Nate_Cohn
04:21:01 Retweeted @ericbradner 04:16:41 Romney won #GA06 by 23. Trump carried it by less than 2 вЂ” same year Price was re-elected by 23. @ossoff nearly hitвЂ¦ https://t.co/aOiDnpIFA9
04:21:30 Retweeted @RyanMaue 04:18:36 Harmonious result in GA-06 as both sides won, gave victory speeches, and stand ready to saturate Atlanta airwaves with more attack ads.
04:22:05 Retweeted @AndreaChalupa 04:18:35 Dear #Indivisible, you’re in charge now. https://t.co/hlFh6265YK
11:39:05 Retweeted @Taniel 04:15:47 The polls that showed a Ossoff-Handel runoff tied (if not with a tiny Ossoff lead) also had Ossoff at 41-45% in the 1st round. #GA06
12:53:33 Retweeted @HawkinsUSA 12:50:47 Per @DecisionDeskHQ tally, Ossoff finished ~ 92,390 votes. The top 4 GOP contenders ~ 92,590. All candidates combined: GOP 51% Dems 49%.
13:02:52 Retweeted @tripgabriel 12:43:47 As Trump claims his tweets/robocall kept @Ossoff below 50 bear in mind:
1. His 48% was +5 over poll average
2. All 4 Trump allies did poorly
13:11:52 Retweeted @williamjordann 04:52:30 In chart form: Democratic performance in #GA06 versus national House vote, since 2006. https://t.co/CMdAndzlWr in reply to williamjordann
13:25:07 Retweeted @chrislhayes 12:55:21 Outside the box idea; just have the president host the 8pm hour on Fox. I think he’d enjoy it more than presidenting.
13:56:23 Listening to Data Skeptic [MINI] GPU CPU
via iCatcher! https://t.co/bhb4JsL97x
17:25:23 Worth reading on gaslighting about Clinton campaign -> I Write Letters (@shakestweetz) https://t.co/rGrL5AkOvF
18:32:06 Buh Bye https://t.co/WGmsy2ND1G
19:59:08 Retweeted @PeterGleick 19:49:05 O’Reilly isn’t out because he’s a sexual predator. Fox was willing to pay & pay for that. He’s out because of public & advertising pressure.
20:21:35 Reading – The new Mac Pro: The audacity to say вЂњYesвЂќ in a design culture of вЂњNoвЂќ (Marco Arment) https://t.co/sxVcTrOV35
20:42:24 Angry -> вЂI don’t like to be touched’: Video shows 10-year-old autistic boy getting arrested at school (Bever) https://t.co/hGO2Y4BVRP
23:20:34 Retweeted @Redistrict 04:36:33 Story of #GA06: Ossoff (D) won 77% of mail ballots & 62% of in-person absentees.But 3/4 of votes were cast on EDay & GOP won 58% of them.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-18 (UTC)

00:19:01 Retweeted @InternetHippo 2017-04-17 22:26:30 If only there were a precedent for what happens when you take this approach https://t.co/tHo3nZGDZE
01:08:30 Reading – I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong. (Rick Perlstein) https://t.co/buvlb4wL3Y
01:20:30 Reading – House Democrat introduces bill to amend presidential removal procedures (Cristina Marcos) https://t.co/ovhe5qUSaQ
01:21:52 Retweeted @StuPolitics 2017-04-17 23:30:34 @DKElections If Ossoff gets only 42%, it will be a huge disappointment for Dems. Hillary got 46.8%. He must do bettвЂ¦ https://t.co/eoSn1W6Sda in reply to DKElections
01:27:15 Retweeted @Sargent 01:05:47 me: Time to write!
brain: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
me: Hang on
brain: you must first punch a tree for wood
me: what in reply to Sargent
01:27:19 Retweeted @Sargent 01:06:20 Next thing I know, an hour has passed and I’ve registered https://t.co/A41XxZhvSp. in reply to Sargent
01:28:30 .@Sargent But no site there yet! Was all ready to share it with my Minecraft playing family members! :-) in reply to Sargent
01:33:55 Retweeted @Sargent 01:33:19 @abulsme noooooo do not tempt me in reply to abulsme
01:34:23 .@Sargent Now that you have thought of it, you MUST do it. :-) in reply to Sargent
01:53:53 Seriously? :-/ https://t.co/ZFNBYQ4jWY
02:35:44 Retweeted @ProfHansNoel 2017-04-17 11:57:15 Teaching my son about #taxday by buying him ice cream, eating 38% of it, then providing public goods unavailable from the private sector.
02:48:29 Retweeted @JPMajor 2017-04-16 18:08:06 Color-composite of #Saturn made from raw #Cassini images acquired on April 14, 2017 https://t.co/JYzoI8W3Sc
03:54:38 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 139 – Lisa Monaco
via iCatcher! https://t.co/EO7vVv8BCQ
04:46:45 Listening to BhTV: Drezburt (audio) Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner
via iCatcher! https://t.co/62orgsQJc8
13:02:08 Retweeted @joe_hill 12:27:54 Say what you want about Trump but he was always open about being a venal manipulative con man who adores the brutal application of force.
18:28:36 Reading – Could that Peter Capaldi cameo in The Day of the Doctor be more significant than we realised? (Fullerton) https://t.co/iawK8yZyIU
18:30:36 Reading – The first Time Lord will be joining Peter Capaldi for Doctor Who Christmas special (Nicola Methven) https://t.co/7rIc40EeXb
19:43:11 From December but still interesting -> Listening to Keepin’ it 1600 Ep. 62: The Road Ahead in 2017
via iCatcher! https://t.co/O5Lt7B6W9V
21:47:28 Retweeted @W7VOA 21:46:41 Former President George H.W. Bush back in the hospital https://t.co/QUYLSEolEK via @KHOU
23:05:21 Retweeted @MerriamWebster 22:46:50 In scientific reasoning, a theory explains things that have already been substantiated by data. It is not a guess. https://t.co/FUX975oSU9
23:07:05 Retweeted @geoffreyvs 23:03:32 Aaaaaaaaaaand they’re off in #GA06. The vote counters, that is.
23:07:32 Retweeted @Redistrict 23:04:01 Rule of thumb: to be on track to hit 50% and *avoid* a runoff, Ossoff probably needs around 62% in DeKalb, 51% in Fulton, 45% in Cobb. #GA06

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-17 (UTC)

03:12:08 Reading – New Power Center in Trumpland: The вЂAxis of Adults’ (Kimberly Dozier) https://t.co/4S8MJl4G9U
04:37:16 Just watched #DoctorWho The Pilot. Didn’t expect to like Bill but I did. Loved the call backs to show history too. Good start to Series 10!
04:42:35 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 04:42:14 @abulsme WHO IS BILL in reply to abulsme
04:46:07 .@AmyNotAmy You need to catch up and watch last season to find out what happened before this! But new companion. ThвЂ¦ https://t.co/w5Ni7j8mPE in reply to AmyNotAmy
16:03:30 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 15:59:06 Currently listening in to my dad bribing my brother with “a fourth shirt” to wear over his other shirts.
17:53:26 Retweeted @politico 15:51:59 A kid asks Trump to sign his hat at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The president signs … and then tosses the haвЂ¦ https://t.co/uhPfgL5Xaa
17:54:35 Retweeted @davidfrum 17:32:44 And seriously: the people who fвЂ”ed up the White House Easter Egg roll are asking America to follow them into war without allies in NE Asia
19:26:17 Reading – The North Korea Paradox: Why There Are No Good Options (Max Fisher) https://t.co/YVc96VGqpX

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-16 (UTC)

00:33:06 Listening to 053 w/ Michael Weiss – вЂњThe MOAB Doctrine: Technically, Bombing Stuff is A StrategyвЂќ – The Fifth Column https://t.co/HYJANSFotP
07:49:18 Reading – North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles (Sang-Hun/Sanger/Broad) https://t.co/xcnGGBXDET
07:49:30 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:50:34 <symbol> https://t.co/mgrajZmkEF https://t.co/93ljYb2JDU
13:56:06 Retweeted @brianefallon 13:50:02 If you showed up at a #taxmarch event yesterday, your voice was heard and you are inside the President’s head.
https://t.co/alyv0y7ytC
21:26:25 7 year old, coming up to me hiding a tool in his hand: вЂњClose your eyes and don’t listen. I am going to do surgery on you.вЂќ Uh. OK?
22:23:08 Always reluctant to link to Mench’s stuff because it is so “out there” compared to mainstream reporting. But she has more out today. Shrug.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-15 (UTC)

00:30:26 Listening to Episode 109: Doing Mozambican HistoryвЂ”Dams, Development & Going Digital
via iCatcher! https://t.co/rKOCdP1C14
01:57:32 Watching – A Tribute To Carrie Fisher https://t.co/QLeGC1qtSw
02:13:13 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 01:54:51 The polling story right now in GA-6. W/ an average like this, we’d expect Ossoff to get over 50% roughly 30% of theвЂ¦ https://t.co/vQ2qVeTlsZ
02:51:49 Ooo fun. Blackmail! -> Mike Cernovich Threatens to Drop вЂMotherlode’ If Steve Bannon Is Ousted (Ben Collins) https://t.co/AqXOHNwa8S
14:59:02 Reading – Here’s What Every Scene in the New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Means (Alex Fitzpatrick) https://t.co/1MVqegQLkh
15:18:17 Reading – Focused on Trump’s Successes, Many Supporters Are Unfazed by His Reversals (Jeremy Peters) https://t.co/nGRj3DYWnj
15:44:31 Reading – We Can Calm Down: Microsoft Already Patched Most of the Shadow Brokers Exploits (Joseph Cox) https://t.co/ahJqa6WlmF
16:03:04 Reading – Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove says Donald Trump borrowed money from Russia (Mythili Sampathkumar) https://t.co/t0S1rFRjGC
17:05:56 Retweeted @AFP 17:05:28 #BREAKING Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117: reports
18:05:26 Retweeted @williamjordann 17:57:52 Share of Republicans who say the amount of income taxes they pay is fair:April 2016: 39%
April 2017: 56%

(Gallup)
19:25:36 Retweeted @arimoonpie 19:21:32 *cries in gallifreyan* #DoctorWho https://t.co/rAD31D7EnW
19:27:40 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Clear Thoughted https://t.co/mk7BJRj3cB https://t.co/ivhUX4BAmH
20:25:06 Reading – No One Will Admit It But Never-Trump Conservatives Are Now Officially Vindicated (John Ziegler) https://t.co/qFA4jTk4c6
21:41:13 Reading – New Who ‘revealed as Kris Marshall takes over from Capaldi and has already joined the cast’ (Greenwood) https://t.co/RBl2nzfbRu

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Clear Thoughted

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner: WAR! PIVOT! LIGHTNING! More specifically, Sam and Ivan talk about the situations in Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea… then they move on to Donald Trump’s changing positions on a number of issues, and what that means for both his supporters and opponents. Rounding out the show, bits about the guy pulled off the United plane, Wikileaks, planespotting, a movie Sam watched, the congressional special elections, and even more!

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Recorded 2017-04-15
Length this week – 2:06:12

(0:00:15-0:22:02) But First
- Show Edits
- Agenda
- Ignored Topics
- Reorgs and Layoffs
- Movie: The Terminal (2004)
- Planespotting
(0:22:40-0:59:46) WAR!
- Legal Authority
- Pictures of War Victims
- Trump ignorance
- Missing Volta?
- North Korea Escalation
- Spicer on Nazi Germany
- What is a chemical weapon?
- MOAB in Afghanistan
- More on North Korea
(1:00:21-1:24:20) PIVOT!
- List of Flip Flops
- He is still Trump
- Healthcare
- Trump learning?
- Difficulty Legislating
- No agenda
- Title origins
(1:26:02-2:05:53) LIGHTNING!
- United troubles
- Congressional special elections
- Blackmailing Trump
- CIA on Wikileaks
- More ignored topics
- Contact us

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-14 (UTC)

00:16:50 Nailed it. -> Trump’s Sole Objective (James Shannon) https://t.co/enoqhlDWvc
00:17:32 Retweeted @Gus_802 2017-04-13 23:43:41 If they were targeting caves and tunnels why use a MOAB which isn’t a penetrator bomb? Asking for a friend.
00:20:20 Seeing conflicting reports on if we are going to attack North Korea this weekend. I guess that is kinda fun for a Thursday evening. :-/
02:01:25 Retweeted @spectatorindex 2017-04-13 00:57:34 Queen Elizabeth has ruled the United Kingdom for over a quarter of the time the United States has been a country. https://t.co/rn98nNwQon
02:10:59 Retweeted @MBCnotNBC 2017-04-13 22:52:11 if we die in the nuclear winter it was nice knowing you guys. if we survive i hope you all get the best mutations
03:48:02 Reading – Trump’s base turns on him (Isenstadt/Conway) https://t.co/VZHaENs04o
04:41:44 Retweeted @annafifield 01:14:58 Here are some North Koreans for you. Important to remember that the people are not the same as the regime. https://t.co/K3JeNpjFuc
04:53:03 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 04:29:35 I wonder if the people in my mentions who are like вЂњchill out, everything will be fineвЂќ re: North Korea are aware that Donald Trump is POTUS
05:02:07 Retweeted @HeerJeet 2017-04-13 23:37:13 Trump loves to be praised by cable news pundits. Cable news pundits love to praise presidents who drop bombs. You see where this is going?
05:03:54 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 04:58:07 Now would be a good time to start collecting Cabinet signatures on that #25thAmendment letter, @VP. He’s in Mar-a-LвЂ¦ https://t.co/WTROYvk4G0
05:16:29 Retweeted @molly_knight 2017-04-13 17:56:26 If the people investigating Trump’s collusion with Russia could hurry the fuck up before he starts World War III that would be GREAT.
05:35:30 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 05:17:45 вЂњCalm down, he won’t be nominatedвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, HRC will winвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, he won’t govern like he campaignedвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, he won’t start WW3вЂќ in reply to MileHighBrendan
05:47:02 Retweeted @ArmsControlWonk 2017-04-13 18:23:13 Stop being weird about the 11-ton MOAB. For some perspective, here is a B-52 starting to drop 81 1,000 pound bombs. https://t.co/lm1DPyYFjs
05:57:19 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 05:01:24 If Trump stumbles into an action you’d take in his shoes, it’s important to remember his journey to it was likely wrong & corrupt. in reply to jamisonfoser
13:12:36 Reading – Piecing Together More Details on Trump and Russia (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/AEhymA7a5L
13:12:52 Retweeted @joshtpm 11:43:19 He had been for decades. Just not able to report it. https://t.co/8w9bhHFnAl
16:14:18 Reading – U.S. commander explains use of “mother of all bombs” in Afghanistan (CBS) https://t.co/1fESiHKxFc
16:33:40 Retweeted @starwars 15:58:26 Star Wars: #TheLastJedi. Arriving in your galaxy December 15. https://t.co/txUht2OtO8
16:59:34 Retweeted @thomaswright08 16:22:43 President Lincoln was assassinated 152 yrs ago today. The original @AP report is a textbook case of burying the ledвЂ¦ https://t.co/MExWjTQhF2
20:48:30 Retweeted @mirahwood 2017-04-13 17:59:25 This is how a thermobaric weapon like the MOAB affects humans. Now ask yourself if this really sounds any more humвЂ¦ https://t.co/O3TuQp5FtH
21:07:24 Reading – Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/8QdKAitBhJ
21:19:19 Reading – Everything We Now Know About “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Keely Flaherty) https://t.co/9HL0V5koX0
22:17:43 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 22:17:08 Two Opinion Savvy polls in a row where Ossoff falls well short of 50% but lead Handel in a runoff. Suggests round 2 may be quite exciting.
22:29:50 Reading – ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ вЂ” 8 Questions Raised By the New Trailer (Graeme McMillan) https://t.co/aN3sNNVSIF
22:36:45 Reading – NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers just dumped its most damaging release yet (Dan Goodin) https://t.co/u2DkJyxSL8
22:38:48 Reading – Will Anybody Actually Use Tesla’s Electric Semi Truck? (Aric Jenkins) https://t.co/It8s2VikK0

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-13 (UTC)

01:18:55 Reading – Inside Bannon’s struggle: From вЂshadow president’ to Trump’s marked man (Rucker/Parker/Costa) https://t.co/3W0j83mhFJ
01:25:19 Reading – Trump Reverses Himself On 6 Major Issues In 2 Days (Walsh/Terkel) https://t.co/gqPssqfa79
01:29:42 Retweeted @WestWingReport 01:25:33 Palm Beach Post: President has golfed 14x so far. Over 8 yrs that would be 496x.
Context:
Wilson: 1,200
Eisenhower: 800
Obama: 333
01:30:21 Retweeted @imbou 01:28:26 @abulsme Pivot! in reply to abulsme
01:30:48 Retweeted @imbou 01:30:37 @abulsme so fuck the jobs, right? https://t.co/B2X7uMLLlw
01:31:13 .@imbou <shrug> whatever… in reply to imbou
01:32:02 Retweeted @imbou 01:31:53 @abulsme I think that is an official trump policy! Whatever man! in reply to abulsme
01:37:15 Reading – President Donald Trump threatens to cut Obamacare subsidies (Bertha Coombs) https://t.co/NmTM0odind
02:14:44 Retweeted @goldengateblond 2017-04-12 23:40:06 The toilet paper in the bathroom at work now feeds under instead of over so I have to find a new job.
03:05:58 Retweeted @HeerJeet 02:34:14 With Bannon half way out the door & the generals in charge, Trump is now standard right wing Republican. Wars & tax cuts. Whoop dee do
04:50:39 Reading – Prosecutor: Jeff Sessions’s New Immigration Plan Is вЂF*cking Horrifying’ (Betsy Woodruff) https://t.co/8RrRGWlnVo
05:20:57 Retweeted @SamHarrisOrg 05:07:06 Chauncey Gardiner is running the country… https://t.co/jlLMsDPe6g
05:22:48 For those who don’t get the reference: https://t.co/nTXdbUlG4V https://t.co/ZRPGxkty8O
05:45:15 Retweeted @starwars 04:01:05 Iconic heroes. Inspiring stories. Introducing Star Wars #ForcesOfDestiny. https://t.co/LnDGdGJQh7 https://t.co/MeGXr3q7Jt
05:55:09 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-04-12 23:14:43 Trump has two distinct advantages in politics he has 1) no shame and 2) no principles. It allows him endless latitude.
05:56:11 Retweeted @Molly23 05:26:38 Let me tell you something. https://t.co/e1av6nf2Mi
14:43:52 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 13:30:37 RRH Poll (sponsored by Decision Desk HQ): Ossoff 39% Handel 15% Gray 12% in GA06 https://t.co/L3GFw9MtSx https://t.co/r8lCcjrUSS
14:52:18 He could morph into a liberal Democrat or even a fucking Power Ranger. He would still be corrupt, dangerous, incompвЂ¦ https://t.co/FY8MOESc1t
15:19:26 Reading – British spies were first to spot Trump team’s links with Russia (Harding/Kirchgaessner/Hopkins) https://t.co/mU7chPwf0C
15:46:03 Retweeted @davidfrum 13:32:17 It’s like watching the worst student in Intro to US Government slowly master the remedial summer course https://t.co/aFKrAnoIra
17:11:48 Retweeted @KSoltisAnderson 17:11:35 A big bomb, the biggest bomb, really, just huge, absolutely huge, so huge you wouldn’t believe it, really. https://t.co/qJlzUNDZ8v
17:58:43 Retweeted @holman 17:43:21 Just saw вЂњUS drop nuclear bomb in AfghanistanвЂќ right in the middle of Google News stories. Algorithms are scary shiвЂ¦ https://t.co/ddUXurli6p
18:03:58 Retweeted @ddale8 17:33:15 Sean Spicer: It’s not so much that Trump has shifted on issues so much as that the issues have shifted toward him.
18:49:18 Retweeted @BNONews 18:38:48 At least 477 civilians are believed to have died in U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq in March, monitoring group Airwars says
21:09:54 Reading – Seattle’s long wait for 65В° getting among its longest waits on record (Scott Sistek) https://t.co/rmLhFvGRQZ
21:13:03 Reading – Why Did Nintendo Just Kill One of Its Coolest Products in Years? (Alex Cranz) https://t.co/kGjRC1Cizo
21:16:31 Reading – These Are Not Photos of Black Holes (Ryan F. Mandelbaum) https://t.co/ylrojT6QpS

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-12 (UTC)

01:29:53 Retweeted @rschallom 01:26:12 Only 17% of precincts reporting but https://t.co/gHdB77PA3U
01:30:45 Retweeted @PatrickQuinnTV 2017-04-11 20:42:48 “Welcome to Southwest, where we beat our competitors…not our customers.” – the announcer on this #Southwest flighвЂ¦ https://t.co/hlaBe2ckrx
01:33:41 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 01:33:23 Don’t count your rural Kansan Trump+27 chickens before they’re hatched, as my grandpappy always said.вЂ¦ https://t.co/W4z5ZDoEzW
01:35:31 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 01:33:10 Broader implication of Thompson almost winning in R+15 #KS04? Many House Rs are going to keep distance from Trump toxicity to stay afloat. in reply to gelliottmorris
01:37:27 Retweeted @owillis 00:40:37 50-state strategy. every district. start this now. #ks04
01:37:57 Retweeted @rontimes 00:39:02 Sad news. Dorothy Letterman, who was introduced to millions on her son David’s Late Show, died today, her daughterвЂ¦ https://t.co/pLyEZE4PAC
01:38:40 Retweeted @MrWalterShapiro 01:35:03 Importance of KS-4 and GA-6 lies is their effect on the mood of House Republicans and 2018 recruitment efforts in both parties.
01:39:35 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 01:34:42 Estes running clearly ahead of what he needs in rural areas. Sedgwick County election day vote—so far, and it’s early–looks good enough in reply to Nate_Cohn
01:44:10 The R may end up winning in KS-4, but clear it is closer than one would have expected months ago. Good result for D’s, even if they lose.
01:47:42 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 01:19:22 Reminder: GOP is SUPPOSED to win this seat. The fact it’s this close should be crazy enough in reply to AuthorLMendez
01:48:04 Retweeted @kenrudin 01:47:30 With 1/2 the vote counted in #KS04 (seat given up by CIA’s Pompeo), James Thompson (D) & Ron Estes (R) running neck&neck. Last Dem win: 1992
01:48:49 Retweeted @stephenatap 01:47:23 And it’s flipped. With half of the precincts reporting, Estes has the lead over Thompson in #KS04
01:50:21 Retweeted @kkondik 01:50:07 Elk 83-13 Trump. 78-19 Estes. Underperforming Trump but more than good enough to win (just about 500 votes)
01:55:20 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 01:50:56 Unless there’s a shocking vote coming out of Sedgwick (who knows), Estes has got this.
02:31:47 Retweeted @sahilkapur 02:27:40 83% reporting in #KS04 вЂ” Estes (R) leads Thompson (D) by about 6 points (via NYT). https://t.co/iUjcC3kpaE
02:32:12 Retweeted @DavidLJarman 02:26:41 Imagine the freakout if the Dems won one of these ~D+15 CDs by only 4 pts: CA-41 (Takano), MA-08 (Lynch), MN-04 (McCollum), TX-20 (Castro)
02:40:58 Reading – Trump won’t definitively say he still backs Bannon (Michael Goodwin) https://t.co/Z4kbs1I1GO
02:43:04 Retweeted @tommyxtopher 2017-04-11 22:21:54 Wow: While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Spicer literally says he doesn’t want to distract from Trump’s attempts “tвЂ¦ https://t.co/wGUElPXXnh
02:44:36 Retweeted @BNONews 02:44:08 BREAKING: Republican Ron Estes wins special U.S. House election in Kansas’ 4th congressional district – AP
02:57:34 Reading – FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page (Nakashima/Barrett/Entous) https://t.co/IP2px05w7b
03:02:26 Retweeted @cmclymer 01:16:58 These numbers are staggering. If a pro-choice, pro-LGBT Democrat can be this competitive in Kansas, we should contest EVERY DISTRICT.#KS04
03:09:46 Reading – Time for Republicans to start worrying about 2018 (Alex Roarty) https://t.co/1SNA1xFEPm
03:11:40 Retweeted @nathanlgonzales 03:08:09 President’s party has lost House seats in 18 of last 20 midterm elections. Average loss in those 18 elections = 33вЂ¦ https://t.co/6RdHwXQb7A
03:15:41 Retweeted @jonshorman 03:02:08 THOMPSON announces 2018 candidacy #KS04
03:39:29 Retweeted @SethAbramson 03:36:42 No one’s saying Sean Spicer is an anti-Semite. What many _are_ saying is that this man and his boss aren’t sharp enвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ikzrk38ws5
03:43:23 Reading – Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say (Sciutto/Raju/Bradner) https://t.co/iiM1X7RsOg
03:48:51 Retweeted @antonejohnson 03:21:25 For factually challenged Breitbartians:
-FISA Court judge в‰ PBO
-Carter Page в‰ DJT
-ex-adviser в‰ Trump Tower
-courtвЂ¦ https://t.co/ETZPc8dypR
04:01:31 Retweeted @cd_hooks 2017-04-11 20:03:23 i wondered why Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons in the east and I did not expect this answer https://t.co/g96iZOtBbS
04:02:14 Retweeted @tbonier 02:17:37 There are over 100 Republicans sitting in districts that wouldn’t have been heavily GOP enough to overcome the D swing we saw in KS tonight.
04:08:38 Retweeted @daveweigel 04:01:02 I don’t think DC Dem groups appreciate how people who heard them say MI/WI were in the bag last year distrust their command of the map.
05:14:16 Retweeted @gallifreyan 04:50:23 The Dalek Invasion of Humanity. https://t.co/9oYiUuutSa
05:17:08 Retweeted @nytgraphics 04:49:06 Kansas’ 4th Congressional District shifted 24 points toward Democrats in Tuesday’s special electionвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZDKlE8cc7E
11:54:21 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 11:32:14 Trump: Health care reform needs to come 1st. вЂњIf you don’t do that you can’t put any of the savings into the tax cuвЂ¦ https://t.co/bzEsMrlFWy
11:54:29 Retweeted @ASlavitt 11:42:10 He just told you more clearly than I can.Trumpcare has nothing to do with exchanges. It’s about gutting MedicaidвЂ¦ https://t.co/EvrM5dnPfv
12:00:56 Reading – Manafort firm received Ukraine ledger payout (Gilliam/Day/Horowitz) https://t.co/Jp01DiGIul
15:47:24 Nice call out to @BYUfan -> Here and in DC, DelBene sees more constituent engagement (Noah Haglund) https://t.co/bJfiAnjZnd
16:11:12 Retweeted @dandrezner 12:34:16 An apology for a tweet about the attorney general that has gone viral. https://t.co/Z5s1CeHYsR
16:17:03 Reading – How Not to Fight Terrorism (@natsecHeather) https://t.co/5DGV6vMKbc
16:31:36 Retweeted @mviser 16:16:52 Trump: вЂњWe’ve just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq.вЂќBartiromo: вЂњWell, well..heading to Syria.вЂќ
Trump: вЂњYes.вЂ¦ https://t.co/EdxJpmrplY
16:37:13 Retweeted @emilybell 13:29:22 podcast genres : 1. Men going on about things. 2. Whispery crime 3.Millennials talking over each other 4. Should be 20 minutes shorter
16:38:44 .@emilybell Our podcast is #1 and #4 for sure. Maybe more than 20 minutes though. :-) Curmudgeon’s Corner. https://t.co/oGKzQgIAlj cc @imbou in reply to emilybell
16:41:08 Retweeted @imbou 16:40:52 @abulsme @emilybell It should be a whole fucking hour shorter for sure! in reply to abulsme
16:48:10 Retweeted @emilybell 16:47:58 @abulsme @imbou title is A+ in reply to abulsme
16:49:45 .@emilybell @imbou Thanks! We came up with it long before podcasts. It was a college radio show in the 90’s. Revived as a podcast in 2007. in reply to emilybell
16:58:31 Retweeted @imbou 16:58:20 @emilybell @abulsme And totally appropriate! in reply to emilybell
20:36:17 Retweeted @prchovanec 20:33:08 If you haven’t figured it out by now, Trump says everything once so whatever happens he can claim he was right.
20:36:25 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith 20:12:45 In a single day, Trump reverses on:вЂў Janet Yellen
вЂў Ex-Im Bank
вЂў China currency manipulation
вЂў NATO being obsolete
20:49:57 Reading – Trump Undercuts Top Adviser Stephen K. Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger (Peters/Haberman) https://t.co/WF2rMz5jUP
20:50:33 Retweeted @juliaioffe 20:31:08 “Who knew healthcare/Syria/China/NATO/the universe could be so complicated!”
21:04:53 Retweeted @brianklaas 18:58:14 Trump overriding *his own* executive order after 80 days because it was a disaster. The incompetence is staggering. https://t.co/euvac43kmN
21:06:20 Retweeted @tkbeynon 12:21:02 There is this video going round of a red panda being totally taken aback by seeing an insect on a rock and it is maвЂ¦ https://t.co/fu6oJla8it
21:51:11 Reading – Seeking 2020 clout, California looks to jump the primary queue (Carla Marinucci) https://t.co/ZVfUhAR1QO
22:29:41 Retweeted @jdelreal 21:51:21 And here, a sitting U.S. president explains how he was tutored on geopolitics by a sitting Chinese president.вЂ¦ https://t.co/Y32CrRx0Qd
23:03:44 Retweeted @joshtpm 22:29:14 With such a sophisticated statesman, who could ever succeed running an influence operation targeting him?

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