Abulsme.com: April 2017

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-11 (UTC)

02:28:41 Reading – CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. (Johnathan Mahler) https://t.co/PDz8zx6VHT
02:42:32 Reading – Judge again finds discrimination in Texas’ voter ID law (Paul Weber) https://t.co/UM0TYoXnEY
02:47:08 Reading – KS-04 Moves to Lean Republican, GA-06 to Toss Up (@Redistrict) https://t.co/x9vPPyHl8i
14:31:45 Retweeted @KFILE 13:51:27 Democrats:
37% support Trump’s Syria strikes
38% supported Obama doing itGOP:
86% supported Trump doing it
22% suвЂ¦ https://t.co/qw58mhIIYh
14:31:49 Retweeted @imbou 14:17:56 @abulsme republican’s winning is more important than positions is just stunning! https://t.co/9CPIWAnPD3
14:42:06 Reading – Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy (Spencer Hsu) https://t.co/v8JFU2e3HC
14:43:21 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 2017-04-10 21:48:58 Has the WH officially released the legal basis of the Syria strikes yet? Or are we crossing that norm off the list too?
16:37:46 Reading – Donald Trump Is/Is Not Nehemiah Scudder (tmess2) https://t.co/zjHOdwQZlE
19:00:20 They are such idiots. https://t.co/PQLDPu4B7H
19:01:28 Retweeted @cam_joseph 18:10:49 .@PressSec, offered a chance to clean up his Hitler comments: вЂњHe was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.”
19:01:41 Retweeted @HallieJackson 18:49:01 NEW: a second clarification from the @presssec on Assad/Hitler comparison: https://t.co/IU8OA5jFAb
19:02:21 Retweeted @jonfavs 18:56:07 I bet this wasn’t on the whiteboard during that 100 Days rebranding meeting. https://t.co/aQGs8fsd8U
20:04:58 Retweeted @dandrezner 17:30:44 Filth. He described illegal immigrants as “filth.”
Whatever your views on immigration that’s f**king embarrassingвЂ¦ https://t.co/8651OOItv1
20:41:54 Retweeted @pastpunditry 18:32:01 In about a ten-minute span, Sean Spicer managed to: https://t.co/01GC6Gw2AN
20:46:23 Retweeted @dandrezner 18:58:05 Reading Sessions’ prepared remarks I think I over-interpreted his language. Apologies for the quick Twitter triggerвЂ¦ https://t.co/UFyo6KxZsz in reply to dandrezner

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-10 (UTC)

04:02:03 Reading – As Georgia Vote Nears, G.O.P. Asks if Ideological Purity Matters Anymore (Jonathan Martin) https://t.co/IKASEkz1Tp
04:19:26 Reading – Choosing Secure Passwords (Bruce Schneier) https://t.co/7SajcVNpzE
04:22:25 Reading – How to keep your private conversations private for real (Bruce Schneier) https://t.co/Yl1Q7pfuj5
05:25:04 Reading – Chicken grows face of dinosaur (Melissa Hogenboom) https://t.co/ID5GG35y7E
07:05:41 Reading – The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews (Jason Dana) https://t.co/DbmM9gOLcq
14:36:46 Reading – How Buffy the Vampire Slayer transformed TV as we know it (Todd VanDerWerff) https://t.co/B1BgiOIG1g
14:47:28 Reading – White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears (Shane Goldmacher) https://t.co/yyEEEhEAVg
16:57:16 Uh…. No. -> A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered and limp. (A I Selk) https://t.co/I0j266g1gY
22:07:39 Retweeted @imbou 12:10:38 @abulsme In my experience most people don’t know what to look for in a job interview or don’t prepare for the interвЂ¦ https://t.co/QOrj94prMC in reply to abulsme
22:07:45 Retweeted @imbou 12:11:37 @abulsme But I am a huge interviewing outlier. I do this process of hiring and interviewing very differently in reply to abulsme
22:08:28 Retweeted @tomlobianco 22:04:50 Amash says the only way to fix is to elect a “non-partisan speaker” in reply to tomlobianco
22:09:42 A non-partisan speaker would be a very good idea. Both houses of cong could use an unbiased way of determining whatвЂ¦ https://t.co/TCsUJqep2k

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-09 (UTC)

00:21:09 Reading from December – Post-Mortem: How 2016 Broke Political Journalism (Matt Gertz) https://t.co/Aux4dtfbo8
00:28:08 Reading from December – 5 Reasons List-Unsubscribe Concerns Are Overblown (Chad White) https://t.co/98v6QHTiSL
00:45:21 Reading – The conservative theory of marriage just got blown apart (Ryan Cooper) https://t.co/a6NiKQuWqm
01:12:40 Yup -> Free speech theory explained (Brad Templeton) https://t.co/bkSYYM3sqe
01:23:47 Reading – Comparing the First Seven Years of the iPad and Mac (John Gruber) https://t.co/iJNNYEm82g
01:58:48 Reading – Creating a National Precinct Map (Ryne Rohla) https://t.co/WEQxYDUmlQ
02:20:17 Reading – To Charm Trump, Paul Manafort Sold Himself as an Affordable Outsider (Glenn Thrush) https://t.co/WNXjtP9rMB
02:33:56 Reading – What if the Senate Goes Beyond the Filibuster вЂNuclear Option’? (Jennifer Steinhauer) https://t.co/e5FeQGzpRg
03:06:55 Reading – Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner (Peters/Haberman) https://t.co/WtTvovO858
05:49:16 Reading – A majority of Democrats wish Mike Pence were president (Jeva Lange) https://t.co/2CX8QlJoQb
06:09:43 Reading – All 26 seasons of classic Doctor Who finally have a U.S. streaming home (Matthew Jackson) https://t.co/J6PkxVMqMQ
06:37:10 Reading – Electrofishing for Whales (Randall Monroe) https://t.co/vs9HNpPWvi
06:49:11 Reading – Carrie Fisher will appear in ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ (WENN) https://t.co/Jh12hKxfDu
07:05:31 Fascinating -> This play tested people’s reactions to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton вЂ” with their genders swapped https://t.co/914BN0diCP
07:12:36 Reading – The History of Racism I Didn’t Want to Share (Jane Madembo) https://t.co/zhl79qyIB9
15:10:36 Retweeted @chrismaddern 2017-04-08 14:25:54 Proof that sometimes you *should* read the comments on the internet. https://t.co/SkKWQdJocN
23:22:09 Reading – How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs (Sari Horwitz) https://t.co/EeE9sjyczu
23:24:08 Retweeted @MariaBianchi 2017-04-05 15:28:16 Move over, Pizza Rat. https://t.co/Djvn4Isasu

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-08 (UTC)

01:50:10 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-04-07 21:36:18 As legions of ex-Obama officials endorse the strike, it’s more and more clear the degree to which Obama was resisting his own advisors
01:53:25 Retweeted @JYSexton 2017-04-07 15:12:05 Action shot of 93 million dollars being thrown at an evacuated strip of concrete for political purposes. https://t.co/CDEjltwXNw
02:17:22 Retweeted @rebliv 02:16:54 The #FireKushner folks have no idea who they voted for. Trump’s only ideology is personal benefit and nepotism. Ya’ll were always gonna lose
03:00:06 Retweeted @alexis_levinson 02:49:17 Greetings from #GA06 where the couple at the bar next to me is making a hard sell to their friends to check out a nudist resort
03:01:48 .@alexis_levinson Probably Paradise Valley. :-) https://t.co/QSGdXh3noH in reply to alexis_levinson
08:37:53 Retweeted @APHClarkson 08:02:36 This base is the central Russian military base in Syria https://t.co/K1gppgJeBL
09:23:36 Reading – вЂHorrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria (Parker/Nakamura/Lamothe) https://t.co/W6xsah88cu
09:23:44 Retweeted @AshleyRParker 01:24:39 Fun deets in this Syria tic-toc lede: Trump asked for his daily briefings to include less words, more pictures.вЂ¦ https://t.co/3l3AZhCReN
15:19:07 Retweeted @SandTChancellor 2017-04-05 14:18:49 Overheard in DC: Science without policy is still science. Policy without science is gambling.
16:33:41 Retweeted @SilverVVulpes 2017-04-07 20:04:07 Before thermometers: philosophers mocked the idea of temperature ever being measurable, with all its nuance, compleвЂ¦ https://t.co/rekppgmyyJ
19:11:00 Retweeted @jimsciutto 16:21:27 It’s official: Russia suspends communications hotline w/US aimed at deconflciting US & Russian forces on ground & in the air in #Syria
20:47:33 Watching – Syria’s war: Who is fighting and why [Updated] (Vox) https://t.co/UdSMvpDSmJ
21:12:02 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Magic Eight Ball https://t.co/fag8K7FKGs https://t.co/g7wqmhtDgR
23:34:10 Reading – New Mexico Outlaws School вЂLunch Shaming’ (Bettina Siegel) https://t.co/Um7Dlyz5nf

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Magic Eight Ball

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner the main topics are the end of the SCOTUS filibuster, the US attack on Syria, a Trump-Russia update, and infighting within the administration. Ahead of that, we do squeeze in a little on the pace of the news these days, healthcare, “the wall”, and the latest audiobook Sam finished. A full and busy show!

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Recorded 2017-04-08
Length this week – 2:24:17

(0:00:35-0:38:13) But First
- Agenda
- Pace of News
- Healthcare Debate
- The Wall
- Book: With the Night Mail (1905) and As Easy as ABC (1912)
(0:38:59-1:05:50) SCOTUS Filibuster
- Oops on odds
- Democratic strategy
- Impact on the court
- Better without filibuster?
- Legislative Output
- Checks and Balances
- Fate of Legislative Filibuster
- Gold Coffee Table
(1:07:06-1:32:39) Syria
- Different Kinds of Death
- US not innocent
- Why did Assad do it?
- How does airstrike help?
- Why did Trump do it?
- Telling the Russians and Syrians
- What is the strategy?
(1:33:19-1:59:12) Russia Stuff
- Corruption story
- Nunes story
- Unmasking
- Obama handling
- Flynn immunity
- Mark Cuban theory
- Who will they get?
- The Pee Tape
(2:00:55-2:23:57) Administration Infighting
- Sirens in Dallas
- Method of management
- Presidential Ages
- Seating Arrangement
- Alt-Right Unhappy
- Trump the Mastermind?
- Moderating Influences?
- Self Dealing

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-07 (UTC)

01:13:30 Shit https://t.co/Frbrsms30h
01:14:53 And here we go… https://t.co/BkPhB6DcsB
01:18:40 Someone please explain how the US attacking Syrian government bases actually will lead to an improving on the ground for Syrians?
01:22:29 Retweeted @brianefallon 01:20:51 MSNBC’s Brian Williams on US missile strike in Syria: “This has been a neck-snapping change in policy in just days”
01:23:05 Retweeted @JamesFallows 01:20:41 You people who were warning that HRC was the вЂњreal hawkвЂќ:Go to hell. https://t.co/KHTbnL3cb4
01:23:29 Retweeted @summerbrennan 01:20:37 I can see the despair in @andersoncooper‘s eyes right now on CNN.
01:24:25 Retweeted @CarlosWPLG 01:19:44 Pool reporters called to gather at #MarALago for remarks from President #Trump.
02:31:43 Retweeted @lrozen 02:23:45 .@barbarastarrcnn saying DoD briefing were multiple conversations w Russians thruout day to inform them of strikes, so not to hit them
02:32:24 Retweeted @Joyce_Karam 01:53:03 Arab sources speaking of #Hezbollah casualties at Shayrat Airfield hit by US missiles in province of Homs, #Syria
02:32:37 Retweeted @leithfadel 02:14:41 Update from a soldier at Shayrat Airbase:- strikes concentrated on airstrip, aircraft shelters and fuel tankers.
-No casualties
02:33:23 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:33:12 My impression is that Obama shied away from “limited” anti-regime strikes for fear that they wouldn’t work and we’d be dragged deeper in.
02:34:21 Retweeted @PeterAlexander 02:32:58 BREAKING: Tillerson: No communication b/w administration & Putin/Moscow other than “deconfliction” notice for Russian troops in Syria.
02:36:45 Clinton probably would have done something like this too. But… still don’t see path from here to anything better. https://t.co/fJgRMegieb
02:39:38 Retweeted @MiriamElder 02:32:14 Pentagon spox said US military took вЂњextraordinary measuresвЂќ to avoid hitting areas with Russia personnel https://t.co/xUXqRVaJbn
02:39:51 Retweeted @stevenportnoy 02:20:58 BREAKING: Sec of State Tillerson says “either Russia has been complicit, or simply incompetent” in preventing Syria’s chem gas attack.
02:54:01 By the way, this has been bugging me tonight. There were beautiful babies in Mosul too. https://t.co/bpUvYmBkrX
02:56:58 Retweeted @iKaylaReed 02:24:10 Dropping missiles on a regime that just attacked its own citizens with chemical agents is not how you assist victims of war.
02:57:19 Retweeted @timkmak 02:23:40 With this action, Trump signals to the world you can never be sure https://t.co/lBUocDygdk
02:59:32 Retweeted @joshrogin 02:49:18 Rex: “You should not in any way extrapolate that [the strikes] changed our policy or posture on Syria in any way.” WOW.
03:04:41 Retweeted @AymanM 02:56:53 Official statement from Pentagon on tonight’s Syria airstrike. Also confirming they informed the Russians ahead ofвЂ¦ https://t.co/zNGpD24hwy
03:05:30 Retweeted @alex_shephard 2017-04-06 19:12:00 it’s been eleven weeks https://t.co/mhkIOyL7nH
03:07:07 Retweeted @samsteinhp 02:56:25 it won’t be hard to find hypocrisy on Syria positions between 2013 and now.
03:08:57 Retweeted @chrislhayes 02:46:59 Tonight Trump is getting praise from the very same Establishment he ran against and whose approval he desperately seeks.
03:10:40 Retweeted @IsaLeeWolf 02:48:01 Well I’d say @MalcolmNance called it, nearly down to the minute. https://t.co/xL4oCZkg59
03:11:43 Retweeted @colindickey 02:53:46 “War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good.” Jimmy Carter
03:14:13 Retweeted @NeilPHauer 02:37:04 Russian news reporting that US officials agreed to not strike parts of Shayrat base where Russians were present https://t.co/uhoNU9fBaE
03:16:48 Retweeted @dyllyp 02:52:26 So the plain ol’ 2000lb bombs being dropped on hospitals are okay, but when the chemical weapons come out, it’s anвЂ¦ https://t.co/oJktZ8UA26
03:19:43 Retweeted @chrislhayes 02:51:50 There have been 9 documented chemical attacks in Syria this year, correct?
03:20:27 Retweeted @JonahNRO 02:50:39 .@POTUS Very interesting to see who were the actual non-interventionists and who were the вЂњwhatever Trumps says orвЂ¦ https://t.co/qwohxwvGMp in reply to JonahNRO
03:21:24 Retweeted @fmanjoo 02:51:05 The 4th biggest news of the day was literally called the “nuclear option.” https://t.co/jhaNsnsSlr
03:22:40 Retweeted @natsecHeather 03:14:41 Last shout into void: Assad killing so many w/impunity is failure of prevention:D & R,US,UN,region.50 Tomahawks don’t erase stain on us all.
03:23:44 Retweeted @ddale8 02:00:28 Chemical attacks have happened before, and thousands of kids have died in Syria before. Trump hasn’t explained why he’s flipped completely.
03:23:49 Retweeted @anamariecox 03:22:00 Because he’s an incurious idiot who never really thought about it before. https://t.co/fqearn3OJs
03:25:20 Retweeted @DrTGIF 03:13:52 All major networks are in a dumpster fire. No more reporting on Trump & his homie’s investigations. No talk on senaвЂ¦ https://t.co/yO998O5M4q
03:27:07 So, looking more and more like this is one of these “mainly for show, no real impact on anything” actions?
03:34:06 Retweeted @Gus_802 03:27:43 @abulsme Yes. in reply to abulsme
03:34:48 Retweeted @xeni 03:20:40 this is not about children in syria
this is not spiritual awakening by video
this is not about the unfeeling
suddenly having
feelings in reply to xeni
04:06:38 Retweeted @Gus_802 04:06:01 According to this theory someone that murders someone with a gun is more ethical than one that uses poison.
04:51:55 Retweeted @BNONews 04:50:20 The U.S. strike on a Syrian airbase caused a number of deaths and a fire raged at the site for more than an hour, governor says – AP in reply to BNONews
04:59:12 Retweeted @mattdpearce 04:12:01 ABC News: Eyewitness says Syrian officials evacuated personnel and moved equipment ahead of the strike. https://t.co/SSXd1u3QxZ
05:13:07 Thread https://t.co/KUGH0ovxhg
05:20:56 Retweeted @BNONews 05:03:15 At least 6 Syrian soldiers, including a brigadier general, were killed in the U.S. strike on Shayrat Airfield – AJ in reply to BNONews
05:21:37 Retweeted @joshuahersh 04:50:10 I guess we’re about to find out if absolute unpredictability is just the antidote the Middle East needs.
08:49:48 Retweeted @Elizrael 08:27:59 Now: Intense bombings, apparently Russian, on the northern outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun, the town targeted in the chemical weapons attack
08:50:49 Retweeted @BNONews 07:50:51 Russia suspends 2015 memo with the U.S. that established measures to avoid incidents between Russian and coalition aircraft in Syria in reply to BNONews
08:55:34 Retweeted @ARothWP 06:01:29 Putin spokesman says attack was “act of aggression against a sovereign government in violation of international lawвЂ¦ https://t.co/tnnvCl6uoF
08:56:39 Retweeted @davidfilipov 08:53:30 but Moscow’s body language is disappointed, not aggressive: “I don’t think this will lead to an irreversible situation,вЂќ said ForMin Lavrov in reply to davidfilipov
15:04:18 Retweeted @mattyglesias 14:48:40 “Trump is an unstable, ignorant, madman with no regard for democracy but I’m glad he’s shooting missiles” is a bizarrely popular take.
15:25:04 Reading – Acting on Instinct, Trump Upends His Own Foreign Policy (Mark Landler) https://t.co/nfRqpR1RDe
15:27:33 Retweeted @gregpmiller 13:55:40 Just an insane front page. At least four stories here that could lead the paper most days. https://t.co/JZtF31lZ6J
15:30:27 Reading – Some of Trump’s biggest supporters are furious about his strikes in Syria (Jeff Stein) https://t.co/rE4nvBNgXq
15:35:06 Reading – After the Missiles, We Need Smart Diplomacy on Syria (Antony Blinken) https://t.co/JqzFrIXJbO
15:35:42 Retweeted @GebeilyM 15:15:17 #BREAKING: Syria’s armed forces were warned about US military action hours before strike on Shayrat, military source tells @AFP
15:35:46 Retweeted @CrispinBurke 15:24:18 Again, it’s likely there are many behind-the-scenes agreements among all parties. https://t.co/OcBs6r6SUW
15:36:28 Retweeted @LorenRaeDeJ 14:32:45 Good job to all telling Mr Trump rapid, unplanned, uncoordinated military action with no follow on plan is presidential and exculpatory.
15:41:40 Retweeted @SamSacks 01:59:11 Guest after guest is gushing. From MSNBC to CNN, Trump is receiving his best night of press so far. And all he had to do was start a war.
15:41:45 Retweeted @drskyskull 15:33:04 We never, ever fucking learn. https://t.co/0zNKDi1glP
15:41:58 Retweeted @ZoeTillman 15:32:56 And we’re off: VP Mike Pence has arrived in the Senate chamber and has initiated the final vote on Neil Gorsuch’s #SCOTUS nomination
15:42:30 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 15:32:54 In 2011, we had laptops on the table. In 2017, tiny little screens wired to centerpiece of larger screens? https://t.co/elZfkIzuSN
15:43:21 Retweeted @BNONews 15:43:05 BREAKING: U.S. Senate confirms Neil Gorsuch as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15:48:10 Retweeted @NickBryantNY 14:34:08 Typically blunt statement from Nikki Haley on Security Council meeting at 1130 #UN https://t.co/qwY3pzz1oi
15:50:18 Retweeted @ChrisCJackson 15:31:54 Gotta think that lucky Mar-A-Lago member who won the raffle to press the launch button had a great time last night.
19:29:52 So… airstrike was a big success? https://t.co/0nplaibCmk
19:55:40 Listening to Slate’s Political Gabfest The вЂњCrossing Many LinesвЂќ Edition
via iCatcher! https://t.co/4NKHeWOiAC

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-06 (UTC)

00:00:12 Reading – A father bids farewell to twin toddlers after Syria attack (Sarah El Deeb) https://t.co/jgmOF98QL6
00:29:03 Yup -> Republicans Are Going to Wish Hillary Clinton Won (Jonathan Chait) https://t.co/Dc1OV7y6fr
01:10:09 Retweeted @MarisaKabas 00:46:47 according to @maggieNYT, this morning trump said interviews are “like therapy.” explains a whoooole lot. in reply to MarisaKabas
01:13:16 Retweeted @MarisaKabas 00:44:26 “[Trump] associates most Times coverage with me, whether i wrote it or not.” – @maggieNYT in reply to MarisaKabas
02:06:16 Retweeted @AdamBlickstein 02:02:58 .@maggieNYT Left push, & Bannon’s own ego, to make Bannon bigger than Trump worked. Looks also like NYC Trump factiвЂ¦ https://t.co/8HtkMrHQiI in reply to AdamBlickstein
04:13:55 Reading – Mega-donor urged Bannon not to resign (Johnson/Vogel/Dawsey) https://t.co/9YBsreuCX6
04:32:05 Reading – Bannon removed from security council as McMaster asserts control (Costa/Phillip/DeYoung) https://t.co/k4AxD8PsKH
04:57:50 Wading through the incoherent word salad is so frustrating -> Partial Transcript: Trump’s Interview With The NYTimes https://t.co/iUTUyR2LLw
10:09:35 Retweeted @davidmackau 2017-04-05 14:42:39 Most disturbing part of the Times profile of CNN: Kushner can’t understand why anti-Trump voices are allowed on airвЂ¦ https://t.co/GdOwfhiR3G
12:45:27 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 2017-04-05 19:20:55 Bannon will continue to attend National Security Council meetings–including the one this afternoon, top official tвЂ¦ https://t.co/adJxP7LKUG
12:52:36 Watching – NASA at Saturn: Cassini’s Grand Finale https://t.co/wOR7izFB8w
13:56:22 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 136 – Ben Smith
via iCatcher! https://t.co/EO7vVv8BCQ
14:41:07 Listening to Episode 161: White Privilege (Peggy McIntosh, Charles Mills, et al) (Part Two)
via iCatcher! https://t.co/kwHRxHa9Kb
15:43:28 Retweeted @ChadPergram 15:42:29 Nuclear option: Chair will rule against McConnell. McConnell will then appeal ruling of chair. Senate will vote on chair’s ruling
16:36:51 Boom goes the nuke! https://t.co/Qiv8sH8q8Y
16:37:08 Retweeted @harrysiegel 16:36:54 https://t.co/Mu1pWpnVUd
22:36:45 Thread on legality of possible US intervention in Syria. Separate question… odds intervention would make things wвЂ¦ https://t.co/xV6l1C0FIV

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-05 (UTC)

00:30:43 Thread https://t.co/J2DjadLamN
00:35:04 Retweeted @APDiploWriter 2017-04-04 23:55:09 Statement on #NorthKorea missile test from #US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: https://t.co/CdkaQE7TMC
00:35:30 Retweeted @AdamWeinstein 2017-04-04 16:35:57 Quite a testament to the failure of our institutions and cultures that the news today isn’t nonstop images of children killed by gas weapons
00:36:42 Retweeted @AdamBlickstein 00:24:33 This obviously a joke. Scary thing about Trump era is it’s also completely, insanely plausible https://t.co/ejooq0wzIv
01:15:08 Listening to Undone The Columbia
via iCatcher! https://t.co/1pz04S7609
01:31:10 Watching TEDTalks (video) How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman
via iCatcher! https://t.co/a4jKfB4MEm
02:38:31 Retweeted @colbertlateshow 01:15:04 Tonight on #LSSC we drop this #phenomenal collaboration from @TheMuppets and @PressSec. Tune in tonight for more! https://t.co/arMpsT6kSK
02:59:56 Retweeted @NateSilver538 2017-04-04 21:43:11 This is a *really* bad result for Trump if he’s hoping to blame Democrats for subsequent problems with Obamacare.вЂ¦ https://t.co/iANjsYk13H
03:33:57 Reading – Putting federal spending in context (Drew DeSilver) https://t.co/mliQdjjjwI
04:02:39 Reading – The border wall that already exists (Bianca Silva) https://t.co/Z0CsnIBGLR
04:09:08 Reading – Citizen scientists may have located candidates for Planet Nine (Sarah Kaplan) https://t.co/XiYJCTlTvT
04:26:34 Reading – Gorsuch’s writings borrow from other authors (Bresnahan/Everett) https://t.co/dPI7HClE19
04:34:57 Retweeted @kshaheen 2017-04-04 23:40:08 I don’t wish to share graphic images from chemical massacre in Syria. But this father holding his 2 dead kids shredвЂ¦ https://t.co/tpFO5r8Zic
05:37:10 Reading – Carmaggedon stalks Atlanta (Joe Cortright) https://t.co/U4gsL3KkoL
10:28:14 Nice rant on being a “business” president -> https://t.co/NnvuqCQhcU
10:31:47 Retweeted @RVAwonk 10:00:30 Another one <symbol> -> Russian lawmaker found dead after allegedly slipping & hitting his head https://t.co/2WBzAYGokN
10:41:39 Reading – Republicans Really Want To Reach A Deal On Trumpcare But Can’t (Paul McLeod) https://t.co/Q37ddTuO6X
10:58:27 Reading – Nevermind The Russians, Meet The Bot King Who Helps Trump Win Twitter (Joseph Bernstein) https://t.co/leJD4VPJMc
11:55:26 Went to bed about 11 pm. Woke up about 3 am. Tried unsuccessfully to get back to sleep until 4:55 am. Alarm goes off in 5 minutes. Argh. :-(
13:22:00 Retweeted @BlogtorWho 12:18:37 PREVIEW: The Pilot – Back to Basics for Doctor Who @bbcdoctorwho https://t.co/SVesNDZw5h https://t.co/Skx8ytLFN2
14:44:23 Listening to NBC Meet the Press (audio) – 04-02-2017-115344
via iCatcher! https://t.co/TUAa8GL4XA
16:53:29 Reading – Bannon Loses National Security Council Role in Trump Shakeup (Jennifer Jacobs) https://t.co/QUX394VJwk
18:30:57 Reading – Doctor Who: 11 things Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi told us about season 10 (James Baldock) https://t.co/ny6p2nltdf
18:37:07 Reading – A Thunderbolt From the 7th Circuit (Mark Joseph Stern) https://t.co/w9zhp6sfhB
18:43:24 Reading – Will North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland? Probably. (Anna Fifield) https://t.co/gzpgILt1zp
19:58:18 Reading – The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World’s Face (Alex Pareene) https://t.co/ii11cGnGwu
20:19:39 Reading – Pence’s Obamacare diplomacy fails to yield a deal (Bade/Dawsey) https://t.co/ZVxff5znFQ
20:36:24 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 16:56:16 It’s not that Trump thinks O’Reilly didn’t do the things he is accused of, he just doesn’t think doing those things is wrong
20:47:00 Reading – How the GOP Could Use Science’s Reform Movement Against It (Ed Yong) https://t.co/TLZ4OB5nJZ
21:45:08 My wife @Scatterbrandy is quoted in this article. Read it! -> No Factions in Foxholes (@ejgraff) https://t.co/QiUlHHRFrt
23:59:14 Reading – Trump’s View of Syria and Assad Altered After вЂUnacceptable’ Chemical Attack (Shear/Baker) https://t.co/CMTlsgJ6Ug

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00:17:44 Reading: Blackwater founder held secret meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel (Entous/Miller/Sieff/DeYoung) https://t.co/CLzQvRmiE4
00:19:13 Retweeted @CillizzaCNN 2017-04-03 20:54:38 SIREN.Related: No politician goes to Iowa or New Hampshire by accident https://t.co/wBwGPuEPJW
01:05:14 Reading – Arab News discontinues Andrew Bowen’s column (Arab News) https://t.co/Px2kjZdJVk
01:25:21 Retweeted @byrdinator 00:26:20 Freedom Caucus is deliberating what Pence offered them. They’re also eating pizza and cracking jokes, because they’re the Freedom Caucus.
02:13:47 Retweeted @BenSasse 01:54:16 I was unaware that that was part of the plan https://t.co/EzY6Rak6bP
04:40:45 Reading – A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy (Ali Watkins) https://t.co/SvIkn2mqwJ
05:04:01 Reading – The House GOP Health Care Bill Is Very Much Alive (Matt Fuller) https://t.co/nnW3wMGbbK
05:28:18 Retweeted @Ugarles 00:24:32 Once again the Maverick bravely and solemnly does what he believes is wrong https://t.co/2242Oa0E0Q
14:56:54 Reading: вЂIt went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump’s messy transition led to a chaotic presidency (Balz) https://t.co/Vc8BWtLixo
18:41:56 Retweeted @BerthaDigsSR99 18:26:58 The cutterhead is visible #BerthaBreakthrough
18:45:22 Retweeted @wsdot 18:43:22 #BerthaBreakthrough Cutterhead visibly spinning. https://t.co/LBPMFqm8y4
18:58:03 Retweeted @sahilkapur 18:39:40 Are you confident you have the votes to change the rules if Dems filibuster Gorsuch?McConnell: “Yes.” in reply to sahilkapur
19:04:08 Retweeted @JSwiftTWS 18:38:18 There are entirely too many recent House transplants for me to believe this. https://t.co/KPM8uerk8T
19:06:13 The legislative filibuster will be dead the second there is legislation the majority really cares about that is bloвЂ¦ https://t.co/3rXhERRQ9M
19:06:25 The legislative filibuster will be dead the second there is legislation the majority really cares about that is bloвЂ¦ https://t.co/j8Pp2FF3HO
19:06:39 Retweeted @seattletimes 18:38:46 It’s official: Bertha has broken through into daylight! Here’s the latest: https://t.co/uXxILpBZiVвЂ¦ https://t.co/pge4to53BK
19:16:07 Reading – Trump Has a Problem With NSAвЂ”But So Does Obama (John R. Schindler) https://t.co/UHJKe4WPVP
19:25:48 Retweeted @kasie 17:27:38 JOHN MCCAIN: Anyone who thinks the nuclear option will be good for the Senate is an “idiot. Stupid. Idiot. Stupid.”
19:25:53 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 19:14:06 so obviously he’s gonna vote for it https://t.co/dXFB0KRsQD
20:04:27 Reading – Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro (Matthew Panzarino) https://t.co/DRUJnWPjPB
20:08:03 Reading – Scores reported killed in gas attack on Syrian rebel area (Ellen Francis) https://t.co/Gj7weohG1V
20:56:36 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 135 – Sen. John McCain
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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-03 (UTC)

02:10:32 Retweeted @donwinslow 2017-04-02 02:19:37 A line in All The President’s Men is more relevant today than ever”The truth is these are not very smart guys and things got out of hand”
14:55:25 Reading – Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel (Eli Lake) https://t.co/tALC7kCh1O
15:02:49 Retweeted @20committee 14:27:13 I truly despise Susan Rice but her asking #NSA to unmask USPs in SIGINT reports is utterly normal.There is no scandal here.
15:17:37 Retweeted @ericawerner 15:11:59 Graham: вЂњIf we have to we will change the rules and it looks like we’re going to have to. I hate that.вЂќ
15:20:42 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 15:13:15 We have 42 Democrats opposing cloture- enough to filibuster. Full list here: https://t.co/z6GJoZYwzN
15:22:32 .@DecisionDeskHQ Do you have a count on Nuclear Option vote yet? Expect straight party line I presume? No defectors? in reply to DecisionDeskHQ
15:29:58 Seeing both R’s and D’s excited that Dems have the votes to filibuster. Looks like neither party really likes 60 vote rule. Bye bye. #nuke
15:38:58 Filibuster has been doomed since Dem nuke a few years ago. SCOTUS falls this week. Bet filibuster for legislation gone within a year too.
17:31:35 Reading – Why is Trump flailing? Because Americans hate his agenda, and it’s based on lies. (Greg Sargent) https://t.co/ude7CGXZeI
17:59:55 Retweeted @Politics1com 17:55:23 McConnell has a non-nuclear option to confirm Gorsuch: make Dems do a real 24/7 speaking filibuster until it runs oвЂ¦ https://t.co/kC2agvxqxj
20:13:04 Oath? Really? https://t.co/cR001p8ugr

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