Abulsme.com: May 2017

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-19 (UTC)

00:37:08 Reading – What James Comey Told Me About Donald Trump (Benjamin Wittes) https://t.co/fzJMOahFHe
14:49:45 Retweeted @Sqaishey 14:31:45 “Santa Monica Trip Vlog”~ Sqaishey Extra ~
https://t.co/aN0wJ8dQkN
14:59:16 Reading – Worldwide effort set to keep Trump happy on 1st trip abroad (Julie Pace) https://t.co/fwlUg9Ynfm
15:55:55 Reading – Tips for Leaders Meeting Trump: Keep It Short and Give Him a Win (Peter Baker) https://t.co/LCbA80Xmot
15:58:33 Wiener is a reminder that had Clinton won, we’d still have admin related controversies. But unimaginable it would bвЂ¦ https://t.co/3JiF2ACw0R
18:34:52 Hey @BYUfan, you going to run for anything? :-) -> Snohomish County Libertarian Party Begins Fielding Candidates https://t.co/6p8FLTrpnr
19:00:21 Retweeted @BYUfan 18:54:20 @abulsme Naw, I’m too busy with other things. I have several friends running. I’ll support them in their respectiveвЂ¦ https://t.co/eZ53l3rqhS in reply to abulsme
19:01:33 .@BYUfan Oh well! Maybe next time. :-) in reply to BYUfan
19:03:01 :-/ https://t.co/hUHy74VKd5
19:04:20 Awesome. https://t.co/xBJr5hxh4f
19:09:24 Reading: Trump Told Russians That Firing вЂNut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure Frm Investigation -Apuzzo/Haberman/Rosenberg https://t.co/biyW9HWq3n
19:09:55 Alerts coming fast and furious in the last few minutes… https://t.co/rttLgdgSiN
19:19:47 Reading – Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say (Barrett/Zapotosky) https://t.co/I3PD9WRgEP
19:29:36 Retweeted @GingerGibson 19:21:12 OH in newsroom after reading latest Wapo headline: “He should just stay in Saudi Arabia.”
19:29:46 Retweeted @Carter_PE 19:21:09 @LorenRaeDeJ query whether @POTUS can tweet from AF1, or whether he will just stew (and rage at staff) for >12 hour flight. in reply to LorenRaeDeJ
19:39:08 Got to be Kushner, right? https://t.co/fFooybdlWz in reply to abulsme
19:40:46 Retweeted @Zigmanfreud 19:38:05 Trump calling Comey a “real nut job” to the Russians is crazy, but the most significant part of this story is him saying the pressure’s off.
19:40:53 Retweeted @yashar 19:11:07 Person described as “close to the President” and a “senior advisor” to the President. Only two people fit: Jared KuвЂ¦ https://t.co/q3MQKxWmi6
19:59:46 Retweeted @jbarro 19:37:33 Can’t be obstruction of justice if you cause the probe to speed up https://t.co/aR29S7kRXm
20:04:46 Quote just now on CNN about Trump from staffer: “You can’t tell him what not to say because that will just be the first thing he says.”
22:01:21 More? Ok. https://t.co/q6UIbZKto8
22:02:00 Ah. Ok. https://t.co/ryAejtVwV6
22:03:59 Retweeted @HayesBrown 22:02:27 God, can’t they just use Wikipedia like the rest of us https://t.co/UcS9pVwdlP
22:17:13 Retweeted @WaltHickey 22:04:26 Kushner Instructed To Check Wikipedia On Thing https://t.co/735YOfL0ip
22:18:36 Retweeted @johnjcook 22:03:40 LET’S FUCK WITH THE IMPEACHMENT WIKIPEDIA PAGE AND CHANGE HISTORY https://t.co/pIJtsXCAVQ
22:29:51 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 14:19:07 Examples of modern jargon…
“Deep State” = “the rule of law”
“I am troubled” = “I will do nothing”
“fake news” = “I dislike this”
23:23:21 Staff seems unhappy. -> Trump Officials: вЂHe Looks More and More Like a Complete Moron’ (Markay/Suebsaeng/Shachtman) https://t.co/COYVnTEskc
23:29:38 Retweeted @mcnees 19:54:36 The scene on Air Force 1 right now. https://t.co/qBsNvgJMG8 in reply to mcnees
23:48:16 Retweeted @ddiamond 23:14:23 Live feed of GOP right now. https://t.co/HtJI8gIVXp in reply to ddiamond
23:54:49 Retweeted @Evan_McMullin 23:02:59 It’s now clear that Trump intended to obstruct the FBI investigation by firing Comey. How is it possible that he still has party support?
23:54:55 Retweeted @mattyglesias 23:10:27 Tax cuts, rollback of environmental protection and bank regulation, no minimum wage hike, Gorsuch on SCOTUS, net neвЂ¦ https://t.co/bG3RRDysX3
23:56:48 Retweeted @benshapiro 19:34:02 Here’s the problem, gang. If Trump’s just stupid, he’s likely innocent. If he’s the uber-brilliant chess player, he’s acting pretty guilty.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-18 (UTC)

00:11:23 Collusion is basically the worst case here. There is plenty that could be very very wrong and possibly illegal thatвЂ¦ https://t.co/WNVgqYCbuE
00:43:28 Retweeted @MrDanZak 00:43:15 BREAKING: It’s 1973. (Carl Bernstein and John Dean on CNN right now.) https://t.co/7FqEGw9cxT
01:00:48 Watching – Star Trek: Discovery – First Look Trailer https://t.co/ST66MwLkPY
01:01:55 Retweeted @MSignorile 00:27:15 So far, Trump has been outsmarted by 2 people who worked for him and whom he screwed over: Comey & Rosenstein. This guy is an idiot.
01:05:10 Retweeted @CharlesPPierce 2017-05-17 15:12:48 Hugh Hewitt just compared Comey’s paper trail to J. Edgar Hoover’s blackmail files. History just hit itself in the head with a skillet.
01:23:13 Boom. Again. -> Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House (Rosenberg/Mazzetti) https://t.co/UjzTQwCizD
01:32:00 Flynn told them вЂњI am under investigation by the FBIвЂќ. Trump team said вЂњCool, so are we, welcome!вЂќ (Essentially) https://t.co/UjzTQwCizD
01:41:35 But wait! There’s more! -> Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed вЂ“ after being paid as its agent (Bergengruen) https://t.co/SkHqtbJ4Ys
02:38:50 Retweeted @pourmecoffee 02:34:15 These excerpts from opening statements at the Watergate hearing which began today in 1973 are eerie to read tonightвЂ¦ https://t.co/QkhQvl78B5
02:39:08 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 02:34:14 This was my prediction three days after the election. I stand by it.
https://t.co/hYzBlqr3gp
02:40:37 My prediction on https://t.co/Di5rbeVj5a on our first show after the election was also Trump leaving Palin style loвЂ¦ https://t.co/qPOTl0vZjx
03:29:08 Reading – The worst job in Washington right now: Working for Trump (Parker/Phillip) https://t.co/SVqdz4A3VP
04:41:13 Thread on how Trump can fire Mueller -> https://t.co/OHwcehfl80
05:17:19 Retweeted @mollyesque 2017-05-17 19:25:28 Asked a longtime House GOP staffer where things are headed. “This is like Reservoir Dogs. Everyone ends up dead on the floor.”
07:04:15 Retweeted @eosnos 2017-05-17 03:56:41 Somewhere in this city, a WH staffer is running the #’s on how much he’d earn by being 1st to break ranks. Books, speeches, CNN, reputation.
19:28:32 Retweeted @TeddyDavisCNN 19:28:17 McCaskill: Rosenstein knew that Comey was going to be fired when he wrote his memo. McCaskill just spoke to reporters post briefing
19:31:00 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 19:27:12 Graham’s takeaway from Rosenstein briefing: “You need to treat this investigation as if it may be a criminal investвЂ¦ https://t.co/09rihzmsgn
19:58:50 Reading – President Mike Pence?: The G.O.P. Readies Itself for the Suddenly Real (Abigail Tracy) https://t.co/5TtpT9AxpV
20:17:09 He wants him back? Hahahaha! -> Donald Trump Talked Michael Flynn Into White House Job (Daily Beast) https://t.co/Zo3oIpkZdz
22:47:23 Retweeted @jonathanchait 22:06:29 Trump extorted insuers to make them support health care bill https://t.co/0dUUNYVjWB https://t.co/Vg0NwtuaZp
22:55:56 Retweeted @Annaleen 19:11:51 quite possibly the greatest neural network experiment of the day, involving paint colors https://t.co/gQdpPADKyI https://t.co/GeJ4dyztRG
23:01:57 Retweeted @chrislhayes 16:38:58 This horrible event in Times Square looks like DWI, which kills *thousands of more people a year than terrorism* so we can ignore it.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-17 (UTC)

00:18:25 Retweeted @rebliv 2017-05-16 22:34:55 Instead of being troubled, Republicans ought to start sending their thoughts and prayers to Americans. It would be just as helpful.
01:00:43 Reading – Another Bomb Drops: Initial Thoughts on Trump Asking Comey to Kill the Flynn Investigation (LawFare) https://t.co/hooUQmHy2c
01:33:55 Retweeted @jdawsey1 01:22:03 Read from talking to White House officials/advisers tonight: They seem shellshocked, unsure what to say or believe or what this means.
01:34:51 Retweeted @bartongellman 01:32:57 In 2004, Comey left a 1-on-1 with Bush and sent time-stamped notes from the hallway outside the Sit Room. There wilвЂ¦ https://t.co/KTvChyYqlH
02:28:05 Retweeted @AlGiordano 02:16:11 Oh snap. @JohnKasich and @SenSanders just fell all over each other to agree that it is not time for impeachment. All talk no action, both.
02:28:58 Retweeted @mckaycoppins 02:24:11 Remember when people used to think every bad thing Trump did was a calculated distraction from the last bad thing Trump did?
02:57:00 Retweeted @ericgarland 02:19:01 Excellent. These men should absolutely tie themselves the hardest to this sinking turd of a political abomination.вЂ¦ https://t.co/4w74MSI5kW
03:00:36 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 01:00:23 An interesting choice by the @NYDailyNews on tomorrow’s front page. Can be read two ways. https://t.co/h4xTeTA2S4
03:13:10 Reading – No more holding that phone while driving under new law in Washington state (Rachel La Corte) https://t.co/o2np6kwFY2
03:16:01 Retweeted @HotlineJosh 00:28:38 Dana Bash now reporting Congressional Rs debating between supporting independent prosecutor or independent commission. Major development.
03:54:44 Retweeted @BeschlossDC 03:33:25 John McCain tonight: “We’ve seen this movie before. It’s reaching Watergate size and scale.”
03:55:00 Retweeted @Acosta 01:24:06 Source close to WH says DC outrage directed at the president over Comey memo may be useful with his supporters: “Only helps us.”
03:55:51 Retweeted @conradhackett 2017-04-27 20:18:15 Trump voters
19% of US population
25% of US adults
27% of eligible votershttps://t.co/8fHA8VwTuk https://t.co/8rWw4g2Su2
13:15:02 Retweeted @natsecHeather 12:30:25 How’s that hope-y change-y thing working out for ya? (You too, Axis of Adults fans.) https://t.co/3jamf9mRZo
13:17:14 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 13:10:23 You might not read a more astonishing sentence today https://t.co/gMiS5zHm3C via @steveholland1 @jeffmason1 https://t.co/KKXH5EzgaL
13:21:29 Reading – Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip (Holland/Mason) https://t.co/vBS4yBD7Mr
13:23:16 Reading – Putin Offers Congress вЂRecord’ of Trump’s Disclosures to Russian Envoys (Andrew Higgins) https://t.co/eiMgLIBeXN
13:25:05 Retweeted @EliotHiggins 13:13:58 This still seems like an admission Trump said the words Comey claims. https://t.co/UEge1kPKLv
13:26:09 Reading – Sen. Thom Tillis collapses in D.C. while running charity race (Justin Moyer) https://t.co/TRLx9aefVb
13:27:30 Retweeted @kyletblaine 13:13:20 Morning shows have ended. No tweets from Trump.
13:38:24 Pence really should have this ready to go. -> The 25th Amendment Solution to Remove Trump (Ross Douthat) https://t.co/xidpRgJ5F2
13:46:25 Reading – When the World Is Led by a Child (David Brooks) https://t.co/CrUkIsNR3A
13:52:46 Retweeted @SenThomTillis 13:45:55 I’m doing well. Looking forward to getting back to work. Thanks for all of your prayers and well wishes.вЂ¦ https://t.co/phXDPTeYbf
14:03:27 Retweeted @xychelsea 13:50:59 First steps of freedom!! <symbol>https://t.co/kPPWV5epwa
#ChelseaIsFree https://t.co/0R5pXqA1VN
17:53:57 Retweeted @MESalisbury 2017-05-16 17:54:01 THIS IS NOT A HACK OR AN EXPERIMENT, THIS IS CALLED MAKING A SANDWICH. THIS IS A MAN LEARNING TO MAKE SANDWICHES. https://t.co/ECkf1vBJRz
19:25:24 Reading – Alaska Airlines To Fly Out of Paine Field Everett (MyEverettNews) https://t.co/fpu3jJGgUZ
19:26:44 Retweeted @BBCBreaking 16:28:48 Donald Trump says: “No politician in historyвЂ¦ has been treated worse or more unfairly” https://t.co/GbCqueTLV9 https://t.co/K80FnX7Sqx
19:26:48 Retweeted @thehistoryguy 17:25:11 Well, the Emperor Valerian was captured in battle, enslaved, used as a foot-stool, forced to drink molten gold andвЂ¦ https://t.co/bHZEhhoaCy
19:42:07 No days off I guess. https://t.co/UoBVp8UYCc
19:52:56 Retweeted @RVAwonk 17:16:54 Aaaand here it is! –> Senate Intel Cmte asks Comey to testify… publicly.<symbol>
https://t.co/orLUa4XvLn https://t.co/1ZMlxi7nXF
20:13:50 Retweeted @davidmackau 19:54:18 trump, apparently not happy with the number of people in his administration under investigation, adds another https://t.co/PxGJq8hhr9
22:21:45 Reading – House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: вЂI think Putin pays’ Trump (Adam Entous) https://t.co/rjv1FHyUfK
22:22:35 Retweeted @AP 22:03:52 BREAKING: Justice Dept. appoints former FBI head Robert Mueller to oversee probe into Trump-Russian connection in 2016 election
22:22:44 Retweeted @jonkarl 22:10:04 The White House was blinded by the Special Counsel announcement — given only about a 30-minute heads up
22:27:30 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 22:16:02 Rosenstein: “In my capacity as acting Attorney General, I determined that it is in the public interest” to appointвЂ¦ https://t.co/BDZxk06VEk
22:29:31 So, who will be fired first, McCabe or Rosenstein?
22:37:18 Retweeted @BraddJaffy 22:32:49 DOJ tells NBC News the White House was informed of the special counsel decision *after* the order was already signed this afternoon
22:38:42 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 22:37:05 Compare the Washington Post framing of the conversation with the transcript. Seems like WaPo stepped it in unless IвЂ¦ https://t.co/uEcIEIMyFg
23:02:30 Retweeted @BNONews 23:01:15 Special Counsel Robert Mueller was given civil service protections which means he cannot be removed by President Trump – CBS in reply to BNONews
23:06:20 Retweeted @OrinKerr 23:05:15 How many hours before Politico posts its story about Trump being outraged and fuming over the Mueller appointment? I’ll guess four.
23:17:26 Reading – Conservatives begin to whisper: President Pence (Nussbaum/Meyer) https://t.co/jziVFLUlWm

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-16 (UTC)

00:19:13 Retweeted @imbou 2017-05-15 19:31:02 @abulsme FFS!!!!! https://t.co/2i1ZRpNybO
00:29:46 Retweeted @mckaycoppins 2017-05-15 23:12:39 In other words, the White House is trying to undermine the WaPo story by contradicting something that’s not in it. in reply to mckaycoppins
00:38:44 Retweeted @ChuckWendig 2017-05-15 21:49:56 Every tweet. Every goddamn tweet of his predicts a future lined with his own fuck-ups. He’s like a time traveler faвЂ¦ https://t.co/8D7A9U86IP
00:59:57 Retweeted @Carrasquillo 2017-05-15 23:31:46 WH comms staffers just put the TVs on super loud after we could hear yelling coming from room w/ Bannon, Spicer, Sanders
01:02:22 Retweeted @scalzi 00:37:23 Now, folks, I’m sure GOP folks saying “It was declassified the moment he talked about it” would have said the same thing if Clinton did it.
01:02:38 Retweeted @emptywheel 00:37:19 Seriously, now that Trump insta-declassified intel on laptop threat, can we discuss whether it was serious enough to disrupt travel?
01:02:57 Retweeted @EsotericCD 00:12:49 Sad to see ppl saying “admin just said WaPo report is false!”No. Learn to parse a carefully worded statement. They basically ADMITTED it.
01:20:27 Reading – Bombshell: Initial Thoughts on the Washington Post’s Game-Changing Story (Lawfare) https://t.co/7E0Myjv2kB
01:22:53 Retweeted @CarolCNN 2017-05-15 23:54:03 This quote from Senator Susan Collins tonight to reporters: вЂњ”Can we have a crisis-free day? That’s all I’m asking.”
01:28:32 Retweeted @DafnaLinzer 01:18:01 Last seven days: https://t.co/iA5Io6HgqA
01:41:40 Reading – Trump’s handling of classified info brings new chaos to White House (Dawsey/Johnson) https://t.co/7GSQWMW8eq
01:41:48 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 00:57:51 Trump now making a senior DOD official in the George W. Bush administration sound like Louise MenschвЂ¦ https://t.co/ibi2eo6wS0
01:45:05 Retweeted @DavidKaib 01:16:50 If we end up with President Pence, the bipartisan push to legitimate him is going to be intense.
03:32:56 Retweeted @smotus 03:14:48 The pee tape can’t really be as bad as anything we’ve seen in the past week, can it?
03:42:08 Retweeted @EsotericCD 00:07:44 Just talked to friend in IC who has, until now, pointedly dismised anti-Trump hysteria.He is foaming at mouth w/rage over tonight’s story.
03:43:20 Retweeted @katz 2017-05-15 22:07:50 CNN: WaPo’s Trump-Russia report
MSNBC: WaPo’s Trump-Russia report
Fox News: “Trump’s pledge to police”
05:02:27 Retweeted @normative 01:55:55 Maybe the most depressing aspect of this is that Republicans in Congress plainly understand Trump is unfit but fear saying so.
05:21:17 Retweeted @juliettekayyem 04:01:34 The Washington Post did not say the city. No one was reporting the country. https://t.co/vpgoW1j8k5
05:21:25 Retweeted @cathymaccaul 02:44:17 @KIRO7Seattle Happy Bear in Woodinville on the porch wondering what next after eating the contents of the bird feedвЂ¦ https://t.co/NNHFj6AfyC
05:23:05 Retweeted @maggieNYT 04:29:34 Prior to the Wapo story, Trump spent day phoning outside advisers, saying he knows he has to make changes but isn’t certain what to do.
05:36:51 Retweeted @AsteadWH 2017-05-15 23:33:28 “That person is likely dead.” – @JulietteKayyem on CNN about source who infiltrated ISIS who the President (THE PRESIDENT) just compromised
05:43:04 Retweeted @tinyrevolution 2017-05-15 23:52:52 There was no way to predict Trump would act like this in office except for everything he’d ever done his entire life
10:06:54 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:46:46 We could have had taco trucks on every corner. But no.
14:04:41 Retweeted @aklingus 2017-05-15 21:50:09 I really hate that Occam’s Razor for this story is not “treason”, but “our President is the dumbest sack of shit walking the planet”
14:09:03 Reading – I Know One of the Sources (Erick Erickson) https://t.co/OHpsc1OQ98
14:19:21 Retweeted @bartongellman 2017-05-15 23:49:51 How to tell @gregpmiller and @GregJaffe have it right: They know *which* details Trump told Lavrov. Officials askedвЂ¦ https://t.co/IPOD0TCFlc
16:53:08 Listening to Death, Sex & Money Kevin Bacon Shows Us His Cash
via iCatcher! https://t.co/tgkNYXlkJU
19:05:26 Reading – Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians (Goldman/Rosenberg/Apuzzo) https://t.co/MWQXtuokWR
19:18:20 Listening to To the Point Trump, the GOP and the rule of law
via iCatcher! https://t.co/4hMsnWDPRb
19:28:50 Reading – At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls (Thrush/Haberman) https://t.co/hVC3XsYn7p
19:39:54 Reading – Three sentences worth contemplating (David Post) https://t.co/VY4UNwjFNP
19:46:04 Retweeted @_cingraham 18:41:08 Wow: Trump admin officials’s off-the-record defense: He’s not smart enough to know what he’s doing.вЂ¦ https://t.co/NwGaWyHZ5X
19:46:53 Retweeted @bradheath 13:19:22 White House reaction cycle
1 – It never happened
2 – POTUS tweet
3 – It happened; NBD
4 – Nobody cares but you
5 – No more questions on this
19:48:29 Retweeted @jayspec 19:13:28 That thing where you obsessively check on your new baby to make sure it’s still breathing, except reloading Twitter and American Democracy.
21:45:41 In meetings for the afternoon and won’t be out awhile, so have only seen the alerts on the latest Trump/Comey stuff. But… HFS! Again!
23:23:50 Retweeted @HeerJeet 19:55:15 Here’s the key reality Americans have to face: a nation that can elect Donald Trump can’t be trusted. That’s changing how world sees USA
23:35:27 Reading – Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation (Michael Schmidt) https://t.co/rB7SS58si5
23:35:42 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 22:10:39 WaPo now confirms NYT report.”Comey’s written account of the meeting is two pages long and highly detailed.”
https://t.co/Kjzxe7I9WV

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-15 (UTC)

01:26:00 Retweeted @ka5sh 2017-05-14 02:46:27 I just bought this dog for my mom for Mother’s Day<symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol> https://t.co/4G6ZDL0uYc
01:32:19 This -> A Misplaced Focus on вЂњCollusionвЂќ (Julian Sanchez) https://t.co/0vEKUWEk9r
06:48:26 Retweeted @IanARegan 05:35:30 Finally finished this mammoth #Saturn mosaic! <symbol> Dedicated to amateur processors, everywhere (<symbol>2017-04-13)вЂ¦ https://t.co/IKRq4iEqr6
20:28:50 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 20:03:22 While Boomers and Millennials snipe pointlessly at each other, GenXers вЂ” the forgotten generation вЂ” are here to solve problems. in reply to jamisonfoser
20:48:29 Oh goody. :-/ https://t.co/EcIPnEcKLf
21:12:41 Oh FFS -> Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador (Miller/Jaffe) https://t.co/9jiIBWAn2P
21:52:42 Retweeted @byrdinator 21:33:01 Dianne Feinstein exits Senate subway and is surrounded by reporters. “Oh my goodness. What’s happened?” (She hasn’t seen the WaPo story.)
21:54:25 Retweeted @BuzzFeedBen 21:51:07 An official confirming Post story to us and says, “вЂњit’s far worse than what has already been reported” https://t.co/xPggSHW9Bt
21:56:36 This too -> When President Trump’s bodyguard revealed Jim Mattis’s private cellphone number (Rachel Manteuffel) https://t.co/Fts7wGSdyV
22:09:43 Retweeted @GlennKesslerWP 21:28:36 Applause in the newsroom as the Russia-leak scoop breaks the Hollywood Access record for most readers per minute
22:14:29 Retweeted @dangillmor 22:07:23 Presidents have the legal right to recklessly disclose previously classified information. Also to start nuclear wars.
22:17:58 Retweeted @JoshuaHol 22:06:06 There aren’t enough bushes in the entire universe for Sean Spicer right now.
22:23:47 Retweeted @ericawerner 21:52:08 McCain just saw WP: “We certainly don’t want any president to leak classified information but the president does have the right to do that.”
22:23:52 Retweeted @HunterDK 22:05:36 The first serious Republican comes up to batвЂ”and he pops a fly ball to center right! Next up is RubioвЂ”hang on, he’sвЂ¦ https://t.co/5YgOKrQYF6
22:38:28 Retweeted @BNONews 22:37:45 Deputy NSA Powell says reports that Trump shared classified information are “false,” claims the president only discussed “common threats” in reply to BNONews
22:40:36 Retweeted @jbarro 22:32:33 This is also not a denial https://t.co/JP9TFpHIwv
22:40:55 Retweeted @jdawsey1 22:38:05 White House sends out statements from aides fighting back against Russian classified info stories. “This story is false,” Dina Powell says.
22:41:08 Retweeted @joshtpm 22:38:02 If this were true, I think McMaster wouldn’t have given a non-denial denial to the Post. https://t.co/0FYTEvemUV
22:42:45 Retweeted @Joyce_Karam 22:37:53 New York Times confirms Washington Post: #Trump disclosed highly classified Intel to #Russia ‘s Lavrov .вЂ¦ https://t.co/LSYghb1kXi
22:43:49 Retweeted @RachelLarris 22:36:41 Is rest of it like: “Have I told you what the nuclear codes are? It’s amazing, you’d think they’d be really complicвЂ¦ https://t.co/biqzR47rWw
22:45:43 What a week in the news! Thank god it’s Friday!
22:46:12 Retweeted @pareene 22:32:41 At this point it’s almost universally acknowledged that Trump’s cognitive deficiencies have to be managed around but you can’t just say that
22:50:57 Retweeted @maxjrosenthal 22:34:33 Wording is essentially the same as McMaster’s, doesn’t actually deny anything in our report. https://t.co/MByynLo58V
22:53:08 Retweeted @fordm 2017-02-15 02:23:59 It’s less of a “news cycle” these days and more of that BSG episode where the Cylons attack every 33 minutes.
22:53:40 Retweeted @chrislhayes 22:21:41 It’s striking that as with Comey, immediate defenses from GOP are that he has legal authority to do it. That’s…not a defense.
23:13:47 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 23:13:27 McMaster tells press outside West Wing that the “story that came out tonight as reported is false.”
“I was in theвЂ¦ https://t.co/Zuqoc8lpSK
23:14:07 Retweeted @igorvolsky 23:10:32 Nat Sec adviser McMaster reads short statement saying story is false. Doesn’t address why NatSec was SCRAMBLING after Trump’s Russia meeting
23:14:14 Retweeted @matthewamiller 23:11:24 A 30-second denial of something the Post didn’t report, then taking no questions, should put this story to bed.
23:25:42 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 23:09:28 McMaster saying “sources and methods” is a red herring. Article doesnt say Trump revealed sources and methods to Russians.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-14 (UTC)

00:33:42 Retweeted @NYMag 00:03:33 FBI director candidates are reportedly being screened for loyalty to the president https://t.co/wwNY4BE9DO
01:23:17 Reading – North Korea’s Missile in New Test Would Have 4,500 km Range (David Wright) https://t.co/Grqfkffpz2
03:11:14 OMG. Thomas the Tank Engine thread. -> https://t.co/xGZFjUiD9U
03:34:42 Reading – White House вЂsystems failed’ with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons (Phillip Rucker) https://t.co/zqmERXU2HD
05:56:19 Watching – Sean Spicer Returns (SNL) https://t.co/t3j3cbJSLW
06:01:59 Watching – Lester Holt Cold Open (SNL) https://t.co/heW1nKdJVU
22:01:48 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 147 – Gov. Jerry Brown
via iCatcher! https://t.co/EO7vVv8BCQ
22:36:01 Reading – Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body’s вЂfinite’ energy (Rachael Rettner) https://t.co/FzX5UOuLZZ

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-13 (UTC)

00:04:14 Reading – White House Staff React in Real-Time as Trump Tweets: вЂJesus’ (Markay/Suebsaeng) https://t.co/RSy10vgu8G
01:54:56 Retweeted @JPMajor 2017-05-12 23:33:24 Uncalibrated color image of Saturn made from raw images received from #Cassini on May 12, 2007. #CassiniInspires https://t.co/v0bRQRWKxv
04:49:16 Reading – вЂLooking Like a Liar or a Fool’: What It Means to Work for Trump (Thrush/Haberman) https://t.co/iHESo789Ui
05:46:36 Retweeted @josh_hammer 2017-05-12 23:11:59 So much this. Well put, @JonahNRO. https://t.co/xQtKioDC6D
06:56:55 Retweeted @ahcayley 2017-05-12 02:19:15 literally just the matrix for chickens https://t.co/cAZYrUg6rV
07:27:54 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Digging A Hole https://t.co/QH37NC2CBR https://t.co/3e2L0SSSX8
07:51:56 Retweeted @OfficialRCCola 2017-05-12 18:51:09 We’ve sold more cola than any of our competitors #WithFewExceptions <symbol>
14:30:44 Retweeted @Statistikhengst 13:18:44 Good work, as usual. https://t.co/LkvhrPWE45
14:31:11 .@Statistikhengst Thank you! Glad you enjoy it! in reply to Statistikhengst
14:32:20 Retweeted @grynbaum 2017-05-12 21:13:38 Striking words from Fox News’s Chris Wallace: https://t.co/kGt66zOFbF
14:44:45 People saying “President Hatch soon”. Would require *simultaneous* removal of Pres, VP, & SotH. Hard to see how you pull that off legally.
15:55:15 Retweeted @amandacarpenter 2017-05-12 12:30:41 On days like this I’m not even mad at Trump. We knew what he was. I am furious at everyone in the GOP who enabled this ridiculous behavior.
17:46:42 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 17:45:46 Republicans are happy with Trump if they feel he is hurting the other side. It’s not about conservative values, but perception of victories.
17:47:42 Retweeted @xor 2017-05-12 15:48:11 From a purely Chekhovian perspective, he has to shoot somebody on 5th Avenue before this is over, right?
17:50:20 Ok. One way. They all *resign* simultaneously. Seems increasingly unlikely though. https://t.co/TTPiKswAYj in reply to abulsme
18:19:25 Retweeted @MatthewACherry 2017-03-25 17:05:30 This little girl has so much conviction in her answers. This back and forth probably went on for days <symbol> https://t.co/BcA7xXko3U
18:27:38 Watching – polyphonic overtone singing (Anna-Maria Hefele) https://t.co/0TmS9R2iWV
18:45:47 It took https://t.co/d4VHFMcWoI 6 days to overtake https://t.co/Di5rbeVj5a for 7 day unique downloads. Not sure what I think of that. :-)
18:58:34 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 18:51:23 @abulsme seeing that I found this https://t.co/OjMTP4NBIR interesting page in reply to abulsme
19:01:39 .@DaveMc99TA That is cool. Popular WotD is based on daily ranks. Interesting mix of “of course, makes sense” & “where did that come from?” in reply to DaveMc99TA
20:44:00 Retweeted @JoshuaHol 19:33:55 Can you even imagine how fucked we’d be if Trump were minimally competent, or had some semblance of discipline?

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Digging A Hole

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan spend most of their time on all of the events surrounding Donald Trump firing James Comey. That really is enough for a whole show! But they also talk a bit about bitcoin, Wiki of the Day, the travel ban court cases, and they respond to a listener’s comments on the healthcare debate. Then Sam’s son Alex comes to shut down the show.

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Recorded 2017-05-12
Length this week – 1:34:54

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- Digital Hoarding
- Bitcoin
- Wiki of the Day
(0:22:54-1:04:36) Crazy Trump of the Week
- Comey Firing Logistics
- Win-Win Scenario?
- Trump’s Reason(s)
- Trump’s surrogates
- Trump’s NBC Interview
- FBI Reaction
- Investigation Next Steps
- Trump making it worse
- Reactions
(1:06:35-1:34:33) Immigration and Healthcare
- Travel Ban Arguments
- Our response to Bruce on Healthcare

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-12 (UTC)

00:04:32 Retweeted @joshtpm 2017-05-11 23:44:07 The moment Trump essentially incriminated himself in the Lester Holt interview. https://t.co/wVuSZpjOdk
00:05:31 Retweeted @jemillerwbal 2017-05-11 20:56:13 Website of firm raided by FBI says one if its principals was formerly with firm operated by Paul Manafort–frm Trump campaign mgr
00:37:39 Reading – In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred. (Michael Schmidt) https://t.co/wDEaP071GM
00:49:36 Listening to Special Episode: Jay Inslee’s Healthcare Reform Advisor Responds to Trumpcare House Passage https://t.co/Z1zTpe43io
01:39:10 Listening to What’s The Point Sparks: Interview with Thomas Levenson: 5/5/17
via iCatcher! https://t.co/zJlDptTA1S
01:55:42 Retweeted @dave_brown24 2017-05-11 23:46:10 JUST IN: Navy tells @jamiejmcintyre it won’t comment on Trump’s call to ditch its new carrier catapults and go back to “goddamned steam”
02:43:34 Listening to Perino & Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What I’ll Tell You WhatвЂ¦It Is Not A Communications Problem https://t.co/oPVEgGurHS
02:59:13 Retweeted @B_M_Finnigan 00:18:42 NO
ITS
NOT
*throws computer* https://t.co/wjf8EU7tVd
04:57:09 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 2017-05-11 22:03:08 Very interesting travel ban news today: A judge ordered the defense to turn over Giuliani’s memo regarding how to make the Muslim ban legal.
05:16:03 Retweeted @tribelaw 2017-05-11 10:41:08 By saying Comey had told him 3x that FBI wasn’t investigating his campaign’s links to Russia, T waived executive privilege wrt T/C xchanges
05:49:06 Retweeted @bendreyfuss 05:23:15 Left: Shouting about socialism
Center-left: Raving about Russia
Center-right: Selling soul for tax cuts
Right: Too inept to pass evil agenda
13:18:50 Retweeted @samanthabarry 12:53:19 Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer sliding through traffic outside of @CNN #snl @melissamccarthy https://t.co/rJz4wvnikP
13:20:58 Retweeted @Evan_McMullin 13:13:30 For those still clinging to the Trump Train, it’s not too late to get off. Tracks missing ahead. https://t.co/9DUynmsuMl
13:36:28 Retweeted @JuddLegum 13:35:11 FOX NEWS: Dems being hysterical again, comparing Trump to NixonTRUMP: I taped my convos w/Comey & I’ll release them if he doesn’t shut up
13:39:46 Retweeted @joshtpm 13:39:27 He’s like bizarro fast-forward Nixon: Yes, I obstructed justice; yes i’m a crook; yes, I taped my conversations. https://t.co/iz8TRzTwHE
14:06:30 Retweeted @mrossano6970 02:47:18 https://t.co/gAMPc5c0I6
14:40:22 Retweeted @davidaxelrod 00:45:35 Every single person who is sent out to speak for this @POTUS ultimately winds up getting the branch sawed off behind them.
14:53:42 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 14:53:29 Exactly one word in that statement matters: вЂњExceptions.вЂќ https://t.co/4keKHRE6WG
15:16:36 Retweeted @politicalmath 14:54:53 Scott Adams, 2019: now that Trump has reported to a federal prison, he’s finally got you idiots right where he wants you.
15:17:46 Retweeted @Hadas_Gold 14:43:28 Chris Wallace: вЂњWe very much wanted somebody to rep president’s POV on SundayвЂ¦ they aren’t available and not answering the phoneвЂќ
16:23:22 Retweeted @SteveKopack 15:04:57 NEW: @EamonJavers obtained a copy of the letter from Trump’s lawyer. This is it. –> https://t.co/0lvSyHanRj
17:19:16 Listening to Exponent Episode 114 вЂ” The Job of Local News
via iCatcher! https://t.co/ZDOXCy3adr
18:05:10 Retweeted @4everNeverTrump 17:28:21 Russian income not covered by Trump’s letter:
1.Trump confidante forms LLC
2.Russian(s) pay LLC
3.LLC pays Trump
“No income from Russia”
22:48:52 Listening to Radiolab Null and Void
via iCatcher! https://t.co/kVoowrn56t

@abulsme tweets from 2017-05-11 (UTC)

00:01:44 Hmmm. Even Chaffetz starting to turn? https://t.co/KwWzbOoMOF
00:27:35 Retweeted @imbou 2017-05-10 23:47:13 @abulsme How the fuck did they think this was a win win?!! in reply to abulsme
00:28:04 .@imbou Dumb as rocks. in reply to imbou
00:59:47 Retweeted @online_shawn 00:50:01 Alien: Take me to your leader
Me: God no. I’ll take you to literally anyone else
01:08:22 Reading – How Trump’s anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director (WaPo) https://t.co/ErrBoJEIAw
01:08:31 Retweeted @SteveKopack 00:59:12 The common thread (among many others) in the NYT, NBC, CNN, WaPo, etc. stories is this one. https://t.co/NoB9YT0u8E https://t.co/C07gwCFDpu
01:09:11 Retweeted @DaHalperin 00:56:56 Trump associates are TELLING reporters that Trump was fed up with Comey on Russia, NOT Hillary emails. Rosenstein was used,willingly or not.
04:06:33 The fun continues! https://t.co/qAxGJsVbwZ
04:51:09 Retweeted @LanaDelRaytheon 2017-05-10 17:47:02 Whenever Kissinger is back in the news, I always return to @GregGrandin‘s stunning (but merely partial) list of KisвЂ¦ https://t.co/HGLaHUosqZ
04:54:23 Retweeted @blakehounshell 03:26:57 The baller move for Rosenstein now would be to appoint a special counsel, which he has the authority to do https://t.co/tdRi471Os4
05:02:24 Retweeted @xeni 04:37:57 Oh, well then. Nevermind https://t.co/bmvQf7rtUe
05:13:27 Reading – Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms (Morello/Miller) https://t.co/PhBvzuajpL
05:17:02 Retweeted @mattshuham 04:33:48 All WH had to do was Google the photog’s name, Alexander Shcherbak, & “Tass” and they would have found literally thвЂ¦ https://t.co/py1qDMddQy
05:31:20 Reading – An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General ( https://t.co/xgpjoKIAQM ) https://t.co/Sarx2c9xt6
05:31:45 Retweeted @jacobsw 2017-05-10 01:24:07 Motion to replace “-gate” with “a-lago” as the suffix for all future scandals.
06:00:05 This is fucking brilliant. Watch the whole thing. -> history of the entire world, i guess (bill wurtz) https://t.co/sWPCxlvXks
06:07:56 Retweeted @bitchyologist 05:33:33 Imagine if a woman President didn’t live with her young child. I’m sure everyone would just ignore it & nobody would call her a terrible mom
13:09:41 Retweeted @scalzi 13:05:11 I really liked it when everyone in the White House wasn’t in fact appallingly stupid. https://t.co/WYud5sy1YA
13:10:40 Retweeted @dynarski 02:14:41 Spicer on phone to WaPo: <symbol>”I was not IN the bushes!
I was AMONG the bushes!”

Editor: <symbol>

Social media manager: <symbol> https://t.co/o8TJUsEPRy
13:11:58 Retweeted @MattGertz 13:04:22 Area President Has No Idea What He Wants To Negotiate For https://t.co/o9ncmRVbYD
13:12:51 Retweeted @tracysefl 13:00:47 omg https://t.co/5Azt4JI2kN
13:20:49 Trump really should stop doing interviews. Does he have no idea how stupid and out of his depth he sounds every time he opens his mouth?
14:18:53 Retweeted @imbou 13:44:06 @abulsme No! He thinks he sounds like a genius!!! in reply to abulsme
14:29:58 Retweeted @TreyYingst 14:03:09 Spotted: A map to be hung somewhere in the West Wing https://t.co/TpPPDyNFtE
16:28:53 Retweeted @yottapoint 16:00:44 Countdown clock just started for McCabe firing https://t.co/EPgnJZmr0e in reply to yottapoint
16:41:31 Watching – Cars 3 “Rivalry” Official Trailer (DisneyвЂўPixar) https://t.co/ggEQnWAFe9
16:53:53 Retweeted @ddale8 16:53:05 Lester Holt breaking: Trump says he’d decided to fire Comey before he met with Rosenstein and Comey, contradicting the official explanation.
16:55:29 Retweeted @NoahCRothman 16:54:54 I do feel bad for those who flogged the Rosenstein memo to death. Trump just threw them under the bus.
17:21:35 Retweeted @davidharsanyi 17:18:34 Oh. Deputy AG Rosenstein: ‘I’m not quitting,’ didn’t threaten to quit over Comey firing https://t.co/BPKT1Svxi3
17:28:43 Retweeted @ShaneGoldmacher 17:07:11 The official storyline about firing the FBI director pushed by the White House on Tuesday was untrue, according to President Donald Trump.
17:40:18 Retweeted @jemillerwbal 17:00:43 Developing: FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at the office of GOP Fundraiser/Consulting firm in Annapolis
17:56:25 Retweeted @soledadobrien 17:54:17 Best thread: https://t.co/0FY0IVkRRB
18:41:36 Reading – They’re Trapped in His Lies (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/IFJFTibsGP
19:08:49 Retweeted @rebliv 19:04:42 Saved a bunch of articles from this morning to read now, but in Trump-era news cycle they’re probably already out-of-date. <symbol>
19:30:21 Retweeted @MollyMcKew 19:06:48 This from the firm being raided by the FBI currently, just FYI https://t.co/IKhsn7Stfv
19:51:34 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 146 – Chelsea Handler
via iCatcher! https://t.co/EO7vVv8BCQ
20:51:18 Continue to be really impressed by guest @Evan_McMullin -> Slate’s Political Gabfest Tuesday Night Massacre Edition https://t.co/4NKHeWOiAC
21:23:08 Listening to The Other Washington 2:3 Bob Ferguson Knows What “Sanctuary City” Means
via iCatcher! https://t.co/LNHXzsm8jD
22:38:36 Listening to Snap Judgment Snap #809 – The Klan
via iCatcher! https://t.co/Rf1kwPQOv6

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