Monday, July 24, 2017

The president's son-in-law

Jared Kushner sealed real estate deal with oligarch's firm cited in money-laundering case
Donald Trump’s son-in-law bought part of old New York Times building from Soviet-born tycoon, Guardian investigation into Russian money in NYC property market finds


Jared Kushner met with the Russians more in 6 months than most people go to the dentist in 5 years. - Erik Bransteen





The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump


"We listened to Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi for years; now they can listen to Russia Russia Russia". ~ Jillian Parker-Binson



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The House Of GOP Cards Is Tumbling Down
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) pointed to his House counterpart Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) for the narrative that former national security adviser Susan Rice improperly "unmasked" or revealed the identities of Americans swept up in intelligence reports.
"The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes, and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened," Burr told CNN in comments reported after his committee interviewed Rice in a closed session on Friday.










I hereby pardon myself for tweeting this tweet about Trump wanting to pardon himself. - Conan O'Brien







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Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams Via The Secret Service
First daughter Tiffany Trump has largely sidestepped her family's Russia drama over the past month by being out of the country, vacationing with her boyfriend and posting fabulous Instagram photos. But a report out Wednesday from CBS News indicates that her trips did not come cheap.









Scaramucci is a used car salesman trying to sell us all a Ferrari with no VIN number and a weird stain the trunk. - Joey Bel






I'm as honked off at Sean Spicer for depriving us of any more Melissa McCarthy sketches as I am at OJ for ruining the Naked Gun movies. #Mad - Mark Hamill





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Yay, another week spent just as our founding fathers intended, phoning our elected representatives and begging them not to kill us. - Jeff Tiedrich







Hillary, Hillary, Hillary!

The Blame Hillary Drumbeat Continues
Jason Chaffetz, who recently stepped down from the House of Representatives and into a Fox News gig, wondered why congressional investigators are focusing on Jared Kushner instead of Chelsea Clinton.










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"I did not collude", is the new, "I did not have sex w/that woman". Except this time, it's American institutions & democracy getting screwed. - Ana Navarro








How Can These People Lie With A Straight Face?
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that President Trump doesn’t believe he’s lying about various controversial statements he's made without backing them up with evidence. 






Let he among you who's never forgotten a $1mil+ loan or lied to get WH security clearance cast the 1st stone at Jared Kushner.
1 line please. - John Fugelsang





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America. Racism. Trump. We never fixed it. Never redeemed ourselves for our two Original Sins: Enslaving black people & genocide of Indians. - Michael Moore







Business/Tech News


The creators of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” announced they are developing a new show that imagines what it would be like if the Confederacy successfully seceded from the United States. Well, give it a couple years and it might be a documentary. - Seth Myers






Sessions sporting his best
S.E.G.


Jeff Sessions Wants To Stamp Out Mareejuanah Before He's Fired
A new Department of Justice report on violent crime and marijuana will pave the way for the Trump administration to crack down on the drug, campaigners and lawmakers say.







A lot of people didn’t know how to feel about the news. On one hand, O.J. is a convicted felon. On the other hand, he managed to keep Trump off TV for a whole afternoon. So it’s kind of a community service. - Jimmy Fallon




"I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you’ve got.”
—Philip Seymour Hoffman, who would have been 50 yesterday

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The Hart tree in the Redwood Mountain Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California. Just stunning. And my level of bravery would permit to sit in front of this tree!

Peace.


Friday, July 21, 2017

This Is Not Obama's Fault


Sean Spicer Resigns as Trump's Press Secretary: Sources
White House press secretary Sean Spicer is resigning his position, bringing his tenure as a prominent face of the Trump administration to a close after six months.
Spicer quit in opposition to the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as new White House communications director...



Trump is closing his circle.  Just like Nixon. Mueller is next.



Can we still keep Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer though? - Vinay A. Ramesh‏








The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump


Congratulations Sean Spicer. You've got more guts than Jeff Sessions! -Rep. Maxine Waters



"The best is yet to come" said the man with the peepee tape.
Russia Is Really Enjoying Reeling The USA In
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cracked a joked Friday that President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, may have had interactions beyond the three occasions on which they are known to have spoken at this month’s G-20 meeting, dismissing a question about it without outright denying the possibility.







Six months into the Trump kleptocracy we're seriously debating whether or not a president can pardon himself. America truly is great again! - Jeff Tiedrich



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Resign?
Over presidential humiliation?
And miss a chance to incarcerate thousands of black non-violent drug offenders?
Not Jeff Sessions! - John Fugelsang



Jared Helping Close The Circle With All Sugar & No Spicer
...Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, began planning a couple weeks ago to bring Scaramucci into the communications office at the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter. Kushner was impressed by the fact that CNN retracted a story about Scaramucci in June, said the person. That story cited an anonymous source saying the Senate Intelligence Committee was reviewing an alleged meeting between Scaramucci and a Russian investment-fund executive.








Trump has made 836 false claims since January. If he hits a thousand by August, he gets a free FOX News tote bag. - Chelsea Handler







Jeesuz. Is Trump Gonna Take Out Kim Jong Un Via A CIA Drone?
S. President Donald Trump almost always asks about North Korea, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said, adding the threat from Pyongyang "is at the front of his mind."
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday, Pompeo avoided stating a position for Washington on regime change, but said the administration was focused on separating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from his nation's nuclear arsenal.









Trump Accuses Mueller of Using Independent Prosecutor Position to Investigate Crimes. - Andy Borowitz


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BREAKING: Jeff Sessions Considers Resigning and Returning to Private-sector Racism. - Andy Borowitz



FoxNews aka FakeNews Is Recrucifying Hillary
The former Democratic presidential candidate, a favorite villain of the right, has been featured prominently across Fox News' programming this week.
In many cases, instead of the network's hosts applying pressure to the current President, who is grappling with the fallout from a federal investigation related to Russian election meddling, Fox News' personalities have deflected and turned their attention to Clinton.









I feel like every time a Trump employee quits, Oompa Loompas should appear & sing a song to teach us about the perils of gluttony & greed. - phranqueigh tweet


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I can't believe that Donald J. Trump would just "let Obamacare fail." What if he had just let his businesses fail? Oh wait never mind. - John Fugelsang









Finally, Holding Hannity Responsible
Fox News Channel star anchor Sean Hannity will no longer receive the conservative Media Research Center's William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence at its September 21 gala, sources familiar with the situation tell CNN.






Wishing Sean Spicer the best of luck in all future endeavors.
We'll always have those six months of you lying to us every single day. - Former Rep. John Dingell

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The City Hall of Leuven, Belgium. Built in a Brabantine Late Gothic style between 1448 and 1469, it is famous for its ornate architecture, crafted in lace-like detail.

Peace.


Thursday, July 20, 2017

Nixionian Paranoia Emerges. Big Time.

Donald Trump warns Robert Mueller not to probe his family's finances 
Donald Trump has warned his special counsel from looking into his family's finances beyond the scope of his investigation into Russian interference in last year's election.



Sounds as though Trump is gearing up for a Saturday night massacre, Nixon style.



Trump just warned Mueller not to investigate his finances. Like tellin' the police, "Whatever you do, don't look in the shed."- Tea Pain






The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump


I wonder if Trump is happy that OJ Simpson is getting all the attention today. Or is he jealous?



As a cancer survivor I wish Sen. McCain the best.


Nothing ever broke John McCain. Cancer won't: Arizona Republic's view
In a life in which there is nothing left to prove, came one more catastrophic challenge Wednesday night.
“McCain has brain cancer,” roared the CNN home page.
















Trump Failed to Disclose That Putin Has Office in West Wing of White House. - Andy Borowitz




While Trump Threatens Mueller & Sessions, Guess What's Going On. Russia's Sneaking In Our Back Cyber Door
Moscow and Washington are in talks to create a joint cyber security working group, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Andrey Krutskikh, a special presidential envoy on cyber security.
"The talks are underway ... different proposals are being exchanged, nobody denies the necessity of holding the talks and of having such contacts," Krutskikh said, according to RIA.








Attn. R. Mueller: Pressuring officials not to recuse from an investigation when their recusal is required is itself obstruction of justice. - Richard W. Painter tweet



Republican Shenanigans


Lyin' Sessions did not intend to recuse himself. He only did so after the free press showed he was lyin' to Congress. THANK YOU FREE PRESS. - Rep. Ted Lieu








This Is What Republicans Want To Do To Americans Who Have Health Insurance
An estimated 22 million more people would lose health insurance by 2026 under the latest Republican-led Senate bill to reform health care than if the Affordable Care Act remained in place, according to a report released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation.








6 months. 0 legislative accomplishments. 21 weekends on the golf course. - Richard Hine



Of the 991 tweets, 502 contained all caps words, 217 contained typos, and 853 mention Hillary, Obama, or the 2016 election. - OhNoSheTwint








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The GOP told us "the U.S. government is corrupt" for years.  Then we elected 'em and they proved it. - Tea Pain







Democrats Hope To Get Their Message Out. Me, Too.
Democrats will begin rolling out their message for the 2018 midterm elections next week, Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., the No. 4 House Democrat, told reporters Wednesday.
“I recognize that waiting for Trump to implode … will not work,” Crowley said. “What will work is Democrats having a message that appeals to the average American.”






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No thanks, HBO. If I want to see an alternate reality where the South won the Civil War I'll attend a Trump rally where people think it did. - OhNoSheTwitnt








Dollar Hits Two Year Low
The dollar hit a nearly two-year low against the euro, after the European Central Bank signaled it could start discussing in the fall a plan to pare back its bond purchases.








If I had a time machine I'd stop OJ from killing those ppl so that nobody would ever know what a Kardashian is. 
#OJSimpsonParole - John Fugelsang






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Egyptians were hacking long before Russians. This axe is around 3600 years old.

Peace.