All of them? Dunno. But he has released at least one now.

Is this hearing the precursor to the Democratic 2020 primaries? Harris and Booker making a show.

Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims “unwavering faith in President Trump.” Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2018

That's a reference that you want on your resume for sure!

Sometimes I can't tell if has an unfathomable level of unawareness, or is just trolling.

Senator Hirono from Hawaii has also released documents

Yeah about those inauguration crowd photos...


Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened | World news | The Guardian

We're they cleared like Booker's already were before he put on his act?

Are the people in charge so stupid as to not realize how much this kind of stuff plays directly into Trump's "fake news" claims? That was nothing more than a show put on by a guy who is going to run for President, making himself out to be a false martyr. I mean, really.

The whole thing is a joke - the hearing and the way it's being covered.

Fox is running with the "not confidential" story as if that's the biggest issue, and basically ignoring the substance. CNN, meanwhile,is still running a headline calling the emails confidential, but then has this as the first line of the story: Sen. Cory Booker's office just sent out an email linking to 12 pages of the documents that were previously marked "committee confidential."

Well put.

Also, this from Rick Wilson. Fun.

They've got him lying under oath and admitting the Roe v. Wade isn't settled law. What more do you want?

The whole game hinges on Collins, Murkowski, and maybe Scott. Collins has said she will only vote for a nominee that won't overturn Roe. She's been appeased by hearing both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh say Roe is settled law. In the email he objects to calling Roe settled.

I doubt it matters, as I think all the GOP will do what they always do, get in line when told, but maybe it's enough to sway Collins. Everything is going to take on immense proportion when one GOP no vote potentially sinks the nomination.

Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars:


Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour - BBC News

This sums up this entire thread imo.

So Rudy today said that Trump will not answer any obstruction questions in writing or in person. So lets stop the posturing and subpoena him already and move on to the next step in the dance shall we?


Giuliani to AP: Trump will not answer obstruction questions

I don't deny it can be a game for those participating, but the outcome of that game has real impact on people's lives. Politics is about the distribution of power, and who wields power matters to people. Regardless of your personal politics, these decisions do matter and everyone involved isn't fighting for the same interests.

I read the emails, and I think he was objecting to the phrasing on a technicality, the point being whether anyone can definitively state that any legal precedent is "settled law." Any legal precedent can come to be settled law... until it's not. Now, whether he views Roe as the only case he might believe could be overturned as opposed to, say, certain 4th Amendment cases, or interstate commerce cases, we're not going to get an answer.

I agree. I'm just saying that Collins has said she's fine with Kavanaugh in part because he agrees that Roe is settled law. This memo makes it clear he doesn't see Roe as settled. Regardless of whether he's talking about Roe specifically or all case law, the outcome in terms of Collins is the same.

I also think it won't matter. Collins has proven over and over that as long as she hears the right words, the reality doesn't matter. I'm still waiting on the ACA fixes she was promised.

From his Billings rally. I don't know if the ads screen capped in the twitter feed are real, but apparently there was an ad like this for his last appearance here too. and it would definitely not shock me. What a fucking circus.

Rantt Media on Twitter: "At Trump’s Montana rally, some of his supporters seemed irritated. Some seemed unenthusiastic and even bored.

Is this why multiple supporters were swapped out?… https://t.co/lqZTen3aXf"

I think that's the first Trump 2020 shirt I've seen.

Considering how quickly they filed the re-election papers so they could keep collecting campaign donations, I'm a little surprised it took two years for one to surface in the wild.

One of my neighbors has a Trump 2020 flag in his garage.

I saw some dude with a truck flying one of those of month or two ago.

Wasn't aware Trump was using the Stars and Bars for his re-election logo.

Papadopoulous about to be the first Trump campaign member to be sentenced. Prosecutors say they went through 100,000 emails and 8GB of data to uncover what Papa could have told them originally. His own attorney called George naive and stupid and blamed Donald Trump for his fake news campaign complicating this case.


Edit: 14 days. Knew it wasn't going to be a lot but was hoping it was closer to the 6 months prosecutors were hoping for. Does not go directly to jail.

Wonder if he is going to come out with a Thug Life tattoo, I'm sure this experience will change him drastically.

He will be a completely changed man I'm sure. :) The important fact is that he's now another member of the Trump tribe who's a felon.

The light sentences that white collar crime get in this country are a joke.

I have to think that there was more cooperation on Papa's behalf that we've been lead to believe. Because Probation Office was only suggesting 30 days, and sentencing guidelines on this crime seem rather light. Mueller's team wanted 6 months, so still not a big time in jail regardless. He was hoping to walk with no jail time which would have been really ridiculous if it happened.



Let's just hope we are not similarly disappointed when Manafort's sentencing happens this month (and he still has another trial)

Trump mocks the Papadopolos verdict:


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...ho-lied-to-fbi

Meanwhile the entire world mocks him

Joseph Mitsud the UK lawyer who Papadopolous lied about which in turn prevented the FBI from arresting him, may be dead according to his lawyers:


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ct-may-be-dead

Plaid shirt guy must be a plant, but holy crap are the videos hilarious.

So I'm taking a text analysis class right now and I decided to "analyze" trump's twitter feed.

By analyze I mean taking established code and pointing it at Trump's account.

Here's a word cloud from a sampling of @realDonalTrump tweets



I had no idea what "diamondandsilk" referred to but after googling I assume it's this: Diamond and Silk - Wikipedia

I'm shocked it's that diverse.

So a Democratic Super Pac has filed a criminal complaint against Kavanaugh for perjury. Doubt it goes anywhere, but could be amusing if it does cause the initial reviewer would be (unless he recuses himself) Merrick Garland :)


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...-Who-ll-Review

Keep in mind it's people tweeting about Trump and not just Donald's tweets.

ETA: This is information from about 5000 tweets captured from a span of a couple minutes.

In that case it makes sense. Would like to see it for just his tweets.

Witch Hunt
Obama
Hillary
Lock Her Up
Fake News
...

...
very
many
people
sad
best
greatest
ever


I want to see that along side the same thing done for a series of writings by a 3rd grader. I bet they are identical.

lol, true.

Maybe I'll try to do that later

dola

I believe this is only limited to Trump tweets. It's also based off 423 tweets. I guess searching for tweets using R isn't as robust as you'd think it'd be.

The thing that stands out about that one is at the very bottom. trump is bigger than america.

Trump has gone completely off this rails this morning and is retweeting pro trump propaganda from a twitter account with 3200 followers.

The House GOP introduced some bills today... MAWR TAX CUTS!

Bread and circuses - Wikipedia

So sorry for those in the path of the hurricane. This can't be much comfort.

JUST IN: Trump, walking off AF1, responds to question about Hurricane Florence: “We are absolutely and totally prepared.”

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) September 11, 2018

We have an A+ record on handling hurricanes affecting American citizens. Shouldn't be an issue.

Hopefully his heel Spurs don't act up when he's tossing rolls of paper towels.

North Carolina has a bunch of white people, so they'll get the attention and aid if its needed after this week.