Spanky’s so cranky!
If he fires Bob Mueller, get ready to hit the streets.
Reminder as Trump uses the FBI raid of Michael Cohen's offices as a pretext to attack Robert Mueller’s investigation: Trump's obstruction will be met with mass protests nationwide as the number of people signing up at https://t.co/gXgUYMfs6v has swelled to 300K at 800+ locations. pic.twitter.com/71bk1zFYrJ
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) April 10, 2018
Flanked by John Bolton and his generals, Donald Trump raged about the FBI raid on Michael Cohen. In his stream of vitriol, he managed to mention Hillary Clinton a couple of times and the “harrible things” she has done. What are those things, again? At one point Trump tells the press, “It’s an attack on our… Continue reading “Trump rages about Cohen raid: ‘It’s an attack on our country’”
BREAKING: FBI raids office of President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, his lawyer says.
Watch @DeadlineWH for live coverage. pic.twitter.com/YRtsyz3D6k
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 9, 2018
Vanity Fair is reporting that the FBI raided Michael Cohen's hotel room at the Loews Regency in New York.
"A handful of them remained upstairs for several hours, according to a source familiar with the situation."https://t.co/nWEW0fFNUN
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 9, 2018
JUST IN: President Trump has been watching TV reports of the FBI raiding the office of Michael Cohen, his longtime lawyer and confidant, a White House official tells @jeffzeleny https://t.co/flG4uDokat pic.twitter.com/TPwNYy3JRe
— CNN (@CNN) April 9, 2018
Fox now blaming news of the FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office for "almost 400 points erased from what was a magnificent rally" in the stock market. pic.twitter.com/XpZtxbMMAO
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) April 9, 2018
This doesn’t mean Mueller never found anything of interest, by the way. It just means Rosenstein thought this was something the NY feds should handle. Getting a warrant to seize a lawyer’s records is highly unusual and indicates they have proof of crimes.
And of course it means these are crimes Trump can’t pardon.
https://twitter.com/jonathanalter/status/982960734538780672
Is anyone going to listen?
Equally alarming is the chance that Mr. Trump will set in motion events that neither he nor anyone else can control. His policy toward North Korea changes by the day and might quickly return to saber-rattling should Pyongyang prove stubborn before or during talks. His threat to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement could unravel a pact that has made the world safer and could undermine America’s reputation for trustworthiness at a critical moment. His support of protectionist tariffs invites retaliation from major trading partners — creating unnecessary conflicts and putting at risk millions of export-dependent jobs. The recent purge of his national security team raises new questions about the quality of advice he will receive. John Bolton starts work in the White House on Monday.
What is to be done? First, defend the truth. A free press, for example, is not the enemy of the American people; it is the protector of the American people. Second, we must reinforce the principle that no one, not even the president, is above the law. Third, we should each do our part to energize the democratic process by registering new voters, listening respectfully to those with whom we disagree, knocking on doors for favored candidates, and ignoring the cynical counsel: “There’s nothing to be done.”
I’m 80 years old, but I can still be inspired when I see young people coming together to demand the right to study without having to wear a flak jacket.
We should also reflect on the definition of greatness. Can a nation merit that label by aligning itself with dictators and autocrats, ignoring human rights, declaring open season on the environment, and disdaining the use of diplomacy at a time when virtually every serious problem requires international cooperation?
To me, greatness goes a little deeper than how much marble we put in our hotel lobbies and whether we have a Soviet-style military parade. America at its best is a place where people from a multitude of backgrounds work together to safeguard the rights and enrich the lives of all. That’s the example we have always aspired to set and the model people around the world hunger to see. And no politician, not even one in the Oval Office, should be allowed to tarnish that dream.
President Donald Trump lobbied not to have sprinklers installed on the residential floors of his New York properties. After one person died in a fire at Trump Tower on Saturday, CBS News noted that Trump had not fought against legislation to require sprinklers in residential skyscrapers. The New York Times reported in 1999 that Trump opposed… Continue reading “Trump lobbied against ordinance requiring sprinklers in skyscrapers, never installed them in Trump Tower”
So Donald Trump, aka Grandpa Crazypants, was supposed to give a speech today about a topic he loves – Tax Reform! His big, shiny, fabulous (aka, only) accomplishment since taking office 15 months ago. His staff drafted a lovely speech with small enough words for him to pronounce and enough spaces for him to ad-lib sufficiently.… Continue reading “Spanky goes off script, rants about rape, etc.”
https://youtu.be/xarQh0BOkfU
Will the imperial Scott Pruitt be gone soon? Trump seems to want him to replace Jeff Sessions:
Sources tell @InsideEPA that former WH aide Rob Porter leaked the damaging information about Scott Pruitt after his former girlfriend, who resigned from the EPA last week, told the WH about his alleged assaults of his ex-wives https://t.co/tWgMT4iPHy
— Anshu Siripurapu (@AnshuSiripurapu) April 5, 2018
Five EPA Officials Challenged Spending, First Class Travel, Security Demands re Pruitt. Then they were demoted, transferred, removed or asked to leave their jobs. with @kenvogel @LFFriedman https://t.co/ldrP85zu66
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) April 5, 2018
The Daily Beast finds that the lobbyist whose condo Scott Pruitt was renting was personally representing a natural gas company, an airline giant, and a major manufacturer that had business before the EPA at the same time he was renting that room to Pruitt. https://t.co/0IXY3jkDQT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2018
This one’s my personal favorite:
NEW: Scott Pruitt was stuck in traffic. He wanted to use lights/sirens to get to his official appointment, but the lead agent advised him that sirens were to be used only in emergencies. Less than two weeks later that agent was removed from Pruitt's detail https://t.co/yfPYHmFaN0
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 5, 2018
As someone who occasionally visits D.C., I can tell you that $50-a-night deal was shady as hell:
https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/981960681749528576
NYT reports there were requests for Pruitt to get a bulletproof SUV, for a bulletproof EPA security desk, for Pruitt's motorcade to use sirens to get him faster to meetings and to a restaurant, for a $100,000-a-month charter plane membership… https://t.co/FaIPke4TPf
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 5, 2018
Trump reportedly floated replacing Sessions with Pruitt this week despite scandals. https://t.co/gwoxrwq78e
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2018
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik says Scott Pruitt should resign.
Stefanik is st least the third Republican member of Congress to call for Pruitt to resign. https://t.co/RzqtU3jtrG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2018
In 2011 Pruitt bought a property days before a court ruled it'd been fraudulently transferred by a developer on the hook for a $3.6M loan default. He flipped it for a $70K profit 4 months later to a dummy corporation set up by a major campaign contributor. https://t.co/1wBdbri403
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 5, 2018
Trump needs an unscrupulous scandal scoundrel to fire Bob Mueller. Pruitt fits the bill perfectly.https://t.co/zUxLUNbmAb
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 5, 2018
On EPA Chief Scott Pruitt: "This is a corrupt guy. You look at this cabinet the use of military flights, first class travel–all of it. There's never been a cabinet in the modern era of politics that we've seen stuff like this."
– @SteveSchmidtSES https://t.co/EFSmCvMmog
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 5, 2018
BREAKING: President Trump floated replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with EPA head Scott Pruitt as recently as this week https://t.co/w5OFCMwe0T pic.twitter.com/Nz4XcUYdDY
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 5, 2018
CNN EXCLUSIVE: Mueller has taken some extraordinary steps as he investigates potential money flowing from Russians to the Trump campaign. His team has questioned two Russian oligarchs in the US, even stopping one after his private plane landed in NY. https://t.co/gQMiAWzosH
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 4, 2018
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson tore into the legal arguments Paul Manafort’s lawyer made to convince her that Mueller's investigation should be reined in: “I don't really understand what is left of your case.” https://t.co/eFuY1FfDok
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 4, 2018
Erik Prince is linked to both Matt Gaetz & Dana Rohrabacher—a few months ago he hosted a fundraiser for Putin’s favorite Congressman Rohrabacher & Gaetz spoke. Mueller is likely investigating both GOP Reps for conspiring against the US. #TrumpRussia https://t.co/fswr55Qil3
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 4, 2018
"A former federal prosecutor told me: Mueller's report doesn't preclude Mueller from indicting literally everyone else but Trump will be dealt with just like Ken Starr dealt with president Clinton … The report puts the impeachment process in motion" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/VaXNaHPyE7
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 4, 2018
Roger Stone repeatedly has advance knowledge when supposed dirt is gathered and released on a Donald Trump enemy (Hillary Clinton, Al Franken ….).
This isn't just Mueller's job. Congress should investigate why Stone is always the man in the know. https://t.co/G2XROR0XkS— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) April 4, 2018
As @joshgerstein of @politico noted, I don't believe Mueller's assurance that Trump is a subject, not a target, means much It confirms what we already knew–that Trump is under criminal investigation–and doesn't foreclose target status later. https://t.co/keMv5Q98oC
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 4, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave special counsel Robert Mueller the authority to expand his investigation less than two weeks after President Donald Trump said that probing his finances would be a “red line.” In July 2017 interview with The New York Times, Trump was asked if an investigation into his personal and company finances would… Continue reading “Rosenstein expanded Mueller’s power less than two weeks after Trump drew ‘red line’ On Finances”
Here’s how Dear Leader spent his “executive time” this Easter Sunday morning — rage tweeting Fox “news.” Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. “Caravans” coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws… Continue reading “Trump rage-tweets ‘NO MORE DACA DEAL’ after watching Fox ‘News’”
