Julie Davis@juliehdavis
Never have seen a Cabinet meeting photo op quite like that one. Each member took turns praising Trump as he sat & nodded approvingly
June 20th is Georgia 6s election. Polls are showing a marginal lead for the democrat but House race polls for special elections have a high degree of uncertainty. A democrat win here should force house republicans in non competitive districts to reconsider if the primary threat or the democrat threat is greater.
A republican win and it reinforces the status quo of partisanship.
Julie Davis@juliehdavis
Never have seen a Cabinet meeting photo op quite like that one. Each member took turns praising Trump as he sat & nodded approvingly
Yeah it was weird. He set up a meeting to blatantly lie about his accomplishments, and then had a lovely asskissing party, with his own ass as the guest of honor.
I think so much more could be gleaned here simply by creating a proper visual timeline with known discoveries in proper order. For example:
On January 26th, Sally Yates was so worried about the false information Pence was telling the American people about Mike Flynn's communication with the ambassador, that she went directly to White House Counsel Donald McGahn's office. She told him "unambiguously" that Flynn had been compromised by the Russians and they knew this.
The very next day, Trump invited Comey over to the White House for dinner and told Comey he "hoped you can see your way to clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go"
That's quite striking when viewed in context of the timeline IMO
I agree with your assessment of how it looks, and I'm sure all this is being considered by everyone working on the case. The only issue is that there isn't anything concrete enough to make an irrefutable direct connection to Trump.
Yeah it was weird. He set up a meeting to blatantly lie about his accomplishments, and then had a lovely asskissing party, with his own ass as the guest of honor.
He should just go full Mr. McMahon
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Another federal court has ruled against President Donald Trump's revised executive order limiting travel from six predominately Muslim countries.
The ruling from a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is yet another stinging loss from a court that similarly refused to reinstate Trump's original executive order on travel in February.
"We conclude that the President, in issuing the Executive Order, exceeded the scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress," the judges wrote.
The judges largely affirmed a Hawaii judge's decision from March which found the core provisions of the revised executive order -- temporarily blocking all refugees and foreign nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the US -- likely violated the Constitution because its primary purpose was to disfavor Muslims.
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Sweet press conference on now. Donald telling it like it is. He's done more than any President, ever! Well except maybe FDR, who had a depression to deal with.
350 billion dollars in deals on his last trip! They will create millions of jobs and end terrorism.
Coal mines are re-opening very, very fast, employing thousands.
I know we aren't supposed to say the people who believe this guy's bull#### are stupid, but they are. There's no way around it.
I was saying back when he was elected, his core will need to feel the pain of their decision and feel it down to the very fabric of their being, if Trumpism is going to be defeated. A lot of people back then thought a softer approach of acknowledgement and acceptance was required to "teach them the error of their ways". But these people do not have empathy for others and will never admit defeat unless they are totally and utterly destroyed on an ideological level. Just like it took hardcore communists the collapse of their ideological structure before they could see it.
Don't get me wrong. It will be sad to watch as it will certainly also lead to a lot of despair and economic woes. But it is necessary IMO.
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Julie Davis@juliehdavis
Never have seen a Cabinet meeting photo op quite like that one. Each member took turns praising Trump as he sat & nodded approvingly
Senator Chuck Schumer did a parody of this this afternoon and it was A level trolling:
Hey guess what???!!! I just completed my interview with U.S. customs and immigration, and after living in this country full time for 7 years and waiting on an application for citizenship that began last August, my citizenship has been approved! I take the oath this Thursday!
Hey Trumpers, guess who's got two thumbs and is going to be voting democrat across the board next midterm election in Florida!!! I'll let you guess...
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BTW, the officer said something interesting during the interview. The wait was so long because they switched over to a new system or something last summer and nothing worked properly. They're only getting to applications from the summer now and are finally catching up to the backlog. I'm sure there are plenty of people who had an interest in voting last November that never got the chance.
I looked at the other people getting their citizenship and none of them were white or over 40. If this influx of new voters has any influence, I think it might go against the Republicans.
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Yeah it was weird. He set up a meeting to blatantly lie about his accomplishments, and then had a lovely asskissing party, with his own ass as the guest of honor.
This actually makes me pretty angry, because it's simply enabling all his worst traits. Trump has an amazing ability to take a combination of praise and criticism, filter out all the criticism, and remember only the praise. Giving him this praise-party will only further make him pig-headedly stubborn in the face of any criticism or even advice they may try to offer in private. Any advice he doesn't like can now be met with "Yeah, but you already said my judgement was amazing. I've got it on tape. Here, watch. Have you got a room full of people saying how amazing your judgement is? No? Then why should I listen to your opinion over my own?"
You can't even pretend that there are adults in the room anymore. Just a bully and a bunch of childish cowards, willing to undermine their own effectiveness just to stay close to the seat of power.
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