He has a very warped sense of his own behavior.

6 minutes ago, Vee said:

He has a very warped sense of his own behavior.

 

Obviously!

 

I DEFINITELY envision a scenario where Trump fires not just Mueller, but Rosenstein and even Sessions as well.  It's going to be a REAL bloodbath.

He can't fire Mueller - he has to get Sessions or Rosenstein to do that, and Sessions recused himself (much to Trump's rage) and Rosenstein won't do it. He may try to dump Sessions and replace him with Pruitt (who would in turn dump Rosenstein) who is already on staff and therefore, I believe, does not need to be confirmed by Congress. Anyone else would have to be and would not make it through.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

Yeah, good luck with that, Nicolle, lol.

 

If Trump believes he can finally say what he feels, then what in the Samuel Langhorne hell has been spewing from his uneducated mouth since day damn one??

 

He will just keep acting like people are out to get him and he's a victim but now he's free. 

 

The GOP has enabled this man at every turn and they will keep on doing so. The media isn't far behind. I have to wonder if this is why the "Democrats in disarray" narrative has picked up, with smarmy Bill Maher sounding the drums on his show last night. They know how to draw attention away - they always do.

I actually don't think most of the media is enabling him much anymore; I think they're as terrified of him as we are. I do think a lot of them always disdain too many Democrats. And Bill Maher is just a joke - he always hates Democrats.

 

The media is not trying to draw attention from Trump - most of them know he is a clear and present danger and report on it, many very well. But their repertoire and perspective is very limited by conventional norms, and their very real fear of this new and unthinkable situation is also a huge influencer on their coverage - any time they can try to bring things back to comfortable scenarios like 'both sides do it' or 'just Beltway politics as usual,' many of them do, because the alternative is abject horror at what has been wrought. In a way, trying to find false equivalencies or ways to needle Democrats as well as Trump is the mainstream media's security blanket in the face of Trump.

 

That said: Some of them are doing very good work.

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He's having a rough Monday. This was posted with no other accompaniment:

 

 

A total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 19, 2018

I can't stand Olivia Nuzzi who cozied up to Milo Yiannopoulos, but:

 

 

A key facet of this White House that Nuzzi gets at is Kelly's need to demean staff serving beneath him, something the West Wing already had w Trump. He had come to treat Hicks better by the end, but still doesn't understand who's vital to Trump personally https://t.co/QDK9lYXBSW

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 19, 2018

 

It's a bit of a puff piece on Hicks which I find disgusting, but it has a lot of insight into the WH.

This seems like one hell of a quote: pic.twitter.com/3P1Ij7Q7Qa

— PaulInNapaValley (@PaulNapaValley) March 19, 2018

The more I read about Gen. John Kelly, the more I can't WAIT to see Trump fire his ass.

I try to limit my reading/posting of Op-Ed pieces but this one caught my eye.  From what I've observed from others and read I tend to agree with everything being expressed here except the part about Trump W.H. Inc. being committed to a lasting peace in the region. 

I don't believe Trump W.H. is committed to anything except burnishing their bankroll.

 

Israel’s Self-Inflicted Wounds

26 minutes ago, Vee said:

He's having a rough Monday. This was posted with no other accompaniment:

 

This is going to be a brutal week for him. The FBI and intelligence community are going to make him pay for what he did to McCabe.

I really hope so.

This will come as no surprise to any of us but look at the number or trade agreements being signed and negotiated without the U.S. as countries look for alternatives to trade with the U.S. 

What stands out is just how instrumental Canada is becoming in quite a number of these trade agreements, which makes sense.

 

‘World Upside Down’: As Trump Pushes Tariffs, Latin America Links Up

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

This will come as no surprise to any of us but look at the number or trade agreements being signed and negotiated without the U.S. as countries look for alternatives to trade with the U.S. 

What stands out is just how instrumental Canada is becoming in quite a number of these trade agreements, which makes sense.

 

‘World Upside Down’: As Trump Pushes Tariffs, Latin America Links Up

As I listened to the Family Meeting yesterday on the radio(my fave radio program), they pointed out white people in America are getting the *ss whooping minorities and to a lesser degree white women have been getting for years. No matter how powerful this country thinks we are, the world is moving on. And I will say it again, the big winner here is China who is no longer even pretending it's trying to strike a balance with authoritarianism. Diff between Xi and Trump, Xi is more polished, smart,  ruthless and dangerous in the long run.

I love New York, and today I'm announcing my candidacy for governor. Join us: https://t.co/9DwsxWW8xX pic.twitter.com/kYTvx6GZiD

— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) March 19, 2018

I've got to hand it to her team: they chose not to touch on her acting career in that video, which might be savvy in these times when so many appear to be "anti-celebrity."

 

I wish her all the luck in the world.

The UK's Channel 4's Cambridge Analytica doc (now trending) - and the NY Times story posted upthread - have led to some more shocking revelations about and consequences for Facebook:

 

 

The full #CambridgeAnalyticaUncovered documentary - secret filming by @Channel4News reveals election tricks https://t.co/EW3uLuhzON

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) March 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Cambridge Analytica offers to “set up fake IDs and websites” or pose as students to hide their role in election campaigns. https://t.co/vFuHzAMFBy #CambridgeAnalyticaUncovered

— alex thomson (@alextomo) March 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Cambridge Analytica offers to “set up fake IDs and websites” or pose as students to hide their role in election campaigns. https://t.co/vFuHzAMFBy #CambridgeAnalyticaUncovered

— alex thomson (@alextomo) March 19, 2018

In case you aren't putting 2 & 2 together. Trump's campaign manager, Bannon was a Director of Cambridge Analytica, whose CEO admitted on video to using bribes & sex workers to entrap politicians.The Trump Campaign Used Cambridge

Do you still wonder why the GOP seems entrapped?

— Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) March 19, 2018

“Send some girls around to the candidate’s house.”

As part of a monthslong investigation into Cambridge Analytica, a reporter from Channel 4 News in Britain secretly filmed Alexander Nix, the firm’s chief executive, as he offered to entrap politicians. https://t.co/ahtv3pQHdy

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 19, 2018

The Cambridge Analytica scandal has done immense damage to the Facebook brand, sources across the company believe https://t.co/sC8IACInXT pic.twitter.com/L5p9GYtMVl

— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2018

BREAKING: Roger McNamee says Facebook employees were embedded within the Trump campaign to work with Cambridge Analytica.

— Social Media Insider (@SocialMedia411) March 19, 2018

Facebook is now allegedly scrambling to pull their people out of Cambridge Analytica and 'investigate'. The Democrats in Congress are all over them. This is why I never trusted or used FB, having grown up around computer security experts.