Mama Khan had a similar experience with the mother of her first husband.  (She's still friendly toward her, for some, unfathomable reason).  Except, my grandmother (well, she's not REALLY my grandmother, but...) took a step farther by manipulating Mama Khan out of her and her then-husband's house as the two were divorcing, leaving her AND my older brother virtually out on the street.  (Again, why they have remain in contact all these years is a total mystery to me).

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.⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ presenting the “President’s Cup” he had made for the sumo championship in Japan. He said later he hoped it would be used for hundreds of years to come. pic.twitter.com/AzSDNzsfh2

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) May 26, 2019

Congrats everyone pic.twitter.com/JhesGnna96

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 27, 2019

Trump bestows the 70-pound President's Cup to Tokyo’s sumo champ, but needs help lifting it. pic.twitter.com/JGaZ9oGnHR

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) May 26, 2019

And now, Bernard in repose:

 

 

If Bernie Sanders’s stop on Saturday in Vermont’s capital was to be a homecoming, it also served as something of a reset for his presidential campaign https://t.co/OLxtHZCmuu

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2019

But the Times, while necessary, is not our friend, and this long thread from Oliver Willis on Maggie Haberman's latest Hope Hicks puff piece explains why:

 

 

Maggie Haberman is the worst journalist in America and her fellow journalists think she’s amazing, which should tell you everything about the state of journalism

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 26, 2019

Edited May 27, 20196 yr by Vee

I was wondering if someone is going to post this. I don't really understand why it's taken so many to catch onto Maggie Haberman. While the paper still does great local coverage, their political beat is garbage and has been for years. It's hard to match the garbage the Times put out during the Iraq war and how they lead the propaganda arm of the White House, but this is worse IMO. To use your stature in the country to spread this BS is a disgrace.

4 hours ago, JaneAusten said:

I was wondering if someone is going to post this. I don't really understand why it's taken so many to catch onto Maggie Haberman. While the paper still does great local coverage, their political beat is garbage and has been for years. It's hard to match the garbage the Times put out during the Iraq war and how they lead the propaganda arm of the White House, but this is worse IMO. To use your stature in the country to spread this BS is a disgrace.

 

I agree.  I stopped reading anything that she's written some time ago.  I guess I just assumed others have done the same. 

I still maintain that the best part of the NYTimes remains their Metro NYC section.  Their Arts section can still be good as well, if you skip most of the reviews.

 

 

Hate to risk ruining what's left of everyone's holiday weekend but what I'm seeing is that Trump's lies don't take time off, even if we do.  I thought this piece was interesting, especially given that it's Memorial Day.

 

Trump said he passed Veterans Choice " Not true. The Choice program allows vets to see doctors outside of the VA system. It was first passed in 2014 under ⁦@BarackObama⁩ ⁦@AP⁩ fact check: Trump takes credit for Obama’s gains for vets https://t.co/XE9Gi2aiJU

— Terrence Curran (@tcurranmd) May 27, 2019

 

Also, remember when we were all talking about the Israeli elections, not too long ago?

 

Israel faces the prospect of a second election this year, just two months after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to win a new mandate at the polls. https://t.co/3bZNa4ePUS

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2019

@DramatistDreamer That story about the Israeli elections is really something. I'm in shock to be honest. I've been trying to sort out what happened in Europe yesterday.  It seems the left populist movement gained ground in both France and Germany. 3 Brexit party MP's elected in the UK(and UKIP failing thank goodness). Greece throwing out their populist leader, Macron cozying up to the left wing socialists in Spain. It's topsy turvy. Italy is really no surprise to me. They always go the crazy route. 

10 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Hate to risk ruining what's left of everyone's holiday weekend but what I'm seeing is that Trump's lies don't take time off, even if we do.  I thought this piece was interesting, especially given that it's Memorial Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's for damn sure. Truly, I don't think I've ever known (or known of) a person who lies as much as he does.  My mind automatically discards everything he says now, I don't even consciously think about it.  I just see him talking and put his statements in the figurative trash basket.

Edited May 28, 20196 yr by Juliajms

14 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

That's for damn sure. Truly, I don't think I've ever known (or known of) a person who lies a much as he does.  My mind automatically discards everything he says now, I don't even consciously think about it.  I just see him talking and put his statements in the figurative trash basket.

 

Unfortunately, I say the same things about my grandmother.

JUST IN: Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to make a statement at DOJ at 11 a.m.

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 29, 2019

I'm not looking forward to the bad media hot takes that will flood the zone after he speaks. 

^Exactly. I'm not looking forward to this either.

Mueller basically came out, resigned, refused to exonerate Trump and pointedly put the onus to act on Congress.

 

 

"If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so," Mueller said. But "charging the president with a crime was not an option we could consider." pic.twitter.com/tjpr3ULN0H

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 29, 2019

NEW: House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler on Mueller statement: "Given that Special Counsel Mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the President, it falls to Congress to respond." https://t.co/gnBYZQdonx pic.twitter.com/qayVmCmnsC

— ABC News (@ABC) May 29, 2019

BREAKING: "There were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election, and that allegation deserves the attention of every American,” Special Counsel Mueller says as he concludes his statement, and his investigation.https://t.co/5ydkpqlX8t pic.twitter.com/6Sc8nCzOS8

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2019

Legal analyst Glenn Kirschner: "[Mueller] was virtually announcing: Congress do your job."https://t.co/s0E0W5seLT

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2019

I don't believe there is a choice anymore. Maybe not next week, but before the election is over.

Interesting thread.

 

Mueller’s statement is an indictment of a press that focused more on what people had to say about the report than what the report said, because the former was easier to cover. No one has learned anything.

— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) May 29, 2019

9 minutes ago, Vee said:

I don't believe there is a choice anymore.

 

Sadly, I agree.  Congress must act.  If it doesn't, then it will look complicit.

 

I just wish I could shake the feeling that seeking impeachment will ultimately deliver the Democrats' fate into the GOP's hands.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

 

Sadly, I agree.  Congress must act.  If it doesn't, then it will look complicit.

 

I just wish I could shake the feeling that seeking impeachment will ultimately deliver the Democrats' fate into the GOP's hands.

People were not on the side of the Nixon impeachment when inquiries started. Public hearings covered on television have power.  Enough at this point who knows. 

 

At this point I agree with Sewer. And American Exceptionalism is a joke. We are a nation of C students who want the cliff notes version or someone to spoon feed us the answers.

I remember when I used to read about Tibetans who self-immolated in public places.  It was described as the act of desperation and hopelessness. 

 

JUST IN: Man lights himself on fire near White House https://t.co/2esGleoMYn pic.twitter.com/p2oNjwgLv0

— The Hill (@thehill) May 29, 2019