For the weekend and Monday, March 26th.
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION/COLD WAR 2.0
- Trump Plans Expulsion of Russian Envoys Over U.K. Attack
- The Washington Post: Trump orders expulsion of 60 Russian officers and closure of consulate in Seattle; E.U. actions also expected today
- White House lawyer McGahn eager to exit
- In another blow to Trump’s efforts to combat Russia probe, diGenova will no longer join legal team
- Lawyer for Trump attorney demands Stormy Daniels retract ‘defamatory’ claim she was threatened: report | TheHill
- Poland detains energy official suspected of spying for Russia | Article [AMP] | Reuters
- Top Republican Lawyer: No One’s Asking to Be on Trump’s Legal Team – Mother Jones
- Multiple suspicious packages sent to military installations in the DC area
- DNC “lone hacker” Guccifer 2.0 pegged as Russian spy after opsec fail
- Mueller Witness Took UAE Cash, Bankrolled Anti-Qatar Laws
- Government watchdog files 30 ethics complaints against Trump administration
- Russia Isn’t the Only Country with Its Hooks in Jared Kushner
- Kremlin warns Boris Johnson it has a ‘surprise’ for those who compare Russia to Nazi Germany
- Trapped schoolchildren called their parents from burning Russian mall — to say goodbye
- Jared Kushner’s meetings under investigation, OGE letter says
- Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan Turn Down Joining Trump Legal Team
- Another prominent lawyer declines offer to represent Trump in Russia investigation
The new development of the weekend involved, once again, The Dotard tweeting. This time, he went on a rant about how he had no problem getting lawyers to work for him on the Russia case.
Cue the lawyers quitting his team, turning down the chance to work with him, or the ones that want to leave.
Last week, Jon Dowd quit, to be replaced by Joe DiGenova and his wife. Two days after they were announced to join the team, they quit. A half dozen top tier law firms have turned down the chance to work with Trump, and no one is lining up to do so.
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA AND FACEBOOK
- Brexit campaign was ‘totally illegal’, claims whistleblower – Channel 4 News
- Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook first responded to what became a huge data scandal
- Tim Cook speaks out on Cambridge Analytica debacle, calls for stricter consumer privacy safeguards
- Class-action filed against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica on behalf of 50 million users
- Leaked email shows how Cambridge Analytica and Facebook first responded to what became a huge data scandal
- Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections
- The Washington Post: Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise U.S. campaigns
- Spicy: Dear Facebook… – Mad Dog PAC National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Earlier today 37 State Attorneys General sent a two page letter to Facebook.
- Facebook has lost $100 billion in 10 days — and now advertisers are pulling out
- Cambridge Analytica accused of violating US election laws in legal action
- Facebook stock falls after FTC launches probe of data scandal
- Cook County sues Facebook, Cambridge Analytica after alleged misuse of millions of Illinoisans’ data
- “We’d stage the whole thing”: Cambridge Analytica was filmed boasting of its role in Kenya’s polls
Cambridge Analytica was confirmed to be illegally involved in Brexit, Kenya, and the U.S. 2014 elections. This is a buildup to them being illegally involved in 2016.
By the way, if you have Facebook stock and haven’t sold it yet, you should dump it. Move it to defense spending or companies that focus on cybersecurity. Just saying.
#NEVERAGAIN
- New data show the NRA increased online ad spending aggressively after Parkland shooting
- The Washington Post: March for Our Lives: Crowds begin to gather for rally against gun violence in nation’s capital
- The Washington Post: What happens to children who survive school shootings in America?
- Paul McCartney attends ‘March For Our Lives’: I lost my best friend to gun violence
- Broader gun restrictions lead to fewer intimate partner homicides
- Santorum: Parkland students should learn CPR instead of marching – POLITICO
- Dems introduce bill to require background checks on ammunition sales
- It’s official: March for Our Lives was one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam War
- How the Parkland teens became villains on the right-wing Internet
1.2 million. More than 1.2 million people marched this weekend for gun control reform.
Emma’s Speech. Watch it. 6 minutes, 20 seconds. Fight for your life before it’s someone else’s job.
The vitriol from the Right Wing over this past weekend was disgusting. If your reaction to the survivors of a massacre trying to prevent it from happening again is to attack the children that survived, then you are a fucking dick.
STORMYWATCH, FROM THE STORM CENTER 6000 METEOROPORNOLOGICAL CENTER
- The Washington Post: Michael Avenatti, the adrenaline-fueled lawyer taking on President Trump
- The Washington Post: ‘I was scared’: On ‘60 Minutes,’ Stormy Daniels details threats she says were to prevent her from describing alleged Trump affair
- Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against Michael Cohen (read full document)
- ‘Not in a punch-back mode’: Why Trump has been largely silent on Stormy Daniels
- Fox & Friends hosts didn’t mention Stormy Daniels once on Monday, but devoted a segment to Hillary
- Michael Cohen’s Cease And Desist Letter To Stormy Daniels Is Exactly The Kind Of Stupid, Bullying Tactic She Accuses Him Of
- Trump’s Legal Threats Backfire The president is used to getting his way by bluster and intimidation, but the strategy that once worked for him is now working against him. theatlantic.com
I didn’t watch the interview yet, it’s sitting on the DVR. One piece I did catch was that back in 2011, someone threatened her and her infant daughter if she talked about Trump anymore. She assumes that this was connected to Michael Cohen.
Once again, Cohen tries to bully and intimidate Stormy into saying that he didn’t bully and intimidate her. Stay classy, mother fucker.
CAN WE GET BACK TO POLITICS?
- Press briefing starts off with a bang as reporter asks why the American people should trust anything the White House says
- Breitbart implicated in plot to pay off Roy Moore accuser, lawyer says
- Russia probe descends on Nunes’ re-election, threatens to upend midterms
- Nevada lawmaker: ‘Rumor mill’ says Ryan headed for exit
- ‘The speaker is not resigning:’ Ryan’s office dismisses GOP lawmaker’s rumor
This is the second or third time in the last few weeks that rumors about Paul Ryan retiring from Congress have floated around. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next couple months he has something come up and he decides to “spend time with his family.”
RUMOR MILL: BANNON’S TOOLS
That’s it for today. I’m behind schedule on my gun control post, and the write-ups are little light tonight. Quite frankly, it’s been a little hectic in real life. It would be nice if I have a home repair project that doesn’t require multiple trips to the hardware store for wrong parts, bad directions, vanishing tools that only reappear after getting a replacement, or simply have a project not snowball out of control.
On the plus side, I have two new sink faucets, a relocated bookcase, and a new place to work.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
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