Thursday, March 21, 2019
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors on Friday to discuss whether to add cases to the court’s docket next term, including one petition brought by a mystery company related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
If the court denies the case, it will represent the last stop for a company that has been fighting a subpoena issued last year by a federal grand jury in Washington, DC.
For months now, the case has been one of the most closely watched and guarded secrets among Mueller’s work. The company, that calls itself a wholly owned agency of an unnamed foreign state, fought the subpoena arguing it was immune under a federal law called the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act that limits such prosecutorial action.It also said that complying with the request for documents would violate the country’s own laws.
Looks like we might find out by next week whether this case will keep going, or if it will drastically change. I still say that it’s the Qatari Investment Authority, or someone very closely associated with them like Glenncore.
- Steve Bannon, WH Staff Accused of Using Personal Email to Discuss Sending Sensitive Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia
- But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communications tools
- By Donald Trump’s Standards, Jared And Ivanka Should Be In Jail
- Jared Kushner: Trump’s son-in-law uses WhatsApp and personal email for official White House business, attorney says
- New Information about White House Officials Using Private Email and Messaging Apps Raises Security and Federal Records Concerns
- Kushner accused of using WhatsApp, personal email to conduct official business: report
- Walter Shaub: The fact that Jared Kushner, who couldn’t get a security clearance (or even his job) without nepotism, uses WhatsApp *clandestinely* and *illegally* to communicate with foreign officials outside official channels is another sign of his dangerous lack of fitness for public office.
This is interesting. If this sounds familiar, it is. And not just because of the cries about Hilary’s Buttery Males. And this combines sloppiness, purposely avoiding public scrutiny, and a blatant cover-up.
Several White House staffers in the Trump Administration, including Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon, used encrypted communications like WhatsApp to discuss the Mideast Marshall Plan. (I’m working on that piece of the puzzle, but it’s still just a draft.) This is important for several reasons.
First, this shows an active cover-up to keep their discussions out of official channels. If this wasn’t a big deal, why not use their official government mail? Why not use some other chat program that doesn’t use encryption? Why not just text each other? The only reason to go this far out of view to have a conversation is because they know it’s not good.
Next, this destroys any and all arguments they made for why Jared should have a security clearance. If he’s doing this, it’s because he knows what he’s doing is wrong. If that’s the case, then he can’t be trusted with secrets.
Finally, it also shows that they not as smart as they think they are. We’ve seen reports for quite a while that WhatsApp was pwned by Intel groups a long time ago. But even with that, it takes a special kind of stupid to assume that these conversations are secure.
Why? Because old people can’t tech.
Like I’ve described with emails before, messages in WhatsApp, Signal, and those other encrypted apps exist in multiple places at once. They’re on the phone, on a computer backup, on a cloud backup, in the browser cache if they use the website. They’re on backup drives and servers across the world. And this is duplicated for each and every person in the conversation. The only way that the encrypted messages stay secret is if everyone involved has it set up properly. That means no backing up to the cloud, not keeping the conversations on the phone, no screenshots or pics, no backing up locally before deleting, and other security steps. All it takes is ONE person to save these conversations to the cloud for them to lose their security.
Considering the content of the conversations, this is gonna get ugly real fucking quick.
- James Comey: What I Want From the Mueller Report — I am rooting for a demonstration to the world that the United States justice system works.
- Renato Mariotti: If I was investigating Trump for obstruction of justice, I would not conclude without interviewing him unless he took the Fifth.
- Andrew Laufer, ESQ: Most defendants in criminal investigations don’t give interviews or direct statements to authorities where they would risk waiving their 5th amendment rights. Mueller doesn’t need anything from Trump.
- Neal Katyal: 5 RULES FOR WHEN NEWS ABOUT MUELLER REPORT COMES OUT. THREAD
- Thread by @neal_katyal: “5 RULES FOR WHEN NEWS ABOUT MUELLER REPORT COMES OUT. 1. Believe only the text of the Report, not others’ characterizations of it. This WH i […]”
- Mike Levine: Attorney General Bill Barr just walked past me inside the Justice Department. I asked him, “Is today the day?” His response: a death stare… before walking off without saying a word.
- Tim Hogan: If the Mueller report contains grand jury information (and it is almost certain it will) and Barr shares it with Trump, Barr is looking at six month in the lock up and disbarment for willful violation of Rule 6(e).
- Mimi Rocah: Waiting for the Mueller Report is like waiting for the baby to be born. We’re in the end of the third trimester and just want it to be over. But, as every parent knows, once the baby comes – that’s when all the real work begins.😬
Like has been discussed from yesterday (Daily Check-In 03/20/2019) all the way back to who the fuck knows now, we’re hearing a lot about the Mueller Report coming out ANY DAY NOW.
Don’t buy it until it’s delivered.
Don’t buy the hype or the burying. Don’t buy into the promises of indictments or people being cleared until it happens.
The minute it does come out, I’ll post it here. Until then, just sit back, relax, go to the Winchester, and just hang out until it all blows over. I have a feeling that the craziness will ramp up to 11 when it drops.
- Billionaire charged in Florida prostitution sting donated $50,000 to RNC last month.
- Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid?
- Julie Brown: MIAMI HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Massage parlor owner helped tech giants get $100,000 Trump photos. Who Paid?
- MSW Podcast: We were just positing this in last night’s midweek episode: what if Cindy Yang was selling selfies with Trump to straw donors paid for with foreign money? MASSIVE foreign money laundering operation into the GOP.
Yep. How else can this timeline be described than this? A rub & tug leads to laundering foreign money to the President in less degrees of separation that I have to Kevin Bacon.
By they way, my Kevin Bacon number is 3 or 4. I worked on a small project with a guy who worked on film with a couple people that worked with Kevin Bacon.
- Kremlin accuses U.S. of stoking tensions by flying bombers near its borders
- Ming: Signal is green..
- The Kingdom and the Kushners: Jared Went to Riyadh. So Did His Brother.
- Trump and His Enablers Are Busy Pre-Spinning the Mueller Report
- Trump Is Now Greeting People With ‘No Collusion’ Instead Of Hello
- Poll: 87% Say Mueller Report Should Be Made Public
- Kyle Griffin: Richard Blumenthal to @MSNBC: “There are indictments in this president’s future. They’re coming. Whether they’re after his presidency or during it.”
CONGRESS
- Cummings: Ivanka Trump not preserving all official email
- Caroline Orr: NEW: Per @RepCummings, Trump’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, told the House Oversight Committee that Ivanka doesn’t preserve official email she receives in her personal account if she doesn’t respond to it, an apparent violation of the Presidential Records Act.
- House panel interviews Sater, holds hearing in Russia probe
- Felix Sater to face House hearing on Trump Tower Moscow project
- White House rejects Dem request for documents on Trump-Putin communications
- White House rejects Dem requests for info on Putin communications
- Trump administration refuses to give Congress president’s communications with Putin, says they’re “confidential”
- Trump investigations showcase battles over executive privilege
- Donald Trump May Have Committed Bank Fraud And Congress Will Investigate, Democratic Congressman Says
- Roger Stone declines to hand over documents in House Judiciary probe, invoking 5th Amendment rights
- Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment in House Judiciary document request
- Senate’s sluggish start reflects the Republicans’ narrow policy agenda
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez receives so many death threats her staff performs visitor risk assessments
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ‘second most talked-about politician in America,’ graces Time cover
- Opinion | Congress is finally realizing that it’s given the president way too much power
- Opinion | Democratic voters agree with Pelosi on impeachment
- Here’s how Thomas Massie became the most Kremlin-friendly member of the House
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Michael Cohen investigation involved secretive “Triggerfish” tracking device
- Line crossed: Three SDNY chiefs say Trump can be indicted
- Trump shifts $1.3m of campaign donations to his personal businesses
- Trump Has Now Shifted $1.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business
- David Farenthold: Trump Org now selling merch with the White House on it. Nice work by @Z_Everson.
- Zac Everson: Yesterday the official Trump Store debuted its cherry-blossom collection. Four items on sale showcase the White House. Via @1100Penn: http://bit.ly/2OpoXE5
- Fox Reporter Gives House Dems Some Docs Related To Spiked Stormy Story
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A INDIVIDUAL-1
- Trump and His Enablers Are Busy Pre-Spinning the Mueller Report
- Trump Is Now Greeting People With ‘No Collusion’ Instead Of Hello
- CNN: “There’s a mean streak that runs through Donald Trump’s heart,” says Jack O’Donnell, former President and COO of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. “There is a piece of this that is almost sociopathic, that he likes to hurt people. … It’s who he is.”
- Trump signs executive order on free speech on college campuses
- Trump Wants His Buddy Robert Kraft At The WH Despite Prostitution Scandal
- Under Trump, Witness Protection has been infiltrated by the Russian Mafia.
- Rep. Clyburn compares climate during Trump presidency to Hitler’s Germany
- For someone with nothing to hide, Trump does a lot of hiding
- Coast Guard is ‘approaching a tipping point’: Commandant sounds alarm about aging fleet
McCAIN
- John McCain’s daughters fire back at Trump, calling him ‘a child’ who lacks decency and compassion
- The GOP is silent and spineless as Trump attacks a war hero
- Think tank bearing McCain’s name releases ‘fact sheet’ rebutting Trump’s criticisms
- Trump falsely claims he ‘had to approve’ John McCain’s funeral, complains he didn’t get a ‘thank you’
- National Cathedral says Trump didn’t need to give ‘approval’ for McCain funeral
- No, Trump didn’t give the funeral to Sen. McCain
- For Trump, attacking McCain is a way to appeal to his political base
- Fox News Hosts Tear Into Donald Trump Over John McCain Attacks
- President told to ‘show us your bone spurs’ after continuing attacks on late John McCain before raging over Mueller investigation
- Lindsey Graham says people are only defending McCain to hurt Trump
CONWAY
- Kellyanne and George Conway: A Washington power marriage gone way wrong
- Kellyanne Conway says she won’t take her husband’s advice to resign
- ‘I’m a political prisoner’: Mouthy Martha Mitchell was the George Conway of the Nixon era
- The impossible awkwardness of Conway vs. Conway vs. Trump
- Walter Shaub: Kellyanne Conway violated the Standards of Conduct, violated the Hatch Act twice, defended the child separation policy, and made a name for herself with “alternative facts” that bear no resemblance to facts. How did she survive in this administration? She IS this administration.
- Melissa Kester: Evil plan? Are Conways creating an oedipal triad? Make Trump (little boy) feel he is the man in the triad who beat out the father (George). Then Kelly will have all power over his mental stability. She could support him or destroy him once indictments rain down.
TRAITOR TOTS
- Jon Cooper: BREAKING: Here’s audio of Devin Nunes yesterday saying: “Sorry you just don’t get to defame politicians & put it out on Twitter anymore. I mean, you can do it. But I’m gonna come after you.” Someone tell Nunes this isn’t Russia. Dug up by @TheDemCoalition.
- Dem Coalition: BREAKING: Video of Devin Nunes defending protestors who yelled the “n-word” at US Rep John Lewis: “I think people have every right to say what they want. If they wanna smear someone, they can do it.” Nunes is terrible. Dug up @TheDemCoalition. From 2010.
- “LISTEN TO ME, FUCKER!”: OF COURSE TRUMP’S GOLF CADDIE IS A VIOLENTLY OVERPROTECTIVE SOCIOPATH
- Adrienne Cobb: Trump’s Golf Caddie Is a Violent Sociopath He put a caddie who dissed Trump in a choke hold, yelling, “Now, you listen to me, f—–! You’re not gonna come to Mr. Trump’s course & eat Mr. Trump’s food & then use the word ‘hate’ about my president.” I guess if you’re going to cheat at golf, you better have a violent sociopath for a golf caddie to protect you. “Mr. Trump never cheats at golf!” ~ Trump’s caddie, probably
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago to host Palm Beach County Republicans. Reporters aren’t invited.
- Prosecutors contend Chelsea Manning made ‘false or mistaken’ statements during military trial, her lawyers say
FIGHTING BACK
- Opinion | If Trump is a national emergency, it’s time for Democrats to act like it
- When Trump Blocks You on Twitter, He’s Violating the First Amendment
EMERGENCIES, SHUTDOWN, & IMMIGRATION
- ICE immigration arrests are declining as law enforcement focuses on border surge
- With more focus on the southern border, U.S. officials see a rise in migrants at sea
- Trump’s wall declaration threatens to take money from military families in red states
RACISM, RIGHT WING TERRORISM & WHITE NATIONALISM
- Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty to mailing explosive devices to Trump critics
- Trump Supporter Sobs as He Describes Mailing Bombs to Obama, Clinton and Other Democrats
- A terrorist’s bullet shredded a 4-year-old’s pelvis. This surgeon wept, then fought to save her.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams U.S. Inaction on Gun Control as Jacinda Ardern Bans Weapons: ‘This Is What Leadership Looks Like’
- Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs
- Dutch authorities investigate ‘terrorist motive’ of attacker who killed 3 people in Utrecht
- Militant groups are using Christchurch mosque shootings to spread a message of hate
- Nazis Have Always Been Trolls
- Steve King continues to make controversial comments on race, despite a GOP reprimand
- ‘Hiding in plain sight’: In quiet New Zealand city, alleged gunman plotted carnage
- ‘This is what leadership looks like’: U.S. Democrats rally as New Zealand bans military-style guns
- In New Zealand, broad support for ban on assault weapons after massacre
- It took New Zealand just six days to ban semi-automatic weapons. America, are you listening?
SCOTUS & COURTS
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
- Billionaire charged in Florida prostitution sting donated $50,000 to RNC last month.
- Billionaire donor cut large checks to RNC days before he was charged with soliciting prostitution at Florida spa
- Cash-strapped R. Kelly seeks judge’s permission to fly to Dubai for concerts
- GOP state representative votes against ensuring free menstrual products in prison: It’s not “a country club”
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft files a motion to stop public release of spa videos
- Smallville Star Allison Mack in Plea Negotiation Over Sex Trafficking Charges
- The first time the U.S. considered drafting women — 75 years ago
COLD WAR 2.0
Brexit
- Brexit: Britain will not leave the E.U. next week after European leaders allow a short reprieve
- Brexit: Petition to remain in the EU hits two million signatures in just one day
- Theresa May pleads for Brexit delay at crucial European summit
- Trump’s advice on Brexit may be useless — or worse
- ‘None of you is a traitor’: British Parliament speaker pushes back against May over who is to blame for Brexit mess
- 1 million Brits signed a petition to halt Brexit and broke Parliament’s website
- Trump Jr., Bolton take unusual step of weighing in on Britain’s domestic affairs
- Venezuela has its electricity back, for now, but it’s still on the verge of collapse
- Venezuelan intelligence unit detains chief of staff of opposition leader Juan Guaidó
- Former Brazil president Michel Temer arrested on corruption charges
- Hungarian prime minister earns rare rebuke from European bloc that has long backed him
- Opinion | The oligarchs are suffocating what’s left of democracy in Eastern Europe
- Russia Changes Economic Reporting. The Results Improve.
- Russia deports 2 U.S. Mormon Church volunteers after weeks in jail
- She seemed like a normal Web-savvy teen. She was actually waging ‘e-jihad’ with ISIS hackers.
- THOUSANDS of Russian orphans as young as eight are to be drafted into Vladimir Putin’s youth army and taught how to use machine guns and throw hand grenades.
- Trump endorses Israeli control of the disputed Golan Heights
- Trump says the Islamic State’s defeat is imminent — as he has for months
- U.S. announces first new North Korea sanctions since failed summit
- Vladimir Putin appoints kickboxer to head Russian region
- White House officials attend Hungarian Embassy event urging women to have more children
#NEVERAGAIN
- Florida House Panel Approves School Bill Allowing Arming of Teachers
- Andrew Gillum: Guns have no place in classrooms. We should be paying our teachers what they are worth and rebuilding our schools, not selling more guns. I stand with @MomsDemand, parents, and teachers across Florida who oppose arming teachers. Stop the NRA sellouts.
- ‘Bugger off,’ NZ ex-police minister tells National Rifle Association
- ‘This is what leadership looks like’: U.S. Democrats rally as New Zealand bans military-style guns
- In New Zealand, broad support for ban on assault weapons after massacre
- It took New Zealand just six days to ban semi-automatic weapons. America, are you listening?
- New Zealand just banned military-style firearms. Here’s why the U.S. can’t.
- Shannon Watts: It took New Zealand six DAYS to enact stronger gun laws after a mass shooting tragedy. It’s been six YEARS since a man armed with an AR-15 slaughtered 20 children and six educators in an American elementary school.
FIXING THE INTERNET
- Microsoft Says the FCC ‘Overstates’ Broadband Availability in the US
- Facebook says it left ‘hundreds of millions’ of users’ passwords stored in plain text
- Facebook to reexamine how livestream videos are flagged after Christchurch shooting
- Ryan Broderick: I see this sort of comment a lot and it bothers me. By 2006, gore, porn, nazis, and harassment were already a decade-old internet problem. Almost every other messageboard had guidelines in place to combat it. Facebook just spent years pretending it wasn’t a messageboard.
- Facebook knew of Cambridge Analytica data misuse earlier than reported – court filing | Cambridge Analytica | The Guardian
- Caroline Orr: NEW: Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica’s “improper data-gathering practices” months before @guardian first reported on them in Dec 2015, per a new court filing. This suggests that Facebook “consistently misled” lawmakers about what it knew & when.
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Disney closes $71B deal for Fox entertainment assets
- Lachlan Murdoch takes control of Fox Corp. But how will he deal with President Trump?
737
- Sen. Ted Cruz to hold hearing on airline safety in wake of two crashes
- Boeing Sets Monthly Political Donation Record as Crash Scandal Swirls
- Indonesian officials confirm presence of guest pilot who reportedly saved Lion Air plane day before its fatal crash
- Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras
- Ethiopian pilots raised safety concerns years before fatal crash, records show
- Ben Taub: Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air didn’t pay extra for Boeing’s “upgrades” on communications, navigation, and safety features, so Boeing didn’t warn them that the planes were prone to sensor malfunctions that would send them crashing into the ground. THREAD
- Thread by @bentaub91: “Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air didn’t pay extra for Boeing’s “upgrades” on communications, navigation, and safety features, so Boeing didn’ […]”
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, & ECONOMY
- Fed holds line on rates, says no more hikes ahead this year
- Federal Reserve cuts growth forecast, signals no more rate hikes in 2019
- An uneasy tomato truce between Florida and Mexico is coming to a bitter end
- Fentanyl drug overdose deaths rising most sharply among African Americans
- Finland’s health-care system is ranked among the best in the world. Someone tell Nikki Haley.
- Levi’s, an enduring symbol of American fashion, goes public
- ‘Medicare-for-all’ gets unexpected surge of support, even in red states
- MillerCoors takes the gloves off over ‘corngate’ and files suit against Anheuser-Busch for its Super Bowl ad
- Mortgage rates are in a free fall with no end in sight
- Opinion | Alan Krueger helped make life better for millions who will never know his name
- Review | Apple’s big week of tiny product upgrades: Here’s what’s worth your money — and not
STUDENT ISSUES
- 7 out of 895 — the number of black students admitted to NYC’s most selective high school. And there are more startling stats.
- March Madness: NCAA Tournament primed to top itself again
- The Lori Loughlin scandal highlights a closely kept secret: (Some of) basic cable is alive and well
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- Billionaire charged in Florida prostitution sting donated $50,000 to RNC last month.
- Billionaire donor cut large checks to RNC days before he was charged with soliciting prostitution at Florida spa
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Under Trump, Witness Protection has been infiltrated by the Russian Mafia.
- Jailed for Life for Stealing a $159 Jacket? 3,200 Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Crimes
- ACLU: Black man detained while moving into own Kansas home
PRIESTS & RELIGION
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- Americans are the unhappiest they’ve ever been, U.N. report finds. An ‘epidemic of addictions’ could be to blame.
- As part of Midwest starts flood cleanup, downstream region braces for inundation
- Baltimore sees 6 sudden infant deaths in 6 weeks, the worst spate since 2009
- Donald Trump Bashes Solar Power and ‘Windmills’: ‘When the Wind Doesn’t Blow, Turn Off the Television Darling‘
- Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are back in the news. Here’s what you need to know about the story. – The Lily
- It’s a ‘magic fridge!’: Men find ice-cold beers in a field after long hours cleaning up Nebraska flood wreckage
- It’s the first full day of spring. This late-season nor’easter won’t let winter go away.
- Meteor? Nope. Aliens? Nah. Fiery streak over L.A. was a supermoon marketing stunt.
- Ocasio-Cortez: Maybe Wall Street Bankers ‘Not the Best Authority’ on Wellbeing of People and Planet
- Thousands still need rescuing as aid agencies struggle with aftermath of Cyclone Idai
- US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling
- Volvo says in-car cameras will monitor drivers and take action to prevent distracted or impaired driving
- Bernie Sanders Campaign Becomes 2020’s First To Promise To Offset Carbon Emissions
ELECTIONS
- Andrew Gillum Launches Voter Registration Campaign To Turn Florida Blue
- GOP gerrymandering helped Republicans hold 18 House seats in 2018 midterms – Democrats would have picked up 16 additional seats in 2018 if not for Republican gerrymandering, according to study
- If we’re abolishing the Electoral College, let’s also have ranked-choice voting for president
- Judge blocks GOP’s lame-duck laws limiting Wis. governor’s powers
- Judge blocks Wisconsin’s Republican-written lame-duck laws
- Judge Restores Wisconsin Governor’s Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws
- Wisconsin GOP Acted Illegally by Stripping Incoming Governor of Power, Judge Rules
THINKING AHEAD
- Molly McKew: Hi, it’s Thursday, and Wikileaks, a favorite front for Russian intelligence, is promoting Assad/Putin apologist Tulsi Gabbard and wants you to donate to her campaign. Any questions? (Just to be clear, I also have a lot of questions)
- Sanders Hire David Sirota Deletes His Russia Tweets
- Bernie Sanders Campaign Becomes 2020’s First To Promise To Offset Carbon Emissions
- An 88-year-old ex-senator is the newest Democratic dark horse thanks to the ‘acerbic’ teens running his Twitter
- Hickenlooper was asked if he’d choose a female running mate. He should have stopped with ‘of course.’
- John Hickenlooper asks why female candidates aren’t pressed about naming a male running mate
- Opinion | A Bernie Sanders devotee makes a bumpy transition from commentator to campaign aide
- Opinion | A simple taxonomy of 2020 Democrats
- Opinion | Bernie Sanders says it’s better to give birth in Finland than the U.S. He’s right.
- Opinion | Next to Stacey Abrams, Biden’s philosophy looks flawed and dated
- Pete Buttigieg is the hottest candidate in the 2020 race right now
- Sanders: U.S. must follow New Zealand’s lead and ban assault weapons
- Sherrod Brown may have been Dems’ best 2020 hope. Here’s how others can steal his playbook.
- As a prosecutor in heavily white Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar declined to go after police involved in fatal encounters with black men
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
IN OTHER NEWS…
- Why India celebrates Holi: The legends behind the festival of color
- Asha Rangappa: Happy Holi everyone! Holi is a Hindu holiday which celebrates the start of spring and the triumph of good over evil. Read more here
- Jimmy Carter is now the longest-living President in history
- In Japan, baseball is king and the retiring Ichiro Suzuki is ‘like Madonna’
- At least 94 drown in Iraq after ferry carrying holiday revelers overturns
- Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms
RUMOR MILL
- Tweet Thread: Remember all those Fox twitter accounts that went dark right around the midterms?
- Sanders Hire David Sirota Deletes His Russia Tweets
- David Shuster: Senior DOJ officials say there is “now every indication” the Mueller report will be delivered to AG Barr as early as tomorrow. Once it arrives, Barr intends to issue a written statement acknowledging he has received the report and will take days to review. #trump #Mueller
- PostimusMaximus: YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS EVERY FRIDAY FOR 2 MONTHS. When DOJ gives an official public statement, or Mueller does. Then believe it’s happening. Until then don’t bother. (it’s coming soon but it seems incredibly unhelpful to try to guess its coming every god damn friday)
- Countercheckist: ‘EVERYONE COLLUDES!’ isn’t exactly your best strategy. It is, however, slightly less stupid than @donaldjtRUmpjr’s strategy of pointing out other people’s links to Russia. So, there’s that.
That’s it for Thursday. As far as Friday goes, don’t buy into the hype of the Mueller Report until it actually happens. Mueller’s team doesn’t leak. They don’t say shit. They’re like mimes that had their tongues cut out. All of the news we’re hearing about an imminent report comes from Team Trump. It’s coming from Trump, Giuliani, the other subjects and targets, and it’s all either deza or wild speculation.
Do I think it will be delivered soon? Maybe. Some signs point to it, but nothing concrete, and I have no insider sources. Even the Rumor Mill doesn’t know precisely. I know we talked about this a couple weeks back (Daily Check-In 03/08/2019) and last week (Daily Check-In 03/15/2019), but at this point, I’m in a holding pattern.
Since I mentioned the Middle East Marshall Plan, I think I should really put my ass in gear and get it done. More pieces of the Grand Bargain are coming into place.
What are those boards called that link people and places together? Link chart, murderboard? I should get one of those. Or make one. I’m not completely useless in a workshop.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
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