I was watching AM Joy this weekend, and one of her guests had absolutely the right idea:
We CAN NEVER ALLOW THE NORMALIZATION OF THE TREASON THAT WE SAW IN HELSINKI.
We simply can’t.
STOP giving Dolt45 the benefit of the doubt.
He hasn’t earned it. Ever.
The revelation that Dolt45 was given SMOKING GUN PROOF of Putin ordering the attack on the November 2016 Election – TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE INAUGURATION
Puts, plain and simple, the lying and outright TREASON against the United States that he has done everytime he’s opened his mouth to cast doubts on the Intelligence Community’s evaluation of the attack on this country by Russia during the 2016 Election season.
Now that we know that he wasn’t just given some ‘ this is our best guess’ report by the CIA, but SMOKING GUN EVIDENCE..
It also explains why so much of the IC has had their hair on fire since November 2016.
As folks have pointed out…there is the great likelihood that those informants who helped us get this information were betrayed by this White House, telling them information that they shouldn’t have, just like they did on the Israeli’s when the Russian Ambassador was invited into the Oval Office.
Why is this harmful to us, and why folks like myself have ALWAYS understood that the very safety of the United States is at risk, as long as we have TRAITORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
Because, we don’t stay safe because we’re the United States. We stay safe because of those alliances, and those alliances include IC alliances.
This is a good point brought up this weekend:
.@TPARSI: Other intelligence services around the world the U.S. collaborates with & whose assistance & information it oftentimes needs are not going to be as forthcoming any longer because they cannot have confidence in how this intelligence is going to be used #CarterPage #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/glJA7M6dfG
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
So, yes, what happens when our allies believe that they can’t trust America? The world becomes a more dangerous place for Americans.
He considered the demand of Putin to turn over AMERICAN CITIZENS to Putin!
What THE ENTIRE PHUCK?!?!?!?
Here is an interview from someone who it at the very top of Putin’s list. The man who brought the sanctions.
.@BILLBROWDER: #Putin is pretty much obsessed with me… #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/ORWtcHVWcQ
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 21, 2018
AM Joy 7/21/18
Putin singles out Bill Browder at Trump’s Helsinki press conference
Vladimir Putin called out American-born business man and staunch Putin critic Bill Browder at the press conference held with Donald Trump in Helsinki, demanding that Russians operatives be allowed to interrogate Browder, plus several Americans. Bill Browder joins Joy Reid to discuss
.@AMANDIONAIR: Right now what we saw this week was the most ominous sign for the deterioration of our democratic institutions… #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/Cs2iP9qSO6
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
.@SHERMICHAEL_: I never imagined that the Russians would have an asset in the president… Just imagine having the president of the United States of America essentially throw our country under the bus. That's unprecedented. #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/sxWt58VpP5
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 21, 2018
.@TONYSCHWARTZ: The man lies. Say the facts & move on. Do not sit here & try to figure out whether #Trump might have misspoken. We know he didn't misspeak… this is a man who's told 3,200 lies during the last year & 1/2 … Let's focus on the facts & not get into his game #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/TPgOpKwPNi
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 21, 2018
Tell it Congresswoman Waters
.@RepMaxineWaters: I think #Trump is Putin's apprentice. He's been [allegedly] under his tutelage for a long time now. He intends to get [the lifting of sanctions] done… And the Republican party should be ashamed that they are allowing this to happen #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/W16mo3S4Vz
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
.@RepMaxineWaters: [Republicans] have no guts. They have no courage. They're not standing up for America. I dare them to talk about how patriotic they are given what they are allowing this president to do. #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/mlQd2NC96Y
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
UH HUH
Schiff says that Trump is "acting like someone who's compromised. And It may very well be that he is compromised or it may very well be that he believes that he's compromised, that the Russians have information on him." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/5Vy7icJIiX
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 22, 2018
Former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice on whether Trump is compromised: "What his motivations are I think is a legitimate question…but the policies that this president has pursued globally have served Vladimir Putin's interests" https://t.co/9SuWYZK9Ya #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/ZLyhdfh4KV
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 22, 2018
The GOP is complicit. The GOP has been enabling a TRAITOR.
As I mentioned yesterday, the biggest impact of the Helsinki Summit is a lot of the serious people, the big wigs, starting to think, “yeah, Putin must have something over Trump. Something just does not add up about any of this.” Even President Trump’s intel chief Dan Coats seemed to be feeling the ground moving under his feet yesterday.
There’s another dimension of this though. When the full story comes out, to the extent it ever does, how are people going to explain how all these bizarre and really inexplicable things were happening and they just said, “Well, he’s got an odd style.” Or “He just doesn’t like people questioning his epic election win.”
That doesn’t remotely make sense now and it will seem willfully oblivious later. Obviously for most of us who are mere observers it doesn’t matter that much. But many others aren’t just observers. They had power to act.
https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN/status/1021968819064004608
https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1021954905496596481
#Maddow So the WH is wiping out the reporter’s question if Putin wanted Trump to win the election? Disappearing evidence! #RichardNixonMove
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/1021748581622013957
Ha ha. My kind of man (although I never found one).
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/1021824989274624000
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/1021892874525466624
Ivanka Trump Is Shutting Down Her Fashion Brand – The New York .
The Ivanka Trump shop in Trump Tower in Manhattan. … In later years, though, she aspired to turn her label into a full-fledged … The group came up with a slogan, “Women Who Work,” and moved the headquarters out of Trump Tower. … with manufacturers who paid for the use of the Ivanka Trump name.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/business/ivanka-trump-brand-clothing.html
👏👏👏
https://twitter.com/Blavity/status/1021824989274624000
https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1021891215111979008
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1021849448341753861
Uh huh 😒
https://twitter.com/Eclectablog/status/1021887390347083777
https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1021879491247915008
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1021883119073484801
https://youtu.be/ctzV7WAwaYA
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/1021887620304056320
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/1021822581920473089
Ain’t that some shyt😠😠
That judge needs to be investigated.
https://twitter.com/debrahubert51/status/1021558049184477184
https://twitter.com/dgmuir/status/1021508688664768513
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1021877418372554752
The worst U.S. human rights abuse in decades isn’t over
Hundreds of migrant parents remain separated from their children.
By Jennifer Rubin
Read more » https://s2.washingtonpost.com/8759d9/5b577e3afe1ff616fd8b285b/YXdhcmVvZjQxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D/9/48/3a569220054ddfca9b49a25bb24a75b5
Trump has spent 123 days golfing, or 1/5 of his term, at a cost to taxpayers of $72,181,957 – and still hasn’t visited troops in a war zone. #NoTrumpParade pic.twitter.com/XCpjAGHQey— VoteVets (@votevets) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1021772496050171906
23 Years 8 months and 28 days my amazing husband served this country in the Marine Corp. Today he received a postcard letting him know that @realDonaldTrump will be taking away his dental coverage as of December. He doesn’t give a shit about Veterans.— Anastasia Beaverhausen 🍸 (@Beaverhausenish) July 23, 2018
How about NOPE?
you voted for Trump so you shouldn’t get a $12BILLION tax payer funded bailout.
Not one penny.
You VOTED for the Orange Hate Goblin ergo you deal with his unhinged “art of the [no] deal”
https://t.co/2COHSxLhHP
— SpicyFiles (@SpicyFiles) July 24, 2018
NOPE, ZERO, NADA, ZLICH, NONE!
My explanation for why things are accelerating has more to do with Putin. He’s worried that his asset is about to be devalued & wants tangible returns now. Summits are one. https://t.co/eQ4gEspTEJ https://t.co/qpg5oyIAHm— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/TPM/status/1021807313152344069
Sessions laughs along as students chant ‘lock her up’
BY BRETT SAMUELS – 07/24/18 10:30 AM EDT
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday chuckled along as a group of high school students he spoke to chanted “lock her up.”
The chant, a reference among President Trump’s supporters to Hillary Clinton, began after Sessions lamented the spread of “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” on college campuses around the country during remarks at Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., where hundreds of high school students were in attendance.
Sessions reacted with approval after the crowd jeered examples of schools that have offered therapy dogs and coloring books to help students cope with stress.
“I like this bunch,” Sessions said. “You’re not going to be backing down. Go get ‘em.”
Freeloading bums
WELFARE for white FARMERS
The hemming ans hawing over 45 and his dubious, criminal, racist, third grade level understanding and communication skills is beyond the pale.
That ALL Americans are subjected to the blatant racism and stupidity of a fake, so-called leader of the free world…I.CAN.NOT.
https://twitter.com/dkaplanSBJ/status/1021782317550002177
When do we get to see pics of all the pizza joints he owns boarded up with these signs
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1021774687502852096
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1021771534472544258
So he drives black boy gang members in get-w-way car after they kill a black pedestrian?
Your point? Just another BLACK BODY…
DA PHUQ??
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1021658768629747712
https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1021772183742435328
ZEGK is up to his stinking eyeballs in Russiagate. BANK.IT.
https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1021769356101996545
https://twitter.com/business/status/1020645157035704320
Of course wages have fallen, but his BASE THO!
https://twitter.com/TPM/status/1021767260090847232
The top law enforcement official chanting “lock her up”? OMFG!
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1021762955094966273
White trash in a suit.
THE END
https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1021760801131180032
No we can NEVER normalize the TREASON in HELSINKI.
And if the media does not stop it with 45’s ‘BASE”
It’s cover for “WHITENESS”
a president presides over the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT for all ITS CITIZENS
NOT just white people.
KNOCK IT OFF with the “his base” shit.
SG2, please tweet & retweet above
THREAD: Trump’s torturous sadism is still in full effect, the families going through horrendous suffering and psy ops. https://t.co/wrxgOWrnSO
— meta (@metaquest) July 24, 2018
Big week of news in store with Manafort and Butina court dates
Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that jury selection in the Paul Manafort trial starts Tuesday, and Wednesday will see another hearing in the Mariia Butina case.
This is where the focus needs to be on Manafort and Butina. Don’t let up on the Russian spies and cohorts.
Kavanaugh voicing of uncommon view on Nixon tapes sparks furor
Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about a view expressed by Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the decision to force Richard Nixon to produce his Oval Office tapes was incorrect – an uncommon perspective and one sure to be probed in the confirmation process.
TWITTER TRUTH!!
This Tweet should be TWEETED
in (or for) PERPETUITY
phrase of perpetuity
1.
forever.
“all the Bonapartes were banished from France in perpetuity”
synonyms: forever, forevermore, permanently, for always, for good, perpetually, for ever and ever, for all time, until the end of time, until hell freezes over, eternally, for eternity, everlastingly; informalfor keeps; archaicfor aye
“the archive will be preserved in perpetuity as a unified collection”
FISA applications’ release tests bounds of protecting FBI sources
David Kris, former head of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice, talks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented nature of the declassification of the Carter Page FISA warrant applications and how the FBI is limited in how it can refute invented claims by Donald Trump.
Warrants show Trump camp adviser was believed to be Russian agent
Rachel Maddow reports on the FISA warrant application for Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
Bad news for Manafort seen in naming of new witnesses
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest developments in the prosecution of former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, including the revelation witnesses being granted immunity to testify.
Trump thinks abortion is ‘a 50-50 question,’ polling shows otherwise
07/24/18 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
Earlier this month, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a pro-choice Republican, told the New York Times that Americans are roughly divided equally on the issue of reproductive rights. The Maine senator said it’s “something like a 51-49” issue.
Two weeks later, during Donald Trump’s trip to the U.K., someone asked the president whether he can understand why American women are concerned about the future of the Roe v. Wade precedent, given Republican efforts to push the Supreme Court further to the right. “I do understand,” Trump said, “but I also understand that you know, that’s a 50/50 question in this country.”
Collins and Trump were both very wrong about public attitudes on the subject.
Giuliani to Mueller: question Trump about collusion, not obstruction
07/24/18 08:40 AM—UPDATED 07/24/18 08:42 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump and his legal defense team still haven’t agreed to answer Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s questions, despite months of back-and-forth negotiations. A Washington Post report noted two weeks ago that the talks “have been at an impasse” since March, in part because the president’s lawyers are worried about what Trump might say about obstruction of justice.
With this in mind, the Wall Street Journal reported overnight that the president’s attorneys have “submitted a counteroffer” to the special counsel’s team: Trump might be willing to sit down for an interview, but only if investigators agreed in advance not to ask questions about some of the things the president may have done wrong.
@mjs_DC
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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, shared images of black people who had allegedly left the Democratic Party.
They were actually models in royalty-free stock photos.
Word of the Day : July 24, 2018
Languid
adjective LANG-gwid
Definition:
1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
2 : sluggish in character or disposition : listless
3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : slow
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/languid-2018-07-24?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=l&file=langui01&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
This resignation letter from a Department of Homeland Security employee to @SecNielsen is absolutely incredible: pic.twitter.com/CTb8bJKnnm
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) July 23, 2018
Dog resolves case on Judge Judy😄😄
https://youtu.be/bG0a6Oy7rfA
HA! You really can’t teach an old dog new tricks!
My baby Penelope would run to me the same way Baby Boy ran to his real owner if someone took her and the issue had to be resolved in court. My baby gets fresh cut chicken every night @ 7PM. If I’m too slow/late cutting her chicken, she gets right in my face and stares at me to remind me to do it. She’s a mess, but she’s my buddy, especially my riding-in-the-car buddy. She loves to ride in the car because every time we do, she gets a shredded cheddar cheese snack.
I’m wondering if my border collie Shannon would run to me or my husband. I know I’m the favorite, but she likes him too and I think she respects him more.
But in this case it appears that the little dog really prefers her dad. It’s cute too, I love to see big guys with little fluff ball dogs.
Pres. Trump’s threat to revoke security clearances of his critics is a “distraction and diversion”@DonLemon: “Just making the threat to take action changes the subject from serious issues facing the country, like the fallout from Helsinki or the upcoming trial of Paul Manafort” pic.twitter.com/0f3F8sGGmc
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) July 24, 2018
Tickets are in the price range of $12 to $420. https://t.co/01kyu7SH8y Let’s imagine that a classy guy like Kavanaugh’s going to be getting good tickets, at $1600 per game for a party of four. For $60-200k, that would work out to 37 to 125 outings. But wait –
— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) July 24, 2018
I wish it were that simple. Russian government has indicted many innocent people for political purposes, including many foreigners. then they abuse Interpol to detain them in third countries. Ask @Billbrowder or Ukrainian government officials. https://t.co/3bIcuJkckv
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 23, 2018
Uh huh
Uh huh 😒 😒
Greg Sarafan, Esq (@GSarafan) Tweeted:
Late on Friday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin quietly announced that the Trump administration was considering the possibility of removing sanctions from an aluminum company, Rusal, which is owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. https://t.co/v3tQsXEPSi https://twitter.com/GSarafan/status/1021099636336013314?s=17
Monuments For All (@MonumentsForUSA) Tweeted:
“The new documents show that as @SecretaryZinke conducted his four-month review, @Interior officials rejected material that would justify keeping protections in place & sought out evidence that could buttress the case for unraveling them.” https://t.co/yJrbDkITMH #MonumentsForAll https://twitter.com/MonumentsForUSA/status/1021434670876102657?s=17
STILL that White Privilege.
STILL giving him some benefit of the doubt 😠
https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/1020680622761750529
https://twitter.com/rachelweinerwp/status/1021502737429671936
More of that whiteness on blatant display. How the fuck do you think it would go down, if a black man where to stroll up in a company and apply for $60 million in loans?
Meghan’s relatives cashing in 😠
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/23/meghan-markles-half-sister-samantha-grant-addresses-cashing-in-on-royals-all-have-to-survive.amp.html#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s
Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.
America is in DEEP DOO DOO
The orange POS 45 is in deep doo doo, but perhaps it’s still not clear to the GOP & his supporters