This Is Fine - 2018-05-26

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12:41 AM

I was just going thru docs on @realDonaldTrump's Chicago bldg -- taking another crack at the mystery of Trump's odd $50M+ loan on that bldg -- and found this. In 2013, somebody bought a few condos there under using the name "Combover LLC."

Tweeted by Fahrenthold on May 25, 2018 at 8:33 PM

1:10 AM

@TimStone hue

@TimStone seriously though, who among us hasn't had an entirely unrelated lobbying group run out of our house that brags to clients about being our advice?

When Cohen was telling people to not do business with Lewandowski he obviously was just talking about his house

@Yuuki uhhh, what kind of felonies are these where you do 23 before getting caught?

Okay, here we go. The "White House Gift Shop" is a private, for-profit company located in Lancaster County, PA which has no connection to the White House, the Secret Service or the US Government. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white-house-gift-shop-tpm-investigation-continues via @TPM

Tweeted by joshtpm on May 26, 2018 at 1:07 AM

@TimStone hue, this was the porn tab guy

@GodEmperorDune Tax evasion among other things.

1:15 AM

no wait, porn tweet

Okay but are we sure it has no connection to the White House because can you imagine Trump letting someone use his likeness?

@GodEmperorDune Right, the tab was Eichenwald

(I think, who then came up with an entirely contrived story about it)

@TimStone i thought he was selling illegal presidential merchandise out of the trump tower gift shop?

chuckles Ah yes

@Yuuki ah, is he one of those "my name is uppercase therefore its a different person and you can't tax me" or is it the old fashioned greed thing?

ah, spending campaign money on personal things

good old fashioned corruption

1:42 AM

BREAKING: USC president to step down as scandals engulf university on his watch http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-max-nikias-usc-20180525-story.html

Tweeted by MattHjourno on May 26, 2018 at 1:13 AM

@TimStone rekt

(i had insider info about this for a while)

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"McCain has provided ISIS with unfettered access to the United States for both its personnel and their weapons of death and destruction." -Ron Mortensen, just nominated by Trump to be assistant secretary of state for refugees and migration. https://cis.org/Mortensen/McCain-Rolls-Out-Welcome-Mat-ISIS-Americas-Southern-Border

Tweeted by StevenTDennis on May 25, 2018 at 8:20 PM

Ah yes, noted ISIS sympathizer John McCain 🤔

wait what? how?

It's the typical "If we don't have a DMZ on the border THE TERRORISTS will get in" take

we need a DMZ on the tubes in the Internet clearly

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Kevin van der Velden

9:14 AM

Ireland seems set to get rid of their barbaric anti-abortion law, exit polls indicate 68% votes to remove the law

1 hour later…

10:16 AM

I heard 69% (nice)

Kevin van der Velden

10:36 AM

Link I have says 68% shrug

Only breakdown group that voted against are those aged 65+, a group to which I'd basically say they should have no vote in things like this

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user15026

1:47 PM

@KevinvanderVelden I am so happy this is a thing. Horrified it is just now becoming not a thing but progress is good.

Kevin van der Velden

#blamecatholicism

user15026

Yeeeeeeeah

2:13 PM

A new player enters the idiot arena, jfc

Fact check: The people murdered by police are in fact still dead

Wait a second, the NFL is starting to fine players for kneeling? Jesus

Not the players, the managers

is not standing for the anthem illegal or something?

is it written anywhere that people should stand for the anthem?

user15026

For the NFL players, now, yes

2:38 PM

@Chippies no but trump did essentially say people who don't stand for the anthem shouldn't be in the country so yeah you know

Kevin van der Velden

@Chippies not fines as in fines from the government but fines as written into a contract

This is specifically about the NFL putting in new rules about it for the players

because kneeling is equivalent to a Nazi salute in 2018 according to these massive brains

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3:46 PM

lol WaPo come on

> 10 attractive cities that prove you can move overseas and live comfortably

4:01 PM

@TimStone I didn't see anything mentioning immigration to those places

Right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's like, people seem to think that if you can afford to live somewhere, you can just get an airplane ticket and move there

except countries don't want you and it's up to you to change their mind

i find most newspaper real estate/travel sections a bit weird anyway

elitist at the best of times, but so much paid placement that it's like... why are you even pretending this is helpful information to include in the paper?

It's not elitist if it says "most Americans" with zero consideration to how that's completely untrue!

@TimStone at $2 million, this property is a steal and would make a great 4th home for most americans

4:13 PM

The Failing @nytimes quotes “a senior White House official,” who doesn’t exist, as saying “even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.” WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on May 26, 2018 at 3:21 PM

sighs

professor who brought jordan peterson to U Toronto now regrets it, and has written an eloquent op ed about why

The WH set up this call, intentionally off the record, so that Trump could turn around and tell this lie

@TimStone i'm going to start assuming that melania is the source

And the multiple reporters involved will not say who it was

Even though this is the whole game

Who the hell cares about access if you're being played?

My understanding is that Matt Pottinger gave the press briefing. He certainly gave at least one off-the-record briefing to defend the summit’s cancellation. https://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1000405829928083456

Tweeted by ArmsControlWonk on May 26, 2018 at 4:14 PM

i kinda get the journalists' point in not wanting to set up a thing that would automatically get them to break source anonymity

4:16 PM

@GodEmperorDune Yeah, the crazy thing is that it's not like someone just whispered something to a particular outlet. This was a whole call to which multiple outlets were told something directly and if we can't even get past this charade, like

@GodEmperorDune In general yeah, but it's not even really the same thing IMO

It's not like someone did this secretly, they did it as part of their WH job and just said "but this is off-the-record"

@TimStone any time they reveal a source they open themselves up to hypocrisy claims, which seems to drive them wild

Trump knows the person exists because he almost assuredly knows they held the call in the first place

Trump's personal lawyer shares petition promoting Deep State conspiracy theory http://hill.cm/yTPA59R

Tweeted by thehill on May 26, 2018 at 4:17 PM

Like jfc

@TimStone sigh

4:53 PM

4. I've obtained audio of the WH press briefing. You can hear Raj Shah, Deputy Press Secretary, introduce Pottinger (along with the terms - which are standard) and then Pottinger makes the statement that POTUS says was never made. Lots of reporters in briefing room and on phone. https://t.co/2gEYkRSyTv

Tweeted by yashar on May 26, 2018 at 4:49 PM in reply to yashar

remember that trump has never, ever lied in his entire life

5:50 PM

I find it reassuring how noisy the pro-lifers are on Twitter compared to the actual polling results. A good reminder that the Internet doesn't reflect public opinion

Similar thing happened in the French election, although of course who knows how many of these accounts are real citizens

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7:15 PM

Canvassing was success, I need to be less bad at talking but it's fine we still had good conversations

A few people with not bad experiences with healthcare, but our first conversation was with someone with a dang healthcare horror story

Tabling now, we just had someone basically go "oh socialism how do I join"

Walked like 3 miles lol

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8:25 PM

Trump Jr. thinks Instagram's out to get him because he's an idiot so naturally House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy decided to also be an idiot and quote-tweet it with #StopTheBias

I had almost forgotten about the Diamond & Silk hearing but now I have to remember that again and everything is terrible

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10:38 PM

Today is National #MissingChildrensDay. Learn how ICE HSI's Cyber Crimes Center uses 3-D technology in innovative ways to assist @MissingKids https://www.ice.gov/features/3d-technology https://t.co/ZA5UpOEvkZ

Tweeted by ICEgovCareers on May 25, 2018 at 12:34 PM

fucking pissed me off, why is this in my TL

and now I'm spreading the negativity to everyone else here, maybe that wasn't a good idea

abolish and prosecute

defund is not far enough

I wonder if they honestly think this is damage control or if they're just doing it because they think it's funny

either way it's disgusting

hold those who commit crimes against humanity accountable

it is never acceptable to follow unjust orders

etc

ok it was in my TL because anthony burch replied to it calling them nazis lol

My opinion on police is well established, but at least they supposedly have a good stated goal. ICE doesn't.

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