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12:00 AM
@TimStone noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 
From @marthamaccallum's Kavanaugh interview, I noted this part where she tried really hard to get him to go after "where this is coming from."
MacCallum: mouthing SOROS You very sure you don't know?
BREAKING -- Suspect arrested in baseball bat killings of homeless men in downtown Los Angeles http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-monica-homeless-attack-arrest-20180924-story.html #DTLA
jfc
 
Oh... oh man. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/business/brett-kavanaugh-yearbook-renate.html
 
Just saw that, my god
 
In case anyone was wondering if the extended Regular One Erick son of Erick has been having is still going on, let me assure you that it is
 
@Unionhawk is he still on about molokai or whatever?
 
12:11 AM
I don't know man
 
I think that's the thing which kills me the most, it is unfortunately not hard to see someone doing all this shit, he didn't dismember someone or something, so there's no compelling reason to automatically assume he can't be that asshole
 
> Four of the men who were pictured with Judge Kavanaugh in a photo captioned “Renate Alumni” said it was simply a reference to their dating or going to dances with Ms. Dolphin.
uhhhhhhhh this was the 80s, not the 50s
 
@GodEmperorDune 🙄
 
i highly doubt that any 17 year olds are forming a "$girlname club" because they went to a dance with her
 
She clearly still finds it gross, even if were to believe that
 
12:13 AM
its either some bragging thing or some creeper/stalkery thing
 
@GodEmperorDune A single dance, at that!
 
@TimStone seriously
> Alongside some song lyrics, he included a short poem: “You need a date / and it’s getting late / so don’t hesitate / to call Renate.”
classy lads
 
Renate tells us that she never kissed Kavanaugh. “I think Brett must have me confused with someone else," she says. (5/5)
lol, this is just peak 2018
At #KentState, open carry activist Kaitlin Bennett claims police are coordinating with her for armed march around campus that will be attended by violent white nationalists in the American Guard, a group who rallied in Charlottesville at Unite the Right. https://itsgoingdown.org/kent-state-kaitlin-bennett-claims-police-helping-to-coordinate-rally-to-be-attended-by-violent-white-nationalists/
Okay she's moved from being a walking self-own to being dangerous 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
@TimStone how is she still allowed on campus?
 
A good question!
lol tho at "Kait's Unsafe Space but also we need the cops"
Jeanine Pirro just said that Ford might have been hypnotized into telling her story This is Fox News At 5 o'clock On a Monday https://t.co/usPZ4BoRK1
 
12:27 AM
@TimStone wat
 
The tweet misframes it a little I think
 
is this more of the extreme witchcraft going around these days?
 
She seems to be saying the allegations were "repressed memories" and so I guess the implication is that maybe hynosis was used to pull them out but also maybe it was influenced? It's really dumb regardless
It obviously starts off with a bad faith footing because it's Judge Jeanine
 
@TimStone yeah and then the argument tumbles all the way off the cliff
 
"North Korea's decision to relinquish its nuclear program has been officialized to a degree that not even those within North Korea can reverse." — Moon Jae-in today.
 
12:33 AM
@TimStone lolololol
 
I missed this early, lmao
 
wat
officialized to a degree
 
Moon playing a super risky game here!
 
unless the nukes are in pieces in the sea, i don't see how anything is irreversable
 
On Saturday, a frustrated and impatient Trump called McConnell and offered a stern message: Hold the vote on Kavanaugh, and hold it now. Inside the WH w me, @PhilipRucker + @jdawsey1. https://wapo.st/2zrCCV8
@GodEmperorDune Yep 🤷🏼‍♂️
lol "give me something to feel good about or I'll push the button!"
 
12:42 AM
lol he's still mad about the wall
did we post the "end cocoa production" thing yet?
 
I'm not sure
(I don't know what it is, so)
BREAKING: Yellowstone grizzly bears are back under ESA protection as judge in district court rules their removal by Trump admin was illegal. This is huge.
 
Trump wants to eradicate what?! https://t.co/ZNwgFNlVAN
@TimStone yay, bears
 
12:58 AM
lol, incredible
 
Yogi's got more to brag than just being smarter than your average bear
China imposes massive new tariffs on US http://hill.cm/bWKOopb
going to see Trump hit back on this
here's hoping that the US doesn't break before Trump gets out of the office
 
 
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2:21 AM
NEW: Solicitor general could take over Mueller probe if Rosenstein exits http://hill.cm/4kVMSe2
> Under Trump’s own executive order, government appointees pledge not to participate in any matter directly related to their former employer or clients for a period of two years after taking office. Francisco recently hit his first anniversary on the job.
Trump: it's fake news to say that when i made that order it was to apply equally and fairly across everyone
 
Trump WH reached out to Fox to set up that interview where Kavanaugh said he was a virgin in/after high school. According to a Fox staffer w: direct knowledge, the WH arranged the interview as folks on Kavanaugh’s team warned against the media play https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-plan-to-save-kavanaugh-act-confident-and-turn-up-the-heat
Ah, well, I'm sure this will in no way backfire for them then
How is Avenatti giving live interviews on two networks at the same time?
Worst timeline
 
@TimStone remote location with a green screen who's image is configured by the station
 
I mean more technically one is actually not strictly speaking live, but yeah
Robert Jeffress, a Dallas megachurch pastor and Trump ally, left the door wide open to abandoning Kavanaugh if the situation became too politically toxic. “Whether that justice’s name is Kavanaugh or [Amy] Barrett is really a secondary concern.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-plan-to-save-kavanaugh-act-confident-and-turn-up-the-heat
 
@TimStone yeh, that's the more plausible explanation
 
@GodEmperorDune Uhhhh
 
2:35 AM
@TimStone dafuq
 
I don't know yo, today has been the wildest of rides
 
does gritty urinate some sort of alcohol-gatorade mixture?
 
Okay since he's from Philly...yes
The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Acquisitions the likes of which have never been seen before!
lol
Black woman files for a protection order. White judge denies it. She gets upset & leaves. Judge chases her, grabs her by the neck, drags her back to the court, jails her for 3 days. Black Judge overrules him, releases the woman. White judge rage quits. https://buff.ly/2QZkAjU
 
2:58 AM
@TimStone lolwut
how does one have False Acquisitions? are those like shell companies?
 
He finally changed it but yeah, lol
The "man, and a man" construct is also fun because it almost sounds like two separate people
 
3:35 AM
Four years ago Republicans lost their minds over the 'latte salute' https://t.co/Wapjll2P4m
 
@GodEmperorDune That ending
 
@murgatroid99 yeppppp
 
4:02 AM
@TimStone huh, so you're admitting that this is bigger than the "witch hunt" are you?
 
Two World Wars. Prohibition. Brown v. Board of Education. The end of segregation. https://buff.ly/2Drga2l
 
 
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5:50 AM
Universe-Siri please create me a new story based on recent news cycles
A puppet specialist for “The Lion King” was arrested for using a 3-D printer to make a gun inside the show's Broadway theater https://nyti.ms/2O9OOlu
Ah, there
 
@TimStone why is this against the law?
ah
> In New York, it is illegal for an unlicensed person to 3-D print an assault weapon, pistol or revolver.
it was a licensing issue
> “I observed that the 3-D printer was producing a hard black plastic object which, based on my training and experience, is shaped like a revolver,” he wrote in the complaint.
you need training and experience to know what a gun looks like? cops, man
 
@GodEmperorDune maybe only saw a gun because the plastic was black?
Trump's talk of a #redwave could cause supporters to stay home in midterms, say analysts http://hill.cm/9PTMY3n https://t.co/CCNWYceklP
 
 
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9:00 AM
@GodEmperorDune no, that's a basic court-approved phrase for saving your ass in case it objectively doesn't look like it for some reason
i.e. it's a "This is what I think it looked like, and I am experienced so you should believe me" which still allows for the object to not look like it and you to be okay
 
 
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11:13 AM
Quebec man receives over 11 years in U.S. prison for conspiring to smuggle weed in New York: globalnews.ca/news/4483735/colin-stewart-marijuana-smuggling
Christ American prison sentences are ridiculously long
 
11:50 AM
Liberals intend to form government in N.B. despite Tory minority
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-election-day-1.4835463
Shared via the CBC News Android App
This should be interesting
> It came down to the final poll in the final riding, when the Progressive Conservatives eked out an apparent minority government, 22 seats to the Liberals' 21, in a legislature where 25 is required for a majority.
> The Liberals find themselves in a difficult spot despite taking a larger piece of the popular vote in the province's 39th general election. With all polls reporting, the Liberals received 37.8 per cent of the votes compared with the PC share of 31.9 per cent.
 
Woman woke up to man trying to pull Kinder Egg full of heroin out of her vagina https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/25/woman-woke-up-to-man-trying-to-pull-kinder-surprise-full-of-heroin-out-of-her-vagina-7977029/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter OKAY, That's enough Internet for me today.
 
12:11 PM
Total War: Rome 2 is getting review-bombed on Steam because of women generals: pcgamer.com/…
> Eventually, a Creative Assembly developer declared the original thread on the topic "a mess" and locked it. "As has been said previously: Total War games are historically authentic, not historically accurate," they wrote. "If having female units upsets you that much you can either mod them out or just not play."
Fantastic response by CA
Seriously telling these people to just fuck off, we're not changing anything is exactly how companies should respind to this shit
 
@Wipqozn god, just imagine if they saw Fate/Extra where Nero is a woman
god sometimes i wish for the day where people would see all video games as "make believe" and not accurate in any sense
 
12:38 PM
The Gamer Babies are at it again
 
 
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1:47 PM
"How’d you find me?": Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm https://wapo.st/2DtKycw
@Wipqozn they have another official response too:
 
this came out in a patch in like
march
antman and friends have just now noticed it
like nobody else cares my man
 
2:03 PM
I care now, I want a mod that does 100% lady generals
 
@GodEmperorDune ... I thought Total War was an RTS?
 
@GodEmperorDune there are plenty
 
@Yuuki the total war series is part RTS, part 4x
@KevinvanderVelden hell yeah
 
Yeah, what he said ^
 
@GodEmperorDune Given the RTSes I've played, units are typically so small that you can barely see any distinguishing features.
 
2:14 PM
@Yuuki the general is a hero unit in the 4x part of the game
when it switches to RTS mode in battles, they are a unit on horseback usually with no distinguishing features aside from the profile pic/icon thing
 
@Memor-X Ah, but Fate/Extra is a Japanese game and Nero is depicted in an anime style and these people tend to have a weird hard-on for Asians.
 
"New Zealand first baby." 🍼 🚼 📷 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with her three-month-old daughter, Neve during the 73rd #UNGA in New York, September 24, 2018. 👉 Ardern made history by being the first world leader to bring a baby to the UN assembly hall.
lol that's why trump is ghosting
 
@GodEmperorDune I wonder who the first mom breastfeeding in the UNGA will be. I mean, it's probably inevitable.
 
2:30 PM
@Yuuki Very well played.
 
2:46 PM
Fantastic explainer from @KelseyTuoc of the grim realities behind the mass-drowning of chickens in Hurricane Florence. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/24/17897216/chickens-died-hurricane-florence-factory-farms
 
@GodEmperorDune pfft, coward. I want CA to add a patch in that makes all generals woman, and be all snarky about it "We saw how large the demand was for woman generals so wedecided to just make all generals woman only!"
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Trump: US stronger, safer, richer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45644559
So Trump appears to be using his UN floor time to just brag about how large his pe- err, how much he's done!
I should really watch the full speech later when I have time
Really curious how other leaders react
 
they laughed at him on the floor of the UN
 
> Mr Trump's words were greeted with laughter to which he replied: "Didn't expect that reaction."
 
is how they reacted
 
What... what reaction did he react?
Does he actually believe what he said? He does doesn't he
 
2:58 PM
@Unionhawk Haha, that's great
 
@Unionhawk welcome to the #resistance, UN
 
@KevinvanderVelden yes because legitimate critiques of how the numbers don't tell the whole story of people needing to get a second job to get by get laughed at like "lololol you only count once if you have two jobs socialists don't understand economics" when like nobody should need to have two jobs and uber to get by
well, the numbers do tell that story since wages are still flat but DETAILS
 
@KevinvanderVelden That's fantastic. I'm so, so happy right now.
@GodEmperorDune "rest of the world, welcome!"
 
he's finished now
we got him
 
According to Politico Playbook, Ted Cruz was spotted on a flight from Texas to D.C. yesterday morning looking at a page with what appears to be a photo of Beto O'Rourke.
 
3:07 PM
God I really need to watch this tonight
@KevinvanderVelden Also I was wondering where you read that and then realized they just updated the story I posted. When I first posted it there was nothing but the title haha
BReaking news stories be tripping
 
@Wipqozn that makes sense, I was wondering why you hadn't read the 3 lines yourself
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah I got it via a phone alert so I saw it as soon as they made it. most breaking news alerts are literally just a title when they go out, then they update it.
 
3:23 PM
@GodEmperorDune This is yet another thing straight out of that DC-area private high school (and I'm assuming most guys-only schools everywhere) culture.
During Valentine's Day some guys on the swim team would write dirty poems on hearts and deliver them to the girls on the swim team (the guys got Valentines too but they weren't as dirty in my memory). One that stuck in my head from then was one with Naomi spelled backwards.
 
They ruined it by clapping afterwards, laugh at his lies and them make the silence as awkward for him as possible
 
@GodEmperorDune You vs. the guy Texans tell you not to worry about?
 
@KevinvanderVelden Exactly, they're legal terms.
@Memor-X That assumes the viewpoint change would solve their underlying misogyny.
@KevinvanderVelden Lying liars gonna lie. But again, I'm the cynic here who thinks they're just lying all the time and don't actually believe any of it. Seriously, it's an extremely easy, one-track mindset: just say what benefits you 100% of the time.
 
4:11 PM
We need a President who isn't a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!
Hue
 
4:55 PM
@GodEmperorDune He's a caricature of himself.
 
@GodEmperorDune How is this not a realGollumTrump post, precious?
 
2014
 
@Unionhawk there's always a trump tweet
 
@Unionhawk Oops thanks.
> It’s the only burial of its kind that archaeologists have ever seen, and it immediately suggests two very important things about this child: he lived with a disability that would have required additional care and resources, and he was well cared for and valued by the people around him, even during a period of their history when food was scarce and life was uncertain.
 
5:12 PM
NEW: Creative Response Concepts (responsible for pushing the ridiculous Kavanaugh doppelgänger theory and otherwise slandering his accusers) registered as a foreign agent in 2005 for the Putin backed Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych. (h/t @thomasafine)
 
> The fact that the Nasca Boy survived eight to ten years with such a serious illness is proof that he received the care he needed, and it seems he was cared for well; his skin, preserved by natural mummification for nearly 1,300 years, shows no sign of bedsores, which means he likely benefited from good hygiene and frequent position changes. And the stool itself tells a story.

“The stool speaks of an understanding and acceptance of the Nasca Boy’s needs and of the readiness to work around them,” wrote Tilley and her colleagues.
@GodEmperorDune Literally everyone with bad takes do crimes, apparently.
Like @Yuuki was saying, it's just incredible, the frequency that you can make these linkages with.
 
yepppp
 
@puzzlepiece87 I don't see any crimes there, just suspicious connections
 
@murgatroid99 Don't worry, we got this after a week, I'm sure next week we'll have a memo from Putin himself ordering it in writing. :P
 
5:18 PM
@murgatroid99 Seriously though, an organization that has acted as a foreign agent playing a material role in judicial nominations.
There's waiting for hard evidence, but there's also "Well this isn't court-convicted". We're kind of in a middle ground here imo.
And we could do the "it just seems like it's everyone because only crimes make the news" angle too.
True, but man alive it is frustrating how often this is going on.
 
Update: At least one Telltale employee, and their lawyer, have concluded the WARN act *does* apply, and is suing Telltale for not giving 60 days notice of the layoffs. They are seeking class action status (ie, to sue on behalf of all Telltale employees). https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/25/17901106/telltale-layoffs-lawsuit-warn-act
telltale getting sued
The story behind the redesign of the vegetable peeler -- turning it into an accessible tool #accessibility #a11y https://www.fastcompany.com/90239156/the-untold-story-of-the-vegetable-peeler-that-changed-the-world
 
@GodEmperorDune Don't worry I already got the shooing broom
 
@TimStone (s)hue
 
Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke says the "Cruz family should be treated with respect" after protesters confronted Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife at a Washington restaurant. http://apne.ws/wkhq4v3
 
@GodEmperorDune I love Oxo
 
5:28 PM
@TimStone trololololol
 
@SaintWacko their stuff is fantastic
@TimStone "beto is hotter than you"
 
His full statement was a bit wordier but it's fun to view it as a subtle dig too
Since, you know, Cruz let the President walk all over his family
 
@TimStone Thanks for adding that layer to it for me :)
 
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@GodEmperorDune I don't have this peeler, I have their one that is double sided (normal peeler and a more serrated one that I haven't quite figured out a good use for), but still, this is VERY cool.
 
Can you use it as a zester, or no?
 
5:44 PM
@TimStone Ted Cruz won’t represent Texas, so he’s not part of our family. Ted Cruz also bent over backwards for Trump, so technically he’s not part of his family either.
 
@puzzlepiece87 I think I'm missing something. How are they "playing a material role in judicial nominations"? The tweet just says they were pushing one of the shitty theories about the assault
 
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@TimStone I never thought to try!
 
user15026
I will have to give that a go.
 
@Ash i think we have a serrated oxo thing like that which is for scooping melons and squash
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune This isn't really a scooper thing, it's like a peeler blade but with like steak knife sort of edge instead of the smooth peeler edge
 
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5:49 PM
It's weird
 
yeah, definitely weird
 
user15026
Although the zesting theory is not a bad one, I'll try it next time I have a zestable fruit
 
i think if i tried to zest something with a serrated knife i would probably zest my finger instead
 
It might also just be for things that have tough skin, like some fruits do
Well tough/waxy, the serration would make it more likely to take grip I guess
 
6:18 PM
Bill Cosby sentenced to state prison for 3 to 10 years, judge rules
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bill-cosby-sentencing-day-2-1.4837346
Shared via the CBC News Android App
He's 81 years old, so this could effectively be a life sentence
 
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@TimStone Yeah. It works okay with carrots/potatoes but I like the smooth side better for those
 
@murgatroid99 Purposely and publicly floating false theory to keep judicial nomination on track = playing material role.
@Wipqozn That said, flips table
 
More detailed story
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Bill Cosby sentenced to state prison for sexual assault - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45644374
 
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@Wipqozn True, and I do appreciate he will apparently be registered, but something tells me it will be the 3 years and not the ten and I assume there will be finagling to make it so he doesn't have to servie it all or somethig
 
@puzzlepiece87 I think that's a stretch. Any random hack can say something stupid about the nomination. That doesn't make them materially involved
 
6:33 PM
@murgatroid99 I mean, they were formerly a lobbying organization for a bad Ukranian president. They're not someone just having fun on the Twitters.
They're doing business, not personal.
 
also if there's one thing that is definitely true, it's that senators don't believe this theory
 
@puzzlepiece87 No matter who they are, saying stupid shit on the internet doesn't mean that they're directly or materially involved with the nomination
 
@murgatroid99 The staffer that resigned from Grassley's office for past misconduct claims was "on a leave of absence" from CRC after the Judiciary Committee specifically requested someone to help steer the Kavanaugh nomination, so I guess it depends on what part of the nomination process you want to attach material involvement to
(like I don't know if they had anything to do with the actual selection, for instance)
I mean, they probably did have something to do with that because that's how these firms work but not necessarily like, from inside. Now, though 🤷
tbh that doesn't feel unusual though, just gross
Yay Politics™
 
6:59 PM
I thought "First Nations" was a mostly Canadian term?
In the US, we use "Native Americans" more, IIRC.
 
@Yuuki Not that this is better, but I don't think that's about the Trail of Tears. The initial influx of European settlers was in the 1600s and 1700s, and the Trail of Tears was in the mid 1800s.
 
That's why I'm questioning the use of "First Nations".
That term would be more common in a Canadian textbook, which probably wouldn't cover the US Trail of Tears.
 
7:15 PM
I think that the first word of the rightmost half-cutoff label on that map is "Quebec"
So, I agree with you
And the other one says "Cree", which is a Canadian First Nations tribe that lives in and near Quebec
 
7:30 PM
I mean, the text is still pretty fuct.
 
user15026
Yeah, it's not Trail of Tears, but it's still shitty rewritten history
 
Yeah @murgatroid99 didn't claim otherwise
 
user15026
I know :)
 
user15026
I am more just like "yeah Canada sucked at this stuff too, you are not alone in your horribleness"
 
Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX is trying to intervene in a federal court case to argue that a black girl had to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance — she’d sat down. Texas contends the girl needed parental permission to remain seated. Motion: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2018/Press/47%20Texas's%20Unopposed%20Motion%20to%20Intervene.pdf
 
7:44 PM
> Texas: we're so independent, we could totally secede if we wanted to
> Also Texas: we must offer our dearest loyalty to the federal government
 
8:02 PM
Starting soon! @SecPompeo delivers remarks on #Iran at the @UANI #IranSummit2018. Watch live here on @StateDept or at http://state.gov.
lmfao what is this
 
coming this fall to CBS
 
@TimStone Do you not appreciate the slick marketing of the Department of Swagger?
 
lol true
 
> Pompeo used Swagger on Iran.
> Iran's Attack has increased sharply! Iran is now confused!
uh oh
 
@TimStone Wait what
 
8:07 PM
the image didn't show for me, so I missed entirely at first what this was about
 
Ah, lol
Yes
 
and it's just ridiculous, and scary once you stopped laughing
ah, it's the tracking protection from Firefox that blocks the image
 
 
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9:43 PM
@MadScientist ok i thought this was a no man's sky mod
 
Just Call of Duty: The YOLO Forever Wars I'm afraid
 
Could be a Michael Bay movie poster
 
@Yuuki its like the only people who want to intern for this admin are TPUSA rejects
BREAKING: There was a DHS family separation policy and we found it https://twitter.com/OpenTheGov/status/1044576842232057857
 
 
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10:59 PM
@GodEmperorDune oh i thought he tweeted that after his address. but silly me in thinking that he could admit to his failings
 
@Memor-X Me too.
 
sorry to misinform yall
but if there is a trump tweet about him talking about the president doing a bad job, most likely its not from when he was president
 
Nope, it was on me not reading carefully.
@GodEmperorDune Exactly.
 
11:23 PM
New from @mattzap, @DevlinBarrett & @jdawsey1 --> Rosenstein, who will survive until after the midterms, it now appears, told the White House he'd quit if Trump agreed not to disparage him https://wapo.st/2NJcj5L?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.4fedc3d195ff
cuck move, bruh
 

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