Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

So Rosenstein wrote the memo just to stall for time until he could appoint a special counsel?

Also, imagine if Sessions had not fucked up and had been pressured into recusing himself.

so the quote only means that the investigation is out of congress's hands and now belongs to DoJ.

He was on Fox News today saying that now that Mueller has been appointed, congress can let go of the Trump Russia investigation...and that his Judiciary committee can move on to investigating Clinton, because he has reason to believe that emails between Clinton campaign officials and the DoJ exist!

Gotta keep the base happy!

Meantime, word salads:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/donald-trump-russia-probe-hurts-country-238566?lo=ap_a1

“I believe it hurts our country terribly,” Trump told network anchors during a luncheon Thursday afternoon at the White House. “Because it shows we’re a divided, mixed-up, not-unified country. And we have very important things to be doing right now, whether it’s trade deals, whether it’s military, whether it’s stopping nuclear — all of the things that we discussed today. And I think this shows a very divided country.”

Wittes is at it again

tick tick tick tick tick tick tick

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) May 18, 2017

Something's up in the next couple of hours.

is that graham quote verified anywhere else? that account's bio does not inspire confidence.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, May 18, 2017 2:35 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was reposted by david fahrenthold, so idk

they will be trying to investigate Clinton post mortem i guarantee it

Because it shows we’re a divided, mixed-up, not-unified country.

it's a mixed up mumbled up shookup world except for Trump-ah

👍 i just have a prior that wikipedia links in the bio are not a good sign, but seems legit, xp

@AP
BREAKING: Palm Beach police report: Fox News founder Roger Ailes fell, hit his head and was seriously bleeding 8 days before death.

Deep State pulled a William Holden on him

given the director of the fbi is a ten year appointment, you'd think they might try to find someone younger than lieberman (75)

I initially misread that as 'seriously bleeding FOR 8 day before death' and thought that was a pretty metal way to go.

i didn't know fbi dir had a defined tenure! lieberman being exhumed back into the public space at all is v bad all around

yeah the tenure limit was put in place because of Hoover. It can be waived though.

You bleed just to know you're alive

I didn't know that Ailes was a hemophiliac.

lol @ this Trump press conf, he can barely read his prepared statement

i hope a story drops during this press conference and all the journalists run out to make calls and he's left there alone, panting and sniffing at the microphone

haha

Ha, didn't realize it was a joint conference with the Colombian president. The press corps should just direct questions to that guy.

xp
Only women (haters) bleed.

"President Santos, what's it like to be a competent head of state?"

Why is he having this press conference? He's not going to take questions, is he?

Maybe the Wittes intimation is that Trump actually is a witch, and that he's been telling the truth all along.

he's taking questions

I didn't know that Ailes was a hemophiliac.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, May 18, 2017 3:13 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i haven't read the stories but subdural bleeds lasting for days are not uncommon, esp in old farts

No, I actually heard on the news that he was a hemophiliac!

oh good Christ, Joe L is actually gonna get it

One reason to think Lieberman would be a great FBI director is he has never stopped telling gigantic lies about Iraq having WMD

— Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) May 17, 2017

WaPo: Comey practiced extensively for his conversations with Trump—concerned he would cross legal/ethical boundaries https://t.co/JM03LAWHru

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 18, 2017

No, I actually heard on the news that he was a hemophiliac!

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, May 18, 2017 3:21 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh, my b!

Does Trump think he is talking to the president of Venezuela? Or did I mishear?

someone ping me if a WH journalist has it in them to ask santos advice from a "divided nation"

rehire Comey IMO

barring everything else, dude is showing a deadly amount of competence in his dealings with Trump

Trump is weirdly subdued, tired. Slagging off Comey at the moment.

Trump must be scared, he's sticking to the talking points.

"There has been no collusion between myself and my campaign." - Trump at presser

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 18, 2017

someone ping me if a WH journalist has it in them to ask santos advice from a "divided nation"

pinging you

literally just happened

President Trump says, "Believe me, there's no collusion. Russia is fine." https://t.co/I1CD3Zi2cU https://t.co/8lbVd4bGm4

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 18, 2017

It's totally fine!

lol sweet

lmao at the quote in that O'Brien tweet

aaaand that's it

i have not colluded with myself at any point.

i've never even met donald trump!

SCOOP: GOP leaders haven't sent the Obamacare repeal bill to the Senate and they may have to vote on it again.https://t.co/Sr6rGt5pYf

— Kevin Whitelaw (@KevinWhitelaw1) May 18, 2017

o_O

again i'm left wondering if trump knows what 'collusion' means

if caeks tweet is true Jesus how incompetent are these guys?

ahahahahahaha what

House Speaker Paul Ryan hasn’t yet sent the bill to the Senate because there’s a chance that parts of it may need to be redone, depending on how the Congressional Budget Office estimates its effects. House leaders want to make sure the bill conforms with Senate rules for reconciliation, a mechanism that allows Senate Republicans to pass the bill with a simple majority.

Republicans had rushed to vote on the health bill so the Senate could get a quick start on it, even before the CBO had finished analyzing a series of last-minute changes. The CBO is expected to release an updated estimate next week.

"Unaware," said Representative Jeff Denham of California, with noticeable surprise Thursday, when advised that his party leaders still hadn’t sent the bill over to the Senate. Denham was one of the House Republicans who ended up voting for the measure, after earlier in the week opposing it.

"I am on the whip team and we have a lot of conversations, but we have not had that one. So I am going to look into it," said Denham, a member of the party’s vote-counting team.