US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

(note those changes are net, the actual increase in fraction supporting impeachment is about half that)

“Now, the P.K.K., which is a part of the Kurds, as you know, is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS.”

i didn't catch this one today. wtf.

worse at terror, and more of a terrorist threat

want to apologize to future generations for this moment in history now and just beat the rush

Elijah Cummings RIP

Whoa. And 68—I would have guessed way older.

i trust trump's response to this will be in keeping with the rest of his statements about cummings

If this dummy could manage to be earnestly respectful, generous for even ten seconds—"we disagreed but he was a good man"—it would completely paralyze the media for the day and probably get his numbers up a tick or two.

He won't, he can't

RIP Elijah Cummings.

actually this is somehow worse than an outright final insult towards cummings, what a shitheel

My warmest condolences to the family and many friends of Congressman Elijah Cummings. I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader. His work and voice on so many fronts will be very hard, if not impossible, to replace!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2019

nah, that's literally about the best he could do (assuming someone else wrote it). i would like to see him leave it at that and never say anything about cummings ever again.

i would very much like to see his death not be subsumed into whatever trump thinks about it

otm

otm

A Fraud Guarantee investor is wondering what happened to their money. “I’m afraid myself,” the person said. “I invested money. I never got anything back. And now I’m sitting cold. It’s a bit scary. That’s it.” https://t.co/l33GXl2RlB @politico

— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) October 17, 2019

who can you trust if not Fraud Guarantee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1Jwyxd4tE

https://deadhomersociety.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/the-day-the-violence-died15.png?w=584

is the next courageous chair of the house oversight and reform committee...Carolyn Maloney? not sure how succession work in these committees.

Sondland, adopting the strategy that helped Don Jr avoid an indictment: he was too stupid to know he was breaking the law. https://t.co/qYQApGlTDW

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 17, 2019

whos in the mood for more financial crimes

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/the-mystery-of-the-trump-chaos-trades

There is no way for another trader, let alone an outsider such as me, to know who is making these trades. But regulators know or can find out. One longtime CME trader who has been watching with disgust says he’s never seen anything quite like these trades, not at least since al-Qaida cashed in before initiating the September 11 attacks. “There is definite hanky-panky going on, to the world’s financial markets’ detriment,” he says. “This is abysmal.”

In the case of Trump, market manipulation also yields political dividends. Perhaps the most obvious example dates to late August, when Trump, desperate to reignite trade talks with China, boasted during the G7 summit that his counterparts in Beijing had come back to the table. “We’ve gotten two calls—very, very good calls,” he told reporters. “They mean business.” The market rose more than 900 points over the next few days. But a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said he was not aware of any such calls. An editor at the Global Times, the state-controlled newspaper, tweeted that he knew of no calls made in the days leading up to the G7 meeting and that “China won’t cave to US pressure.” Two U.S government officials later told CNN that Trump misspoke and “conflated” comments from China’s Vice Premier Liu He with direct communication from the Chinese. According to CNN, the officials said Trump was “eager to project optimism that might boost markets.”

Indeed, this single Trump lie briefly inflated domestic markets by hundreds of billions of dollars. “What this describes is, quite literally, market manipulation that constitutes criminal violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,” commented George Conway, the conservative attorney and Trump critic.

i don't trust anyone who would marry kellyanne conway, but everything else about that has the ring of truth. the broader market has been hopping up/down 1.5% based off of rumors about china trade talks for over a year now, it's insane

He also posted a very leading tweet before a jobs report was made public last year.

Picture some young GOP intern-weasel composing this while Trump froths and thrashes in the background https://t.co/nbUkj7yTul

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) October 17, 2019

Warmest condolences still sounds odd to me

he had been sitting on them for years

I'm gonna go ahead and predict that we don't get through an entire 24 hours before he says/does something to undermine that completely rote expression of decency. Perhaps by retweeting something racist about Cummings? Who can say.

There is no way for another trader, let alone an outsider such as me, to know who is making these trades. But regulators know or can find out. One longtime CME trader who has been watching with disgust says he’s never seen anything quite like these trades, not at least since al-Qaida cashed in before initiating the September 11 attacks. “There is definite hanky-panky going on, to the world’s financial markets’ detriment,” he says. “This is abysmal.”
In the case of Trump, market manipulation also yields political dividends. Perhaps the most obvious example dates to late August, when Trump, desperate to reignite trade talks with China, boasted during the G7 summit that his counterparts in Beijing had come back to the table. “We’ve gotten two calls—very, very good calls,” he told reporters. “They mean business.” The market rose more than 900 points over the next few days. But a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said he was not aware of any such calls. An editor at the Global Times, the state-controlled newspaper, tweeted that he knew of no calls made in the days leading up to the G7 meeting and that “China won’t cave to US pressure.” Two U.S government officials later told CNN that Trump misspoke and “conflated” comments from China’s Vice Premier Liu He with direct communication from the Chinese. According to CNN, the officials said Trump was “eager to project optimism that might boost markets.”

Indeed, this single Trump lie briefly inflated domestic markets by hundreds of billions of dollars. “What this describes is, quite literally, market manipulation that constitutes criminal violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,” commented George Conway, the conservative attorney and Trump critic.

I am pretty ignorant on stock market stuff but i saw this transparent shit and had to believe i wasnt the only one

I swear every time the stock market takes a hit there is "news" of optimism regarding a trade deal with China so it goes back up. seems odd but idk anything about this shit

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, September 25, 2019 5:38 PM (three weeks ago)

dude, seriously. The "eCoNOmy & mY 401k" is his supporters main crutch for the last 2 years.

there were definitely a lot of rumors in 2017 that someone was making tons of cash by knowing in advance when he was gonna tweet something that would affect the markets but I forgot about it amongst all the other corruption

some young GOP intern-weasel

Flagged for this egregious and uncalled-for insult to weaselkind.

sea otters are weasels you clod

All the mustelidae are sleek and fleet (indeed, on fleek).

They are a noble lineage

Indeed, this single Trump lie briefly inflated domestic markets by hundreds of billions of dollars.

not to exonerate trump here, but hundreds of billions of dollars hinging on the offhand remarks of an inveterate liar is more an indictment of our financial system than of him

TOTAL EXONERATION

well, yeah

All the mustelidae are sleek and fleet (indeed, on fleek).

fuck, RIP Elijah. Good man.

I'm sorry did the President of the United States call the President of Italy "President Mozzarella" several times

— Don'tBeAFoolHat (@Popehat) October 16, 2019

Wouldn't say Sondland's testimony is devastating but he confirmed Giuliani was running the show re: Ukraine

xp i thought you were kidding but of course you're not
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7581913/Social-media-lights-Italian-translators-reaction-Donald-Trump.html

ME NAMES GARU G AND IM A NICE FELLA ME NOB CHEESE SMELLS LIKE MOZARELLA
― GARUG, Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:25 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Watching MSNBC cover Italian President Sergio Mattarella’s visit to White House and the bewilderment on his translator’s face as she translates Trumpese to English then to Italian. pic.twitter.com/TV4iXfP75c

— James M. Reeves (@jimnassau) October 16, 2019

It's the Great Pumpkin!

I like the idea of him eating just one ... more ... little ... mint, and then getting choked unconscious by his tight collar.

Presumably in response to Sondland but we'll see

Inbox:
Mulvaney to do a press briefing at the White House podium at 12:30 p.m.

— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) October 17, 2019

"in conclusion, Trump has ended the impeachment inquiry and Nancy Pelosi is in jail."

Turkish government sources told BBC News: “President Erdogan received the letter, thoroughly rejected it and put it in the bin.” On the day the letter was received, Turkey launched a cross-border offensive against Kurdish-led forces in Syria.

Mulvaney says from the White House podium that the G-7 will be at Trump National Doral, Trump's golf course.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 17, 2019

Amazing