December 4, 2017

Emails show senior Trump transition official saying Russia "has just thrown the USA election to him"

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/02/politics/michael-flynn-russia-emails-donald-trump/index.html

A senior aide on President Donald Trump's transition team wrote in a December 29 email that Russia "has just thrown the USA election to him," according to a report published Saturday.

The New York Times obtained emails showing that then-transition adviser KT McFarland, who later became deputy national security adviser under Michael Flynn, wrote that the Obama administration's sanctions against Russia for interfering in the 2016 election would make it harder to improve relations between the two countries.
"If there is a tit-for-tat escalation Trump will have difficulty improving relations with Russia, which has just thrown USA election to him," McFarland wrote, according to the Times.

November 19, 2017

David Cassidy hospitalized, in critical condition

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/entertainment/david-cassidy-hospitalized/index.html#|gigyaMobileDialog

November 12, 2017

Jones Takes Lead Over Moore In Alabama Senate Race

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/11/doug_jones_takes_lead_on_roy_m.html

November 9, 2017

Trump advisor subpoenaed over biofuel policy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-08/icahn-subpoenaed-by-u-s-over-biofuel-policy-while-trump-adviser

U.S. Subpoenas Icahn Over Biofuel Action While Trump Adviser

Federal investigators have issued subpoenas for information on Carl Icahn’s efforts to change biofuel policy while he served as an adviser to President Donald Trump, according to regulatory filings.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is “seeking production of information” pertaining to Icahn’s activities regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to a Form 10-Q that Icahn Enterprises LP filed on Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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November 8, 2017

trump blames Gillespie for loss, "Didn't embrace me"...

https://www.nbcnews.com/card/gillespie-did-not-embrace-me-trump-tweets-n818776

October 4, 2017

As seen on Facebook:

"I think I know where we went wrong; we have gun care and health control."

October 3, 2017

WH: "This is not the geological era to debate gun control."

http://www.theonion.com/article/white-house-not-geologic-era-debate-gun-control-57108

*snip*

".,....premature to discuss enacting any sort of policies to prevent mass shootings until the next ice age has set in, likely long after the extinction of the human race. “Once the nation has had time to properly grieve and the continents have completed millions of years of tectonic migration to collide into one supercontinent."

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September 30, 2017

bush didn't even say this about Katrina victims, but donald went there

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/30/politics/trump-tweets-puerto-rico-mayor/index.html

"The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump."


Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
."..Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They...."
7:26 AM - Sep 30, 2017
39,604 39,604 Replies 9,816 9,816 Retweets 34,107 34,107 likes


Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
"...want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job."
7:29 AM - Sep 30, 2017
23,628 23,628 Replies 9,990 9,990 Retweets 41,133 41,133 likes

The dog whistle to his base wouldn't be any less insidious if PR weren't a territory of the US, but trump forgot that, and his supporters don't even know.

September 27, 2017

DHS to use social media to monitor immigrants

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/352421-dhs-planning-to-collect-social-media-info-on-all-immigrants


*Snip*

The Department of Homeland Security has moved to collect social media information on all immigrants, including permanent residents and naturalized citizens.

A new rule published in the Federal Register last week calls to include "social media handles and aliases, associated identifiable information and search results" in the department's immigrant files.

BuzzFeed News first reported the new rule on Monday. It is set to go into effect on Oct. 18 after a public comment period.

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August 26, 2017

trump's Arpaio pardon should raise serious alarms for the Russia investigation

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59a0f03be4b0d0ef9f1c1401

The larger and more overtly strategic message being conveyed by the president, however, has nothing to do with Arpaio. This abrupt decision, bereft of customary vetting and review by the Justice Department, almost certainly has everything to do with one matter alone: the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between the president’s campaign and the Russian Government, and President Trump’s desire to allay the concerns of his erstwhile campaign associates.