Spent my Wednesday dealing with the sort of niggly nitpicking IRL tasks that force both halves of any long-term couple to remind themselves that their partner has many fine qualities to go with their flaws. (If you’ve got any extra, please spare a good thought for a 16-year-old rescue dog who’s going through all the indignities common to old age. His name is Zevon.) So, of course, the Friday News Dump fell on a Wednesday this week…
As the woman who uniquely tracks this, I can say this is the most active day of news since the election of 2016. Flooding out and none of it for Trump. He has it coming from all ends now.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) May 17, 2018
In my haste I forgot the word good. None of the news flooding out is good for Trump, AND on the back of his self-annointed Nobel Peace Prize evaporating care of the equally erratic Kim Jong Un last night.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) May 17, 2018
2. — Details of Trump Tower meeting point to collusion
— FBI was probing Trump-Russia much earlier than once believed
— Trump ex-secretary of state says lies are threatening democracy
— Trump calls immigrants "animals"This is just one lousy day in Trump America
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) May 16, 2018
Trump Crime Cartel minions are whistling past the graveyard –
BREAKING: Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has informed President Donald Trump's attorneys that they have concluded that they cannot indict a sitting president, according to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani https://t.co/Mmu3SX8N2t pic.twitter.com/kcxEVFaJtr
— CNN (@CNN) May 16, 2018
If you posit that the President is simply guilty and knows he's guilty and is making rational choices on the basis of being guilty a lot of confusing evidence and actions and seemingly poor decisions get clarified quickly and neatly.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 16, 2018
interesting theme emerges: GOPs in one day buck WH on Net Neutrality, DACA, and Russia probe
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 16, 2018
Still Proud to Be A Democrat:
The Senate just voted to override the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules, which prevent internet providers from withholding some service in exchange for higher fees. But the override still needs to pass the House and be signed by @POTUS https://t.co/kfwIAqefcU
— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) May 16, 2018
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