Sunday Evening Reads: Trump’s Rat. Miller’s Rat.
Posted: December 16, 2018 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: just because |11 Comments
It is late, but I suppose we should start this with the skit from last night’s SNL…
President Crime Boss is really ranting up a storm today.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 16, 2018
The president of the United States has today been tweeting endlessly about what he is watching on tv.
The president. Is watching TV. And tweeting responses.
Seriously. This is a President. Not some drunk buffoon uncle. Does he have nothing to do but watch himself and whine?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 16, 2018
The tweets being:
Let’s take these to account.
This is patently false.
1. Obama had guidelines that prioritized deporting gang members, national security risks and felons-you signed an EO scrapping it
2. You have "zero tolerance" with mandatory family separation to enforce it
4. children HAVE DIED ON YOUR WATCH https://t.co/A2ObwoL3bj— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) December 16, 2018
NEW RULE:
Cheat & lie & commit enough felonies to become president — and you’ll get not just the office with all its powers, but a permanent get-out-of-jail-free card!
Retweet if you doubt Madison and Hamilton were dumb enough to put that incentive scheme in place.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 13, 2018
Media should remember not to normalize the President of the United States calling someone who cooperates with law enforcement “a rat.” Language of organized crime debases the office.
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) December 16, 2018
Sir, in mobster lingo, a ‘rat’ is a witness who tells prosecutors real incriminating info. Perhaps a different word? Searches of lawyer’s offices common enough that DOJ has a procedure for them. Here it yielded evidence of crimes you said he should be jailed for. You should stop. https://t.co/EV1txBYrhz
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) December 16, 2018
My former colleague Andy McCarthy, one of the President's most steady and articulate defenders, is starting to take the measure of the man he has so vigorously defended. POTUS's language reflects the mentality of an at risk mob boss, not of a President.There is a reason for that. https://t.co/FXTVqt1Rdf
— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) December 16, 2018
This use of the word rat was invented by criminals to describe a criminal who tells the truth. https://t.co/4nAbSyQK84
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) December 16, 2018
I worked mafia cases for years in SDNY, mainly Gambino and Genovese. I usually hesitate to make this comparison but here it is completely warranted. This – calling somebody who provides information to law enforcement a “rat” – is straight up mob boss language. https://t.co/K8w46rVMP5
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) December 16, 2018
🔥MOBSTER🔥
This is unprecedented: a sitting Member of Congress (@RepSwalwell) just called a sitting president's (@realDonaldTrump) tenure a "Mobster Presidency."
No wonder Trump is freaking out.😎@thespybrief #MobsterPresidency https://t.co/sXtavPCnaX
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) December 16, 2018
Trump Threatens to Sue “Saturday Night Live” over “It’s a Wonderful Life” Parody https://t.co/peB5nYJWJQ
— #TheResistance (@SocialPowerOne1) December 16, 2018
Given the evidence already in public view, maybe Rudy shouldn't tempt fate like this. https://t.co/cnhjiPjJE7
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) December 16, 2018
And talking about Rudy G…
Giuliani is really off his rocker. He just claimed SDNY doesn't have corroborating evidence for Michael Cohen's testimony—even though THEY DECLARED IT IN A COURT FILING! But Rudy: "No they don't. I ran that office, I know what they do." Who's buying this?? pic.twitter.com/GDRj1A3TKU
— Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) December 16, 2018
Oops! Giuliani: "I know collusion's not a crime, right? It was over with by the time of the election." Really. Rudy just admitted the Trump campaign's conspiracy with Russia EXISTED AND ENDED before the election. #MAGA #ThisWeek #Mueller #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/lqtbmqXjCb
— Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) December 16, 2018
Giuliani's defense of Trump is a "death spiral of stupid," an NYU law professor has said https://t.co/X6sXPxlxC9 pic.twitter.com/vlF7q2lg06
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 16, 2018
Giuliani admits Trump engaged in collusion but says, "Collusion…was over with by the time of the election."
Definition of collusion:
secret or illegal cooperation or CONSPIRACY especially in order to cheat or deceive others.Conspiracy is a crime.
Trump is guilty. pic.twitter.com/1e2G8wyDtm
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 16, 2018
The Russian Threat? Collusion by Trump? Illegal payoffs to purported mistresses? Republicans don’t give a damn as they serve their master. Clive Irving takes on McConnell https://t.co/tOArrzuAHL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 16, 2018
America has been played, and we are still being played, and the American political fight over being played is part of the game. https://t.co/kqbWj9Vdea
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 16, 2018
The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, provides the most comprehensive analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election https://t.co/Fj2zKqqsrl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 16, 2018
tRump is talking rats… Miller has a dead rat plastered to his head:
What is even happening here?
Is this a large swath of brown eyeshadow? A piece of felt? The corpse of a small vole? Spray-on hair replacement?
I have so many questions… pic.twitter.com/MkbWJSnm0X
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 16, 2018
This looks like a triangle cluster of micro ticks attacked his forehead.
I’m legit nauseous.https://t.co/QeVwErHo6p
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 16, 2018
Take a look at some of the responses to that thread….funny stuff.
Oh FFS Stephen, who told you to go on national tv with #SprayOnHair? You really thought it looked good? You really thought we wouldn't notice? You really thought you'd be taken seriously? #StephenMiller #CoverUpWorseThanCrime pic.twitter.com/CktcD8K2HX
— Left Of Main Street (@LeftOfMainSt) December 16, 2018
Fact checking this Nazi
1)90 to 94% of heroin consumed in the United States today comes from Mexico,not Central America
2)The majority of heroin is smuggled into the US by vehicles, planes and boats at port of entry NOT by immigrants walking thousands of miles to the border pic.twitter.com/X2DyQEEXJO
— 🌸🌺Ellie🌺🌸 (@ellievan65) December 16, 2018
An update on a story from weeks ago:
Remember Wilder Maldonado, the 6-year-old defendant we reported on who had to show up in immigration court by himself shortly before Thanksgiving?
He returned to court this week, with the decision to return to his family resting in his small hands.https://t.co/5xUTTK8ecB
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 16, 2018
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Part of the reason this is so late is that my mom and I have been watching the latest Narcos: Mexico series on Netflix. And re-watching all of the original series of Narcos…one after the other.
It certainly makes me see the comparisons of tRump and those compromised political leaders, ministers of justice and defense…who were bought by the Narcos and CIA.
The corruption is rampant, and disgusting.
BB, I hope you are feeling better. This sickness is terrible.
I gather the one thing the Dump can’t stand is TV coverage noticing he’s a loser. So why does Ghouliani still have a job after making Dumper look like a total fool? Does the stuff Guiliani says sound good to him? 😯 That would be, um, concerning all by itself.
That ProPublica story about six year-old Wilder…. That lille kid has more self-possession than I had at any age, let alone six.
What horrible horrible horrible crimes are being committed in our names with our tax dollars.
All I can think is I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’msorryImsorryImsorry.
Which does nothing. It has to STOP.
I know, it’s horrible. Every time, I think I can’t stand it, I think about the kids and what they’re going through.
Trump suing Saturday Light Live?
He is shaking in his gold-plated loafers just thinking about the House Dems come January.
“Perception.” Liberal media my ass!
Re: Steven Miller