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Just for the record, here's

artappraiser — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:08:59 +0000

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Just for the record, here's three White House reporters from different organizations agreeing that this is what happened with him signing the executive order:

This right here > https://t.co/QRjuhJuBGv
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 26, 2018

Presenting Michael Avenatti,

artappraiser — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 05:15:26 +0000

In reply to How Jeff Sessions Ultimately Played Trump On The Family Separation Policy

Presenting the opinion of Mr. Michael Avenatti, D/B/A Voice of Moderation :

If the left is not careful, they will overplay their hand on the border issue and squander the goodwill that America feels towards these families. Now is NOT the time to try and leverage this in an effort to solve all of the important immigration issues. Reunite families first.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 23, 2018

Meanwhile, Trump is dealing

artappraiser — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:34:00 +0000

In reply to How Jeff Sessions Ultimately Played Trump On The Family Separation Policy

Meanwhile, Trump is dealing with all this by going deep into a delusion where if he keeps blaming everything he does wrong on Dems on Twitter, it will help elect a "Red Wave" in November. It includes increasingly actively sabotaging the work of Congressional friendlies and his own administrative aids:

Trump tweet may doom House GOP effort on immigration

By Melanie Zanona @ TheHill.com, June 22, 4:09 pm

[....] “Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November,” Trump tweeted Friday morning. “Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!”

Earlier in the week, Trump personally rallied members to support the immigration legislation — the product of weeks of delicate negotiations between centrists and conservatives — and told GOP lawmakers he was with them “1,000 percent.”

The whiplash has some House Republicans seriously doubting that leaders will be able to get the bill over the finish line, which was already going to be an uphill climb before Trump's tweet.

“Our GOP conference is still in the throes of negotiations,” said retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. “This is schizoid policy-making by tweets, that what you say on Monday may not last on Friday. You just fear that tweet in the morning.”

“Torpedoed by tweet. Tweet-pedoed,” centrist Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.), who is also retiring, quipped in Twitter. [.....]

And there's this on his

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:34:34 +0000

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And there's this on his compadre Stephen Miller:

“Everyone in DHS circles thinks he is a nuisance and a zealot ...” https://t.co/WaCImyvwGH
— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) June 22, 2018