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The response should be that

rmrd0000 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:04:45 +0000

In reply to oh criminy (or as Jolly Roger

The response should be that Democrats are concerned about the trauma associated with separating children from their mothers. They know that stolen children have been lost in the system under Trump administration policy. Make Trump and the Evangelicals address their atrocities.

look at this, I skimmed past

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:45:35 +0000

In reply to Maggie Haberman & Peter Baker

look at this, I skimmed past it in initial read, "what's more important than the New York Times? Ok, nothing, nothing":

*snort* @maggieNYT pic.twitter.com/muPWZpNH71
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) February 1, 2019

oh criminy (or as Jolly Roger

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:42:23 +0000

In reply to Trump insists he's on same page as intel chiefs after insulting them

oh criminy (or as Jolly Roger says Precious Blood of Sweet Baby Jesus! ) our cartoon president has been such a big fail at his culture wars games & delivering to the base (i.e., where are the pesos?) he's planning a red herring switch:

Trump to throw spotlight on abortion in State of the Union

The president's Tuesday night address might also include a 'warm and fuzzy' gesture to his recent nemesis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a White House aide.

@ Politico.com, Jan. 31

Even Tom DeLay wouldn't be this blatant! I pray no lefties fall for this trolling, last thing we need is the national discourse turning to abortion.

Even Mitch McConnell can't

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:15:20 +0000

In reply to Trump insists he's on same page as intel chiefs after insulting them

Even Mitch McConnell can't take no more? The #1 story @ TheHill.com right now:

(Senate) GOP poised to rebuke Trump

By Alexander Bolton & Jordan Fabian, Jan. 31

Frustrated Republicans say it’s time for the Senate to reclaim more power over foreign policy and are planning to move a measure Thursday that would be a stunning rebuke to a president of their own party.

[....] “Power over foreign policy has shifted to the executive branch over the last 30 years. Many of us in the Senate want to start taking it back,” said a Republican senator closely allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

They plan to send Trump a stern admonishment by voting Thursday afternoon on an amendment sponsored by McConnell warning “the precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan “could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”

The resolution also expresses a sense of the Senate that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al Qaeda pose a “continuing threat to the homeland and our allies” and maintain an “ability to operate in Syria and Afghanistan.” [....]

Maggie Haberman & Peter Baker

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:11:06 +0000

In reply to Trump insists he's on same page as intel chiefs after insulting them

Maggie Haberman & Peter Baker get an on-the-record Oval Office interview ranging allover the place (beneficaries of Sulzberger practicing "Art of the Deal"). There is a short audio of him on "the wall", he's talking fuggeabout Congress:

POTUS wanted an OTR meeting with our publisher, AG Sulzberger. The publisher declined that opportunity, saying he would like an interview on-record for two of the NYT White House reporters https://t.co/WTyVyNIwKN
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 1, 2019

Edit to add Cliff Notes version: 5 Takeaways From The Times’s Interview With President Trump

I see some very subtle

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:30:23 +0000

In reply to Trump insists he's on same page as intel chiefs after insulting them

I see some very subtle pushback suggested at the end of the article, where Cohen reports that Several national security officials told CNN that while they don't like the President's latest attacks on the intelligence community, they're not paying much notice and that they found his attack the day before inauguration more demoralizing. Why? Because they've time to analyze him they got his number now: The national security officials said the President is more focused on making deals and using the intelligence for that, while his intelligence chiefs are looking at the same information to make threat assessments. Just trying to protect the country from bad hombres of all kinds, including narcissistic presidents.