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Manafort leaks poll data to

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:02:29 +0000

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Manafort leaks poll data to Kilimnik despite danger - discusses MI/WI/PA *way* early (along with Minnesota, which Hillary only won by 45,000 votes. So how did Kilimnik and GRU steal these states?

https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/04/29/paul-manafort-violated-campaign-po...

From Paul Rosenzweig @

artappraiser — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:56:35 +0000

In reply to Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.

From Paul Rosenzweig @ Lawfare on Barr. (He seems to be a conservative, based on this googling by me: he was @ Homeland Security under Bush and did a stint @ Heritage and Washington Examiner published op-eds):

“Is this just poor lawyering or something ... different?”

Paul Rosenzweig asks this uncomfortable question repeatedly about Attorney General Barr’s actions in recent weeks. Read the full article here:

https://t.co/qlTUhXovbe
— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) April 22, 2019

Some people made miney off

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 07:26:00 +0000

In reply to That in short is sort of the

Some people made miney off Trump for decades. Not many, but some.

One factoid worth noting is something I foughton Twitter - nowaywas Putin *ever* going to give raving boisterous moron Trump a prime piece of real estate in Moscow. Trump the idiot thinks Putin worth billions would be attracted to a $50 million penthouse suite in a moron's tower, showing him beholden to the fucktard? A whacko premise - but one no one from Trump HQ seemed to realize.

Marcy notes much of the Steele Dossier disinfo - Steele no doubt would agree. Cohen in Prague wasa dangle of deza intended as aa honeypotof distraction - disprove that and everything else falls.

I still disagree with Marcy about Alfa/Spectrum data feeds - I think that's how they coordinated stealing WI/MI/PA - the voter data Russians stole was put to good use - discard X% in Democratic-leaning precincts and you control the story, though 80,000 is too close for just ballpark - they had it down to totals. Putin doesn't play "close as in horseshoes and hand grenades", I'm sure. I suspect Crimea and naval base in Azov Sea were his goal in Ukraine all along - he knew days in Ukraine were numbere all along and doesnt give a shit about a decaying Russian population in Donbas. Ukrainian membership in EU/NATO? Yeah, that's a big deal.

That in short is sort of the

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 05:48:14 +0000

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That in short is sort of the way I am leaning. Just because: mostly everything that happened makes more sense that way to me.

Not that Trump doesn't also have extreme amoral and scheming tendencies, he does, but those are sort of clueless and stumbling and meandering, just done according to whatever might benefit the narcissism narrative that day.

Look, it's all false delusional narrative with him, where the attacks on "fake news" are the ultimate projection of all his projections. Since a few successes early on in his youth, all of his businesses are actually big fails and then he's lied himself out of trouble, i.e., "everything Trump touches dies." He admires strong men because they appear to be able to create their own reality, to make their fantasies happen.

Another confirming thing just hit me with the point raised for the umpteenth time of: why do people stay and work for this abusive madman? Because they think they can be the one who can finally manipulate him to behavior to get him what they think he believes in and wants, they are mostly deluded themselves. Including Jvanka or many of those who accepted cabinet positions. Or they have Machiavellian tendencies, like the Russians, Manafort, Bannon, Stephen Miller, some self-serving cabinet officers, etc., thinking he is a useful idiot.

Trump:Very Useful Idiot

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 04:50:39 +0000

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Trump:Very Useful Idiot

Manafort: Colluder-in-Chief

I'd like to point out that,

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 01:08:55 +0000

In reply to Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.

I'd like to point out that, as Barbara and Laura Bush used to say, being able to read is fundamental:

So which is it, Don?

Total exoneration or total bullshit?

Because in both cases, it’s the same guy talking about the same report?

Sounds like somebody’s getting rattled by the truth. https://t.co/eZNSpF9brZ
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) April 21, 2019

Trump sniping back at Mitt:

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 01:06:12 +0000

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Trump sniping back at Mitt:

You're so small. https://t.co/4zKDQQiKgx
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 21, 2019

Here's @ewarren's full

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:58:06 +0000

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Here's @ewarren's full explanation to reporters in NH this morning for why she's called on the House to launch impeachment proceedings against @realDonaldTrump: pic.twitter.com/AejequpeDF
— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) April 20, 2019

Spy thinking as opposed to

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:54:28 +0000

In reply to Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.

Spy thinking as opposed to lawyer thinking:

Dear Baby Jesus, (h/t @colbymommy) this article from @john_sipher about intel operations STOP NOW READ EVERYTHING https://t.co/FgfBYFbQfG
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 20, 2019

And file under big picture "Russians going for chaos in the U.S." Especially the section labeled "Turning to Trump", i.e., uncontrollable idiots can be useful at times depending on watcha want.

FWIW, intereresting that

artappraiser — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:45:37 +0000

In reply to More from Nate Silver, on

FWIW, intereresting that Silver is still sticking to his guns, not buying any counterpoints:

Trump has been screaming these talking points for a year and they haven't moved public opinion in his favor. He's convinced his base and no one else. Even the Barr letter, which the mainstream media treated as quite favorable for Trump, didn't really swing public opinion. https://t.co/aj1XGpbDem
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 21, 2019

Trump has a 41.6% approval rating in a very good economy. That's a LOT lower than you'd expect given the underlying conditions. Republicans just lost 40 House seats. Voters *do* care about all the extracurricular stuff.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 21, 2019

I'm wary of the implication that the public can't be trusted to think for itself and weigh the Mueller Report along with all the other reasons they might vote for or against Trump. In a democracy, the main mechanism for holding people accountable is elections.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 21, 2019