Stone indictment proves Barr misled

By PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 12:57pm |

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https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/03/27/the-roger-stone-indictment-makes-it-clear-barrs-memo-understates-trump-flunkies-complicity/

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Redacted Mueller report by mid-April:

Breaking News: The U.S. attorney general, William Barr, plans to release the nearly 400-page Mueller report, in redacted form, by mid-April. “Everyone will soon be able to read it.” https://t.co/Vsszz0HsZj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 29, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/29/2019 - 7:22pm

Maggie gets uppity in direct reply:

It’s almost like people around potus have realized that the details in the report might not be that great. https://t.co/QBUU0UKdBe
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 29, 2019

And Richard sees a troll redirecting the narrative:

The “national emergency” he worries about is the pending release of the Mueller Report by mid-April. A big fight with Democrats over the border is probably his best response.https://t.co/LVD1prP79w
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 30, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/29/2019 - 8:29pm

One great journalist recommending another's piece:

As usual in the Trump presidency, “the truth will have a hard time catching up” : The Mueller Bait and Switch by Elizabeth Drew @ProSyn https://t.co/nOMykcsq9w
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) March 30, 2019

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/30/2019 - 6:41pm

Agreed https://t.co/97hJ7cuMDW
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 31, 2019

Also, an aside--hat tip to Rick here for catching this, it is almost as if Wikileaks is doing a little pro-incel anti-Hillary thing--very interesting:

You forgot to use a Pepe meme and post this on 8chan first.

See you soon, Rapey! https://t.co/Fnjvry82Gx
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 31, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 7:31pm

Hmmm, well some of these are Pepe-le-Frog true believers, but isn't this a culture wars stat worth taking seriously and *possibly* offering *some* compassion? What drives this - overwork? A decrease in social activities? rural or suburban or urban separation? poor social skills? confusion/changes in mating rituals & signalling? online porn & unrealistic expectations? mobile phone preoccupation/substitution? Testosterone has to go somewhere...

(I don't have the stats, but I'd guess rape and incest have gone down - maybe that's it, the explanation, but seems unlikely)

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 9:22pm

Yes but I don't think Rick was going there, he was doing a gotcha to Wikileaks tweeted what they said about it: Wikileaks has deleted it now I see!!! Almost as if one of the Hillary-hating pro-Trump agitprop posting kiddies from 8 Chan got the key to their Twitter feed.

I still had it up in a tab from before their deletion. This is what Wikileaks said, it sounded just like one of them, or some Russian bot boss, for that matter:

Why Trump won? Millions young men stripped of romance and children (possibly by the post 2008 crash soar in wealth inequality) via memetic warfare against an avowedly feminist candidate? Who will harness this vast young army with free time in 2020?

What does young men not having sex have to do with working for Trump? Really? What did he do for them. what was he promising? I don't see he was promising any sex. He was promising 1950's MAGA and they were reading into that a fantasy version of 1950's, everyone getting Stepford stay at home wives, every guy a winner dominating over women

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 10:28pm

"Congress prepares for a battle over secret grand jury evidence in Russia inquiry; 'I intend to fight'"

https://t.co/X2pGxvJ44A
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 1, 2019

Not sure I am thrilled that they feel they have to go there.

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 10:37pm

It seems to me that at least the relevant committee members investigating Trump should see the whole report.

by ocean-kat on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 11:25pm

Stone indictment proves Barr misled

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