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June 6, 2017

Cancel Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweets

Source: Guardian

London mayor says US president is wrong about many things and that state visit to Britain should not go ahead


Monday 5 June 2017 18.39 EDT
First published on Monday 5 June 2017 07.55 EDT

The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has called on the British government to cancel a planned state visit by Donald Trump after being criticised in two tweets by the US president.

Trump initially criticised Khan for his response to the London Bridge terrorist attack; though, in doing so, he misquoted London’s mayor. Khan’s office pointed out Trump’s error later but the president responded by accusing London’s mayor of making a “pathetic excuse”.

Appearing on Channel 4 News on Monday evening, Khan said Trump was wrong about “many things” and that his state visit should not go ahead.

“I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for,” he said.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/05/donald-trump-attack-courts-travel-ban-london

June 1, 2017

Hillary Clinton fires back at Trump tweet with 'covfefe' reference

Source: The Hill



"Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits Facebook and even Dems and DNC," Trump wrote on Twitter.


"People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe," Clinton tweeted.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/335875-hillary-clinton-fires-back-at-trump-tweet-with-covfefe

May 27, 2017

Trump Returns to Crisis Over Kushner as White House Tries to Contain It

Source: NYT

Mr. Trumps private legal team, led by his New York lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, was preparing to meet in Washington to face fresh questions about contacts between Mr. Kushner and representatives of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The president may meet with Mr. Kasowitz as early as Sunday, and aides have recruited a series of prominent Washington lawyers with experience in political investigations for Mr. Trump to interview in hopes that they might join the legal team.

Mr. Kushner, who organized the presidents Middle East stops at the start of the foreign trip, chose to return to Washington with several days to go and has been unusually subdued since then. But he has no plans to step down from his role as senior adviser or to reduce his duties, according to people close to him.

Still, there are signs that he is tiring of the nonstop combat and the damage to his reputation. He has told friends that he and his wife have made no long-term commitment to remain by Mr. Trumps side, saying they would review every six months whether to return to private life in New York.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/us/politics/trump-returns-to-crisis-over-kushner-as-white-house-tries-to-contain-it.html?_r=0



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Still, there are signs that he is tiring of the nonstop combat and the damage to his reputation. He has told friends that he and his wife have made no long-term commitment to remain by Mr. Trumps side, saying they would review every six months whether to return to private life in New York.


May 25, 2017

Sanders body slams Mulvaney ...


Some people say he also stomped on Mulvaney's glasses.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4671424/sanders-mulvaney-inequality-budgets

May 24, 2017

Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — American spies collected information last summer revealing that senior Russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over Donald J. Trump through his advisers, according to three current and former American officials familiar with the intelligence.

The conversations focused on Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman at the time, and Michael T. Flynn, a retired general who was advising Mr. Trump, the officials said. Both men had indirect ties to Russian officials, who appeared confident that each could be used to help shape Mr. Trump’s opinions on Russia.

Some Russians boasted about how well they knew Mr. Flynn. Others discussed leveraging their ties to Viktor F. Yanukovych, the deposed president of Ukraine living in exile in Russia, who at one time had worked closely with Mr. Manafort.

The intelligence was among the clues — which also included information about direct communications between Mr. Trump’s advisers and Russian officials — that American officials received last year as they began investigating Russian attempts to disrupt the election and whether any of Mr. Trump’s associates were assisting Moscow in the effort. Details of the conversations, some of which have not been previously reported, add to an increasing understanding of the alarm inside the American government last year about the Russian disruption campaign.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/politics/russia-trump-manafort-flynn.html?_r=0

May 16, 2017

WH comms staffers just put the TVs on super loud after we could hear yelling coming from room




Adrian Carrasquillo?Verified account @Carrasquillo

WH comms staffers just put the TVs on super loud after we could hear yelling coming from room w/ Bannon, Spicer, Sanders


https://twitter.com/Carrasquillo/status/864262056849092608

White House correspondent @BuzzFeedNews


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