US Politics

NYtimes leader - a summary of Trump's attempts to thwart the investigations into his conduct.

huge if true etc.

I thought this was interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/24/andrew-yang-2020-candidate-robots-machines

I disagree with his policy proposals as stated in the article (for various reasons, e.g. I'm not a fan of universal basic income, and I'd rather the 'tech giants' disappeared altogether than being thrown a lifeline via his tax proposals), but his other claims are interesting to hear, I think (although he does seem to overstate the capabilities of technology, in common with others in his line of work).

Michael Cohen's opening statement is a doozy

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/636-michael-cohens-congressional-t/3a1530b333230e775df5/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Wow

20 pages of awesome

That is something else...the bit about the Russia meeting seems odd though. Don Jr whispering in his farther's ear....just seems a bit hollywood, rather than real life. Problem is, that's not a good measure any more..

Jeez.

In loosely Trump related news, Jacob Wohl has been permanently banned from Twitter for running multiple sock puppet accounts. A USA Today investigation managed to get him to admit that he was trying to discredit democratic candidates with them.

Oh, and he's under investigation for forging the signature of a Manhattan judge on a faked search warrant.

That won't stick but the other stuff is great...

too little too late.

twitter is still a safe space for straight up nazis because 'muh freeze peach'.

it wants shutting down.

Live Cohen testimony:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-47390920

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Yk4WK4vjA&feature=youtu.be

alternate

Utter scenes at the opening. Two republican senators, one of which is under investigation for a child sex abuse coverup, went literally apoplectic, almost foaming at the mouth.

One was trying to halt the hearing for the evidence arriving a few hours late. The other, the alleged child sex assault enabler, a rant about right and wrong.

The state of US politics

Democrats are asking him to tell his story so people can decide. Republicans are doing all they can to discredit him before he has even said anything.

Not a strong look. Reeks of panic and defensiveness

Well I mean their only way forward at this point is to discredit him, if they don't want to just fold, which of course they will not.

the Republicans are doing a terrible job trying to counter......

Preachh!

Cohen: "I'm responsible for your silliness because I did the same thing that you're doing now for ten years. I protected Mr. Trump...I can only warn people the more people that follow Mr. Trump as I did blindly are going to suffer the same consequences that I'm suffering"

Jnr really is thick as pigshit

I just came here to post that.

Hilarious.

So good. Can't stop sniggering.

That is amazing!

Here's an interesting perspective on Trump's tweet the other day about his golf course in Scotland

https://twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2/status/1101942518097346565

I watched the Roger Stone film again. Am I wrong, but he really seems to be an ultra version of Malcolm Tucker?

The film was made more interesting following the recent legal cases. The seemingly untouchable may not be so confident now.

Well that explains the tweet better than anything I could come up with. I saw it and thought what an odd thing for him to just tweet out of the blue.

Even just as an advert for the club itself didn't ring true fully. It clearly is an attempt to get the legal decision to go away.