@PersuasivePR's Threads
"Pluvious Group, a consultancy that raised money for the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, helped with the event’s organization, according to two sources with knowledge of the breakfast."
Who is Pluvious Group? Well. they gave Trump $414,779 in 2016, per opensecrets.org/expends/vendor…
RNC got $464,242; Little Marco Rubio got $273,706, Cruz for Predident got $12,495, Friends of John McCain got $7,940, and Devin Nunes? $3,638 🤣
2015, people. Alerts were sent by our ally intel services in 2015!! “GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump & known or suspected Russian agents.” gu.com/p/69exm/stw
"The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said."
"They [the European agencies] were saying: ‘There are contacts going on between people close to Mr Trump and people we believe are Russian intelligence agents. You should be wary of this.’
“The message was: ‘Watch out. There’s something not right here.’
20-fricking-15.
“The message was: ‘Watch out. There’s something not right here.’
20-fricking-15.
Just watched episode 1. Man, Ed Koch hated his guts.
Also, this Trump quote stuck with me: “When bad times come, then I'll get whatever I want.” 🤔
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Also, this Trump quote stuck with me: “When bad times come, then I'll get whatever I want.” 🤔
dailydot.com/upstream/trump…
Episode 2 - notable so far: @DavidCayJ w/ segment about interviewing him when he first came to Atlantic City & phrased answers like a "con man"; @tonyschwartz interviewed & says he was "value-free" & believes he is a "sociopath" after spending hundreds of hours with him.
Oh geez. Episode 4 - Trump watched Jesse "The Body" Ventura (who he knew from hosting him at his Wrestlemania in AC) be combative with the press during his successful gubernatorial campaign in MN, and decided to adapt it.
I can't even.
I can't even.
🔥"Right now White House is at a seven on panic scale. If this thing goes on past the State of Union they’re going to be at an 11.” Another prominent Republican close to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described Trump’s handling of the shutdown as “total fucking chaos.”🔥
"Rudy Giuliani recently told a friend that he expects Mueller’s report to be “horrific,” a person briefed on the conversation said (Giuliani did not respond to a request for comment). “You’re already hearing people speculate Trump could do a deal and resign.”
"Trump has told aides he’s prepared to stake his presidency on making a last stand. “He's convinced himself he can’t win re-election in 2020 unless he gets a lot of wall built. It’s fundamental to his id,” former West Wing official said. “The problem is, the Democrats know that.”
From 2014: Mitch McConnell's 30-Year Senate Legacy Leaves Kentucky In The Lurch huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/mit…
"In 2006, the publisher of Courier-Journal, Barry Bingham Jr., 72, “was dying & knew it,” Runyon says. “He looked at me and he said, ‘You know, the worst mistake we ever made was endorsing Mitch McConnell’ in 1977.”
"McConnell kept plant’s doors open, but he did so at expense of the workers’ own well-being. For decades, plant’s toxins had spread through the air & into the ground, slowly killing its own workers & tainting surrounding area — a fact McConnell ignored in Washington & in Paducah.
I want the 3 hours I just spent wrapping presents back.
Men: "But I am not good at wrapping present. You do it SO much better."
Yet you can change a tire, reframe a window, build a shed using from scratch using planers, joiners and other mystical tools. I AM NOT BUYING IT!!
Yet you can change a tire, reframe a window, build a shed using from scratch using planers, joiners and other mystical tools. I AM NOT BUYING IT!!
I wonder *hypothetically* of course, how many Scotch tape cuts would cause a slow, painful death?
Former Apprentice crew members on their old boss, Donald Trump: slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate
“He was always a narcissist, you can see that,” says Bill Pruitt, producer on Seasons 1 & 2 of The Apprentice, & later a producer on reality shows The Amazing Race & Deadliest Catch. "Those in our business who hadn’t already taken stock of what we wrought, we’re doing it now." 1/
"I might have signed an NDA back in the day that would allow someone to come after me, but I feel almost a patriotic duty to talk about this.
“Those of us involved in the show are proud of our work. But we might have given the guy a platform and created this candidate." 2/
“Those of us involved in the show are proud of our work. But we might have given the guy a platform and created this candidate." 2/
Here's the sad thing.
Trump was absolutely on his best behavior at the funeral. I cannot stand him, but have to admit that. Think of the crazy things he could have done - especially in light of the Flynn news from Tuesday. His past behavior at events requiring decorum 1/
Trump was absolutely on his best behavior at the funeral. I cannot stand him, but have to admit that. Think of the crazy things he could have done - especially in light of the Flynn news from Tuesday. His past behavior at events requiring decorum 1/
...has set a precedent for inappropriate unhinged behavior. It could have gone way south. His crossed arms telegraph feelings of insecurity & his inability to feel empathy for others kept him from participating as a show of respect. He will be furious & hurt over criticism 2/
...for not placing his hand on his heart & for not reading along with the group prayer - because in his mind, he made a Herculean effort to "be nice." He WILL lash out to cover his hurt feelings. Batten the hatches for an epic narcissistic meltdown. 3/3
"Don't pay the #Tarriffman
Don't even fix the price
Don't pay the #Tarriffman
Until he get you to the other side"
#AdviceNotTaken by the GOP, probably
Apologies to @CdeBOfficial
Don't even fix the price
Don't pay the #Tarriffman
Until he get you to the other side"
#AdviceNotTaken by the GOP, probably
Apologies to @CdeBOfficial
"Tarriff don't like it
Rock the casbah, rock the casbah"
Rock the casbah, rock the casbah"
I shot the tariff, but I did not shoot the subsidy.
Stolen shamelessly from @TheRickWilson 's timeline
Stolen shamelessly from @TheRickWilson 's timeline
"Neither U.S. nor Bahraini officials have said exactly where or when the admiral was found, who found him, the cause of death or any other specifics that might clear the cloud of a deepening mystery."
abc7chicago.com/4824416/
abc7chicago.com/4824416/
"Admiral Stearney was a key player in the delicate U.S. relations with Iran.
On September 9 during a conference call with Arab media, he admonished Iran for its destabilizing tactics & vowed to use his fleet to keep peace in region."
Kudos to @ABC7Chicago for great reporting.
On September 9 during a conference call with Arab media, he admonished Iran for its destabilizing tactics & vowed to use his fleet to keep peace in region."
Kudos to @ABC7Chicago for great reporting.
💥💥👇👇💥💥
"Michael has similarly met voluntarily with representatives of the New York State Office of the Attorney General ("NYAG") concerning a state court action in which the NYAG has sued the Donald J. Trump Foundation and certain individual defendants, including Donald J. Trump." 2/
"He also provided the NYAG with documents concerning a separate open inquiry." 3/
"Businessmen who dine @ his home—incl. publisher Mort Zuckerman, banker Louis Ranieri, Revlon's Ronald Perelman, RE tycoon Leon Black, Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold, Hyatt's Tom Pritzker & real-estate personality Donald Trump—seem not clear as to how he earns his millions." 🤔
"Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says, “I’m on my 20th book…. The only person outside of my immediate family that I send drafts to is Jeffrey.”
"[Nobel winner] Gell-Mann rather sweetly mentions “there are always pretty ladies around” when he goes to dinner chez Epstein. Dershowitz was thrilled to find himself shaking the hand of a man named “Andrew” in Epstein’s house. “Andrew” turned out to be Prince Andrew."
Shit shit shit
"The base is most important one in this area. Therefore, it holds the main role in the Middle East operations. It played a major role during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn." militarybases.com/overseas/bahra…
💥💥BOOMberg! 💥💥
"Main suspects in probe stemming from 2016 disclosures known as PANAMA PAPERS were two bank employees who were not identified beyond their ages - 50 & 46. Authorities seized documents & electronic files & said they were also looking at whether others might have been involved." 🤔
"The investigation is focused on a Deutsche Bank unit based on the British Virgin Islands, which dealt with more than 900 clients and processed 311 million euros ($354 million) in 2016 alone, according to the prosecutors."
Draft Jerome Corsi Statement of Offense: "These facts do not constitute ALL of the facts known to the parties concerning the charged offense; they are being submitted to demonstrate that sufficient facts exist that defendant committed offense to which he is pleading guilty. 1/
"On or about Sept 6, 2018, defendant, JEROME CORSI, was interviewed voluntarily by Special Counsel's Office, incl. DOJ prosecutors & FBI Special Agents. At time of interview, Special Counsel's Office was investigating RU gov's efforts to interfere in 2016 presidential election 2/
"including:
a) the theft of campaign-related emails & other documents by the Russian government's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff ("GRU"); 3/
a) the theft of campaign-related emails & other documents by the Russian government's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff ("GRU"); 3/
"After signing plea agreement, Manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the FBI and Special Counsel's office on a variety of subject matters, which constitute breaches of the agreement. The government will file a detailed sentencing submission...that sets forth the nature 1/
"...of the defendant's crimes and lies, including those after signing the plea agreement herein. As the defendant has breached the plea agreement, there is no reason to delay his sentencing."
"Manafort pleaded pursuant to a plea agreement that required his "fully, truthfully, completely, & forthrightly" cooperating w/ the government. The plea agreement provides that if defendant fails to fulfill completely "each & every one" of his obligations under this agreement 3/
Mueller's right-hand man, tenacious terrorist nabber, and CYBERSECURITY expert. Might be seeing him in coming days.
"Zebley then started with the FBI on I-49, one of its most storied squads and part of the small group of agents in New York who were chasing Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda before September 11th."
"After Hannity's onstage appearance w/ Trump, Baier said "there was a lot of reaction inside company." He, MacCallum, Hume & Wallace addressed it @ pre-scheduled lunch w/ Fox chief exec Suzanne Scott & Fox President Jay Wallace on day of election." 1/
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“Wallace & Scott told them Murdochs had been personally involved in statement that Fox News put out expressing disapproval of Hannity’s action. “We felt confident that they understood seriousness of moment, & that the news side needed to make sure [management] had our backs. " 2/
"Hannity later said Trump’s invitation to join him on stage was unexpected, which many at the channel disbelieved. “You know he’s lying through his teeth, right?” said one current Fox News staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly." 3/
🔥🔥👇👇 Read below. If true, this explains everything we have been seeing happen with FOX being silent on Twitter and Murdoch's quiet, after hours meeting with McConnell.
FOX is planning to #DumpTrump 👇👇🔥🔥
FOX is planning to #DumpTrump 👇👇🔥🔥
"Just so you know, Fox has made a corporate decision and will start to lessen its support of Trump." This is from an internal email that Murdoch's own Wall Street Journal has uncovered and is about to run a story on. 1/
"Rupert Murdoch met with Mitch McConnell to tell him recently; he won't let his company be associated with Trump and his crimes anymore, nor does he want the Trump base murdering people because of what people like Hannity, Pirro, Ingraham & Carlson say and do." 2/
p. 65: US intel distilled 35 pages of sourced material down to 1.5 pages to present to Trump in initial meeting, a "summary that focused on the allegation of coordination between the Russians and the [Trump] campaign." 2/
p.67: "All of the sources fit together and told a consistent story from different vantages in the Kremlin, Clapper said. These human sources had been so-called "legacy sources" -- they had been right in their intelligence and assessments over the years..." 3/
Nikki Haley's resignation press conference. Body language experts? Please chime in and share your thoughts. Her saying Jared Kushner is a "hidden genius" starts around 2:09.
Look at the way she pauses and closes her eyes: "Kushner is such a HIDDEN.... (searches for the word)... genius..."
Would love to hear what experienced prosecutors like @Delavegalaw and @YesMomsCan or profilers like @AshaRangappa_ think about Nikki Haley's word choices & body language in her resignation speech just one day after #Khashoggi went missing.
Interesting #CarterPage filing thread 👇
Apparently, #CarterPage has held Global Natural Gas Ventures, LLC in Oklahoma since May 9, 2013, as per this Oklahoma Secretary of State filing record.
Compton Law Offices show up in a search of the address in Page filing, comptonlawfirm.net/offices/oklaho…
101 Park Avenue, Suite 1300
101 Park Avenue, Suite 1300
⚡️Must-read: "If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate, sooner or later he may be asked to weigh some damning evidence — that his own father advocated for a product that he knew was carcinogenic to both mothers and fetuses. Unless he recuses himself."⚡️ whowhatwhy.org/2018/10/05/bre…
"In 2002, E. Edward Kavanaugh, President of CTFA, wrote a letter to the Director of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in an attempt to stop the NTP from listing cosmetic talc as a carcinogen in an upcoming report. 2/
"The NTP had already nominated cosmetic talc for this classification. In this letter, according to plaintiffs, the CTFA admitted that talc was “toxic”, that “some talc particles… can reach the human ovaries”, 3/
The below suggests there may be 20,877 #Kavanaugh docs #Grassley has deliberately concealed via forgery & deceit. @maddow @dcpoll @Delavegalaw @NatashaBertrand
Two emails, both dated 8/13/18, both offering 3rd production of 22,103 docs v. 42,980 docs. Which is the real email?
Two emails, both dated 8/13/18, both offering 3rd production of 22,103 docs v. 42,980 docs. Which is the real email?
