The White House has spent the better part of the past 24 hours arguing that President Trump didn’t actually mean things he said: that he didn't actually want a government shutdown and that he was just joking about that whole Democrats-who-didn’t-applaud-me-committed-treason thing.
But now we find out Trump was very serious about something that might have seemed like so much Trumpian hot air: a military parade.
The Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker report that Trump has set planning in motion to make his long-expressed vision a reality. The directive was made during a meeting Jan. 18 with top generals in a Pentagon room reserved for top-secret discussions.
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Morning
Caught part of Morning Joe and he was mentioning that the polls agree with tRump when it comes to immigrants and immigration. How the F are we losing the messaging war on any of this?! And how the F are people becoming normalized to nazi's and the KKK?!
The DC government will open on time today.
— Council of DC (@councilofdc) February 7, 2018
DC Public Schools will open on time today.
Sadly, the Giant Tank Parade is cancelled. Permanently. pic.twitter.com/mQmElqs3Tt
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Morning
Caught part of Morning Joe and he was mentioning that the polls agree with tRump when it comes to immigrants and immigration. How the F are we losing the messaging war on any of this?! And how the F are people becoming normalized to nazi's and the KKK?!
Did he mention what polls?
there are moments when I am ready to pack up and leave.
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The DC government will open on time today.
— Council of DC (@councilofdc) February 7, 2018
DC Public Schools will open on time today.
Sadly, the Giant Tank Parade is cancelled. Permanently. pic.twitter.com/mQmElqs3Tt
Retired Major General Paul Eaton says @realDonaldTrump's parade idea underscores his authoritarian tendencies, and that our military is not there to be "used and abused" to prop up his image.
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 7, 2018
VoteVets full statement on Trump's orders for a military parade. pic.twitter.com/Am7uSSWZfo
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The DC government will open on time today.
— Council of DC (@councilofdc) February 7, 2018
DC Public Schools will open on time today.
Sadly, the Giant Tank Parade is cancelled. Permanently. pic.twitter.com/mQmElqs3Tt
oh bless their hearts
That parade crap is just beyond nuts. If the Pentagon said no for the inauguration because DC street weren't built to drive a missile down the street, why are they changing now?!
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The DC government will open on time today.
— Council of DC (@councilofdc) February 7, 2018
DC Public Schools will open on time today.
Sadly, the Giant Tank Parade is cancelled. Permanently. pic.twitter.com/mQmElqs3Tt
oh bless their hearts
That parade crap is just beyond nuts. If the Pentagon said no for the inauguration because DC street weren't built to drive a missile down the street, why are they changing now?!
What is his hardon military parades anyway?
Quote by BobR:Retired Major General Paul Eaton says @realDonaldTrump's parade idea underscores his authoritarian tendencies, and that our military is not there to be "used and abused" to prop up his image.
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 7, 2018
VoteVets full statement on Trump's orders for a military parade. pic.twitter.com/Am7uSSWZfo
We have a rare House filibuster right now -- @NancyPelosi using her "one minute" speech to speak about Dreamers for a very long time. She didn't say how long she'll go.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 7, 2018
3 House leaders - speaker, majority & minority leader - have rights to speak limitless.
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Trump scolding the stock market like pic.twitter.com/QLKG0IWjWU
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) February 7, 2018
Quote by Scoopster:We have a rare House filibuster right now -- @NancyPelosi using her "one minute" speech to speak about Dreamers for a very long time. She didn't say how long she'll go.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 7, 2018
3 House leaders - speaker, majority & minority leader - have rights to speak limitless.
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This is our representative! I love this!Trump scolding the stock market like pic.twitter.com/QLKG0IWjWU
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) February 7, 2018
Quote by Scoopster:We have a rare House filibuster right now -- @NancyPelosi using her "one minute" speech to speak about Dreamers for a very long time. She didn't say how long she'll go.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 7, 2018
3 House leaders - speaker, majority & minority leader - have rights to speak limitless.
What’s stirred everything up? Is it all about Trumpism?
It’s Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally — a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him. I used to date Ivanka, you know.
Wait, really?
Yes, sir. Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter KidadaA former model and current designer, Kidada is the daughter of Jones and his ex-wife Peggy Lipton. Jones’s other daughter with Lipton is the actress Rashida Jones. Jones has five other children, with four other women. , said, “Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.†I said, “No problem. She’s a fine motherfucker.†She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though.
Quote by Raine:NICE!Quote by Scoopster:We have a rare House filibuster right now -- @NancyPelosi using her "one minute" speech to speak about Dreamers for a very long time. She didn't say how long she'll go.
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) February 7, 2018
3 House leaders - speaker, majority & minority leader - have rights to speak limitless.
Trump’s public schedule had him receiving his intelligence briefing at 11AM. He tweeted this at 11:10. https://t.co/3EWKReaNex
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2018
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Tech question - I've never updated the graphics drivers in my laptop, if I do it now will it mess anything up?
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This seems problematic.Trump’s public schedule had him receiving his intelligence briefing at 11AM. He tweeted this at 11:10. https://t.co/3EWKReaNex
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2018
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Tech question - I've never updated the graphics drivers in my laptop, if I do it now will it mess anything up?
Nope it shouldn't. In fact, you might get better performance and/or reduced power usage.
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Holy moly, Quincy Jones interview.What’s stirred everything up? Is it all about Trumpism?
It’s Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally — a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him. I used to date Ivanka, you know.
Wait, really?
Yes, sir. Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter KidadaA former model and current designer, Kidada is the daughter of Jones and his ex-wife Peggy Lipton. Jones’s other daughter with Lipton is the actress Rashida Jones. Jones has five other children, with four other women. , said, “Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.†I said, “No problem. She’s a fine motherfucker.†She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though.
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Holy moly, Quincy Jones interview.What’s stirred everything up? Is it all about Trumpism?
It’s Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally — a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him. I used to date Ivanka, you know.
Wait, really?
Yes, sir. Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter KidadaA former model and current designer, Kidada is the daughter of Jones and his ex-wife Peggy Lipton. Jones’s other daughter with Lipton is the actress Rashida Jones. Jones has five other children, with four other women. , said, “Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.†I said, “No problem. She’s a fine motherfucker.†She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though.
I read the entire interview. Jones is a bit of a narcissist himself, although not in a destructive way
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So this is interesting.. some of the details are starting to come out about this budget agreement between McConnell and Schumer. CHIP would be fully funded for 10 years instead of 6 (tho unsure if it includes funding for rural health centers). It would also add a desperately needed $90b in disaster aid funding. And unwind some of the budget sequestration rules from recent years - meaning DoD would also get all of its funding, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
What it doesn't do is touch anything re: DACA or Dreamers, which is why Nancy Pelosi's holding the House floor indefinitely.
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If only we can see Trump's hair blow off like when boarding a plane at his Putin like parade.
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So this is interesting.. some of the details are starting to come out about this budget agreement between McConnell and Schumer. CHIP would be fully funded for 10 years instead of 6 (tho unsure if it includes funding for rural health centers). It would also add a desperately needed $90b in disaster aid funding. And unwind some of the budget sequestration rules from recent years - meaning DoD would also get all of its funding, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
What it doesn't do is touch anything re: DACA or Dreamers, which is why Nancy Pelosi's holding the House floor indefinitely.
Also, the Debt ceiling is only raised for one year --
after the elections.
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Totally.
he has no effs to give.
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Nancy is still going.
She's BADASS.
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Nancy is still going.
She's BADASS.
There's a shifting crowd of representatives around her, passing her stories from constituents to read. It's one of those great moments in politics that we'll probably be talking about 20 years from now (I hope).
.@NancyPelosi indicates that she's gotten word the House will vote and recess as soon as she is finished, then laughes a bit as she says she doesn't expect that to happen soon.
— Sarah D. Wire (@sarahdwire) February 7, 2018
But a senior administration official said Kelly was previously aware of the 2010 protective order, which prevented Porter from getting a full security clearance.
Sanders declined to comment on the status of his security clearance. Sanders also said Porter wasn’t pressured by the White House to resign.
People close to Trump have been beset by allegations of sexual and physical impropriety since before the 2016 election.
During the campaign, then-manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with assaulting a reporter after he grabbed Breitbart correspondent Michelle Fields at a campaign rally. The charges were later dropped. POLITICO reported in December that Lewandowski slapped singer Joy Villa, a Trump supporter, on the behind at a Trump International Hotel party in Washington.
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In the past few minutes the chair keeps trying to interrupt her and move on to the vote.
She's having none of it. Fucking glorious.
Nancy Pelosi has now hit the 6 hour mark. This is likely the LONGEST floor speech since filibusters ended in the House in the 1841.
— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) February 7, 2018