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May 14, 2018
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May 14, 2018
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May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/laurenduca/status/996041783460159493
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/996089218748305408
Pretty much sums it up...
https://twitter.com/laurenduca/status/996041783460159493
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/996089218748305408
May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/995078184575094784
https://apnews.com/5e89530f62374cdba4936fa62b32e0a5
Giuliani said. "As far we know, we're basically the last witness."
Giuliani tells AP he believes Mueller isn't planning on calling Kushner or Trump's children for interviews. Our understanding is that hes pretty much finished, Giuliani said. As far we know, were basically the last witness.
Giuliani demurred when asked if Trump would consider it a red line for his children to be interviewed. Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared, Kushner, both worked on the campaign and are senior advisers at the White House, while Trumps adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric, were also leading figures on the campaign. Giuliani said he did not expect those interviews with Mueller to take place.
Our understanding is that hes pretty much finished, Giuliani said. As far we know, were basically the last witness.
The special counsels office has not outlined the duration of the probe.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/995078184575094784
https://apnews.com/5e89530f62374cdba4936fa62b32e0a5
May 14, 2018
The event in Jerusalem features corrupt plutocrats, pandering politicians, nepotism hires and bigoted preachers. Israeli security forces have killed more than 40 Palestinian protesters so far.
A religious scholar who escaped a Jesus Camp upbringing explains the significance of this move to evangelicals who believe in dispensational pre-millennialism here. An excerpt:
More:
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/05/14/white-evangelicals-celebrate-opening-of-us-embassy-in-jerusalem/#comments
Great shot of Trump-voting evangelical Christians celebrating the opening of the embassy:
The event in Jerusalem features corrupt plutocrats, pandering politicians, nepotism hires and bigoted preachers. Israeli security forces have killed more than 40 Palestinian protesters so far.
A religious scholar who escaped a Jesus Camp upbringing explains the significance of this move to evangelicals who believe in dispensational pre-millennialism here. An excerpt:
While that may sound benign (or perhaps nutty) to the theologically uninitiated, they are referring to the prophecy of the conversion of the Jews, the second coming of Jesus, the final judgment, and the end of the world the events referred to as the biblical apocalypse.
I doubt that President Trump could explain dispensational pre-millennialism. I doubt he knows the term. But his evangelical supporters know it. Some of his advisers are probably whispering these prophecies in his ears. Trump might not really care how they interpret the Bible, but he cares that white evangelicals continue to stand with him. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem is one way to affirm his commitment to these evangelicals reminding them that he, Donald J. Trump, is pressing biblical history forward to its conclusion and that he is Gods man in the unfolding of these last days.
More:
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/05/14/white-evangelicals-celebrate-opening-of-us-embassy-in-jerusalem/#comments
May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/995930810548215809
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/995842372826214400
Howard Dean: "Finally I get why Nunes is such a toady."
@GovHowardDean
Finally I get why Nunes is such a toady. It's not about Trump. He is terrified of his own fate because of his role on the transition team which might well be treasonous and land him in prison.
https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/995930810548215809
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/995842372826214400
May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/995751219766415363
Trumpers should look at this tweet - consider it a thought experiment.
Trumpers should look at this tweet (photoshopped by an adept tweep here, h/t @oppland67) and consider it a thought experiment.
Start by thinking about how utterly furious you'd be. Then ask yourself why you're not now.
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/995751219766415363
May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/996036755324203008
https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/996025533904375808
Jared Kushner blames the protestors for being in the way of the bombs.
"Those provoking problems like we see today in Gaza are part of the problem and not part of the solution."
- something Jared Kushner actually just said during his speech at the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem.
The death toll in Gaza today is now over 40.
https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/996036755324203008
https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/996025533904375808
May 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/996022880465977345
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/996020834744569857
Split Screens Show Smiling Faces Inside US Embassy & Outside Palestinian Protesters Being Fired Upon
What FRESH Hell...
Foreign policy expert quakes with anger as he watches Ivanka partying in Israel while Gaza burns
Hard to watch these images on the screen and just not be worried about the future, Haas said. I see none of the seeds of progress there. What you see are the seeds of growing confrontation and violence, bad for the Palestinians and bad for Israel. What the United States is not doing is helping the situation.
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said the move undermined Israels security, and Haas interrupted with his voice quaking in anger as he slammed the Trump administrations diplomatic efforts.
Theres a concept of medicine where doctors intervene and make patients worse, Haas said. The Middle East is a dying patient in many ways. Its called iatrogenic illness when doctors intervene and hurt or kill patients. American diplomacy in the Middle East could be fairly charged with being iatrogenic.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/foreign-policy-expert-quakes-anger-watches-ivanka-partying-israel-gaza-burns/
Hard to watch these images on the screen and just not be worried about the future, Haas said. I see none of the seeds of progress there. What you see are the seeds of growing confrontation and violence, bad for the Palestinians and bad for Israel. What the United States is not doing is helping the situation.
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said the move undermined Israels security, and Haas interrupted with his voice quaking in anger as he slammed the Trump administrations diplomatic efforts.
Theres a concept of medicine where doctors intervene and make patients worse, Haas said. The Middle East is a dying patient in many ways. Its called iatrogenic illness when doctors intervene and hurt or kill patients. American diplomacy in the Middle East could be fairly charged with being iatrogenic.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/foreign-policy-expert-quakes-anger-watches-ivanka-partying-israel-gaza-burns/
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/996022880465977345
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/996020834744569857
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