Steny Hoyer, on motion to recommit to spending bill for more election security funds: "Surely we can rise above pandering to party and Putin to act on behalf of our freedom and our security." Dems start chanting "USA! USA!" on House floor. (via CSPAN)

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1019970138525831168

U.S. Officials ‘at a Fucking Loss’ Over Latest Russia Sell Out

The White House’s refusal to rule out turning over former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul to the Russians has current and former State Department officials seeing red.

Spencer Ackerman
07.18.18 5:36 PM ET

Current and former American diplomats are expressing disgust and horror over the White House’s willingness to entertain permitting Russian officials to question a prominent former U.S. ambassador.

One serving diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was “at a fucking loss” over comments that can be expected to chill American diplomacy in hostile or authoritarian countries – a comment echoed by former State Department officials as well.

“It’s beyond disgraceful. It’s fundamentally ignorant with regard to how we conduct diplomacy or what that means. It really puts in jeopardy the professional independence of diplomats anywhere in the world, if the consequence of their actions is going to be potentially being turned over to a foreign government,” the U.S. diplomat told The Daily Beast.

... snip

The diplomat continued: “Either he’s compromised by Putin or he’s a pussy, in which case he should grab himself.”

More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-officials-at-a-fucking-loss-over-latest-russia-sell-out?via=twitter_page&__twitter_impression=true

Per 3 sources, Kelly privately lobbied congressional Republicans to rebuke Trump publicly for Putin presser, my latest:

https://twitter.com/gabrielsherman/status/1019352126470934529

@RandPaul says he's heading to Russia “in just a few weeks ... in an attempt to discuss common ground with their leaders and help prevent further, unnecessary escalation of tensions.”

https://twitter.com/desiderioDC/status/1018861385684578306

Counterchekist Retweeted John Schindler

Maybe someone should ask the Paul family about the Ukrainian botnet that fired off 160+ million pro-Ron Paul spam emails for the 2008 election; and where all the $4.2 million in online “money bomb” donations came from in just 24 hours... cc @RandPaul @RonPaul

https://twitter.com/counterchekist/status/1018496703010394114

If this other thing I'm hearing about Cohen and RUS folks is true, Trump is going to shoot blood from his...wherever...very soon now.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1013929550986792966

Read this graf carefully.
And this story.
http://bit.ly/2MKB1h8

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1013936054884339712

Mar 2006 photo of Russian intelligence operative Konstantin Kilimnik [1] & his associates:
2- Tad Devine, BERNIE SANDERS 2016 senior campaign strategist
3- Manafort, TRUMP 2016 campaign chair
4- Christian Ferry, LINDSEY GRAHAM 2016 campaign manager
https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1013870942194462720

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska [who in 2016 was offered private Trump campaign briefings by Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort], named Lindsey Graham's 2016 campaign manager Christian Ferry as a key associate of Manafort in a $19M lawsuit in 2014.
https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1013873920091607040

Tad Devine, Bernie Sanders' 2016 senior campaign strategist, worked with Paul Manafort in Ukraine [2006, 2009 & 2010] on the presidential campaign of now ousted, pro-Putin candidate Viktor Yanukovych.
https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1013878745126637569

https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1013881783883108357

If Democrats take the House back in November, their current ranking member of the Financial Services Committee becomes the chair of the committee, and has the power to subpoena Trump’s bank records.

That member is Maxine Waters. Vote.

https://twitter.com/MrFilmkritik/status/1013222576972288001