This aged poorly https://t.co/BHAMb53mXf— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 29, 2018
WSJ correction pic.twitter.com/SwBBEo678G— W.G. Dunlop (@wgdunlop) November 29, 2018
I would love to know whether Ivanka reported this on her security clearances applications, as legally required. Let’s find out @RepCummings , @RepAdamSchiff ? https://t.co/dYQnkDWrTh— Daniel Jacobson (@Dan_F_Jacobson) November 30, 2018
This day keeps getting better and better....and there’s still 4 hours left. https://t.co/LGr0iuuFYC— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) November 30, 2018
Yes, the Cohen document is worth reading, but you really must watch #babycannon hitting the #easycheese. Another stroke of brilliance from @benjaminwittes https://t.co/qwbMrvI0Z3— Lara Flint (@Lara4DC) November 29, 2018
Two years ago this morning, almost to the minute. https://t.co/2TGmmkCY10— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 30, 2018
BREAKING: The Trump Organization planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Vladimir Putin during the 2016 campaign.— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 29, 2018
Sources say that Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer at the time, discussed it with a rep of Putin’s press secretary https://t.co/W7BMEfRApB
I agree with Alexey here. If this was truly offered to VVP, it exposes the amateurish ways of the Trump Organization team. But if true, it also exposes their illegal ways. This is called a bribe, a kickback, a payoff. Its illegal both in Russia and the US. And it's disgusting. https://t.co/uqaNT6xH5j— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) November 30, 2018
All too plausible that Russia has information that could end Trump's presidency at any time and that he knows this to be true. https://t.co/72tQgS1wpM— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 30, 2018
In light of Michael Cohen's guilty plea this morning, re-posting this clip from our 2016 interview with Paul Manafort about then-candidate Trump's potential business ties to Russia pic.twitter.com/pNwMtY49l6— Norah O'Donnell🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) November 29, 2018
The dolts who work for Trump are so busy doing Mafia Cosplay that they don't realize that calling Cohen a "rat" is admitting that Trump committed crimes on which he can "rat" https://t.co/6TS7a3OpWb— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 29, 2018
I’m convinced @RudyGiuliani needs to retain his own lawyer.— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) November 29, 2018
His view that attorney-client privilege covers the disclosure of confidential info from Mueller via Manafort’s attorneys is not only wrong, but is so unsophisticated that it’s clear he hasn’t considered this carefully. https://t.co/7mGmvXRT7i
CNN Senior Legal Analyst @JeffreyToobin: "Today is the first day I actually thought Donald Trump might not finish his term in office. I think this thing is enormous." https://t.co/argQDB2vI1 pic.twitter.com/6beYMQQEu9— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) November 30, 2018
Even then, I thought this was a big moment for HRC in the second debate. She just laid out exactly how it was clear Russia was helping Trump. But guess what the NYT ignored completely in its main post-debate analysis? Not. A. Word. https://t.co/r5Ln2GF5eT https://t.co/ZIIYN766Of— TVMoJoe (@TVMoJoe) November 30, 2018
The iceberg of lies, deceit, corruption, & criminality is steadily but surely surfacing, despite the efforts of many in high places to keep it submerged. How large is the iceberg & who will be found clinging to it? The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. https://t.co/yeMZiWTlVM— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) November 30, 2018
This is really, really bad for Jr. https://t.co/ybPJOFPf0U— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) November 30, 2018
For now, at least, I'll end with this, from a couple of weeks ago. As far as I can tell, the Vice President is keeping his head down and doing his best to appear loyal in public, but when he's alone with his thoughts at the Naval Observatory... You know he's just slobbering at the possibility that Donald won't make it to January 20, 2021:
It’s finally dawning on him who has the biggest incentive to see him impeached. https://t.co/0uvuNZ0ue3— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) November 16, 2018
Friday afternoon update. I can't resist posting this one:
2nd update, on Saturday afternoon. In his column yesterday, Jonathan Bernstein ponders Donald's weaknesses after the midterm elections and finishes with this:never forget pic.twitter.com/oRNbixkhd1— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 30, 2018
But it would surprise me if there aren’t quite a few congressional Republicans, and a fair number of party actors, who daydream about having a nice, reliable, normal president again. Perhaps some of them once believed that Mueller’s probe, which has now netted so many guilty pleas and indictments, was a witch hunt. Perhaps they believed Trump’s lawyers that Mueller would surely be wrapping things up by Thanksgiving, or New Year’s at the latest. (Oops — that was Thanksgiving 2017.)
Now, though, they surely understand that the Trump-Russia story and other scandals aren’t going away any time soon. Even in the best-case scenario, they will continue producing stories that Republicans don’t want in the headlines. And at the very worst … well, surely some Republicans are also having nightmares about just how bad the very worst could be.
I’m not predicting anything. Just noting some obvious facts. The incentives for supporting Trump that have held since his election have suddenly become a lot weaker. In mid-July of 1974, President Richard Nixon could still count on virtually every conservative Republican in Congress to oppose his impeachment and removal, even if they weren’t exactly thrilled with him. By early August, he had only a handful of supporters remaining. That’s not to say that Trump’s support will necessarily evaporate — just that if it does, it could happen extremely quickly, perhaps in days. And nice, reliable, normal Mike Pence will be sitting right there.
Like I said. Slobbering. (Is Mike Pence really nice, reliable and normal? That's a blog post for another day.)
Read Bernstein's column here.
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