Good King Trump

[The Man]

The latest shoe to drop: Mueller has opened a probe on Kushner, per the Jerusalem Post.

#BREAKING: Mueller opens probe of Kushner https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe pic.twitter.com/G4arJSFYsn

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 26, 2017

ETA: Silverman has more in the comments at BJ.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Mr. President, just to clarify things, I wanted to offer a few statistics. Number of times you were Person of the Year during the 7 years I was editor of Time: 0. Number of times you were on the cover: 0. Number of times you made the Time 100 influentials list: 0. Thanks anyway!

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) November 25, 2017

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

This shouldn't have to be said: Mocking our nation's first inhabitants— in front of a portrait of Andrew Jackson— is not how you honor Native American code talkers. https://t.co/iL9wWXKzIY

— ACLU (@ACLU) November 27, 2017

[Stormlight]

Trump retweets British far-right leader's anti-Muslim videos | US news | The Guardian

Wonderful. And don't you dare call him a Nazi.

[erimir]

Yes, but Obama used drones in Muslim countries.

Virulently racist rhetoric has never led to worse outcomes than that, so Bush/Obama/Killary/Trump, all the same really.

[Ari]

Well what's so bad about that you might think?
Thats not Theresa May, he tweeted at the wrong person!
He can't even twitter right and that's what he does all day!

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by The Man

The latest shoe to drop: Mueller has opened a probe on Kushner, per the Jerusalem Post.

#BREAKING: Mueller opens probe of Kushner https://t.co/QAvKof3ZBe pic.twitter.com/G4arJSFYsn

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 26, 2017

ETA: Silverman has more in the comments at BJ.

Here be why he was as losing his mind on Twitter all day.

Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn - CNNPolitics

[Watser?]

Dutch officials debunk Donald Trump's Britain First tweet about 'Muslim migrant' | The Independent

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The US is run by a budgie.

[curses]

I'm gonna leave this here since everything these days seems to originate at the Cheeto in the White House.
Walmart Pulls T-Shirts That Hint At Lynching Journalists : The Two-Way : NPR

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry - The New York Times

Mr. Burr said Mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mind-set of a businessman rather than a politician. “Businessmen are paid to skip things that they think they can skip and get away with,” he said.

Well, okay then.

[erimir]

Maybe this is why Richard Burr hit himself in the face with a crowbar.

Anyway, I think he should do more of that.

[But]

Mr. Burr said Mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mind-set of a businessman psychopath rather than a politician.

[The Man]

Originally Posted by But

...Sorry, I don't understand what the difference is between your version and the article's version.

[Ari]

NO COLLUSION!
Michael Flynn reaches plea deal on charge of lying to FBI in Russia probe - ABC News
"Michael Flynn promised "full cooperation to the Mueller team" and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump "directed him to make contact with the Russians."

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcKtEUUg4Qa/

https://twitter.com/Comey/status/936641449294286848

lol

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The president's campaign manager and National Security Advisor are both under arrest better hurry up and give Trump a billion dollar tax break before we can figure out what's going on!

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 1, 2017

[Kyuss Apollo]

Traditionally the White House Christmas tree lighting is standing room only. This is what it looked like tonight as President Trump spoke.
��@SteveRudinABC7 pic.twitter.com/5nYRJTbvsP

— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) December 1, 2017

[godfry n. glad]

Happy Holidays! And, Season's Greetings!

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Apparently, it's fine to sign a contract without actually reading it.

Mitch McConnell Just Admitted That No One Is Allowed To Read The Tax Cut Bill Until After It Passes

[The Man]

Senate squeezes out steaming pile of shit. Corker the lone R no vote. The House will probably rubber-stamp it because we live in the Upside-Down now, apparently.

On the plus side, Flynn is a major domino to fall. There is now an extremely solid case for both collaboration with a foreign adversary on Trump's part and further proof of obstruction of justice.

I want to say more, but at this point it would mostly be an incoherent scream of rage. Or else the weary resignation in what's probably the greatest Grateful Dead performance ever:

Morning Dew (Cornell 5/8/77)

(The song is about the last two surviving humans after a nuclear apocalypse. It would be deadly for them to go outside due to radioactivity, but ultimately... well, if you haven't heard the end of the song yet, I won't spoil it. On another note, this song should not be as topical as it is.)

ETA: I feel like that ended off on too bleak a note, so have a Lawfare thing.

The Flynn Plea: A Quick and Dirty Analysis - Lawfare

[BrotherMan]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Apparently, it's fine to sign a contract without actually reading it.

[The Man]

Originally Posted by Ari

Well what's so bad about that you might think?
Thats not Theresa May, he tweeted at the wrong person!
He can't even twitter right and that's what he does all day!

This isn't even the first time Trump has addressed the wrong T(h)eresa May. People have probably already forgotten, but he invited the porn star Teresa May (note the different spelling) to the White House.

Also, there's this:

Well, that's quite a thing for a Trump official to have said in an email. https://t.co/CHqYHf2b9b pic.twitter.com/Cq7YvUWSJ2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 2, 2017

To be fair, as Dale points out later in the Twitter thread, it's possible that she was summarising the Democrats' perception of events rather than her own, but even then, it's a strange thing to have written in the context of an internal communication.

And there's also this:

Oh my god, he just admitted to obstruction of justice. If Trump knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he asked Comey to let it go, then there is your case. https://t.co/c6Wtd0TfzW

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 2, 2017

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

pic.twitter.com/UvO6cQGcme

— Christmas (Bobby please come home) (@BobbyBigWheel) December 2, 2017

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

LOL. Today's exam at the Indian Statistical Institute. See Qn 5. pic.twitter.com/TrHHpyGCCP

— Grieve Chelwa (@gchelwa) December 1, 2017