Thread by @AlamoOnTheRise

Trump: Day 475
-Calls DPRK Labor Camp "Excellent'
-Berated DHS Secretary Nielsen
-Pence Uses Nixon's Talking Points
-Holds Campaign Rally in Indiana
-Official Mocks Health of McCain
-AT&T Paid Cohen 2 Help w/Merger
-Merkel Sz Europe Can't Rely on US

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Day 580 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office

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Day 448 since Donald Trump held a news conference.

Trump’s first and only solo news conference was on February 16, 2017.

What is he afraid of?

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Day 432 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama. #fakenews #TrumpLies

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Day 221 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget

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NRA TV: "If we lose this election, make absolutely no mistake. If we lose the House, Trump will in fact, be impeached. There's no question about it. It's time for us to protect the crown."

"Protect the crown"?

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Day 41 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Johnathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?

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Day 41 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.

Trump has since been directing all White House messaging and communication.

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Day 18 since James Shaw Jr. wrestled a high-powered rifle away from a gunman and tossed it behind the counter as the shooter fled.

Trump still has yet to say anything about the Waffle House hero.

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Trump thanked Kim Jong-un for being "excellent" to US captives.

They were kept in DPRK labor camps.
vox.com/world/2018/5/1…

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Trump announces he'll be meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore.

Why Singapore?

Singapore is a non-party, non-signatory state to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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Columbus Nova, the Russia-linked company that hired Michael Cohen, registered alt-right websites during the 2016 election. washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…

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Mother Jones reports that, according to several SEC filings related to Columbus Nova, the firm and its CEO Andrew Intrater have been deeply interwoven with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and his business empire. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…

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Columbus Nova, the Russia-linked U.S. investment firm that hired Michael Cohen, has scrubbed its website and removed mentions of its ties to Russian investment company Renova Group and its recently-sanctioned oligarch chairman Viktor Vekselberg. cnn.it/2rzrGQb

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Michael Cohen made $100,000 a month over the course of a year from Novartis.

Daily Beast reports that actual lobbyists hired by Novartis make less than $12,000 a month.

That's 1/8 of what it paid Cohen for doing no work.
thedailybeast.com/to-cash-in-on-…

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Novartis CEO to employees: “We made a mistake entering into this engagement” with Michael Cohen.

A Sr. Novartis employee tells STAT many who work there “feel disgusted,” adding: “People are angry and confused, because it makes all of us look bad.”
statnews.com/2018/05/10/nov…

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Bloomberg confirms that AT&T could have paid Michael Cohen up to $600,000, about $400,000 more than the figure alleged by Michael Avenatti. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Michael Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T specified that he would advise on the Time Warner merger, according to internal company records reviewed by WaPo. washingtonpost.com/politics/cohen…

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“How were these companies steered toward Cohen’s LLC, the sort of entity designed to obscure its ownership? Where did money that hit the Cohen account—more than $4 million, by Avenatti’s count—go from there? Are there other such companies?” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Questions from @JRubinBlogger:

• Did Trump receive any of the money?
• Did Trump know of or approve this scheme?
• Did Cohen provide actual lobbying services?
• Did any of Cohen’s clients get a tangible benefit in exchange for their money?
washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-tu…

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Trump (unironically): "Under my administration, we're fighting against the lobbyists, the special interests and the corrupt Washington politics."

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Brian Bennett: Guiliani just told me that he spoke to Trump at 8:30 pm last night about the alleged wire transfers to Cohen's business. Trump's response: “I don’t know anything about it” time.com/5271646/donald…

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If this email is real, Michael Cohen was still signing his emails “Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” as late as April 11 (two days after the FBI raid).

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Giuliani: Media should "calm down" about Cohen payments hill.cm/pj0O65N

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Democrats on the House Intel Committee just released more than 3,000 divisive ads created by the Internet Research Agency, the Kremlin-backed organization that targeted American voters on Facebook and Instagram around the 2016 election. nbcnews.to/2IuQS4Q

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Schiff: “The bipartisan leaders of the House Intel Committee’s Russia investigation made a commitment to... release the Facebook ads used by the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency... Today, the Committee’s Minority is fulfilling that promise.” bit.ly/2I9XVkc

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I wonder if Giuliani and Trump’s other lawyers approved of the lines, “Same with Comey. Thought he was terrible until I fired him!”

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Giuliani is leaving his law firm due to the “pressing demands of the Mueller investigation.”

Remember when Giuliani joined last month, he said he didn’t think it would take “more than a week or two to get a resolution” from Mueller.

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Giuliani’s ex-firm strongly pushed back on suggestion they made similar payments to what Cohen made to Daniels: “...we would not condone payments of the nature alleged to have been made or otherwise without the knowledge and direction of a client.” nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/…

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On October 28, 2016, Mike Pence tweeted: “@realDonaldTrump and I commend the FBI for reopening an investigation into Clinton's personal email server because no one is above the law.”

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Pence and Nixon side-by-side trying to shut down investigations of the White House. A familiar disgrace.

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Eric Swalwell says to @mitchellreports that Mike Pence's call to end the Mueller probe is "extremely irresponsible for somebody who should know better to try and influence the special counsel's campaign." @MSNBC

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Kirstjen Nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning after Trump berated her on Wednesday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation’s borders, current and former officials tell NYT.
nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/…

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A White House official mocked John McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis at an internal meeting, The Hill reports.

“It doesn’t matter, he’s dying anyway,” Special assistant Kelly Sadler said, according to a source familiar with the remarks.
thehill.com/homenews/admin…

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Cindy McCain fires back at Trump official who mocked McCain's health: Remember that my husband has a family

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Top Trump official overseeing response to deadly pandemics suddenly leaves admin hill.cm/7rwcubE

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Trump praises GOP Senate candidate, rips Dem opponent as "Sleeping' Joe" Donnelly at Indiana rally #BeBest
hill.cm/IUm3b86

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A former Trump Tower porter is suing for owed wages, claiming he was forced into an illegal deal barring him from overtime pay, NYDN reports. nydailynews.com/new-york/trump…

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Sheldon Adelson's company recorded a *$670 million* income tax windfall from the #TrumpTaxScam in the first quarter.

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So, Paul Ryan flew across the country to secure a $30 million check from Sheldon Adelson but then stepped out of the room for a couple minutes to avoid technically soliciting the money?  politico.com/story/2018/05/…

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A year ago, Trump said his policies would save jobs at Harley-Davidson

Now they are closing a plant in Kansas City and opening one in Thailand.

goo.gl/GMPuae

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All 49 Senate Democrats (and Sen Susan Collins) have filed a discharge petition that will force a vote to reinstate net neutrality.

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Trump won't call to negotiate Medicare drug prices despite previously supporting the idea.

Interesting.
hill.cm/xCv6gxT

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Dem senators demand Mulvaney's schedule after his comments about meeting with lobbyists who gave him money hill.cm/RaMgYIy

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The Trump divide here tells you everything about the current age dynamics of the Republican Party.

Q: Should Trump be challenged in 2020?
—GOP voters aged 18-24, 82% say yes
—GOP voters aged 65+, 74% say no

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Angela Merkel says Europe can no longer count on the U.S. for military protection bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics

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WATCH: Trump raises possibility of his presidency being extended beyond 8 years: hill.cm/e4QctRF

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Sarah Palin is having an event this evening at the Trump Hotel in DC.

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Daily reminder...

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NYT: Scott Pruitt dined last June with Cardinal Pell, a climate change skeptic facing sexual abuse charges. The EPA knew Pell was under investigation.

The Cardinal's name was not included in 4 versions of Pruitt's schedule released under FOIA.

BREAKING: Trump's drug pricing plan is out.

Novartis will be happy.

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Today is the 1 year anniversary of Trump sharing classified intel with Russians in the Oval Office goo.gl/images/sFpQEx

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Major depression is on the rise among everyone, new data shows nbcnews.to/2rDKe1Q

Update: Sadler reportedly apologized by phone to @MeghanMcCain. The WH statement did not acknowledge the remark or make an apology.

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Trump in Elkhart, Ind., for this political rally, boasted of his job creation. Well, Elkhart was at 20% unemployment when Obama took office, under 4% when he left. That's the kind of picture that Trump inherited v. the one his predecessor did. 
nytimes.com/2016/04/03/us/…

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Trump says this: "We’re doing everything we can to keep those premiums down."

However, repeal of the individual mandate, which he touted, has the opposite effect in a vacuum.

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J.K. Rowling takes aim at Donald Trump's massive signature on Twitter trib.al/szeKDMO

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 Watch: Gina Haspel’s nomination has sparked a question for all Americans: What do we stand for? msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch…

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WH Chief of Staff John Kelly, asked about separating migrant families at the border, tells @NPR, “They don’t integrate well. They don’t have skills.”

Interview airs on tomorrow’s @MorningEdition

Curiouser

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Ivanka Trump posted this pic of her with military spouses on her Facebook and Twitter page.

What’s wrong with this picture?