The interesting thing about the fakes who catfished my friend @TrueFactsStated a while back, something an incurious MSM did not notice - @RealDonaldTrump, *before* it happened, liked a weird tweet about it with an article that quoted Claude. Trump only had 13 'likes' at the time.
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As I said at that time, the hoaxer, a woman, was unknown to me; I know all my sources, and take nothing from unvetted emails; my sources on my PIMPOTUS human trafficking exclusive were male. But the fact Trump himself was 'liking' tweets about this fake news was fascinating.
Because, if people cast their minds back, the tweet Trump 'liked' - one of only 13 likes by his account, at that time was ostensibly a story *very damaging to him* - about 'Trump Escorts' etc.
It's not merely that a catfish was set up, but that Trump appeared to know of it.
Now, I warned contemporaneously 'Trump Escorts' was false, easily debunked and being pushed to obscure the actual human trafficking Trump and Trump Models were party to. The falsity was not the point - it was Trump's involvement. Fake news, as we know, is a Russian speciality.
PS: it wasn’t the 13th tweet he “liked” - Trump previously cleaned up his likes timeline, removing many. Here is the actual tweet. It embeds another tweet by the same user, which links to the article with @TrueFactsStated in it.
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This is the tweet embedded within the one Trump liked, by the same user:
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And wouldn’t you know! The article featuring Claude Taylor in that site, which Trump colluded with in advance of the catfish, has been deleted. :) date of tweet, August 10 - I was already warning before this that “Trump Escorts” was BS.
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Final observation: I contemporaneously called AHamiltonSpirit Russian intelligence but I’ve only just noticed this - the IJR link in his tweet is removed, but he didn’t link the article as one normally would. He linked it PLUS PHOTO WITH CLAUDE’s NAME
Wouldn’t a regular tweeter, posting an article they believed, simply add the link? Trump “like” AHamiltonSpirit did not do that. He added the link to a now deleted article with a screen grab displaying Claude’s name. Like he knew article would be taken down in advance. cc @FBIWFO
That, my friends, is as shady as is gets. 13 likes on @realDonaldTrump’s account and one is about his human trafficking, featuring Claude Taylor, right before Claude gets catfished. Your data points, @NSAgov@gchq@fbiwfo. End thread. #FakeNews#FakePresident but real #PIMPOTUS
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I am genuinely shocked that @bensasse and other nominal conservatives will vote to put a partisan boor on the Supreme Court. I am bewildered, even. As a former Conservative MP, let me say that in Britain we would never approve such a man. Never.
Conservatives, and I bleed blue (in the UK that’s the conservative color) are supposed to respect and revere institutions. Culturally we see our party as a guardian of heritage and tradition. We would never approve a gambling, partisan, shouting, emotional hack to the Court.
We as legislators, were we in the GOP’s position, would say to the President “sir, try again. Not voting for this shouty clown Kavanaugh.” You go talk to the whips, pass it up channels. There is no rush for the GOP. Easy aye vote on Gorsuch. Just give us another nominee.
Right, so per "source close to Rod Rosenstein" he has NOT resigned nor has he offered to resign.
If @RealDonaldTrump wants to add another obstruction of justice charge by firing Rosenstein, he'll have to do so. Rosenstein isn't resigning and has not offered to do so.
Rod Rosenstein ("source close to" means this) is not resigning, and has not offered to resign.
Trump may obstruct justice by firing Rosenstein, he must really long for that jail cell, but Rosenstein is not resigning.
This is probably a good time to wise folks up to the idea that if Trump fired Mueller, he wouldn't have fired the Office of Special Counsel. If Mueller spontaneously combusts in the next 5 minutes, the Trump Russia investigation will continue.
PS: I don't support #MeToo, mere accusations, like those of Don Trump Jr and Roger Stone's pal Leanne Tweeden are never enough. I believe Prof. Ford as an individual because her accusation is *credible*. She has therapists' notes from past years. Predating this nomination.
It's important to say this now, to be morally consistent. I will never support a #MeToo deprivation of due process, and I accept the statute of limitations. But confirmation is not a criminal procedure. Let both give testimony. Prof. Ford has pre-existing doctors' notes.
Ok, for a second let’s talk about the National Russia Association’s hypocrite in chief, @Dloesch.
No, @Montel_Williams did not call her a “prostitute”. He used a common metaphor for selling out your principles. So common, in fact, that Dana Loesch uses it herself.
Often.
Here @Dloesch calls @Peggynoonannyc ‘not conservative’ and part of a group of “political prostitutes” [sic]
Here is Dana Loesch @Dloesch using that same ‘political sellout as prostitute metaphor’ for “paid Soros stooges” whom she will talk to because they are “smart enough to get paid to prostitute” [sic].
On the issue of Peter Strzok, whom I respect: you either trust the current leadership of @FBI or you don’t.
The disciplinary supervisor made a recommendation; it was not binding; a higher punishment was decided upon. That’s well within the discretion of the officials involved.
Special Agent Strzok had a higher level of responsibility placed upon him in an election year and by being assigned to an incredibly sensitive investigation with vital consequences for national security. He then violated protocols. At the highest level, more is demanded.
Leadership sucks sometimes. It includes having to take punitive measures against people you personally like and know to be good people, full of integrity, if they breach national security. I have no doubt the decision has nothing to do with politics.
There are some folks on Twitter who are trying to restate this as “Russia had nothing to do with what happened IN Charlottesville”, only the aftermath.
That’s wrong. That’s not what @CNN is reporting - that Russian meddling contributed to the violence.
“The Wall Street Journal in October reported that Facebook groups with ties to Russia posted racially divisive messages ahead of Charlottesville”
Ahead of it. Russia encouraged the violence that happened, as CNN correctly reports. thehill.com/homenews/house…
You need not only propaganda, you need proximity, for violence to occur. What @RepTomGarrett is reporting the FBI told lawmakers reminds of the Russian hashtag #NotMyPresident used, in the Mueller indictment, to schedule pro- and anti- Trump rallies in NYC on the *same day*.