Abulsme.com: Sunday, July 14th, 2019

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sitting in Your Closet

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about how psychology and politics may relate, and wealth inequality in society. But of course,вЂ‹ they also talk about the Epstein arrest. And Sam saw a movie!

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Recorded 2019-07-12
Length this week – 1:53:55

(0:00:20-0:42:06) Ed: Intuitive vs Rational Thinkers
(0:43:09-1:17:56) Sam: Epstein Arrest
(1:21:11-1:41:20) Ed: Wealth Inequality
(1:42:36-1:53:35) Sam: Movie: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-11 (UTC)

05:37:23 Retweeted @JacquelynGill 2019-07-10 01:48:20 Okay, so: I was understandably incredulous to read this. 41,000 years is unheard of in terms of an organism surviving deep freeze, by orders of magnitude. So, I went to the source. https://t.co/7dD4FwnNSF
13:39:37 Retweeted @EoinHiggins_ 12:34:16 So to review:Trump threatens family raids
Calls them off on condition that Democrats fund вЂњborder securityвЂќ
Dems fund it over objections of party’s left-leaning members
Trump schedules raids anyway
16:00:50 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 15:29:25 “Pelosi is willing to confront Trump, or his officials, but only to a point. She not only believes the center will hold; she seems to think that it will, once some unspecified red line is crossed, topple Trump and his administration without any direct intervention on her part.” https://t.co/cSeDrTjF3A
18:20:58 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 18:14:12 Put another way: President finds out he can’t just do something that is un-Constitutional just because he wants to.
But he tried. He’ll try again, with other things. https://t.co/e0ZNspCnjj
19:59:49 The whale was better. https://t.co/kAhOrKgcHf
20:01:06 Best net approval for Trump in the RCP average since March 2017. https://t.co/kFMZ1RfeOe https://t.co/R3HniCJ7e3
20:20:10 For reference, @RealDonaldTrump‘s Twitter follower count over the last year. https://t.co/1QTOOrHthe https://t.co/1JsftUka6v

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-10 (UTC)

01:13:24 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 00:49:23 NBC: The poor treatment of migrant children at the hands of border agents extends beyond Texas to include allegations of sexual assault and retaliation for protests, according to dozens of accounts by children held in Arizona collected by case managers. https://t.co/Grk5Vopj7k
01:21:29 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:19:36 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Ross Perot.Listen to the new episode here: https://t.co/P5XXngxQpZ
See our archives or subscribe here: https://t.co/UAkEBr5nFx
03:42:29 My question: If the stuff the Feds found when they searched Epstein’s house actually had evidence of something like this, like blackmail videos, how much time would we expect to pass before they start arresting the people who were blackmailed? Weeks? Months? Years? Never? https://t.co/W5SbEyXiUa
03:47:19 This will be handy when it is done! https://t.co/xZtJo6GBiZ
03:54:18 Oh. In that case, fuck him. Sorry I liked him in 92. https://t.co/TcSOwAUzEV
04:15:57 Retweeted @VickyPJWard 00:14:41 Yes, you read that right: “THEY.” https://t.co/dYtKRMHbDF
04:16:33 Retweeted @tobyjoe 00:12:09 Watching Dems plod along, assuming the GOP efforts to rapidly reprogram the entire modern world through brute force is just a phase brings to mind news outlets a decade ago, hoping FB and reprogrammed attention spans were a phase.Dinosaurs didn’t see the asteroid, either.
04:31:22 @shelleyaw123 At the time (in 92) I thought his concern about the deficit was important, and the charts and graphs made him seem data driven and pragmatic rather than dogmatic, which I liked. Emphasis on NAFTA was not a plus. As the years went by I liked what I heard less and less. in reply to shelleyaw123
05:22:47 Retweeted @DeadlineWH 2019-07-09 21:46:11 вЂњThe reason a lot of Republicans haven’t read the Mueller report isn’t because they aren’t illiterate, it’s because they don’t want to read what’s in there. They don’t want to see the truthвЂќ @Peter_Wehner w/ @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/flI9m3UZNG
16:48:05 Retweeted @Ashley_Reynolds 16:22:00 That one comment from Kamala really knocked his team on their ass huh? https://t.co/cJDtPxiLyN
16:50:14 Retweeted @tribelaw 10:17:57 Nothing to see here. Just more witness tampering in plain view.https://t.co/TQYng9vUjQ
17:06:29 Retweeted @anniekarni 11:01:11 вЂMother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump – POLITICO Magazine https://t.co/I6QVeA2l9a
17:13:51 Retweeted @yashar 15:51:37 ‘Don’t tweet about it’: Pelosi scolds progressives https://t.co/HHPGnPbEAr
17:32:08 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 17:29:24 House Dems on impeachment: There aren’t enough votes in the Senate so it’s pointless.House Dems on passing futile bills: There aren’t enough votes in the Senate… but we’re sending a message!
17:59:32 Retweeted @yashar 2019-07-09 23:21:44 Over the past few days I’ve spoken to seven prominent money managers, three of whom are billionaires, and asked them if they have any idea how Epstein made money or who his clients areAll of them said they had no idea and have never been able to figure out the answers https://t.co/TgBh4JtPUO
18:42:25 Retweeted @AdamParkhomenko 18:00:18 YES, COLLUSION: Trump’s Campaign Coordinated With Russia https://t.co/SY3ljrUW5a
18:58:12 Retweeted @TheViewFromLL2 18:53:38 He’s dancing around it, but the core of Acosta’s explanation for why his office agreed to such a lenient deal is that, in the reasoned judgment of experienced prosecutors, there was a strong chance a jury would not believe the testimony of any of the 36 victims the DOJ had found. in reply to TheViewFromLL2
19:01:24 Retweeted @KlasfeldReports 18:58:50 Acosta is truly defending everything to the hilt, not giving an inch about any aspect of his deal. in reply to KlasfeldReports
19:53:50 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 19:34:17 Acosta press conference was frustrating. 2008 was not so different than today. People without the resources of a US Attorney’s office have gathered tons of evidence. It’s embarrassing for the US Attorney to be afraid to go to court on Epstein’s record.
21:17:51 Retweeted @Popehat 21:07:55 Dear @SecretaryAcosta:I do not believe we have spoken since graduation. I regret encountering you under these circumstances.
I was not able to attend your press conference, but I do have some questions.

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-09 (UTC)

00:03:47 Every one of those 200+ times should have been on TV. https://t.co/x3GANjQEIQ
00:06:26 Retweeted @Hoosier114 2019-07-08 23:22:04 Imagine thinking saying this makes you look good https://t.co/EsCaJD8oFN
03:34:41 Retweeted @hotdogsladies 03:28:39 Seriously, you guys.Please, don’t make our Democrat leaders consider discussing the political ramifications of potentially drafting a theoretical informal letter encouraging a crooked Cabinet member to resign.
Friend, you do not want to wake THAT fucking dragon.
13:51:17 <symbol> https://t.co/miZHhk0B6p
14:20:44 Whatever else, he made a huge impact through his 1992 run. Goodbye. https://t.co/ydqrGucesL
14:21:19 Retweeted @KFaulders 14:17:49 House Judiciary will vote on Thursday to authorize the following subpoenas вЂ”> list includes 12 individuals Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, John Kelly, Corey Lewandowski, Rod Rosenstein, Jeff Sessions & David Pecker some of the names. https://t.co/6qJMD2dFSk
16:56:36 Looks like things may have stabilized post-debate. Biden still way out front, but way down from his highs. Harris, Sanders, and Warren now all in a dead heat for 2nd place. Everybody else far behind. https://t.co/R0ZRVjVmOz https://t.co/7btn7bN7Xw
18:22:06 Retweeted @djlavoie 18:20:44 The central pitch made at every Indivisible meeting and protest rally for two full years was — “Elect Democrats and they will hold Trump and his cronies accountable.”That energy is why Dems are in the House majority. It boggles my mind they aren’t using the power we gave them. https://t.co/XUrZEUamcj
18:29:33 Retweeted @moorehn 18:27:27 You guys. This was literally her platform when she was running for Speaker. She said it to the New York Times.But the hashtag-Resistance thought she was joking or she could be swayed. She can’t.
She literally said to get somebody else if you want him investigated. https://t.co/8z8PaXERNq in reply to moorehn
18:33:44 Retweeted @dansolomon 18:32:19 it is wild that McConnell and Pelosi have literally the same position on this https://t.co/2ppPCZzJPb
18:43:23 Thread https://t.co/ceikykrXfv
19:38:58 Retweeted @jakeyapp 2019-07-08 18:39:07 Omg they thawed out a worm and it started wriggling and it is FORTY-ONE THOUSAND YEARS OLD https://t.co/xzWSb4FVDm
21:19:42 Retweeted @baseballcrank 21:15:38 Biden hit his peak in the RCP national primary poll average on May 9, two weeks after his April 25 announcement, which is more or less the time it took for the polls to fully reflect his entry.Trend since then is…not great for Biden. https://t.co/U2JZiqLWdr
21:41:12 Retweeted @jbouie 17:01:59 hiring and training thousands of people to identify and register nonvoters and bring them to the polls is probably the single most effective thing you could do ahead of 2020 but then i’m not a billionaire hedge fund manager in reply to jbouie
21:59:21 Oops https://t.co/niNAbJRmCB
22:23:07 Surprise! https://t.co/rS0wttelCc
23:14:38 Retweeted @kelseymsutton 15:13:55 apparently these kinds of tweets did not violate any of twitter’s rules up until today, in the year of our lord 2019 https://t.co/7fqOFHRkdG https://t.co/7S1KWLM4Xz
23:15:03 Yup https://t.co/hqIZAZG1gH

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-08 (UTC)

03:28:09 <symbol> https://t.co/Mx1TLB4RPv
03:39:29 Ha ha ha. https://t.co/xxnEFNOIaa
03:46:18 Retweeted @Mikel_Jollett 02:51:41 REPUBLICANS: But what if it turned out a major Democrat was a pedophile?DEMOCRATS: We’d lock him the fuck up.
REPUBLICANS: I don’t understand.

DEMOCRATS: Exactly.
03:49:40 Retweeted @rickhasen 00:14:43 This development is ominous.
It almost certainly means the career attorneys working for the Department of Justice refused to go along with what Trump wants to do now with the citizenship question on the census. https://t.co/sWmE0Rd4Iy
03:53:28 Retweeted @jayrosen_nyu 03:11:35 Carl Bernstein said today that the press misread the Mueller report. Instead of focusing on what it did or did not establish, and the struggle between Barr and Congress over the report, they should have treated it as a heat map for finding future stories. https://t.co/mg6bgoqJCq
03:56:23 Retweeted @grace_panetta 03:38:50 We might get our first major dropout of the 2020 Dem primary tomorrow. This comes after Swalwell cancelled a plan campaign swing through NH this past weekendвЂ”> https://t.co/l4vxszLheH
04:27:45 Retweeted @owillis 04:26:29 Dear white guys there are other hobbies you can take up besides running for president. How about WWII models? Model trains? Buy a drone. Photography? Something. Pick something.
07:01:26 Retweeted @NicoleBarbaro 2019-07-07 15:19:49 Remember to revise your views based on new evidence https://t.co/ATZsIbPHqz
13:00:20 Retweeted @speechboy71 12:46:57 This week in … If Jesus came back and saw what’s going on in his name, he’d never stop throwing up https://t.co/owJxMDRAjM
13:47:07 OK. Here it is… -> U S v Jeffrey Epstein Indictment https://t.co/YSzscJxd3J
15:06:10 Retweeted @NiskanenCenter 14:05:00 While the density divide between urban and rural areas isn’t new, its sudden, sharp increase is. (Graph courtesy of Jonathan Rodden and @Stanford, @StanfordPoliSci.)
https://t.co/mLMCb51n4Z https://t.co/QUjZRjTHvH
15:36:58 Retweeted @joncoopertweets 13:38:30 Carl Bernstein: “There are dozens & dozens of leads there about Trump’s business dealings, things having to do w/ women as well that we know about from elsewhere…about his business dealings, about oligarchs, about money laundering, about Ponzi schemes.вЂќ https://t.co/kYZ0qmtair
15:40:41 But the Dems in Congress say they won’t use itвЂ¦ <symbol> https://t.co/gpGISWqqO2
15:42:37 Oops https://t.co/74dXbNWBVf
15:44:53 Thread https://t.co/sOIHJvqder
15:54:00 Retweeted @CJR 15:36:57 This is what happens when a reporter refuses to give up on a story.Amazing work by Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist) https://t.co/OAOjDFH6Mm
16:35:06 Oops https://t.co/9ptYlGgiBA
17:36:13 Oops. https://t.co/EUrwSppkn3
18:45:27 Of course. https://t.co/LetLJDFfyg
20:24:21 They always have it so together. https://t.co/u4c2MchS1d
22:32:00 Retweeted @PrivacyDigest 02:34:46 I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering. It Worked. https://t.co/9JlC0QAXvE > Ad campaigns that manipulate searchers’ behavior are frighteningly easy for anyone to run.
22:32:23 Retweeted @EricColumbus 17:26:03 Because there are only 15 families in the world, Epstein was once hired as a teacher by Barr’s father and now will be prosecuted by Comey’s daughter.
22:41:41 Guess if and when SDNY does something with those CDs they grabbed this weekend, we’ll find out if there is any evidence to contradict this. https://t.co/I6axep40fG
22:52:13 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 22:34:01 The House Dems need to figure out how to hold open and compelling hearings about the various Trump controversies, including the Trump-Russia scandal. https://t.co/07ZshRAK9L
23:25:25 Uh oh. Billy got some splainin to doвЂ¦ https://t.co/lJcdhGscQV
23:33:50 Doing these things behind closed doors makes them close to useless. https://t.co/46GyjuBDjS
23:38:49 Trips vs flights, plus qualifying the dates in question it seems. https://t.co/R62qsE1ek8

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-07 (UTC)

00:26:37 Boom. https://t.co/UuuiFsGjdI
01:07:43 Retweeted @HeerJeet 01:04:44 A lot of people are going to have a restless night because of the Epstein news. That’s good.
02:35:18 A friend of my daughter’s. Please help if you can. https://t.co/yFNb9H4g9b
03:24:19 Retweeted @owillis 03:16:35 The reason Pelosi won’t impeach is she’s risk averse on this topic and is convinced waiting until the election next year and having Trump lose is worth giving a criminally corrupt presidency a complete constitutional pass. She’s wrong but that’s clearly what she thinks. https://t.co/Jamnif74l9
03:24:22 Retweeted @rickgoldjr9 03:18:04 @owillis Republicans play to win. Democrats play to not lose. Always and forever. in reply to owillis
03:25:01 She’s running! https://t.co/7L1AQaAEiS
10:08:06 Retweeted @Mimirocah1 03:48:51 I see confusion about charges against Epstein. They’re federal, not state, charges which means 2 things: 1) Epstein is likely to face mandatory minimum of at least 10 years in prison (could be more) & 2) yes Trump could pardon him if he dares to pardon a child predator.
15:25:44 Retweeted @HamillHimself 2019-07-06 22:27:46 Another way to tell is if he’s breathing. https://t.co/F2MIkCMsnr
19:37:01 Retweeted @Pappiness 12:16:48 With Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, one side mentions connections to Trump, the other deflects to Clinton, but one thing is clear:A lot of powerful men are nervous today.
Take them all down. Every last one of them.
19:40:47 Not sure this is how it went down, but it is certainly plausible. https://t.co/leUxcbgKv1
20:08:27 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Played Locally https://t.co/yeoj3CbeLg https://t.co/Jvo7NbPZDM
20:19:56 Retweeted @jonrosenberg 16:55:04 the right on twitter today: boy, I bet those libs are gonna have a hard time squaring their Clinton love with this Jeffrey Epstein stuff, we got ’em, our guy is safethe left: throw Bill Clinton into the sun
20:54:21 Retweeted @mattyglesias 13:04:56 The fun thing about beating Trump by one or two percentage points is that under the unfair rules of the US electoral process this means he’d likely be re-elected as the GOP retakes the House and expands its senate majority. https://t.co/pX8S73MPOP
20:55:11 Retweeted @RashidaTlaib 14:41:59 But @CBP agents I spoke to said no amount of money will fix this crisis.One agent said: “Stop throwing money at this. It’s not working.”
He also said: “This is not what I was trained to do.” (meaning separating children from their mothers)
#CloseTheCamps https://t.co/XlSBBKOCUT
21:01:47 @imbou Cause they were not only young but also young looking, so there is no way someone could plausibly use the вЂњI had no ideaвЂќ excuse? in reply to imbou
21:07:41 Liked on YouTube: Remembering Jon Pertwee: A Conversation With Sean | Doctor Who https://t.co/mlilRqwXk8
21:19:16 Key phrase вЂњif you have any scruplesвЂќ. I am suspecting there was a significant lack of scruples at any of Epstein’s parties. Plus add in lots of drugs and alcohol no doubt. https://t.co/oMbuVLd05V
21:21:57 @imbou No. But you can certainly be nicely blackmailed. in reply to imbou
21:31:56 Nothing
21:41:27 @imbou I think the Bezos gambit would turn out very differently if the confession was вЂњYes, I raped teenage girls at parties.вЂќ rather than вЂњYes, I had a consensual affair with an adult.вЂќ in reply to imbou
21:45:19 @imbou Oh that! Yes, if you can’t get away with вЂњit is a complete lie and didn’t happen at allвЂќ, then that is the next fallback. But if there is reasonable evidence, nobody should accept that. Off to jail! in reply to imbou

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-06 (UTC)

00:23:26 Retweeted @JuliaDavisNews 2019-07-05 15:17:07 Russia’s state TV is obsessively bashing Trump’s “low energy,” “weak” parade with “rusty tanks.” The hosts LOL at Trump’s claim about “revolutionary war airports” & other historical flubs. “There’s your city upon a hill, there’s your world leaderвЂ”and Martians have been defeated.” https://t.co/wiw2OcFCLN
01:12:22 Retweeted @andizeisler 2019-07-05 21:31:17 Congrats on inventing the boarding house, tech bros https://t.co/FUsIUlvbGr
01:13:20 Retweeted @neal_katyal 2019-07-05 20:02:44 Federal judge not buying Trump Admin shenanigans on census. Discovery into discriminatory intent will now take place. It’s almost unheard of for the federal govt to get slapped down this fast, this decisively. But it’s entirely deserved when Admin treats our judiciary this way https://t.co/p6pBjToKOQ
01:19:28 Retweeted @soledadobrien 01:01:42 The media is struggling so hard, and the weakness in the reporting is so clear. https://t.co/cMV7CMaLJa
01:29:26 Retweeted @secstatewa 00:02:11 The deadline to turn in signatures for 2019 initiatives to the people passed just moments ago, and no signatures were submitted. There will be no initiatives to the people on November’s ballot. #waelex
01:55:59 Retweeted @keatxngrant 2019-07-05 20:14:37 YOOOO, this cockatoo is deadass tearing down anti-bird spikes <symbol><symbol><symbol>he said fuck the police https://t.co/xLQHC2zLDh
02:28:35 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 02:21:43 Biden has run for office a zillion times. He’s run for President twice before.His unpreparedness in the debate was bizarre. His handling since has been even more bizarre.
It’s as if he thinks he’s already the nominee and this is all just pretend. https://t.co/xuQFYe2CqR
02:32:13 Retweeted @NickMiroff 2019-07-05 15:53:58 Family members of a 47-year-old man who died after falling from the border fence said he was trying to return to his family in the United States after being deported and “had lived in Arizona and California since he was 2.” https://t.co/G7LcjeRnQe
03:21:20 Retweeted @theintercept 2019-07-05 21:15:57 We gained full access to the invitation-only Border Patrol group weeks ago and, for more than a month have collected and archived hundreds of posts that show that the content shared with @propublica was no aberration. https://t.co/s7Pg3b1NO7
03:26:19 None of these people should be employed. At anything. Let alone something that gives them authority over others. https://t.co/EnrrYlgJX1
13:33:11 Retweeted @McFaul 12:07:19 They’ve given up on Trump. He hasn’t delivered anything, so increasingly you see ridicule in media controlled by Putin. They do so for domestic audiences to make Putin look good in contrast. https://t.co/0ydUSHd2f7
15:44:44 Retweeted @RAICESTEXAS 2019-07-05 14:11:32 The first FB group had 9,500 members + 2nd FB group with 1,000 = 10,500. MORE than 1/2 of the 20,000 CBP agents.It’s clear that CBP culture is racist & sexually violent. These agents must be fired. https://t.co/j81KRqVw6n
16:28:39 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 15:01:54 We don’t know yet what the sorting of candidates for the 2nd debates in Detroit will be – if Biden ends up on stage at the end of the month w/Warren and she goes after him directly on his record from the 2000s on bankruptcy & other financial issues, will he use the same defense? https://t.co/q4KyUpH9ID
19:17:35 Thread https://t.co/XfYk8Nnff7
19:55:15 Retweeted @johnlegend 12:03:15 Republicans play to win. Biden plays to impress a panel on Meet the Press and Morning Joe https://t.co/pT15kDxWqx
20:26:44 Retweeted @IRIS_EPO 19:27:57 Watch the waves from the M7.1 southern California earthquake roll across the USArray seismic network ( https://t.co/RIcNz4bgWq )! #SoCalEarthquake https://t.co/tiMcJs5bv2
20:46:26 Retweeted @sahilkapur 20:24:09 Two and a half weeks later, Joe Biden apologizes.If he had done this earlier, that debate moment with Kamala Harris could’ve been avoided. https://t.co/fLgQgaNHbS
20:49:43 Retweeted @fawfulfan 2019-07-05 19:11:16 The really insane thing about this is that MOST SINGLE PAYER COUNTRIES DON’T BAN PRIVATE INSURANCE. So why are we even talking about that as an option? Why are we shooting ourselves in the foot debating over something that is completely unnecessary and only turns off voters? https://t.co/xP1aZcou8Y
21:37:36 Retweeted @IChotiner 2019-07-04 13:50:35 New Interview: I talked to Dave Wasserman about the Democrats moving left, what that means for 2020, the unique challenges of the electoral map, and what we can and can’t know about the concept of вЂњelectability.вЂќ https://t.co/huUguatHTT
23:16:37 Retweeted @KatzOnEarth 21:42:16 This is a monumentally bad bet from the Speaker. https://t.co/nwjNv2atp2
23:18:32 Retweeted @AngryBlackLady 22:54:39 Nancy Pelosi needs to realize that those 4 women are the future of the Democratic Party. What an offensive and petty thing to say. https://t.co/reSSGfEq2u
23:22:51 Retweeted @NarangVipin 20:43:37 I am very uncomfortable with this answer. Biden sounds a lot like Bolton here. North Korea policy makes strange bedfellows indeed… https://t.co/OejGFJQ7bG
23:22:54 Retweeted @Sifill_LDF 22:52:23 We cannot have productive conversations on issues of race unless we begin with the truth. https://t.co/pFNl2GHFa6
23:41:05 This is one to keep an eye on. https://t.co/n8mozxHMF0
23:53:24 Retweeted @notcapnamerica 20:00:08 Life comes at you fast. https://t.co/HKOH0DTzws

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-05 (UTC)

02:54:55 @ScottTogKIRO7 @KIRO7Seattle @MorganKIRO7 What time does the live broadcast for the fireworks at Gasworks start? in reply to ScottTogKIRO7
02:55:32 Retweeted @MatthewGaydos 01:25:48 The Washington Monument during the fireworks is pretty fuckin terrifying https://t.co/FtyMW9rpLO
03:27:55 @MorganKIRO7 @ScottTogKIRO7 @KIRO7Seattle Thanks! in reply to MorganKIRO7
04:28:21 Retweeted @mrs_hippiequeen 2019-07-04 15:29:35 today is the 7th anniversary of san diego accidentally setting off their entire show at the same time, resulting in the funniest and most efficient fireworks show ever(CAUTION: LOUD <symbol>) https://t.co/4qJ2h63HFy
16:23:53 <symbol> https://t.co/VOOphWtXJN
16:27:05 Retweeted @zackwhittaker 14:17:46 New: Mozilla was branded an “internet villain” for introducing DNS-over-HTTPS, which will make internet browsing far more private and secure.In typical fashion, it was the ISPs shrieking, “won’t somebody think of the children?” https://t.co/GmXJ4iL8Iy
17:24:06 Retweeted @rickhasen 14:48:12 #ELB: Gaming Out the Census Citizenship Question Endgame: What Comes Next, and How Will Things End? https://t.co/DmRXhr8HX9
18:38:59 Boom! Harris moves into 2nd place in the national RCP polling average. https://t.co/R0ZRVjVmOz https://t.co/ypNPrNtwVo
19:25:02 Retweeted @rebeccamhersh 19:18:38 apparently. https://t.co/rwl9puSEsG
19:29:55 Thread https://t.co/dShbCjtCrY
19:32:04 Retweeted @KlasfeldReports 18:57:05 JUDGE HAZEL: “I need your final answer by Friday at 2 p.m., or we’re going forward.”(Two days later)
DOJ, on Friday at 2 p.m.: The government “will immediately notify the Court” of its answer at some unspecified time, and it would be “premature” to move forward. in reply to KlasfeldReports
19:36:35 Retweeted @samswey 19:16:44 Nominate Barack Obama instead. https://t.co/JvEbFEae8i
19:40:15 Retweeted @jkarsh 19:14:24 Why his campaign is letting him do any interview at this point is kind of beyond me. It’s so strategically stupid. https://t.co/Jmhk7KbM0F
19:53:23 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 12:08:12 Trump’s sad, strange Fourth of July – New York Daily News https://t.co/VttkZxavx7
19:54:05 Just a tad high for a false positive rate. https://t.co/pwkLQlddNT
19:57:00 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 19:44:42 The court on Wednesday demanded вЂњone of two thingsвЂќ by todayвЂ”a stipulation that the citizenship question won’t be on the census or a proposed schedule for discovery on the equal protection claim. In its filing, DOJ did not provide either of those things. https://t.co/RECl8IdfMu https://t.co/LcB7Bd8Rqc
20:01:35 Retweeted @MikeScarcella 19:39:01 Now: Maryland judge will proceed with evidence-gathering on origin of census citizenship question as Trump weighs options https://t.co/DYvkuH888H /// Judge George Hazel’s order: ‘Discovery shall commence’ https://t.co/f3wWQz74VJ
20:04:53 Thread https://t.co/XwwKlQ9I1Z
20:26:54 Retweeted @Bravewritings 17:15:17 People are saying;Kamala is shrewd.
She’s calculating.

She prepared her arguments a week or more in advance.

She kneecapped him..
Then she went in for the kill.

Um? Isn’t that everything we hoped for in a nominee?
22:23:00 Retweeted @rudepundit 20:31:09 I’m starting to think Biden should be getting some blame for how cautious Obama was when dealing with the GOP in Congress. I’m thinking he played that bullshit wisdom card over and over.

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-04 (UTC)

03:58:41 Retweeted @misslaneym 00:43:24 No one:Robot overlords: https://t.co/OJ6d3aoRlY
03:59:34 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 03:38:33 D+6%, which is only 1-2 points above the threshold of Republicans regaining control, thanks to gerrymandering and a dose of natural geography. https://t.co/k31N06WKZc
05:29:05 Only 29,505 more to go! https://t.co/csYjF4kcvF
05:44:13 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 05:40:04 https://t.co/RTQqQFNxtf https://t.co/1tSDuETN8y
14:29:51 Reading – Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP. – The Washington Post https://t.co/XqwHOA8Tpe
14:32:00 Retweeted @kkondik 10:48:15 Crystal Ball House ratings change: MI-3, held by newly-minted independent Justin Amash, goes from Likely R to Toss-up. This one is fluid, though. If he runs, expect a three-way race that’d be hard to predict. If he doesn’t, open seat in Trump +9.5 district prolly Leans R
14:32:20 Retweeted @LarrySabato 12:42:14 I concur with @kkondik. It’s easy to imagine Rep. Justin Amash taking, say, 38% or 40% in a 3-way race to win. Also easy to see how a solid R nominee could grab onto Trump coattails and oust Amash. Even possible to game out a D win in a very split vote. Worth watching closely. https://t.co/fPqiWgwqAe
16:19:02 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 15:26:22 NEW from me: What if everyone had voted in 2016? We have quantified the left-leaning nature of non-voters and project that Hillary Clinton would be president today under such a scenario. But the findings run deeper than this headline. THREAD 1/14 https://t.co/pQ4dmiJ5bE
22:20:40 Retweeted @justinrmegahan 21:26:55 1. Fuck this parade.2. Don’t retweet that shit about Trump taking down the webcam at the National Mall because attendance is poor. It doesn’t take much research to see this has been down since last June. https://t.co/npksgyjy8F https://t.co/3c8H9P7dAS
22:23:01 Retweeted @Green_Footballs 22:18:28 I think it’s time to take the hint, people. https://t.co/WlYlNg0VAq
22:24:11 Retweeted @AstroKatie 22:14:27 Today is the #aphelion, which means the Earth is at the most distant point in its (very slightly) elliptical orbit around the Sun. For the next six months, we will all be plummeting ever closer to the Sun! Fortunately, we will almost certainly miss.
22:33:26 Retweeted @ParkerMolloy 22:27:25 [emerges from a movie after hours away from my phone, immediately sees this and can only assume that the president of the United States tweeting вЂњweather looking goodвЂќ means that the weather was not, in fact, looking good] https://t.co/lMglqOby8e
22:57:49 Retweeted @EdmondsPolice 22:48:32 From our partners at @911Snohomish. https://t.co/6ktxNTvQUF
23:57:09 Retweeted @aletweetsnews 23:10:34 I’ve already responded to a few folks, but I’d like to boost this as much as I can: She was part of the protest *opposing* Trump’s July 4th event, and she saw this sign as a way to oppose his border policies.You can see an interview with her here: https://t.co/WSB9sWJyWJ in reply to aletweetsnews

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-03 (UTC)

04:21:51 Retweeted @bobsalpha1 04:10:14 @RonBrownstein Republicans in Congress have solidified the idea that they will do nothing in response to Donald Trump and as a result no one even thinks to ask if they will anymore. in reply to RonBrownstein
13:39:34 RCP average is now all post-debate. https://t.co/R0ZRVjVmOz https://t.co/WhSSYzGZAo
13:58:48 Thread. Dems are slow walking all of this & not showing a proper level of aggressiveness on any of it. It is clear the desire to not really confront any of it is very strong. A year from now things will still be slowly going through the courts & we will be told it is вЂњtoo lateвЂќ. https://t.co/dqbAsTpUJW
17:32:41 Retweeted @owillis 17:02:20 the next time we have a democratic president she will do perfectly normal things, conservatives will freak out, and the media will cover it like its serious. again. in reply to owillis
17:43:31 Retweeted @smotus 16:53:10 Very important perspective on Trump’s tank display, from a friend of a friend in the military: https://t.co/oyqvLN84xc
17:52:35 Retweeted @lawrencehurley 17:09:43 Judge Hazel, who is presiding over Maryland census citizenship case, has set a call for 3:30 w/ lawyers in the wake of Trump’s tweet which contradicts what Justice Dept lawyers told him yesterday in reply to lawrencehurley
20:20:06 Retweeted @BNONews 20:09:05 WATCH: Camera captures the moment the Stromboli volcano in southern Italy erupts, killing 1 tourist (the explosion happens at 1:05) https://t.co/kPsC0Snb9h
20:43:07 Retweeted @chrislhayes 19:49:46 Hard to know, but given what we’ve seen publicly, it definitely feels like right now in the WH there’s a fight to make the president follow a Supreme Court order.
21:17:26 Retweeted @AaronBlake 21:16:08 DOJ lawyer says telling the court Tuesday they had given up on citizenship question “was absolutely my best understanding of the state of affairs.””The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position on this issue.” https://t.co/wOT6GV2UxP
21:30:29 Retweeted @justinjm1 21:28:01 UPDATE 2: Census question push is undead (told ya so) https://t.co/w3uPKFVAfT https://t.co/uDsaOufYuK in reply to justinjm1
21:31:14 Retweeted @AaronBlake 21:29:47 Judge in census case dresses down DOJ over Trump’s tweet: https://t.co/xzuIgq6Muo
21:57:18 Retweeted @jdawsey1 21:40:02 Judge in citizenship case: “I assume, although maybe I’m wrong about this, that the parties aren’t suggesting I can enjoin the President of the United States from tweeting things. Maybe you are suggesting that. But I will say my initial reaction to that is to have some concern.”
21:57:52 Retweeted @BradMossEsq 21:20:53 Seriously, you have to feel bad for these DOJ lawyers who are basically putting their reputations on the line in these proceedings, and then having to explain why the President goes off and contradicts everything in a set of morning rage tweets after watching @foxandfriends
22:08:38 Retweeted @davidmwessel 21:39:55 Transcript of judge’s conference call in Census case following Trump tweets. Oy veh. https://t.co/4awA9jcIQc
23:59:18 Retweeted @gtconway3d 21:43:47 вЂњYour Honor, as best as we have been able to determine, the executive power is vested in a unstable, dimwitted, subliterate reality television host who didn’t like what he saw on Fox News Channel this morning. That seems to be what’s going on, Your Honor.вЂќ https://t.co/ybeC0CLXDe

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