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@abulsme tweets from 2018-02-03 (UTC)

00:20:44 Oh goody. Glad to hear this is how the administration is thinking about things. Not. https://t.co/SwkpVtN6q5
02:29:20 Very true. https://t.co/kvWTeLmAam
04:57:17 Good… https://t.co/KyvoThWSts
17:54:34 Oh. https://t.co/R4VFPYmLhN
17:59:08 Shocking, I know. https://t.co/y4eNivK3sO
18:29:49 @imbou They say they are working on another memo about the State Department now. And that the first memo only repreвЂ¦ https://t.co/NfSAPB5Lsc in reply to imbou
19:26:09 Now I want cashews. https://t.co/tNCpszn4At

@abulsme tweets from 2018-02-02 (UTC)

00:27:56 Oops. https://t.co/CfbGG01d9q
00:53:09 Only the best advisors. The best in the world. https://t.co/it5MBiZ1fv
00:59:28 Of course. https://t.co/dQLmGCfYN9
03:42:15 Damn it. There go my plans for tonight. https://t.co/GXQJpyQVlz
04:01:16 Nice. https://t.co/0GlG7uDpXR
09:10:32 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Revamping the Dog https://t.co/1ZAR5hj5AU https://t.co/IpohPzpeyM
09:48:57 We… uh, I… struggle with this in the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner. Trying to do better. https://t.co/oGKzQgIAlj https://t.co/xGmWxfen9E
10:45:29 This is hard sometimes. But important. https://t.co/mhJQavQEg1
16:41:01 Here we go. https://t.co/bV1Bb3sthY
17:12:23 Things have the potential to happen very quickly. https://t.co/GjdpFaTKWT
17:14:23 The leaks accelerate. We should have the whole thing shortly. Keep in mind that even if the only source was indeedвЂ¦ https://t.co/vCwqdlB0bt
17:14:59 Fox already has the memo. https://t.co/l38grNwd5R
17:19:47 I was expecting a Rickroll. But no. Time to read. https://t.co/9PvnExFwS9
17:28:25 That’s it? Seriously, that’s it? There is very little here that we haven’t heard for months. And nothing particularвЂ¦ https://t.co/1yyg6YvfmR
17:30:27 Re-upping this from yesterday. https://t.co/I5ggbbONFe in reply to abulsme
17:36:41 Indeed. This is all just amplification of the pre-existing spin. No significant new facts. Target is to amp up deplвЂ¦ https://t.co/tbTAL26oMe
17:39:34 Ha. https://t.co/zfNz1MVyMo
17:40:07 Which they have been saying for months. https://t.co/XPv1x4Sct6
17:42:25 Also of note, nothing here looks really damaging in terms of sources and methods and such. Why was this even classiвЂ¦ https://t.co/BmTtTWhYHV
17:43:04 These fears were valid. https://t.co/MhAn6DzD6t
17:44:31 Retweeted @cbouzy 17:34:25 Nunes’ bombshell memo… https://t.co/0vGEZY6GIC
17:46:37 Weasel words. https://t.co/Kvj0rt2jbt
17:53:49 I agree the memo is stupid. But it has been public for months that Steele was a вЂњlongtime FBI sourceвЂќ. It has beenвЂ¦ https://t.co/It9mrrccx1
18:04:55 I am actually pretty disappointed. I really expected there would be at least a few new things that looked really baвЂ¦ https://t.co/eePTYnveQo
18:09:12 Except also a few days ago a big talking point on the D and FBI side was how revealing this would be dangerous to nвЂ¦ https://t.co/1caY6BsJle
18:12:53 @btitus Oh I dunno. The way things are going, something big will happen this afternoon, and that will dominate over the weekend instead. in reply to btitus
18:14:41 @btitus Oh yeah. Maybe that. in reply to btitus
18:17:34 Thread. Yup. None of the GOP spin actually makes sense if you look past the superficial level. But the core TrumperвЂ¦ https://t.co/Mb8r0ICnUj
18:19:31 Bingo. https://t.co/NvJFwwzV6v
18:26:02 Thread on the legal irrelevance. Matches pre-release analysis on @lawfareblog. https://t.co/V5mXVrrdBI
19:20:13 Maybe. D’s said the changes were substantive and actually watered down the memo. R’s said changes were inconsequentвЂ¦ https://t.co/2YCjDWJiDF
19:59:37 @nicwebb Yup. I’ve made other comments along those lines. The target audience is the deplorables. The purpose is toвЂ¦ https://t.co/g27wt8Plwa in reply to nicwebb
20:01:44 Good point. If anything, this is another case of the FBI bending over backwards to avoid messing with the Trump camвЂ¦ https://t.co/zZrcPQvsjK
21:54:43 Just a reminder that if people in the FBI have reasonable reason to believe the President did something wrong, thenвЂ¦ https://t.co/jkWY78OaSV
22:34:18 Yup. Said as much on the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner. https://t.co/oGKzQgIAlj https://t.co/lh95DZ1p2K
22:47:51 Retweeted @smotus 18:21:08 Trump defenders: THIS BOMB IS GOING TO HIT IT WILL BE SO BIG IT WILL DESTROY MUELLER & OWN THE LIBS.
[Bomb falls. DвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZKH4iP5lUC
23:03:32 @imbou https://t.co/CPMOGp8iTc in reply to imbou

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Revamping the Dog

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about a number of developments in the Trump-Russia world, including Trump’s attempt to fire Mueller last year, the Dutch hacking the Russians, McCabe’s retirement, Trump not agreeing to an interview, Gates possibly flipping, and more. Then on the eve of Release The Memo Day, a discussion of the expectations for the memo, the objections being raised, and the possible implications. Oh, and it is Ivan’s birthday. Happy birthday Ivan!

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Recorded 2018-02-02
Length this week – 1:26:20

(0:00:15-0:12:33) But First
- Ivan birthday
- Show length
- Agenda
- Show schedule
(0:14:33-0:51:55)Trump Stuff
- Things not getting attention
- Trump tried to fire Mueller last year
- Dutch hacking of Russian DNC hackers
- McCabe retirement
- Trump Russian sanctions announcement
- Trump not agreeing to Mueller Interview
- Gates flipping
- Acceleration
(0:52:32-1:25:59) Release the memo
- Expectations on what is in the memo
- Objections to the memo
- Who is the audience, what are the goals?
- Republicans Attacking Republicans
- Predictions
- Trump Affairs

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-02-01 (UTC)

01:55:59 Of course he did. https://t.co/b0MhwT5jXy
01:58:37 Good thing we’re not recording the podcast this week until Thursday night. :-) https://t.co/muMtWgiYhQ
02:09:57 Ha ha ha! https://t.co/IO7XlVQUSk
02:23:26 More every day. Thus the accelerating attacks… https://t.co/Q8uuHaCrRJ
02:26:05 Yup. He sure will. https://t.co/330qZLeXth
03:37:34 Everything above board here for sure. https://t.co/pLolj53eeD
03:42:18 Hmm… maybe he is biased toward following investigations where they lead and looking to find out if crimes were cвЂ¦ https://t.co/u2ob7Ujc1y
03:45:00 Appropriate for today. https://t.co/VKu4CCSfcT
04:21:39 Yes please. https://t.co/53KyksJyQw
04:48:19 Yup. We are going deeper and deeper into this hole. https://t.co/EsFs7H9B46
05:11:29 This is odd. They are watering down their own assertions? Realized the original draft was just a bit TOO far away fвЂ¦ https://t.co/HrkcZMZ4Nu
05:14:39 Welcome to February. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Enjoy!
05:16:16 That’s not going to happen. Trump’s world does not include high ground. https://t.co/mvnxFSc50Z
05:22:13 I fully expect the вЂњother sideвЂќ to be fully leaked within 24 hours. How could it not be? https://t.co/3Q97IQwUGf
16:23:30 We all knew this was the motivation. But Trump saying it out loud underscores how stupid he is. https://t.co/NaMg7rF5pt
18:59:39 This is so stupid. The purpose of an investigation is to verify unverified information. If the information was alreвЂ¦ https://t.co/6resxruRVU
18:59:58 Wut? https://t.co/OVZSnWpteR
19:39:54 Any honorable people in the Trump administration should NOT resign. They should continue doing their jobs honorablyвЂ¦ https://t.co/WVymIcDTqT
19:52:21 And Comey too of course. https://t.co/rlBaVo4uvX in reply to abulsme
19:54:05 One undercovered aspect I think… this means Page was still under surveillance last Summer. After a lot of this wвЂ¦ https://t.co/C4L4vHvw8i
20:14:23 Memo now looking like it will be released tomorrow instead of today. We’d already pushed recording the podcast fromвЂ¦ https://t.co/aclOng6rkG
20:25:04 Welcome Senator Romney. (What, he’s going to run and he’s going to win, right?) https://t.co/7XJgxG1uUu
20:40:49 Fun thread. On fighting in dresses. https://t.co/x9pDlJ9kKR
22:13:17 Huge potential disaster in a few months here. There is still time. But just hoping everyone uses less water probablвЂ¦ https://t.co/CWfopRLVvI
22:14:42 Hell, he’d probably just agree to a 24/7 public livestream of his life. https://t.co/yHvYzMAqUx
22:28:39 Interesting overview of safety measures after Columbia. https://t.co/YElga0QmOT
22:29:09 HmmmвЂ¦. https://t.co/LWrN70iHaO
23:14:03 News as a non-profit venture, paid for by the interest off of large endowments funded by billionaires with no expecвЂ¦ https://t.co/qGqgBOsPB4

@abulsme tweets from 2018-01-31 (UTC)

02:40:18 Listened to the first part of the #SOTU in the car. Listening to the rest at the gym. Not live tweeting. These thinвЂ¦ https://t.co/sQSUoNoMN7
08:00:12 Woo!!! https://t.co/JFoEPpA9c3
09:04:23 Excellent overview of details I hadn’t gotten from the non-technical news reports. https://t.co/V0RWtoHVSN
16:05:45 Left Shark 2020 https://t.co/hs8xrA8h0o
17:26:08 I’m sure there will be no issues from this ever. https://t.co/BQ3QY359Nj
18:18:21 Bottom line, from a law point of view, probably not much there there. But this isn’t about the law, it is about PR. https://t.co/eb6zWJxzMy

@abulsme tweets from 2018-01-30 (UTC)

00:26:59 This kind of thread is what Twitter was built for. An overview of the history of Star Fleet uniformsвЂ¦ https://t.co/OCQtpJW3Ro
01:35:55 Even if nothing is ever proven on pre-election conspiracies with the Russians, or on financial improprieties, emoluвЂ¦ https://t.co/XmnqUncP9X
01:45:38 Oops https://t.co/G51SGSvXNU
05:08:03 This. (Thread) https://t.co/VQSaOMFQYm
05:23:19 Of course this is what happens. What else? https://t.co/OBiSWAxrMW
05:34:04 Hmmm. Interesting thread. https://t.co/atzYGNo6W3
06:40:48 Oh. https://t.co/vgO6SudMe2
08:34:50 вЂњLittle WorkвЂќ seems to be a theme in this administration. https://t.co/8VDYX73fQy
08:48:01 Only the best copy and pasters. https://t.co/kjzNxjJEdT
13:49:58 Time to return to the tick tock pattern they had going for awhile? https://t.co/CbFkqenD2K
14:34:42 Oops https://t.co/422ghiTcaS
15:54:07 Hmmm. -> Liberals have lost their minds over immigration https://t.co/D4a8Qcrx6K
16:03:31 My expectation: Lots of people around the President indicted for a variety of crimes related to obstruction and finвЂ¦ https://t.co/ktzEQxmFtA
17:10:10 Wait what? Looks like still a stupid mistake, but a different stupid mistake. So did the people who said otherwiseвЂ¦ https://t.co/wNgIoaEeA0
17:20:25 Author linked to Dems, but apparently independently reports some of the same things the Steele dossier did. https://t.co/fXWGq83WeP
17:25:18 @btitus Yeah. I saw that too. There is a lot to fix here. Blaming one individual isn’t helpful here. Especially givвЂ¦ https://t.co/OYN8TODqqu in reply to btitus
17:29:23 @btitus I do wonder how much was speaking before they actually knew the truth vs actively knowing they were lying.вЂ¦ https://t.co/Kv9GrBuxgW in reply to btitus
17:37:56 Awww… https://t.co/x8SsAYpJ6x
18:04:04 Normally I am somewhat enamored about ideas for a centrist 3rd party. But these are not normal times. Right now a sвЂ¦ https://t.co/vnI179hQRW
20:51:20 WTAF. Sigh. https://t.co/t6ADuZnF32

@abulsme tweets from 2018-01-29 (UTC)

00:16:42 I’m at the Apple Store for my upcoming Genius Bar appointment, so of course the thing that hasn’t worked properly oвЂ¦ https://t.co/HhHcjbwSlm
01:39:42 Oops -> U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging – The Washington Post https://t.co/zH2Hv9MYyh
14:54:16 So вЂњthe memoвЂќ is all about trying to lay the groundwork for firing Rosenstein because the Steele dossier was potentвЂ¦ https://t.co/HLSHE8Mj3u
15:45:54 @btitus Then we get to watch Trump gloat about it for the rest of his term. in reply to btitus
15:56:16 Things are accelerating -> Mark Warner: вЂWe’ve Had New Information That Raises More Questions’ – POLITICO Magazine https://t.co/CtPdSUFxyX
17:27:42 If Trump behaves in the worst way, and Congress yawns or defends him, there are very few remaining options to dealвЂ¦ https://t.co/xXcvCf9cSQ
17:28:21 !!! https://t.co/aHQ2Z2ALdZ
17:53:58 Successfully did the morning rush to get my son to school on time this morning… a real challenge most days… onlвЂ¦ https://t.co/LkDLMux5ev
19:08:46 Only вЂњactingвЂќ but looks like a career guy. Will be eager to learn more about him and how he is as a caretaker. WillвЂ¦ https://t.co/b6YNeTxoX5
19:22:11 Given he was out in a few weeks anyway, why the urgency to get him out now? Trump folks shooting themselves in theвЂ¦ https://t.co/LK0ZXCOAb3
21:05:53 Trump ranting and raving on Air Force One again. And telling people to go вЂњset expectationsвЂќ at the Justice departmвЂ¦ https://t.co/RfrqBBotW3
21:31:46 Sigh. But I can’t believe anyone expects anything different at this point. https://t.co/ltNoRX0wsN
21:46:33 Interesting. When is the IG report expected to be issued? That will be an interesting news day tooвЂ¦ https://t.co/VuyU3tbAty
22:47:11 Oops https://t.co/HWnGkvztcF
23:37:41 Slow news day. https://t.co/Vw94M63WWK

@abulsme tweets from 2018-01-28 (UTC)

01:22:40 Of course he has. https://t.co/yXWPePDCJA
05:45:20 Good thread on the unstable relationship between Trump and his senior officials. https://t.co/vy8JWsK5Ar
18:04:57 This is excellent. Thanks @blatherscribe for the pointer. https://t.co/Ppczr2XK73
19:36:09 A lot of this we have heard before, at least if you have read previous Manafort profiles… but still a must read rвЂ¦ https://t.co/4b0Gafn18p

@abulsme tweets from 2018-01-27 (UTC)

01:16:41 Ooo… good question. On the other hand, I know I devoured the coverage, as did many people I know. Trump folk hadвЂ¦ https://t.co/yi8LcZycys
01:40:44 Awwww… https://t.co/Vj3gn9aScc
01:55:32 Oops -> Meltdown and Spectre Patches From Intel and Others Have a Rough Start | WIRED https://t.co/Sc7mb5HNmN
03:48:47 Oops https://t.co/F416Bdm7dy
05:13:06 вЂњ…it is increasingly clear that Mr. McGahn has been at the center of nearly everything Mr. Mueller’s obstructionвЂ¦ https://t.co/SKzs8XJx6J
06:20:37 Yes please. Reporters need to do this. https://t.co/x9qQzFTCQi
19:05:15 I was amused. https://t.co/rY0pFL9jJB
19:28:30 I honestly really don’t understand demands to вЂњgive back the moneyвЂќ donated from people who have been found to do bвЂ¦ https://t.co/MvGNzVT5eZ
19:49:46 Retweeted @btitus 19:49:15 @abulsme Wait wait, I have a great idea… give ME the money! in reply to abulsme
21:04:58 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Implanting Thoughts https://t.co/wmEpDHGGYV https://t.co/DhJyyu7CSC
21:35:54 Retweeted @imbou 21:33:11 @abulsme I got a lot of millennial nephews and they are very high over achievers, but they are getting the same bumвЂ¦ https://t.co/cYKXCk0lyT in reply to abulsme
21:40:52 Nice! https://t.co/MWS8IAa2ZW

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Implanting Thoughts

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the politics of the short government shutdown and what that means to the continuing immigration debate, then they move on to reviewing many of the latest developments related to the various scandals surrounding the Trump White House. Along the way, Ivan also reports on his recent trip to Thailand.

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Recorded 2018-01-25
Length this week – 1:39:38

(0:01:20-0:22:18) But First
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- Ivan in Thailand
- Ivan on a Zipline
- Baby on a plane
- Climate change migrations
(0:24:21-0:54:17) Shutdown and Immigration
- Should the Dems have forced this?
- Should the Dems have agreed to end shutdown?
- What next?
(0:56:00-1:39:18) Trump and Mueller
- Wendy Murdoch and Jared Kushner
- Russia to NRA to Trump?
- Mueller/Trump negotiations
- Trump’s prospects if he testifies
- Discrediting Meuller
- Release the Memo
- Trump and McCabe
- Are we near the end?
- Trump Live

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