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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-16 (UTC)

00:33:06 Listening to 053 w/ Michael Weiss – вЂњThe MOAB Doctrine: Technically, Bombing Stuff is A StrategyвЂќ – The Fifth Column https://t.co/HYJANSFotP
07:49:18 Reading – North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles (Sang-Hun/Sanger/Broad) https://t.co/xcnGGBXDET
07:49:30 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:50:34 <symbol> https://t.co/mgrajZmkEF https://t.co/93ljYb2JDU
13:56:06 Retweeted @brianefallon 13:50:02 If you showed up at a #taxmarch event yesterday, your voice was heard and you are inside the President’s head.
https://t.co/alyv0y7ytC
21:26:25 7 year old, coming up to me hiding a tool in his hand: вЂњClose your eyes and don’t listen. I am going to do surgery on you.вЂќ Uh. OK?
22:23:08 Always reluctant to link to Mench’s stuff because it is so “out there” compared to mainstream reporting. But she has more out today. Shrug.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-15 (UTC)

00:30:26 Listening to Episode 109: Doing Mozambican HistoryвЂ”Dams, Development & Going Digital
via iCatcher! https://t.co/rKOCdP1C14
01:57:32 Watching – A Tribute To Carrie Fisher https://t.co/QLeGC1qtSw
02:13:13 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 01:54:51 The polling story right now in GA-6. W/ an average like this, we’d expect Ossoff to get over 50% roughly 30% of theвЂ¦ https://t.co/vQ2qVeTlsZ
02:51:49 Ooo fun. Blackmail! -> Mike Cernovich Threatens to Drop вЂMotherlode’ If Steve Bannon Is Ousted (Ben Collins) https://t.co/AqXOHNwa8S
14:59:02 Reading – Here’s What Every Scene in the New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Means (Alex Fitzpatrick) https://t.co/1MVqegQLkh
15:18:17 Reading – Focused on Trump’s Successes, Many Supporters Are Unfazed by His Reversals (Jeremy Peters) https://t.co/nGRj3DYWnj
15:44:31 Reading – We Can Calm Down: Microsoft Already Patched Most of the Shadow Brokers Exploits (Joseph Cox) https://t.co/ahJqa6WlmF
16:03:04 Reading – Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove says Donald Trump borrowed money from Russia (Mythili Sampathkumar) https://t.co/t0S1rFRjGC
17:05:56 Retweeted @AFP 17:05:28 #BREAKING Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117: reports
18:05:26 Retweeted @williamjordann 17:57:52 Share of Republicans who say the amount of income taxes they pay is fair:April 2016: 39%
April 2017: 56%

(Gallup)
19:25:36 Retweeted @arimoonpie 19:21:32 *cries in gallifreyan* #DoctorWho https://t.co/rAD31D7EnW
19:27:40 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Clear Thoughted https://t.co/mk7BJRj3cB https://t.co/ivhUX4BAmH
20:25:06 Reading – No One Will Admit It But Never-Trump Conservatives Are Now Officially Vindicated (John Ziegler) https://t.co/qFA4jTk4c6
21:41:13 Reading – New Who ‘revealed as Kris Marshall takes over from Capaldi and has already joined the cast’ (Greenwood) https://t.co/RBl2nzfbRu

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Clear Thoughted

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner: WAR! PIVOT! LIGHTNING! More specifically, Sam and Ivan talk about the situations in Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea… then they move on to Donald Trump’s changing positions on a number of issues, and what that means for both his supporters and opponents. Rounding out the show, bits about the guy pulled off the United plane, Wikileaks, planespotting, a movie Sam watched, the congressional special elections, and even more!

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Recorded 2017-04-15
Length this week – 2:06:12

(0:00:15-0:22:02) But First
- Show Edits
- Agenda
- Ignored Topics
- Reorgs and Layoffs
- Movie: The Terminal (2004)
- Planespotting
(0:22:40-0:59:46) WAR!
- Legal Authority
- Pictures of War Victims
- Trump ignorance
- Missing Volta?
- North Korea Escalation
- Spicer on Nazi Germany
- What is a chemical weapon?
- MOAB in Afghanistan
- More on North Korea
(1:00:21-1:24:20) PIVOT!
- List of Flip Flops
- He is still Trump
- Healthcare
- Trump learning?
- Difficulty Legislating
- No agenda
- Title origins
(1:26:02-2:05:53) LIGHTNING!
- United troubles
- Congressional special elections
- Blackmailing Trump
- CIA on Wikileaks
- More ignored topics
- Contact us

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-14 (UTC)

00:16:50 Nailed it. -> Trump’s Sole Objective (James Shannon) https://t.co/enoqhlDWvc
00:17:32 Retweeted @Gus_802 2017-04-13 23:43:41 If they were targeting caves and tunnels why use a MOAB which isn’t a penetrator bomb? Asking for a friend.
00:20:20 Seeing conflicting reports on if we are going to attack North Korea this weekend. I guess that is kinda fun for a Thursday evening. :-/
02:01:25 Retweeted @spectatorindex 2017-04-13 00:57:34 Queen Elizabeth has ruled the United Kingdom for over a quarter of the time the United States has been a country. https://t.co/rn98nNwQon
02:10:59 Retweeted @MBCnotNBC 2017-04-13 22:52:11 if we die in the nuclear winter it was nice knowing you guys. if we survive i hope you all get the best mutations
03:48:02 Reading – Trump’s base turns on him (Isenstadt/Conway) https://t.co/VZHaENs04o
04:41:44 Retweeted @annafifield 01:14:58 Here are some North Koreans for you. Important to remember that the people are not the same as the regime. https://t.co/K3JeNpjFuc
04:53:03 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 04:29:35 I wonder if the people in my mentions who are like вЂњchill out, everything will be fineвЂќ re: North Korea are aware that Donald Trump is POTUS
05:02:07 Retweeted @HeerJeet 2017-04-13 23:37:13 Trump loves to be praised by cable news pundits. Cable news pundits love to praise presidents who drop bombs. You see where this is going?
05:03:54 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 04:58:07 Now would be a good time to start collecting Cabinet signatures on that #25thAmendment letter, @VP. He’s in Mar-a-LвЂ¦ https://t.co/WTROYvk4G0
05:16:29 Retweeted @molly_knight 2017-04-13 17:56:26 If the people investigating Trump’s collusion with Russia could hurry the fuck up before he starts World War III that would be GREAT.
05:35:30 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 05:17:45 вЂњCalm down, he won’t be nominatedвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, HRC will winвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, he won’t govern like he campaignedвЂќ
вЂњCalm down, he won’t start WW3вЂќ in reply to MileHighBrendan
05:47:02 Retweeted @ArmsControlWonk 2017-04-13 18:23:13 Stop being weird about the 11-ton MOAB. For some perspective, here is a B-52 starting to drop 81 1,000 pound bombs. https://t.co/lm1DPyYFjs
05:57:19 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 05:01:24 If Trump stumbles into an action you’d take in his shoes, it’s important to remember his journey to it was likely wrong & corrupt. in reply to jamisonfoser
13:12:36 Reading – Piecing Together More Details on Trump and Russia (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/AEhymA7a5L
13:12:52 Retweeted @joshtpm 11:43:19 He had been for decades. Just not able to report it. https://t.co/8w9bhHFnAl
16:14:18 Reading – U.S. commander explains use of “mother of all bombs” in Afghanistan (CBS) https://t.co/1fESiHKxFc
16:33:40 Retweeted @starwars 15:58:26 Star Wars: #TheLastJedi. Arriving in your galaxy December 15. https://t.co/txUht2OtO8
16:59:34 Retweeted @thomaswright08 16:22:43 President Lincoln was assassinated 152 yrs ago today. The original @AP report is a textbook case of burying the ledвЂ¦ https://t.co/MExWjTQhF2
20:48:30 Retweeted @mirahwood 2017-04-13 17:59:25 This is how a thermobaric weapon like the MOAB affects humans. Now ask yourself if this really sounds any more humвЂ¦ https://t.co/O3TuQp5FtH
21:07:24 Reading – Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/8QdKAitBhJ
21:19:19 Reading – Everything We Now Know About “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Keely Flaherty) https://t.co/9HL0V5koX0
22:17:43 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 22:17:08 Two Opinion Savvy polls in a row where Ossoff falls well short of 50% but lead Handel in a runoff. Suggests round 2 may be quite exciting.
22:29:50 Reading – ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ вЂ” 8 Questions Raised By the New Trailer (Graeme McMillan) https://t.co/aN3sNNVSIF
22:36:45 Reading – NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers just dumped its most damaging release yet (Dan Goodin) https://t.co/u2DkJyxSL8
22:38:48 Reading – Will Anybody Actually Use Tesla’s Electric Semi Truck? (Aric Jenkins) https://t.co/It8s2VikK0

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-13 (UTC)

01:18:55 Reading – Inside Bannon’s struggle: From вЂshadow president’ to Trump’s marked man (Rucker/Parker/Costa) https://t.co/3W0j83mhFJ
01:25:19 Reading – Trump Reverses Himself On 6 Major Issues In 2 Days (Walsh/Terkel) https://t.co/gqPssqfa79
01:29:42 Retweeted @WestWingReport 01:25:33 Palm Beach Post: President has golfed 14x so far. Over 8 yrs that would be 496x.
Context:
Wilson: 1,200
Eisenhower: 800
Obama: 333
01:30:21 Retweeted @imbou 01:28:26 @abulsme Pivot! in reply to abulsme
01:30:48 Retweeted @imbou 01:30:37 @abulsme so fuck the jobs, right? https://t.co/B2X7uMLLlw
01:31:13 .@imbou <shrug> whatever… in reply to imbou
01:32:02 Retweeted @imbou 01:31:53 @abulsme I think that is an official trump policy! Whatever man! in reply to abulsme
01:37:15 Reading – President Donald Trump threatens to cut Obamacare subsidies (Bertha Coombs) https://t.co/NmTM0odind
02:14:44 Retweeted @goldengateblond 2017-04-12 23:40:06 The toilet paper in the bathroom at work now feeds under instead of over so I have to find a new job.
03:05:58 Retweeted @HeerJeet 02:34:14 With Bannon half way out the door & the generals in charge, Trump is now standard right wing Republican. Wars & tax cuts. Whoop dee do
04:50:39 Reading – Prosecutor: Jeff Sessions’s New Immigration Plan Is вЂF*cking Horrifying’ (Betsy Woodruff) https://t.co/8RrRGWlnVo
05:20:57 Retweeted @SamHarrisOrg 05:07:06 Chauncey Gardiner is running the country… https://t.co/jlLMsDPe6g
05:22:48 For those who don’t get the reference: https://t.co/nTXdbUlG4V https://t.co/ZRPGxkty8O
05:45:15 Retweeted @starwars 04:01:05 Iconic heroes. Inspiring stories. Introducing Star Wars #ForcesOfDestiny. https://t.co/LnDGdGJQh7 https://t.co/MeGXr3q7Jt
05:55:09 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-04-12 23:14:43 Trump has two distinct advantages in politics he has 1) no shame and 2) no principles. It allows him endless latitude.
05:56:11 Retweeted @Molly23 05:26:38 Let me tell you something. https://t.co/e1av6nf2Mi
14:43:52 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 13:30:37 RRH Poll (sponsored by Decision Desk HQ): Ossoff 39% Handel 15% Gray 12% in GA06 https://t.co/L3GFw9MtSx https://t.co/r8lCcjrUSS
14:52:18 He could morph into a liberal Democrat or even a fucking Power Ranger. He would still be corrupt, dangerous, incompвЂ¦ https://t.co/FY8MOESc1t
15:19:26 Reading – British spies were first to spot Trump team’s links with Russia (Harding/Kirchgaessner/Hopkins) https://t.co/mU7chPwf0C
15:46:03 Retweeted @davidfrum 13:32:17 It’s like watching the worst student in Intro to US Government slowly master the remedial summer course https://t.co/aFKrAnoIra
17:11:48 Retweeted @KSoltisAnderson 17:11:35 A big bomb, the biggest bomb, really, just huge, absolutely huge, so huge you wouldn’t believe it, really. https://t.co/qJlzUNDZ8v
17:58:43 Retweeted @holman 17:43:21 Just saw вЂњUS drop nuclear bomb in AfghanistanвЂќ right in the middle of Google News stories. Algorithms are scary shiвЂ¦ https://t.co/ddUXurli6p
18:03:58 Retweeted @ddale8 17:33:15 Sean Spicer: It’s not so much that Trump has shifted on issues so much as that the issues have shifted toward him.
18:49:18 Retweeted @BNONews 18:38:48 At least 477 civilians are believed to have died in U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq in March, monitoring group Airwars says
21:09:54 Reading – Seattle’s long wait for 65В° getting among its longest waits on record (Scott Sistek) https://t.co/rmLhFvGRQZ
21:13:03 Reading – Why Did Nintendo Just Kill One of Its Coolest Products in Years? (Alex Cranz) https://t.co/kGjRC1Cizo
21:16:31 Reading – These Are Not Photos of Black Holes (Ryan F. Mandelbaum) https://t.co/ylrojT6QpS

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-12 (UTC)

01:29:53 Retweeted @rschallom 01:26:12 Only 17% of precincts reporting but https://t.co/gHdB77PA3U
01:30:45 Retweeted @PatrickQuinnTV 2017-04-11 20:42:48 “Welcome to Southwest, where we beat our competitors…not our customers.” – the announcer on this #Southwest flighвЂ¦ https://t.co/hlaBe2ckrx
01:33:41 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 01:33:23 Don’t count your rural Kansan Trump+27 chickens before they’re hatched, as my grandpappy always said.вЂ¦ https://t.co/W4z5ZDoEzW
01:35:31 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 01:33:10 Broader implication of Thompson almost winning in R+15 #KS04? Many House Rs are going to keep distance from Trump toxicity to stay afloat. in reply to gelliottmorris
01:37:27 Retweeted @owillis 00:40:37 50-state strategy. every district. start this now. #ks04
01:37:57 Retweeted @rontimes 00:39:02 Sad news. Dorothy Letterman, who was introduced to millions on her son David’s Late Show, died today, her daughterвЂ¦ https://t.co/pLyEZE4PAC
01:38:40 Retweeted @MrWalterShapiro 01:35:03 Importance of KS-4 and GA-6 lies is their effect on the mood of House Republicans and 2018 recruitment efforts in both parties.
01:39:35 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 01:34:42 Estes running clearly ahead of what he needs in rural areas. Sedgwick County election day vote—so far, and it’s early–looks good enough in reply to Nate_Cohn
01:44:10 The R may end up winning in KS-4, but clear it is closer than one would have expected months ago. Good result for D’s, even if they lose.
01:47:42 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 01:19:22 Reminder: GOP is SUPPOSED to win this seat. The fact it’s this close should be crazy enough in reply to AuthorLMendez
01:48:04 Retweeted @kenrudin 01:47:30 With 1/2 the vote counted in #KS04 (seat given up by CIA’s Pompeo), James Thompson (D) & Ron Estes (R) running neck&neck. Last Dem win: 1992
01:48:49 Retweeted @stephenatap 01:47:23 And it’s flipped. With half of the precincts reporting, Estes has the lead over Thompson in #KS04
01:50:21 Retweeted @kkondik 01:50:07 Elk 83-13 Trump. 78-19 Estes. Underperforming Trump but more than good enough to win (just about 500 votes)
01:55:20 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 01:50:56 Unless there’s a shocking vote coming out of Sedgwick (who knows), Estes has got this.
02:31:47 Retweeted @sahilkapur 02:27:40 83% reporting in #KS04 вЂ” Estes (R) leads Thompson (D) by about 6 points (via NYT). https://t.co/iUjcC3kpaE
02:32:12 Retweeted @DavidLJarman 02:26:41 Imagine the freakout if the Dems won one of these ~D+15 CDs by only 4 pts: CA-41 (Takano), MA-08 (Lynch), MN-04 (McCollum), TX-20 (Castro)
02:40:58 Reading – Trump won’t definitively say he still backs Bannon (Michael Goodwin) https://t.co/Z4kbs1I1GO
02:43:04 Retweeted @tommyxtopher 2017-04-11 22:21:54 Wow: While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Spicer literally says he doesn’t want to distract from Trump’s attempts “tвЂ¦ https://t.co/wGUElPXXnh
02:44:36 Retweeted @BNONews 02:44:08 BREAKING: Republican Ron Estes wins special U.S. House election in Kansas’ 4th congressional district – AP
02:57:34 Reading – FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page (Nakashima/Barrett/Entous) https://t.co/IP2px05w7b
03:02:26 Retweeted @cmclymer 01:16:58 These numbers are staggering. If a pro-choice, pro-LGBT Democrat can be this competitive in Kansas, we should contest EVERY DISTRICT.#KS04
03:09:46 Reading – Time for Republicans to start worrying about 2018 (Alex Roarty) https://t.co/1SNA1xFEPm
03:11:40 Retweeted @nathanlgonzales 03:08:09 President’s party has lost House seats in 18 of last 20 midterm elections. Average loss in those 18 elections = 33вЂ¦ https://t.co/6RdHwXQb7A
03:15:41 Retweeted @jonshorman 03:02:08 THOMPSON announces 2018 candidacy #KS04
03:39:29 Retweeted @SethAbramson 03:36:42 No one’s saying Sean Spicer is an anti-Semite. What many _are_ saying is that this man and his boss aren’t sharp enвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ikzrk38ws5
03:43:23 Reading – Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say (Sciutto/Raju/Bradner) https://t.co/iiM1X7RsOg
03:48:51 Retweeted @antonejohnson 03:21:25 For factually challenged Breitbartians:
-FISA Court judge в‰ PBO
-Carter Page в‰ DJT
-ex-adviser в‰ Trump Tower
-courtвЂ¦ https://t.co/ETZPc8dypR
04:01:31 Retweeted @cd_hooks 2017-04-11 20:03:23 i wondered why Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons in the east and I did not expect this answer https://t.co/g96iZOtBbS
04:02:14 Retweeted @tbonier 02:17:37 There are over 100 Republicans sitting in districts that wouldn’t have been heavily GOP enough to overcome the D swing we saw in KS tonight.
04:08:38 Retweeted @daveweigel 04:01:02 I don’t think DC Dem groups appreciate how people who heard them say MI/WI were in the bag last year distrust their command of the map.
05:14:16 Retweeted @gallifreyan 04:50:23 The Dalek Invasion of Humanity. https://t.co/9oYiUuutSa
05:17:08 Retweeted @nytgraphics 04:49:06 Kansas’ 4th Congressional District shifted 24 points toward Democrats in Tuesday’s special electionвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZDKlE8cc7E
11:54:21 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 11:32:14 Trump: Health care reform needs to come 1st. вЂњIf you don’t do that you can’t put any of the savings into the tax cuвЂ¦ https://t.co/bzEsMrlFWy
11:54:29 Retweeted @ASlavitt 11:42:10 He just told you more clearly than I can.Trumpcare has nothing to do with exchanges. It’s about gutting MedicaidвЂ¦ https://t.co/EvrM5dnPfv
12:00:56 Reading – Manafort firm received Ukraine ledger payout (Gilliam/Day/Horowitz) https://t.co/Jp01DiGIul
15:47:24 Nice call out to @BYUfan -> Here and in DC, DelBene sees more constituent engagement (Noah Haglund) https://t.co/bJfiAnjZnd
16:11:12 Retweeted @dandrezner 12:34:16 An apology for a tweet about the attorney general that has gone viral. https://t.co/Z5s1CeHYsR
16:17:03 Reading – How Not to Fight Terrorism (@natsecHeather) https://t.co/5DGV6vMKbc
16:31:36 Retweeted @mviser 16:16:52 Trump: вЂњWe’ve just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq.вЂќBartiromo: вЂњWell, well..heading to Syria.вЂќ
Trump: вЂњYes.вЂ¦ https://t.co/EdxJpmrplY
16:37:13 Retweeted @emilybell 13:29:22 podcast genres : 1. Men going on about things. 2. Whispery crime 3.Millennials talking over each other 4. Should be 20 minutes shorter
16:38:44 .@emilybell Our podcast is #1 and #4 for sure. Maybe more than 20 minutes though. :-) Curmudgeon’s Corner. https://t.co/oGKzQgIAlj cc @imbou in reply to emilybell
16:41:08 Retweeted @imbou 16:40:52 @abulsme @emilybell It should be a whole fucking hour shorter for sure! in reply to abulsme
16:48:10 Retweeted @emilybell 16:47:58 @abulsme @imbou title is A+ in reply to abulsme
16:49:45 .@emilybell @imbou Thanks! We came up with it long before podcasts. It was a college radio show in the 90’s. Revived as a podcast in 2007. in reply to emilybell
16:58:31 Retweeted @imbou 16:58:20 @emilybell @abulsme And totally appropriate! in reply to emilybell
20:36:17 Retweeted @prchovanec 20:33:08 If you haven’t figured it out by now, Trump says everything once so whatever happens he can claim he was right.
20:36:25 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith 20:12:45 In a single day, Trump reverses on:вЂў Janet Yellen
вЂў Ex-Im Bank
вЂў China currency manipulation
вЂў NATO being obsolete
20:49:57 Reading – Trump Undercuts Top Adviser Stephen K. Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger (Peters/Haberman) https://t.co/WF2rMz5jUP
20:50:33 Retweeted @juliaioffe 20:31:08 “Who knew healthcare/Syria/China/NATO/the universe could be so complicated!”
21:04:53 Retweeted @brianklaas 18:58:14 Trump overriding *his own* executive order after 80 days because it was a disaster. The incompetence is staggering. https://t.co/euvac43kmN
21:06:20 Retweeted @tkbeynon 12:21:02 There is this video going round of a red panda being totally taken aback by seeing an insect on a rock and it is maвЂ¦ https://t.co/fu6oJla8it
21:51:11 Reading – Seeking 2020 clout, California looks to jump the primary queue (Carla Marinucci) https://t.co/ZVfUhAR1QO
22:29:41 Retweeted @jdelreal 21:51:21 And here, a sitting U.S. president explains how he was tutored on geopolitics by a sitting Chinese president.вЂ¦ https://t.co/Y32CrRx0Qd
23:03:44 Retweeted @joshtpm 22:29:14 With such a sophisticated statesman, who could ever succeed running an influence operation targeting him?

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-11 (UTC)

02:28:41 Reading – CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. (Johnathan Mahler) https://t.co/PDz8zx6VHT
02:42:32 Reading – Judge again finds discrimination in Texas’ voter ID law (Paul Weber) https://t.co/UM0TYoXnEY
02:47:08 Reading – KS-04 Moves to Lean Republican, GA-06 to Toss Up (@Redistrict) https://t.co/x9vPPyHl8i
14:31:45 Retweeted @KFILE 13:51:27 Democrats:
37% support Trump’s Syria strikes
38% supported Obama doing itGOP:
86% supported Trump doing it
22% suвЂ¦ https://t.co/qw58mhIIYh
14:31:49 Retweeted @imbou 14:17:56 @abulsme republican’s winning is more important than positions is just stunning! https://t.co/9CPIWAnPD3
14:42:06 Reading – Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy (Spencer Hsu) https://t.co/v8JFU2e3HC
14:43:21 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 2017-04-10 21:48:58 Has the WH officially released the legal basis of the Syria strikes yet? Or are we crossing that norm off the list too?
16:37:46 Reading – Donald Trump Is/Is Not Nehemiah Scudder (tmess2) https://t.co/zjHOdwQZlE
19:00:20 They are such idiots. https://t.co/PQLDPu4B7H
19:01:28 Retweeted @cam_joseph 18:10:49 .@PressSec, offered a chance to clean up his Hitler comments: вЂњHe was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.”
19:01:41 Retweeted @HallieJackson 18:49:01 NEW: a second clarification from the @presssec on Assad/Hitler comparison: https://t.co/IU8OA5jFAb
19:02:21 Retweeted @jonfavs 18:56:07 I bet this wasn’t on the whiteboard during that 100 Days rebranding meeting. https://t.co/aQGs8fsd8U
20:04:58 Retweeted @dandrezner 17:30:44 Filth. He described illegal immigrants as “filth.”
Whatever your views on immigration that’s f**king embarrassingвЂ¦ https://t.co/8651OOItv1
20:41:54 Retweeted @pastpunditry 18:32:01 In about a ten-minute span, Sean Spicer managed to: https://t.co/01GC6Gw2AN
20:46:23 Retweeted @dandrezner 18:58:05 Reading Sessions’ prepared remarks I think I over-interpreted his language. Apologies for the quick Twitter triggerвЂ¦ https://t.co/UFyo6KxZsz in reply to dandrezner

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-10 (UTC)

04:02:03 Reading – As Georgia Vote Nears, G.O.P. Asks if Ideological Purity Matters Anymore (Jonathan Martin) https://t.co/IKASEkz1Tp
04:19:26 Reading – Choosing Secure Passwords (Bruce Schneier) https://t.co/7SajcVNpzE
04:22:25 Reading – How to keep your private conversations private for real (Bruce Schneier) https://t.co/Yl1Q7pfuj5
05:25:04 Reading – Chicken grows face of dinosaur (Melissa Hogenboom) https://t.co/ID5GG35y7E
07:05:41 Reading – The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews (Jason Dana) https://t.co/DbmM9gOLcq
14:36:46 Reading – How Buffy the Vampire Slayer transformed TV as we know it (Todd VanDerWerff) https://t.co/B1BgiOIG1g
14:47:28 Reading – White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears (Shane Goldmacher) https://t.co/yyEEEhEAVg
16:57:16 Uh…. No. -> A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered and limp. (A I Selk) https://t.co/I0j266g1gY
22:07:39 Retweeted @imbou 12:10:38 @abulsme In my experience most people don’t know what to look for in a job interview or don’t prepare for the interвЂ¦ https://t.co/QOrj94prMC in reply to abulsme
22:07:45 Retweeted @imbou 12:11:37 @abulsme But I am a huge interviewing outlier. I do this process of hiring and interviewing very differently in reply to abulsme
22:08:28 Retweeted @tomlobianco 22:04:50 Amash says the only way to fix is to elect a “non-partisan speaker” in reply to tomlobianco
22:09:42 A non-partisan speaker would be a very good idea. Both houses of cong could use an unbiased way of determining whatвЂ¦ https://t.co/TCsUJqep2k

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-09 (UTC)

00:21:09 Reading from December – Post-Mortem: How 2016 Broke Political Journalism (Matt Gertz) https://t.co/Aux4dtfbo8
00:28:08 Reading from December – 5 Reasons List-Unsubscribe Concerns Are Overblown (Chad White) https://t.co/98v6QHTiSL
00:45:21 Reading – The conservative theory of marriage just got blown apart (Ryan Cooper) https://t.co/a6NiKQuWqm
01:12:40 Yup -> Free speech theory explained (Brad Templeton) https://t.co/bkSYYM3sqe
01:23:47 Reading – Comparing the First Seven Years of the iPad and Mac (John Gruber) https://t.co/iJNNYEm82g
01:58:48 Reading – Creating a National Precinct Map (Ryne Rohla) https://t.co/WEQxYDUmlQ
02:20:17 Reading – To Charm Trump, Paul Manafort Sold Himself as an Affordable Outsider (Glenn Thrush) https://t.co/WNXjtP9rMB
02:33:56 Reading – What if the Senate Goes Beyond the Filibuster вЂNuclear Option’? (Jennifer Steinhauer) https://t.co/e5FeQGzpRg
03:06:55 Reading – Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner (Peters/Haberman) https://t.co/WtTvovO858
05:49:16 Reading – A majority of Democrats wish Mike Pence were president (Jeva Lange) https://t.co/2CX8QlJoQb
06:09:43 Reading – All 26 seasons of classic Doctor Who finally have a U.S. streaming home (Matthew Jackson) https://t.co/J6PkxVMqMQ
06:37:10 Reading – Electrofishing for Whales (Randall Monroe) https://t.co/vs9HNpPWvi
06:49:11 Reading – Carrie Fisher will appear in ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ (WENN) https://t.co/Jh12hKxfDu
07:05:31 Fascinating -> This play tested people’s reactions to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton вЂ” with their genders swapped https://t.co/914BN0diCP
07:12:36 Reading – The History of Racism I Didn’t Want to Share (Jane Madembo) https://t.co/zhl79qyIB9
15:10:36 Retweeted @chrismaddern 2017-04-08 14:25:54 Proof that sometimes you *should* read the comments on the internet. https://t.co/SkKWQdJocN
23:22:09 Reading – How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs (Sari Horwitz) https://t.co/EeE9sjyczu
23:24:08 Retweeted @MariaBianchi 2017-04-05 15:28:16 Move over, Pizza Rat. https://t.co/Djvn4Isasu

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-08 (UTC)

01:50:10 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2017-04-07 21:36:18 As legions of ex-Obama officials endorse the strike, it’s more and more clear the degree to which Obama was resisting his own advisors
01:53:25 Retweeted @JYSexton 2017-04-07 15:12:05 Action shot of 93 million dollars being thrown at an evacuated strip of concrete for political purposes. https://t.co/CDEjltwXNw
02:17:22 Retweeted @rebliv 02:16:54 The #FireKushner folks have no idea who they voted for. Trump’s only ideology is personal benefit and nepotism. Ya’ll were always gonna lose
03:00:06 Retweeted @alexis_levinson 02:49:17 Greetings from #GA06 where the couple at the bar next to me is making a hard sell to their friends to check out a nudist resort
03:01:48 .@alexis_levinson Probably Paradise Valley. :-) https://t.co/QSGdXh3noH in reply to alexis_levinson
08:37:53 Retweeted @APHClarkson 08:02:36 This base is the central Russian military base in Syria https://t.co/K1gppgJeBL
09:23:36 Reading – вЂHorrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria (Parker/Nakamura/Lamothe) https://t.co/W6xsah88cu
09:23:44 Retweeted @AshleyRParker 01:24:39 Fun deets in this Syria tic-toc lede: Trump asked for his daily briefings to include less words, more pictures.вЂ¦ https://t.co/3l3AZhCReN
15:19:07 Retweeted @SandTChancellor 2017-04-05 14:18:49 Overheard in DC: Science without policy is still science. Policy without science is gambling.
16:33:41 Retweeted @SilverVVulpes 2017-04-07 20:04:07 Before thermometers: philosophers mocked the idea of temperature ever being measurable, with all its nuance, compleвЂ¦ https://t.co/rekppgmyyJ
19:11:00 Retweeted @jimsciutto 16:21:27 It’s official: Russia suspends communications hotline w/US aimed at deconflciting US & Russian forces on ground & in the air in #Syria
20:47:33 Watching – Syria’s war: Who is fighting and why [Updated] (Vox) https://t.co/UdSMvpDSmJ
21:12:02 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Magic Eight Ball https://t.co/fag8K7FKGs https://t.co/g7wqmhtDgR
23:34:10 Reading – New Mexico Outlaws School вЂLunch Shaming’ (Bettina Siegel) https://t.co/Um7Dlyz5nf

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