03:40:27 Reading – Leaked Audio: Trump Cares About Food Safety But Only If the Food Is Foreign (Brendan O’Connor) https://t.co/HJAUG5NkUx
04:42:48 Reading – Trump says Obama is helping to organize protests against his presidency (Phillip Rucker) https://t.co/mn8TO4wVa0
04:48:37 Lots of things wrong with Conway, but how she sits in the Oval Office isn’t one of them. Anybody trying to make that a thing… please stop.
15:40:53 Retweeted @DavidMDrucker14:35:10 Possibly 2 most relevant polling trends now: GOP voters still solidly w/ Trump, & counter Obama, Trump’s policies more popular than he is
19:33:33 Retweeted @FHQ19:31:26 Don’t expect NH and IA to lose their spots for 2020. Stakes are lower now for GOP and Dems seem more interested in adding to carve-outs. in reply to FHQ
21:06:43 Retweeted @juliehdavis19:48:43 Trump said Fri that reporters should name their sources. Now anchors who just met w him reporting immigration news from “sr admin official”
01:07:06 Retweeted @NWSChicago2017-02-26 21:56:37 Chicago’s about to do something its never done in 146 years of record keeping: go the entire months of Jan & Feb with no snow on the ground.
03:28:37 Retweeted @dhh2017-02-21 21:04:31 Hello, my name is David. I would fail to write bubble sort on a whiteboard. I look code up on the internet all the time. I don’t do riddles.
04:13:53 Reading – Apple and Amazon Adopt Opposing Strategies as Smart Home War Heats Up (Juli Clover) https://t.co/al3MMyMaiU
16:02:13 Retweeted @PhilipRucker15:38:20 Trump says Obamacare popularity is rising because people really hate it but know the end is near so now they say they like it.
16:31:42 Retweeted @ajplus16:25:17 BREAKING: At a press conference on U.S.-Russia connection, GOP Congressman Nunes says Russia investigation needs a “special prosecutor.”
16:32:16 Retweeted @JasonLeopold16:26:21 I believe Nunes just said the wiretaps of calls between Flynn, et all, and Russians were via FISA warrants.
17:26:40 Head Desk. Head Desk. -> He’s a Local Pillar in a Trump Town. Now He Could Be Deported. (Monica Davey) https://t.co/l05glgflqh
17:45:21 Reading – A divided White House still offers little guidance on replacing Obamacare (Eilperin/Goldstein) https://t.co/qT1LVCHSfA
17:51:47 Reading – Trump says “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated” (Matthew Yglesias) https://t.co/nXPvUcKQUh
17:52:41 Retweeted @btharris9315:31:03 George W Bush really needs to get himself a Twitter account. Got a feeling his Twitter game would be top quality.
18:42:33 Retweeted @ericgarland18:31:16 <THREAD> Let’s talk about how many sources you have in intelligence before briefing a decision maker on something important.Like this.
21:39:57 Retweeted @BNONews21:34:55 BREAKING: SpaceX says it plans to fly 2 private citizens on a trip around the moon in late 2018
21:49:24 Retweeted @BNONews21:46:34 SpaceX mission to circumnavigate the Moon will be the first time in 45 years that humans have traveled beyond low Earth orbit in reply to BNONews
21:51:03 Retweeted @nkjemisin21:46:59 Republicans clearly mean to use Twump to gut social safety net. Blame him when voters get mad. Everybody needs 2 remember where blame’s due.
21:52:54 .@nkjemisin Cong R’s forget he doesn’t fully share their agenda. Populist first. Would be amusing if T ends up vetoing some of Ryan agenda. in reply to nkjemisin
03:14:24 Retweeted @AthertonKD03:12:28 Please sign up for my new podcast, it’s just the audio of me reacting to tweets as I read them. I say “Oh for fuck’s sake” every few seconds
18:46:19 Retweeted @KevinMKruse18:45:17 International headlines about US:
– Indian immigrant killed
– BBC barred from White House
– French & Australian authors held at airports
19:24:33 Retweeted @BNONews19:24:15 Joseph Wapner, the first judge on the reality TV series “The People’s Court”, has died at age 97 – TMZ
05:27:41 Retweeted @KaivanShroff04:27:47 OMG the official White House @VP account just used the
Nicaraguan <symbol><symbol> flag instead of the Israeli <symbol><symbol> flag <symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol><symbol> https://t.co/cJpEMN1xaE
13:45:18 Retweeted @GovMikeHuckabee13:44:13 MSM doesn’t realize their contempt for @POTUS is seen by ppl in flyover country as contempt for them. Busted-not trusted. Bad for all.
16:59:18 Retweeted @mattyglesias03:01:15 A lot of contemporary commentary boils down to older white people are easily triggered and need a safe space from discussion of racism.
17:02:50 Reading – Deported With A Valid U.S. Visa, Jordanian Says Message Is ‘You’re Not Welcome’ (Jane Arraf) https://t.co/5NBoqbXv3j
19:23:36 Retweeted @Alex_Roarty19:22:44 If you’re wondering how Perez got a half-vote, there are voting members abroad who get only a half-vote, per DNC official
20:24:04 Retweeted @IsaacDovere20:23:01 Tom Perez picks up 22 votes between rounds and wins, Ellison supporters shouting so loud rest of results can’t be heard
20:24:59 Retweeted @AlGiordano20:23:45 Final DNC result: Tom Perez 235, Keith Ellison 200.Welcome Chairman Perez!
22:00:28 If Trump isn’t going, the #WHCD will invite Alec Baldwin as Trump instead, right?
22:01:08 Retweeted @jbarro20:26:02 All the Bernie vs. Hillary proxy fights are missing the real issue, which is that the Dems should have run Joe Biden.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the latest developments on Trump’s immigration policies, but after that, they do something they haven’t done in a while. Lightning rounds! And ones that include some non-political things too! They can’t avoid SOME additional political talk, but they also discuss wireless headphones, the new discovery of 7 potentially Earth-like planets, Cloudbleed, and more!
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Recorded 2017-02-24
Length this week – 2:03:03
(0:01:30-0:09:17) But First
Shouting at customers
Agenda
(0:10:33-0:43:27) Immigration
New travel ban planning
Prioritization changes
Roundups and escalations
Role of laws and congress
Scared people
Only some countries matter
Relations with Mexico
(0:45:27-1:17:52) Lightning Round 1
Cab accident
Movie: Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Flagged for abusing Trump
Wireless headphones
New Earth-like planets
Republican town halls
Obamacare
(1:18:56-) Lightning Round 2
Cloudbleed
Trump infosec
Trump polls
What might move polls?
Choices for Democrats
IC trying to bring down Trump?
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
01:05:20 Retweeted @BNONews00:56:12 VX, the most toxic and rapidly acting chemical warfare agent, was used in the murder of North Korean leader’s half-brother: Malaysian police
01:05:35 Retweeted @MAAWG00:32:21 As the 39th meeting of @MAAWG closes, we thank all who continue to fight the good fight against internet abuse #m3aawg39
01:07:02 Retweeted @seanmdav00:27:53 Laws should be enforced. Laws that aren’t worth enforcing should be repealed. Anything else leads to arbitrary, unequal enforcement.
01:07:44 Retweeted @MattBinder01:05:11 Mike Pence talking paid leftist protesters at town halls and fake news in case you still think Republicans are different from Trump
02:35:45 Retweeted @chrislhayes2017-02-23 23:49:52 You *really* don’t want the WH COS calling the FBI director to have ANY conversations about ANYTHING related to ongoing investigations.
02:36:54 Retweeted @emptywheel02:19:19 Sort of like the read that this CNN story is a way to oust Reince but CNN wouldn’t fall for that.Would they?
03:16:23 Reading – Garmin engineer killed in Kansas by man who allegedly yelled вЂget out of my country’ (Lecher/Popper) https://t.co/BBwtu0tfgE
06:10:15 Retweeted @TeaPainUSA06:08:09 Folks, remember, the FBI didn’t have to leak Priebus’ meddlin’ to the press. The fact they did has the WH walkin’ the floor tonight.
07:44:55 Retweeted @chrislhayes03:23:09 I have nightmares that all of this ends with Trump having a military confrontation w Russia to show he’s not a puppet.
00:09:33 Retweeted @pwnallthethings00:08:35 Deep state n.
/diЛђp steЙЄt/
Career govt officials whose advice is tainted by any actual experience or proficiency in the area they advise in
00:10:52 Retweeted @B_M_Finnigan00:08:03 Look, stop it. the Republican Senator in TN is not vulnerable next year unless an 1894-level midterm strikes.
02:53:22 Retweeted @HeerJeet01:14:30 I had sent a memo to the Post saying their motto should be “Don’t Fuck With Us, Asshole, We Took Down Nixon.” But cooler heads prevailed.
03:55:46 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn03:39:39 One of the weirdest side effects of wikileaks/DWS is that people think the national party committees are way important than they are
04:01:37 Retweeted @reidepstein03:42:58 I’ve been talking to DNC members about this race since Nov & it’s remarkable the gap btwn issues they care about & what CNN asking about.
20:33:27 Retweeted @davidfrum19:08:03 Bannon impressively candid on CPAC stage that Trump top agenda item is to launch a series of trade wars across world
20:37:21 Retweeted @PaulBlu20:25:29 Spicer one minute: “We are a states rights party.”
Spicer next minute: Federal marijuana laws override state recreational marijuana laws.
20:42:53 Reading – Bannon: Trump administration in unending battle for вЂdeconstruction of the administrative state’ (Rucker) https://t.co/SmkaRebkeL
19:32:34 Retweeted @poniewozik19:10:41 Saying that a protest is phony bc “activists” show up is like saying that football-stadium attendance is phony because it’s full of “fans.”
01:53:59 Retweeted @BRIANMBENDIS00:54:24 The “president“ absolutely did comment on the jewish community threats. He told the person asking to shut up & sit down. He did it on TV.
15:05:25 Retweeted @rebliv14:42:43 An entire generation’s only association with conservatism is white supremacism/neo-nazism & the @GOP seems OK with that.
15:42:37 Reading – The government just put out the blueprint for President Trump’s immigration crackdown (Dara Lind) https://t.co/o4aLWyj9PD
19:24:47 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez19:17:46 Starting to notice interesting trends in swing state polling, they claim some really bad approvals for Trump – even in states he won
04:53:51 Retweeted @jbarro2016-10-19 00:43:48 Trumpism is a reflection that, as racism and sexism became impolite, many conservatives decided politeness itself was a problem.
12:28:49 Retweeted @BillKristol2017-02-19 14:11:54 Honest Q for conservatives who aren’t just working with or around Trump, but rationalizing him: In your heart, don’t you know you’re wrong?
16:06:33 Retweeted @mattyglesias15:48:45 Who among us hasn’t conducted back-channel diplomacy via a mobbed-up associate who we earlier testified to barely even know?
17:24:29 Retweeted @BraddJaffy17:18:46 Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has died suddenly in New York, Russian Federation confirms
17:26:32 Retweeted @HeerJeet17:15:14 The fact that Felix Sater was an FBI (and possibly CIA) asset makes this whole thing an extra level of bananapants.
22:46:01 Retweeted @HalBrands120:43:17 McMaster literally wrote the book on need for military officials to speak truth to civilian leaders. That code is about to be tested, bigly.
22:54:31 Retweeted @Kasparov6322:39:16 My most optimistic take was Trump might tire of humiliation & pick good guys like McMaster to take over while he tweets & campaigns. Maybe!