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Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

Atlas Obscura stop for today: the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. We did not hike the two miles to the first of the two tunnels on the abandoned stretch. Neither Brandy or Alex were up for that today.

Alex’s verdict: Not worth it.

Brandy’s verdict: Didn’t like the hill.

Sam’s verdict: Wanted to see the tunnel.

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Fundle Money

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the chaos surrounding the Trump/Putin summit, the case of Maria Butina, and the reports on the detail given in the January 2017 briefing where Trump was told about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Oh, and before that, just a little about bugs. The flying kind, not the computer kind.

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Recorded 2018-07-19
Length this week – 1:38:19

(0:00:20-0:13:30) But first
(0:15:12-0:51:35) The summit
(0:52:55-1:12:53) Red Sparrow
(1:13:30-1:38:00) What did the president know?

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-19 (UTC)

00:30:12 Retweeted @attackerman 00:06:35 A few hours later, a few more conversations with ppl, and I now think the prospect of Trump not protecting diplomatвЂ¦ https://t.co/DYyXzhEzjm
00:34:32 Retweeted @Comey 2018-07-18 01:50:26 This Republican Congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the Founders’ design that вЂњAmbition must … counteractвЂ¦ https://t.co/bq1Dp5DQtb
00:39:30 Retweeted @literalshipley 2018-07-18 23:14:20 Bad news for Twitter dot com https://t.co/rodBwcVa27
02:38:34 Headline buries the lead. This is about what Trump knew and when he knew it. I hope the вЂњsource close to PutinвЂќ isвЂ¦ https://t.co/5IeQpCU7nY
02:43:59 This is fine. https://t.co/GFUr3NfNVU
03:09:19 Retweeted @jaketapper 2018-07-18 23:34:18 Retired CIA Chief of Russian operations https://t.co/iwi0eDWl95
03:10:33 Reading – What Hold Does Putin Have on Trump? (Frum – The Atlantic) https://t.co/NVF2Wup6Dg
03:11:21 Lede. Oops. https://t.co/KWS93NOU1Q in reply to abulsme
03:19:38 @DaveMc99TA <symbol> in reply to DaveMc99TA
03:20:46 Retweeted @ExumAM 01:53:23 Wait, what? https://t.co/woHUYxrLzg
03:21:32 Retweeted @reesetheone1 02:51:28 When you know the birther king cheated to barely win…… but you know he could’ve still lost if your party SHOWEDвЂ¦ https://t.co/J1oZZCA9bj in reply to reesetheone1
03:22:54 Retweeted @stuartpstevens 02:48:36 I don’t know how much she was getting paid to take this job but it couldn’t possibly be enough. https://t.co/IZdpnBV4SW
05:47:28 Retweeted @dissentingj 01:22:06 LURKING QUESTION: By what authority can the president make a private citizen available for questioning by a foreignвЂ¦ https://t.co/pz9nsETYgb
05:57:39 Retweeted @CMNelsonPhoto 2018-07-18 22:51:51 A fence can’t stop my two-year-old from playing with his new best friend. https://t.co/9QBuaq4Ee2
06:11:53 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 06:08:19 E.g. Oldham was confirmed today – he’s the nominee who refused to answer whether Brown v. Board of Education was riвЂ¦ https://t.co/G4tSqayp1C in reply to Celeste_pewter
07:05:48 Retweeted @stengel 2018-07-18 23:35:37 Let’s be clear, the Russians did not meddle in our election. They committed an act of cyber warfare against the verвЂ¦ https://t.co/q4HTik4TyD
15:57:39 Retweeted @Robert_E_Kelly 10:23:44 I know McFaul & Russia are the huge right now, but this should not slip below the waves: Trump basically just admitвЂ¦ https://t.co/CPm9VImOSC
15:58:55 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 15:39:52 Umm, guys…Robert Mueller just submitted his list of evidence for the Paul Manafort trial and look whose name isвЂ¦ https://t.co/K1I9tVxfPT
18:13:08 Ha ha ha https://t.co/eR1Vst0FPZ
19:28:39 Retweeted @KevinWhitelaw1 18:21:04 SCOOP: Putin tells his diplomats he made ANOTHER offer to Trump — hold a referendum in Crimea on its future. TrumpвЂ¦ https://t.co/MtsoVwNrQE
19:36:34 Retweeted @kaitlancollins 18:17:21 To bring everyone up to speed: When Trump said he didn’t see why Russia would meddle, he meant wouldn’t. When he saвЂ¦ https://t.co/OET7jY5tJZ
19:50:24 Doctor Who trailer! https://t.co/fFHPi9HFLH
20:05:10 Retweeted @MaxBoot 2018-07-18 22:00:38 The fallout from the surrender summit is reminiscent of the old Soviet joke: вЂњThey pretend to pay us and we pretendвЂ¦ https://t.co/n0vHVmIcTX
20:11:42 Retweeted @TheRickWilson 18:07:07 If you’re not struck by the absurdity of it taking 24 hours for the White House staff to threaten, cajole, browbeatвЂ¦ https://t.co/CprQVqGwXG
20:17:44 Retweeted @sarahfrier 20:07:30 Over and over in testimony, Facebook has said “we offered identical support to both the Trump and Clinton campaignsвЂ¦ https://t.co/OMo5vHSjvz in reply to sarahfrier
20:18:34 Retweeted @MollyMcKew 13:49:47 Should we talk about the fact that the current National Security Adviser appeared in propaganda videos made by a RuвЂ¦ https://t.co/cYkkvUUT7M
20:35:27 Retweeted @shaneharris 20:26:32 Mitchell just broke the news on stage to Coats that, per WH, Putin is coming to Washington. вЂњSay that again?вЂќ CoatsвЂ¦ https://t.co/IgWQvJ3p8P
22:07:18 Retweeted @ericgeller 18:30:00 If these screenshots are real, a former Playboy model broke the news that the Russian DNC hackers encouraged the SeвЂ¦ https://t.co/9Ypf8GA1SU
22:12:01 Retweeted @ColinKahl 2018-07-18 23:35:12 I worked for the Obama admin. We had vehement disagreements with the Bush team that came before us. But we never coвЂ¦ https://t.co/2qGCQxAk9Y
22:14:43 Retweeted @saletan 18:49:14 Today on the Senate floor, the #2 Republican, John Cornyn, said of Russia’s election interference: “Nobody disputesвЂ¦ https://t.co/3vPP6SHLg7
22:55:14 Retweeted @dandrezner 21:51:35 This is fine. https://t.co/JlKtSOkKvK https://t.co/739V7plFdJ
22:56:40 Retweeted @nedprice 22:33:43 You know times are strange when the soft-spoken Deputy Attorney General upon walking in gets a rousing round of appвЂ¦ https://t.co/iOlAKZTwkn
23:06:08 Retweeted @axios 21:18:37 Sources close to Trump tell Swan that they’re already speculating about whether Trump ends up firing Coats. Per a sвЂ¦ https://t.co/saHOjm9MVS in reply to axios
23:18:49 Reading – Justice Department plans to alert public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy (Nakashima – TheвЂ¦ https://t.co/RAcPhcEkdK
23:39:30 Retweeted @JasonLeopold 23:05:26 Funny email from ODNI I obtained via #FOIA.On Jan 6, 2017, while Trump rec’d briefing on dossier/Russia interferвЂ¦ https://t.co/ura5dBK2SG
23:41:21 Retweeted @goldengateblond 23:41:04 Twenty-eight percent? TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT? https://t.co/H19sgM09kq
23:56:21 Thread https://t.co/yGsq2WMPUU
23:58:21 @davidmackau @katherinemiller @KateAurthur I thought this was going to be about Richard. in reply to davidmackau

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-18 (UTC)

05:23:34 Retweeted @davepell 05:09:58 Rachel Maddow essentially bet her entire show (and maybe her career) on the notion that the Russian scandal was theвЂ¦ https://t.co/juOstnQRkT
05:37:25 Retweeted @NoahShachtman 00:52:44 BREAK: Senior Trump official says his Putin walk back is a lie. вЂњI think he was more truthful yesterday than todayвЂ¦ https://t.co/qsgk3NBR8v
15:44:40 Retweeted @davidfrum 14:21:31 At a Toronto restaurant, just overheard the manager advising European tourists on their way to Niagara Falls: “TheвЂ¦ https://t.co/rOmrwC0Exh
15:49:26 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 15:25:50 The government’s argument to keep Maria Butina in pretrial detention includes this section. https://t.co/zPBD3fD54Z
17:56:30 Welcome back Simone! -> https://t.co/gv77I5pdQd
19:37:23 Retweeted @natsecHeather 19:06:51 Read this thread. Then tell me how an agency where this kind of behavior goes so high and deep can be reformed to sвЂ¦ https://t.co/jMnOepIjgl
19:48:28 Retweeted @edbott 19:36:42 Also WAIT WHAT?This is U.S. Person 1 in the Maria Butina case. https://t.co/J5O5VPFkxA
19:49:59 Retweeted @Mike_Eckel 19:24:47 At Butina hearing, lawyers reveal ongoing federal fraud investigation in South Dakota; linked to unnamed вЂњU. S. PerвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZSXLJoEFYA
19:58:06 Retweeted @edbott 19:34:10 Oh lord, U.S. Person 1, after all you did for her it looks like Maria Butina’s getting ready to sell you out.https://t.co/XU7Fz5kYFS in reply to edbott
19:58:21 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 18:51:51 WH press sec Sanders acknowledged that Putin talked to Trump about his interest in prosecuting financier Bill BrowdвЂ¦ https://t.co/UuB0tyDtah
20:01:03 Retweeted @cottoncandaddy 2018-07-17 20:40:48 starbucks: we’ve banned plastic straws!me: oh hell yes
starbucks: yeah we’ve got these cool new lids instead

mвЂ¦ https://t.co/8j05fML35d
20:08:35 Retweeted @MrDanZak 2018-07-17 22:55:47 Chief of staff John Kelly accidentally turned the lights off today as POTUS was clarifying his Helsinki comments inвЂ¦ https://t.co/bDOxVbMyQY
21:28:47 Retweeted @attackerman 21:25:37 To say U.S. diplomats are angry over this White House/McFaul business is a supreme understatement. Story forthcominвЂ¦ https://t.co/wEzPn3cgYL
21:37:19 Retweeted @fmkaplan 21:26:55 Trump is guilty of many things, but he’s not guilty of “Treason,” and saying that he is will only weaken the criticвЂ¦ https://t.co/U2xcSpa0aq
23:18:49 Retweeted @ananavarro 20:39:13 Folks, in the midst of the Helsinki Debacle and all the alarming Trump ❤’s Putin related news this week, we cannotвЂ¦ https://t.co/vtYz5GlAkz

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-17 (UTC)

00:13:20 Retweeted @jbendery 00:07:38 Ok I now can confirm nobody in either party’s leadership — Ryan, Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer — knows what this meeвЂ¦ https://t.co/K7BJQqwet4
02:11:54 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-07-16 16:10:25 Most Republican members are willing to admit POTUS doesn’t operate in reality, but know they’re doomed in their nexвЂ¦ https://t.co/rpPfzj36Ou
02:12:07 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 01:44:20 think about what this says about GOPzero chance same could happen w/Democratic Party
impossible that Ds could noвЂ¦ https://t.co/kRxCXNlPal
02:14:50 Retweeted @MaddowBlog 01:49:13 Full Video of tonight’s Rachel #Maddow A block:
Maddow: Time for Americans to face ‘worst case scenario’ on Trump
https://t.co/DCBavBRHtY
02:15:44 Retweeted @jpodhoretz 01:48:57 Manafort’s own daughter thought he’d had people killed. https://t.co/PjPtLCUZuj
02:22:41 Retweeted @AshleyRParker 01:04:32 Inside Trump’s вЂњgame timeвЂќ decision to go his own way on the Helsinki summit with Putin. Me, @jdawsey1 +вЂ¦ https://t.co/C45vsxzF2Z
02:28:26 Retweeted @samdolnick 2018-07-16 22:33:44 Historians will write about today. Here’s the real time version. https://t.co/OHFsmXloK0
02:28:58 Retweeted @Amy_Siskind 02:24:28 Well, Trump finally found a way to distract us from the babies and toddlers he ripped from their mothers’ and fatheвЂ¦ https://t.co/YHQHuSmsSM
02:34:48 Retweeted @JordanUhl 2018-07-16 15:13:14 A C-SPAN caller just thanked Russia for “interfering in our elections” https://t.co/wyIBSGc3S0
02:41:03 Thread on the Nexus of Russia with American white nationalists. Read. https://t.co/MpwsUlaknY
02:42:42 Retweeted @JWGOP 02:20:53 We’re rightfully freaking out over what the president* did in public with Putin. Try to imagine what happened behind closed doors.
02:47:48 Retweeted @moscow_project 02:20:52 вЂњIn Helsinki Trump again insisted вЂthere was no collusion’…Yet in refusing to acknowledge the facts about Russia’вЂ¦ https://t.co/cPMvtTbtIt
02:54:47 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 02:20:00 Sources close to the White House tell NBC News that DNI Dan Coats’ statement todayвЂ”the one that contradicted Trump’вЂ¦ https://t.co/fOqUxKlwmU
02:57:12 We have not yet hit bottom. https://t.co/DxAiYzlLAS
02:59:41 Retweeted @stuartpstevens 02:54:17 I’ve got a feeling that columns like this by вЃ¦@MaxBootвЃ© will be among those read when the question arises вЂњwho sawвЂ¦ https://t.co/v6qP2Xk8Js
03:19:18 Retweeted @jaynordlinger 02:37:11 Possibly the shortest blogpost you’ll read all day — and possibly the most pointed. It is by Yuval Levin. https://t.co/uK1rUpaMMk
03:19:45 Retweeted @pdacosta 02:06:26 Nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing.
https://t.co/Lrp2jflFik
03:20:07 Retweeted @normative 2018-07-16 18:24:56 It’s incredible that Trump is hammering on about this вЂњserver” nonsense. The indictment issued Friday was *chock fвЂ¦ https://t.co/3fwKJXy62T
03:23:45 Retweeted @NateSilver538 02:51:43 If you always predict that this isn’t the straw that will break the camel’s back, you’ll almost always be right butвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZtAmOxUq3g
03:40:28 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 2018-07-16 23:57:23 This makes as much sense as saying the FBI only got a digital copy of an email from a Gmail with a search warrant rвЂ¦ https://t.co/LfWPhrBSw1
03:49:38 Retweeted @PostRoz 01:13:27 Some new things we learned this afternoon about the investigation into Russian activist Maria Butina: Mueller is awвЂ¦ https://t.co/vdJODYyBNe
04:01:25 Retweeted @ScottMStedman 2018-07-16 20:51:57 NEW: I can confirm that the US Congressman who allegedly met with Butina and Torshin in August 2015 in Moscow was DвЂ¦ https://t.co/f2CL13Bqcx
04:13:20 Retweeted @Wilson__Valdez 03:26:49 For almost 2 years it was, “No proof of anything, hahaha you mccarthyite losers are making this up bc you dont wantвЂ¦ https://t.co/vBT7mkJpUe in reply to Wilson__Valdez
04:13:52 Retweeted @JuddLegum 2018-07-16 23:06:15 New York Daily News cover tomorrow cuts right to the chase https://t.co/64gXM7FGhL
04:15:49 Retweeted @allahpundit 2018-07-16 15:52:27 At this point I think it’d be a bigger scandal if Russian didn’t have something on him and he was saying all this sвЂ¦ https://t.co/E5di6lQWAk
04:16:28 Retweeted @ReaganBattalion 04:12:33 TX Republican State Representative. https://t.co/neZWmtUkHv
04:23:26 Watching all the statements from R’s being appalled at Trump’s news conference and remembering lots of them said thвЂ¦ https://t.co/uK49O2e3SS
04:29:42 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 04:29:08 You could apply the same examples for some Rs with Roy Moore https://t.co/lxRB38y7mk
05:01:34 Thread of Butina sightings with various prominent people. https://t.co/07e3azr7ys
15:20:32 Retweeted @Popehat 14:47:02 Seeing many “THIS, THIS THING HERE, is the thing that FINALLY breaks him” hot takes.That’s adorable.
17:28:56 Seeing a bunch of people framing Trump’s performance yesterday as a mistake, or incompetence, or naivetГ©, or a lackвЂ¦ https://t.co/onPC3FOMXB
17:29:58 The fact that buildings often skip the 13th floor really is starting to annoy me.
17:34:25 @DaveMc99TA Yeah, CNN saying that he was вЂњsurprisedвЂќ by the negative reaction. I expect bluster about how people doвЂ¦ https://t.co/5mYjPefYZS in reply to DaveMc99TA
17:36:14 Reading – Trump surprised at fierce criticism of Putin news conference (Liptak – CNN) https://t.co/PIBDmhmjyj
17:37:30 @DaveMc99TA The talking points read like staff making stuff up. Don’t expect Trump to stick to any script like that. in reply to DaveMc99TA
18:28:26 @JenniferJJacobs @axios @jeffglor I’m assuming it will also say TRUMP in large gold letters on the side. in reply to JenniferJJacobs
18:49:31 Uh huh. https://t.co/34FoRMduA4
18:50:53 @DaveMc99TA Yup. Waiting for the video. Sounds like it was an incoherent bunch of word salad as usual. in reply to DaveMc99TA
18:52:50 Retweeted @CillizzaCNN 18:52:11 Donald Trump reading from prepared remarks is all you need to know about how the White House thinks that Russia summit went yesterday
18:54:08 @DaveMc99TA He is horrible when reading prepared remarks, but it is the only time his staff can get him to say anytвЂ¦ https://t.co/SwDFiOZExH in reply to DaveMc99TA
18:58:00 Retweeted @abulsme 18:54:08 @DaveMc99TA He is horrible when reading prepared remarks, but it is the only time his staff can get him to say anytвЂ¦ https://t.co/SwDFiOZExH in reply to DaveMc99TA
18:59:39 Actually surprised Trump is admitting to any error at all. вЂњWouldвЂќ vs вЂњWouldn’tвЂќ. Of course it is BS. But he usuallвЂ¦ https://t.co/3wmEDi9277
19:00:23 Retweeted @speechboy71 19:00:04 If you believe Trump meant to say that he didn’t see any reason why it WOULDN’T have been Russia that interfered inвЂ¦ https://t.co/fzClnh411Y
19:01:36 Retweeted @swin24 18:48:56 This is one step above claiming it was Opposite Day
19:02:06 Retweeted @SabrinaSiddiqui 18:57:45 Trump: “Let me be totally clear in saying that вЂ¦ I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s medвЂ¦ https://t.co/bXd2PlIjy4
19:05:20 Retweeted @AlMustashriq 19:04:53 @abulsme So the most exculpatory explanation possible, pushed by the White House itself, is that Trump is a blitherвЂ¦ https://t.co/9uKqJ1DXKW in reply to abulsme
20:11:45 Retweeted @GrahamBrookie 13:25:37 There is a rumor circulating that Maria Butina, the Russian spy arrested in the US yesterday, was included in a meeвЂ¦ https://t.co/rIAeICpHCt
21:02:14 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 20:41:07 Trump’s would/wouldn’t cleanup attempt good enough for Marco Rubio: “I’m just glad he clarified it. I can’t read hiвЂ¦ https://t.co/AopzgP5roF
21:08:15 @Blatherscribe Not nothing at all. Sorry to hear about the uncertainty, but happy to hear about the writing. Good lвЂ¦ https://t.co/SeRNXCGbRv in reply to Blatherscribe
21:40:03 Retweeted @washingtonpost 20:53:10 George Will op-ed: This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man https://t.co/00DDjbv6XS
22:03:12 Retweeted @ArmsControlWonk 21:21:11 Crossing out the pledge to bring “anyone involved in the meddling to justice” is a bit on the nose, don’t you think?
22:07:17 Retweeted @maxbergmann 21:39:31 Thread – the blowback on Russia post Trump will be immense. https://t.co/NmRGfCy18Y

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-16 (UTC)

00:26:13 Retweeted @LATbermudez 2018-07-15 06:19:57 Tonight, Guatemalan asylum seeker Hermelindo Che Coc was reunited w/ his 6-yr-old son, Jefferson at LAX. The two weвЂ¦ https://t.co/pmf6xhuhiG
02:22:33 Retweeted @BitchWithA_W 2018-07-15 17:07:47 what region is “hey losers” https://t.co/a5GNRuNmSt in reply to BitchWithA_W
02:25:28 Retweeted @Blatherscribe 01:50:14 These idiots are making it way too hard to write credible villains. Anything I write now will get the same critiqueвЂ¦ https://t.co/QT6Yhg0Ut1
04:28:56 Listening to Science Magazine Podcast The South Pole’s IceCube detector catches a ghostly particle from deep space,вЂ¦ https://t.co/TdsnyQodc6
04:48:17 Listening to Blabbermouth Episode 157: Kava-NOPE https://t.co/PUJyiKWSPT
12:49:59 Retweeted @ddale8 12:37:15 Two security experts from the Department of Energy left plutonium and radioactive cesium in the back seat of theirвЂ¦ https://t.co/uwfPNvqBlw
14:56:51 Just waking up. Do we still have Alaska?
15:08:50 Retweeted @EliStokols 15:06:32 Man, that escalated quickly. Reporter re-entered, held up a sign about a “nuclear weapons test ban” and is now beinвЂ¦ https://t.co/kRpkUk1DcP
15:09:25 Retweeted @natsecHeather 15:06:38 Just gotta say, can’t really believe it needs saying, I worked on summits for George HW Bush and Bill Clinton, inclвЂ¦ https://t.co/JGxHs27siF
15:32:09 Retweeted @dylanmatt 15:31:38 The idea is to do it again this year and in 2020 and 2022 and forever https://t.co/toNe9Yw3gm
15:32:45 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 15:02:43 “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the transcript of the Trump-Putin meeting. I think you wilвЂ¦ https://t.co/roaFLder2R
15:40:22 This press conference is… just as expected I guess.
15:44:34 Mainstream Dems are starting to say out loud the things that had been dismissed as irresponsible speculation for thвЂ¦ https://t.co/J2kRkPjDnt
15:46:14 Retweeted @mattmfm 15:44:30 There are no serious Congressional Republicans. https://t.co/NK8Udz7IJN
15:47:48 I don’t expect this to happen. And if it did, it wouldn’t lead to an actual extradition. https://t.co/QEpa0jaO1p
15:49:19 Retweeted @ddale8 15:44:43 If I’m getting this straight, this seems to be the Putin idea Trump called “interesting”: Putin will question his oвЂ¦ https://t.co/jnRHuahEmg in reply to ddale8
15:49:29 Retweeted @WakeUp2Politics 15:44:44 Putin, asked if he wanted Trump to win the election: “Yes, I did.”
15:53:07 Seeing a lot of OMG type comments in my timeline about Trump’s performance at the press conference. Come on, reallyвЂ¦ https://t.co/TaYO79VwA9
15:57:26 Retweeted @EliLake 15:57:13 I’m taking him seriously and literally and it’s terrifying.
15:57:46 Well. That was that I guess.
15:58:45 Retweeted @peterbakernyt 15:57:02 Asked if Russia has compromising information on Trump, Putin does not answer, saying instead only that he did not pвЂ¦ https://t.co/Q56Bcfp26R
16:01:12 Retweeted @TheRickWilson 15:51:35 Donald Trump is telling the intelligence Services of the United States of America to screw themselves.
16:01:23 Retweeted @TheRickWilson 15:58:18 I’m starting to think the pee tape isn’t just real, but it’s spectacular.
16:03:03 Former CIA Director https://t.co/1PYLbHdDV5
16:10:05 Retweeted @natsecHeather 15:55:39 Reporter asks “does your government have compromising material on Trump or his family” and the whole room laughs.
16:10:23 Retweeted @natsecHeather 16:09:56 Starting clock; anyone seen reactions from GOP electeds yet?
16:18:40 Retweeted @joshtpm 16:17:53 It’s sad and ridiculous watching TV big thinkers being upset/surprised/angry that Trump didn’t “hold Putin accountaвЂ¦ https://t.co/O6ZR9RQwg5
16:19:45 Retweeted @justinamash 15:58:29 A person can be in favor of improving relations with Russia, in favor of meeting with Putin, and still think something is not right here.
16:19:53 Retweeted @JeffFlake 16:14:02 I never thought I would see the day when our American President would stand on the stage with the Russian PresidentвЂ¦ https://t.co/qwqtrGT6pU
16:21:07 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 16:17:31 “Missed opportunity” as if he simply forgot to say something rather than signaled the opposite message loudly and rвЂ¦ https://t.co/lSOp36FZh5
16:21:59 Retweeted @WaPoSean 16:13:13 Among the first out of the gate: Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.): https://t.co/x0tIhggDV3
16:22:14 Retweeted @tomperriello 16:11:41 Important moment? Fox News NOT defending Trump performance, noting clear dominance of Putin and Trump’s unforgivablвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZYOvfCbeT7
16:23:31 Retweeted @edbott 16:17:10 I am neither numb nor in shock. What else did you expect?I also expect the Republicans to be eerily silent on allвЂ¦ https://t.co/kE8QPoytKa
16:25:55 Retweeted @mcnees 16:16:53 Can’t wait to see how many viewers tuned in for the series finale of America. in reply to mcnees
16:27:58 Retweeted @MikeGrunwald 16:22:17 I am genuinely amazed that people seem genuinely amazed. Trump has been extraordinarily consistent about taking Putin’s side on everything.
16:32:33 People saying cabinet members with integrity should resign. I’m not sure I believe there are any of those at this pвЂ¦ https://t.co/bG7Qt2MUXi
17:26:09 Retweeted @ErikWemple 17:02:40 Fox News host as well as daughter of U.S. ambassador to Russia https://t.co/8HHCNrqf0e
17:27:02 Retweeted @MeghanMcCain 16:12:09 I don’t have anything quippy to tweet. I’m horrified – and have never been more proud of the fact that Putin hatesвЂ¦ https://t.co/sX7jcnEwK2
17:49:11 Retweeted @dmataconis 17:47:36 Tweets of concern from Republicans after today are as worthless as “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting. WhвЂ¦ https://t.co/WrSIPtN6lE
17:50:40 Retweeted @gboeing 2018-07-11 15:23:03 I did a comparison of city street network orientations in major US cities, and now I’ve got a better sense of why IвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ea6cKwda2e
17:51:40 Retweeted @gboeing 2018-07-11 18:58:58 By popular request, here’s a quick follow-up comparison of street network orientations in cities around the world:вЂ¦ https://t.co/ptM4gu2fZu in reply to gboeing
17:56:01 Retweeted @joshtpm 17:48:45 Here’s my take on what we just saw. https://t.co/hMAGtAq0DU via @TPM
18:02:20 Retweeted @WalshFreedom 16:48:32 I’ve always tried to balance my personal distaste for Trump with my support for much of the agenda. The good Trump/вЂ¦ https://t.co/8qVpfegDUp
18:18:20 Retweeted @CindyOtis_ 17:47:09 Exactly what our allies took away from the Trump-Putin summit and Trump’s antics at NATO last week: https://t.co/YL28o9E7YK
18:19:49 Retweeted @rebeccagberg 16:55:05 вЂњThis was not the plan,” a US official directly involved with Helsinki summit says of POTUS remarks, per @jeffzeleny reporting.
18:22:23 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 18:09:30 I usually say no to this. I am thinking very hard about that now. https://t.co/59dDTF4cKt
18:23:26 Retweeted @blakehounshell 18:18:00 Team Jeb speaks –> https://t.co/hz5u5sVexe
18:27:57 Retweeted @POLITICO_Steve 18:04:47 This @SenJohnMcCain statement is extraordinary for a senator to make of any president, let alone one in his own parвЂ¦ https://t.co/iUTvkAQNGq
18:33:57 Retweeted @HayesBrown 16:25:07 вЂњI Think We Can Agree That That Was Fucked UpвЂќ is going to be the thesis of, like, 90% of the reaction pieces to the Helsinki summit
18:58:32 Retweeted @ActorAaronBooth 18:53:03 This is… significant. https://t.co/WXzGBx14iZ
19:45:41 Retweeted @cjcmichel 19:31:55 A month before the election, U.S. PERSON 1 described the @NRA as a “conduit” and “VERY private line of communicatioвЂ¦ https://t.co/DarPV8mGRf in reply to cjcmichel
21:09:11 Retweeted @intelligencer 20:50:06 Every element of the summit was predictable, yet the outcome was still jaw-dropping. @natsecHeather on the takeawayвЂ¦ https://t.co/JWx9fVzCmw
21:44:28 Retweeted @ShimonPro 20:56:17 Asked about President Trump’s performance today. a source close to White House said: “everyone around him is afraidвЂ¦ https://t.co/D1ID6ID13q
22:08:54 Retweeted @jkarsh 21:27:03 Good God. So this exchange just happened.Katy Tur: What’s more important then the sanctity of our elections?
JeвЂ¦ https://t.co/7u8v3193Gg
22:11:10 Retweeted @MittRomney 21:32:06 My statement on today’s summit in Helsinki. https://t.co/WSxFGDKMau
22:30:57 So he isn’t a puppet, he’s just Neville Chamberlain? https://t.co/wTWtPIo3bA
22:31:33 Retweeted @HayesBrown 22:16:20 вЂњLet’s focus on the real problem: brown peopleвЂќ – this, basically https://t.co/6PxWB8uTYM
22:44:19 Retweeted @nprscottsimon 22:15:29 I see a lot of people making the Neville Chamberlain comparison, which is not quite fair to Neville, a good man whoвЂ¦ https://t.co/FQ82LIyE1v
22:44:35 Retweeted @HillaryClinton 21:34:10 Well, now we know. https://t.co/olQlhzQiuO
22:52:12 Retweeted @lkmcgann 20:31:44 The White House spin is that there’s something constitutionally wrong with the president. https://t.co/fNZTt6mBpW https://t.co/3ZaZWZjseb
22:58:23 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 18:33:46 Things Republicans could do instead of send sad tweets
1. Pass legislation to protect the Mueller investigation
2.вЂ¦ https://t.co/0vjmXYCUiR
23:00:08 Retweeted @costareports 19:24:14 On phone w/ @JohnKasich, a possible 2020 Trump challenger. He tells Post, вЂњIt’s depressing, really unlike anythingвЂ¦ https://t.co/mT03dAKeGv
23:14:17 @hootdad @danpfeiffer I think you are probably right. in reply to hootdad
23:38:07 Retweeted @PhilippeReines 23:26:02 The Republican who was going to go on @CNN @ErinBurnett, Michael Anton – who worked at th White House until recentlвЂ¦ https://t.co/XUpO3M2XGE
23:39:28 Retweeted @AdamWeinstein 19:07:26 Watching people be shell-shocked by what Trump’s done the past week makes me feel sort of like I felt in high schooвЂ¦ https://t.co/8RByfYA4Pu

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-15 (UTC)

00:31:22 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Responsible Codcasters https://t.co/qEkDDeC6st https://t.co/LmmPqJpNeh
03:12:29 Retweeted @AnitaFinlay 2018-07-13 22:48:39 Its not an irony, .@chrislhayes. It's a disgrace. Press beat her up about nothing burger emails and all but ignoredвЂ¦ https://t.co/Mt12Z1PLYx
03:22:25 Retweeted @coreyspowell 2018-07-13 17:12:59 South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope has delivered the clearest view yet of the center of our galaxy, including uвЂ¦ https://t.co/mrOl7rYw6K
03:52:35 Retweeted @Olivianuzzi 2018-07-14 23:59:57 This reads like Donald Trump was struggling to come up with something manufactured in the UK and so he started riffвЂ¦ https://t.co/rrOwTMM56R in reply to Olivianuzzi
15:40:08 Retweeted @ananavarro 2018-07-14 20:16:06 I had to look some of these British slang words up in the urban dictionary, and <symbol><symbol><symbol>
British вЂњhumourвЂќ is in a classвЂ¦ https://t.co/i9KeeLBTiW
15:40:42 Retweeted @ScottMStedman 2018-07-14 22:52:21 27 minutes. That is the amount of time it took for Russian military intelligence to release their most damaging stoвЂ¦ https://t.co/aol1lJNT4S
15:44:56 Retweeted @RMac18 14:35:58 Musk PR Person #1: "Um, why are you calling me on a Sunday morning?"
Musk PR Person #2: "Sir, it's a code red."

MвЂ¦ https://t.co/WtobewEBsj
15:47:08 Retweeted @kenvogel 15:42:47 TRUMP вЂњhadn't thought ofвЂќ asking PUTIN to extradite the Russians who were indicted by MUELLER for hacking the @DNC,вЂ¦ https://t.co/ZsKx7pzk4C
15:47:28 Retweeted @brianklaas 15:42:45 What is highly significant here was that the EUвЂ”which is itself a key ally of the US & contains our most importantвЂ¦ https://t.co/B8DJDCaUDc
15:50:00 Retweeted @Fred_Delicious 15:41:26 Who is the real hero though, the guy who saved the Thai children or the petulant man baby who showed up uninvited with a shitty submarine?
16:12:47 Retweeted @bbcdoctorwho 15:58:33 New Doctor Who, New friends, New Adventures. #DoctorWho https://t.co/xSFsIGuTp6
16:54:51 Yeah, read this. https://t.co/IErUCxS4tJ
17:37:16 Retweeted @TimOBrien 2018-07-14 19:43:33 Phew. Just in time. https://t.co/sWXQJszLI7
17:46:26 When I say вЂњI’m going to have some toastвЂќ, it generally means eight slices of toast. With butter. Which, really, ifвЂ¦ https://t.co/BIyN2B7De5

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Responsible Codcasters

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s topics are the Supreme Court nomination and surrounding issues, Trump’s path of destruction through Europe, and the latest developments in the Trump/Russia scandal, including the new indictments.

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Recorded 2018-07-14
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@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-14 (UTC)

00:14:25 Good summary -> The Russian Hack вЂ“ emptywheel https://t.co/1OyI9FG9kP
00:19:16 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 2018-07-13 16:54:09 Trump and his campaign tried to claim he was kidding. He was not. At that same press conference, minutes later, I aвЂ¦ https://t.co/LZeP3xT3Ql
00:20:19 Retweeted @TalKopan 2018-07-13 22:54:37 New court filing gives us our first number of separated children aged 5 and up that will need to be reunified: Approximately 2,551
00:20:45 Retweeted @LarrySabato 2018-07-13 12:02:59 Democratic energy/anger is proving to be a key part of the 2018 story. But so is a quieter factor: the need for anвЂ¦ https://t.co/axqARbSJ5q
00:22:03 Retweeted @kenvogel 2018-07-13 23:03:20 MANAFORT’s lawyers want to ask prospective jurors if they voted in the 2016 presidential election. MUELLER’s team oвЂ¦ https://t.co/tfxgYXHkVZ
00:33:36 Six Big Takeaways from Mueller’s Indictment of Russian Intel Officers | Just Security https://t.co/BnYYqf5eeO
00:38:25 <symbol> -> House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein – POLITICO https://t.co/VwK7XHiKJU
00:46:23 Retweeted @jemillerwbal 2018-07-13 20:34:39 Statement from Maryland BD of Elections disclosing state’s election systems hosted by firm that is financed by RussвЂ¦ https://t.co/xETPi8fMkZ
01:01:02 Retweeted @thehill 2018-07-13 20:31:09 CEO who paid Cohen millions for Trump access sent him drug pricing proposal that was later adopted in Trump admin pвЂ¦ https://t.co/uCyL2Y4LyX
01:48:45 Retweeted @somebadideas 2018-07-13 22:16:15 One of the worst videogames of recent years is fixed by a modder five years later who noticed a single letter typoвЂ¦ https://t.co/fq3V28SDPR
01:52:48 Retweeted @ameliatd 2018-07-13 18:24:04 With today’s indictments, the Mueller investigation continues to outpace most other special counsel investigations.вЂ¦ https://t.co/G6ctFqME51
01:56:04 Retweeted @nowthisnews 2018-07-13 22:33:00 We’re just going to leave this here today https://t.co/WkFVQ4BzIf
03:17:27 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 2017-02-14 04:54:40 Hillary Clinton stood on a stage next to Donald Trump and called him Putin’s puppet.This was the @NYTimes вЂњNewsвЂ¦ https://t.co/6wMopBZmqN in reply to jamisonfoser
07:29:54 Retweeted @davepell 07:23:15 In our old life, the fact that Apple updated the MacBook Pro would have been the biggest news story of the week.
13:59:00 Retweeted @jayrosen_nyu 2018-07-13 21:13:04 With three days of Putin summit coverage coming, I want you to watch for something. How reporters, pundits and anchвЂ¦ https://t.co/TRLvNsyhhq
16:03:36 Retweeted @AngelaDSaini 10:33:26 I’m approaching the final few chapters of my new book, and I gotta say, investigating race science is a joy. EveryвЂ¦ https://t.co/SNSNGkgFdh
16:06:14 Retweeted @JessLivMo 15:55:12 This is one of the first families reunited. Expensive flights paid for by you вЂ” there are thousands more families tвЂ¦ https://t.co/0SwbfpC6Tw
16:10:37 Retweeted @Mike_Hixenbaugh 02:21:56 Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the Curious George book my kids borrowed from the library tвЂ¦ https://t.co/S3ynyNKNK3
16:13:05 Retweeted @Kasparov63 15:51:11 This begins to get to the larger point. Trump sees it as aggression against Obama, not the United States. He has noвЂ¦ https://t.co/hgzwAKCHTQ
16:17:00 Retweeted @Redpeter99 2018-07-13 17:13:38 Forget she’s the Queen. She’s a 92 year old woman walking on uneven ground in baking hot weather. Trump set a briskвЂ¦ https://t.co/vMCabiUJuu
16:18:01 Retweeted @stuartpstevens 03:25:02 I don’t know if it matters but not a word of this is accurate. And nothing in Steele oppo research has proven incorвЂ¦ https://t.co/NnrWfGZHHW
16:21:32 Retweeted @brianklaas 12:56:36 Imagine the bombshell it would be if we found out Trump sent a secret message to the Russian government asking themвЂ¦ https://t.co/5gwNg7P3Da
16:45:30 Retweeted @lissalet 16:45:19 https://t.co/TP73IjhheG
17:10:50 Thread https://t.co/Ecp3Ahlfkb
19:50:52 @RenaNetjes I’m sorry, that is clearly a map of the United States. I see Texas, Florida, Maine, the Great LakesвЂ¦ :-) in reply to RenaNetjes

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-13 (UTC)

00:00:47 Retweeted @NPR 2018-07-12 17:18:07 Russia spent years building up Twitter accounts that posed as sources for Americans’ hometown headlines.The accouвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ha90xfDF2d
00:11:19 GrrrвЂ¦. https://t.co/ATzzez4wsn
00:14:25 Retweeted @tomi_adeyemi 2018-07-12 20:10:25 4 officers just showed up on my doorstep.they showed their badges and asked to speak to someone inside my house.вЂ¦ https://t.co/joyA72R4NW
00:39:50 Retweeted @ellinst 2018-07-12 22:54:31 Dear Leader has tea with Queen Elizabeth — first pictures. https://t.co/BvNPcORNUS
02:43:25 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 02:42:45 In non-political news, I know we’ve basically all moved on from this by now -But the woman who was nicknamedвЂ¦ https://t.co/RZJgb1gLqH
06:01:31 Retweeted @juliettekayyem 02:11:09 Text from calmest UK diplomat I know. Excuse the language: “we are all fuming right now. All month we’ve been prepвЂ¦ https://t.co/PLxYjGz1kl
06:07:41 Retweeted @AnneWheaton 06:01:03 Ok, people getting sick is not funny, but the comments to their post are hilarious. https://t.co/IU0pwWDs9C
14:58:13 Retweeted @paleofuture 14:55:21 Why are the Democrats so bad at this? https://t.co/P9qgClRyx1
15:13:30 Retweeted @marceldirsus 13:40:11 German TV show @heuteshow have replaced Trump with the baby blimp and it’s perfect https://t.co/RcDE0juip4
15:45:26 Retweeted @mkraju 15:42:14 @CNN: Prosecutors from Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office and the Justice Department’s National Security DivвЂ¦ https://t.co/QeSkkEYRAT
15:47:02 Retweeted @BenKentish 2018-07-12 19:06:14 There is currently a вЂњDalek TrumpвЂќ bring paraded down Whitehall accompanied by вЂњSecret Service agentsвЂќ… https://t.co/6aoPfJf59b
15:59:57 Now https://t.co/faYYjhvr6E
22:05:36 Retweeted @Jverhulst123 2018-07-12 15:44:16 Yesterday I told my nephew Im not allowed to eat popsicles (bcuz my sis doesn’t want him eating junk & he copies meвЂ¦ https://t.co/wazmC5uHZQ
22:12:48 Retweeted @oliverdarcy 22:03:15 In light of the Mueller indictments, I called @newtgingrich to see if he would like to apologize to the Seth Rich fвЂ¦ https://t.co/Rk8tPCrpHo

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