June 30, 2019

Former Obama aide says Trump lied about past attempts to meet with Kim

Source: The Hill




By Kyle Balluck - 06/30/19 07:51 AM EDT




Ben Rhodes said early Sunday that President Trump was lying when he said the Obama administration repeatedly attempted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un only to be rebuffed.

"Trump is lying. I was there for all 8 years. Obama never sought a meeting with Kim Jong Un. Foreign policy isn’t reality television it’s reality," Rhodes, who served as former President Obama's deputy national security adviser, tweeted.

"Photo ops don’t get rid of nuclear weapons, carefully negotiated agreements do," added Rhodes, who is now a political commentator. "Trump’s foreign policy is a failure - from NK to Iran to Venezuela."

Trump said earlier Sunday during a news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that Obama "wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him."

"The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly. And Chairman Kim would not meet with him," Trump added. .......................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/451047-former-obama-aide-says-trump-lied-about-past-attempts-to-meet-with-kim

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on Trump. Always has to hit on Obama!! Always




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June 30, 2019

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June 30, 2019

Check out Ivanka Trump trying to insert herself into a conversation world leaders are having and the

damn.


Check out Ivanka Trump trying to insert herself into a conversation world leaders are having and the looks that show how irritated they are. Plaid and pearls is OVER IT. (via @ParhamGhobadi)


https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1145307018091257856

June 30, 2019

Listen to Trump--He is incoherent. #Trump needs a medical cognitive evaluation NOW. No joke.

The Hill
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7h7 hours ago

President Trump: "At the beginning there was a lot of anger between myself and Kim Jong Un, who since, something happened. there was appointed which had happened and all of a sudden, get along."

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1145218084954935296




YouInMyEye
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Anger
Something happened
Appointed
Happened
Get along.
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Is that English?



Trump is totally incoherent
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1145218160720842752

June 30, 2019

In NK.. the camera pans to Jared Kushner, Ivanka, and ..Tucker Carlson, as Fox News's Jon Scott

I was just listening to msnbc panal talk about all the folks that Trump brought along on this trip--like it was planned and high stakes. Any one else hear this conversation. Nepotism aglore!



After Trump gets done kissing up to Kim Jong Un, the camera pans to Jared Kushner, Ivanka, and ... [checks notes] Tucker Carlson, as Fox News's Jon Scott claims (falsely) that former North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung is the current president of South Korea.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1145230783864549377




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June 30, 2019

Remember this image of Pres. Obama when he had the @WhiteHouse in Gay Pride Rainbow colors....

It is fitting to see this image on the weekend of 50 years of Gay Pride.

Gawd--I miss Pres Obama -[makes it worse when I see the bigoted Trump blimp that occupies our Oval Office now!!)


Fact Check: Was the White House lit in rainbow colors on Obama's last night in office?


https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/fact-check/2017/01/20/fact-check-white-house-lit-rainbow-colors-obamas-last-night-office/96843594/
Madison Alder, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 5:04 p.m. MT Jan. 20, 2017 | Updated 5:10 p.m. MT Jan. 20, 2017
Obama white house archives

(Photo: Chuck Kennedy/Obama White House Archives)
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WHO SAID IT: Meme widely circulated on Twitter.

THE CLAIM: The White House was lit in rainbow colors as a nod to LGBTQ rights on Obama's last night as president.

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June 30, 2019

Lavender Light Gospel Choir sings This New York City LGBTQ gospel choir has been singing for over 30

Lavender Light Gospel Choir sings
This New York City LGBTQ gospel choir has been singing for over 30 years and they offer their rendition of "Pass me Not" by Frances J. Crosby.
Source: CNN



https://twitter.com/rodeodance/status/1145182933596200961

June 29, 2019

Trump plans an elaborate July 4th party in D.C. Critics say spare us another campaign rally.

Trump plans an elaborate July 4th party in D.C. Critics say spare us another campaign rally.
Democrats charge the president is politicizing the celebration of a nonpartisan holiday meant to honor the nation.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-plans-elaborate-july-4th-party-d-c-critics-say-n1021276?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma


June 29, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
By Hallie Jackson

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the country will celebrate 243 years of independence — but this year's festivities are already setting off a different kind of fireworks.

That's because of President Donald Trump's plan to add more bells and whistles to Washington's usual celebration: music, military demonstrations and — notably — a speech he'll make, likely from the Lincoln Memorial, according to a White House official. The Washington Post reports there may even be an Air Force One flyover.

It's right up the president's alley, and he's encouraging attendees to come with flags in hand, predicting last week in Orlando there will "hundreds of thousands" of people on hand.

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But the president's critics accuse him of trying to hijack what is typically a nonpartisan celebration.
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Democrats are concerned that the president will use his platform — and taxpayer money — to politicize the day. House leaders, including Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, worry that the events will give an "appearance of a televised, partisan campaign rally on the Mall at public expense," as they put it in a letter to the administration.
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"It's not about politics in the partisan sense — it's about democracy, it's about freedom, it's about individual liberties, it's about pursuit of happiness," he added. "Not about politics, not about polarization, not about focusing on differences. It's about one nation under god indivisible. And it's sad that the president's turning it into — in my opinion and the opinion of many — a political rally.”


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Andrea Melanger agrees. "I think he just likes to feel celebrated," she said. "And so, you know, it's probably just feeding more of his ego. I don't think we need to spend money on that."

June 29, 2019

Trump claims his admin "will soon come out with some sort of busing-related policy"

wTF is he blabbering about??


Asked for this thoughts on the busing policy Kamala Harris attacked Joe Biden over at the debate, Trump punts by suggesting, oddly, that his administration will soon come out with some sort of busing-related policy

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1144977226003337216


https://twitter.com/Duck_person/status/1144978790621335553

June 28, 2019

House Ethics Committee investigating Gaetz over Cohen threats

Source: The Hill





By Cristina Marcos - 06/28/19 01:21 PM EDT



The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is formally investigating whether Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) attempted to intimidate President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen ahead of his testimony to Congress earlier this year.

In a statement, Ethics Committee Chairman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Rep. Kenny Marchant (Texas), the panel's ranking Republican, said that Gaetz declined their request to appear before the committee for an in-person interview in May.

The Ethics Committee said it told Gaetz that it wouldn't be able to resolve the ethics complaint against him without his testimony and warned that if it couldn't dispose of the complaint by June 24, the rules would require formally opening an investigative subcommittee to review the allegations.

Gaetz defended his refusal to cooperate with the investigation.

"If members of Congress want to spend their time psychoanalyzing my tweets, it’s certainly their prerogative. I won’t be joining them in the endeavor," Gaetz said in a statement Friday..................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450907-house-ethics-committee-investigating-rep-gaetz-for-threatening-michael-cohen

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https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1144694622712729601
I sure hope something can be pinned on this smelly smartypants.



Gaetz Pans New Ethics Probe For ‘Psychoanalyzing My Tweets’ About Michael Cohen



https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/matt-gaetz-michael-cohen-psychoanalyzing-my-tweets


June 28, 2019 2:32 pm

The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is opening an investigative subcommittee to look into whether Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sought to improperly influence or even threaten former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen ahead of Cohen’s February congressional testimony.



The subcommittee was established because Gaetz declined to be interviewed by the committee, according to a committee press release.

Gaetz was blunt in response.

“If members of Congress want to spend their time psychoanalyzing my tweets, it’s certainly their prerogative,” he said in a statement his press secretary sent to TPM. “I won’t be joining them in the endeavor.”

The investigation stems from a tweet Gaetz sent on the eve of Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee in February.

The tweet, since deleted, read: “Hey @MichaelCohen212 – Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot …”......................................