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| It’s been a dramatic two days for President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Here’s a quick rundown of all that went down: | |
| Wednesday morning: Trump reportedly storms out of an infrastructure meeting in the Oval Office with Pelosi and the Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer after three minutes. | |
| The president then held a hastily calls a press conference in the Rose Garden to say he won’t work with Democrats until they stop investigating him. | |
| Pelosi and Schumer hold their own press conference. “To watch what happened in the White House would make your jaw drop,” Schumer said. | |
| Pelosi sends out a letter to her colleagues stating that the president “had a temper tantrum for us all to see”. | |
| On to Thursday: | |
| I was extremely calm yesterday with my meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, knowing that they would say I was raging, which they always do, along with their partner, the Fake News Media. Well, so many stories about the meeting use the Rage narrative anyway - Fake & Corrupt Press! | |
| Pelosi holds a press conference in which she said that the White House was “crying out for impeachment” - but she wasn’t going planning on pursuing it. She called on Trump’s family to intervene in the president’s wellbeing “for the good of the country”. | |
| Trump has his own moment on Thursday: | |
| Here is a 7+ minute video, from ABC, of Trump calling on multiple senior aides to defend him and vouch for his 'calm' demeanor in the infrastructure meeting with Democrats after Nancy Pelosi said that he'd had a temper tantrum. pic.twitter.com/iiLcrjnTe4 | |
| Trump hit at Pelosi often in this video address, reiterating his claim that he is “an extremely stable genius”. At which point, Pelosi gets the last hit in of the day: | |
| When the “extremely stable genius” starts acting more presidential, I’ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues. https://t.co/tfWVkj9CLT | |
| The New York Times is reporting that the Trump administration is planning to bypass Congress “to allow the export to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of billions of dollars worth of munitions that are now on hold.” | The New York Times is reporting that the Trump administration is planning to bypass Congress “to allow the export to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of billions of dollars worth of munitions that are now on hold.” |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior aides are pushing for the administration to invoke an emergency provision that would allow President Trump to prevent Congress from halting the sales, worth about $7 billion. The transactions, which include precision-guided munitions and combat aircraft, would infuriate lawmakers in both parties. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior aides are pushing for the administration to invoke an emergency provision that would allow President Trump to prevent Congress from halting the sales, worth about $7 billion. The transactions, which include precision-guided munitions and combat aircraft, would infuriate lawmakers in both parties. |
| They would also further inflame tensions between the United States and Iran, which views Saudi Arabia as its main rival and has been supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen in their campaign against a Saudi-led military coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates. | They would also further inflame tensions between the United States and Iran, which views Saudi Arabia as its main rival and has been supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen in their campaign against a Saudi-led military coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates. |
| This is sure to get contentious with the administration’s tepid response to the killing last October by Saudi agents of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi still fresh. | This is sure to get contentious with the administration’s tepid response to the killing last October by Saudi agents of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi still fresh. |
| President Trump said, “I don’t do coverups.” Today, several members of Congress decided to see if he really meant that. | President Trump said, “I don’t do coverups.” Today, several members of Congress decided to see if he really meant that. |
| Dear @POTUSSince you stated emphatically that you "don’t do cover ups." Can you confirm that no more unreported migrant deaths have occurred?Sincerely, Veronica, Lou, Sylvia, and Debbie.#TrumpCoverUp pic.twitter.com/20UTYpOzTJ | Dear @POTUSSince you stated emphatically that you "don’t do cover ups." Can you confirm that no more unreported migrant deaths have occurred?Sincerely, Veronica, Lou, Sylvia, and Debbie.#TrumpCoverUp pic.twitter.com/20UTYpOzTJ |
| I just sent this letter to @realDonaldTrump - who, as you heard, is the most transparent president ever. Signed, Judiciary Committee member (Co-equal branch of government)P.S. also the proud mom of a non-binary kid. #CoverUps pic.twitter.com/RhQHPe73QC | I just sent this letter to @realDonaldTrump - who, as you heard, is the most transparent president ever. Signed, Judiciary Committee member (Co-equal branch of government)P.S. also the proud mom of a non-binary kid. #CoverUps pic.twitter.com/RhQHPe73QC |
| There’s been a lot of back-and-forth between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both in news conferences and on the Internet today. The Washington Post is reporting that some have seem to have taken it a step further and edited video of Pelosi to make it appear that she was drunk: | There’s been a lot of back-and-forth between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both in news conferences and on the Internet today. The Washington Post is reporting that some have seem to have taken it a step further and edited video of Pelosi to make it appear that she was drunk: |
| The video of Pelosi’s onstage speech Wednesday at a Center for American Progress event, in which she said President Trump’s refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations was tantamount to a “coverup,” was subtly edited to make her voice sound garbled and warped. It was then circulated widely across Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. | The video of Pelosi’s onstage speech Wednesday at a Center for American Progress event, in which she said President Trump’s refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations was tantamount to a “coverup,” was subtly edited to make her voice sound garbled and warped. It was then circulated widely across Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. |
| One version, posted by the conservative Facebook page Politics WatchDog, has been viewed more than 1.4 million times, been shared more than 32,000 times, and garnered 16,000 comments with users calling her “drunk” and “a babbling mess.” | One version, posted by the conservative Facebook page Politics WatchDog, has been viewed more than 1.4 million times, been shared more than 32,000 times, and garnered 16,000 comments with users calling her “drunk” and “a babbling mess.” |
| The origin of the altered video remains unclear but its spread across social media comes amid a growing feud between congressional Democrats and Trump. In addition to links from multiple YouTube and Twitter accounts, the video has appeared in the comments sections of message boards and regional news outlets. | The origin of the altered video remains unclear but its spread across social media comes amid a growing feud between congressional Democrats and Trump. In addition to links from multiple YouTube and Twitter accounts, the video has appeared in the comments sections of message boards and regional news outlets. |
| Analyses of the video by Washington Post journalists and outside researchers indicate that the video has been slowed to about 75 percent of its original speed. To possibly correct for how that speed change would deepen her tone, the video also appears to have been altered to modify her pitch, to more closely resemble the sound of her natural speech. | Analyses of the video by Washington Post journalists and outside researchers indicate that the video has been slowed to about 75 percent of its original speed. To possibly correct for how that speed change would deepen her tone, the video also appears to have been altered to modify her pitch, to more closely resemble the sound of her natural speech. |
| Appalling that this is allowed on social media platforms.Their inability to police themselves is alarming. https://t.co/Aw0LFSat6y | Appalling that this is allowed on social media platforms.Their inability to police themselves is alarming. https://t.co/Aw0LFSat6y |
| Here’s some late-day humor to cleanse your breaking news palate: Washington governor Jay Inslee, who is running for president on a platform to defeat climate change, piles on to the Onion’s Captain Planet joke: | Here’s some late-day humor to cleanse your breaking news palate: Washington governor Jay Inslee, who is running for president on a platform to defeat climate change, piles on to the Onion’s Captain Planet joke: |
| This was supposed to be off the record. https://t.co/y8ns10UOKw | This was supposed to be off the record. https://t.co/y8ns10UOKw |
| This version of the legislation that would provide $19.1bn to aid Americans from a series of recent national disasters does NOT include more funding for the border, as the White House requested. | This version of the legislation that would provide $19.1bn to aid Americans from a series of recent national disasters does NOT include more funding for the border, as the White House requested. |
| Senate PASSES disaster aid funding by a huge margin vote of 85 to 8, President said he would sign it. | Senate PASSES disaster aid funding by a huge margin vote of 85 to 8, President said he would sign it. |
| Hey everybody, Vivian Ho taking over for Amanda Holpuch. Happy Thursday. | Hey everybody, Vivian Ho taking over for Amanda Holpuch. Happy Thursday. |
| The Department of Justice has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified information. Prosecutors on Thursday unveiled 17 additional charges against Assange, who was previously indicted on a charge of working to hack a Pentagon computer system. | The Department of Justice has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified information. Prosecutors on Thursday unveiled 17 additional charges against Assange, who was previously indicted on a charge of working to hack a Pentagon computer system. |
| Republican representative Justin Amash repeated his calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment, outlining on Twitter how the Mueller report showed the president committed impeachable offenses. | Republican representative Justin Amash repeated his calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment, outlining on Twitter how the Mueller report showed the president committed impeachable offenses. |
| Trump announced today that he is providing $16 bn in aid to farmers hurt by his trade policies after failed trade talks with China. One of the farmer’s at a White House ceremony for the announcement wore a hat that said “Make Potatoes Great Again,” then confirmed to reporters that potatoes were always great. | Trump announced today that he is providing $16 bn in aid to farmers hurt by his trade policies after failed trade talks with China. One of the farmer’s at a White House ceremony for the announcement wore a hat that said “Make Potatoes Great Again,” then confirmed to reporters that potatoes were always great. |
| Congress reached a deal on a disaster relief bill that had been stalled for weeks, because of setbacks including the president’s reluctance to provide aid money to Puerto Rico. | Congress reached a deal on a disaster relief bill that had been stalled for weeks, because of setbacks including the president’s reluctance to provide aid money to Puerto Rico. |
| The Guardian’s Jon Swaine has the latest on the Assange indictment, which not only raises questions about the freedom of the press but also could complicate attempts to extradite Assange from London. | The Guardian’s Jon Swaine has the latest on the Assange indictment, which not only raises questions about the freedom of the press but also could complicate attempts to extradite Assange from London. |
| The new indictment, approved on Thursday by a grand jury in Virginia, detailed how Assange and WikiLeaks published troves of documents that they received from Chelsea Manning, then a US army intelligence analyst. | The new indictment, approved on Thursday by a grand jury in Virginia, detailed how Assange and WikiLeaks published troves of documents that they received from Chelsea Manning, then a US army intelligence analyst. |
| Some of the files were published by WikiLeaks in partnership with international news organisations including the Guardian. | Some of the files were published by WikiLeaks in partnership with international news organisations including the Guardian. |
| Manning was convicted in 2013 under the Espionage Act for stealing classified records. She was released from a military prison in Kansas in May 2017 after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence. Barack Obama granted Manning clemency during his final days in office. | Manning was convicted in 2013 under the Espionage Act for stealing classified records. She was released from a military prison in Kansas in May 2017 after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence. Barack Obama granted Manning clemency during his final days in office. |
| Thursday’s indictment said Manning had responded to public appeals from Assange in 2009 for people with access to classified information to leak it to WikiLeaks, violating their legal obligations to keep it secret. | Thursday’s indictment said Manning had responded to public appeals from Assange in 2009 for people with access to classified information to leak it to WikiLeaks, violating their legal obligations to keep it secret. |
| US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified information | US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified information |
| Some early, quick analysis on the impact an Espionage Act charge could have on legal interpretations of the press’s right to publish classified information. | Some early, quick analysis on the impact an Espionage Act charge could have on legal interpretations of the press’s right to publish classified information. |
| Natasha Bertrand, national security correspondent at Politico: | Natasha Bertrand, national security correspondent at Politico: |
| However, traditionally the Espionage Act has been used against US government officials, like Manning, who reveal such classified information, rather than foreign nationals who publish the information. | However, traditionally the Espionage Act has been used against US government officials, like Manning, who reveal such classified information, rather than foreign nationals who publish the information. |
| Matthew Miller, a Justice Department official in the Obama adminstration: | Matthew Miller, a Justice Department official in the Obama adminstration: |
| As I’ve been saying for several years, there are very good reasons we didn’t charge this theory in the Obama admin. And it’s not like we had a record reporters loved on these issues. https://t.co/V11PvEF28x | As I’ve been saying for several years, there are very good reasons we didn’t charge this theory in the Obama admin. And it’s not like we had a record reporters loved on these issues. https://t.co/V11PvEF28x |
| Meanwhile ... | Meanwhile ... |
| Trump just now: “I’m an extremely stable genius." | Trump just now: “I’m an extremely stable genius." |
| When the “extremely stable genius” starts acting more presidential, I’ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues. https://t.co/tfWVkj9CLT | When the “extremely stable genius” starts acting more presidential, I’ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues. https://t.co/tfWVkj9CLT |
| WikiLeaks responded to the new charges in a Tweet, that warns the new indictment is “the end of national security journalism” and the US Constitution’s free speech amendment. | WikiLeaks responded to the new charges in a Tweet, that warns the new indictment is “the end of national security journalism” and the US Constitution’s free speech amendment. |
| This is madness. It is the end of national security journalism and the first amendment. https://t.co/wlhsmsenFw | This is madness. It is the end of national security journalism and the first amendment. https://t.co/wlhsmsenFw |