Nicholas Kristof on dt accusing Obama of wiretapping...

[babylonsister]

Nicholas Kristof
17 mins ·

President Trump has just posted a series of extraordinary tweets accusing President Obama of illegally wiretapping his phones and spying on him. The tweets seem to originate from an article he read on Breitbart. A few thoughts: 1.) The president seems to be admitting that he was the personal target of a government investigation into whether he was colluding with a hostile power; 2.) There's no illegality by the Obama administration, since any wiretaps were approved by FISA courts, or conversations were picked up by SIGINT collection. 3.)The President has access to information collected by professionals at 17 intelligence agencies, and instead he turns to nuts at Breitbart? 4.) He seems worryingly unstable. 5.) More than ever, we need an independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the ties between the Trump team and the Kremlin, for we can't have this cloud having over us for years; 6.) Defense Secretary Mattis, if you're reading this, please send SEAL Team Six into the White House to seize any device that our President can use for tweeting.

[Chasstev365]

1. A GOP legal power grab comes back to bite them in the ass!

LMAO

[Chicago1980]

22. Problem is...

Both cheeks are getting chewed and that pretty much means that we're all screwed.

[lancelyons]

28. I guarantee that the GOP is not going to be willing to find anything with Trump.

I guarantee that the GOP is not going to be willing to find anything with Trump.

Anything they can to continue the power they have. They just dont realize that if they continue letting Trump run amuck for another 2 years, they risk losing seats in 2018 / 2020. They could alternatively go with Pence and have the same power with smoother sailing.

But we know the GOP dont seem to use any brains.

[wcast]

2. This is unbelievable.

How much longer can this go on before our country cracks and there is nothing left but pieces?

[bigtree]

3. k&r

[nocalflea]

4. Take away his twitter ?

He's cutting his own throat with it.His base nay be passionate-but they're not that big.He's losing the moderates.

[salin]

14. Leave the twitter alone!

Drives me crazy - his tweets - but it gives us insight into whatever is really in his head, and into what he is reading/watching (Fox or Brietbart.) I am starting to think it is the only kind of transparency we are ever going to get from this Administration.

[Submariner]

20. + 1000

[RKP5637]

26. + 1000

[Marthe48]

40. at least at the moment he tweets

and that depends on how well the KFC passed through...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

57. THREAD WIN!!

Omg, I'm dyin here!


Thanks, I needed that!!

[oldtime dfl_er]

51. yes

and by his tweets shall he be impeached. Let him keep at it!

[joet67]

58. After how he unclassified everything via twitter, I say let him have at it.

He has a better chance at spilling the beans on all of the rats or ensnaring them further. I want multiple indictments, myself.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

5. I agree - except for:

"seize any device that our President can use for tweeting"

Let the fool continue tweeting!!

[randome]

9. When he's jailed, let him continue to amuse us with his tweets, as well.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Alice11111]

54. Tweet away...Let Him Tweet!!! Best thing 4 Dems ever!

We have no power. The checks and balances are gone, and we have exposed a huge flaw in the Constitution.

Almost ALL his tweets have helped us. Please don't take away his tweeter. Let him keep his Android too. We will have a record. The Russians already know everything anyway because he's been so careless and clueless.

Imagine if this were Hillary. She would have already been impeached and convicted. Hypocrisy!!!🖕

[watoos]

6. I hope that Breitbart is right

that means that someone has the dirt on Trump. If Breitbart is just covering for Trump and lying about the wiretap I hope it left Trump in on the subterfuge because otherwise he is probably soiling his pants about now.

[bettyellen]

43. I'm sure Bannon is behind this to give DT mud to sling at Dems...

[Thor_MN]

7. We really should be planting bat shit crazy rumors that people conspired against *45.

He is so stupid that he'd start tweeting "UNFAIR!!" about them.

[azureblue]

31. one is

He is addicted to prescription uppers. And there is some proof of this. At least, he acts like a speed freak...

[notdarkyet]

48. And then he can get mellow like his speech from downers. I've believed for

A long time he's on drugs. Would like to see in his med cabinet. His dr is goofy enough to give him anything. Same with Hitler's doc. He was strung out on all kinds of stuff. Was on the history channel.

[mcar]

8. K&R

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. All good points except #5. Let Twitler keep on hoisting his own petard.

[llmart]

13. Rumor has it...

that his petard doesn't hoist any longer

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Hmmm. That could explain a lot.

[babylonsister]

16. Hahaha! nt

[Bob Loblaw]

44. Trust him

"There is no problem down there."

[Docreed2003]

55. "My petard hoists magnificently....

Believe me"

-DjT

[Dorian Gray]

52. One explanation

for why melania is still there.

[llmart]

59. So true.

I wouldn't touch that thing with a ten foot pole!

[trueblue2007]

11. GOP politicians should have dis-approved of Rump when they had the chance

THEY ALL SAID WE DON'T WANT TRUMP when they had the chance. now GOP is sorry they allowed him to be nominated etc.
it is THEIR fault.

i can't believe the GOP LEADERSHIP ... ie RYAN Mc Connell etc are not coming out in ALL MEDIA and telling Rump to shut the hell up

i have a feeling that NOW the top gops will tell trump to leave or they will impeach him.

[nocalflea]

12. They must continue to believe that

they can contain him and any damage he does-slow learners.

[azureblue]

32. I think it's because

They created this monster and it's out of their control. They have no way to contain Trump without destroying their precious political party. Their first thought is to keep in power. The two cannot coexist, but the GOP is frantically ignoring that.

[GliderGuider]

42. The GOP is caught in a "monkey trap"

The only way they can escape is by letting go of the prize - power. Since they are psychologically unable to do that, they will stare at the onrushing danger like a deer in the headlights until they are destroyed. If you'll pardon the mixed animal metaphor..

[eShirl]

45. perfect

[Dorian Gray]

53. They totally deserve

to be destroyed here.

Any decent Republican who cares about the USA (or their own dignity) should denounce this shit-show and become a free voting independent.

[trueblue2007]

60. it is NOT out of their control. they form a GROUP. 5 to 10 GOPigs who say TRUMP IS A LIAR

BAD PERSON ETC. THEY HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH.

THEN moderate GOPs will join the group. Then some "POPULAR" DEMS JOIN. not controversail people.... folks who are likable.... to form a group of 20 people .... then more join

Trump can't fight 25 people !!!

am i too naive?

[Pluvious]

46. But can this turtle snap at the hand that feeds it ?

[Volaris]

47. Not if The Dirt is now subject to FOIA requests they wont.

They'll cut his political throat and then impeach him for being anemic before he's allowed to cost them so much as a thin nickel, let alone their House majorities.

[NewRedDawn]

17. Because they are Co-conspiritors

Traitors the whole PutinPUBLICAN Party.

[Mme. Defarge]

30. I have said, since the R Convention,

that the person responsible for this national catastrophe is Priebus. He was the one who stopped the nomination from going to the Convention floor, if I'm not mistaken.

[Fritz Walter]

18. We're on a roll!

[ananda]

19. Whoa

This is strong language for a conservative who is usually an asshole.

45 read a story on Breitbart and went crazy.

Really, Kristof should be asking Mattis to put 45 in a straitjacket
and a padded cell.

[malaise]

21. Look sis - They'vebeen caught and they know it

[uponit7771]

23. He's the president and can know the news before Breitbart does

[pinboy3niner]

24. No need for Seal Team Six

They can probably get away with using only Seal Team Five-and-a-Half.

[underpants]

38. With all due respect to the Secret Service, this IS the Trump WH. How about these guys?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

25. K&R nt

[smirkymonkey]

27. He's just flinging shit at this point.

It only shows how desperate he is. He knows there is no truth to his accusations. He's just throwing shit out there and hoping something will stick. It's the act of a weak and pathetic man.

[azureblue]

33. Trump is freaking out

He's panicking big time-freaking out and hoping he can make enough noise to save his ass.

[underpants]

39. Tiptoeing toward Howard Hughes territory, because he's at most about 5 full footsteps away.

[90-percent]

29. One of two possible soon to happen outcomes

The Manhattan Mussolini will be led out of the White House in handcuffs or a strait jacket?

This guys enuf of a psycho to use nukes if he thinks that will give him the Dictatorship he's already halfway there on already?

His immigration policies just seem cruel and heartless and totally un-American at the core! We have probs, but we are a much more compassionate nation than this. It's the fucking oligarchs that are the concentration camp bastards doing this cruelty to people for no seeming constructive purpose other than fomenting hate? By ruining perfectly good normal American lives.

-90% Jimmy

[notdarkyet]

49. We might have to storm the Bastille and set the immigrants and pot smokers

Free. I'm sure they will be ready to destroy their cockroach private prisons and fight for their children.

[concreteblue]

34. Link?

eom

[cabot]

35. Donnie would be insulted by Seal Team 6

He would only allow Seal Team 10 in, or Seal Team 9 in a pinch. He doesn't deal with 6s...only 10s.

[More_Cowbell]

36. Another Sabbath meltdown

I believe that Jared and Ivanka are neck-deep in the collusion with Russia, so I don't feel sorry for them. But their observance of Shabbat makes things worse for Trump. Someone (I presume President Bannon) talks Trump into doing crazy things on Friday nights.

[notdarkyet]

50. Probably having fun fucking with his head.

[spanone]

37. i'm sure those 17 intelligence agencies use big words that don can't understand.

[Raven123]

41. Thank Goodness

However unsuccessful, at least he tried to protect us from this threat.

[IronLionZion]

56. Well he knows much more than the intelligence agencies and generals

believe him. Breitbart knows what's up.

He should give InfoWars a press pass too to get even more of this