Three Things: Mit Handelsblatther
This morning’s buzz was about a subpoena served on Deutsche Bank, which attorney Jay Sekulow denied happened later Tuesday. What really did happen and when? This is an open thread.
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
This morning’s buzz was about a subpoena served on Deutsche Bank, which attorney Jay Sekulow denied happened later Tuesday. What really did happen and when? This is an open thread.
Busy, busy week. Load up on the caffeine or stimulant of choice and let’s get cracking. Nixon’s grave isn’t going to disinter itself. This is an open thread.
“[w]hich has just thrown the U.S.A. election to him,” she wrote in an email.
What. Even.
I don’t have three things. I just have three (or more) layers of pure rage about the so-called tax reform bill now returned to the Senate floor. This is an open thread — vent your rage here.
Quite a bit has been written about the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request last week asking Jared Kushner’s attorney Abe Lowell for “missing” documents omitted from his client’s previously requested document production. Didn’t anybody find the requested time range odd? This is an open thread.
There’s a lot of crappy stuff going on, but three things need your urgent attention and action: Tax cuts for wealthy, net neutrality, and federal judicial appointments from Hell. Don’t let turkeys get in your way. This is an open thread.
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — he of the shaky memory and a massive debt in need of refinancing — met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman within the week the US withdrew from an anti-corruption effort and Saudi Arabia cracked down on corruption. What curious timing.
I can’t help wonder why the post-hurricane response to Puerto Rico’s devastation was so bad — so bad it looks deliberate.
So many questions have piled up, needing answers — I had to take time out to put bits and pixels to digital paper. Brace yourself.
It’s still not the regular season for pro football in the U.S., which means we’re looking at everything else. This is an open thread.