"Trump is afraid he’ll lose reelection, and he’s in a fury over it."

Greg Sargent:

It’s fairly standard stuff for campaigns to project outward confidence, to keep supporters energized. But President Trump and his propagandists often go to extraordinary lengths to create the almost cultlike illusion that he is winning everywhere, possesses total mastery of events, and wields absolute dominance over his foes.

This leads to all manner of absurdities: Trump insists he’s taking fearsome actions against enemies he isn’t actually taking, blames the media for fabricating polls that accurately depict his deep unpopularity, and even pretends large protests greeting him abroad simply never happened.

We are now learning that Trump’s reelection campaign is cutting ties with several of his pollsters, because word leaked that his internal polling shows his reelection prospects to be far grimmer than the campaign’s spin suggests.

But this episode represents more than just a typical campaign shake-up. It reveals in new detail how Trump and his campaign view his political vulnerability right now -- while also showcasing how Trump’s nonstop falsification of reality places limits on how far he’s willing to go in acknowledging that vulnerability.

More below.

Netanyahu's Wife is a Felon

Jerusalem (AFP) - An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which dropped more severe charges.

While the ruling cut short a high-profile trial, the Netanyahu family's legal woes are far from over: the veteran premier himself faces possible indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the coming months.

In a deal approved by judge Avital Chen at Jerusalem magistrates' court, Sara Netanyahu was found guilty of using the errors of government accounting staff to bypass spending restrictions.

She was fined 10,000 shekels ($2,800) and ordered to reimburse the state a further 45,000 shekels.

Although her husband is a millionaire she asked for payment to be deferred and the judge allowed her to pay in monthly instalments beginning in September.

"The deal reached between the sides is worthy and appropriately reflects the deeds and their severity on the criminal level," Chen said in his ruling.

The 60-year-old, a high-profile presence at her husband's side throughout his long tenure in office, was initially charged in June 2018 with fraud and breach of trust for paying $100,000 (85,000 euros) for meals from well-known Jerusalem businesses.

This awful woman is leaving the Trumpian White House

She was a perfect fit for the Malignant-Liar-in-Chief currently defiling America's White House. 

I, for one, am very happy to see her leave.




Sarah Sanders is leaving Trump's White House. But the damage she's done will last years.   

Sanders had a front row seat to what Trump was doing and she did nothing to stop him. And this country should never let her forget it.





GOOD RIDDANCE!

SARAH HUCKABEE LIAR

"And then there was page 284 of the Mueller report, which exposed Sanders as an unapologetic liar. In the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, Sanders told reporters that the rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Comey.

However, according to the Mueller Report, she made that declaration “in the heat of the moment” and it “wasn’t founded on anything.” In other words, the chief spokesperson for the president of the United States admitted that she had invented interactions with members of the FBI that did not happen."




Joan Walsh:


"The...departure of White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders means very little. It’s not like she’s conducting the daily briefing; she stopped doing that more than three months ago. Reporters say the briefing room, which once bustled with jousting journalists and administration figures every single day, is now dusty and forlorn—a metaphor for the state of truth and justice under the Donald Trump administration. 

 Sanders lied so routinely it’s tough to make a list of her greatest hits. One big one came out in Robert Mueller’s report, when she told reporters she’d heard from “countless” FBI agents who were happy that Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. That was pretty clearly untrue; Comey was popular with FBI staff. 

Then she lied about her lie, telling Mueller it was a “slip of the tongue,” even though she was reading from a prepared text."

Rick Wilson, a Conservative, describes what a majority of Americans feel:

Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson

1/ You know, I try to keep my anger over this shitbird lowlife peckerwood cocknozzle currently soiling the Oval Office under control. I really do. I know what and who he is. I understand it more than most. This is a whole new level of fuckery. And no one will do shit.

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   Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson Jun 12
   2/ Wray won't quit. He should. Coats won't quit. He should. Haspel won't quit. She should. They'll argue their replacement will be worse. This is a pleasant lie they tell themselves. They are powerless and enabling the destruction of our nation at his hands.
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   Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson Jun 12
   3/ They have become honorless, fearful men defending an honorless man. The "conservative" Trump commentariat will defend it with their usual pathetic moral and mental gymnastics, bleating about "but Obummer and Killary." A hard editorial "no" is the only response. None will.
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   Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson Jun 12
   4/ The "Justice" Department is utterly corrupted by Barr, and will do fuck-all nothing. No one in the GOP Senate will say shit. They should. In the House, the GOP Clown Caucus will run around with their dicks hard, roaring approval for pwning da libs with foreign intel.
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   Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson Jun 12
   5/ The President of the United States today invited an attack on this nation. He welcomed it. He begged for it, like a cur begging for treats. If we survive this, he'll be remembered first with derision, then with disgust, then with horror.
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   Rick Wilson‏Verified account @TheRickWilson Jun 12
   6/ He's asking for our politics to be truly unbounded and for all sides to go weapons-free. He's an agent of chaos and lawlessness. This will not end well. /fin
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