Three new polls this week, from Newspoll, YouGov and Essential, have done precisely nothing to BludgerTrack’s two-party preferred trend reading, and next to nothing on the primary vote. The seat projection is likewise unchanged, although the Coalition is down one in Victoria and up one in Queensland. There’s a bit more excitement on the leadership ratings, following a poor set of numbers for Malcolm Turnbull from Newspoll. Full results can be found on the sidebar, where they belong.
Other poll news:
• A further finding from this week’s Newspoll tells a familiar story in relation to same-sex marriage, with yes leading 59% to 35%, out from 56% to 37% a fortnight ago. Of those who have voted, the lead for yes was 62% to 35%. Seventy-six per cent report having voted, which sits very well indeed with the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ recent estimate of 77% as of Friday. A further 10% of Newspoll respondents said they would “definitely” vote, though one suspects a number of those are stretching the definition of “definitely”. Survey forms have to be with the ABS by Tuesday to be included in the count.
• BuzzFeed reports a Galaxy poll conducted for gay rights group PFLAG found 78% support for the proposition that same-sex couples should be “treated the same under the law compared with other couples” in the event of a yes vote in the survey, though I suspect some respondents were unsure what to make of the question.
• A poll on attitudes to indigenous constitutional recognition has been published by the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales. Its main finding is that 71.7% would support recognition of the history and culture of indigenous peoples in the constitution, and 60.7% support a representative body to advise on issues affecting indigenous people. The poll was conducted by OmniPoll, a firm founded by (among others) former Newspoll director Martin O’Shannessy.
Morning bludgers/William
Onwards and upwards for Pollbludger Mark III!!!!!
Lol! I have been wondering the same thing for ages
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Claude Taylor
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I have no idea where they’ve put Giuliani. Witless Protection Service?
Thank you Victoria, and congratulations on your 000001 membership number in the PB supporters club.
William
I am honoured!!
I love the smell of a simple clean blog forum thingy in the morning.
Congrats on your separation Bilbo.
New format looks ok, but I’m using chrome and no post numbering. Also to see new post do we just refresh the page..?
Hi William,
Congratulations on the clean break with Crikey for PB. The connection served a useful purpose for a number of years. However, the incompatabilities have been on display for some time.
Hopefully, the PB diaspora will rally to the cause and keep the ship afloat for this new stand alone adventure.
Cheers
Ratsak/GG
Hear hear!
Yep. So Mueller had better get a wriggle on with more indictments being dealt with pronto.
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Don’t be fooled; they’re moving to fire Mueller.
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller’s way
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller’s way
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Willian,
Well done. It’s live, I can log on, comments work and in my preferred order so off to a good start, I’d say.
you can’t expect a traitor to be loyal to his own family. Lol!
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The ABC’s list of those ‘with questions to answer’ –
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-19/whos-next-in-the-dual-citizenship-mess/8819510
Hey, posts are in the right order now.
I like it!
Good morning Dawn Patrollers. And thankyou William!
Mark Kenny tells us that for a stranded Malcolm Turnbull, it must feel as if the music has stopped and he is the one left standing.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/citizenship-crisis-threatens-legitimacy-of-the-australian-political-system-20171101-gzch53.html
Turnbull has insisted it is up to individual MPs and senators to make sure they are not dual citizens, rejecting new calls for an audit of parliament. and he took a swipe at Parry.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-rejects-citizenship-audit-20171101-gzd2td.html
But more and more Coalition MPs are breaking ranks to call for a full citizenship audit.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-government-mp-breaks-ranks-to-back-full-citizenship-audit-20171031-gzc8ua.html
Katharine Murphy opines that it is obvious an audit should happen. But can it, when Turnbull faces trouble everywhere he looks and Joyce is not yet safely back in the parliament?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/01/coalitions-citizenship-calamity-demands-an-audit-but-is-turnbull-that-brave
The SMH editorial is unimpressed with Parry’s effort.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/another-political-whale-heads-for-the-beach-20171101-gzct1r.html
Richo says “Kicking and screaming, Parry was forced to come clean. The Liberal Party just could not afford this act of bastardry.” Google.
/opinion/columnists/graham-richardson/stephen-parry-has-treated-voters-and-his-party-with-contempt/news-story/9f3e48d02316933f9c66ec81f1d5fe5b
Writing on the citizenship debacle Judith Ireland says that in the end, it’s the arrogance of our MPs that really gets you. The sheer sense of entitlement that takes your breath away. She really puts the boot in.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/its-a-high-court-but-a-low-point-for-australians-watching-the-citizenship-show-20171031-gzc76f.html
Barnaby Joyce has upped the internal ante by backing his National partycolleague, John “Wacka” Williams, to be the next president of the Senate.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/01/barnaby-joyce-stokes-coalition-tensions-by-backing-national-as-senate-president
Laura Tingle says that thanks to the “dopey” Stephen Parry an audit on citizenship for all MPs is now necessity. Google.
/news/politics/thanks-to-dopey-stephen-parry-an-audit-of-all-mps-is-now-a-necessity-20171101-gzcw98
Peter Martin writes that as the shape of the next Labor government is becoming clearer it’s time to take Labor seriously. He concludes with “Unless things change, this time next year we will be faced with a choice between a government that makes things up as it goes along and a government in waiting that knows what it wants to do.”
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/its-time-to-take-labor-seriously-20171031-gzc9h3.html
Welcome back Pollbludger. 🙂
https://www.buzzfeed.com/zahrahirji/epa-pruitt-new-science-advisors?utm_term=.gj4bo4PdG5&ref=mobile_share#.cfDqMvE3AZ
So the ABC demanded evidence that people are not dual citizens. Almost all have declined….lol
So they aresyaing they are all suspect because the ABC says so.?
The only people the politicians have to answer to respect of citizenship is the parliament and courts. I hope the ALP tell the ABC to rack off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/fashion/trump-official-portrait.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Apparently that orange glow has been toned down and he’s wearing a shit-eating grin.
William
All the best for the new home. Long may it be successful and we enjoy your work
So Turnbull got no advance warning from Parry.
A bit rude, I’d say, but then he’s was one of Abetz’s people so what would you expect.
New site looks good.
Well done William.
CTar:
And it’s beyond belief that Parry only now thinks to check on his own circumstances after how much time has this dual citizenship stuff been front page news now?
At least he’s resigning from parliament and doing the right thing.
Dual citizenship: Which politicians still have questions to answer in this constitutional mess?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-19/whos-next-in-the-dual-citizenship-mess/8819510
The ABC would never dare publish such a list if it contained mainly L/NP names, the response would be hysterical, so why are they publishing this list with mostly Labor people with “questions to answer”?
Damn. I will have to junk my fevered plans for the Poll Bludgers Jamboree and Rodeo Roundup.
Never mind I will canvas the Bludgers to find a rear end for the horse for what I hope will be William’s end of year argument and duelling banjo’s hip hop parade.
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Help. AR – please enable your wonderful C+ for this site. I promise to be nice to you at the Poll Bludgers parties.
Will there be a “Brunch Patrol ” today…in lieu of BK’s normal early morning feast…..?
‘fess
And he would have been 99.9% sure his election was invalid. His father may have become an Australian citizen but the number that would also do the ‘renounce’ UK citizenship thing would be very small. Why would they?
BK
November 2, 2017 at 6:37 AM
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
Mark Kenny tells us that for a stranded Malcolm Turnbull, it must feel as if the music has stopped and he is the one left standing.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/citizenship-crisis-threatens-legitimacy-of-the-australian-political-system-20171101-gzch53.html
Turnbull has insisted it is up to individual MPs and senators to make sure they are not dual citizens, rejecting new calls for an audit of parliament. and he took a swipe at Parry.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-rejects-citizenship-audit-20171101-gzd2td.html
But more and more Coalition MPs are breaking ranks to call for a full citizenship audit.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-government-mp-breaks-ranks-to-back-full-citizenship-audit-20171031-gzc8ua.html
Katharine Murphy opines that it is obvious an audit should happen. But can it, when Turnbull faces trouble everywhere he looks and Joyce is not yet safely back in the parliament?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/01/coalitions-citizenship-calamity-demands-an-audit-but-is-turnbull-that-brave
The SMH editorial is unimpressed with Parry’s effort.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/another-political-whale-heads-for-the-beach-20171101-gzct1r.html
Richo says “Kicking and screaming, Parry was forced to come clean. The Liberal Party just could not afford this act of bastardry.” Google.
/opinion/columnists/graham-richardson/stephen-parry-has-treated-voters-and-his-party-with-contempt/news-story/9f3e48d02316933f9c66ec81f1d5fe5b
Writing on the citizenship debacle Judith Ireland says that in the end, it’s the arrogance of our MPs that really gets you. The sheer sense of entitlement that takes your breath away. She really puts the boot in.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/its-a-high-court-but-a-low-point-for-australians-watching-the-citizenship-show-20171031-gzc76f.html
Barnaby Joyce has upped the internal ante by backing his National partycolleague, John “Wacka” Williams, to be the next president of the Senate.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/01/barnaby-joyce-stokes-coalition-tensions-by-backing-national-as-senate-president
Laura Tingle says that thanks to the “dopey” Stephen Parry an audit on citizenship for all MPs is now necessity. Google.
/news/politics/thanks-to-dopey-stephen-parry-an-audit-of-all-mps-is-now-a-necessity-20171101-gzcw98
Peter Martin writes that as the shape of the next Labor government is becoming clearer it’s time to take Labor seriously. He concludes with “Unless things change, this time next year we will be faced with a choice between a government that makes things up as it goes along and a government in waiting that knows what it wants to do.”
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/its-time-to-take-labor-seriously-20171031-gzc9h3.html
Section 2 . . .
Frontier Economics managing director Danny Price told a policy forum on Wednesday that implementing Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel’s review of the energy market would “lead us into an interventionist pit”. Plenty of fodder for the Opposition here!
http://www.smh.com.au/business/energy/finkel-review-will-lead-to-energy-sector-nationalisation-economist-says-20171101-gzcibs.html
John Warhurst says there is something deeply wrong with how unions are treated in Australia. A very good examination of the issue.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/awu-raid-something-is-deeply-wrong-with-how-unions-are-treated-in-australia-20171031-gzc4xv.html
The minimum wage should be set at the level of a “living wage” to lift millions of people out of poverty, the Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary, Sally McManus, will say in a speech marking the 110th anniversary of the landmark Harvester decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/02/unions-seek-dramatic-pay-increases-to-ensure-minimum-living-wage
Rodney Croome warns that should Australia vote yes for marriage equality, the radical right will launch an unprecedented assault on Australia’s anti-discrimination laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/02/the-threat-to-freedom-narrative-is-just-a-bid-for-power-and-privilege
Michael Koziol on the current chaos on Manus Island.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/pleas-for-new-zealand-papua-new-guinea-to-intervene-in-manus-island-crisis-20171101-gzcw2u.html
John Hewson has unleashed an extraordinary spray at the Turnbull government over its handling of the Manus Island standoff, singling out Immigration Minister Peter Dutton as uncompassionate, and accusing both sides of politics of a “disgusting race to the bottom”.
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2017/11/01/manus-island-john-hewson/
Fergus Hunter writes about what the Greens are saying about Dutton. Plenty!
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greens-label-peter-dutton-a-serial-human-rights-abuser-as-mental-health-concerns-mount-20171031-gzcb7b.html
Kimberley Kitching is making her mark. One to watch I’d say.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-backbencher-kimberley-kitching-spending-more-on-flights-than-most-ministers-20171031-gzcb5l.html
The key message from day one of The Australian Financial Review Retail Summit was that retailers should not live in fear of the imminent arrival of the Amazon online selling machine. Google.
http://www.afr.com/brand/chanticleer/amazon-will-face-big-challenges-in-australia-20171101-gzd01a
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Section 3 . . .
A promise by the NSW government to protect renters’ rights has the premier facing a potential showdown with the city’s richest man who is threatening to stop constructing thousands of rental properties in a move that could drive up rents across Sydney.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/meriton-warns-action-on-renters-rights-could-spark-construction-strike-20171101-gzcx3p.html
A top adviser to dumped One Nation senator turned Queensland election candidate Malcolm Roberts has been charged with rape. Queensland police arrested and charged Sean Black with seven offences, including three counts of assault and three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, on May 24. Nice!
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-roberts-adviser-sean-black-charged-with-rape-20171101-gzcf4t.html
Lucy Turnbull’s three-city vision conflicts with the reasoning behind WestConnex.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/lucy-turnbulls-threecity-vision-conflicts-with-the-reasoning-behind-westconnex-20171030-gzbd1s.html
Trends in violence have led to changes in the process to approve liquor licences in NSW.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/call-to-overhaul-liquor-licensing-in-domestic-violence-hot-spots-20171101-gzczvr.html
Dennis Shanahan says that Tony Abbott has hailed the rise of a new conservative movement prepared to fight for Western culture and religious freedom as a ¬result of the same-sex marriage campaign and warned Liberals the “activated” voters will wonder “who will represent them in the years ahead”. Google.
/national-affairs/ssm-debate-sparks-new-wave-of-conservative-activism/news-story/ba86a83cbd08a6b86449772135988a63
Gladys does a Trump and slashes funding for ICAC.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/significant-funding-cut-for-nsw-corruption-investigation-unit-20171101-gzcpby.html
Australia’s major banks will be forced to share more detailed credit data about millions of customers, a move the government says will result in better deals on loans and greater competition in banking. We shall see.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/borrowers-to-get-better-deal-as-scott-morrison-mandates-credit-data-sharing-20171101-gzcvr7.html
Christopher Pyne is under the Liberal blowtorch. Google.
/national-affairs/christopher-pyne-faces-liberal-party-investigation/news-story/a4a4d335a2666b8e9c11d6b24925b7a5
Now some of the Ibrahim family have appeared in court over their alleged roles in an international tobacco and drug- smuggling conspiracy. What next?
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ibrahims-return-to-court-over-alleged-tobacco-and-drug-smuggling-conspiracy-20171101-gzcq7e.html
Celebrity scientist Professor Brian Cox has labelled former prime minister Tony Abbott “irresponsible” over climate change. Google.
/entertainment/sydney-confidential/celeb-scientist-brian-cox-slams-irresponsible-tony-abbott-on-climate-change/news-story/472fe60751647bc62a787698aefe0727
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BK
November 2, 2017 at 6:39 AM
Section 4 . . .
Such little darlings in the Young Liberals.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-young-liberals-hold-a-cornettocaucus-in-support-of-streets-icecream-20171101-gzd238.html
Some members of the House Judiciary Committee are saying that articles of impeachment against Trump will be filed by the end of the month.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/articles-of-impeachment-against-trump-will-be-filed-by-thanksgiving-congressman-20171031-gzc8xl.html
Special Counsellors have described Paul Manafort as a flight risk.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/paul-manafort-holder-of-3-passports-is-a-flight-risk-special-counsels-office-says-20171101-gzchoh.html
In the wake of the New York attack Trump has called for an end to the visa lottery system. Google.
/business/wall-street-journal/trump-demands-end-to-green-card-lottery-in-wake-of-new-york-terror-attack/news-story/2c69a73b95b826dff5dbf64f12a1fcf3
Trump’s reaction to terror? To make America terrifies again!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/01/donald-trump-reaction-terror-make-america-terrified-las-vegas-massacre
The Church of England should take a lead in tackling sexual harassment by acknowledging its prevalence within its ranks and by establishing an independent process for raising concerns, according to prominent women in the church.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/01/church-of-england-urged-to-tackle-sexual-abuse-within-its-ranks
The Turnbull Government dismisses the suggestion First Nations people should be involved in decisions which affect them as “undesirable” and has no intention to negotiate on an equal footing.
https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/turnbulls-loud-and-clear-contempt-for-indigenous-voice,10883
Centrelink has copped a lashing from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after it found the agency misled a client who was later told she owed $37,000 in debts.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/administrative-appeals-tribunal-lashes-centrelink-for-misleading-client-20171031-gzbzr8.html
Murray-Goulburn is a fiasco like no other. Google.
/news/opinion/ed-gannon-murray-goulburn-a-fiasco-like-no-other/news-story/169f2138afec344a1710d7e175fdc601
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BK
November 2, 2017 at 6:40 AM
Section 5 . . . with Cartoon Corner Part 1
Elizabeth Knight was at the shocker of an AGM for Myers.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/investors-deliver-verdict-on-myers-strategy-a-tanking-share-price-20171101-gzcse7.html
Domino’s workers will get pay rises worth tens of millions of dollars a year after the workplace tribunal agreed to tear up unfair agreements struck between the pizza chain and one of Australia’s biggest unions. Another blow to the Shoppies.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/dominos-workers-to-get-huge-pay-rise-after-fair-work-decision-20171101-gzclpz.html
Half of those exiting the government’s low-paying youth internship scheme leave without a job, prompting concerns participants are being used as “cheap labour” and then discarded. What a surprise!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/01/half-leave-coalitions-youth-internship-scheme-without-a-job
David Rowe with the wheels of justice in the US.
WOW! David Pope really goes for it.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/david-pope-20120214-1t3j0
Matt Davidson sums up Barnaby.
Cathy Wilcox and the citizenship game.
Alan Moir’s depiction of Stephen Parry – a beached whale.
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BK
November 2, 2017 at 6:41 AM
Section 6 . . . Cartoon Corner Part 2
Fiona Katauskas savages Dutton.
As does Glen Le Lievre.
Peter Broelman and a rather disturbing depiction of Pauline Hanson.
Paul Zanetti and Halloween in Queensland.
Matt Golding with the Domino’s FWA announcement.
Golding with the concept of zero citizenship.
More from Golding on the unusual English exam.
And he celebrates the Uluru announcement.
Golding is prolific!
Mark Knight is cynical about Andrews’ decision to trial a safe injecting room in Richmond.
Jon Kudelka has no sympathy for Parry (and others).
Glen Le Lievre and some postcards from Manus.
Glen Le Lievre @GlenLeLievre
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Alan Moir and reconciliation Liberal style.
Mark Knight on the banning of climbing Uluru.
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/b3d75321d3a5a506125aad71a4dce545?width=1024
Jon Kudelka introduces the s44 ejection seat.
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/6a88ddb21703d661934cb66bdded34f1
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poroti, thnx mate…and BK of course…!
All good Mr Bowe. 🙂
Signed up PPatron thingy and login works.
One REALLY good thing to come of this is I will not come across that horrid crikey missed sign on page with Julie Bishop on it again.
poroti:
Something went terribly wrong with the cartoon corner!
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Trump’s Ego Made Him Easy Prey for the Russians Targeting Him to Betray His Country
To get someone to betray their country, an intelligence officer looks for vulnerabilities to exploit and these are summed up as MICE: Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego, Alex Finley, a former officer of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, explained. President Trump was easy “easy prey for Putin” just because of his ego.
It has not yet been established that Trump or his entourage were turned by the Russians. But Trump and his team were easy prey, according to an expert.
To get someone to betray their country, an intelligence officer looks for vulnerabilities to exploit and these are summed up as MICE: Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego, Alex Finley, a former officer of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, explained. President Trump was easy “easy prey for Putin” just because of his ego.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/01/trumps-ego-easy-prey-russians-targeting-betray-country.html
With One Answer Sarah Huckabee Sanders Confirms That Trump’s Mind Is Gone
At the White House daily briefing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked if Trump wants the tax reform bill to be called the Cut Cut Cut Act, and her answer revealed just how far gone Trump is.
Huckabee Sanders was asked if Trump wants to title the bill The Cut Cut Cut Act, and she answered, “Look. I think the President if it’s called the cut cut bill great. I think the biggest priority he has is making sure it does what he’s laid out are his priorities in that piece of legislation.”
That wasn’t a no.
Huckabee Sanders never denied a report that Trump is currently fighting with Paul Ryan and House Republicans because he is insisting that the tax reform bill be called the cut cut cut bill. The President Of The United States is mentally gone. There can be no other explanation for why he would give a piece of legislation such an idiotic name. Legislators take the naming of bills seriously because they want the bill to be taken seriously.
Cut cut cut sounds like something a five-year-old would come up with for a title.
The President can’t be trusted to give interviews with real journalists, make condolence calls, or even title a bill.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed with her answer. Trump’s lights are on, but no one is home.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/11/01/answer-sarah-huckabee-sanders-confirms-trumps-mind.html
BUSTED: Evidence mounts that Jeff Sessions perjured himself under Al Franken questioning
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is suddenly facing an active dilemma.
A guilty plea signed last month by one of his former Trump campaign underlings revealed this week shows he likely perjured himself during his confirmation hearing — and he doesn’t have a good option to wriggle out of it.
Sessions told Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) at the January hearing that he was “not aware” of evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government during the campaign, according to the New Republic.
He walked back those claims last month during another Senate hearing, telling Franken he “conducted no improper discussions with Russians at any time regarding the campaign or any other item facing this country.”
But court filings, and a new CNN report, show he was aware of evidence that at least one campaign associate was in contact with Russia.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/busted-evidence-mounts-that-jeff-sessions-perjured-himself-under-al-franken-questioning/
Trump’s inner circle admits Mueller indictments mean it’s time to plan president’s endgame: report
President Donald Trump’s White House is reeling in the aftermath of two high-profile indictments of former campaign aides and the arrest and guilty plea of another, said Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman on Wednesday.
As panic tightens its grip on the West Wing, some in the president’s inner circle have begun to dread the possibility of impeachment.
“Here’s what Manafort’s indictment tells me: Mueller is going to go over every financial dealing of Jared Kushner and the Trump Organization,” said former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg to Sherman. “Trump is at 33 percent in Gallup. You can’t go any lower. He’s f*cked.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trumps-inner-circle-admits-mueller-indictments-mean-its-time-to-plan-presidents-endgame-report/
poroti:
Thanks!
I seem to have lost an EDIT button ……is it just me ????? .
Congratulations on the Crikey separation William. I have enjoyed Poll Bludger for the 11 (or more) years I have been a regular reader, and occasional contributor! I will remain a Crikey subscriber, but I am pleased to see Poll Bludger back again as a stand alone enterprise. Best wishes for the future.
Phoenix Red, yep me too. I noticed earlier there was a reply button. This button seems to have disappeared, with sometimes the word ‘reply’ appearing at the bottom of a post.
Having said that, it is a vast improvement to what I had before. Very quick and the posts seem to be displayed in time order.
PhoenixRed:
Not just you.
As the walls cave in on them both, public feud erupts between Donald Trump and Jared Kushner
Bill Palmer
Donald Trump, in the midst of arrests and guilty pleas in a Russia scandal that will ultimately lead directly back to him, is watching his world crumble around him by the day. Jared Kushner, who is in such deep trouble that pundits are debating whether they think he’s the next to get arrested, is also in freefall. So how are Trump and his son-in-law dealing with this? By taking it out on each other, in a feud that’s now spilled out into the public.
Trump is now calling up his friends and telling him that he believes Kushner is at fault for the rise of the Robert Mueller probe. Trump blames Kushner for having given him bad advice to fire National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (which turned the Trump-Russia scandal into something real in the minds of the average mainstream American) and to fire FBI Director James Comey (which led to the appointment of the Special Counsel). That prompted Trump’s friends to run to the media to push that narrative.
Numerous friends of Trump are now telling Vanity Fair that Trump thinks everything that’s going wrong is Kushner’s fault . Moreover, Trump’s friends wouldn’t be doing this unless Trump wanted this feud with Kushner to go public. Thus far Kushner – who doesn’t tweet and almost never speaks in public – hasn’t yet taken the bait. Nonetheless, this Trump-Kushner feud, or at least one half of it, is now playing out in public. This comes as both men are facing increasingly severe criminal trouble.
Robert Mueller is almost certainly investigating Jared Kushner for his secret meeting with a Russian government lawyer during the campaign, his secret meetings with the Russian Ambassador and the head of a Russian bank during the transition period, his relationship with Russian-tinged Trump campaign data firm Cambridge Analytica, and his shady business dealings. Mueller is investigating Donald Trump for everything under the sun.