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"You're even worse than Morrissey."

As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention for his unconventional yet expressive baritone voice, witty and sardonic lyrics, and idiosyncratic appearance; deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the aesthetic of a social outsider who eschewed drugs and embraced celibacy.

I'm against "some mechanism to prevent utterly unqualified people from holding high offices", though, even if it might have saved us from President Trump.. That's a judgement call that should be left up to the voters.

Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office and the Justice Department's National Security Division visited the courtroom of a federal magistrate judge in Washington at 11:30 a.m. ET to return a grand jury indictment, according to an itinerary posted outside the courtroom.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

It might be his music?

The No. 2 Justice Department official said Trump, who is traveling in Europe, was briefed on the matter earlier this week.

The indictments were made public just three days before Trump was set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

Rosenstein, who has been a target of Trump’s ire over the special counsel's Russia investigation, said it is “important for the president to know what information was uncovered because he has to make very important decisions for the country.”

“He needs to know what evidence there is of foreign election interference,” said Rosenstein.

Trump has promised to raise the issue of election meddling with Putin, saying Friday he will “absolutely firmly ask the question” during their meeting.

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TALK OF THE MORNING

What fun is having a grievance if you don't publicly air it?:

President Trump gave a bombshell interview to the British newspaper The Sun where he criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May on her Brexit strategy. The line that's getting traction: "I would have done it much differently," Trump said of May's Brexit strategy. "I actually told Theresa May how to do it, but she didn't listen to me. ... She should negotiate the best way she knows how. But it is too bad what is going on." The full interview in The Sun: http://bit.ly/2KQOKWW

THEN AFTER THE INTERVIEW:

Trump said he's still tight with May: When asked about his interview with The Sun, President Trump said his relationship with British Prime Minister Theresa May is strong. "The relationship is very, very strong ... very, very good," Trump said, according to pool reports. http://bit.ly/2LfDcJ9

And he says he apologized to her: "President Trump says he apologized for The Sun coverage at the beginning of his meeting today with PM May: 'I said, I want to apologize, because I said such good things about you.' Her response, he says: 'Don't worry, it's just the press.' " Just the press http://bit.ly/2Ne2DeI

Aaand he even said he likes her Brexit strategy: During a joint press conference with May, Trump said he supports May on her Brexit strategy. "Whatever you're going to do is OK with us," Trump said. http://bit.ly/2JiHwFK

Astonishing is definitely the word.
I've been following a guy on twitter doing a server analysis of the 2016 election for a year and a half now. This set of indictments are still shocking.

@revelette1,

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Mueller indicts 12 Russians for DNC hacking (CNN)

Another publicity stunt. Indicting people who will never be in US custody means you never have to prove your charges in court.

ehBeth wrote:

Astonishing is definitely the word.
I've been following a guy on twitter doing a server analysis of the 2016 election for a year and a half now. This set of indictments are still shocking.

Why? What's the big deal?