Surprise! the Eighth Person in Trump Jr's Meeting Is Identified, and He's Connected to Russia. What Are the Odds?

Surprise! the Eighth Person in Trump Jr’s Meeting Is Identified, and He’s Connected to Russia. What Are the Odds?

What a shock

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Yesterday Donald Trump Jr’s mob-connected lawyer told the media that the eighth person in Junior’s meeting with a Russian lawyer was just a US citizen, not employed by the Russian government, so no big deal, right?

And once again, a day later we’re finding out that there’s quite a bit more to the story, because that person has now been identified — and he’s an employee of the Russian real estate company owned by Vladimir Putin crony Aras Agalarov.

That’s way different from being employed by the Russian government, right?

An American-based employee of a Russian real estate company took part in a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr., bringing to eight the number of known participants at the session that has emerged as a key focus of the investigation of the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russians.

Ike Kaveladze’s presence was confirmed by Scott Balber, an attorney for Emin and Aras Agalarov, the Russian developers who hosted the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant in 2013. Balber said Kaveladze works for the Agalarovs’ company and attended as their representative.

Robert Mueller finds this interesting.

Balber said Tuesday that he received a phone call from a representative of Special Counsel Robert Mueller over the weekend asking if Kaveladze would agree to be interviewed. Balber said his client would cooperate. The request is the first public indication that Mueller’s team is investigating the meeting.

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weave Jul 18, 2017 • 11:18:03am

It really annoys me when I order my burger plain and I get it with all the toppings on it anyway.

thehill.com

Targetpractice Jul 18, 2017 • 11:25:59am

Trumps caught in yet another lie. Quelle surprise.

sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 11:26:44am

1. Land war in Asia
2. Betting against Sicilians when death is on the line.
3. Letting your health care bill be branded as Trumpcare.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 18, 2017

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:27:52am

much needed cuteness:

Golden Retriever Dog And Baby Are Best Friend - Cute Dogs Love Babies Compilation

Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:28:46am

So you’re saying the guy who is implicated in a Russian money laundering scheme can’t also care about international adoption restrictions?

How dare you sir!
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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:29:39am

Real leaders know they represent all citizens, even those who didn’t vote for them.

Trump wants to punish those who voted against him

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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Archangelus Jul 18, 2017 • 11:33:34am

As Senate health bill collapses, Trump takes credit for winning over most Republicans: “would have been 48-4. impressive by any standard”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 18, 2017

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Actually it would have been 48-52. https://t.co/YRXqTEt1P7

— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 11:33:48am

The removal of the name: #toronto #hotel #trump pic.twitter.com/EwkVuHpPh5

— Frank R Margani (@FrankMargani) July 17, 2017

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If only it were so easy…. https://t.co/ma5jz9ION0

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 18, 2017

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:34:33am

SPOTTED at private 2013 dinner with @realDonaldTrump & Agalarovs: Ike Kaveladze, 8th person at Trump Tower meeting https://t.co/TjaTIBM5Al pic.twitter.com/XfASF5al13

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:35:01am

re: #6 Kragar

Punish some of those who voted for him, too.

Archangelus Jul 18, 2017 • 11:35:07am

“Getting 48-4 is impressive by any standard.”
If we’re going by how well you herd your party, I believe somebody got to 60-0. pic.twitter.com/aa54oFiawN

— Danielle Blake (@abradacabla) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:35:45am

re: #2 Targetpractice

Trumps caught in yet another lie. Quelle surprise.

Trump has never failed. He has only been failed.

Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 11:35:53am

re: #8 FormerDirtDart

They’ve tried for 8.5 years now to remove Obama’s name. The irony that impeaching Trump will do a far better job of removing him.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:36:50am

re: #11 Archangelus

“Getting 48-4 is impressive by any standard.”

So is that Winning, then?

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:37:58am

re: #1 weave

It really annoys me when I order my burger plain and I get it with all the toppings on it anyway.

thehill.com

Best idea I’ve heard all week. Except for defeating whichever healthcare bill the GOP is pushing.

jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 11:39:14am

.@SenToomey You also had *7 YEARS* to come up with a replacement and failed, spectacularly. Why should we believe 2 more will change that?

— Billy Elder (@BillyVonElds) July 18, 2017

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:39:22am

1st question to Spicey - What is the reaction to Trump Care failing?

Spicey - it didn’t fail. It passed.

— Armando (@armandodkos) July 18, 2017

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Interesting Times Jul 18, 2017 • 11:39:36am

re: #1 weave

It really annoys me when I order my burger plain and I get it with all the toppings on it anyway.

thehill.com

Nothing Burger = “All-thief chatty special Slavs, let us sieze, fickle funding on an FSB bun” 🙄 https://t.co/AbFj6LN03g

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 18, 2017

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petesh Jul 18, 2017 • 11:40:12am

Balber said Tuesday that he received a phone call from a representative of Special Counsel Robert Mueller over the weekend

I think this is the first confirmation we’ve had that Mueller is on it, and is in fact well ahead of the press — he knew who to call.

Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:40:30am

Bannon raged at Paul Ryan as a “limp-dick motherfucker who was born in a Petri dish at the Heritage Foundation.” https://t.co/3KezgWdgkD pic.twitter.com/rGMG5jXgLw

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 18, 2017

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Say what you will about Bannon, he’s got Ryan figured out https://t.co/tsu6RpqUER

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 11:40:42am

re: #17 Kragar

Biggest Inauguration crowd ever.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:40:44am

re: #17 Kragar

It’s already been implemented, in fact. It gets rid of pre-existing conditions and will ensure 24 million more people.

Archangelus Jul 18, 2017 • 11:41:17am

re: #14 Sir John Barron

So is that Winning, then?

/

May this kind of ‘winning’ never end so long as the Trumpster Fire continues…

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:41:36am

I’m proud to be part of the stampede out of the GOP | Politics Now https://t.co/mNdBRNXBQg #GOP #Democrats

— Bob Schneider (@Bobndc) July 17, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 11:42:47am

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: 3 Russians walk into Trump Tower: a lawyer, a hacker, and a money launderer https://t.co/M2R9B8xHc3

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 18, 2017

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Archangelus Jul 18, 2017 • 11:43:04am

re: #20 Kragar

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Well reality is what it is in the end, so he was bound to get something right eventually…

@PolitiFact Go ahead and take the night off. I got this one. pic.twitter.com/ZyqSXxrxOS

— Scott Stevens (@nontanto) July 18, 2017

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:43:19am

re: #12 Sir John Barron

Trump has never failed. He has only been failed.

/

I think I’ve heard something similar in relation to God.

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:44:35am

I know I do #BarackObama #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Orwv8UgfG8

— Bob Schneider (@Bobndc) July 16, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 11:44:45am

75 days ago —> pic.twitter.com/wpEylfYYtB

— Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) July 18, 2017

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 11:46:16am

Drudge Front Page pic.twitter.com/C6DsjQpovX

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) July 18, 2017

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 11:46:18am

“These are not just numbers on a page these are real people,”
[that cynical POS] McConnell said.
rawstory.com

HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 11:46:50am

re: #30 Kragar

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But I thought Trump signed more bills than anyone else.//

Archangelus Jul 18, 2017 • 11:47:08am

re: #29 FormerDirtDart

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Well, there’s a photo that hasn’t aged well…

Barefoot Grin Jul 18, 2017 • 11:47:56am

The thing I hate most is how often Trump has me nodding and giggling with people like Bill Kristol:

Caption contest https://t.co/8EvGrkb5io pic.twitter.com/eoCEVD5d2a

— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) July 18, 2017

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Obviously:
“And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Trumpville—mighty Donald has struck out.” https://t.co/Ws9xOCjjBd

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:48:08am

re: #31 jaunte

During a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, McConnell said that it was sad that Democrats were celebrating the failure of the Republican Party’s bill. Neither McConnell nor President Donald Trump ever reached out to Democrats on the bill and Democrats refused to deal on a bill that would “repeal and replace Obamacare.” Instead, they have said that they prefer to “fix Obamacare.”

“These are not just numbers on a page these are real people,” McConnell said.

GFY, McConnell

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:48:47am

re: #30 Kragar

What’s the picture?

HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 11:48:54am

re: #34 Barefoot Grin

The thing I hate most is how often Trump has me nodding and giggling with people like Bill Kristol:

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Me too. And doing so makes hacks like Greenwald think we’re okay with them.

Decatur Deb Jul 18, 2017 • 11:49:01am

Here’s a bargaining position right out of Art of the Deal: If Trump, Pence and Sessions all quit, nobody goes to jail.

Decatur Deb Jul 18, 2017 • 11:49:25am

re: #32 HappyWarrior

But I thought Trump signed more bills than anyone else.//

He stiffed more bills than anyone else. Easily confused.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:50:05am

re: #35 Sir John Barron

During a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, McConnell said that it was sad that Democrats were celebrating the failure of the Republican Party’s bill. Neither McConnell nor President Donald Trump ever reached out to Democrats on the bill and Democrats refused to deal on a bill that would “repeal and replace Obamacare.” Instead, they have said that they prefer to “fix Obamacare.”

I guess it’s OK for House Republicans to rally and celebrate outside the WH and spike the football when their shitty bill passed, huh, Mitch?

jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 11:50:24am

Good thread:

Across the country, those buying their own insurance represent 3% (light blue) to 7% (dark blue) of the marketplace. pic.twitter.com/XHMbriKyUJ

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 18, 2017

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 11:50:46am

“Grummoxing”

Targetpractice Jul 18, 2017 • 11:51:01am

re: #31 jaunte

“These are not just numbers on a page these are real people,”
[that cynical POS] McConnell said.
rawstory.com

Real people you were prepared to grant the “freedom” to be unable to afford health insurance.

Fuck off with this “we really care” BS, Yertle.

ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 11:51:04am

re: #30 Kragar

Drudge Front Page

Nothing better than watching conservatives get beaten by their own beloved media.

I await Drudge asking for his readers to vote the bums out. Who knows, it just might happen.

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:51:14am

The Business Links of Those
Leading Trump’s Rollbacks

dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 11:51:32am

re: #16 jaunte

[Embedded content] You also had *7 YEARS* to come up with a replacement and failed, spectacularly. Why should we believe 2 more will change that?

loser gambler thinking
my luck’s gotta change

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:52:02am

re: #43 Targetpractice

Real people you were prepared to grant the “freedom” to be unable to afford health insurance.

Fuck off with this “we really care” BS, Yertle.

He meant his rich donors who pay higher taxes to support Obamacare. They’re the real victims in all this. When you pray, pray a prayer for them.

wheat-dogg Jul 18, 2017 • 11:53:24am

re: #34 Barefoot Grin

i haz better one.

Instagram

Vice President Mike Pence laughs as President Donald Trump holds a baseball bat as they attend a Made in America product showcase event at the White House in Washington, July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria @carlosabarria #reuters #reutersphotos #trump #pence #baseball #whitehouse

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:53:24am

re: #44 ObserverArt

Nothing better than watching conservatives get beaten by their own beloved media.

I await Drudge asking for his readers to vote the bums out. Who knows, it just might happen.

Is Drudge reporting reality for once?

ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 11:53:41am

re: #34 Barefoot Grin

The thing I hate most is how often Trump has me nodding and giggling with people like Bill Kristol:

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Pence again with the fawning eyes.

Then again, maybe he is drawing a bead on him.

Lookout Donny…Pence is out to get ya!

HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 11:54:16am

re: #48 wheat-dogg

i haz better one.

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God I see what my mom means now when she says she hates Pence’s stupid smirk.

Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 11:54:27am

Off camera with Huckabee.

I imagine the non-answer

.@ZekeJMiller asks @SHSanders45 whether Trump owes his supporters an apology for saying he alone could fix the broken system.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 18, 2017

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 11:54:29am

re: #1 weave

It really annoys me when I order my burger plain and I get it with all the toppings on it anyway.

thehill.com

“For years, when someone ordered a plain burger, I have always yelled out the order as as ‘nothing burger’ to my cooks, so I think that I actually invented the term,” Tabibian said.

you KNOW what’s gonna happen….

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:54:56am

WE need to somehow separate the idea of comprehensive health care from the concept of insurance.

Insurance is Financial Risk Management.

What we want is National Managed Health Care.
(or some more appropriate moniker)

Pre-existing conditions and other conditions are terms of risk management.

A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Jul 18, 2017 • 11:56:00am

re: #44 ObserverArt

Nothing better than watching conservatives get beaten by their own beloved media.

I await Drudge asking for his readers to vote the bums out. Who knows, it just might happen.

Maybe setting up a “Trump good, Congress bad” argument? (If they stay home for the midterms, Dems will do even better than I already think they might.)

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 11:56:09am

re: #48 wheat-dogg

i haz better one.

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did he even play Youth Baseball?

college or high school sports?

Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 11:56:30am

re: #16 jaunte

Because the Democrats will have to write it, obviously.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 11:56:36am

re: #52 Stanley Sea

Off camera with Huckabee.

I imagine the non-answer

[Sarah Hucks]The president knows his true supporters don’t need an apology from him and wouldn’t accept one were it to be offered, because the president’s true supporters know he can do no wrong.[/Sarah Hucks]

FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 11:57:58am

There’s a Trump Tweet for EVERY occasion. Except today, when there are TWO perfect Trump Tweets. pic.twitter.com/H1pbtxtBZp

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) July 18, 2017

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sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 11:58:11am

re: #36 Sir John Barron

What’s the picture?

McConnell and Ryan looking sad, Drudge headline “most unproductive congress in 164 years”

(since 1853)

wheat-dogg Jul 18, 2017 • 11:58:39am

re: #56 Birth Control Works

did he even play Youth Baseball?

college or high school sports?

He had a DH, I’m sure.

I reckon he played some sport while in that military school. Probably something suitably tony, like tennis or squash.

The Vicious Babushka Jul 18, 2017 • 11:58:42am

re: #56 Birth Control Works

did he even play Youth Baseball?

college or high school sports?

Yeah he played on his college baseball team, even with the bone spurs.

Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 11:59:38am

IIRC, we have sane gun owners here at LGF…..

Call for gun violence op-eds: I want new solutions from troops, vets, IC, LEOs. NOT L vs R politics.
Send to: submissions@defenseone.com

— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) July 18, 2017

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bratwurst Jul 18, 2017 • 12:00:02pm

This is glorious! Of course, the chances of him engaging in any introspection is zero…but still:

Chris Cillizza’s Reddit AMA was a delightful catastrophe https://t.co/zUdonuPzmk pic.twitter.com/K1sxe10i3k

— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 18, 2017

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wheat-dogg Jul 18, 2017 • 12:00:10pm

Given his facial expressions sitting in the big trucks and holding the bat, Trump probably has never outgrown childhood.

See also Charles Foster Kane.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:01:08pm

re: #62 The Vicious Babushka

Yeah he played on his college baseball team, even with the bone spurs.

(Swoon) I’m so glad we finally have a president who played a real American sport and truly loves America!

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:01:32pm

VOTE FOR MY DESIGNs

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:02:26pm

re: #60 sagehen

Drudge headline “most unproductive congress in 164 years”

McConnell/Ryan: Oh, we can do worse than this. Hold our beer…

Amory Blaine Jul 18, 2017 • 12:02:41pm

re: #24 Birth Control Works

Good read. Gives this acid tongued leftist something to think about.

Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 12:03:43pm

re: #47 Sir John Barron

He meant his rich donors who pay higher taxes to support Obamacare. They’re the real victims in all this. When you pray, pray a prayer for them.

//

If I believed in God, my prayer would include the rich learning what God thinks of their money.

Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:04:29pm

My guess is the dementia and his weak constitution are getting harder to cover up

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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nines09 Jul 18, 2017 • 12:05:14pm

8th person at Donald Jr meeting revealed…..

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Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 12:05:25pm

re: #63 Stanley Sea

IIRC, we have sane gun owners here at LGF…..

And a number of us are vets.

Edit: As if no vet could ever be for gun control.

Barefoot Grin Jul 18, 2017 • 12:05:30pm

Chait lays out well how over and over movement conservative ideology and “principle” makes them unfit to lead:

“In truth, it was never possible to reconcile public standards for a humane health-care system with conservative ideology. In a pure market system, access to medical care will be unaffordable for a huge share of the public. Giving them access to quality care means mobilizing government power to redistribute resources, either through direct tax and transfers or through regulations that raise costs for the healthy and lower them for the sick. Obamacare uses both methods, and both are utterly repugnant and unacceptable to movement conservatives. That commitment to abstract anti-government dogma, without any concern for the practical impact, is the quality that makes the Republican Party unlike right-of-center governing parties in any other democracy. In no other country would a conservative party develop a plan for health care that every major industry stakeholder calls completely unworkable.”

nymag.com

MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:06:19pm

Fascinating! Read this! “Set aside Putin and follow the money”: a Russia expert’s theory of the Trump scandal https://t.co/yvDvoCq83i

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) July 18, 2017

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Seva Gunitsky
I think it’s justifiable for you to say that it seems impossibly convoluted, but I would say it’s still much simpler than this idea that there’s a global conspiracy designed to bring down democracy. I’m not saying the political dimension is unimportant — surely it is. But if we’re talking about the roots of the collusion, we have to look at where Trump’s links with Russia begin. And it begins with money. [These roots] don’t start with the election; they start with money, and namely Russian oligarch money.

Sean Illing
So walk me through the trail. Where does the money lead?

Seva Gunitsky
Again, this doesn’t start with the election; it starts with Russian oligarch money pouring into Trump’s real estate and casino businesses. Many of them Trump has been working with for years, well before he developed any serious political ambitions. And we’re not talking about small change here; we’re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Possibly even enough to keep Trump out of another bankruptcy.

Sean Illing
And we know this how, exactly?

Seva Gunitsky
We know because they’ve told us. We can talk about specific cases in a minute, but Donald Trump Jr. has already admitted the importance of Russian money to their business ventures. He said publicly in 2008 that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.” It doesn’t get much clearer than that.

dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 12:09:17pm

re: #71 Kragar

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of all the things he didnt know and maybe figured he could learn ojt - the constitution, how legislation works, foreign policy, domestic policy, what the senate does (jk), how you behave and don’t.

the biggest thing i think he missed is that everyone would be watching his every move and commenting, critiquing and throwing his own words back at him - no matter what. brave face and all, inside even a man baby, there is no running from what everyone is telling you they think about you and your performance

he’s just plain hiding

Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 12:11:47pm

re: #73 Belafon

And a number of us are vets.

Edit: As if no vet could ever be for gun control.

Start typing.

Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:14:45pm

The man who managed a casino into bankruptcy?

Well, good luck with that.

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 12:15:16pm

re: #70 Belafon

If I believed in God, my prayer would include the rich learning what God thinks of their money.

I do believe in God, but my prayers usually tend to “may he/she/they get what they deserve.”

Suitable for those I love, those I hate, and those I’m ambivalent about.

jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 12:16:51pm

This https://t.co/b44QW3UoOn piece was on every TX House member’s desk this morning, courtesy of @DonnaHowardTX. #txlege #YallMeansAll pic.twitter.com/RpJiFfY20T

— Tx Freedom Network (@TFN) July 18, 2017

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Calling out the schoolyard bully tactics of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick.

FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 12:17:34pm

At least $5 billion in private student loan debts may be wiped away as paperwork goes missing https://t.co/lN1Yos5u37

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2017

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 12:17:45pm

re: #74 Barefoot Grin

…mobilizing government power to redistribute resources, either through direct tax and transfers or through regulations that raise costs
nymag.com

because they dont think past the pure, free, instant market of two parties agreeing on the price/cost for something right now.

any future macro cost factor - health care/insurance, climate change, infrastructure / gas taxes for future improvements - requires some body (government or not) to determine what those numbers are, how they are justified and enforce tacking them on (presumably equitably) and being paid over and escrowed some how.

the two parties are micro so they won’t.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:18:24pm

re: #80 jaunte

Calling out the schoolyard bully tactics of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick.

I feel bad for the good people of Texas who have to put up with this insufferable pair.

dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 12:19:22pm

re: #74 Barefoot Grin

… That commitment to abstract anti-government dogma, without any concern for the practical impact, is the quality that makes the Republican Party unlike right-of-center governing parties in any other democracy. In no other country would a conservative party develop a plan for health care that every major industry stakeholder calls completely unworkable.”

nymag.com

as i think i said last thread - nobody wanted this

Interesting Times Jul 18, 2017 • 12:21:05pm

re: #83 Sir John Barron

I feel bad for the good people of Texas who have to put up with this insufferable pair.

Well…

We didn’t vote because it wouldn’t make a difference… -_-

MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:21:43pm

re: #80 jaunte

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Calling out the schoolyard bully tactics of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick.

Read the whole thing here. mystatesman.com

Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 12:21:45pm

re: #77 Stanley Sea

Start typing.

I will at home.

darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:21:46pm

Evergreen chyron from @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/hLptL0qRkp

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 18, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 12:21:56pm

re: #75 MsJ

Money laundering is at the bottom of all this. My guess? The Trump Organization has been knowingly aiding and abetting Russian oligarchs in money laundering for at the least the last decade using real estate transactions and shell corporations - in return, a piece of the action ($$$).

Common white-collar crime, to be honest.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:23:17pm

re: #89 Dr Lizardo

Money laundering is at the bottom of all this. My guess? The Trump Organization has been knowingly aiding and abetting Russian oligarchs in money laundering for at the least the last decade using real estate transactions and shell corporations - in return, a piece of the action ($$$).

Common white-collar crime, to be honest.

“So what? Is there a LAW against this? What about Clinton Foundation money-laundering? Anybody would money launder for the Russians if asked. Donald Trump is just way smarter than you!”

steve_davis Jul 18, 2017 • 12:23:42pm

re: #4 Birth Control Works

much needed cuteness:

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Golden Retrievers are basically Hippie Surfer Dudes. I passed an old gray fellow who was hanging out in the back of his boss’s pick-up truck at Walmart the other day. He just had absolutely no issue with dozens of Walmart shoppers wandering by him. Hell, they make me nervous. But he was just very chill. Wouldn’t have been surprised if he’d offered me a hit of whatever he had going back there contributing to his mellowness. Of course, golden retrievers just have a kind of permanent, genetic buzz going on all the time.

Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:23:53pm

re: #85 Interesting Times

Well…

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Because Democrats and Republicans are all alike.

Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:24:34pm

(THREAD) We must consider the *possibility* the intel dossier Don received on June 9, 2016 *wasn’t* Clinton kompromat—but *Trump* kompromat. pic.twitter.com/hqCokVTQz3

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 18, 2017

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:24:57pm

re: #81 FormerDirtDart

Well, that’s one way to get rid of student debt. :-)

HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:25:13pm

re: #93 Kragar

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I definitely think that’s a possibility.

Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:25:15pm

re: #69 Amory Blaine

Good read. Gives this acid tongued leftist something to think about.

“The Democratic Party reminds me that “labor” is an expense on the Income Statement and are my neighbors, my relatives, and people in my community. We have to lift them up too. If their jobs go away, we have a moral obligation to help them find a new job through retraining and fostering new enterprises.”

MORE TO THE POINT —You and I are “Labor”. Working American’s NOT Peasants or Serfs.

MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:25:35pm

re: #83 Sir John Barron

I feel bad for the good people of Texas who have to put up with this insufferable pair.

Many of the good people of Texas voted in that insufferable pair.

Just sayin’.

sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 12:25:53pm

Jerry Moran just leapt onto/over the Senate subway tracks to get out of a scrum of reporters.

— Sam Baker (@sam_baker) July 18, 2017

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And this is why it’s so important for your elected representatives to keep in top physical condition, despite their busy schedules https://t.co/DFopZQ6YKJ

— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 18, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Jul 18, 2017 • 12:26:37pm

re: #84 dangerman

as i think i said last thread - nobody wanted this

A senior editor for the Washington Free Beacon, interviewed on NPR this morning, said that Republicans just can’t do healthcare well, then explained he meant that it is always to their disadvantage politically. What he really meant is the flip-side argument about “redistribution.” They have trouble articulating their position that redistribution is anathema to the free market and that eventually the market will dictate who gets what for how much given [now that the ACA has normalized expectations of coverage for nearly everyone].

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:26:50pm

re: #89 Dr Lizardo

Money laundering is at the bottom of all this. My guess? The Trump Organization has been knowingly aiding and abetting Russian oligarchs in money laundering for at the least the last decade using real estate transactions and shell corporations - in return, a piece of the action ($$$).

Common white-collar crime, to be honest.

“There was no money-laundering.”

“OK, there was some money laundering but it didn’t involve the Trump Campaign.”

“OK, the Trump Campaign did a little money laundering with the Russians, but not very much.”

“OK, as I’ve always said, I’m going to be completely transparent, yeah our whole campaign was a Russian money laundering scam. But we won, so it was OK.”

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 12:27:39pm

Anyone else not surprised that the Trumps seem to have absolutely zero ties with any business/government people from actual allied countries?

Canada. England. Germany. France. Australia. Etc.

Every single one of their dealings are with shady Russians.

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:28:08pm

re: #93 Kragar

i.e. wasn’t dirt on Clinton, but was dirt on Trump?

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:28:54pm

re: #102 Sir John Barron

i.e. wasn’t dirt on Clinton, but was dirt on Trump?

That’s how I read it, yes.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:28:58pm

re: #93 Kragar

The pee tapes are real.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 12:29:37pm

re: #81 FormerDirtDart

Poor Betsy.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 12:29:46pm

Of course FOX would bring in Mark Fuhrman

NBC News announces O.J. Simpson prosecutor Chris Darden will contribute to parole hearing coverage on Thurs; Fox News has Mark Fuhrman.

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) July 18, 2017

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Oh man. https://t.co/E4ZY40DSMZ

— Marina Fang (@marinafang) July 18, 2017

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:29:48pm

re: #102 Sir John Barron

i.e. wasn’t dirt on Clinton, but was dirt on Trump?

Back off on Ukraine, give us our two compounds, and lift the sanctions on drilling or we’ll release the pee tapes.

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:30:12pm

Bible Belt leads the nation in consumption of gay porn

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:30:58pm

re: #108 Birth Control Works

Bible Belt leads the nation in consumption of gay porn

Oppo research.

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:31:34pm

re: #106 FormerDirtDart

Of course FOX would bring in Mark Fuhrman

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Hannity needed another racist to suck off I guess.

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:31:45pm

re: #108 Birth Control Works

Bible Belt leads the nation in consumption of gay porn

Shocker.

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:32:03pm

re: #96 Birth Control Works

MORE TO THE POINT —You and I are “Labor”. Working American’s NOT Peasants or Serfs.

As an aside, my husband did work in South Africa during apartheid. They got a PO for some stuff he sells and when they did investigatory work into financing, they got financial data from the company. They had two lines for labor:

Cost of Labor
Cost of Blacks

It shocked him to his core and is something he has never forgotten.

He said fuck em and didn’t go through with the sale.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:32:15pm

Man, Plan C didn’t last very fuckin’ long, did it?

Status of Repeal now-Replace later

Murkowski: ❌
Collins: ❌
Capito: ❌
Heller: 🤔
Cassidy: 🤔
Portman: 🤔

Three GOPers saying ❌ stops bill.

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) July 18, 2017

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I heard Collins come out almost immediately against it. McConnell is the best Majority Leader EVER!!!

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 12:32:16pm

re: #107 darthstar

When the pee tapes are “leaked”, suddenly a president’s personal sexual life should be of no concern to us.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 12:32:27pm

If we just keep saying stuff it will be accepted as truth…

ok grifty mcgrifterson Callista Gingrich: Trump Wants US To Be Environmental Leader https://t.co/6nAXKvR2jG via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 18, 2017

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:32:59pm

re: #114 GlutenFreeJesus

When the pee tapes are “leaked”, suddenly a president’s personal sexual life should be of no concern to us.

I have no concerns about his sexual life. He can let anyone he wants pee all over him. I just don’t want his political life to be a part of mine…and right now it is.

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Ace-o-aces Jul 18, 2017 • 12:33:18pm

Republicans trying to repeal Obamacare: pic.twitter.com/xRIPIaeTDL

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 18, 2017

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:33:26pm

re: #115 FormerDirtDart

If we just keep saying stuff it will be accepted as truth…

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Hahahaha excuse me but hahaha. Oh wait, she’s serious.

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 12:34:07pm

re: #99 Barefoot Grin

…They have trouble articulating their position that redistribution is anathema to the free market and that eventually the market will dictate who gets what for how much given [now that the ACA has normalized expectations of coverage for nearly everyone].

sure - because current redistribution to plan for future obligations *is* anathema to the instant, pure free market.

and yes, unregulated, eventually the market will dictate who gets what. and it’ll do it in constant chaos and with tremendous, dire, and fatal costs.

but hey - free market

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b.d. (bill d.) Jul 18, 2017 • 12:34:24pm

LOL at the new Drudge Headline:

TRUMP CERTIFIES IRAN DEAL

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:34:34pm

re: #112 MsJ

As an aside, my husband did work in South Africa during apartheid. They got a PO for some stuff he sells and when they did investigatory work into financing, they got financial data from the company. They had two lines for labor:

Cost of Labor
Cost of Blacks

It shocked him to his core and is something he has never forgotten.

He said fuck em and didn’t go through with the sale.

It wasn’t that long ago. I was in school when Mandela finally got released.

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:34:37pm

re: #115 FormerDirtDart

grifty mcgrifterson

That’s gold, Jerry, GOLD!

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:12pm

re: #116 darthstar

I have no concerns about his sexual life. He can let anyone he wants pee all over him. I just don’t want his political life to be a part of mine…and right now it is.

The issue comes in when he wants to piss on all of US.

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:16pm

re: #101 GlutenFreeJesus

Anyone else not surprised that the Trumps seem to have absolutely zero ties with any business/government people from actual allied countries?

Canada. England. Germany. France. Australia. Etc.

Every single one of their dealings are with shady Russians.

no one sane would consider loaning to them

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:20pm

re: #116 darthstar

I have no concerns about his sexual life. He can let anyone he wants pee all over him. I just don’t want his political life to be a part of mine…and right now it is.

as long as it’s consensual!

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:33pm

Transgender woman trolls Gov. Greg Abbot (R-Tex.)
huffingtonpost.com

She posed with Governor Abbot in the state legislature for a photograph (in the article), which is now going viral on Facebook and was shown on CBS.

She points out if the governor can’t tell who the trans people are, how would the potty police?

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:37pm

I don’t believe the grossly exhibitionistic Trump would be deterred by a pee tape. The leverage has to be something more dangerous to his standing than that.

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:35:54pm

re: #106 FormerDirtDart

Of course FOX would bring in Mark Fuhrman

OJ’s parole hearing I assume?

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:36:09pm

re: #109 darthstar

Oppo research.

???

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 12:36:57pm

omg there’s a facebook page where UPS drivers can post pictures of dogs they meet on their routes & i’m gonna die https://t.co/L6R4ktiMrJ

— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) July 14, 2017

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:37:15pm

re: #100 Sir John Barron

“There was no money-laundering.”

“OK, there was some money laundering but it didn’t involve the Trump Campaign.”

“OK, the Trump Campaign did a little money laundering with the Russians, but not very much.”

“OK, as I’ve always said, I’m going to be completely transparent, yeah our whole campaign was a Russian money laundering scam. But we won, so it was OK.”

GGT pat’s herself on back. Did I call the Money Laundering racket or what?

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:37:15pm

re: #104 darthstar

The pee tapes are real.

So what? Is their a LAW against that?!! Also Clintons have murdered people!

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Decatur Deb Jul 18, 2017 • 12:37:36pm

re: #112 MsJ

As an aside, my husband did work in South Africa during apartheid. They got a PO for some stuff he sells and when they did investigatory work into financing, they got financial data from the company. They had two lines for labor:

Cost of Labor
Cost of Blacks

It shocked him to his core and is something he has never forgotten.

He said fuck em and didn’t go through with the sale.

For the first 60 or so years the US ran the Panama Canal, it maintained two payrolls—Silver and Gold. Originally, the payrolls were made in coinage of those species. American employees were Gold, local hires were paid (a lot less) in silver, usually Columbian.

thesilverpeopleheritage.wordpress.com

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Patricia Kayden Jul 18, 2017 • 12:37:40pm

re: #24 Birth Control Works

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That is a great read!! Very heartening to see a few folks coming to their senses and saying goodbye to the Party of Hate. Hope this translates into a Democratic landslide next year.

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:38:23pm

re: #91 steve_davis

Golden Retrievers are basically Hippie Surfer Dudes. I passed an old gray fellow who was hanging out in the back of his boss’s pick-up truck at Walmart the other day. He just had absolutely no issue with dozens of Walmart shoppers wandering by him. Hell, they make me nervous. But he was just very chill. Wouldn’t have been surprised if he’d offered me a hit of whatever he had going back there contributing to his mellowness. Of course, golden retrievers just have a kind of permanent, genetic buzz going on all the time.

teehee!

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Patricia Kayden Jul 18, 2017 • 12:38:23pm

re: #108 Birth Control Works

Bible Belt leads the nation in consumption of gay porn

No comment needed.

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sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 12:38:25pm

re: #113 darthstar

Man, Plan C didn’t last very fuckin’ long, did it?

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I heard Collins come out almost immediately against it. McConnell is the best Majority Leader EVER!!!

Gosh. I’ll bet now McConnel is thinking “probably should have had a woman in that working group…”

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:39:05pm

re: #120 b.d.

LOL at the new Drudge Headline:

Thought the Iran Deal was the worst deal ever and that Trump would rip it up as soon as he took the oath of office?

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:39:08pm

It’s 90 degrees in DC and you’re wearing a jacket with enough excess fabric to cover Steven Seagal. You must be a stinky sweaty mess! pic.twitter.com/1bPKEGRFPr

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 18, 2017

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:39:53pm

re: #129 Birth Control Works

???

They only watch gay porn so they know what to pray for/against…

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:40:56pm

re: #137 sagehen

Gosh. I’ll bet now McConnel is thinking “probably should have had a woman in that working group…”

He’s probably thinking he’ll never be able to beat that n— Obama.

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Targetpractice Jul 18, 2017 • 12:41:20pm

So yeah, one thing that doesn’t really seem to get touched on by the media in the wake of Trumpcare’s failure is that the GOP’s legislative agenda for the year is pretty much KIA. Too many moderates in the House stuck their necks out on this bill on the promise that the Senate would “fix” it, meaning support for further conservative-heavy bills will be light to non-existent. Tax reform is basically dead for the year, and you can be sure there will be no budget signed either. Any hope for a major legislative victory before the fall just got thrown into a ditch and two bullets put in its head.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:42:12pm

re: #141 darthstar

He’s probably thinking he’ll never be able to beat that n— Obama.

Because at the end of the day it’s good ole fashioned racism that drives McConnell…he still feels like Obama was an affront on the US.

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:42:25pm

re: #130 jaunte

OMG that FB page. SWOOOOOON! Such cute doggies.

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 12:43:22pm

re: #144 MsJ

America’s Dogs Want More Visitors!

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 12:44:12pm

re: #107 darthstar

Back off on Ukraine, give us our two compounds, and lift the sanctions on drilling or we’ll release the pee tapes.

More like, “….we’ll release the audio/video we have of you agreeing to launder money for who you knew damn well were mafiosi. You’ll be looking at 10 years in the slammer and asset forfeiture.”

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Patricia Kayden Jul 18, 2017 • 12:45:04pm

re: #140 darthstar

They only watch gay porn so they know what to pray for/against…

lol!! That makes so much sense.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:45:55pm

re: #146 Dr Lizardo

More like, “….we’ll release the audio/video we have of you agreeing to launder money for who you knew damn well were mafiosi. You’ll be looking at 10 years in the slammer and asset forfeiture.”

I suspect this is the more likely scenario…

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:47:12pm

In case you were wondering when it IS appropriate to say, “You’re in such good shape…beautiful,”… THIS: pic.twitter.com/Z1cnnRD8Ut

— Reebok (@Reebok) July 14, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 12:47:59pm

re: #148 darthstar

I suspect this is the more likely scenario…

Yeah, same here - I think that’s the kompromat. And they’d send it straight to Mueller with a CC to the NY Attorney General’s office.

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 12:48:33pm

re: #149 Birth Control Works

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comments on this one are a hoot

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wrenchwench Jul 18, 2017 • 12:49:02pm

re: #127 jaunte

I don’t believe the grossly exhibitionistic Trump would be deterred by a pee tape. The leverage has to be something more dangerous to his standing than that.

Trump is a millionaire.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 12:51:10pm

re: #150 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, same here - I think that’s the kompromat. And they’d send it straight to Mueller with a CC to the NY Attorney General’s office.

So the real question is whether Trump’s base is big enough to donate enough money to his campaign to cover the legal fees for everyone in his family.

I sure hope Ivanka’s got a skeleton in her closet…at the end of the day I want the whole thing to go to Tiffany and have Maples Tower be the go-to place in Manhattan.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 12:52:11pm

re: #128 Sir John Barron

OJ’s parole hearing I assume?

Yes

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Big Beautiful Door Jul 18, 2017 • 12:52:17pm

re: #33 Archangelus

Well, there’s a photo that hasn’t aged well…

The supervillains have to have a moment of triumph to maniacally laugh before being defeated in the end.

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Ace-o-aces Jul 18, 2017 • 12:53:06pm

re: #127 jaunte

I don’t believe the grossly exhibitionistic Trump would be deterred by a pee tape. The leverage has to be something more dangerous to his standing than that.

It would have to be something Trump would actually care about people knowing:
Possibilities:
(1)He has a tiny penis.
(2)He is not a Billionaire
(3)One or more of his children are not his (Tiffany, I’m looking at you).
(4)He’s gay

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goddamnedfrank Jul 18, 2017 • 12:53:46pm

“Swallow this poison and give me two years to invent the antidote.” #RepublicanSalesPitch

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:54:15pm

re: #150 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, same here - I think that’s the kompromat. And they’d send it straight to Mueller with a CC to the NY Attorney General’s office.

Could be, but if Trump was engaged in money-laundering, wouldn’t that have been looked into already? He’s been in business a long time. Just playing devil’s advocate here. But I’d lean away from the money-laundering theme for now.

More likely it actually was dirt or a plan to get dirt on Hillary. We see that in what follows, both from DJT’s comments not long after this meeting took place, later the very same day in fact, and the eventual hacking of the DNC and release of DNC emails by Wikileaks.

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 12:54:30pm

re: #153 darthstar

So the real question is whether Trump’s base is big enough to donate enough money to his campaign to cover the legal fees for everyone in his family.

I sure hope Ivanka’s got a skeleton in her closet…at the end of the day I want the whole thing to go to Tiffany and have Maples Tower be the go-to place in Manhattan.

If indeed it’s all about money laundering, once asset forfeiture kicks in, the Trump Organization would be effectively bankrupted; finished, kaput, finito.

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:54:33pm

re: #126 Anymouse 🌹

Transgender woman trolls Gov. Greg Abbot (R-Tex.)
huffingtonpost.com

She posed with Governor Abbot in the state legislature for a photograph (in the article), which is now going viral on Facebook and was shown on CBS.

She points out if the governor can’t tell who the trans people are, how would the potty police?

Epic Troll. Seriously good for her.

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:54:58pm

Trouble In Fox Paradise? Hannity Calls Shep Smith ‘So Anti-Trump’ https://t.co/e7xMLkC9yD via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 18, 2017

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Ace-o-aces Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:27pm

Apparently, inaction is now your ONLY option.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) July 18, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:27pm

re: #153 darthstar

Barron is Ivanka’s son. Donny the daddy.

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Interesting Times Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:36pm

re: #159 Dr Lizardo

If indeed it’s all about money laundering, once asset forfeiture kicks in, the Trump Organization would be effectively bankrupted; finished, kaput, finito.

Isn’t the racist keebler elf currently trying to make civil asset forfeiture easier? Oh, the irony/beauty of unintended consequences…

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Patricia Kayden Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:42pm

re: #93 Kragar

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So like a threat? Or a bribe? Interesting.

P.S. But I thought Donny Junior claimed that he received nothing from the Russians and meeting only lasted for a few minutes. Shoes keep dropping.

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:47pm

re: #158 Sir John Barron

Could be, but if Trump was engaged in money-laundering, wouldn’t that have been looked into already? He’s been in business a long time. Just playing devil’s advocate here. But I’d lean away from the money-laundering theme for now.

More likely it actually was dirt or a plan to get dirt on Hillary. We see that in what follows, both from DJT’s comments not long after this meeting took place, later the very same day in fact, and the eventual hacking of the DNC and release of DNC emails by Wikileaks.

It was looked at before, IIRC, particularly in regard to his casino ventures. And it might still be getting looked at for all we know.

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HappyWarrior Jul 18, 2017 • 12:55:55pm

re: #161 MsJ

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Hahaha what a whiner.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 12:57:24pm

GOP senator jumps over subway tracks to avoid press after he sinks healthcare bill https://t.co/h2TMDgxYxN pic.twitter.com/qjHHuLbzWZ

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 12:57:43pm

re: #161 MsJ

The only possible position for a Fox employee is unquestioning, fawning pro-Trump coverage, with extra effort paid to destroying Drump’s enemies.

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 12:57:44pm

re: #163 GlutenFreeJesus

GAH!!!

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 12:58:16pm

re: #98 sagehen

If conservative ideas were so good, they wouldn’t have to jump over subway tracks to avoid the press.

This also shows the importance of raising funding for the congressional gym.

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 1:00:05pm

“What’s this meeting about?”
“We just wanted to get you in the same room with us.”
“But why?”
“Oh, no reason.” *smiles in Russian*

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:00:30pm

Opinion | What Trump makes in America https://t.co/rPorYZ7iqx pic.twitter.com/2wy8z93RMd

— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) July 18, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Jul 18, 2017 • 1:00:56pm

It’s going to be really awkward when the pee tape comes out and Republicans start peeing all over each other in solidarity.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 18, 2017

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 1:01:24pm

re: #168 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content] GOP senator jumps over subway tracks to avoid press after he sinks healthcare bill rawstory.com …

before i saw the picture, i thought they were SUBWAY TRACKS!!!!

5 foot drop, lots of garbage floating around, puddles of water, third rails, etc

a child coulda done this

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Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 1:01:54pm

re: #171 Anymouse 🌹

If conservative ideas were so good, they wouldn’t have to jump over subway tracks to avoid the press.

This also shows the importance of raising funding for the congressional gym.

“Rule #1 - Cardio”

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goddamnedfrank Jul 18, 2017 • 1:03:02pm

Shouldn’t you be off spying somewhere?

— Mufasa Travertine (@MufasaUK) July 18, 2017

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Mr. Cheney made that impossible. https://t.co/YJWL15p1YC

— Valerie Plame Wilson (@ValeriePlame) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 1:03:16pm

re: #175 dangerman

before i saw the picture, i thought they were SUBWAY TRACKS!!!!

5 foot drop, lots of garbage floating around, puddles of water, third rails, etc

a child coulda done this

Yeah, seriously. Sometimes Raw Story is a wee bit sensationalist, click-baity.

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 1:04:12pm

re: #175 dangerman

before i saw the picture, i thought they were SUBWAY TRACKS!!!!

5 foot drop, lots of garbage floating around, puddles of water, third rails, etc

a child coulda done this

Not that a U.S. Senator would be anywhere near a real subway station.

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BeachDem Jul 18, 2017 • 1:04:13pm

re: #121 HappyWarrior

It wasn’t that long ago. I was in school when Mandela finally got released.

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 1:04:41pm

re: #171 Anymouse 🌹

If conservative ideas were so good, they wouldn’t have to jump over subway tracks to avoid the press.

…they wouldnt be dealing with razor thin margins in their own party, bribing them as well (and still losing) nor having such a hard time ‘selling’ their ideas to everyone else

the dogs dont like the dog food. simple as that

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Ace-o-aces Jul 18, 2017 • 1:04:47pm

Megyn Kelly ratings hit new low as she once again loses to rerun of America’s Funniest Home Videos https://t.co/nBkUO1x5nA pic.twitter.com/AUKZBnDH7D

— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2017

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Black Santa serves his revenge cold. https://t.co/rfhPDfPN8O

— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:05:59pm

re: #177 goddamnedfrank

pic.twitter.com/D35cKRmRXQ

— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) July 18, 2017

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 1:06:24pm

re: #182 Ace-o-aces

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You mean she was only successful because she was a Fox New Barbie Doll?

addendum: having to compete in the real world is hard —once outside the bubble white women are just like everyone else.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:06:43pm

Wow, scintillating pic.twitter.com/IAxW4hR4Fk

— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff) July 18, 2017

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 1:07:37pm

Gypsies?

WTF!

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Big Beautiful Door Jul 18, 2017 • 1:08:15pm

re: #81 FormerDirtDart

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A Christmas in July Miracle!

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 1:08:45pm

The official *Smiles in Russian* smile pic.twitter.com/TMoebcWepM

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 1:09:50pm

Wow. @ACampaNajjar, a 28-year-old Mexican-Palestinian who was raised by a single mom, has out raised GOP Congressman @Rep_Hunter this qtr. pic.twitter.com/PT2GoCKhah

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 18, 2017

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petesh Jul 18, 2017 • 1:09:55pm

re: #186 Birth Control Works

Gypsies?

WTF!

Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:11:19pm

Fox News’s John Roberts Leaves WH Briefing Early, Chides Sanders for Holding Off-Camera https://t.co/rjAcoGNXH6 pic.twitter.com/bjdMuc0whQ

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 18, 2017

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 1:13:14pm

Coincidence? Fmr Trump Lawyer is Now Representing Mystery 8th Person at Junior’s Russia Meeting https://t.co/RtUAZ1b2Hy pic.twitter.com/a3NVudSwHI

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 18, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 1:15:23pm

re: #191 FormerDirtDart

What’s that apocryphal quote of LBJ’s? “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America”, IIRC. I don’t know if LBJ actually said that, but it’s certainly been attributed to him.

If Trump loses FNC, he’s well and thoroughly fucked. And by extension, the GOP is gonna take a hit, too.

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 1:15:37pm

bbl

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 1:15:53pm

The attempted GOP cut to Medicaid flopped on its face. Next up on the chopping block? Medicare https://t.co/SFL7Q3bA2q pic.twitter.com/eNhy4p7Fkj

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 18, 2017

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nines09 Jul 18, 2017 • 1:17:22pm

re: #195 MsJ

GOP; “Hold my beer.”

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Birth Control Works Jul 18, 2017 • 1:19:54pm

In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.[60]

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sagehen Jul 18, 2017 • 1:20:11pm

re: #158 Sir John Barron

Could be, but if Trump was engaged in money-laundering, wouldn’t that have been looked into already? He’s been in business a long time. Just playing devil’s advocate here. But I’d lean away from the money-laundering theme for now.

It has been looked at before, but evidence is hard to come by, or people willing to testify. Maybe it wasn’t an accident that the upper management of his casinos died in a helicopter crash.

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Kragar Jul 18, 2017 • 1:21:54pm

*Smiles in Russian* is now a thing pic.twitter.com/EfjHcTpvvv

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 18, 2017

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 1:22:10pm

re: #191 FormerDirtDart

Hannity (probably): John Roberts is so anti-Trump.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:23:49pm

‘Voices on Fox that drive me nuts’: Hannity turns fire on fellow network heavyweight Shep Smith https://t.co/dl48ryKTSM pic.twitter.com/3VEwdGBOgh

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 18, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Jul 18, 2017 • 1:24:55pm

The attempted GOP cut to Medicaid flopped on its face. Next up on the chopping block? Medicare https://t.co/SFL7Q3bA2q pic.twitter.com/eNhy4p7Fkj

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 18, 2017

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It’s like the GOP is on a quest to alienate the olds. https://t.co/5lxZiPhyk1

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 18, 2017

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makeitstop Jul 18, 2017 • 1:26:06pm

re: #175 dangerman

before i saw the picture, i thought they were SUBWAY TRACKS!!!!

5 foot drop, lots of garbage floating around, puddles of water, third rails, etc

a child coulda done this

That’s the ‘Senate Subway’ - it runs between Senate office buildings. I actually rode it once.

And like so many things in DC, it has very little in common with the real world.

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goddamnedfrank Jul 18, 2017 • 1:27:15pm

Trump-Putin had a 2nd private discussion at the G20…for an hour. Really? Really. I discuss with @CharlieRose. https://t.co/nBiBqPUSXK

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 18, 2017

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Once you go Russian you need another “discussion.” https://t.co/A1N8FWSZFP

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) July 18, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 1:30:56pm

re: #152 wrenchwench

Trump is a millionaire.

I’ve asserted that Trump is a hundredaire. When you add up all his debt, I have more money than him.

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petesh Jul 18, 2017 • 1:31:59pm

re: #205 Anymouse 🌹

I’ve asserted that Trump is a hundredaire. When you add up all his debt, I have more money than him.

And better taste, I am quite certain

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:32:19pm

That young Saudi woman who wore a miniskirt in a Snapchat video has been arrested.

This is Islam. Smh https://t.co/KVhsS3TX7l

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 18, 2017

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You meant to say this is *a radical, Wahhabi strain of* Islam *enforced by a government the US arms & funds* right? https://t.co/v4GboA0PMx

— Sulome Anderson (@SulomeAnderson) July 18, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 1:32:40pm

re: #165 Patricia Kayden

So like a threat? Or a bribe? Interesting.

P.S. But I thought Donny Junior claimed that he received nothing from the Russians and meeting only lasted for a few minutes. Shoes keep dropping.

Imelda Marcos is really God.

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Hecuba's daughter Jul 18, 2017 • 1:34:49pm

re: #198 sagehen

It has been looked at before, but evidence is hard to come by, or people willing to testify. Maybe it wasn’t accident that the upper management of his casinos died in a helicopter crash.

There are Trumpsters who buy the Clinton murder conspiracy charges. But the one principle that always hold true: any time the GOP, esp Trump, accuses the Democrats of a crime, they are deflecting: it is the GOP that engages in that action.

I also agree totally with those who believe that Trump would never be bothered by a sex tape UNLESS it shows that he cannot perform. Even then his supporters would not care. OTOH, a document that proves he is a millionaire and not a billionaire, especially if he has less than $500 million may prove lethal to his image.

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nines09 Jul 18, 2017 • 1:35:42pm

NSFW….TURN SOUND DOWN IF AT WORK

It really is a BFD, you know. @ATTN pic.twitter.com/Mor4Y4sYM2

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 18, 2017

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Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 1:36:17pm

re: #189 MsJ

Let’s not seek comfort in the easy traps of either normalizing or demonizing the decision half of America has made. We must do what is hard, what is necessary and what is right. We must hold our families and communities close with a firm grip, but also extend an open hand to those who reject us. We must take a stand but also find a way to understand.

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 1:38:42pm

re: #201 FormerDirtDart

Oh, so that’s it: Sean Hannity is hearing “Voices”.

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Dr Lizardo Jul 18, 2017 • 1:39:31pm

Good night, Lizards. Up early for work tomorrow.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 1:41:00pm

re: #210 nines09

The full video by Liberal Redneck is here. It’s way more NSFW (and funnier) than the clip above.

Liberal Redneck - (Internet) Freedom Isn’t Free

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Sir John Barron Jul 18, 2017 • 1:44:27pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

Never quite understand these critiques of Islam from RWNJ. I realize Deadbeat Joe probably isn’t a practicing Christian (given the language he frequently uses I wouldn’t take him to be one), but the RWNJ’s he supports who are have pretty similar Puritan-like beliefs about what is proper women’s attire as the Saudis.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:44:35pm

That young Saudi woman who wore a miniskirt in a Snapchat video has been arrested.

This is Islam. Smh https://t.co/KVhsS3TX7l

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 18, 2017

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Israeli-Christian man accused of killing his teenage daughter because, authorities say, she was dating a Muslim man https://t.co/kApJiSxj5a pic.twitter.com/XHnjrkw8Wg

— CNN (@CNN) July 18, 2017

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Christian man accused of killing his daughter because she was dating a Muslim man

This is Christianity. Smhhttps://t.co/EkY7fTGcth

— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) July 18, 2017

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ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 1:44:45pm

re: #76 dangerman

of all the things he didnt know and maybe figured he could learn ojt - the constitution, how legislation works, foreign policy, domestic policy, what the senate does (jk), how you behave and don’t.

the biggest thing i think he missed is that everyone would be watching his every move and commenting, critiquing and throwing his own words back at him - no matter what. brave face and all, inside even a man baby, there is no running from what everyone is telling you they think about you and your performance

he’s just plain hiding

How could he have missed the criticism? All he had to do is consider his own reputation of comments about Obama and other politicians and then figure he would be in for the same.

He’s just a bully that can dish it out but can’t take it.

Somebody grab this pussy and toss him out of the White House for good.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jul 18, 2017 • 1:45:19pm

re: #108 Birth Control Works

Bible Belt leads the nation in consumption of gay porn

The reason it is the Bible Belt is because those people need a strict moral corset to keep them in line.

Whereas most normal adults can lead decent lives without fear of damnation and eternal torment, these Bible Belters need such visions of suffering and lakes of hell fire or they will spend all their free time whoring, drinking, fighting, gambling and stealing…and getting off on gay porn.

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 1:45:28pm

re: #209 Hecuba’s daughter

There are Trumpsters who buy the Clinton murder conspiracy charges. But the one principle that always hold true: any time the GOP, esp Trump, accuses the Democrats of a crime, they are deflecting: it is the GOP that engages in that action.

I also agree totally with those who believe that Trump would never be bothered by a sex tape UNLESS it shows that he cannot perform. Even then his supporters would not care. OTOH, a document that proves he is a millionaire and not a billionaire, especially if he has less than $500 million may prove lethal to his image.

I doubt Trump is a millionaire. He got a special deduction on the one tax return we’ve seen for crying “poor”. Not that I don’t put it past him to cheat on his taxes but I doubt he’s anywhere near as rich as he claims.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:46:06pm

Grassley just postponed tomorrow’s hearing on lobbying activities by the Russians at the center of the Don Jr. controversy. No reason given. pic.twitter.com/QIlsAUeoaI

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 18, 2017

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jaunte Jul 18, 2017 • 1:49:53pm

re: #216 FormerDirtDart

Blaming 1.6 billion people for one incident in Saudi Arabia. This is Joe Walsh.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:52:42pm

Trump: “I’m going to let Obamacare fail.”
U.S. Constitution: “He shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) July 18, 2017

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So Trump is constitutionally obligated to take affirmative steps to shore up the program? Seems like a stretch. https://t.co/2TphY4BmM8

— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) July 18, 2017

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Conservatives preparing to move on to defenses of intentional ACA mismanagement. https://t.co/kAVeVoRx6i

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 1:54:11pm

Status of Repeal now-Replace later

Murkowski: ❌
Collins: ❌
Capito: ❌
Heller: 🤔
Cassidy: 🤔
Portman: 🤔

Three GOPers saying ❌ stops bill.

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) July 18, 2017

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It looks like voting 4 women is mistake They r voting against our POTUS. https://t.co/zqJ5JhAsX3

— John M Marte (@JohnMarte1) July 18, 2017

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How the decision by Murkowski, Collins, Capito to stop bill is being received by one Trump voter —> https://t.co/UmaMdaRCR4

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) July 18, 2017

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Jul 18, 2017 • 1:54:25pm

Evening Lizardim.

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The Vicious Babushka Jul 18, 2017 • 1:59:12pm

re: #127 jaunte

I don’t believe the grossly exhibitionistic Trump would be deterred by a pee tape. The leverage has to be something more dangerous to his standing than that.

It’s not a pee tape.

Click to Reveal

Trump has a menstrual fetish

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Unshaken Defiance Jul 18, 2017 • 1:59:30pm

Let’s remember our enemies will take advantage of every quirk, let alone real flaw in our so called Presidents words or actions. Or inactions as the case may be.

Paged.

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darthstar Jul 18, 2017 • 2:01:17pm

re: #163 GlutenFreeJesus

Barron is Ivanka’s son. Donny the daddy.

I’ve thought this for some time myself…but I think Melania’s still the mom.

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 2:02:31pm

NEWS: Moderate House Republicans, Dems huddle on healthcare in wake of Senate repeal collapse, w/@realmikelillis https://t.co/HWONasta4z

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 2:06:18pm

They are just about ripe enough to harvest

Facebook Video

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Belafon Jul 18, 2017 • 2:07:41pm

re: #227 darthstar

I’ve thought this for some time myself…but I think Melania’s still the mom.

Remember that picture of Barron, with a camera, taking pictures of Melania while on top of her? She doesn’t strike me as the type of person who would let those happen if he were Ivanka’s kid.

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ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 2:08:17pm

re: #144 MsJ

OMG that FB page. SWOOOOOON! Such cute doggies.

I like some of the stories that go with the Doggos. I felt so sorry for the cute little pup that a UPS driver saw abandoned out on the street while he was delivering and he went and grabbed the little terrier and took it to local animal services where the pup will be up for adoption.

Facebook linked to this doggo site for the whole story.

I heart Dogs - UPS Driver Sees Dog Getting Dumped, “Delivers” Him To Safety

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 2:08:45pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart

You’re a deadbeat dad. That’s Christianity.

— efuseakay (@efuseakay) July 18, 2017

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CleverToad Jul 18, 2017 • 2:08:56pm

re: #195 MsJ

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Of course they’re trying to resurrect the ‘privatize Medicare’ zombie.
Thanks for the heads-up — called my congresscritter to remind him of the phrase ‘third rail…’

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MsJ Jul 18, 2017 • 2:11:18pm

re: #231 ObserverArt

I like some of the stories that go with the Doggos. I felt so sorry for the cute little pup that a UPS driver saw abandoned out on the street while he was delivering and he went and grabbed the little terrier and took it to local animal services where the pup will be up for adoption.

Facebook linked to this doggo site for the whole story.

I heart Dogs - UPS Driver Sees Dog Getting Dumped, “Delivers” Him To Safety

That one brought tears to my eyes. Who could do that to a three month old puppy? Knowing he could get hit by a car. There are some sick fucking people in this world.

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GlutenFreeJesus Jul 18, 2017 • 2:11:56pm

re: #227 darthstar

I’ve thought this for some time myself…but I think Melania’s still the mom.

Jared is the daddy then…

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BeachDem Jul 18, 2017 • 2:12:41pm

re: #225 The Vicious Babushka

Speaking of sickening images, I’ve been saving this one—the ultimate ducklips—for you.

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ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 2:12:47pm

re: #163 GlutenFreeJesus

Barron is Ivanka’s son. Donny the daddy.

Ouch!

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 2:13:47pm

News from the Nebraska outback:

The general store owner thanked me for helping kill the local sales tax proposed by conservatives last night. I pointed out someone has to look out for the town’s businesses, might as well be the socialist.

It has been twenty-four hours since the water system alarm telephoned my house. I think I finally got the thing either fixed or permanently broken.

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ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 2:14:56pm

re: #165 Patricia Kayden

So like a threat? Or a bribe? Interesting.

P.S. But I thought Donny Junior claimed that he received nothing from the Russians and meeting only lasted for a few minutes. Shoes keep dropping.

As if all falling off the shelves in Imelda Marcos’ shoe closets.

Tons of shoes…shoes everywhere.

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Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 2:15:18pm

Does the yam look at polls? nah.

NBC/WSJ poll: Just 12% of Americans in key Trump counties back the GOP health care effort https://t.co/AyZjOvXtvy

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 2:15:44pm

The kicker is they claim to be doing a “healthcare survey” of New York State residents. Not being resident doesn’t preclude me though

— Marcus Weisgerber (@MarcusReports) July 18, 2017

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 2:15:58pm

re: #222 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content] So Trump is constitutionally obligated to take affirmative steps to shore up the program? Seems like a stretch.

pretty much textbook definition of “faithfully”

plus no mention of “just the ones he wants/agrees to / believes in”

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Charles Johnson Jul 18, 2017 • 2:19:50pm

Gah. Why are conservatives so completely full of shit these days? And they’re ALL like this.

Even when Republicans nominally control the government, liberals still dictate policy bc Rs are afraid that media will portray them as mean.

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) July 18, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Jul 18, 2017 • 2:21:19pm

Analysis: A Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care https://t.co/g6WvtE73tZ

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2017

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it is all part of a devious plan, begun in 1961, by Saul Alinsky and Bill Ayers

— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) July 18, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 2:22:36pm

Just in: Trump to rally in Youngstown, Ohio next Tuesday.

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) July 18, 2017

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ObserverArt Jul 18, 2017 • 2:25:02pm

re: #198 sagehen

It has been looked at before, but evidence is hard to come by, or people willing to testify. Maybe it wasn’t an accident that the upper management of his casinos died in a helicopter crash.

Isn’t that all being looked at by the New York or New Jersey Attorney General? I think Lawhawk mentions that from time to time.

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Targetpractice Jul 18, 2017 • 2:26:25pm

re: #243 Charles Johnson

Gah. Why are conservatives so completely full of shit these days? And they’re ALL like this.

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So many “patriots” worship at the altar of Party Before Country.

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Unshaken Defiance Jul 18, 2017 • 2:27:43pm

Perhaps I could agree with those that claim the Trump Jr Russian meeting was about adoption. If deal was Donald Trumps adoption by Russia.

— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 18, 2017

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Stanley Sea Jul 18, 2017 • 2:27:56pm

Check this recipe.

Looks pretty simple.

It’s no surprise this is one of our most popular recipes from the last year: https://t.co/fhc0LfXo3u pic.twitter.com/sWZyteNTSP

— epicurious (@epicurious) July 18, 2017

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Jay C Jul 18, 2017 • 2:29:50pm

re: #245 Stanley Sea

Just in: Trump to rally in Youngstown, Ohio next Tuesday.

— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) July 18, 2017

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So what’s Trump going to crow about at THIS bogus-ass rally? That the Youngstown Smokestack Works is going to reopen, thanks to his new coal-fired energy policy, and it’s going to employ 350,000 workers at $195/hour for twenty years? And that it was only HIS “deal-making” abilities that allowed it??

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dangerman Jul 18, 2017 • 2:31:53pm

re: #245 Stanley Sea

[Embedded content] Just in: Trump to rally in Youngstown, Ohio next Tuesday.

rallies
tweets
fire engines
baseball bats and cattle hats

does he every, you know, do any actual work?

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makeitstop Jul 18, 2017 • 2:33:05pm

re: #250 Jay C

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So what’s Trump going to crow about at THIS bogus-ass rally? That the Youngstown Smokestack Works is going to reopen, thanks to his new coal-fired energy policy, and it’s going to employ 350,000 workers at $195/hour for twenty years? And that it was only HIS “deal-making” abilities that allowed it??

He’s going to bitch about how the media and Democrats are being so mean to him.

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Anymouse 🌹 Jul 18, 2017 • 2:36:26pm

Trump and Putin apparently held a second informal meeting at the G-20 conference.
thehill.com

President Trump held a second, informal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg earlier this month, according to Ian Bremmer, the president of the international consulting firm Eurasia Group.

The meeting took place during the G-20 heads of state dinner, according to Bremmer, hours after Trump’s formal bilateral sit-down with Putin.

In that conversation, Trump spoke with the Russian leader for roughly an hour, joined only by Putin’s translator. The meeting had previously gone without mention by the White House.

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