Everyone in Trump’s orbit gets sucked into his mess including the “adults in the room” like Bill Barr. Watch as Republicans try to deflect by name-dropping the Bidens more than someone who’s trying to sneak into a DNC fundraiser.
So basically everybody in the chain knew exactly what Trump was up to. https://t.co/TMTvmz5LZY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
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Of course everyone knew, that’s why the political appointees tried to hide it and the career types tried to blow the whistle.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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It was crimes all the way down (and in this case) all the way up. Everyone in the chain of command knew and did their worst to cover up the criminal acts.
This is truly Stupid Watergate on steroids (or crushed Adderall).
4pm cable news chyrons:
CNN: Trump Says Ukraine & China Should Investigate Bidens, Despite No Evidence of Wrongdoing
MSNBC: Trump Wants Ukraine And Now China to Investigate Biden & His Son
Fox: Trump Pushes for Health Care Reform in Florida As Democrats Push Impeachment in DC— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 3, 2019
This is what Democrats face - Fox/state media pushing the Trumpist line at all costs, even as Trump engages in new crimes on television.
another key Q: why won’t career DOJ prosecutors speak/stand up to this naked corruption? https://t.co/mqYQ2j66Kb
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 3, 2019
So this is big news. You know the Ukraine prosecutor Biden helped get fired? The one Trumpers are saying Biden wanted to get rid of because he was investigating Biden’s son? TPM is reporting that three GOP Senators wanted him gone, too:
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rob Portman (R-OH) and former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with five of their Democratic colleagues, sent a letter to then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in February 2016 pressing him to make “urgent reforms” to the prosecutor general’s office.
The letter is currently on Sen. Portman’s web site.
If the next Democrat admin doesn’t go after all these crooks, I will be pissed.
It’s always a good day to be reminded that I got where I am because a great education was available for $50 a semester at the University of Houston (go Cougars!). We need to cancel student debt and make college free for everyone who wants it. pic.twitter.com/fHasLm0j9P
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 3, 2019
Houston Proud!
re: #8 I Would Prefer Not To
Agree. We cannot have a post-Civil War “let’s let bygones be bygones”
ARRRGGH
Pretty prominent placement in a major city magazine for a, uh, “pariah.”
Like, just say you think the nazi is cute. Just say it. Why pretend you’re being smart about it?https://t.co/re4DWTwIsH— spooky andrea grimes (@andreagrimes) October 3, 2019
As much of a joke as as Wohl is, and as much as his shtick is more entertainment than it is actual news at this point, it is worth remembering that he does seem to have friends with proximity to power.
I reported this from a TPUSA party at CPAC earlier this year: pic.twitter.com/oVJz7qsAxU— Scare-d Holt👻 (@jaredlholt) October 3, 2019
re: #9 jaunte
Houston Cougars? OMG, the out of the box trolling there is beyond awesome!
re: #14 MsJ
I think UH may see a jump in sales for Cougars shirts.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
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Why is Gavin McGinnness checking his fly in this photo? This is even creepy for me who identifies as a male. Actually, it’s just creepy, full stop.
re: #16 Alephnaught
Why is Gavin McGinnness checking his fly in this photo? This is even creepy for me who identifies as a male. Actually, it’s just creepy, full stop.
He’s sticking his finger out of his fly so it looks like a dick. This is apparently hilarious humor to Nazis.
re: #16 Alephnaught
Why is Gavin McGinnness checking his fly in this photo? This is even creepy for me who identifies as a male. Actually, it’s just creepy, full stop.
he’s not checking it…he’s pantomiming.
I’m betting that finger is bigger than his actual dick…
re: #12 Charles Johnson
…Because White Supremacist Fascism is just so damn funny.
What was Bret doing in the lactation room? https://t.co/wV7ZtpkuDU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
re: #12 Charles Johnson
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There’s nothing punk or rebellious about being a white supremacist fuckhead.
bragging about crowds again
Great time at The Villages in Florida today. Sorry we couldn’t get everybody in. I will be back soon! pic.twitter.com/ia87A0sEue
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2019
Developing:
BREAKING—#Whistleblower 2>> IRS official has filed a whistleblower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Dept political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the president or vice president’s tax returns https://t.co/QLZ4VrFCQr
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) October 3, 2019
As expected, Trumpworld was trying to deflect and protect Trump from scrutiny on his business dealings. IRS official was concerned that the returns weren’t getting the proper level of scrutiny. In fact, there was an overt attempt to interfere in the audit. Today’s revelations are more detail to an earlier report about concerns about the IRS handling of Trump’s tax return reviews as required under the law.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
He’s sticking his finger out of his fly so it looks like a dick. This is apparently hilarious humor to Nazis.
cf bill barr’s notion of hilarity in the last thread
‘im going to greenland’
I’m strange? Me? Because I’m laughing at some teenaged conservative dipshit who accused Elizabeth Warren of BSDMing the ever lovin’ shit out of a Marine?
It’s me? Right? I’m the problem here. pic.twitter.com/B23NFXOZA4— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 3, 2019
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I want to punch walls every time I hear that stupid phrase.
“deplatforming will only make them more powerful” https://t.co/wH0CFDR0c4
— Scare-d Holt👻 (@jaredlholt) October 3, 2019
re: #24 lawhawk
This is the hammer to Trump’s presidency. There’s not a sane person alive that can justify the president tampering with his audit. Though Hannity and the other parrots will try.
“Unable to defend the substance of the president’s extortion attempt, Republicans have turned to complaining about the process. But Thursday’s performance on the White House lawn renders those baseless complaints moot—the president just did publicly what the Democrats have accused him of doing privately. The only argument against removing Trump from office is that Trump’s raving is just Trump being Trump, and is not to be taken seriously. But the fact that the president’s madness must be ignored from time to time for America to continue to function as a democracy is an argument for, not against, his removal.”
“Although congressional Democrats and Republicans are divided on impeachment, there is vanishingly little disagreement on whether or not Trump abuses his authority or is fit to be president. The distinction is that, for the moment, Republicans appear not to care
hahahahahahahah
“Trump Fundraising Haul Shows Impeachment Backfiring on Dems” https://t.co/LM1hTQX0lY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2019
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahahahahahah
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sure, jan…
There wasn’t ANYTHING said wrong in my conversation with the Ukrainian President. This is a Democrat Scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2019
This is great. Get all the criminals at once. https://t.co/XPfPqUxgDX
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth
sure, jan…
1. Whistleblower alleging my abuse of power is lies!
2. My abuse of power is OK.
I can’t stop laughing
— Imani Gandy 🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) October 3, 2019
What R’s are telling themselves today:
“By now it’s clear that the Democrats have made one of the first great political blunders of the 21st century by trying to impeach the president of the United States based on a half-understood rumor.” -@parscale
Exactly right! #KAG2020 🇺🇸https://t.co/TNL02U5cTU— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) October 3, 2019
Trying to impeach the president of the United States based on him standing in front of a camera and doing a crime.
re: #35 Charles Johnson
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You can join him in jail then Mike. You’ll love it. Not many women there.
Republicans in a week:
“Trump just pressured the IRS to stop auditing him so he could release his tax returns like he promised.”— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) October 3, 2019
re: #38 jaunte
What R’s are telling themselves today:
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Lady who is dating the Crook’s son isn’t biased at all.//
re: #35 Charles Johnson
The Slide continues:
“No, I didn’t contact foreign governments to ask them to investigate Biden.”
“OK, I did contact foreign governments and asked them really nicely to investigate Biden, but I didn’t do Extortion to do it.”
“OK, I did do the Extortion thing with Foreign governments over Biden but that’s OK.”
re: #38 jaunte
What R’s are telling themselves today:
So, you’re saying that impeaching him is OK since it works for you, right?
Alrighty then, stop complaining.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
ARRRGGH
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Can you put that in spoiler tags? I threw up in my mouth.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Lady who is dating the Crook’s son (who is himself a crook) isn’t biased at all.//
FIFY
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Lady who is dating the Crook’s son isn’t biased at all.//
Very nonbias and fair Truth.
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re: #42 HappyWarrior
Accusing Democrats of a political blunder for wanting to impeach the worst Republican political blunder ever is some grade A projection.
Yeah, the haters from BOTH sides are swarming in.
You know what that means!
Whiskey time. https://t.co/wQOUGJUD24— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 3, 2019
re: #48 jaunte
Accusing Democrats of a political blunder for wanting to impeach the worst Republican political blunder ever is some grade A projection.
“This impeachment is a Coup and terrible and a Civil War but its actually making our MAGA potus more popular so Dems are stupid to do it but it still is really terrible and a COUP!”
Whistleblower Week is much better than Infrastructure Week.
IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence https://t.co/RBirBPC3Qt— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
We found Jacob Wohl’s lime green dildo. https://t.co/nTAYTh2xKc
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 3, 2019
I’ve had several conversations with the Kentucky State Climatologist. Let met tell you he is not prone to hyperbole. So trust him when he says the drought Kentucky is facing is “unprecedented.” https://t.co/WKuliNsTEu pic.twitter.com/fnUlKWn0Cj
— Ryan Van Velzer (@RyanVanVelzer) October 3, 2019
Less than 5 years ago, China hacked our government and stole security clearance files containing the most intimate details of the lives of tens of millions of public officials and private sector workers in the United States. Today, the President asked them to attack our election. https://t.co/RmpcUqLSbU
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 3, 2019
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s going to get worse especially if he realizes he will be impeached.
This is the simplest, most straightforward thread you can read on the difference between Trump’s open corruption vs. Biden’s fabricated corruption. There is an entire industry of Trump apologetics devoted to obscuring these simple facts about him & his conduct. Don’t fall for it. https://t.co/0Nwgn3NcFX
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) October 3, 2019
Hello please find the unroll here: Thread by @Susan_Hennessey: “All presidents and vice presidents and cabinet members have family and friends whose jobs might be impacted by policy. T […]” https://t.co/rGl4z4WSQh
Share this if you think it’s interesting. 🤖— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) October 3, 2019
Molly Ivins like everyone else said.
George Carlin.
And… Tim Russert? Not sure; there are just way too many people who’ve passed that I’d like to see with that one. Mike Royko, Gene Amole…Ed Quillen…— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) October 3, 2019
America!
— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) October 3, 2019
re: #42 HappyWarrior
I wouldn’t call it dating.
So Brad Parscale says Cartman raking in Hugely Bigly dough and sourced his article from… another Brad Parscale article.
I’ll wait for the FEC reports, thank you.
Breaking — A source familiar with the investigation prompted by the whistleblower tells me that the “indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part“ of the whistleblower referred to by the Intel Community IG, is that the whistleblower is a Registered Democrat.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 3, 2019
— AMQu2 (@missmcqu) October 3, 2019
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
DONT BOTHER ‘wrapping your head around it’
dont normalize it
dont explain it
dont understand it
what we want to do is STOP IT FROM HAPPENING ANY MORE and get him the hell out
Less than 5 years ago, China hacked our government and stole security clearance files containing the most intimate details of the lives of tens of millions of public officials and private sector workers in the United States. Today, the President asked them to attack our election. https://t.co/RmpcUqLSbU
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 3, 2019
Jacob Wohl isn’t even bad in a good way.
He just sucks all around.
re: #64 Dread Pirate
Honest question… the fuck does this mean:
“indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part”
??
I mean, the actual fuck does that mean?
Yo, it ain’t me what makes you look crazy. pic.twitter.com/JhEEvNlI9p
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 3, 2019
re: #59 Chrysicat
the boston lawyer Joseph Welch
Name your top three public figures you wish were still alive right now to comment on what’s happening in our country. I’ll go first (in no particular order): John McCain, Christopher Hitchens, Hunter S. Thompson
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 3, 2019
Yet another immigrant has died in @ICEgov custody – that’s nearly 30 deaths since the beginning of the Trump Administration. @DHSgov owes the American people answers for this troubling pattern of death.https://t.co/58mqxk6r3s
— Hispanic Caucus (@HispanicCaucus) October 3, 2019
The cruelty is the point.
re: #64 Dread Pirate
Breaking — A source familiar with the investigation prompted by the whistleblower tells me that the “indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part“ of the whistleblower referred to by the Intel Community IG, is that the whistleblower is a Registered Democrat.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 3, 2019
Yeah but the cameraman was a Democrat so…
— DesertVarnish (@jhwesq1991) October 3, 2019
re: #67 KGxvi
Honest question… the fuck does this mean:
??
I mean, the actual fuck does that mean?
Urban dictionary translation: “We’re going to argue the whistleblower is full of shit because he’s a Democrat.”
re: #57 HappyWarrior
It’s going to get worse especially if he realizes he will be impeached.
I have no doubt Trump will order all NatSec agencies to open their files for complete access to Russian Intel in order to frame up his conspiracy addled accusations against Biden. What Republicans do then will define their true agenda for the country. It is my guess they will reveal their true identity all along- plutocratic power at any cost.
re: #69 DangerMan
Frank Zappa. Not only for the sharp commentary but also for all the music that would have been written in these last 25 years…
How have Burkman and Wohl not died from sheer embarrassment yet?
— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 3, 2019
re: #77 Greup
Frank Zappa. Not only for the sharp commentary but also for all the music that would have been written in these last 25 years…
Co-sign!
re: #67 KGxvi
So biased, the White House hasn’t denied any part of the whistleblower’s complaint.
Breaking via WSJ: Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador to Ukraine after months of complaints from allies outside the admin, including Giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade Kyiv to investigate Biden.https://t.co/xtyR7iMjvk
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2019
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Multiple sources familiar with Prestwick’s operations & US military business told me this alleged practice is fully known to airport management, and is designed to increase traffic at the struggling @scotgov owned hub as well as protect its ‘lucrative’ US Defence Dept fuel deal. pic.twitter.com/ScmtGFDesD
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) October 3, 2019
re: #73 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
The lesson is we should always find only Republican whistleblowers and Republican former FBI heads (Mueller) to investigate Republicans so that all Republicans will be sure to respect them.
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re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alternate headline: Trump got pissed at the Ukraine Ambassador because she was working for our country and not him.
Sorry I’m late for work, followed this car for three hours. pic.twitter.com/GkzFELbxXi
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) October 3, 2019
re: #73 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Breaking — A source familiar with the investigation prompted by the whistleblower tells me that the “indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part” of the whistleblower referred to by the Intel Community IG, is that the whistleblower is a Registered Democrat.
so the facts themselves are all true then?
re: #69 DangerMan
the boston lawyer Joseph Welch
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1. Reagan
2. Hitler
3. Jesus
Commentary from these 3 would speak volumes about where the current administration falls on the political spectrum.
Random question, when did we change the spelling of Kyiv from Keiv to Kyiv? Or is that just one of those style things in English where we change letters just because?
re: #89 Florida Panhandler
1. Reagan
2. Hitler
3. Jesus
Commentary from these 3 would speak volumes about where the current administration falls on the political spectrum.
Reagan would agree with him. Now, Teddy Roosevelt, that would be a better choice.
re: #89 Florida Panhandler
1. Reagan
2. Hitler
3. Jesus
Commentary from these 3 would speak volumes about where the current administration falls on the political spectrum.
I was thinking about Reagan as an answer. Also, Nixon and Teddy Roosevelt. I suspect the latter two would have many curse words to say about Trump.
re: #92 Belafon
Reagan would agree with him. Now, Teddy Roosevelt, that would be a better choice.
I’m not sure Reagan would be down for doing dirty work for a former KGB agent.
The #CodSackTwins
— 🦈And the Wind Cries “ImpeachMoot”🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) October 3, 2019
re: #89 Florida Panhandler
1. Reagan
2. Hitler
3. Jesus
Commentary from these 3 would speak volumes about where the current administration falls on the political spectrum.
Is that Reagan pre or post dementia?
re: #85 Sir John Barron
The lesson is we should always find only Republican whistleblowers and Republican former FBI heads (Mueller) to investigate Republicans so that all Republicans will be sure to respect them.
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wait till they find out who the ukraine call WB is….
re: #94 KGxvi
I’m not sure Reagan would be down for doing dirty work for a former KGB agent.
I would have said the same about some of the current GOP members at one point.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Bitch wont play ball…”
Yeah, that’s a good look and not at all proving the Dems’ point for them that Trump’s Biden obsession is completely politically motivated retribution.
re: #94 KGxvi
I’m not sure Reagan would be down for doing dirty work for a former KGB agent.
You wouldn’t think Barr would too given his background.
re: #89 Florida Panhandler
1. Reagan
2. Hitler
3. Jesus
Commentary from these 3 would speak volumes about where the current administration falls on the political spectrum.
they’d believe the second coming of ronnie no sweat
not so sure they’d believe it was jesus himself
If a troll demands to know what law Trump is breaking by asking foreign countries to invesitgate Biden, it’s 52 US Code § 30121 (a)(2).
But you still shouldn’t tell them that, they’re just trying to get you to engage with them, waste your time and game Twitter’s quality filter.— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 3, 2019
re: #98 Belafon
I would have said the same about some of the current GOP members at one point.
Beat me to it. I think it would depend how Trump would treat Reagan.
re: #102 goddamnedfrank
And then report you. They do that shit en masse. And then got get suspended and eventually banned.
Don’t engage. Not worth it.
re: #101 DangerMan
they’d believe the second coming of ronnie no sweat
not so sure they’d believe it was jesus himself
You can’t be Jesus, you don’t look anything like our pictures… you’re too dark and short and the hair and eyes are just completely the wrong color.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
Breaking via WSJ: Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador to Ukraine after months of complaints from allies outside the admin, including Giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade Kyiv to investigate
last effing thread - 2 hours ago
Replying to @atrupar
Trump on the former US ambassador to Ukraine: “I heard very bad things about her. And I don’t know if I recalled her, or somebody recalled her.”
re: #69 DangerMan
the boston lawyer Joseph Welch
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This is the Moebius Strip of gaslighting.
“This is yet again an example of Democrats projecting THEIR criminal acts on President Trump. President Trump is an innocent man. It is a lawless coup attempt against a duly elected President.” @replouiegohmert @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2019
Then again, it seems that Reagan didn’t like Trump in the 80’s, so there’s that…
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Didn’t even pull his trouser pockets out, what a loser.
re: #110 The Pie Overlord!
This is the Moebius Strip of gaslighting.
I’m curious what law the Democrats are breaking.
re: #110 The Pie Overlord!
This is the Moebius Strip of gaslighting.
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NEW: A letter sent to Ukraine’s president, signed by three GOP senators, in February 2016 urged changes in the prosecutor general’s office.
The letter shows there was bi-partisan support for it at the time, undermining Trump’s claims of a quid pro quo.https://t.co/bIv9WQy8fr— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) October 3, 2019
The letter as signed by members of the bi-partisan Ukraine Caucus, including three Republicans and five Democrats. It read, “We similarly urge you to press ahead with urgent reforms to the Prosecutor General’s Office and judiciary.” https://t.co/bIv9WQy8fr
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) October 3, 2019
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who signed the 2016 letter asking for the same reforms in the general prosecutor’s office as Biden — and now wants Biden investigated — said today he doesn’t remember signing the letter.
“I don’t engage in hypocrisy,” he added.https://t.co/E37Yy5Wjzp pic.twitter.com/WtExjmpWlo— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) October 3, 2019
WASHINGTON ― The story behind why Democrats are moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is simple.
The president repeatedly pressured a foreign government to meddle in the 2020 U.S. election to help him win. It’s all there in the White House summary of Trump’s July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president. It’s corroborated by the subsequent whistleblower complaint. And Trump keeps telling other countries to do it, too, on live television.
The Republican strategy to respond to this is to create total confusion, namely by focusing on the arcane legal process of whistleblower law. Not only are their claims false, they are irrelevant to the facts of Trump’s abuse of power.
…Another glaring hole in McCarthy’s claim is that the White House, Trump’s personal attorney and Trump himself have all separately corroborated the whistleblower’s claims. Even before releasing the transcript, the president admitted that he brought up Joe Biden with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. His lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has repeatedly said he was right to do so.
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GOP senators, meanwhile, have been spreading misinformation to try to smear the credibility of the whistleblower. They have argued that in order to be considered a “real” whistleblower, you have to have firsthand information of a situation, which is false.
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They were publicly corrected on Tuesday by one of their own colleagues, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime advocate of whistleblower safeguards.“The distinctions being drawn between first- and second-hand knowledge aren’t legal ones,” said Grassley. “It’s just not part of whistleblower protection law or any agency policy.”
He added, “This person appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected.”
re: #112 KGxvi
Then again, it seems that Reagan didn’t like Trump in the 80’s, so there’s that…
I believe it but we’ve seen Lindsay Graham go from vehemently opposing Trump to being his Senate bulldog. I have no idea what Reagan would make of a President Trump. Trump never went after Reagan’s legacy like he did Bush.
re: #90 KGxvi
Random question, when did we change the spelling of Kyiv from Keiv to Kyiv? Or is that just one of those style things in English where we change letters just because?
Kiev is Russian, Kyiv is Ukrainian.
re: #118 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The letter shows there was bi-partisan support for it at the time, undermining Trump’s claims of a quid pro quo.cnn.com …
dont forget European governments and international institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were involved as well
the US simply took the lead to deliver the message
re: #107 Cheechako
Just Walter Cronkite would be enough.
I still want Molly. And how about Edward R. Murrow?
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A man named “James Howard” cold-emailed Elon Musk’s office offering to expose the cave diver’s past in Thailand.
Musk gave him $52,000.
BuzzFeed News can reveal his real name is James Howard-Higgins, who is serving a three year prison term for fraud. pic.twitter.com/PDZIV0k25f— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) October 3, 2019
re: #118 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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As soon as I saw that Republicans had also called for that Ukrainian prosecutor’s removal way back when (presumably before Trump won the presidency), I knew it was a matter of time before they would bald-face lie about having done so, actual evidence be damned.
So far, Ron Johnson has proven me right and you know the others will too, if only to attempt to shield themselves from Trump’s (and his Trumpistas’) wrath.
re: #90 KGxvi
Random question, when did we change the spelling of Kyiv from Keiv to Kyiv? Or is that just one of those style things in English where we change letters just because?
Kyiv is the official Ukrainian ‘Romanization’ of the Capital city of Ukraine. It was officially instituted in 1995 but has been in use since Ukraine became independent in 1991.
I understand that there are several reasons for the spelling. Among them, differences in the Ukrainian language versus the Russian language*. Additionally, it may serve to differentiate the states of Ukraine versus Russia. And to assert where political power resides.
* One definition of a language versus a dialect is “A language is a dialect with an army and navy” .
re: #90 KGxvi
Random question, when did we change the spelling of Kyiv from Keiv to Kyiv? Or is that just one of those style things in English where we change letters just because?
It’s not just a spelling change; the two are pronounced differently. Each is the Romanisation of a slightly-different word using Cyrillic letters.
The one pronounced “Key-ev” is the Russian-language name for the city; the one pronounced “Keyeev” is the Ukranian one.
Yes, that probably means that it will be back to being “Kiev” on a global basis by 2025.
You know Jacob Wohl is drifting off the map when not even @gatewaypundit will help him spread the horse manure.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
re: #129 Charles Johnson
You know Jacob Wohl is drifting off the map when not even @gatewaypundit will help him spread the horse manure.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
Whaddya know, no honor among thieves and charlatans…
re: #69 DangerMan
the boston lawyer Joseph Welch
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Oddly enough, Richard Milhous Nixon.
Gdansk/Danzig is another one. The former is Polish. The latter German. See also Derry and Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
re: #131 Scout
Oddly enough, Richard Milhous Nixon.
McCarthy for sheer humor since the Trump right are full of people who think Joe was wronged but call Trump’s opponents McCarthyites.
Best part of every public Trump crime is the 48 hours of GOP silence that follows until they can find a way to shoot the messenger.
GOP politicians dissapear.
Fox & Friends covers puppy weddings.
Hannity does Clinton emails
All while GOP Sauron hunts for a Hobbit to blame.— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) October 3, 2019
re: #134 jaunte
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re: #135 HappyWarrior
Nice try but don’t blame the press for your support of a criminal @BobCorker https://t.co/Jiqsdjqe54
— Resist🇺🇸 The Gloves Are OFF (@IndivisibleInFL) October 3, 2019
The President’s continued attacks on the whistleblower are an incitement to violence — and a threat to our democracy.
Let’s be clear: the whistleblower did everything right. They followed all appropriate laws and procedures. And they have every legal right to remain anonymous. pic.twitter.com/zyCOsmWmFI— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 3, 2019
You drink PISS! You drink your own PISS! You’re a PISS DRINKER! Nothing you say, Salad Boy, can change the underlying fact that you are a PISS DRINKER!
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 3, 2019
I just noticed something really odd. I was skimming through Stonekettle’s twitter feed (is that what it’s called?).
He was posting screenshots of some of the crazy replies he was getting. Two of them have user names based on movies riffed by the original MST3K.
One goes by “the elusive robert danbe” (which is misspelled. It was Denby.) This is from the “Riding With Death” episode.
The other goes by “joe don baker in final j…” This is from the “Final Justice” episode.
Does this mean anything? Of course not. Except probably there’s a goofball out there with multiple twitter accounts.
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If the next Democrat admin doesn’t go after all these crooks, I will be pissed.
goddamnit…. Democratic administration.
Name your top three public figures you wish were still alive right now to comment on what’s happening in our country. I’ll go first (in no particular order): John McCain, Christopher Hitchens, Hunter S. Thompson
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 3, 2019
Not Russert and not McCain (what did he do the last two years of his life when he had the chance?)
Molly Ivins, Jimmy Breslin, and Mike Royko are the correct answer.— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 3, 2019
If we are going way back
Lincoln
Twain
H.L. Menkin
re: #123 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
I still want Molly. And how about Edward R. Murrow?
I’m going for old-school Republicans. Really really OLD-SCHOOL. Lincoln. Grant. Sherman.
re: #140 steve_davis
If the next Democrat admin doesn’t go after all these crooks, I will be pissed.
President Mistress Warren is gonna whip these assholes with cat o nine tails until they bleed and scream their safe words on Fox and Friends.
Today’s Bob Cesca show is up.
This thread should be required reading for every both-sidesing commentator in America. https://t.co/2MNDDC36hN
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 3, 2019
re: #141 gocart mozart
Alexander Hamilton
Will Rogers
Art Buchwald https://t.co/nUTkJnC6ZJ— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) October 3, 2019
re: #138 HappyWarrior
Another profile in courage. I see he’s been hanging with Flake.
Yeah: God forbid he should be reported as being on one side of an issue or other..
re: #37 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #147 Jay C
Yeah: God forbid he should be reported as being on one side of an issue or other..
It’s so pathetic that one of the best Republicans on Trump has been a two bit asshole like Joe Walsh.
re: #142 sagehen
I’m going for old-school Republicans. Really really OLD-SCHOOL. Lincoln. Grant. Sherman.
We need to bring Sherman back to finish the job he statrted
re: #147 Jay C
Yeah: God forbid he should be reported as being on one side of an issue or other..
Don’t blame him. He has bone spurs. Five, I think.
Speaking of coming forward…
(sound up) pic.twitter.com/TSHUvx5C06— Miranda Binewski (@superlorna69) October 2, 2019
re: #153 GlutenFreeJesus
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Jacob Wohl got frustrated people were laughing at him, and said “When it comes to honoring service here, we don’t play around.”
That got laughs, and he threatened and then tried to have the guard remove someone.
The guard refused. pic.twitter.com/Ml4y2aFyCm— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) October 3, 2019
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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“Get that guy out of here, he’s freaking me out,” said Wohl on another occasion, trying to get his guard to remove someone. The guard declined. pic.twitter.com/iYJ2wjAUFs
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) October 3, 2019
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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You honor service. Is that why you made up a story about Pete Buttieleg? Btw you could go enlist for your hero but I get it, you’re a chickenshit.
Not even started piranhas would eat Jacob Wohl thrown into Trump’s moot…
Wohl is like if James O’Keefe decided to be even stupider.
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call that’s now housed in highly secure serverhttps://t.co/oVnMvACu0D
(New from @kylieatwood @Kevinliptakcnn @PamelaBrownCNN@jimsciutto)— Ram Ramgopal (@RamCNN) October 3, 2019
re: #154 HappyWarrior
Watch the video. lol
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
“There’s no stolen valor here” he claimed, purloining the deeds of Marines in combat to prop up his own emptiness.
re: #159 HappyWarrior
Wohl is like if James O’Keefe decided to be even stupider.
So, you’re saying Jacob Wohl is the Jim Hoft of James O’Keefes?
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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I was amused by that flashy gold badge the bodyguard had on his belt.
and the much too tight shirt…
I love how Warren is simultaneously a sex stud who lives to get whipped until she’s welted and keeps on going yet she’s very frail.
I’m not sure there’s a wall big enough for all the bullshit to be thrown at (BDSM, whore, lesbian sex, sex, sex, sex, and frailty).
Sure Jan. 😂😂😂
re: #155 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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So is “Lisa” going to be the next big “reveal” at the Jack and Jake Comedy Hour?
(Laura Loomer in a red wig?)
Today at The Villages in Florida, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order on protecting and improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors. Today’s action is only the latest of many important steps we are taking to dramatically improve healthcare for the American People! pic.twitter.com/nWfn2r10o5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2019
anyone know exactly WHAT that executive order actually accomplishes?
Here we go. That special secure server is like Al Capone’s vault, except it’s not empty.
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server https://t.co/JZ8K8Y7ecK pic.twitter.com/K9Ya1rxi29— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
The real outrage isn’t in the headline, either. Trump explicitly gave Xi a green light for the brutal suppression of Hong Kong protesters.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
re: #123 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
I still want Molly. And how about Edward R. Murrow?
ages ago, I won the Murrow movie on this site for doing the best imitation of a Murrow script. I’ve always been rather proud of that….
Jesus fucking Christ. https://t.co/1HWdyq2n3l pic.twitter.com/cz8PZwlEKU
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 3, 2019
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah they are doing it right now, in public (anonymously), in a reported story. https://t.co/7k3HGBpyys
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 3, 2019
Kurt Volker is now in his 9th hour of deposition on the Hill
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 3, 2019
ROFL!
It’s always a good day to be reminded that I got where I am because a great education was available for $50 a semester at the University of Houston (go Cougars!). We need to cancel student debt and make college free for everyone who wants it. pic.twitter.com/fHasLm0j9P
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 3, 2019
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Good. At least there will something left for the Friday News Dump…
“This moment should arguably be a national emergency,” Todd said. “The founding fathers would have considered it a national emergency if the president publicly lobbied multiple foreign governments to interfere in the next election.”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 3, 2019
gee, Chuck…somebody should have said something that wasn’t just carrying trump’s water a long time ago.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
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anyone know exactly WHAT that executive order actually accomplishes?
Giving the yam an excuse to have a rally at the Villages on our dime?
Also, has any other president held up every fucking thing he ever signed like he’s showing off his 3rd grade homework assignment? I searched and searched and found 89 bazillion pics of the yam doing it, but not one of any other president doing it. He’s so pathetic.
Someone prob posted, but fast & furious this shit
This may be the bigger news than the mention of Biden (whose context is unclear in the piece): “In that call, Trump also told Xi he would remain quiet on Hong Kong protests as trade talks progressed.” https://t.co/hc7lSft1Zu
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) October 3, 2019
Shootings all over the place - Vancouver, WA
Oh man. Local news is reporting that it is an assisted living apartment complex and the shooter is an 80 year old male. 3+ wounded https://t.co/rKmHaE9iVZ
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 3, 2019
Waco
Second major shooting unfolding now. This one at an apartment complex for Baylor University https://t.co/ifKi0IRO7E
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 3, 2019
Richmond, CA
Reports of a mass shooting in Richmond, CA. https://t.co/pLeyu7dVqP
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 3, 2019
I love Whistleblower Week! I hope it never ends! pic.twitter.com/DRtwN5OloF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
re: #143 gocart mozart
President Mistress Warren is gonna whip these assholes with cat o nine tails until they bleed and scream their safe words on Fox and Friends.
“Say my name…”
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe @MeetThePress can start scheduling Democrats to the show instead of Republicans.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) October 3, 2019
re: #169 Charles Johnson
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The real outrage isn’t in the headline, either. Trump explicitly gave Xi a green light for the brutal suppression of Hong Kong protesters.
Quid pro quo
LOL
“WH is planning to send Pelosi a letter as soon as Friday arguing that Trump and his team can ignore lawmakers’ demands until she holds a full House vote formally approving an impeachment inquiry, 2 sources familiar with the letter tell Axios” https://t.co/xp5WPkwjwJ
— Alexa O’Brien (@alexadobrien) October 3, 2019
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
Walter Shaub
✔
@waltshaub
Less than 5 years ago, China hacked our government and stole security clearance files containing the most intimate details of the lives of tens of millions of public officials and private sector workers in the United States. Today, the President asked them to attack our election.
It’s probably already on here, but CNN just reported that DT pushed China to investigate Biden on a June phone call.
re: #184 Belafon
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And maybe stop hedging with words like “arguably.” It is a fucking national emergency. Trump has made us all complicit.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
I may have missed a memo somewhere, but since when does the party under investigation get to make the rules?
re: #189 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I may have missed a memo somewhere, but since when does the party under investigation get to make the rules?
I think it’s the “you may have a majority, but God is on our side” logic.
Volker just left his deposition after nine and a half hours.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 3, 2019
re: #190 Barefoot Grin
I think it’s the “you may have a majority, but God is on our side” logic.
Boy, are they gonna be surprised on Judgment Day.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
re: #121 A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now!
Kiev is Russian, Kyiv is Ukrainian.
Ok, so Kyiv it is.
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
Good, you got yourself a shiny new talking point. The old ones were getting kinda smelly.
It is going to get even uglier and Trump will have some victories but he WILL be impeached, not sure what happens after that though because Trumps behavior is untenable.
re: #195 makeitstop
Good, you got yourself a shiny new talking point. The old ones were getting kinda smelly.
“Insufficient grounds” 😁😁😂😂😭😭
re: #169 Charles Johnson
Here we go. That special secure server is like Al Capone’s vault, except it’s not empty.
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server cnn.com pic.twitter.com
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
The real outrage isn’t in the headline, either. Trump explicitly gave Xi a green light for the brutal suppression of Hong Kong protesters.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 3, 2019
WTF?
Trump can say what he wants about me, but it’s outrageous that any president would sell out the people of Hong Kong behind closed doors.
The public must see the transcript of Trump’s call with Xi. And we need a leader who will stand up for our values.— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 3, 2019
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
LOL, what next? The whole thing is invalid because their are Admiralty Flags in the House Chamber?
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
Could you please provide the statute that makes that requirement?
re: #64 Dread Pirate
I see that Tapper got ratioed for that ridiculous tweet. Trump specifically called CNN out as fake news yesterday but once again we have journalists shilling for him. Sick of this.
re: #195 makeitstop
Good, you got yourself a shiny new talking point. The old ones were getting kinda smelly.
Well, let’s be blunt: Not like this one smells any better. It just happens to be new(ish). Still reeks of bullshit, though.
re: #195 makeitstop
I don’t think that is an answer.
I wonder what happened to some of the original lunatics like Victoria Jackson.
“In 2017, Jackson wrote an article announcing that she was dropping out of politics. The article blamed her politics for her lack of career success and also promoted her book.” Wikipedia.
Oh, of course.
re: #203 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Well, let’s be blunt: Not like this one smells any better. It just happens to be new(ish). Still reeks of bullshit, though.
Same shit different post. (Yawn)
re: #201 Hecuba’s daughter
I asked first.
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
Um, it doesn’t work that way. Has there ever been a vote in the Senate to determine if McConnell can ignore bills coming from the House?
re: #207 Shropshire Slasher
I asked first.
Fine. No, there hasn’t been. Now, mind telling us where in the US Code it specifies that this has to happen?
re: #207 Shropshire Slasher
I asked first.
Could you please provide the statute that makes that requirement?
re: #204 Shropshire Slasher
I don’t think that is an answer.
You’re right, it’s not. I’m not playing bullshit semantic games with you. But nice try.
re: #207 Shropshire Slasher
I asked first.
Tell me where it is required to have such a vote before an investigation. Or is it this just another Faux News news talking point?
re: #212 Hecuba’s daughter
Tell me where it is required to have such a vote before an investigation. Or is it this just another Faux News news talking point?
It’s a McCarthy bullshit demand that is now coming from the White House
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a McCarthy bullshit demand that is now coming from the White House
and Pelosi already dealt with it earlier today
In the House of Representatives
thoughtco.com
Found this. IANAL.
The House Judiciary Committee decides whether or not to proceed with impeachment. If they do…
The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee will propose a resolution calling for the Judiciary Committee to begin a formal inquiry into the issue of impeachment.
Based on their inquiry, the Judiciary Committee will send another resolution composed of one or more “Articles of Impeachment” to the full House stating that impeachment is warranted and why or that impeachment is not called for.
The Full House (probably operating under special floor rules set by the House Rules Committee) will debate and vote on each Article of Impeachment.
Should any one of the Articles of Impeachment be approved by a simple majority vote, the President will be “impeached.” However, being impeached is sort of like being indicted for a crime. The president will remain in office pending the outcome of the Senate impeachment trial.
This punishment is not working… pic.twitter.com/Gky81iQA0q
— Mr. Meowgi (@Mr_Meowwwgi) October 3, 2019
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a McCarthy bullshit demand that is now coming from the White House
McCarthy’s mad because Democrats are playing by the rules that Republicans played by.
You should’ve tagged whomever you’re requesting this from. https://t.co/vhA6xHikru
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) October 3, 2019
Why was Barr so eager to serve Trump? Flies are attracted by shit.
Sen, Mark Warner, the ranking Dem on the Senate Intel Committee, says A.G. Barr is harming America’s relationships with its closest allies by pressuring them to produce intelligence about the Russia investigation in an effort to help Trump politically.https://t.co/WF2PIY7Alj
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2019
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Has there been a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president?
To keep going, that’s not how it works in the House, and Republicans knew it until they lost the majority. The committees do their job, and sent things up the chain to the House. Impeachment is no different.
re: #212 Hecuba’s daughter
Tell me where it is required to have such a vote before an investigation. Or is it this just another Faux News news talking point?
Tell me where we have to engage an obvious troll. 😁
Maybe the corporate media is finally getting it
— Lucy supports Dems with an F rating from the NRA (@lucydog93) October 3, 2019
ONAN network, surely, as well?
And at any rate, didn’t he threaten to establish an official state news channel last night?— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) October 3, 2019
re: #222 Shropshire Slasher
Thank you. I found my answer here:
So you’re not going to answer us? How disappointingly expected of you.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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This is such an incredible fucking self-own. Pelosi is already positioned to call this bluff the second they transmit it. Then what is the White House’s fallback position in Court after that? They’ll have set an utterly absurd and meritless condition, it will have been met, and then their endless bad faith will be laid bare for everyone to see.
re: #221 MsJ
Tell me where we have to engage an obvious troll. 😁
I’m bored and it’s fun, for the brief time until they slink off under their bridge again. Or get banhammered.
re: #226 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m bored and it’s fun, for the brief time until they slink off under their bridge again. Or get banhammered.
I honestly wonder how he’s managed to avoid that. He’s as tied to Trump’s tail as D_F ever was.
Rudy can’t fail:
Giuliani: “If you try to deliberately frame somebody, and you use the institutions of government to do it, and you try to enlist foreign governments in your frame-up, those are extremely serious crimes.” https://t.co/eKLLC1jbst
— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) October 3, 2019
re: #226 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It is fun.
re: #222 Shropshire Slasher
I like how the article starts with “Typically, impeachment begins with a vote by the House of Representatives to instruct the Judiciary Committee to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for Congress to impeach the president.” Um, no. This is the third time. There are no typically anything with only three.
Also, if you’re going to run off somewhere else, why be here?
re: #226 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s important to dance around about minor political points when you have no idea how to explain why you would want a dangerous narcissist loon in power.
Coming. Beware. pic.twitter.com/Yr9DGUxBdF
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2019
re: #227 Chrysicat
I honestly wonder how he’s managed to avoid that. He’s as tied to Trump’s tail as D_F ever was.
Being a Republican isn’t a crime here. Being an asshole is.
re: #227 Chrysicat
I honestly wonder how he’s managed to avoid that. He’s as tied to Trump’s tail as D_F ever was.
D_F wasn’t banned, was he? Didn’t he just slink off on his own?
re: #230 Belafon
I guess time will tell. Living through history is fun.
- In phone call with Xi in June, Trump raised Biden (and Warren’s) political prospects
- Trump also told Xi he would remain quiet on Hong Kong protests as trade talks progressed
- WH record of that call was later stored in infamous highly secure serverhttps://t.co/KH5S4JTnOH— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) October 3, 2019
Selling out Hong Kong’s freedom to own the libs.
re: #234 Hecuba’s daughter
D_F wasn’t banned, was he? Didn’t he just slink off on his own?
My memory is that D_F slunk off on his own.
Here’s Wikipedia’s description of Nixon’s impeachment inquiry:
An impeachment process against Richard Nixon began in the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 1973, following the “Saturday Night Massacre” episode of the Watergate scandal. The House Judiciary Committee set up an impeachment inquiry staff and began investigations into possible impeachable offenses by Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States. The process was formally initiated on February 6, 1974, when the House of Representatives passed a resolution, H.Res. 803, giving the Judiciary Committee authority to investigate whether sufficient grounds existed to impeach Nixon[
Note the dates. The inquiry was started in the judiciary in October, 73, and the House didn’t approve the formal initiation until a little over four months later.
re: #234 Hecuba’s daughter
D_F wasn’t banned, was he? Didn’t he just slink off on his own?
he flounced but not banned
re: #226 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m bored and it’s fun, for the brief time until they slink off under their bridge again. Or get banhammered.
re: #227 Chrysicat
I honestly wonder how he’s managed to avoid that. He’s as tied to Trump’s tail as D_F ever was.
It doesn’t matter if a Lizard’s batting for the TrumpGOP, but shitting in the middle of the room and being nasty is the quickest way to get a smiting from Stinky.
To this point, S_S knows this and is just playing the line, so they can play the martyr when they eventually do go over that line.
Best thing to do: either just mock them mercilessly or ignore them altogether; when they don’t get the lulz they crave, they’ll go into hibernation or (eventually) for greener pastures.
We need a leader who will whip these assholes with cat o nine tails until they bleed and scream their safe words on Fox and Friends.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 3, 2019
re: #242 TedStriker
I’m rubber and you are glue, whatever you say to me bounces off and sticks to you.
re: #237 DodgerFan1988
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- In phone call with Xi in June, Trump raised Biden (and Warren’s) political prospects
- Trump also told Xi he would remain quiet on Hong Kong protests as trade talks progressed …
Linking protests to trade talks doesn’t make much sense. We need to see what was actually in the call.
re: #239 Belafon
Here’s Wikipedia’s description of Nixon’s impeachment inquiry:
Note the dates. The inquiry was started in the judiciary in October, 73, and the House didn’t approve the formal initiation until a little over four months later.
Perfect. I think we’ve thoroughly debunked the talking point. NEXT!
re: #205 Barefoot Grin
I wonder what happened to some of the original lunatics like Victoria Jackson.
“In 2017, Jackson wrote an article announcing that she was dropping out of politics. The article blamed her politics for her lack of career success and also promoted her book.” Wikipedia.
Oh, of course.
Don’t get me started about my encounter with that insane CENSORED!!!!!!
re: #193 Shropshire Slasher
Not yet, but there will be.
re: #241 TedStriker
It doesn’t matter if a Lizard’s batting for the TrumpGOP, but shitting in the middle of the room and being nasty is the quickest way to get a smiting from Stinky.
To this point, S_S knows this and is just playing the line, so they can play the martyr when they eventually do go over that line.
Best thing to do: either just mock them mercilessly or ignore them altogether; when they don’t get the lulz they crave, they’ll go into hibernation or eventually for greener pastures.
Personally I am always hopeful that someone eventually sees the light. Look at Bill Kristol or Joe Walsh or Jennifer Rubin. They may not align on all issues but they do on the most important ones for now.
Someone should inform the president that impeachable offenses committed on national television still count. https://t.co/ABObD2Ie4S
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 3, 2019
re: #252 gocart mozart
I like that, even with all of the bots for Trump, Hillary and Obama still get way more likes than him.
re: #241 TedStriker
Best thing to do: either just mock them mercilessly or ignore them altogether; when they don’t get the lulz they crave, they’ll go into hibernation or eventually for greener pastures.
Yup.
re: #253 TedStriker
Should have looked at it before my last post; I could have sworn I’d seen Dark was blocked a long time ago after something he said on FB or Twitter.
I don’t think he’ll be back in any case, though.
You’re probably thinking of the misogynist kita or whatever his name was.
re: #228 Barefoot Grin
Rudy can’t fail:
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LOL is Bill Mitchell cultivating a “foldover neck” to look just like his Lord? Such devotion.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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Exec doesn’t get to demand house rules
Neither does the Senate
The house makes it’s own rules. Full stop
re: #205 Barefoot Grin
I wonder what happened to some of the original lunatics like Victoria Jackson.
“In 2017, Jackson wrote an article announcing that she was dropping out of politics. The article blamed her politics for her lack of career success and also promoted her book.” Wikipedia.
Oh, of course.
re: #247 Joe Bacon 🌹
Don’t get me started about my encounter with that insane CENSORED!!!!!!
Hey, at least you don’t have to share a state with her, since she moved here to TN fairly close to where I am a few years ago because her daughter was going to college around here. I’m guessing one reason why Jackson “drop[ped] out of politics” is because she tried running for a county commissioner spot in Williamson County (one of the richest counties in the US) in 2014 and lost…hard.
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’re probably thinking of the misogynist kita or whatever his name was.
Oh, I remember when we found out about the shit they were doing.
Hooooo-boy…
re: #258 The Pie Overlord!
LOL is Bill Mitchell cultivating a “foldover neck” to look just like his Lord? Such devotion.
He keeps looking more and more like a really bad drawing of himself.
re: #225 goddamnedfrank
This is such an incredible fucking self-own. Pelosi is already positioned to call this bluff the second they transmit it. Then what is the White House’s fallback position in Court after that? They’ll have set an utterly absurd and meritless condition, it will have been met, and then their endless bad faith will be laid bare for everyone to see.
If she calls a vote then “we got her to do this so we can dictate other stuff”
re: #241 TedStriker
It doesn’t matter if a Lizard’s batting for the TrumpGOP, but shitting in the middle of the room and being nasty is the quickest way to get a smiting from Stinky.
To this point, S_S knows this and is just playing the line, so they can play the martyr when they eventually do go over that line.
Best thing to do: either just mock them mercilessly or ignore them altogether; when they don’t get the lulz they crave, they’ll go into hibernation or (eventually) for greener pastures.
re: #59 Chrysicat
Not sure; there are just way too many people who’ve passed that I’d like to see with that one. Mike Royko, Gene Amole…Ed Quillen…
I am pretty sure that most people here know Mike Royko, but may not be familiar with Gene Amole and Ed Quillen. Both were local Colorado journalists / columnists with long careers who should have been more well known outside of the Rocky Mountain region.
I miss Quillen more than Amole, as he was closer in age to me, and hadn’t turned completely crotchety by the end of his life, but both were excellent writers who chronicled life in Colorado.
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