The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Incredible Shrinking President

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show, powered by Thomas Soldan Attorney at Law:

The Incredible Shrinking President — NSFW! Jody Hamilton and TRex David Ferguson are here; Our continuing coverage of the impeachment of Donald Trump; Trump confesses again; Trump wanted snakes and gators in a moat; Trump has a meltdown in front of Finnish president; Fox News’s Adam Schiff story is nonsense; Pence caught up in the Ukraine story; Trump asked Boris Johnson for help discrediting Mueller; Rick Wilson vs Rocky Mountain Mike; Lindsey Graham wrote to Italy, England, and Australia; Corey Lewandowski was drunk on Fox News; With music by Jim George and Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets; and more!

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lawhawk Oct 3, 2019 • 4:55:53pm

If I’m drafting the House Intel subpoena to the White House —

You are hereby ordered to produce:

1. EVERY DAMN THING IN THAT SECRET SERVER.

Thank you.

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) October 3, 2019

Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 4:56:16pm

To start off the new thread, I’d like to take a moment to say
FUCK TRUMP!

I Would Prefer Not To Oct 3, 2019 • 4:57:50pm

When trump goes down, I’m going to celebrate. That’s the thought that gets me through the constant crap.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 4:58:12pm

re: #2 Ace Rothstein

To start off the new thread, I’d like to take a moment to say
FUCK TRUMP!

“And for the rest, I hold that Donald J. Trump should go fuck himself.”

goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 5:00:36pm

Carryover from last thread: The House Judiciary Committee has held formal authority over initiating an impeachment inquiry since 1813, when it was created.

The Committee on the Judiciary ordinarily has jurisdiction over impeachments, but special committees investigated charges before the Judiciary Committee was created in 1813. The committee then chooses whether to pursue articles of impeachment against the accused official and report them to the full House. If the articles are adopted (by simple majority vote), the House appoints Members by resolution to manage the ensuing Senate trial on its behalf. These managers act as prosecutors in the Senate and are usually members of the Judiciary Committee. The number of managers has varied across impeachment trials but has traditionally been an odd number. The partisan composition of managers has also varied depending on the nature of the impeachment, but the managers, by definition, always support the House’s impeachment action.

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 5:00:38pm

Chuck Todd says Trump is attacking democracy and his presidency is a national emergency. pic.twitter.com/TdnLZSVVUX

— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 3, 2019

Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 5:02:25pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

Welcome to the party, Chuck! It only took you three years!

lawhawk Oct 3, 2019 • 5:03:12pm

re: #6 gocart mozart

So… he’s going to keep having Trump shills on his program and letting them lie without consequence or challenge.

Gotcha.

Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 5:04:27pm

Insane in the Ukraine.

Jebediah, RBG Oct 3, 2019 • 5:10:44pm

re: #2 Ace Rothstein

To start off the new thread, I’d like to take a moment to say
FUCK TRUMP!

Well said.

Scout Oct 3, 2019 • 5:10:59pm

trump sold out the people of Hong Kong.

This does not surprise me. Not in the least.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:11:30pm

Lock Him Up!

TedStriker Oct 3, 2019 • 5:12:25pm

re: #8 lawhawk

So… he’s going to keep having Trump shills on his program and letting them lie without consequence or challenge.

Gotcha.

The press must have “balance” and report “both sides”, donchaknow…

Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 5:12:51pm

Ted Cruz has been playing coy. There’s blood in the water folks.

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 5:13:30pm

I got elected into Congress to fight for the soul of our country. ✊🏽

Welcome to the squad @FullFrontalSamB
Thank you for stopping by! pic.twitter.com/IlB9LRx7mj

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 3, 2019

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:13:30pm

…and now news is breaking that Rick Perry is resigning.

Resigning frees him to cooperate without restriction (like Volker).

Another rat flees the Trumptanic and heads straight toward a likely meeting with Congress. https://t.co/8imDaa13QV

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 4, 2019

Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 5:13:52pm

re: #13 TedStriker

That’s why they book Hugh Hewitt.
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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:15:32pm

The whistleblower complaint does not identify who first delivered the message to the Ukrainians that a political favor was needed. But the timing coincided with a visit to Kiev of an American delegation led by the energy secretary, Rick Perry.https://t.co/nRTX9nRV68

— Andrew E. Kramer (@AndrewKramerNYT) September 28, 2019

retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 5:16:05pm

Juanita Jean caught a glimpse of that phony baloney Breitbart poll about investigating Rep. Shiff, and responded:

Two things: So we just polled the current customers and staff at the World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc. and it shows that when asked, “Should Donald Trump be dropped buck ass nakkid into Mexico with ‘I steal children’ tattooed on his chest?” the answer was 107% yes. However, since we let Junior Janchek, Jr. do the math, the margin of error is only 4%.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:16:11pm

re: #16 jaunte

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Rick is going away too?

Damn…..remember that Aggie pledge Rick.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:17:53pm

re: #8 lawhawk

So… he’s going to keep having Trump shills on his program and letting them lie without consequence or challenge.

Gotcha.

Chuck will claim that he is representing the left now so everyone of his guests has to be on the right….

TedStriker Oct 3, 2019 • 5:18:11pm

re: #11 Scout

trump sold out the people of Hong Kong.

This does not surprise me. Not in the least.

It’s not that this country was a sterling example of protecting human rights around the world before Trump, but we at least talked a good game, codifying it in our laws and doing it when it didn’t interfere with empire-building, warmongering, or making money.

Now, I wouldn’t blame anyone outside the US for not trusting a damn word we say about anything for a very long time after Trump and his ilk are out of office.

We earned that enmity through Trump and his goons, so now we have earn goodwill back by word and deed.

ckkatz Oct 3, 2019 • 5:18:17pm

re: #345 Scottish Dragon

A whole Hapsburg tertio of needles!

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As a longtime miniatures (lead soldiers) gamer, I greatly appreciated the picture in this post. But since I had not looked at the Hapsburg Wars for many decades, I decided to go down a rabbit-hole. I just came up and find myself a couple of threads behind.

Anyway, the concepts associated with this picture are fascinating, to me, at least. Here are a few…

From an earlier thread:

1. Early demonstration of the power of the Regimental System.

Tercios were a Spanish unit back in the 1500-1600’s during the transition from pikes to gunpowder. They were one of the early “regimental systems” that allowed veteran soldiers to remain in permanent units (rather than rasing units anew for each campaign), thus preserving their expertise. Because of this reservoir of expertise, tercios were very effective on the battlefield until well past the point where gunpowder weapons should have destroyed them. And eventually, the evolving gunpowder technology did catch up with them.

2. Tercios were associated with the fascists during Spanish Civil War times

In the 20th Century tercios became a popular meme in fascist circles because the Spanish ‘Foreign’ Legion called their regimental organizations ‘Tercios’. These became well known when the Spanish Legion joined Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.

3. The flag started out as a Spanish Royalist Flag, became that of one of the most senior Tercios, and eventually, was a flag of New Mexico

The flag also has an interesting history. The device on it is called the “Cross of Burgundy” The colors are the traditional Spanish colors. This particular flag started out as that of the Tercio Morados Viejos, one of the most senior tercios. Then the flag morphed into something of a standard Royalist Spanish battleflag. And through the Conquistadores, eventually became the flag of New Spain’s territory of what is now known as the State of New Mexico.

(I have no idea whether the gunners are supposed to be historic or scifi-fantasy, though.)

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:21:54pm

When this is done, the next President needs to appoint a special prosecutor to go after every bureaucrat who broke the law to support Trump’s crimes and see that they see the inside of a jail.

Another Trump will come along and our institutions need to be stronger.

— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) October 4, 2019

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 5:25:01pm

Showing this to my pit bull now to try to help him in his series of losses to the cat. https://t.co/Dft6lBwnOV

— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) October 4, 2019

Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 5:27:08pm

I go grab a nap before dinner, come back and find out that Wohl’s “client” is a 25 yr old Marine claiming Warren so dominated him sexually that he’s got scars and emotional damage. A 70 yr old woman made a Marine cry and whimper and she’d running for president.

Well, I’m sold, Warren 2020!

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:27:43pm

So Rick Perry is the first rat off of the ship? There is no way he stays until November, he won’t make it to Columbus Day.

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 5:28:35pm

The Pentagon has been ordered to send all documents and communications about military aid to Ukraine to the department’s Office of the General Counsel “for cataloguing and review,” the top Defense Department spokesperson said today. https://t.co/RYm8roNhd8

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 4, 2019

goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 5:29:57pm

Pro-tip: There is no debate. There are only lucid people who understand that Trump’s behavior violates both the law and basic civic norms, and hypocrites who would only understand these basic facts if a Democratic President had done it.

— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 4, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 5:29:57pm

re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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ninja moves

TedStriker Oct 3, 2019 • 5:31:37pm

re: #26 Targetpractice

I go grab a nap before dinner, come back and find out that Wohl’s “client” is a 25 yr old Marine claiming Warren so dominated him sexually that he’s got scars and emotional damage. A 70 yr old woman made a Marine cry and whimper and she’d running for president.

Well, I’m sold, Warren 2020!

If someone hasn’t already memed Warren in leather BDSM gear, they need to.

Jay C Oct 3, 2019 • 5:33:13pm

re: #27 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

So Rick Perry is the first rat off of the ship? There is no way he stays until November, he won’t make it to Columbus Day.

Naaah, Former Governor Rick (“Glasses Make Me Look Smart) Perry isn’t the first: just the latest.

A hollow voice says, Impeachmoot now! Oct 3, 2019 • 5:33:53pm

re: #31 TedStriker

If someone hasn’t already memed Warren in leather BDSM gear, they need to.

She can dominate me any time.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:35:11pm

re: #32 Jay C

Naaah, Former Governor Rick (“Glasses Make Me Look Smart) Perry isn’t the first: just the latest.

Perry only lasted as long as he has because Trump doesn’t know what the Sec. of Energy does.

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:36:47pm

re: #34 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Trump’s liaison with Vlad as he takes the gas fields in Donbas.

TedStriker Oct 3, 2019 • 5:36:58pm

re: #34 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Perry only lasted as long as he has because Trump doesn’t know what the Sec. of Energy does.

Hell, Perry didn’t know what the Department of Energy really did before he took office, so there’s that…

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 5:37:08pm

New USA Today poll:

Americans support House *impeaching* Trump by 45-38

They support *Senate conviction and removal* by 44-35 (!)

Note: 30% of Republicans say pressure on Ukraine to smear Biden is an abuse of power.

And it’s early. More will come out.https://t.co/nIaJRZgP7E

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 3, 2019

Stanley Sea Oct 3, 2019 • 5:37:09pm

re: #16 jaunte

No news of his resignation……

Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 5:37:27pm

A Three Hour Tour Oct 3, 2019 • 5:37:40pm

re: #34 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Perry only lasted as long as he has because Trump doesn’t know what the Sec. of Energy does.

Neither does Rick Perry.

Ba-dum-TISH.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 5:37:57pm

JUST IN: Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report https://t.co/H5mLcwkFKe pic.twitter.com/PL9oqZAM0j

— The Hill (@thehill) October 4, 2019

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 5:38:05pm

This woman owns the entire internet and all of its submoronic, subhuman trolls. Where the hell is my checkbook and what is the maximum allowable donation to a political campaign? https://t.co/bkqf36c5wI

— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 3, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 5:43:23pm

The fact that the @HouseGOP’s loyalty is to Trump and not to the Constitution is not going to slow down or impair our ability to keep the republic our Founders envisioned. #TruthExposed pic.twitter.com/AlxphEf8eS

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) October 4, 2019

Dr. Matt Oct 3, 2019 • 5:45:20pm

This is getting crazy.

I just got a call from Donald Trump asking if I had any dirt on the Biden’s.

— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) October 3, 2019

///

Jay C Oct 3, 2019 • 5:46:52pm

re: #34 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Perry only lasted as long as he has because Trump doesn’t know what the Sec. of Energy does.

Well, leaving aside the VP (wish we could!), Perry’s departure would mean that there will only be six (out of 15) Department Secretaries left from Trump’s original Cabinet. Fairly “impressive” turnover after only 32 months….

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:47:47pm

re: #45 Jay C

Another name for Maddow’s Wall Of Departures.

Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 5:48:02pm

re: #29 goddamnedfrank

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“This isn’t a debate over whether or not Trump shot somebody on Fifth Avenue, nobody’s disputing that it happened. This is a debate over whether or not shooting someone on Fifth Avenue is really a crime.”

FFS

Dr. Matt Oct 3, 2019 • 5:48:35pm

re: #41 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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lol. owned https://t.co/dqgMgiA515

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) October 4, 2019

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 5:48:49pm

re: #45 Jay C

Well, leaving aside the VP (wish we could!), Perry’s departure would mean that there will only be six (out of 15) Department Secretaries left from Trump’s original Cabinet. Fairly “impressive” turnover after only 32 months….

Wilber, Mrs. McTurtle and Cruela DeVoss are the ones left that pop into my head.

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 5:49:53pm

Today we learn @realDonaldTrump asked the Chinese President to investigate Biden during a call, and @WhiteHouse officials covered it up. Congress will continue to investigate.

It’s also very clear there is more than enough evidence right now to draft Articles of Impeachment. https://t.co/rxPOpbEipQ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 4, 2019

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:50:26pm

Now we’ve got a long sit-down interview with a guy who has picked up trash in Maryland and California, to tell us about how much trash he picked up, and how cleaning up trash doesn’t need big government since he was able to do it without big government.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) October 4, 2019

waiting on the talking points

Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 5:50:32pm

re: #41 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Right. pic.twitter.com/xuc1tajO3T

— Joyce Hutchens (@JoyceHutchens3) October 4, 2019

Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 5:51:21pm

re: #49 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Wilber, Mrs. McTurtle and Cruela DeVoss are the ones left that pop into my head.

Don’t forget Dr “Pyramid Granaries” over at HUD. It’s easy to forget him, as I’m not even sure if Don remembers that he appointed him.

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 5:52:21pm

lots of adult language, but so much fun

Remember that song “ I don’t like spiders and snakes?” I did a new version and called it “Fuck Republicans” pic.twitter.com/DQ28nxPh7d

— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) October 3, 2019

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:53:20pm

Transcripts of Trump’s phone calls with the Saudi crown prince are also squirreled away on a highly-classified server.

— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 4, 2019

The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 5:53:57pm

re: #45 Jay C

Well, leaving aside the VP (wish we could!), Perry’s departure would mean that there will only be six (out of 15) Department Secretaries left from Trump’s original Cabinet. Fairly “impressive” turnover after only 32 months….

“Celebrity Apprentice: White House Edition!”

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 5:55:55pm

Should be interesting.

Supreme Court term to begin with blockbuster question: Is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender? https://t.co/MsslDhQV11

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 4, 2019

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 5:56:45pm

This is a big part of the GOP game right now: Defend by omission. Leave out so many details that what is left sounds reasonable.

— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) October 4, 2019

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 5:57:04pm

re: #52 Dread Pirate

It was just announced Rick Perry would work with Congress on the Ukraine probe and one day later it was announced he would resign. Coincidence?

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 4, 2019

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 5:58:44pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

lots of adult language, but so much fun

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That was hysterical!

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:03:57pm

Be like this chicken. Never give up! 🐓🍎

IG dailydoseofjoy pic.twitter.com/fDWaG7EOsc

— 🌊❄️🆘🏳️‍🌈 Dexter (@SoyBoyManBun) October 4, 2019

Jay C Oct 3, 2019 • 6:04:09pm

re: #53 Targetpractice

Don’t forget Dr “Pyramid Granaries” over at HUD. It’s easy to forget him, as I’m not even sure if Don remembers that he appointed him.

It’s OK, Carson probably doesn’t remember that he’s been appointed….

Steve (“Everyman”) Mnuchin at Treasury, and Sonny (“The Farmer’s Friend”) Perdue at Agriculture are the others.

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:07:51pm

I refuse to make fun of Rick Perry resigning bc A) it’s hacky, B) it’s been done, and I forget the 3rd thing. https://t.co/G8duiUdhJW

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 4, 2019

Eventual Carrion Oct 3, 2019 • 6:08:46pm

re: #20 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Rick is going away too?

Damn…..remember that Aggie pledge Rick.

Them sheep are liars?

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:10:09pm

Facebook can be ordered to remove content worldwide, EU says https://t.co/rasNB2gfmk

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 4, 2019

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:10:47pm

re: #64 Eventual Carrion

Them sheep are liars?

lol, the other one.

An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do.

student-rules.tamu.edu

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:10:52pm

This is chilling shit. https://t.co/1jwVuCJWEN

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 4, 2019

The dictator tweets.

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:11:30pm

re: #66 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

Gohmert blew though all of those years ago.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:11:31pm

re: #67 jaunte

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The dictator tweets.

Not cool Donnie, not cool.

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:11:53pm

ABSOLUTE RIGHT!!!

The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:12:09pm

The most #antisemitic thing of the year 2019 (5779) was the murder of 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, after Trump incited against “Soros” financing the migrant caravans. #NeverAgainIsNow #Resist https://t.co/6xrL7yilKq

— Pie Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) October 4, 2019

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 6:12:17pm

If you think your boyfriend is cheating on you & you look in his phone & it sort of seems like he is, & you confront him about it & to defend himself he brings another girl home & fucks her in front of you…. I think that’s what Trump just did but with impeachable crimes

— Erin skeleton container Ryan (@morninggloria) October 3, 2019

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:12:19pm

Our own rocket man.

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:13:15pm

Trump committed a crime in front of the world this morning. It’s not the first time, is not “merely” a crime and is not “merely” impeachable. When committed by the President of the United States, it is the very definition of a high crime or misdemeanor. It requires impeachment. https://t.co/cdEFY4SVfj

— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) October 3, 2019

And he’s doing it again.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 6:13:38pm

re: #67 jaunte

The dictator tweets.

The Divine Right of Kings. Isn’t that what our republic was founded to prevent?

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:14:16pm

re: #67 jaunte

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The dictator tweets.

Dear President Trump,

I am a Nigerian Prince who has uncovered some incriminating information on your opponent. Please forward a check for $20,000,000 and the name of the person you would like incriminated.

jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:14:58pm

GOP senator says he doesn’t remember signing 2016 letter urging ‘reform’ of Ukraine prosecutor’s office https://t.co/CsvQgRZ1M4

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) October 4, 2019

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 6:15:04pm

More words of wisdom from the peaceful left…. https://t.co/33lq9ssxMe

— Norika (@Norika4Trump) October 4, 2019

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:16:54pm

re: #67 jaunte

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The dictator tweets.

“Us?” You mean “me” - to help “me” out. The investigation wouldn’t have helped the United States, it would’ve helped YOU with the election. And that’s impeachable. Duh. We don’t want other countries worming into our elections, regardless of how weak you are as an incumbent. Quit. https://t.co/nbhwvHGd1R

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 4, 2019

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:16:59pm

Republicans are unlikely to turn on Pres. Trump.

But if they do, it’ll happen all at once. @FiveThirtyEight explains: https://t.co/ZgpBPnYsoA

— ABC News (@ABC) October 4, 2019

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:17:42pm

re: #71 The Pie Overlord!

I just followed you on Twitter.

GlutenFreeJesus Oct 3, 2019 • 6:18:57pm

re: #80 MsJ

Yeah. We can’t count on them for shit anymore.

Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 6:19:46pm

re: #80 MsJ

I literally just got done reading this article. A very interesting piece.

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 6:19:58pm

From @WSJopinion: Rushing to remove this president may be cathartic for Democrats, but their transparent partisanship and unfairness will ensure that they fail—and leave the country even more divided and bitter, writes @KarlRove https://t.co/LI8owicVqk

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 3, 2019

The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:21:32pm

re: #81 MsJ

I just followed you on Twitter.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:22:38pm

re: #84 gocart mozart

I laughed out loud at the end.

b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:24:26pm

We’ve moved on to the “yes, I did it but I’m allowed to because laws don’t apply to me” phase. https://t.co/HzgDRmqcmM

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 4, 2019

I Would Prefer Not To Oct 3, 2019 • 6:24:40pm

re: #84 gocart mozart

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Rushing?

Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 6:27:26pm

re: #84 gocart mozart

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When the only argument you have left against impeachment is “It will make the people who think Trump can break the law with impunity even more angry,” then you’ve lost the moral high ground and need to pack it in. You’re not arguing for or against impeachment, you’re arguing for or against a dictatorship.

MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:27:58pm

re: #85 The Pie Overlord!

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:29:03pm

Woke Cillizza freaks me out as much as woke Joe Walsh (not the guitarist).

These Breitbart “polls” President Trump keeps tweeting aren’t polls at all | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/5MEEZolVQr pic.twitter.com/j1Hs214qVU

— CNN (@CNN) October 4, 2019

The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:30:46pm

re: #90 MsJ

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 6:31:21pm

A lovely god hedge with spikes. Also a mooooot with alligators and snakes.

— Julia Whiteker (@juliawhiteker) October 4, 2019

retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 6:31:23pm

I just read three articles on Washington Monthly that I thought had some nuggets.

#1 Joe Biden Should Be Commended For What He Did in Ukraine

The twisting of this story by Trump and his enablers is a perfect example of all that is ugly and evil about this administration. It is reminiscent of the president’s attacks on John McCain’s time as a POW as well as the way a Goldstar family was maligned during the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump takes the very things that demonstrate integrity and twists them into something odious. Every American should resent the hell out of that because it undermines the values we all hold in common. … to the extent that we value things like courage, integrity, and patriotism, it is in all of our interests to stand up and challenge these kinds of attacks. Joe Biden did what we all hope to see from public servants when he put duty to country first.

Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:31:33pm

“Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who has met on at least three occasions with Ukrainian President Zelensky, on Wednesday pledged to work with lawmakers looking into a whistleblower’s allegations about President Donald Trump’s communications with Zelensky.”https://t.co/sLPCA73hNh

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 4, 2019

gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 6:32:29pm

re: #88 I Would Prefer Not To

It’s Karl Rove

retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 6:32:32pm

#2 Trump Both Accepts and Denies Russian Interference in the 2016 Election

We can all find ourselves running around in circles trying to understand various things that Trump has said or done. Frankly, it’s all a waste of time. There is no grounding in reality or strategy involved. Every utterance or action of this president is in service to his own ego. It is that simple.

Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 6:32:50pm

re: #91 MsJ

Woke Cillizza freaks me out as much as woke Joe Walsh (not the guitarist).

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I wouldn’t count Cillizza as woke. He’s just an infinite number of monkeys that keep producing legible output at regular intervals.

Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 6:33:06pm

I get new bling next week!!! Oh Joy!!

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 6:33:15pm

20 years ago, we were told that Clinton had to be impeached and removed from office because even if you didn’t personally believe he’d broken the law, having in affair in office with a WH page was reprehensible and the honor of the office could only be restored by voting for his conviction.

20 years hence, we’re told that it doesn’t matter that Trump attempted to extort a foreign ally into assisting his reelection campaign in destroying the man he viewed as his strongest opponent. What matters is that a shrinking minority of votes will be angry if he’s removed from office in a process they don’t personally approve of and so we must refrain from doing so because it will “divide the nation.”

Gee, I can’t imagine what changed in these two scenarios…/////

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:34:17pm

JFC NBC a known scammer, liar and felon is NOT a “conservative activist” unless by “conservative activist” you also mean scammer, liar & felon since so many are all of these things.

Jacob Wohl, a conservative activist, has a history of claiming to have uncovered lewd allegations against a number of prominent Democrats and other perceived enemies of President Trump. https://t.co/c4ea5aoCHV

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 4, 2019

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Jay C Oct 3, 2019 • 6:35:01pm

re: #91 MsJ

Woke Cillizza freaks me out as much as woke Joe Walsh (not the guitarist).

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What? He’s just now figuring out that Breitbart is generally full of shit?

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 6:35:12pm

re: #101 The Pie Overlord!

JFC NBC a known scammer, liar and felon is NOT a “conservative activist” unless by “conservative activist” you also mean scammer, liar & felon since so many are all of these things.

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“History of claiming.” I guess that’s “BSAB” speak for “known bullshitter.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:35:35pm

moron

Another big loss for the Do Nothing Dems! https://t.co/Pwp7dYdF8e

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

The Do Nothing Democrats don’t have time to get it done! https://t.co/2cwyMtT3Gu

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

AOC is a Wack Job! https://t.co/LU3hIeek0c

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

Great job Jim! https://t.co/JMuE3pRWmk

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

We are simultaneously fighting the Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party. Always tough to beat the “Press,” but people are beginning to see how totally CORRUPT they are, and it makes our job a whole lot easier!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 6:35:55pm

re: #93 Dave In Austin

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 6:36:09pm

#3 The Origins of the Ukrainian Conspiracy Theories

Just summarizes the theories, where they were dug up, who acted as instigators and go-betweens. And ends with a late update that posits a “clear conspiracy against Biden”…

And Biden isn’t my #1 candidate at all, but it sure is dangerous to let this keep building the way DT and the Republicans are doing.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 6:36:38pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

moron

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 6:36:55pm

re: #101 The Pie Overlord!

JFC NBC a known scammer, liar and felon is NOT a “conservative activist” unless by “conservative activist” you also mean scammer, liar & felon since so many are all of these things.

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So, yes?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:37:48pm

and he retweeted this gaslight…

“Just because Joe Biden is running against President @realdonaldtrump doesn’t mean he’s above the law.” #TheFive pic.twitter.com/BkhC9hx1va

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) October 3, 2019

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:39:00pm

This is totes adorbs.

“We want all people to know that no matter your size, color or religion, be yourself and live authentically, and you will find love,” Tyler Hightower said. https://t.co/Agc98EoAah - @NBCOUT

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 4, 2019

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 6:39:22pm

The owner of the escort agency that Jacob Wohl’s fake Warren accuser said he worked for disputes the story and says he would never employ the alleged escort — He’s “not up to caliber to work at our agency.”

Story from @ejdickson https://t.co/1ANs1oHhw9

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 3, 2019

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 6:39:39pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

I get new bling next week!!! Oh Joy!!

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The best of luck to you! I’m going to have a second smaller surgery done on my sciatic area on November 1. Am still quite happy with the big one done in 2015, but need more stabilization below that area. And that big one was really big. May yours work out as well as mine did!

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:39:44pm

re: #92 The Pie Overlord!

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 6:41:12pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

I get new bling next week!!! Oh Joy!!

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Lumbar fusion?

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:42:23pm

re: #113 MsJ

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Charles Johnson Oct 3, 2019 • 6:42:46pm

He’s seriously losing it tonight.

As the President of the United States, I have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty, to investigate, or have investigated, CORRUPTION, and that would include asking, or suggesting, other Countries to help us out!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

This is bad.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:43:14pm

Phew! This did not age well.
But surely tomorrow will be calm and completely normal. https://t.co/hku3v65Bq4

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 3, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 6:44:24pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

He’s seriously losing it tonight.

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This is bad.

The more he does this, the more we hang it in front of people defending him. Oh, it won’t change many minds, but we can find out just what people are.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:45:27pm

This is an absolute lie. It was made explicitly clear that they were all allowed to ask questions.

So, @RepMarkMeadows, because I actually told this to you in the hearing and *it’s in the transcript* I’m sure you’ll have no problem confirming this.

*And, they asked questions! https://t.co/T4Ie30dD0Q

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) October 4, 2019

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Eventual Carrion Oct 3, 2019 • 6:45:57pm

re: #77 jaunte

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Ahhh, the Ronnie Reagan defense.

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:46:23pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

He’s seriously losing it tonight.

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This is bad.

He has a duty to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” not wipe his ass with it.

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b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:47:00pm

re: #118 Belafon

The more he does this, the more we hang it in front of people defending him. Oh, it won’t change many minds, but we can find out just what people are.

The more he loses it the more the polls move towards impeaching and removing him and that cycle will feed on itself for Donny.

Some GOP will crack before too long, they’ll have too.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:47:08pm

re: #115 The Pie Overlord!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:48:08pm

Republicans when they see a member of the press this week. pic.twitter.com/iDrN84MFIC

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) October 3, 2019

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 6:48:33pm

re: #122 b.d. (They’re all guilty as sin)

The more he loses it the more the polls move towards impeaching and removing him and that cycle will feed on itself for Donny.

Some GOP will crack before too long, they’ll have too.

His aggregate approval rating, per 538, has plummeted down to the lowest point it’s been so far this year.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Oct 3, 2019 • 6:49:11pm

good grief

This isn’t about a Campaign, this is about Corruption on a massive scale! https://t.co/DOCvfM8eqi

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 6:50:29pm

MESMERIZING: A photographer in Finland captured a breathtaking display of the Northern Lights last weekend — and he said it was the best “aurora storm” he’d seen in years ✨ pic.twitter.com/0sPUID1yoF

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 4, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 6:51:37pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief

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So, you’re actually asking foreign governments to help Democrats investigate you?

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) October 4, 2019

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:53:17pm

Better than being a criminal who betrays our country. https://t.co/UnShA6gcQQ

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 4, 2019

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b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:53:33pm

Good thing Ivanka is around to calm her dad down.

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Charles Johnson Oct 3, 2019 • 6:53:58pm

This week is beginning to look like the beginning of the end of Trump. He’s seriously fucked.

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b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 6:54:57pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

This week is beginning to look like the beginning of the end of Trump. He’s seriously fucked.

Hard to see him going back to “normal”

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 6:54:59pm

Better than being a criminal who betrays our country. https://t.co/UnShA6gcQQ

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 4, 2019

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EPR-radar Oct 3, 2019 • 6:56:18pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

This week is beginning to look like the beginning of the end of Trump. He’s seriously fucked.

Trump is his own worst enemy. That plus the impeachment process starting off in a way that couldn’t instantly be dismissed by the both-siderist media spells big trouble for the Witless Fucking Cocksplat.

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 6:57:51pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

This week is beginning to look like the beginning of the end of Trump. He’s seriously fucked.

Either he is or we are.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 7:00:28pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief

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I can honestly say I’ve never seen a crook so willing to confess.

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 7:00:47pm

re: #105 Belafon

You know that account is a parody trap right?

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 7:01:39pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

You know that account is a parody trap right?

I gathered.

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b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 7:01:45pm

re: #134 EPR-radar

Trump is his own worst enemy. That plus the impeachment process starting off in a way that couldn’t instantly be dismissed by the both-siderist media spells big trouble for the Witless Fucking Cocksplat.

Congress will be back on Monday. Trump has been freaking out while the town is empty, he’s going to get worse with all of those Congresscritters just down the street.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 7:02:29pm

re: #111 gocart mozart

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teleskiguy Oct 3, 2019 • 7:03:19pm

As Trump sits in the pilot’s seat, grimly determined to fly us all into the nearest mountain, Republicans have decided its their job to stand in front of the cockpit door and make sure no one else takes control of the plane.

— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) October 4, 2019

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teleskiguy Oct 3, 2019 • 7:05:28pm

re: #133 jaunte

Lmao did Trump really pick a Twitter fight with AOC

— Military contractors are bribing Iraqi oligarchs (@ZackKopplin) October 4, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 7:05:32pm

I was about 3 when Nixon was impeached. Did anyone here know someone who had to come to the realization that Nixon was what other people said he was? How did they end up dealing with it?

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:06:25pm

re: #142 teleskiguy

You know what they say about playing chess with a pigeon.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 7:07:05pm

re: #141 teleskiguy

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“It’s a partisan attempt to prevent our imminent deaths!”

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 7:08:19pm

re: #112 retired cynic

They will be working from the bottom up. They will fuse the old surgery (35 yrs) and stabilize the upper lumbar. 5-6 hours table time.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:09:19pm

re: #146 Dave In Austin

We’ll be sending good thoughts.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 7:09:22pm

re: #146 Dave In Austin

They will be working from the bottom up. They will fuse the old surgery (35 yrs) and stabilize the upper lumbar. 5-6 hours table time.

Best of luck, my friend. Stay in contact as best you can.

Can’t believe it, but I’m coming up on 5 years having my spinal tumor removed.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 7:11:16pm

re: #84 gocart mozart

Karl Rove? 😂 You might as well get an editorial by Dick Cheney. Please!!

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 7:11:41pm

Thanks. I’ve got a good team, I’ve met my out of pocket. I just hate the wait at this point.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:11:56pm

1. Until last week, Facebook’s ad policies prohibited “false or misleading content”

Facebook quietly changed its policies last week and eliminated that language

Facebook tells me its policy is that Trump (and other political figures) CAN LIE IN PAID ADShttps://t.co/4aTevXJIwr

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 3, 2019

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 7:12:17pm

LOOK AT MY NEW BOOTS, BITCH. https://t.co/FtJGWcRkhO

— l🎃ryn wils💀n c👻rter (@ElleWCarter) October 4, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 7:12:59pm

re: #151 MsJ

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Mark is going to keep his money if he has to burn the country down.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:14:33pm

re: #146 Dave In Austin

They will be working from the bottom up. They will fuse the old surgery (35 yrs) and stabilize the upper lumbar. 5-6 hours table time.

Good luck to you!!

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 7:15:18pm

re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is Jim Jordan blind and deaf? Trump himself has publicly admitted that he has asked foreign countries for dirt on a political opponent. That’s an impeachable offense. Period.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:15:50pm

re: #152 goddamnedfrank

If that what happens when a deer fucks a fox?

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:15:56pm

Oh. pic.twitter.com/S3n35vxfzv

— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) September 25, 2019

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 7:16:31pm

re: #151 MsJ

Boycott Facebook. There’s no reason to support a media outlet which suborns lies. They’re banking on the fact that Democrats don’t lie in ads.

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b.d. (It's all true) Oct 3, 2019 • 7:16:33pm

re: #146 Dave In Austin

They will be working from the bottom up. They will fuse the old surgery (35 yrs) and stabilize the upper lumbar. 5-6 hours table time.

Hope it goes well and your recovery is swift!

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plansbandc Oct 3, 2019 • 7:16:46pm

re: #156 MsJ

Yes.

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 7:16:59pm

re: #154 MsJ

Thx MsJ. Do you have a new Twitter acct?

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 7:19:26pm

Pence be like… pic.twitter.com/VZyexJ0SIx

— debbiem242 (@TennTchr35Yrs) October 3, 2019

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:20:00pm

re: #158 Patricia Kayden

Boycott Facebook. There’s no reason to support a media outlet which suborns lies. They’re banking on the fact that Democrats don’t lie in ads.

I already did.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:22:19pm

re: #161 Dave In Austin

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:24:37pm

Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

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teleskiguy Oct 3, 2019 • 7:24:38pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, a profile in courage.

‘Where is the line?’: Republican senator grilled over support for Trump at Iowa town hall

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Dave In Austin Oct 3, 2019 • 7:28:07pm

re: #164 MsJ

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 7:29:43pm

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— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) October 4, 2019

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I Would Prefer Not To Oct 3, 2019 • 7:29:47pm

re: #143 Belafon

I was about 3 when Nixon was impeached. Did anyone here know someone who had to come to the realization that Nixon was what other people said he was? How did they end up dealing with it?

They pretended they didn’t know.

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 7:31:40pm

re: #168 gocart mozart

That reached the intended audience of 1.

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plansbandc Oct 3, 2019 • 7:32:32pm

re: #169 I Would Prefer Not To

The one thing I remember, and it was closer to the end than the beginning, is being at a big family dinner and my Grandpa saying, “I support the President. I will always support the President.”

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:33:22pm

re: #168 gocart mozart

Eric Trump: “I owe all of my work ethic, character, integrity, and moral fiber to my father.”

Also, his keen introspection.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:34:57pm

More on this on the blog tomorrow but deep within the “executive order” the president* signed today is Paul Ryan’s old plan to privatize Medicare. I assume he was lying to the old folks about this in Florida tonight.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 4, 2019

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mmmirele Oct 3, 2019 • 7:35:49pm

re: #171 plansbandc

The one thing I remember, and it was closer to the end than the beginning, is being at a big family dinner and my Grandpa saying, “I support the President. I will always support the President.”

I don’t remember a family argument about Watergate.

I do remember a huge family fight about Vietnam in April 1975. One uncle thought we shouldn’t be leaving because Commies and my dad and my other uncle were all “WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT YEARS AGO.” In more recent years, I’ve wondered if that wasn’t a proxy for the family fight that should have happened over Nixon.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:38:16pm

After receiving a trove of important documents from the first of the state department witnesses, my fellow chairs and I highlight some of those deserving of the most attention and what is at stake.

Read them here:https://t.co/kirRyA2pF1

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 4, 2019

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 7:38:48pm

re: #175 jaunte

An American hero, this one.

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stpaulbear Oct 3, 2019 • 7:39:05pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

This week is beginning to look like the beginning of the end of Trump. He’s seriously fucked.

Along with:
Jim Jordan
Kevin McCarthy
Devin Nunes
Lindsey Graham
and many others that it’s not going to be a guilty pleasure to see left in tatters.

I’m still wondering if McConnell will neatly step to the side rather than try to catch a falling Trump. ‘Well, I tried…”

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plansbandc Oct 3, 2019 • 7:39:13pm

re: #176 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Absolutely.

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Rightwingconspirator Oct 3, 2019 • 7:40:04pm

re: #116 Charles Johnson

He’s seriously losing it tonight.

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This is bad.

FWIW understatement of the day. Week. Month?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Oct 3, 2019 • 7:40:21pm

re: #177 stpaulbear

Along with:
Jim Jordan
Kevin McCarthy
Devin Nunes
Lindsey Graham
and many others that it’s not going to be a guilty pleasure to see left in tatters.

I’m still wondering if McConnell will neatly step to the side rather than try to catch a falling Trump. ‘Well, I tried…”

And let us not forget the illustrious successor, Mr. Mike Pence (R-IN - who only survived the election by hitching his wagon to the Trump train before the good conservatives of Indiana voted his ass out)

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 7:41:28pm

Sorry

Trump and Pence will both be impeached and removed; Pelosi will be President but will not run for election; Warren will be the Democratic nominee and Bill Weld will be the Republic nominee.
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Trump will run third party and is re-elected with 36% of the vote.

— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 4, 2019

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 7:44:06pm

re: #57 MsJ

Should be interesting.

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MsJ Oct 3, 2019 • 7:45:20pm

re: #168 gocart mozart

From The Gladiator. I’m dying.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 7:45:32pm

Sondland: Bill, ixnay on the evidenceway

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 7:47:01pm

re: #84 gocart mozart

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sagehen Oct 3, 2019 • 7:50:06pm

re: #142 teleskiguy

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Is that the social-media equivalent of starting a land war in Asia? (or going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line).

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 7:52:08pm

The scariest thing about this is how Trump has been able to corrupt the entire bureaucracy into doing things that would’ve been unthinkable three years ago. His removal from office is urgent. https://t.co/ZXGRwdVJdH

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 3, 2019

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Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 7:53:13pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ security detail is projected to cost $7.87 million from now through the end of September 2020, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service told Politico. https://t.co/wa1g5apK1k

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 4, 2019

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Weaselone Oct 3, 2019 • 7:55:16pm

re: #151 MsJ

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So how does Facebook define political figure? If I run for local city council, does that mean I can forever more run paid adds on Facebook slandering Zuckerberg?

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 7:55:27pm

A followup statement from @SenRonJohnson: https://t.co/s2BEGLM0Y8 pic.twitter.com/9Ww3vjl6Kr

— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) October 4, 2019

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 7:56:23pm

re: #181 gocart mozart

Sorry

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Can’t see Weld as the GOP nominee. Too socially liberal. If this happens. Sanford or even Walsh is more likely.

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 7:56:35pm

Jacob Wohl’s girlfriend? https://t.co/JOmy2OCIw6

— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 4, 2019

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 7:57:04pm

re: #190 Patricia Kayden

Wow! Tied into a pretzel and … I can’t write that; my mother would have slapped me.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 7:57:45pm

re: #190 Patricia Kayden

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Good to know Ron. We’ll have North Korea investigate you for being a goat fucker.// Seriously Wisconsin how the fuck did you reject Russ Feingold twice for this horseshit.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 7:59:12pm

re: #192 gocart mozart

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Definitely a troll. No climate change believer really thinks we need to eat fucking children but plenty of right wing kooks believe that’s what climate change believers believe.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:00:01pm

Trump is telling allies he sees nothing wrong with asking foreign governments to dig up dirt on opponents. And he’s been bragging about his performance at the news conf with Finland’s president. Supporter who’s spoken with Trump says “he’s going for broke” on the issue, I’m told.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 4, 2019

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:00:01pm

re: #166 teleskiguy

Sen. Joni Ernst, a profile in courage.

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Iowa, you can do better! FIRE PHONY JONI!

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:00:32pm

Of course, Trump is going for broke, he’s insane.

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sagehen Oct 3, 2019 • 8:01:18pm

re: #143 Belafon

I was about 3 when Nixon was impeached. Did anyone here know someone who had to come to the realization that Nixon was what other people said he was? How did they end up dealing with it?

My parents (dad especially) were HUUUGGE Nixon fans. The way my grandpa felt about FDR, the way I felt about Obama, this was THE PRESIDENT OF HIS LIFE, SUPERIOR TO EVERYBODY BEFORE OR IN THE FUTURE!!

When the story first broke that people from his campaign had broken into the DNC, dad thought “low-level staff, they’re been accustomed to the idea that campaigns keep tons of cash on hand, it was a robbery. Nixon had nothing to do with it.”

When the hearings dragged on, especially John Dean’s testimony, dad thought “staffers on their own initiative went too far, now they’re trying to blame their boss to get shorter prison sentences. Nixon had nothing to do with it.”

When the tapes were released and dad had to recognize that it was all true… it broke his heart. He never again had any high-minded political idealism, he never again cared about long-term ramifications of any candidate’s policy proposals, it was all about his own personal short term convenience (i.e., tax cuts uber alles. Fuck everything else.)

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BigPapa Oct 3, 2019 • 8:02:48pm

Trump went for broke on a few casinos, a college, etc.

And he succeeded.

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 8:04:01pm

My pop was an Eisenhower man. Served under him, worshipped him. I never heard him support anyone else for President after that. My mother was a lifelong Democrat. My brother and I both followed her. Pop stayed Republican, but he never really brought it up. Nixon was not discussed.

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 8:04:19pm

I think @AOC is president now pic.twitter.com/kwtBNOhMyL

— Jake Maccoby (@jdmaccoby) October 4, 2019

I can neither confirm nor deny. But how interesting would it be to AOC’s response is to the same interlocutor… behind closed doors… https://t.co/TY56e3ppBA

— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 4, 2019

Gotta love how dude was watching AOC’s town hall, able to get this clip and make it go viral within ~30 min.

And she had a “eat the babies” t-shirt made up in advance?
That’s not mental illness.

That’s coordination.

Internet, identify her, please. https://t.co/stpYfGuZLQ

— random facts girl. (@soychicka) October 4, 2019

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:04:25pm

re: #196 jaunte

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Yet it’s treason for Congress to investigate him. Fuck you Donald. I bet he’s been doing even worse shit that we don’t know about.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:04:50pm

re: #199 sagehen

My parents (dad especially) were HUUUGGE Nixon fans. The way my grandpa felt about FDR, the way I felt about Obama, this was THE PRESIDENT OF HIS LIFE, SUPERIOR TO EVERYBODY BEFORE OR IN THE FUTURE!!

When the story first broke that people from his campaign had broken into the DNC, dad thought “low-level staff, they’re been accustomed to the idea that campaigns keep tons of cash on hand, it was a robbery. Nixon had nothing to do with it.”

When the hearings dragged on, especially John Dean’s testimony, dad thought “staffers on their own initiative went too far, now they’re trying to blame their boss to get shorter prison sentences. Nixon had nothing to do with it.”

When the tapes were released and dad had to recognize that it was all true… it broke his heart. He never again had any high-minded political idealism, he never again cared about long-term ramifications of any candidate’s policy proposals, it was all about his own personal short term convenience (i.e., tax cuts uber alles. Fuck everything else.)

Mom and Dad HATED Nixon with a passion. Mom actually asked me to buy her a copy of the Chicago Tribune that published the complete transcripts. Mom sat down in her chair on Friday and she read the entire paper thru the weekend. After she finished she said, “Put Nixon in my kitchen and lock the door. I’ll give him a lesson with a rolling pin that he’ll never forget…”

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:05:30pm

One day you’re a rich asshole writing a million dollar check to Trump’s inauguration, the next you’re taking the Fifth on national television. pic.twitter.com/RrJfLUh7ee

— Liz Dye (@5DollarFeminist) October 4, 2019

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The Pie Overlord! Oct 3, 2019 • 8:06:09pm

Just because you commit a crime in front of the whole nation doesn’t mean it’s not a crime. We cannot allow Trump to normalize his sociopathic behavior any more than he already has.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 4, 2019

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 8:13:50pm

re: #196 jaunte

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And this is why it’s so easy to impeach Trump. He’s an idiot who thinks he’s above the law so he’ll brag about his crimes in public. For once in his life, he’s going to be held accountable for his criminal behavior.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:13:50pm

re: #202 gocart mozart

Hey, eating babies isn’t a climate change mitigation proponent’s argument.

They’re stealing our atheist schtick. Ocasio-Cortez is a Catholic. They don’t eat babies, we do.

Atheist Barbie

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DodgerFan1988 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:15:44pm

Before anyone gets too encouraged here, remember that the Trump voter is the one who says “Of course I disapprove of him, but people I hate disapprove of him too, so I’ll vote for him again even if it means burning down the country because it will make them unhappy too.” https://t.co/mfYC9hqrz0

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 3, 2019

It’s true.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:16:17pm

re: #207 Patricia Kayden

And this is why it’s so easy to impeach Trump. He’s an idiot who thinks he’s above the law so he’ll brag about his crimes in public. For once in his life, he’s going to be held accountable for his criminal behavior.

I hope after he’s impeached and hopefully removed. The rest of his miserable life is spent in prison. And I hope the Trump brand goes bankrupt too.

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 3, 2019 • 8:16:19pm

re: #198 jaunte

Of course, Trump is going for broke, he’s insane.

He’s not insane — His acolytes are morons and accept anything he does. They do not care — they believe that the Democrats are going to be marched off in orange jump suits. Under Barr’s DOJ and the RW SC, the legal system is contaminated. As long as Trump is in office, there is no limit to the damage he can do.

The GOP House and Senate have their marching orders and they live in the alternative fact world.

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 8:16:19pm

re: #196 jaunte

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I’m hear to watch him break. I just need more popcorn.

And to get rid of this cough that just won’t go away even though my allergies are back to normal after that mess in September.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:17:04pm

re: #209 DodgerFan1988

Texas, so close.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:17:50pm

re: #209 DodgerFan1988

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It’s true.

What he says is true but he’s not looking so good at all.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 8:17:54pm

re: #209 DodgerFan1988

Isn’t the issue whether there are enough Deplorables to re-elect Trump? His approval is at 37% in one poll and last year’s blue wave indicates that he probably won’t win next November.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:18:58pm

re: #213 jaunte

Texas, so close.

I don’t think Texas will be won but I do think it will be the closest it has in years and will be Democratic by the end of the decade.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 8:19:00pm

re: #210 HappyWarrior

My understanding is that the NY AG is going to get him once he’s out of office. He’s not going to walk away scot free.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:19:34pm

This radical extremist who sucks up to and reinforces a racist president is talking about being “above impropriety” as he aids and abets an impeachable offense on camera.

There are no words to describe how loathsome this is.#ImpeachPence https://t.co/1Jon14Qwz0

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 3, 2019

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:21:03pm

re: #217 Patricia Kayden

My understanding is that the NY AG is going to get him once he’s out of office. He’s not going to walk away scot free.

Tish James is awesome. A lot were worried when Schneiderman had to resign but she didn’t miss a beat.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:22:05pm

re: #218 jaunte

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Let’s have one of the countries where your church does missions investigate you Mike.

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Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 8:22:28pm

Cougar chasers mass in San Diego.

Crowd for Warren in San Diego pic.twitter.com/AEeW6DnVNo

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) October 4, 2019

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Charles Johnson Oct 3, 2019 • 8:22:51pm

After receiving a trove of important documents from the first of the state department witnesses, my fellow chairs and I highlight some of those deserving of the most attention and what is at stake.

Read them here:https://t.co/kirRyA2pF1

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 4, 2019

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 8:23:00pm

re: #209 DodgerFan1988

Democrats can win Colorado if they keep up the fight. Same for Nevada, If they do what they did in ‘18, they can win Iowa Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maine.

— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) October 4, 2019

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stpaulbear Oct 3, 2019 • 8:23:21pm

“I feel very at peace with all of this, very at peace,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told me in an interview Wednesday.
…
“Sometimes, I think he is having a limbo contest with himself, to see how low he can go in his rhetoric,” she said. “I think he was surprised that this happened, because he thinks he can do whatever he wants.”
…
Pelosi remains determined not to give in to the impulses of some Democrats to make impeachment a vehicle for everything about the president that stirs their rage. All of that should await November 2020, she said, when voters will have their opportunity to weigh in on Trump’s policies, his temperament and his character. “So many of the things that people are unhappy about about the president are not about impeachment. That’s about the election. Take it up with the election,” Pelosi said. “If you think he’s a coward on protecting children from gun violence, and you think he’s cruel for not protecting ‘dreamers,’ if you think he is in denial on climate change, take that up in the election. That has nothing to do with what we are doing here. If you think his vocabulary and his behavior and his immorality and his indecency are personally offensive, take it up in the election.”
It took some by surprise when Pelosi declared that “it doesn’t matter” whether Democrats lose their majority in the House over their decision to drive toward impeachment.
But she is not backing down from her contention that the constitutional questions at hand outweigh the politics. “I don’t think that it’s a healthy thing for a country if people just come here and say it’s about winning the next election,” she said.
None of which is to say that her concern for her more vulnerable members is not weighing upon her. “As we take brave steps like this, we have to have a ‘M.A.S.H.’ team to protect those who may be more in danger,” she said, adding that means “owning the ground, not yielding one grain of sand to the Republicans.”

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Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 8:24:36pm

re: #165 jaunte

We are all Abe.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:25:17pm

File under “You have got to be kidding”

This is the definition of willful blindness. Our republic is in grave danger not just from Donald, but from senators like Ron Johnson. https://t.co/oqGr8xhQyT

— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) October 4, 2019

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:25:39pm

re: #221 Dread Pirate

Cougar chasers mass in San Diego.

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Warren is definitely on the rise. I’ve come around on her. I have some concerns but I think she’s made a compelling case and I think she will be a breath of fresh air for the country and global community tired of the bloviating baby.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:26:53pm

re: #226 jaunte

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This is the same Ron Johnson who supported the firing of the same Ukrainian prosecutor that Trump insists Biden had fired.

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Jay C Oct 3, 2019 • 8:27:55pm

re: #221 Dread Pirate

Cougar chasers mass in San Diego.

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Just to blow some minds, she should come on stage snapping a cat-o-nine-tails….

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:27:56pm

re: #228 HappyWarrior

Senator Ron Johnson, the Poltroon from Wisconsin.

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retired cynic Oct 3, 2019 • 8:28:29pm

re: #228 HappyWarrior

This is the same Ron Johnson who supported the firing of the same Ukrainian prosecutor that Trump insists Biden had fired.

But he’s not hypocritical, he says, because he was just supporting investigation of corruption, then and now. Amazing.

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Patricia Kayden Oct 3, 2019 • 8:28:36pm

re: #226 jaunte

There’s nothing wrong with the leader of the free world asking a communist country to interfere in our election by finding dirt on his political opponent. Really? That’s what Republicans are running with? Democrats need to go hard. Make ads featuring Senator Johnson’s statements.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:28:56pm

re: #230 jaunte

Senator Ron Johnson, the Poltroon from Wisconsin.

Too bad he’s not up until 2022,

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:29:09pm

Trump is acting more and more like Sluggo in the old Mr. Bill Show

The Mr. Bill Show: The Amazing Sluggo - SNL

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 3, 2019 • 8:29:15pm

Has the SNL segment (cable news roundtable) from last Saturday been posted here?
Link

Their take on what is likely to happen — hopefully they are wrong but we’ve been disappointed too many times. And we know the Senate will support him no matter what crimes he commits.

ETA: which segment

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Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 8:29:30pm

re: #200 BigPapa

Multiple times.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:29:38pm

NITRO-METHANE FUELED OVERTON WINDOWS!

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:29:53pm

re: #232 Patricia Kayden

There’s nothing wrong with the leader of the free world asking a communist country to interfere in our election by finding dirt on his political opponent. Really? That’s what Republicans are running with? Democrats need to go hard. Make ads featuring Senator Johnson’s statements.

They definitely do. Oh and point out how Trump sold out the Hong Kong protesters.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:31:13pm

And there are still folks who don’t believe the entire Republican Party sold their collective souls to Putin.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:31:23pm

re: #231 retired cynic

But he’s not hypocritical, he says, because he was just supporting investigation of corruption, then and now. Amazing.

He’s yet another Republican hypocrite. That party needs to die a terrible death. From Abraham Lincoln to these fucks.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:31:57pm

re: #239 Joe Bacon 🌹

And there are still folks who don’t believe the entire Republican Party sold their collective souls to Putin.

Because they hate liberalism more than they love their country.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:32:37pm

re: #215 Patricia Kayden

Isn’t the issue whether there are enough Deplorables to re-elect Trump? His approval is at 37% in one poll and last year’s blue wave indicates that he probably won’t win next November.

Provided those voters turn out and those who didn’t also do.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:33:04pm

I headed to Taikoo, a middle class stronghold lined with residential high-rises. I’d heard residents had briefly hounded riot police in a subway station.

When I got there, most of the crowd had taken to the Cityplaza mall singing their anthem, “Glory to Hong Kong.” pic.twitter.com/V5Ziwo8Tzo

— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) October 4, 2019

Just some of the people Trump was happy to sacrifice to stay in office.

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Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 8:34:08pm

re: #213 jaunte

There’s time for us.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:34:19pm

re: #243 jaunte

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Just some of the people Trump was happy to sacrifice to stay in office.

They didn’t vote for him nor are they staying at his trashy hotels so what does he care if they live or die./:

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:34:58pm

re: #228 HappyWarrior

This is the same Ron Johnson who supported the firing of the same Ukrainian prosecutor that Trump insists Biden had fired.

This is the same Ron Johnson who was in Moscow for Independence Day.

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Ace Rothstein Oct 3, 2019 • 8:35:14pm

re: #216 HappyWarrior

As a native Texan, I can say with confidence that my state will be purple in 2024; flipped blue by 2028.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:35:25pm

re: #246 Anymouse 🌹🎃

This is the same Ron Johnson who was in Moscow for Independence Day.

Yes it is.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:35:58pm

TAYLOR: these crimes we’re committing, I’m concerned.

FRENCH SPONGEBOB NARRATOR(VO): five hours later

SONDLAND: there are no crimes here, President TRUMP is the finest, bravest, kindest man I’ve ever known with big beautiful hands. https://t.co/JiqoXBumAc

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) October 4, 2019

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 3, 2019 • 8:36:11pm

re: #243 jaunte

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Just some of the people Trump was happy to sacrifice to stay in office.

He cares about no one except himself (and maybe Ivanka). The deplorables don’t see that — because he disparages those they don’t like, they think that he truly cares about their well-being.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:37:09pm

re: #246 Anymouse 🌹🎃

This is the same Ron Johnson who was in Moscow for Independence Day.

Remember EVERY FUCKING REPUBLICAN who celebrated the 4th of July with their new Master—Putin.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:38:26pm

re: #251 Joe Bacon 🌹

Remember EVERY FUCKING REPUBLICAN who celebrated the 4th of July with their new Master—Putin.

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Any of them who are up for reëlection should have that shoved into every political advert against them.

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HappyWarrior Oct 3, 2019 • 8:38:40pm

I’m going to bed. This shit makes me so angry.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 8:41:29pm

re: #247 Ace Rothstein

As a native Texan, I can say with confidence that my state will be purple in 2024; flipped blue by 2028.

I’d like to think my state will flip, but the DNC is not going to spend a lot of money in a state with only five electoral votes, even though Trump is polling under water here.

I’d like to be surprised though.

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 8:41:58pm

Yes, that is correct https://t.co/m1UIVIrx5O

— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 4, 2019

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plansbandc Oct 3, 2019 • 8:48:00pm

I really hate it when a beautiful pun gets no love/hate. Sigh.

I’m a bit tipsy on shitty booze and I’m sad because my friend had to put her barely a year old dog down because of kidney failure. This is a friend who had her soul mate dog die a few years earlier, and her dick husband said no to a new dog. So the dick husband finally relented and then my friend got her buddy, and then her buddy died.

God Damn It.

I don’t want anyone to suffer anymore sadness than to have to deal with the orange fucking garbage. God Damn It.

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:51:01pm

Not that I care, but every Republican in Congress now looks like a crook, or a sap, or an idiot, or all three.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 4, 2019

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 8:51:19pm

All week I’ve been saying you never see direct written evidence of a quid pro quo. I stand corrected. https://t.co/DIWPEy5b0X

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) October 4, 2019

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William Lewis Oct 3, 2019 • 8:54:54pm

Way OT computer stuff:

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 8:57:45pm

Hardcore barkour 🐶 pic.twitter.com/yXZeW4hclu

— ༻⋆≺ Martin 🏳️‍🌈 ≻⋆༺ (@KlatuBaradaNiko) October 3, 2019

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 9:00:05pm

These are the times that try our souls… but this face filter helps pic.twitter.com/JuyFfVouvT

— Thomas Paine ✊ (@TomPaineToday) October 4, 2019

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Jason Munro Oct 3, 2019 • 9:02:39pm

re: #259 William Lewis

6K33f7CpaxwZHhNOc8QATZxfNV12ypiqM/Kus9vFRB0ArXoLX7qtEZ1zShfmU+0aaXdJJRMmYW7m2FlrXnMTRVU2j3ClGbEbiVhdc/IYEJ+dpj3KsJm1gzeR9DnAK76/e40J4H9/NlfIf5NtnzWdXSsVRGi5xjJzx9RxC6AZD5GEyokvePMJwh0K9bpNDc6cBaWU7xa/I+9rVzh5mKLl0EpBWMdGj+axiNlk2oACCqM2PkX07xqYyZ3RE5WsBK4S

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mmmirele Oct 3, 2019 • 9:06:38pm

re: #182 Joe Bacon 🌹

And I fully expect the Court to vote 5-4 saying it’s OK for Xtians to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

If the Court holds Christians can discriminate, I fully expect websites to spring up listing offending companies. As they should! We need to know who these asshats are. This could lead to a challenge to NAACP v Claiborne Hardware (1982), which ruled states could not make it illegal to have a peaceful boycott of businesses. Blergh.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 9:09:16pm

re: #257 jaunte

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I’ll take D) All three. They’re a bunch of power-hungry crooks who fooled themselves into believing that Trump could be controlled.

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Jason Munro Oct 3, 2019 • 9:14:50pm

Random OT:

autoantonyms are words that are the opposite of themselves!

fun-with-words.com

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teleskiguy Oct 3, 2019 • 9:16:40pm

Trump Publicly Asks Ukraine to Investigate Biden Amid Impeachment: A Closer Look

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 9:18:48pm

“You’re goddam right I ordered the quid pro quo!”

-Trump tomorrow probably

— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 4, 2019

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gocart mozart Oct 3, 2019 • 9:23:41pm

“There couldn’t have been a squid pro quo because I’m allergic to calamari.”
- Trump tomorrow at about 12:15 am

— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) October 4, 2019

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jaunte Oct 3, 2019 • 9:28:08pm

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 9:28:12pm

Repubs totally forgetting how badly they got pansted last week, doubling down yet again:

This unilateral and cherry-picked release by the Democrats is a desperate attempt to further their failing impeachment narrative and skew the story.

This information cannot possibly be understood without Volker’s explanations from today’s testimony. https://t.co/1WFsazEtEa

— Oversight Committee Republicans (@GOPoversight) October 4, 2019

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sagehen Oct 3, 2019 • 9:29:07pm

re: #257 jaunte

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I dunno… Murkowski still looks mostly okay.

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 9:29:40pm

*Takes drag from cigarette*

I look around, and I see a lot of new faces.

*Crowd murmurs*

SHUT UP! Which means a lot of you have been breaking the first two rules of Quid Pro Club!

— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 4, 2019

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ckkatz Oct 3, 2019 • 9:30:15pm

re: #80 MsJ

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Great article! Thanks for posting!

This quote from the article:

Without a bold leader, there are no bold followers. But without the promise of bold followers, there are no bold leaders.

Reminded me of the old saying:
“There are old leaders; There are bold leaders; But there are no old bold leaders”

and another:
“You can tell the pioneers, they are the ones stuck full of arrows”

And this one:
“Weasels may not soar like eagles. But they don’t get sucked into jet engines either”

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 9:39:02pm

These texts from Volker are the sort of shit that wingnuts have spent the last two years wishing they’d had to implicate Strzok and Page of conspiracy. That they’re now going to fall back on “Well, they’re out of context…” as a defense is a fucking joke.

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Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 9:39:53pm

Trump “may well be the first president of modern times to preside over a slump that can be directly attributed to his own policies, rather than bad luck,” @PaulKrugman writes https://t.co/bGVPvXJo54

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) October 3, 2019

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mmmirele Oct 3, 2019 • 9:41:11pm

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 3, 2019 • 9:42:54pm

re: #270 Targetpractice

Repubs totally forgetting how badly they got pansted last week, doubling down yet again:

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Republicans always do this: mischaracterize reports. Think of Barr and his “summary” of the Mueller report, which most of the MSM swallowed hook, line, and sinker. When the truth emerges, it may be masked by the fog of disinformation these liars spread.

In #257 above, Pierce omitted one category that includes most republicans: traitors. They literally support Putin.

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 9:48:28pm

Good to know.

“S” in the last text references Pompeo. That’s how he is referred to in @StateDept lingo.

So…he very much knew. https://t.co/7GC008xKrf

— Moira Whelan (@moira) October 4, 2019

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 9:55:04pm

re: #276 mmmirele

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Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 9:56:55pm

re: #278 goddamnedfrank

Good to know.

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Lisa Kenna is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States and the current Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State. She has served in that role since May 2017 under President Donald Trump.

She sounds like somebody who would have information of interest to the House Judiciary Committee.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 9:57:02pm

At this rate, the Repubs are gonna be stuck arguing “HE DIDN’T SAY ‘QUID PRO QUO’ ALOUD! SUCK IT, LIBS!” by the time this arrives at the Senate.

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Belafon Oct 3, 2019 • 9:58:07pm

re: #278 goddamnedfrank

Good to know.

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Some interesting stuff in her timeline:

Guys we haven’t even gotten to the Little Green Notebooks yet.

— Moira Whelan (@moira) October 4, 2019

Everyone in government uses these standard notebooks. In State, at least, there are hordes of meticulous note takers on every meeting so they can write their memos to their bosses and colleagues. They look like this: https://t.co/7ZReHjZImO

— Moira Whelan (@moira) October 4, 2019

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Dread Pirate Oct 3, 2019 • 9:58:32pm

The first rule of Quid Pro Quo Club is, “You don’t talk about Quid Pro Quo Club.”

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piratedan Oct 3, 2019 • 10:07:06pm

re: #270 Targetpractice

I suspect we’re in for another round of the Vizzinni Gambit, “you keep using that word, but I don’t think it means what you think it means”…..

short of that, they’ll just fucking lie, apparently that’s about all they have left; coming clean, is somehow not an option.

I’m getting to the point where I get to agreement with DJT on one thing, how we used to deal with traitors, I’m wondering if these guys warrant that kind of treatment, you know, as kind of a deterrent to others of their ilk from committing similar crimes. Those guys used to be big proponents of that kind of thinking…..

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:10:47pm

re: #278 goddamnedfrank

Good to know.

“S” in the last text references Pompeo. That’s how he is referred to in @StateDept lingo.

So…he very much knew. https://t.co/7GC008xKrf

— Moira Whelan (@moira) October 4, 2019

One thing that popped out to me when Jaunte posted the text earlier
re: #184 jaunte

It took nearly four and a half hours to formulate the “no quid pro quo” reply

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TedStriker Oct 3, 2019 • 10:13:57pm

re: #285 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

One thing that popped out to me when Jaunte posted the text earlier

It took nearly four and a half hours to formulate the “no quid pro quo” reply

I’m guessing Sondland ran it by Pompeo and/or the WH first.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 10:18:45pm

re: #286 TedStriker

I’m guessing Sondland ran it by Pompeo and/or the WH first.

That’s the only conclusion I can reach, he sought guidance on what to do and was told to get that shit off texts which can be subpoenaed from the provider itself and onto emails which may be harder to find unless you know where to look.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:23:17pm

So, I’m guessing they decided against counselling?

//

— 𝘞𝘉 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) October 4, 2019

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 10:23:29pm

If you own a Vietnamese restaurant and you don’t have Quid Pro Phở on the menu tomorrow, you’re slippin’

— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 4, 2019

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:24:40pm

re: #282 Belafon

Some interesting stuff in her timeline:

Those green logbooks have been around forever. Every place I ever worked in the Navy used them for logging eventful, uneventful, and sometimes snarky (like Christmas Eve at midnight) things.

The whole government uses those.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:26:24pm

re: #289 goddamnedfrank

+10

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:27:18pm

Is Donny having parade envy yet?

49 minutes of #China’s massive military #parade on 1 October to mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Worth watching on many levels. https://t.co/P9jvBtR6kq

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) October 4, 2019

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:29:44pm

Christian wingnuts still upset at a Swedish teenager.

Josh Feuerstein offers $100,000 to Greta Thunberg for a debate. (Goes to Utah Outcasts, caution for coarse language, 7:47)

Josh Feuerstein Offers $100,000 to Greta Thunberg For a Debate

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:35:18pm

If you want a military green logbook, you can buy them here:
amazon.com

They sell for $9.90

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DodgerFan1988 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:35:19pm

re: #288 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

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But I thought Toxic Masculinity doesn’t exist. That’s what Fox News told me.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:36:03pm

re: #295 DodgerFan1988

But I thought Toxic Masculinity doesn’t exist. That’s what Fox News told me.

White guy. Mentally disturbed, &c. There’s always an excuse.

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Targetpractice Oct 3, 2019 • 10:37:02pm

Look at the hilarious timing between messages too - 3 min delay, 3 min delay, 10 min delay….. 4.5hr delay followed by “We absolutely do not want to commit crimes”

— MD (@mikeydoubled) October 4, 2019

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Hecuba's daughter Oct 3, 2019 • 10:41:42pm

You can always count on David Brooks. Instead of the typical NY Times effort to interview another MAGAt voter, he has an imaginary conversation with an imaginary Trump supporter.

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 10:41:57pm

re: #286 TedStriker

I’m guessing Sondland ran it by Pompeo and/or the WH first.

Earlier Vogel and Schmidt wrote that Sondland spoke to Trump in between those two texts. However that line from the article has now been edited out, with no explanation given, which is a practice I fucking hate.

Hey @kenvogel & @nytmike, why was the line “after speaking with Mr. Trump” removed from your article linked in this tweet? It’s disconcerting to see that kind of substantive edit occur after publication without any explanation given.https://t.co/6I74xyL90I

— Jason McGlothlenstein (@goddamnedfrank) October 4, 2019

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goddamnedfrank Oct 3, 2019 • 10:43:24pm

me: it doesn’t have a tail so i’m pretty sure it’s a hamster

tech support: okay fine right-click the hamster

— FronkenVo (@fro_vo) September 26, 2019

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DodgerFan1988 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:47:12pm

Don’t kid yourselves, chillen: If a Democratic president asked a major American adversary — a Communist dictatorship — to investigate his domestic political opponents, we on the right would be howling at the top of our lungs — with good reason.

— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) October 4, 2019

The Trump cult followers do have a lot in common with Maoist cult followers.

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Anymouse 🌹🎃 Oct 3, 2019 • 10:55:30pm

re: #301 DodgerFan1988

The Trump cult followers do have a lot in common with Maoist cult followers.

What sort of gravitas does The National Review have on conservatives any more? Years ago, they published an essay arguing why President Nixon should resign when it became obvious the jig was up.

If they published such an essay today, would anyone on the right pay attention?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 Oct 3, 2019 • 11:05:45pm

re: #294 Anymouse 🌹🎃

If you want a military green logbook, you can buy them here:
amazon.com

They sell for $9.90

buy in bulk (3 for $21.49)
amazon.com

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uriel Oct 3, 2019 • 11:34:41pm

re: #202 gocart mozart

When Jonah Goldberg is talking sense…

Crap, I don’t know what that means. But it can’t be good for the Trump and Rudy show.

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