CA Governor Gavin Newsom on Suing President Trump [VIDEO]
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Governor Gavin Newsom discusses his tumultuous relationship with Donald Trump and the housing crisis in California.
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POS45 retweeting Berners like he thinks they are on his side (which they probably are)
Mini Mike is a short ball (very) hitter. Tiny club head speed. KEEP AMERICA GREAT! https://t.co/5DUj16jtZf
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2020
Among the most important topics of discussion were visas for Ukrainian travelers to #Canada and the free trade agreement between the two countries. https://t.co/wJejxDuG8A
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) February 11, 2020
Saw this in my feed yesterday and figured it was worth sharing:
My bad here’s the link https://t.co/Mf1pYJZBVP
— BLOCKBOYxNORMAN 💉💯🌡 (@BBTA_NORMAN4) February 8, 2020
New York’s Governor Says A Leaked DHS Memo On Immigrant Driving Records Is A “Smoking Gun” https://t.co/LkenfUx0Ky via @haleaziz
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) February 11, 2020
I think that Bloomberg should purchase all of Trump’s debts and then call the loans. Take everything.
— Misplaced Sidekick (@tvsheaha) February 11, 2020
Trump appointee Mark Paoletta, general counsel of OMB, is the official who blacked out his own emails about Pentagon concerns over the legality of what POTUS was doing, then appears to have lied to GAO that those conversations never took place…https://t.co/ermqQV810D
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020
And so now, naturally, comes the new reporting that Elaine McCusker is the next one they want to fire:https://t.co/VueDt1qmym
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020
I keep coming back to that quote I saw here a couple of weeks ago about America being a sinking ship and the rich people partying up top, oblivious to what is happening below.
It’s literally a Rodney Dangerfield joke.
“So my doc told me to walk 5 miles a day for a week. I called him and said ‘Hey doc, I did what you said but now I got a real problem, I’m 35 miles from my house.”— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 11, 2020
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
I keep coming back to that quote I saw here a couple of weeks ago about America being a sinking ship and the rich people partying up top, oblivious to what is happening below.
Bring to mind the image from Titanic of the first class passengers showing up in the midst of the sinking in their finest, asking stewards for brandy and refusing life jackets because they intended to go out “looking their best.”
Voltaire: “Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities”
An example of how utterly brainwashed the MAGA sheep are. They are primed for fascism from their dear orange leader. https://t.co/qDojANOfrA— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 11, 2020
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BREAKING: Padres backtracking on new Spring/BP cap design, apparently because some people thought it looked like a swastika (but not because it’s a really bad piece of design, which is arguably the better reason to shelve it). (h/t @TeeOhEmm) https://t.co/cTo6GB4RLQ
— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) February 11, 2020
re: #11 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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…I can see where the folks seeing the swastika in there are coming from. The whole thing is just not a very well thought out design and yet another example of brand officers and visual design artists not realizing the unintentional results of their designs.
It’s also just an ugly logo that melts together too much as is.
At least 24 Americans are among the 135 people aboard a cruise ship in Japan who have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a CNN report.
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) February 11, 2020
Sigh. I made a valiant (but of course futile) effort by commenting on the FB page of a Bernie cousin who is sure that the road to victory is by moderates joining the progressives and crowning Bernie as the nominee. My last remark on her page was on the Gallup poll showing the American antipathy to socialism. And her response was the same as that of my 33 year old nephew: it’s democratic socialism. Democratic socialism.
These Berniebros cannot see that to the average voter there is no distinction. There is nothing that will persuade them otherwise. So the important task is to focus on those who are not part of the cults and get them to vote Democratic no matter what.
One of my Republican investment managers who supported Hillary, does not like Trump, and hates Bernie, originally was hostile to Warren but seems to have warmed up to her — he was very enthusiastic about her intelligence and capabilities. Unfortunately, he does not share my concern that we are living in 1930’s Germany. He believes our institutions will withstand the onslaught from Trump. But that is exactly how a dictator can assume power.
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Foldi’s next super revelation is that the hotel she was staying at offered FREE COFFEE!! Because nobody has ever gone out somewhere for breakfast when staying at a hotel.
Trump shares expletive-laden “Curb Your Enthusiasm” scene with Larry David wearing MAGA hat https://t.co/MgkuISj1sC pic.twitter.com/m1Kzc5j891
— The Hill (@thehill) February 11, 2020
re: #16 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Damn, I wonder what Larry David thinks of that?
re: #17 Eclectic Cyborg
Damn, I wonder what Larry David thinks of that?
I think he would laugh, and suggest it’s more proof that Trump is a fucking moron
Voltaire: “Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities”
An example of how utterly brainwashed the MAGA sheep are. They are primed for fascism from their dear orange leader. https://t.co/qDojANOfrA— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) February 11, 2020
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 11, 2020
CNN confirms. https://t.co/VdRwf5Jrtb https://t.co/gYgMcBcXGi
— John Stoehr’s Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) February 11, 2020
re: #14 Hecuba’s daughter
Had much the same argument going in one of my FB groups. Those feeling the Bern have no idea how many people will run screaming from a commie candidate. Republicans are drooling over the prospect of Bernie being the candidate.
If Elizabeth can’t do it I hope Amy overtakes Bernie Corbyn in New Hampshire.
Honestly, I find the interviews of politicians conducted by late night comedians like Colbert and Meyers much more informative and REAL than anything that ever happens on the Sunday morning shows.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
The late night hosts ask genuine questions, they follow up, and they usually don’t accept bullshit talking points for answers. The Sunday shows are nothing but a venue for the GOP to spread lies.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
Such a predictable cycle of events. A GOP president blows up the deficit to unprecedented, ridiculous levels, then Republicans start claiming they need to cut entitlement programs to “balance the budget.” This happens EVERY damned time the GOP gains power. https://t.co/hGcHc8yrtb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #25 Charles Johnson
“Wasteful foreign aid”
Yeah man, fuck those other countries! We don’t need them. USA! USA! USA!
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They’re trying to kill the United States, folks. https://t.co/IIXGznHtyA
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
Trump does not want another summit with Kim before election: CNN https://t.co/BojOLfBecW
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) February 10, 2020
By the way, Politico deleted the first version of this tweet. Apparently the red X’s made it look too negative, and that could affect access. pic.twitter.com/czK92JIIYk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #30 Charles Johnson
God for-fucking-bid we be negative about the Trump administration.
If you’re offended by this you can support @harrisonjaime. https://t.co/dNSI7sg6EN
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 11, 2020
re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg
I keep coming back to that quote I saw here a couple of weeks ago about America being a sinking ship and the rich people partying up top, oblivious to what is happening below.
Oh they know.
Exactly. The tweet has a VERY different implication now. This has to have been an executive decision. https://t.co/5ISbNruUgm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
Remember this when you vote if you are a Republican or if you a Dem but your first choice for president doesn’t win the nomination! https://t.co/wrTMmS6q5i
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) February 11, 2020
Tiger Beat On The Potomac endlessly kisses up to Republicans!
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1/x: Omg! Your father is the most overt and flagrantly hateful racist and bigot of the modern presidency and nothing - absolutely nothing - in Mike Bloomberg’s background puts him in the same category as your dad. But let us count the ways:https://t.co/QdlKVOffGx https://t.co/dzm6DzPKRw
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) February 11, 2020
re: #1 The Pie Overlord!
Bernie Bros are making it very clear that they have zero intentions of voting for the eventual Democratic nominee if it’s not Saint Bernie. This is going to be worse than 2016. Thankfully, they’re not the Democratic base so we will have to depend on minority voters and suburban women to do the hard work in electing a Democratic President.
re: #25 Charles Johnson
Such a predictable cycle of events. A GOP president blows up the deficit to unprecedented, ridiculous levels, then Republicans start claiming they need to cut entitlement programs to “balance the budget.” This happens EVERY damned time the GOP gains power.
That was the plan all along
re: #38 The Pie Overlord!
Remarks by President Trump at International Association of Chiefs of Police
Issued on: October 8, 2018
“…And I have directed the Attorney General’s office to immediately go to the great city of Chicago to help straighten out the terrible shooting wave. We want to straighten it out. We want to straighten it out fast. There’s no reason for what’s going on there. (Applause.)
I’ve told them to work with local authorities to try to change the terrible deal the city of Chicago entered into with ACLU, which ties law enforcement’s hands; and to strongly consider stop-and-frisk. It works, and it was meant for problems like Chicago. (Applause.) It was meant for it. Stop-and-frisk.
And Rudy Giuliani, when he was mayor of New York City, had a very strong program of stop-and-frisk. And it went from an unacceptably dangerous city to one of the safest cities in the country — and, I think, the safest big city in the country. So it works. It’s got to be properly applied, but stop-and-frisk works.”
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BREAKING: Top STONE prosecutor moves to withdraw from the case. Zelinsky was a top Mueller deputy. pic.twitter.com/HQhH8wE5LW
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 11, 2020
re: #42 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Wow, Mueller prosecutor Zelinsky withdraws from the Stone case AND includes this footnote(!):
“The Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for District of Columbia” pic.twitter.com/TrNSo9qXeB— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) February 11, 2020
re: #42 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Bloody Hell. They’re running off every decent person left in government.
It seems to be as bad as it looks. https://t.co/hrlPgFYObo
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 11, 2020
We live in a Mob State, and there’s no attempt to even hide it.
re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg
Bloody Hell. They’re running off every decent person left in government.
They call this “draining the swamp”
Look at all the shit that’s happened and Trump was acquitted LESS than a week ago.
Probably would have gotten flagged for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’ with that stare down after the sack
when the DB recognizes the screen pic.twitter.com/j8yfh84J4Q
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) February 11, 2020
At least there was one person who couldn’t stand the corruption in the DOJ. He’ll probably be targeted for retaliation by the Trump thugs now. https://t.co/Dd510u8E2c
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
Uh, Susan Collins BS about being concerned again?
re: #27 Charles Johnson
We should start suggesting that eliminating the Department of Education will lead to closing rural schools. Small town voters here in Texas killed funding charter schools because the school system is the biggest employer in some of these areas.
Just resigned
Don’t miss the footnote. pic.twitter.com/Jy78eMG01K
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 11, 2020
Let’s see how long that lasts…
— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) February 11, 2020
I hope Judge Jackson asks the Justice Department for the exact tick tick of when Trump called Barr and how it rolled downhill.
Also, hello, House Judiciary?https://t.co/UcDuS4Dukg— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 11, 2020
It’s actually a disgrace that Zelinsky is the one leaving the office over this. The political people - in this case the US attorney - are the ones who are supposed to resign in protest over political interference, in part to protect the career officials.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 11, 2020
re: #54 Scottish Dragon
He resigned effective immediately in the footnote.
Should note this footnote only references his position as special assistant US attorney for DC, and NOT his position in the US attorney’s office in Baltimore
Per @saramurray, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore US attorney’s office says he has not resigned from his position there— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) February 11, 2020
Today Senate Republicans blocked THREE election security bills.
Two would require that illegal foreign election interference be reported to the authorities.
The other would make voting machines harder to hack.
All blocked.— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) February 11, 2020
re: #59 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Boy I can’t wait for the general, where several million votes will “magically” be transferred to Trump.
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
re: #62 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
just say AFV and the discussion is irrelevant…
re: #60 SteelPH
Boy I can’t wait for the general, where several million votes will “magically” be transferred to Trump.
to balance out all the “illegal” votes?
re: #62 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
A tank because of its’ mission, although it likely should be considered a tank destroyer because of the casemated gun. Again, definitions can get fuzzy.
And he probably isn’t lying this time. https://t.co/1y9BFeFCfl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #54 Scottish Dragon
He resigned effective immediately in the footnote.
He didn’t resign from the DOJ.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Yep, Trump will pardon Stone before the fucker will serve even one day in prison.
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’ll be fired by morning
And hopefully if that happens he has a lawsuit filed by afternoon.
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Trump’s budget proposal is red meat for the know nothing GOP that wants to destroy the federal govt and it’s ability to provide services.
It’s also DOA, just as surely as Trump’s ME peace plan was DOA.
It’s also DOA as relating to Trump’s intention to gut and filet health care funding under Medicare/Medicaid/SNAP/Obamacare.
The GOP intention is to slash federal spending to deliver another round of tax cuts to millionaires like Trump. Everyone else gets the burdens.
It’s the same story.
re: #71 lawhawk
Trump’s budget proposal is red meat for the know nothing GOP that wants to destroy the federal govt and it’s ability to provide services.
It’s also DOA, just as surely as Trump’s ME peace plan was DOA.
It’s also DOA as relating to Trump’s intention to gut and filet health care funding under Medicare/Medicaid/SNAP/Obamacare.The GOP intention is to slash federal spending to deliver another round of tax cuts to millionaires like Trump. Everyone else gets the burdens.
It’s the same story.
It plays to the base and then they get the media to say that it’s the Democrats who are obstructing things and stopping improvement to the country.
So anyway, Mountain Dew Zero is delicious.
Carry on.
re: #65 Scottish Dragon
A tank because of its’ mission, although it likely should be considered a tank destroyer because of the casemated gun. Again, definitions can get fuzzy.
And fairly unique even then since the casemated gun is fully fixed and completely dependent on the vehicle itself for both elevation and traverse.
re: #62 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
Its an armored combat vehicle, fully tacked, designed for combat against other armored vehicles. It is a “tank” and was an excellent if unusual one. Modern electronic stabilization and fire control systems rendered its compromises no longer necessary, but it would have done very well against a first generation T72.
If it were designed to haul crunchies (Aka infantry) or has armament insufficient to deal one on one with tanks, then it is not a tank.
PS. No wheeled vehicle is a tank. A deathtrap, yes, but not a tank.
re: #62 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
re: #65 Scottish Dragon
A tank because of its’ mission, although it likely should be considered a tank destroyer because of the casemated gun. Again, definitions can get fuzzy.
S-Tank
I will say no more
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re: #67 Charles Johnson
He didn’t resign from the DOJ.
Yeah I saw. Like already noted…bet he gets fired soon.
re: #75 William Lewis
Its an armored combat vehicle, fully tacked, designed for combat against other armored vehicles. It is a “tank” and was an excellent if unusual one. Modern electronic stabilization and fire control systems rendered its compromises no longer necessary, but it would have done very well against a first generation T72.
If it were designed to haul crunchies (Aka infantry) or has armament insufficient to deal one on one with tanks, then it is not a tank.
PS. No wheeled vehicle is a tank. A deathtrap, yes, but not a tank.
With the Merkava being a tank that has some additional ability to haul crunchies beyond the norm for MBTs.
re: #75 William Lewis
Its an armored combat vehicle, fully tacked, designed for combat against other armored vehicles. It is a “tank” and was an excellent if unusual one. Modern electronic stabilization and fire control systems rendered its compromises no longer necessary, but it would have done very well against a first generation T72.
If it were designed to haul crunchies (Aka infantry) or has armament insufficient to deal one on one with tanks, then it is not a tank.
PS. No wheeled vehicle is a tank. A deathtrap, yes, but not a tank.
Well, a huge variety of German AFV tank destroyers were used as tanks because they were much cheaper to build, but had difficulty in performing all the tasks that a tank needed to perform…which is why tank destroyers were kinda considered to be in their own niche.
re: #77 Scottish Dragon
Yeah I saw. Like already noted…bet he gets fired soon.
I’m sure Ingraham and Hannity are already getting the dirt to attack this guy…
re: #78 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
With the Merkava being a tank that has some additional ability to haul crunchies beyond the norm for MBTs.
Sure, if you cut the ammo load by 2/3
Roger Stone Obstruction of Justice and coming Pardon means The Krazy has started. Trump no longer fears any electoral or public repercussions from letting off the most visible criminal in his orbit.
re: #71 lawhawk
Trump’s budget proposal is red meat for the know nothing GOP that wants to destroy the federal govt and it’s ability to provide services.
It’s also DOA, just as surely as Trump’s ME peace plan was DOA.
It’s also DOA as relating to Trump’s intention to gut and filet health care funding under Medicare/Medicaid/SNAP/Obamacare.The GOP intention is to slash federal spending to deliver another round of tax cuts to millionaires like Trump. Everyone else gets the burdens.
It’s the same story.
It always amazes me that the GOP has been getting away with this scam over and over, for decades, and people never seem to make the very obvious connections.
If career prosecutors are even on this case, they should just wait until after the election. Any case they file now will be destroyed one way or the other by Trump and Barr. https://t.co/FvhueIzN7B
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) February 11, 2020
re: #79 Scottish Dragon
Well, a huge variety of German AFV tank destroyers were used as tanks because they were much cheaper to build, but had difficulty in performing all the tasks that a tank needed to perform…which is why tank destroyers were kinda considered to be in their own niche.
Tank destroyer is a role, not a design type. Cheaper vehicles have tended to be used in the role (panzerjagera, M10, Archer) but the US Army realized that the only effective tax destroyer was a tank and gave the role back to Armor after WWII and deleting TD as a branch.
This is cruel and inhuman! #StephenMiller draconian immigration policies carried out by trump! Stephen miller hates Latin people! He must go! Racism masked as policy is transparent! He must go! https://t.co/mLt5IoIPFp
— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) February 11, 2020
re: #81 Scottish Dragon
Sure, if you cut the ammo load by 2/3
Yep. Its really a cargo bay not a crunchy hauler. It is good for medivac while under fire however.
The upshot: The DOJ will have to explain to a federal judge who gagged Roger Stone for threatening her on social media why they want to retroactively lower his sentencing rec right after Trump tweeted about it.
And why an AUSA immediately resigned after. https://t.co/spChLAQYUX— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 11, 2020
Schiff: “Doing so would send an unmistakable message that President Trump will protect those who lie to Congress to cover up his own misconduct, and that the Attorney General will join him in that effort.” https://t.co/clvWNpsJbH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 11, 2020
Whoa, Schumer getting salty.
They’ll probably recommend no jail time, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a show on Fox News.https://t.co/yjgM397qja
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 11, 2020
re: #85 William Lewis
Tank destroyer is a role, not a design type. Cheaper vehicles have tended to be used in the role (panzerjagera, M10, Archer) but the US Army realized that the only effective tax destroyer was a tank and gave the role back to Armor after WWII and deleting TD as a branch.
Disagree. TD was a design type since it was generally meant to be an ambush hunter and use speed, long range weapons and/or low visibility to escape retaliation. The design features were markedly different from other ‘tanks’ of the period.
Former counterintelligence chief at DOJ:
“We are now at a break-glass-in-case-of-fire moment for the Justice Department” https://t.co/yOQWIwStOS— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020
Wow, where to begin… https://t.co/oyFqfIMwsU
— 🕸️🕷️ Azure Ghost 🕷️🕸️ (@AzureGhost) February 11, 2020
re: #90 Charles Johnson
He’s not wrong. That’s what Trump is angling for.
What Stone should get: life in prison - the max sentence (which would amount to 50 years).
Excellent. @SenSchumer just announced that he will be formally calling for the DOJ Inspector General to open an investigation: https://t.co/rMTANt9Iu9
More. More. More. https://t.co/IfDZxLFOsk— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 11, 2020
re: #91 Scottish Dragon
Ultimately they used ambush because they were bad tanks, not because it was TD doctrine.
The same Senate Republicans who just said Trump’s fate should be decided at the ballot box, not by them? Those Senate Republicans? https://t.co/JKYfUjqIXe
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 11, 2020
Trump learned absolutely nothing from being impeached, but he learned plenty when the GOP shut it down. It will get worse. It always gets worse.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
Susan Collins threatening to frown VERY hard over this https://t.co/U5IlkgRZD8
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) February 11, 2020
A President who intervenes in the criminal justice system to help his allies, while punishing people like Lt. Col. Vindman for telling the truth, represents a real danger and the Committee will get to the bottom of this. 2/2
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) February 11, 2020
re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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ANOTHER ONE https://t.co/eA5KtFVKVL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #96 William Lewis
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Ultimately they used ambush because they were bad tanks, not because it was TD doctrine.
It’s a little more complex than that, and Germany (and to a much lesser extent, the Soviet Union) made purpose built TD that made deliberate use of those features (cough cough the Ferdinand, lots of Stug III and IV, the Hetzer) that ended being used as tanks instead of for what they were purpose built to do. It’s kind of backwards from what you suggest.
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Impeachment 2,0. Ignore his budget, investigate the hell out of these bastards.
As if there weren’t enough things to keep you up at night
Coronavirus, now called COVID-19, has yet to be confirmed in Africa, but some health workers warn they are not ready to handle an outbreak. https://t.co/jmsOQIsebH
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) February 11, 2020
New: Another prosecutor in Roger Stone’s case has withdrawn after DOJ said it was reconsidering its sentencing recommendation. Jonathan Kravis “has resigned as an Assistant United States Attorney and therefore no longer represents the government in this case.” pic.twitter.com/eXbBjhXNFW
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) February 11, 2020
re: #96 William Lewis
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Ultimately they used ambush because they were bad tanks, not because it was TD doctrine.
The Hellcat feels like the exception because it was purpose built to be stupid fast, easy to maintain and heavily gunned at a time when allied armor comparatively sucked. So at least it addressed a real problem with an innovative solution.
These are some pretty loud resignations.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #109 Charles Johnson
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Note, Kravis seems to be gone from DOJ entirely.
So HE can go testify before HJC to what happened.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020
re: #109 Charles Johnson
Loud the resignations may be, but Trumpers are deaf.
I suspect that’s one reason why they’re being so blatant about the corruption now - to flush out people who still suffer from ethics.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #83 Charles Johnson
It always amazes me that the GOP has been getting away with this scam over and over, for decades, and people never seem to make the very obvious connections.
It’s all about owning the libs (socialists!) and keeping those pesky brown people in their place.
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‘It’s Time To Go, Mr. Stone,’ Says Ski-Masked William Barr After Running Prison Bus Off Road https://t.co/Bg1Dh2kh5K pic.twitter.com/28tr2J5OxI
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 11, 2020
Even if the methods are new, sowing the seeds of doubt, division, and discord to turn Americans against each other is an old trick. The antidote is citizenship: to get engaged, organized, mobilized, and to vote - on every level, in every election. https://t.co/yOvaCZYtrW
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 11, 2020
re: #85 William Lewis
Tank destroyer is a role, not a design type. Cheaper vehicles have tended to be used in the role (panzerjagera, M10, Archer) but the US Army realized that the only effective tax destroyer was a tank and gave the role back to Armor after WWII and deleting TD as a branch.
The US TD doctrine never really got itself straightened out since the rules changes between 1940 and 1944-45, including the vehicles involved. Plus the nature of combat in Europe (mainly offensive) didn’t really fit the doctrine either. (I think from a book that I read they got to operate according to doctrine with a TD battalion twice during the war.) So the TDs spent most of the war parceled out to the infantry battalions as support - where they were generally well-liked and appreciated. And the M-10 was intended as a stopgap design as it was.
We are watching the United States Department of Justice disintegrate before our eyes.
Why bother trying to lower Roger Stone’s sentence when you’re just gonna pardon him anyway. Like an infected cyst, corruption just oozes out of this administration. A hot Democratic compress & scalpel in 2020 should take care of this infection.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) February 11, 2020
re: #96 William Lewis
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Ultimately they used ambush because they were bad tanks, not because it was TD doctrine.
Base US doctrine for the TD was to have a mobile anti-tank force that could be quickly moved into position to stop/prevent a breakthrough. A bit of disagreement between whether towed (easier to hide, cheaper) or self-propelled was the route to follow and they wavered back and forth a bit before 1944. (And found out in 1944 that towed guns had very limited off-road mobility and needed time to properly set up and conceal.)
Trump’s acquittal has freed them from having to hide anything, or even pretend to follow norms and laws and irrelevant stuff like that. He’s becoming a monarch in front of our eyes.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #108 goddamnedfrank
The Hellcat feels like the exception because it was purpose built to be stupid fast, easy to maintain and heavily gunned at a time when allied armor comparatively sucked. So at least it addressed a real problem with an innovative solution.
The irony? The troops preferred the m10 wolverine to it, though it did have the best kill loss ratio of the TDs.
Germans had a lot of outdated tank chassis that were under-gunned against Soviet armor, so they kept the production lines running and just changed the superstructure replacing the turret with a larger, fixed gun that would not fit otherwise.
re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Someone needs to make an ad containing tweets like this for Maine, showing how Collins has become a laughingstock for the state.
1. Donald Trump is a unique & dangerous threat to our Republic.
2. He must be stopped.
3. ALL OF US must come together to stop him.
4. Therefore, I pledge to support WHOEVER the Democrat nominee is.
5. If a libertarian/conservative like me can make that pledge, can’t you?— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 11, 2020
re: #123 Belafon
Someone needs to make an ad containing tweets like this for Maine, showing how Collins has become a laughingstock for the state.
Her likely opponent is the Dem leader is the Maine speaker, this is probably her toughest election ever. I’m sure they have tons of ads waiting to run against Collins.
I’ve long said the GOP is a criminal syndicate barely pretending to be a political party.
Between the Senate vote and this Stone nonsense, the pretense has been dropped.
re: #113 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
It’s all about owning the libs (socialists!) and keeping those pesky brown people in their place.
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That, but also because the Democrats aren’t going to let them do it. They get away with sounding like they’re going to punish blacks and Latinos but don’t actually do much to their own constituents.
There’s a lot going on here:
Jordan Peterson is recovering from a severe addiction to benzodiazepine tranquilizers and was recently near death in an induced coma, his daughter Mikhaila said.
He is being treated at a clinic in Russia after being repeatedly misdiagnosed at several hospitals in North America, she said.
The University of Toronto psychologist who became an intellectual hero to a global audience by aligning self-help theory with anti-progressive politics was first prescribed the medication a few years ago to treat anxiety after what Mikhaila described as an autoimmune reaction to food. His physical dependence on it became apparent to his family last April, when his wife Tammy was diagnosed with cancer.
The last year, which saw him retreat from public life after swiftly becoming one of the most famous authors in the world, has been an “absolute hell,” said Mikhaila, also a well known speaker on diet, who advocates eating only beef.
re: #131 goddamnedfrank
Mikhaila, also a well known speaker on diet, who advocates eating only beef.
Meaning as the only meat one eats, or the only food one eats?
Cuz that sounds fucking crazy stupid.
re: #132 Eclectic Cyborg
“eating only beef”
Gee, what could possibly go wrong with that?
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What the people who think this meat only diet don’t get is vegans/vegetarians still get protein. He clearly isn’t getting the normal nutrients that are part of a human being’s diet. It’s crazy how people like him and Milo go from being social media sensations four years ago to where they are now.
re: #134 Jebediah, RBG
Meaning as the only meat one eats, or the only food one eats?
Cuz that sounds fucking crazy stupid.
I think he promotes this meat heavy diet to the point of where fruits and vegetables are discouraged and even mocked.
re: #127 NO SMOCKING GUN!
What Joe Walsh et al. need to realize is that there is nothing ‘unique’ about Trump. He is the natural result of decades of GOP degeneration to become the trash fire it now is.
There were enough Republican senators with consciences back in the Nixon era to force Nixon’s resignation for much lesser crimes.
The GOP ‘lesson learned’ from Nixon has been to ruthlessly excise all traces of conscience from its voters and elected officials. This is presently 98+% successful, and Republicans are diligently working on getting it to 100%.
So it is appreciated that Walsh is anti-Trump, but he did cheer loudly for every step on the GOP’s path from Nixon to Trump.
re: #134 Jebediah, RBG
Meaning as the only meat one eats, or the only food one eats?
Cuz that sounds fucking crazy stupid.
It’s as stupid as it sounds:
Insanity is evidently hereditary in this particular family.
When we make influencers or whatever you want to call them famous, you are giving authority to not who offers their case or worldview with the most compelling but who gets the most clicks. That’s the failure of modern journalism in the age of Trump.
“He is being treated at a clinic in Russia after being repeatedly misdiagnosed at several hospitals in North America, she said.”
You know what helps prevent being misdiagnosed? Not lying to your goddamned doctors.
re: #141 goddamnedfrank
You know what helps prevent being misdiagnosed? Not lying to your goddamned doctors.
Does Peterson have that ability? To NOT lie?
re: #137 EPR-radar
At some point there will need to be a reckoning. There are some people who truly have legitimate ideological differences with the Democrats, and there are others who were merely using it as a mask for their ultimate plans to destroy democracy.
For now, we just need to get behind whoever is nominated by the Democrats and accept all the help from current and former non-Democrats and make sure the nominee gets sworn in on January 20th.
re: #135 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What the people who think this meat only diet don’t get is vegans/vegetarians still get protein. He clearly isn’t getting the normal nutrients that are part of a human being’s diet. It’s crazy how people like him and Milo go from being social media sensations four years ago to where they are now.
I wonder how much his “autoimmune reaction to food” had to do with not getting enough of those normal nutrients you mention. Humans are omnivorous, not strictly carnivorous, and dumb-ass, unfounded notions from unqualified idiots do nothing to change what nutrients we need and how much of each.
On the other hand, omnivorous happy as when regressive quacks get exposed as fools.
re: #143 aatharuv
At some point there will need to be a reckoning. For now, we just need to get behind whoever is nominated by the Democrats and accept all the help from current and former non-Democrats and make sure the nominee gets sworn in on January 20th.
Reckoning? If it doesn’t include prosecutions and actual fucking hanging of traitors, I’m not interested.
It’s not too late for the reporters who professed to believe Republicans when they pretended to be outraged that Bill Clinton said hello to Loretta Lynch on a plane (in front of a bunch of staff) to admit they got snowed or were playing some kind of access game.
— subscribe to my newsletter (@brianbeutler) February 11, 2020
re: #138 Florida Panhandler
Thanks for the link, gonna try to read it this afternoon. (You hear that, “job”? Stop interrupting me with “work!”)
re: #137 EPR-radar
Do we need one of these every time Walsh, Kristol, and Rubin (and others) call for people to vote Trump out of office? We all know it, they aren’t reading here, and I still like having them say get Trump out of office rather than “Well, what are you going to do?”
re: #135 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What the people who think this meat only diet don’t get is vegans/vegetarians still get protein. He clearly isn’t getting the normal nutrients that are part of a human being’s diet. It’s crazy how people like him and Milo go from being social media sensations four years ago to where they are now.
Moral of the story—have onion rings on the side when you munch on a Fatburger!
Adam Jed becomes the third Stone prosecutor to withdraw, days before sentencing. pic.twitter.com/P1gT1LUlqL
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) February 11, 2020
Jesus, just processing tranq seasoned beef shits for years, is there a more cursed object on this plane of existence than Jordan Peterson’s toilet?
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
Jesus, just processing tranq seasoned beef shits for years, is there a more cursed object on this plane of existence than Jordan Peterson’s toilet?
he has to flush dozens of times…
re: #149 Joe Bacon 🌹
Moral of the story—have onion rings on the side when you munch on a Fatburger!
And follow up question but whose toilet smells worse- Peterson or Trump? Jokes aside, how anyone takes this guy seriously always astounded me.
re: #120 Charles Johnson
Just wait until Trump loses the election. That very night and the next day will be all Trump-loyal hands on deck within the DOJ and other agencies erasing and breaking drives, burning documents, deleting entire databases, and combing every last email server wiping any incriminating file.
Literal smoke will be seen coming from Executive Department windows. This is a vast criminal enterprise masquerading as a Presidential Administration. The sheer number and volume of prosecutions will be astounding.
A THIRD Stone prosecutor has now dropped out of the case: Adam Jed. pic.twitter.com/vLzMxJi5Z7
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 11, 2020
All the prosecutors in the Stone case are either withdrawing or resigning over Trump’s interference in the case.
Put simply, this is Trump engaging in yet more impeachable conduct just days after the GOP refused to hold Trump accountable in the Ukraine matter.
He’s counting on the GOP to protect him no matter what.
re: #62 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My question got CL’d but I am curious where the Swedish Strv 103 fell in Scottish Dragon’s definition of what is, and is not, a tank.
Tank destroyer.
Tanks have turrets.
Heh, I knew it was Wes Anderson just from the graphic design
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 11, 2020
And John Crabb, the acting chief of the DC US Attorney’s Office criminal division, enters his appearance in the case. pic.twitter.com/kIm3GXgXFQ
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) February 11, 2020
Here we go. https://t.co/oHR7dwpIre
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
Jesus, just processing tranq seasoned beef shits for years, is there a more cursed object on this plane of existence than Jordan Peterson’s toilet?
I see we’re on the same page. Seriously no wonder he’s so fucked up. It’s not that I feel bad but yeah eat nothing but processed beef everyday, that’s a problem. Hell I had bacon with my eggs for breakfast on Sunday and I didn’t even want bacon on my burger at Five Guys for dinner. I’m no dietitian but balancing your meals is Nutrition 101.
re: #71 lawhawk
Socialism for the rich. Capitalism for the poor.
The problem with this—and Chuck knows this—is DOJ will say that the IG can’t review lawyers’ work. https://t.co/MeVegEG5E5
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020
re: #144 Jebediah, RBG
I wonder how much his “autoimmune reaction to food” had to do with not getting enough of those normal nutrients you mention. Humans are omnivorous, not strictly carnivorous, and dumb-ass, unfounded notions from unqualified idiots do nothing to change what nutrients we need and how much of each.
On the other hand, omnivorous happy as when regressive quacks get exposed as fools.
I recall hearing someone I considered fairly well educated (a PhD candidate in chemistry) tell me that he simply thought that meat was “better food” than vegetables.
That is just a matter of cultural conditioning…after all, it is generally more expensive…
re: #148 Belafon
Do we need one of these every time Walsh, Kristol, and Rubin (and others) call for people to vote Trump out of office? We all know it, they aren’t reading here, and I still like having them say get Trump out of office rather than “Well, what are you going to do?”
I agree that people here already know this, so this is mostly me howling in frustration that disaffected Republicans are going to be seen as the only legitimate anti-Trump voices by the mainstream media.
As opposed to the liberals that have, unforgivably, been completely correct about the US right for decades.
A THIRD Stone prosecutor has now dropped out of the case: Adam Jed. pic.twitter.com/vLzMxJi5Z7
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 11, 2020
re: #159 Charles Johnson
Krazy pt 2 just today. I assume we’ve all buckled up by now. The ride to authoritarian hell is officially going up the chain lift.
For those wondering, there’s just Michael Marando left on the Stone team. (At 4:47 — we’ll see how long that lasts.)
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020
re: #141 goddamnedfrank
You know what helps prevent being misdiagnosed? Not lying to your goddamned doctors.
Or not being told by the doctors what you want them to tell you.
(glances sideways at the White House)
re: #154 Florida Panhandler
IF he loses the election and IF he doesn’t pull out all of the stops to contest the loss, he still will have over two months to burn the country to the ground before he leaves.
Department of Just Us pic.twitter.com/BS0ykY2Em0
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 11, 2020
re: #155 lawhawk
All the prosecutors in the Stone case are either withdrawing or resigning over Trump’s interference in the case.
Put simply, this is Trump engaging in yet more impeachable conduct just days after the GOP refused to hold Trump accountable in the Ukraine matter.
He’s counting on the GOP to protect him no matter what.
I would definitely lay this one at Barr’s feet.
You know, it was always wrong to use Weimar as our model. Weimar institutions weren’t as strong as ours had been. They’ve slowly been destroying them whenever they can. The judiciary is continuing to be lined with Trump appointees including 2 at the top. Every federal department has some corruption problem.
“Highly unusual” is entirely inadequate.
The president and corrupt AG are attempting to weaponize the DOJ.
🔹The judge isn’t bound by the DOJ recommendation
🔹The House has oversight and should investigate to keep shining the light on the depths of corruption.#ImpeachBarrNow https://t.co/cqlDuf6CSl— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) February 11, 2020
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
Department of Just Us
AG Barr answers only to Donald Trump and God (in that order)…
pretty sure that this particular judge is not gonna be swayed by any bogus DoJ arguments to reduce the sentence
I hope she has really good personal security
So this is what it’s like when the shit hits the fan at DOJ.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
re: #171 Skip Intro
IF he loses the election and IF he doesn’t pull out all of the stops to contest the loss, he still will have
over two months to burn the country to the ground before he leavesone month to pack everything up and head to Russia.
re: #174 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You know, it was always wrong to use Weimar as our model. Weimar institutions weren’t as strong as ours had been. They’ve slowly been destroying them whenever they can. The judiciary is continuing to be lined with Trump appointees including 2 at the top. Every federal department has some corruption problem.
Germany has Weimar conditions, at least in some of its Eastern states, where the right-wing AfD and the leftist Die Linken (composed of former communist party and the extreme left wing of the socialist party) command a majority of votes between them, making it impossible to form a majority government without taking one or the other of them on board.
That is exactly what the whole country looked like in 1933…
re: #131 goddamnedfrank
So we find out that one of the premier wingnut intellectuals is a junkie?
Quelle surprise!
In Stone’s case, DOJ now gives no recommended sentence — beyond saying that yesterday’s recommended sentence was wrong. pic.twitter.com/0vFxod64pm
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 11, 2020
DOJ, represented by a new prosecutor who filed his appearance today, filed a new sentencing memorandum for Roger Stone: “The government respectfully submits that a sentence of incarceration far less than 87 to 108
months’ imprisonment would be reasonable under the circumstances.”— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 11, 2020
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
In other words, some political toady in DOJ doesn’t want to answer pointed questions from the judge about this political interference by Trump.
I think conservatism is, at its core, defined by faulty imagination.
They have sympathy but no empathy & because one cannot by definition sympathize outside their own personal experiences it takes these kinds of events hitting close to home for this kind of realization to occur https://t.co/8767pOxgx6— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 11, 2020
Disappointed to see @CNN only pop in for a quick breaking news piece lasting less than 5 minutes to cover this. THIS is the STORY. Mnuchin and Mary Barr Daly, Barr’s daughter, will soon close out the Deutche Bank laundering investigation soon w/ a small fine and clearing Trump. https://t.co/9lEwXCI0wB
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) February 11, 2020
“re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germany has Weimar conditions, at least in some of its Eastern states, where the right-wing AfD and the leftist Die Linken (composed of former communist party and the extreme left wing of the socialist party) command a majority of votes between them, making it impossible to form a majority government without taking one or the other of them on board.
That is exactly what the whole country looked like in 1933…
And it’s not a coincidence that those regions are relatively new to democracy compared to the West German states. It’s why the populist movements in the former Eastern Bloc give me a stink eye.
At a time when the civil service is under attack by Trump, it would be easy for a prosecutor to stay quiet about political interference. Kudos to these three prosecutors for taking a stand and showing a lot more courage than GOP members of Congress https://t.co/HAe4mvyAtY
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) February 11, 2020
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
LOL!
re: #185 goddamnedfrank
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Rob Portman suddenly changing his mind on gay marriage after his son came out and he wasn’t picked to be Romney’s VP. And I’m sure we can think of other examples too.
And there he goes. Not only admitting it outright, boasting about it. https://t.co/AlpDmScOxC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 11, 2020
meanwhile in Cincinnati:
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DEBATE HEATS UP AT THE HAMILTON CO. COURTHOUSE. @AftabPureval forms a “You Are Welcome Here” Task Force after ICE agents show up at the courthouse. Judge Ruehlman calls it crap from the left. You don’t want to miss this at 5 @Local12 pic.twitter.com/WhuGEymP9X
— Angenette Levy (@Angenette5) February 11, 2020
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well shit. Money laundering was always the best shot at really nailing Trumpco to the wall.
Let’s hope there are state-level investigations that Barr can’t kill for his corrupt master.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Cincinnati:
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In regards to the White House destroying evidence I think they’ll be too busy doing what bad tenants do when evicted by the landlord.
Making the place unliveable.
Trump’s pet AG, William Barr, is giving Roger Stone a pass. Want to drain the swamp? Get rid of this crooked crew of rightwingers.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 11, 2020
re: #195 Romantic Heretic
In regards to the White House destroying evidence I think they’ll be too busy doing what bad tenants do when evicted by the landlord.
Making the place unliveable.
pretty sure they already gotten a head start on that
re: #193 EPR-radar
Well shit. Money laundering was always the best shot at really nailing Trumpco to the wall.
Let’s hope there are state-level investigations that Barr can’t kill for his corrupt master.
If they’re Federal they work for Barr. If they’re state I’m sure Barr will argue they have no jurisdiction.
LIAR
Trump says he did not ask the Justice Dept to change the Roger Stone sentence recommendation but says he would be allowed to do so pic.twitter.com/5AI2cCjFvy
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) February 11, 2020
re: #191 Charles Johnson
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He believes he has absolute power and no one he listens to will tell him otherwise.
You know. It’s as we thought. He would get acquitted and then do something else. This time it’s interfering in the sentencing of someone he’s known for years and who worked on his campaign. Nancy is right. It all leads back to Russia. I’m wondering if we’ll ever know the full truth.
re: #201 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You know. It’s as we thought. He would get acquitted and then do something else. This time it’s interfering in the sentencing of someone he’s known for years and who worked on his campaign. Nancy is right. It all leads back to Russia. I’m wondering if we’ll ever know the full truth.
I’m sure the Chinese will take great joy in publishing it all after they buy everything up by 2030. Nothing like showing how bad the previous regime was compared to the enlightened one the people now labor live delightfully in.
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When do the next articles of impeachment arrive? This country can’t withstand another eleven months of this.
What are we going to do *right now*? https://t.co/v8OeJKHTtC— Sean Howe (@louchelarue) February 11, 2020
So for our lawyers out there, could stone’s judge give him 9 years anyway? More? What’s allowed?
re: #202 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I’m sure the Chinese will take great joy in publishing it all after they buy everything up by 2030. Nothing like showing how bad the previous regime was compared to the enlightened one the people now
laborlive delightfully in.
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We really lost more than an election four years ago.
LIAR LIAR
“I didn’t speak to them,” Trump says when asked if he spoke to DOJ about reducing Roger Stone’s sentence recommendation. “I stay out of things to a degree that people wouldn’t believe.” He said he thought the initial recommendation for Stone was “an insult to our country”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 11, 2020
re: #204 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So for our lawyers out there, could stone’s judge give him 9 years anyway? More? What’s allowed?
pretty sure she can do it
re: #204 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So for our lawyers out there, could stone’s judge give him 9 years anyway? More? What’s allowed?
Judge could potentially sentence him to the max under the code if she resents that the executive branch is clearly intervening on Stone’s behalf and remember he had plenty of incidents in court so it’s not like he’s sympathetic. I think the judge is an Obama appointee iirc.
Trump (to no one in particular *wink**wink*): Will no one rid me of these pesky prosecutors?
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
pretty sure she can do it
Yep and I think she just might. Stone has made a mockery of this from the get go.
I heard an interview on NPR with Gov. Sununu the younger today, and this one with Gov. Newsom, and there could not be more difference in how they speak and approach questions. I am so proud to be a Democrat!
re: #208 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Judge could potentially sentence him to the max under the code if she resents that the executive branch is clearly intervening on Stone’s behalf and remember he had plenty of incidents in court so it’s not like he’s sympathetic. I think the judge is an Obama appointee iirc.
My thought as well, although there’s a chance that a supposedly hostile trial judge could be used by Stone’s lawyers as grounds for an appeal, especially if they can make sure that appeal is heard by right wing fellow travelers.
What a time, when thinking of federal case outcomes being determined by whether or not appellate judges are GOP apparatchiks is perfectly rational.
The Presidency is too strong. The House is too weak.
Impeachment is too hard. Confirming judges is too easy.
Too much of how our government functioned isn’t based on the Constitution but on unwritten (or easily rewritten) rules and “norms”.— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) February 11, 2020
re: #200 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He believes he has absolute power and no one he listens to will tell him otherwise.
He believes it because he does.
re: #213 Citizen K
The constitution has many issues. However, the larger issue is that no democracy can long function with a cancer like the GOP in the electorate.
re: #200 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He believes he has absolute power and no one he listens to will tell him otherwise.
And functionally, as long as the GOP holds the Senate, it really seems he does have absolute power.
This Judy Shelton confirmation hearing SHOULD get big attention, but probably won’t.
@MittRomney Who could possibly be “undecided” about this person?! She opposes FDIC, believes that the Fed should be “more closely tied to the White House”, and wants to return us to the gold standard. There is no universe where she is qualified.https://t.co/rVpKxp5wL0
— Catherine Boerner (@catboerner) February 11, 2020
re: #215 EPR-radar
The constitution has many issues. However, the larger issue is that no democracy can long function with a cancer like the GOP in the electorate.
As I replied to him, the assumption of good faith only works long as all sides actually act in good faith. Soon as a bad faith actor gets involved, the assumption of good faith immediately undermines itself once said bad faith targets and accuses those acting faithfully as being the real provocateurs. Treating that projection credulously upends it all, treating the provocateurs as valued members and those trying to preserve the norms as saboteurs.
I’m afraid Newsom’s arguments, though legitimate, will be stonewalled with everything else. Any inertia stops cold when important decisions are made illegally by a justice and governmental system that has become full blown fascist and all the wagons are circled around the biggest liar and fascist of them all.
What “we” are up against is a very solid brick wall. Until the Dem candidates speak openly about this - what’s at stake and the how to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles - all the well-intentioned lawsuits and idealistic bantering goes nowhere.
Unfortunately, Newsom is firmly in the idealistic bantering stage, as is every Dem presidential candidate I’ve heard so far. I’m not the smartest person around and I don’t have a solution, but I would hope someone smarter than me has a better idea than this Hail Mary approach of throwing shit against the wall that have not amounted to any gains. Supposedly, there are brilliant minds out there. They have to do better than this.
Trump says the military should look at disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Vindman, who gave testimony in impeachment hearings about the president pic.twitter.com/yX1ysfOMQ5
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) February 11, 2020
Can Barr step in to remove the Judge from the Stone case? Because I feel like that’s where this is heading.
God, I fucking hate what this country is becoming.
done with the extra dose, extra strength ibuprofen (30 days!)
i even waited the extra half life time for it to purge
alcohol awaits
Understand this: The GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES has now become little more than a tool being used by the Republican party to remove, silence or otherwise disenfranchise all who dare to disagree with them.
re: #224 Eclectic Cyborg
Understand this: The GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES has now become little more than a tool being used by the Republican party to remove, silence or otherwise disenfranchise all who dare to disagree with them.
As I said earlier, we have openly become a Mob State.
Trump says he stayed out of the Roger Stone sentencing debate internally, though he strongly disagreed with the initial recommendation. He tells reporters: “I stay out of things to a degree that people wouldn’t believe.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 11, 2020
Trump adds some more color to his imaginary timeline of Schiff’s committee comments about his Zelensky call, this time saying Schiff spoke “and then we dropped the transcript and he almost had a heart attack.”
Schiff spoke after Trump released the call document.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 11, 2020
Trump basically re-endorses stop-and-frisk. He says Bloomberg was “so disingenuous” for going to a church in November and apologizing for it. “He looked pathetic,” Trump says.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 11, 2020
jeebus
re: #220 PrairieQueen
I’m afraid Newsom’s arguments, though legitimate, will be stonewalled with everything else. Any inertia stops cold when important decisions are made illegally by a justice and governmental system that has become full blown fascist and all the wagons are circled around the biggest liar and fascist of them all.
What “we” are up against is a very solid brick wall. Until the Dem candidates speak openly about this - what’s at stake and the how to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles - all the well-intentioned lawsuits and idealistic bantering goes nowhere.
Unfortunately, Newsom is firmly in the idealistic bantering stage, as is every Dem presidential candidate I’ve heard so far. I’m not the smartest person around and I don’t have a solution, but I would hope someone smarter than me has a better idea than this Hail Mary approach of throwing shit against the wall that have not amounted to any gains. Supposedly, there are brilliant minds out there. They have to do better than this.
I’ve bolded the most painful part. E.g., if a Democrats wins the presidency, but Republicans keep control of the Senate, it is certain that no legislation will pass that is not an unconditional surrender to Republicans.
This will be processed by way too many malicious both-sides types and extremely stupid people as a ‘Democrat loss’, with obvious consequences for the 2022 midterms and 2024 election.
re: #222 Eclectic Cyborg
Can Barr step in to remove the Judge from the Stone case? Because I feel like that’s where this is heading.
God, I fucking hate what this country is becoming.
No. The judiciary is a separate branch of government, and nobody there is reporting to Barr.
— Katie Kearns, human scum fan (@kkearns) February 11, 2020
re: #224 Eclectic Cyborg
We’ve become a very well-heeled banana republic.
Reminds me of all the Saddam Hussein statues we saw downed early in the Iraq war. Hussein lived for the fear and admiration of his countrymen and ultimately pulled the strings in his thoroughly corrupt government, right down to Baghdad Bob’s glowing daily reports that amounted to science fiction. All we’re missing are the statues.
Today, February 11, 2020, the Republican Party gutted the rule of law. Along with countless others, I served 18 years at #DOJ, the proudest of my career. Here are some photos of DOJ this evening, taken to mark the ending of America’s justice system as we know have known it. pic.twitter.com/KVEeUBZhMh
re: #229 jimmyvluv4u
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Motherfucker.
Well, points for solidarity boys, but Jesus Christ, this is unfuckingbelievable. Never underestimate how quickly a corrupt government can destroy things.
re: #233 Eclectic Cyborg
Motherfucker.
Well, points for solidarity boys, but Jesus Christ, this is unfuckingbelievable. Never underestimate how quickly a corrupt government can destroy things.
One obvious thing to do is for the House to have these prosecutors testify in committee. Basic oversight.
Let’s just impeach the motherfucker again. Maybe we can get another GOP senator to defect the second time.
re: #223 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
done with the extra dose, extra strength ibuprofen (30 days!)
i even waited the extra half life time for it to purge
alcohol awaits
i say that because, man what a 30 days it has been….
there was an impeachment. remember that?
it was in all the papers.
Trump is just begging for a second impeachment and they better give it to the son of a bitch.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
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McKay Coppins, who wrote the Atlantic article Obama is referencing, is on with Terry Gross today on Fresh Air. Good man.
re: #233 Eclectic Cyborg
Motherfucker.
Well, points for solidarity boys, but Jesus Christ, this is unfuckingbelievable. Never underestimate how quickly a corrupt government can destroy things.
It took Trump 3 years in power to completely destroy and destabilize institutions and agreements that stood for decades if not at least a century.
re: #238 Citizen K
And the shitfull thing about it? Things are going to get so much worse.
You know what feels trite right now, is Chuck Todd interviewing Annie Kuster about being centrist and reaching across the aisle. We have Dems and fascists. That’s all
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 11, 2020
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
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jeebus
Trump basically re-endorses stop-and-frisk. He says Bloomberg was “so disingenuous” for going to a church in November and apologizing for it. “He looked pathetic,” Trump says.
Trump would never consider accepting responsibility and he’s not capable of apology imo.
re: #238 Citizen K
It gets worse by leaps and bounds. Being acquitted or not guilty or whatever the fuck anybody may choose to call it only emboldened that prick, just like everyone with a third of a working brain suspected it would.
If the hope was it would expose what an immoral opportunistic liar Trump is - congratulations - but the fact remains that the people who understand that are not the people in power, and “our” people make no gains with it. Meanwhile, his supporters are basking in it, and feel invincible.
And with the blessing of ‘lessons learned’ @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @SenatorBurr @SenSasse
— — (@Szy_Sefton) February 11, 2020
re: #243 PrairieQueen
It was still the right thing to do, and I think they should impeach him again.
re: #243 PrairieQueen
It gets worse by leaps and bounds. Being acquitted or not guilty or whatever the fuck anybody may choose to call it only emboldened that prick, just like everyone with a third of a working brain suspected it would.
If the hope was it would expose what an immoral opportunistic liar Trump is - congratulations - but the fact remains that the people who understand that are not the people in power, and “our” people make no gains with it. Meanwhile, his supporters are basking in it, and feel invincible.
Oh, his supporters both in Congress and the electorate most assuredly recognize what an immoral opportunistic liar Trump is. The hemming and hawing from Sen. Collins, and Sen. Alexander made that clear. They just approve. That’s the galling thing: they see it and they’re all goddamn for it. THey’ve hitched their star to unfettered authoritarian empowerment. And our busted ass system can’t do a fucking thing to keep them from razing it all to the ground so Trump can have his goddamn golden throne for everyone to see and bend knee to. All because they’re getting their 30 pieces of silver and the joy of curbstomping some libs and PoC for sport.
re: #245 plansbandc
With everything at stake and an election coming up I think the best thing to do is for the Dems to put their heads together and come up with a strategy to win the election, not be re-defeated in another dog and pony show trial with all the same bad actors.
re: #159 Charles Johnson
Trump says the military should look at disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Vindman, who gave testimony in impeachment hearings about the president
President of his cronies, by his cronies, for his cronies. That this isn’t the headline of the day - every day - is the depths of the fawning US media. The only way he wins re-election is via fraud & the media & the GOP will be helping him all the way.
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