Seth takes a closer look at the President facing three more days of impeachment hearings this week after a second day of damning testimony and yet another conviction of one of his associates.
Literally nobody could have seen Malkin’s alliance with Holocaust deniers coming. /dripping
From downstairs:
re: #46 Dread Pirate
BREAKING NEWS (CNN): Multiple Witnesses in the DOJ Probe of the Origins of the Russia Investigation Say the Probe Will Find *No Errors* That Undermine the Legitimacy of the Investigation https://t.co/45cqDyma2t
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 19, 2019
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When was the last time a Republican investigation found actual wrongdoing?
Let this analysis be true!! Please!! Would be so delighted to tell our brother that: Looks like Democrats are not going to prison — but your guys are!
Ukraine begged Trump to raise issue of their captive troops with Putin — he didn’t and Russia state TV gloated
https://t.co/e1c1sDsfLP— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 19, 2019
re: #3 Hecuba’s daughter
From downstairs:
Let this analysis be true!! Please!! Would be so delighted to tell our brother that: Looks like Democrats are not going to prison — but your guys are!
I think I said back when the announcement was originally made of the report being handed in that it was going to be a “looks bad” kinda report, where nobody gets indicted but everybody gets ran through the wringer for violating policy/regs. The fact that it’s been weeks since and we’ve received few updates and a lot of excuses for why the report has yet to be released, while none of those who supposedly were facing criminal charges have been indicted yet, really indicates that Barr has come up empty and is trying desperately to put a “positive” spin on the findings.
#UPDATE: 4 rockets were launched overnight by Iranian forces in Damascus towards northern Israel, air raid sirens sounded in the Golan Heights around Mt Hermon. Rockets were intercepted by Israeli air defence.
IMO Israel will likely respond with airstrikes later today/tonight.— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) November 19, 2019
A family that is trying desperately to pay for their infant son’s medical bills after he was born with two rare conditions was confronted with a cruel message. https://t.co/ipvLTI4guZ
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 19, 2019
How very Pro-Life from these Right-Wingers.
North Korea snubs Trump, saying he hasn’t earned a summit https://t.co/TkFFZRenOx
— SFGate (@SFGate) November 19, 2019
“That prick-tease needs to put out.” says Kim.
re: #14 Dread Pirate
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“That prick-tease needs to put out.” says Kim.
And the new reality is that Trump basically has no leverage left. He’s pissed off pretty much all of our regional partners, so there’s no hope that they will join him in new/stronger sanctions. If he agrees to loosen and drop existing sanctions, Kim will just say it’s “not enough” and demand more for another glorified photo-op. And the UN is liable to laugh in his face if he tries to beat the war drums again.
The reality to treating all foreign policy as transactional is not everybody is willing to buy, those who are may not be willing to pay the prices you demand, and that will end up leaving you willing to take a lot less from those who are still around.
re: #1 Nyet
Welcome back! There was some concern about you. Glad to see you again!
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
I tried to read the story but got 404’d. Too bad. But this is the best 404 error message I’ve ever seen.
re: #14 Dread Pirate
“That prick-tease needs to put out.” says Kim.
Trump is totally outclassed by the likes of Kim, Erdogan, Putin or Xi.
re: #15 Targetpractice
The reality to treating all foreign policy as transactional is not everybody is willing to buy, those who are may not be willing to pay the prices you demand, and that will end up leaving you willing to take a lot less from those who are still around.
Trump is also used to exercising the option of just declaring bankruptcy, walking away and settling for pennies on the dollar. That is not the way that international diplomacy is done.
The internet wins again #fergie pic.twitter.com/ZoSgC4DFsb
— Fintan Quill (@FintanQuill) November 18, 2019
So this Burger King PR thing is just that, PR. Nowhere does BK say that their Impossible Burger is vegan.
I don’t see this lawsuit going anywhere but who knows. The hot coffee person won her case.
Conservatives globally are corrupt. No matter where.
Alberta’s Conservative gov is firing the province’s election commissioner who is investigating Jason Kenney & his party for fraud during the UCP leadership campaign. The commissioner has also fined some involved members over $200k so far. #CDNPoli #ABLeg https://t.co/XN3MHq9OQO
— Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 (@tylerwhat16) November 19, 2019
Eric Swalwell
BE PROUD
BE BOLD
FART LOUD#Fartgate
(If Trump tweets about #Fartgate, I swear I’m not going to work tomorrow folks) pic.twitter.com/Qjkd9NFdW5— IMPEACH TRUMP (@LiddleSavages) November 19, 2019
re: #1 Nyet
Literally nobody could have seen Malkin’s alliance with Holocaust deniers coming. /dripping
Good to see ya.
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
I’m not sure that that is a rightwing opinion. The reference to Darwin makes me wonder. In any case, thankfully the family has raised more than the $20,000 they were seeking. This is why we need to improve the ACA so families don’t have to beg to pay for medical treatment. We can do better than this.
re: #1 Nyet
Literally nobody could have seen Malkin’s alliance with Holocaust deniers coming. /dripping
I thought of her as being closer to Ben Shapiro white supremacy but have to admit that I never followed her thinking very closely. Yes — she had no problem with our Japanese concentration camps but that always seemed to reflect the anti-Japanese sentiment of many Asians.
Repeatedly modifying security disclosures, lying to congress, lying to everyone. Is anyone going to go to prison over this?
Republicans: “Kurt Volker said there was no Ukraine extortion plot. Kurt Volker is the only witness you can trust. Listen to Kurt Volker.”
Kurt Volker: https://t.co/vUxlF4451J— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 19, 2019
re: #30 Hecuba’s daughter
I thought of her as being closer to Ben Shapiro white supremacy but have to admit that I never followed her thinking very closely. Yes — she had no problem with our Japanese concentration camps but that always seemed to reflect the anti-Japanese sentiment of many Asians.
She’s American. I doubt Ted Lieu who is around the same age thinks the internment was a good thing. Malkin was associated with VDARE I think as early as 2008ish. She’s also just a trashy person. I remember she harassed a child who testified in favor of SCHIP on the Hill.
A herd of elephants marched 12 hours to the house of Lawrence Anthony after he died – the man who saved them. They stayed there silent for two days.
Exactly one year after his death, to the day, the herd marched to his house again. It is something that science cannot explain. pic.twitter.com/xWJXJW3vJw— Jordan Coombe (@Jordan_Coombe) November 18, 2019
re: #33 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Now more than ever I consider them thinking beings above the level of other animals. The killing needs to stop. It’s now plain murder at this point.
re: #29 Patricia Kayden
I’m not sure that that is a rightwing opinion. The reference to Darwin makes me wonder. In any case, thankfully the family has raised more than the $20,000 they were seeking. This is why we need to improve the ACA so families don’t have to beg to pay for medical treatment. We can do better than this.
The right wing includes Nazis too.
re: #29 Patricia Kayden
I’m not sure that that is a rightwing opinion. The reference to Darwin makes me wonder. In any case, thankfully the family has raised more than the $20,000 they were seeking. This is why we need to improve the ACA so families don’t have to beg to pay for medical treatment. We can do better than this.
I am thinking libertarians (remember the Ron Paul supporters- let him die) is a possibility. IT’s agh so ugly. And yes absolutely that’s why we need to strengthen the legislation. I’m heartened to see that people care enough but it shouldn’t be this way.
re: #11 Targetpractice
I think I said back when the announcement was originally made of the report being handed in that it was going to be a “looks bad” kinda report, where nobody gets indicted but everybody gets ran through the wringer for violating policy/regs. The fact that it’s been weeks since and we’ve received few updates and a lot of excuses for why the report has yet to be released, while none of those who supposedly were facing criminal charges have been indicted yet, really indicates that Barr has come up empty and is trying desperately to put a “positive” spin on the findings.
This. X1000.
I think Barr’s original task had been to cobble up an Official Report that would hit all the rIght RW fever-swamp conspiracy-theory buttons, and be released to great fanfare. Which would (they hoped) at the very least, provide some red meat for the “Lock Her Up” crowd, and muddy the waters enough re the impeachment inquiry to deflect guilt/attention away from the WH.
However, I think their plan got overtaken by events when the Ukraine shit hit the fan, and are now stuck with a “report” that they can’t bury, and which, if released, will likely make them, rather than their pet-boogeymen targets, “look bad”.
SOP for the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight Administration…
Interesting article. What say you?
A CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll in Iowa finds that a majority of likely Democratic caucusgoers would prefer a health care option that isn’t “Medicare for All.” https://t.co/JPh4fDAOSB
— Dan Merica (@merica) November 19, 2019
About a third (36%) want Medicare for All while another third (34%) want to create a public option for buy in and 20% would prefer to restore lost provisions from the Affordable Care Act and work incrementally from there.
The problem with the Public Option is numbers. You have to get enough people to buy into it or you can’t fund it. Perhaps as a stepping stone?
MFA would be able to be funded.
I don’t mind increments but good luck with that. I don’t even know what increments might be.
re: #37 Jay C
This. X1000.
I think Barr’s original task had been to cobble up an Official Report that would hit all the rIght RW fever-swamp conspiracy-theory buttons, and be released to great fanfare. Which would (they hoped) at the very least, provide some red meat for the “Lock Her Up” crowd, and muddy the waters enough re the impeachment inquiry to deflect guilt/attention away from the WH.
The righties are all over this testimony expecting everyone and their brother (who has any D relationship) will be going to prison.
BREAKING:
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 11th
Christmas may come 2 weeks early when:
Comey
McCabe
Ohr
Strzok & Page
Clinton
Obama
ALL face justice for their illegal spying on Donald Trump
Huge.
RT!— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 18, 2019
re: #38 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Interesting article. What say you?
The problem with the Public Option is numbers. You have to get enough people to buy into it or you can’t fund it. Perhaps as a stepping stone?
MFA would be able to be funded.
I don’t mind increments but good luck with that. I don’t even know what increments might be.
I admit that health care isn’t an issue I’ve studied a lot of but I think you need to look at all possible options. The thing is and I think why Pelosi has urged caution on the issue is the backlashes to Presidents like Clinton and Obama who have focused on it in their first term. I think it needs to be communicated effectively. Does that make sense? I really don’t want to have to have the conversation again that we had in 2010. We did end up preserving ACA thankfully. I just don’t know how we realistically can go from ACA to Medicare for All in a decade’s time. I’d support the public option though. M4A is a goal I support but I want to communicate it better before we make it the centerpiece of health care reform.
re: #39 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The righties are all over this testimony expecting everyone and their brother (who has any D relationship) will be going to prison.
Christmas will be more disappointing for Charlie this year then because those people are only going to jail if Trump and his friends can get Trumped up charges on them and thoroughly corrupt the judiciary.
The ratio begins.
Everybody’s going to hate this take, but I don’t care. What Trump did was bad and ought to be rebuked. But as we’ve never removed a president yet, his fate should be determined at the ballot box in in 2020.
https://t.co/O0UQ1gFzOD— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 18, 2019
re: #40 HappyWarrior
I admit that health care isn’t an issue I’ve studied a lot of but I think you need to look at all possible options. The thing is and I think why Pelosi has urged caution on the issue is the backlashes to Presidents like Clinton and Obama who have focused on it in their first term. I think it needs to be communicated effectively. Does that make sense? I really don’t want to have to have the conversation again that we had in 2010. We did end up preserving ACA thankfully. I just don’t know how we realistically can go from ACA to Medicare for All in a decade’s time. I’d support the public option though. M4A is a goal I support but I want to communicate it better before we make it the centerpiece of health care reform.
I think it would be fascinating to ask people what each option is, what it contains and how it will affect their lives and their decisions.
I would venture to guess that many people can’t answer the first two parts and the last would be based on faulty knowledge and logic.
re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The ratio begins.
We have the removal mechanism for a reason. If we don’t remove him or try to remove him over this, future Presidents will abuse power. It’s not just about Trump. It’s about future Presidents too. Goddamn I am so sick of this lame take. Jim says Trump ought to be rebuked. That only works if he admits he did something wrong and if his supporters do.
re: #43 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I think it would be fascinating to ask people what each option is, what it contains and how it will affect their lives and their decisions.
I would venture to guess that many people can’t answer the first two parts and the last would be based on faulty knowledge and logic.
I really think we should be looking at what’s gone right with ACA and what could be improved on for the next bit of legislation.
Bevin says (thinks?) Kentucky is a “heavily blue state”
During the interview on Fox and Friends, Bevin called Trump’s pre-election rally “wonderful,” but said it was difficult to win reelection in what he called a “heavily blue state.”https://t.co/ET6UQpNIhm
— 91.7 WVXU (@917wvxu) November 18, 2019
re: #46 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
Bevin says (thinks?) Kentucky is a “heavily blue state”
Sure it was a heavily blue state maybe in the first half of the 20th century where Bevin lives. It’s only gone for a Democratic presidential candidate thrice in Bevin’s life. I mean come the fuck on, it’s literally the home state of the GOP Majority Leader. Trump won all but two counties there. Nice try Gaslight Matt but this is bullshit even for FNC.
re: #46 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
Bevin says (thinks?) Kentucky is a “heavily blue state”
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Trump advisory board member: Women should strive to be “handmaidens,” stay out of the workplace https://t.co/MsuJN73dET
— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 18, 2019
re: #1 Nyet
Literally nobody could have seen Malkin’s alliance with Holocaust deniers coming. /dripping
Yeah she’s going the full Tia Tequilla Honorary Aryan route…
When I see you quote someone, I immediately doubt your honesty. So let me check and see if you prove me wrong and are honest for once.
And, no, you lied again. You just strung together a lot of words that aren’t what she said or meant, Lord of Lies.— JRehling (@JRehling) November 19, 2019
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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How very Pro-Life from these Right-Wingers.
What could be more Christian than expressing support for Social Darwinism?
re: #51 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
That’s not what she said.
She said this: “The weak response to these hearings has been, ‘Let the election decide.’ That dangerous position only adds to the urgency of our action, because the President is jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections.” https://t.co/dgAOqIxEPM— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 19, 2019
re: #51 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
That’s not what she said.
She said this: “The weak response to these hearings has been, ‘Let the election decide.’ That dangerous position only adds to the urgency of our action, because the President is jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections.” https://t.co/dgAOqIxEPM— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 19, 2019
this headline sums up where we are: “Attacking witnesses is Trump’s core defense strategy in fighting impeachment” https://t.co/nKzxhiTumq
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) November 19, 2019
Attacking the truth is all they have.
re: #57 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
That’s some triple A sarcasm!
Now Vindman’s family has to be protected from pardoned war criminals and their fans.
Well whadayaknow?
Trump’s pal gets let off the hook…
Sweden drops rape investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
re: #38 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Interesting article. What say you?
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The problem with the Public Option is numbers. You have to get enough people to buy into it or you can’t fund it. Perhaps as a stepping stone?
MFA would be able to be funded.
I don’t mind increments but good luck with that. I don’t even know what increments might be.
First, immediately get Obamacare back on track, then work towards M4A as fast as the budgets permit. Emphasise consolidating the many existing health funding/providing programs that exist.
We suck https://t.co/nJJm3OSSkU
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 19, 2019
re: #66 Stanley Sea
This is what happens when the President of the United States is a cult leader and has his lackeys attack anyone who doesn’t stay in line with the cult. Vindman is a hero. Trump is a disgrace.
Off now to let my very good pre-teen surgeon give me an artificial ankle to go with my new titanium hip. (Paid for by Medicare and the work-related supplemental insurance we get for 600/mo .)
Maintaining a vintage body isn’t bad as long as you can find the spare parts.
Thread.
1. I guessed the Roger Stone jury would return a guilty verdict by lunchtime Friday so I’m going to make another prediction. Hopefully I’m on a roll.
Trump will lose his attempt to block Congress from his tax returns before this Thanksgiving.
Here’s my analysis.— Tim Hogan (@TimInHonolulu) November 18, 2019
Illinois high school officials investigating after students posted ‘Slave for sale’ ad on Craigslist https://t.co/nfUVbuR12L
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 19, 2019
I can’t wait to hear from the GOP why firsthand knowledge isn’t good enough either. https://t.co/erfYZtERXX
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 19, 2019
re: #70 Patricia Kayden
Sigh. Why do people think shit like that is funny or edgy.
re: #71 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
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re: #71 DangerMan (misuser of the sarc tag)
It’s only a crime if Trump admits it and if he is juggling while he does it!
re: #33 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Other reasons to love elephants:
the groups are matriarchal. when the males reach adolescence, they’re thrown out of the troop because adolescent males are just too disruptive and too irritating to be worth the trouble. They’re not allowed to return until the older females decide they’ve matured enough to be suitable for mating.
LIVE: @HouseIntel Hearing with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council and Jennifer Williams, a senior adviser to VP Pence.
Their testimony confirms key details of Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign: https://t.co/dVpRRRR6Sq— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 19, 2019
Goldman looks pretty calm and detached, while Castor looks like he’s sitting atop a very spiny pineapple.
Look. I’m a nobody. I’m one of thousands of junior officers trying to figure out how to do our jobs, take care of Soldiers, accomplish the mission, etc. We’re watching as stuff happens that is outrageous to us — stuff that goes against the Army Values we were inculcated with
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) November 19, 2019
re: #67 HappyWarrior
This is what happens when the President of the United States is a cult leader and has his lackeys attack anyone who doesn’t stay in line with the cult. Vindman is a hero. Trump is a disgrace.
Oliver north was (maybe rightly) afraid of bin laden..a foreigner and an actual enemy
Vindmans legitimate issue is with fellow Americans goaded on by..his own boss..yes the president of the United States
Sometimes I weep when I write
re: #66 Stanley Sea
Were there any specific threats?
re: #44 HappyWarrior
We have the removal mechanism for a reason. If we don’t remove him or try to remove him over this, future Presidents will abuse power. It’s not just about Trump. It’s about future Presidents too.
You mean future GOP Presidents; if a Democrat tries 1/10th of what Trump does they will be screaming bloody murder…
re: #72 HappyWarrior
Sigh. Why do people think shit like that is funny or edgy.
because alt-right talking points have become mainstreamed
re: #76 sagehen
Other reasons to love elephants:
the groups are matriarchal. when the males reach adolescence, they’re thrown out of the troop because adolescent males are just too disruptive and too irritating to be worth the trouble. They’re not allowed to return until the older females decide they’ve matured enough to be suitable for mating.
I suspect that human society was like that until we settled down and started herding/farming
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