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Post by katlaw on Dec 14, 2019 3:07:45 GMT
So they will protect only the amendments that they think count. The 2nd amendment matters because the NRA donates money to Republican campaigns. The 22nd amendment does not matter. Got it And so begins a push for a dictatorship.
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Post by dizzycheermom on Dec 14, 2019 3:15:25 GMT
So they will protect only the amendments that they think count. The 2nd amendment matters because the NRA donates money to Republican campaigns. The 22nd amendment does not matter. Got it And so begins a push for a dictatorship. Exactly
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 3:30:18 GMT
David Priess...
”Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.”
— William Howard Taft”
Ain’t that the truth.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 3:36:06 GMT
Michael Okuda..
“Those who proclaim that "both sides are bad" are effectively supporting the worst president in American history and his corrupt enablers. The difference between bad and worse can be huge, literally the difference between our nation's survival and our destruction.”
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 14, 2019 3:54:26 GMT
Once upon a time, a public servant Tweeting that would be a scandal. It would be the outrage of both Democrats and Republicans alike, and would have been news for a week, at least. Now it's not even the most corrupt news we've heard today coming from a US politician.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 4:06:55 GMT
Chris Murphy...
”The China trade deal appears to be a total capitulation, as predicted.
The trade war cost America 300,000 jobs, and in exchange, in this "deal" China made exactly ZERO hard commitments to structural reform.
What a disaster.”
Ben Rhodes...
”Trump upended livelihoods, alienated allies, disrupted the global economy and spent billions in bailouts and China appears poised to do nothing structural to address unfair practices. Diplomacy is hard and Trump isn’t up to it.”
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 14, 2019 6:16:42 GMT
Remember when we would have been shocked by this? Remember when all the nutty republicans thought that Obama wouldn’t willingly leave office? We really are living in the upside down.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 14:05:05 GMT
trump..
”After watching the disgraceful way that a wonderful man, @brettkavanaugh, was treated by the Democrats, and now seeing first hand how these same Radical Left, Do Nothing Dems are treating the whole Impeachment Hoax, I understand why so many Dems are voting Republican!”
David Axelrod
“I get the politics of this when your impeachment strategy is to go full tribal, but Is it too cynical to ask whether this invocation of Kavanaugh has anything to do with the fact that his tax return appeal just landed in front of the SCOTUS?”
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 14:13:41 GMT
How the rich buy less consequences.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 17:28:36 GMT
Sandy Hook
Scott Charles..
”Seven years ago, America was visited by the kind of evil that provided the perfect opportunity to prove that we deserve to call ourselves the land of the free and home of the brave... and we did nothing.”
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 17:30:14 GMT
Sandy Hook
Molly Jong-Fast
”We live in a country that loves gun owners more than its children.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 1:08:03 GMT
ABSOLUTELY amazing!!! There is a video within the article! Republican forgets that Trump asked Ukrainian President to investigate Joe BidenManu Raju asked Rep. Debbie Lesko, an Arizona Republican, if it's ever OK for an American president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. CNN reporter presses GOP congresswoman on Trump call 01:35 Raju: "Why do you think that's OK?" Lesko: "He didn't. He didn't do that." Raju: "He did ask Zelensky." Lesko: "He did not do that."You can argue that what Trump did is OK. You can argue that it's not an impeachable offense. You can even argue, contra the evidence, that he didn't pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. If you're going to do those things, you need to be able to explain why it's OK. But you cannot factually say that Trump didn't ask Zelensky to investigate Biden. Here's the transcript.Something similar happened Thursday, when Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, found it difficult to explain why references to Joe Biden should be removed from the articles of impeachment -- since, in the call, Trump mentions Biden by name. These are symptoms of a collective case of viral amnesia that seems to be spreading around the GOP. ** www.cnn.com/2019/12/14/politics/impeachment-watch-december-13/index.htmlHe even asked China to look into the Bidens while standing on the WH lawn!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 2:33:18 GMT
Not so good! Looking more closely it appears to be a midshipman .... They can find him IF they choose to!
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 15, 2019 2:49:55 GMT
Yeah, as someone said on another thread...it's the old people who support trump. 😂
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 4:08:12 GMT
Oh and he was so slick about it too. No one will ever be able to tell whose hand that is. He is in uniform, but clearly not very bright. Looking more closely it appears to be a midshipman! They will be able to tell. femalebusiness
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Post by lucyg on Dec 15, 2019 4:12:00 GMT
I just can’t even. Little American Nazis. In positions of power.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 4:14:58 GMT
I just can’t even. Little American Nazis. In positions of power. Hopefully they do something! I posted the other day that military families support dt 48%............. yuck. I may have the number wrong, I will search!
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Post by lucyg on Dec 15, 2019 4:18:24 GMT
I just can’t even. Little American Nazis. In positions of power. Hopefully they do something! I posted the other day that military families support dt 48%............. yuck. I may have the number wrong, I will search! Only 48%? Not so bad. Military tends Republican, so I think if only 48% support Trump, they’re doing great.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 4:23:11 GMT
Acyn Torabi.. ”Mitch McConnell: Everything I do during this, I’m coordinating with White House Counsel. There will be no difference between the President’s position and our position as to how to handle this” Mimi Rochah... ”So the jury has been bought & rigged.” Absolutely! He has also talked about how he will fund those who vote his way! Just a reminder!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 4:33:49 GMT
There is also this to contemplate! My first thought is that this is terrifying! I went to school hiding under desks! WASHINGTON - Russian efforts to weaken the West through a relentless campaign of information warfare may be starting to pay off, cracking a key bastion of the U.S. line of defense: the military. While most Americans still see Moscow as a key U.S. adversary, new polling suggests that view is changing, most notably among the households of military members. The second annual Reagan National Defense Survey, completed in late October, found nearly half of armed services households questioned, 46%, said they viewed Russia as ally.
Overall, the survey found 28% of Americans identified Russia as an ally, up from 19% the previous year. ** Generally, the pollsters found the positive views of Russia seemed to be “predominantly driven by Republicans who have responded to positive cues from [U.S.] President [Donald] Trump about Russia,” according to an executive summary accompanying the results. While a majority, 71% of all Americans and 53% of military households, still views Russia as an enemy, the spike in pro-Russian sentiment has defense officials concerned. “There is an effort, on the part of Russia, to flood the media with disinformation to sow doubt and confusion,” Defense Department spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Carla Gleason told VOA. “This is not only through discordant and inflammatory dialogue but through false narratives designed to illicit sympathetic views,” she said, adding, “we are actively working to expose and counter Russian disinformation whenever possible.” ** MORE at link: www.voanews.com/usa/pentagon-concerned-russia-cultivating-sympathy-among-us-troops?fbclid=IwAR2oMY0koJ_b11o9xyiBSUKA3G1siiWe7okEZM_xyANdlrVoc3_nTgCyo5E
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 4:50:17 GMT
trump..
”Both Commiecast MSNBC & Fake News CNN are watching their Ratings TANK. Fredo on CNN is dying. Don’t know why @foxnews wants to be more like them? They’ll all die together as other outlets take their place. Only pro Trump Fox shows do well. Rest are nothing. How’s Shep doing?”
Really?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 5:16:32 GMT
Oh absolutely. I should have added a winking emoticon. Both their faces are seen for a second there, and its not as if you don't know who to question about it anyway. Code of Honor at all the military academies! Although, Pompeo is not doing so well with that!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 15, 2019 5:22:24 GMT
If only! IF only!! IF ONLY!!! Opinion piece!! Is a trap being set for trump? Can 20 U.S. senators withstand the potentially irresistible temptation to reverse the results of the 2016 election and remove a president a number of them openly or privately dislike? Since Donald Trump announced his intention to run for the White House on June 16, 2015, many of the entrenched elites across the various power centers of Washington and beyond have spent many of their waking hours trying to stop or unseat him. The political charade of an impeachment “investigation” is but the latest example. But that impeachment charade could harbor the greatest threat to Trump’s presidency. Over the past week, I have heard from three seasoned Republicans who fear that President Trump and the West Wing are seriously underestimating the potential danger of a Senate trial. Human nature and common sense dictate that, despite the well-meaning resolution circulated by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemning the House impeachment process, it's important for the White House to understand that the weight of history is settling upon the shoulders of these senators — some of them quite weak — and because of that pressure, private conversations are taking place and a trap may be sprung for the president in that trial. A potential trap set by seemingly loyal Republican senators.** But such is the lingering animosity about Trump by many in the GOP establishment, and there very well may be enough Republican senators willing to topple the first domino and set in motion a chain reaction — no matter the consequences. ** There appears to be a common thread that runs through all of this opposition and stated hatred: “He is not part of the club. He is not one of us. He can’t be controlled.” ** thehill.com/opinion/white-house/474242-is-a-trap-being-set-for-trump-in-the-senate-trial
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Post by lucyg on Dec 15, 2019 5:33:06 GMT
Good lord, that party is full of idiots.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 15, 2019 6:25:40 GMT
Yeah, as someone said on another thread...it's the old people who support trump. 😂 I said on the other thread that there are people who are older who support trump, meaning that the statement that it was the education systems fault that people support trump was not accurate. Or at least not the main reason, since it is not just young people that follow him.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 15, 2019 12:40:27 GMT
trump.. ”Both Commiecast MSNBC & Fake News CNN are watching their Ratings TANK. Fredo on CNN is dying. Don’t know why @foxnews wants to be more like them? They’ll all die together as other outlets take their place. Only pro Trump Fox shows do well. Rest are nothing. How’s Shep doing?” Really? Let's just digest this for a moment. The president of the United States has personally made this statement on a media format that the WH has said is an official means of communication. The POTUS is personally attacking private citizens, and businesses.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 15, 2019 14:43:43 GMT
If only! IF only!! IF ONLY!!! Opinion piece!! Is a trap being set for trump? Can 20 U.S. senators withstand the potentially irresistible temptation to reverse the results of the 2016 election and remove a president a number of them openly or privately dislike? Since Donald Trump announced his intention to run for the White House on June 16, 2015, many of the entrenched elites across the various power centers of Washington and beyond have spent many of their waking hours trying to stop or unseat him. The political charade of an impeachment “investigation” is but the latest example. But that impeachment charade could harbor the greatest threat to Trump’s presidency. Over the past week, I have heard from three seasoned Republicans who fear that President Trump and the West Wing are seriously underestimating the potential danger of a Senate trial. Human nature and common sense dictate that, despite the well-meaning resolution circulated by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemning the House impeachment process, it's important for the White House to understand that the weight of history is settling upon the shoulders of these senators — some of them quite weak — and because of that pressure, private conversations are taking place and a trap may be sprung for the president in that trial. A potential trap set by seemingly loyal Republican senators.** But such is the lingering animosity about Trump by many in the GOP establishment, and there very well may be enough Republican senators willing to topple the first domino and set in motion a chain reaction — no matter the consequences. ** There appears to be a common thread that runs through all of this opposition and stated hatred: “He is not part of the club. He is not one of us. He can’t be controlled.” ** thehill.com/opinion/white-house/474242-is-a-trap-being-set-for-trump-in-the-senate-trialWhat they all need to understand is that if the roles were reversed Trump would throw them under the bus in an instant. How many of them had he thrown under the bus? They do not control the country anymore if he can get rid of them one by one. THEY, the senators, both sides, should be the most scared by the rumors of Trump running in 2024. He is & has been cutting off their power at every chance. BTW is winning really winning if ‘we’ end up under Russian control? AND once Trump nullifies several parts of the constitution ( clauses & amendments ) why do they think the rest of it (2nd amendment ) will still stand? Once you weaken the constitution the entire document is at risk. Once they loose their power to him they can’t get it back. Lastly Trump is a real idiot to allow the 2024 rumor to surface now, when his fate is in the hands of people who wanted that brass ring in 2024. The senate hearing isn’t about 2016, it’s not even really about 2020, it about loosing 2024. How many Senators were thinking of running in 2024? Not to mention Pence.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 18:18:05 GMT
Worth a read
Washington Post - Opinion piece - Jennifer Rubin.
“Distinguished persons of the week: A historic moment”
“We ended the week with a historic vote in the House Judiciary Committee to impeach President Trump on two articles. And while it is easy to dwell on the utter abdication of responsibility and loss of sanity in Republican ranks or to worry that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is, in violation of his oath, already scheming with the president and plotting to deny the country a real trial with fact witnesses, we should not forget that it takes an army of legislators, staffers, lawyers and witnesses to investigate a corrupt president. Under constant abuse from right-wing media and efforts to trash the process from Republicans, they maintained focus, kept their dignity and upheld their oaths of office and professional responsibilities.
At the risk of omitting a key contributor, we should be grateful for the work, tenacity and character of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.); witnesses Fiona Hill, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Marie Yovanovitch, William B. Taylor Jr., George Kent, David Hale and David Holmes; lawyers Daniel Goldman, Norman Eisen, Barry Berke and all the full- and part-time consultants, counsel and administrative staff of the key committees; Democratic representatives on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees; and the whistleblower, without whom none of this would have come to light.
If you want to go back a step, thanks are owed to all the Democratic House candidates and the voters who turned out to elect them in 2018. If not for a Democratic House, we most certainly would not have learned about any of this and no hearings would have been held. That is a frightful thought as we recognize one party as currently formulated is utterly incapable of fulfilling its constitutional obligations. To give them power is to vote for unlimited executive authority and no accountability, which is precisely what we see from McConnell, who conspires in daylight to hold a sham trial and prevent a full airing of Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors.
We have seen the best and the worst of the political world over these past couple of months. Conscientious leadership met by obnoxious obstruction. Fine legal arguments met by ludicrous lies. Never have our democratic institutions seemed so frail.
At least for now, we should acknowledge the service of those who have reminded us that democratic government does not sustain itself. It needs constant vigilance, clear-headiness and a reliable moral compass. To the men and women who acted in defense of our constitutional republic, we can say, well done and thank you.”
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 19:50:38 GMT
trump..
”As bad as the I.G. Report is for the FBI and others, and it is really bad, remember that I.G. Horowitz was appointed by Obama. There was tremendous bias and guilt exposed, so obvious, but Horowitz couldn’t get himself to say it. Big credibility loss. Obama knew everything!”
Its amazing how he spins things. The Mueller report, the “perfect” phone call, & now this report.
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