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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 13:47:59 GMT
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Post by casii on Feb 2, 2018 14:37:54 GMT
Oh sweet Jesus... pat Robertson is on tv telling Sessions to nan up and fire Mueller!! Robertson is a whackadoodle and anyone who takes his advice is whackadoodle as well.
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Post by casii on Feb 2, 2018 14:40:16 GMT
I wish I were really good at linking Twitter posts. I read one last night that said FBI agents are so disgusted by the attack on them, that several will resign when Nunes' memo comes out. These are rank & files guys.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 14:58:01 GMT
linkGreg Sargent - Washington Post “Trump just tweeted that the whole leadership of the FBI and DOJ have corrupted the process. Does this include FBI director Wray? It is particularly worrisome that Trump is tweeting this just as the Nunes memo is set to be released. Here is a brief thread on why. Three things we know about Trump and the release of the Nunes memo: 1) On a fundamental level, Trump does not believe that law enforcement should be independent. He views it as an instrument of his political will. He has repeatedly told us so himself: wapo.st/2nAD7oQ 2) Trump sees the Nunes memo as a pretext for going after DAG Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein oversees the Mueller probe. We know Trump views the Nunes memo as a pretext for targeting Rosenstein, because that has been widely reported: wapo.st/2nAD7oQ 3) Republicans, including Paul Ryan, know full well this is why Trump wants the memo released. Yet they back its release anyway, knowing it could open the door to a serious escalation of Trump's abuse of power. If that happens, they'll be complicit: wapo.st/2nAD7oQ
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 15:05:32 GMT
Newsweek.... “White supremacy propaganda on college campuses more than tripled in Trump's first year bit.ly/2FEdJWu” Of course it has. link
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:05:47 GMT
Nicolle Wallace...
“Some are missing a plot piece in memogate - Carter Page was under surveillance in 2013. Hired by Trump after that. The dossier came into existence after that. Why are republicans and the WH more desperate to smear FBI than find out whether Page was part of a criminal conspiracy?”
Good Question.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 2, 2018 16:33:28 GMT
I hope that by releasing the memo, the GOP ruins their reputation forever. They are systematically destroying the USA.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:39:38 GMT
Henry J Gomez...
“Ronna Romney McDaniel, addressing the RNC at its winter meeting: Democrats "hate this president more than they love this country."
I think a very strong case could be made that the Republicans not Democrats that don’t love this country. What a dipshit.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 2, 2018 16:40:22 GMT
Emails show Carson family fingerprints at HUD despite warningsBy Juana Summers, Rene Marsh, Nia-Malika Henderson and Sara Ganim, CNN Updated 11:11 AM ET, Fri February 2, 2018 Washington (CNN)Newly obtained documents show the extensive involvement that family members of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, especially his son, Benjamin Jr., play in official business, despite strong warnings from agency lawyers. The documents show that Carson Jr., who is not a federal employee, continued to play a significant role in his father's agency, including but not limited to organizing Carson's 2017 "listening tour" in Baltimore. Yet department lawyers told the secretary directly last summer that Carson Jr.'s involvement could violate federal ethics rules or give the appearance that the secretary was using his office for his son's private gain. ** Internal HUD emails show meetings scheduled for Carson Jr. by HUD staff, including a May 25, 2017 scheduled meeting with "Ben Jr. and friends" in the secretary's dining room. Three months later, on August 15, HUD aide and longtime Trump associate Lynne Patton scheduled a "Dinner w/BJ & friends" to take place at DelMonico's Kitchen, even though Carson Jr. does not work for the agency. The emails also suggest that Candy Carson, Ben Carson's wife, pushed for her son to meet with at least one Cabinet-level official. In May 2017, Sheila Greenwood, Carson's chief of staff, reached out to another HUD staffer regarding a meeting between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Carson Jr., a meeting suggested by Candy Carson. Greenwood gave the HUD staffer the email address of Chao's chief of staff, saying that the person "would be able to connect BJ and the Secretary should you choose to pursue." Much more at link: www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/ben-carson-family-hud/index.htmlAnother dt appointee........ They have no clue!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 2, 2018 16:48:42 GMT
well, if treating government like the family business seems to work for the President, then why wouldn't other (idiot) appointees try to do it too?? (I'm not saying it's right, because it's clearly NOT, but I can see why Ben Carson might think it's okay.)
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And I soooo wish that these career, long-term employees wouldn't be quite so diplomatic in their statements about resigning / retiring. I just want ONE of them to come out and say "I can't work for this idiotic dipsh!t of a know-nothing blowhard any longer." Just ONE.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 2, 2018 17:13:17 GMT
okay, for a good laugh (or sigh of disgust, whichever) watch the first couple minutes of this video:
Seth Meyers shows video of Trump introducing the congressional leaders at their conference-- he reads off John Cornyn's name, then reads a few others, then goes back to John Cornyn, saying 'John... did they forget to include you?'
HE READ OFF THE GUY'S NAME NOT 30 SECONDS BEFORE, BUT FORGOT.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 2, 2018 17:33:47 GMT
Shaking head here....................
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Post by casii on Feb 2, 2018 17:47:24 GMT
So this memo...it's out. What does everyone think? I have a meeting at 1, but first pass? Ridiculous. Nunes and Trump are idiots and anyone who feels they were right to do so is smoking the same bad strain of weed they must be.
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Post by birdgate on Feb 2, 2018 17:58:01 GMT
Anyone up to date on the Ben Carson scandal?
ETA: Ok I see the Carson post above now.
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Post by Merge on Feb 2, 2018 18:00:36 GMT
I think somebody should leak the Democratic rebuttal to the press.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 19:30:52 GMT
Responses to the memo...
James Comey...
“That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.”
Bill Kristol..
“When the history of Trump’s presidency (and impeachment?) is written, the Nunes memo will be a minor footnote. When the history of the (temporary?) degradation of the Republican Party is written, the Nunes memo will be a significant moment.”
Ann Coulter...
“Rosenstein should be fired for opposing the release of this memo.”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 19:48:29 GMT
And then there was this from the AP...
“BREAKING: White House: GOP memo `raises serious concerns' about `integrity of decisions' at FBI, Justice Department.”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 19:56:54 GMT
Credo Mobile...
"Bullies may land a punch. They might leave a mark. But they have never, not once, in the history of our United States, managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future." – Powerful remarks from @repjoekennedy #SOTUresponse #SOTU
I have seen bits of Joe Kennedy’s SOTU response speech pop up here and there. Haven’t seen any from trump.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 23:43:50 GMT
Of course trump retweeted this from the Washington Times...
“Trump the orator outlines the greatness of America to Democrats’ disgust”
Now that’s funny. Poor tiny hands it must be exhausting to be as needy as he is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 23:49:21 GMT
trump...
“With 3.5 million Americans receiving bonuses or other benefits from their employers as a result of TAX CUTS, 2018 is off to great start! ✅Unemployment rate at 4.1%. ✅Average earnings up 2.9% in the last year. ✅200,000 new American jobs. ✅#MAGA🇺🇸“
And the Dow sees worst day in two years. Strangely enough it seems it’s partly because of that information. It seems there is a workers shortage. And it has nothing to do with the tax cuts.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 3, 2018 0:02:04 GMT
Can I lighten the mood this somber day with a little tribute to Pink Floyd?
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 3, 2018 1:17:26 GMT
Please, political peas, help a technology challenged pea out: I omitted to read a link to DH some time ago. Please help me find it! I have searched a bit but obviously don't know what to type so I hope the poster / one of the regulars on political threads will see this and repost.
The article set out how 45 sees absolutely everything narcissistically, so he is blind to all other possible interpretations. How, if we put it into the context of today's news, he can totally disregard all risks in releasing the memo as long as it advances his agenda that the dems/ FBI are out to get him.
Thank you!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 1:56:38 GMT
Reuters...
“Canada's PM talks tough on NAFTA, repeats he could walk away reut.rs/2Ezi0ew”
What president donald “I am going to make America great again” trump doesn’t understand the rest of the world is not only capable but willing to make deals that benefit their countries and leave the United States out in the cold.
Now that the 11 countries involved with TPP have an agreement trump says he may join TPP after all. When President Obama was negotiating with the other countries involved with TPP, part of the deal was China would not be invited to join the group. So what makes trump think the TPP countries will “invite” the United States join now because trump changed his mind?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 3, 2018 1:57:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 2:14:57 GMT
Watching Rachel and of course she is talking about the memo.
She is going on that trump was left alone for “several hours” to read the memo. My first thought was it took him several hours to read that memo? Almost as soon as I thought it Rachel goes on about how we all know that trump doesn’t like to read but several hours to read 3 1/2 page memo?
The sad thing is it is entirely possible it would take several hours for trump to understand what it meant.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 3, 2018 2:18:00 GMT
Thank you! This is a great article. The "original" one was about three weeks to a month ago. Off to read this one to DH
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 3, 2018 2:30:32 GMT
I found that one by accident while looking for something else.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 3, 2018 2:39:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 2:42:34 GMT
Ned Price....
“Beyond its shoddiness, the release of the Nunes memo is so dangerous bc it names Steele as a "longtime FBI source." Going fwd, that disclosure will be top of mind for everyone approached by FBI, CIA, etc., to work for America's natl sec.”
Bottom line is no third party will want to share information with the FBI after this fiasco.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 3:21:32 GMT
I like Paul Waldman...
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“Republicans want us to believe both these things:
1. Carter Page was only peripherally involved in the Trump campaign.
2. A far-reaching government conspiracy to destroy Trump consisted entirely of...getting a warrant to spy on Carter Page.”
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"Trump has to be stopped. How do we do it?"
"Carter Page is the key. If we can get a FISA warrant on him, we'll have everything we need to destroy Trump."
"Mobilize the secret society and make it happen. And may God save us all."
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