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Post by pierkiss on Feb 18, 2018 16:52:23 GMT
I find it ironic that so many in t/his administration are pro-life before the child is born, but are not protecting the children who have already been brought into this world. To me pro-life means protecting all life not just unborn. When they are taking away & stripping funds for educational/safety programs, mental/health care, environmental care, lunch programs, meals on wheels, etc., they are pro birth not pro life. Seems to me the caring stops after the child is born. IMHO. It’s all about control. They don’t actually care about people. They want to control them. I’m seriously annoyed with the world today.
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Post by imsirius on Feb 18, 2018 17:29:06 GMT
Thread on the implosion of a narcissist: I don't want to sound like a broken record, but people were warned. His twitter meltdown is going to be EPIC because he has no idea what Mueller has learned and he can't stand that he will be found out. He can't stand that people aren't bowing down to his greatness and kissing his ring. The finale is going to be delicious and I, for one, can't wait to see it unfold.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 18, 2018 17:42:20 GMT
Even his buddy has advice! Or I wonder what dt did to piss him off ?! Limbaugh warns Trump not to claim he’s vindicated by MuellerBY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 02/18/18 10:06 AM EST Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Sunday cautioned President Trump against claiming vindication in the Russia investigation, arguing that could get him into trouble down the road. “I would be very careful if I were President Trump, here” Limbaugh told “Fox News Sunday.” “The danger for the president is — it would be very, I think, seductive for him to embrace this totally embrace this — ‘see see I’ve been vindicated,’ ” he added. ** Limbaugh on Sunday argued this kind of claim is “the worst thing” Trump could do because it may get him into trouble should the special counsel issue additional indictments. “The worst thing he can do in his world is to validate this whole investigation by claiming victory here because what if down the road, there is another indictment or a series of indictments that do name Trump or do name the Russians and Trump campaign colluding,” Limbaugh said. thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/374440-limbaugh-warns-trump-not-to-claim-hes-vindicated-by-mueller
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 18, 2018 17:51:38 GMT
Who IS in charge?!?!?!?!? Pentagon chief on who ordered attack on US-backed forces in Syria: ‘Don’t ask me’BY BRETT SAMUELS - 02/18/18 12:13 PM EST Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday it’s still unclear who directed a strike that killed U.S.-backed forces in Syria earlier this month. “I still cannot give you any more information on why they would do this. But they took direction from someone. Was it local direction? Was it from external sources? Don’t ask me. I don’t know,” Mattis told reporters while en route to Washington, according to a Pentagon transcript. U.S. forces killed “scores” of Russians and pro-Syrian government forces in a Feb. 7 airstrike that officials said was carried out in response to an “unprovoked” attack on the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). More at link: thehill.com/policy/defense/374455-pentagon-chief-on-who-ordered-attack-on-us-backed-forces-in-syria-dont-ask-me
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 17:56:12 GMT
I find it ironic that so many in t/his administration are pro-life before the child is born, but are not protecting the children who have already been brought into this world. To me pro-life means protecting all life not just unborn. When they are taking away & stripping funds for educational/safety programs, mental/health care, environmental care, lunch programs, meals on wheels, etc., they are pro birth not pro life. Seems to me the caring stops after the child is born. IMHO. It’s all about control. They don’t actually care about people. They want to control them. I’m seriously annoyed with the world today. {{{{HUG}}} - we'll get there. Take it easy. There are lots of us to carry on for each other when someone needs a break.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 0:12:13 GMT
This is why trump is just plain nuts.
Jonathan Lemire.....
“Initially pleased with the Justice Department's statement, Trump has since griped that Rosenstein did not go far enough in declaring that he was cleared of wrongdoing”
And from the AP...
“Trump fumes about Russia investigation as nation mourns“
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack.
From the privacy of Mar-a-Lago, Trump vented about the investigation in a marathon series of tweets over the weekend. He said Sunday "they are laughing their asses off in Moscow'" at the lingering fallout from the Kremlin's election interference and that the Obama administration bears some blame for the meddling.
Trump was last seen publicly Friday night when he visited the Florida community reeling from a school shooting that left 17 dead and gave rise to a student-led push for more gun control. White House aides advised the president against golfing so soon after the tragedy, so Trump spent much of the holiday weekend watching cable television news and grousing to club members and advisers.
Amid a growing call for action on guns, the White House said Sunday the president will host a "listening session" with students and teachers this week, but offered no details on who would attend or what would be discussed.
On Monday, 17 Washington students plan a "lie-in" by the White House to advocate for tougher gun laws. Students who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland are planning a march on Washington next month to pressure politicians to take action on gun violence.
Some lawmakers said it would take a powerful movement to motivate Congress.
"I am not optimistic that until there is real action by the American public to demand change in Congress that we're going to see real action to confront gun violence out of this Congress," said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Throughout the weekend, the president's mind remained on Russia after an indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday charged 13 Russians with a plot to interfere in the U.S. presidential election.
Trump viewed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's declaration that the indictment doesn't show that any American knowingly participated as proof of his innocence and is deeply frustrated that the media are still suggesting that his campaign may have colluded with Russian officials, according to a person who has spoken to the president in the last 24 hours but is not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations.
He has fumed to associates at Mar-a-Lago that the media "won't let it go" and will do everything to delegitimize his presidency. He made those complaints to members who stopped by his table Saturday as he dined with his two adult sons and TV personality Geraldo Rivera.
Initially pleased with the Justice Department's statement, Trump has since griped that Rosenstein did not go far enough in declaring that he was cleared of wrongdoing, and grew angry when his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, gave credence to the notion that Russia's meddling affected the election, the person said.
Trump's frustration bubbled over on Twitter, where he stressed that the Russian effort began before he declared his candidacy, asserted that the Obama administration bears some blame for the election meddling and insisted he never denied that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 U.S. campaign.
James Clapper, a former director of national intelligence, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that the president was not focusing on the bigger threat.
"Above all this rhetoric here, again, we're losing sight of, what is it we're going to do about the threat posed by the Russians? And he never — he never talks about that," said Clapper. "It's all about himself, collusion or not."
Trump tweeted about the nation's "heavy heart" in the wake of the shooting and noted the "incredible people" he met on his visit to the community. But he also sought to use the shooting to criticize the nation's leading law enforcement agency.
Trump said late Saturday that the FBI "missed all of the many signals" sent by the suspect and argued that agents are "spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign."
The FBI received a tip last month that the man now charged in the school shooting had a "desire to kill" and access to guns and could be plotting an attack. But the agency said Friday that agents failed to investigate.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and frequent Trump critic, called that tweet an "absurd statement" on CNN's "State of the Union," adding that the "FBI apparently made a terrible mistake, and people should be held accountable. But we need leadership out of the executive."
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stressed on ABC's "This Week" that the indictment was not the end of the Mueller probe.
"I'd caution everybody to not believe that this is yet over, because there's lots of other places where Director Mueller to look regarding potential Russian involvement in all this," said Christie, a Republican. "I think we've unfortunately got more, more to learn and more to come, in the, in the days and weeks ahead."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 0:52:53 GMT
Bill Kristol...
“Rick Gates was Paul Manafort's right hand man. I suspect Manafort would have told him everything--including what Trump confided to Manafort privately. The Gates plea deal is more than Gates flipping on Manafort. Gates has things to tell Mueller about Trump. And he's telling them.”
That’s three that willing to spill their guts.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 1:25:29 GMT
Christie: Russia indictment shows no collusion by Trump campaign ‘to this point’ Christie actually said : “It proves there’s no collusion to this point. There’s no collusion in terms of the Facebook ads, the other social media activity,” Christie, a former prosecutor, said on ABC’s “This Week.” ** After the indictment, President Trump has repeatedly taken to Twitter to argue that his campaign never colluded with Russia. Christie said Sunday that the charges lay out in detail an operation aimed at disparaging Clinton. “What we read in the indictment yesterday is very, very clear on that point, and I think everyone’s going to have to come around to the idea that that’s at least part of what the Russians were attempting to do in the election,” Christie said. thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/374443-christie-russia-indictment-shows-no-collusion-by-trump-campaign-toHe has finally done/said something right!!
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Post by pierogi on Feb 19, 2018 2:10:46 GMT
It wouldn’t shock me if Stein wound up in an orange jumpsuit next to Trump, TrumpJr, Kushner, Manafort, Gates, Pap, and Flynn. Girlfriend is dirty.
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Post by pierogi on Feb 19, 2018 2:17:47 GMT
Bill Kristol... “Rick Gates was Paul Manafort's right hand man. I suspect Manafort would have told him everything--including what Trump confided to Manafort privately. The Gates plea deal is more than Gates flipping on Manafort. Gates has things to tell Mueller about Trump. And he's telling them.” That’s three that willing to spill their guts. Manafort is Manafucked. Now that Gates has flipped, I’m not sure Manafort has that much of value to give Mueller. Besides, you know Putin and his cronies are coming for him now, and that means his problems got a whole lot bigger than prison and forfeiture. Polonium is on the menu, or suicide by two bullets at the back of his head. Or he’ll just happen to “accidentally” fall nine stories while installing a jacuzzi. The best people, folks, the best people.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 4:12:52 GMT
Nothing is sacred with dt........... Lawmakers call for withdrawal of Trump proposal that could impact 9/11 responders' health careBY JULIA MANCHESTER - 02/18/18 07:43 PM EST A bipartisan group of New York lawmakers called on White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to scrap a proposal in President Trump's proposed budget plan they say could threaten the health treatment of 9/11 first responders. New York Reps. Peter King (R), Jerry Nadler (D) and Carolyn Maloney (D) said they were "shocked and disturbed" by the proposal, which would see a realignment involving the World Trade Center Health Program. That program is currently housed in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which is part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Trump's 2019 budget proposal for NIOSH would move that agency into the National Institute for Health (NIH). That move could result in the shifting of employees from NIOSH to the NIH, impacting the 83,000 9/11 first responders who receive treatment and care from the WTC Health program. "The proposal directly contradicts legislation Congress passed just three years ago to renew WTCHP for 75 years within NIOSH," the three lawmakers wrote in their letter to Mulvaney on Friday.King, Nadler, and Maloney were the original sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which works to provide health care and financial aid to 9/11's first responders. They said the budget proposal was made with no input from the 9/11 health-care community. "If you had spoken to us, or anyone in the 9/11 healthcare community, you would have understood that the World Trade Center Health Program is fully integrated with NIOSH and there are many shared NIOSH staff whose expertise would be lost if the WTCHP is pulled from NIOSH," the lawmakers said.
"We also would have explained the amount of progress NIOSH has made in service delivery, all of which would be lost if WTCHP were removed from the institute."The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment. thehill.com/homenews/house/374488-lawmakers-call-for-withdrawall-of-proposal-in-trump-budget-plan-that-couldI understand this does not technically affect every one in the United States directly, but it sure has caused havoc with people in this area, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and many from other areas too. I have a friend whose work career was shortened by the damages to her lungs. She is served by doctors within the 9/11 programs, fortunately locally at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she also has to travel for other treatments. She's is pretty good shape, mobile and able to mostly do things she enjoys.. Colds are killers for her though. Other are very limited in what they can do. They served our country similar to our military to save lives and search and search. Many have died and left families behind. The commission has been following the kids and teachers who were told it was ok to go back to their school, residents were it was safe to go home, in the dust and they are now having issues. Take from people in need to pay for your friends tax cuts. He has no heart or caring for people!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 4:23:29 GMT
Black Lives Matter..
“Obama (2012) sits alone in a classroom after meeting for hours with parents of Sandy Hook victims.
Trump (2018) sits at a disco party he threw at his private night club after spending 14 minutes with victims at the hospital in Parkland. “
These pictures speak louder than words.”
Yup.
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 19, 2018 4:49:15 GMT
Tweeting against Oprah tonight. Man he's so unpresidential. Doesn't he have anything presidential to do but watch tv and tweet???
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 5:25:47 GMT
How's this? Trump surveyed Mar-a-Lago members over gun control in wake of school shooting: report BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 02/18/18 07:44 PM EST President Trump asked members at his Mar-a-Lago Club about gun-control issues in the wake of the shooting at a nearby Florida high school, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Trump during the holiday weekend reportedly asked the members about whether or not he should take an active stance on gun control laws. He also told them that he was closely watching the media appearances made by student survivors of the shooting, according to the Post. *** The president reportedly spent the weekend watching television and complaining about the special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to the Post. He also met with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to discuss various legislative priorities. The pair also discussed the shooting, according to the White House. More at link: thehill.com/homenews/administration/374491-trump-surveyed-mar-a-lago-members-over-gun-control-in-wake-of-school
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 5:29:14 GMT
Who is in charge?!?!? Pentagon chief on who ordered attack on US-backed forces in Syria: ‘Don’t ask me’BY BRETT SAMUELS - 02/18/18 12:13 PM EST Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday it’s still unclear who directed a strike that killed U.S.-backed forces in Syria earlier this month. “I still cannot give you any more information on why they would do this. But they took direction from someone. Was it local direction? Was it from external sources? Don’t ask me. I don’t know,” Mattis told reporters while en route to Washington, according to a Pentagon transcript. U.S. forces killed “scores” of Russians and pro-Syrian government forces in a Feb. 7 airstrike that officials said was carried out in response to an “unprovoked” attack on the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). More at link: thehill.com/policy/defense/374455-pentagon-chief-on-who-ordered-attack-on-us-backed-forces-in-syria-dont-ask-me
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 19, 2018 5:38:34 GMT
Tweeting against Oprah tonight. Man he's so unpresidential. Doesn't he have anything presidential to do but watch tv and tweet??? Nope. He is the manbaby equivalent of the kid on the lonely bench (two threads colliding yet again) who has no friends, because he has driven them all away with his vile behaviour. He doesn't listen to advice, he doesn't fit in, he is a pure narcissist. His isolation will lead to poor decisions which put many people at risk. Just as many of the articles dissecting this week's shooting are saying. We are all doomed. Does anybody here think offering him mental health help would be of any use whatsoever? If not, then surely we need to limit his access to weapons?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 5:58:08 GMT
As noted tiny hands is stil at it.... “Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!” “The facts incorrect”. Now that’s funny. He tells so many lies I don’t think he would know incorrect facts if one slapped him on the side of his head. Of course he sees Oprah as a threat after the speech she gave and the response. What a petty lying vain insecure little man.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 13:26:10 GMT
NPR...
Breaking: President Trump is open to improving the background check system for gun purchases, according to a statement from the White House this morning”
Just like he was with DACA then he sabotaged it and blames the Democrats.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 14:32:26 GMT
Kyle Griffin....
“Per pool, Trump has arrived at Trump International Golf Club.
This is Trump’s 98th day at a golf club as president.”
Oh good that should cut down on the twitter rant for today anyway.
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Post by maryannscraps on Feb 19, 2018 14:41:01 GMT
NPR... Breaking: President Trump is open to improving the background check system for gun purchases, according to a statement from the White House this morning” Just like he was with DACA then he sabotaged it and blames the Democrats. No he's not open to it. The budget he presented last week before the shootings cut money to states and localities for doing background checks. (from the Boston Globe this morning.) That's the backhanded way that the NRA creeps in to undercut our laws.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 19, 2018 14:47:34 GMT
How's this? Trump surveyed Mar-a-Lago members over gun control in wake of school shooting: report BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 02/18/18 07:44 PM EST President Trump asked members at his Mar-a-Lago Club about gun-control issues in the wake of the shooting at a nearby Florida high school, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Trump during the holiday weekend reportedly asked the members about whether or not he should take an active stance on gun control laws. He also told them that he was closely watching the media appearances made by student survivors of the shooting, according to the Post. *** The president reportedly spent the weekend watching television and complaining about the special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to the Post. He also met with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to discuss various legislative priorities. The pair also discussed the shooting, according to the White House. More at link: thehill.com/homenews/administration/374491-trump-surveyed-mar-a-lago-members-over-gun-control-in-wake-of-schoolWow, now that makes a *ton* of sense. Poll the subgroup of people who can most afford personal bodyguards (probably armed) whether gun laws should be changed. SMDH. Definitely sounds like the thought process of a stable genius to me!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 15:19:19 GMT
How's this? Trump surveyed Mar-a-Lago members over gun control in wake of school shooting: report BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 02/18/18 07:44 PM EST President Trump asked members at his Mar-a-Lago Club about gun-control issues in the wake of the shooting at a nearby Florida high school, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Trump during the holiday weekend reportedly asked the members about whether or not he should take an active stance on gun control laws. He also told them that he was closely watching the media appearances made by student survivors of the shooting, according to the Post. *** The president reportedly spent the weekend watching television and complaining about the special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to the Post. He also met with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to discuss various legislative priorities. The pair also discussed the shooting, according to the White House. More at link: thehill.com/homenews/administration/374491-trump-surveyed-mar-a-lago-members-over-gun-control-in-wake-of-schoolBillionaires - the only people whose opinion he values.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 16:59:39 GMT
linkFrom Newsweek... “TRUMP SHOULD PARDON FLYNN, GATES, HIMSELF AND EVERYONE IN THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION INVESTIGATION, CONSERVATIVES SAY” From the article. “President Donald Trump should pardon anyone caught in Robert Mueller’s probe—including himself. That's the opinion of conservative activists and Trump supporters, following the special counsel's latest indictments regarding Russian election meddling. The pardon cries were specifically for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates, former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Politico reported Monday.“ In order to pardon someone don’t they have to be convicted of a crime? At best jelled is looking at money laundering at worse collusion with a foreign country. Obviously these folks are just flapping their gums but think of what would happen if trump did pardon those involved in either money laundering or collusion. I remember the uproar when Ford pardoned Nixon.
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Post by gar on Feb 19, 2018 17:03:14 GMT
Black Lives Matter.. “Obama (2012) sits alone in a classroom after meeting for hours with parents of Sandy Hook victims. Trump (2018) sits at a disco party he threw at his private night club after spending 14 minutes with victims at the hospital in Parkland. “ These pictures speak louder than words.” Yup. Pete Souza posted a picture of President Obama after meeting those parents (I can't seem to link the picture) and then quoted a speech (or part of) he gave... "After meeting with families for hours, he sat alone in a classroom before attending a prayer vigil: “....This is our first task — caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged. And by that measure, can we truly say, as a nation, that we are meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children — all of them — safe from harm? Can we claim, as a nation, that we're all together there, letting them know that they are loved, and teaching them to love in return? Can we say that we're truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? I've been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we're honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We're not doing enough. And we will have to change.”"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 17:04:07 GMT
MSNBC...
"FDR said in 1932, that the presidency is not merely an office of efficiency ... it is 'preeminently a place of moral leadership.'"
Presidential historian @jmeacham reflects on President's Day with @realdonaldtrump in the White House“
A place of moral leadership. How far we have fallen from 1932 to 2018.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 17:50:47 GMT
he is showing leadership on the golf course. Ha ha....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 19:07:38 GMT
Josh Jordan...
“Gallup: Trump weekly job approval falls five net points to 37-59, his worst week in a month and back to twenty two points underwater. #PresidentsDay2018”
Oh oh someone is not going to be happy if he see’s this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 20:06:27 GMT
Someone is not playing🏌🏻♂️.....
“Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn’t he do something about Russian meddling?”
1. President Obama told Putin to knock it of.
2. President Obama slapped sanctions on Russia.
I think the better question is why haven’t the sanctions Congress put together and trump agreed to been put into force?
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