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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 12, 2018 0:50:23 GMT
The Senate confirmed Brian Benczkowski to lead the Justice Dept criminal division 51-48. He was formerly the lawyer for Alfa Bank, which is tied to Putin and other oligarchs, and is subject to Mueller's investigation, has never tried a case, and is next in line behind Rod Rosenstein. He also is closely tied to Sessions. He will be able to oversee the ongoing Russia investigation. And if trump fires Rosenstein, then this guy, with ties to Russia, takes over. Manchin was the only Democrat to vote yes. Also. theWhite House just released executive Order to end the competitive selection process for Administrative Law Judges, making them political appointees who can be fired at will.He is taking control of all aspects of the Judicial branch. The Republican Party is systematically undermining our justice system. Right before our eyes. It’s seriously fucked up.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 12, 2018 0:51:33 GMT
I think I' ve heard it all now...holy fuck. It’s the WH spin cycle going on —they want Kelly our, so they’re going to make him look like an idiot.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 12, 2018 0:52:17 GMT
I believe that many of his base are now so embarrassed that they won't ever say they made a mistake. I have a friend whose DH is a huge Trumpsters and he said that he knows he lies and he knows he's probably in Russia's pocket, BUT “if I admit this, then I look like a f'ing asshole for voting him in.” So he just agrees... Stupid I know, but maybe many feel the same way. I hope people like him realize the old adage Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me🤞🏻 Nope. They won’t.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 1:47:27 GMT
What the heck does he expect NATO to do if Russia suddenly shuts off the tap to the gas they're supplying to German homes for heating. He will say 'I told you'...... tooo bad you have no gas! Freeze!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 2:15:41 GMT
It’s the WH spin cycle going on —they want Kelly our, so they’re going to make him look like an idiot. Almost done! “TRUMP IS TOO CHICKENSHIT TO FIRE KELLY HIMSELF”: WITH BILL SHINE PRODUCING HIS WEST WING REALITY SHOW, TRUMP PREPARES TO DUMP HIS CHIEF OF STAFFNow that Shine is in the saddle, it’s Mooch 2.0: Kelly is being humiliated, Sarah Sanders has been deemed low energy, and the biggest winner of all is, naturally, Sean Hannity. BY GABRIEL SHERMAN JULY 10, 2018 3:59 PM Former Fox News co-president Bill Shine has only been White House deputy chief of staff for communications for less than a week, but he’s already becoming one of Donald Trump’s closest confidants. “Trump absolutely loves the guy,” a Republican close to Trump and Shine told me. Sources familiar with the relationship said Trump was effusive about Shine’s production of the much-hyped prime-time rollout of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday night. “Shine brought in all new lights,” a person briefed on the production said. “He gave Trump what’s called a ‘downlight.’ Trump’s a little fat, but that made him look younger.” The ascent of Shine, who was ousted from the network for his handling of its myriad sexual harassment scandals, has intensified speculation in the West Wing that the president’s long-suffering chief of staff and nemesis, John Kelly, will soon be departing. Kelly opposed the hiring of Shine and has seen his role continue to be diminished, sources said, sometimes in humiliating ways. “They’ve basically stopped telling Kelly when meetings are. People leave him off the calendar,” one administration official told me. “When he finds out, he storms into the room and is like, ‘What’s going on?’” A Republican close to the White House told me that Trump hopes Shine’s expanding role will encourage Kelly to quit. “Trump is too chickenshit to fire Kelly himself,” the source said. The strategy is reminiscent of the president’s decision to hire Anthony Scaramucci as communications director in July 2017 to drive out then-chief of staff Reince Priebus. “This is a more subtle version of Scaramucci,” an outside adviser to the White House told me. More at link: www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/trump-bill-shine-john-kelly-sarah-sandersAll I know is that Shine's wife is a piece of work............ The other day I posted the articles, two, Her previous racial comments as well as discounting/mocking the #metoo movement. Now this too..... Wife of top Trump aide had radio show where she said women in military should expect sexual harassmentBy Andrew Kaczynski, Nathan McDermott and Chris Massie, CNN Updated 5:30 PM ET, Wed July 11, 2018 (CNN)Darla Shine, the wife of new White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine, hosted a radio show in the late 2000s where she once mocked victims of sexual harassment in the military and repeatedly pushed fringe conspiracy theories about vaccines. ** "And why on earth would you fight to go on the submarine ship for months on end? You know there was just a story with these girls, these women who are upset that they are sexually harassed in the military," Shine said. "What do you think is going to happen when you go on a submarine for 12 months with 4,000 horny soldiers? "I hate to say it, but it's true. They should not even be allowed. The top military should say, 'No way, you're not allowed.' But you know, the feminists have fought for these rights. It's so stupid. I don't know why anybody would want that." ** Bill Shine exited his job as president of Fox News in 2017 amid allegations he had mishandled reports of sexual harassment at the network. He joined the White House earlier this month. ** In various episodes, Shine suggested a flu pandemic could be a "setup" by the government in collusion with pharmaceutical companies, pushed a rumor that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was planning on rounding up those afflicted with swine flu and putting them in camps, and said the government could break into homes and force citizens to get the flu vaccine. Shine said armed resistance might be needed to fight against this. She also called for the closing all US borders because of the swine flu. Shine declared sunscreen "a hoax" and said she refused to put it on her children. ** Much more at link: www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/politics/kfile-darla-shine-radio-show/index.htmlScary stuff........ REALLY scary!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 5:47:30 GMT
Lindsay Graham...
“To our friends in Israel – be very careful making agreements with Russia re Syria that affect U.S. interests. I don’t trust Russia to police Iran or anyone else in Syria. U.S. must maintain presence in Syria to ensure ISIS doesn’t come back and to counter Russia/Iran influence.”
Yo Lindsay, you are telling the wrong person. You may want to have that conversation with your boss.
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Post by pierogi on Jul 12, 2018 6:17:21 GMT
Lindsay Graham... “To our friends in Israel – be very careful making agreements with Russia re Syria that affect U.S. interests. I don’t trust Russia to police Iran or anyone else in Syria. U.S. must maintain presence in Syria to ensure ISIS doesn’t come back and to counter Russia/Iran influence.” Yo Lindsay, you are telling the wrong person. You may want to have that conversation with your boss. He would need about half a day, and a whole lot of finger puppets.
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Post by sueg on Jul 12, 2018 7:34:55 GMT
“VIDEO: Trump is claiming a pipeline project has made Germany "totally controlled" by and "captive to Russia" during a combative breakfast that kicked off what was already expected to be a fraught NATO summit. “ What trump is doing is trying to push the suggestion he is Putin’s puppet off on to someone else. He has again forgotten or never learned about the Berlin Wall and why would Germany allow themselves to be controled by anything Russan/Putin?? Especially as Chancellor Merkel grew up and began her political career in East Germany, when it was a Soviet state. From The Guardian: Merkel, arriving at Nato headquarters a few hours later, pushed back, saying she knew about Russia and authoritarianism, having been brought up in East Germany when it was part of the Soviet Union’s sphere of interest.
Rejecting Trump’s accusation that Germany is under Russian control, she said: “I am very happy that today we are united in freedom, the Federal Republic of Germany. Because of that we can say that we can make our independent policies and make independent decisions. That is very good, especially for people in eastern Germany.”
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Post by mollycoddle on Jul 12, 2018 11:24:51 GMT
Ok, I have to ask; how do you copy an entire tweet? I can only copy the tweet itself, not the author. Do you copy the link?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 12, 2018 12:34:43 GMT
The photo really says it all. His base is saying the photo is flipped, or shopped...but his lapel pin is on the right side, so not flipped. It's just his stupidity. Why is NATO spelled backwards in the background?
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Post by Merge on Jul 12, 2018 12:42:02 GMT
His base is saying the photo is flipped, or shopped...but his lapel pin is on the right side, so not flipped. It's just his stupidity. Why is NATO spelled backwards in the background? That's the acronym in French: Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord.
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Post by Merge on Jul 12, 2018 12:44:56 GMT
Jim Jordan says that CNN calling up people who have worked with him to ask for background comments is "fake news." Uh, dude, that's reporting.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 12, 2018 12:50:01 GMT
Why is NATO spelled backwards in the background? That's the acronym in French: Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord. Thanks! My first thought was that it was something like that, but then when people said that some think the photo was flipped I started to question it. Wonder what they were looking at?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 12:53:36 GMT
And that's only because most GOP hawks get a hard-on for military spending.
But when it comes to true NATO COSTS, 22%!
(ps - to copy a tweet - hover over the tweet time, copy the link and paste it here)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:12:54 GMT
A heartfelt call-out of Trump and MAGA gaslighting:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:15:05 GMT
"Twitter will begin removing tens of millions of suspicious accounts from users’ followers on Thursday, signaling a major new effort to restore trust on the popular but embattled platform. The reform takes aim at a pervasive form of social media fraud. Many users have inflated their followers on Twitter or other services with automated or fake accounts, buying the appearance of social influence to bolster their political activism, business endeavors or entertainment careers.... An investigation by The New York Times in J anuary demonstrated that just one small Florida company sold fake followers and other social media engagement to hundreds of thousands of users around the world, including politicians, models, actors and authors. " www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/technology/twitter-fake-followers.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:15:50 GMT
I'm sure he lives on a different planet to the rest of us. How is his nose not 20 feet long and growing! Trump claims victory at Nato summit after fresh row over defence spending
European members contradict assertion that US president secured notable concessions. President Trump has claimed victory at the Nato summit, saying progress had been made on defence spending only hours after throwing the Brussels meeting into disarray with fresh attacks on European allies.
Asked whether he had threatened to pull out of Nato, the US president did not directly deny it. He told a surprise press conference before he was scheduled to leave that he only told people he would be “extremely unhappy” if spending was not increased.
Trump claimed he could pull the US out of Nato without the approval of Congress. “I think I probably can but that’s unnecessary,” he said.
He said the alliance members had agreed to reach spending 2% of GDP on defence faster than previously planned and claimed financial commitments would increase beyond that in future. But other delegations and Nato officials contradicted Trump, saying he had secured no significant concessions and their defence spending plans remained basically the same as they had been before the summit.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, denied Trump’s claim that Nato powers agreed to increase defence spending beyond previous targets.
The renewed criticism of European Nato members for not spending enough on defence came at a closed session on Thursday morning that had been intended to be confined to non-budgetary issues.
The US president’s outburst led to the scrapping of a series of press conferences and bilateral meetings as European leaders struggled to respond. The British prime minister, Theresa May, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, cancelled press conferences.
Trump turned up late for the morning sessions involving Nato leaders, intended to discuss the accession of Ukraine and Georgia to the alliance. When he delivered his rebuke about defence spending, the Ukrainian and Georgian leaders were asked to leave because it was a purely Nato matter. Soon after, the meeting broke up. European leaders retreated to their offices for discussion with their officials. At a 35-minute press conference at Nato headquarters, Trump seemed to contradict his earlier criticism of Nato and the European member states. He said US commitment to Nato “remained “very strong” and the “fantastic” meeting of the alliance members had demonstrated “a great collegial spirit”. He added: “Nato is much stronger now than it was two days ago.” LINKSo, not only does he lie about what was discussed and agreed on, he is then so rude in turning up late, taking over the meeting and because of his rudeness denying the time to Ukraine and Georgia their scheduled discussion about their membership application. I suppose he never noticed that there were delegates in the room that were not, as yet, members of NATO before he went on his verbal rampage.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:38:01 GMT
Trump lies for sport. It's like trophy hunting to him. The bigger the lie, the bigger his erection, the bigger his ego. I think he's addicted to lying in the same way some are addicted to opioids. It's his rush.
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Post by gar on Jul 12, 2018 13:50:05 GMT
He probably thinks he’s doing everyone a favour just by turning up, like he’s the main attraction. Seriously the man just has no clue about so many things.
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Post by imsirius on Jul 12, 2018 13:56:39 GMT
He probably thinks he’s doing everyone a favour just by turning up, like he’s the main attraction. Seriously the man just has no clue about so many things. In his mentally ill mind, the meeting did go well. He thinks he is the end all be all of the world. I said many times during the campaign that his sociopathic mind would wreak havoc with world leaders and he would alienate the US every time he met with them. Looks like I was right. He can't help himself...he is unstable and seriously a moron.
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Post by imsirius on Jul 12, 2018 14:04:33 GMT
Some thoughts this morning....
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 14:05:36 GMT
lucyg said it best, long ago. We are DOOMED!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 14:15:06 GMT
Trump implementing new policy to turn away more asylum seekers at border: report BY JOHN BOWDEN - 07/12/18 09:04 AM EDT thehill.com/latino/396645-trump-implementing-new-policy-to-turn-away-many-more-asylum-seekers-at-border-reportDomestic Violence can no longer be used to seek asylum because it was 'not intended by Congress' as such so many years ago....... Right 'old white men' were allowed to do as they chose to their wives and family what they wanted to do, even if it caused death. We still have those 'old white men' , in Congress and the courts, telling us what we can and cannot do in our lives.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 14:19:50 GMT
Trump: ‘Ultimate deal’ with Putin would be ‘no more nuclear weapons’BY JOHN BOWDEN - 07/12/18 08:47 AM EDT President Trump on Thursday said that the ultimate deal he could reach with Russian President Vladimir Putin would center around the end of nuclear weapons programs worldwide. Reuters reports that Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in Brussels that a positive relationship between the U.S. and Russia could have a global effect. “What would be the ultimate? Let’s see. No more nuclear weapons anywhere in the world, no more wars, no more problems, no more conflicts. ... That would be my ultimate," Trump said. More at link: thehill.com/policy/international/396640-trump-ultimate-deal-with-putin-would-be-no-more-nuclear-weaponsThis will go as well as his agreement with Kim Jung UN....... And his great honesty... The Russian sure went along with it in the past too. WE can trust KJU and Putin with our lives and safety?!?!?!?
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This is just plain RUDE!
Rebecca Ballhaus...
“Trump arrived 30 minutes late to today’s NATO summit, missed his scheduled meetings with at least two world leaders, prompted the secretary general to call an emergency session, held an impromptu 35-minute news conference, and is now leaving for the airport go fly to London.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 14:51:33 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
“Peter Strzok: "I have the utmost respect for Congress's oversight role, but I truly believe that today's hearing is just another victory notch in Putin's belt and another milestone in our enemies' campaign to tear America apart."
This ought to be good. And he’s right.
Reminder the Republicans want to discredit this guy so they can discredit the Mueller Investigation to protect trump. The new Republican mission statement “Party over Country”.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2018 14:52:34 GMT
This is just plain RUDE! Rebecca Ballhaus... “Trump arrived 30 minutes late to today’s NATO summit, missed his scheduled meetings with at least two world leaders, prompted the secretary general to call an emergency session, held an impromptu 35-minute news conference, and is now leaving for the airport go fly to London.” He did the same thing at the G-7 meetings too.. Arrived late and left early! All me me me at it's best.......
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 14:53:39 GMT
Phillip Rucker...
“At NATO dinner last night, Trump bragged about Kim Jong Un summit and said he called golfer Jack Nicklaus to say, "They have 1,000 cameras at the Oscars and we had 6,000 cameras in Singapore. The buzz was fantastic,” an attendee tells WaPo.”
He is not a president but a wannabe reality tv star.
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