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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 4:25:36 GMT
Cue the #GOP go-to response.....
C'mon say it w/me! "We're not a Democracy, we're a Republic!!!"
(a DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED Republic, but you know, whatever)
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Post by papersilly on Dec 12, 2018 4:29:01 GMT
Omg....george takei for the win!
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Dec 12, 2018 11:56:05 GMT
First few paragraphs of this article from the BBC reads A technology company bidding for a Pentagon contract to store sensitive data has close partnerships with a firm linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, the BBC has learned.
The Jedi project, a huge cyber-cloud which could ultimately store nuclear codes, has already sparked security fears.
Viktor Vekselberg, who is close to the Kremlin, has links to the C5 Group, a cyber-investment firm which has worked closely with the leading bidder, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Both C5 and AWS say C5 is not involved in the Jedi bid in any way.
All bids for the cloud are sealed. The Pentagon refused to comment, stating that information about companies involved could not be disclosed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46489689
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 14:24:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 15:13:49 GMT
Move On straw poll for 2020..
”MoveOn.org poll: Beto O’Rourke: 15.6 percent Joe Biden: 14.9 percent Bernie Sanders: 13.1 percent Kamala Harris: 10 percent Elizabeth Warren: 6.4 percent Sherrod Brown: 2.9 percent Amy Klobuchar: 2.8 percent Michael Bloomberg: 2.7 percent Cory Booker: 2.6 percent”
Numbers 2 & 3 need to go as well as 5.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 15:19:07 GMT
MSNBC.. “Flynn asks for no jail time, cites FBI not warning him not to lie” ”Michael Flynn's defense attorneys ask for no jail time for the former national security adviser in late-night court filing.” So why would you lie in the first place to FBI Agents regardless of what they did or didn’t say once they presented themselves as FBI Agents.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 12, 2018 15:21:40 GMT
O'Rourke and Harris/Klobuchar or flip the other way.........
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 12, 2018 15:23:08 GMT
MSNBC.. “Flynn asks for no jail time, cites FBI not warning him not to lie” ”Michael Flynn's defense attorneys ask for no jail time for the former national security adviser in late-night court filing.” So why would you lie in the first place to FBI Agents regardless of what they did or didn’t say once they presented themselves as FBI Agents. He without a doubt KNEW not to lie... At a bar, maybe, but surely NOT in your office IN the WH!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 15:24:07 GMT
We can now add another issue the Republicans can no longer claim moral superiority over the Democrats on and that is the rule of law.
Arron Rupar..
”CNN put together a montage of Senate Republicans -- including Susan Collins, John Thune, Bill Cassidy, and Orrin Hatch -- each shrugging off the president being implicated in felonies by federal prosecutors.”
Man that list is getting long.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 12, 2018 15:51:53 GMT
“Flynn asks for no jail time, cites FBI not warning him not to lie” ”Michael Flynn's defense attorneys ask for no jail time for the former national security adviser in late-night court filing.” this is such HORSE shit!! I know better than to lie to the FBI, for God's sake!! And so would MOST people!! He was the head of the NSA, and he was in the military, and he NEEDS someone to TELL him 'hey, don't lie to us' for him to not do it?!? SMDH.
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DEX
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Post by DEX on Dec 12, 2018 15:55:50 GMT
Good Lord, Mike Pence is beginning to dress like rump. Check out that overly long red tie. They are twinning.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 12, 2018 16:13:58 GMT
Squelched report shows Wells Fargo charged high account fees to studentsBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Updated 9:54 PM ET, Tue December 11, 2018 New York (CNN) For months, the Trump administration hid a report showing that banks charged high fees to college students who opened accounts and held debit cards -- and that Wells Fargo charged more on average than any other financial institution.The report, which was done by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was only released publicly only last week after consumer advocacy groups submitted freedom of information requests for the document. A copy was sent from the agency to the Department of Education in February.Seth Frotman, the former student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, had accused agency heads of burying the report when he quit in protest earlier this year.
"When new evidence came to light showing the nation's largest banks were ripping off students on campuses across the country by saddling them with legally dubious account fees, bureau leadership suppressed the publication of a report prepared by bureau staff," Frotman wrote in his resignation letter. The report reviewed accounts at nearly 600 colleges that had partnered with banks for student promotions. Some banks paid colleges based on the number of students who opened accounts, the report said. Though most most students who signed up for these accounts did so without accruing fees, certain banks "pose a risk to student consumers," according to the report. Financial institutions that did not pay colleges for promotion charged $11.93 in account fees on average over a 12-month period. But students paid an average of $36.52 in fees to banks that paid colleges for their sponsorship. Students who had accounts with Wells Fargo paid the most -- an average of almost $47. ** More at link: www.cnn.com/2018/12/11/politics/cfpb-student-fees-report/index.htmlSo much for transparency!!! That’s odd to me as my DS has Wells Fargo and has no fees. None. As long as he has the debit card from/associated with his university it’s free ( unless he somehow overdraws ) They made him change debit cards so it said the name of his university on it when he was a freshman to have no fees. Until then ( from when he turned 18 til he started school ) he had to have more than 10 debit transactions per month to incur no fees, I presume because the bank is collecting thier percentage from the merchants on those transactions. I wonder if it state law here or just his university insisting on it in order for them being ‘on campus’ the fees in that report are high!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 16:37:07 GMT
linkGreg Sargent of the Washington Post wrote a column about impeachment and trump. From the column is this one quote from t4ump.. ”The I-word — impeachment — is suddenly everywhere. In a new interview with Reuters, President Trump was asked if he’s worried about the prospect of getting impeached by the incoming House Democratic majority. “I’m not concerned, no,” Trump replied. “I think that the people would revolt if that happened.” I doubt the country would revolt if trump is impeached. Maybe some of his more rabid supporters, but for the most part the country on the whole would be relieved IMO. But what the Democrats in the House should not rush to power and yell impeachment. Build a solid case and then talk about impeachment. Otherwise they could become the witch hunt trump is always whining about.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 16:45:01 GMT
Andrew Lasrence...
“On Ingraham's Fox News show, Ann Coulter describes her version of the Dem party
"I mean you have the Muslims and the Jews and the various exotic sexual groups and the black church ladies with the college queers ... you must hate white men. It's the one thing they have in common"
Obviously she didn’t see the MoveOn straw poll. The top three contenders, as of now, for 2020 are white men.
The make up of the Democratic Party reflects the make up of the country which the white men Coulter talks about can’t stand.
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Dec 12, 2018 16:45:01 GMT
MSNBC.. “Flynn asks for no jail time, cites FBI not warning him not to lie” ”Michael Flynn's defense attorneys ask for no jail time for the former national security adviser in late-night court filing.” So why would you lie in the first place to FBI Agents regardless of what they did or didn’t say once they presented themselves as FBI Agents. WTAF???!! The FBI didn’t warn him not to lie? Doesn’t every 5 yr old know that?? That’s quite possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
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Post by katlady on Dec 12, 2018 16:46:15 GMT
Trump is smart to put the idea of revolt into the minds of his followers. It is like a subliminal message - “If anything happens to me, revolt!” He is a very manipulative.
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Dec 12, 2018 16:48:01 GMT
I just had to stop CNN & screenshot because this is hysterical
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Dec 12, 2018 16:50:48 GMT
Cohen’s Atty: He had the “misfortune “ of being Trump’s attorney.
How about he *saw the fortune* in being Trump’s attorney.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 16:54:00 GMT
Eli Stokols...
”Trump stormed out of the Oval Office right after the Pelosi-Schumer meeting ended, flicking away a folder and scattering briefing materials in frustration, said one staffer who saw it.
New details w/ @jenhab”
“Per source, Trump was “mostly aggravated with Schumer,” the fellow New Yorker, and his refusal to look at POTUS while directing his comments to the pool cameras. Aides, however, were more rattled that he’d just accepted responsibility for a possible shutdown.
”Also, am told very little of substance took place after the pool cameras were finally ushered out. “Once the president has been aggravated to that level, there’s no coming back from that and re-focusing.“
In what the White House, I’m sure, thought would look like a great bipartisan photo op, it became trump and Pence looking like the idiots that they are.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 16:56:41 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
"I take full responsibility for each act," Cohen says.
"It was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump.
Cohen said Trump was right to call him weak, and says his weakness was a blind loyalty to Donald Trump.”
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 16:58:13 GMT
Adam Best...
”Right-wingers: “I don’t care if Michael Flynn pleaded guilty, he’s innocent and should be pardoned.”
Also right-wingers: “I don’t care if Hillary Clinton wasn’t charged with anything, lock her up.”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Dec 12, 2018 17:04:48 GMT
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Dec 12, 2018 17:06:36 GMT
Kyle Griffin... "I take full responsibility for each act," Cohen says. "It was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump. Cohen said Trump was right to call him weak, and says his weakness was a blind loyalty to Donald Trump.” These are big statements.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Dec 12, 2018 17:08:44 GMT
for your holiday enjoyment, here is Stephen Colbert's rendition of the Yule log fireplace video:
Donald Trump's Pants-on-Fireplace. (this video is just over an hour!! apparently there's a lot of lies to be covered, lol.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 17:17:47 GMT
Erica Orden...
”Cohen: "I take full responsibility for each act that i pled guilty to: the personal ones to me and those invovlivng the president of the united states of america."
As someone pointed out, individual 1 has a name.
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Dec 12, 2018 17:20:51 GMT
lizacreates or other experts - sorry again for my ignorance. This Southern District of New York court. Is it federal or state? If state, Trump has no power to pardon or etc. Is that correct? Edit: After watching CNN I see that it is indeed a federal court. So could state charges also be forthcoming?
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Post by pierkiss on Dec 12, 2018 17:22:08 GMT
MSNBC.. “Flynn asks for no jail time, cites FBI not warning him not to lie” ”Michael Flynn's defense attorneys ask for no jail time for the former national security adviser in late-night court filing.” So why would you lie in the first place to FBI Agents regardless of what they did or didn’t say once they presented themselves as FBI Agents. lol. Not lying to the FBI should be basic and common knowledge among adults in the government (and every other sector in this country). You don’t lie to the FBI.
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Post by ntsf on Dec 12, 2018 17:26:15 GMT
it was the southern district... this is a federal court. he also plead guilty to tax evasion...
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lizacreates
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Post by lizacreates on Dec 12, 2018 17:53:51 GMT
lizacreates or other experts - sorry again for my ignorance. This Southern District of New York court. Is it federal or state? If state, Trump has no power to pardon or etc. Is that correct? Edit: After watching CNN I see that it is indeed a federal court. So could state charges also be forthcoming? Yes. New York State already began an investigation into Cohen’s tax fraud in Aug (or Sept?). As far as I know, SDNY just asked them to hold off on further actions because federal was still finishing up their prosecution. (On federal district courts, SDNY is only one of 95, and NY has three others - Eastern, Northern, Western.)
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Post by Merge on Dec 12, 2018 18:19:12 GMT
Move On straw poll for 2020.. ”MoveOn.org poll: Beto O’Rourke: 15.6 percent Joe Biden: 14.9 percent Bernie Sanders: 13.1 percent Kamala Harris: 10 percent Elizabeth Warren: 6.4 percent Sherrod Brown: 2.9 percent Amy Klobuchar: 2.8 percent Michael Bloomberg: 2.7 percent Cory Booker: 2.6 percent” Numbers 2 & 3 need to go as well as 5. Julian Castro announced today. 💕
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