The Bob Cesca Podcast: Impeachment Inquiry

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Impeachment Inquiry — NSFW! Buzz Burbank from Buzz Burbank News and Comment is here; Nancy Pelosi confirms an impeachment inquiry is underway; The latest on Trump stupendously making things worse for Trump; The contradictory statements; Rudy’s ridiculousness; The money paid out to Ukraine; The votes are accumulating; Trump’s UN remarks should become a sleep tape; Greta Thunberg and the Climate Crisis; With music by Michael McDermott and Sky Seeker; and more!

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304 comments
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:32:02pm
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piratedan  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:32:13pm

Siri….. what’s the current price on popcorn futures?

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:34:01pm

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:36:18pm
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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:36:59pm

It’s lonely here watching all the talking points.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:38:46pm

re: #5 Shropshire Slasher

It’s lonely here watching all the talking points.

thoughts and prayers

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:39:51pm

re: #6 I Would Prefer Not To

The only person here that can put me in my place is MsJ and the crying about my links.

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makeitstop  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:39:55pm

Interesting…

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piratedan  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:40:04pm

re: #5 Shropshire Slasher

well, you could always wander over to Breitbart and get your new marching orders

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HappyWarrior  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:40:56pm

re: #8 makeitstop

Interesting…

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Had no idea about that.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:41:25pm

I was impressed with Nancy’s statement on impeachment. I always had faith in her. Now let’s see where it proceeds from here. Hopefully the committees will finally get Trump’s tax returns and will have experts in financial fraud to investigate them thoroughly.

It was truly dismaying that Muller never looked into the Trump financial records, but maybe that was the price of not getting fired.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:42:47pm
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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:44:07pm

re: #9 piratedan

Hasn’t been the same since the old man had a grabber.

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Skip Intro  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:45:11pm

re: #8 makeitstop

I’m not sure that means what it seems to mean. I think it refers to pardons to people who have been impeached.

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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:45:26pm

re: #8 makeitstop

That’s not what that means. It means that the pardon power doesn’t apply to cases of impeachment. So if a cabinet secretary or judge is impeached by the House, the president cannot pardon them to make the impeachment go away

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:46:11pm

re: #15 KGxvi

That’s not what that means. It means that the pardon power doesn’t apply to cases of impeachment. So if a cabinet secretary or judge is impeached by the House, the president cannot pardon them to make the impeachment go away

Womp womp.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:46:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:48:12pm

re: #17 Patricia Kayden

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Choke on bourbon, Mitch.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:49:10pm

re: #8 makeitstop

Interesting…

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So the President cannot pardon himself for any impeachable offenses he committed!

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:49:51pm

re: #8 makeitstop

Interesting…

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That’s a funny interpretation, but wrong. It says he can’t pardon impeachments, which does mean he can’t pardon himself, but it doesn’t stop all pardons.

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b.d. (Impeach them all)  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:53:07pm

amen:

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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:54:36pm

re: #19 Hecuba’s daughter

So the President cannot pardon himself for any impeachable offenses he committed!

The president pardoning himself for impeachable offenses would likely be an impeachable offense in and of itself. In that he’d essentially be admitting potential liability for criminal acts.

re: #20 Belafon

That’s a funny interpretation, but wrong. It says he can’t pardon impeachments, which does mean he can’t pardon himself, but it doesn’t stop all pardons.

He can’t pardon himself with respect to the articles of impeachment and Senate trial. It’s still unclear that he can pardon himself. My gut answer is that he can not pardon himself for the same reason he can’t be indicted as a sitting president - it is an inherent conflict of interest between the office of president and the person holding office.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:55:57pm

re: #7 Shropshire Slasher

The only person here that can put me in my place is MsJ and the crying about my links.

Not crying. Just calling you out for being an asshole. Asshole.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:56:00pm

re: #21 b.d.

amen:

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Narrator: They were going to fall for it.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:56:34pm

re: #22 KGxvi

Agree. I don’t believe he can pardon himself either.

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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 3:57:55pm

re: #21 b.d.

The first call after the transcript is released should be to the Ukrainian embassy to confirm that it is a correct transcription.

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b.d. (Impeach them all)  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:00:17pm

So i guess we’re going to have to go to war with Iran now….

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:00:53pm

Trump: “There was no call! And even if there was a call, there’s no transcript! And even if there was a transcript, we can’t release it because it was an official conversation! You’re not getting anything from us because there is nothing!”

Dems: “We are beginning official impeachment inquiries because no one is above the law.”

Trump: “WAIT! HOW CAN YOU IMPEACH ME WITHOUT SEEING THE TRANSCRIPT THAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO RELEASE?!”

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ckkatz  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:01:50pm

re: #22 KGxvi

Yes, While IANAL, my understanding is that the President cannot use a pardon to make any impeachment go away.

I was also reading somewhere that the Senate can also bar the impeached person from ever holding a position of trust again. (Ie the impeached person can never hold a federal position again.)

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:02:00pm

re: #27 b.d.

So i guess we’re going to have to go to war with Iran now….

What effect will this have on the war with Eastasia?

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Dread Pirate  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:02:17pm

re: #21 b.d.

amen:

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Mescalero09  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:02:19pm
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Barefoot Grin  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:02:33pm

re: #27 b.d.

So i guess we’re going to have to go to war with Iran now….

Expect attacks on American soil this time. Asymmetrical attacks.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:03:16pm

re: #31 Dread Pirate

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[Kevin K. on Nixon]

Historians have to ruin everything!

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:05:40pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:06:33pm

re: #26 KGxvi

The first call after the transcript is released should be to the Ukrainian embassy to confirm that it is a correct transcription.

No — that’s not sufficient since the embassy may have reasons to be less than honest. The committee needs to listen to the original tape and make their own transcription. Of course, the 18 1/2 minute gap (////) may prevent an accurate report.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:06:41pm
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Mattand  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:06:44pm

From TPM: Senate Unanimously Votes For Resolution Demanding Whistleblower Complaint

Anyone else think it’s odd for Moscow Mitch to pass something like this, unless there was a fix in?

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Stanley Sea  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:07:54pm

Makeitstop

Correction - apparently they did discuss the whistleblower shit.

the yam is flailing

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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:08:17pm

re: #29 ckkatz

Yes, While IANAL, my understanding is that the President cannot use a pardon to make any impeachment go away.

I was also reading somewhere that the Senate can also bar the impeached person from ever holding a position of trust again. (Ie the impeached person can never hold a federal position again.)

You are correct on barring them from holding a position of trust again, but that is entirely up to the Senate, I believe. I believe last person subject to disqualification was Thomas Porteous who was impeached and removed in 2010 (which is also the last person impeached). Before that, you have to go to 1912 to find someone disqualified.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:09:01pm

re: #39 Stanley Sea

Makeitstop

Correction - apparently they did discuss the whistleblower shit.

the yam is flailing

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Gee, this seems to be almost verbatim what he told Comey before he “announced” his immediate termination.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:10:56pm

re: #17 Patricia Kayden

Some of the replies to Mcconnells Tweet are fantabulous.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:11:47pm

re: #35 Patricia Kayden

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:12:22pm

I know we’ve basically lost the judiciary for a generation, but on the other hand, my how important the 2018 election was.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:12:38pm

re: #38 Mattand

From TPM: Senate Unanimously Votes For Resolution Demanding Whistleblower Complaint

Anyone else think it’s odd for Moscow Mitch to pass something like this, unless there was a fix in?

I trust REPUBLICANS as far as I could throw the empire state building.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:13:46pm

re: #44 Barefoot Grin

I know we’ve basically lost the judiciary for a generation, but one the other hand, my how important the 2018 election was.

This may not be the beginning of the end for Trumpco, but it may at least be the end of the beginning.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:14:33pm

re: #44 Barefoot Grin

I know we’ve basically lost the judiciary for a generation, but on the other hand, my how important the 2018 election was.

Yes and also, if Trump gets re-elected, he’ll probably get at least one, maybe two more SC opportunities.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:14:40pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

Gee, this seems to be almost verbatim what he told Comey before he “announced” his immediate termination.

But as even Trump knows now, he cannot fire Nancy or any Democrat from Congress. Nothing would be more satisfying than seeing Trump and Pence thrown out of office before the next election. But what happens to those states that cancelled their primaries?

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Dread Pirate  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:15:08pm
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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:15:18pm

No idea how reliable this is so… Grain of salt.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:15:41pm

What has me curious now is the timeline of today’s events, i.e. did Donny make the offer of “working something out” before or after Schiff got in contact with the whistleblower’s counsel to negotiate their appearance later this week? In other words, did the WH foresee this shitstorm intensifying rather than deflating and want to “get ahead of it”?

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:17:10pm
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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:18:57pm

re: #44 Barefoot Grin

I know we’ve basically lost the judiciary for a generation, but on the other hand, my how important the 2018 election was.

The judiciary is not lost. Most of the appointments that Trump has made were replace Reagan appointees. The next president will likely mostly replace appointees by Clinton and GWB.

As for the Supreme Court, even that is not really lost. Thomas is 71, Alito is 69, and Roberts is 64. Throw in Ginsburg and Souter, and there’s a chance that the next president (if they serve two terms) could have 4 appointments.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:19:28pm

re: #52 gocart mozart

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Neither do you, John. You don’t know jack or shit about all this, yet you and every one of your buddies have not hesitated to argue on national TV that this is all totally above board.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:20:09pm

re: #50 MsJ

No idea how reliable this is so… Grain of salt.

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Actually a good story.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:20:32pm

I loved Clark’s shoes in the 1970s (though Dave’s right about the beat-down on the soles). But as a young professional many years ago I bought Clark’s casual dress shoes for work and there was always an air pocket or something that I didn’t catch in the store. It would be one quiet step and then SQUEAK all down the hall. It was a deal breaker, because my first job out of college was—-assassin!

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:21:19pm

re: #53 KGxvi

The judiciary is not lost. Most of the appointments that Trump has made were replace Reagan appointees. The next president will likely mostly replace appointees by Clinton and GWB.

As for the Supreme Court, even that is not really lost. Thomas is 71, Alito is 69, and Roberts is 64. Throw in Ginsburg and Souter, and there’s a chance that the next president (if they serve two terms) could have 4 appointments.

Thank you for this correction. It gives me some hope, and much needed.

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Skip Intro  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:24:17pm

re: #38 Mattand

Yes, very.

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Jebediah, RBG  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:25:29pm

re: #48 Hecuba’s daughter

But as even Trump knows now, he cannot fire Nancy or any Democrat from Congress. Nothing would be more satisfying than seeing Trump and Pence thrown out of office before the next election. But what happens to those states that cancelled their primaries?

They get to fuck off and they also get to shut up. Those states’ GOP apparatus chose, and perhaps they chose poorly.

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KGxvi  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:26:58pm

re: #57 Barefoot Grin

Thank you for this correction. It gives me some hope, and much needed.

The “we’ve lost the judiciary” thing comes up all the time, and it’s never really happened. The closest one side has come would have been the three terms of Reagan/GHWB. Between them, they appointed five justices, but among those justices were O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter. So the Court never went as hard right as it could have (especially had Bork been confirmed).

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:29:07pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:30:17pm

re: #61 Patricia Kayden

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That would be an awesome capper on all this, that after all his whining and moaning, Donny lost his chance at the Nobel to the little girl his base hates with a white-hot passion.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:32:59pm

re: #61 Patricia Kayden

i only regret that i have but one upding to give

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danarchy  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:38:18pm

CNN reporting now the trump administration will provide the whistle blower report tomorrow as well as the phone transcript.

Either the impeachment inquiry and senate resolution put pressure on them, or the Dems just got played, not sure which yet.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:39:09pm

See, the Democrats are out to destroy your retirement fund:

Global stocks fall as Trump impeachment talk grows; sterling up after Brexit ruling

A gauge of global stocks fell for a third day on Tuesday as a push by some Democrats for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump gained momentum, and the British pound strengthened after the UK Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:40:18pm

re: #38 Mattand

From TPM: Senate Unanimously Votes For Resolution Demanding Whistleblower Complaint

Anyone else think it’s odd for Moscow Mitch to pass something like this, unless there was a fix in?

He’s facing a very tough challenge from Amy McGrath. Anything at all that erodes his in-state support could finish him.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:40:21pm

re: #64 danarchy

Either the impeachment inquiry and senate resolution put pressure on them, or the Dems just got played, not sure which yet.

Part of the reason why I think it was wise of Pelosi to hold off as long as possible is exactly because the GOP can’t be trusted, including most or all GOP Senators.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:41:45pm

re: #48 Hecuba’s daughter

But as even Trump knows now, he cannot fire Nancy or any Democrat from Congress. Nothing would be more satisfying than seeing Trump and Pence thrown out of office before the next election. But what happens to those states that cancelled their primaries?

That’s Putin’s problem!

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b.d. (Impeach them all)  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:42:00pm

Can we ask Ukraine to release their transcripts of the conversations too? Just would like to compare them to each other….

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:43:06pm

re: #64 danarchy

Just got played how? Releasing the whistleblower complaint to Congress was a must. They had no choice.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:43:11pm

re: #64 danarchy

CNN reporting now the trump administration will provide the whistle blower report tomorrow as well as the phone transcript.

Either the impeachment inquiry and senate resolution put pressure on them, or the Dems just got played, not sure which yet.

I don’t believe that Trump or his pack of feckless gibbons are capable of orchestrating anything that doesn’t fall apart due to abject stupidity, so I suspect it is more they hoped that offering up anything at this point would make it all “go away.” Hence why I’d like to see a timeline of today’s events, because I suspect Donny got boxed in way before the announcement of an impeachment inquiry.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:44:04pm

Hmmmph. Clicking on tweets in mobile safari no longer open in Twitter. Noticing this now with the 13.1 update today. Am I missing a setting or did they screw with code again?

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:44:51pm

re: #62 Targetpractice

What chance? Trump never had a chance in hell to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s an idiot for believing otherwise and so are his supporters.

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Skip Intro  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:45:38pm

re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

That will certainly be a Fox talking point tomorrow.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:45:47pm

re: #70 Patricia Kayden

Just got played how? Releasing the whistleblower complaint to Congress was a must. They had no choice.

Let’s see if it’s a report or something actual. Like Barr’s “report” on the Mueller findings.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:46:53pm
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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:47:13pm

re: #72 GlutenFreeJesus

Hmmmph. Clicking on tweets in mobile safari no longer open in Twitter. Noticing this now with the 13.1 update today. Am I missing a setting or did they screw with code again?

I almost always have to try twice. Try to open it, close that tab, try out again. For months now.

Sometimes it takes there tries. Always eventually works.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:48:22pm

If anything, the announcement of an impeachment inquiry raises the pressure to see the “transcripts” released scrutinized and the original record (if it exists) released to the public. And the whistleblower complaint will likely be compared to the testimony of the whistleblower’s own testimony and any factual omissions laid bare.

If this was indeed an attempt to “play” the Dems and the media, it’s a high-stakes gamble that has every chance of blowing up in Donny’s face.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:48:30pm

About 200 feet in front of my on I-30 in Caddo Mills, a wreck occurred that I can’t see but is bad enough they brought in a helicopter to transport people. I have been sitting here for about 20 minutes now.

I got out to take a look and there’s a car upside down on the highway. Not real sure how it got that way.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:48:51pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

I don’t believe that Trump or his pack of feckless gibbons are capable of orchestrating anything that doesn’t fall apart due to abject stupidity, so I suspect it is more they hoped that offering up anything at this point would make it all “go away.” Hence why I’d like to see a timeline of today’s events, because I suspect Donny got boxed in way before the announcement of an impeachment inquiry.

They will release the Barr summary to the public to control the news cycle; the lesson they learned was that the Barr dishonesty controlled the public impression of the Mueller Report; it worked once so they’ll adopt the same strategy again.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:49:59pm

At least ABC got the headline right:

Transcript for Trump continues to confirm details of whistleblower’s complaint

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:50:22pm

re: #70 Patricia Kayden

Just got played how? Releasing the whistleblower complaint to Congress was a must. They had no choice.

This administration has a habit of doing whatever they want. Nothing has stopped Trump from ignoring the law before. This is no different. I am hopeful this all plays out the way it should, but I’m expecting him to get away with this too. The senate Republicans will not vote to impeach. And he will crow endlessly about another “failed witch hunt”. Then what? He will act even more lawless. And Republicans will allow it.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:50:38pm

re: #61 Patricia Kayden

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It’s really easy to nominate someone. But I would love to see Trump’s head explode if she won.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:51:30pm

re: #82 GlutenFreeJesus

This administration has a habit of doing whatever they want. Nothing has stopped Trump from ignoring the law before. This is no different. I am hopeful this all plays out the way it should, but I’m expecting him to get away with this too. The senate Republicans will not vote to impeach. And he will crow endlessly about another “failed witch hunt”. Then what? He will act even more lawless. And Republicans will allow it.

And what stops him in the face of the total impotence of Congressional Dems?

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:52:38pm
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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:57:11pm

Wolf? Hmmm.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 4:57:45pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:00:17pm

The problem with saying “If we impeach and fail, he’ll just act worse!” is that there’s nothing right now stopping from acting worse. If anything, the knowledge that we wouldn’t take action due to that fear has only emboldened him, as he feels there’s line in the sand he can cross that will lead to anything besides more lines in the sand.

The difference? If we impeach and fail, we now have Repubs out there before their constituents, trying to explain that vote in blue and purple districts/states. The idea that every single one of them will meet with total approval is really rather fanciful. And Dems in the same boat will at least be able to say that they stood up for the law and the ideal that no man is above it.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:01:55pm

Impeachment. Finally.

I’m treating myself tomorrow to a leaf peeping excursion. The aspens are really starting to pop!

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Danack  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:02:22pm

Stolen from fark: “I hope his handlers are taking good notes on exactly what he’s doing right now because when the eventual movie is made, this will likely be the very best part.”

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:02:54pm

I was baking all day.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:05:48pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

I was baking all day.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:07:18pm

So this just happened.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:07:53pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

Yum! They look great.

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danarchy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:07:59pm

I don’t get this phone. What use are the bits of screen on the back side of the phone, other than making a phone case impossible.

Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha is almost entirely screen

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:09:12pm

re: #95 danarchy

I don’t get this phone. What use is the bits of screen on the back side of the phone, other than making a phone case impossible.

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I have absolutely no clue. It seems like the industry is having another of those “Let’s see who can make the weirdest use of this new technology!” fits again.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:10:41pm

H.S. Thompson was writing about Nixon. But this sentiment applies thoroughly.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:11:11pm

re: #96 Targetpractice

This is a new widget so lets see if it will sell. I will keep my iPhone 8.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:12:48pm

re: #98 PhillyPretzel

This is a new widget so lets see if it will sell. I will keep my iPhone 8.

I rather suspect all the Galaxy Fold owners, mostly composed of early-adopters and those with the money to spend on a new gimmick, will be regretting that purchase…just in time for Samsung to release the version that’s actually reliable for longer than a single tech cycle.

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:19:27pm

re: #23 MsJ

Thank you.

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makeitstop  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:19:28pm

re: #98 PhillyPretzel

This is a new widget so lets see if it will sell. I will keep my iPhone 8.

I just got back from picking up a Galaxy S10. Pretty nice phone.

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Dread Pirate  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:19:38pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:20:59pm

re: #102 Dread Pirate

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Speaking of which, I suspect the markets don’t have any faith that he’s going to put together a China deal while the possibility looms that he won’t be president when it’s all over. And he can kiss any hope of NAFTA 1.2 being ratified goodbye.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:21:45pm

“You know black and white, it would just capture the moment.”

-Bryce in “Sixteen Candles.”

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:23:08pm
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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:23:29pm

There’s more.

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:24:26pm

re: #105 gocart mozart

Didnt president gore but him on the Supreme Court?

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:25:05pm

re: #106 MsJ

DT is so crooked that the snake on the hot road looks straight.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:25:20pm

re: #101 makeitstop

I just got back from picking up a Galaxy S10. Pretty nice phone.

I’m jonesing for that iPhone 11 Pro in midnight green. It’s a beautiful thing.

I’ll likely wait till the 11s Pro comes out.

Maybe.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:26:47pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

Beautiful!! I want some!!

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:27:07pm

Republicans have to be sweating right now, having absolutely no idea what’s in that “transcript” or the whistleblower complaint. Faux is totally in flux, having no idea how to defend Trump when he’s admitted to the very crime they’re trying to insist never happened and going after a whistleblower whose identity they don’t know.

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mmmirele  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:27:45pm

WOW. I was so busy today, hopping from call to call to call, I really have had no clue what’s been happening. Hard to pick up a phone and scroll. So I understand the following has happened:

* The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament in error.

* Nancy Pelosi finally decided that NOW is the time for impeachment.

Anything else?

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:29:39pm

re: #112 mmmirele

WOW. I was so busy today, hopping from call to call to call, I really have had no clue what’s been happening. Hard to pick up a phone and scroll. So I understand the following has happened:

* The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament in error.

* Nancy Pelosi finally decided that NOW is the time for impeachment.

Anything else?

Not in error, they ruled unanimously that he effectively lied to HM about the need for proroguing Parliament and the need for the length of such. AFAIK, Liz has not weighed in yet on that, but most of those have said any other PM would be forced to resign after such a ruling.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:29:53pm

re: #111 Targetpractice

They are. I took a look at some of the responses that were made by PA reps and all of the R’s are saying all of the same stuff. It is as if they were all told to tweet the same stuff.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:30:10pm

Is this Driftglass with a Chuck Todd mask?

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:31:43pm

re: #108 PhillyPretzel

DT is so crooked that the snake on the hot road looks straight.

HST famously said of Nixon that Nixon was so crooked he needed a servant to screw him into his pants each morning.

A version 2.0 of this line really needs to be written for Trump, but I haven’t thought of anything good enough yet.

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mmmirele  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:32:20pm

re: #113 Targetpractice

Thanks for the clarification—so what happens now? Does Liz get to tell her grandsons to take Boris by the scruff of his neck and dump him in the Thames? Or is that too good for him?

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:32:34pm

re: #115 gocart mozart

Chuck Todd and Wolf Blitzer.

The fucking world just stopped spinning.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:32:49pm

re: #117 mmmirele

Thanks for the clarification—so what happens now? Does Liz get to tell her grandsons to take Boris by the scruff of his neck and dump him in the Thames? Or is that too good for him?

After today, Boris is effectively neutered as PM. He has no majority, he has no power, and he’s totally without leverage. The only thing that is keeping him afloat right now is that Labour is too busy tearing chunks out of each other to mount much of an offensive.

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mmmirele  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:33:29pm

re: #119 Targetpractice

After today, Boris is effectively neutered as PM. He has no majority, he has no power, and he’s totally without leverage. The only thing that is keeping him afloat right now is that Labour is too busy tearing chunks out of each other to mount much of an offensive.

Blergh. The best opportunity Labour has had in years and they’re busy being idiots. Figures.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:33:46pm

re: #117 mmmirele

They need to reopen the Tower of London for Boris and then we can ask to borrow it for DT.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:33:58pm

re: #107 Shropshire Slasher

No, Moscow Mitch fucked him out of it.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:34:38pm

re: #108 PhillyPretzel

DT is so crooked that the snake on the hot road looks straight.

Trump is so crooked, he’d steal the quarters off a dead man’s eyes.

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Danack  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:36:28pm

re: #112 mmmirele

Anything else?

Boris Johnson has another problem in that allegedly he directed funds to someone he very allegedly may have been having a relationship with: bbc.co.uk

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:38:16pm
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Mattand  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:38:17pm

re: #115 gocart mozart

Is this Driftglass with a Chuck Todd mask?

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As a Republican, how badly have you screwed up when even Chuck Todd is actually holding you accountable for something? He’s barely one rung above the The Giggling Couch Tumors* on Fox & Friends.

*Bob Cesca gets credit for that one.

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:38:21pm

In dreams.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:40:34pm

re: #127 DodgerFan1988

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In dreams.

I had to.

In Dreams

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:40:35pm

re: #127 DodgerFan1988

I want to believe that. I think they do hate him. But they also have kompromat on them so all bets are off.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:44:23pm

re: #127 DodgerFan1988

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In dreams.

My personal bet: They will sooner come to him and ask him to resign than take that vote. And that depends largely upon where the polls sit by the time the House’s investigation has concluded. If it looks like they’re in danger of losing the Senate next November, they will turn on him.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:44:42pm

Here is an article from WHYY on the impeachment announcement. So far it is along party lines. The D’s are for impeachment and the R’s are against it.
whyy.org

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Disloyal Archangel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:45:37pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

I was baking all day.

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Today’s Hebrew Word of the Day:
שלמות - perfection.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:46:29pm

re: #132 Disloyal Archangel

I agree completely. :)

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:46:41pm

re: #126 Mattand

As a Republican, how badly have you screwed up when even Chuck Todd is actually holding you accountable for something? He’s barely one rung above the The Giggling Couch Tumors* on Fox & Friends.

*Bob Cesca gets credit for that one.

That’s why I like the way this impeachment has started, even though waiting for it nearly drove me insane.

The biggest threat has always been from media both-siderists who will instinctively gravitate to a narrative of Ds impeaching Trump is just partisan bullshit like Rs impeaching Bill Clinton was in the 90s.

That ought to be fairly difficult to do now, with a simple and sordid story of Trump using US aid to extort favors out of Ukraine.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:47:34pm

re: #127 DodgerFan1988

Let us hope.

Remember, Washington has one guiding principle… Protect yourself and your seat at all costs.

If/when trump becomes a liability, not one Republican will back him (unless they’re compromised, at which point they’ll be spending more time with their families). Wins all around.

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lawhawk  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:48:39pm

re: #50 MsJ

There’s plenty of circumstantial evidence that puts Pence up to his eyeballs in the Ukraine matter. And that matters, because he failed to report the matter or stop it, he became a conconspirator who then lied about the nature/content of the meeting and obstructs justice in the process.

That means a two-fer. Impeachment for the crime and then the coverup.

And if Pence is gone…

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:48:41pm

re: #130 Targetpractice

My personal bet: They will sooner come to him and ask him to resign than take that vote. And that depends largely upon where the polls sit by the time the House’s investigation has concluded. If it looks like they’re in danger of losing the Senate next November, they will turn on him.

Trump resign? Maybe if he’s promised a pardon. I’m not sure I see it even then.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:49:18pm

re: #129 BigPapa

I want to believe that. I think they do hate him. But they also have kompromat on them so all bets are off.

God only knows what the Senate will do if/when it comes to a vote. Acquittal still seems certain, but that was also true for Nixon for a long time back in the day.

But at least now the GOP doesn’t get to reap all the rewards for its intransigence without even the possibility of paying any price for it.

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:50:44pm

I took a look over at Powerline to see what they were “thinking.” Holy shit, the derp. The talking point is VP Biden holding up a billion dollars to Ukraine until the prosecutor was fired. They missed the part where it had nothing to do with election interference, or the fact that the USA was working in concert with like thirty other countries to get the prosecutor fired.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:51:32pm

re: #137 MsJ

Trump resign? Maybe if he’s promised a pardon. I’m not sure I see it even then.

I didn’t say he would resign, only that they’ll ask him to do so if it looks like he’s going to be an anchor around their necks in November. And since the courts have ruled he can be tried for state charges even if pardoned for federal ones, even the offer of a pardon from Pence will be effectively empty.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:51:39pm

re: #127 DodgerFan1988

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In dreams.

Not in a million years.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:51:58pm

re: #95 danarchy

I don’t get this phone. What use are the bits of screen on the back side of the phone, other than making a phone case impossible.

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Getting to the edge of the phone means more display area, with the goal being the whole front surface. These people seem to think 110% is better somehow.

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Dread Pirate  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:52:20pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:53:53pm

re: #138 EPR-radar

God only knows what the Senate will do if/when it comes to a vote. Acquittal still seems certain, but that was also true for Nixon for a long time back in the day.

But at least now the GOP doesn’t get to reap all the rewards for its intransigence without even the possibility of paying any price for it.

I could see Senate Republicans voting to convict if they were assured that the final vote did not get to 67 in favor. Mitch would release “vulnerable” members of the ranks to vote to convict if he believed doing so would raise their chances by enough to squeak out a win in November.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:54:22pm

re: #43 Targetpractice

Ya know what else he did?

open.spotify.com

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danarchy  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:54:53pm

re: #136 lawhawk

There’s plenty of circumstantial evidence that puts Pence up to his eyeballs in the Ukraine matter. And that matters, because he failed to report the matter or stop it, he became a conconspirator who then lied about the nature/content of the meeting and obstructs justice in the process.

That means a two-fer. Impeachment for the crime and then the coverup.

And if Pence is gone…

Even if somehow senate republicans found their cahones long enough to convict Trump(never gonna happen) they would need video evidence of Pence murdering someone before they handed the presidency to Pelosi

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:54:56pm

re: #138 EPR-radar

God only knows what the Senate will do if/when it comes to a vote. Acquittal still seems certain, but that was also true for Nixon for a long time back in the day.

But at least now the GOP doesn’t get to reap all the rewards for its intransigence without even the possibility of paying any price for it.

It really depends on what the investigation manages to pry loose. Prior to today any leakers sitting on valuable dirt had no reason to believe it would receive a public hearing, now that mental calculus has changed. It’s going to take a LOT of evidence to get GOP Senators to vote to convict, but it’s by no means out of the realm of possibility.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:55:42pm

Music, Pasta Bowl, whiskey, beer and bed Calling. Night Lizards. Rest. well. Oh! did I mention it’s Friday? OOPS! Sleep well.

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lawhawk  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:56:11pm

Meanwhile, if you love these tweets:

Then here’s the backgrounder.

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DangerMan  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:56:46pm

re: #44 Barefoot Grin

I know we’ve basically lost the judiciary for a generation, but on the other hand, my how important the 2018 election was.

As I said earlier, imagine if the Dems didn’t have the house right now

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:58:28pm

re: #118 MsJ

Chuck Todd and Wolf Blitzer.

The fucking world just stopped spinning.

And don’t forget Maggie.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:58:45pm

Trump already fired off a fundraiser email:

Nancy Pelosi just formally called for the first step towards my IMPEACHMENT! This is just another smear job and pathetic attempt by Democrats to rip the power from the people.

I’VE DONE NOTHING WRONG. TRUST ME, YOU’LL SEE THE TRANSCRIPT.

It’s time to set something straight once and for all. The Democrats’ constant personal attacks, vicious lies, and now these baseless impeachment attacks, have never had anything to do with me…

Their goal has always been to silence YOU, David, they want to steal YOUR voice and YOUR vote.

This is only the beginning of yet ANOTHER nasty Witch Hunt against me, and we need to fight back BIGGER and STRONGER than ever before.

To fight back, we just launched our Official Impeachment Defense Task Force, and I need strong American Patriots, like YOU, to join me.

As one of the Charter members of my Official Impeachment Defense Task Force, you will be representing our Impeachment Defense front for all of Ohio.

REMEMBER: ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE DOUBLE-MATCHED

Please contribute $5 to join our Official Impeachment Defense Task Force and your gift will be instantly DOUBLE-MATCHED.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:58:52pm

re: #147 goddamnedfrank

It really depends on what the investigation manages to pry loose. Prior to today any leakers sitting on valuable dirt had no reason to believe it would receive a public hearing, now that mental calculus has changed. It’s going to take a LOT of evidence to get GOP Senators to vote to convict, but it’s by no means out of the realm of possibility.

It bears repeating that less than a week ago, when this story will just starting to percolate, the stated position of the House Dem leadership was that impeachment was still a no-go. Even 48 hours ago, it seemed all but assured that this latest scandal would float by like others had. It was really only in the last 24 hours, with the release of the op-ed by the 7 newbie House Dems that the avalanche truly began.

Even the best of us at this point can only guess where things will go, but one thing is certainly true: Donny does not at all look happy that he’s being impeached.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 5:59:15pm

re: #150 DangerMan

As I said earlier, imagine if the Dems didn’t have the house right now

Without D control of the House, Trump really is above the law. With D control of the House, there’s a chance of consequences for Trump’s law breaking, finally.

I understand the delay was necessary (hostile media), but it damn near killed me.

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Mattand  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:00:50pm

re: #150 DangerMan

As I said earlier, imagine if the Dems didn’t have the house right now

Was thinking that right after Pelosi made her announcement. Makes my blood run cold.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:00:54pm

re: #153 Targetpractice

It bears repeating that less than a week ago, when this story will just starting to percolate, the stated position of the House Dem leadership was that impeachment was still a no-go. Even 48 hours ago, it seemed all but assured that this latest scandal would float by like others had. It was really only in the last 24 hours, with the release of the op-ed by the 7 newbie House Dems that the avalanche truly began.

Even the best of us at this point can only guess where things will go, but one thing is certainly true: Donny does not at all look happy that he’s being impeached.

Can you imagine how thoroughly Democrats would have been trashed in the media if impeachment had started in Jan 2019?

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:01:17pm

re: #152 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump already fired off a fundraiser email:

That raises another point: Donny is going to ramp up the suctioning of Republican campaign funds to defend himself and his fellow crooks from this impeachment inquiry, whether directly from their war chest or indirectly by fundraising of his own. That means even less money in their pockets to wage successful bids down ticket and endangers their entire campaign apparatus.

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A hollow voice says, Inpeach...  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:01:21pm

re: #129 BigPapa

I want to believe that. I think they do hate him. But they also have kompromat on them so all bets are off.

Until someone produces evidence of kompromat, I will continue to think they’re just awful people,

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:02:05pm

re: #152 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump is whining and scapegoating as always in this fundraising pitch.

He is truly the most repellant excuse for a human being I have ever seen reports of.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:02:46pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

Just more “subsidies” for the troubled Republican districts.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:03:23pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

Yes it does. I am thankful that my Election Day pay will come from the city because I will again be acting as a Minority Inspector. Otherwise I would not get anything.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:03:28pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

That raises another point: Donny is going to ramp up the suctioning of Republican campaign funds to defend himself and his fellow crooks from this impeachment inquiry, whether directly from their war chest or indirectly by fundraising of his own. That means even less money in their pockets to wage successful bids down ticket and endangers their entire campaign apparatus.

This. Plus every second that Trump spends dealing with his impeachment is a second he isn’t using to destroy the country. Make those GOP shitbirds play as much defense as we possibly can.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:03:39pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

That raises another point: Donny is going to ramp up the suctioning of Republican campaign funds to defend himself and his fellow crooks from this impeachment inquiry, whether directly from their war chest or indirectly by fundraising of his own. That means even less money in their pockets to wage successful bids down ticket and endangers their entire campaign apparatus.

Fuckface Von Clownstick is going to have spend a lot of money and time… in Texas. That there is a major sign of weakness.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:05:24pm

re: #129 BigPapa

I want to believe that. I think they do hate him. But they also have kompromat on them so all bets are off.

I believed for awhile that they had dirt they were hiding. I’ve flushed that thought out the airlock. They’re all scumbags of the highest order. They show us who they are each and every day. There is no reason whatsoever to believe they’ll turn on Trump. They absolutely won’t. Party above all.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:06:39pm

Donny can claim that he’s got one-up on Obama: He’s the first incumbent to ever face impeachment.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:07:17pm

I like Scott Stedman. He wrote this piece at Medium.

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MsJ  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:08:11pm

re: #163 teleskiguy

Fuckface Von Clownstick is going to have spend a lot of money and time… in Texas. That there is a major sign of weakness.

That’s so beautiful, it makes me get all teary eyed.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:08:30pm
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TedStriker  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:08:52pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

That raises another point: Donny is going to ramp up the suctioning of Republican campaign funds to defend himself and his fellow crooks from this impeachment inquiry, whether directly from their war chest or indirectly by fundraising of his own. That means even less money in their pockets to wage successful bids down ticket and endangers their entire campaign apparatus.

Let’s hope things end up for Trump and the GOP like it did for Captain Tupolev and the crew of his Alfa submarine in The Hunt for Red October:

The Hunt for Red October (8/9) Movie CLIP - You’ve Killed Us (1990) HD

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:09:11pm

re: #168 gocart mozart

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Yes, but can it be fitted with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:09:13pm
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TedStriker  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:10:55pm

re: #170 Targetpractice

Yes, but can it be fitted with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

//

Be worried when it has the ability to sweat and have bad breath…

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:15:11pm

re: #169 TedStriker

Awesome movie. Well done on all accounts.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:16:56pm

re: #171 gocart mozart

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I’ve never bought into the whole “They really want Trump to be impeached” narrative. It seemed more psychological than realistic, putting on a false front in order to hide worry about what would come slithering out from under the rock once budged. Their biggest concern going forward has got to be what Trump hasn’t let them in on, all the lies and cheating he’s been doing that they weren’t aware of but is about to be made public.

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NetworkKed  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:19:57pm

re: #170 Targetpractice

Yes, but can it be fitted with a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

//

Not sure a 40 watt plasma beam would be more dangerous than an old pair of scissors. Put someone’s eye out. Maybe.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:20:04pm

*snerk*

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:21:54pm

re: #174 Targetpractice

I’ve never bought into the whole “They really want Trump to be impeached” narrative. It seemed more psychological than realistic, putting on a false front in order to hide worry about what would come slithering out from under the rock once budged. Their biggest concern going forward has got to be what Trump hasn’t let them in on, all the lies and cheating he’s been doing that they weren’t aware of but is about to be made public.

As long as Democrats could be bluffed by Republicans and the hostile media into not doing impeachment, then Trump and his goons really were above the law. Since being above the law is the natural desire of right wingers everywhere, they were perfectly happy with Trump’s law breaking etc., as long as there was no risk involved.

Now that there is some risk on the table, team R is much less enthusiastic about supporting any crimes they don’t personally benefit from.

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:22:30pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

They’ve already slowed it down to almost stopped so I don’t know what the real threat is here.

Play golf, don’t approve shit. We’d be much better off than the alternative.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:25:23pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

*snerk*

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Pelosi has tried for months to highlight all the bills that Moscow Mitch has kept locked up in his drawer/in committee to little success because the media always found something more “interesting” to spin into a “Dems in Disarray” story.

So I thank Mitch and the WH for helping her make her case by highlighting all the work that’s not being done by a Senate Republican majority that would rather defend a Republican president than doing their damned jobs.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:26:28pm

From family no less.

Pay attention Dems
Wow! You know, there are a whole lot of folks who have voted Democrat for all sorts of reasons over the years, reason that made sense to them. I am pretty sure that the party has moved to a place where God fearing, America loving, hard working Democrats can no longer support them because their entire platform is based on hating Trump and overthrowing our Constitutional Republic form of government and replacing it with a Socialist form of government! Am I wrong? I don’t think so! Your grandpa’s, your dad’s and your former Democrat Party is no longer there!
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My reply-
You misspelled upholding with “overthrowing’. You need not be socialist to oppose Trump, or prefer government rather than private law enforcement (including prisons) and enable actually affordable access to medical care via the ACA. Oh and have real support for more than one Constitutional Amendment that happens to be about guns.

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Chrysicat  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:27:03pm

I saw “Chuck Todd” was trending and clicked, expecting that I would want “#FuckTodd” to be trending instead. To my surprise, it was because he had shown backbone!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:27:38pm
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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:29:38pm

re: #176 The Pie Overlord!

That’s the least impressive threat ever. Anyone who isn’t a complete blithering idiot knows that nothing gets though a divided Congress that isn’t an unconditional surrender to Republicans, and Democrats haven’t been doing much of that lately.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:29:51pm
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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:30:38pm

re: #180 Rightwingconspirator

I am pretty sure that the party has moved to a place where God fearing, America loving, hard working Democrats can no longer support them because their entire platform is based on hating Trump

I’m pretty sure your family member doesn’t understand Democrats.

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:30:44pm

re: #180 Rightwingconspirator

Walkaway. Because.. I dunno, just Walkaway. Because hashtag.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:31:48pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

Another theory is that an impeachment will oblige Trump and his goons to defend themselves vs. a real threat, for the first time. Since their innumerable character flaws include bone-deep laziness, naturally they are upset at this imposition.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:32:39pm

re: #185 Belafon

I’m pretty sure your family member doesn’t understand Democrats.

Hating Trump is basically a prerequisite for being a decent human being.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:32:55pm

re: #181 Chrysicat

I saw “Chuck Todd” was trending and clicked, expecting that I would want “#FuckTodd” to be trending instead. To my surprise, it was because he had shown backbone!

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i’m not sure I get your disagreement. I think “But her Emails” and “But Biden” will end up as notes in the history books about Trump’s time in office.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:33:33pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

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GOP: “Go ahead and impeach him! He’ll come out of it stronger and we’ll sweep the elections next year! You all are utter fools if you think this will work out for you!”

DNC: “We’re beginning impeachment inquiries.”

GOP: “Whoa now, where’s the fire?! We were just joshing, we’re totally cool with cooperating with the law. No need to impeach if we can just work something out, right?”

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:34:37pm

re: #190 Targetpractice

GOP: “Go ahead and impeach him! He’ll come out of it stronger and we’ll sweep the elections next year! You all are utter fools if you think this will work out for you!”

DNC: “We’re beginning impeachment inquiries.”

GOP: “Whoa now, where’s the fire?! We were just joshing, we’re totally cool with cooperating with the law. No need to impeach if we can just work something out, right?”

DNC: “Trump and Pence resign on the same day, ‘unexpectedly’. And then we’ll go from there.”

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:43:44pm

Just ‘cause:

Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968)

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:43:58pm

re: #186 BigPapa

Walkaway. Because.. I dunno, just Walkaway. Because hashtag.

I would. But that old dude is talking to our family young as well, via FB. Well they get real time pushback from another member of the family.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:45:42pm

re: #193 Rightwingconspirator

I would. But that old dude is talking to our family young as well, via FB. Well they get real time pushback from another member of the family.

Yep. Why it’s not always good just to let some of these things go, because there’s more than two sets of eyes viewing them.

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lawhawk  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:46:07pm

Old media spin: Democrats can’t get to impeachment because they don’t have the support or the case.

New media spin: Democrats should hold the phone and btw, nothing really changes with Pelosi indicating that the House is impeaching Trump.

Reality: Being a pundit means never having to apologize for being wrong. Media outlets are falling over themselves to say how little changed with today’s Pelosi statement.

It’s so wrong as to be laughable.

There’s a tipping point that you have Democrats fundraising off holding Trumpworld accountable. You’ve got Democrats demanding accountability and the rule of law be upheld while the GOP fights to defend the most corrupt admin in our nation’s history because their own grasp on power is in doubt. And that makes them dangerous and willing to do what it takes to hold on to what power they have left.

Media will try to both sides the fuck out of things. Fox will do the bulkshit agitprop thing endlessly. They wont do otherwise, it’s in their nature.

Democrats are going to have to redouble their efforts to make all the criminal conduct public and show just how Trumpworld engaged in widespread criminality. This isn’t just about Ukraine. It’s about all the criminality and misconduct. Impeachment needs to cover all of it. And there’s so much that it overwhelms the senses. No one in Trumpworld is innocent, and those defending Trump are themselves implicated in so many ways (crime fraud exception will likely hit others, including Rudy). This isn’t over by a long shot, but today’s actions change the nature of the conversation in a meaningful and lasting way.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:46:12pm
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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:48:08pm

re: #196 gocart mozart

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There’s nothing progressive about war, but sometimes it has to be fought.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:49:13pm

Someday internet 9.0 will look back on these days. I want what they find about me to be standing up against this worthless tey dangerous fuck. Personally. Professionally. As best I can as humble means may permit.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:49:30pm

re: #196 gocart mozart

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Michael Tracey has been brain damaged ever since Maxine Waters broke off his pinky toe and used it to beat the living shit out of him.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:50:07pm

re: #196 gocart mozart

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Why would we “set aside” the Ukrainian phone call? Is Michael Tracy an idiot or a fucking idiot?

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:51:02pm

re: #200 I Would Prefer Not To

Why would we “set aside” the Ukrainian phone call? Is Michael Tracy an idiot or a fucking idiot?

I hope no one is having sex with him.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:51:49pm

A website from the firm representing the whistle blower: compassrosepllc.com.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:52:26pm

re: #112 mmmirele

WOW. I was so busy today, hopping from call to call to call, I really have had no clue what’s been happening. Hard to pick up a phone and scroll. So I understand the following has happened:

* The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament in error.

* Nancy Pelosi finally decided that NOW is the time for impeachment.

Anything else?

Trump gave an awful White Supremacist speech at the United Nations (which he read slowly from a teleprompter).

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William Lewis  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:54:32pm

re: #193 Rightwingconspirator

I would. But that old dude is talking to our family young as well, via FB. Well they get real time pushback from another member of the family.

Nods. Is the argument religion? If so, Jim Wallis at sojo.net has some words for them. Jesus will survive christianity…

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:54:46pm

It looks like someone may have gotten the dog Drunken that was featured on DogRates, because he’s no longer on the site: citruscritters.com.

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:54:48pm

re: #203 Patricia Kayden

Trump gave an awful White Supremacist speech (which he read slowly from a teleprompter).

Trump’s white supremacism comes out best in more spontaneous settings, like his hate rallies. Stephen Miller must have written Trump’s dull and offensive Hitler-lite speech.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:56:55pm

The day keeps getting better

Dow Jones Futures Up After Pelosi Launches Trump Impeachment Inquiry

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EPR-radar  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:58:12pm

re: #207 I Would Prefer Not To

The day keeps getting better

Dow Jones Futures Up After Pelosi Launches Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Oooh, Satan’s Anus won’t be happy about that.

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:58:29pm

Been liking the Beth Hart vids, but this is freaky deaky;

Am I The One - Beth Hart Live

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makeitstop  Sep 24, 2019 • 6:59:46pm

Looks like Rudy’s the first one to be thrown to the sharks.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:01:25pm

re: #204 William Lewis

Not religious, strictly political. But allies on anti vaxx. Go figure. //

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:05:29pm

re: #200 I Would Prefer Not To

Why would we “set aside” the Ukrainian phone call? Is Michael Tracy an idiot or a fucking idiot?

The announcement that a “transcript” would be released along with the whistleblower complaint has lead to a sense of false victory, that Trump has somehow “hoodwinked” Pelosi into announcing impeachment before releasing evidence that his call with Zelensky was totally not about investigating Biden. Because after weeks of refusal to release anything to Congress and Trump all but bragging to the press that he withheld the money in exchange for Ukrainian assistance in the election, we’re suddenly going to discover tomorrow that it “never happened.”

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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:06:55pm

On I25 nearing Albuquerque, about to turn right towards Pismo Beach.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:07:53pm

re: #213 Decatur Deb

On I25 nearing Albuquerque, about to turn right towards Pismo Beach.

You’re gonna make a wrong turn and end up in Texas, or King Arthur’s Court.

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BigPapa  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:08:47pm

Beth melted my face. She is Queen.

Beth Hart Immortal Live at Paradiso

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:10:17pm

re: #210 makeitstop

Looks like Rudy’s the first one to be thrown to the sharks.

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The problem with this…is Trump made the phone call to Zelensky. He’s never denied such a call happened, he’s all but bragged to the media that he made that call, and he’s likewise confirmed that it was about “corruption.” So tossing Rudy under the bus when the Dems are now officially sniffing around doesn’t help them in any way and actually turns him into a liability, as he may decide that cutting a deal is better than taking the fall for an ungrateful client.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:10:21pm

It will be incomplete.

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:11:02pm

re: #214 Belafon

You’re gonna make a wrong turn and end up in Texas, or King Arthur’s Court.

Wasn’t Decatur Deb just in Shamrock, TX on I-40 yesterday?

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:11:03pm

re: #216 Targetpractice

The problem with this…is Trump made the phone call to Zelensky. He’s never denied such a call happened, he’s all but bragged to the media that he made that call, and he’s likewise confirmed that it was about “corruption.” So tossing Rudy under the bus when the Dems are now officially sniffing around doesn’t help them in any way and actually turns him into a liability, as he may decide that cutting a deal is better than taking the fall for an ungrateful client.

Would you put Rudy on any stand or use what he says in any investigation?

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Mattand  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:12:17pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

Here’s a crazy idea: Trump and his goons and his delusional followers are actually terrified that he’s going to be impeached because it will destroy this white nationalist fantasy they’ve enthusiastically endorsed, and turn them into pariahs. Discuss.

That’s a tough one. The MAGAts I know don’t see themselves as racist, despite saying racist shit. Put bluntly: they’re not self-aware. A lot of “Durr hurr I’m politically incorrect, don’t be a snowflake” bullshit.

They know it’s wrong to be racist, but have convinced themselves they’re not racist because they’re good in all other aspects of their life. So, supporting Trump. despite the fact he’s all but fucking burned a cross on the White House lawn, ins’t a problem, because they themselves don’t belong to Stormfront.

Does that make any sense?

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:12:53pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:13:31pm

re: #219 Belafon

Would you put Rudy on any stand or use what he says in any investigation?

That’s the thing about taking down the mob, sometimes you gotta use slimy bastards to do it because they’re the ones who know where all the bodies are buried. I wouldn’t make him a star witness, but I’d certainly use him to verify information that I already had.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:13:48pm

re: #213 Decatur Deb

On I25 nearing Albuquerque, about to turn right towards Pismo Beach.

I-40 doesn’t go to Pismo Beach.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:15:48pm

re: #218 A Three Hour Tour

Wasn’t Decatur Deb just in Shamrock, TX on I-40 yesterday?

Five or six days ago. It took a week to learn how to upload from Wife’s camera.

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gocart mozart  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:15:57pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:17:00pm

re: #223 teleskiguy

I-40 doesn’t go to Pismo Beach.

Does if you’re burrowing.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:19:11pm

An ex-girlfriend from back during my 20s still occasionally pesters me to visit her in Arroyo Grande, near Pismo Beach. One day I might take her up on her offer.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:19:31pm

Pismo Beach!

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Renaissance_Man  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:21:02pm

re: #220 Mattand

That’s a tough one. The MAGAts I know don’t see themselves as racist, despite saying racist shit. Put bluntly: they’re not self-aware. A lot of “Durr hurr I’m politically incorrect, don’t be a snowflake” bullshit.

They know it’s wrong to be racist, but have convinced themselves they’re not racist because they’re good in all other aspects of their life. So, supporting Trump. despite the fact he’s all but fucking burned a cross on the White House lawn, ins’t a problem, because they themselves don’t belong to Stormfront.

Does that make any sense?

I think it’s more that American media, and by extension American culture, has defined racism very narrowly for the past several decades. Since the Civil Rights movement, everyone has known Racism is bad. But validating and protecting the feelings of white people is paramount, so American culture began carefully defining what racism is and isn’t. The end result is that to most Americans, racism is hating all people who aren’t white and saying the word ‘n*****’. That’s it. Nothing else is racism.

Thinking your culture is superior because those people have no work ethic and no morals? Not racism. Being suspicious of a black man or boy doing normal things? Not racism. Not wanting your children to marry outside their race? Not racism. Being angry that tax dollars help ‘urban’ people but not caring when tax dollars support white farmers? Not racism.

These people don’t believe they’re racist because they think racism means something very, very specific. They are encouraged to think so because that’s what they see and hear every day in their media, which goes out of its way to assure them that all the racist things they think aren’t really racist, just mainstream.

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:21:23pm

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Does if you’re burrowing.

I-40 does take you to Barstow, and from there you can take CA-58 to eventually get to the 101 and take the 101 to Pismo Beach.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:26:46pm

re: #230 A Three Hour Tour

I-40 does take you to Barstow, and from there you can take CA-58 to eventually get to the 101 and take the 101 to Pismo Beach.

This trip is a recon for a trip after Trump is defeated in 2020. Ancient camping trailers meet at Pismo,Then we start up the Beat Trail—Bukowski, Rexroth, Kerouac. Ferlinghetti.

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:30:07pm

Signs I could never be a modern journalist: Wanting to call up Mitt Romney’s office and ask him if, like Detroit in ‘08, he thinks that the farmers who have received a bigger bailout than the Big Three ever did “deserve to fail”?

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:30:31pm

History sometimes really does repeat.

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calochortus  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:30:44pm

re: #231 Decatur Deb

This trip is a recon for a trip after Trump is defeated in 2020. Ancient camping trailers meet at Pismo,Then we start up the Beat Trail—Bukowski, Rexroth, Kerouac. Ferlinghetti.

But what if Trump is impeached rather than being defeated? Will that ruin the trip?

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:31:33pm

re: #232 Targetpractice

Signs I could never be a modern journalist: Wanting to call up Mitt Romney’s office and ask him if, like Detroit in ‘08, he thinks that the farmers who have received a bigger bailout than the Big Three ever did “deserve to fail”?

So what are the “Big 3” getting the farm bailout? Nestle, Monsanto & ConAgra?

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:32:37pm

re: #235 The Pie Overlord!

So what are the “Big 3” getting the farm bailout? Nestle, Monsanto & ConAgra?

Seems to be. The total silence from the “WE CAN’T AFFORD THAT!” crowd on bailing out farmers is deafening.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:35:44pm

Tweetdeck has a “Edit” button!

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:36:22pm

HOLY FUCKING SHIT TWITTER HAS AN EDIT OPTION!

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:37:32pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:38:03pm

re: #123 Ace Rothstein

Trump is so crooked, he’d steal the quarters off a dead man’s eyes.

The motherfather is so cheap he’d pocket the coins if they were pennies.

Remember when the prick cashed a check for 13¢ that was sent to him as a joke?

splinternews.com

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:38:56pm

re: #237 The Pie Overlord!

Tweetdeck has a “Edit” button!

I’m not seeing it.

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:39:01pm

HILLARY CLINTON

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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:40:30pm

re: #234 calochortus

But what if Trump is impeached rather than being defeated? Will that ruin the trip?

Might move it up a year. Next year’s plan is camping in border-line tossup states.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:41:35pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:41:50pm

Bailing for now. Been shut down twice. The campground wifi probably has cyber-clap.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:43:14pm

re: #241 teleskiguy

I’m not seeing it.

It’s on Tweetdeck. I don’t see it on regular Twitter.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:43:40pm

re: #238 The Pie Overlord!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT TWITTER HAS AN EDIT OPTION!

Where is that? I’m not seeing it.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:43:51pm

Desperately trying to throw misdirection.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:44:07pm

re: #246 The Pie Overlord!

I’m not seeing it on Tweetdeck. Maybe they’re slowly rolling out the feature and I’m not in on it yet.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:45:19pm

re: #247 Charles Johnson

Where is that? I’m not seeing it.

It’s on Tweetdeck!

Refresh Tweetdeck.

Click on … underneath one of your Tweets.

It’s right under the “Delete” option.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:45:43pm

re: #248 The Pie Overlord!

Desperately trying to throw misdirection.

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This is why we need British style libel laws to shut down liars like Jones, Levin, Limbaugh and every liar on FAUX/OANN.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:45:46pm

I don’t see it in TweetDeck either. Where is that button showing up?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:48:07pm

re: #250 The Pie Overlord!

It’s on Tweetdeck!

Refresh Tweetdeck.

Click on … underneath one of your Tweets.

It’s right under the “Delete” option.

Nope, not here yet.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:48:14pm

re: #252 Charles Johnson

I don’t see it in TweetDeck either. Where is that button showing up?

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William Lewis  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:49:02pm

re: #211 Rightwingconspirator

Not religious, strictly political. But allies on anti vaxx. Go figure. //

Gotcha. Well, as an actual socialist, I’m probably not who they’re going to listen to ;)

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William Lewis  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:49:55pm

re: #214 Belafon

You’re gonna make a wrong turn and end up in Texas, or King Arthur’s Court.

Watch out if you hear a voice calling you George….

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:51:43pm

re: #254 The Pie Overlord!

Odd. Why is “Edit” in quotes?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:53:39pm

Night folks.

It’s been a day.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:53:46pm

re: #257 Charles Johnson

Odd. Why is “Edit” in quotes?

I guess it’s beta?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:57:30pm

What happens when you edit a tweet?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:58:25pm

Does it really change the tweet, or does it delete it and create a new one?

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:58:28pm

It takes a worried man to stay up late and tweet.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 7:58:58pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

Does it really change the tweet, or does it delete it and create a new one?

That’s the way to do it!

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:01:27pm

re: #261 Charles Johnson

Does it really change the tweet, or does it delete it and create a new one?

Looks like it deleted it and creates a new one.

I’m using “Better Tweetdeck” which can be enabled by expanding the Tweetdeck menu in the lower left corner:

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:02:05pm

Bummer. On Lawrence — there is no recording of conversations with foreign governments; there are only transcripts. Well, how can we trust anything that is reported then?

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calochortus  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:02:55pm

re: #265 Hecuba’s daughter

Bummer. On Lawrence — there is no recording of conversations with foreign governments; there are only transcripts. Well, how can we trust anything that is reported then?

Maybe the Russians will loan us a copy.

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:03:35pm

re: #265 Hecuba’s daughter

That’s why a lot of people have been saying the transcript is a distraction. Especially when the law says they have to hand over the complete whistle blower report to House Intelligence.

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:03:42pm

re: #264 The Pie Overlord!

Looks like it deleted it and creates a new one.

I’m using “Better Tweetdeck” which can be enabled by expanding the Tweetdeck menu in the lower left corner:

I’m not seeing that in Tweetdeck either.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:04:30pm

re: #264 The Pie Overlord!

Looks like it deleted it and creates a new one.

I’m using “Better Tweetdeck” which can be enabled by expanding the Tweetdeck menu in the lower left corner:

[Embedded content]

Embedded Image

Ah, that’s a browser extension. I’ll bet the edit feature is coming from that.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:06:34pm

re: #268 teleskiguy

I’m not seeing that in Tweetdeck either.

It’s a Chrome browser extension.

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Dread Pirate  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:08:04pm

White House Seeks Deal for Whistle-Blower to Speak to Congress

The precise content of the whistle-blower’s complaint has not been made public. It was found to be urgent and credible by the inspector general for the intelligence community, and is said to involve Mr. Trump and Ukraine. People familiar with the situation said the administration was putting the complaint through a declassification process and planned to release a redacted version within days.

Welp.

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Interesting Times  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:11:24pm

The only lonely conservative who displayed a hint of backbone and got drummed out the party as a result:

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:12:57pm

re: #272 Interesting Times

The only lonely conservative who displayed a hint of backbone and got drummed out the party as a result:

[Embedded content]

re: #271 Dread Pirate

White House Seeks Deal for Whistle-Blower to Speak to Congress

Welp.

The law doesn’t say anything about turning over a redacted version. Anything short of what the law requires is unacceptable.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:13:24pm
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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:14:18pm

I gotta laugh at this:

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:15:47pm

Yes, the edit feature is part of the Better TweetDeck extension.

better.tw

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:16:20pm

Something my wife saw online:

Aquaman
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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:16:32pm

I’ve been working on a browser extension with @shoq that puts Better TweetDeck to shame, by the way.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:18:57pm

re: #248 The Pie Overlord!

Desperately trying to throw misdirection.

[Embedded content]

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:19:25pm
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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:19:54pm

re: #233 The Pie Overlord!

History sometimes really does repeat.

[Embedded content]

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:22:25pm

re: #274 Belafon

[Embedded content]

And here comes the foot-dragging.

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Belafon  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:23:30pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:26:18pm

“Aha! We’ve tricked you! We’re gonna release the transcript and whistleblower complaint tomorrow and show how we totally hoodwinked you!”

*hours later*

“Alright, so here’s the transcript for a call we didn’t record, so you’ll have to take our word that it’s accurate. And here’s the redacted whistleblower complaint, as we can’t allow you to see stuff that we don’t feel you’re cleared to view. So, that’s it, total transparency!”

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jaunte  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:29:56pm
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:31:01pm

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:31:52pm

There seem to be a lot of these.

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Ace-o-aces  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:38:30pm

The orange fucker is on a tear tonight. 7 tweets in the last hour and he just keeps going.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:38:44pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:41:26pm

A transcript sans a recording to compare it to is worthless, as you only have the word of the person presenting the transcript that it is complete and without editing. Just who is it that the WH is prepared to send forward to swear under oath that the transcript is legit and answer questions about the contents of such?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:43:33pm

Please let him keep tweeting tonight because he’s only giving Nancy more rope to hang his sorry ass with!

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teleskiguy  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:44:32pm

re: #291 Joe Bacon 🌹

Please let him keep tweeting tonight because he’s only giving Nancy more rope to hang his sorry ass with!

I don’t he’s going to sleep tonight.

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uriel  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:46:17pm

Rudi is loosing it. I’m not sure he’ll make it though the week. Sounds like he’s been doing a whole lot of yelling lately, as well.

Giuliani: Democrats stepped into more than they realize

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Targetpractice  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:47:12pm

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:47:35pm

re: #262 jaunte

[Embedded content]

It takes a worried man to stay up late and tweet.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:51:09pm

re: #293 uriel

Rudi is loosing it. I’m not sure he’ll make it though the week. Sounds like he’s been doing a whole lot of yelling lately, as well.

[Embedded content]

Maybe we’ll get lucky and Rudy’s head will do the David Cronenberg Scanners thing and explode on live TV.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:53:59pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 24, 2019 • 8:56:55pm

This is fucking insane.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 9:03:03pm

I printed out the complaint form to the New York City Bar asking for the disbarment of Rudy Giuliani.

Anyone else interested?

Click on the link!

nycbar.org

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austin_blue  Sep 24, 2019 • 9:09:06pm

So this is how I imagine the White House is tonight:

The Second Coming

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 9:10:02pm

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Sep 24, 2019 • 9:14:53pm

It’s Impeachable

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Florida Panhandler  Sep 25, 2019 • 4:36:40am

re: #137 MsJ

Trump resign? Maybe if he’s promised a pardon. I’m not sure I see it even then.

A Pardon for what? Even the President cannot blanket Pardon someone for crimes that haven’t even been under indictment yet.

The massive mountain of individual crimes Trump and his family are going to be charged and indicted for in the next few years will be eye-watering.

BTW, Trump is going to flee to Russia or some other former USSR state and probably work for RT.

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Ming5000  Sep 25, 2019 • 4:42:16am

re: #293 uriel

Rudi is loosing it. I’m not sure he’ll make it though the week. Sounds like he’s been doing a whole lot of yelling lately, as well.

[Embedded content]

Larger

Wow.
Rudy is sweating up a storm. I am pretty sure his PR people keep telling him not to wipe sweat off your head with a sodden tissue.
Rudy tells us he has “5 Ukrainians” who BEGGED for an investigation…..
Rudy gets one of the rare Faux News; “Rudy, Rudy, we are out of time. RUDY! We are out of time.”


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