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Live at 8:45 a.m. ET on September 26, The Washington Post will have live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee hearing with the acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire. The Post’s Libby Casey will be joined by Washington Post reporters with the latest news related to the whistleblower complaint and the Trump impeachment inquiry. Maguire, who held back the whistleblower’s complaint involving President Trump and Ukraine from Congress, will testify before the House on the process and handling of that complaint. While the House could vote to impeach Trump, the Senate must also vote to convict the president, where Republicans were dismissive of Pelosi’s move as politically motivated.

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1
Rightwingconspirator  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:41:31am

Gonna be late for my appointments this morning. But so were the people I was going to see.

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Ace-o-aces  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:43:01am
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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:43:30am

Man, I’m gonna get exactly zero work done today.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:43:35am

Maguire is making it pretty clear that he did everything to cross his t’s and dot his i’s. He strikes me as being of the same stock as Mueller, which I find I can respect despite his connection to this administration.

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lawhawk  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:45:16am
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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:51:25am

The splitting of the hair here is just downright painful.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:51:41am

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:54:40am

Maguire’s trying to to do everything he can to claim that going to the conspirators with a complaint involving their actions was totally in keeping with the law.

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:56:11am

Amazing how many steely-eyed military men turn into timid pettifoggers under a prosecutor’s questioning.

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Jay C  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:58:14am

re: #8 Targetpractice

Maguire’s trying to to do everything he can to claim that going to the conspirators with a complaint involving their actions was totally in keeping with the law.

Maybe, technically, it was.
Unfortunately, it’s likely the whistleblower-complaint system wasn’t/isn’t designed to deal with the situation where the accused wrongdoers ARE the chain-of-command…

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:58:42am
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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:59:08am

Can’t listen to Nunes.

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steve_davis  Sep 26, 2019 • 6:59:39am

devin nunes now warming up. i’ve turned the sound down but I’ll be curious as to whether he takes that arch-sarcastic tone that Republicans seem to think makes them look smart.

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BlueGrl21  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:00:50am

When the dust settles and the history books are written, this whistleblower will go down as a great American hero.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:01:17am

Nunes seems to be fishing for Maguire to say that the Dems are threatening national security.

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steve_davis  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:01:44am

re: #9 jaunte

Amazing how many steely-eyed military men turn into timid pettifoggers under a prosecutor’s questioning.

they are completely untrained in staying afloat when they’re having to peddle bullshit. I would trust that man to lead me with a small unit through some dangerous shit, but I would not trust him to defend me in a courtroom.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:03:29am

Nunes has a lot of fucking nerve bitching about stuff being leaked.

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sagehen  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:03:46am

re: #14 BlueGrl21

When the dust settles and the history books are written, this whistleblower will go down as a great American hero.

It took 40 years for Mark Felt/Deep Throat to be identified.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:04:22am

Nunes is such a tool.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:05:05am

Nunes is going for a “deep state” BS claim.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:06:51am

Maguire points out the fucking obvious: The complaint says 12 other people in the WH sat in on the call, so any one of them could have leaked it to the press.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:07:14am

Nunes didn’t get the answer he wanted there…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:07:21am

I seem to remember that some of the foreign calls that were leaked were leaked by the foreign govt involved.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:08:11am

re: #22 makeitstop

Nunes didn’t get the answer he wanted there…

He was really hoping Maguire would assist him in floating a CT that the “leak” had come from “deep state operatives.”

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Jay C  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:11:22am

re: #22 makeitstop

Nunes didn’t get the answer he wanted there…

Not sure Nunes really cares about “ answers”, it looks/sounds like his job here is simply to make noise, fling shit, and generate “outraged” sound bites for the RW media to parrot.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:12:26am

Maguire’s mouth slams shut like a bank vault door the moment he’s asked outright if he spoke with Donny about the complaint.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:12:38am

The Deep re: #25 Jay C

Not sure Nunes really cares about “ answers”, it looks/sounds like his job here is simply to make noise, fling shit, and generate “outraged” sound bites for the RW media to parrot.

And their willing dupes on social media.

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Egregious Philbin  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:15:04am

Once again, the ghost of Frank Zappa is spot on.
When the Lie’s So Big

They got lies so big
They don’t make a noise
They tell ‘em so well
Like a secret disease
That makes you go numb
With a big ol’ lie
And a flag and a pie
And a mom and a bible
Most folks are just liable
To buy any line
Any place, any time
When the lie’s so big

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Jay C  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:15:10am

BTW, in case it hasn’t been posted here before, here is a link to the actual (mostly-unredacted) text of the whistleblower complaint.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:15:45am

By the way, the question asked was (paraphrased) “Did you discuss with the president about this complaint.” The contents of conversations are covered by the privilege, not whether a conversation happened.

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Florida Panhandler  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:17:36am

We have a serial criminal in the White House.

We have an entire major political party in control of the Senate that is controlled by a serial criminal with an ideology centered on tribal loyalty rather than any sort of recognition of law, ethics, country, or reality itself for that matter.

The USA as we know it is fucked. Our pre-1980’s political and societal model used to be the envy of the world. With the current president still in the White House and the GOP in firm control of the Senate (and the majority of state governments) the country is crumbling into an empty shell of itself that no other country now wants to emulate.

And we have weaselly sycophants like Nunes acting like accomplices in a cover up rather than servants of truth or law. Sad times.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:20:25am
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BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:20:58am
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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:21:39am

My overall impression that Maguire tried to play CYA with this complaint because of the subject, and even now still fears that Donny may can his ass if he doesn’t appear to be doing the best he can to stymie Dem efforts.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:23:27am

re: #34 Targetpractice

My overall impression that Maguire tried to play CYA with this complaint because of the subject, and even now still fears that Donny may can his ass if he doesn’t appear to be doing the best he can to stymie Dem efforts.

He’s in a tough spot, for sure. I get the feeling he’s trying to do the right thing, but at the same time is in fear for his job.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:23:29am

A perfect description of his own presidency:

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:23:34am
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Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:24:36am

re: #32 makeitstop

We’re not allowed to do that at my company to hide potentially embarrassing information. Neither should a president be able to.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:25:29am

The guy on now (Turner) is spewing the list of Talking Points that were distributed.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:27:03am
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Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:29:06am

“Sure the guy committed multiple crimes. Lied about them. Covered them up. The real question is why do we know about them?”
GOP defense.

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BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:29:33am

I’m going to melt down laughing if the Super Secret Server was in Trump Tower.

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lawhawk  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:29:53am

re: #36 The Pie Overlord!

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:30:04am

THIS IS GREAT:

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Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:30:38am
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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:31:34am

re: #1 Rightwingconspirator

Gonna be late for my appointments this morning. But so were the people I was going to see.

not gonna get any work done today, am i?

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:32:11am

re: #43 lawhawk

But then he went on to criticize Democrats and defend Trump.

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Disloyal Archangel  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:32:53am
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Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:32:58am

re: #43 lawhawk

“But I can’t, because I might lose my reelection.”

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BlueGrl21  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:34:10am

re: #36 The Pie Overlord!

A perfect description of his own presidency:

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There is a point I get to when I have listened to someone’s bullshit for so long that my brain literally shuts down. I cannot take even one more word. I have had ENOUGH.

I want that person out of my face. Gone. I’m done. Not one more word. Just get the fuck away from me.

Trump is there. I cannot stand his tweets, his voice, his face, any of it. I cannot stand to hear people talk about him. Cannot stand his sycophants. None of it. I’m done.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:35:29am

re: #32 makeitstop

the wh lawyers were doing it

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BlueGrl21  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:36:51am

re: #51 DangerMan

the wh lawyers were doing it

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In the greatest of ironies, now we all have to find Trump’s servers.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:37:10am

re: #35 makeitstop

He’s in a tough spot, for sure. I get the feeling he’s trying to do the right thing, but at the same time is in fear for his job.

whistleblowing protection aside, this is when personal morality and ethics come in

if doing your job means you may not keep your job, you DO your job. you dont try to KEEP your job.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:38:25am

re: #39 The Pie Overlord!

The guy on now (Turner) is spewing the list of Talking Points that were distributed.

is someone gonna hold up the talking points email sent to the dems in error and just say “should we enter this into the record and save you some time?”

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:39:08am

This Wenstrup guy is bitching about Schiff’s ‘parody’ in his opening statement.

I hope Schiff claps back with a quip about Nunes’ conspiracy theories.

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Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:39:37am

re: #55 makeitstop

This Wens is bitching about Schiff’s ‘parody’ in his opening statement.

I hope Schiff claps back with a quip about Nunes’ conspiracy theories.

“So, how’s your cow?”

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Chrysicat  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:39:46am

Followed that “23 Trump” trend on Twitter having no idea what it referred to.

I hope I’m ripping into a real MAGAT here, though even if it’s a Russian troll, the sentiments he’s putting out there have to be burned with cleansing flame rather than ignored and “left to flop quietly to the ground”. Too many people see them and internalise them without an angry rebuttal:

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lawhawk  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:40:00am

re: #55 makeitstop

This Wens is bitching about Schiff’s ‘parody’ in his opening statement.

I hope Schiff claps back with a quip about Nunes’ conspiracy theories.

Don’t have a cow, man….

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:40:40am
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Jay C  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:41:59am

re: #35 makeitstop

re: #34 Targetpractice

My overall impression that Maguire tried to play CYA with this complaint because of the subject, and even now still fears that Donny may can his ass if he doesn’t appear to be doing the best he can to stymie Dem efforts.

He’s in a tough spot, for sure. I get the feeling he’s trying to do the right thing, but at the same time is in fear for his job.

Which of course, (IMHO) would likely backfire on Trump and his crooked Admin. like almost everything else he’s tried: I can think of few actions more likely to assure Trump’s guilt in the public mind than booting YET ANOTHER official for putting ethics/the law above “protecting the President”. And never mind why this President seems to need so much “protection”…..

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:44:22am

re: #60 Jay C

Which of course, (IMHO) would likely backfire on Trump and his crooked Admin. like almost everything else he’s tried: I can think of few actions more likely to assure Trump’s guilt in the public mind than booting YET ANOTHER official for putting ethics/the law above “protecting the President”. And never mind why this President seems to need so much “protection”…..

in retrospect it’s the saturday night massacre s..l..o..w..l..y

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:45:01am

re: #59 jaunte

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The Repubs pretty much have nothing at this point, not clear target and no clear message to use. So they’re just falling back on instincts and attacking the Dems.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:45:25am

re: #56 Belafon

“So, how’s your cow?”

He should say something like “Democrats will not be cowed by your wild conspiracy theories!”

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lawhawk  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:45:43am

re: #60 Jay C

Which of course, (IMHO) would likely backfire on Trump and his crooked Admin. like almost everything else he’s tried: I can think of few actions more likely to assure Trump’s guilt in the public mind than booting YET ANOTHER official for putting ethics/the law above “protecting the President”. And never mind why this President seems to need so much “protection”…..

Everyone in Trumpworld is there to protect Trump. That he needs so much protection is a direct result of Trump being the head of a crime syndicate where Trump’s personal power and profits are paramount and everything else flows from that.

If you do the right and legal thing, but it goes against Trump, you’re out. That everyone in Trumpworld goes out of their way to protect Trump shows how debased Trumpworld truly is, including McGuire.

There is only one right answer, and that’s to uphold the rule of law. No one in Trumpworld does that. They’re all bending the law to Trump’s whims.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:47:21am

re: #50 BlueGrl21

There is a point I get to when I have listened to someone’s bullshit for so long that my brain literally shuts down. I cannot take even one more word. I have had ENOUGH.

I want that person out of my face. Gone. I’m done. Not one more word. Just get the fuck away from me.

Trump is there. I cannot stand his tweets, his voice, his face, any of it. I cannot stand to hear people talk about him. Cannot stand his sycophants. None of it. I’m done.

my ENOUGH came years before the campaign even.

thanks to anymouse, Make Trump Kittens Again chrome extension and Make trump tweets eight again both help

i never listen to audio or video of him

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:47:40am
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lawhawk  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:48:24am
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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:49:40am

re: #62 Targetpractice

The Repubs pretty much have nothing at this point, not clear target and no clear message to use. So they’re just falling back on instincts and attacking the Dems.

there arent many options. they’re looking for a twinkie defense and there isnt gonna be
one of those.

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:50:14am
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plansbandc  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:50:46am

re: #65 DangerMan

I utilize both of those extensions. I can’t stand looking at him or hearing his voice.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:51:21am

re: #63 Barefoot Grin

He should say something like “Democrats will not be cowed by your wild conspiracy theories!”

Funny thing there….. You said “Cow”. I chortled. Was I wrong?

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:51:44am
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Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:53:20am

Fox News tonight:
“Decorated veteran attacked by Democrats.”

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Chrysicat  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:53:38am

re: #67 lawhawk

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Or what I was saying about as you wrote that:

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:54:23am

Schiff is really good at knocking down those talking points.

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SteelPH  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:55:48am

re: #75 makeitstop

Schiff is really good at knocking down those talking points.

It helps that he probably has a copy of them thanks to that email snafu.

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:57:42am
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:59:17am

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Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 7:59:41am

re: #72 jaunte

“I was just following orders.”

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:00:10am
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:02:55am
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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:03:56am

The lower average intelligence of conservatives is really starting to show. The ease with which their talking points are shot down is one indicator. Of course, Nunes and other RWNJ leaders are likely above average but they know they have to pitch their appeal to an audience of congenital morons, and that constrains their arguments quite a bit. The disarray at Fox News is another example; a message to which the base will respond is going to be completely inadequate as events move forward.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:04:42am

Swallwell raising the question of the servers.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:05:03am

re: #83 makeitstop

Oh My!!

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:10:50am

If you first watched Nunes’ questioning, walked out for an hour, and came back to watching Repubs kissing Maguire’s ass, you’d be in danger of whiplash from the sharp change in tone.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:12:29am

Hurd could Flip. It could happen.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:13:00am

re: #86 Dave In Austin

Hurd could Flip. It could happen.

I’m thinking the same thing.

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mmmirele  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:15:58am

Why does my work have to be so busy that I can’t pay attention to everything else going on?

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b.d. (Impeach them all)  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:16:39am

Who had hidden servers in Irony Downfall Bingo?

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:20:10am

It seems things are beginning to turn around in the second half, but overall today was not a good day for the GOP. About the only good points I’ve seen so far has been Stefanik pointing out the one sentence from the first page about the WB not having direct knowledge and a few times it seemed like they actually gave a damn about Maguire. Beyond that, so far they’ve not managed to get him to play ball with their conspiracy theories and could only find complaint with Schiff’s opening remarks.

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sagehen  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:21:36am

“Did not have direct knowledge of MOST of the allegations.” Did have direct knowledge of SOME of them.

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jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:21:37am
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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:21:38am

Castro asking really good questions here.

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Citizen K  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:22:29am

Some mighty spin there.

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sagehen  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:26:24am

re: #92 jaunte

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Reps are also well-practiced in disrespecting servicemen — Max Cleland. John Kerry. John McCain. Robert Mueller.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:26:44am

Ratcliffe leaning heavily on the hearsay angle.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:31:25am

re: #96 makeitstop

Ratcliffe leaning heavily on the hearsay angle.

They all are, it’s all they have. They’re just totally ignoring the fact that the transcript, Trump and Giuliani have all confirmed the underlying allegations in the complaint.

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Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:31:54am

re: #95 sagehen

Reps are also well-practiced in disrespecting servicemen — Max Cleland. John Kerry. John McCain. Robert Mueller.

I don’t think your service (my service) carries any weight out side of the 10% discount at Lowe’s, but their “Don’t disrespect the troops” and then going after veterans like they do shows that the military is just a shield against criticism for them.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:37:15am

May he R.I.P.

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SteelPH  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:37:23am

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

They all are, it’s all they have. They’re just totally ignoring the fact that the transcript, Trump and Giuliani have all confirmed the underlying allegations in the complaint.

My favorite one is claiming the transcript somehow debunks the complaint. Try and wrap your head around that one.

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Citizen K  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:37:34am

Twitter suspending and booting folks calling out white supremacist and domestic terrorist-supporting circles, while still keeping the Nazis on their service well insulated?

I am shocked. This is my shocked face. How shocking. //////

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:37:47am

Just a small digression, but a pretty damning one:

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Chrysicat  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:42:26am

re: #94 Citizen K

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:43:15am

re: #100 SteelPH

What step in a fascist takeover is the “now they’re just admitting to their crimes, saying there’s nothing wrong with what they’ve done.” phase?”

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:45:20am

Macguire won’t answer whether he talked to Trump about it.

He did.

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Mike Lamb  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:46:33am

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

They all are, it’s all they have. They’re just totally ignoring the fact that the transcript, Trump and Giuliani have all confirmed the underlying allegations in the complaint.

It’s a bad angle. Atkinson is going to be testifying, I would imagine, about what he did to investigate the report. I suspect his testimony will blow the hearsay argument to pieces.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:48:05am

That asshole Burkman has posted a bounty for the ID of the whistleblower…

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:48:13am

re: #105 makeitstop

Macguire won’t answer whether he talked to Trump about it.

He did.

There’s no good answer. Say “Yes” and he pretty much ends his career today, but saying “No” when earlier testimony today made clear such a conversation did happen and he gets slapped with perjury. So he’s giving a lawyer answer.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:48:24am

The crazy train makes a short diversion from impeachment.
Mark Taylor and the Mystery of the Prophetic Elevators

Mark Taylor, the so-called “firefighter prophet” who is mainly just a radical right-wing conspiracy theorist, appeared on “The MC Files” program earlier this week, where he attempted to explain how two elevator malfunctions were prophetic signs from God.

“God’s been showing me something,” Taylor said, claiming that an elevator in the Washington Monument getting stuck and an instance in which Pope Francis was trapped in an elevator earlier this month were both “prophetic signs.”

“We all know the Washington Monument is a phallic symbol to Baal built by the Freemasons,” he said. “We all know the Vatican is demonic.”

Islamic terrorists aren’t the only reason security costs have increased around public monuments, probably not even the primary one. At the outside, there are probably no more than 8 or 10 ISIS or Al Qaeda terrorists in this country, but millions of goober whackos, any one of which could go off on a martyr binge at any time.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:49:16am

re: #107 makeitstop

That asshole Burkman has posted a bounty for the ID of the whistleblower…

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$50K? That won’t even cover the retainer for the lawyer the poor fucker would need after he violated the law “out” a whistleblower.

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sagehen  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:49:36am

re: #106 Mike Lamb

It’s a bad angle. Atkinson is going to be testifying, I would imagine, about what he did to investigate the report. I suspect his testimony will blow the hearsay argument to pieces.

But Atkinson’s testimony will include lots of classified stuff, in a non-public hearing. Only the intel committee will hear it.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:49:37am

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

They all are, it’s all they have. They’re just totally ignoring the fact that the transcript, Trump and Giuliani have all confirmed the underlying allegations in the complaint.

it’s a whistleblower complaint

doesnt matter if it’s hearsay
what matter(ed) was whether it was deemed credible to investigate

the investigation determines whether it’s true/accurate

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:50:08am

re: #107 makeitstop

LOL and Jacob Wohl is, of course, involved.

Time for those two assclowns to have a little visit from the FBI.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:51:07am
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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:52:08am

re: #114 goddamnedfrank

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It’s totally CYA, as in the newly minted “Acting” Director took action not because he thought it appropriate but because he was scared shitless of not doing so.

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:54:44am
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Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:54:55am

This really makes anything you ever did to keep your job look minuscule doesn’t it?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:56:18am

re: #117 Mescalero09

This really makes anything you ever did to keep your job look minuscule doesn’t it?

I did ask Ukraine to tell my boss that I was the best.//

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Mike Lamb  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:57:26am

re: #111 sagehen

But Atkinson’s testimony will include lots of classified stuff, in a non-public hearing. Only the intel committee will hear it.

In terms of a public hearing, all he would need to do is confirm that he spoke directly to individuals that informed the whistleblower as to the facts of the complaint.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:58:34am

Nunes seems very deflated. Perhaps he needs a glass of milk.

//

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Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:58:42am

Nunes is upset you are aware of all this.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:59:09am

re: #116 makeitstop

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The ones I know are attacking Greta.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:59:10am

re: #116 makeitstop

- its never “i didnt do it”
- its always why it was ok
- or its how we found out what we found out makes all that damning info not applicable (fruit of some poisonous tree - as if not being in a court this matters somehow)

124
HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:59:29am

re: #121 Mescalero09

Nunes is upset you are aware of all this.

Tots and pears.

125
Patricia Kayden  Sep 26, 2019 • 8:59:30am

re: #116 makeitstop

The Republicans at Maguire’s hearing appear to be protecting Trump’s behavior from what I can see.

126
makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:00:39am

re: #120 Targetpractice

Nunes seems very deflated. Perhaps he needs a glass of milk.

//

Dude cannot stop being an asshole, even for a minute.

127
Dr Lizardo  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:00:55am

re: #125 Patricia Kayden

The Republicans at Maguire’s hearing appear to be protecting Trump’s behavior from what I can see.

Circling the wagons is what the GOP does best.

128
Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:00:57am

McGuire did talk to Trump. He’s lying.
Playing theologian with the law.

129
Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:03:37am

re: #107 makeitstop

That asshole Burkman has posted a bounty for the ID of the whistleblower…

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If the whistleblower is a federal employee, wouldn’t Burkman and Wohl be committing a felony here since anonymity is expressly protected in these cases?

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:05:00am

re: #129 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

If the whistleblower is a federal employee, wouldn’t Burkman and Wohl be committing a felony here since anonymity is expressly protected in these cases?

I think so. Too busy to Google fu this but imo Burkman and Wohl are becoming a more vile version of O’Keefe.

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BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:05:24am

The Horse Has Left The Barn

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:05:36am

This is great.

Kid Drummer Yoyoka Soma Gets a Present She’ll Never Forget

It’s the same girl who did the drum cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times”.

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Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:05:39am

re: #127 Dr Lizardo

Circling the wagons is what the GOP does best.

Naturally, it was a standard and much used tactic when their ancestors were robbing native Americans. Also very popular with Boers in South Africa.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:07:02am
135
makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:07:32am

Man, Schiff is relentless.

136
Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:07:51am

Madame President Pelosi! Grassley is next, with Pompeo after him. Of course, Pompeo will stay in office about a nanosecond after Pelosi is sworn in.

137
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:07:54am
138
Jay C  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:08:01am

re: #129 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

If the whistleblower is a federal employee, wouldn’t Burkman and Wohl be committing a felony here since anonymity is expressly protected in these cases?

1) They probably don’t care, since
2) this “reward” is merely a publicity stunt (for themselves)
3) These clowns probably don’t have fifty cents (still less $50,000) to offer, so moot
4) Freeze Peach !!1!!11!!!

139
Egregious Philbin  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:08:50am

Damn, this is a beat-down….

140
I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:09:33am

re: #130 HappyWarrior

I think so. Too busy to Google fu this but imo Burkman and Wohl are becoming a more vile version of O’Keefe.

and just as effective.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:11:35am

Schiff is just hammering him again and again, cracking the “I just did my duty” shell Maguire has tried to hide under.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:12:34am

re: #141 Targetpractice

Schiff is just hammering him again and again, cracking the “I just did my duty” shell Maguire has tried to hide under.

Schiff is good. Say what you will about Pelosi but she has great lieutenants.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:12:58am

re: #136 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Madame President Pelosi! Grassley is next, with Pompeo after him. Of course, Pompeo will stay in office about a nanosecond after Pelosi is sworn in.

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we all know it doesnt work that way
pence wouldnt (likely couldnt) go simultaneously with trump

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:14:31am

maguire wont say any of this rises to the purview of his job as dni

145
Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:15:13am

Regular TV station coverage in NE Pennsylvania of NBC and CBS has dropped coverage. Local news and 700 Club airing.
Imagine that.

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Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:15:46am

Schiff basically backing Maguire into a corner and bombing him again and again, making it clear that despite all his cries to the contrary, Maguire made a decision not to bring this complaint to Congress because he had a problem personally with the contents of said complaint. That he did not go to the WH and DOJ because that was what the law required, but because he wanted to launder his decision through their legal counsel.

147
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:18:26am

maguire wont say “yeah, any of this should be looked into”

and he keeps saying not under his authority

shiff (and others) keep saying what if it undermines national security?
maguire wont budge

148
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:19:42am
149
makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:19:58am

re: #147 DangerMan

maguire wont say “yeah, any of this should be looked into”

and he keeps saying not under his authority

shiff (and others) keep saying what if it undermines national security?
maguire wont budge

That may be just as damaging as an admission. Schiff laid those questions out in a manner that anyone with any sense of ethics would have answered yes.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:20:07am
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sagehen  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:20:59am

re: #142 HappyWarrior

Schiff is good. Say what you will about Pelosi but she has great lieutenants.

Dems determine their committee chairs and ranking members strictly by seniority. When we get a good one it’s a happy coincidence, but nobody “chose” them.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:22:02am

re: #151 sagehen

Dems determine their committee chairs and ranking members strictly by seniority. When we get a good one it’s a happy coincidence, but nobody “chose” them.

Ah fair enough. That said, it’s why I’m not down on the old guard.

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BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:23:23am

re: #135 makeitstop

Man, Schiff is relentless.

He’s been solid. Def a pro at this stuff.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:23:45am

re: #149 makeitstop

That may be just as damaging as an admission. Schiff laid those questions out in a manner that anyone with any sense of ethics would have answered yes.

hes basically saying
- i just got here
- everything i know is from this complaint
- i have no opinion about whether any of these obviously smelly things should/would/ought to actually be investigated

155
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:25:35am

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott “has become the first Republican chief executive to support impeachment proceedings against President Trump,” the AP reports.

while

Rudy Giuliani told CNN he has “no knowledge of any of that crap” in the newly-released complaint from an American intelligence community whistleblower.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:26:14am

re: #155 DangerMan

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott “has become the first Republican chief executive to support impeachment proceedings against President Trump,” the AP reports.

while

Rudy Giuliani told CNN he has “no knowledge of any of that crap” in the newly-released complaint from an American intelligence community whistleblower.

Cracks are starting.

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Chrysicat  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:28:05am

(Yes, I am basically speaking of the death of the Sovereign thanks to the way the Rs have set things up. Thankfully, that’s not yet the high crime here that it is in the UK, though the same Rs would like to change that so that what I just said is considered an assassination threat.)

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:29:10am

re: #157 Chrysicat

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(Yes, I am basically speaking of the death of the Sovereign thanks to the way the Rs have set things up. Thankfully, that’s not yet the high crime here that it is in the UK, though the same Rs would like to change that so that what I just said is considered an assassination threat.)

I can’t see him accepting a forced resignation unless he’s promised a pardon.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:30:48am

Back to work for me. Later

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makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:31:56am

re: #158 HappyWarrior

I can’t see him accepting a forced resignation unless he’s promised a pardon.

Wouldn’t help. NY State is waiting in the wings, and Tish James has been building upon the case that Preet Bahrarra started.

He’s in a world of hurt no matter what happens to his presidency.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:32:27am

re: #154 DangerMan

hes basically saying
- i just got here
- everything i know is from this complaint
- i have no opinion about whether any of these obviously smelly things should/would/ought to actually be investigated

He is saying:
— No one is above the law
— But I’m ok with hiding the information that shows a law was broken
— I have no problems with those (*cough Barr *cough) who believe that the President is above the law and will defer to their judgement
— I want to keep my job even if it means turning our nation into a banana republic

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:32:46am

re: #158 HappyWarrior

I can’t see him accepting a forced resignation unless he’s promised a pardon.

nixon saw the writing. trump likely wont see it or believe it
plus he’s got an ego that says ‘i can beat this’
plus plus NYS et al are looming.
plus plus plus - ‘biggest loser ever’ tattooed everywhere

163
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:33:24am

re: #161 Hecuba’s daughter

He is saying:
— No one is above the law
— But I’m ok with hiding the information that shows a law was broken
— I have no problems with those (*cough Barr *cough) who believe that the President is above the law and will defer to their judgement
— I want to keep my job even if it means turning our nation into a banana republic

indeed

164
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:34:13am

In a lot of ways, Maguire sounded like Mueller in his reasoning for why he made a personal decision (and it was his decision) on a matter of law, Mueller with the decision not to indict and Maguire on whether or not the complaint under the “urgent concern” classification. The difference is that Mueller made clear that, since he couldn’t make that decision himself, he left it to Congress to address the matter. Maguire just handed it off to his boss and was told to hand it off to his underboss, who quickly moved to bury the whole matter.

If not for the IG’s office, they might very well have succeeded.

165
Barefoot Grin  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:34:22am

re: #71 Dave In Austin

Funny thing there….. You said “Cow”. I chortled. Was I wrong?

Nope. I should have italicized it.

166
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:37:30am

Expect the wingnut takeaway from all this to be that the Dems beat up on an American hero because he wouldn’t give them the goods on Trump.

167
goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:38:30am

re: #160 makeitstop

Wouldn’t help. NY State is waiting in the wings, and Tish James has been building upon the case that Preet Bahrarra started.

He’s in a world of hurt no matter what happens to his presidency.

He’s a cornered animal now, more existentially dangerous than ever.

168
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:41:57am

re: #164 Targetpractice

In a lot of ways, Maguire sounded like Mueller in his reasoning for why he made a personal decision (and it was his decision) on a matter of law, Mueller with the decision not to indict and Maguire on whether or not the complaint under the “urgent concern” classification. The difference is that Mueller made clear that, since he couldn’t make that decision himself, he left it to Congress to address the matter. Maguire just handed it off to his boss and was told to hand it off to his underboss, who quickly moved to bury the whole matter.

If not for the IG’s office, they might very well have succeeded.

169
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:45:31am

A former top Ukrainian prosecutor, whose allegations were at the heart of the dirt-digging effort by Rudolph W. Giuliani, said Thursday he believed that Hunter Biden did not run afoul of any laws in Ukraine.

“From the perspective of Ukrainian legislation, he did not violate anything,” former Ukrainian prosecutor general Yuri Lutsenko told The Washington Post in his first interview since the disclosure of a whistleblower complaint alleging pressure by Trump on Ukraine’s president, Volodymr Zelensky.

snip

Giuliani has not offered any evidence. Burisma’s owner came under scrutiny by Lutsenko’s predecessors for possible abuse of power and unlawful enrichment, but Hunter Biden was never accused of any wrongdoing in the investigation.

As vice president, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire the Lutsenko’s predecessor, Viktor Shokin, who Biden and other Western officials said was not sufficiently pursuing corruption cases. At the time, the investigation into Burisma was dormant, according to former Ukrainian and U.S. officials.

news.google.com

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:45:41am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:46:19am

in other news, and if it hasn’t been said yet, im saying it:

those three ellipses in the ‘transcript’ are the 18 minute gap in the tape

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Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:46:42am

Looks like if you take office and by any means you can get away with, cause accomplished, dedicated, experienced and honest staff and counsel to leave for any reason you can just about make yourself Mob Boss.
These people have been around a long long time. Trump was just the guy they were waiting for.

173
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:49:03am

re: #169 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

A former top Ukrainian prosecutor, whose allegations were at the heart of the dirt-digging effort by Rudolph W. Giuliani, said Thursday he believed that Hunter Biden did not run afoul of any laws in Ukraine.

“From the perspective of Ukrainian legislation, he did not violate anything,” former Ukrainian prosecutor general Yuri Lutsenko told The Washington Post in his first interview since the disclosure of a whistleblower complaint alleging pressure by Trump on Ukraine’s president, Volodymr Zelensky.

snip

Giuliani has not offered any evidence. Burisma’s owner came under scrutiny by Lutsenko’s predecessors for possible abuse of power and unlawful enrichment, but Hunter Biden was never accused of any wrongdoing in the investigation.

As vice president, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire the Lutsenko’s predecessor, Viktor Shokin, who Biden and other Western officials said was not sufficiently pursuing corruption cases. At the time, the investigation into Burisma was dormant, according to former Ukrainian and U.S. officials.

news.google.com

they cant decide what’s the best story:
- hunter biden did something actually wrong
- he just got a sweetheart deal and thats not wrong but somehow sleazy (cf the trump clan)
- biden senior somehow got him the sweetheart gig

none of its sticking because none of its true

174
Ace Rothstein  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:49:19am

So where’s the damning info on Biden that Ghouliani promised to release two days ago?

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:49:57am

re: #171 DangerMan

Who’s Trump’s Rosemary?

176
BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:50:34am

re: #170 goddamnedfrank

‘Chef’s Kiss’

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:50:53am

re: #174 Ace Rothstein

So where’s the damning info on Biden that Ghouliani promised to release two days ago?

in capone’s vault with obama’s birth certificate

178
makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:51:01am

Go for it.

179
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:51:42am

re: #175 Ace Rothstein

Who’s Trump’s Rosemary?

too early to say

180
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:52:20am

re: #178 makeitstop

overheard around washington “do you think i need a lawyer?”

181
Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:53:13am

Borowitz:
Putin Saddened That Trump Asked Other Foreign Country to Meddle in Election

MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he was “saddened and hurt” that Donald J. Trump had asked a different foreign country to meddle in a U.S. election.

“I thought when it came to election meddling that Donald and I were exclusive,” an emotional Putin told reporters. “This feels like a betrayal.”

Putin said that when he read the call summary of the phone conversation between Trump and the President of Ukraine, “I could not believe my eyes. It was just like the conversations Donald and I used to have.”

The Russian leader said that he had considered meddling in the 2020 election to help Trump, but added, “Now I’m not so sure.”

“We had something special, but now that’s gone,” Putin said. “I feel so used.”

This joke actually raises a pretty important question: Just which other foreign governments have helped the Republicans, especially now that it is so obvious how willing the GOP is to accept such aid, and how gullible their base is?

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:54:31am

re: #178 makeitstop

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Go for it.

Won’t happen as long as Barr is AG. He needs to be impeached too and then he can be rolled up with the rest of them.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:57:09am

summary of the ukraine telcon:

“A comedian and a game show host talk on the phone…”

184
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:58:06am
185
Mike Lamb  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:58:33am

re: #183 DangerMan

summary of the ukraine telcon:

“A comedian and a game show host talk on the phone…”

“A president and a joke talk on the phone…”

186
BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:59:15am

re: #170 goddamnedfrank

187
Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 9:59:36am

re: #152 HappyWarrior

Ah fair enough. That said, it’s why I’m not down on the old guard.

Hoyer.

188
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:01:27am

It’s looking more and more like the “third-rate burglary attempt” of Trump’s presidency will be his “perfect” phone call. The more digging that’s done, the more obvious that a massive cover-up was employed from the word “Go.”

189
jaunte  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:03:09am
190
Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:03:20am

Fat Donny MAD!!!!

Him do Role call….

Him need Rally!!

191
Targetpractice  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:03:59am

No honor among thieves.

192
BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:05:48am

State Dept asks lawyers to go to other countries for super spy shit… via text.

Oookaaay.

193
Mike Lamb  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:06:01am

re: #188 Targetpractice

It’s looking more and more like the “third-rate burglary attempt” of Trump’s presidency will be his “perfect” phone call. The more digging that’s done, the more obvious that a massive cover-up was employed from the word “Go.”

The other big deal is in the appendix of the complaint where it states the whistleblower was informed that this isn’t the first time that a transcript was mis-classified in order to protect Trump.

194
Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:07:23am

re: #190 Dave In Austin

Fat Donny MAD!!!!

Holy crap, Trump’s in full Robert DeNiro/Al Capone mode from “The Untouchables”

195
Dave In Austin  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:09:26am

re: #194 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

Did you catch the role call?? Alllllll Teh Tings from Mexico to Medicine. Oh And great healthcare,

196
makeitstop  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:10:14am

re: #191 Targetpractice

“I should be as sympathetic as a whistleblower. I did my job & now all these people are torturing me.”

Thoughts and prayers, Yuckmouth.

197
Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:10:41am

re: #172 Mescalero09

Looks like if you take office and by any means you can get away with, cause accomplished, dedicated, experienced and honest staff and counsel to leave for any reason you can just about make yourself Mob Boss.
These people have been around a long long time. Trump was just the guy they were waiting for.

Any rule of law requires people to enforce it to make it have any meaning. With McConnell and the GOP refusing to do it, and so many Republican voters ok with it, written law doesn’t mean anything. All you can hope for is that some people remain in their office that care about it, and that enough voters in our case decide that it needs to be enforced.

198
BigPapa  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:11:02am

I got to shut off LFG, need to pay some bills.

I’m sure one of ya’ll mofos will start with the pineapple pizza thing any moment.

199
goddamnedfrank  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:13:49am
200
Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:14:37am

So. Where’s the translator that translated the meeting between Trump and Putin whose notes were shredded?
If I was him I’d be in a foreign embassy pleading asylum as I record everything I know. In front of 50 people.

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:16:03am

re: #181 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Borowitz:
Putin Saddened That Trump Asked Other Foreign Country to Meddle in Election

This joke actually raises a pretty important question: Just which other foreign governments have helped the Republicans, especially now that it is so obvious how willing the GOP is to accept such aid, and how gullible their base is?

From 2016:
The Hill

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:17:06am
203
Charles Johnson  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:17:53am
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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:17:57am

re: #191 Targetpractice

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No honor among thieves.

Giuliani going all whiney

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Charles Johnson  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:18:05am
206
Eventual Carrion  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:18:31am

re: #202 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

[Embedded content]

Donny better watch his lips talking about hanging for treason. He could end up at the end of a rope.

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:18:58am

re: #192 BigPapa

State Dept asks lawyers to go to other countries for super spy shit… via text.

Oookaaay.

For this gang, maybe yes…

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:19:41am

re: #193 Mike Lamb

The other big deal is in the appendix of the complaint where it states the whistleblower was informed that this isn’t the first time that a transcript was mis-classified in order to protect Trump.

It was systemic and systematic

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Egregious Philbin  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:20:03am

Trump is so frustrated that he can”t be like his N. Korean buddy and just cage his opponents and blow them up.

Non Compos Mentis

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Ace Rothstein  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:20:12am

If Trump thinks the whistle blower is a spy guilty of treason, why did he authorize the release of the complaint?

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DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:21:50am

re: #194 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

Holy crap, Trump’s in full Robert DeNiro/Al Capone mode from “The Untouchables”

This is your presidency. There’s no washing it off.
Like “Moscow mitch”. It’s forever now

212
Egregious Philbin  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:22:22am

L. Ron Trump is starting to disenturbulate. I hope they have a nice heavy blanket and a padded room ready at the White House.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:22:24am
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jeffreyw  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:24:56am

re: #128 Mescalero09

McGuire did talk to Trump. He’s lying.
Playing theologian with the law.

He should take the approach Mueller used: “If I said no, that would be perjury.”

215
Belafon  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:25:02am

re: #213 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Is it time to ban cigarettes?

216
Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:25:44am

Yeah, I can’t see this ending well for the Trump team at all - having as their first choice for impeachment defense an individual who openly admits to his willingness to commit perjury:

Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team

I suppose someone told him that he had no chance in hell in getting that Senate seat.

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Chrysicat  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:25:49am

re: #200 Mescalero09

So. Where’s the translator that translated the meeting between Trump and Putin whose notes were shredded?
If I was him I’d be in a foreign embassy pleading asylum as I record everything I know.

First, I thought that was a woman. Second, no one knows whether that person was even still alive before this. And considering she was translating a meeting between mob bosses, I might bet against it.

I have no idea what they held over that person’s head to get them to even consider translating that train wreck, nor why that person didn’t run to request asylum the second they were free from Secret Service eyes.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:30:41am

This is a buddy/mentor of the soldier/terrorist arrested at Ft Riley earlier this week

219
DangerMan  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:31:50am

re: #216 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

Yeah, I can’t see this ending well for the Trump team at all - having as their first choice for impeachment defense an individual who openly admits to his willingness to commit perjury:

Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team

I suppose someone told him that he had no chance in hell in getting that Senate seat.

I read that as lewandowski is the first one impeached
(Yes I know)

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:35:26am

re: #177 DangerMan

in capone’s vault with obama’s birth certificate

UHF - Contents of Al Capone’s glove compartment revealed!

221
Mescalero09  Sep 26, 2019 • 10:39:25am

re: #197 Belafon

Story of Mankind Volume 689,034


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