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Post by dc2london on Sept 28, 2019 15:11:22 GMT -6
OH OKAY. He and Rudi have been doing this stuff since MARCH. How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted Impeachment Inquiry nyti.ms/2m0n5aY
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Post by dc2london on Sept 28, 2019 15:50:02 GMT -6
Throwback Saturday!
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Post by elle on Sept 28, 2019 16:06:05 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Sept 28, 2019 16:12:22 GMT -6
We need to know WTF Bill Barr is doing in Italy
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Post by mrsweasley on Sept 28, 2019 16:27:14 GMT -6
I am /ded
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 28, 2019 16:27:20 GMT -6
We need to know WTF Bill Barr is doing in Italy Researching their extradition laws
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Post by dc2london on Sept 28, 2019 17:06:55 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Sept 28, 2019 17:10:26 GMT -6
Seems convenient
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Post by richard on Sept 28, 2019 17:23:04 GMT -6
Pompeo must be beloved at his department
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Post by jaygee on Sept 28, 2019 17:45:17 GMT -6
We need to know WTF Bill Barr is doing in Italy Researching their extradition laws My first thought.
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Post by teatime on Sept 28, 2019 18:09:25 GMT -6
Is Bannon still banging around Italy?
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Post by enchanted on Sept 28, 2019 19:20:40 GMT -6
Is Bannon still banging around Italy? The last I read about him, he's bouncing all over Europe promoting right wing fuckery and trying to derail the EU.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Sept 28, 2019 21:44:17 GMT -6
At the same time, raise your hand if you're surprised they turned out to be this fucking corrupt. This was four months into his first term!!!!!!!! Four months!!! Wait, this was July of 2016?! I don’t think I realized that part of the timeline. I know he’s been corrupt the whole damn time, but I thought this Ukraine call was just this last July.
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Post by elle on Sept 28, 2019 21:54:32 GMT -6
This was four months into his first term!!!!!!!! Four months!!! Wait, this was July of 2016?! I don’t think I realized that part of the timeline. I know he’s been corrupt the whole damn time, but I thought this Ukraine call was just this last July. The Ukraine call was this past July, the meeting with the Russians happened 4 months into his term, in May of 2017.
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Post by ktg on Sept 28, 2019 21:56:33 GMT -6
I found this thread about presidential readouts really informative and interesting:
(Sorry if it was already shared and I missed it.)
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Post by sterling on Sept 29, 2019 3:57:34 GMT -6
shadesofgold are you out there? How are you holding up? @heartbot you too? sterling ? Who else has been with us since the beginning that is quiet? If there was ever a need for a bat signal to bring everyone back to the politics board... I’ve been following! At least as best I could from the other side of the globe. I have low optimism because of, you know, just all of it.
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Post by pearbear on Sept 29, 2019 4:26:14 GMT -6
I woke up this morning and checked WaPo to find the headline to be about...Clinton’s emails?!? For a second I thought I was literally losing my mind and/or was in some sort of dream thinking it was still 2016. Good grief.
Anyway, kudos to all of you for your wonderfully informative recaps and discussion about all of this. I lurk frequently, but rarely post, but know that your discussion helps to put so much of this into easily digestible perspective. You’re all awesome.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Sept 29, 2019 6:04:32 GMT -6
The republicans on facebook are taking the position that Democrats are a bunch of cry babies. There's no reaching them.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 6:30:53 GMT -6
NEW from @vmsalama @andrewrestuccia: On more than one occasion, then-chief of staff John Kelly, who was often in the room during calls with world leaders, briefly muted the line so he could caution Trump against continuing to talk about sensitive subjects. t.co/67eVD2EX1C
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Post by Uncaripswife on Sept 29, 2019 6:54:01 GMT -6
NEW from @vmsalama @andrewrestuccia: On more than one occasion, then-chief of staff John Kelly, who was often in the room during calls with world leaders, briefly muted the line so he could caution Trump against continuing to talk about sensitive subjects. t.co/67eVD2EX1CI do this to my boss, too. But "sensitive" means something completely different in my line of work.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 7:06:32 GMT -6
Tom Bossert is on This Week trying to convince us all that he's a Real Boy
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 7:13:31 GMT -6
Is Rudy wearing ....multiple Super Bowl rings....?
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 7:15:31 GMT -6
Why is ABC News allowing this nonsense
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 29, 2019 7:27:02 GMT -6
Shouty is on SOTU being shouty. Jake has lost control And I’m just listening on the radio
Also someone needs to explain facts to him
Ha tapper just said. Those are facts not gymnastics and someone who has been accused of things should be concerned with what facts are
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 29, 2019 7:28:11 GMT -6
Jake has brought up the fact that all the current first children are profiting off daddy
That doesn’t matter. Hokay
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 7:43:58 GMT -6
Shouty is on SOTU being shouty. Jake has lost control And I’m just listening on the radio Also someone needs to explain facts to him Ha tapper just said. Those are facts not gymnastics and someone who has been accused of things should be concerned with what facts are OMG LOLLLLL
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Post by fatpony on Sept 29, 2019 8:32:31 GMT -6
Scalise and Chuck were shouting over each other because Scalise was refusing to answer questions.
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Post by dc2london on Sept 29, 2019 8:39:14 GMT -6
Lindsey has lost the plot holy cow
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Post by enchanted on Sept 29, 2019 8:39:27 GMT -6
Lindsey Graham played golf with 45 yesterday. He's going to be like the Rep. who was still protesting Nixon was innocent the day Nixon resigned.
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Post by sctiger on Sept 29, 2019 9:02:49 GMT -6
This is how I feel when taking in the news this week. I do a pretty good job of keeping up but thank you to all the great people on this board who help make it easier. I save all the links you post throughout the day and try to catch up with it at night after work and the kids go to bed. I am not surprised at all the news but it's is really something to watch it all unfold and realize just how far our government has declined.
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