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Post by jaygee on Oct 28, 2019 16:13:00 GMT -6
Is it notable that the vote is on Halloween? I hope so. It’s my lucky day, if that means anything. 🤞🏼
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 18:32:46 GMT -6
Notable: This means Intel will be holding open hearings before Judiciary does.
This is interesting. As is Andrew's assertion that Schiff has been pushing Pelosi for this resolution. It sounds like they are very carefully leveraging public polling.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 18:47:03 GMT -6
We all knew this was coming the second that WaPo story dropped Saturday night: A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information—and misinformation—about the anonymous whistleblower who triggered the biggest crisis of Donald Trump’s presidency, two knowledgeable sources tell The Daily Beast. Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, has provided notes for House Republicans identifying the whistleblower’s name ahead of the high-profile depositions of Trump administration appointees and civil servants in the impeachment inquiry. The purpose of the notes, one source said, is to get the whistleblower’s name into the record of the proceedings, which committee chairman Adam Schiff has pledged to eventually release. In other words: it’s an attempt to out the anonymous official who helped trigger the impeachment inquiry. www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-aide-is-leaking-the-ukraine-whistleblowers-name-sources-say
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Post by lemondrop on Oct 28, 2019 18:51:20 GMT -6
We all knew this was coming the second that WaPo story dropped Saturday night: A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information—and misinformation—about the anonymous whistleblower who triggered the biggest crisis of Donald Trump’s presidency, two knowledgeable sources tell The Daily Beast. Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, has provided notes for House Republicans identifying the whistleblower’s name ahead of the high-profile depositions of Trump administration appointees and civil servants in the impeachment inquiry. The purpose of the notes, one source said, is to get the whistleblower’s name into the record of the proceedings, which committee chairman Adam Schiff has pledged to eventually release. In other words: it’s an attempt to out the anonymous official who helped trigger the impeachment inquiry. www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-aide-is-leaking-the-ukraine-whistleblowers-name-sources-sayThis is disgusting.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 19:10:52 GMT -6
This looks bad for the WH Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman of the Army, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, twice registered internal objections about how Mr. Trump and his inner circle were treating Ukraine, out of what he called a “sense of duty,” he plans to tell the inquiry, according to a draft of his opening statement obtained by The New York Times. He will be the first White House official to testify who listened in on the July 25 telephone call between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that is at the center of the impeachment inquiry, in which Mr. Trump asked Mr. Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” Colonel Vindman said in his statement. “I realized that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained.” nyti.ms/31Zbubf
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 19:11:19 GMT -6
These new pro boards rules suck
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 28, 2019 19:12:45 GMT -6
These new pro boards rules suck There are new rules?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 19:14:04 GMT -6
These new pro boards rules suck There are new rules? There's now a limit on how many pics you can upload without being VIP, which is fine except I WANNA BRAG ON MY KIDS 😂
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 28, 2019 19:15:03 GMT -6
There's now a limit on how many pics you can upload without being VIP, which is fine except I WANNA BRAG ON MY KIDS 😂 The bigger question is WHY aren’t you vip Don’t they know who you are?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 19:19:28 GMT -6
There's now a limit on how many pics you can upload without being VIP, which is fine except I WANNA BRAG ON MY KIDS 😂 The bigger question is WHY aren’t you vip Don’t they know who you are? actual LOL I'm not VIP bc I'm cheap and really, really stubborn. The more they try to force me to pay for VIP the less likely I am to do it.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 28, 2019 19:36:02 GMT -6
Is congressman Krishnamorthi the official spokesperson for impeachment
He’s everywhere every day
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Post by richard on Oct 28, 2019 19:47:39 GMT -6
This looks bad for the WH Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman of the Army, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, twice registered internal objections about how Mr. Trump and his inner circle were treating Ukraine, out of what he called a “sense of duty,” he plans to tell the inquiry, according to a draft of his opening statement obtained by The New York Times. He will be the first White House official to testify who listened in on the July 25 telephone call between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that is at the center of the impeachment inquiry, in which Mr. Trump asked Mr. Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” Colonel Vindman said in his statement. “I realized that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained.” nyti.ms/31ZbubfThis whole thing is crazy and then I got to the part where they introduce this guy’s identical twin brother who also works for the NSC and I was just:
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Post by richard on Oct 28, 2019 19:50:22 GMT -6
Huh. Huh, huh, huh.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 28, 2019 20:27:41 GMT -6
Well Sondland and his lawyers were back on the Hill today reviewing his testimony so I'm eagerly awaiting any revisions he might make in the wake of Taylor et al
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Post by bunnyfungo on Oct 28, 2019 21:59:43 GMT -6
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Post by oreobitsy on Oct 28, 2019 23:26:13 GMT -6
Wow. Tomorrow's testimony sure is going to make Sondland look bad.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 29, 2019 5:42:19 GMT -6
I really feel like telling the republicans ‘Maybe it’s you’ Instead of everybody else
I’m getting really tired of smear campaigns against anyone stepping up to say this is wrong.
Brought to you by my listening to Duffy this morning
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 29, 2019 5:48:51 GMT -6
He’s going off about the colonel being of Ukraine descendant and having an affinity for the country so his testimony is not non partisan
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Post by Uncaripswife on Oct 29, 2019 6:18:35 GMT -6
We all knew this was coming the second that WaPo story dropped Saturday night: A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information—and misinformation—about the anonymous whistleblower who triggered the biggest crisis of Donald Trump’s presidency, two knowledgeable sources tell The Daily Beast. Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, has provided notes for House Republicans identifying the whistleblower’s name ahead of the high-profile depositions of Trump administration appointees and civil servants in the impeachment inquiry. The purpose of the notes, one source said, is to get the whistleblower’s name into the record of the proceedings, which committee chairman Adam Schiff has pledged to eventually release. In other words: it’s an attempt to out the anonymous official who helped trigger the impeachment inquiry. www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-aide-is-leaking-the-ukraine-whistleblowers-name-sources-sayVile
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Post by athn64 on Oct 29, 2019 7:16:11 GMT -6
He’s going off about the colonel being of Ukraine descendant and having an affinity for the country so his testimony is not non partisan Ugh. Any excuse to discredit the truth
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Post by richard on Oct 29, 2019 7:18:43 GMT -6
Yeah, Trump's going after him on Twitter to. Calling him a "Never-Trumper."
They'll smear anyone.
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Post by richard on Oct 29, 2019 7:20:18 GMT -6
I honestly feel kind of sick to my stomach for this guy.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 29, 2019 7:20:34 GMT -6
He’s going off about the colonel being of Ukraine descendant and having an affinity for the country so his testimony is not non partisan Sure sure sure. A Purple Heart 20 year veteran whose been at the NSC for years is totally just trying to dis Trump. Remember how *ShOCkEd and AppALLeD* House Republicans were when some Democrats questioned the IC IG bc HE'S A VETERAN
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Post by dc2london on Oct 29, 2019 7:22:06 GMT -6
I honestly feel kind of sick to my stomach for this guy. I do too. Decorated war veteran and public servant protecting the nation his parents idealized his entire childhood, probably spending $$$$$ on attorney fees, just to be belittled in a Tweet.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 29, 2019 7:33:16 GMT -6
I honestly feel kind of sick to my stomach for this guy. Abhorrent
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Post by lemondrop on Oct 29, 2019 7:39:38 GMT -6
It's really amazing how the guys who are the first ones to jerk off to the flag and scream how American they are, are so willing to try to discredit those who have actually dedicated their lives to it because they dare to go against the President.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 29, 2019 7:43:23 GMT -6
I really think Ambassador Sondland is in trouble. If he maintains this to be true:
What Sondland said about that meeting: “But if Ambassador Bolton, Dr. Hill, or others harbored any misgivings about the propriety of what we were doing, they never shared those misgivings with me, then or later.”
...then that would mean Dr Hill, Volker AND Vindman were all dishonest about the same event. And I'm pretty sure Bolton isn't going to purjure himself for Trump.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 29, 2019 7:45:23 GMT -6
I really think Ambassador Sondland is in trouble. If he maintains this to be true: What Sondland said about that meeting: “But if Ambassador Bolton, Dr. Hill, or others harbored any misgivings about the propriety of what we were doing, they never shared those misgivings with me, then or later.” ...then that would mean Dr Hill, Volker AND Vindman were all dishonest about the same event. And I'm pretty sure Bolton isn't going to purjure himself for Trump. Again, maybe its 'you' and not everyone else who is yelling from the rooftops about the fire.
I'm actually surprised he would dig in and not flip. He doesnt like 45 and only threw money at him for a sweet ambassadorship
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Post by dc2london on Oct 29, 2019 7:55:06 GMT -6
Fox News is out there accusing Vindman of being a double agent
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Post by lemondrop on Oct 29, 2019 8:01:21 GMT -6
Fox News is out there accusing Vindman of being a double agent Wooooooow.
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