Trump/Russia 2016 election investigation (continued, now with Ukraine!)

Skipper · 2019-09-23T19:55:30.603Z

Menzo:

What a great thread in which to have a discussion about football! Keep going!

*something something*
“I’d I’d have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those damned Patriots!!!”

Lantz · 2019-09-23T19:59:57.869Z

CraigM:

I’m rooting against them because ~~how can you support Dan Snyder. His team getting owned, repeatedly, is one of the few reminders of cosmic justice in the world~~ they are playing the Bears today.

I fixed that for you ;)

But yeah, Dan Snyder is definitely in the bottom 5 of NFL owners which is a sorry sorry place to be.

Rightbug · 2019-09-23T20:36:38.229Z

Menzo:

What a great thread in which to have a discussion about football! Keep going!

It’s all Gordon_Cameron’s fault for making the Peanuts reference!

Anyway, to get our analogies back on topic, Dan Synder is Donald Trump — Evil and incompetent, everything he touches dies.

Redskins fans are soybean farmers that voted for Trump.

The Giants are the eternally crushed hopes and dreams of the American people.

Bill Bellichick is Vladimir Putin — Evil and brilliant, the fact that he keeps winning is clear evidence that the universe is a bleak wasteland, devoid of justice.

I’m not sure where the Bears fit in. Oh yeah, they are China’s soybean market. If the Redskin fans win in spite of Dan Synder, the world has turned upside down.

ESPN is the mainstream media — Consistently terrible and 90% comprised of stupid hot takes.

I guess Tampa Bay is the Ukraine because we don’t have anyone representing the Ukraine yet. So, look for the Ukraine to miss an easy field goal with no time left on the clock. If that happens, Trump may be impeached.

Rock8man · 2019-09-23T20:46:00.476Z

My guess as to where all this will go is that Trump will have made foreign interference the new normal. When all is said and done, we’ll study in the history books how foreign interference used to be illegal until 2016 and subsequent events changed that and in the future all parties use it, from the Republicans and Democrats to the Green Party and Libertarians.

Charlatan · 2019-09-23T20:52:58.402Z

Rightbug:

Redskins fans are soybean farmers that voted for Trump.

Where’s my subsidy, dammit!

MikeOberly · 2019-09-23T20:59:36.794Z

He called it. Not that it’s too difficult when you’re dealing with a simpleton like DJT.

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Orin Kerr (OrinKerr)

At least we knew it was coming. twitter.com/orinkerr/statu…

Orin Kerr @OrinKerr

If Trump runs for re-election, I assume he’ll go to major efforts to create the reality — and if failing that, the false impression — that his opponent is under criminal investigation.

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JoshL · 2019-09-23T21:21:42.091Z

Yes, obvs. The justice department is now Trump’s personal law firm.

It's time to have a 2020 Presidential Election thread Politics and religion

Well, I mean, yeah, he is probably going to be re-elected. An incumbent hasn’t lost in 28 years. He’s got Russia, North Korea, Facebook, Twitter, and the governor of Florida on his side. He’s going to have the FBI investigate whoever the Democratic candidate is, and Barr will declassify any results that work in his favor. We’re pretty much doomed.

Pyperkub · 2019-09-23T21:48:37.105Z

Telefrog:

Haha. I knew “the whistleblower is a traitor” would happen.

It’s Trump’s go to schoolyard insult:

I know you are but what am I?

Quaro · 2019-09-23T21:55:24.573Z

Rightbug:

BTW, it would be fantastic if the rumors that the whistleblower report related to the Ukraine was false and it turned out to be about Trump outting our spies to Putin. The escalation from an admitted high crime to flat out betrayal might be enough to force action. It’s kind of hard to spin, “he gave the names of US spies to Putin.” That one is easy enough for every rube in America, including reporters for the NYT to understand.

Way too optimistic. They already have a spin playbook for this. “You don’t want World War 3 with Russia do you? Trump saved billions of lives by giving those spies to Putin.”

abidingdude · 2019-09-23T23:12:34.875Z

More progress! Is Mitt growing a pair? Stay tuned.

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Geoff Bennett (GeoffRBennett)

NEWS: Sen. Mitt Romney tells me Trump “should make available the whistleblower complaint that has been deemed to be credible and urgent. I think it'd be very helpful to get the bottom of the facts. If they don't, it will be up to the House to decide how to proceed.”

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vyshka · 2019-09-23T23:31:01.921Z

Uh, yeah … no. He’ll be right back to grimace and shoulder shrug.

sillhouette · 2019-09-24T00:08:28.942Z

Time to talk about talking about talking about it. Again.

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Rachael Bade (rachaelmbade)

FLAG IT: House Dems leaders have called a caucus meeting tomorrow at 4 pm to discuss you know what: questions of impeachment. Here we go...

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MikeOberly · 2019-09-24T00:13:12.992Z

I feel his pained expression. Still, as small as it was, his comment is more than any of those other shitheads could manage.

sillhouette · 2019-09-24T00:17:49.991Z

abidingdude:

Is Mitt growing a pair?

Well, I hear his top professional accomplishment is also Hedging…so…

sillhouette · 2019-09-24T00:28:54.972Z

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ssqu.12729

Results

Results indicate that the debates and videotape release were not statistically significant, but that a letter to Congress released by FBI Director James B. Comey on October 28, 2016, substantially decreased Clinton’s probability of winning the popular vote and simultaneously increased Trump’s probability. Financial market uncertainty is found to have some marginal positive effect on Trump’s probability of winning.

MikeOberly · 2019-09-24T01:00:40.243Z

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Heather Caygle (heatherscope)

@BresPolitico @sarahnferris @AndrewDesiderio Finally, I can't overstate what a shift there's been Some members have been wanting to back impeachment for a while and wanted cover. For others, this really was the last straw. The most important thing is that leadership recognizes this and is shifting strategies as a result

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MikeOberly · 2019-09-24T01:17:45.394Z

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Josh Jordan (NumbersMuncher)

The dam is breaking in real time, and at some point Pelosi is not going to be able to stop impeachment hearings from beginning. This might be the first time I've felt like they might really impeach him before the 2020 election. twitter.com/ktumulty/statu…

Karen Tumulty @ktumulty

NEW. A significant development -- Seven freshman Democrats, all of whom have national security experience, write in an op-ed for the @washingtonpost: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect https://t.co/C4jydserKe

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abidingdude · 2019-09-24T02:34:09.723Z

ITMFA

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John Harwood (JohnJHarwood)

where House Dems are tonight on Trump impeachment top pollster Garin: “dam has pretty much burst” senior Dem aide: “could do it quickly or slowly. highly doubt” any GOP votes member of House leadership: “by time it comes to floor, no” question of 218-vote majority to impeach

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ShivaX · 2019-09-24T03:04:07.933Z

abidingdude:

More progress! Is Mitt growing a pair? Stay tuned.

https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1176254050226057221

“I find it very troubling that Trump and Barr still refuse to give us the complaint.”
-Mitt Romney, October 5, 2022

inactive_user · 2019-09-24T03:10:19.800Z

abidingdude:

Is Mitt growing a pair?

No.

In other news, good for the new blood and non-surrender-caucus doing something besides surrendering, maybe.

Fuck the GOP. Fuck the DLC. Fuck the whole ENLIGHTENED CENTRIST meme. They get nothing.