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I see. OK.

FWIW, more and more media outlets are beginning to use “memorandum” and related terms over the last hour or so.

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Which is good, Trump and co. have a way of steering the talking points, so I guess we will see what shakes out in a week. I’m glad to see the media being at least somewhat wary this time around.

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Well, a spot check of ABC, CBS, and CNN show they are all calling it a transcript in their front page headlines, so… yeah, doesn’t really seem like the media has learned a thing.

First impressions are crucial. People are going to remember it as a transcript.

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That being said, the contents of the memo are damning enough, so hopefully it won’t matter.

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Shout out to NBC for calling it “a description of the call”, though. Good on you, NBC.

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It doesn’t matter, because in its current form, it has Trump committing an impeachable abuse of power.

The fact that it’s a readout instead of a transcript would only matter if it had been edited to only have non-damning stuff.

Exactly. If this is the least damning stuff he could find, Trump’s in bad shape.

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Yeah I’m not sure this is important. I don’t think you have to be a mob movie buff to understand what’s happening in this exchange. That’s why it’s so explosive.

4365

This is interesting.

4366

Don’t blame him at all. One of the few in the DJT world who knows what’s coming down the line. from DJT if not the law itself.

4367

All we need is a tiny crack.

As soon as anyone turns on Trump, EVERYONE is gonna turn on him. No one wants to be the last rat on board that ship.

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I figured we’d have to go to Ukraine to get the actually damaging stuff. Considering the word salad that Trump often uses that is generally incoherent, it is probably a blessing the call was summarized.

4372

Poor Zelensky, you know he wants to say. “My problem with Putin, you fucking dumbshit, is that he is invading my country.”

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So, now we know that the Whistleblower provided numerous witnesses that could corroborate his account.

And the inspector general actually interviewed them.

And after that, he found the complaint to be credible and urgent.

4375

And it was suppressed and kept from Congress. Impeach the motherfucker.

4376

He’s so good sometimes, wish badly he wasn’t a damn Ann Rand acolyte.

4377

Yeah, ‘Libertarians’ are mostly trash, but I commend him on his political courage.

4378

And shoot Barr in the head behind the damn barn. Like a rabid dog.