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The odds are still against Trump pulling a Nixon and resigning before the whole impeachment process plays. If he does though, or is removed from office by the Senate, what happens to the Trump 2020 campaign funds? I believe that any candidate for...
by PES
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 10:49 PM PDT
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Here are some fresh late night comedy segments to provide some comic relief from the weighty and treasonous matters that has filled the airwaves and Internet tubes all day. And they are informative as hell too. From yesterday — A few cartoons - Amen....
by AKALib
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:12 PM PDT
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It's been a long time coming. Ever since January 2017, many regular writers, both paid and contributing, have stated that whatever "cabinet" Trump puts together will eventually self-destruct. It was swampier than Florida's Everglades, and it only got...
by Sarkazein
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 07:53 PM PDT
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I spend the best part of 30 years as an editor at community newspapers. That meant I spent a lot of my time editing copy, including a stint with a major daily. One of the lessons I learned, and one I passed on to every reporter I trained, is that word...
by independent cuss
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 09:39 PM PDT
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www.politico.com/… To many (including myself), the Mueller Investigation’s most glaring failure was the fact that it did not investigate Trump’s obvious, brazen financial crimes related to Russia. It definitely could have done this under the rubric of...
by SteveG177
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:41 PM PDT
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The constant criminality of the Republican Party is not confined to the Trump Administration. The Virginia GOP needs Trump to hold their beer for a second. Generally, Virginia political stories struggle to get any national attention, but this one is...
by VirginiaWave
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 06:26 PM PDT
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It looks like we need to put Donald Trump in cryogenic freeze until science finds a cure for very, very low energy. Today, Trump came down from the prospectin’ camp what’s a spell up the mountain by the crick near the big rock next to Farmer Olsen’s...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
118 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 06:25 PM PDT
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From 2017 to 2019, Dan Coats served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. An old school conservative Republican, before joining Trump’s cabinet, Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999 and...
by ARodinFan
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 07:07 PM PDT
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It's Nicole Sandler, filling in again today for Brad and Desi on the BradCast. We begin today's show with a review of the non-stop news from the past 24 hours, including the release of the not-a-transcript of the July 25 phone call between Trump and...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 04:44 PM PDT
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Even if a sitting POTUS* cannot be indicted, plenty of others are coming into view after the rough memo of the Trump conversation with Ukraine president Zelensky. Now that the whistle-blower complaint has reached the Congressional committees, new...
by annieli
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:47 PM PDT
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Scotland’s government will be answering some questions as a big story just recently broke in the The Scotsman. According to the newspaper, Glasgow Prestwick Airport’s “promotional materials,” given to curry favor with the U.S. military, singles out...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:37 PM PDT
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I know I’m getting way ahead of myself, but recent events have my spirits riding high, and I just can’t help it. Apologies for misspelling Chuck Schumer.
by heraldstorm
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:14 PM PDT
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I just ran across this quote as I was catching up with the news after work: “Most people reading through that transcript are not going to find that extremely compelling cause to throw out a president that won an election in 2016,” Wow! That’s pretty...
by MargaretPOA
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 03:23 PM PDT
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The problem with the impending circus is that there will be side-shows, and Giuliani could be one of them even as he takes fire for POTUS*. Apparently the whistle-blower observed the pattern of misconduct. WASHINGTON — The intelligence officer who...
by annieli
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 08:28 PM PDT
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To avoid duplicating other members’ well-written pieces, I refer readers to the following for newsworthy facts on the current Impeachment Investigation: Hunter’s “Shakedown” Diary summarizing how trump violated the US Constitution and the possible...
by DaisiesArePretty
307 comments
on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:25 PM PDT
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Donald Trump held a press conference of sorts in New York City. He did what he does, saying everyone else should be impeached, not him. After gaslighting away a bit about how Joe and Hunter Biden are the people who should be investigated concerning the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 02:15 PM PDT
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Nancy Pelosi is second in line of succession to the presidency. I wondered if her being second in line was part of the reason she was slow walking impeachment until it was clear she had no choice. Can you imagine the howls from the right if she had...
by cindiloohoo
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:38 PM PDT
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by joe quigley
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:12 PM PDT
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Nixon seemed to the disbelief of most on the left, to be indestructible. Even with solid Dem majorities in the House and Senate, his removal from office was not a foregone conclusion. Until the “smoking gun” tape. Haldeman: Yeah. It is. It is. It’s...
by jgkojak
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 01:18 PM PDT
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Well, so much for the strongly unified executive theory. I, as I am sure many people, wondered why Barr applied for the job of Attorney General in the Trump administration. I’m probably just slow, but today, I realized Trump was the perfect candidate...
by Stankupchin
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on Wed Sep 25, 2019 at 12:57 PM PDT
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