The Thriller
Well-Known Member
I’m glad that Ukraine is cracking down on corruption!
Drain the Swamp!
Drain the Swamp!
Does NPR get government money?
If they do I'll happily quadruple my current monthly contribution to help them continue to exist without government support.
i love it when people who haven’t touched the Mueller report and just watch Fox news dismiss Russian intervention, the Trump campaign’s abnormal amount of Russian contacts, obvious call outs (“Russia if you’re listening...”), numerous campaign friends in prison/gearing up for trials, and Trump’s 11 cases of obstruction of justice as “Russian Fiasco.”
Lol “Fiasco.” Riiiiight.
"It can't happen here". Until it does....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-trump-wants-heads-on-pikes-the-gop-cant-wait-to-oblige?ref=scroll
It’s almost—and call me crazy— like the gangster government of Donald Trump, the supine Republicans in his Senate caucus, his eager political fellators in the House, and the degraded claque of Trump-right media ball-washers have decided to go all-in on the new Trump thugocracy now aborning.
And why not? The decision by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump an exercise in raw power politics is grinding toward its foregone conclusion.
The creation of a new form of American government, where the executive branch is permanently and utterly above the law, oversight, and accountability is upon us, and the exoneration of Trump in the Senate is the moment that historians will look back on and say, “There. Right then. That was the tipping point.”
The weaponization of the departments of Justice, State, and Treasury into formidable arms of the Trump Organization is nearly complete. Bill Barr isn’t an Attorney General; he’s the Enforcer General of the unitary and puissant executive branch.
And it’s all because Republicans in the Senate don’t have the courage God gave the common rat.
Senate Republicans are going to let Trump skate, and permanently realign the balance of power in the process, because they’re too chicken**** to stand up to his tweets, too terrified of a primary by some MAGA nutters, and too dumb to understand they’re ushering in an era that looks like nothing we’ve ever seen in this country.
This is a one-way ticket, a ratchet toward a system that rewards a culture of threats by bullies and thugs like Trump with their desired outcome. It peels back the cowardice and weak-dick posturing of the Senate GOP like little else. They’re willing to ditch it all because they’re scared.
This ranting is utter misinformation. If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime. Alleging executive abuse of power over investigating Ukraine corruption is approaching the absurd.
you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime.
Please more accurately describe what Trump was attempting to do in Ukraine, because "investigating Ukraine corruption" is an entirely dishonest way of phrasing that.This ranting is utter misinformation. If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime. Alleging executive abuse of power over investigating Ukraine corruption is approaching the absurd.
Please more accurately describe what Trump was attempting to do in Ukraine, because "investigating Ukraine corruption" is an entirely dishonest way of phrasing that.
An investigation of Ukrainian corruption would be run through the State Department, not his personal lawyer.
An investigation would include an investigation, not simply an announcement of an investigation.
An investigation would not be a condition to release previously approved aid that IS NOT the executive's prerogative to withhold.
Try to be honest. Even a small attempt at honesty would look way better on you.
This ranting is utter misinformation. If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime. Alleging executive abuse of power over investigating Ukraine corruption is approaching the absurd.
If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime.
Face it. The entire Russian fiasco was very, very different than the story the people who were pushing it claimed it was going to be.
If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime.
This ranting is utter misinformation. If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime. Alleging executive abuse of power over investigating Ukraine corruption is approaching the absurd.
Your comment is as biased as you accuse the Republicans of being. Why should Trump have to respond to the constant insinuations and claims of the Dems? The Russian fiasco basically burned up all of their credibility, yet the drama never ends. The phone call transcript was released within days of this issue becoming public. It didn't incriminate so Schiff simply made up an incriminating transcript and read it to the nation. Nice.
Republicans didn't feel that way when they were impeaching Bill Clinton.Not according to Alexander Hamilton.
You should @Catchall on that.Republicans didn't feel that way when they were impeaching Bill Clinton.
“if this body [Congress] determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role . . . because impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.” Lindsey Graham
https://grassrootsdempolitics.com/index.php/2019/03/13/mcconnell-graham-impeachment-hypocrisy/
"It can't happen here". Until it does....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-trump-wants-heads-on-pikes-the-gop-cant-wait-to-oblige?ref=scroll
It’s almost—and call me crazy— like the gangster government of Donald Trump, the supine Republicans in his Senate caucus, his eager political fellators in the House, and the degraded claque of Trump-right media ball-washers have decided to go all-in on the new Trump thugocracy now aborning.
And why not? The decision by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump an exercise in raw power politics is grinding toward its foregone conclusion.
The creation of a new form of American government, where the executive branch is permanently and utterly above the law, oversight, and accountability is upon us, and the exoneration of Trump in the Senate is the moment that historians will look back on and say, “There. Right then. That was the tipping point.”
The weaponization of the departments of Justice, State, and Treasury into formidable arms of the Trump Organization is nearly complete. Bill Barr isn’t an Attorney General; he’s the Enforcer General of the unitary and puissant executive branch.
And it’s all because Republicans in the Senate don’t have the courage God gave the common rat.
Well said. However, I think that fear of Trump is just part of the issue. The main fear is that if Trump goes so goes the dream of white America returning to the Utopia of the 50s. They will lose the chance to make America the Christian country they claim it to be. Back in 1980 when the Christian coalition aligned itself with the Republican party, it was their mission to make America a theocracy. So they believe Trump is the chosen one to make this happen. That is a main reason why they look the other way and defend Trump despite all the evidence of his corruption. They want to overturn Roe vs Wade, they want to put required pray and Christianity back into schools and they want to limit immigration for black and brown minorities and passing pro-religious laws in order to discriminate against the LBGT community and repeal gay marriage. So yes fear drives them but the fear is about losing their ability to create a Christian theocracy.
Senate Republicans are going to let Trump skate, and permanently realign the balance of power in the process, because they’re too chicken**** to stand up to his tweets, too terrified of a primary by some MAGA nutters, and too dumb to understand they’re ushering in an era that looks like nothing we’ve ever seen in this country.
This is a one-way ticket, a ratchet toward a system that rewards a culture of threats by bullies and thugs like Trump with their desired outcome. It peels back the cowardice and weak-dick posturing of the Senate GOP like little else. They’re willing to ditch it all because they’re scared.
This ranting is utter misinformation. If you want to impeach a sitting president, you need to allege and produce evidence of an actual crime. Alleging executive abuse of power over investigating Ukraine corruption is approaching the absurd.