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Trump Fires James Comey

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sc0la

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hydrophilic attack said:
As to why they won't say outright they aren't taping conversations:

Explanation 1: They want WH staff to believe their conversations may be taped, in order to discourage leaks

Explanation 2: Everyone involved is a huge fucking idiot
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Tcab96 said:
Yes. Yes. I want to see this in every bush.
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Every bush? Naw I'm good on that. There are some bushes that just shouldn't be spicey.

waiting to see a pixelated spicer appear in a Japanese porn screenshot.
 
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BronsonLee

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Trump should say he'll give Comey the tape of the McTwist off the hotel roof in Hawaii, but only if he beats him in one last race around the neighborhood
 
smokeymicpot

smokeymicpot

Beat EviLore at pool.
Deputy AG Rosenstein's office has confirmed to Sen. Schumer's office that he has agreed to brief the full #Senate next week

https://twitter.com/mattwhouse/status/863103275628990466

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https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/863065910390738944
 
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R_thanatos

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kirblar said:
Trump thinks Obama taped him because Trump tapes everything.

We know he's done this before w/ his offices. He's projecting for the billionth time.
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That means that the mic obama used is still there !
/s

Explains why he asked his russia friends to look for it 2 days ago
 
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ShockingAlberto

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PhoenixDawn said:
I don't understand it either, but I guess it's a combination of money and power that keeps them there. Nearly his entire cabinet is filled with unqualified CEOs and other people who have probably never been told no or punished in their lives and now they're at the head of one of the biggest countries in the world with the 'strongest man in the world' in their circle. They don't see their rides coming to an end ever so they just carry on with business as usual while lining their own pockets and boosting up their egos further. That's the only explanation I can have but it's too disgusting for me to even think of that..
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Also, a simpler explanation: Republicans have overlooked so much that admitting to themselves that there is a line anywhere that can't be crossed means they have to look within themselves to figure out how they let the rest go. So the only choice is to convince themselves there is no line anywhere.
 
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Morrigan Stark

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DrFunk said:
Achievement Unlocked: Made Nixon look angelic
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Well. Nixon ended the war in Vietnam, abolished the draft, launched ABMT, enforced the desegregation of schools in the South, established the EPA, and presided over Apollo 11.

Of course, his legacy is entirely ruined thanks to Watergate. Trump though? He doesn't even have a legacy to ruin. That's how fucking worthless of a president he is.
 
DeviantBoi

DeviantBoi

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Read this summary of what is possibly happening and why that consulting firm was raided yesterday:

https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/co...in_annapolis/dhfnm85/?sh=8bd62816&st=J2KZA1Y9
Trump's digital marketing operation might be a front for laundering Russian money. Here is how I think it worked:

* Russia uses various shell corporations related to Russian Oligarchs to funnel money in Trump related SuperPacs. The Russian government maintains connections to the GOP through Paul Manafort and Carter Page, who have worked for these shell companies in the past. Manafort has experience laundering illegal money into campaigns from his days working with Ferdinand Marcos in the 80s.

* Flynn, being the closest to Trump, is the one finding these firms like Colt Ventures and building relationships with people like Jon Iadonisi, all the while acting as an agent of Moscow.

* These SuperPacs, or potentially even the Trump Campaign itself, contracts out an insane digital marketing and fundraising push bigger than any other in history. The Russian money is now spread out over several GOP consultancy firms across the country.

* The consulting firms pocket the payments as usual, but their fundraising push raises even more money online for the Trump Campaign. By paying these small-time firms with illicit Russian money, the Trump Campaign manages to trade it for legally raised donations.

* That legal money is then pooled with more incoming Russian money, and re-invested in digital marketing to continue to produce a stream of legal cash.

...

The fact that it is apparently a RICO case is huge. If they didn't get a RICO conviction, they would only be able to hold Flynn and his cronies accountable. The RICO statute was initially developed to help prosecutors convict mob bosses for crimes they ordered by didn't commit. A RICO conviction would allow the courts to convict Trump based on the crimes committed by Flynn.
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Journeywalker

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ShockingAlberto said:
Also, a simpler explanation: Republicans have overlooked so much that admitting to themselves that there is a line anywhere that can't be crossed means they have to look within themselves to figure out how they let the rest go. So the only choice is to convince themselves there is no line anywhere.
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I think that's a useful question to ask Republicans. What would it take you to jump off the Trump Train? What upset you about Obama's presidency? Are you holding Trump to the same standards of criticism?
 
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Gluka

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Morrigan Stark said:
Well. Nixon ended the war in Vietnam, abolished the drat, launched ABMT, enforced the desegregation of schools in the South, established the EPA, and presided over Apollo 11.

Of course, his legacy is entirely ruined thanks to Watergate. Trump though? He doesn't even have a legacy to ruin. That's how fucking worthless of a president he is.
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Half of those accomplishments were due to the efforts of congressional Democrats. One of them (Vietnam) was accomplished by sinking peace talks and prolonging the war for political gain.

Nixon was a piece of shit. There's little reason to praise him because Trump is an even bigger one.
 
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Boylamite

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ShockingAlberto said:
Also, a simpler explanation: Republicans have overlooked so much that admitting to themselves that there is a line anywhere that can't be crossed means they have to look within themselves to figure out how they let the rest go. So the only choice is to convince themselves there is no line anywhere.
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Or, they are compromised.
Or, this climate allows their donors/owners/masters to make money/push through terrible legislation, and until the gravy train stops, this insanity continues.
 
DeviantBoi

DeviantBoi

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Stinkles said:
While I wouldn't be surprised if they found incidental Russian and Trump stuff the raid was tied to an unrelated 2013 state campaign financing thing.
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Reading that Washington Post article, it appears like Kelley Rogers was that one pushing that narrative - that it was related to the 2013 campaign.

I don't think the FBI has stated anything.
 
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kris.

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DeviantBoi said:
Reading that Washington Post article, it appears like Kelley Rogers was that one pushing that narrative - that it was related to the 2013 campaign.

I don't think the FBI has stated anything.
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ya, as far as i can tell, the FBI hasn't said shit except that there was a raid being conducted in Annapolis. the fact that the consulting firm has ties to Stone and Manafort is crazy suspicious to me and makes me think this was about way more than the 2013 campaign.
 
smokeymicpot

smokeymicpot

Beat EviLore at pool.
DeviantBoi said:
Reading that Washington Post article, it appears like Kelley Rogers was that one pushing that narrative - that it was related to the 2013 campaign.

I don't think the FBI has stated anything.
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FBI said jack shit so far. Manafort's name keeps popping up though.

FBI spkspn says don't expect release of docs "anytime soon" in raid of Strategic Campaign Group, GOP pol consulting firm in Annapolis.


https://twitter.com/jemillerwbal/status/863067875963174912

She broke the story.
 
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Stinkles

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DeviantBoi said:
Reading that Washington Post article, it appears like Kelley Rogers was that one pushing that narrative - that it was related to the 2013 campaign.

I don't think the FBI has stated anything.
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Ooh. My information was 24 hours old
Which in trumplandia is ten years out of date.
 
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Akuun

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It would be really special if Trump ends up saying that he is recording Oval Office conversations with Russian equipment.
 
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Buckle

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I really hope future democratic presidential candidates are keeping a laundry list of a bunch of Trump shit to overturn as fast as humanly possible once they get in there.

Its going to be desperately needed.
 
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nitronite

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Buckle said:
I really hope future democratic presidential candidates are keeping a laundry list of a bunch of Trump shit to overturn as fast as humanly possible once they get in there.

Its going to be desperately needed.
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edit:Nevermind. Misread what the poster above me wrote.
 
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Nafai1123

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Akuun said:
It would be really special if Trump ends up saying that he is recording Oval Office conversations with Russian equipment.
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Trump: "Kaspersky is now the official antivirus software of the US Government. All systems will be using it moving forward in order to provide the very best in protection from 400lb hackers."
 
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Chococat

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TestOfTide said:
We went over this:

Eddard = Hillary
Varys = Comey
Joffrey = Trump
Littlefinger = Putin
McConnell = Janos Slynt
Renly = Bernie
Margery = Jared Kushner
Cersei = Bannon
Maester Pycelle = Paul Ryan
Robert Baratheon = Obama and/or Bill Clinton
Mance Rayder = Justin Trudeau
Dany = Angela Merkel
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The TV show version of the characters are either wildly different or you're just pluggin in names. ;)

Cersei = Trump
Littleefinger= Bannon
McConnell = Walder Frey
Ryan= Joffery
Flynn= Janos Slynt
Jared and Ivanva Kushner = Varys and Illyrio
Putin= Roose Bolton

Hillary = Dany
Bernie = Eddard Stark
Obama = Rhaegar Targaryen
Comey= Barristain Selmy or Jaime Lannister
Angela Merkel= Queen of Thorns
Justin Trudeau= Knight of Flowers
 
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Zeus Molecules

illegal immigrants are stealing our air
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Supast4r

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Morrigan Stark said:
Well. Nixon ended the war in Vietnam, abolished the draft, launched ABMT, enforced the desegregation of schools in the South, established the EPA, and presided over Apollo 11.

Of course, his legacy is entirely ruined thanks to Watergate. Trump though? He doesn't even have a legacy to ruin. That's how fucking worthless of a president he is.
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You missed Pingpong diplomacy that Nixon did which gave us a good relationship with China and opened up the country for the US
 
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Morrigan Stark

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Gluka said:
Half of those accomplishments were due to the efforts of congressional Democrats. One of them (Vietnam) was accomplished by sinking peace talks and prolonging the war for political gain.

Nixon was a piece of shit. There's little reason to praise him because Trump is an even bigger one.
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Oh sure he is, I have no doubt. Wasn't praising him at all, just commenting since someone made a comparison to Nixon. But even if half of those accomplishments are circumstantial, at least he can still take partial credit for them. Trump has jack shit except one disaster after another.
 
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Nether!

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I know reddit is not one person or a monolith of thought in anyway, but has it ever produced anything, ever worthwhile in terms of insider information in political matters?
I feel dismissive when I see the source is reddit and discounting it immediately but I just can't seem to take it seriously compared to real journalism.
 
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