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Brian Miller
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Posted: 15 February 2017 at 7:55am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

All the right-wingers are worried about now are the leaks to the media. Not concerned in the slightest about the info that is being leaked. They've gotta stop those fucking leaks.
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If they have a leakage problem, perhaps they need to start investing in some Depends!
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We are in the middle of an attempted coup.

And because the GOP nearly in its entirety is more committed to getting tax breaks for their billionaire masters than serving the nation and the Constitution.  I'm watching various GOP lackeys doing verbal gymnastics trying to come up with ways to defuse the obvious. 
But the air reeks of rotting corpses....and for whatever reason, our Republican legislature is smelling baking cookies. 

If you honestly think that Flynn TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF to assure the Russian government that sanctions will be lifted once Trump takes office.....you are insane.....and probably a lucky survivor of the horrific events at Bowling green on that dreaded, fateful day.  Or was it at night?  I can't recall.



Sing along with me:  "It's beginning to look a lot like Nixon...."




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Being old enough to (vaguely) remember Watergate, what Nixon did pales in comparison to the past 3 weeks or so.  The utter boldness of this administration at thumbing their noses at protocol and ethics is astounding. 

What's truly scary about all of this?  IT'S ONLY BEEN 25 DAYS!!!!  We have 4 years of this crap to deal with....
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"And because the GOP nearly in its entirety is more committed to getting tax breaks for their billionaire masters than serving the nation and the Constitution.  I'm watching various GOP lackeys doing verbal gymnastics trying to come up with ways to defuse the obvious."

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Publicly, yes. But you don't think that some members of the GOP have a hand in these leaks? Trump pissed off several rank-and-file GOP Senators on his way to the top - insinuating that Ted Cruz's dad had a hand in Kennedy's assassination (not to mention dashing Cruz's bid for the White House), criticizing John McCain for getting captured in Vietnam, etc.

Sure they have to save face and support their party's President to some degree, but they can't at all be happy about it. We're living through some House Of Cards-level shit, here - Which is ironic when you consider that the Underwoods were modeled after Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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The leaks are coming from all over the place. I'm sure the intelligence community has been energized by little things like Trump calling them a bunch of Nazis. And it sounds like the sectarian warfare between the Bannon and Priebus factions was at Mad Max levels from Day 1. 

It's a real sign of an undisciplined office. One of the hallmarks of Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign was the constant, detailed, backstabbling leaks, which largely stopped after a certain point by 2016. Not that it did much good in the end. 

I'm a partisan observer, but I think the issues raised have met the standard for appointment of an independent counsel. 
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Vinny, if there are members of the GOP who are willing to stand up and do the right thing then they better stop being shy about it!

Politicians know what a sinking ship looks like.  If there was someone in the GOP who isn't interested in going down with the SS. Trumptanic....I think they would make themselves known.

But the reality is that the GOP has had a hand in basically wrecking this country to pave the way for the agenda that people like the Koch Bros. are paying them to enact.

Explain how nearly ALL prominent Republicans are either sidestepping this issue or ignoring it altogether?  

John McCain?  Mr. American Hero?
He should be standing on the dome of the Capitol building with a bullhorn and a broadsword demanding Trump's fucking head!  

Money and greed and the power that comes with it is running this show.  And it ain't my measly tax dollars or yours in charge.


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Talk of a broadsword is counterproductive. 

We live in the Age of the Machete.
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FINALLY the republicans are doing something!!


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True, Chaffetz, after his unending probes of the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton, hasn’t shown any appetite to examine, say, the Trump administration’s ties to Russia or its many conflicts of interest. But the chairman has shown determination to probe, without fear or favor, the threat to America posed by Sid the Science Kid.

The chairman of the powerful panel — the main investigative committee in the House — sent a letter to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demanding to know why, in an attempt to raise awareness of the Zika virus, “CDC appears poised to make a sole source award to the Jim Henson Company for $806,000 to feature Sid the Science Kid in an educational program about the virus.”

Scandalous!

Sid, for readers not familiar with PBS children’s programming, is a preschool cartoon character. Like President Trump, Sid is orange. Unlike Trump, he is highly inquisitive. In each episode, Sid answers questions such as: Why can’t he scratch his ear with his foot the way his dog can? Why does his stomach growl when he makes French toast? Why did his yellow banana turn brown and mushy? In one of my favorite episodes, “The Big Sneeze,” Sid discovers that he needs to wash his hands even if he can’t see germs on them.

Chaffetz was quick to recognize the danger. On Jan. 26, the day after TMZ reported that the CDC was planning a Zika-education partnership with Sid, Chaffetz fired off a letter to acting CDC director Anne Schuchat, demanding a “written explanation” and “communications between CDC and the Jim Henson Company and also PBS.”

Chaffetz’s spokeswoman did not respond to a phone call and an email seeking comment.

This raises the possibility that the probe might expand beyond Sid. Can his teacher, Miss Susie, expect a subpoena? Does the inclusion of PBS in the probe suggest Curious George’s immigration status is in jeopardy? Did Bob the Builder hire undocumented workers? Is Kermit the Frog a dishonest journalist who broadcasts fake news?

Chaffetz, in closing, reminded the CDC that his committee can investigate “any matter” at “any time.”

Yes, it can — which is why it’s so appalling that Chaffetz is focusing on an animated preschooler.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/instead-of-probing-t rump-chaffetz-takes-aim-at-a-cartoon-preschooler/2017/02/13/ 7e74e63c-f232-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html

 

Just when you thought things couldn't get more fucked up, our government is investigating a PBS cartoon.

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Posted: 15 February 2017 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Brian, thank goodness!!!  Our long national nightmare is over!


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 Kevin Brown wrote:
Being old enough to (vaguely) remember Watergate, what Nixon did pales in comparison to the past 3 weeks or so.


I wouldn't say it pales in comparison.  There's been strong evidence which has emerged recently that suggests Nixon knew about and sanctioned efforts by his subordinates to sabotage the 1968 Paris peace talks in order to help him win the election.  That's pure treason.  Nothing Trump or his people have done yet (that we know about, anyway) rises to that level, though there's definitely some strong similarities.
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Kevin Brown wrote: "What's truly scary about all of this?  IT'S ONLY BEEN 25 DAYS!!!!  We have 4 years of this crap to deal with..."

Eight, potentially, if Trump's interest holds out. After that, we are virtually guaranteed the Pence Admininstration for the next eight. And then the Ryan one. 

Republicans will not vote against the Republican candidate. Democrats cannot vote intelligently or effectively. Self-styled Independents serve Republican interests and preen afterwards about how prettily they voted and how very, very principled they were throughout. Shame about those Republicans winning again. I have NO idea how THAT happened...

No one has learned anything from the last election and our ability to vote at all will be severely curtailed by the ruling party going forward. Polling places will vanish. Identification requirements will be likely be made absolute. All for very good reasons, of course of course.

This election has all but completely ended the two-party system in this country. It was on its last legs anyway, and as you all know, its not entitled to any kind of health care...

This is it, folks. This is the future of America, now and forevermore. 

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