US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

veterans, cowboys, mountain men, and "guys that know how to fight" will hunt down Democrats and kill them.

On their rascal scooters?

fisticuffs, good sir, are not how we solve the problems of our great Republic

― Pierre Delecto

That was quick.

Trump taking victory lap for Turkey-Syria on TV rn.

it's too late to complain about process anyway:

Support for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump has reached a new high, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found.

Pollsters discovered that 55 percent of respondents approved of the inquiry, while 43 percent opposed it. Last week, 51 percent supported it while 45 percent did not.

Meantime

Giuliani’s associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman just pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutor said there are subpoenas for **50** bank accounts.

Parnas attorney said there may be concerns about executive privilege due to relationship with Giuliani.

More soon, @CourthouseNews.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) October 23, 2019

😳 pic.twitter.com/0EVP5adhUJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2019

executive privilege is a hell of a drug

Re: the McConnell strategy, sure, but I don't think "They're being mean to Donald Trump" has a lot of resonance beyond the base.

Can all evidence of one's criminal activities be protected by "executive privilege", if one, say, bakes a cake for Giuliani? Asking for a friend.

This is the new party line I guess?

"I'll take Quid Pro Quos for $1,000 Alex"
"U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of Mississippi river for $15 million."
"What is Seward's Folly?"
"Sorry @Steelers fans, it is 'What is the Louisiana Purchase, the Louisiana Purchase.'" #QuidProQuoJeopardy

— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) October 23, 2019

Homie is most likely to leave office by accidentally snorting his whole adderall-crusted septum back through the centre of his brain, like a bullet, during an on-camera speech

the wise man bowed his head and said..."there is no difference between purchasing land and purchasing election influence from a foreign country"

purchasing land... using funds duly appropriated for that purpose by Congress, under treaties also approved by Congress

it's called grasping at straws

Bit of a folly to tweet while autoerotic asphyxiating but different strokes

Re: the McConnell strategy, sure, but I don't think "They're being mean to Donald Trump" has a lot of resonance beyond the base.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, October 23, 2019

iirc if you have the law, hammer the law; if you have the facts, hammer the facts; if you have neither the law nor the facts, hammer the table.

And if ya got beef then bring the ruckus

you know what they say: if you don't have a hammer, then have your friends at daily caller just make one up for you, nailed it

Thread:

A few words on why Gaetz stunt to storm the SCIF to disrupt Laura Cooper's deposition is a VERY serious national security problem.

Note, I worked in that SCIF for HPSCI and handled cybersecurity issues while there.

— Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) October 23, 2019

I really hope this is only ongoing cos they're trying to figure out how to arrest the six that are still there.

Dems might be afraid of playing into their hand but doesn't it play more into their hand to do nothing?

Meantime

Wow, AP reports a May 7 meeting in which Zelenskiy discussed "how to navigate Trump’s insistence for a probe and to avoid becoming entangled in American elections” https://t.co/3kos5ACwYv

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) October 23, 2019

twistin the knife there

Trump lifting sanctions on Turkey. His idea, or Vlad's?

In an astounding capitualtion, Trump announces that he has lifted sanctions on Turkey despite their invasion of Syria, essentially rewarding Turkish President Erdogan for killing the Kurds.pic.twitter.com/DQzMk1SkGQ

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 23, 2019

Wish he'd die already.

don't we all

um, i know this is a silly question, but have ANY of the republicans chanting "LET US IN! LET US IN!" at the closed committee hearings talked to any of their republican colleagues who are actually on the committee? Have any reporters asked any of the the legit republican committee-members whether they think something is wrong with the process?

this is so fucking dumb, designed to fool anyone who doesn't want to bother looking up how shit works

i truly believe this will end with Trump and a handful of his inner circle disappearing in a helicopter into Russian air space

xp "this" being the Republican party

the whole Turkey/Syria/Kurds/Russia thing makes no sense to anyone. the only thing that makes sense is Putin demanding that he do it as his last act before he loses all power to do anything in the white house.

was going to say there are repubs on those committees,right ? Gaetz is a fucking clown

US Special Envoy for Syria Jim Jeffries says Turkey has committed several war crimes and engaged in widespread ethnic cleansing, and he was not consulted on the withdrawl.

misread, 'hasn't seen widespread ethnic cleansing'. I suppose you could add 'yet'

it's not just gaetz, it's scalise leading it, along with jordan and others - people who are on other subcommittees or even are the ranking members of them. they understand exactly how they're lying to everyone right now. their entire political careers depend on the ignorance of their constituents

I wonder if McConnell will time Senate hearings so that Bernie, Warren, Harris and Klobuchar are unable to campaign in the Iowa caucuses. I wouldn't put it past him.

the whole Turkey/Syria/Kurds/Russia thing makes no sense to anyone. the only thing that makes sense is Putin demanding that he do it as his last act before he loses all power to do anything in the white house.

― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:25 PM (eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

Trump is an unreliable lunatic. He withdrew his troops, betrayed the Kurds and gave Erdogan carte blanche, then sort of joined in condemning Turkey's actions he ok'd, then threatened to *destroy* Turkey's economy, only to lift the sanctions now. This is President Ascii Shrug in full swing.
Putin otoh knows exactly what he's doing, so he's enjoying reaping what comes so easily to him now. He's playing the real long game. He's managed to put a wedge in between EU and Turkey, without 'hurting' the latter, and it resulted in him granting his pal Assad a recoup of a large swathe of land Assad previously lost. Assad and Russian military meanwhile controlling the 'Kurd free zone'.

the whole Turkey/Syria/Kurds/Russia thing makes no sense to anyone. the only thing that makes sense is Putin demanding that he do it as his last act before he loses all power to do anything in the white house.

never in Putin's wildest dreams did he dare imagine it would work out *this* well

this is so fucking dumb, designed to fool anyone who doesn't want to bother looking up how shit works

― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:22 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Agreed, the dems locked the doors on the veterans, mountain men and presidents that were trying to participate and are acting very shady and they won't reply to any of my facebook messages or minions image macros demanding answers.

(going back a little)

Followup question: are there ANY avenues on which the President could shoot someone and face prosecution? Lexington? Third?

How about streets? Boulevards? Lanes? Courts?

This guy is Putin's fantasy puppet..it's like as a kid playing D&D when you'd rig the ability scores or whatever they're called, just push all the numbers into the red

Strength 6
Dexterity 0
Constitution 6
Intelligence 0
Wisdom 0
Charisma 6

when people say Putin must be laughing it's like, that's not a turn of phrase—I'm sure that yes he is literally giggling all day long

a literal 4-year high, unimaginable

Charisma 6

Bonus: CHA +20 whenever in the presence of Fox/GOP voters

The house GOP stunt has one obvious purpose: create some news that is not “here’s more evidence of the president’s crimes!”

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 23, 2019

Except that it can also be spun as "why are you guys so interested in obstructing and disrupting the inquiry? could it be that you have (DUM DUM DUM) SOMETHING TO HIDE?"

Every republican complaint about unfairness should be met with at least one solid slap across the face.

it just blows my mind this party has any supporters left.

An unearned sense of unfair victimization is a powerful drug, my dude