Dems Subpoena Pompeo In Probe Of Senate GOP Biden-Ukraine Disinfo Campaign | Talking Points Memo

[greylady]

OT, but Republican Senate campaign related:

In a nutshell: Corky Messner is running for the Senate in New Hampshire as a Republican. He claims to have a charity to help “inner city students”. However, after putting $100,000 of his own money into his ‘charity’, it did nothing for several years - until it spent about half it’s assets to pay for a ball field at his sons’ school. He later auctioned off a Jeep to raise more money for his charity and, since then, has helped only a single student with their education.

But he loves talking about his charity at campaign events.

The IRS requires charities to spend at least 4% of their assets per year on charity, or pay a penalty of approximately 30% of those assets. Mr. Massey’s charity has done neither for many years.

Analysis | GOP Senate candidate’s claims about his foundation for ‘inner...

[thunderclapnewman]

State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020

[not_so_fluffy]

The Pence character isn’t q-tippy enough…

[sniffit]

I never said we are helpless. Never. But you can’t formulate proper responses that depend on a system that is now utterly broken and completely disregarded by the other side. It will be luck and nothing else that determines the outcome if you do.

[bunnyvelour]

My rep, Brad Sherman, is in the running to lead this committee after Engal’s departure.

[tena]

And Biden is running ads here in Texas, finally. I’m so happy about it.

[nemo]

Your irony detector isn’t working.

[tena]

Your viewpoint doesn’t interest me, since you want to get personal

[onemorepoint]

Some here hate the facts. Thanks for pointing this out. Subpoena is 6 months late. Hope is in the Biden administration.

[trnc]

What is Trump or Putin holding over Pompeo’s head that he cannot even say Trump cannot delay the election?

Nothing. Their goals are the same.

[khaaannn]

[khaaannn]

They DON’T CARE about you or anyone else.

You are PRODUCT to be exploited, nothing more.
Unwashed Masses to be derided privately, while being extolled publicly.
Rubes to be Fleeced.
Grist for their Oligarch Master’s Mills.

Once you realize that, it all makes perfect sense…

[dont]

have a feeling this administration doesn’t think much of the Presidential Records Act

Similar to the last rethug badministration.

[smoscom]

To be clear about this, it is not as if being a democratic socialist, running as and aligned with the Democratic Party in 2020, were a bad thing, or a pejorative in any way. Some of my best friends are democratic socialists, and come to think of it, so am I. But we can all agree that it is good that Congressman Engel continues to work hard on behalf of his constituents even after his recent primary election defeat— although the fact is, his constituents whose votes he won in 2018 have every right to expect no less from him.

[hornblower]

I’m a democrat.

[daveyjones64]

Sure, he isn’t the conduit. He has no problem going on Capitol Hill and saying “i know nothing!!” interspered with allusions to how corrupt Biden may be.

Pompeo has sold out his future political career completely. ETTD. And he has come to realize that.

They don’t care.

Its like Barr’s testimony this week. So what? Nothing is going to happen…he can lie, dissemble, talk about how pepperoni gives him gas…its meaningless at this point.

[LeeHarveyGriswold]

Can Mikey find the House Foreign Affairs Committee chambers on a map?

[sonsofares]

And I pray the IC is also acting behind the scenes as well to save our Democracy.

This is a joke, right? Precisely what makes you think that this is even a remote possibility? All of the false messiahs that Dems and Dem supporters have invoked over the past three years have proven to be so wickedly illusory that it’s borderline tragedy.

All federal agencies have been compromised and corrupted. There are no “good men and women” fighting to save anything but their employment. DHS, FBI, CDC, FDA, the entire alphabet soup of the federal government is a mass of technocratic Little Eichmanns who ain’t gonna do shit to “save” anybody.

[Citizen1]

I respectfully disagree with you. We still have an IC with many civil servants dedicated to their work. It is not obvious, at times, but consider their current working environment.

ETA: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/nancy-pelosi-william-evanina-russia-meddling-389847

[Citizen1]

Ghouliani would never pass muster as a Goblin at Gringotts!