Being on the list doesnât trigger any U.S. sanctions on the individuals, although more than a dozen are already targeted under earlier sanctions.
âNo puppet. No puppet. Youâre the puppet.â â Donald J. Drumpf
My family gets all the funding we need from Russia.
From the Washington Post todayâŚsound like anyone you know???
MILOS ZEMAN, the president of the Czech Republic, speaks and acts as if he were a pure Russian agent. Virtually alone among senior Western politicians, he defends the seizure and annexation of Crimea by the regime of VladiÂmir Putin, denies the presence of Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and calls for the lifting of all sanctions on the regime. Following his reelection Saturday, he reiterated his proposal that Czechs vote in a referendum on whether to remain in NATO and the European Union â the fracturing of which is the Kremlinâs most treasured goal. It therefore shouldnât be surprising that Mr. Zemanâs narrow reelection was aided in part by significant spending of unknown origin, and by a vicious online disinformation campaign directed against his opponent.
Couldnât a failure to enact the sanctions that were passed by a huge margin from both sides be considered âcontempt of congressâ? Isnât that impeachable? â have to do some research, wasnât c of congress one of Nixonâs crimes? If they fail to enact those who go against congress should be considered coconspirators.
Iâd love to see the State of the Union speech given to an empty audience because everyone would boycott.
Add to that, Turkeyâs (also a NATO member) recent scold towards the US to stay out of Turkeyâs military business conducted in Syria after attacking the Kurds (also a US ally who we fund militarily). We are beginning to experience tRumpâs scorched-earth, loosely formed foreign policy coming back to bite us in the ass, which will reverse years of alliance-building painstakingly formed following WW2. It was #2 I believe on Russiaâs wishlist for tRump to make sure he made that happen, or elseâŚ
âOligarthsâ??? Need to fix that title.
You do realize who is in charge of congress right now? This is so far from what the GOP requires to even consider a censureâŚAt this point, it would be nice to see an acknowledgement and âconcernâ from a handful of GOPers. We arenât even getting that.
Slightly O/T
Today is the second to the last of of the month.
Today is the second or third day of the week, depending on how your calendar is laid out.
Why do I feel is if itâs the 11 month of the year?
Why do I feel this early in AM that today is the fifth or sixth day of the week, depending on how your calandar is laid out?
But I guess most importantly why do I feel the mid-terms feel like they are 12 months away?
The timing of this and the Nunes fuckery is interesting. This is the week that most Americans will see that extra $20.00 in their take home. Maybe they thought that would make the populace more tolerant.
Whoâs gonna make him do that? Whoâs going to charge him with contempt of Congress? Not this bunch of GOPers in leadership. Ainât gonna happen and he knows it. My question is why did he leave out the people linked to Russiaâs intelligence or defense agencies? That includes countries that tRump probably does business with himself, I suspect. The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
I think âscorched earthâ is really the common theme in Trump policies foreign and domesticâŚheât looking to burn it all downâŚyou mention the foreign policy, but Mulvaney in charge of CFPB and budget; DeVos in education; Perry in EnergyâŚall people who have advocated to eliminate what they are nominally in charge ofâŚ
How can a man who has lived such a privileged life in this country, hate it so much?
A bit OT, but what a lovely piece of Origami!
a surprising announcement that [the Administration] had decided not to punish anybody â for now â under new sanctions retaliating for the election-meddling
âSurprisingâ to whom?
Itâll start to fly by quickly once winter is over. Primaries in some states begin as early as March.
Well, this certainly supports his claim that the Mueller investigation is a hoax and a witch hunt. All the Republicans who refuse to do anything are complicit, and itâs getting to be quite apparent that they all got Russian money and know it.
He thinks our institutions have always been in his way. He thinks he has âmade itâ in spite of them, not because of them.
Itâs a common affliction among Republicans and successful criminals.
My first thought upon seeing it. Very nice.
Thanks, @srfromgr.
Does list include who the Russians own in our country/
No, the man loves this country. From his point of view itâs been Big Macâs and beautiful women.
Itâs us he hates. And so, until we become more orderly, completely submissive, and most importantly, more adoring, his displeasure and ranting will continue.