Trump Doubles Down On Claim He’s Untouchable | Talking Points Memo

I can hardly bear to turn on the teevee as my blood pressure escalates every time I see the Orange petulance

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Let’s not lose our heads over this!

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My initial reaction, as well. If Trump is chief executive, but not part of the “Executive Branch”, then what is his status in the government? The terms “King” and “Dictator for Life” are the initial ones that come to mind.

If ever there were an argument for Trump being a lawless President, this is it – and in spades.

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Let him think he is untouchable for now.
Arrest JR and his son in-law , no bail, then let the games begin.

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Now, now - let’s not have everybody lose their heads over this (well, not *everybody… *)

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I love you!

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The Sun King.:sun_with_face:

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Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters she wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of a deal that would set spending levels for the next two years. Many lawmakers on Capitol Hill had expected that a vote on
a spending and debt package wouldn’t occur until September, but Pelosi indicated for the first time Thursday that they needed to act more swiftly.

“Before recess,” she said, referring to a long August break.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pelosi-says-she-is-seeking-to-finalize-deal-to-raise-debt-ceiling-and-resolve-budget-impasse-before-august-recess/2019/07/11/a3bfc35e-a427-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html?utm_term=.feaeadf687c8

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And GOP Lactose Intolerance for Deficits.

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He is Short Fingered Vulgarian In Chief.

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“Imagine, in the future, you have the most corrupt president in humankind, openly flaunting it, what law could Congress pass?” Judge Patricia Millett, an Obama appointee asked

Consovoy said that it was “very hard to think of one.”

Cable News Hosts: “Well, it looks like we’ll just have to leave it there.”

(“Coming up next: A grocer who says selling food to vegetarians violates his religious liberty…”)

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How does someone that is not a member of the Executive Branch issue Executive Orders?
Can we please have this Executive Branch non-member move out of the house designated as the residence of the Chief Executive, please?

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These are the thinkers whose ur-texts are Leviathan, The Prince, and Atlas Shrugged.

As you say, waiting for them to behave conscionably is … inadvisable.

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“Imagine, in the future, you have the most corrupt president in humankind, openly flaunting it, what law could Congress pass?” Judge Patricia Millett, an Obama appointee asked

Consovoy said that it was “very hard to think of one.”

okay, somebody drop the blue pill into this one and say have a nice day

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The dachshunds and I are right there with you.

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“Now, as a hypothetical, suppose a future president killed and ate the Senate Majority Leader and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?”

“Well, congress would have no choice except to provide a nice chianti and fava beans.”

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Just a point of inquiry, if the Mazars, as the 3rd party accounting firm for T rumpp, were made aware of any criminal activity that could be hidden or buried in his finances and tax forms, would they not be legally obligated to disclose that evidence to the proper authorities? Or, can we just assume then that they are also in on T rumpp’s illegal money laundering and grift by covering it all up for him?

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With a gun, and every branch of the military behind her. That includes the Space Force. And the Merchant Marines.

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But…a constitutional amendment isn’t “legislation” so therefore, they have no legitimate basis for investigating for an amendment either…and…and…What in the world can that be?

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Trump is a crook. America has seen enough renditions of crooks and mobsters. Although there is a perverse urge to glorify criminals, that is not universal.

Especially this one. Only about 30% or less are in his corner. It seems that is more than it is because of sleepyheads, non-responders, devil’s advocates wanting to shake things up, a tendency for old haters to over-respond, etc.

TRUMP. DOES. NOT. WANT. HIS. CRIMINALITY. ESPECIALLY. HIS. VICE. CRIMINALITY. AND GRAFT. TO BE EXPOSED. TO. THE. AMERICAN. PEOPLE.

Anyone–ANYONE–who impedes the process of exposing the vice/graft criminality of Donald Trump is an enemy of the United States

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