Perhaps it was good to give him free rein to rant. I always suspected he was a Foxophiliac nutjob conspiracy theorist and reactionary theocrat. Now I see that I was entirely correct in my assessment.
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I will tell youā¦that there are two responses here:
(A) A sense of doubt that the judgement of our own intelligence services are correct.
(B) A sense of revulsion for Barr
Iāll choose (B)
Those who select (A) are either breaking chains to support Trump or extremely ignorant of the legal actions against Trump and those associated with him over the past three years,
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And he wants Mark Burnett to direct.
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Please proceed Mr Presidentā¦
No, really. Then the world can see just how seriously outmatched you are by every Democratic candidate when they ask questions of your toadies.
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Moscow McConnell will not prevail in the sense that he wants. He is a Kangaroo Court artist going up against the one woman who knows all of his tricks.
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Say what you want about McConnell, but he knows how to read a thermostat.
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McConnell can hold 1/3 of the Senate. Expect that a lot of R douchebags in blue states who are facing election might jump but thatās no more than 4-5 senators, and they will support McConnell on everything procedural, so heāll get his circus.
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The GOP will handle Trumpās trial the same way that a Mississippi prosecutor would have handled a case against a Klansman in the 1930s - āGentlemen of the jury, your job here is to acquit the fine man who is unjustly accused.ā
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One thing. Most conservatives donāt accept objective reality. Trump is, to conservatives, Godās work, whether they consider him the Second Coming or an evil manifestation who happens to be programmed to do Republican Godās work. (If McConnell, who has already got the courts and his tax cuts, decides nothing more is forthcoming from Trump, heāll be convicted the first week of January, and the Confederate Ninja Turtle will work much better with Pence, who is also compromised by the Russians but even more compromised by the religious right.
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Right now McConnell is placating Trump. After the opening arguments, the decision may be made to call live witnesses. Trump wants a Perry Mason Tee Vee show. Does McConnell?
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If the Republicans donāt put on a fair trial (where thatās defined for most people by what it looks like on TV), then heās in double trouble. First, people will reject it, and second it will undercut all of the Republican lying propaganda about the āunfair Democrat star chamber witch hunt!ā they have been ranting about for the past two months. Both of those hurt them with independents and people who want the investigation to proceed. Of course, McConnell may just ignore that in the hopes that people will forget by November, and try to put in a quickie trial thatās over before anyone can really get too involved in what is going on.
The play where they allow Republicans to call witnesses is worse for them, because in that case they will have to let Democrats call witnesses they couldnāt during the investigationā¦so weāll get Mulvaney, Pompeo, Bolton, all of whom will have to testify under oath. And, all of whom will severely damage the Republican case, or else be caught out lying by the Democrats prosecuting the case. McConnell (and likely all the rest of them) know this, so they will do everything possible to avoid itā¦and, if they have to play fair, that feeds again into holding a quick trial with little evidence presentation.
I really do hope that Trump is able to force them into a big show trial, where he will figure his usual method of bluster and lies can carry the day. That will come up against a wall of hard evidence, and cross examination that destroys all of the conspiracy theories that Republicans are trying to get across. The desperation that Republicans will feel when that happens will be palpable, and I think that will turn the public as wellā¦they will be able to tell the difference when everyone is watching every day.
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Sorry, but Iāve got a bee under my bonnet on this issue.
The IG report gives evidence of ample predication to investigate Flynn
Was the plan to keep Flynn from talking, no matter what? And what does Flynn do now? Heās going to jail unless Trump pardons him.
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You know, McConnell needs to be really really careful on how the trial goes ā and this might prove to do him in if it is blatantly unfair and preferential to the Fat Fuck.
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Absolutely agree. McConnell will have to walk a tightrope.
And Donnie will have to navigate a minefield ā especially if he testifies.
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I assume that Pelosi has carefully studied history, including just how nasty confederates are. Lincoln extended the war by two years by not (initially) pursuing the war aggressively. The Democrats tend to be constrained by basic norms of behavior.
Sure ! Donāt you ever watch TV Lawyer shows ?
The defendant always gets to choose which witnesses who can testify at his trial !
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Trump wants a Cartoon Show.
Letās give it to him:
Make him testify under oath.
The people who enable Trump include those government officials who take for granted that Trump cannot be compelled to testify under oath.
This includes the entire Republican Party.
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Petey Williams should go back to just making shit up and leave real journalism to the professionals.
You still wonāt get 2/3 of the Senate. And McConnell will likely tolerate it if a few weak incumbents fold (in return for even tighter control later). Given that heās got his tax cuts and his POTUS picks, he doesnāt even care if Trump gets swamped and he loses the majority, as long as he gets close and can lasso in DINOs like Manchin. Even if the next POTUS gets a SCOTUS pick, it will like be to replace Ginsburg, so it doesnāt make much difference in the grand scheme of things. He could even go eight years, unless we learn there is a God and that he can dispense massive coronaries to evil people like Rapey Brett the Beer-Belly and can cut deals with Beelzebub to make Clarence āPubic hair in my coke!ā Thomas decide there is more money on the wingnut gravy train. It is worth hoping that Rapey Brett kicks off early but Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Roberts are all in good health. (I canāt see Thomas being sloppy drunk.)
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BREAKING not RUDY NEWS!!!
While on a mission to Ukraine to acquire information about the business dealings of Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani was kidnapped by a travelling Ukrainian circus, Giuliani confirmed on Tuesday.
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