Ukrainian Court Grants Ex-Prosecutor Shokin’s Bid To Force A Biden Probe | Talking Points Memo

The ex-Ukrainian prosecutor who helped fuel President Trump’s smear campaign against the Bidens secured a court ruling forcing Ukraine to open an investigation into his allegations, several outlets reported Thursday.


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And the Bernie folks are dancing in the streets about this…

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Especially because Sanders is going to lose South Carolina. Super Tuesday will be interesting.

Meanwhile, Sanders continues to refuse to release his medical records. The last thing we need after Trump is a replacement that has serious health issues.

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Yes, but when Republicans help close the gap to much smaller than the polls predict, the Bernie crowd will be gloating and making a big to do about it. They don’t care who or how or where the help comes from. We’re their enemies in their minds, and the enemy of their enemy if their friend.

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What you are saying is kinda ignorant … and unjustified. It’s alarming to see the fear based opinions in a place I would have thought it to be less prevalent. But nope … it’s here in spades.

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Again … focusing your fear on Bernie (and no doubt his “Bros”). Did you forget that this has actually been Trump / Russia working this angle all along?

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Did you care when they were doing it to Hillary?

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Is this even true? What medical records are you JUST ABSOLUTELY needing to see? Do you really think that THE LAST THING WE NEED are the normal health issues of an older American? Hate to break it to you … but that’s essentially everyone running for president and almost all of congress and the Supreme Court.

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Hope no firewall:

Last two paragraphs:

The mainstream three-quarters of Democrats have begun to tell themselves that Mr Sanders would not be so bad. Some point out that he would not be able to do many of the things he promises. This excuse-making, with its implication that Mr Sanders should be taken seriously but not literally, sounds worryingly familiar. Mr Trump has shown that control of the regulatory state, plus presidential powers over trade and over foreign policy, give a president plenty of room for manoeuvre. His first term suggests that it is unwise to dismiss what a man seeking power says he wants to do with it.

Enter Sandersman

If Mr Sanders becomes the Democratic nominee, America will have to choose in November between a corrupt, divisive, right-wing populist, who scorns the rule of law and the constitution, and a sanctimonious, divisive, left-wing populist, who blames a cabal of billionaires and businesses for everything that is wrong with the world. All this when the country is as peaceful and prosperous as at any time in its history. It is hard to think of a worse choice. Wake up, America! ■

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Um, no. I had stents put in in May. Other than higher than normal blood pressure, I had no other contributing factors. I’m ten years younger than Sanders and in great shape, and I still am not fully recovered, but doing really well.

My doctors would say I was fine and could do anything. So, Bernie? What about you?

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No, i didn’t, which is why I’m all the more disgusted that the Bernie camp will be glad of it and take advantage of it while denying its influence on election results…

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Great example Chelsea … I would say from your anecdotal evidence that Bernie is just fine and you should stop belly aching and fear mongering over it.

Nope, because he won’t release his records. What’s he hiding? He’s also older than I am. You’ll have to do better than that.

BTW, you never responded to my comment about Hillary.

This is really quite wonderful. Sanders is finally getting the questions and criticisms he should have been getting in 2016. And you don’t like it?

Too bad.

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So … you have unilaterally decided that this is going to happen sometime in the future? Wow … that is pretty amazing future forecasting. Can you also tell me what I’ll be getting for Christmas this year?

Essentially, you are pre-disgusted at something Bernie’s “camp” is, according to you, going to do in the future? You do know that sounds really … sorry to say it … GOP of you?

You should skip to the chase and go ahead and register some fake “Bernie Bro” social media accounts and fulfill your own prophecy. Trump and the Ruskies will thank you Comrade!

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A bag of dicks.

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Hmmm… Let me see. That’s:

  1. A corrupt, divisive, right-wing populist, who scorns the rule of law and the constitution vs.
  2. A sanctimonious, divisive, left-wing populist, who blames a cabal of billionaires and businesses for everything that is wrong with the world.

What’s so difficult about that choice? It’s basically:

  1. Treasonous crimer vs.
  2. Non-treasonous law abider
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Well there it is … you CAN tell the future! Forgive me for doubting you!

Seems like a pretty clear choice!

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Sanders doesn’t bother me nearly as much as his supporters.

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It’s ok. I’m a forgiving god.

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