Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

  On 6/11/2019 at 8:38 AM, goDel said:

Donors tend to be traceable. As politifact have shown in their article. 

Instead of guessing, https://www.opensecrets.org/ will give some insight. It's more transparent than you seem to think. 

And the politifact story was more than just semantics. It showed how poor the 'reporting' is. They flagged it as fake news.

Given the politifact article, Blavatnik wouldn't even be considered a foreign donor, btw. (US-UK passport, in the US since 70s, has a couple of US companies)

I agree with you that there are issues with campaign financing and all that. But this article doesn't do any good. So I'm having a hard time understanding why you're jumping into this rabbithole with a politifact article labelling it as fake news. I just don't understand.

 

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yeah.. true. the connections raise eyebrows for me but i guess it's really quite normal. what's hilarious is the donations are dwarfed by Adelson's donations that were $25 million or something.  

as for foreign money i think it goes through PACs right? the super pacs get the 'dark' money and don't have to report any of it. it's quite laughable. direct contributions to campaigns are one thing but the PAC money is a separate thing entirely and for the most part those people don't have to reveal where the money comes from. i remember Colbert did a thing on it one season when he was still doing The Colbert Report. 

  On 6/11/2019 at 2:32 PM, auxien said:

it's not a matter of whether i think the country is anywhere near changing their mind, look at the polls. 

assuming my position is a mistake on your part. for the 4th or 5th time, Mueller showed no direct evidence for Russian collusion or conspiracy. you (supposedly) read the report, you should know that. 

not sure where i went wrong in my assumptions? i can repeat your words and still get a response i don't understand.

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At first it looks really shady but there's not much behind the curtain as Mueller detailed....it's (almost) all smoke and mirrors.

Looks the same to me.

 So we're saying the same. Can we actually on something? Not rocket science, right?

  On 4/19/2019 at 8:58 PM, auxien said:

 

goDel i didn't misread you. 

this is obvious attacking/trolling. 'admit to have not read the report' is condescending, as is 'parroting.' don't play coy.

 

if there's any misreading it's you focusing on one aspect of what I was saying instead of the larger point: 

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Trump's lying seems to be more to protect his image and to keep division/his supporters loyal than because of any actual shit to hide, really. At first it looks really shady but there's not much behind the curtain as Mueller detailed....it's (almost) all smoke and mirrors.

there's not much actual shit (Russian conspiracy) to hide. that's what Mueller said.

maybe? the ones from a few years back that Maddow got in 2017? 18? those weren't anything special, tho it was the 'simplified' tax returns. we'll probably see the full load at some point, but i'm starting to wonder if it's just more smoke and mirrors and he doesn't have anything seriously hiding in there.

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^how many times i gotta explain this to you goDel

anyway

polls show most Americans are against impeaching Trump as of right now, since after the Mueller report. that's not likely going to be swayed towards impeachment now, months after the Mueller report's been out. simple as that. if they're not interested, Congress almost certainly won't push it. end of story, really. cuss and raise hell all you want but it won't matter.

my position doesn't line up really. i think Trump likely should be impeached, perhaps for attempted conspiracy or at least for the attempted coverup/lies/misc stuff that Mueller basically handed over to Congress in his report. Congress should do their job and seriously (in a non-partisan way, lol) look at these things and make the president answer for them. but if you haven't guessed it yet, that's likely NOT going to happen, certainly not in any non-partisan way....which is really the only way to do it and it mean anything at all. 

Trump: New China tariffs will take effect immediately if Xi skips G-20

Aux, I hope we're not going back to having an argument we already said we didn't want to have. I just wanted to make sure I didn't misrepresent your statement, while still being succinct. Still not sure what went wrong there, but here we are. Lets leave it there.

Wrt the partisan approach of congress, the comparison with watergate is interesting. I tend to look at that history and see a lot of similarities. So that leaves me more hopeful, even if it currently looks hopeless. To a degree it was hopeless back then as well. 

But it's also the case that the media nowadays is mostly a shit-filter. With more  focus on the shit and less on the good stuff. Moreso than back then, I believe. The political side was always nasty. Which is basically proven by the actual watergate event itself, I'd argue. So I'm a bit weary following the coverage. Especially the shit thats labelled as 'breaking news'. That's the McDonalds of news. The media also plays a role in framing a hopeless reality. (As is my own psychology, btw)

So as far as I'm concerned, we're still in the middle of watergate where public opinion was still divided. And events could unfold similarly. Even if it doesn't look that way.

New polls show Trump tanking to the Dems in 2020 election.  God, let this be true.

Imagine believing he’s innocent of all that stuff we saw ridiculously damning evidence of for two straight fucking years.

i'm imagining that right now.

wow, this is so easy to imagine.

  On 6/13/2019 at 3:24 AM, Salvatorin said:

i'm imagining that right now.

wow, this is so easy to imagine.

Especially if you can’t read. 

  On 6/12/2019 at 5:53 AM, goDel said:

Aux, I hope we're not going back to having an argument we already said we didn't want to have. I just wanted to make sure I didn't misrepresent your statement, while still being succinct. Still not sure what went wrong there, but here we are. Lets leave it there.

i'm not interested enough in what you have to say to argue with you

  On 6/13/2019 at 2:36 AM, Candiru said:

Imagine believing he’s innocent of all that stuff we saw ridiculously damning evidence of for two straight fucking years.

imagine seeing Trump for the last two years and thinking anything is going to happen to him re: all this Russia/obstruction/Mueller stuff

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-rihanna-likes-quote-on-twitter-2019-6

Tariffs on China will drive Chinese tech to become more independent and less interconnected, therefore more likely to create bipolar tech world...and.....war part 3.

i don't want to hear any of these people's voices anymore. honestly, they're all quite sickening how boldly they lie. 

  On 6/13/2019 at 2:21 AM, Rubin Farr said:

New polls show Trump tanking to the Dems in 2020 election.  God, let this be true.

This made me think, what if it's closer to game time and don's still trailing big time? Will the R's throw lyin' Ted out there or maybe pull Mr. America Paul Ryan off the bench? Or worse yet, what if the Lord's Crusader, Michael miracle man Pence, has his come to moment and realizes it's his time? Will the R's back his ass up and choose him over the complete mess that is donald j trump? You know he's chomping at the bit to get in there, biding his time waiting for his evil master to falter so he can rise again from the ashes...

^ those are all fun fantasies but they've all bought in w/ shit-for-brains to the point of no return.  I imagine the more likely scenario is that they'll kick it up a notch with the tried 'n tru playbook tactics (disinformation, fearmongering, scapegoating, voter suppression, etc.), clear some lanes for foreign interference, and maybe dabble in a little rigging themselves.  The fact that nothing has (and likely nothing will) come of the Mueller Report is basically a green light for these bitchass ho's to continue with their fuckery.

Has anyone been crunching the numbers on the house and senate seats up in 2020 yet?  Have dems copped on to how they can't effect shit while Turtlefuck & co. run the upper chamber?

  On 6/13/2019 at 8:05 AM, ignatius said:

i don't want to hear any of these people's voices anymore. honestly, they're all quite sickening how boldly they lie. 

I was watching a clip of that Watergate guy's testimony when without warning it cut to that paedo-enabling knuckle-dragger Jordan and his retard fury.  Tab insta-closed.

  On 6/13/2019 at 4:08 PM, zero said:

This made me think, what if it's closer to game time and don's still trailing big time? Will the R's throw lyin' Ted out there or maybe pull Mr. America Paul Ryan off the bench? Or worse yet, what if the Lord's Crusader, Michael miracle man Pence, has his come to moment and realizes it's his time? Will the R's back his ass up and choose him over the complete mess that is donald j trump? You know he's chomping at the bit to get in there, biding his time waiting for his evil master to falter so he can rise again from the ashes...

The Emperor wears no clothes.

  On 6/13/2019 at 5:37 PM, BobDobalina said:

^ those are all fun fantasies but they've all bought in w/ shit-for-brains to the point of no return. 

yeah, I know the orange villain will never pass the torch unless he's forced to (impeachment). R's are dug in deep with shit heel.

But I have no doubt we're going to see Pence 2024. ya never know, the jack-assery could continue on for 12 more years... 

The way the R's currently treat Justin Amash, they're more like the ruling party in North Korea or China.

R's idea of "Land of the free" is a mystery.

there's a difference between 'opposition research' and 'inviting foreign governments to hack to the emails of your opponent'. 

i hope donald trump dies soon. still hoping it happens on the toilet so he flops onto the floor half naked w/shit all around him. or has a stroke live on air and no one is sure what is happening because he kind of looks/sounds like he's having a stroke sometimes.

lol +1

  On 6/13/2019 at 6:50 PM, ignatius said:

i hope donald trump dies soon. still hoping it happens on the toilet so he flops onto the floor half naked w/shit all around him. or has a stroke live on air and no one is sure what is happening because he kind of looks/sounds like he's having a stroke sometimes.

careful man, it's this kind of thinking that usually results in karmic backlash and keeps the villain in the film alive a lot longer than he should be. in fact with donnie's arteries hardened by years of mickey d's lard and all that orange preservative smeared all over him, I'd bet he makes it to 105 no problem.

pls no

  On 6/13/2019 at 7:42 PM, zero said:

careful man, it's this kind of thinking that usually results in karmic backlash and keeps the villain in the film alive a lot longer than he should be. in fact with donnie's arteries hardened by years of mickey d's lard and all that orange preservative smeared all over him, I'd bet he makes it to 105 no problem.

that's fine so long as the last 30 years are in prison.