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

mueller's testifying this wednesday. 2 separate public hearings in one day, one to the intelligence committee and one to the judiciary committee. 

the obstruction of justice that mueller documented is incredibly damaging to the integrity of the country and for them to get away with it furthers the damage. if the house dems have their heads on then they are not going into this in an inquisitive way, this is a deliberate act. they are doing this to have a public conversation with mueller, to precede a vote on holding official impeachment proceedings.

but there are other logistics that they are considering, like winning court battles in order to attain testimony and documents. once they begin official impeachment proceedings, it's better to have public hearings ready to go. they know disinfo will be deployed against them. they need to move public opinion, to inform the public enough that they feel they aren't risking 2020 with a move for impeachment. and so that republican senators will be pressured by constituents to not shield trumpo from removal. 

the house has a long break starting after this coming week. they don't come back until september. i hate to say it, but, before knowing how the mueller testimony goes, it seems more likely they will wait until after, to vote on impeachment proceedings. it would be cool to see it happen next week, though. they get more leverage in compelling testimony, once they are in impeachment proceedings, so maybe they will do it next week, in order to get things moving?

i don't put anything past house repubs, in terms of how they will behave toward robert mueller. i am holding out hope that an american sense of liberty and justice shows through. i root for the red ties to do the right thing, but i should know that they will shamefully disgrace truth and fairness, viciously attacking people of the utmost integrity and honor, because they are corrupt and use manipulation and lies to have power.

disinfo will be rife. trump will do something to displace headlines. the media will bat pointless banter around.

nadler's appearance on fox news, today, seems to suggest they will vote on impeachment proceedings the day after mueller testifies. he says they are planning to bring the mcgahn subpoena to court a couple days after mueller testifies. this would make sense if they were waiting to begin this important court case for the added leverage that impeachment proceedings will give them, but want to get it going before august recess.

the right is hedging more. chris wallace of fox news nailed stephen miller to the wall, and seemed to not oppose impeachment on the grounds of obstruction of justice in his conversation with nadler. he seemed to be discussing with nadler the challenge of getting the public up to speed with the correct information. 

  On 7/20/2019 at 8:16 PM, ignatius said:

Polish cities and provinces declare ‘LGBT-free zones’ as government ramps up ‘hate speech’

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sounds like the log line to a science fiction film. 

i guess the next attraction will be IRL the tenth victim

Louisiana cop threatens AOC with murder: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-trump-twitter-democrats-louisiana-police-charlie-rispoli-a9015301.html?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

All because of Don Shit's Twitter tirade against her, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib. He's stirring up his deranged cult, and getting off over it. This is threat against a sitting member of Congress ffs

  On 7/21/2019 at 5:56 PM, very honest said:

the right is hedging more. chris wallace of fox news nailed stephen miller to the wall

 

 

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donnie's team is loaded with douche bags, but OMG stephen miller has to be the worst of all. every interview I've seen of this guy, I can't go more than a few seconds listening to his full-on BS nonsense before I want to strangle him. I mean at least donnie's good for a couple of laughs (laughing at him), but this annoying smug prick is a human cockroach.

  On 7/22/2019 at 7:15 PM, zero said:

donnie's team is loaded with douche bags, but OMG stephen miller has to be the worst of all. every interview I've seen of this guy, I can't go more than a few seconds listening to his full-on BS nonsense before I want to strangle him. I mean at least donnie's good for a couple of laughs (laughing at him), but this annoying smug prick is a human cockroach.

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yeah there's the grifters and the smug GOP establish asshats along for the ride but Miller really encompasses the Himler-eque fanatics who not only 100% believe this stuff but are doing everything they can legally to institutionalize the most vile policies and ideas behind Trump and his supporters

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More than 2,000 migrants who were in the United States illegally were targeted in widely publicized raids that unfolded across the country last week. But figures the government provided to The New York Times on Monday show that just 35 people were detained in the operation.

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What a bust.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/ice-raids-apprehensions.html

They should replace his building in the director's cut.

I didn't know whether to post this here or in the Brexit thread...

the Earth is Dying thread 

Oooh you're probably right. Should've gone in the apocalypse thread.

  On 7/23/2019 at 8:34 PM, chenGOD said:

I didn't know whether to post this here or in the Brexit thread...

 

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took care of that for you

^ Evangelicals are hypocrites. They claim to worship Jeebus, but they're more akin to the Romans who crucified him in the first place. Jeebus would be considered a commie socialist hippie by Trump supporter standards.

Also, queso.

Soooooo... the mueller hearing is today. 

^ and some of these questions (or more like non-questions, just rants) they're asking him are so fucking stupid. no wonder he was hesitant about doing this. this will result in another big fat nothingburger.

  On 7/23/2019 at 10:05 PM, ignatius said:

took care of that for you

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I didn't watch the whole Mueller testimony, but I did catch some of the highlights. It proved just how petulant, irrational, and cult-like the GOP have become. One of them accused Democrats of conspiring with Russia. I mean, seriously? That's the best you can do? Using their same "WHAT ABOUT HILLARY" and "NO U" tactics for the last two and a half years. Pathetic.

  On 7/25/2019 at 2:39 PM, ignatius said:

the eagle is holding golf clubs in one talon and cash in the other. 

 

 

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Russian seal on the left, fake Trump seal on the right: