The September 2019 US Politics Thread is great Great GREAT GR8

Pooooor Sméagol.

— Gollum J. Trump (@realGollumTrump) September 24, 2019

Whistleblower report seems key, and if that wasn't obvious, Trump trying to bargain a compromise on its release means he knows it's trouble.

Yeah the transcript alone must not be as bad

the report describes Trump making “duh DOY” faces and pantomiming masturbation while he’s on the phone

xpost Hasn't it already been downgraded to "notes" or something? And as pointed out earlier, it's one of just several calls. And likely those several calls are part of the broader whistleblower report, which must, by its definition and the process, be pretty serious, not least because it will end this person's career.

how long ago do you think this e-mail was initially drafted

President Trump’s reelection campaign on Tuesday began fundraising off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement that the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into the president.

“To fight back, President Trump is launching the Official Impeachment Defense Task Force,” the campaign wrote in an email to supporters. “This task force will be made up of only President Trump’s most LOYAL supporters.”

The email asks donors to contribute $45 or “your best amount” to join the task force, noting that all donations will be double-matched.

Can't believe Nance wouldn't make a deal with President Deals. Such a nasty woman.

Given his reaction after just a few hours have elapsed, it seems like this whole affair could finally nudge Trump closer to an aneurysm, if nothing else. And that feels pretty solid.

lmao

Trump campaign just sent out a subject line "FWD: Call Transcript" with an attachment sign. But it's just a fundraising plea.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 24, 2019

Lol

I mean fair play I bet the open rate on that email is through the roof

He's probably asking his base how to find the paper clippy thing

i just want to document the phrase "chuck todd has a good point"

Chuck Todd has a good point—if there was something serious to investigate regarding Biden, why didn’t Trump go to the FBI instead of Ukraine?

If the FBI was investigating this, there would be no reason for Trump to pressure Ukraine. The FBI could reach out on its own. https://t.co/tp4TUvKG4d

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 24, 2019

Duh

Who need the fbi when you’ve got Rudy?

Yeah good point, the FBI makes it a point not to share with the public who it might be investigating

Xpost

NEWS: The White House will release the *full whistleblower complaint* and accompanying IG report to Congress, per @nancook: https://t.co/VAhT2qpdxH

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 24, 2019

Huh

Well it's the only play left at this point.

Idk. They’re kinda legitimizing the document. If it literally lays out a casse for extortion, I’d think they’d say it contains fabrications

Keep in mind:

* Refusal to submit the complaint led to Schiff's initial tweet and what caused things to get here.
* Per Schiff's tweet today, whistleblower wants to talk to that panel directly
* Release of the document is required by law regardless
* If whistleblower appears to the panel and says "Yeah that's not what I submitted," that's...not a good look for the administration.

what if the whistleblower was . . . jeffrey epstein

i bet $200 on tom arnold and i'm sticking with it

“ Trump campaign just sent out a subject line "FWD: Call Transcript" with an attachment sign. But it's just a fundraising plea.”

This is gonna be like how someone finds the original contract for The Who’s Leeds show “In an old album” every few years

irl lol Old Lunch.

Whoops, I mean, Jimmy the Mod

Also, FWIW

The whistleblower's legal team issues a statement... https://t.co/zFqUVuWVxr

— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 24, 2019

I mentioned that Kennedy-Todd interview up thread, and I loathe the guy, but it's the most irate I've ever seen against a GOP imbecile.

xp legal team missed a huge opportunity to use singular they

Hi - I've been completely out of the loop for a while under the assumption that if something happens, I'll know about it. Maybe not anymore, though. Maybe there's nobody left paying attention to politics but you wonks, and I hate to say it but I long ago tired of certain folks' hyper-granular focus on every little thing as a possible Harbinger.

I've sort of been waiting for the Smoking Gun tape. The moment when the people protecting him give up and turn on him. Maybe that doesn't happen, though? Maybe we're beyond the possibility of that.

I don't care when he goes anymore. How broken is broken? Broken enough. All this shit not being my problem is an opportunity for me to deal with the stuff that is still my problem.

But I know this isn't forever, I know something big is going to happen at some point, and I don't know how or how much to prepare for that.

I think we finally cracked this nut. All the dems have to do is impeach him every time he refuses to turn something over or allow someone to testify.

If whistleblower appears to the panel and says "Yeah that's not what I submitted," that's...not a good look for the administration.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 6:31 PM (forty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

And? They do this kind of shit regularly.

'not a good look' is this administration's whole m.o.!

it's its whole hair

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
Posted: September 24, 2019 at 7:44:27 PM
I mentioned that Kennedy-Todd interview up thread, and I loathe the guy, but it's the most irate I've ever seen against a GOP imbecile.
I was seriously about to flip the fuck out when Kennedy started in on the Biden shit before Todd called him out.

With that logic, why did Trump attempt to bargain with Nancy if he is not actually worried?

We're going back to "5D Chess" here

Xposts

The fact that he went to her directly is very telling, she’s not even his type.

Sen Kennedy appears to have come straight from the embalmer's office

I've sort of been waiting for the Smoking Gun tape. The moment when the people protecting him give up and turn on him. Maybe that doesn't happen, though? Maybe we're beyond the possibility of that.

this won't happen, sorry

That's never been the point of impeachment -- at least for me. For Lord Sotosyn, it's (a) Congress holding a present and future president to account (b) exciting a base to get purported felons out of office.

He is a (barely) walking (barely) talking real time smoking gun.

uh oh this has pushed Alfred into third person

this won't happen, sorry

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

No, it's fine, I accept it's not 1973. You can't unask a question that's already been answered. I just still have no idea what comes next, you know? And I'm not entirely sold on "a boot stamping on a human face forever" as a plausible future.

No one knows shit except (a) Miami is gone in 2075 (b) I won't get Jake Gyllenhaal this weekend.

keep hope alive!

I'm more or less OK with that. Sometimes I hear whispers or accidentally read a headline and I wonder if it's Important. Thank you for the perspective. Sorry about Jake Gyllenhaal.

I'm knee deep in a bottle of wine, listening to Hannity at high volume, and blasting Shook Ones Pt. 2 and Hannity just said he welcomes the impeachment vote because he wants to know if the Democrats in swing states are going follow their socialist leaders.

Good strategy, impeachment is what willl totally turn them to Trump.

and who will turn Jake G to me