The September 2019 US Politics Thread is great Great GREAT GR8

I like that he tried to get Pence in on the action by offering up his callls

I dunno what the Corleone business is about buuuut I'd guess it's a reference to Fredo mindlessly blabbing his complicity with Michael in earshot just before mewling 'fake news!'

Uh oh

🚨🚨🚨🚨 REPUBLICAN SOURCE: “[The whistleblower] paints a clear path to impeachment.” - https://t.co/WrF41MiKat

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 25, 2019

I'm not gonna believe it until they physically throw him out of the White House.

https://pics.me.me/if-bronzehammer-follow-well-ld-like-to-see-ol-donny-35705466.png

lol, here's today's white house eblast propaganda sounding increasingly more like a fourteen year old wrote it

How to waste a year of America’s time

Americans “want a Congress that delivers results for the people, opening up opportunity and lifting up their lives. When our new members take the oath, our Congress will be refreshed, and our democracy will be strengthened by the optimism, idealism and patriotism of this transformative freshman class.”

That was newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on January 3, during the opening session of the 116th Congress. Whether she meant those words at the time is now irrelevant, as the actions of her party this year have betrayed any such vision of a real legislative agenda for working Americans.

Yesterday, Congressional Democrats gave yet another snapshot of how they spend their days now. After months of pressure, Speaker Pelosi caved to the far-left base (sorry, “transformative freshman class”) that she has been unable to appease, announcing that she is launching official impeachment inquiries into President Trump. Although Democrats have been hinting at impeachment as a political weapon for two years, the latest excuse they give comes as a response to hyped-up reports of a supposed “quid pro quo” offered to President Zelensky of Ukraine.

Slight problem: It turns out the story was completely false. The transcript released by the White House today proves that Democrats simply made up their claims of a “quid pro quo” between President Trump and President Zelensky.

Here we go again.

Democrats in Congress devote all their time and energy to rumors and innuendo rather than governing. It doesn’t matter if none of it turns out to be true—by then, their media surrogates have spread the lie far and wide. In the process, Speaker Pelosi’s ranks have squandered nearly a year’s worth of time on a single failed agenda item: endless investigations and obstruction. Yesterday’s antics explain why Americans are fed up with Washington and why Congress’ approval numbers sit at an abysmal 18 percent.

Imagine all that could have been accomplished had Democrats devoted this year to issues that actually matter to middle-class Americans, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement:

Americans deserve elected officials who focus on key issues to improve the lives of families, strengthen our communities, grow our economy, and keep our country safe. In President Donald J. Trump they have someone who has not only focused on those goals, but delivered results.

In a far departure from all of the work and results of this President, House Democrats have destroyed any chances of legislative progress for the people of this country by continuing to focus all their energy on partisan political attacks. Their attacks on the President and his agenda are not only partisan and pathetic, they are in dereliction of their Constitutional duty.

The Trump Administration will continue to be vigorous in laying out the facts and standing up for the many forgotten men and women who elected him.
The window for Democrats to do anything of substance this year is closing fast. When Nancy Pelosi spoke about a “new dawn” while accepting the gavel as Speaker earlier this year, she gave the impression that Congress would finally function differently under her watch.

It doesn’t. And no one’s holding their breath that her party will start putting the American people before their political ambitions.

Must read: “The Impeachment Farce Is A Slap In The Face To American Voters”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE: “Democrats Wrote to Ukraine in May 2018, Demanding It Investigate Trump

Is it a federal crime if White House staff use White House copy machines to make copies of their resumes?

the "Ah! Nevertheless" tweet was accidentally deleted today, RIP

https://twitter.com/bronzehammer/status/782408312730095616

Symbolic

.@murraywaas on Giuliani: "The Ukrainian initiative appears to have begun in service of formulating a rationale by which the president could pardon Manafort, as part of an effort to undermine the special counsel’s investigation." Wow. https://t.co/LrBOcAxgo9 @nybooks

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 26, 2019

lol

This has always been obvious imo. The Trump camp has always believed (probably correctly) the Ukrainian government was trying to nudge the election Clinton’s way and (probably incorrectly) that there was some form of collusion with the DNC. There was so much evidence of tax evasion against Manafort I’m not sure discrediting the ledger would have made a material difference to the outcome of the case but it might provide cover for a pardon and a media narrative that the whole investigation into Trump was fatally flawed.

The change of government in Ukraine offered an opportunity to press Zelenskyy to uncover details of any activity Poroshenko and the security services undertook to undermine Trump. Zelenskyy isn’t stupid enough to burn bridges with Democrats or his intelligence agencies so it was never likely to work.

okay night owls, here come the leaks:

New: The whistleblower complaint alleges a pattern of obfuscation at the White House, in which officials moved the records of some of Trump’s communications with foreign officials onto a separate computer network from where they are normally stored. https://t.co/JrPGM4ATs2

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) September 26, 2019

The whistleblower alleges that is what officials did with Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky, an action that alarmed the intelligence community inspector general and prompted him to request that the White House retain records of the Zelensky call.

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) September 26, 2019

BUT HIS EMAILS

oh that’s delicious

None of this will amount to shit, of course, but I take my enjoyment where I can.

Okay wait wait wait...so his playbook is basically 'do all the things that we claim our conspiracy theory version of Hillary Clinton should be locked up for except way worse and probably commit treason in the process'? Of course it is. Of course it is.

Investigators might do well to see if any other dudes named Vince Foster have gone missing over the last couple of years, perhaps one whose remains can be found under a hastily-tossed afghan somewhere in the White House.

Ukraine in the membrane

lol given he's so obsessed with reliving the 2016 election, I think it's only fair that Barr hires another special counsel and then recuses himself. Gaslight Trump for once.

Just kidding. But I do think, one way or another, that Trump is done. As long as the Dems stay on the offense and don't let up the pressure, whether he's there for another week, month, year, hell, another term, he's essentially at best a lame duck, because there is no way, after launching impeachment and with this literally nonstop onslaught of bullshit, they'll be able to deal with a man so aggressively crooked and bereft of good faith and, worse, dangerous. They can't even pretend. I have no idea how this affects the senate or congress, but I don't think it really matters at all.

pretty sure stephen miller has a strict 'no afghans in the white house' policy tbf xxxp

sad lol, the NYTimes talked to "six swing voters" about impeachment, and go figure, most of those people the had talked to in the past, and, huh, all are hardcore Trump supporters, one with a portrait of Robert E. Lee hanging in his house. Fuck the New York Times.

No, the New York Times did not talk to six “swing voters” about impeachment. The article quotes a handful of devout GOP voters who the NYT has repeatedly interviewed multiple times. A thread.... https://t.co/QYKCWB9V5I

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) September 26, 2019

And for a double helping of 'fuck the NYT', this current headline: 'Why a Trump Impeachment Should Terrify You'

So glad I stopped giving them money.

Why a Trump Impeachment Presidency Should Terrify You
Why a Trump Impeachment Should Terrify You
Why a Trump Impeachment Should Terrify You

eat shit new york times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFELNIpeTjY

xxxp bg vg

Breaking: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released the declassified whistleblower complaint. The complaint can be viewed here: https://t.co/sAjcf9g5Qx

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 26, 2019

OK, so crimes and coverups, but otherwise nbd, totally exonerated.

kinda remarkable that people so immersed in corruption for so long never seem to get any better at it

The declassified, 9-page whistleblower report is out:

"I have received information... that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election." https://t.co/Ah6tCHKbWT pic.twitter.com/oIqbgsdKia

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) September 26, 2019

Whistle: blown!

Before the release of the White House conversation memo, Chris Christie argued that Trump would only be in trouble if he said something like, 'Do me a favor...'.https://t.co/abKS3A6p3h

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 26, 2019

So yeah it's going to be fun watching the worst republicans go down defending this shit.

I mean, not Trump, though, of course. He'll remain unscathed somehow, I'm sure.

Can Fox hire all of them?

haven't they?

I mean the rest! Barr, Pompeo, Pence, the entire GOP ...

Trump is Nicholson in "A Few Good Men," except he sits down on the stand and just says, "So anyway, I ordered a beautiful Code Red. Absolutely the best Code Red . . ."

So what time today are the Democrats going to apologize?

THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ALL THAT IT STANDS FOR. STICK TOGETHER, PLAY THEIR GAME, AND FIGHT HARD REPUBLICANS. OUR COUNTRY IS AT STAKE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2019

First sentence is astoundingly perceptive. Well-observed, Mr. President!

man, Devin Nunes never stops delivering the yuks

yucks

so looks like we have offically entered the full-on "screaming era" of the Trump presidency

“And all it stands for”

And what’s that now?

Step back just a sec and reflect on that tweet in comparison with public statements made by any prior sitting president. It's easy to lose sight of just how insane is this situation we find ourselves in.

“Is their a case for impeachment? Absolutely not!” There is no high crimes or misdemeanors, no treason, no extortion, no treason.” RD Robert Ray, respected

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2019

, respected

xxpost Xenophobia and flim-flammery, afaict.

Their their.

Breaking: Whistleblower wore BLM t-shirt and ACORN hat at Antifa picnic

no treason, no extortion, and also, no treason

I actually yelled “Fuck you!” at Nunes’ opening statement on my car radio a bit ago. Looking forward to seeing a transcript so I can revisit all the outright lies.