wow what do you know yet another witness who is completely unaware of all these made up conspiracy theories
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
This is a great deal bigger than any scandal thus far.
It won't lead to his removal, and he still won't fall below his floor, and we might deal with a hollering dog for a bit, but this is the opposite of the Mueller memo. Donors turning on Trump = even he knows which way the wind is blowing.
Could help swing the Senate and the White House in 2020 as long as we don't nominate a simpering buffoon.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
Good lord, Nunes’ bullshit is such a waste of everyone’s time
― tobo73, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
what is he talking about
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Cows
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
He'll self-destruct in five minutes, his programming is confused
good lord he had all week to prepare for this
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
Sondland will be played by a younger Wallace Shawn in the movie. Dem counsel will be played by that skinny dude from the Office and Silicon Valley, or Ken Cosgrove from Mad Men.
― akm, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
Sondland was very clearly struggling to follow where Nunes was going with all of that. It's pretty striking how jovial and talkative he was with Schiff and Goldman by contrast.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
yea its been pointed several times that unless you watch Hannity every night you will have no clue what Nunes is talking about
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
the Chalupa defense: The 21st Century "Twinkie Defense" invoked when Trump finally shoots someone on 5th Avenue.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
I finally figured out who Sondland looks like, its Jeff Ross― frogbs, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:27 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― frogbs, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:27 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
Someone else made that observation to me.
sorry but I can only see Jeffrey Ross pic.twitter.com/80YKX6clKZ— Jonathan Baude (@jbaude) November 20, 2019
― jaymc, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
lmao this guy spent one million dollars to end up here
always a great investment that DJT
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
Is the GOP counsel any better than Nunes. Blooming hope this is as obviously wrong to everyone.Or is this just Sondland being made the fall guy
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
Sondland probably also stuck with a garage full of Trump steaks
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
Castor is trying to show there was no explicit quid pro quo, but Sondland is clear that common sense says otherwise.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
Castor: President said go talk to Rudy, but he didn't mean go talk to Rudy, right? He just meant, like, I'm busy, go away
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
castor's line of questioning is awfully weak. he's pushing the idea that you can't draw a conclusion from obvious evidence.
― akm, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
And an attic full of Trump U. diplomas.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
yessss
President Trump - wait for it - hardly knows the guy (Sondland): “I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though.”— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Backtracking a touch but I will cherish these ten seconds.
YOU GUYS HIS FACE AFTER THEY ADJOURN FOR A BREAK. *chef kiss* pic.twitter.com/lemUGKvJOv— Ann (@neverfindapen) November 20, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
the michael scott comparisons are too easy, but also too good
― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
Maggie HabermanWhite House CorrespondentHe is, Michael. He’s been told, after his attack on Yovanovitch, to be quieter.
When the president spoke to reporters just now, without taking questions, he read from hand-written notes.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Treating the metaphorical Drug Deal like an actual DRUG DEAL.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
the democratic WITCH DEAL has become a total DRUG HUNT
― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
brb registering WITCH DEAL DRUG HUNT as my next band name
# pic.twitter.com/0dVAb3Lb8w— Mama Bear 5 (@MamaBea60049450) November 20, 2019
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Song lyrics
― jaymc, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Napolitano can sit back and relax knowing he's not the most hated legal go-to guy on Fox now.
Ken Starr: "There will be articles of impeachment, I think we've known that ... It's over ... This is his position, we now know that the president, in fact, committed the crime of bribery ... Articles of impeachment are being drawn up if they haven't already been drawn up." pic.twitter.com/82NOwczpej— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 20, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
yeah but due process!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
"everyone's hair was on fire"!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
this is otm:
Michael D. ShearCongressional Correspondent
One thing that has struck me during each of the sessions by the Republican lawyer – it’s just unclear what the strategy is to the questioning. What is the goal? What narrative are they trying to tell? The Democrats are much more focused, and you can see the story they want to assemble.
12:01 PM ET
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
"everyone's hair was on fire"!=December Title
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
I was just thinking that they have given him nothing to work with so he's just trying to stay afloat. (the GOP lawyer).
― Yerac, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Castor was very desperately begging him to say this was all speculation and Sondland didn't bite.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign https://t.co/UJ6W7buKwD— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 20, 2019
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
i think the GOP strat at this point is tread water while everyone in the back room determines wtf is going to happen now. no direction at the moment.xp welp there's a strat
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
the take i've seen (from renato mariotti i think) is that the kitchen-sink GOP line of questioning reflects a lack of a case for them to make. as a fallback they're just throwing stuff at the wall in hopes of creating a general cloud of confusion and suspicion so that those not paying close enough attention will get, vaguely, the sense that the impeachment case is shaky or fishy in some nonspecific way.
― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
ya that's pretty obv to me a non lawyer
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
i wish i was watching this at the bar and not peeking at twitter at my office.
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
I was just reading what the deal is with Steve Castor and based upon his past he seems like he would've been a better questioner than what has been shown here. Cuz he kind of sucks.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
i’m just like gop need to step their game up, but who’s lefthttps://youtu.be/JNMQqh1ovlM
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
the GOP doesn't have a case, and the best lemonade they can make out of this lemon is shoring up their primary voters' sense that their representatives are tough on the Democrats. making soundbites for Fox and for people who are already immersed in obscure conspiracy theories and GOP talking point gibberish is a good way to do this.
― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
xxp he's working with what he's got
you can tell he's kind of hating this
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
RE: Pompeo resigning (and Seth Abramson), that's not breaking news from this morning. that's a story by Time, published yesterday, saying that Pompeo is planning to resign sometime this year in order to run for congress again.
If it were announced right now, in the middle of the Sondland's testimony, that would be more pants shitting news.
Abramson bad
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
jesus anyone hear trump screaming under the helicopter? what the fuck is wrong with his voice?
― akm, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
planning to resign sometime this year
sorry, i mean planning to resign some time in the next year, before the 2020 election
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
a five year old trying to be pretend president
Via @jcartillier pic.twitter.com/UoDEq9Jylj— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) November 20, 2019
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
that article on pompeo says he was planning on leaving in spring but it sounds like they think it will be faster.
― akm, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
yeah something tells me he might want to speed it along now
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link