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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Trusting Wikileaks to do that? Seriously? I expected you guys to know better.
Assange. Is. Not. Our. Friend.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotMan, I barely cared about Trump's tax returns in the first place. Like, yeah it's suspicious that he's cagey about them while being open elsewhere, and yeah it's concerning that he's willing to break from tradition like that, but he's within his rights to not release them, and even if there's something really bad in there we don't know or suspect, what would it matter at this point? There's hardly gonna be anything worse than what we already suspect, and I would be surprised if there was anything that would make GOP impeach him.
But that said, Wikileaks calling for them shows that they have at least some people with them who aren't hypocrites, which is a good thing.
Jared Kushner's brother, Josh Kushner, attended one of the Woman's March Rallies
.
Also Trump (or one of his Cronies) tweeted that although he doesn't agree with the Protesters, he supports their right to Protest
, only a few hours after Tweeting that if the Protesters were against him they should've voted against him.
So this "American Sovereignty Restoration Act" or whatever the hell they're calling it - the bill submitted that would withdraw the US from the UN. Which is an absolutely nightmarish idea for any number of reasons.
Apparently it's been submitted into every new Congress for decades, and gets shot down every time. But...it's never been submitted into a situation where the GOP control the House, the GOP control the Senate, and the President is the capricious puppet of a foreign dictator who wants to destabilize the world order.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."![]()
Not sure - but again, it's Trump that really concerns me. Getting the US to do our own Brexit seems like it would fall in line perfectly with Putin's agenda.
Fingers crossed. But I'm still calling my congressman about it tomorrow. I'll stop bugging him when he stops being an asshole.

White House confirms Trump no longer plans to release Tax Returns after audit
Raise your hand if you're surprised.
Anyone?
edited 22nd Jan '17 11:40:43 AM by TacticalFox88
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