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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
THIS IS THE SINGLE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF A POLITICIAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY!! #PresidentSupervillain
https://t.co/In3V09SVEB
I guess Hillary Clinton doesn't exist then. Or Barack Obama. Remember them? You despised them and make a huge deal out of the unsubstantiated wrongdoings they supposedly did.
There's also the insanity that went on during the Mc Carthy era, and what about all those people who had to hide their orientation because it would be a security risk because they were forced to hide it?
It's also not a witch hunt when you flat out admit to the wrongdoing in question. Obstruction of Justice anyone?
Like a well-oiled machine, Wikileaks is trying to tear down Mueller.
Someone, btw, put together a timeline on the Flynn matter:
- December 2015: Flynn attends Russia Today dinner. He is seated next to Putin. Receives $33k for his appearance
- April 2016: Flynn has DIA security clearance renewed. He does not disclose any payments from Russia
- July 2016: FBI begins to investigate any ties between Trump campaign and Russia
- August 2016: Flynn begins lobbying for Turkey. Ultimately receives $530k over course of his work
- November 8th: Flynn writes Op-ed advocating better relations with Turkey
- November 8th: Donald Trump wins election
- November 10th: In first meeting between Trump and Obama, Obama raises concern over Flynn
- November 8-17th: At some point in November, Flynn informs transition team of intent to register as foreign agent
- November 17th: Flynn is named for National Security Adviser.
- November 18th: Elijah Cumming sends letter to VP-elect Pence, including notification of Flynn lobbying company's work with Turkey
- November 30: The Justice Department sends a letter to Flynn notifying him they were scrutinizing his lobbying work.
- December 2016: Michael Flynn has undisclosed conversation with Sergei Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the United States. Around the time Obama put new sanctions on Russia
- January 4th: Flynn informs transition team he was under investigation for Turkey lobbying
- January ~10th: Flynn reportedly delays ISIS attack plan that Turkey objected to.
- January 15th: Pence says Flynn phone-call with Kislyak in December was unrelated to sanctions
- January 18th: Flynn meets for 'working breakfast' with Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
- January 20th: Donald Trump’s inauguration
- January 24th: Flynn has interview with FBI
- January 26th: Sally Yates informs the WH that reports about Flynn’s conversations were untrue and Flynn was susceptible to compromise.
- January 27th: Donald Trump has dinner with Comey. Trump asks him for loyalty.
- January 30th: Sally Yates is fired. Administration & Trump cite refusal to defend travel ban
- February 9th: Washington Post reports that Flynn discussed sanctions
- February 13th: Washington Post reports that Yates warned WH
- February 13th: Flynn resigns
- February 14th: Trump asks Comey to end Flynn probe. “I hope you can let this go”
- March 9th: Flynn registers as foreign agent under FARA
- March 9th: Pence says story that Flynn registering earlier in day as foreign agent is first he heard of it. Calls it affirmation of Flynn resignation
- March 10th: Story breaks that Flynn had informed transition team of intent to register as foreign agent before inauguration
- March 20th: Comey discloses Trump-Russia investigation by FBI. Rebuts Trump claims of Obama ‘wiretapp’
- March 31st: Flynn requests immunity. Request rejected next day
- May 3rd: Comey testifies to Senate about his decisions in Email investigation
- May 8th: Sally Yates testifies that Flynn was at risk for blackmail and that she had warned the WH, confirming media reports
- May 8th: Trump asks Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General to write justifications for firing Comey
- May 9th: Trump fires Comey. WH claims that it was because of handling of Hillary Clinton email investigation
- May 11th: Senate intelligence committee subpoenas Michael Flynn for documents
- May 16th: Trump has meeting with Erdogan in White House
edited 18th May '17 7:19:27 AM by Lightysnake
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Abraham Lincoln, JFK, Bobby Kennedy, et al.:
"At least we weren't treated as badly as Trump"
edited 18th May '17 7:31:24 AM by TheAirman
PSN ID: FateSeraph | Switch friendcode: SW-0145-8835-0610 Congratulations! She/TheyActually, The National Enquirer and The Globe have been peddling right-wing trash for years. They both got aboard the anti-Obama conspiracy theory train in 2008 and never climbed off. They claimed he was secretly gay, they claimed Michelle was really a man, they claimed that he was a war criminal and wasn't going to leave office when voted out (before 2012) or when his term expired (after 2012). And they loved claiming he was a secret member of the Muslim Brotherhood, with all that entails.
Things have gotten worse since Trump through his hat in the ring, certainly. Where previously they would launch the occasional attack on a Republican candidate, they're now entirely dedicated to propping up the Trump administration, and have completed their transition into a Pravda knockoff.
Regarding libel laws, The Globe at least, could be sued for its coverage of Hillary Clinton since the election. Since their stories claim that her trial is currently wrapping up and that she is being refused a plea deal by Trump, and she is obviously not on trial, a libel case would be relatively easy to make—and will only become easier to make once they run the inevitable story saying she is now in prison. It would require Clinton herself to sue them though, and they've got enough lawyers to tie the case up forever.
@ The Flynn Timeline: I guess WaPo's taking its new motto very seriously...
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesMichael Flynn received USD500,000 from Turkey to pull strings in their favor
. That is, by halting a US-led move on Raqqa.
And its official, NAFTA will be reopened.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/nafta-renegotiation-congress-1.4121341
Hey Mexico, better start drawing up your counter protections now, like we are. Just in case we need to pull Taking You with Me on the US economy.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.About NAFTA, Paul Krugman did write a column about it a while ago. It's mostly the red states that take advantage from it
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Really...? It is Trump after all. (Remember how was going to stick it to China?) Barring a reversion to WTO rules, you'll both probably walk away owning Yellowstone and the Gulf oil platforms respectively and probably a couple of treaty ports and see the launching of the careers of whoever the ambassadors are.
Flynn isn't honoring Senate subpoenas.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/michael-flynn-lawyer-subpoena/index.html?adkey=bn
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay! I work all night and I sleep all day..."

Thing is, we're now going to have to suffer Trump using this as an excuse to pretend to be a decent human being, and the media will eat it up again.
See: Phyllis Schafly.
edited 18th May '17 6:12:38 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised