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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Rand Paul breaks with Republicans as he doubts Trump supreme court pick
Apparently because he's worried about the guy's history with privacy rights. It's just his word for now, and they'll probably convince him, but it is something that could make things a bit more complicated.
Edited by LSBK on Jul 15th 2018 at 11:59:26 AM
I don't trust any of the Republicans in the Senate until they vote. They lost that trust when they pushed through the tax bill without looking at it and some voted on it even with reservations.
I would also expect them to pull McCain out of cancer treatment and threaten his health if they were worried they were going to have a 49-50 split so they can use Pence's tie breaker.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."So yeah, today's the day of Trump's treason Summit with his best bud, Putin.
Trump, Treasonous Traitor
Trump is right now, before our eyes and those of the world, committing an unbelievable and unforgivable crime against this country. It is his failure to defend.
The intelligence community long ago concluded that Russia attacked our election in 2016 with the express intention of damaging Hillary Clinton and assisting Trump.
And it was not only the spreading of inflammatory fake news over social media. As a May report from the Republican-run Senate Intelligence Committee pointed out:
“In 2016, cyber actors affiliated with the Russian Government conducted an unprecedented, coordinated cyber campaign against state election infrastructure. Russian actors scanned databases for vulnerabilities, attempted intrusions, and in a small number of cases successfully penetrated a voter registration database. This activity was part of a larger campaign to prepare to undermine confidence in the voting process.”
And this is not simply a thing that happened once. This is a thing that is still happening and will continue to happen. As Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the committee in February, “Persistent and disruptive cyberoperations will continue against the United States and our European allies using elections as opportunities to undermine democracy.” As he put it, “Frankly, the United States is under attack.”
The Robert Mueller investigation is looking into this, trying to figure out what exactly happened in 2016, who all was involved, which laws where broken and who will be charged and tried.
That investigation seems to be incredibly fruitful. According to Vox’s tally:
“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has either indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 32 people and three companies — that we know of. That group is composed of four former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Five of these people (including three former Trump aides) have already pleaded guilty.”
Twelve of those indictments came last week with a disturbingly detailed account of what the Russians did. As The New York Times put it:
“From phishing attacks to gain access to Democratic operatives, to money laundering, to attempts to break into state elections boards, the indictment details a vigorous and complex effort by Russia’s top military intelligence service to sabotage the campaign of Mr. Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton."
Whether or not Trump himself or anyone in his orbit personally colluded or conspired with the Russians about their interference is something Mueller will no doubt disclose at some point, but there remains one incontrovertible truth: In 2016, Russia, a hostile foreign adversary, attacked the United States of America.
We know that they did it. We have proof. The F.B.I. is trying to hold people accountable for it.
And yet Trump, the president whom the Constitution establishes as the commander in chief, has repeatedly waffled on whether Russia conducted the attack and has refused to forcefully rebuke them for it, let alone punish them for it.
In March, the White House, under pressure from Congress, seemed to somewhat reluctantly impose some sanctions on Russia for its crimes. As CNN reported that month, Congress almost unanimously passed the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act last summer, “hoping to pressure Trump into punishing Russia for its election interference.” But as the network pointed out:
“Trump signed the bill reluctantly in August, claiming it impinged upon his executive powers and could dampen his attempts to improve ties with Moscow.”
Instead, Trump has repeatedly attacked the investigation as a witch hunt.
Just last week at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump said:
“I think I would have a very good relationship with Putin if we spend time together. After watching the rigged witch-hunt yesterday, I think it really hurts our country and our relationship with Russia. I hope we can have a good relationship with Russia.”
Now Trump is set to pursue just such a relationship as he meets one-on-one with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Monday in Finland. As Trump said earlier this month at a rally:
“Will he be prepared? Will he be prepared? And I might even end up having a good relationship, but they’re going, ‘Will President Trump be prepared? You know, President Putin is K.G.B. and this and that.’ You know what? Putin’s fine. He’s fine. We’re all fine. We’re people.”
Actually, none of this is fine. None of it! Trump should be directing all resources at his disposal to punish Russia for the attacks and prevent future ones. But he is not.
America’s commander wants to be chummy with the enemy who committed the crime. Trump is more concerned with protecting his presidency and validating his election than he is in protecting this country.
This is an incredible, unprecedented moment. America is being betrayed by its own president. America is under attack and its president absolutely refuses to defend it.
Simply put, Trump is a traitor and may well be treasonous.
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I don't think we want to live in a world where pubs serve beer by the litre.
And I just remembered that the bar restaurant near my residence in Taiwan serves beer in cubic centimetre measurements.
Ordering 500 cc's of beer just doesn't feel the same.
Edited by M84 on Jul 16th 2018 at 6:05:50 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedWhich depending on the highball may be a half pint glass, where I work our half pint glasses are also our mojito glasses. Also you do get branded half-pint glasses, we’ve got like who Heineken ones.
And yeah the UK has half transitioned, milk and beer are in pints, soft drinks and fuel are in litters, long distances are in miles, short measurements can be in any mix of centimetres, inches, feet, meters and so on (I don’t use yards personally).
We’re basicly bilingual for imperial and metric at this point, most of the country can use both and will depending on context.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranSo trump is meeting with his boyfriend today.
Russian committed what easily have been considered an act of war on us, you treason weasel.
Donald Trump would literally sell out his entire family and the country as well to avoid acknowledging that he didn't deserve the office
He is pathologically incapable of doing anything which admits to the world his worst internal fear: he's unworthy of being seen as special
Now, he has no choice on how he has to play this. He HAS to actually make Putin look worthy of partnership. He has to make the shameful thing, look unshameful somehow. He has to make shameful hacking and potential collusion somehow seem smart or purposeful or dignified.
Edited by megaeliz on Jul 16th 2018 at 8:21:12 AM
Thanks for this, this was completely necessary.
Sometimes I find myself wondering what it would take for Trump to turn on Putin like he has pretty much everyone else he's worked with thus far.
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Jul 16th 2018 at 9:07:37 AM
i'm tired, my friend

Yes. Hence why I called him a white supremacist and probable fascist.
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