Chris B

We can't compete because nobody can seem to get on the same page. Hate and bigotry does motivate Trump's base, but even then they still didn't get a majority of votes. With slight changes and assuming votes weren't tampered with, Hilary could've won which means we could win again. Democrats have the numbers, my worry is they won't have a fair election so numbers won't matter.

Mueller's report clearly states that due to DOJ policy he wasn't going to recommend charges, which makes sense because Barr obviously would've use DOJ precedent to reject them. What he DID do is lay out of list of potential charges that could be pursued after he was out of office, which he detailed very well even giving you the exact date they must be charged by due to statute of limitations. That IMO is laying out recommended charges in the only way possible, which is through Congress. All of the potential charges he listed would run out in the middle of his second term. Other than Congress there would've been no way to remedy that so it's obvious what he was saying. In addition to that, we still don't know the 14 ongoing investigations, many of which include him. Impeachment would get them the unredacted report and grand jury information and I'm sure that seals any sort of impeachment case. I just don't understand the mindset of letting it go and beating him in a fair election when we know for a fact it WON'T be a fair election. Russia will still interfere, as will Saudi Arabia. They were able to hack voting machines last time. Ivanka was just meeting with the Georgia governor about replacing their voting machines, which coincidentally is always to machines that are easier to hack. It's easier for an incumbent president in terms of fundraising and press simply because they're on office. Throw in a huge democratic primary where we have no idea what will happen, and ongoing illegal hacking acts they're doing nothing to stop and you have a 100% chance of Trump being reelected IMO. Say what you will about modern republicans, but when they want something (like their supreme court seats) they fight, get on message and they get it. If democrats got on message and didn't parse their words so much I feel they could get america on board with impeachment. Democrats have the majority in public opinion. Trump's undying base isn't even 40%. You have to fight hard when you're fighting a corrupt system designed for you to fail. And if impeachment fails? You have a huge public record with ALL the evidence revealed of ALL his crimes, not just relating to russia. That right there would be the best motivator to get people to vote. Barr and Trump will hide all of that unless forced by impeachment.

The impeachment talk actually made me like Warren more. Due to the Native American scandal I've been put off on her, but her policies seem good and I like that she actually has them. I still believe Kamala is the best choice to go against Trump, but the impeachment talk showed me Warren isn't afraid to say what she truly feels. If you look at Nixon and Clinton's impeachments, the Mueller report with what we know is more than enough to impeach him. Throw in all of the other investigations (like the campaign finance violations, tax and other business issues) and it's a slam dunk in terms of potential charges. Now I do agree the Senate is unlikely to impeach him, but that's only because the republicans are now corrupt. I just feel like at every turn Democrats are being played. We all know Trump is a liar and guilty of many crimes. Hell the Mueller report even states how many things weren't able to be followed up with because he was instructing his people to lie and they were destroying evidence. I feel like if we don't do anything there's little hope for 2020. Many say a failed impeachment would hurt us, but it didn't hurt republicans with Clinton. They got 8 years of success after impeachment on shaky grounds. Without it I don't see how you can get all the evidence out in time and fight the propaganda. It's the only way to truly expose the level of corruption. Plus, I feel the way Barr has set things up they could be in court for YEARS trying to get an unredacted Mueller report. What those 14 redacted investigations are could easily be what they need to impeach him, but we have no way of knowing that. Plus, how do you know Barr won't end or slow down those investigations? We have to try SOMETHING. Also, considering Trump didn't get in any trouble for Russia hacking our election, what reason would he have not to let them do the same again? Even if we get the perfect candidate what does that matter if Russia does the same thing? Status of limitations on obstruction run out during his next term (as Mueller pointed out). They'll get better at covering their tracks so after 8 years he could have destroyed the country and we won't be able to do anything about it. I feel like if democrats don't impeach they'll run the risk of losing many younger voters who will feel hopeless.

Tamara Tattles has RHOA news: https://tamaratattles.com/2019/04/18/exclusive-rhoa-pick-up-letters-are-being-drafted-today/ Pick up letters are being sent to Nene, Porsha, Kandi, Eva and Marlo (who makes more than Eva even without a peach). Cynthia’s contract was fulfilled with last season so she has to renegotiate. Unless she’s an idiot she’ll take what they offer her boring ass and return. She’s also hearing Tanya will get her peach after turning one down last season. The only think surprising to me is that Kenya won’t be back full time. They set it up perfectly for that to happen.

RHOA Casting Rumors: https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/04/rhoa-cast-shakeup-nene-leakes-cynthia-bailey-fired-next-season-reunion/ Its radar so I don’t fully trust it, plus it’s early since they won’t start filming until the summer. Still not bad to speculate. Basically they’re saying Cynthia is out and Marlo and Tanya are being considered for a peach. I’d personally LOVE that to be true as I feel Cynthia is played out (has been for years) and Marlo is overdue for a peach and Tanya earned one this season. In the end I imagine the changes will be a lot more boring.

I thought this episode was a little disappointing. I will say I like that Lisa is once again in the promo for next week and not just fading away. I did enjoy seeing Denise torn and ultimately going to drop off a gift to LVP. She has nothing to do with puppygate so it was nice she made her own determination on what to do. I found it laughable that Dorit expected an invite to her birthday. I can’t even get into that because it’s so ridiculous. I hated seeing Rinna and Teddi sat how bad they felt for Lisa when you know they don’t give a damn. The biggest disappointment for me was Camille. Granted she has apologized to Lisa and Lisa has accepted, but whereas a normal time that could’ve been passed off as a joke, it just looked so bad knowing everyone at the table hates her and is trying to run her off the show. Teddi said in her blog that Camille said much worse which Bravo didn’t air. She brought it up in defense of a cast member that Camille will call a mean girl later this season. Camille denied that and I believe her. If she said worse Bravo would’ve aired it. As for WWHL, I disagree. I thought it was a good episode. LVP was on fire as truly seems over many of these ladies. Where Andy messed up was trying so hard to repair Kyle and Lisa’s friendship which Lisa clearly doesn’t want. I didn’t take it that he was favoring Kyle, simply that he wanted Lisa to watch the show and see Kyle defending her (which I don’t recall personally) since he’s a fan of their relationship. I don’t think he’d have given her an entire show to herself if he was upset with her. This is her second one this season as well. They could’ve easily wrote her off mid season but they’re going through the trouble of editing her into the entire season because I feel they’ll want her around next season. Lastly, I hope the surprise person they run into next week is Queen Kim! I’m also hoping she isn’t excited to see Kyle lol.

@Cat It actually was the perfect time to post that Dorit video because I believe that story starts tonight. Based on the title (A Wolf In Camille’s Clothing) I feel it’s likely to come up. Camille has said that she becomes the target once LVP leaves and that it’s based on her discussing the Dorit scandal. I hope Camille comes through and gives us what we deserve, which is old school Beverly Hills.

Nene was my favorite at the reunion!!!! Just mad over NOTHING! 😫😂 She kills me when she’s this way. She literally had more support than any housewife when this season began and she took HERSELF down! I love how everybody was confused, particularly Eva who really hadn’t done anything to her. I assumed Eva would go in mad at Nene, but nope, Nene created a reason to be mad at her as well. Overall I found this funny and every housewife gave good sound bites. Next week looks really hot with Marlo, Tanya and Greg. If the preview was only for part two then I can’t imagine how crazy part three will be. Also, as things wind down I wonder what will happen with Shamari. I feel she was okay overall, but with Kenya coming back I’m not sure there will be room for her if everybody stays. I still hope Tanya gets her peach as well but we will see.

Kelly Dodd was filming with Tamra and ran into Taylor Armstrong who now lives in Orange County. They seem against crossovers even when they make sense, but you can’t tell me Taylor would’ve infuse life into OC. She was a gooooood housewife and plus it would allow some BH crossovers. Of course too late for this season but definitely something I’d be considering.

I watched her episode of The Resident and I’ll watch this as well. I don’t follow many soap actors once their soaps go off the air, but there’s something to be said for a woman of her age finding work. That is amazing. There are so many older, talented soap actors who should be included in film and television projects. There’s lots of roles for older actors but they usually go to the same people. I’d love for her to end up getting a surprise movie gig that got award buzz. I know that’s unlikely, but it’s my hope now that there are so many outlets looking for actors.

If Lisa Rinna didn’t talk about Vanderpump what would she talk about? She doesn’t have anything going on and she lacks interesting relationships with the other ladies. That’s why once so excited to move past this so they have to prove their worth. If rumors are true and the second half only works due to Camille stepping up it’ll make me dislike them even more. A “friend” shouldn’t have to do all the work.

Again, I do not care about this damn dog story. Doris is the person to blame and nobody else. Point, blank, period. I hate all the sympathy for her, the most superficial and phony HW to ever grace Beverly Hills. Once again you have Lisa Vanderpump with actual storyline, hell she had a fricking Congressman as part of her story! I’ve liked each of the current cast members at one point, but what is their story?! People seem concerned Lisa didn’t film with the girls, but I honestly feel her solo scenes are stronger than anything anybody else is giving. After next week as they deal with the fallout and realize LVP is done what is going to happen? That’s what I’m excited to see. These girls will need to finally earn their paycheck. At this point Rinna and Erika need to go if they don’t have anything to offer. If LVP survives this Id say you have a strong case for Camille and Joyce returning. I’m not sure why Joyce didn’t last. I felt she fit in well and brought glamour. She was nice but not afraid of confrontation. LVP will need allies to remain. Also, since Kyle has pissed me off, let’s bring back Kim to torment her. Please and thank you!

@NothinButAttitude Thank you for the heads up about Kandi’s YouTube show. Watching that fleshed it out for me, but even without that I was still Team Cynthia/Kandi. I feel like production included that hot mic moment to be messy. It was so brief it didn’t really say anything in terms of a plot IMO. It makes sense Kenya wouldn’t want to be on camera since Bravo gave her so many problems with being in the season. They wanted her to take a reduced salary and be a friend since she couldn’t travel or work much during her pregnancy. I get not wanting to film. I also believe Kandi would’ve wanted Kenya there because it’s better for the show and a payoff for the fans to see her pregnant after years of wanting a baby. The biggest reason I couldn’t support Nene is because SHE made the entire episode about Kenya! How many times have former housewives appeared at parties?! Literally off the top of my head I can name at least 3 times for each show. It almost never impacts story or means much more than “Oh it was nice seeing so and so.” Had Nene not mentioned Kenya in her scene with Marlo or made Kenya the star of the party it wouldn’t have been a big deal. By making such a big deal about it she gave Kenya an excellent bargaining position to negotiate a return for season 12. If Kenya returns with a peach she owes Nene because NENE negotiated her salary for her. It’s baffles me! Nene is SO DUMB! Lastly, love or hate Kenya, the fact that she appeared in one episode and was the center of attention says everything about her importance to this show. She completely sold me on her return. I feel like she had a good final season and this was a strong return that makes me want her back. I can’t imagine how Nene will get through another year of filming but I can’t wait for this.

@Paul Raven Do you have a link to the episode with Bond Gideon as Jill? I’m not sure if I remember seeing that.

There’s too much to post, but the best part of Cynthia, Porsha and Eva dragging Nene is Porsha posting their texts. Next season is going to be hilarious at this rate! Aint no way they making up lol. These girls are gonna snatch whatever hair is left in Nene’s head!

I don’t think they need to reveal much in advance since they have the viewers. I expect a jam packed 3-4 episodes for the reunion.

There are always popular HWs who leave and fans want back. Even ones who pop up for scenes and still don’t return full time. Kenya’s return will 100% be thanks to Nene. How was she so stupid as to make the focus of the reunion and final episode KENYA?! I live lol! This is just crazy. Nene is always her own worst enemy.

This was EASILY the best episode of the season and one of the most fun weddings ever featured on Housewives and definitely on BH (Pandora coming a close second). The reason this episode worked so much is because it was centered around Denise. She may be new, but she’s so unique to the series that it works. I love that she isn’t a showy person despite being very wealthy and that she beats to her own drum. She doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone. Considering how she is I didn’t expect the wedding we got. There is no way that wedding looked like it was thrown together in a week. The scenes getting ready and with her Dad and kids were all great. The scenes with the ladies at the wedding were also amusing. Had the episode ended there I would’ve been happy BUT the final scene with Dorit killed it for me. I thought we were done with his dog story but here we go again. As frustrating as this is as a viewer, I can definitely understand why LVP and Ken flip out. Dorit and PK with the shock over a press article is just insane. Radar always puts incredibly false stories so if Pump was going to leak to someone why them? I’m just happy this is done after next week. I look forward to seeing where things go without them being able to depend on her for their story. Are they doing ANYTHING interesting? My god.

This episode was pretty perfect. Contrast the reveal of Eva’s potential money problems and RHOBH talking about a dog. These ladies even when they’re not having their best season still give more than them tired hoes. It was also nice to see the beginning of Nene’s downfall, which as usual is her fault. She had plenty opportunity to tell Eva prior to the event so why was it so wrong for Tanya to tell her? I hated Tanya bending over backwards to apologize to Nene. I can’t wait til her jealousy over Kenya comes out. Again, why Nene is feuding with Kenya is beyond me. They got along the last time she was on the show! Nene kills me. Ruining all her friendships for what? MVP remains Kandi. Unlike Nene, she is the true OG for me. She’s been on longer than anybody and is the true glue that holds the show together. I loved the family planning scene with Riley and Mama Joyce and opening another restaurant was fun. It’s crazy how successful Kandi is. I just love to see her success. She’s such a low key but enjoyable personality.

I love her so I’m excited. I wanted Vanessa Williams (the DAYS one) but this is strong casting. I hope this means more for Monica.

I looked it up and RHOBH averaged 1.5 million viewers every episode except the premiere and episode 3 which had 1.6 million viewers. For each episode of RHOA they’ve had over 2 million viewers so I find Rinna’s claims hard to believe. Maybe they doubled the ratings for the first episode but I highly doubt the other episodes have managed a DVR spike that big. I’m really done with dog gate. The more Teddi talks about it the worse she looks and this episode was no different. I’m so glad LVP is playing it as “fcuk off” and not giving her the energy she wants. With Denise’s wedding starting next week we have only a couple more episodes with LVP interacting with the main cast. That was her last group filming IIRC. I imagine the wedding will spill over two episodes and that second episode will probably be the infamous showdown with Kyle and Lisa. At this point I’m dying for them to get to this point because I can’t take this week after week. I also loved Camille dropping the Brokrit tea which I’m assuming will be our story for the second half of the season. Nobody does bitchy like Camille so I know this will be epic. Plus as one of the early season girls she knows how it is to have all your business put out there so I’m glad she’s forcing them to be real. She really was robbed of a diamond.

This amazes me if true. I know many say RHOA isn’t the greatest this year, but I’ve noticed RHOBH is so bad it amazes me it holds up.

I think there’s still two episodes. The finale description mentioned that Nene goes off when Cynthia’s old friend returns. That Potomac trailer looks really good! They have a solid cast that manages to stay fresh. Bringing Katie back looks interesting.

@j swift Barbara is on the cast trip which I believe is to Miami. Since I posted I watched the other preview clip and both clips are centered around Barbara and she’s wearing a different outfit in both talking heads so she’s at 3 talking head looks for two episodes total. It seems so obvious she was a HW so I’m curious what happened to change it. Tinsley has managed to become a regular by doing nothing and yet you have a newbie who Bravo seems to like (they’re using her to promote the episode) so it just is weird. Regardless of that oddity I will say that the premiere was very strong. It hit on so many levels and felt like it flew by. I do wish they had new blood, but their chemistry works. It’s something you don’t have on Beverly Hills as an example. Good or bad and similar to ATL they give u the good, bad and the ugly which makes for a better show. I wish BH went back to their old style of being scandalous about the real things happening in their lives, not fighting over panties and dogs.

It’s too soon to have an opinion of Barbara, but I find it another odd case where Bravo has them film as a HW only to drop them. It’s very frustrating. I was watching a preview clip for tonight and it’s centered around a party Barbara is throwing, she’s already onto her second talking head outfit and they’re only two episodes in and she’s at the center of the upcoming drama. How did she not at least get a friend picture? It’s so weird. Even if she ended up being a one and done, if she filmed as a HW I wish they’d follow through! Just to go back to RHOBH again, I feel the season is going to suffer when LVP leaves. Tonight I was so bored by the stuff that didn’t involve her. I’m sure her solo scenes will be more interesting than what they do as a group because they seem so bland as a whole. I can’t imagine the cast trip being worth anything with only Erika, Kyle, Rinna, Teddi and Dorit going. They keep saying it’s like two seasons but I can’t imagine these boring girls carrying it with how much they control their imagine for the cameras. Not surprising Brandi and Kim will be back as they’ll need some conflict.