The Politics Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

This reminds me of when the Republicans in Congress were dodging their constituents after they tried to tank the ACA for the umpteenth time after Trump got in office. It will be interesting to see if all that ducking and dodging will yield similar results at the polls in the next election.

 

[Khan]

 

IDK whether to believe him, but you know what?  I wouldn't be a bit surprised if there ARE more WB's waiting in the wings.  For some, odd reason, this "affair" keeps growing...and growing...and growing.

[Vee]

 

 

[Khan]

"Nevertheless, he persisted."

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/us/politics/tom-bossert-trump-ukraine.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[Chris B]

Oh I absolutely believe there are more whistleblowers. It's largely being overlooked, but once recently revealed that Trump was having people at the IRS interfere with a tax audit or something like that. As things heat up, more people are going to throw him under the bus to protect themselves. Trump has shown he is loyal to no one. I can't imagine after Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates that people are going to stay loyal to him in hopes of a pardon. Hell, even Rudy Guliani is going to turn on him, it's just a matter of time.

[sivad40]

 

 

Trump's twitter account trolling for a civil war 

Edited September 30, 2019 by sivad40

[DramatistDreamer]

I've been reading about this for the past year but with each read, I grow more worried about what will become of the people in countries like the Central African Republic.  This is distressing and even more so, the more that I read about it.

 

[Vee]

 

 

 

[DRW50]

I think we're too polarized for any further increase, but I'm glad it's over majority level for now. 

 

I see that balloon head Newt Gingrich is out bashing this. I don't know how even Faux News can avoid laughing in his face.

[Vee]

 

 

[Khan]

Other people would be banned from social media websites for fomenting civil violence.  IJS.

 

 

At least Donald Trump is trying to keep us from seeing what's on his tax returns.  Iris on AW couldn't be bothered, and that's how Cass, Donna and Rachel found out SHE was "The Chief"!

 

(Funny how people always bring up AW when there's s**t going down in the WH.  Anyways.)

 

Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) Resigns House Seat, Expected to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading Charges:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/30/rep-chris-collins-expected-plead-guilty-insider-trading-case/

 

Collins, according to the article, was Trump's first Congressional supporter.

 

It never fails to amuse me how the Republicans can look down their noses at the Democrats even when their hands are just as dirty than theirs, if not dirtier.

Edited September 30, 2019 by Khan

[Vee]

 

 

[Vee]

Ken Vogel (whose initial 'hot Biden scoop' backfired and spun out into the impeachment scoop, while he went on TV and bemoaned Rudy 'getting ahead of the story and distracting peopl') gets checked. It must be amusing for a clearly right-leaning journo to realize his work has now inadverently led to Trump's impeachment.

 

 

 

 

 

[Khan]

Vogel is yet another opportunist, who thought his "hot Biden scoop" could have been the next "BUT HER EMAILS!" and now wants to ride the impeachment bandwagon to celebrity and notoriety.  The NYT should kick his ass over to Fox News and be done with him.

Edited September 30, 2019 by Khan

[DramatistDreamer]

 

That Chris Collins news was a long time coming.