41 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Since he has been tone deaf about the whole situation up until this point, I'm going to guess that his hand is being forced.

Oh of course. he had made statements as early as this morning that there would be no investigation...and this evening it changed. I believe Republicans and the Intel. Community are now starting to slowly circle the wagons, get evidence together (they may try to flip Flynn into testifying) and get members of this admin out of office. 

and now to add.....the Ethics Office is now calling for an investigation of Kellyanne Conway. 

 

Although I do not subscribed to Facebook, I got a chance to read a Dan Rather post that he posted a few hours ago and I would encourage everyone to read it as it discusses more parallels (and some variations) between the Trump and Nixon scandals. 

A very illuminating post.

Boom.

Keeping up with this insane administration is a full time job.

Hang on tight.

 

 

CNN says it has names of Trump campaign officials who got in touch w/Russia. If Sessions is one of them, we really have ourselves a ballgame

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 15, 2017

This Morning Joe segment ripping into Kellyanne Conway is absolutely brutal. pic.twitter.com/bCGtdN2LRU

— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) February 14, 2017

Oof.

 

Has Mika always been an SNL impersonation of herself? 

 

I saw a bit of that Stephen Miller interview when Colbert was ripping it - it's really terrifying. I guess I should be glad these people are willing to leave the shadows and let us see their true face, but it's hard to believe this is real sometimes. 

This is everywhere this morning and I think it's true: The intelligence community is what is starting to shake Trump and his people apart with the rapidly widening Russia leaks. They are calculated, they are timed to coincide with and contradict the administration's latest lies (Spicer's yesterday) and they are deadly and increasing. Everyone this morning short of Fox News and Breitbart is calling this "what did Trump know and when did he know it?"

 

He and his people are in collusion with a foreign actor, and that would be enough for the CIA and NSA. Further, he mocked and dishonored them in their own house (in front of the CIA's memorial wall) and that is suicide. Only Trump would be too stupid to realize that. The intel community is going to keep this up until the Republican Congress is forced to take action. They have everything on Trump and they know how to do this kind of work to a sitting leader they want dismantled, they've done it all over the world. As terrifying as that prospect is, their worst capabilities are now our best assets.

Edited February 15, 20178 yr by Vee

49 minutes ago, Vee said:

The hypocrisy of MJ is staggering. how many times did they let that woman on their show allowing her to lie with impunity and no pushback and NOW she's a huge problem and they won;t have her on there....which wasn't a problem before. 

24 minutes ago, Vee said:

This is everywhere this morning and I think it's true: The intelligence community is what is starting to shake Trump and his people apart with the rapidly widening Russia leaks. They are calculated, they are timed to coincide with and contradict the administration's latest lies (Spicer's yesterday) and they are deadly and increasing. Everyone this morning short of Fox News and Breitbart is calling this "what did Trump know and when did he know it?"

 

He and his people are in collusion with a foreign actor, and that would be enough for the CIA and NSA. Further, he mocked and dishonored them in their own house (in front of the CIA's memorial wall) and that is suicide. Only Trump would be too stupid to realize that. The intel community is going to keep this up until the Republican Congress is forced to take action. They have everything on Trump and they know how to do this kind of work to a sitting leader they want dismantled, they've done it all over the world. As terrifying as that prospect is, their worst capabilities are now our best assets.

Memo to Trump: DON'T PISS OFF, CALL OUT AND GET INTO A CHILDISH FIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN INTEL COMMUNITY. The fool is now finding out the same way Nixon did.....and republicans are working BTS with them IMPO to get rid of Trump. 

A compelling theory from the Datalounge, which may be nonsense, but...

 

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Here's the trap. President Obama and the CIA have lots of intelligence which confirms Russian hacking in the 2016 election. And they also have lots of indicators that Trump's cohorts are deeply aligned with Russia. With less than a month left in his term, what does Obama do? He declares Russia tampered with our election and then he bitchslaps Putin in a humiliating way by placing sanctions on Russia and kicking Russian diplomats out of the country.

 

The trap is in what Putin and Trump do next - would they break the law or not. If Trump didn't have any allegiance to Putin, he would let it all play out. But if Trump was intimately connected to Russia, what were the chances that Trump would try to reassure Putin? Even though it was against the law to do so. It was a trap. And the more info that strategically leaks from the CIA (like the fact Trump was warned about Flynn's lies weeks ago) the more it seems coordinated.

Edited February 15, 20178 yr by Vee

Which proves Obama, on his way out the door, knew exactly what he was doing.....he knew Trump with run off at the mouth and instead of saying something then, he wanted Trump to have to deal with his own BS...which he has screwed up IN AN EPIC FASHION. 

Faced with the indefensible, Trump still does the only thing he knows how to do: Attack. He is tweeting away, blaming the press for running 'classified information' and trashing the FBI and CIA. Suicidal.

Edited February 15, 20178 yr by Vee

so, several senior Trump WH officials are now being reported as to having made direct comments with Russia during the campaign and election.