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crickets's JournalMaking him an "opinion contributor" didn't even slow him down, did it?
Every time I see a link to a story from The Hill, all it takes is a quick web search to find the same information from several different reputable news outlets. They get my clicks, not The Hill.
I beg to differ. See above.
Wow, Solomon, way to throw your mother under the bus. Really speaks to your character.
And scene.
Holy shit, you have to read this article.
He just threatened the entire country with economic reprisal. Wow.
The coming economic storm will happen anyway, is his fault, and he knows it:
Federal Budget Deficit Swelled to Nearly $1 Trillion in 2019 - The New York Times
Corporate tax revenues for the governments 2018 and 2019 fiscal years have come in well below what the Congressional Budget Office forecast they would be before the 2017 tax cuts passed.[snip]
The deficit, which is the gap between what the government takes in through taxes and other sources of revenue and what it spends, now sits at 4.6 percent of gross domestic product.
Important Link Within:
Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitlers Early Rhetoric and Policies AUG 9 2109The author, Burt Neuborne, is one of Americas top civil liberties lawyers, and questions whether federal government can contain Trump and GOP power grabs.
It bears repeating:
Best list so far!
Alphabetized and conveniently coded to show just whose posterior is hanging farthest into the wind:
Thank you!
Definitely extortion
Yes. Withholding the funds until Ukraine performed an unrequired action in order to receive those funds was extortion. As usual with extortion, the action demanded was not above board. Whether Ukraine actually investigated or not, Trump just wanted them to say that they were doing so. Walking Ukraine into saying they found dirt on Biden was the presumable next step, though it didn't get that far before the whistle blew.
Even more damning:
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1180201437856448534
7. The goal here is to manipulate the American public into to thinking that Ukraine had *independently* reached the same conclusions about the Russia investigation, and/or uncovered criminal leads about Biden. Trump could then use this to bolster his own views [snip]
10. Basically, you have the Trump admin attempting to conduct an illegal covert psyop on the American public, using officials from the State Department and his own attorney to do it. It's literally a version of what Russia did in 2016
Emphasis mine.
Teri Kanefield is good.
She's obviously smart and knowledgeable, and also surprisingly reassuring in places. I had a couple of nits here and there, but overall she is just fantastic at laying out the situation we are in, and what we can do about it. I read two similar threads last night that were frightening and gloomy, almost to the point of being unhelpful. This thread strikes me as a clear-eyed view that addresses the situation realistically but without hitting the doom button quite so hard. Highly recommended.
CNN also reported this just a minute ago
Report clearly stated, with text crawl that Trump knew beforehand. One GOPer quoted by CNN said he had this "penciled in" on his calendar since last week. But he "thought it was just a press conference."
Sure, Jan.
Long tweet thread discussing just what a big deal this is -
https://twitter.com/MiekeEoyang/status/1187032800572125191Note, I worked in that SCIF for HPSCI and handled cybersecurity issues while there.[snip]
But in "storming the SCIF" without observing the security protocols, Rep. Gaetz et al, endangered our national security & demonstrated they care more about a political stunt than protecting intelligence information.
I cannot emphasize enough how serious this is. [more]
Sing it! You aren't alone.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SCIFhttps://twitter.com/hotmessDIY/status/1187047748438241280
https://twitter.com/IdeaGov/status/1187044476616753152
Can you good people do something about this please?
Thank you. #USA
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