topaz
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The agreement with the Trump admin and Mexico is abhorrent. The U.S. bullying countries and demanding they change laws to benefit US interests is BS.
Sounds like blackmail to me. I guess they call this ‘negotiation ‘DOJ wants the WH to assert executive privilege if Cummings doesn't move off of his contempt vote that is scheduled for tomorrow. Apparently, the WH also asserted executive privilege over the whole Mueller report. I think I remember reading something about that but then something else happened... In any case, can the WH really use executive privilege like that? What are Congress' options to fight it?
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DOJ, Cummings trade last-minute offers amid contempt impasse
Last week, the DOJ and Commerce Department rejected<b> </b>House Democrats’ subpoenas<b> </b>for additional documents.www.politico.com
The US has been doing for years. They get away with it and it has become part of the culture of the country. So I wouldn't expect anything less.The agreement with the Trump admin and Mexico is abhorrent. The U.S. bullying countries and demanding they change laws to benefit US interests is BS.
or somethingTrump says he'd take dirt on an opponent if it came from a foreign power. He says it's not interference and he'd not inform the FBI that he was aproached. I'm totally shocked. Or something.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
In an ABC News exclusive, President Donald Trump said he may not alert the FBI to overtures from foreign governments during the 2020 race.abcnews.go.com
And, of course, he has no memory of any similar situation having occurred in the past.Trump says he'd take dirt on an opponent if it came from a foreign power. He says it's not interference and he'd not inform the FBI that he was aproached. I'm totally shocked. Or something.
Perhaps he did so inadvertently.Though in this case one suspects that unusually Trump is telling the truth.![]()
That is shocking, even by Trump’s low low standards. If the republicans don’t condemn this, they must be considered complicit.Trump says he'd take dirt on an opponent if it came from a foreign power. He says it's not interference and he'd not inform the FBI that he was aproached. I'm totally shocked. Or something.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
In an ABC News exclusive, President Donald Trump said he may not alert the FBI to overtures from foreign governments during the 2020 race.abcnews.go.com
The reason why I don't find it shocking is because Mueller found that the Trump campaign expected to benefit from Russia's help and that they were receptive to some of what they offered and they didn't face any real consequences for it. So, Trump probably doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't do it again or why he should hide it.That is shocking, even by Trump’s low low standards. If the republicans don’t condemn this, they must be considered complicit.
Utterly disgraceful.
We've been through this before - I don't know anything about it -- I didn't do it -- if I did, it's not illegal -- everybody does it...................Trump says he'd take dirt on an opponent if it came from a foreign power. He says it's not interference and he'd not inform the FBI that he was aproached. I'm totally shocked. Or something.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
In an ABC News exclusive, President Donald Trump said he may not alert the FBI to overtures from foreign governments during the 2020 race.abcnews.go.com
This! Someone should really ask him that.did he ask trump if it's o.k. if the dems do it too? He couldn't call Hillary crooked anymore. Or Comey. What about the "spying". That must be o.k. too.
Thanks. And what about the Steele dossier? Oppo research. He can't complain about that. All of the investigations into his wrongdoings they are doing now? That shouldn't be a problem for him either. No one is above the law.This! Someone should really ask him that.
That's different. (It's also different that basically his entire cabinet and senior advisors use personal email and WhatsApp which was just reported to have a major security flaw. (And wasn't safe to begin with) Isn't it amazing how Trump is calling Kushner crooked every day and how the MSM is all over that and we're never going to hear the end of it.He couldn't call Hillary crooked anymore.
Why wouldn't he? Nothing's happening that would discourage him from doing that.Not only does the President believe that he is "above the law"; he believes that he IS the law!
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1139170124282417153A GOP lawmaker just canceled an interview with us this hour. I was going to ask about the president’s comments on accepting foreign campaign help. Still awaiting comment from a sitting Republican lawmaker. Anyone willing to answer this basic question, we will put you on our air.
Statements like these are what give me the impression that they have no long-term plans and are playing it by ear rather than having a strategy to fight this administration and the President. And it frustrates me because every time they don't have a contingency plan, they waste precious time and every time they waste time, they help Trump.Cummings told CNN on Tuesday that he's not sure what the next step after his committee would be and if he'd push for a full House vote.
"We will decide that when the time comes," Cummings said of next steps.
“Trump is goading us to impeach him,” the California Democrat said during an event in New York City hosted by the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.
“That’s what he’s doing,” she said. “Every single day he’s just like taunting, taunting, taunting because he knows that it would be very divisive in the country, but he doesn’t really care. He just wants to solidify his base.”
And she is correct. This recent fiasco is just another attempt by Trump to taunt the Democrats to impeach him. He knows what he stated this time could be enough for Nancy Pelosi to consider impeachment procedures. He knew it would cause disagreement and hostility when he said he would accept information from a foreign government about an opponent, and would consider not informing the FBI.She has now on multiple occasions noted that the third article of impeachment filed against former President Richard Nixon was about him ignoring subpoenas from Congress.
“That could be part of an impeachable offense,” Pelosi said of Trump doing the same. “Every day he’s obstructing justice by saying this one shouldn’t testify, that one shouldn’t testify and the rest. So he’s making a case, but he’s just trying to goad us into impeachment.”
Nothing's going to happen to her, so I think the joke is on us.
Is this a new incident? I've heard them mention it before.
I'm more thinking that he doesn't. Someone else is telling him what to do and say to have a chance at winning. He repeats simple things over and over like he was told to memorize a script. And then goes off script and they are all goingThis is just my opinion, but I truly believe that Trump does know what he's doing. He's continuing the taunting because he knows how divisive it would be if impeachment procedures began.
But at least we can imagine what George and Kellyanne Conway say to each other when their children are not around.Nothing's going to happen to her, so I think the joke is on us.
It would be better if Twitter canceled his account for violating its Terms of Service.The Prince of Whales.He really, really should get a Twitter editor.
I'm afraid of who will be his next "mouthpiece"; even as I'm relieved that she is gone!Good riddance.