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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:16 pm    Post subject:

US DOJ Forced to reveal KGB was helping run the DOJ under Trump


Trump admin got phone records of WaPo reporters covering Russia probe: report

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The Washington Post reported Friday that reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, who still work for the paper, and Adam Entous, who previously reported for it, received letters from the Department of Justice (DOJ) saying they were “hereby notified that pursuant to legal process the United States Department of Justice received toll records associated with the following telephone numbers for the period from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017.”

The letters included the reporters’ work, home or cellphone numbers covering the time period detailed in the letter.
They also said the DOJ sought “non content communication records” for reporters’ work email accounts but that the department never got the information.


And reminder.. to add to this.. Why did Trump dislike John McCain SO much.. so much so that he demanded the military cover the ships name when he was near it and didn't allow any of the men and women from the ship be allowed to come to his speech/appearance?
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:45 pm    Post subject:

ContagiousInspiration wrote:
US DOJ Forced to reveal KGB was helping run the DOJ under Trump


Trump admin got phone records of WaPo reporters covering Russia probe: report

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The Washington Post reported Friday that reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, who still work for the paper, and Adam Entous, who previously reported for it, received letters from the Department of Justice (DOJ) saying they were “hereby notified that pursuant to legal process the United States Department of Justice received toll records associated with the following telephone numbers for the period from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017.”

The letters included the reporters’ work, home or cellphone numbers covering the time period detailed in the letter.
They also said the DOJ sought “non content communication records” for reporters’ work email accounts but that the department never got the information.


And reminder.. to add to this.. Why did Trump dislike John McCain SO much.. so much so that he demanded the military cover the ships name when he was near it and didn't allow any of the men and women from the ship be allowed to come to his speech/appearance?


Obama DOJ pulled some BS like this, too, looking at reporters phone numbers. Total infringement on the free press.
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PostPosted: Fri May 07, 2021 11:02 pm    Post subject:

DancingBarry wrote:
ContagiousInspiration wrote:
US DOJ Forced to reveal KGB was helping run the DOJ under Trump


Trump admin got phone records of WaPo reporters covering Russia probe: report

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The Washington Post reported Friday that reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, who still work for the paper, and Adam Entous, who previously reported for it, received letters from the Department of Justice (DOJ) saying they were “hereby notified that pursuant to legal process the United States Department of Justice received toll records associated with the following telephone numbers for the period from April 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017.”

The letters included the reporters’ work, home or cellphone numbers covering the time period detailed in the letter.
They also said the DOJ sought “non content communication records” for reporters’ work email accounts but that the department never got the information.


And reminder.. to add to this.. Why did Trump dislike John McCain SO much.. so much so that he demanded the military cover the ships name when he was near it and didn't allow any of the men and women from the ship be allowed to come to his speech/appearance?


Obama DOJ pulled some BS like this, too, looking at reporters phone numbers. Total infringement on the free press.


Somewhat terrifying they would do this to us.. makes Hollywood movies more believable.
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:09 am    Post subject:

There's lies, damned lies, statistics, and politicians.
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 8:55 am    Post subject:

Trump's still pushing the lie he won the election and it was stolen. It truly boggles my mind there are people who REALLY believe that.

He has a stranglehold on the Repukelican party. They're afraid of him. There are factions trying to break the hold. Those who are trying are playing with political fire.

He down in Mar-a-Lago playing golf and collecting money from his reelection grift. It's troubling seeing how so many are bamboozled.

Side Note Notice the majority of those opposing Trump are women. I've said it before and I'm saying it again.

WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER!!!
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:38 am    Post subject:

False prophets give a false sense of security.

Trump --> TrumpTards/TrumpTurds
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PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2021 6:31 am    Post subject:

https://lofgren.house.gov/socialreview
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 7:25 am    Post subject:

The (CA GOP) Beast: John Cocks

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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 7:25 am    Post subject:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Cox
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 11:08 am    Post subject:

FernieBee wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Cox


Hard pass.
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 12:13 pm    Post subject:

Talking about the Repukelican Party, I like what Rep Adam Kinzinger (R) said on Face The Nation yesterday.

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“Right now, it's basically the Titanic. We're like, you know, in the middle of this slow sink. We have a band playing on the deck telling everybody it's fine. And meanwhile, as I've said, you know, Donald Trump's running around trying to find women's clothing and get on the first lifeboat,”

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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 6:56 am    Post subject:

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August 24, 2020

American Deceptionalism

How the centuries-old disconnect between our country’s ideals and its cruel realities have fueled more than two centuries of presidential lying
Reed Richardson

Book Review

Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie—and Why Trump Is Worse

by Eric Alterman

Basic Books, 2020
George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart

George Washington: Turns out I can tell a lie.

It is perhaps telling that the first known presidential lie in our nation’s history occurred just one year into the office’s history—and revolved around a deceptive campaign to square the new nation’s lofty founding principles with its ugly accommodation of chattel slavery.

Recently sworn-in President George Washington faced a dilemma in 1790 after the US capital was moved from New York City to Philadelphia, because Pennsylvania state law decreed that all enslaved persons would be automatically freed after residing in the state for six straight months. Rather than accept his new home’s gradual abolitionism, our first Founding Father undertook a particularly craven scheme to circumvent the rule, by periodically shipping his enslaved servants back and forth to Virginia to reset their residency clock, and thus avoid having to manumit a single one of them.

It amounted to a cruel, 18th-century equivalent of a modern-day—and dare we say, Trumpian—tax-avoidance scam. And Washington all but admitted as much in a blunt letter to his plantation manager: “I wish to have it accomplished under pretext that may deceive both them and the Public.”

With that, a long and tragically counterproductive American political tradition was born.


https://fair.org/home/american-deceptionalism/

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U.S. History: so full of lies and obfuscations of truth.

The empire is crumbling . . . from being built on so many lies & abuses.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 5:39 am    Post subject:

Profiles in courage: House Republicans used a closed door voice vote to oust Cheney so none of the spineless (bleep) even have to go on public record.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 5:41 am    Post subject:

The GOP are biting into that crap sandwich they were trying to feed us in the last presidential election.

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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 6:19 am    Post subject:

with all of their voter restriction laws and good opportunity to take house in 2022 they are are gearing up for a 2024 win.

at some point Biden will have to make the traitors a priority. i cant believe every Repub is clean. He needs to do what trump did and use the DOJ as his personal lawyer. Otherwise they will go low and Dems will lose which means america loses.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 2:57 pm    Post subject:

Trump ordered the military to *protect* the January 6th mob, as opposed to protecting Congressional members from the insurrectionists. More proof of Trump's intended coup. And every single Republican member of the House and Senate now owns 100% (except the handful who voted him guilty at his impeachment). Also, the GOP is simultaneously trying to white wash the events of Jan. 6th and pretend it didn't happen.

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Well, this is new.

Trump told his acting Secretary of Defense to use military force for what purpose?

Miller: Trump said "do whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators that were executing their constitutionally protected rights."

Occurs in their Jan. 3 meeting.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 3:11 pm    Post subject:

At this point, the Republican party is our *biggest national security threat.* More than Russia, more than terrorism, more than China, and right on down the line. This is a factual statement, not hyperbole. Prove me wrong.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 3:13 pm    Post subject:

Pretty ironic the anti "cancel culture" party just axed Liz Cheney for telling the truth.
Maybe not ironic. Definitely hypocritical though.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 3:23 pm    Post subject:

ChefLinda wrote:
At this point, the Republican party is our *biggest national security threat.* More than Russia, more than terrorism, more than China, and right on down the line. This is a factual statement, not hyperbole. Prove me wrong.


At this point, they are playing the role of the Trojan horse -- the virus or the one that took down Troy.
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 3:24 pm    Post subject:

I don't care for Liz Cheney, but I was glad to hear her let the GOP liars have it, after she was voted out.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 12:26 am    Post subject:

kikanga wrote:
Pretty ironic the anti "cancel culture" party just axed Liz Cheney for telling the truth.
Maybe not ironic. Definitely hypocritical though.

"Axed"? Canceled? She was removed from the party leadership.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:57 am    Post subject:

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kikanga wrote:
Pretty ironic the anti "cancel culture" party just axed Liz Cheney for telling the truth.
Maybe not ironic. Definitely hypocritical though.

"Axed"? Canceled? She was removed from the party leadership.


Liz Cheney is going to be the bane of the Repukelican party. She's not a run of the mill politician she's a CHENEY, the daughter of a politician who knows how to play dirty and who's also influential in prominent circles. Liz will not go quietly into that good night.

It may not be PC to describe Liz as a woman scorned but I think that phase will allow my meaning. The party has unleashed the Kraken. They may have taken her leadership responsibilities but they cannot muzzle her and she will be loud, articulite, and convincing.

Look for her to be on talk shows and Sunday morning programs. Those weak ass Repukelican men are going to rue the day they sided against Elizabeth Lynne Cheney, and she's a Leo.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 7:29 am    Post subject:

split the party, form a conservative party already
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:01 am    Post subject:

ChefLinda wrote:
At this point, the Republican party is our *biggest national security threat.* More than Russia, more than terrorism, more than China, and right on down the line. This is a factual statement, not hyperbole. Prove me wrong.

You’re 100% right. Unfortunately they play the game better. They are setting up for 2024 with their voting laws. Have a decent chance to take house next year.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:26 am    Post subject:

Halflife wrote:
ChefLinda wrote:
At this point, the Republican party is our *biggest national security threat.* More than Russia, more than terrorism, more than China, and right on down the line. This is a factual statement, not hyperbole. Prove me wrong.

You’re 100% right. Unfortunately they play the game better. They are setting up for 2024 with their voting laws. Have a decent chance to take house next year.


isn't that crazy, how they can cheat their way into winning Presidency, House, Senate seats... in plain sight, just insane
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