80th Weak of the Orange Destroyer!

[JackLuis]

MSNBC panel predicts Gov. Scott Walker will go down in flames in November election and that Trump is responsible

Noting that Walker is trailing in a recent poll by 13 points, the panel quickly pointed out that Walker has never been a popular governor and that President Donald Trump — and his policies — are dragging Walker down to defeat.

Trump may finally face a reckoning for defying the Constitution

On Thursday, a court in Kazakhstan began considering a sprawling corruption case against Viktor Khrapunov, the former mayor of the city of Almaty, and his wife Leila. The couple, who fled to Switzerland, are being tried in absentia for “a wide array of crimes, including money laundering, embezzlement, abuse of office, fraud and the creation of an organized crime group, according to Newsweek.

As you might have guessed, the Khrapunovs have “deep ties to the Trump Organization.” They were in business with the Bayrock group, which had been run by former Trump advisor Felix Sater. Sater is a childhood friend of Michael Cohen who’s linked to Russian mobsters and is now reportedly cooperating with investigators. He “has a history of channeling money from prominent families in the Eastern bloc into Trump properties,” according to Think Progress, and “this could pose problems for Trump, given Sater’s history of outing former close associates in exchange for immunity.”

The Khrapunovs were also in business with Rudy Giuliani’s old law firm, which “opened an office in Kazakhstan in 2007, the same year the pair moved to Switzerland. The law firm was allegedly used to raise funds for Guliani’s 2008 run for president.”

Orange Destroyer Strikes again. How many other Rethugs are part of this payoff?

 

[JackLuis]

Ex-USDA official accuses Trump of treating farmers like Stormy Daniels with ‘hush money’ payoff after ‘screwing’ them

“I spent 30 years administering federal farm programs with the USDA. I’ve administered and supported disaster programming, conservation programming, and price and supply stabilization. I believed in those supports because I believe a strong agriculture is directly related to our national security,” he explained. “I’ve never administered hush money designed to make me sit down and shut up about a ridiculous protectionist trade policy that has destroyed in a matter of months what my industry built with our own hands over decades.”

“The president calls ‘em like he sees them, and so do I. I won’t be silent any longer,” he warned.

Farmers should get an STD test.

 

[JackLuis]

NYT columnist warns ‘cruel bigot’ President Pence would be worse than Trump: ‘From a kleptocracy to a theocracy’

Writing for the New York Times, columnist Frank Bruno cautioned those who want to impeach President Donald Trump that they might come to regret it if they were to succeed, saying Mike Pence as president would likely be worse.

According to Bruni, the former congressman turned vice president — who knows the ins and outs of lawmaking after a career in politics — would know how to work with Congress to pass laws that reflect his hard-right Christian outlook.

“There are problems with impeaching Donald Trump. A big one is the holy terror waiting in the wings,” Bruni began. “That would be Mike Pence, who mirrors the boss more than you realize. He’s also self-infatuated. Also a bigot. Also a liar. Also cruel.”

According to the longtime columnist, as bad as Trump has been, Pence would plunge the administration from a “kleptocracy to a theocracy.”

Mike Pence: The press should be free until they fail to ‘maintain the decorum due at the White House’

The vice president added a caveat: “Maintaining the decorum that’s due at the White House is an issue. I’m very confidence with any network this will ensure the access of the American people to this administration. This is incredible progress.”

Pence making Trump impeachment proof!

 

[JackLuis]

Watergate’s Carl Bernstein: Trump’s furious denials about Russian links to his campaign reek of a ‘demonstrable’ cover-up

Legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein on Sunday laid out Donald Trump’s “demonstrable” cover-up, telling CNN’s Brian Stelter that the president wants the media’s “credibility destroyed because we are reporting the truth.”

Bernstein on Friday reported Cohen’s claim that Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Russian nationals offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. Per the CNN report, Cohen is willing to “make that assertion to special counsel Robert Mueller.”

Speaking with Stelter on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Bernstein compared the Russia investigation to Watergate, explaining that he and his reporters are “making judgements about what is news” while those in power attempt to discredit the sources.

“We have a lot to learn and we need to keep doing our reporting and that includes this dynamic that is going on of the attempts by the president to undermine a free press, because he wants our credibility destroyed because we are reporting the truth,” Bernstein added.

 

[nkdoldman]

Something to add

Watergate’s Carl Bernstein: Trump’s furious denials about Russian links to his campaign reek of a ‘demonstrable’ cover-up

How many times did Trump *state*, with incredible confidence: "This election is Rigged!"? Think about that for a few minutes. A British play writer one used this in his play "Me thinks he protesth too much!" and I believe that thought also applies here!

 

[nkdoldman]

Something else

Watergate’s Carl Bernstein: Trump’s furious denials about Russian links to his campaign reek of a ‘demonstrable’ cover-up

BTW, have you heard about this 'campaign': http://www.capoliticalreview.com/ca...ves-as-walkaway-campaign-gains-real-momentum/

It sounds to me like the Russians ARE at it again!

 

[JackLuis]

Well Trump has lost the Koch!

Charles Koch says he has ‘regret’ about backing some GOPers: ‘I don’t care’ if Democrats take back the House

In a rare interview with reporters at a conference he is hosting in Colorado, billionaire conservative Charles Koch admitted that he may have backed some wrong Republicans in the past election, and wouldn’t object to the Democrats reclaiming the House from the GOP.

On Saturday, a spokesperson for Koch and his brother David, expressed anger at President Donald Trump’s trade war and the divisiveness he has brought to the country, saying it is bad for business.

“The divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage,” explained Koch exec Brian Hooks told reporters. “When in order to win on an issue someone else has to lose, it makes it very difficult to unite people and solve the problems in this country. You see that on trade: In order to get to a good place on trade, convince the American people that trade is bad.”

During a surprise — and rare — chat with reporters on Sunday, Charles Koch doubled down by admitting he and his brother are taking a harder look at who they back in the future.

Trump has lost Fox, lost the Kochs and lost his fucking mind.

 

[JackLuis]

Tracking the ‘dirty rubles’ from Russia to Trump

Without Chandler present to document and depict the drama of Trump’s venality, and Mueller’s sleuth work, Americans would do themselves a gigantic favor by reading the new nonfiction book from acclaimed novelist Greg Olear, “Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia.”

Olear brings his sharp literary scalpel to what promises to emerge as one of America’s most enormous and consequential scandals, operating under the belief that it takes a novelist’s ability to understand and tell stories to truly capture the essence of the “stranger than fiction” Trump-Russia conspiracy. The result is a riveting, infuriating and, against all the odds, uplifting book. It’s essential reading for all Americans, especially those in the apathetic majority who view Russian meddling in U.S. elections as insignificant.

I think it’s hard for people to square the avuncular guy on TV who cracked jokes and fired people with the real Donald J. Trump. The truth is, the guy’s been mobbed up for decades, with ties to both La Cosa Nostra and Russian organized crime. Trump is a money launderer for the latter, and has been for quite some time. “Money laundering” sounds cute, like something Danny Ocean and his merry men do, but it’s a euphemism for something unspeakable. The Russian mob has become so vast and successful because it eagerly participates in the worst of the worst: human trafficking, child pornography, sex slavery, opioids, illegal arms deals, blood diamonds — all the grisly, awful stuff that Trump accuses MS-13 of doing. By taking those dirty rubles and making them legitimate, Trump is a party to all of that.

 

[JackLuis]

Oh Look! More dissatisfied Republicans!

Anti-Trump revolt brewing among Republican megadonors at Colorado retreat: report


I guess Trump will have to look to his base for the grift? Let's see how many rednecks it takes to come up with $100K?

 

[JackLuis]

Some #NeverTrumpers and Republican dissidents now seek redemption — But turning on Donald Trump isn’t enough

Likely because of his authoritarian behavior and policies, rather than despite them, Donald Trump is one of the most popular presidents within his own party in the era of modern public opinion polling. Republicans and right-leaning independents support him enthusiastically.

Republican and “conservative” elected officials, media personalities, interest groups and financial backers — including the Koch brothers, who originally opposed him in 2016 — overwhelmingly continue to support Trump’s presidency, whatever private distaste they may feel.

There do exist Republicans and other conservatives who have stood up to oppose Trump, his movement and the anti-democratic values and goals they represent.

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Republicans and other conservatives who have now decided to stand against Donald Trump still have dirty hands. For too long they have remained loyal to a political party that birthed a hybridized American fascism, and continues to protect a president who, to all appearances, colluded with a foreign power to steal the 2016 election from the American people.

To find some modest amount of salvation, Republicans who truly want to do the right thing for a country they claim to love must renounce their party and leave it behind, while working to repair the damage that Donald Trump and his supporters have done. Remaining a Republican and being a patriotic American are now mutually exclusive.

Just run away from the neo-nazis and form a new party dedicated to advancing the progress of the the American people.

 

[JackLuis]

Trump is mad being president ‘isn’t as fun as it should be’ — and it’s why he’s ‘going bananas’ online

Donald Trump has been increasingly frustrated by the lack of “fun” he has as president — and with the people who work for him that are unable to sell his policies.

Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman revealed that not only was Trump warned privately that his family separation policy would be political suicide, but that the failure of his hardline political stance turned the president’s mood foul.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) both privately told the president that he would “go down big” on the policy, a Republican briefed on the conversations told Sherman. As backlash against the family separations reached a fever pitch, Trump blinked and signed an executive order reversing it — but not without grumbling about it to those around him.

“He was very unhappy,” a Republican who spoke with Trump said. “He was perturbed the immigration issue had gotten out of hand. He’s feeling that being president isn’t as fun as it should be. He thinks he’s not getting the credit he deserves about the economy and North Korea. He said, ‘These people around me don’t know how to sell.’”

His frustration with the fallout from the policy and the North Korea summit are “why he’s going bananas on Twitter,” the Republican told Vanity Fair.

Well at least he has plenty of time for golf, 111 days he's vacationed in a year and a half!

 

[JackLuis]

Trump bitterly attacks top GOP donors after they threaten to pull funds: ‘My tax cut made them richer!’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday angrily lashed out at the Koch Brothers, who have long been two of the biggest donors to the Republican Party, because they have started threatening to withhold donations to pro-Trump candidates.

“The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade,” the president wrote. “I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas. They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judicial picks and more.”

Trump then went on to accuse the Kochs of being ungrateful even though he “made them richer” with his tax cut. He then boasted that they weren’t as powerful as many people have made them out to be.

“Their network is highly overrated, I have beaten them at every turn,” he wrote. “They want to protect their companies outside the U.S. from being taxed, I’m for America First & the American Worker – a puppet for no one.”

Maybe Avenetti can get Malnia's pre-nup voided? Half a bill should make her happy.

 

[JackLuis]

The Founding Fathers would’ve been concerned about Trump colluding with Russia — here’s why

Recently, speaking about the creation of the Constitution to a room filled with teachers of history, I mentioned that the drafters struggled over how best to choose the president. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention initially agreed that Congress should make the choice, but then grew concerned that foreign powers would bribe congressmen to favor their preferred candidates.

A wave of snickers swept the room.

“Wait,” I said, realizing the connection the teachers had made between current events and my comment. “I’m not making that point.”

But when you talk about the Constitution, it always connects to current events. Since I share the national puzzlement over the president’s unaccountable bromance with the leader of an unfriendly nation that evidently interfered with the 2016 elections, I looked back at the debates over the Constitution during that hot Philadelphia summer of 1787.

The FF were concerned that Congress could be the 'Prostitutes of a Foreign Power", ring a bell Devine?

 

[JackLuis]

Medicare For All Would Save Trillions, Koch Brothers Find By Accident, Whoops!

Medicare For All Would Save Trillions, Koch Brothers Find By Accident, Whoops!
Doktor Zoom
July 30, 2018 02:12 PM

What if the Koch Brothers funded a big ol' report scoring the costs of Medicare for All, and it accidentally revealed US of America would save two trillion dollars with a T? Would that be bad? Well, sure it would, if their press outreach didn't fix it by focusing only on VERY LOUD NOISES MEDICARE FOR ALL COSTS BIG NUMBERS OF MONEY ... and leaving the two-trillion MORE our healthcare already costs in the equivalent of a FISA application footnote.

The LOLibertarians analysis is by Matt Breunig, president of the People's Policy Center. Breunig explains the methodology used by Mercatus Center author Charles Blahous. Blahous looks at the projected cost of healthcare in the USA between 2022 and 2031, applies the savings that would come from Medicare for All, and estimates the overall savings would be in the ballpark of $2 trillion. That's with a T.

Mercatus focuses on HOLY SHIT MEDICARE FOR ALL WILL COST ALL THE WORLD'S MONEY -- instead of that it would be $2 trillion less -- because otherwise they might lose their hack license; the total cost of healthcare in the USA is already HUGE, and instead of being paid out by our existing cat's cradle of private insurance, government programs at the state and federal level, and people paying out of pocket, the whole shebang would be shifted to the federal government and paid for by taxes, like in socialist hellholes like Canada. The total is actually deceptive, because we're already paying that and more through a whole lot of sources, and not everyone is covered, as Breunig explains.

Maybe if health care were "Free" more people would be saved by preventive care, ya think?

 

[JackLuis]

Retired Army lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters compares Donald Trump’s ‘clownish antics’ to Russia propaganda

Former Fox News analyst and retired general Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, said that President Donald Trump is the biggest “entertainer” in America.

On Tuesday President Trump tweeted that there was no collusion in the Mueller investigation.

President Trump tweeted: “Collusion is not a crime, but that doesn’t matter because there was No Collusion (except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats)!”

Peters said that even if there was no collusion, several crimes were still committed.

“A strategy of desperation, if a strategy at all. Collusion outright may not be a crime in and of itself, but, Anderson, treason is a crime. Collaborating and conspiring with a hostile foreign power against the United States is a crime,” Peters said.

Peters warned Americans to remain focused.

“We must focus on that question and not be diverted by clownish antics, because Trump is a brilliant entertainer,” Peters said. “In a peculiar way, he may be history’s greatest entertainer. He commands global headlines every single day, and we make a mistake of thinking about him as a politician or a leader when he is an entertainer. And by allowing ourselves to be constantly entertained, we lose sight of fundamental ethics, values, and security of this nation,” he said.

Like a freak show is 'entertaining' or a battle field an hour after the battle?

 

[JackLuis]

Trump is feeling the pressure now. Rudy is running out of excuses and diversions. Soon there will be a war somewhere and Trump will kill another thousand of America's youth to divert attention from his crimes.

Kidnapping, extortion, collusion, obstruction of Justice, incompetence and and general dumbfuckery. Other than that he's just a Cocksucker who should have been charged and put away for loosing money in his own Casinos.

 

[JackLuis]

Ivanka Trump takes shot at dad over free press: ‘I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people’

The president’s daughter went on to explain that she could understand why some people would be cynical about the press.

“I do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people,” she concluded.

If Don the Demented Doddard has lost Ivanka, he's lost everything.

 

[JackLuis]

Republicans turn to the most desperate argument possible: Trump’s collusion with Russia is no big deal



Barry Goldwater would slap the Russian Dick out'a your mouth for saying that!

 

[JackLuis]

Orrin Hatch suffers Merrick Garland amnesia: ‘We didn’t treat their candidates the way they are treating ours’

The National Archives said this week that it would not be able to produce Kavanaugh’s records before the end of October, making it less likely that the justice will be seated before the beginning of the next Supreme Court term.

Oh noes! October Surprise?

 

[JackLuis]

RNC head warns GOP lawmakers to steer clear of help from the Koch brothers after they criticize Trump

The head of the Republican National Committee advised GOP lawmakers to keep their distance from longtime billionaire contributors, Charles and David Koch after the two criticized the party’s unwavering support of President Donald Trump over the weekend.

According to Politico, RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel sent out a memo on Thursday, criticizing the wealthy industrialists, saying they were putting their profits before the good of the country.

“Some groups who claim to support conservatives forgo their commitment when they decide their business interests are more important than those of the country or Party,” she wrote before adding, “This is unacceptable.”

 

[LincolnDuncan]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/14/russia-us-politics-social-media-facebook

This might have been posted but wtf.

Anyway, I'm charging the Russians with theft. There is no elaborate KGB plan to defeat the US from within. They stole this idea from Star Trek.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SHxFAEjEk&t=39s