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(12,380 posts)That was from what, three weeks ago/four weeks??
Has she spoke more of the upcoming arrests and why they havent happen yet?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)which he never had because members of Congress don't get or need security clearances. And didn't the Marshal of the Supreme Court try to deliver some kind of warning to Trump on the tarmac before he left the country? And what about the indictments coming from the FISA court which doesn't issue indictments?
Mensch is a joke.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,112 posts)While Megyn Kelly played footsie with Vladimir Putin, CBS "60 Minutes" exposed the rash of deaths in Putin's sphere of influence.
I ignore Mensch.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)stopped to take a look
LAS14
(13,783 posts).... how Louise Mensch and her ilk threaten the left with the problems that have pretty much destroyed the Republican party. I was reassured to hear that as yet the left does not have Breitbart lik websites, etc.
krawhitham
(4,644 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)She reports facts and expresses opinions about facts she's reported or have been reported by others. Also, she sometimes does this whole competitive middle school thing which I find interesting even secretly entertaining.
I read her every single day and sometimes retweet her.
The focus should be on what she's sharing through reporting and opining not whether or not you're a fan. She's not a TV show.
If you read the replies to her tweets, you'll see many people have thanked her for giving them hope. Many talk about being scared and feeling overwhelmed by the Trump and Republican shit show.
I don't follow her because I try to limit my follows to #BlackExcellence and #POCExcellence
However. I support Louise Mensch efforts to expose the truth about Russia's overthrow of the US govt and her understanding it. We need her voice.
Instead of looking for a savior, people should start READING and becoming informed because a MEGA STORM is coming.
This is not only about the investigation. This is also about having a functioning federal govt as the Justice League (Meuller's Team) begins to issue arrest warrants for co-conspirators.
onenote
(42,700 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)And wasn't Cheney supposed to be arrested in "one business day?"
Many of her facts do come true--and she does generate some great discussions.
Have a grain of salt handy, and dive in. Or don't.
onenote
(42,700 posts)And many of Mensch's "facts" can't "come true" because it is impossible for them to be true.
MADem
(135,425 posts)So it wasn't entirely a failure.
FWIW, the guy that oversaw Fitzy himself was Comey.
And Comey was the guy who rushed to Ashcroft's bedside to prevent Andy Card and Alberto Gonzales from persuading a drugged Ashcroft from signing documents when he wasn't competent to perform his duties and had ceded them to Comey.
But here's the thing--if you don't care for her, don't read her. Waving everyone else off of her because you don't like her is a bit...alarmist.
When she screws up she says so.
I think she's a character and yes, she does give me hope. And it's not entirely false, either.
onenote
(42,700 posts)But its fair for people to point out when she's clearly just making shit up.
MADem
(135,425 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)I read so many different sources NYT WAPO WSJ Daily Kos TOD, Mother Jones, Slate, LA Times, etc and lots and lots of non fiction.
I do diverge from Louise when it comes to James Comey. I think he's both a witness to obstruction of justice by Trump and his admin and subject when it comes to overthrow of the US govt.
I can hold these two ideas in my brain without it exploding.
MADem
(135,425 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Fox News says that we shouldn't listen to fake news reports about Trump and
Presto
somebody employed by newscorp spams out tons of fake news
Trump indicted, impeachment already started, Marshal of the Supreme Court gave Trump formal notice.
Interesting thing is that this "citizen journalist" works at Newscorp where there have been dozens of leaks about the internal destruction and war at Newscorp and she doesn't get any leads about that story.
BTW she has specifically said that she is NOT a journalist and when she uses the word "believe" in her tweets they are not based in fact at all.
womanofthehills
(8,702 posts)She calls herself an investigative journalist.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)100% this.
I support Louise Mensch efforts to expose the truth about Russia's overthrow of the US govt and her understanding it. We need her voice.
FBaggins
(26,731 posts)Unless you count Alex Jones and his ilk as "journalists"
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)No thanks.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)BainsBane
(53,032 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)by acting out using violence. (Cassandra Rules was there with RT to film it)
About Bernie she thought it too curious when he put down Ossof right after Ossof along with Handel made it to the 2nd round. She thought (as a conservative not all-aware of the DEM party inner workings) weird that a left-side figure would sabotage one of their own.
BainsBane
13. Did she really claim BLM and Bernie were Russian agents?
melman
(7,681 posts)Mensch on Thatcher's death.
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Mensch on Syrian refugees
"We in Britain look at the disaster of Angela Merkel saying 'come one, come all' and what that's actually meant, is that there are no real refugees.
The criminal attacks, the massacres that were carried out in Brussels and in Belgium, carried out by young men who have mostly just abandoned their women folk and abandoned their families. Young men of fighting age whove literally stormed into Europe and pretty much taken it over."
video here:https://www.indy100.com/article/louise-mensch-went-on-a-fox-news-rant-about-refugees-and-had-a-complete-nightmare--b1g_IKSurlZ
melman
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This is who Louise Mensch really is. The people who endlessly promote her here pretend it's not...but it is.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)She's NOT our friend, and has been right all of ONCE. Not a trustworthy individual.
womanofthehills
(8,702 posts)She has been right many times. We need everyone who is going after Trump.
Demit
(11,238 posts)I'm not sure why you feel we "need" someone like that, but that's too undependable for my tastes. That's not journalism, that's not investigation. That's throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)She has been wrong thousands of times. We don't need fake news to fight Trump.
MADem
(135,425 posts)And she is an avowed conservative. That's not a secret.
But she has one thing in common with me--she loathes Trump.
No one is "promoting" her here. Sheesh, the drama.
Taste and try--don't like? Don't buy.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)that they do attacking Mensch and Hillary among others (who are not without their valid criticisms, but there is such a thing as missing the forest for the trees)...
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)Information to take in, file away and watch. I doubt most are taking it as religiously as the haters believe they think they are.
Considering even the National Enquirer breaks real news from time to time, it's generally worth at least giving it a cursory glance on the off-chance.
MADem
(135,425 posts)John Edwards romance and baby with that Rielle Hunter, and OJ's "uglyass" Bruno Magli shoes.
Of course, they also sat on the story about Trump's affair with the PLAYBOY model while Melania was pregnant with Barron--the owner of that publication is friends with Pissy Hair Furor and he paid the model for her story with a non-disclosure/non-compete clause locked into the deal!
It is what it is--the vaunted, mainstream NYT told us that McCain was shtupping a lobbyist and that was a total lie....and they also gave us Judy Miller. One has to look, listen, weigh, discuss, and keep one of those open minds!
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Her statements are purely speculative entertainment at best for me.... I cannot take them seriously at all.
I cannot hold my breath for any event she presents as a possible fact.
Just like standing in line at the grocery store, being amused by the front page pretty much.
Sorry Louise... it is what it is.
The horseshoe theory is NOT "bullshit."
It's alive and well and living right here!
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)m-lekktor (3,184 posts)
23. She thinks Bernie is a Russian agent? ROFL
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)m-lekktor (3,185 posts)
44. yeah, that is a sure sign!!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)with the Trump campaign. That's not from Mensch. This is another attempt to muddy the waters and provide cover for Trump.
This is fake news.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)for some reason.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)She is just riding the wave baby
The problem is folks can't separate facts from propaganda.. and when someone, anyone comes along and "confirms" their collective/ predetermined viewpoint.. well, here we are..
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)If they do not, then either she had unreliable sources or she was intentionally pushing a false story. I'm not sure why I should lose any sleep about it either way.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)BTW am a LM reader
but
I like your comment anyway, LOL!