A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO
… people like Sean Hannity and Brit Hume for confirming that Trump did indeed collude with the Russians. They wouldn’t be selling the “if he did, it wouldn’t be a crime” meme unless they knew that it had actually happened. Apparently they’ve been instructed to stop peddling the “it’s-a-witch-hunt” denials and move on to the “yeah, but” storyline. And what could possibly be more demonstrative of a patriotic pOTUS than colluding with the enemies who have vowed to destroy us?
A BIG SHOUT-OUT to Kellyanne Conway for sharing the information that people who lose their health insurance can simply go out and get a job that offers coverage as an employee benefit. Hey, who knew? With all this Trump-speak about creating much-needed jobs, we now know that there are millions of jobs out there just waiting to be filled by anyone who wants one. I’m sure this comes as welcome news to everyone who has been chronically unemployed – although those who voted Trump in order to get one of those jobs he promised to bring back are probably a bit perturbed that those jobs have been available all along – and they come complete with healthcare coverage!
A BIG SHOUT-OUT to Sean Spicer for proving every day that he has absolutely no clue what’s going on in the White House he’s supposed to be communicating on behalf of. I think we can all agree that Sean has done a remarkable job at saying nothing of substance since he was appointed to his position, and continues to do so. Given how many times Sean’s response to a question about Trump’s thinking has been “I haven’t had a chance to discuss that with him”, we can only surmise that the two have never actually met – and yet Lyin’ Spice perseveres in explaining to the nation that not being able to explain anything is best done without cameras.
A BIG SHOUT-OUT to all of the elected Republicans who are so proud of their support of AHCA (aka the “Kill Americans Bill”), they are hiding from their constituents – undoubtedly because they are too humble to take credit for ridding the country of the sick, the disabled, and the dying who are a “drain on society”.
A BIG SHOUT-OUT to Republicans who are brave enough to call-out the moochers who have pre-existing conditions due to their own poor lifestyle choices – like four-year-olds who have cancer because they’re apparently two-pack-a-day smokers who have been drinking to excess and eating junk food since they were born. Clearly these kids have brought disaster upon themselves.
And finally – a MAJOR “BIGLY” SHOUT-OUT to “pResident Trump”, who has done a truly incredible job of fucking an entire nation – which is not surprising considering how miniscule his dick is. Obviously he knew that if he shoved his small appendage up the asses of the people who voted for him, they wouldn’t even feel it – until it was too late.
I think it’s time we Democrats, we progressives, we bleeding-heart liberals finally acknowledged the fact that Republicans are the salvation of a country that is being brought down by things like compassion, empathy, and the foolish notion that we are somehow responsible for our fellow citizens. It’s time to give all credit due to those who fight daily to expunge these qualities from our collective consciousness and replace them with those “good Christian values” the GOP have laid claim to for years – like letting the hungry starve, letting the homeless expire in the streets, letting children born with pre-existing medical conditions suffer and die for lack of affordable treatment.
The path to GOP “progress” is clear. It’s just a matter of relinquishing every value, every guiding principle, every notion of humanity we Americans once held to be sacrosanct.
So a BIG SHOUT-OUT to all of those determined to save us from we evil-doers who still care about our country and our countrymen, while they persist in promoting the idea that being our brother’s keeper is not only un-Christian - it's as un-American as it gets.
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Here is some more on why collusion between trump and Russia would be a crime http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/may/31/gregg-jarrett/fox-news-hosts-wrong-no-law-forbids-russia-trump-c/
Nathaniel Persily at Stanford University Law School said one relevant statute is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
"A foreign national spending money to influence a federal election can be a crime," Persily said. "And if a U.S. citizen coordinates, conspires or assists in that spending, then it could be a crime."
Persily pointed to a 2011 U.S. District Court ruling based on the 2002 law. The judges said that the law bans foreign nationals "from making expenditures to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate."
Another election law specialist, John Coates at Harvard University Law School, said if Russians aimed to shape the outcome of the presidential election, that would meet the definition of an expenditure.
"The related funds could also be viewed as an illegal contribution to any candidate who coordinates (colludes) with the foreign speaker," Coates said.
To be sure, no one is saying that coordination took place. What’s in doubt is whether the word "collusion" is as pivotal as Jarrett makes it out to be.
Coates said discussions between a campaign and a foreigner could violate the law against fraud.
"Under that statute, it is a federal crime to conspire with anyone, including a foreign government, to ‘deprive another of the intangible right of honest services,’ " Coates said. "That would include fixing a fraudulent election, in my view, within the plain meaning of the statute."
Josh Douglas at the University of Kentucky Law School offered two other possible relevant statutes.
"Collusion in a federal election with a foreign entity could potentially fall under other crimes, such as against public corruption," Douglas said. "There's also a general anti-coercion federal election law."
In sum, legal experts mentioned four criminal laws that might have been broken. The key is not whether those statutes use the word collusion, but whether the activities of the Russians and Trump associates went beyond permissible acts.
due, Nance.. Mahalo!
