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December 20, 2018

Any English teachers out there? Please proof read Trump's tweet.

Forget the insane topic and his lack of understanding of the subject but just in Trump's
basic writing and grammar he is a basket case. I know I suck @ it (writing) and that
I make many mistakes but I am not the President.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075729672628068353

December 19, 2018

One small problem with Trump's wall.



I forget the exact # but I think something like 40% of undocumented people who stay in America
come here by plane.
December 18, 2018

So the Trump Foundation was a "a shocking pattern of illegality" and Trump's National Security ...

... Advisor, had the judge tell him that he sold out his country and then questioned why he wasn't charged with treason
but at the end of the day the only question is; "What about Hillary's email server?"

"a shocking pattern of illegality"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211563224

"Arguably, this undermines everything this flag over here stands for! Arguably, you sold your country out!"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211563269

Lock 'em up!

December 18, 2018

Mueller Is Telling Us: He's Got Trump on Collusion

This is a scandal unlike any America has ever seen.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-is-telling-us-hes-got-trump-on-collusion?ref=scroll


For nearly two years, since the U.S. intelligence community released its report on the Russian campaign to assist Donald Trump in the 2016 election, the American people have been seeking an answer as to whether the Trump campaign colluded with its Russian counterpart. In the endless speculation about the direction of the investigation, a common view was that maybe the investigation would never implicate President Trump or find any collusion.

snip

First, Mueller has clearly identified collusion in the efforts of Trump aides and associates to contact WikiLeaks. In a draft plea agreement provided to conservative operative Jerome Corsi, Mueller details how Roger Stone, who the special counsel notes was in frequent contact with Donald Trump and senior campaign officials, directed Corsi to connect with WikiLeaks about the trove of stolen materials it received from Russia. Corsi subsequently communicated WikiLeaks’ release plan back to Stone, and the Trump campaign built its final message around the email release. That is collusion.

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In the face of what Mueller has revealed, there is little question where this is going. Mueller may still be only showing us part of his hand, but it’s a damn good hand. He has signalled to us he’s found collusion. He has shown us that the president is compromised. He has told us that he has gathered information important to his investigation about contacts with people in the Trump Organization, the campaign, the transition, and even the White House. That’s everyone Trump has been connected with since he started running. And given all the redacted information in his filings and all that he’s been told by cooperating witnesses, we can be confident that Mueller will show us even more.

Mueller is coming. And he is clearly coming for Trump. Not simply for obstructing justice but for conspiring with a hostile foreign power to win an election. This is a scandal unlike any America has ever seen.

*****

Sorry Don Mueller has got your ass.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074993036831191045


December 16, 2018

HOLY SHIT! did anybody just hear Cohen's tape of Trump on MSNBC?

Trump and Cohen were talking about spending $150,000 to set up
an account to give to "our friend David" (Pecker??) and that Cohen
should talk with Trump's CFO Weisselberg about getting the money.

******

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/13/big-question-looming-over-trump-just-got-bigger-what-is-allen-weisselberg-spilling-about/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ed25dd296822

But it also suggests dominoes that have yet to fall, and among those dominoes is one potentially huge one: Allen Weisselberg.

When Cohen released that tape of him and Trump talking about buying back the rights to McDougal’s story from AMI, Cohen mentioned how he had consulted with Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, about how to make it happen.

“I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, David [Pecker], you know, so that — I’m going to do that right away,” Cohen said, adding, “I’ve spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with …” before being interrupted.

Cohen then invoked Weisselberg again: “So I’m all over that. And I spoke to Allen about it, when it comes time for the financing, which will be. …”

December 16, 2018

Trump Tweets this AM bat crap crazy / Ken Starr, "there is no evidence or proof of collusion"

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1074323441749319681


******
Funny I don't remember seeing the news that Bob Mueller was sharing his
information w/Ken Starr.

BTW just this AM Trump:
SNL is breaking the law.
Cohen became "a rat" after the FBI broke into his office
How come nobody is investigating crooked Hillary
Obama locked up kids in 2014
Smugglers use kids so we have to lock them up
The FBI is plotting against me because 2 of its agents were dating
December 15, 2018

Why Trump must be removed as President*.

Do we let a bank robber keep the money he stole?

* And that removal must include Pence, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh too.

Trump and the republicans worked with a hostile foreign power, Russia,
in what was nothing less then an act of war to rig our elections and
steal the right to vote and have that voted counted from the American
people.

December 14, 2018

The grifting by the Trumps goes back long before he ran for President .... Trump Baja

Fucking grifters.



https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-baja-snap-story.html

Trump's failed Baja condo resort left buyers feeling betrayed and angry

When Stephenee Simms heard in 2006 that Donald Trump was building condo towers in Baja, the lure of a posh weekend getaway on the rustic coast just south of Tijuana was hard to resist.

Simms, then an aerospace purchasing agent living in Canoga Park, said she used her life savings to pay a deposit of just over $50,000 for unit No. 602, a one-bedroom overlooking the Pacific.

snip

In the end, nothing at all was built at Trump Ocean Resort, and Simms lost her money. As did about 250 other buyers, most of them from Southern California.
December 13, 2018

Always remember that 16 million voters were purged..

... before the 2016 election. Trump and the Republicans are not legit.

I can't do a link to the story from my smart phone but just Google 16 million voters and look @ the think progress piece.

We are still paying for bush v Gore 2000 because with w bush in the White House he put people on SCOTUS who gutted the voting rights act.

December 13, 2018

Richard Painter it will only get worse for Trump.

https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1073047521478524930

Former Bush Ethics Attorney Richard Painter Says There’s Only 1 Way Out For Trump Now
He said the president better move fast because time is running out.

“It’s quite clear his goose is cooked here,” he said Wednesday on MSNBC.

Painter said the three-year prison sentence handed down on Wednesday to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former longtime personal attorney, should be a warning sign to the White House.

snip

He said Trump has just one way out to protect himself and his family: a comprehensive plea deal to federal and state charges in exchange for his resignation.

“Donald Trump is in serious trouble. His lawyers ought to be telling him to negotiate a plea deal,” Painter said. “Get him out of the White House. Have him resign, plead guilty to lower charges and let’s move on as a country.”


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/richard-painter-trump-way-out_us_5c11ca15e4b0449012f67e3c

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