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When this is over, there will be two types of people 189 recs : By RAB910

The CIA confirmed that Trey Gowdy altered documents to frame Hillary Clinton. 164 recs : By kpete

Body Language Expert Dissects Iconic Pelosi/Trump Photo 160 recs : By CousinIT

Meryl Streep as Donald Trump is the best thing on the internet right now... 149 recs : By Soph0571

Not an excuse, but, perhaps, an explanation. 130 recs : By Atticus

The Left Column

JHB

Monday TOONs - Speakers can get Hazardous Duty Pay, right?

NanceGreggs

Nothing to Hide

Trump refuses to allow the release of thousands of documents, and has instructed his administration officials not to respond to subpoenas compelling their testimony under oath.

We can only assume that these people have nothing to hide – a LOT of nothing. Filing cabinets full of nothing. Computer servers full of nothing. Hundreds of banker’s boxes full of nothing. Enough nothing to fill Lake Superior and the Grand Canyon....

Miles Archer

The "Trump would never allow himself to be impeached, he'd resign first" meme is still churning.

Rick Wilson re-tweeted someone making that statement yesterday.

I don't believe it for a minute.

In all of the possible scenarios...including a vote in the House that goes on to a "potential" removal from office via a Senate trial...I just don't see it....

MineralMan

Trump's Downward Slide Is Accelerating

Slip #1: Nancy Pelosi begins impeachment investigations in the House, and some of Trump's minions are defying his orders and showing up to testify. The downward slide begins. We learn more and more about Trump's illegal acts as President on a daily basis. Polls show that a majority of the U.S. population favors impeachment and a trial in the Senate....

Soph0571

A horrid feudalistic quagmire with a flank of nationalist bollocks.

The vapid response from Trump supporters and the republicans to the illegal actions of Trump in the last week alone tell us something very interesting about the serf mentality of his most ardent fans, desperate to cling onto the ‘strong man’ lord in their lives. It is very like Russia if you think about it. They have always looked to a 'strong father' of the nation since the days of the Tsars, it is why democracy has never really taken off particularly well over there. They are so used to being told what to do and to never question the leadership that it is ingrained in the nations psyche... hhhhmmmm....

JHB

Friday TOONs 2 - RIP, the Hon. Elijah Cummings

JHB

Friday TOONs 1 - Letters and Meltdowns and Emoluments, Oh My!

zaj

Can we stop pretending like the GOP is confused...

... they don't want Democracy anymore. Because they feel a demographic shift away from white, Christian men.

So they seek to end democracy
Replace it with authoritarianism
Rule from the minority....

jberryhill

For those that weren't around during Watergate...

The real fun began when the defense became “oh, come on, everybody does it.”

We have entered the “everybody does it” phase.

Peacetrain

If we let people play us against each other... we will lose 2020

Trust me, I do not agree with the policies of many of the Democratic candidates.. I disagree with their policies.. not the person.. some of the supporters of other candidates, can give me the hives... and I am sure I give them the same hives when they see me post... all that being said... any of our people would be 100 times better than anything a Trumpian would present...

So for the love of mike people.. keep the debate on policies .. We have to win this..

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