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29th October 2017, 02:12 AM | #81 |
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As I said, it depends on what the charges are. If you need more than that, the easy answer is that until the charges are announced, speculation about what they might be is entirely on topic. After they're announced, what's actually relevant then will depend on what they actually are. Likely, speculation about potential related future charges will also be considered on topic to a fair degree, too.
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29th October 2017, 04:27 AM | #82 |
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The New Yorker also came up with this:
How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr, avoided a criminal indictment It's about a condo deal - there's evidence the Trumps inflated the occupancy rate to make people think the units were selling quickly. It was a New York state case. Ultimately the district attorney said there was not enough evidence to prosecute. That same district attorney was receiving political donations from the Trumps' lawyer. (Which he supposedly returned.) There was one Russian invested in the deal who had earlier been a violent racketeer. No, I doubt it's in the scope of Mueller's investigation, and it's a state case anyway. I'm putting this in the Mueller thread, just because it shows a pretty close brush with the law on the part of the Trump kids, and because one partner was a violent ex-Soviet racketeer. It shows a small part of the pattern in the Trump Organization, of dodgy Russian partners and deceptive marketing. ETA: I'm under the impression that Mueller has pretty broad powers regarding the investigation. |
29th October 2017, 04:35 AM | #83 |
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I'm up late because I can't sleep, but Trump might be firing up his Twitter thingy pretty soon to trash Mueller, claim it's fake news and tie this to crooked Hillary.
If he hasn't already. ETA: According to Fox News, Mueller is facing pressure from Republicans to resign. Also WSJ editorial board:
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29th October 2017, 05:38 AM | #84 |
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whatever the consensus is here the opposite will usually happen
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29th October 2017, 06:25 AM | #85 |
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29th October 2017, 07:23 AM | #86 |
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29th October 2017, 07:27 AM | #87 |
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The tweet storm has begun. He's pulling out the Uranium canard and blathering on about e-mails. He seems very unhappy; clearly this is causing him a great deal of suffering. I do so enjoy it when Donald Trump suffers.
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29th October 2017, 07:30 AM | #88 |
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29th October 2017, 08:10 AM | #90 |
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29th October 2017, 08:35 AM | #91 |
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There was also a tinge of, "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" to it. There's also this observation on the thing:
Why does it takes Trump so long to finish a thought on Twitter? He averages 8 minutes between tweets that are part of the same sentence. |
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29th October 2017, 09:03 AM | #93 |
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29th October 2017, 09:34 AM | #96 |
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29th October 2017, 09:38 AM | #97 |
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too.
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29th October 2017, 09:42 AM | #101 |
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29th October 2017, 10:01 AM | #102 |
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I know this is off topic, but while I greatly admire the bicyclist actions, I am surprised that the Secret Service allowed someone to get that close to the presidential motorcade.
Normally (at least here in Chicago when Obama was visiting,) they usually block ALL other traffic from the segment of the road the motorcade was travelling down (which was always fun during rush hour...) |
29th October 2017, 10:11 AM | #103 |
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29th October 2017, 12:37 PM | #104 |
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29th October 2017, 12:59 PM | #105 |
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I was talking with a few classmates about how to play the victim card.
You need to be able to hook your audience at an emotional level; the whom you are trying to convince that you are the victim. And then, hopefully, your audience will empathize with you. The commander-in-ept's suffering? He's in the zone? Sure, he garnering attention, but for the majority of the American population, I doubt he's being able to convince them of the "I'm the one suffering. I'm the victim here" |
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29th October 2017, 02:04 PM | #106 |
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Mueller is stealing attention away from Trump, and will continue to do so.
I am convinced that on some level Trump thinks he has to win the media battle about Russia to avoid legal fallout. |
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29th October 2017, 02:18 PM | #107 |
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29th October 2017, 04:38 PM | #109 |
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I wonder if they serve nothingburgers in the chow line at Club Fed.
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29th October 2017, 05:07 PM | #110 |
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29th October 2017, 07:55 PM | #111 |
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29th October 2017, 10:45 PM | #112 |
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Wonder if he could recuse himself on that issue, with someone else independently pursuing the FBI angle.
Leads on Hillary or the Dems should also be pursued, IMO. No credibility otherwise. But then she was not on national TV encouraging Russia to hack U.S. computers. |
30th October 2017, 02:52 AM | #113 |
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The FBI could do with an app that sends an alert when arrests are made.
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30th October 2017, 04:23 AM | #114 |
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30th October 2017, 04:30 AM | #115 |
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30th October 2017, 04:34 AM | #117 |
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30th October 2017, 05:00 AM | #118 |
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Looks like it will be Manafort and Rick Gates.
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30th October 2017, 05:01 AM | #119 |
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NY Times says that Paul Manafort and Rick Gates will be charged.
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30th October 2017, 05:13 AM | #120 |
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Who's Rick Gates? What'd I miss?
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