What has been revealed…….
Imagine where we would be right now if Democrats hadn’t taken back the House in 2018.
If you’re eligible to vote, register and do it. Every election. Every time.
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) September 30, 2019
Yes, imagine.
You don’t have to imagine. You know what happened in Congress from 2016-2018. Everything that was ignored.
Since last we posted, we have found out the following:
That Australia was contacted by this Administration for help with the ‘Russia didn’t actually interfere with the 2016 Election’ conspiracy theory.
We also found out that the Secretary of State , Mike Pompeo, was actually listening in on the phone call with the President of Ukraine.
And, thanks to poster eliihass, we know that Pompeo’s also been traveling around with Sebastian Gorka.
Gorka, who had to leave the Administration, because he never could get a Security Clearance, is flying around with the Secretary of State.
And, then, there’s the corrupt Attorney General William Barr, who was out of the country. Protocol says that whenever the AG leaves the country, a report is sent out informing the public of his whereabouts. No such report this time, because the weasel was meeting in secret:
Barr personally asked foreign officials to aid inquiry into CIA, FBI activities in 2016
Attorney General William P. Barr has held private meetings overseas with foreign intelligence officials seeking their help in a Justice Department inquiry that President Trump hopes will discredit U.S. intelligence agencies’ examination of possible connections between Russia and members of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
The attorney general’s active role also underscores the degree to which a nearly three-year-old election still consumes significant resources and attention inside the federal government. Current and former intelligence and law enforcement officials expressed frustration and alarm Monday that the head of the Justice Department was taking such a direct role in reexamining what they view as conspiracy theories and baseless allegations of misconduct.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES is going around the world, asking FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO UNDERMINE OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
These are good segments by Maddow:
Trump fixation on exonerating Russia entangles Barr, Pompeo
Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump’s unusual fixation with finding reasons to undo sanctions on Russia for the annexation of Crimea and interference in the 2016 election, to the point where he is now reportedly sending Attorney General William Barr overseas to seek help in discrediting the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions about Russia’s role in 2016.
Secretary of State Pompeo took part in Trump-Ukraine phone call at center of impeachment inquiry
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the July 25 phone call where President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, a senior State Department official told NBC News. The phone call and a related whistleblower complaint are now at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
Trump surprises with outreach abroad to subvert US intelligence
Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about how important it is to Vladimir Putin and affected Russian oligarchs that U.S. sanctions be lifted, and how Donald Trump seems to be serving that end.
Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) Tweeted:
New Quinnipiac poll
IMPEACH TRUMP?
47% of Americans say YES
47% of Americans say NO
That’s a net 20-point swing in one week
Last week: 37% impeach, 57% don’t
https://t.co/UpfqM8pTYo https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1178747066056679424?s=17
David Frum @ davidfrum
If they wanted to understand origins of Trump-Russia, DOJ would review Trump’s business records 2006-2016
Instead Wm Barr is pressuring allies to agree that Russia was innocent and Trump was a victim.
Barr is not “scrutinizing” anything, he’s fabricating a cover-up
David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) Tweeted:
Revisiting this in light of Pompeo’s pushback.
The House has what it needs already. Set a hearing and impeachment vote schedule now. Invite witnesses to testify and defend themselves, but don’t negotiate.
Announce the impeachment vote proceeds with or without their testimony. https://twitter.com/DavidJollyFL/status/1179043875119407104?s=17
Mark Fryer (@Markfry809) Tweeted:
Have you ever tried removing a tree but discovered the root system had invaded every square inch of your lawn? That’s where we are with this Whistleblower report. The shovel has barely penetrated the ground. This will be big. And I mean fucking big.🤔 https://twitter.com/Markfry809/status/1178817368958521344?s=17
Great analogy.
So, to recap. We’ve added a couple of countries where Dolt45 is doing his mob tactics. The Secretary of State and The Attorney General are both obviously compromised. The Secretary of State and The Attorney General are clearly obstructing justice. They, too, should join their boss and have Articles of Impeachment drawn up on them.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1179781026140176385
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1179816325549453312
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1179896431957684225
https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1179770850754596865
Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) Tweeted:
From Pelosi response to Kevin McCarthy: “I received your letter this morning shortly after the world witnessed President Trump on national television asking yet another foreign power to interfere in the upcoming 2020 elections.” She really is in a whole different league. https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1179843039788961798?s=17
Multiple impeachments, I love it.
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1179859761858260993
Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite couples :)
‘Thanks, babe, for 27 amazing years!’ Barack and Michelle Obama share touching anniversary messages on Twitter – as the former first lady says she’s ‘still feeling the magic’
Former President Barack Obama, 58, and former first lady Michelle, 55, tied the knot on October 3, 1992
Both wished the other a happy anniversary on Twitter and Instagram today
Barack shared a photo of them looking at a sunset and quoted the Beatles
Michelle said her husband promised a life full of adventure and ‘delivered,’ and now they’re embarking on their next chapter as empty nesters
By CARLY STERN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:15 EDT, 3 October 2019 | UPDATED: 14:32 EDT, 3 October 2019
Uh huh
Uh huh
Silicon Valley billionaire Thiel invests in Kobach, Hawley and rise of nationalism
OMG, this is hysterical.
https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/1179719840149454848
https://twitter.com/cronkitenews/status/1179403345938784257
https://twitter.com/etanthomas36/status/1179742618256756736
He’s so far off the rails, what is left to say?
And we’re discussing his re-election.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1179771371351678978
Ha ha ha…This is the UNDERSTATEMENT of the century.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1179483520026198023
“This is not how an American president should act.”
Uh, yeah, and we’ll be lucky if the crazy, demented motherf***** doesn’t cause some global calamity before we are finally rid of him.
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1179533609725763584
https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1179770850754596865
Clinton decries Trump admin ‘smear campaign’ against Yovanovitch
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and the dirty smear campaign the Trump administration has made her the target of in order to achieve its nefarious ends with Ukraine.
This segment has that famous Watergate Speech by Barbara Jordan.
Clinton sees echoes of Nixon impeachment process in Trump’s
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about similarities in the Richard Nixon impeachment process she worked on in 1974, and the Donald Trump impeachment inqu
Clinton: Trump impeachment inquiry should follow every thread
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about how a phone call between the U.S. president and other world leaders is supposed to work, and why the Trump impeachment process should follow threads that might also find abuse of power by Trump aides who tried to help conceal records of Trump’s interactions with other leaders.
By a 52-21 margin, Americans think asking Ukraine to investigate Biden is an abuse of power, per USAToday poll.
The gap among independents is huge: 45%-16%.
It’s even close among Republicans: 30%-40%.
Doubling down like this is … unbelievably risky. https://t.co/PDVrJrMxSB
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) October 3, 201
Clinton: Ukraine ‘the canary in the coal mine’ on Trump schemes
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with Rachel Maddow about why it’s in the national interests of the United States to support Ukraine against Vladimir Putin’s aggression and why Trump’s Ukraine scandal is just one piece of a bigger picture of what Trump and his allies have been up to.
Conspiracy theory packet may have supplanted US foreign policy
Rachel Maddow explains what is understood so far about an unusual meeting called by the State Department inspector general at which he delivered what is reported to be a collection of conspiracy theories that are apparently the basis of the State Department’s dismissal of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and the Trump administration’s manipulation of Ukraine.
Pence, at center of Trump Ukraine scheme, scrambles for cover
Rachel Maddow shares reporting from the Washington Post that Donald Trump made Mike Pence the middle man in his scheme to manipulate the president of Ukraine, leaving Pence scrambling to explain how he wouldn’t have been aware of the role he was playing.
Trump grows emotional as impeachment takes aggressive steps ahead
Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump’s awkward emotional outburst at a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, and the aggressive, no-nonsense approach House committee chairs are taking to the Trump impeachment process, including in a letter to the deputy secretary of state that getting in the way of the inquiry could land him in prison.
Folks are having issues with people bringing up the flaws of Warren as a candidate. Trying to sound the alarm.
When pointed out that she is not connecting with the base of the party…
When pointing out that she has NONE of the relationships that Hillary had formed over the course of her lifetime…
When pointing out that if Biden’s 40 year record is up for discussion, then so is her past, including being a Republican through BOTH terms of Ronald Wilson Reagan. And, WHY that might be a problem for a nice-sized portion of the Democratic Party base. I know if Mama was alive, it would be a problem for her. Reagan was a curseword in my house growing up. Mama, Daddy, all my Aunts and Uncles. It was visceral for all of them.
Then, bringing up the REASON she became a Democrat, and how that reasoning might not move the base.
Being scolded about ‘ I thought the objective was to get rid of Trump, so why are you attacking Democratic candidates?’
Lips so pursed.
But,what do I know….
Thread 😠😠
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1179740913771405313
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) Tweeted:
New USA Today poll:
Americans support House *impeaching* Trump by 45-38
They support *Senate conviction and removal* by 44-35 (!)
Note: 30% of Republicans say pressure on Ukraine to smear Biden is an abuse of power.
And it’s early. More will come out.
https://t.co/nIaJRZgP7E https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1179700643252113408?s=17
Soooooo,
Explain it to me like I am in Kindergarten. How does his NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR be in on the phone call….
AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT NOT KNOW??😒😒🤨🤨🤔🤔
Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) Tweeted:
Important new detail: Pence’s own national security adviser was on the July 25 call. https://t.co/nyb3qbTY6j https://twitter.com/gregpmiller/status/1179516993579425797?s=17
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1179538061664952320
Well said.
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1179484571055935489
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1179525315267350528
😲😲😲😲
NBC News (@NBCNews) Tweeted:
A tectonic plate below the US seems to be dying.
Scientists had already speculated that the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate had a tear in it, and a recent study has uncovered data that all but confirms it. https://t.co/pnBLp8T2qI – @NBCNewsMACH https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1179668181352361984?s=17
https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1179104935159435269
👏👏👏👏
https://twitter.com/chrisshipitv/status/1179100031468609537
https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1179435207948226562
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1179440925476622336
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) Tweeted:
Little backstory on the Legal Advisor at the center of the State IG briefing. He joined State in a non-legal position in 2017, 3.5 years after passing the bar. The he was promoted to acting chief lawyer for the entire state department. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1179465658997858304?s=17
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) Tweeted:
2/ What I’m hearing is that this for once might have backfired, turning him into a Succession/Greg type character. Eager to be part of the gang, less eager to go to jail. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1179466574161428480?s=17
Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) Tweeted:
EXC Trump Org’s plans for major expansion of Turnberry, its flagship overseas resort, have been rejected. @EricTrump hoped to build housing & luxury villas at lossmaking property, but failed trying to get land in Q rezoned. My @TheScotsman story. Thread 👇 https://t.co/PYAVBtmkYM https://twitter.com/MartynMcL/status/1179502608098238465?s=17
😒😒😒
Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) Tweeted:
Asked if POTUS should be banned from Twitter, as Sen. Kamala Harris has called for, Sen. Warren chuckles and says simply “no.” https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/1179480201140391936?s=17
Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) Tweeted:
This new whistleblower “scandal” that Trump is drumming up is complete nonsense.
It is not “fodder” for any legitimate attack, and we are not required to pretend it is, simply because Trumpworld is making a lot of noise about it.
I unraveled it here:
https://t.co/K82vVqp9Ky https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1179510404483031042?s=17
https://twitter.com/SamSanderson123/status/1179523549062684679?s=20
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1179493507058278401
https://twitter.com/malone_as/status/1179517528390766592?s=20
https://twitter.com/Wolfwalk47/status/1179521725647785984?s=20
Fraud 😠😠
https://twitter.com/allysonfelix/status/1179437976708739072?s=20
When a whistleblower seeks guidance, staff advises them to get counsel and go to an IG.
That’s what they’re supposed to do.
Unlike a president pressing a foreign leader to dig up dirt on a political opponent.
That’s not what a president is supposed to do.
And we all know it. https://t.co/dzVAFGpMen
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1179449798153388033
The Dow is down 459 points.
So much winning…I can hardly stand it.
Thought this was the reason:
Yamiche Alcindor @ Yamiche
Confirmed: A source familiar tells me the State Department IG briefing on the Hill is about retaliation against State Department officials who are trying to cooperate with House Democrats.
😍😍😍
https://twitter.com/RoyalDetective8/status/1179142670511431687
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1179429285876117505
Truth 👏👏
The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) Tweeted:
The subtext of Trump raging about the characterization of his Ukraine call:
*HE* was the person who pushed to release the memo.
If it had been someone else’s idea, he would be insisting the characterization was wrong.
He’s raging against the reaction to *HIS* mistake. https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1179444932001566722?s=17
😂😂😂
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
Trump is “throw the controller across the room and scream that the game is cheating” mad https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1179445686275850240?s=17
His position has not changed on this.
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1179437254596595716
Ok,
This was 😂😂😂😂
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) Tweeted:
If someone could harness the president’s self-pity as electricity, it could power the entire global economy carbon-free.
Latest poll from South Carolina, out 10/1/2019
Black voters
Biden: 46%
Harris: 10%
Warren: 9%
Uh huh 😒
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1179389851457724420
Congratulations 🎉👏
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1179389803667873794
Report: Two Out of Every 5 White Harvard Students Got In Because of the White Privilege-Affirmative Action Loophole
Michael Harriot
Yesterday 5:25pm
The Dow has now lost 900 points since 10AM yesterday.
so much winning, people.
so.much.winning.
I Just Binged Season 1 of Succession and It Feels Like I Was on a White People Safari
Damon Young
Yesterday 12:30pm
Warren gets ‘dramatic shift’ in support from black voters
After struggling to win over African-Americans in the early stages of the primary season, polls show the Massachusetts senator is gaining traction with a pivotal constituency.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/02/elizabeth-warren-black-voters-support-2020-016649
It’s at 19%
19%
Lips pursed:
Because, of course……
Giuliani’s Ukraine Work Tied to Firm Whose Website Has Vanished
By Stephanie Baker and Sara Khojoyan
October 2, 2019, 4:38 AM CDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/giuliani-s-ukraine-work-tied-to-firm-whose-website-has-vanished
Bernie’s 3rd house 💄🥀 (@OjPats4) Tweeted:
White women who criticize Hillary can’t stand to be criticized. https://twitter.com/OjPats4/status/1179232206092472326?s=17
Sean Eldridge (@SeanEldridge) Tweeted:
One thing I’ve learned about Republicans over the past two years.
They believe standing for the national anthem is patriotism, but not rising to protect our democracy when it faces an existential threat from the White House. https://twitter.com/SeanEldridge/status/1179132361658769409?s=17
https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/1179015153972649984
She is NOT a Democrat. She is a Russian plant 😒😒😒
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1179361397907578880
https://twitter.com/K_JeanPierre/status/1179367556316061696
Love her👏👏👏
https://twitter.com/allysonfelix/status/1178727552174526465
Yes 👏
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/1179139318373392390
Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) Tweeted:
CNN: State Dept inspector general has requested an urgent Hill briefing with relevant committees tomorrow related to Ukraine. The email that went to staff suggested it was urgent. A Congressional aid described the State IG’s request as “highly unusual and cryptically worded.” https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1179158728031035392?s=17
😠😠😠
https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/1179152425900498944
Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) Tweeted:
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Pompeo’s office in recent days asked State Department HR/IG if they could “discipline” officers for “failure to follow direction” if they cooperate with Congress. https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1179156540835500032?s=17
Tell it 👏 👏
https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1000355991135940608
Oh, you mean THAT phone call 😒😒
https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1179358373214593026
https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1179358597484089346
https://twitter.com/Only4RM/status/1179358646116982784
https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/1179152425900498944
😂😂😂
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1179125816338386945
https://twitter.com/thecrimson/status/1179118992658706433
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1179125339034996738
https://twitter.com/PragObots/status/1179177952254349318
https://twitter.com/Kennymack1971/status/1179173732805468163
https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/1179154071476830208
This has been on the local news here in Tucson.
More evidence (as if we need more) that the dangerous idiot in the Oval Office has gone off the rails a long time ago and now he is speaking as a sputtering, ridiculous, unhinged fool. It will get worse.
https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/status/1179097654430711808
https://twitter.com/richardmarx/status/1178928505112993792
https://twitter.com/NightlyPolitics/status/1179080570761932800
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1179102444141400066
https://twitter.com/Jasamgurlie/status/1179100914029912064
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1179067839501815808
Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄