Unbelievable.

7/16/2018 11:52:27 AM

More like, perfectly believable and exactly what you'd expect to see if the President of the United States had been compromised by a foreign power.

7/16/2018 12:18:30 PM

God damn president STILL has difficulties admitting Russia attempted to play a role in the election. Not “won the election for Trump,” I’m talking about he can’t even admit that it was Russia that hacked the DNC. He’s not even good at lying.

Fucking bizarre.

7/16/2018 12:22:16 PM

He's a traitor. His only course of action is to lie.

7/16/2018 12:52:30 PM

any skeptics left after what just happened?

7/16/2018 12:53:44 PM

Glenn Greenwald lol

7/16/2018 1:11:30 PM

^^unfortunately, way too many americans only get their news from Fox News and Trump's tweets, and they're still quite confident there was no collusion.

7/16/2018 1:21:45 PM

Saturday:

Quote :

"So how long until the narrative becomes, "some collusion is okay if they were just using Russia to stop Clinton""

Today:
A C-SPAN caller just thanked Russia for "interfering in our elections"
https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1018876214554058755?s=20

7/16/2018 1:34:11 PM

If Maxine Waters didn’t savagely send him to an early grave I wonder what Tracey would think about all this?

7/16/2018 1:36:01 PM

Quote :

"unfortunately, way too many americans only get their news from Fox News and Trump's tweets, and they're still quite confident there was no collusion."

no way

7/16/2018 1:45:54 PM

you always got be an jerk, dontcha?

7/16/2018 1:57:05 PM

I was referring to those on here who have been skeptical

who would wonder if supporters of his through all of this would still be skeptical at this point?

your response assumes that I’m not aware of either Fox News or his twitter feed, which is why I responded the way that I did

[Edited on July 16, 2018 at 2:03 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2018 2:03:08 PM

That's still no reason to be a jerk, you need to watch the Mr. Rogers documentary again....

But were you referring to eleusis? Because your question is still silly, of course he's still skeptical.

7/16/2018 2:22:50 PM

I was not, as he is a sycophant

there have been others who have been skeptical

your answer was silly because it was so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said. we all know that. the question was not about his most ardent supporters.

7/16/2018 2:34:50 PM

Then who was it about? Specifically?

7/16/2018 2:36:59 PM

those who are fans of the person who was mentioned directly after my initial post

7/16/2018 2:42:01 PM

Maria Butina arrest is huge huge

7/16/2018 3:20:17 PM

https://www.wral.com/lawmakers-call-trump-s-performance-bizarre-shameful-/17701685/

Quote :

"House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a strongly worded statement, saying there's "no question" that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, and noting that U.S. intelligence agencies and a House panel agreed. "The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally," Ryan said, in what was, for the mild-mannered speaker, akin to a reprimand. Ryan said Russia "remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals.""

Quote :

""I never thought I would see the day when our American President would stand on the stage with the Russian President and place blame on the United States for Russian aggression," tweeted Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "This is shameful.""

Quote :

"Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., called it "bizarre" and "flat-out wrong" for Trump to suggest that both the U.S. and Russia are to blame for the deteriorated state of the two countries' relationship."

Quote :

"Even Trump's sometimes ally Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called the summit a "missed opportunity by President Trump to firmly hold Russia accountable for 2016 meddling and deliver a strong warning regarding future elections." Graham quipped that Trump ought to check a soccer ball Putin gave to Trump for listening devices, "and never allow it in the White House."

7/16/2018 3:51:21 PM

^^ https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-justice-department-charges-russian-national-conspiracy-act-foreign-agent

[Edited on July 16, 2018 at 3:54 PM. Reason : ]

7/16/2018 3:54:28 PM

oh look, more of the GOP talking shit and then proceeding to do nothing whatsoever to reign Trump in.

7/16/2018 3:57:05 PM

https://twitter.com/scottmstedman/status/1018946190119849984?s=21

The pee tape is so so real.

7/16/2018 3:57:59 PM

^^ lol, the indictment even mentions the GOP and NRA

7/16/2018 3:58:09 PM

https://twitter.com/mzhemingway/status/1018138538695647232?s=21

I need a direct feed of Federalist tweets into my veins now.

7/16/2018 4:04:18 PM

We need emergency paper ballots

7/16/2018 6:26:50 PM

Quote :

"Asked about President Trump’s performance today, a source close to White House said, “Everyone around him is afraid to tell him he shouldn’t do these things." The source said Trump is surrounded by people who can’t find better jobs outside the White House. They are fearful of losing their powerful positions, which explains the reluctance to disagree with him."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-putin-helsinki/h_ce180a39306ec2352d25038f294ad503

7/16/2018 6:37:36 PM

punk ass cop out. anyone working for trump and not actively fighting his lunatic policies is complicit.

7/16/2018 7:16:17 PM

the fucked up thing is...why wouldn't this be exactly what was expected today?

maybe it'll finally click for enough people now.

7/16/2018 9:51:27 PM

I wonder how the GRU trying to assasinate Skripal will impact any spy swap decisions (skripal was one of the last big swaps, when they returned the chick that was trying to infiltrate the democratic party)

7/16/2018 10:20:43 PM

So I saw a picture of Butina in the Oval the day after Comey was fired and just figured it was photoshopped so I tried to track it down. And it appears to be a real Getty photo. It admittedly is hard to be 100% he sure it’s her but it seems like it may be. Would be worth finding out at least..

[Edited on July 17, 2018 at 8:13 AM. Reason : X]

7/17/2018 8:10:54 AM

Don’t think it’s her.

Saw some say it looks like a NSC aide.. here comes the “fake news” cycle

7/17/2018 9:03:16 AM

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629601233/trumps-helsinki-bow-to-putin-leaves-world-wondering-whats-up

7/17/2018 9:38:29 AM

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/397340-freedom-caucus-lawmakers-call-on-doj-to-probe-rosenstein-allegations

Jordan and Meadows still going hard in the paint. They are essentially suggesting that these folks:

Quote :

""The FBI Director, the senior career ethics adviser for the Department, and the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs who were all present at this meeting are all quite clear that the characterization of events laid out here is false.""

are all liars and their aides are telling the truth that Rosenstein threatened them.

I'm still looking for the clip but the exchange between Rosenstein and I think Gowdy during the Rosenstein hearing was pretty juicy in this regard. Rosenstein knows exactly which aides are lying and trying to ride his jock. He's gonna bury whoever it is (and hopefully Jordan, MEadows, and Gowdy) if this ever moves to an actual proceeding.

Edit:

Not Gowdy, it was Jordan:
https://youtu.be/b0Etlf4tc0s
Go to 4 min mark

[Edited on July 17, 2018 at 10:04 AM. Reason : Rosenstein: maybe you should put your staffers under oath and see if their story changes]

7/17/2018 9:48:04 AM

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/head-intelligence-community-fires-back-trump-casts-doubt/storyn

Quote :

" Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, head of the U.S. intelligence community, reaffirmed his conclusion that Russia had indeed tried to sway the election in a statement published after Trump's remarks. "We have been clear in our assessments of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security," Coats wrote. "

7/17/2018 10:44:27 AM

Lol, this fucking guy. “Actually what I meant to say was the exact opposite of what i said.”

No amount of liberal shaming of his supporters would be more condescending than thinking so little of anyone on earth that they’d believe that.

7/17/2018 2:55:47 PM

Except all of his supporters will believe that. They will follow right behind him on this U-turn, and switch from yesterday’s defending the indefensible to believing this is what he really meant to say, but it doesn’t matter because there was NO COLLUSION and why didn’t Obama stop it.

7/17/2018 3:06:39 PM

I mean, holy shit

7/17/2018 3:15:59 PM

Give it two or three days and he will double down on his OG position of "it wasn't russia." Most likely in a twitter thread.

He didn't even try to sell that backpedal. So forced.

7/17/2018 3:20:29 PM

Quote :

"I accept our intelligence community's conclusion that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. Could be other people also. A lot of people out there."

7/17/2018 3:41:55 PM

Quote :

"The FBI Director, the senior career ethics adviser for the Department, and the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs who were all present at this meeting are all quite clear that the characterization of events laid out here is false"

They all state that Rosenstein never threatened them with a criminal investigation, which is completely different from threatening to subpoena their phone and email records with the intent to find dirt and leak stuff to the press.

7/17/2018 4:00:48 PM

They said he said he “looked forward to discovery.”

If this is the culmination of the Freedom caucus’s (and others) effort to discredit the investigation they should really find new jobs.

7/17/2018 5:03:10 PM

^^the purpose of "threatening" a subpoena was to imply the fact that the fbi knows where leaks are coming from within the house.

It was a perfectly legal and valid "threat" if it ever happened. Rosenstein was not maneuvering to find dirt and leak to the press

God you right wingers kill me

[Edited on July 17, 2018 at 8:54 PM. Reason : A]

7/17/2018 8:51:41 PM

https://twitter.com/devlinbarrett/status/1019598718528622592?s=21

And AWAAAAYYY we go.

7/18/2018 11:25:12 AM

the movie is going to be great, but i hope the mini-series gets into all these kinds of details they didn't have time for in the film

7/18/2018 11:29:16 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-had-ties-to-russian-intelligence-agency-prosecutors-say/2018/07/18/a1a4042c-8a01-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?utm_term=.bc04028561de

GOPer named: Paul Erickson

There are a lot of details in this article.

And here we go regarding that piece of shit Nunes: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/congressman-reveals-gop-members-refused-allow-dems-question-russian-spy-maria-butina-30-witnesses/

[Edited on July 18, 2018 at 12:56 PM. Reason : Nunes]

7/18/2018 12:46:52 PM

ignoring everything up to this point- how is trump saying that russia is not still targeting the us NOT collusion?

7/18/2018 3:00:40 PM

because he was telling the reporter “no”, duuuuuh

7/18/2018 3:35:28 PM

The white house being open to Russia questioning American citizens is astonishing

7/18/2018 8:46:39 PM

it's incredibly absurd

7/18/2018 9:28:36 PM

From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered https://nyti.ms/2LyhO1C

7/18/2018 9:36:01 PM

^^^ It's exactly what "collusion" would look like, except it's happening out in the open.

It's wild he sat with Putin for 2 hours with no official records being kept. This is so un-Democratic it's amazing it even happened.

7/18/2018 11:20:53 PM