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Ukraine scandal Megathread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Sep 18, 2019.

  1. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Just the camera lens. I agree with @KingCheetah -- usually, Pence is the most handsome man in any gathering, but in that gathering, it's a real toss up.

    More on topic, when hatching a secret mission of foreign intrigue, I always make sure to get a good group photo to commemorate the occasion.
     
  2. NewRoxFan

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    Appears that the latest version of the official trump "transcripts" seem to still having missing content.



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  3. NewRoxFan

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    More damaging testimony from white house security official...



    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...88d768-08b9-11ea-8ac0-0810ed197c7e_story.html
     
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    ... and more damaging testimony. I believe Morrison had been ordered to not appear before the congressional investigation but chose to disregard that direction.

    Sondland said he was acting on Trump’s orders, aide told investigators
    https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...-trumps-orders-aide-told-investigators-071275
     
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    Had Ted Cruz been in the picture the camera would caught fire from extreme hotness.
     
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    If only they were all Christian.
     
  7. NewRoxFan

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    Another victim of trumpism...



     
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    Gee, stefanik was LYING?
     
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    Especially with that 5 o’clock shadow while holding a 12 pack of Shiner.
     
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  10. NewRoxFan

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    When you lose the fox news journalists...

     
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    They’re going to fire him next.
     
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    I believe he's the only Fox News guy who is also on regular Fox. He might have enough crossover cred to hold on.
     
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    Anyone want to take a tipjar bet? I would bet that Wallace is not employed at FoxNews by the end of calendar year 2020. Let's say $40 (20+20, harhar).

    He's just too objective for the nasty, salty hot water that Dear Leader is in.

    EDIT: Isn't this a weird coincidink that Scalise looks a lot like the Ukrainian goombahs, Parnas and whatever?
     
  14. NewRoxFan

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    It took how long to come up with this excuse?



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    Clearly this is a mistake that can be easily corrected.

    These are the people running this country. Think about it.
     
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    I like timelines, and here is another one with a particular focus on what was going on with corruption in Ukraine well before Trump comes on the scene. It's very detailed and long. Trumpers might detect an anti-Trump bias in the narrative. But I found it pretty helpful in thinking about the quid pro quo story in the broader context of the Revolution of Dignity.

    https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/

    Some things it makes me think. In hearings, Nunes is always asking witnesses if they know about Alexandra Chalupa and the 'black ledger'. He's advancing this story about Trump's 'credible' concern that Ukraine was trying to take him down, so he wanted an investigation of the 2016 election and any possible involvement of Joe Biden in orchestrating it. Of course, this black ledger he's talking about is the evidence of corruption that Paul Manafort and Rick Gates engaged in that Robert Mueller turned over to New York and DC prosecutors. Gates pleaded guilty and Manafort was convicted in New York and made a plea deal in DC. Those guys are proven guilty in US courts of laundering money and of illegally lobbying for the ousted pro-Russian and corrupt president of Ukraine, Yanukovych. Obviously to have his campaign chairman convicted was a political black eye for Trump, but he ended up winning anyway. And he was legit guilty and duly prosecuted for his real crimes. So, why does Trump want to revisit this challenge he had previously overcome anyway? Why does it seem like he actually has a beef with the pro-Western 2014 revolution?
     
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    Hmmm, FBI wants to talk with the whistleblower.
     
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