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by Harry Ola » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:21 am

The fact that Kushner is now involved must surely suggest a 5am tweet storm could be on the way.

Just read an article the premise of which must start to take root. If there is nothing behind the links with Russia, why do they keep lying about them?

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by Rex Kramer » Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:39 am

Has anyone asked the question whether they had equivalent meetings with other major powers or was it just the Russians.

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by Harry Ola » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:48 pm


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by Harry Ola » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:23 pm

Another little twist, Sessions used campaign funds, not Senate funds for trip to Cleveland where he met the Russian Ambassador. Seems unusual when he was acting solely as a member of the Armed Services panel :?: :fp: .

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeff-sessions-used-political-funds-for-republican-convention-expenses-1488509301?mod=trending_now_1

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by Alvin Flummux » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:39 pm

Curioser and curioser.

Sessions won't last the year at this rate. It'd be a tremendous blow to the new administration if he gets sunk by the whole affair.

One wonders who will be engulfed by the scandal next? Tillerson must be shitting bricks right about now.

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by Shadow » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:57 pm

Alvin Flummux wrote:Curioser and curioser.

Sessions won't last the year at this rate. It'd be a tremendous blow to the new administration if he gets sunk by the whole affair.

One wonders who will be engulfed by the scandal next? Tillerson must be shitting bricks right about now.


Rachel Maddow did a piece on Tillerson the other day where she said that he and Trump had never even met prior to Trump winning the election. Combine that with Tillerson winning that "Friend of Russia" award and its almost as if someone in the Kremlin was choosing the sec of state.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Alvin Flummux » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:57 am

Shadow wrote:Tillerson winning that "Friend of Russia" award



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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Monkey Man » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:55 am

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837989835818287106



Poor Spicey for his next press conference.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Harry Ola » Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:11 pm

He's off again!

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837987684660412416



What about the second, private one. And if all above board, why lie about it!

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837991759045079040


twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837993273679560704


twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837994257566863360


twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837996746236182529



Not sure how wise it is to bring Obama into it. Presumably he knows actual secrets.

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by Memento Mori » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:12 pm

This is new levels of gotten to. :lol: Easy D has lost it completely.

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by Alvin Flummux » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:13 pm

Did Trump accidentally watch a Watergate documentary and think it was all about him?

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by Return_of_the_STAR » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:29 pm

If it is true that his phones were tapped by the government then I would guess that it was because of suspected Russian involvement in the election. If you think that the next person who wants to be president may have been compromised by Russia then you are probably going to do some intelligence work into it. I'm sure as with all of trump claims though we are never going to actually find out the truth and the claims will all just fritter away and be replaced by another accusation or story.

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by Alvin Flummux » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:30 pm

It's scary that Trump now has the authority to view the classified intelligence files on every world leader and notable business figure, even on himself. I bet that's what he's been doing - reading the reports on himself.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Harry Ola » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:33 pm

The second Kushner was brought into it, there was another tweet storm coming. He is so spectacularly easy to wind up.

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by Alvin Flummux » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:34 pm

Harry Ola wrote:The second Kushner was brought into it, there was another tweet storm coming. He is so spectacularly easy to wind up.


And we're only a month into this shitshow. :dread:

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Moggy » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:30 pm

I get the impression that Trump doesn't like Obama much...

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Harry Ola » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:42 pm

The leader of the free world also felt the need to add the following crucial tweet.

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/838016045222854656



So much for the pivot.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Harry Ola » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:43 pm

Washington Post suggests that his tweets about Obama come Breitbart.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Shadow » Sat Mar 04, 2017 3:32 pm

You can't wire tap a US citizen without a warrant, so if this was rejected by a court like he says then it's pretty bad.

I bet they did have a warrant though. Given what the public knew about Russia's involvement, the Intelligence Community would presumably have had enough to convince a judge.

Edit: Now that Trump has made a story out of this, it's a matter of time until whatever was gathered from those wire taps gets leaked. :D

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Tafdolphin » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:44 pm

This thread is fantastic

twitter.com/peterdaou/status/838044681774710784



Essentially; these taps were ordered under FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) and were uncovered a few weeks back by various sources. FISA warrants are highly classified, so Trump just declassified this one. Also, if a FISA warrant was granted, it means a Federal Judge thought there was probable cause, ie a fairly high chance that Trump was doing something highly illegal and/or was compromising national security.

He done goof'd with these tweets.

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