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GW Hayduke

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  1. The beginning about trump eating souls was referring to Comey's oped breaking down the decline of rosenstein, barr, and others. It was rather funny if you had read the oped. They are with brookings and lawfare. Hennessey and Wittes always provide superior insight and analysis
  2. The most important point is that it is completely irrelevant whether some of the dossier is accurate, most of it is accurate, or none of it is accurate. Its a false analysis that plays to the GOP/trump/Fox narrative. The only point that is relevant is that everyone knew that the dossier was simply unverified intelligence. The FISA courts knew this. The journalists who had the dossier for months prior to the election and didn't publish knew this. Unverified intelligence is simply gossip. The purpose of unverified intelligence is to point investigative journalist and federal investigators in various directions to confirm or substantiate rumors. That is the only purpose of unverified intelligence.
  3. Benjamin Wittes has a great article breaking down Barr's several slight-of-hand mis-characterizations that build upon each other to the point that the DOJ has become the defense attorney of trrump. Wittes was a guy that had previously given Barr the benefit of the doubt but here freely describes the destroyed reputation of both Barr and unfortunately the DOJ. It is crazy how so many of our agencies have devolved under trump - FAA, ICE, Homeland, State, Education. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/bill-barrs-performance-was-catastrophic/588574/
  4. Quality podcast. First 10 minutes is a rather scathing take on Barr's current reputation and how he handled Mueller. https://www.lawfareblog.com/rational-security-eating-your-soul-small-bites-edition
  5. Didn’t Devin Nunez and Trey Gowdy super tag team the Carter Page PhD FISA application when the GOP had the House and then compose the dreaded “Nunez Memo,” which almost instantly led to destruction of the FISA process, jailing of a bunch of FISA judges, and then termination of the entire FBI? Or am I misremembering and everyone actually laughed at the Nunez Memo?
  6. There is DOJ policy that they can’t indict a sitting president. Per their policy, they have to wait to indict for obstruction until he leaves office through impeachment or after his term.
  7. Voting third party in a two-party system only makes sense if you are a republican and decide to vote libertarian.
  8. After Donal Trump, the GOP has Jr., Ivanka, and Eric lined up and waiting. It’s going to be dynasty, not dissimilar to duck dynasty
  9. In depth discussion on the many questions surrounding the mueller report. Prosecuting a past president for crimes committed while in office. Appropriateness of choosing not to interview trump. etc. etc. etc.
  10. But look what they did to poor mr Carter Page PhD!!!?!
  11. Everyone knew the Steele reports were raw intelligence, which are just rumors from unverified sources. It was intended to point federal investigators and investigative journalists in various directions to investigate and corroborate. That is what it did. Much of the Steele reports has turned out accurate: - russian regime had been cultivating trump for 5 yrs in effort to divide western alliances. TRUE - one aspect to influence trump was to exploit his sexual perversions. POSSIBLY TRUE. Cohen and Mueller investigated Russian tapes and were unable to deny their existence. Trump and Cohen discussed tapes - russia was using state sponsored cyber operations TRUE - kremlin behind dnc emails released by Wikileaks TRUE - Russian and trump coordination was managed by Manafort POSSIBLY TRUE. Manafort was providing polling data to Russia and has not cooperated with investigators. - Page holds secret meetings in Moscow with Rosneft official MOSTLY TRUE. Steele said it was rosneft president but it was a lower level employee. - trump paid bribes and hookers in St. Petersburg UNKNOWN. Hasn’t been investigated. - Russians had more emails on Clinton waiting to be released TRUE - Cohen’s secret meeting Prague UNLIKELY TRUE. Mueller didn't investigate but dismissed it based on Cohen’s testimony
  12. This is good. I would add ‘tax cuts pay for themselves’ to your bulleted list as a recent example of the GOP’s acceptance of stupidity
  13. Ongoing lines of inquiry in the house off the top of my head. - trump taxes (I’m not really sure what could come out of this but it seems there is a reason to keep secret) - trump org finances (Cummings has issued a subpoena and it’s going to court) - White House security clearances (Cummings has issued a subpoena but White House is fighting) - Family separation policy (I haven’t seen much about this since Feb) - Mueller’s findings (I understand Barr, McGahn, Mueller are all expected to testify) - Emoluments violations (Engel is running with I believe)
  14. And that is all good and fine but unless something changes, Mitch isn’t going to allow trial. Any vote that occurs in the senate will tie the GOP to trump but who doesn’t already know that? The GOP have at +85% favorability towards trump. There isn’t a segment of the population who’s brain explodes from finding out the gop supports trump
  15. That Mitch will allow a trial in the senate? That isn’t going to happen unless the GOP switches and backs impeachment. If it is only the Dems that want it, he’ll just change the rules. The “trial” is being conducted in the house. Public awareness and investigations are going on there
  16. The bottom line is that hearings and investigations are ongoing and need to continue to minimize chances of a potus re-election. There is likely a lot that we need to understand behind trump .org finances, nra/pac foreign monies, the bamboozle behind security clearances, and family separations
  17. https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-senate-decline-try-impeachment-case
  18. Mitch McConnell isn’t going to allow that to happen no matter what Dems do
  19. My question still remains. You seem to be talking about hearings and public awareness rather than impeachment. They are different.
  20. Here's the bulk of what Sanders said (it's long, but important): "At the end of the day, what is most important to me is to see that Donald Trump is not re-elected president, and I intend to do everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen. "But if -- and this is an if -- if for the next year, year-and-a-half, going right into the heart of the election, all that the Congress is talking about is impeaching Trump and Trump, Trump, Trump, and Mueller, Mueller, Mueller, and we're not talking about health care, we're not talking about raising the minimum wage to a living wage, we're not talking about combating climate change, we're not talking about sexism and racism and homophobia, and all of the issues that concern ordinary Americans, what I worry about is that works to Trump's advantage." Sanders went on to say that he supports the House conducting an investigation into some of the seemingly obstructive behaviors by Trump documented by Mueller and that, once that investigation concludes, he was open to reassessing. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/bernie-sanders-impeachment-cnn-town-hall/index.html
  21. Who doesn’t currently know or feel like the GOP and trump are one? Is there a segment of the population that would suddenly understand this after it fails in the senate?
  22. How so? What rationale got you to this?
  23. Hearings are going on. Patience. A failed impeachment at this time doesn’t do anything but increase odds that potus is re-elected and any indictments have to wait longer
  24. No impeachment proceedings or failed impeachment proceedings would have the same outcome concerning “protecting the people and the country from a lawless autocracy” except one increases the potential potus remains in office and immune to prosecution. The idea a failed impeachment would help the Dems at the ballot box is a political question. It may be correct. But it may be incorrect. That is political calculation. Look to Nancy
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