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  1. 13 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

    With Pecker's apparent flip, Mueller might actually have this wrapped up and a report on the president's conduct by Sept 1.

    I actually like to pretend that Mueller has had this thing wrapped up since May and spends all day playing Fortnite and reading Black Twitter

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  2. 3 hours ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

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    Goddamnit.  I thought this was clear.  Karen Mcdougal is the form of payment. 

    'You could pay me Karen McDougal money and I still wouldn’t. '

    You fuck SHS you get Karen Mcdougal

    'Christ almighty it's like I'm setting here playing cards with my brother's kids or something, nerve racking sons of bitches!'

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  3. 8 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

    The Trump lady above, wasn’t the one holding up the vote, she voted guilty on all 18.  We don’t know the background on the holdout yet, other than she claimed reasonable doubt as the reason for refusing to convict on all 18. 

    The Fox juror actually made me feel pretty good about the whole thing. Shes obviously a trumpkin but seemed to take her responsibility seriously.

    Basically she likes Trump but Manafor is guilty AF and she had no problem saying so. 

    Sounds like the other juror has MAGAts where their brain should be

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  4. Just flipped on the five on fox and theyre talking about the Iowa girls murder.  The one guy, maybe itd Gutfield.  He looks like a Gutfield makes the most ironic statement of the week.

    CNN and MSNBC arent covering this.  Maybe they think its not news.  The irony is beautiful

    Dana Perino can get the work

  5. I always wondered why Cohen being the Dep RNC chair wasnt getting more play.  It seems obvious to me that Russia was filtering money through Cohen down the line. 

    I hope/expect that the RNCs ass wont be able to take the length. 

    Looking at you Ronna

  6. 21 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

    Lol. No.  Trump doesn't give a shit about his kids.  You can't think about it from a father's perspective, or even from a guy who has friends perspective.  Trump only cares about Trump.  That's it.  If he cares about his kids at all, its only in how they reflect on him.  Trump views literally every single person around him, including his kids, by what they can do for him.

    Do you even

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    Ivanka bro?

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  7. 1 hour ago, Born to Run said:

    Long post reporting from the hinterlands.

    I have family in the area, so I attended the Beto Town Halls in Port Lavaca and Edna yesterday.  The question and answer section felt like real democracy and was very inspiring.  The crowds were pretty diverse mix of old democrats, younger people, plant workers, a few trump voters, and independents.  So incredibly civil, honest, and respectful.  Watching the Question and Answer portions of his town halls online is worth it.  I had a lot of great conversations with small town folks, and that really humanized small town residents that I often pre-judge as trump rubes.  I feel Beto's strategy will work.  People feel ignored and forgotten. And they are sick of the negativity in politics. There are a lot of votes there.  As one of the local Democrat chairs told me: "there are plenty of registered voters here, they just haven't voted in 20 years."  And for good reason, there hasn't been a realistic chance of a dem winning in a long time.

    One plant worker stood up and explained how he lost his job at Alcoa when it closed the plant due to China's policies on aluminum.  He admitted, with a tinge of embarrassment,  that he and many of his friend took a chance on Trump because he promised to go after China.  The guy just wants his job back, and he's angry that China took it.  That simple.  I think this is the case all over the state.  And I can't blame him.  Never mind that Alcoa poisoned the entire bay with Mercury, or that its a Superfund site, or that the huge bauxite piles spew red dust over everyone's houses. Good riddance to some of these companies.   I know those jobs are likely never coming back. But i feel for him.  Beto was empathetic, explained that we need to engage China with the help of our allies in Europe, Canada and Mexico for it work. And we need to so carefully so we don't hurt others in the community like farmers.  That goes a long way in communities like Port Lavaca. And word gets around.

    Two 18 year old, first time voters drove down from Houston.  A couple parents pulled there kids from school to attend.  A couple progressive local millennials  trying to find how they can reach their single issue voter peers.

    Another guy had a question about tax credit exemptions for homeschooling.  Beto heard his point, and admitted he had not consider that angle to the issue, and wanted to think about it more and reach out to the guy later via email. 

    He is the Antithesis of Trump or Cruz.  Humble, honest, civil, funny, relatable, empathetic, genuine, and smooth without appearing slick.  On a question about ending our perpetual wars, he intimated that there is no sexy or happy answer and that it needs to be up to congress to use all resources and experiences to craft a strategy.  He asks the people what they care about and want, and learns from these town halls to improve as a candidate and representative. That's how it is supposed to work.  He hasn't taken PAC money in several years and zero on this campaign.  He is on the VA Committee in the House because its important and he cares about vets, while his peers rush to committee positions that will bring in that flood of PAC money from the Energy and Big Pharma sector.  And he said he would come back to the community as senator and be held accountable.  No pre-screening of questions, no hiding in safe spaces with only his supporters. No negativity towards Cruz or Trump.  He goes into the Reddest areas of the state because they are still Texans and shouldn't be ignored.

    Last bit, I went to ask him a question after the Edna Town Halls about Harvey relief, a staffer knocked over her Whataburger iced tea, and spilled it on the floor.  He paused, like he was hosting a party in his own kitchen, grabbed napkins and helped her clean it up.  Then he apologized for the interruption and finished answering the question.  It was the most natural and real thing.  His staffer emailed me more information later that night in case I needed better defined talking points.

     

    Good post.  This is all i want from an elected official.  Listen.  Be decent.  Show up.  Help people with their problems

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