The Impeachment of President Donald J Trump

Started by FunkMonk, September 24, 2019, 02:10:43 PM

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https://twitter.com/JoshDorner/status/1187000181436358661

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-Indys approve of the inquiry by a 21-point margin. Last week, they were only +5.

-Indys now back removal by 8 points. Last week, they opposed it by 6, a 14-point swing.

These are big moves in a week.
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grumbler

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 23, 2019, 05:31:00 PM
:lol: Apparently 12 them are serving on committees with access and could attend the hearings if they wanted.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/republicans-storm-scif-impeach-trump-pizza-phones

QuoteNotably, according to a list provided by Gaetz's office of the Republicans who RSVP'd to join the protest, 12 of them are members of the Oversight or Foreign Affairs committees — including Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the Oversight Committee — meaning they have been allowed to sit in on all depositions held in the SCIF in recent weeks. A spokesperson for Rep. Ken Buck, who is on the list and serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee, however, later clarified that he did not attend, though he tweeted in support.

Rep. Fred Keller, an Oversight member who joined the protest, "was acting in solidarity with those members of Congress who are not allowed in the hearings, to review testimony, or read transcripts of this secret inquiry. ... [He] believes the way this inquiry is being conducted is unfair and it needs to stop," according to a spokesperson.

It was the White House that classified the phone conversation as SCI so they could hide it for political reasons.  I love how that's biting them right in the ass.
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Valmy

Having a narcissist for a President is really terrible.

Hell I thought every politician had a bit of a narcissist streak going but it is really different when it is the real thing versus just giant egos.
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The Minsky Moment

Also sign of the times that the President of the United States openly and publicly pressures the Fed to move interest rates for his own political interest, and it attracts no notice.
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Valmy

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 24, 2019, 10:42:55 AM
Also sign of the times that the President of the United States openly and publicly pressures the Fed to move interest rates for his own political interest, and it attracts no notice.

Hell when he doesn't do something out of naked self interest you are almost impressed.
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frunk

Quote from: Valmy on October 24, 2019, 10:47:31 AM
Hell when he doesn't do something out of naked self interest you are almost impressed.

When did that happen?

Sheilbh

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 24, 2019, 10:42:55 AM
Also sign of the times that the President of the United States openly and publicly pressures the Fed to move interest rates for his own political interest, and it attracts no notice.
It's interesting. I always thought if he started to try and pressure or politicise the Fed that would possibly be the sort of thing that would cause Republicans in Congress (especially the Senate) to abandon him.
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Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on October 24, 2019, 10:47:31 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 24, 2019, 10:42:55 AM
Also sign of the times that the President of the United States openly and publicly pressures the Fed to move interest rates for his own political interest, and it attracts no notice.

Hell when he doesn't do something out of naked self interest you are almost impressed.

Umm, Trump is notorious for how much he borrows money (and then is lax about paying it back).

Calling for lower interest rates *is* an act out of naked self-interest.
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merithyn

Quote from: Barrister on October 24, 2019, 04:53:45 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 24, 2019, 10:47:31 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 24, 2019, 10:42:55 AM
Also sign of the times that the President of the United States openly and publicly pressures the Fed to move interest rates for his own political interest, and it attracts no notice.

Hell when he doesn't do something out of naked self interest you are almost impressed.

Umm, Trump is notorious for how much he borrows money (and then is lax about paying it back).

Calling for lower interest rates *is* an act out of naked self-interest.

Not when it gives the impression of a booming economy, which is the only thing he polls well on.
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Razgovory

So apparently the Lt. Col who is testifying today is probably a spy and traitor.  He was born in Ukraine and thus can't be trusted.
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Barrister

Quote from: Razgovory on October 29, 2019, 12:44:21 PM
So apparently the Lt. Col who is testifying today is probably a spy and traitor.  He was born in Ukraine and thus can't be trusted.

If so, that's a pretty big failure by the Trump Whitehouse, since they put the guy in that position. :D
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