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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe more I think about it the more it looks
Like treason.
Manafort has been working on behalf of Russia for over a decade and the Con picked him.
This may require more than locking up for all of them.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)of them are criminal IMO.
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Unfortunately, we are constitutionally unprepared for a traitor in the White House. I fear we are in the second year of the coup.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)by default.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)"Zero-progress" information spaces = dumbass N. Americans. Here in Barcelona (I'm showing my 18 year old there's another world outside his arrogant Chicago suburb) there's a progressive, center-left tabloid, El Periodico, in almost every café. Even La Vanguardia is relatively centrist.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)Havent seen him anywhere.
malaise
(269,157 posts)He was a major consultant for both Gore and Kerry long before Sanders.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)It's a mess
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)sign up for starting in December 2015.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Interesting
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)karin_sj
(812 posts)So I did a Google News search and found this in an article dated today. What's interesting is the picture. It's dated 2006 and Devine is sitting right next to Manafort.
https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/jul/03/russian-charged-trumps-ex-campaign-chief-key-figur/
"Konstantin Kilimnik, an elusive figure under indictment for alleged witness tampering by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is seen seated on the far left in a March 2006 photo obtained by The Associated Press as part of a collection of internal corporate memos and business records from the international political consulting offices of Donald Trumps ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Mueller has indicated that Kilimnik is in Russia and has ties to Russian intelligence, which Kilimnik disputes. The photograph represents one of the few images known to exist of Kilimnik. Also in the photo, seated from left: Kilimnik, Martha Young, Catherine Barnes, Tad Devine, Paul Manafort, Phillip Griffin; standing from left: Lee Avrashov, an unidentified individual and Christian Ferry."
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)R B Garr
(16,975 posts)The similarities!
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Assuming I understand you correctly. The next step past locking them up would seem to be execution.
Bryant
malaise
(269,157 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 09:54 AM - Edit history (1)
But the question is how else do you stop treasonous mercenaries?
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)... you want to behave like a dictator?
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)If they don't off themselves first.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)it's an executable offense. Line you up w a bandana and a cigarette in your mouth and firing squad..."fires you". He's the Commander in Chief. He asked for the job. I think we have to set an example.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Reportedly, the Trump "kids" recommended him. Why? What did they know about him?
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Would not surprise me one iota.
spanone
(135,873 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)no checks, no balances - just my party above all else.
And now the SCOTUS will soon be a another wing of Trumpco.
malaise
(269,157 posts)It in the family
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Including those who worked with Manafort in the Ukraine on Viktor Yanukovych's campaign in 2004 as well as with Konstantin Kilimnik in 2006 - described as a fixer, translator or office manager to Manafort.
https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/jul/03/russian-charged-trumps-ex-campaign-chief-key-figur/
malaise
(269,157 posts)R B Garr
(16,975 posts)I have so many questions...
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Good to remember.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)
But they were robbed of their lives.
Grammy23
(5,813 posts)is what it will take for those who support tRump to understand how badly they have been duped? They go out of their way to avoid anything that tries to break through the concrete they have surrounding their brains. Like good soldiers, they listen to their master who tells them relentlessly that anything about him that is not good or high praise is FAKE NEWS. In other words, pay no attention, nothing to see here. And they are fully on board with the idea that Muellers investigation has produced nothing and ultimately will exonerate tRump. (Because guess who told them that??)
So once Mueller finishes his investigation, presents what he found, will any of the true believers listen? What will it take for them to understand how they were fooled, duped and tricked into following tRump right to the hinges of Hell? And what does it say about them that they would blindly follow such a despicable so-called leader??
There is much to consider since this awful man was inflicted on the US. Maybe most of all is what it has revealed about a significant portion of our population. Very troubling.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Convincing them isn't a pre-req. to charging him with a crime. they can all bite one, far as I'm concerned.
malaise
(269,157 posts)He is trying to build an 'army' of deplorables.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...that gets 100% of his news and information from Fox. 100%. This is a formerly brilliant guy. He is so freakin' indoctrinated, that family gatherings are basically "grin and bear it." He's my little brother. I love him because I have to.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Now it looks like complete takeover of the GOP by Putin.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)I won't forget
gademocrat7
(10,667 posts)Chump, his cabal and rethugs in Congress.
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Lock them all up and feed them corn meal with no salt.