The occupant of the White House is defined by one thing and only one $$$$$$. He has demonstrated throughout his entire life that he will do anything to get it. Cheat people, lie to them and throw them under bus if it threatens his bottom line. He is willing to collude with the most despicable people to enrich himself. He would have absolutely no hesitancy to betray his own country if he was threatened with the loss of his precious golden idol. An idol that he worships and cherishes more than his children or numerous female partners, I refrain from calling them his spouses, since that would imply that he has even a basic moral code. They have been nothing more than cheap trophies to be used for display and easily tossed to the gutter when they become tarnished and someone more useful comes along. He is the ultimate con-man without a hint of morals or compassion for this victims. .

We can ascribe all of his manifestations to that one "condition". His moral compass is gone. Remember what they used to say about Goldwater. "In your guts, you know he's nuts."

We can stop trying to figure him out. He's nuts. And we have to stop him from destroying everything. Not just America.

This in on Trump and his values - and on the GOP which could stop him and every day chooses not to do so.

has been tapped. They are involved in this mess somehow. How does a Communist who used to sell cars, afford to live in tRump Tower, and Mar-A-Lago? He is likely neck deep in this mess.

Many bigger fish to fry.

This is f'ing hugh. This is a pretty strong argument. I need more coffee.

What a way to start the day.

with putin, so, they're unofficial, but they are real.

Whether it was funneled through the NRA or directly from mobsters, I couldn't say, but their complete, seeming lack of concern, or flat out obdurate refusal to address this critical issue proves it to me. Individuals like Flake and Ryan who are leaving their seats think that by leaving a burning, foundering ship like a couple of rats is going to inoculate them from any culpability later. The fact of the matter is they took this tainted spoil and are like a jewel thief taking the swag away from a successfully completed heist. I believe they're all involved in it up to their necks. Whether any of the Dems were involved, I wouldn't say, but it seems likely that many of them too were in on this.

stop the republican traitors in their evil betrayal of America and American democracy

Actions of an innocent man. His glowing support of Putin, while he attacks the CIA, the FBi, our allies and just about everyone else are not the actions of an innocent man.

Why is anyone surprised?

and people still looked the other way.

Which of your findings do you think Americans would find most shocking?
There is a Russian asset in the White House. He is an asset. I believe he is an agent, but it's hard to prove he is knowledgeable. When you look at the 59 Russians, some live in Trump Tower. The Russian mafia is a state actor, and it has direct ties to Russian intelligence, and they have been located in the home of the president of the United States!

with all these books coming out, the dossier looks tame in comparison. Now we know why they are squeezing Manifort and Cohen - and before this is over the entire tRump organization may come down. We'll see...

The larger question is the repubs!!! How far into the GOP pockets does the Russian money go? NRA, trips of US politicians to Russia, and honeypot women seem to go back years. Did the Russians hack the elections with GOP help?

Unger has not been on the talk shows many times yet - maybe we'll see him more in the future.

And he lost what he started with and he's too stupid to make more. He lost money on freaking gambling casinos as no one before him has ever done.
He had to get it from somewhere.
There is a very good reason he won't release his tax returns. Even Trump is not THAT stupid.

Okay gotta say - I’ve been calling him The Asset for weeks now!

Because he IS. He just IS.

That’s.

What.

He.

IS.

Glad somebody else is finally saying it - someone with a bigger, louder megaphone and a bigger, taller podium.

donald trump IS a fucking RUSSIAN ASSET.

Link to tweet

As Brian Williams says about scary news: "Sooner or later you are talking about something serious." Or: "That gets our attention."

I hope this author has some security. He appeared to many to be uncomfortable telling these things on network television. He's a scholar and a writer. Be safe!

I have a deep backlog at the moment. I think the next one (once I finish "The New Jim Crow" which i highly recommend) will be Rick Wilson's, but I have probably at least 10 books on the shelf all presumably worth reading.

So far the one I think everyone should read is "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump." It's so important.

There was lots of pre-2016 dirt to dig up, all of it disqualifying. I’m glad the light finally is dawning on some members of the MSM, but bereft that it’s happening so late in the game.

Thanks for the thread kpete.

of the Party of PUTIN and WSP/GOP. Amerika has finally put on its true predatory capitalist face(orange) and turned to Americans and our allies, that for decades have been there for us, and on that world stage said, you're getting screwed, I don't care and there is NOTHING you will be able to do about it.

Unless Mueller finds something really that will turn everyone against our orange nightmare. I know he's being precisely careful. I WANT THIS orange NIGHTMARE TO GO AWAY. I have it every day and night

This explains so much. Must-read book!

aka mr president...

That will be my reading this evening.

...and I am $17.49 poorer, and one book richer...

(Every economist would berate me: You are not poorer, all you did was exchange currency for something that was of value to you, at least as much as the currency cost, otherwise you would not have done this!)

(I am berating myself, being a published economist...)

there is NO chatter leaking. There is no leaking because they are all severe criminals of the mafia type.

Who would have ever suspected this? ME that's who!

Double agent/spy ... etc. etc. ad infinitum

Mafia? ha!

No shit, Newsweek. I'm glad Unger is connecting all the dots for you, but this has been obvious for a long time now. Wakey wakey.