The type of insecurity that can be provoked by knowing that someone has some "goods" on you.

I can't think of anyone else like that in the WH or Senate(R) or House(R).

We'll see a lot of cornered-animal syndrome in the next few weeks. Wear gloves, have rabies shots.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

23. You must have missed

Reply to Moostache (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:17 PM

Oct 2019

McCarthy's appearance on "60 Minutes" He was like a deer caught in the headlights! He would be perfect for the gop choice for next "presnit". Thick as two short planks. He might have competition from Gym Jordan, Devin Nunes and tRump Jr.

BootinUp

(47,152 posts)

2. Check the dam for cracks. Nt

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:26 PM

Oct 2019

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)

3. Tip of the $$$$$$$$ iceberg. Waiting for rats to be exposed - the whole cabal of them. n/t

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:27 PM

Oct 2019

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)

16. Another one..

Reply to MFGsunny (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:50 PM

Oct 2019

Prosecutors say Fruman and Parnas schemed to donate money to an unidentified U.S. congressman, at the same time they were asking that congressman to get the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed from her job.

In the spring of 2018, Parnas met with the congressman seeking his “assistance in causing the U.S. government to remove or recall the then-U. S. Ambassador to Ukraine,” the indictment alleges. “Parnas’s efforts to remove the Ambassador were conducted, at least in part, at the request of one or more Ukrainian government officials.”

Political donations to the congressman and other details described in the indictment match former Texas Republican Pete Sessions, who lost his reelection bid last year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/two-business-associates-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-giuliani-have-been-arrested-and-are-in-custody/2019/10/10/9f9c101a-eb63-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html

SweepPicker

(266 posts)

4. Slowly

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:29 PM

Oct 2019

but surely it is all coming undone...

BumRushDaShow

(129,025 posts)

5. Another chink removed from the dam

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:35 PM

Oct 2019

causing yet another burst!

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

21. Love this awesome gif! :-)

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:13 PM

Oct 2019

I'll probably steal it.

BumRushDaShow

(129,025 posts)

22. Looks like it might be from

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #21)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:17 PM

Oct 2019

"Logan's Run".

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

25. I was thinking maybe Titanic

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #22)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:20 PM

Oct 2019

... the old version, not the one with Leo DiCaprio.

But it's hard to tell, the costumes they're wearing do look like Logan's Run.

BumRushDaShow

(129,025 posts)

30. Just confirmed it was from "Logan's Run"

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #25)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:30 PM

Oct 2019

(@1:55)

I have watched that movie I don't know how many times (have it on laser disc & DVD

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

31. Yep - thanks!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #30)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:35 PM

Oct 2019

I think the flood happens while they're escaping the biosphere and making their "run."
Loved that movie, but it looks so dated now.

BumRushDaShow

(129,025 posts)

32. Yup - right after their infamous Box encounter.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #31)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:38 PM

Oct 2019

when for some reason, it made sense to strip while in a frozen tundra, in order to put on pelts.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

6. What was it he said last week about those phone calls?

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 12:51 PM

Oct 2019

No, really...what’d Kevin say on 60 minutes? I can’t remember/keep up with all the scandals, anymore.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

7. Well, there's a shocker! They are all up to their necks in it.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:27 PM

Oct 2019

Wonder who will be the next naughty congressman to be exposed?

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)

9. "Wwwwwwwuuuuhat do you mean herrrre?!!" nt

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:29 PM

Oct 2019

phylny

(8,380 posts)

15. Okay, this made me laugh.

Reply to Guy Whitey Corngood (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:47 PM

Oct 2019

"Wha-aa--aaare you doing Donald?"

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)

8. Damn! I bet that's the same exact face he made when he found out

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:28 PM

Oct 2019

about the arrests.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

10. I wonder if this was before or after he said this:

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:40 PM

Oct 2019

“There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/17/putin-pays-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-recording

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

28. Paul Ryan quickly shut him up,

Reply to GemDigger (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:21 PM

Oct 2019

saying "Keep that in the family". The party of (no) family values, no doubt. Now he could name many, many gop members who are paid by Russia.

malaise

(269,004 posts)

12. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:43 PM

Oct 2019

krawhitham

(4,644 posts)

13. They are US citizens and gave the allowed $2700, no BOOM here

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:48 PM

Oct 2019

Foreign-born Yes, but still US citizens

sandensea

(21,635 posts)

14. The tip of the iceberg no doubt

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:46 PM

Oct 2019

They probably gave him hundreds of thousands sub rosa, plus the $2,700 - for cover.

"Ees true! We give to Mr. Kevin - but only the $2,700 your, I mean, our laws allow, da?"

BumRushDaShow

(129,025 posts)

24. They did it through (illegal) PACs. nt

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:18 PM

Oct 2019

ancianita

(36,058 posts)

26. Foreign born as in Soviet born. Apparently, US citizens in name only with a taste for mafia politics

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:20 PM

Oct 2019

wsbradshaw

(41 posts)

27. Foreign Money

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:21 PM

Oct 2019

I read somewhere that their donations were funneled from a foreign donor. Illegal. Boom!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

33. Here is the boom....

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #13)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:41 PM

Oct 2019

The reason for their arrest: illegal campaign donations,

Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine Henchman Arrested Over Trump Group Donation
Parnas and Fruman are charged with making illegal straw donations, including a $325,000 contribution to the group America First Action. ....that donation actually came from an entirely different, undisclosed company owned by Parnas. It is illegal to donate to federal political candidates in the name of another person or entity.

Prosecutors allege a host of other, smaller straw donations designed, they say, to both evade federal campaign contribution limits and conceal the actual sources of the funds.

In addition to the straw donations, prosecutors say that Parnas, Fruman, and their co-conspirators made donations using money provided by an unnamed foreign national, who was ineligible to contribute to federal political campaigns under U.S. law.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/giulianis-ukraine-henchmen-lev-parnas-and-igor-fruman-arrested-on-campaign-finance-charge

So yes, even what appear to be legal donations warrant a look .