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December 12, 2019

THIS:

Note: if the IG report said what Republicans claim, Bill Barr wouldn't be disputing the findings

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1204988077644681216

December 11, 2019

The American Conservative says "The Case for Impeachment is Overwhelming."


The president’s abuse of power is not in dispute. It is clear that he used the powers of his office in an attempt to extract a corrupt favor for his personal benefit, and this is precisely the sort of offense that impeachment was designed to keep in check. It doesn’t matter if the attempt succeeded. All that matters is that the attempt was made. It is also undeniable that he has sought to impede the investigation into his misconduct. The president has committed the offenses he is accused of committing, and the House should approve both articles of impeachment.


The president doesn’t have a credible line of defense left. That is why his apologists in Congress and elsewhere have been reduced to making increasingly absurd and desperate claims.


The central question at the heart of this matter has always been whether we will tolerate the president corruptly using the powers of his office for personal benefit. The president’s defenders have answered loudly that they will tolerate corruption of the presidency. If we have any respect left for the Constitution and the rule of law, it is imperative that the president is not allowed to escape without facing serious consequences for his abuses.


The Rest:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-case-for-impeachment-is-overwhelming/?fbclid=IwAR1TNwVHzepUzAUODRMxyGXvAdLsEVJrEXTtX0sKJHGs7A58Qn1XrNMXDzI
December 11, 2019

They are not stupid. They are not "spineless" in bending to Trump's will. They share that will.

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They KNOW they’re lying. They know Trump is lying.

They do NOT believe the idiotic conspiracy nonsense they babble about.

They are FULLY AWARE of what they are doing.

They simply don’t care. Whatever it takes for them to win, they will do. They will gleefully feed the hatreds, fears, and irrational beliefs of the Republican base. They will feed the base non-stop bullshit 24/7, if that’s what it takes to get these people to vote against their own interests, even against their own children’s futures.

They are enthusiastically FOR Trump and the horrible Republican programs that are so destructive and harmful to the American people. They may not like Trump as a person, and may in fact despise him. But they love Trump’s racism, his hatred of “uppity” women, the way Trump shovels money into the pockets of the rich, the wildly unqualified right-wing nutjobs Trump is putting on the Federal bench, and the way Trump grinds the faces of the poor and sick into the ground. They get off on it, as a matter of fact.

They are not stupid. They are not “spineless” in bending to Trump’s will. They share that will.

............

The rest"
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/10/1904778/-They-re-Not-Stupid-and-They-re-Not-Spineless-They-re-Evil-Let-s-Keep-That-Straight?utm_campaign=trending

December 10, 2019

This is remarkable. It's basically the inverse of Page and Strzok.

This shows the disinformation campaign demonizing @HillaryClinton reached DEEP into the FBI. Just the opposite of what Trumpworld claims! This will turn out to be the major finding of this period: FBI helped Trump get elected. Americans rode Russia’s attack wave right into the WH



https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1204147097005486080

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