A President calling a former President a ¨guy¨? How astonished we would be if he had, up to that moment, shown class.
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Where were you when Obama smeared Bush? He was still doing it 7 years into his presidency. Granted W was far from perfect; but, when the Dems took control of Congress in 2007 the spending really ramped up. And, wasn't it Barney Frank that stopped the efforts to reform Fannie and Freddie? And that led to what? Your selective memory is troubling.
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I did not vote for Mr. Trump Yp
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If Mr. Trump held any other salaried job in America, he would be fired immediately.
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Both houses of congress should add a drop down to their feedback page. "Impeach Trump".
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My apologies to the late author Ken Kesey:
Another one flew out of this cuckoo's nest
Another one flew out of this cuckoo's nest
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Our new Teflon Don. A master of diversion, his connections to Russia become a sideshow, second page news. He can say outrageous things, do outrageous things. He’ll pay no penalty, he’s Teflon Don.
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Trump will claim his personal twitter account was hacked. it's unseemly that he doesn't delegate tweets to staff for broadcast solely from @POTUS account. BTW, where are the undersecretaries, aides and ambassadors and diplomatic staff to flesh out Trump skeleton administration.
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It is of absolutely no comfort to me that, going back to the moment, Trump announced his candidacy for office, that I said to everyone who would listen, "This man must never become President of our country." And, sadly, very sadly, my sense of foreboding has come to bitter fruition. I can only hope (and pray?) that some few, sane, and dedicated lawmakers in Congress will begin the process of impeachment soon, or think of invoking that "nuclear option" of having Trump declared officially unable to carry out his responsibilities as POTUS, and therefore removing him from office. PLEASE, members of Congress, ACT for the good of this country, and SOON!
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What's going to happen when we have a crisis and don't know if the President is telling us the truth or not ?
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Why would Mr. Obama want to wiretap Trump? when in October.
the polls suggested that Hillary Clinton would be president.
This is just another allegation that Trump just throws out there to see what sticks.
But on another note, keep throwing stuff out there Trump.
You will soon implement yourself.
the polls suggested that Hillary Clinton would be president.
This is just another allegation that Trump just throws out there to see what sticks.
But on another note, keep throwing stuff out there Trump.
You will soon implement yourself.
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Let's call Trump what he really is: a Fakke President
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Question: did the Russians tap Trump's communications at Trump Tower?
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Anyone see a pattern here?
Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party 1922–1952 and Dictator; Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, manic depression.
Hermann Göring, Commander of the Luftwaffe: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Morphine Addiction, Depression.
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS (second in power to Hitler); Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Severe Attachment Disorder.
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany 1934–1945; Borderline personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, methamphetamine addiction.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mentally_ill_modern_era_world_lead...
Nero, (37–68 AD, ruled 54–68 AD), nephew of Caligula, suffered from borderline personality disorder, narcissism and histrionic personality disorder.
Commodus, (161–192 AD, ruled 180–192 AD) suffered from narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders, respectively, renamed Rome, the Empire, the Praetorian Guard and various streets after himself, believed himself to be the reincarnation of Hercules and had a servant burned to death for making his bath too cold.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mentally_ill_monarchs)
Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party 1922–1952 and Dictator; Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, manic depression.
Hermann Göring, Commander of the Luftwaffe: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Morphine Addiction, Depression.
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS (second in power to Hitler); Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Severe Attachment Disorder.
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany 1934–1945; Borderline personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, methamphetamine addiction.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mentally_ill_modern_era_world_lead...
Nero, (37–68 AD, ruled 54–68 AD), nephew of Caligula, suffered from borderline personality disorder, narcissism and histrionic personality disorder.
Commodus, (161–192 AD, ruled 180–192 AD) suffered from narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders, respectively, renamed Rome, the Empire, the Praetorian Guard and various streets after himself, believed himself to be the reincarnation of Hercules and had a servant burned to death for making his bath too cold.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mentally_ill_monarchs)
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When is it treason?
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If there is no evidence, what's there to scramble to find out or disprove?
Don't you think that lead in just helped validate Trump's claim?
Whose side are yo on?
Don't you think that lead in just helped validate Trump's claim?
Whose side are yo on?
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At long last, Representative Nunes, have you no shame?
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It's time the Boards of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association collectively step forward and diagnose this lunatic! Reading the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) would appear to suggest Trump fits into several dangerous personality disorder diagnosis. Trump is mentally unfit to govern and a dangerous "leader."
We need a mature, intelligent and rational adult in the presidency...mental health experts...help your Country!
We need a mature, intelligent and rational adult in the presidency...mental health experts...help your Country!
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"senior officials of this administration who have integrity:" ? There ARE none. Watching his people trying to spin this would be comical were it not so serious. We have a childish , unstable ignorant president, but behind him are the evil, devious, unsavory characters who would be happy to step in.
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Stick a fork in him. He's done.
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Checkmate. Trump has painted his haters into a corner. I'm all for a full investigation. How did anyone know what the Trump campaign was doing?
The New York Times cites "wire tapped sources" , Look it up.
The New York Times cites "wire tapped sources" , Look it up.
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Trump: "Hey America, look at that squirrel!"
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Delusion, thy name is Trump.
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Here's facts that we know with certainty...Obama wire tapped Angela Markel, Obama wire tapped reporter James Rosen and his parents, Obama wire tapped conversations between Netanyahu and senators, Obama used the IRS to intimidate his opponents, not to mention Obama's dead of night exchanging emails with Hillary using an alias while claiming he knew nothing about Hillary's secret server.
So why is it not far more likely than not that Obama had taps on Trump, especially now that Obama's ensconced in a walled off Washington house with sketchy Iranian Valerie Jarrett, from which he's launching a virtual war on the Trump administration. The problem, from the NYT perspective, is not the litany of Obama's totalitarian intrigues, but that Trump is fighting back against Obama's land mines and other attempts to destroy him. Obama has used his race as a shield against being held accountable. Now, for once, he's up against a counterpuncher, a tough hombre who is capable of destroying Obama and his gutter snipes. Game on.
So why is it not far more likely than not that Obama had taps on Trump, especially now that Obama's ensconced in a walled off Washington house with sketchy Iranian Valerie Jarrett, from which he's launching a virtual war on the Trump administration. The problem, from the NYT perspective, is not the litany of Obama's totalitarian intrigues, but that Trump is fighting back against Obama's land mines and other attempts to destroy him. Obama has used his race as a shield against being held accountable. Now, for once, he's up against a counterpuncher, a tough hombre who is capable of destroying Obama and his gutter snipes. Game on.
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It's all jus jokin' around ain't it? No, it's very serious.
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Thank you, NYT. Your words continue to ring true:
This is a dangerous moment, which requires Congress and members of this administration to look beyond partisan maneuvering and tend to the health of the democracy itself.
This is a dangerous moment, which requires Congress and members of this administration to look beyond partisan maneuvering and tend to the health of the democracy itself.
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Instead of throwing President Obama under the bus, Trump has thrown himself under the bus's back wheels. The man doesn't know how to tell the truth. He knows no shame. We know he's lying when he tweets and when he speaks.
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The Commander of The Ship Of State is Captain Queeg.
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Q: Why is the possibility the FBI bugged Trump's phones (or systems) so enraging, and more outrageous than Russia bugging the DNC's?
A: A nerve has been touched. This is hyper-arousal, a fight-or-flight response to mortal danger.
A: A nerve has been touched. This is hyper-arousal, a fight-or-flight response to mortal danger.
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It is time we recognize that Caligula ... er ... Nero ... er ... Emperor Donnie has lost it. The man has a bad habit of lying, but now his thin skin or narcissism is interfering with his limited ability to do the job.
When is the Cabinet or Congress going to get this delusional man, and the rest of us, some help?
At the very least, we need his tax returns to see what financial and business obligations he has, and to whom.
The protests against his behavior and his mismanagement of the US Government are not going away.
When is the Cabinet or Congress going to get this delusional man, and the rest of us, some help?
At the very least, we need his tax returns to see what financial and business obligations he has, and to whom.
The protests against his behavior and his mismanagement of the US Government are not going away.
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It is not a smear if it's true. The NY Times must not read it's own reporting on this very issue as it reported that there were "intelligence" investigations into Trump and his associates instituted by the Obama administration. And what do intelligence agencies often use in their investigations?
Why FISA wiretaps, that's what!
News organizations as widely scattered as the BBC, McClatchy, the Guardian, and the NY Times have all reported that the Obama administration organized to try to harm the incoming Trump administration as much as possible and used the intelligence generated by these investigations to do so.
This is ALL solidly reported by mainstream news organizations so where is Trump wrong? Obama and the Democrats are intentionally damaging our country to try to hurt Trump and THAT should be investigated.
Why FISA wiretaps, that's what!
News organizations as widely scattered as the BBC, McClatchy, the Guardian, and the NY Times have all reported that the Obama administration organized to try to harm the incoming Trump administration as much as possible and used the intelligence generated by these investigations to do so.
This is ALL solidly reported by mainstream news organizations so where is Trump wrong? Obama and the Democrats are intentionally damaging our country to try to hurt Trump and THAT should be investigated.
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It's apparent Lovin the Kremlin is not only stressful but a FullTime Occupation.
DJ MarkAntney, "Here's your long distance request Donnie to your ohh so faraway Vladimir, sung so beautifully by the late-great Whitney. She sums it up to a T-rump, "You Give Good Love".
DJ MarkAntney, "Here's your long distance request Donnie to your ohh so faraway Vladimir, sung so beautifully by the late-great Whitney. She sums it up to a T-rump, "You Give Good Love".
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I take this as just another attempt to deligitimize O. He is basically stating that O broke the law..it's disgusting beyond the pale. The media needs to get their collective heads out of their butts
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Nunes has shown himself to be a fool, a lapdog for the Trump mob. Clapper's interview put an end to any credibility Nunes might have had.
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"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity....."
That would be a very short list.
That would be a very short list.
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Bannon and the other puppet masters are in charge here, not the Dunce puppet. Bannon may be batch it crazy but he's cunning. I don't think the Dunce in the White House initiated this one on his own.
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Enough! Any Republican who defends Trump is equally guilty of insanity, conspiracy theories, and an evil assault on our democracy. I am looking at you, McCain, Ryan and Mc Connell. Have you no decency?
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This is so unhinged. Congress--it's time to get off the kool-aid and do your job. Impeach the big liar already---before he destroys the country.
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Obama should sue Trump for this lie ande put him on the stand to testify under oath. !0 million$ should be enough to gain Trump's attention.
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President Trump.Please stop. You're scaring the pets.
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I am reminded of McCarthyism each time I "hear" 45 bluster. It took,quite a long time for Americans to realize their fear of Communism personified in McCarthy was more destructive to our democracy than Communism itself. I will continue to send funds to the NYT and WaPo so I can keep grounded in reality and support free expression of truth.
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Don't blame Trump for this mess. Blame his enablers on Fox News and the Republican Party. Oh, and while we are at it, blame the people who still support Trump. You know, your brother in law, neighbor, and co-worker.
During Obama's term, every wild eyed conspiracy was peddled, from the Birther theory to his secret plan to a) destroy America, b) take away the guns, and c) create death panels as part of the ACA.
The Republican Party has shut down the government twice, launched endless partisan investigations involving Christmas Cards and Travel Bureau in the White House, then impeached a President over lying about sex, tried impeaching the head of the IRS, and held eight hearings on Benghazi.
And Trump's latest accusation is crazy? Trump is just the embodiment of this mind set.
So, as we process what to do about Trump be clear eyed about the magnitude of this dysfunction. Yes, we are a divided Country. Trump represents the other side of that divide.
During Obama's term, every wild eyed conspiracy was peddled, from the Birther theory to his secret plan to a) destroy America, b) take away the guns, and c) create death panels as part of the ACA.
The Republican Party has shut down the government twice, launched endless partisan investigations involving Christmas Cards and Travel Bureau in the White House, then impeached a President over lying about sex, tried impeaching the head of the IRS, and held eight hearings on Benghazi.
And Trump's latest accusation is crazy? Trump is just the embodiment of this mind set.
So, as we process what to do about Trump be clear eyed about the magnitude of this dysfunction. Yes, we are a divided Country. Trump represents the other side of that divide.
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Don't let it bother you!
It's just Trump's ploy du jour to maintain top billing in media coverage.
It's just Trump's ploy du jour to maintain top billing in media coverage.
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Dear NY Times - Please tell it like it is and stop this nonsense of using misleading words to describe Trump's words and deeds. He wasn't "misleading the public" as stated at end of paragraph 3 in "When One President Smears Another." Trump was outright lying and trying to distract from his Russian problems and the media keeps rising to the bait. Stop!
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Mr. President, when the government surveils your telephone conversation because you are calling a foreign spy who's line has been wiretapped, it's not the same as you being wiretapped.
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The pathetic little man in the White House is falling apart before our eyes. He's a failed president, right out of the gate. He's running scared and is terrified that his collusion and cooperation with Putin and the Russians is all going to be revealed. He's a wounded animal striking out at anything and everything around him. The country is against him, and even his fervent supporters are starting to see him for what he is; a liar, hater and bigot. He's running out of time and he knows it.
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Keep your eye on Jeff Sessions. Trump could be pulling the country into a ditch right now to protect Sessions, and ultimately himself. Sessions perjury during confirmation hearings has not been resolved, and may well lead to something much, much bigger incriminating Trump. Trump seems VERY motivated to change the headlines right now. Hiding something big ??
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Why worry about so-called wire tap (his tweet has typo) if he and his inner circle did not do anything illegal?
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We have a loose cannon on the ship of state, unfortunately for America it is their Queeg like president. Twitter serves as his steel balls...
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Well, the NYT reported that US Intelligence agencies has intercepted communications they were investigating related to Trump operatives in january:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-i... so there is some smoke here and an opportunity find fire. It would also not be the first time politicians used semantics to weasel around what actually happened (we didn't bug Trump, it was somebody else instead) so be careful what you believe.
Obama might not have ordered it but you never know what he knew and when or if his softening of the intelligence sharing in January was part of the smear.
Obama might not have ordered it but you never know what he knew and when or if his softening of the intelligence sharing in January was part of the smear.
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Why does the NY Times make baseless tweets into a headline story? You are part of the problem here. Why not just stay focused on stories with evidence, like the Russian scandal?
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Good for you, NYT. You, as an organization, are a true patriot, unlike most of the Republicans in Congress. You and the WaPo are on the front lines of a war for our country. I commend you on your job so far. It's time to put some teeth in your editorials. Instead of lamenting the general state of the supine Republicans, start naming names and calling people out, using their own words against them. Charles Blow and Paul Krugman are already fighting hard. They need the entire Editorial Board to be just as aggressive.
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Is the correct word "Smears?" Should the headline not read, "When One President Libels Another?"
Please use your words accurately and call things what they are, NYT.
Please use your words accurately and call things what they are, NYT.
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Stupid is, as stupid does.
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Republicans, history is watching. On which side of history will you be?
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"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity . . . "
Alas, I do not believe that there ARE any with integrity among the senior officials of this administration.
Alas, I do not believe that there ARE any with integrity among the senior officials of this administration.
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You don't get to be a senior official of this administration if you have integrity.
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What is truly interesting is the wording of Obama in this. He didnt order a wiretap, and he doesnt interfere with any investigations of the Justice department.
Back when Holder was AG his Justice department wire tapped various AP and Fox reporters... also with no order given by the white house.
Back when Holder was AG his Justice department wire tapped various AP and Fox reporters... also with no order given by the white house.
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Here we go again. Trump says something outlandish and suddenly the real stories--Jeff Sessions' perjury, the plan to dismantle the EPA, Steve Bannon's and Stephen Miller's white supremacist game plan--are yesterday's news. Works like a charm every time. You have to ask, is he a deluded fool or is the public being played for one?
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Trump headlines have reached the same newsworthiness as "Dog Bites Man."
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My daddy had a couple of things he said:
First, "The biggest fool in the room isn't known until he opens his mouth"...
The second, "Lord, help me keep my big mouth shut"...
I think Trump would benefit from both of those...
Bob
First, "The biggest fool in the room isn't known until he opens his mouth"...
The second, "Lord, help me keep my big mouth shut"...
I think Trump would benefit from both of those...
Bob
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Yeah, well Obama 'tweeted' the US into a worse corner.
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Levin: "The evidence is overwhelming."
Really? How overwhelming?
"Birth Certificate" overwhelming? Or "Secret Plan to Defeat ISIS" overwhelming?
Or "Won the Popular Vote Except for 3 Million Illegal Votes" overwhelming?
Really? How overwhelming?
"Birth Certificate" overwhelming? Or "Secret Plan to Defeat ISIS" overwhelming?
Or "Won the Popular Vote Except for 3 Million Illegal Votes" overwhelming?
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This is 'Bizarro World' on a massive scale.
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Off the rails neighbors. Please get control of your man child. Thank you.
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The most revealing part of this editorial - for me - was the fact that, after his libelous tweets about wire tapps (sic) - Donald Trump proceeded to further rant about Arnold S.
Is there not one responsible, adult, sane Republican who will put country ahead of party? That's to you, John McCain.
Please, please help us.
NOT my president.
Is there not one responsible, adult, sane Republican who will put country ahead of party? That's to you, John McCain.
Please, please help us.
NOT my president.
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When, in the history of this country has anyone heard of a current president verbally trashing a past president, no matter what their political views are! Goes to show how much our current president does NOT respect the office of the President! Time for Congress to get a spine and put country ahead of politics before something horrible happens!
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Let's not forget Sessions' 'omissions' while under oath !! That was the top story Friday until the 'wiretap' accusation came out Saturday. Is this really a crafty diversion?
Sessions needs to be charged with perjury still- not just accused.
Sessions needs to be charged with perjury still- not just accused.
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I fear it's just a matter of time before some bad actor/rogue state takes advantage of the chaos and the weakness this administration is projecting to do something dire. and the response that will come from the weak bully will be even more dire - giving him an excuse to enact martial law, imprison journalists and members of the opposition...just look at Turkey. Republicans - WAKE UP! Do something about this before irreversible damage is done!
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Funny article, considering that a FISA warrant was indeed issued to tap Trump Towers back in October, after being initially denied back in June.
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Regarding Mr. Trump's Saturday tweets, I believe this is what, in the military, is known as calling rockets in on your own position. Did you really want a full-blown investigation? Really? Well, you'll get one now. Where are those tax returns, anyway....
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Donald Trump needs to be committed. He needs 24 hour supervision. A Straight jacket maybe needed.
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Let's see.... what comes to mind about Trump? Bonkers, insane, extraordinarily immature, evil, personality disorder. And I'm just getting started. God help us!
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Looking forward to more "presidential" outbursts...
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Nancy Pelosi calls Trump's technique here a 'wrap-up smear', There's another element, namely the McCarthyism he refers to in his attack. This is a man who learned from the best in that school, namely McCarthy's old lawyer pal, from whom Trump learned to throw stuff back: whatever they say, you say 'double'. Of course it won't be true, but it will certainly keep the other side busy.
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DT was always a well known public figure in NYC but I guess in all of the years we never really knew him.
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I don't want to watch 'Apprentice- The Presidency' anymore. Can we cancel this reality show and replace it with a better one? Or do we need to wait until the ratings fall below 20%?
This should be the real REPEAL & REPLACE that our country should be focusing upon- that means we rise above the partisanship and get rid of this incompetent and unqualified star of the show.
This should be the real REPEAL & REPLACE that our country should be focusing upon- that means we rise above the partisanship and get rid of this incompetent and unqualified star of the show.
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Time out.... Is the Times choosing to 'mis-remember' Obama's first 5 years where George W. Bush was directly insulted and blamed for nearly all of Obama's many, many failings. foreign and domestic.
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Regarding Richard L. Please don't feed the trolls!
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Out !
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#beveryscared
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Trump has, finally, tweeted himself into a corner! If his outrageously false charges are actually investigated, they will end up revealing that the FBI decided to tap his phones because of the Russian connection and it will bring to light what they have found.
Trump's tax returns and even what the Russians have over him will be revealed.
Comey, himself, may be trying to put out the fire before it gets too big, especially as he was complicit -- BIG TIME -- in sabotaging Hillary's election.
That's the bigger concern -- is there a Russian connection there with Comey? Bribe? Payoff? Blackmail? Personal or family scandal? Can he be trusted to be in charge of *any* investigation?
Like Sessions, Comey will need to recuse himself. Only a special counsel with wide-ranging powers can get to the bottom of this.
Show us the taxes! Show us Trump's and his minions' emails! Show us their phone call transcripts!
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Trump has, finally, tweeted himself into a corner! If his outrageously false charges are actually investigated, they will end up revealing that the FBI decided to tap his phones because of the Russian connection and it will bring to light what they have found.
Trump's tax returns and even what the Russians have over him will be revealed.
Comey, himself, may be trying to put out the fire before it gets too big, especially as he was complicit -- BIG TIME -- in sabotaging Hillary's election.
That's the bigger concern -- is there a Russian connection there with Comey? Bribe? Payoff? Blackmail? Personal or family scandal? Can he be trusted to be in charge of *any* investigation?
Like Sessions, Comey will need to recuse himself. Only a special counsel with wide-ranging powers can get to the bottom of this.
Show us the taxes! Show us Trump's and his minions' emails! Show us their phone call transcripts!
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Folks, many of you bought this and deserve this. The ones that voted for trump, I can almost understand, based on HRC as the alternative. I tis the democratic party (that right now seems to be getting a free pass) that is/was the problem. Had Bernie been allowed his due (the DNC select as opposed to thwarted by the corrupt HRC), NONE of this would be happening. I voted for Bernie, if you did too then join me in watching the demise of our great nation, but knowing you voted correctly. If you voted for Trump, i actually understand, but now you are getting what you paid for, Or he paid for I should say. And we will ALL pay.
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I am still waiting for the Republican Diminishing Leadership, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan going to come out show some integrity, to challenge this shrinking President of what is looking like a conspiracy driven Whitehouse that is more comfortable in relying on news feeds from nuts like Alex Jones, Mark Levin and other right wing conspiracy driven shows with hate agendas.....this isn't funny, it's downright scary.
Can the Republican party be so pathetic and petrified to show some decency in the face of this crazy smear campaign by their President?
Can the Republican party be so pathetic and petrified to show some decency in the face of this crazy smear campaign by their President?
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It would appear that Melania's campaign, as FLOTUS, to end cyberbullying isn't working.
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According to Harvard University Professor Lance M. Dodes M.D and 35
members of The American Psychiatric Association....sic. Letter to The Editors of
The New York Times dated Feb. 13, 2017: according to these members of
The American Psychiatric Association ...Donald J. Trump is mentally ill.
Please Editorial Board...be responsible and address this assessment of
Donald J. Trump to be so mentally ill that he is unfit to be President.
Please do this today !!!
members of The American Psychiatric Association....sic. Letter to The Editors of
The New York Times dated Feb. 13, 2017: according to these members of
The American Psychiatric Association ...Donald J. Trump is mentally ill.
Please Editorial Board...be responsible and address this assessment of
Donald J. Trump to be so mentally ill that he is unfit to be President.
Please do this today !!!
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Thank you, NYT for this editorial. You called it like it is... the truth spoken aloud. I dont care what party you belong to, who you voted for, the actions of President Trump this weekend were a disgrace. His behavior displays a complete disregard for our democracy. He acts as though he is in his own reality show where he defines the rules, and the truth of the moment is whatever he tweets. This is sick. How can we ever believe what he says. Here is a moment for people from all parties , especially party leadership, to speak up and to distance themselves from his behavior. .
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Re"Is the Pope anti TRUMP" Amazing EB did not run comment re Jose Mario Berglio's past in Argentina. While a simple "cura" then head of Sociedad Jesuita, he cooperated with the 3 juntas while henchmen were killing Argentinians in ESMA and other camps throughout the country. Essentially,he made the Church an ally of the regime, holding a mass for leaders of first junta,Videla(army)Massera(Navy)and Agosti(air force). Spent 2 years interviewing ex["torturadores"as well as ""familiares"of the disappeared Consensus was that he was more friendly to power in place than to the victims. When asked to intervene to save French "monjas"kidnapped by .paramilitaries, he refused.When asked to save daughter of human rights lawyer, Emilio Mignone,again a refusal.Spoke at length to sister of Monica Mignone, " desaparecida"in 1976, and she remains unforgiving.Maria Antokoletz,was also interviewed whose brother was kidnapped and killed while Cura Bergoglio stood by.Research on the "guerra sucia"combined interviews with analysis of docs. at Conadep(Argentine Nat. Comm. on the Disappeared)made possible by grant from Hoover Institution. Significant that at Museo de la Mermoria, no word of praise is heard re present pope.My point was to rebut those who see Francis as incarnation of goodness, aman. Comment was informative, pertinent.Yet EB did not agree, apparently because it did not fit in with its liberal agenda.Unfair to me and to your readers.Keep an open mind,if u please.
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"...the F.B.I. director was demanding that Justice officially declare the president to be misleading the public." What is wrong with using the word "lying"? Why so squeamish? The president is lying, not misleading. The public knows the difference.
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Its obvious that early Friday night/Saturday morning after a ruff night at the Mar Largo White House- after realizing that his AG, Jeff Sessions, was now no longer going to be able to shield him from the Justice Department becoming involved with an investigation into his role in Russian Hacker Gate- Donald Trump's sleep deprived imagination began to run wild. And that after hours of running through dozens of imagined scenarios which could possibly help him (or at least delay the now inevitable investigation), President Donald Trump began to tweet:
".....I'm not Nixon, Obama is...."
".....I'm not Nixon, Obama is...."
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Worst president in the history of the United States in LESS than two months!
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45 thinks he is god...
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Mr. Trump's tax returns must be subpoenaed, now! I'm looking at you, NY Attorney General Schneiderman.
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Lotsa good reader comments follow- betterr put than any I can come up with. JGAIA
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Mr. McConnell. Still willing to line up behind this disaster of a president? What is the price of your soul? Shame on you, sir.
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Meanwhile........they are passing all kinds of turn back the clock and ruin America legislation, lots of it and none of us can do a darn thing about this, but we need to pay attention to the things that count. His recent Saturday tweets, not for him but for us is further distraction.
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Paranoid schizophrenia on exhibit big time! So sad!
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I.H.S.? Is He Sane?
A.W.S.? Are We Safe?
His tweets, rants, and reactions keep us yoked to the moment.
I'm even more concerned about this president's and his administration's long-term impact on our country's children, our society's mental health, and our ability to stay out of a global crisis or meltdown.
IHS
AWS
The matters are too close to rhetorical to be at all comfortable.
A.W.S.? Are We Safe?
His tweets, rants, and reactions keep us yoked to the moment.
I'm even more concerned about this president's and his administration's long-term impact on our country's children, our society's mental health, and our ability to stay out of a global crisis or meltdown.
IHS
AWS
The matters are too close to rhetorical to be at all comfortable.
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Trump's 2020 campaign slogan:
You may be right. I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.
You may be right. I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.
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Whether or not you voted Republican, or did not voted at all. Whether you hated President Obama, or love the current President, this this beyond the pale. What is it going to take for the Republicans to realize this man does not want to do this job? He is tweeting for help! Get me outta here!!!! Please give him what he wants!
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Once this made-up phone-tapping story is dead and buried and of no more use, maybe Trump will declare that "Hillary started it and I ENDED IT."
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I am shocked about the endless talking about DT’s lies. DT lied before becoming a president and keeps lying as president. But no only DT continues profusely lying but also his entire cabinet. Everything is about distorting facts. Lies keep flowing out of DT’s mouth and the mouth of every DT enabler. LYING UNDER OATH is now the norm in DT's exclusive Cabinet Liar Club. Let's start a the top: Liar Chief Executive DT, Liar Attorney General Sessions, Liar EPA Chief Pruitt, Liar Education Secretary DeVos, Liar Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, Liar Health & Human Services Price, Liar Spice, Liar Conway, Liar Flynn and who knows who else will get a VIP membership in the Club soon. It is unbelievable the daily spectacle of the Cabinet Liar Club. The list keeps growing and nothing happens to these individuals. Is the nation going to spend 24/7 for four years listening the Liars? There has been so much time consumed in writing about DT’s lies that we no longer hear about important things going on in the US and around the world. They all should resign immediately starting with Sessions.
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Time for reporters to travel to TrumpLand, again, and see how embarrassed even those voters are now at the man-child's KrazeeKookyKlownKomments™ and scurrilous actions.
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Trump is quickly adding to the considerable evidence that he is not the caliber of person that his job demands. Thanks to him (and the fibbers he has surrounded himself with), the paranoid wingnut world of Conspiracy Everywhere has crossed the species boundary and infected our political bloodstream. What's a citizen to do? What's an international ally to do? Maybe the kindest response would be to assume that if Trump (or Pence, or Conway, or Spicer, or Bannon, or ...) says something, it probably isn't true, and to be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be. In fact, that's a good approach for the Republican "leadership" too, considering how seldom they disagree with the falsehoods propagated by the White House. Here's a shout-out to Republicans With Integrity--speak up for your principles!
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This latest false claim of 'Wiretapping' by the so-called President is Exactly the SAME strategy of false claim of 'Reichstag Fire' drummed by Adolf HITLER in 1932. Adolf HITLER used the 'Reichstag Fire' false claim to falsely Arrest & Eliminate his political opponents in the German Parliament. The so-called President is using his 'Wiretapping' false claim to falsely Criminalise his Democratic political opponents. The American Press must Clearly & Forcefully Condemn this 'Wiretapping' LIES of the so-called President to protect American Democracy. Any soft-pedalling on this Issue will lead the American People down the same road of Destruction & Disgrace charted for the German people by the Fascist Dictator Adolf HITLER during 1933~1945 & the next 50 years.
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Colin Powel. Do you remember him? He lent his good name to Dick Cheney and Company, Pronounced "Scooter".
It never came back from the cleaners.
It never came back from the cleaners.
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Anyone remember Captain Queeg and the strawberries?
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The fool has now opened a can of worms that is going to boomerang back on him like he won't believe.
What is next for this whiner in chief ? Is he going to be the 1st "president" to publicly break down and CRY his problems ?
What is next for this whiner in chief ? Is he going to be the 1st "president" to publicly break down and CRY his problems ?
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Looking at Trump aboard the USS Ford reminded me of the Leader of the kings navy in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore, only this leader is not funny, just crazy.
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Missing President Obama, bigly.
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He should say that again, under oath.
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I'm sorry, but how is this any different from Buzzfeed's, CNN's, and even NYT's decision to publish unverified and uncorroborated story in order to "let the public figure it out for themself"?
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Donald Trump is a rolling disaster.
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When a 70 year old man says childish things we need a new word for childish.
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Anyone still talking about Russiagate or Sessions' perjury? Looks like Trump's lie is doing what he wants. The real news is that Russia owns Trump. Follow the money.
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What do the Russians have on Donald Trump?
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I keep imagining some variation of the following conversation taking place in the Oval Office:
Steve Bannon: Mr. president, you can't keep doing this. Breitbart News, Fox and other right-wing outlets aren't real. We publish and broadcasts things to keep our base distracted from real issues and energized behind our cause.
President Trump: What do you mean? It's not real? What about fair and balanced?
Steve Bannon: Mr. president, you can't keep doing this. Breitbart News, Fox and other right-wing outlets aren't real. We publish and broadcasts things to keep our base distracted from real issues and energized behind our cause.
President Trump: What do you mean? It's not real? What about fair and balanced?
Hurray for the NYT! Trump is taking this country into divisions not seen since the Civil War, do not underestimate how fragile civility and belief in democarcy can be.
Never give up NYT, this is a moment of true danger to our country: "Never have so many owed so much to so few."
Never give up NYT, this is a moment of true danger to our country: "Never have so many owed so much to so few."
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Recall that Donald J. Trump spent five years lying about Barack Obama.
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Obama is the only president to ever remain in Washington DC after the next president begins his term. Why is this not news at the NYT? It is time for Obama to move on, he is disturbing the peace.
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Impeach this moron--he is unbalanced--he belongs in a mental institution
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Not one of the comments above or below this one support Mr. Trump. Why is that?
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Oh well. We have a new realty TV show called "The White House!"
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"Deconstruction Zone" American Carnage at Work!
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So you are saying Trump's tweets are "sic"? Yes, I agree wholeheartedly.
The NY Times should be paying Donald Trump as their business strategist. The Times has been more successful spinning stories about Trump and the current administration into advertisements for NY Times subscriptions than any ad campaign Times executives could ever have thought up.
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Here's a solution: Impeach and replace.
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Insanity has no bounds.
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Dementia, exhibiting in several of its forms.
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Slander - after the former President just inked a $60M book deal - should be costly.
This guy our so called president has gone off the rails. He has no respect for the truth. His outlandish lies and claims are all about elevating and protecting himself. But, this claim has gone just too far. Accusing and putting down Obama again? Good Lord... How can the Republicans defend this guy while he continues to undermine our democracy?
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Who loans money to Trump after his 3rd bankruptcy?
Russians!
What is he hiding in those tax returns?
Russians!
What is he hiding in those tax returns?
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is there a lunacy limit, Congress?
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Is it time to pad the walls of the Oval Office and special order a hug-me jacket with tails?
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Trump is a pathological liar. He is a wicked man who thinks only of hisown glory...
Once more, let every private and public center place Trump's life- size photos in their offices (as is done in every autocratic state)... every evangelical church put one in their narthex and light a candle...that is the only way this man's gigantic ego can be appeased...
Once more, let every private and public center place Trump's life- size photos in their offices (as is done in every autocratic state)... every evangelical church put one in their narthex and light a candle...that is the only way this man's gigantic ego can be appeased...
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Let's change sad to sick. Put the country first.
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What a petulant child, no wait, he's the President.
Quick check under the beds and in the closets too!
God help us all.
Quick check under the beds and in the closets too!
God help us all.
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"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity: It is past time for them to begin asking themselves if they can continue lending their names and exposing their reputations to a president with so little regard for democratic institutions, and for the truth."
Waiting for any of them to step forward...ten....nine...eight...Anyone in the trump administration with integrity? Even one?
Waiting for any of them to step forward...ten....nine...eight...Anyone in the trump administration with integrity? Even one?
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What is really scary is how Trump's handlers, Bannon et al, appeal to him through child psychology. Reassuring him through praising his speech (to me he looked brain dead through most of it; shame on you MSM) and then feeding him lies to go out and tweet. They know the mentality of the man/child they are dealing with and have studied how to make it conform to their goals.
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OK, now let's take a turn as the Devil's attorney... you are faced with nameless sources, and the claim (per one Dem Senator as reported in these pages over the weekend) that "transcripts" exist that are damning.
Transcript means recorded words.
A pre-emptive move is to say the last admin ordered wiretap. The advantage- any "transcript" suddenly in the news PROVES "Obama ordered an illegal wiretap (at least to 43% of voters)" until that allegation is disproved by revealing the necessary legal documents that justified the action. If eveer they are opened to public eyes...
The thing is: what actual evidence of "collusion" by Trump with "Putin" is there?
Clapper said, in as clear and direct words as he said no wiretap in his time, that there "Was no evidence of collusion". So where is all the smoke coming from?
Where is the evidence? Clapper says there is NONE. But that is not getting the same play...
Finally, those who watched The Good Wife may remember episodes exposing the "double" and "triple" jump capability of those who surveille "foreign persons'" communications. They can be legitimate action by Big Ears types, with existing legal orders, but touch on Trump, associates and campaign staff (Manafort #1 among the usual suspects, I suspect).
When such a system, not FBI, comes to light things may look to many like OUR Black Budget boys and girls were trying to kompromat the 16 Prez election... and there are real laws against such domestic interference...
Transcript means recorded words.
A pre-emptive move is to say the last admin ordered wiretap. The advantage- any "transcript" suddenly in the news PROVES "Obama ordered an illegal wiretap (at least to 43% of voters)" until that allegation is disproved by revealing the necessary legal documents that justified the action. If eveer they are opened to public eyes...
The thing is: what actual evidence of "collusion" by Trump with "Putin" is there?
Clapper said, in as clear and direct words as he said no wiretap in his time, that there "Was no evidence of collusion". So where is all the smoke coming from?
Where is the evidence? Clapper says there is NONE. But that is not getting the same play...
Finally, those who watched The Good Wife may remember episodes exposing the "double" and "triple" jump capability of those who surveille "foreign persons'" communications. They can be legitimate action by Big Ears types, with existing legal orders, but touch on Trump, associates and campaign staff (Manafort #1 among the usual suspects, I suspect).
When such a system, not FBI, comes to light things may look to many like OUR Black Budget boys and girls were trying to kompromat the 16 Prez election... and there are real laws against such domestic interference...
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I don't know why we have all these comments that Trump is crazy. He's not crazy, he's a 70 year old guy that watches Fox New and reads Breitbart. He enjoys a good conspiracy theory, especially if it is aimed at someone else and will take the pressure off him. Desperate to get out from under this Russia story, he needed to have the focus be on somebody else. So he picked up some random article and ran with it. Presidiential? Not all all. Trumpian? He's been doing it his whole life.
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What's going to happen when North Korea has a nuclear bomb and threatens to send it our way? Trump doesn't have the mental ability to handle it. Who will?
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Open up those libel laws, Mr. President, but only when it is convenient for your administration.
Is there a responsible physician in the White House who is monitoring Trump's intake of alcohol and/or medications?
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Hey wait a minute. I thought Trump was now "presidential." What happened?
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Why are you calling it a "fact-free claim"? It is a lie. He gets on twitter in the early morning hours and lies. He compulsively lies. Why use the term "fact-free claim"? We all know he's a compulsive early-morning twitter liar.
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Why doesnt he do himself a favor and just man up and release his tax returns?
After all, he claimed he did a favor for Obama by making him release his birth certificate
After all, he claimed he did a favor for Obama by making him release his birth certificate
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I'm sorry...who is smearing who?
You think Evidence is required? Why aren't you editorializing against the Dems for accusing Trump os an international conspiracy to throw the election?
Dems and the media have really jumped the shark with this Russia thing. I think they will regret in a couple of years.
You think Evidence is required? Why aren't you editorializing against the Dems for accusing Trump os an international conspiracy to throw the election?
Dems and the media have really jumped the shark with this Russia thing. I think they will regret in a couple of years.
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Trump cannot be allowed to make wild, unsubstantiated accusations without supplying a shred of proof! Put up or shut up!
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Maybe what we need here is a duel.
I cannot decide whether this is Comedy Central or Homeland with a touch of The Manchurian Candidate.
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what goes through the head of someone who is so desperate for power, he'll rubberstamp anything a lunatic says? Nunes isn't alone in this.
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When Khizr Khan so aptly described Donald Trump as having a "cold heart" he should have also included the smarmy Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and the majority of the GOP lackeys whose silence in the face of Trump's madness is deafening.
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I suggest that the NYT, contrary to its customary practice of prejudging without knowing all the facts especially in the case of the TRUMP presidency, withhold its final evaluation of the charge that Obama admin.wiretapped the campaign pending a thorough investigation.A WH that was willing to lie to the American people about healthcare,"If u like ur doctor, u can keep ur doctor, if u like ur health plan..."and then send Mr.Gruber out to make fun of US for falling for the ruse,is capable of anything.Recall that James Rosen was tapped and investigated by O's WH.Why? American people have had their communications monitored for decades. Remember also that after Dallas that it was considered a cardinal sin to question the lone assassin theory. Then information leaked out re involvement of CIA and its friends in the Cuban exile community as well as that of underworld figures such as Carlos Marcello in the regicide.His exact words: "I got a stone in my shoe," referring to JFK and his brother the A.G.So, we should not rush to conclusions. More often than not, rumors turn out to be true.
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You lost me after referring to "those senior officials of this administration who have integrity"
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The picture on the article says it all. President Obama reluctantly passes the torch to a man-child.... Trump is embarrassing beyond degree.
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When will we call it Treason.
When will we nullify this miscarriage of justice? All 6 weeks of it?
When will we nullify this miscarriage of justice? All 6 weeks of it?
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Chaffetz on CBS this morning won't rule out the accuracy of Trump's tweets. So now we know that we live in a sycophantic tyranny, not in a Democracy with separations of powers.
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How long will it take to u do all the harm he has done and to set this country on the right path?
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it's obvious, trump is insane.
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Donald Trump clearly isn't doing his job as President. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the time of day for something like Twitter. What a colossal time-waster.
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What's it going to take for the GOP to dump Trump? Are they waiting for him to claim President Obama is a Martian?
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I wish President Obama would sue Trump for $100 million for libel and slander and donate his winnings to charity. And it is way past time for the FBI to demand that Trump's IRS taxes be released so Americans can see what he is hiding.
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Never attribute to malice that which can adequately explained by stupidity.
Either way, we are in deep trouble, but I think Trump is malicious AND stupid.
Either way, we are in deep trouble, but I think Trump is malicious AND stupid.
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Friends don't let mentally ill friends govern.
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Mr. Trump is obviouly not better than an Banana Republic´s dictator. The only question is, if American institutions, conceived to preserve Democracy, behave as those at a Banana´s Republic.
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The credibility of my nation is being frittered away. Time for Trump to go.
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His rants are just a distraction from what is really going on.
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Citizen Trump recklessly plants and promotes lies about President Obama’s citizenship.
President Trump plants and promotes reckless claims about President Obama and wiretapping.
The bully uses his new, expanded bully pulpit to further disrupt, distract and whip up the most fervent.
“You’re not the boss of me!” he tweets at all hours.
But he is WRONG. We’re the boss of him. He works for we the people, and is bound by the tenets of democracy.
It is imperative that legislators ditch the constraints of blind partisanship and govern with clear eyes and integrity to investigate, counter and condemn the dangerous and dismantling eruptions coming from this White House.
President Trump plants and promotes reckless claims about President Obama and wiretapping.
The bully uses his new, expanded bully pulpit to further disrupt, distract and whip up the most fervent.
“You’re not the boss of me!” he tweets at all hours.
But he is WRONG. We’re the boss of him. He works for we the people, and is bound by the tenets of democracy.
It is imperative that legislators ditch the constraints of blind partisanship and govern with clear eyes and integrity to investigate, counter and condemn the dangerous and dismantling eruptions coming from this White House.
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Discussions of impeachment should be low-key just a little longer. Let the rope pay out just a bit more for certainty of outcome.
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He is drowning and is trying to save himself but it is too late.
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This kind of despicable behavior was rewarded- it worked- he WON! His base of deplorables loved every lie he told , every hateful insult he could hurl at Obama -so why should he stop now? The ignoramus in the Oval Office is feeling the oncoming heat from the Russian inquiry. Like a cornered animal he is going to viciously attack the someone he knows his supporters love to kick around, who embodied everything they are against- intelligence, decency and honesty. The mob cheers - Trump pounds on his chest, Fox Propoganda channels regurgitates the story all day long. Sickening.
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I'm tired of people talking about the speech we heard Trump give last week and say he sounded like he changed, they were just words written by someone else and not anything that he probably had anything to do with crafting.
You have Henry Fonda portray Young Mr. Lincoln and he reads a script, it doesn't make him Abraham Lincoln, and Trump reading (barely) a speech which wasn't really all that great on second reading, doesn't make him a President.
You have Henry Fonda portray Young Mr. Lincoln and he reads a script, it doesn't make him Abraham Lincoln, and Trump reading (barely) a speech which wasn't really all that great on second reading, doesn't make him a President.
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Trump's accusation is a window on how he believes he could behave.
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I did not vote for Mr. Trump. When he was elected I said ok I will give him a chance to prove my misgivings wrong . . At least a year to see what he is capable of. Well a mere 45 Days into this Baptisim by fire for a man with no political experience.. A supposed successful business man , A billionaire at that. I find myself asking the question how on God's green earth did this person ever get to the place he is in life? The whole thing seems like a bad dream but it's groundhogs day and I keep waking up and he is still there making the previous day of antics look calm in comparison to today's new tyraid . He acts like a bully , a childish brat. It amazes me we have someone totally unfit running the country . It is far beyond party politics the Congress and Senate need to wake-up and rein in this lunatic before the situation has gotten so bad that the harm Mr. Trump has caused will leave a scat so deep it could take who knows how long to repair. And does the American public really think that as every day that passed we as a country don't look like the biggest idiots on the planet for allowing this loose cannon to represent these United States of America ? 45 days is where I draw the line waiting to see , giving him the benefit of the doubt. I have one word for the situation. IMPEACH !!!!
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I'm sure I'm not the first to share this H.L. Mencken quote.
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken, meet D.J. Trump (DJT may actually 'tweet' to Mencken about this quote, not realizing that he is deceased.)
Seriously, DJT needs a psychological evaluation and pronto!
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken, meet D.J. Trump (DJT may actually 'tweet' to Mencken about this quote, not realizing that he is deceased.)
Seriously, DJT needs a psychological evaluation and pronto!
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he's detritus personified
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Sadly it is not enough to comment on how outrageous Trump's behavior might be. It looks like he gets away with lies, conflicts on interest, baseless smears and the rapid dismantling of US democracy. From here in the UK it looks like you have a race on your hands; take Trump properly to task before he dismantles the mechanisms by which it is possible to do so.
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Comey helped create this situation by his actions. You reap what you sow. I just hope he regrets his egregious actions during the election.
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Here we have the former head of a notorious alt-right website handing an inflammatory article from that site to an angry, paranoid, isolated, narcissist president. Of course he's going to go crazy. What else would we expect? Bannon knew exactly what would happen and is sitting on the sidelines yukking it up with Roger Stone and others of their ilk. Disgusting.
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Can we have a "no confidence" vote and get him out of office now? What are the Republicans waiting for? He is clearly mentally ill. Even if he was tapped, and in his right mind, there is no way he should be tweeting what he wrote. Listen folks, I wouldn't trust my dog to this guy and I am sure many feel similar. Do whatever you can to get him out of office now.
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Here's an admittedly paranoid theory. Trump claims Obama wiretapped him, so that when he starts wiretapping people and it gets caught, he claims he's just following Obama's precedent.
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I have just learned, from an unimpeachable source who holds the most exalted office, that President Obama is responsible for:
9/11 as a co-conspirator
The Iran/Contra scandal as a co-conspirator
Watergate, as a co-conspirator
The JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations as a co-conspirator
The Rosenbergs acting as spies, as a co-conspirator
The assassination of President Lincoln, and
Suggesting to Benedict Arnold that he spy for the Brits.
Lock him up, because he is one bad hombre. Either that or deport the Kenyan Muslim Commie to Mexico where he belongs.
Thank you for putting me on to all of those very bad conspiracies, Emperor Donnie. Loved your call, best regards to the kids.
9/11 as a co-conspirator
The Iran/Contra scandal as a co-conspirator
Watergate, as a co-conspirator
The JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations as a co-conspirator
The Rosenbergs acting as spies, as a co-conspirator
The assassination of President Lincoln, and
Suggesting to Benedict Arnold that he spy for the Brits.
Lock him up, because he is one bad hombre. Either that or deport the Kenyan Muslim Commie to Mexico where he belongs.
Thank you for putting me on to all of those very bad conspiracies, Emperor Donnie. Loved your call, best regards to the kids.
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Not even Trump's mouthpieces can come up with any viable explanation.
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The entire question about Russia and Trump and the campaign and intelligence services should and can be thoroughly investigated. Just add the latest subject onto the ones already proposed, and let's get the whole picture. (Let it all hang out.) (Does DJT really want that?)
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I wish I could share your hope that, finally, this time, Trump has gone too far.
But read Digby's article on Salon...this tactic might really work for him. It has in the past. The media treats his tweets seriously, and her assertion is that the "deep state apparatchiks" have every reason to want to continue to support Trump.
How do you think the lunatic in the White House can be deposed if all of the adults have left the room?
The inmates truly are running the asylum.
But read Digby's article on Salon...this tactic might really work for him. It has in the past. The media treats his tweets seriously, and her assertion is that the "deep state apparatchiks" have every reason to want to continue to support Trump.
How do you think the lunatic in the White House can be deposed if all of the adults have left the room?
The inmates truly are running the asylum.
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This absolutely staggers the imagination. He believes, or says he believes, that the former President, a guy who has treated him with more respect than I could ever muster in that man's presence, illegally wiretapped him and his surrogates. That is basically treason dropped down upon a man who went eight years without any of the sort of illegal or immoral scandals that surround Mr. Trump's administration. Forget the fact that he's in deep with the Trump/Putin scandal, is woefully behind in getting his administration up and running, and all the rest. The maybe stupidest, sickest or most childish aspect of all of this is that rather than taking that claim seriously and working through the proper channels to get the story right before he goes public, he threw all his cards on the table and they don't appear to be from the Reality deck, and he did this BY TWEETING! What the heck? Did he then flip over to Music.ly and do a little song and dance to Ariana Grande's "Walking Side to Side"? Our president communicates like my 12-year-old daughter. And obviously would make a terrible poker player. Sad, indeed.
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Barak Hussein Obama smeared himself. He was a reckless spender and he did not care who he let into this country. He conveniently managed to accuse a new president about a non-existent Russian relationship. Let the socialistic democrats feel how the hatred feels. Good for the republicans.
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Please ask Obama to sue Trump for libel. Such a smear is not made "as President".
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Every time I turn around, I hear about some new committee or person in Washington. Now, it's "Representative Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence", and a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team.
Who is this guy? How does he have any power to "investigate" anything? He's gonna investigate? Investigate what?
Here's an idea: Let's investigate Devin Nunes. Today!!
Who is this guy? How does he have any power to "investigate" anything? He's gonna investigate? Investigate what?
Here's an idea: Let's investigate Devin Nunes. Today!!
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And what does Trump do when the alt news writes in an unsubstantiated column that N. Korea is getting ready to launch a nuclear attack? Won't make much difference then if the GOP is carrying out its slow motion plan to poison our atmosphere and kill us from lack of health care. Thats when we ALL go down the tubes of a nuclear holocaust.
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Whether this is "magic", a "diversion", or any other term or explantion that be used to normalize, qualify, or quantity it; nothing takes away from the fact that this boldface accusation, without evidence, mind you is a moral outrage.
Not outraged yet? -- Then imagine the fallout if Obama were to say the same thing about Trump.
Double standards, anyone??
Not outraged yet? -- Then imagine the fallout if Obama were to say the same thing about Trump.
Double standards, anyone??
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It's time to say the I word.
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What a classless pathetic little man, even with all the money in the world.
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Win by the leak, lose by the tweet.
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Trump is out of control. If this isn't the time for the 25th amendment to come into play, nothing is.
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Trump is aiding and abetting our enemies by making the United States look chaotic and ridiculous. Isn't that the definition of Treason?
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Trump lives in a alt-fact, alt-right, alt-reality, alternative universe. He's abnormal. This is seriously wrong. The fact that our "leaders"continue stand by and tolerate, even encourage, this craziness ... it is truly getting scary.
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When this is over, Mr. Obama, a private citizen, should look into a libel suit.
I'll take Obama over Trump in a fist fight; in a game of h-o-r-s-e; in a debate; in a 100 meter dash; in a poker game; in arm wrestling; in thumb wrestling; in a chess match; in a golf match; in rock-paper-scissors; in a chili cook-off; and in a duel at 20 paces!
So, I'll take Obama over Trump in this matter too!
So, I'll take Obama over Trump in this matter too!
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I can't believe you people don't see what is going on here. Trying to make President Trump's sanity the issue when it has been reported by The Times that Obama "wire tapped" him at Trump Towers during the campaign. The Times even quoted a top member of the current Administration as saying that it was "bad (or sick). Obama isn't the first President to spy on the man who followed him into office. Jeffrey Lord was on CNN's Reliable Sources yesterday morning reminding us that President Buchanan had Alexander Graham Bell install an audio transmitting device in candidate Lincoln's log cabin outside Chicago in August, 1860, more than 150 years ago. Less than 5 years later everyone knows, of course, that John W Booth hid in President Buchanan's private box in the Ford Theater before jumping up to shoot President Lincoln. So you see, President Trump is worried for his own life, and fears that his young son Baron may grow up without a father. It's like you see the words in front of you, but don't know what they mean. As Charles Lindbergh wrote, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence".
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This is a good question. Why is Obama so actively trying to undermine Trump?
Looney tunes!!!!!!! How long does congress sit back and ignore the fact that a vindictive man child is spending more time dwelling on his popularity issues than the welfare of this country. Come on republican congress, time to jump in and put a stop to this ridiculously careless and reckless nonsense. Enough concerns in a short time have risen to the forefront to warrant immediate action. It is clear the crazy right elected a lemon. It is time to put a bail in the coffin before this nut puts us all in coffins. "What's up Doc!!!"
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Out so-called president's wall may turn out to have a two-fold function--keep Mexicans out and lock Americans in. Maybe Canada should start thinking about its own wall.
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"those senior officials of this administration who have integrity" Who might they be?
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When will a member of the GOP establishment grow a backbone and set President Trump right? I fear none because they are afraid the result would be worse. Members of the Tea Party created this mess and yet are afraid to claim ownership.
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Possibly the most disturbing aspect of Trump's ridiculous wire-tapping claim is that he has a consistent history of accusing others of what he has done himself. In fact, that is the Republican modus operandi. It should prompt an investigation NOT into President Obama but into Trump and Republicans in Congress who have hitched their wagons to him--in other words, ALL Republicans.
If I were a decent Republican, I would have already jettisoned the party and declared myself Independent.
"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity:..." You are kidding, right??
If I were a decent Republican, I would have already jettisoned the party and declared myself Independent.
"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity:..." You are kidding, right??
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Yet another big-lie/specious-attack-on-the-other diversion from his own problems (remember Russia anyone?). Yet again, the media swallows the bait, hook, line and sinker. Pathetic.
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the level of their panic just points to some guilt in something. Media, keep digging and get to the truth.
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This is not a new trick -- trying to distract the public from focusing on Sessions and others on his team for their potential Russian dalliances.
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We keep asking for people to show integrity and they keep on not showing it.
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Except for the fact that it's our doofus-in-chief, trump, this is "almost unimaginable." Love the tie.
I don't see an editorial questioning Mr. Sessions fitness for the office of Attorney General. Score another victory for DJT in his relations with the media. He must feel the way he feels when he's taking money from investors.
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Trump is flailing. 6 months and he's out. One year tops.
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This carnival freak is circling the drain. " stuff " about to get real.
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Donald J. Trump will be starring in the leading role of the new Broadway stage production called: "The Emperor Has No Clothes"
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I think Trump has something to hide and I think it stems from the MIss Universe Pageant in Russia in 2013. I think the Russians taped something that is making Trump behave irresponsibly. If this is true the Russians have a trump card.
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Sources many of us once revered -- led by the New York Tines -- have partly caused this, but seem unwilling to take responsibility. The Times has been enthusiastically outing everyone associated with Trump who talked to a Soviet ambassador whose job is seemingly to meet with everyone, Democrat, Republican, Independent, who might ever be important to Russia. The Times's reports barely touch on the fact that some leaks, about these Trump team talks, come from FBI intercepted phone calls. Trump logically asks "Who tapped the phone lines at my Trump Tower Castle?" The answer apparently is "The FBI tapped your phone lines sir, but President Obama was never told." I think it is reasonable to inquire into why the FBI has a right to tap the phone lines of someone running for President. My guess is that Obama, if asked, he would have replied "Shut that down, you idiot." But Trump blaming Obama is in line with the current, 2017, wild-accusation, frantic, and perhaps even tragic, political environment that entities like the New York Times are helping foster.
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President Trump called his predecessor a bad, a sick guy. To Our Republican Congress, you are absolute fools and cowards for your continued support of a loose cannon on twitter leading our country into an abyss.
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President Obama should sue Trump for liable. Just like the so-called first escort, Melania, is doing against the Daily News in UK- She already 'won' but is reopening the case because she is now not able to earn $150million selling perfume and shoes as the so-Called First Lady.
Angry,vengeful, mentally unstable. So, who do we have to beg to get someone decent and a real patriot to lead us??? When does the GOP put country ahead of the mental gyrations of this sad, sick, old man? A lot of us are starting to go past politics and move into real fear for our future....I would hope that some in the GOP were capable of that also. You cannot describe this behavior as normal or healthy.
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Wake up people. We have a president detached from reality. Consider what transpired: Trump wakes up at 5AM and decides his predecessor conducted an illegal bugging operation, ala "Nixon/Watergate", in an attempt to subvert the election. What does he do, in light of this constitutional catastrophe? Does he immediately fly back to D.C.? Does he call the FBI? Alert Congress? Call an emergency meeting of his cabinet? No... he tweets. And we're supposed to think these are the actions of a sane person?
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We can put this allegation by trump in the bin along with his birther nonsense and claims that thousands of Muslims assembled in New Jersey after 9-11 to cheer. This man has told some whoppers but this one is down right disgusting. You can smell the fear in the trump administration as the investigations into trump's Russian ties proceed. Will Republicans in congress step up to do the right thing or go down with this mentally unstable idiot. We shall soon see.
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he will destroy everything and we will let him, that's on us.
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I am so disgusted with this so-called presidency I just want to scream but I won't. I just want someone, anyone, who is an adult in this administration to take Trump aside, give him some pablum and a play toy that is not his android phone and give him the 'talk'. You know, the one where either you stop acting like a fool, grow up and do your job or we take all your toys away.
Enough is enough. Do we want government by crazy where the POTUS makes wild accusations, everybody churns and spins but the real truth that should be investigated is put aside.
This man is not mentally fit to run a lemonade stand let alone this great nation. If un-tethered he will wreck lives, ruin careers and make us the laughingstock of the world.
Please GOP, intervene before you are swallowed up totally in this hell.
Enough is enough. Do we want government by crazy where the POTUS makes wild accusations, everybody churns and spins but the real truth that should be investigated is put aside.
This man is not mentally fit to run a lemonade stand let alone this great nation. If un-tethered he will wreck lives, ruin careers and make us the laughingstock of the world.
Please GOP, intervene before you are swallowed up totally in this hell.
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This is the ultimate result of irresponsible right-wing "journalism". The President of the US grabbed the lifeline of a conspiracy theory brewed in the fever swamps of the Mark Levin show and Breitbart out of sketchy information those outlets deliberately misrepresented. It is appalling that Trump is so weak-minded that he would turn the Levin spy fantasy into an accusation by the POTUS. But it is equally appalling that Breitbart, Levin and later Fox News would recklessly spin up a fact-free conspiracy theory that slanders a former President.
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There is a difference between freedom and a free-for-all but Trump doesn't seem to know this.
"When One President Smears Another"
Better: When One President Undercuts Another
Better: When One President Undercuts Another
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News Flash! President discovers that he has authority to declassify any wiretap or surveillance done for national security. He also has the authority to ask the AG to request from a court that any wiretap authorized or unauthorized be unsealed and made available to the public.
Second News Flash! Trump discovers that he has the authority to verify whether his accusations are true. No need to wait for Congress.
Third News Flash- Trump Tweets, "Just Kidding."
Second News Flash! Trump discovers that he has the authority to verify whether his accusations are true. No need to wait for Congress.
Third News Flash- Trump Tweets, "Just Kidding."
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Readers calling for bi-partisanship and an even handed approach to this issue don't get it. Our democracy has been hijacked and Congress has already proven to be an irrelevant body when it comes to deliberative action.
Does anyone really believe that Paul Ryan let alone, Mitch McConell will stand up to Drumpft?
Does anyone really believe that Paul Ryan let alone, Mitch McConell will stand up to Drumpft?
The title of the Editorial should read: "When One President Lies". When are the NY Times and other media outlets going stop letting this man get away with lying and not calling his assertions lies?
This is a classic Conservative Republican tactic of taking a small truth, like the Russian phone tapping and turning it into a larger lie such as Trump's phones were tapped. I would like to see the NY Times and other media outlets push for an apology from Trump when it is proven that Trump's phones were not tapped.
This is a classic Conservative Republican tactic of taking a small truth, like the Russian phone tapping and turning it into a larger lie such as Trump's phones were tapped. I would like to see the NY Times and other media outlets push for an apology from Trump when it is proven that Trump's phones were not tapped.
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If he resigns, he'll forever be labeled a quitter. If he's impeached he'll forever blame "them." Given The Donald we've come to know, any bets on which route he takes?
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This guy needs to be impeached and removed from office now! He is unfit in every way. Congress, face the fact that he should not be president and do your job.
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I'd like to know:
what's transpired with the Old Post Office hotel that Trump runs, isn't leasing to him actually illegal per the contract terms?
How's the new health care system looking?
The wall is still just a promise, no plan I've heard.
What is the OGE doing with all of his business interests?
Will the new immigration order include countries who actually produce and harbor terrorists, like Saudi? Even if these countries have Trump businesses?
Infrastructure?
How about those Russian connections?
Trump has poked a stick in the ant hill, and everyone's scrambling. So sad.
what's transpired with the Old Post Office hotel that Trump runs, isn't leasing to him actually illegal per the contract terms?
How's the new health care system looking?
The wall is still just a promise, no plan I've heard.
What is the OGE doing with all of his business interests?
Will the new immigration order include countries who actually produce and harbor terrorists, like Saudi? Even if these countries have Trump businesses?
Infrastructure?
How about those Russian connections?
Trump has poked a stick in the ant hill, and everyone's scrambling. So sad.
I thought we knew the Justice Department went to the FISA court 2x, once in Oct. 2016 and once after the election.
Are we saying that Loretta Lynch is not the same as Obama? It that the dispute with Trump's statement?
Are we saying that Loretta Lynch is not the same as Obama? It that the dispute with Trump's statement?
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Trump re charges of treasonous ties to Russian scheming: "Look, a squirrel!"
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I would love to see media completely ignoring his rants.
All this just gives his supporters more reason to support him. He is their hero, the establishment tried everything in their power to derail him, but he persevered. Now he is shining a light into their dark corners. And the Republican Congress will go along with his campaign. Party Before Country, Power above all else.
It appears mr. Trump is behaving more rational than some may fear. Because, by asking the investigation into his claim about wiretapping to be merged with the investigation into the 'Russian connection', he is acting according to a business adagium which stood the test of time: "If you can't beat them, confuse them"!
What is scary is that a lot of people believe Trump. They would believe him if he said that Obama was a Martian and that Elvis is still alive and living in Area 51.
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Maybe Congress should roll -up the "wire tapp" and "election fraud" investigations into an impeachment proceeding.
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To all appearances the President made these extraordinary and very serious charges entirely on his own, without consulting his staff or the Justice Department. That shows That he is unaware of the gravity what he was doing and careless of the consequences to the country or to himself. In his haste to deflect one crisis with another he has destroyed his own credibility. The valiant efforts of his staff to save him will not be enough. Their loyalty to party rather than country will destroy them along with him. Trump must go. There is no way back from this.
Perhaps the Tweeter in Chief is begging for someone to say "you're fired" and end his charade, but more likely he's trying to distract attention from the reporting on the connections to Russia that are crippling his administration.
The left should stop criticizing Trump. Just let the facts flow and let him drown himself.
The only thing holding the right together is their hatred of anti-Trump, anti-progressive values.
Let's remove the target.
The only thing holding the right together is their hatred of anti-Trump, anti-progressive values.
Let's remove the target.
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What does it take for Republicans and others to understand how imperative it is to control, and hopefully impeach this pretender to Presidency of the United States, Leader of the Free World?
Trump is either a madman, a complete incompetent, a born Iago of evil, or a complete clown. Or all?
His disrespect for President Obama - first a birther, now a domestic spy - is no surprise.. His disrespect for the Constitution is no surprise.
And that is the trouble: there are no surprises at the depths of disgrace by this new White House. Time to get him out.
Republicans: your time in history to honor this country.
Trump is either a madman, a complete incompetent, a born Iago of evil, or a complete clown. Or all?
His disrespect for President Obama - first a birther, now a domestic spy - is no surprise.. His disrespect for the Constitution is no surprise.
And that is the trouble: there are no surprises at the depths of disgrace by this new White House. Time to get him out.
Republicans: your time in history to honor this country.
Hilarious, death by multiple self-inflicted wounds. If true, it means Trump or someone close to him was/is involved in criminal acts and/or espionage.
If false, and Trump is telling lies, it means he can't be believed. Either way, Trumps credibility is in the toilet.
#Laughingstock!
If false, and Trump is telling lies, it means he can't be believed. Either way, Trumps credibility is in the toilet.
#Laughingstock!
Many detailed, reasonable, and passionate comments have already been written in response to this editorial. So let's consider a side issue.
How is James Comey feeling and what is he thinking right now?
Yes, Deputy James did stop the Librarian Lady from being elected sheriff by spreading rumors about her many pen pals. But then one bright morning James gallops down Main Street and learns that Mr. Kid, the rancher and circus owner, has been elected sheriff. Mr. Kid who hallucinates and has shot a couple of his own cattle and horses, mistaking them for enemies. Mr. Kid who claims he took out Cochise single-handedly, but keeps confusing the Apache chief with Frederick Douglass. Mr. Kid who maintains his own crew of mean hired hands to ride around him whenever he enters town.
Sleep tight, Mr. Comey. You have revolutionized your own territory, and many of us now have to live in it. Thanks.
How is James Comey feeling and what is he thinking right now?
Yes, Deputy James did stop the Librarian Lady from being elected sheriff by spreading rumors about her many pen pals. But then one bright morning James gallops down Main Street and learns that Mr. Kid, the rancher and circus owner, has been elected sheriff. Mr. Kid who hallucinates and has shot a couple of his own cattle and horses, mistaking them for enemies. Mr. Kid who claims he took out Cochise single-handedly, but keeps confusing the Apache chief with Frederick Douglass. Mr. Kid who maintains his own crew of mean hired hands to ride around him whenever he enters town.
Sleep tight, Mr. Comey. You have revolutionized your own territory, and many of us now have to live in it. Thanks.
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Doesn't Obama have a strong libel case against Trump? If Trump has any evidence to substantiate his defamation of Obama, let Trump produce it in court.
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When Presidents demean Presidents and the NYT puts it on the front page knowing full well that it's a crock, then isn't the paper also reckless? Why not devote a back page to all the ridiculous hair-brained claims that appear in tabloids. We need to stop distracting the readers from the real issues. Can't the editors just provide a link to these unsubstantiated claims and be be done with it? Call it fact-free journalism for those who prefer fantasy land?
Skip all of this distraction. Let's go to the tax returns.
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Red herring. A distracting maneuver, or just pouting? Wasting even more of Congress's time; I'd have thought that impossible.
I also just love the comparison to a few-biting dog.
I also just love the comparison to a few-biting dog.
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The president really needs to stop doing drugs within reach of his smartphone.
Where are the Republican patriots? The silence is defening and telling at the same time.
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Yes, time to brush up on the Articles of Impeachment already. We can't even trust Trump to handle daily business, how can we trust this man to protect America in time of crisis? Ordinary Americans have been tricked into electing an autocrat who runs by rules borrowed from the Kremlin. I don't think that is what they had in mind... Yes, time to start the ball rolling on impeachment. With luck he will go the way Tricky Dicky went and this pain won't be inflicted on the country... But what has to be done, it has to be done.
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It is hard to believe the number of absolute nuts in the administration and congress. Dark times.
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The right wing has gone off the rails, and the entire Republican Party, stubbornly locked onto the Breitbart train, is going over the cliff with it.
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Trump is just setting himself up for a claim of being unfit to stand trial for reasons of ill mental health. Don't buy it.
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sadly there are no republicans who have the integrity or concern to stop this, they are willing to let millions of people go without health insurance because they spent 8 years hating a man just because he was black...they are so drunk on their victory that they cannot see the damage that is in front of them.
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To Pres. Obama's judgment of "unfit and woefully unprepared" we can add "delusional".
When is section 4 of the 25th Amendment to be used?
When is section 4 of the 25th Amendment to be used?
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And his cabinet members stand by this man! Not one is ready to stand up for what is right for America! We now can clearly see that the mindset of the billionaire class is to accept any person who can help them obtain more money and consolidate their power. You can believe that this same type of morality is what they bring to theie personal lives and the companies they head.
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Apparently, Trump sycophants in the White House are more interested in keeping their jobs than their dignity.
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Pence must use his Section 45 powers to remove Trump. If he lacks support from the Trump cabinet, then the House has no recourse but to begin impeachment ASAP.
Trump has consistently provided evidence that he is dangerous- deranged-
likely Severe Narcissistic Syndrome Disorder.
Trump has consistently provided evidence that he is dangerous- deranged-
likely Severe Narcissistic Syndrome Disorder.
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In accusing his predecessor of wiretapping, Trump is merely de scribing the levels to which he himself would sink.
If Trump makes these insane paranoid decisions about President Obama, what is he capable of doing should his false news sources such as Alex Jones and Breitbart use North Korea as their next source of paranoid lies?
Do we forget he has been given the button for our nuclear arsenal?
Article 25 times. folks.
Do we forget he has been given the button for our nuclear arsenal?
Article 25 times. folks.
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Please, please take the time to read this - it will explain a lot that's going on now:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal
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Comey owns this debacle. I hope he deeply regrets tarnishing his and the FBI's reputation by putting his thumb on the scale for Trump. He needs to clean out the right wing cabal of FBI agents in the NY office whose support of Trump/Giuliani completely politicized the bureau. If he can't fire them, he should separate these ideologues (according to Politico, mostly right wing Catholic men) by sending them to various outposts in the boonies just for being stupid enough to think Trump was qualified to be anything more than dog catcher. If that.
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Mr Obama should be able to sue for libel. I agree with previous comments.
This is a disgrace on the Presidency.
This is a disgrace on the Presidency.
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Let me see if I have this straight -- Donald Trump does not believe our professional intelligence agencies, but he does believe Breitbart News and Tucker Carlson. Is that right? The man is batsh*t crazy.
There really should be an independent investigation exploring the ties to Russia and any related lies, including the "Obama tapped my phones" lie. I expect at least one of those can lead to grounds for impeachment. Lying during an election is very different from lying to the American people as President.
There really should be an independent investigation exploring the ties to Russia and any related lies, including the "Obama tapped my phones" lie. I expect at least one of those can lead to grounds for impeachment. Lying during an election is very different from lying to the American people as President.
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Mr. Comey is saying that President Trump is delusional. He is right, the president is delusional, but let's not forget that Mr. Comey is one major reason why the words "President" and "Trump" go together.
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Sessions is going to repudiate Trump's assertions at Comey's request? I doubt it.
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He is full tin foil hat deranged and paranoid and the sooner the GOP realizes this and does something about it, the less danger for our country. We are in very, very deep trouble with this man.
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Bad guy! Convincing my impressions i had during the campain. Further splits not only America but also the rest of the world.
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Do not be distracted! Stay the course on delving into Russia's influence on our "sacred elections". Congress needs to demand those tax documents! Get a spine!
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"This is a dangerous moment, which requires Congress and members of this administration to look beyond partisan maneuvering and tend to the health of the democracy itself." Surely the Grey Lady isn't this naive?
DJT has finally tweeted something that has gotten his GOP henchmen's attention with their calls for investigation. This may be a case of "be careful what you wish for" as these investigations should lead properly to the question of why the Justice Department might have sought a FISA warrant in the first place. We may finally get to the bottom of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia and their possible collusion to poison the election.
Thanks, Donald.
Thanks, Donald.
Whether crazy, psycopathic or whatever, Trump's issues are his own and they will be his undoing. But what's the excuse for his supporters and enablers, besides pure self-interest and greed?
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Trump is just the tip of the iceberg. He still has the support of 80% of Republicans. The entire Republican party has become a steaming pile of corruption, with its sole ambition the disruption of our democracy.
From the Lewis Powell memo to ALEC and from Reagan to Gingrich to Bush to Trump, Republicans have been in a downward spiral to make the US a plutocracy with an economy of lords and serfs.
From the Lewis Powell memo to ALEC and from Reagan to Gingrich to Bush to Trump, Republicans have been in a downward spiral to make the US a plutocracy with an economy of lords and serfs.
Any serious bi-partisan inquiry will eventually lead to Trump's tax return and perhaps the criminal money laundering charge that justified the wiretap in the first place.
Wow, the naivete to not know that any call to the Russian ambassador is likely to be tracked by our intelligence services...
Wow, the naivete to not know that any call to the Russian ambassador is likely to be tracked by our intelligence services...
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Not only are we subjected to a president who constantly demonstrates his instability but also to a Republican Party which, out of a desire for power, tiptoes around and even condones the insanity we are experiencing. Shame on them. "Sad" [sick].
Mr. Trump's continued Twitter-launched assertions remind me more than anyone else of "Baghdad Bob" during the start of the Iraq war who asserted once there were no US forces in his capital as they rolled past the camera lens.
We laughed then but no one is laughing now.
We laughed then but no one is laughing now.
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Meanwhile, follow the coverage of his efforts to derail the regulations protecting our health and financial welfare. He needs to be held accountable. His actions don't show a man who is crazy or childish. They show a man who will do and say anything to get what he wants.
Is the tweet “I’d bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!” grounds for a libel suit? He calls it "a fact". Libel is not criminal, but it is a 'tort', grounds for a civil suit if the claim is proven false and 'actual malice is found.'
That high standard comes from NYTimes v Sullivan, and declares political speech 'privledged' if a false allegation is published by a 3rd party (Twitter) but comes from a 'semi-reputable source'.
Bad precedent? Why would a former POTUS sue the sitting one? What's to gain? Perhaps 3 things:
1) A public apology (likely never from Trump),
2) Publicize the political foul these tweets dramatize.
3) Win a case with damage proceeds going to charities such as support for refugees, victims of hate crimes, and victims of pollution.
Former POTUS's should expect criticism from successors, but not set the precedent of allowing themselves and each other to be used as punching bags, beaten by a POTUS using deliberate lies, slander and libel.
That high standard comes from NYTimes v Sullivan, and declares political speech 'privledged' if a false allegation is published by a 3rd party (Twitter) but comes from a 'semi-reputable source'.
Bad precedent? Why would a former POTUS sue the sitting one? What's to gain? Perhaps 3 things:
1) A public apology (likely never from Trump),
2) Publicize the political foul these tweets dramatize.
3) Win a case with damage proceeds going to charities such as support for refugees, victims of hate crimes, and victims of pollution.
Former POTUS's should expect criticism from successors, but not set the precedent of allowing themselves and each other to be used as punching bags, beaten by a POTUS using deliberate lies, slander and libel.
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I wholeheartedly supported the Trump presidency. However, given his unrestrained use of Twitter and his apparently incorrect claims of sabotage, I am questioning that support. You should be ashamed of himself.
To the grown-ups in government who still care about the health and future of our democracy, remember, you have the ability to do what's necessary. All you need is a healthy dose of moral conviction and a strong spine. Article four of the 25th Amendment is the country's remedy for the madness we're watching unfold. And no, it's not too early to start the process.
I wish there were a better word than "childish" to describe this person's behavior. We malign children every time we use it.
From it's opening paragraph,
".... President Trump had no evidence on Saturday morning when he smeared his predecessor, President Barack Obama, accusing him of ordering that Trump Tower phones be tapped during the 2016 campaign. Otherwise, the White House would not be scrambling to find out if what he said is true."
this Times editorial defies the syllogism.
To start with, the second sentence, even if it were true, provides scant, if any, support for for the first.
Moreover, how can the resolutely anti-Trump Times editors possibly know that the President can adduce no evidence in support of his claim. Do Times editors have a greater command of what is known by the intelligence community than the President? (Given the leaky, partisan Obama plants that have been inserted throughout the intelligence apparatus like fifth columns, they just may.)
And the partisan-to-the-point-of-fake-news Times has the cheek to to accuse the President of "recklessness" and "indifference to truth"?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
".... President Trump had no evidence on Saturday morning when he smeared his predecessor, President Barack Obama, accusing him of ordering that Trump Tower phones be tapped during the 2016 campaign. Otherwise, the White House would not be scrambling to find out if what he said is true."
this Times editorial defies the syllogism.
To start with, the second sentence, even if it were true, provides scant, if any, support for for the first.
Moreover, how can the resolutely anti-Trump Times editors possibly know that the President can adduce no evidence in support of his claim. Do Times editors have a greater command of what is known by the intelligence community than the President? (Given the leaky, partisan Obama plants that have been inserted throughout the intelligence apparatus like fifth columns, they just may.)
And the partisan-to-the-point-of-fake-news Times has the cheek to to accuse the President of "recklessness" and "indifference to truth"?
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
This article would carry a lot more credibility in my mind if it did not start out by stating a 'certainty' that, as far as I can fathom, The New York Times could not possibly know:
'Let’s begin with what the public can know for certain. President Trump had no evidence on Saturday morning when he smeared his predecessor'.
I strongly suspect former President Obama did not do what President Trump claims and I agree with much of what The New York Times has written in this column. However, it seems to me that President Trump is the only person who knew for certain whether he had any evidence Saturday morning.
'Let’s begin with what the public can know for certain. President Trump had no evidence on Saturday morning when he smeared his predecessor'.
I strongly suspect former President Obama did not do what President Trump claims and I agree with much of what The New York Times has written in this column. However, it seems to me that President Trump is the only person who knew for certain whether he had any evidence Saturday morning.
Pretty much makes the case for Mr. Trump's unfitness for the job. Getting him committed may be easier than getting removed from office though.
To commemorate this presidency, I have just sent my 2 and a 1/2 year old grandson Alice in Wonderland.
Once trump stakes a claim, no matter how far-fetched, irrational or libelous, he doubles down and triples down, digging in his heels and whining that he's being persecuted.
It seems at this point, in the latest fiasco of this trump circus, that the government is at war with itself. We can see the fault lines. Some clinging for dear life to sanity, rationality, national interest over petty partisanship, others hanging with White House power, propping up a liar or a madman, or both - take your pick.
The Times rightly calls out to the Nation. This spectacle, playing out before the world, is so dangerous. How long must our Republic endure being battered from within? How repair what's being undermined and dismantled here?
One suspects something like a nuclear meltdown happening - as the core of a reactor (the "resident") succumbs to the inevitable forces arrayed - not just against him, but against his cronies and sycophants and family members. As reporters scramble to pull threads if the story, while govt investigators doggedly do their work - and consult their consciences.
Do not let up, Times! Keep those leaker channels open. Fearlessly write articles and editorials. This is the tragic, horrifying political story of a lifetime.
Last night, during Masterpiece Theater on PBS, we saw your Times Ad. I see that luxury retailers are advertising on your website. Proof of your rising stature.
"Trump Goes Bonkers in the Bunker." (Your headline in my mind's eye.)
It seems at this point, in the latest fiasco of this trump circus, that the government is at war with itself. We can see the fault lines. Some clinging for dear life to sanity, rationality, national interest over petty partisanship, others hanging with White House power, propping up a liar or a madman, or both - take your pick.
The Times rightly calls out to the Nation. This spectacle, playing out before the world, is so dangerous. How long must our Republic endure being battered from within? How repair what's being undermined and dismantled here?
One suspects something like a nuclear meltdown happening - as the core of a reactor (the "resident") succumbs to the inevitable forces arrayed - not just against him, but against his cronies and sycophants and family members. As reporters scramble to pull threads if the story, while govt investigators doggedly do their work - and consult their consciences.
Do not let up, Times! Keep those leaker channels open. Fearlessly write articles and editorials. This is the tragic, horrifying political story of a lifetime.
Last night, during Masterpiece Theater on PBS, we saw your Times Ad. I see that luxury retailers are advertising on your website. Proof of your rising stature.
"Trump Goes Bonkers in the Bunker." (Your headline in my mind's eye.)
How many different ways can we define "unfit to serve?"
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How many moronic eruptions must we endure before this man is unpresidented?
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At what point does false allegation or smear become an indictable offence?
People, keep the eye on the Sessions prize. Resist distraction.
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If, as every expert says, Trump cannot wire tap without a court order, why not ask whether any court issued such an order?
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultraconfidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism.
A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas of life, such as relationships, work, school or financial affairs. You may be generally unhappy and disappointed when you're not given the special favors or admiration you believe you deserve. Others may not enjoy being around you, and you may find your relationships unfulfilling.
A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas of life, such as relationships, work, school or financial affairs. You may be generally unhappy and disappointed when you're not given the special favors or admiration you believe you deserve. Others may not enjoy being around you, and you may find your relationships unfulfilling.
Trump ought to be ashamed. His lack of class and decorum should have precluded him from ever holding the office. That he may have gotten there due to traitorous acts that he's obfuscating is outrageous. Impeach the fool!
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The Waco, Ruby Ridge crowd still think Obama was born in Kenya. (I heard one at the Malhuer Wildlife trail say that his mother and aunt said as much before they died and vanished!), I wonder if this story will move them? Of course not it is in Biertbart.
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I've been waiting for the "hero" to show up. The person or persons who will have the moral integrity to say enough! Sadly, we are all still waiting.
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We desperately need Statesmen in the majority party to save our Country from a fatal error.
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"Representative Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team, quickly made clear he intended to do the president’s bidding."
Anybody else find this to be nearly as scary Trump's very tweets?
Anybody else find this to be nearly as scary Trump's very tweets?
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Watching trump unravel in real time becomes more terrifying every day. He sabotages himself with his continuous, unmitigated lies. I thought maybe he was indeed calculating, but now he just seems too stupid to know any better. How frightening for our us.
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The man is completely unhinged. Whether by emoluments clause or Article 25 of the Constitution, he must be removed from office before he nukes North Korea or Australia or Mexico.
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He could well nuke N. Korea and send our brave men and women into Harm's way simply to change the subject from the public's abject rejection of all things Trump that are landing on the Oval Office.
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The man is unhinged and has been throughout his entire campaign for president. He hasn't changed so why should these new lies surprise us? Where are the patriots in the Republican party, those who put country ahead of party? When will they realize that Donald J Trump is unfit to lead this country?
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This time Trump has utterly and completely dishonored himself. How many times have I said this over the past year? How many times will it take until he is truly held accountable for the words that make his private reality?
Trump would not be a problem if it wasn't for Paul Ryan. This is the perfect storm. Orin Hatch shoving a hankie up his nose digging for gold (go to the video) behind McConnell as Elizabeth Warren reads a letter written by Coretta Scott King. Kellyanne Conway puts her feet up on our/my furniture in the Oval Office like it was her own, playing with her ipod ignoring the visitors around her. Chuck Grassley turns his back on his constituents, literally, at town hall meetings to write down important notes. Grassley shuffling around with "aw shucks, I'm just a farmer like you who's properties value increased" lets all this take place. Crude, rude and insensitive, these inconsiderate goops like their fingers, spill their broth and lead disgusting lives.
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I saw this before on the Three Stooges, so I know what happens next. Paul Ryan will get poked in the eye, and Mitch McConnell will get slapped.
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The GOP in Congress spent eight years vilifying Obama and accusing him of all manner of wrongdoing or kept silent while others, such as Trump, lied outrageously about him. To think that they would step up now is childish. The front page headline should shout their silence as a madman leads the country off a cliff.
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Wondering if he realized he crossed a line with treason accusations? Imagine the all former presidents on skype about donnies tweets...silently thinking. Glad its not me. Obama will take this in stride and humor but Michelle will want to kick his big butt.
I guess you forgot about all the times Obama called Bush a war criminal.
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It's a Fake New World.
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It seems pretty obvious that Steve Bannon planted this weekend's Obama wiretap fantasy story with Levin, the talk radio nutter. If you can't govern, at least create a distraction, and why not blame the black guy? It got Trump into the White House, so they know it works. But it will catch up with them, because they are fundamentally incompetent. Let's just hope it does before they can do too much damage at home and around the world.
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Rep. Charlie Crist - a Florida Republican who supported Trump & received campaign donations from Trump in 2010 - said Sunday an independent commission must be appointed to investigate Trump & that Colin Powell should head the commission because Powell has an impeccable reputation & worldwide respect.
Trump's outrageous accusation against President Obama - of a felony & espionage crime - is a valid reason to investigate him. Former Defense Intelligence Agency head James Clapper stated Sunday neither Obama nor the FISA Court okayed a wiretap on Trump.
This can't wait any longer. We should be afraid this administrations aggressive threats against North Korea & Iran ("Iran is on notice!") may result in Trump bombing either country at any time. Donald Trump is not fit to make such a decision. Thousands of lives & potentially world peace are at stake.
The investigation of Donald Trump must begin immediately. What are we waiting for? World War III?
Trump's outrageous accusation against President Obama - of a felony & espionage crime - is a valid reason to investigate him. Former Defense Intelligence Agency head James Clapper stated Sunday neither Obama nor the FISA Court okayed a wiretap on Trump.
This can't wait any longer. We should be afraid this administrations aggressive threats against North Korea & Iran ("Iran is on notice!") may result in Trump bombing either country at any time. Donald Trump is not fit to make such a decision. Thousands of lives & potentially world peace are at stake.
The investigation of Donald Trump must begin immediately. What are we waiting for? World War III?
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Arnold needs to make a trip to white house and terminate donnie.
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We appreciate your editorial. Please keep them coming.
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As T.S. Eliot opined: "Hurry up, please. It's time!"
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For those of you who work for Trump this is the real man you work for.
A liar and a cheat. A man of no moral grounding. A reprehensible individual who would cut your throat as soon as our back is turned. That is the person you work for.
A liar and a cheat. A man of no moral grounding. A reprehensible individual who would cut your throat as soon as our back is turned. That is the person you work for.
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He tweets about tapps when he should napp, obsessed with 44 taking the rapp.
Nothing to clapp about. Sadd.
Nothing to clapp about. Sadd.
So what is new here? Trump's birther bid was a big failure. Sad. Now another attempt to malign a President whose shoes he is not fit to clean.
Pathetic loser.
Pathetic loser.
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when news reporting descended to the level that Trump's tweets has reached, it was called "yellow journalism." what should the term be for political temper tantrums spewing such vileness - "pee pee politics"?
Even Tricky Dicky Nixon is turning in his grave at this one...
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The man supposedly obsessed with "FALSE NEWS is really an expert at creating and using it himself, Regardless of where he got this wacky story from, Trump's obvious imbalance, and lack of judgement, and tenuous connection to reality, must be dealt with. Obama was POTUS just 6.5 weeks ago! He has no reason to take this. Now as a private, free citizen, he can say what he likes - and should!
Trump can't get away with this: not this time. A President who lies ALL the time, combined with at least one major "attack cycle" on a major person or institution per week, is utterly untenable. Six weeks along: we just can't survive this, or try to make it OK. Our national standing in the world is stake!
Trump can't get away with this: not this time. A President who lies ALL the time, combined with at least one major "attack cycle" on a major person or institution per week, is utterly untenable. Six weeks along: we just can't survive this, or try to make it OK. Our national standing in the world is stake!
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doofus is running wild and is out of control.
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This is just as stupid as Trump's lie about Barack Obama being born in Kenya.
Abominable.
Obama is not responsible for lies Trump tells about him.
Trump should be held accountable for all the lies he tells but the GOP is not interested in reigning him in, nor are the people around Trump. One wonders what Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and Trump's wife and sons think about Trump telling so many outrageous lies.
Maybe they're used to it.
Abominable.
Obama is not responsible for lies Trump tells about him.
Trump should be held accountable for all the lies he tells but the GOP is not interested in reigning him in, nor are the people around Trump. One wonders what Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and Trump's wife and sons think about Trump telling so many outrageous lies.
Maybe they're used to it.
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"one president baselessly charging criminality by another, all in a childish Twitter rampage."
I agree!
I prefer my President to surreptitiously leave "a breadcrumb trail" of anonymous intelligence "leaks" to my administration's "friends" in the mainstream media, like the NYT, of baseless allegations and innuendos of Russian collusion with the incoming president's team and administration during the campaign, in order to leave as many obstacles as possible to thwart the new president's agenda.
So much more elegant, don't you agree?
I agree!
I prefer my President to surreptitiously leave "a breadcrumb trail" of anonymous intelligence "leaks" to my administration's "friends" in the mainstream media, like the NYT, of baseless allegations and innuendos of Russian collusion with the incoming president's team and administration during the campaign, in order to leave as many obstacles as possible to thwart the new president's agenda.
So much more elegant, don't you agree?
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If only there had been some way for us to have gotten some glimpse of his true nature before he was elected. If only!
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Wasn't General Flynn obliged to resign because of detailed revelations of phone conversations that he had with the Russian government from the CIA? That's not a wire tap? Authorized by something other than the executive branch? Done behind Obama's back? Who was not freaking out along with everyone else in the establishment that his foreign policy of encircling Russia might end? Please.
I am not a health specialist, but Trump's tweets seem to come early in the day. Could that be about the same time whatever medications he might be taking kick in triggering a heightened state of paranoia?
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Simply beyond the pale, this man who "claims" to be our president. This man is any number of things, but the delusional and foolish, irresponsible man at the helm of the USA now is more similar to his North Korean counterpart. I am appalled and horrified. Having lived through Watergate, the Vietnam War, the Iraqi disaster, this is really something else. The tyranny of the majority is a large/the largest part of it, but not all.
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Your president is mad. "Mad call I it, for to define true madness,
What is' but to be nothing else but mad?
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis pity
And pity 'tis true...
Mad let us grant him, then, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect,
Or rather say the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause..
Perpend."
There is a Russian president , who in his duty and obedience to his country,
Have caused the madness in our faux president, thus leading to his madness.
What is' but to be nothing else but mad?
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis pity
And pity 'tis true...
Mad let us grant him, then, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect,
Or rather say the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause..
Perpend."
There is a Russian president , who in his duty and obedience to his country,
Have caused the madness in our faux president, thus leading to his madness.
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He's demented and the civil war has begun in earnest.
What further proof required?
What further proof required?
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Is anyone surprised by this? I was not a great fan of Hillary Clinton, but voted for her, because it was patently obvious that the only thing this man had was his ego.
I knew from the beginning of his presidency that he did not have a modicum of
ability of what to do but issue tweets that have painted him into a corner (NYT).
Just look at the people he has appointed to his cabinet, with Sessions leading the
way. It is sickening that in a matter of weeks he has turned the White House into Saturday Night Live.
I knew from the beginning of his presidency that he did not have a modicum of
ability of what to do but issue tweets that have painted him into a corner (NYT).
Just look at the people he has appointed to his cabinet, with Sessions leading the
way. It is sickening that in a matter of weeks he has turned the White House into Saturday Night Live.
The President Trump has presented
To be quite startlingly demented
He "tweets" like a rat
Dodging this way and that
With no clue that his feet he's cemented.
It is incredible that none of his "advisors" have been able to stop him from babbling incoherently in public. He is giving himself political cement boots.
To be quite startlingly demented
He "tweets" like a rat
Dodging this way and that
With no clue that his feet he's cemented.
It is incredible that none of his "advisors" have been able to stop him from babbling incoherently in public. He is giving himself political cement boots.
If it was not abundantly clear previously, it should be now. Trump is a sick puppy, and if something is not done to control him, people will die. This is neither a smart or sane individual.
Trump readily admits that he is the same person that he was when he was six years old. Apparently he was a very immature child.
Why does our President, the leader of the free world and standard bearer of democracy, lie, slander, berate, and disparage? Because he can. President Trump gets whatever he wants because we allow him. Obama, all of the media and most of the citizenry will bare their teeth yet refuse to bite. We ain't seen nothin' yet.
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At this point, SNL hit the nail on the head with their "TBD" segment- which Republican(s) will stand up to the President, and call him out on his false claims, baseless accusations, and tendency to tweet (or speak) without thinking? How many will allow themselves to be dragged through the mud, standing idly by while the leader of the free world drives this country into the ground?
What's next? He's going to sue the American people for turning against him?
What's next? He's going to sue the American people for turning against him?
This holder of the office of the Presidentacy is a criminal with no understanding of the truth or he's crazy. Either option is so dangerous for the country, he must be removed. The GOP congress cannot be allowed to try to manipulate him to do their bidding. This is serious, folks!
If Obama had bugged this lunatic's phones he would also have leaked the contents of the phone calls to the Hillary campaign and she would be sitting in the Oval Office right now.
Trump's behavior is weird even for Twitter- one can only imagine how crazy he is on a phone to Melania. Maybe he is trying to keep tabs on her- we know he is paranoid and not living at home.
Quit, Donald. Go Home. For Good. The Apprentice awaits your skill set.
Trump's behavior is weird even for Twitter- one can only imagine how crazy he is on a phone to Melania. Maybe he is trying to keep tabs on her- we know he is paranoid and not living at home.
Quit, Donald. Go Home. For Good. The Apprentice awaits your skill set.
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The man is unstable and what is even more frightening, is how the Republican party is circling the wagons around him, to protect him while they push through their agenda to tear down our safeguards, rights, liberties, our Government.
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Clearly the GOP has placed all their chips behind this alt. right coup, disenfranchising brown/black voters, gerrymandering districts, etc, to assure their reelection. They're counting on all the illegality to hold. It won't. Trump's tweets and actions come off as weak, he projects his utter and complete weakness to the world. He's a soft, old rich man who thinks talking tough and having minions who will flatter him and cater to his ego makes him important and strong. He's not strong. He crumbled to China. He kowtows to Russia. He's a hot mess. Personally if I was a GOP politician I would extricate myself from him ASAP. The GOP has all the power and soon, when Trump runs out of lies or is run out of office, will reap all the blame.
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In a landmark trial long before the Constitution, John Peter Zenger was acquitted on charges of libel by NY governor William Cosby because Zenger published the truth. Such is not the case with Trump's tweets. Because of the Republicans derelection of duty, only Obama can help save this country by vigorously suing Trump for libel. Trump's statements damage Obama's reputation, and, most importantly, were done intentionslly.
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Easy. The one on the left has a short temper and the one on the right sold us out. Oh I see another difference. The one on the left is white and the one on the right is African American. I bet the one on the right will become the new Jesus Christ.
Doesn't Trump's accusation lend support to the suspicion that he is involved in the Russian conspiracy? If the White House tapped Trump's phone for the intel, that would mean they heard it directly from Trump's lips. In other words, Trump is saying that the FBI couldn't have gotten it so right unless they were listening in.
In your last paragraph, you call for newly members of the Trump administration to call him out. What about the self-proclaimed defenders of the Constitution, or representatives on Capitol Hill to call out Trump? How is it that they have been waiting for months to initiate an investigation into the Trump campaign, but Trump sends an inane tweet, and they are ready to jump all over it.
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Reminds me of Anthony Weiner, another politician who could not control his tweets. The only difference is Comrade Trumpski has the nuclear codes.
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The Obama admin and the Lynch Justice Dept started trying to surveil Trump in Spring of '16 through a criminal investigation. That was shot down. Then attempted to use the FISA court in June 16. That was denied, uncharacteristically. Then again in October of 16 it was approved, only after Trump was specifically removed from the request. All of this has been reported in various outlets for months, including the NYT. This is literally looking like Watergate 2.0.
The pity of it all: when Trump is GONE -- he will be gone, perhaps sooner or later, and hopefully sooner -- his supporters, surrogates and base, and the Breitbarts (broad beards) of the US will find an Oliver Stone and conjure up one conspiracy theory after another - Trump's leaving office will be added to the "moon landing", "JFK-assassination", "FDR-duped us into entering WWII" - conspiracy theories which, while always simmering on the back burner, never cease to sometimes boil and enter the public arena. We must expect this - Trump will never completely disappear from US history books, but his name will live on like that of Benedict Arnold and other traitors. We can, however, expect a "good" thing to come of this: no schools or airports or libraries will ever be named for him.
Reckless. Childish. Dangerous. Corrosive. These are the adjectives used here by the Editorial Board. They conclude, in their judgment, that this President, and this administration, is a threat to Democracy, and our Democratic institutions.
You are just now realizing this? Where were you 18 months ago, when you fanned the flames of his nascent candidacy? HIs strategy then is the same as it is now -- control the narrative. What remains of the Fourth Establishment greedily rebroadcasts his bombast in the name of journalistic integrity, when all it really drives is profit.
The real news here is that our institutions have indeed failed. The executive has been revealed to be the paper tiger that it truly is. The legislative branch, controlled by spineless and corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle, is indifferent to anything other than its own self-presevation. The judiciary is now proxy war of thinly veiled ideologies rather than independently thinking jurists. Lastly, the Fourth Estate has ceded its sacred responsibility to a 32-year old billionaire who deals in fake news and relies on algorithms rather than the probity of editorial discernment.
One wonders what the real purpose of this editorial is. The Times carries no influence with this administration or its supporters. Those who agree with you are the only ones reading this and do not need to be convinced. So who exactly are you writing this for?
Printing lies is not journalism. Exposing them, is a start.
You are just now realizing this? Where were you 18 months ago, when you fanned the flames of his nascent candidacy? HIs strategy then is the same as it is now -- control the narrative. What remains of the Fourth Establishment greedily rebroadcasts his bombast in the name of journalistic integrity, when all it really drives is profit.
The real news here is that our institutions have indeed failed. The executive has been revealed to be the paper tiger that it truly is. The legislative branch, controlled by spineless and corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle, is indifferent to anything other than its own self-presevation. The judiciary is now proxy war of thinly veiled ideologies rather than independently thinking jurists. Lastly, the Fourth Estate has ceded its sacred responsibility to a 32-year old billionaire who deals in fake news and relies on algorithms rather than the probity of editorial discernment.
One wonders what the real purpose of this editorial is. The Times carries no influence with this administration or its supporters. Those who agree with you are the only ones reading this and do not need to be convinced. So who exactly are you writing this for?
Printing lies is not journalism. Exposing them, is a start.
All I ask America is this:
1) Republicans of integrity, do something to rescue your country from this 'pretender' of a President. In years to come I would like not to have to teach a history class on the Fall of America.
2) Democrats, if Republicans are not willing to admit common sense, the discussion I assume at some stage must turn to: How to break apart the US? It seems the country has two separate belief systems already.....how long can it be before the divorce it is made official?
1) Republicans of integrity, do something to rescue your country from this 'pretender' of a President. In years to come I would like not to have to teach a history class on the Fall of America.
2) Democrats, if Republicans are not willing to admit common sense, the discussion I assume at some stage must turn to: How to break apart the US? It seems the country has two separate belief systems already.....how long can it be before the divorce it is made official?
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The most frightening thing about this President is that there are actually still people around who adore him and stand by him. Doesn't say much about the intelligence of the average American.
He is obviously an insane clown president who has the attention span of a gnat, the maturity level of a 12 year old, and the power to behave the way he wants, like a spoiled brat who has the run of his nanny.
He wants to change the law so that he can sue his critics for defamation. What did he just do to the 1st Black President of the US? Defamation? Treason? Collusion with the enemy to undermine our Democracy?
What does he have to do to get thrown out?
He is obviously an insane clown president who has the attention span of a gnat, the maturity level of a 12 year old, and the power to behave the way he wants, like a spoiled brat who has the run of his nanny.
He wants to change the law so that he can sue his critics for defamation. What did he just do to the 1st Black President of the US? Defamation? Treason? Collusion with the enemy to undermine our Democracy?
What does he have to do to get thrown out?
Our baby president has already admitted he can do anything he wants anytime he wants to with zero fall out from his base fans and the selfish and cowardly GOP who willfully ignore his instability. We - the majority of our country - can react with disbelief and incredulity every single time yet every tantrum and lie proves him right. How far is too far? He already passed that black & white line of decency ages ago and he was still elected. We are doomed.
This is what happens when you elect a bigoted uninformed person to be POTUS. None of this is surprising given his earlier support of the birther movement, his false allegations that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 9/11 attacks and that Cruz’s father was implicated in the assassination of JFK. And the lies fed by the alt-right “truth” media of Bannon continue unabated – the 3 million illegals who voted in the election, his campaign people who had no contacts with Russian officials, and now the unsubstantiated smear attack on the former President. And yet many Americans ignored these obvious falsehoods and voted for the most despicable person by far to ever occupy the WH and who convinced them that immigrants were about to slaughter them at any minute, whereas the truth is that a racist white bigot was much more likely to be involved in a mass shooting.
Now we have the specter of his administration rolling back regulations save guarding our water and environment. Enjoy seeing our great America return to more bigotry and more pollution.
Now we have the specter of his administration rolling back regulations save guarding our water and environment. Enjoy seeing our great America return to more bigotry and more pollution.
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This is beyond the pale. The Republicans in the House really need to ask themselves how far out on a limb they are willing to go. The choice as I see it: they leave a legacy of being spineless greedy opportunists or courageous standard bearers of democracy.
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"As for those senior officials of this administration who have integrity:"
There are some?
There are some?
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This is a bridge too far. This man is unfit to be president and you are right to call on Congress to grow a backbone.
In the meantime, people, write your elected Representatives. We are going have to go beyond having a case of the vapors to deal with this debacle. We need to be taking personal action on a daily basis to jolt these Republicans into doing their jobs. Because it seems to me, they are now complicit in trying to bring down our form of government. There isn't any other way to view this unless you wear a tinfoil hat.
In the meantime, people, write your elected Representatives. We are going have to go beyond having a case of the vapors to deal with this debacle. We need to be taking personal action on a daily basis to jolt these Republicans into doing their jobs. Because it seems to me, they are now complicit in trying to bring down our form of government. There isn't any other way to view this unless you wear a tinfoil hat.
What more will it take to get this man out of office? He corrupts everything he touches, including what should be the highest, most revered office in our country. Is there no one remaining in our government who will stand up and call him what he is: a traitor to everything we hold dear?
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It is the brief closing paragraph of this piece that I'd like to put in bold, capitalized letters and post everywhere.
My fear (as if I need more...) is that there is no one in the administration who cares about the truth.
My fear (as if I need more...) is that there is no one in the administration who cares about the truth.
On a presidential paranoia scale of 1-10 (meaning Richard Nixon), I'd say that Trump is a '10.' And this country is not being paranoid when so many citizens fear that our comb over President could start a 3rd World War.
Somehow we have to roll this loose cannon off the deck our democratic ship,or we--and the whole world--is in deep doo-doo.
Somehow we have to roll this loose cannon off the deck our democratic ship,or we--and the whole world--is in deep doo-doo.
Please keep up your comments on this maniac Trump and his colluding administration. We must never let up on this dangerous man until he is thrown out of office. And where is our congress? Why aren't more standing up to Trump and challenging Trump's inflammatory comments? Well I guess they are hiding behind their need to be reelected and just throwing the country to the wolves. They should be protecting our democracy, not their jobs. We are in very dangerous times.
Donald Trump - the only man dumb enough to paint himself into a corner in an Oval Office.
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Note he is actually talking about himself in these tweets, projecting his own malevolence, lies, sick mind, and possible crimes onto somebody else. It was the same thing he did with Hillary and his GOP primary opponents.
There was no juice for Trump in his teleprompter performance. He couldn't wait to shock again. No longer a hero of millions, now he's the victim of those less than him. From false bravado to revenge, Trump insists in revealing his sociopathy.
How violent must his damage become before we see him clearly?
How violent must his damage become before we see him clearly?
Donald Trump spent years smearing President Obama's birthplace as not the U.S.A. He told lies and implied his secret investigators were digging up dirt. Then, we have the sad raid in Yemen resulting in the loss of an American Seal and many civilians. He didn't take responsibility for making the call to proceed, but instead blamed it on Obama. Now we have Flynn fired and its clear Trump didn't want to do that but was forced by the public scandal. Sessions has a "bad memory" of meeting with Russian Ambassador at the height of the campaign when Russian hacking was divulged? So, who does Trump lash out at, but President Obama! The conspirator theorists have him right where they want him. A man who doesn't care about the facts, even though he has the whole US government to assist him and research the truth. Is he taking his security briefings or is he still a really smart person who doesn't need them? If he would just publicly announce that he wants the whole Russian-Trump concern investigated and cleared up, all this nonsense would not be going on and on. If he and his people are innocent, there shouldn't be anything to hide, right? So, maybe they aren't innocent and he knows everything, right from the beginning. Right from the first time he called on Wikileaks.
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If there was an effort to wiretap Trump Towers, it is disingenuous to say that Obama didn't order it. DOJ is part of the Executive Branch and reports to the president; the buck stops in the oval office. Just as in the case of Watergate, the president "knew or should have known"..
When will enough sensible Republicans in Congress (is this an oxymoron?) put an end to the poison from copremetic Trump?
If the Trump Tower was indeed wire-tapped, the likely culprit would be the Russians.
This country is so far up the proverbial "crik" that I can't see any way out of it. Some say the new administration want(ed) chaos. If so, they are being unbelievably successful.
The FISA court process is omitted from the editorial to discourage balanced understanding or reasonable speculation about what really happened. All sides should be more cautious about tweeting or writing from top secret sources that cannot be confronted.
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Amazing to think that, presumably if Trump had been involved in some land deal ten years earlier which had already been litigated with no wrongdoing found for the president, or if he'd fibbed about a consensual affair in a deposition gotten to via a witch hunt and fishing expedition, or if he'd allegedly said that the motive of, say, the Orlando attack was a video, that Republicans would THEN throw every dime of taxpayer money at it to "get to the bottom of it!"
But all that has gone on to date, including the black smoke swirling around a US enemy interfering with our election on behalf of their candidate, Republicans have suddenly lost their zeal for investigations!
But all that has gone on to date, including the black smoke swirling around a US enemy interfering with our election on behalf of their candidate, Republicans have suddenly lost their zeal for investigations!
For Mr. Trump, life is going through a series of connected rooms that he creates in his imagination before opening the door to each. Often times, he himself does not know how the decoration in the next room will look like but he opens the door with a giant declaration that "it will be wall to wall, filled with rabbits" no matter how crazy it may sound. Then, his staff tries to place as many rabbits in that room as they can find, many just cut out pictures of rabbits.
Then, the time comes to open the door to the next room!!
Then, the time comes to open the door to the next room!!
Trump says his phones have been tapped because information relating to his links to the Russians have been leaked to newspapers.
Either someone very high up in his cabal is leaking or some government agency has recorded this information and members of that agency are leaking. How else could newspapers be so accurately informed of his secret dealing with the Russians?
If the information in newspapers is "fake news", then why would Trump be so incensed about leaks or phone tapping?
Either someone very high up in his cabal is leaking or some government agency has recorded this information and members of that agency are leaking. How else could newspapers be so accurately informed of his secret dealing with the Russians?
If the information in newspapers is "fake news", then why would Trump be so incensed about leaks or phone tapping?
This latest slander is from the mind of a man losing his mind...This wild ranting is
frightening to think he has the code to our nuclear weapons and that no one can
countermand him if he should decide to use them. This is insanity, our lives and the planet in the hands of this person who is out of control..It is time to resort to Article 25 of the constitution.
At least someone change the code so that he doesn't know it.
frightening to think he has the code to our nuclear weapons and that no one can
countermand him if he should decide to use them. This is insanity, our lives and the planet in the hands of this person who is out of control..It is time to resort to Article 25 of the constitution.
At least someone change the code so that he doesn't know it.
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Trump needs to go. Aside from his reckless and unsubstantiated claims about Obama. his policy agenda will plunge USA and the world into a major spiral of environmental decline and economic chaos. Is there anything positive we can say about this guy?
Congress needs to pass legislation requiring Mr. Trump and his inner circle of advisors to wear tin foil hats at all times. If Trump vetoes the legislation then Congress can override it. Once Trump is impeached and gone from the WH then Congress can repeal the legislation unless Mike Pence tries to continue where Trump left off, and be sure include making Paul Ryan wear a tin foil has as well.
I know I sound crazy but no crazier that number 45's outrageous claim of being wire tapped by Barack Obama and other stupid comments he tweets.
I know I sound crazy but no crazier that number 45's outrageous claim of being wire tapped by Barack Obama and other stupid comments he tweets.
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This president is the exact equivalent of a person who walks into a movie theater and starts yelling "FIRE" every time he thinks the theater is airing a movie he does not like. It does not speak much about the effectiveness or the efficiency of our justice system that we are still struggling to put him away in jail.
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Poor GOP--they created this monster and thought they would just use him for a while to get their agenda passed-no healthcare for the poor, disrupt Medicare and Social Security, damage the environment and remove bank regulations. But whatever plan they have in place to either impeach or commit Donald Trump when absolutely necessary may not be able to wait until they get their act together. Pence is being promoted as the sane, professional who can step in immediately before Trump decides to bomb someone who insults him; but the GOP better not wait too long...it could be deadly.
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To those people who think that Ivanka and Jared have a calming influence on Emperor Donnie, consider this.
Ivanka and Jared and their kids flew to Mar-a-Lago with Emperor Donnie on Friday. They were under the same roof with him on Saturday when he started tweeting at 6:30 AM his factually unsupported accusations that President Obama had tapped his phones at Trump Tower.
I have to conclude that Emperor Donnie's babysitters were sleeping on the job.
Usually, a "factually unsupported accusation" is referred to as a lie. SAD.
Ivanka and Jared and their kids flew to Mar-a-Lago with Emperor Donnie on Friday. They were under the same roof with him on Saturday when he started tweeting at 6:30 AM his factually unsupported accusations that President Obama had tapped his phones at Trump Tower.
I have to conclude that Emperor Donnie's babysitters were sleeping on the job.
Usually, a "factually unsupported accusation" is referred to as a lie. SAD.
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How long, how long will this go on? When will someone in the Republican party or a member of his family or, especially, his physician find a way to get the Donald out of office? It has been clear all along that he cannot handle his responsibilities and is unable to think clearly, whatever the cause. What is it going take? Can this really go on for 4 years?
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I used to think "Impeach, convict, remove, imprison" was the solution. now its "Impeach, convict, remove, and medicate". The man has lost it. Get him out of there. I'll even pay for his clozaril.
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Why are we so unable to accept that the President's intentions are exactly as he badly uses words to say?
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From the world outside the United States: America has always been an object of admiration and emulation for much of the world. What is happening?
How can so many powerful people, Congressmen, cluster around this contemptible President and shore him up? How long?
How can so many powerful people, Congressmen, cluster around this contemptible President and shore him up? How long?
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Just more Trump deflection, projection and birther bigot resurrection. The walls must be closing in on him.
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A morally challenged fool in the White House, and a congress full of self serving fools. What do we the people get from all of that? Absolutely nothing at all but chaos and confusion.
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Mr. Trump has more than tweeted himself into a corner. He's tweeting himself into irrelevance. No one except the conspiracy theorists in alt-right land believe most of his tweets. He's being ignored by foreign leaders. The sensible members of Congress are shrugging him off (Republicans) or actively discrediting him (Democrats). How long will it be before many of the minority of voters who elected him realize he's ineffective and crazy to boot? He's on his way to becoming the slightly crazy uncle the family politely ignores.
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This is another dangerous assertion by the p[resident] to distract the Nation from all the real issues and to hide the fact that we are bombing Yemen. He is gearing up to start a war, any war, to avoid having the American people find out that he has been in collusion with the Russians for some time, to the detriment of us all. The GOP must stop him or risk losing their cushy jobs.
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If there's anything that points to an Attorney General who has no integrity, it's the fact that the Justice Department will drag its feet before issuing a statement that the accusation is false if they ever do at all. Don't hold your breath looking for truth from the DOJ.
Stay focused people. We have to address this level of crazy accusation. Ignoring it is not an option. His behavior was ignored far too often prior to the election.
But, that doesn't mean we take our focus off the real issues. The Russians interference in our election. Potential collusion between 45 & his campaign with the Russians, and most importantly, 45 is clearly a danger to the world and to our democracy.
Did you really all think he would change once he became president? He tried that before the election and couldn't do it. NO, the golden rule of relationships is, "what you see is what you get."
But, that doesn't mean we take our focus off the real issues. The Russians interference in our election. Potential collusion between 45 & his campaign with the Russians, and most importantly, 45 is clearly a danger to the world and to our democracy.
Did you really all think he would change once he became president? He tried that before the election and couldn't do it. NO, the golden rule of relationships is, "what you see is what you get."
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Would Trump be willing to reimburse the Treasury for the cost of this baseless witch hunt when the republican led "investigation" reveals nothing that can be determined to be fact?
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Obama should not sue for defamation. We are in such dire straits as a nation that we will need all the good will that our former POTUS hold in order to help calm the country in the near future. Carter, Bush 1 and 2, Clinton, and Obama are going to have to help repair our institutions and hold us together. I did not vote for all of these men, but I have faith in their patriotism.
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As we spiral downward, Republican politicians must ask themselves how much longer will they continue to support a POTUS who is dangerously out of touch with the realities of his position and the consequences of his inability to learn them. As they celebrate their new power, secretly implemented as Americans watch in horror, will they stand as patriots or ideological demagogues who will be ousted by a massive wave of voter correction, sooner than later?
Trump, today, could legitimately be impeached six ways to Sunday, but the GOP won't do anything. Why? Because Trump will sign all their bills erasing all progress in this country going back to FDR. Trump may be a vicious clown, but he's their useful idiot, so he gets to continue his insanity and lawlessness unimpeded.
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Can President Obama legally bring a Civil Libel Suit against President Trump for false accusations. It would be nice to see Trump's feet held to the fire, and also not to allow him to weasel out of it with a money payoff like he does with so many other civil suits brought against him!
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Where are the Republican leaders who will stand up to this mentally unstable president? The moral bankruptcy, selfishness and personal weakness of the Republican party leadership is on clear display here.
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Haven't people figured out Trump's m.o. by now? He deflects blame and responsibility by hurling accusations, usually baseless, to stir up and misdirect his bases' anger. Look at all the attention this traitorous tweet is generating. It worked.
And yet we continue to pay $2 million a weekend so Trump can go on vacations to his Florida estate.
Get a grip, GOP congressional leaders.
The ball is your court.
Get a grip, GOP congressional leaders.
The ball is your court.
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Trump's uncanny addiction to play the blame game has become quite proverbial. His ever cacophonous and callithumping ways of unleashing a litter of bitter twitter, and accusing BHO of eavesdropping Trump tower, has already been reaching the pinnacle of perfidy. If he says something sagacious, that is news. He seems to be functioning at, not juvenile, but infantile levels, with his id and ego making a mincemeat of his superego.
And his loyalists? To paraphrase from Mr. Mike rogers, they have been putting many quarters in his machines of megalomaniac mumbo jumbo. He will not capitalize on his wins and act presidential until he is ..... Never mind. It seems like a chimp, trying to launch a spacecraft into the orbit.
Articles have been, and are written pari passu with the frenzied discussions by ace political analysts. There is no light a the end of the tunnel and the tunnel is a never-ending saga of sufferance. We are truing hard not to kid ourselves of anticipating a reprieve of any sort. Grin and bear it.
And his loyalists? To paraphrase from Mr. Mike rogers, they have been putting many quarters in his machines of megalomaniac mumbo jumbo. He will not capitalize on his wins and act presidential until he is ..... Never mind. It seems like a chimp, trying to launch a spacecraft into the orbit.
Articles have been, and are written pari passu with the frenzied discussions by ace political analysts. There is no light a the end of the tunnel and the tunnel is a never-ending saga of sufferance. We are truing hard not to kid ourselves of anticipating a reprieve of any sort. Grin and bear it.
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Clearly, Trump is trying to distract everyone from all the Russian noise in his team and Congress. Don't get distracted. Hold him & his team responsible for telling the truth, producing his tax returns and resolving his business conflicts. Not seeing anything from GSA re: conflicts with Trump hotel in D.C. Why should this take so long? Trump has a lot to hide and will dither, confuse, call everyone else names, including ex-Presidents. His presidency is a disaster to date and will get worse!
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The scary thing about this is that all it will take is one article from a fake news site like Breitbart, Free Beacon, Infowars, etc for all of Trumps supporters to believe it's true. Give it time and they will not only believe in its veracity, they will demand the heads of their representatives for not putting Obama in jail for it.
Donald J. Trump will unquestionably be remembered as a history making figure. Few presidents have ever managed to bring this degree of shame upon the office after four years, yet alone in just six weeks.
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Either Mr. Trump has once again indulge in his compulsive tweeting or we shall learn of his involvement in collusion with Russia.
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Trump singularly rode the birther claim and then catapulted that racist drivel into the presidency.
He has pulled on the strings of bigots to get where he is today and this is just another foolish hateful step.
He has pulled on the strings of bigots to get where he is today and this is just another foolish hateful step.
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The point missed by the Times and others on the Left is that Comey says he asked DOJ to refute Trump's allegation that Obama had wiretapped, because if a warrant had been issued that would contradict the FBI's correct acknowledgement that there is no basis to the Trump/Russia collusion. Comey's request to DOJ reaffirms that the FBI and other spy agencies have no evidence to support the collusion allegation.
Every utterance or tweet from him diminishes him, the presidency, the institutions that have supported our democracy, and our country. And to Van Jones: No, he did not become president after delivering a coherent speech last week that was written for him. NO, he will never be president. Period.
Trump is more dangerous than Kim Jong Un. The North Korean is known for observing (looking at) while keeping his mouth shut. Our president starts twitter wars with his eyes (and ears) closed.
Trump is mentally ill. If US does not see that, then Americans are completely blind. That guy is mentally sick, if he will say whatever crosses his mind; he is not fit to be President. Impeach him asap, or feel sorry for the future.
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True justice will be in the end and time will share in this is my hope that our President Obama may have just saved the world and most of all us.
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Edward R. Murrow may have said it best when talking about McCarthyism, "No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Now in 2017 with Trumpism going at full speed history does seem to repeat it self. From the 1930's, the early 1950's and today we see the lack of respect and understanding for democracy that you would expect from a truly civilized society. There appears to be little backbone from the Congressional leaders on either side to stand up and do the right thing. Let's hope it's not to late.
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Diversion tactics are the weapons of choice for this administration. Our members of Congress need to find their spines and stop shielding this sick, paranoid, and immature child-man before he does irreparable and dangerous harm to our nation.
The Times has already commented on what might be an immensely effective governing strategy--and, of course, an immensely dangerous one. Keeping all eyes on Trump, using any means at his disposal to change the subject, allows his government to do all sorts of things without public scrutiny. An investigation into Russian involvement? Just change the subject to President Obama's secret activities. Somehow it doesn't affect Trump supporters, who love anything he does that keeps him in the limelight. No one knows what will really happen, how harmful it will be. Worst of all, it is entirely consistent with the mainstreal Republican majority in Congress.
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Having a special prosecutor or Congressional committee investigate whenever Trump tweets some nonsense calling for it is crazy. There could be no end to it.
There's nothing scarier than a cornered and wounded animal. Except one with access to the nuclear codes.
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Trump lied about Obama is to distract and divert the attention from Session' s lying under oath in congress. Trump listens to toxic poisonous right radio talk shows and watch FOX TV too much . He should start governing. If his campaign did have no collusion and if he did not promise anything to Russia, then he should not be that excited with every news of connection his campaign official talking to Russian officials. If there was no treason, then Trump should ignore all the news of Collusion with Russia. Stop Tweeting, start governing. He has to grow up.
Trump has come a full circle, from trying to de-legitimize President Obama's election to now calling him a bad man, demonstrating all the while that he lacks class and is full of himself. He is unfit to be President.
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There are senior officials of this administration and Republican Congress who have integrity. That's the problem.
It's time for the Congress to start impeachment proceeding against trump for all the reason stated in the Washington Post by one of George Bush's political advisors: "erratic, vindictive, volatile, obsessive, a chronic liar, and believes in conspiracy theories.
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Desperation has a certain stench. It's the only thing that explains the odor emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. these days. Jeff Sessions was an awful choice for attorney general, but he does know the law. His recusal, against Trump's wishes, indicates that he doesn't want to get caught up in the stinking mess he knows to exist. The Republicans in congress are engaged in a finely calibrated game of chicken. They will get every last drop of legislation and executive order out of Trump and then they'll turn on him hard. They'd rather have Pence anyway and they owe Trump nothing. If it works, they'll claim to be the saviors of the Republic. If it fails they'll go down with their gambit. Who wins? The Koch brothers, probably.
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One of the adults in the room should step up and take away Trump's Twitter access for at least one week.
Perhaps game like Grand Theft Auto could occupy his restless mind in the wee hours of the morning.
Perhaps game like Grand Theft Auto could occupy his restless mind in the wee hours of the morning.
Steve Bannon's Recipe for Diversion
Problem: Russia and our collusion with efforts to sway the American election. Solution: Post outrageous story on Alt Right media, point Trump in that direction, wait two hours, mix with Twitter.
Problem: Russia and our collusion with efforts to sway the American election. Solution: Post outrageous story on Alt Right media, point Trump in that direction, wait two hours, mix with Twitter.
It's pretty unseemly for one president to smear another. I hated it when Obama was constantly bad-mouthing Bush, going so far as to release classified memos and try to prosecute top-level officials at Justice and CIA.
According to the New York Times, President Obama signed a finding to allow U.S. intelligence agents to monitor Trump associates. He also reportedly allowed NSA to share raw data with other agencies, and had intelligence agencies deliver classified files to Democrats on Capitol Hill in the name of preserving them from destruction by Trump. All this smears by innuendo, and if the Times reporting is to be believed, actually does support Trump's claim.
So, is it a smear if it's true?
According to the New York Times, President Obama signed a finding to allow U.S. intelligence agents to monitor Trump associates. He also reportedly allowed NSA to share raw data with other agencies, and had intelligence agencies deliver classified files to Democrats on Capitol Hill in the name of preserving them from destruction by Trump. All this smears by innuendo, and if the Times reporting is to be believed, actually does support Trump's claim.
So, is it a smear if it's true?
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President Trump, imagine how his mind is churning so early in the morning, feverishly, if you consider the baffling leaps from Obama to Arnold to tapped phones, to litigation opportunities. I don't think there should be any more questions about the man being sane enough to govern. Bigly.
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It has been said before and now I believe it may happen. Trump needs a war to defect all these issues. Twitter can only last do long.
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This started a couple of nights ago when right-wing talk show host Mark Levin said that Obama had "wiretapped" Trump Tower prior to the election. It was picked up by Bannon's former empire, Breitbart & soon repeated by Fox News. Levin later admitted he had no evidence for his claims. Trump made NO attempt to check this with the Justice Department, but tweeted this out as if it had been Revealed Truth.
Without a FISA warrant, the intel community is free to tap foreigners' phone calls - and would be guaranteed to tap the Russian Ambassador, who reports directly to Putin. If, however, they begin monitoring a call involving an American citizen, they must immediately disconnect and can not record the Russian's call. There is one exception - if the FBI comes before the FISA judges and presents strong evidence that a given American is believed to be in improper contact with foreign intelligence or other sources. Then the court can issue a warrant, in these cases not against the Americans' phones, as Trump claims, but freeing the FBI to record their conversations on the Russian's tapped phone. No tapping of the Americans' or of Trump Towers phones would be involved, and the FISA warrant only lets the intel taps on the Russian's phone continue to record if these specific Americans are on it. The fact that a FISA warrant would be issued is a very strong indicator that White House officials were believed to be having improper communications with foreign intel assets. End of story.
Without a FISA warrant, the intel community is free to tap foreigners' phone calls - and would be guaranteed to tap the Russian Ambassador, who reports directly to Putin. If, however, they begin monitoring a call involving an American citizen, they must immediately disconnect and can not record the Russian's call. There is one exception - if the FBI comes before the FISA judges and presents strong evidence that a given American is believed to be in improper contact with foreign intelligence or other sources. Then the court can issue a warrant, in these cases not against the Americans' phones, as Trump claims, but freeing the FBI to record their conversations on the Russian's tapped phone. No tapping of the Americans' or of Trump Towers phones would be involved, and the FISA warrant only lets the intel taps on the Russian's phone continue to record if these specific Americans are on it. The fact that a FISA warrant would be issued is a very strong indicator that White House officials were believed to be having improper communications with foreign intel assets. End of story.
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Pay no attention to the man behind the tweets. He's just the Wizard of Id with no idea what's actually going on in the real world and an irrepressible hankering for Apprentice preening.
If only the clearly deranged Trump were only leading his followers, who are either highly gullible or willing to prostitute themselves for their own agendas. If only this were a nightmare instead of an every day reality. Maybe Elvis can help him out...
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The tactic not only President Trump, but the whole Republican Party has been using for some time now is best summed up by a phrase from Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623): "audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret" (= slander boldly, something always sticks) - or how else does one explain their obsession with Hillary Clinton's non existent "Benghazi Affair" or her equally non existent "e-mail scandal". Apparently this tactic worked! Why should they drop it now? They are obviously not interested in "the health of the democracy itself", they are only interested in getting elected and being in charge.
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Wow. Trump *orders* an investigation and the Republicans don't ask why they have to jump but how high?
It really is a slippery slope if President Trump can order investigations at will and the gutless Republicans in congress rush to comply.
It should be clear to everyone by now. Trump is not a Republican. He is not a Democratic. He is a member of the Trump Party and there is only room in it for one member only.
Trump has to go.
It really is a slippery slope if President Trump can order investigations at will and the gutless Republicans in congress rush to comply.
It should be clear to everyone by now. Trump is not a Republican. He is not a Democratic. He is a member of the Trump Party and there is only room in it for one member only.
Trump has to go.
The Republicans are just salivating to have him sign as much of their vile deregulation, anti social safety net, immigration, etc. agenda through before they have to carry this deranged man out of office. Let's just hope this lunatic doesn't unleash something terrible, like a nuclear attack on Iran for example, before they can find some decency and put the safety of their country first.
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Again insanity reigns, and the childish mind of this so-called President threatens to undermine our democracy (or what is left of it ). We need people in Congress to be brave and stand up for us all, do what is right, and in the end probably remove this destructive human being and those who are urging him on, out of office. What other choice is there? He obviously can't control himself.
Too bad President Obama can't sue Trump for defamation of character. It's time to remove this sick president from office before it's too late.
You'd think, or hope, if handed the reigns, of power and possibility, of bringing ideas to fruition, of truly being able to do good in the world, to protect, to try to relieve suffering etc. that you would sieze opportunity. Instead, he dithers away in the paranoic carnival of his mind.
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Sick and bad are the usual words Trump tweets. (Tweeter doesn't allow for nuance). He learned from the shell guys in NYC who make money by suckering rubes. It is hard to keep your eye on the pea or the ball and this is how he operates. Feeling the heat from the Russian investigations, throw a bomb made of lies to distract everyone. Every day of this administration more shoes drop at such a rate that it is hard to keep track and sort out what is really going on. As Trump likes to point out he has accomplished more than any other president in just a month. Well yes he has; he has made a vast majority of his countrymen fearful of what has yet to come. Some commentators do not think attacking Mr. Obama is a big deal and we should ignore his tweets. To me this is a big deal and his tweets are his way of communicating to us what is important to him and believe me it is not this country but him, him, him.
"Lock her up!" I believe someone else should be locked up and with no access to computer devices or the public.
"Lock her up!" I believe someone else should be locked up and with no access to computer devices or the public.
On the plus side, Mike Pence seems absolutely euphoric these days, a big change from his usual dour self.
I bet he's excited about choosing a new color scheme for the Oval Office, after he gets rid of all that garish, tasteless gold.
I bet he's excited about choosing a new color scheme for the Oval Office, after he gets rid of all that garish, tasteless gold.
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I consider the Republican officials who have been complicit in allowing Trump to behave as he has, to be a greater danger to this country, in the long run, than Trump himself. Impeaching Trump is not going to fix that.
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It will be fascinating to see how Trump attempts to lie his way out of this one. Just how big a hole can he dig for himself and still be able to slither away? With his unblinking mendaciousness, his cast of big league DC enablers, and legions of die-hard supporters out here in the provinces, it not inconceivable that he'll make it to the next round. The Trump drama goes beyond fiction, but at some point soon, somehow, the plug has to be pulled on this unstable monster. Inevitably, eventually he'll do himself in and I just hope he doesn't take all of us with him.
Two BIG questions; when did the Republicans in Washington know that their president has serious mental issues? and when will they do something about it? This irresponsible and some observe psychologically unfit president has the power to destroy all life on the planet. Shouldn't something be done? Are tax cuts and fewer environmental regulations worth the risk of a mad man in the White House?
In order to come really clean in this country we need to impeach Trump, let Pence preside as interim president and proceed to have a new clean election. Period.
The breathtaking inability of the Times Editorial Board to understand Donald Trump's mode of operation and the source of his victory in the Electoral College sustains the Board's role as a naive enabler of Trump's malevolent words and actions: President Trump is the nightmare personification of Marshall McLuhan's prescient scholarly thesis that "The medium is the message." The essence of McLuhan's thesis includes the idea that when a huge personality, like Donald Trump, is able to make himself synonymous with the medium (broadcast and print journalism) viewers and readers will abandon objective reasoning and logic in favor of a subjective gut response. In this dynamic, truth and fact become almost irrelevant.
As long as the medium keeps enabling Trump's efforts to make himself synonymous with the medium, Trump, himself, will continue to be the message; subjectivity will continue to overshadow and diminish the use of objective reason and logic which exist and thrive on truth and fact. Trump can only be understood in the context of the platitude, "I don't care what you say about me as long as you mention my name."
In this realistic context, the antidote to Trumpism becomes obvious: Stop mentioning his name and stop reporting every juvenile thing he does: refer to him only as "45" and report only the adult words he utters and only the adult actions he takes. That will give you a lot more space to report and opine on matters of real import to your readers.
As long as the medium keeps enabling Trump's efforts to make himself synonymous with the medium, Trump, himself, will continue to be the message; subjectivity will continue to overshadow and diminish the use of objective reason and logic which exist and thrive on truth and fact. Trump can only be understood in the context of the platitude, "I don't care what you say about me as long as you mention my name."
In this realistic context, the antidote to Trumpism becomes obvious: Stop mentioning his name and stop reporting every juvenile thing he does: refer to him only as "45" and report only the adult words he utters and only the adult actions he takes. That will give you a lot more space to report and opine on matters of real import to your readers.
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Representative Devin Nunes does not pass the stink test. He's been dragging his feet on any look into the Trump Administration but now, is all in on investigating the Obama Administration.
Yet another example of Republican Party before Country
Yet another example of Republican Party before Country
Trump hates Obama for his eloquence. For his good looks. For his elegance. For his intelligence. For his manners. For his humour. For his voice. Obama is an insult to every white supremacist. He is better than they and they can't stand it. He proves how stupid they are. Obama has everything the Stephen Miller's, Bannons and Trumps don't have. They probably hate themselves. Self-confident men , intelligent men behave differently.
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Just how far does Donald Trump have to go before Congress, our Intelligence Agencies, and the American people realize that Donald Trump is mentally unstable and all the danger that that entails?
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If we look back to see what Hitler did as he rose to power, we will see that Trump is as paranoid, reckless and thin-skinned as that horrendous Nazi leader. He is chipping away at our democratic ways without any regard for truth and decency. We mustn't let him continue on this path. Though I fear Pence, I am truly frightened about where this Trump presidency might lead us.
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The current leadership of the Republican Party has 8+ years of experience smearing President Obama. They have been encouraged in this by the fact that smears seem to appeal to the so-called Republican base. In fact, I would submit that other than lies, smears, and denunciations, the Republicans don't have much of anything else to offer!
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"Representative Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of Mr. Trump’s transition team, quickly made clear he intended to do the president’s bidding."
Here we go again...Republicans wanting to waste taxpayer money on a pointless investigation.
Here we go again...Republicans wanting to waste taxpayer money on a pointless investigation.
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Still waiting to hear from Republican leaders, so far only Marco Rubio has stepped up in the Sunday shows. Where is Ryan and McConnell, they are MIA as usual.
I have zero confidence in this Congress run by republicans that Trump will be investigated properly. We need a special prosecutor and we need him/her now.
Trump is mentally unstable and needs to go, the sooner, the better.
I have zero confidence in this Congress run by republicans that Trump will be investigated properly. We need a special prosecutor and we need him/her now.
Trump is mentally unstable and needs to go, the sooner, the better.
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Is there anyway that the Federal Government, Supreme Court or someone in Congress request the President to have a mandatory psychological examination for fitness of office?
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Excellent editorial. Now is the time for every American to give serious thought to the NYT editorial statement : "Just contemplate the recklessness — the sheer indifference to truth and the moral authority of the American presidency — revealed here: one president baselessly charging criminality by another, all in a childish Twitter rampage.
Only because of our nation's Electoral College system we have a very unqualified and perhaps dangerous President who appears to be out of control - shooting from the hip with his Twitter remarks. This may only end when both Houses of Congress get serious about Impeachment charges.
Only because of our nation's Electoral College system we have a very unqualified and perhaps dangerous President who appears to be out of control - shooting from the hip with his Twitter remarks. This may only end when both Houses of Congress get serious about Impeachment charges.
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Why call it "fact free" or "falsehoods?" It is a lie and he is a liar. Please call it that. It will help the public to understand it more clearly and decisively. Using other ways to describe the "lies" seems to mask them and lessen the moral significance.
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I used to think the man was unhinged and deranged, but no longer. This is a cunning man using Mussolini/Hitler/dictator tactics of using lies and explosive comments to detract the public. His claims of wiretapping are being used to divert the public from the questions of his administration ties and meetings with Russian officials.
This really is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Trump will go down in history like Nixon and all those associated with him will be tainted. Time to jump ship for those in his administration who care about the truth and, as The Times comments, are reputable people. Time for his supporters to look at the man and see him for what he is- a liar using Machiavellian tactics to get what he wants. Time for Rep Congressional leaders to denounce him and prove they can move past partisan politics for the sake of the country.
This really is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Trump will go down in history like Nixon and all those associated with him will be tainted. Time to jump ship for those in his administration who care about the truth and, as The Times comments, are reputable people. Time for his supporters to look at the man and see him for what he is- a liar using Machiavellian tactics to get what he wants. Time for Rep Congressional leaders to denounce him and prove they can move past partisan politics for the sake of the country.
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When will US citizens demand a full psychiatric work up and evaluation of the mental health of this man for his suitability to serve in the office of President?
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Enough is enough! President Trump is an embarrassment to the United States and a threat to our democracy!
Even if you believe his outrageous claim against President Obama (who in my opinion has more integrity in his pinky finger than Trump has in his entire body) is a twitter post really the way to make this accusation!
It's really scary that a man with the emotional maturity of a 5 year old has his finger on the nuclear button!
Even if you believe his outrageous claim against President Obama (who in my opinion has more integrity in his pinky finger than Trump has in his entire body) is a twitter post really the way to make this accusation!
It's really scary that a man with the emotional maturity of a 5 year old has his finger on the nuclear button!
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Donald Trump is insane. I don't understand why the Editors of the Times can't come out and make that simple, easily confirmed , statement.
And even entertaining the idea that the Republicans in Congress will do what is right for the Country is so counter factual that it make me question the sanity of the Editors.
And even entertaining the idea that the Republicans in Congress will do what is right for the Country is so counter factual that it make me question the sanity of the Editors.
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If the incumbent president accuses the previous president with no proof we become a laughing stock to the world and nobody will take us seriously because we lie and cannot be trusted for any deal.
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What if all of this - and I do mean all of it, the accusation of wiretapping, the crazy and illegal executive orders, the appointing of madmen to important positions, the bluster, lies and blarney, the scapegoating of immigrants -- and perhaps even the Russia connection -- is all smoke and mirrors to hide the less entertaining but very important fact that Trump has not divested himself of his empire, and that his children are scuttling around exploiting his position to expand it dramatically around the globe. What if THAT is what is at the bottom of all the insanity?
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I'm not crazy about Mike Pence, because I don't think he represents mainstream America and he has been an enabler to President Trump's bizarre claims and behavior, but can Trump be removed from office by invoking the 25th amendment of the Constitution as being unfit for office?
I'm think it's time to take a look at the 25th amendment of the Constitution for the sake of the country.
I'm think it's time to take a look at the 25th amendment of the Constitution for the sake of the country.
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Just can't wait for the made for TV movie that this presidency is going to provide. We are not even to the first commercial break yet.
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The very last thing that any member of the Republican Party cares about is "the health of the democracy". For proof, just look at the fact that the party continues to support him, even agreeing with him that there should be an investigation of the Obama WH. Trump is not the problem, he is merely a symptom. The problem is that the GOP is philosophically opposed to the very idea of democracy. They are trying to turn the country into a feudal aristocracy, in which there is no rule of law, but only the aristocracy doing whatever it wants. A lunatic in the WH undermining democracy only helps them achieve that goal.
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Is there any provision in the Constitution that can force a sitting President to undergo a mental competency examination to determine his fitness for office?
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As I have said earlier and often, we Americans have exchanged a gentleman for a germ. The consequences are spreading; disease is upon us.
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Every major news organization in the US, conservative, liberal, and middle of the road, all said he was unfit to hold office.
He has proven that assessment right for six weeks, on a near hourly basis.
He has proven that assessment right for six weeks, on a near hourly basis.
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I don't know if asking the only voices of reason left in the administration to quit is in the best interest of the country.
At least Gen. McMaster can try to give him some "alternative" information, and hopefully counterbalance the advice he's getting from all the ideologues living in a rather fact-free world...
At least Gen. McMaster can try to give him some "alternative" information, and hopefully counterbalance the advice he's getting from all the ideologues living in a rather fact-free world...
What an endless stream of humiliation is heaped upon that office and this nation by that orange hued narcissist. And yet who can say that none of this was unforeseen? His acolytes still think he's the best thing that ever happened to Washington and maybe they're right; just not quite the way that they think.
At some point even the dupes on the Republican aisle are going to have to choose Trump or the nation.
At some point even the dupes on the Republican aisle are going to have to choose Trump or the nation.
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If folks who believe the evidence of their own eyes, and thus know that 45 will never "pivot" and become Presidential - because he's constitutionally incapable of it - why do they cling to the belief that there is any Republican in power who will place country before party?
Diogenes is dead.
Diogenes is dead.
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I wanted to give Trump the benefit of the doubt but he has finally convinced me that he is nuts. Obama probably thought he had retired from politics.
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""It is past time for them to begin asking themselves if they can continue lending their names and exposing their reputations to a president with so little regard for democratic institutions, and for the truth.""
Said "The Editorial Board". (sigh)
Said "The Editorial Board". (sigh)
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Obama should sue Trump for every penny the man has. And force the release of Trump's tax returns so that his real worth can be evaluated.
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My first take on Trump is that he is mentally ill. That is also my second and third takes. The world is in serious trouble.
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When will it be one tweet too many? Where will the latest Korean missile test be discussed - at a movie theater? When will we see a report documenting the millions of illegal voters who voted for Hillary Clinton? It is so obvious that trump lacks the judgment to be President of the United States.
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I think Trump has poor impulse control and an intolerance for boredom, thus tweets whenever there's a lull in his schedule. He is the chaos president and many of us are not surprised. Whether Trump has ADHD or something else, it puts all of us at risk for danger, unless his staff can manage him. I think he needs a "sitter" 24/7, even while he's in the bathroom, to calm him or provide him with whatever he needs at the moment.
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It occurred to me that we are actually very fortunate that Trump tweets because we have insight into the "workings" of his mind. He documents himself. Hopefully this will be put to good use, and hopefully sooner than later.
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Trump's latest stunt may be his most disruptive one yet. To call Obama corrupt with no evidence is more than "explosive, sensational and corrosive" to our former president it is explosive, sensational and corrosive to our country!!!!
It is time to take Donald Trump to task for election fraud, His ties to Russian and for his baseless accusations against a former president, the FBI and NSA.
At some point Trump must be made accountable. It is time to act.
It is time to take Donald Trump to task for election fraud, His ties to Russian and for his baseless accusations against a former president, the FBI and NSA.
At some point Trump must be made accountable. It is time to act.
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I used to work with someone that had Paranoid Schizophrenia, I heard this person arguing with his dentist office, that he wanted the bug removed from his tooth, and he didn't care if they had to pull all of his teeth out. This guy was convince that someone planted a listening device in his tooth.
Now, I'm not saying Trump is Paranoid Schizophrenic, but he is exhibiting some of those symptoms and needs to be checked out and get the medical attention he needs for the countries benefit, but most of all for his family and children to get him healthy again.
Now, I'm not saying Trump is Paranoid Schizophrenic, but he is exhibiting some of those symptoms and needs to be checked out and get the medical attention he needs for the countries benefit, but most of all for his family and children to get him healthy again.
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As we have seen throughout the Obama Presidency, the GOP is all about politics, and indifferent to governance. Mr. Trump simply builds on this fine tradition.
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Any chance that Trump (or more likely one of his aides surrounding him) was nervous about that there was an actual wiretap which could potentially incriminate him? By making this accusation on Twitter and then seeing the response, he can get confirmation that there was not a wiretap and feel safer about making blanket denials about his dealings with Russia.
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This so-called president, Benedict Donald, needs to be investigated by a Watergate type special prosecutor as well as Congress, for his involvement in Russiagate. His latest red-herring, the Obama nonsense, must be ignored.
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"Liar in Chief" trump is not of fit mind to be President. Congress needs to take responsibility and declare that trump is unfit for office, but then again they may be afraid of trump and Putin.
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Mr. Trump is a self-professed sexual offender who acts accordingly and who is in denial. He may or may not have an underlying personality disorder but offenders often times do. It doesn't matter, without sex offender treatment he will not change.
I said during the campaign that people were supporting "Lonesome Rhodes" to be the unstable leader of the free world and it has now come to pass. We are a laughingstock, the punchline and he is the joke. May God have mercy on the United States.
The presidency is an exclusive fraternity whose members had, figuratively speaking, the weight of the world on their shoulders. The 45th's accusation of felonious behavior by the 44th is incomprehensible. What has America come to?
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The MSM has been printing unsubstantiated gossip since Trump began his campaign. These rumors, always by "anonymous" sources are quickly accepted by the Trump haters and apparently by the NY Times. I sincerely hope an in-depth investigation takes place regarding all aspects of this so called Russian influence. Let's begin with records of FISA requests. Let's re-check Hillary's tweets where she bragged about her knowledge of server in Trump Tower and the on-going investigation of Trumps dealings with Russian banks. Let's get this going and settle it once and for all.
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Trump is denigrating and alienating everyone. Everyone. That includes those who are in positions to leak the vital information that can bring him down for good.
Now Trump has good reason to be paranoid. And he has no one to blame but himself.
Now Trump has good reason to be paranoid. And he has no one to blame but himself.
Asking Republicans to behave with any class, decency or Even basic good sense seems to be a lost cause. They have made their preference for just plain crazy clear.
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Trump seems to me delusional, although I am no expert on that. I first said this when he started insisting that his Inauguration Day crowd was bigger than Obama's had been, despite photographic evidence. For me,what seems delusional is his unshakable belief in his own fantastic statements.
What is even worse is his ability to make his base believe everything he says. Now that is scary. It is time to act before he has a delusion requiring him to turn to the nuclear codes instead of just Twitter.
What is even worse is his ability to make his base believe everything he says. Now that is scary. It is time to act before he has a delusion requiring him to turn to the nuclear codes instead of just Twitter.
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And once again, we should be demanding an independent prosecutor to look into the whole Trump Russia connection. Our democracy is coming unraveled while the GOP licks its chops over all the undoings of programs it sees in its grasp. It's way past time to stop partisan politics.
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Where are those op-ed folks that said it was unprofessional to state that Mr. Trump was mentally ill? What's the alternate explanation?-other than he wants to take attention away from the Russians interfering with our election with his help?
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This is perfect. Change the focus of the congressional investigation on Russian hacking to include focus on the Democrats. Now this is a task that will make Republican congressmen feel more comfortable. Maybe Hillary was involved. While we're at it, let's take another look at White Water. Russian hacking can wait.
Bannon is cultivating the empty plot that is Trump's mind. Unless the gardener is tossed out of this field, the country will have nothing to eat but weeds and rotten fruit.
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It's becoming obvious that this president will be removed from office. But if his election was due to foreign meddling, his whole administration should be removed as well.
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This Republican is disgusted with both Trump's idiocy and with the press's biased coverage of Sessions. The dysfunctional press and Trump Presidency deserve each other.
This administration, led by a lunatic, is adrift. Congress is silent and ineffectual. Judiciary is just watching. I feel so bad for the hundreds of thousands of executive branch employees who are essentially frozen in their tracks lacking any trustworthy source of vision or leadership. I hope they can simply go with their gut and do the right thing to keep America running safely until Congress can bring sanity back.
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Just another one of many outrageous claims he has made that most probably has no factual basis. What are we dealing with here? Let's get him out and get back to work for America. The world needs leadership; not this dangerous clown in office. Legal procedures need to take place against him and his outright mendacity. He took an oath to defend the Constitution, which must have a clause somewhere that condemns blatant lying and presidential deception. I would hope so.
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Ugly stuff. Trump drives up Obama's approval numbers daily.
Way more likely that Trump has bugged the Trump Bat Tower to keep track of family members "activities".
Trump's family living in multiple places and traveling all over the world at taxpayer expense is a smear too- to the rest of the regular Americans paying for this family's foolishness.
Way more likely that Trump has bugged the Trump Bat Tower to keep track of family members "activities".
Trump's family living in multiple places and traveling all over the world at taxpayer expense is a smear too- to the rest of the regular Americans paying for this family's foolishness.
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In the run-up to the election, I watched a number of interviews with mushy-middle, independent-voter, reasonable, policy-focussed supporters of Donald Trump. I think their reasonableness made it difficult for them to see that Donald Trump was exactly what he seemd to be. Many reasonable people still have trouble understanding that Trump is not like them. About 30 minutes ago, I heard a speaker on radio refer to him as "pragmatic". He isn't. Mr Bannon is clearly trying to direct Trump, but Bannon is no more capable of controlling him than anyone else. That's because Trump is incapable of controlling himself. And that's the most terrifying aspect of this man's personality.
Trump is abnormal so stop trying to find a logical explanation for his accusations. He outbursts on Twitter are analogous to pressure release valves in his psyche. There has been no verification for most of his complaints beginning with birtherism, voter fraud, Muslim travel banning and now phone taps. The man vacillates between weird to certifiable on a daily basis. When, oh when, is his base going to finally shout, "Enough!"
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Are we still paying attention to what comes out of Trump's mouth?
This is a person who is on record as lying 70% of the time:
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is not normal behavior for an adult.
But why, then, are we still paying attention to what he says?
He is merely a troll who has lost contact with reality.
The most disturbing aspect of this is that we have a President who gets his "information" from Breitbart News - a platform famous for racism and conspiracy theories.
This is a person who is on record as lying 70% of the time:
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is not normal behavior for an adult.
But why, then, are we still paying attention to what he says?
He is merely a troll who has lost contact with reality.
The most disturbing aspect of this is that we have a President who gets his "information" from Breitbart News - a platform famous for racism and conspiracy theories.
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And yet our elected congress continues to not only turn a blind eye to trump's reckless and dangerous behaviors but to also enable him to continue.
How much longer will they let this travesty that is trump continue? And who will rein him in if a world crisis erupts?
How much longer will they let this travesty that is trump continue? And who will rein him in if a world crisis erupts?
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Trump is a danger not only to the United States, but to the free world. I am ashamed that my country has so many intellectually challenged people who voted for him and his ilk.
I am awaiting the day when the "trumpers" realize that there will be no jobs and no health care that they can afford.
Enjoy yourselves, trumpers and trumpettes. I won't live much longer. I pity your children and grandchildren. Fortunately, I have none.
I am awaiting the day when the "trumpers" realize that there will be no jobs and no health care that they can afford.
Enjoy yourselves, trumpers and trumpettes. I won't live much longer. I pity your children and grandchildren. Fortunately, I have none.
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Trump is turning his presidency into a reality show that has the nation transfixed. In 'The Apprentice' he was the one who fired. The nation waits with bated breath as to how outrageous his behavior has to be before he is fired.
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Mr. Obama issued a statement saying that neither he “nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen.”
Technically this is correct. The President asks the Justice Department to go to the FISA court to request the surveillance. The court issues the surveillance order.
Technically this is correct. The President asks the Justice Department to go to the FISA court to request the surveillance. The court issues the surveillance order.