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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

The "C" Word

Mueller believes Manafort fed information to Russian with intel ties
Special counsel Robert Mueller believes that Paul Manafort was sharing polling data and discussing Russian-Ukrainian policy with his close Russian-intelligence-linked associate, Konstantin Kilimnik, while he led the Trump presidential campaign, according to parts of a court filing that were meant to be redacted by Manafort's legal team Tuesday but were released publicly.

It’s looking like “No Collusion!” may be right up there with “Mexico will pay for it!”- Sen. Patrick Leahy

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Trump: "why do we have nuclear weapons if we can't use them?"me: "why do we have the 25th amendment if we can't use it?" - Jeff Tiedrich

Trump Is Itching To Declare A National Emergency
President Trump considers the declaration of a national emergency to circumvent Congress and begin construction on a border wall to be on the table, his top spokesperson said Wednesday.
Though Trump didn't mention the possibility of a declaration during a primetime address to the nation Tuesday night, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News that the declaration is “certainly still an option” and “something that’s on the table.”

I'm confident that Trump changed a lot of minds last night. Sorry, I meant channels. - Stephen Colbert

The moment Putin decided he wanted Trump to be president.

Fact-checker Collapses From Exhaustion Thirty Seconds Into Trump Speech - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

I Bet Forrest Gump Can Spell Forest. Forrest Trump Can't.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a bizarre proclamation that he has permanently ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop sending California money to help beat forest fires unless they adopt his widely panned plan to prevent fires by raking leaves.
"Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest (sic) fires that, with proper Forrest (sic) Management, would never happen,” the president wrote.

“Racist is as racist does”
“Life is like a box of sealed indictments. You never know what you gonna get.”
- Forrest Trump

It’s not fair to call him #ForrestTrump.
Forrest Gump actually went to Vietnam. - Crutnacker tweet

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Rock The Voter News

Trump: under investigation

Don Jr: expects to be indicted

Assange: sealed indictment

Flynn: awaiting sentencing

Cohen: reporting to prison

Manafort: perpetual motion treason monkey

Hillary: enjoying a nice walk in the woods, probably
Me: laughing at all you "lock her up" morons - Jeff Tiedrich

Pelosi & Schumer Beat Out Trump In Viewers
The response by Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer has slightly larger preliminary numbers than the president's address.

Mexico agrees to pay for Trump's psychiatric care. - Andy Borowitz

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Many Americans said that they would personally contribute gas money to help get the caravan on its way. - Andy Borowitz

Business/Tech News

I Bet Melania's Eyes Unsquinted At This News
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he and his wife of 25 years are divorcing.
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have been married since 1993 and issued an amicable joint statement announcing their decision Wednesday. The couple has four children.

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life" - Nelson Mandela

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

An element of surprise would be nice at Trump's speech tonight

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to deliver response to Trump Oval Office address
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will deliver the Democrats' response to President Donald Trump's Tuesday night Oval Office address to the...

The Democratic response to the Trump speech should be a 7 minute video of him saying ‘Mexico will pay for the wall’ over and over again. - Roland Scahill

The World Is A Safer Place Without ~~Saddam~~ Trump

Let me guess. Trump is going to tell us the caravan is carrying weapons of mass destruction. - Tim Hanlon

Pompeo, The Great Benghazi Hunter, Will Try To Cover For Trump
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading out on what may prove his toughest trip yet, a weeklong swing through the Middle East in which he will give a major speech about America’s role in the region and privately reassure Arab allies that the U.S. remains committed to them.
In his speech, to be given in Cairo, Pompeo plans to repudiate the Middle East vision of former President Barack Obama...

I can tell you all this for sure- whatever ridiculous propaganda we were fed in then Czechoslovakia, which was mandated by Soviet Union- pales next to the lies being told and repeated by trump and his ilk. I am not kidding… trump truly trumps the communists. And that’s not easy, - Martina Navratilova

Really? Major networks are worried they’ll be attacked by Trump and called fake news, so they’re all airing his PR stunt tomorrow night. So instead of just being called fake news, they’re airing real fake news live. And helping Trump spread racist wall propaganda. Got it. - Scott Dworkin

Republican Shenanigans

PENCE: Who Are You Going To Believe? Me Or Your Lying Eyes.
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said that President Trump will use his first prime-time Oval Office address to detail what he described as "a real humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border."
But when pressed by ABC News on the multiple falsehoods recently spread by the president about the immigration debate in recent days, the vice president argued that it shouldn't undermine the administration's credibility in the eyes of the American public.

Trump Offers To Station Pence At The Border With Binoculars In Lieu Of Wall - Andy Borowitz

Remember The Russian Adoption Lawyer?
Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who in 2016 met with Trump campaign officials in Trump Tower, has been charged by federal prosecutors in a separate case that showed her close ties to the Kremlin, NYT reports.

On the bright side for Natalya Veselnitskaya, she won't have any more problems getting permission to enter the United States. - Matthew Miller

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I fiercely believe, as I said more than two decades ago, that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. - Hillary Clinton

Rock The Voter News

For-Profit Healthcare Thrives
Americans spend more than twice as much on health care per person as their peers in developed nations, according to a new analysis from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Trump's Speech to Be Simulcast in English. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

As of last Thursday, DOD will be run by a former senior Boeing executive. EPA is run by a former coal lobbyist. HHS is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. And Interior will be run by a former oil-industry lobbyist. Welcome to 2019. - Eric Lipton, NYT

Trump's Tariffs Create Windfall For Russia
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would supply soy beans and poultry meat to China and that the United States had effectively given up on that market.

When Larry Flynt dies, will his family discover a stash of New Yorker magazines in the back of his closet?- Conan O'Brien

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So close...

Monday, January 7, 2019

Democrats Attempt Screen Pass

Two Democratic senators call for blocking votes unrelated to shutdown
Both Democratic senators from Maryland said Sunday that the Senate shouldn't take up any legislation unrelated to the partial government shutdown until a vote is taken to reopen the government.

My prediction is that Trump cancels the state of the union when he realizes Nancy Pelosi will be sitting right behind him - mith tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

Do you think Trump would agree to an emotional wall? - Conan O'Brien

Fox Host Schools Sarah Sanders
“We know that roughly nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists come into our country illegally, and we know that our most vulnerable point of entry is southern border,” Sarah Sanders began, but Fox's Chris Wallace cut her off.
“I know the statistic, I didn’t know if you were going to use it, but I studied up on this,” Wallace said. “Do you know what those 4,000 people come where they are captured? Airports.”
“Not always…” Sanders said weakly.

The cost of removing a President from office is smaller than the cost of allowing this President to remain. - Bette Midler

Republican Shenanigans

I have a serious question: when Trump is tried, will he be tried as an adult? - Turnip tweet

22 Immigrant Deaths In 2 Years. 22.
The 22 immigrants who died in the nation's sprawling network of detention centers over the past two years came to the United States from countries as far-flung as Vietnam, and as close as Mexico. Some had been longtime legal residents, arriving as refugees or students. Others were recent asylum seekers. Many were young — half were not yet 45 years old.

Right now some Deplorable is driving a crappy car on crumbling roads past abandoned storefronts to a low-paying job and nodding his head in agreement as he listens to some hate-radio screech-monkey explain that higher marginal tax rates for the ultra-wealthy will lead to disaster. - Jeff Tiedrich

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The impression you get from the president is that he would like not only close government, build a wall, but also abolish Congress, so the only voice that mattered was his own. - Nancy Pelosi

Rock The Voter News

Imagine being a political columnist who could write about literally any topic you wanted and, given everything going on in American politics these days, you decided to write about how a woman member of Congress used a swear word. - Nate Silver tweet

Wow. Vermont Newspaper Urges Bernie Not To Run For Prez.
The editorial board for The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, a newspaper in Vermont, is urging Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) not to run for president in 2020.
"Bernie Sanders should not run for president. In fact, we beg him not to," the editorial board begins in a piece published on Saturday.

Lying should be a greater source of shame then cursing. - Xeni Jardin

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Soon trump supporters are gonna have to decide if their White Supremacy is more important than their Food Stamps or Tax Refunds ! - Mayday Mindy tweet

Business/Tech News

The real national emergency is that 800,000 federal workers will not get paychecks this week. - Amee Vanderpool

Giuliani's Preemptive Strike At Mueller Report
The White House may try to use executive privilege to keep parts of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report from being made public, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing unidentified sources.
President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told the news outlet that Trump's legal team "will look at it and see if the president thinks there is a valid claim" of executive privilege.

Hillary Launches Campaign To Raise $100 Million Or Else She'll Run For President. - The Onion

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Lisa,

Now you need an even $300 -- happy new year!

Sharon

Thank you Sharon! Fingers crossed!