Jesus. I thought offering the transcript was a trap. But it's there in black and white.

[Recursion]

I was wrong. I assumed the transcript would have nothing. But it's there in fucking black and white.

Impeach.

[MontanaMama]

1. That's exactly what Malcolm Nance said

on Stephanie Miller this morning.

[leftstreet]

2. I think Trump doesn't see anything "illegal" here

Someone else here said he might have been advised that withholding a report would be illegal, but in Trump's mind I think the Mueller investigation cleared him of wrongdoing when pressuring foreign gvts

[lapislzi]

4. I think you're correct.

It goes directly to what we all know about him: everything is transactional. Why on earth would he give Ukraine money without getting something in return? He doesn't understand any other way to operate. This is why he is such a dangerous agent of chaos on the world stage. Cooperation and helping an ally are not concepts he can comprehend.

[RockRaven]

3. Imagine what the actual phone call was like. This is just notes, and you KNOW every person

in that room understands where Trump stands in regards to a mobster-style secrecy/loyalty fetish. They all know he gets mad when things are documented which make him look bad. How many things did the note-takers purposely "not quite hear" something? How many times during the phone call did they shrug to themselves and say "whoopsie, didn't catch that last bit"?

[ffr]

5. No, it's a Red Herring. It substitutes William Barr for Mike Pence's involvement

Ask yourself when was Barr ever mentioned in interactions with UKR up until this "official transcript?" Never.

Where in this transcript are references to Mike Pence's KNOWN interactions with UKR mentioned. Not once.

FISHY?

[brush]

6. Makes you wonder what's in the repug braintrust but mush if they thought that...

cherry-picked non-transcript was not damaging and did not contain impeachable info. These people are not smart and they're running the country.

trump, Barr is involved too, and the fool Ghouliani, what happened their brains?

They just offered impeachable into on a plate and think that they didn't.

Now they're again withholding the actual whistleblower report again, breaking their promise of yesterday to release it also, so you know what's in there is really damaging if they thought today's release wasn't.

[cilla4progress]

7. Me,

Too!

[lark]

8. Still is most likely a trap.

1 - Think it's a lie he said to contact Barr when Pence was known to already be involved - just trying to keep repugs in power after the impeachment
2 - If this is what they are admitting, the truth is far, far worse
3 - Bet he included actions by PUtin in his threats and that's what he's terrified of coming to light or it could be something else equally heinous

Don't buy it, Dems, demand whistleblower appear to Congress in open session so the truth can't be hidden.

[regnaD kciN]

10. Doubt it...

I don’t see 45 having any concern for what happens to Pence or any other Republican if/when he goes.

[lark]

14. Barr is in on this too and he certainly does care a great deal about rw fascist control of our govt.

I guarantee you the transcript is the tip of the iceberg and much is still being hidden. If I knew you, I'd see if you wanted to bet on this, lol.

[lindysalsagal]

9. You all give the orangutan too much credit. He's really that stupid.

He wasn't smart enough to keep out of the race, he wasn't smart enough to lose. Gangsters don't change. Ever. Stupid,stupid,stupid.

[H2O Man]

11. Recommended.

And there is more to come. Much more.

[defacto7]

12. Keep watching.

[awesomerwb1]

13. Not a transcript

[eleny]

15. Right - Too short to cover the actual time span of the call