One of my takeaways after reading the Whistleblower Complaint.

[madaboutharry]

What is so deeply depressing about this complaint is the depth of Trump's corruption and how hard he and Giuliani worked to get the Ukrainians to get dirt on the Bidens. It was a full on plot. They forged ahead with it with determination.

The phone call, the cover up with the classified server, the lies, Trump's belief in conspiracy theories, the sidelining of the U.S. ambassador because she was in the way of their scheme, all of it is just sickening.

Trump can not remain in the presidency. And the cabal around him needs to be removed from their positions of power. They all belong in prison.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Imagine what he has done to people that we are unaware of.

We already know about Dreamers, people in need of medical care, immigrant children, minorities, the environment and endangered species, etc. who are suffering or have died because of his behavior. He stole the election and is destroying the people and country. The worst possible punishment is too good for him and his accomplices and enablers.

[dweller]

2. anyone remember

back when the Mueller report was finally released, redacted, and revealed how the next news item was the soon to be impeached's tweets that his consigliere's next task was to investigate the real conspiracy of the Dems involvement in the Russian involvement and collusion in 2016 election?

looks like the details are now being revealed in their plot in Ukraine ...

Karma's a bitch... and an extremely first rate and fine one, it seems...

✌🏼

[eleny]

3. Trump's internal polling for 202o must have been and remain deep in the toilet

[Karadeniz]

4. And Barr...no action taken...and the allegedly senior staff who hid this and other calls.

[maxsolomon]

5. to me, it's clear that Trump BELIEVES this horseshit conspiracy

and isn't just cynically exploiting it for 2020.

and punished Masha Yovanovitch as a result.

[gratuitous]

6. Trump doesn't know or doesn't care about the functions of government

Everything is a racket for him, whether it's Trump University (I wonder, did his $25 million check ever clear?) or Celebrity Apprentice or playing golf. He cheats right out in the open, daring people to call him on it. When they do, he tries to play it off as a joke, but if someone doesn't just let it go, he goes ballistic. There are no shades, everything is black (you're against me) or white (you worship the ground I walk on).

This attitude doesn't translate to the work of government, which is by nature multi-faceted, and you don't get what you want free and clear every time. If you want A, you often have to give up B or compromise on C or settle for less than you want on D. But Trump wants A all the time, and if you don't give it to him, he throws a tantrum.

[malaise]

15. Great post

You nailed him

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Dead Solid Perfect n/t

[oasis]

20. Exactamundo! nt

[world wide wally]

7. How many millions did he cost us to investigate conjured up voter fraud when he lost the

Popular vote?
There was another conspiracy theory he bought into but I can't remember what it was right now.
Trump doesn't care how much taxpayer money he spends as long as he figures he can reap some personal gain.

[Blue_true]

8. You need to do nothing more than read accurate accounts of his past.

The pig has actively schemed, lied and cheated all his life. A leopard doesn't change it's spots.

[uponit7771]

9. K&R, if only half is true then its 100% horrible

[MFGsunny]

10. MF45 takes "cancer on the presidency" to a whole new and darker level. ITMF. n/t

[oswaldactedalone]

11. You mean like

“Stage 4 Cancer on the Presidency and they’ve discontinued the chemo” level?

[MFGsunny]

19. Eggs-actly! n/t

[spanone]

12. K&R...👍🏼

[Garrett78]

13. Sadly, it's not nearly enough to sink the ship.

Dems will need to get that server, or at least some incredibly damaging public testimony.

[Vinca]

14. But it's a road map for sinking the ship. If they get the people who gave the info to the

whistleblower to testify, get the full transcript of the call and maybe even the Putin/Saudi Prince calls, it should even change the minds of a few cult members. I'll bet you anything on the call to the Saudi Prince he congratulated him on chopping up a journalist.

[Garrett78]

18. For sure. I can only hope this is the start of something big.

Many questions:

What will Volker tell Congress? What, if anything, will Pompeo and other State Department officials tell Congress? What, if anything, will Barr tell Congress? What will the whistleblower (or any of the dozen witnesses referenced) say to Congress that we don't already know? If Brechbuhl did listen to the call, why is the State Department denying that he did? What did Pence discuss with Ukrainian officials? What all did Atkinson tell the House and the Senate? Regarding the 3 former officials that reportedly told the Washington Post about comments Trump made to those Russian officials in 2017, what else do they have to say and will any of them say it publicly? Will Democrats get their hands on the server?

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Torpedoes Hit Below The Water Line

At least that's my hope