Holy Shit Sondland clarified his statement and said that Ukraine

[malaise]

was told no military aid unless you investigate corruption as in manufacture dirt on the Bidens - Oops!
Rats are jumping with tasteless haste

[NewJeffCT]

1. the guy that donated $1 million

to Trump to buy an ambassadorship...

[malaise]

3. Same one

[not fooled]

14. But he was getting it back, in a way

by fleecing the taxpayers for $1 million to upgrade the EU ambassador's residence.

If I were the contractors, I'd hurry up and finish and make sure the checks clear because this guy might not be playing ambassador much longer.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. "playing ambassador".................

I like the way you speak!!!!

Imagine how the "professional" foreign service people with 20 to 40 years feel about all of this.............

[lunatica]

44. Just a slip of the tongue can cause wars

so I imagine they’re in a permanent cringe when around him and Trump.

[bitterross]

50. Yep. He didn't want to buy a jail term though.

He bought an ambassadorship, as many people do. He's not going to let his privileged, white, ass go to jail for Trump though.

[George II]

56. And eventually got $1M in home renovations paid for by the government.

[Peacetrain]

2. Have the new transcripts been released.??

[malaise]

5. Yes

Shit hitting the fan about now

[joost5]

29. "If it's what you say, I love it"

Feeling the schadenfreude right about now.

[Horizens]

4. He Unlied

Had to because others corroborated the truth.

[malaise]

6. Yep

He suddenly remembered after reading others' deposition.

Don the Con, Rudy, Pomoeo et al are fucked royally - that's as close to emperor as he is coming

[Zoonart]

26. Gordo decided he's not going to prison for MF45

They are so past fucked, that the light from fucked would take a thousand years to get here.

[malaise]

28. His wife has no plan of losing the hotels

They say hang out with dogs and catch fleas but dogs are safer than associating with the Con.

Did you just hear the WH response. That press secretary must be drinking again

[Zoonart]

31. LOLOLOL yes... OMG.

They are a mess.

[coeur_de_lion]

62. Missed WH response

What did that loony lady say?

[Alithea]

49. ROFL!!

[lunatica]

45. Nice new word there!

It’s a whole new concept on truth telling. I am officially stealing it. Thanks!

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. Surely the next news item..Sondland OUT!!!!!

[magicarpet]

15. Sondland jumps from the 20th floor of the hotel he owns in Seattle....

.... he has a gin and soda uranium sippy cup cocktail in his right hand, was screaming please don't push me out the window Mr. trDump and Mr. Putin just before he fell, and finally he had three bullet holes in the back of his head when he hit the pavement.

The police have determined it was a suicide with no evidence of foul play.

[Fritz Walter]

19. "Curse you, AutoCorrect!"

Your smart phone changed his name to “Scotland,” but I know who you mean.

Did the police base their conclusion on a suicide note, discovered next to the broken window?

Enquiring minds, and all that...

[magicarpet]

23. Yes,...

Sondland to...
Scotland and back to...
Sondland..

THX for alert.

[Fritz Walter]

25. No, thank YOU for the imagery! n/t

[lunatica]

46. There's a cluster of very complex suiciding going on now.

It could happen!

[42bambi]

54. Or accidents, oops.

[Raftergirl]

51. Brilliant!

🙇

[Chakaconcarne]

8. But he's still sticking to the narrative...investigate "corruption".

[progressoid]

9. Aaaaand under the bus he goes.

[RockaFowler]

10. He's the perfect Never-Trumper I guess

[BigmanPigman]

12. THAT is important too!

[malaise]

16. I'll bet a million of that

[Kingofalldems]

11. Look for the Trumpites to start changing the subject.

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[NBachers]

13. And Sondland scores with a Triple Sondland Do-Over!

[malaise]

18. He just won gold in the memory recall gymnastics

[luvallpeeps]

67. absolutely nailed that landing. n/t

[malaise]

68. DUzy

[Volaris]

17. '...unless..' is NOT quid pro quo. Its outright fucking extortion.

[malaise]

20. True

Extortion is the word

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Just read that. Makes sense now why their only

Defense is that it's not impeachable. Definitely need to throw in a couple cases where he asked people to break law.

[H2O Man]

22. Recommended.

When an ignorant, petty mobster wanna-be is in the Oval Office, these things are bound to happen.

[malaise]

32. That simple

The WH response may be defiant but it makes no effin' sense.
ITTMF!
Latest:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/live-blog/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates-latest-news-n1065706/ncrd1076791#liveBlogHeader

"Both transcripts released today show there is even less evidence for this illegitimate impeachment sham than previously thought. Ambassador Sondland squarely states that he 'did not know, (and still does not know) when, why or by whom the aid was suspended.' He also said he 'presumed' there was a link to the aid—but cannot identify any solid source for that assumption. By contrast, Volker’s testimony confirms there could not have been a quid pro quo because the Ukrainians did not know about the military aid hold at the time. No amount of salacious media-biased headlines, which are clearly designed to influence the narrative, change the fact that the President has done nothing wrong."

[lunatica]

47. Wow! Reading that made me dizzy!

[H2O Man]

57. It made me laugh.

[lunatica]

64. They're all just babbling now

Trumpian babble? MAGA babble? White noise babble?

[malaise]

69. Just laugh

[Kid Berwyn]

65. What reputation?

An ambassador who’ll live in infamy.

[MoonRiver]

27. WOWSER!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. The Dumbest Don mainly wanted the -announcement- of an investigation

An open-ended investigation could be used as long as needed, without anyone knowing it was set up by the one using it.

One thing not to overlook in understanding the significance of the texts is that in addition to soliciting section assistance and abusing his power, Trump was attempting to employ covert propaganda against the American public:


2. As I note in the clip above, one thing the texts make clear is that the administration wasn't just interested in Ukraine investigating Biden -- they were specifically interested in the *messaging* about the investigation. If what you care about is "corruption," you would

3. be satisfied with an assurance that Ukraine was going to investigate. Instead, the Trump admin doesn't care so much about the investigation itself, but making sure that the fact that it is being investigated is *being broadcast* to the audience they care about: American voters

[ more at link ]

-- Asha Rangappa
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1180201437856448534.html

[malaise]

35. How dare you accuse these good and decent people?

NOT - daily I wonder how anyone could associate with this monster.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. the devil made me do it

[LuckyLib]

48. This is it!

“the Trump admin doesn't care so much about the investigation itself, but making sure that the fact that it is being investigated is *being broadcast* to the audience they care about: American voters.”

It only mattered that the smear was cast.

[Scurrilous]

33. K&R

[ffr]

34. Mike Pence fingered by Sondland today too!

Sondland Revises and Extends, Loops Pence Into Ukraine Scandal
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212656362

[tymorial]

36. Yes and it was Pence. That creates problems

It implicates the VP as well which means they BOTH need to be impeached. No way the Senate hands the presidency to Pelosi

[malaise]

37. Their problem is good news for the rest of us

And now they are going to replace Nunes with Jordan. This is clealry on the Con's orders

[underpants]

39. quid pro D'OH!

[malaise]

40. Ha

D'Oh is right :chueckle:

[NoMoreRepugs]

41. Jim "no jacket" Jordan - uhhhhh, is he the absolute best

that can be found to lead the Dotard's defense in the committee?

I'm shaking in my boots cuz I'm laughing my ass off!!

[malaise]

43. Only the best people

[MyOwnPeace]

53. Hmmmmm??????????

Where have I heard THAT before?

[malaise]

55. From the king of the shit shooters no less

[Mopar151]

58. Another crumbum like Bannon?

Couch surfing with some of the other reactionaries?

[Midnightwalk]

42. It is clearly time

For Nancy Pelosi to recuse herself. She obviously has a conflict of interest because if Pence is also impeached she will be president.



I give it two weeks until they start trying that one.

[catbyte]

52. Nobody has ever explained why in hell the EU Ambassador was involved with Ukraine in the first place

[PJMcK]

59. Can you imagine being around Trump right now?!

He must be bouncing off of the walls!

Trump gets triggered if someone farts in his direction from 500 miles away. With all of the setbacks he's facing, he must be even more of a mess than ever before.

I'm loving it.

PS - "tasteless haste" est un tres bon mot!

[malaise]

60. Must be even more fun given the result in Kentucky

The base is done with him - this fucking jig is up

[PJMcK]

61. It's about time

Wouldn't you say?

Fuck you, Trump.

[malaise]

63. People aren't that stupid - they wake up eventually

PHEW!

[Marcuse]

66. Playtime's over, Sondland. Back to the hotel business.

https://m.

[malaise]

70. Hehehehe

[bucolic_frolic]

71. A leopard never changes its spots

manufactured operations, 2016, 2020.

[bucolic_frolic]

72. Connecting the dots

Link to tweet

[malthaussen]

73. "Rats are jumping with tasteless haste"

That sounds like a good first line for a poem.

-- Mal

[malaise]

74. Meanwhile we have no time to waste

[malthaussen]

75. "Fear is breaking out all over the place..."

... I know, terrible rhyme.

-- Mal

[malaise]

77. LOL

Because Don the COn is beyond a disgrace

[efhmc]

76. The GOP is not going anywhere. They are in lock step with the crimes of DJT.