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babylonsister

(171,045 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 10:57 AM Feb 2017

Charles Blow, NY Times

"What we know only makes what we don’t know feel all the more ominous. But I believe that facts are forthcoming. Reporters are digging like a crew of coal miners hopped up on a case of Red Bull, and sources in Washington are leaking to anyone with a press credential."

~Charles Blow, NY Times~
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Charles Blow, NY Times (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2017 OP
Thanks for posting this. It gives me some hope. skylucy Feb 2017 #1
SCROTUS royally pissed off the Intel Community + the media...what could go wrong? CousinIT Feb 2017 #2
I can't help thining that the stuff that could get leaked goes back many, many years. 3_Limes Feb 2017 #3
welcome to DU bdamomma Feb 2017 #4
Read the Dworkin Report csziggy Feb 2017 #11
The fact that Comey didn't allow this info DK504 Feb 2017 #14
Yeah, no kidding. What could possibly go wrong... calimary Feb 2017 #20
Lol they sure do seem hopped up flamingdem Feb 2017 #5
Much more quoted here & has link in thread: Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #6
Oh goody! mcar Feb 2017 #7
Let's see... EJC74 Feb 2017 #8
+1000000 BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #10
and don't forget the judges ginnyinWI Feb 2017 #22
They are going to blow the lid off this administration. BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #9
Pence is a guilty as Drumpf. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2017 #12
After Pence, it would be Paul Ryan, Speaker of thes House. maddiemom Feb 2017 #16
After Ryan is Orrin Hatch, Mendocino Feb 2017 #23
yes, please take that orange tinted son of a bitch down.... dhill926 Feb 2017 #13
So if the leaks are somehow contained....think about what we wont know GusBob Feb 2017 #15
When the White House lies... yallerdawg Feb 2017 #17
"Coal miners hopped up on Red Bull" TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #18
Leak leak leak until the ship sinks. Trashbag loves leaks so much? I hope they will be the TrekLuver Feb 2017 #19
Speaking of Blow tavalon Feb 2017 #21

CousinIT

(9,234 posts)
2. SCROTUS royally pissed off the Intel Community + the media...what could go wrong?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:26 AM
Feb 2017

Well...intel is out to get his ass and whatever they find will be fed post-haste to the media whom also hates him (except Fox) and viola - we'll all know about it.

As time goes by, the criminality of Agent Orange and his criminal enterprise will be harder and harder to deny, ignore, blame on Hillary (their favorite thing to do).

Question is, can they destroy the IC, media and the poor / middle class before their own cover is totally blown?

Stay tuned....

3_Limes

(363 posts)
3. I can't help thining that the stuff that could get leaked goes back many, many years.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:34 AM
Feb 2017

W/ all of the shit that 45 has been involved with over the years, there must be decades worth of dirt to spill. I'm guessing that the insiders don't want to dump more than they need to in order to get 45 out of power, but if he really wants to dig, the ammo locker that the IC has to draw on is probably very, unbelievably, terrifically, bigly well stocked.

Dirty real estate deals, tax evasion, Mob dealings, screwed contractors and former partners, sexual escapades, drug use, fraud,etc.

He's (just barely!) managed to stay one step ahead of it so far, but that may be about to change.

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
11. Read the Dworkin Report
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:06 PM
Feb 2017

The report documents a 1987 trip to Russia by Trump as well as many other links between Russia and Trump and his supporters. Dworkin recently indicated he has a new, even more comprehensive report on the way.

40-page Report on Trump’s Ties to Russia Submitted to Democratic Leadership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, D.C. - November 13, 2016 - The Democratic Coalition released President-elect Trump’s known ties to Russia in an updated version of “The Dworkin Report.” The Dworkin Report, which can be found here, lays out 24 key pieces of evidence which provide a clear link between the President-elect and Russia, despite claims made by the FBI that there was no such connection to be found. Some of the key links that are exposed are between one of Trump’s Advisors, Jesse Binnall and Edward Snowden, as well as Paul Manafort’s expansive connections to pro-Russian Ukrainian leaders from which he made millions of dollars. In total, 5 senior Trump campaign advisors were clearly linked to Russia.

The updated report was sent to President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Congressman Keith Ellison late Sunday evening.

“The FBI missed at least 24 key connections between President-elect Trump and Russia when they conducted their investigation and concluded that our President-elect had no links to the country,” said Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the Coalition and author of the report. “It is imperative that the American people be made aware of this information.”

Dworkin worked on the 2009 Inauguration, 2012 Democratic Convention, served as a Senior Advisor to the Progressive Caucuses Nonprofit Foundation for four years, ran the Draft Warren and Draft Biden Campaigns and is the Co-Founder of the Democratic Coalition.

https://www.democraticcoalition.org/updateddworkinreport

DK504

(3,847 posts)
14. The fact that Comey didn't allow this info
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:17 PM
Feb 2017

to be disseminate this information. Comey and the Senate Rethugs are directly involved with this cover up. This must be released in it's entirety and be released to all media outlets.

I hold the Democratic "leadership" just as delinquent and sinful as the Rethugs.

flamingdem

(39,312 posts)
5. Lol they sure do seem hopped up
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:43 AM
Feb 2017

And we're supporting them back with subscriptions to newspapers on the upswing

EJC74

(6 posts)
8. Let's see...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:01 PM
Feb 2017

...he pissed of the intelligence community and the NY Times (and basically most of the legit press)...this is probably the 2 worst entities you should piss off. All of the truth will come out whether it is from journalists, leaks, or, well just because in this day and age the truth generally always comes out. People will always talk eventually. The question is will it come out before WWIII starts?

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
22. and don't forget the judges
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 02:05 AM
Feb 2017

Because he dissed them, they will be sure to give his exec. orders. careful scrutiny.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
9. They are going to blow the lid off this administration.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:01 PM
Feb 2017

It won't be able to hold up. . . . the Orange Headed Pussy Grabber will be going down in flames. . . . .

I can't speculate on his replacement, as I am not 100% certain that the reptilian VP, Pence, wasn't in on it too. He's a horrible creature as well.

In any case, it WILL be more than delicious to see Pussy Grabber scream and hurl insults that just bounce off everybody like pellets against armor!

This will not be allowed to go on too long, as it is creating a HUGE issue with our intelligence services, and there will be some "levers" pulled somewhere by someone who will finally say, "Enough." It will have to be one of those goddamned Repigs, but trust me, they will do it if only to save their own careers.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
16. After Pence, it would be Paul Ryan, Speaker of thes House.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:43 PM
Feb 2017

I'm not positive, but I think Senate majority leader (YIKES!) next. In addition to the unfortunate electoral college thing, the Constitution makes no provision for "do-overs" of compromised elections, as do most other democratic nations. There is no way that I can see in which the Repugs don't keep the White House. We're long overdue for a new consitutional convention to amend it for the modern day.

dhill926

(16,333 posts)
13. yes, please take that orange tinted son of a bitch down....
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:15 PM
Feb 2017

and also, please don't forget his republican party enablers....

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
15. So if the leaks are somehow contained....think about what we wont know
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:17 PM
Feb 2017

He will be able to get away with whatever he wants

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
17. When the White House lies...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:44 PM
Feb 2017

how could any public servant who serves the American people NOT disclose the truth!

Isn't this the definition of 'whistleblower'?

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
19. Leak leak leak until the ship sinks. Trashbag loves leaks so much? I hope they will be the
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:01 PM
Feb 2017

death of him.

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