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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClaude Taylor: Flynn not rogue
Link to tweet
Clarity begins to emerge with each piece of evidence, logical observation.
Of course, three Twitter feeds to watch: Claude Taylor, Louise Mensch,
and Olga Lautman NYC
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Flynn was reporting to someone but I'm more inclined to believe it was a Russian.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)I don't buy the Trump was the unknowing dupe of a cabal of pro-Russian manipulators. If so, why was Trump so afraid to say anything negative about Putin or Russia during the campaign? I don't believe anyone had the ability to keep Trump that on message unless Trump himself was similarly motivated to stay on message.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)go-between, a man bitter with Obama, and channelled by the Russians and Trump.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)So, Flynn's actions implicate Trump. Simple to understand really.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Without having intent, it would be almost impossible to find that many with the Russian connections. Think they all gave him the KGB secret handshake at their first meeting to signal that Vlad sent them.
Trump thought his multiple lines of connection would mask a direct link to Putin and the oligarchs.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Changes that Putin wanted and nothing else from the RNC platform. He knew. He was laundering their money and in deep himself.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)woodshed.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)1) This guy (TAYLOR?) keeps checking out = accuracy of his stuff? Or "checking out" as in has-left-the-building?
2) "Former WJC Staffer" = Bill CLINTON staffer? "has been taking them (TAYLOR, Louise, etc.) to the woodshed?"
I was confused before. Now am confused. I'm interested, please spell it out for me. Thanks.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)anyone...
Yes, Claude Taylor worked in Bill Clinton's White House.
Claude Taylor has been taking the KGOPB to the woodshed.
I never miss his page.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)phylny
(8,386 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)This is their modus operandi
CanonRay
(14,113 posts)and from his perspective, Flynn didn't. He was following orders. They didn't consider him compromised, they was in on it.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)but Pence could be the first to go down once it is revealed that Flynn wasn't lying to Pence at all. Pence was knowingly lying to the press and the public.
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)to them it's a joyous privilege!
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)i'm thinking that nothing Obama or Yates told trump was news to him. he didn't care. treasonous motherfucker.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)He didn't care because Flynn was doing exactly as he'd been told to do. They weren't concerned with Flynn's treason because they're nose deep in it themselves. I believe they thought they could divert press attention elsewhere and to some extent they were successful until the fateful WaPo story. After that it couldn't be ignored. I still think they'll try to make Flynn the fall guy for the whole thing but Sally Yates put a hitch in that get-a-long. SAD!
csziggy
(34,137 posts)It should have triggered a freeze on security briefing and a review of everyone who had contact with Flynn to make sure they were not also compromised.
As he talked about that with Rachel Maddow, I was thinking, "Of course the NORMAL procedure was not followed - everyone in the Trump cadre is complicit and compromised. They could NOT allow in depth investigations since it would have revealed their links to Russia!"
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)For Trump to find that many Republicans to pack into the white house who have Russian ties is remarkable. I don't see how it can possible be coincidental.