November 18, 2019

When will we finally be able to see/hear all of Trump's phone calls

with foreign leaders? Isn't there some set timeframe whereby they become public record?

I'm trying to plan how long I will have to live, because I really, really want to read them.

November 17, 2019

Trump gets ZERO human empathy from me. None whatsoever.

Same for his family. If that says something awful about me, I accept it. But remember where it came from.

Fuck.them.all.

November 17, 2019

Please read the Morrison deposition yourself

https://t.co/QI6OcPquuQ

I'm about halfway through it and taking a break to scan what is being said about it -- and it is distressing to see the disconnect. On both sides.

Whenever possible, it is *always* to your advantage to go read the source material for yourself. It's only then that you can truly appreciate any biases you encounter while reading press and blog coverage.

If I had a better way to type lengthy posts, I would elaborate.... but unfortunately, single finger on cell phone sucks.

November 16, 2019

WaPo writer needs our help

Let's please help rewrite the below sentence so that it more accurately represents the point that is apparently trying to be made.

Why it matters:

Considering that the opening paragraph of Paul Farhi's story is this:
his own (poorly structured) sentence ought to be exceedingly clear. So let's help him out.

First, what's the problem? Let's break it down.

1. "There is also no credible evidence
2. that Biden intervened with Ukrainian officials
3. to remove the country’s top prosecutor
4. to help his son,
5. who sat on the board of a company
6. owned by a Ukrainian oligarch."

Read the paragraph like a Trump apologist, and you know that their brain already turned off by 2. and most certainly by 3. I know, I've had the pleasure of being yelled at to "Go listen to the tape!! Biden did exactly that!" It's not until 4. that we get to the crux, and the point that is the most laughably easy to refute: that Biden sought to remove the prosecutor (Shukin) who had terminated an investigation into Burisma's owner.

My own writing skills suck, so please DU, help Paul Farhi out and reword his paragraph to accurately reflect reality.

November 16, 2019

"The" is the most common word in English.

"The" is *the* most common word in English.

Did the pronunciations (in your head as you read them) change?

November 15, 2019

Oh, GREAT question!

https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1195354175485419521

November 14, 2019

What if

... what if Erdowan knew of the unsecured 7/26 Sondland/Trump cell phone call...

....and used that info to "persuade" Trump to give up the Kurds?

Just one example of what could have happened.

November 13, 2019

Hold on. Something doesn't add up.

Apparently, Sondland neglected to mention his follow-up call with Trump, the one overheard by Taylor's aid, to the House.

This suggests that phone calls with Trump are so easily made as to be forgettable.

Trump claims to barely know Sondland.

How is it that someone who is barely known by the President can so easily have non-memorable calls with him?

Someone is lying.

November 13, 2019

Those Ukrainians who died while aid was withheld

Dems, want to use an R tactic? Find the families of those Ukrainians who died in battle against Russians while US aid was being withheld.

Talk to them about the loved one they lost.

Don't sermonize me about how we are better than that.

That is brass tacks. Show the HUMAN cost juxtaposed with Trump's personal political agenda.

Just do it.

October 23, 2019

So when Sondland told Taylor that he erred when saying no quid pro quo

viz-a-vis a meeting (in exchange for a public declaration by Zelenskyy), what he was actually saying was the qPq was for the meeting (with Trump) AND the security money!

So many quids and quos to keep track of.

Quids from Trump:
--a perfect phone call with Zelenskyy
--a meeting with Zelenskyy
--the nearly $400 million security aid

Quos from Zelensky:
--a committment from Zelenskyy to "investigate" (see next item)
--a letter (public pronouncement) describing Ukraine's intent to investigate:
----Burisma (code for Hunter Biden, proxy for Joe)
----Ukraine role in 2016 US election (code for letting Russia/Putin off the hook; casting doubt on the "Russher Hoax"; casting (more) doubt on Mueller Report; bringing DNC/servers into the mix, muddying the waters)

I have no doubt there was another Quo expected from Zelenskyy, albeit an unspoken one: to deliver substantive (pro-Trump) results from the investigation(s), whether or not fact-based.