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[plagiarize]

Popped it open and they are again talking about talking point "Nothing will happen to Trump before his ratings drop"

Yawn.

This is a paper cut. But even paper cuts add up.

That said, it *shouldn't* be a paper cut.

 

[hydruxo]

McCain leading that resistance like

 

[Jamie OD]

This is a shambles but what else is new?

 

[Koshiro]

Just incredible. What will it take for this guy to be removed from office?

 

[PopeReal]

McCain won't do shit except save his own ass.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Can't wait to see this not having any impact on Big Orange Man as usual. :/

This is where I'm at. It's at the point where I figure he could get away with public murder by claiming he didnt pull the trigger he was finger quoting around it. Dckhead's made of lubricant.

 

[dynamitejim]

GOP won't do anything because they know Trump will roast them all on Twitter if they do and then his braindead followers won't reelect them. Trump could shit on a plate and his voters would call it blueberry pie.

Dems can absolutely run with this as the GOP enabling an idiot putting our National Security at risk. This type of thing imperils out relationships with allies whom we share intelligence with. If Donny "Loose Lips" Trump gets a ship sunk, Republicans are never going to hear the end of it.

 

[cameron]

https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/864236984667172864

Erica Werner @ericawerner
McCain just saw WP: "We certainly don't want any president to leak classified information but the president does have the right to do that."

NOTHING MATTERS

Thanks, Maverick.

 

[BrassDragon]

If a US agent or source or spy gets killed because of this....

We know it's a source developed by an ally, not a US agent. Could be one of the ISIS-adjacent partners but a lot of ISIS recruits are indoctrinated young people from Western Europe. EU security services have been running many of them as sources. Some of these operations have been going for YEARS.

Under normal circumstances, actionable intelligence from such operations would be shared with the US because a lot of threats target US personnel and civilians and, frankly, it's a good bargaining chip to get something in return from the US IC.

These arrangements were always taken dead serious by all parties until now.

 

[Kard8p3]

McCain? More like McCuck at this point

 

[ezekial45]

https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/864236984667172864

NOTHING MATTERS

The GOP will only get behind impeachment when it's in their best interest to do so.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Still not on CNN. I guess they are waiting to see if its worth talking about. But it is Wolf. Don't expect good things from him.

 

[hughesta]

Nothing is going to be done, these people are to evil and cowardly.

Vote in 2018, if the FBI doesn't stun us before then.

 

[ReadingRambo]

There is a limit, where public opinion turns so vitriolic toward Trump and anyone who supports or protects him that it poisons the entire Republican "brand" and begins to significantly risk the career of every Republican in the House and Senate.

Party before Country, but Self before Party. That's the Republican Way.

But this IS a thing. Regardless if the GOP do nothing or not. This is a thing. It's something I'll continue to remember and hopefully many of others do when they go vote.

I just don't see the base turning on him for anything. "Public" opinion (that is the media and entertainment) has been against him for 2 straight years. It's done shit to sway the opinion of his base. they are STRENGTHENED by negative opinion of their God-Emperor. To them it is proof that he is "onto something".

 

[thefro]

what's getting annoying is the people who keep claiming "oh shit this is the THING" every week. It's never been the thing. Republicans control congress. We have at least 2 years of this barring a miracle.

I mean, it's not the thing, but stuff like this happening constantly definitely hurts Trump.

 

[Amir0x]

Holy shit, this is remarkable. He truly is a traitor. This is entering code red territory.

 

[Extollere]

So when do the Russians move in to the White House?

 

[lastplayed]

Pure speculation: I think a source linked to the Russians maybe leaked this. This is what Russians do and use media who pick up on leaks as "useful idiots", they've done it in the past such as with doping, and will fit in with their attempts to destabilise the U.S and its efforts with other countries.

Certainly possible.

Either way, Russia stays winning.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

This has to be it, right?

Fuck Donald Trump, impeach his ass.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

He has a diet Coke button:

and inside the diet coke button machine, is also the tape recorder, every time he orders a coke, he starts a new tape

 

[johnsmith]

Still not on CNN. I guess they are waiting to see if its worth talking about. But it is Wolf. Don't expect good things from him.

They'll be talking about it all night, but it usually takes them a few hours to confirm, etc.

 

[Kurtofan]

the thought of him boasting about a probably terror attack somewhere in the world while talking with his ruskie bros makes me feel so ill... this man has no respect for anything, human lives are worth zilch to him

 

[rucury]

"Hillary needed to be tried and executed for using her email server. Trump willingly gave a key allies intel to a foreign adversary. No big deal. Fake news. SAD."

Can't tell if genuine Trump supporter, Russian web team member or troll. I'm having a hard time telling the difference.

I don't wanna read anybody defend McCain ever again. Pretty please.

 

[PopeReal]

So when do the Russians move in to the White House?

I think they already have a bedroom set up.

 

[jmdajr]

Feel same

 

[Prompto]

Needs to be a gif.

 

[EdibleKnife]

It doesnt even matter what Trump does anymore it seems. I think he might have been right, he could shoot someone and stay president of the usa.

Right? He could kill a child of one of the Republican legislators on live TV and the GOP would spin it into an act of true patriotism. There are too many mealy-mouthed cowards in the GOP to just say "Trump did something wrong & should face consequences".

 

[jellies_two]

This was delivered to the press not by some random leaker, but deliberately, by the Adults In Charge Who Are Working The Larger Plan.

Donald is toast. As he was weeks ago too. Just more extra crispy now.

 

[plagiarize]

This is where I'm at. It's at the point where I figure he could get away with public murder by claiming he didnt pull the trigger he was finger quoting around it. Dckhead's made of lubricant.

He's not. It's just really fucking embarrassing to admit the emperor is naked.

He was 44.2% disapprove the day he took office. He's 53.8% now.

Yes it should be higher. Yes a lot of people still have their heads firmly in the sand.

But that doesn't make it so he can get away with everything unscathed.

CNN reporting on this now too.

 

[smokeymicpot]

CNN now leading with it.

 

[Lord Frieza]

McCain won't do shit except save his own ass.

Save his own ass for what? Lol, this is going to be his last term. He as literally nothing left to lose. He's just a bitch for the party.

 

[Wag]

Nothing is going to be done, these people are to evil and cowardly.

Vote in 2018, if the FBI doesn't stun us before then.

As in Trump firing the entire entire FBI and the new FBI stun-gunning us as we walk in to the polls?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/864236984667172864

NOTHING MATTERS

I expected this. But man, does that sound TERRIBLE.

 

[Pastry]

CNN now leading with it.

Oh boy, queue more Twitter rants

 

[PopeReal]

This was delivered to the press not by some random leaker, but deliberately, by the Adults In Charge Who Are Working The Larger Plan.

Donald is toast. As he was weeks ago too. Just more extra crispy now.

It does appear that his inner circle is shrinking.

 

[GK86]

Trump is a fucking idiot.

McCain is a piece of shit.

 

[- J - D -]

Man, what does it take. If this doesn't do him in, what will.

 

[BrassDragon]

https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/864236984667172864

NOTHING MATTERS

This makes my blood boil. He does NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPOSE AND ENDANGER ALLIED SOURCES, what the F?

 

[Kusagari]

Corker has more balls than McCain:

Sahil Kapur‏Verified account @sahilkapur 8m8 minutes ago
BOB CORKER: "The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order. It's got to happen."

 

[jellies_two]

Nothing is going to be done, these people are to evil and cowardly.

Vote in 2018, if the FBI doesn't stun us before then.

Donald won't get his guy in at the FBI. Gowdy was already told By The People Really In Charge not to even bother applying, he sent a cute letter saying he wasn't the right person at this point in time.

 

[PopeReal]

Save his own ass for what? Lol, this is going to be his last term. He as literally nothing left to lose. He's just a bitch for the party.

Who knows? He probably owes them. He acts like a man saving his ass.

 

[Damaniel]

If and when Trump is finally punished for everything he's done, I hope they round up every last Republican in Congress and slap obstruction of justice charges on them. They know everything he's doing and are actively working to protect him from investigation and impeachment - how is that not obstruction?

 

[serenewarfare]

The reason his supporters keep supporting him no matter what is because a lot of his supporters (not all, but a lot) are the types that can't imagine that what they think is wrong and that their judgement might no be the best.

Saying he's made mistakes or that he should be impeached is them admitting they were wrong to vote for him, and they hate that more than they fear the consequences of his actions.

 

[DarthWoo]

As much as I wish something would come of this, we've moved past the point that Trump even has to declare something like this to be fake news. Now, his followers just take Russia as the second coming, so anything that benefits Russia, even if it ended up being outright treason, is somehow good for the USA. The rest of the GOP just seem to be suffering from terminal apathy.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Fox News ofcourse talking about Syria.

 

[MIMIC]

CNN now leading with it.

FAKE NEWS

 

[Chaplain]

As each day goes by, the following quote seems more and more relevant.

"Hypocrisy is all about the gap between truth and lies, integrity and falsehood, and justice and injustice. At its heart are gaps that are covered by a pretense that is false and a pose that is a cover. Expressed more precisely, hypocrisy involves a triple violation. It is a violation of truth because the content of what it appears to say is untrue. It is a violation of justice because the claim it appears to show is unjust. And it is a violation of honesty because the communication through which it appears to speak is dishonest." (Os Guinness, Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution)

 

[Lautaro]

Is "The president has right to that" the new "locker room talk"?

So much for checks and balances.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Corker has more balls than McCain:

Sahil Kapur‏Verified account @sahilkapur 8m8 minutes ago
BOB CORKER: "The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order. It's got to happen."

And it's sad, too, because Corker is a piece of a shit. When he's got the moral high ground, you know shit is fucked up

 

[jellies_two]

It does appear that his inner circle is shrinking.

Soon he will be down to his bodyguard the Albino Agent zero, and his daughter. Kushner will have bit on his special tooth somewhere in the barn.