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TheTenthDoc
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Mohdoo
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On February 17 2018 03:02 Gorsameth wrote: Didn't someone say that the investigation had moved on to Obstruction of Justice because they found nothing on Russia trying to interfere in the elections? Also, I wonder if these Russians are in the US where they can be arrested or if they are in Russia who will (I assume) never ever extradite them. Yeah, definitely just a symbolic gesture if they aren't anywhere in the American empire. | ||
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Introvert
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On February 17 2018 02:40 Mohdoo wrote: Maybe the misunderstanding is coming from the question of why republicans don't want to deport dreamers. Why do GOP politicians not want to deport dreamers? Because it is a messed up thing to do or other reasons? Many of them feel bad for them, I'm sure. I'm not sure that's important though. | ||
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Mohdoo
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On February 17 2018 03:14 Introvert wrote: Many of them feel bad for them, I'm sure. I'm not sure that's important though. What is important? What would motivate a GOP politician to vote in favor of protecting dreamers? | ||
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Introvert
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is even the attempt to find the useful idiots in the Trump campaign. Remember Rosenstein made Mueller's mandate so broad that this part of the investigation is under his purview, when it could presumably be part of regular DOJ activities. | ||
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xDaunt
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Introvert
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On February 17 2018 03:15 Mohdoo wrote: What is important? What would motivate a GOP politician to vote in favor of protecting dreamers? Why does it matter? Most of them are willing, for whatever for their own reason. You are trying to go back to the moral question without addressing the other half of it. | ||
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Ayaz2810
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EDIT: I think we're reaching end-game personally. http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/374233-russians-charged-with-interfering-in-us-elections | ||
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Mohdoo
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On February 17 2018 03:18 xDaunt wrote: "Some Defendants, posing as US persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities." lol what are you quoting | ||
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Plansix
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Ayaz2810
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Read my post above yours. | ||
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xDaunt
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Part of the indictment. It makes it clear that these charges have nothing to do with the Trump campaign. It doesn't mean that Trump's out of the woods, but it certainly doesn't hurt him. | ||
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Plansix
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The story from the Hill. It also has this quote: “From in or around 2014 to the present, Defendants knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other (and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury) to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the U.S. political and electoral processes, including the presidential election of 2016,” the indictment reads. http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/374233-russians-charged-with-interfering-in-us-elections | ||
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Ayaz2810
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![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/I6YZQ68.png) | ||
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Introvert
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LOL Sorry for all the tweets. | ||
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LegalLord
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On February 17 2018 03:26 Ayaz2810 wrote: Pales in comparison to this one. | ||
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Ayaz2810
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LOL. It's not really funny, but it kinda is. Know what I mean? | ||
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ticklishmusic
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Ayaz2810
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On February 17 2018 03:39 ticklishmusic wrote: Nothing implicating Trump (yet), but seems like official recognition that Russians were fucking with the election is a fairly important milestone. Actually: "Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that the House Intelligence Committee has an “abundance” of information that is not yet public, including evidence that President Trump's campaign colluded with Russia and that his administration obstructed justice. “There is certainly an abundance of non-public information that we’ve gathered in the investigation. And I think some of that non-public evidence is evidence on the issue of collusion and some ... on the issue of obstruction,” Schiff said, according to The Guardian." http://thehill.com/homenews/house/373985-schiff-house-russia-probe-has-evidence-of-collusion-obstruction It's literally a 2 piece puzzle. | ||
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Plansix
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On February 17 2018 03:33 Introvert wrote: The "throw it at the wall strat." Some fun items in the whole thread. https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/964561782953136128 LOL https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/964563694599528449 Sorry for all the tweets. The nice thing about this is that is dispels any concept that there was a master plan. The goal was to just do anything and see what people latched on to. Quantity over quality. The money sent to buy the cage is a great example. It’s really dumb, but after Trump’s robo cop style acceptable speech at the Republican national convention, it doesn’t seem “completely” impossible. If someone wants to believe it, they will. | ||
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