All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!(Part II)

[Malvolio]

I mean, I'd hope not. That'd mean the Nazis won since this is what they do. This is why we need to be intolerant of them

I think the OP meant he wants the MAGA philosophy to be as ostracized as Nazis currently are in Germany.

[Tendrin]

I think the OP meant he wants the MAGA philosophy to be as ostracized as Nazis currently are in Germany.

I know. I was being a smart ass about Met's response.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

President Trump defends payments to women as 'private transaction'

President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed payments to alleged mistresses just before the 2016 presidential election as "a simple private transaction," disputing claims by prosecutors that they amounted to a conspiracy to evade campaign finance laws.

While some congressional Democrats cast the payments as potential cause for impeachment, Trump said investigators are looking for something to pin on him because they have been unable to prove any collusion with Russians who sought to influence his presidential election.

"So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution," Trump said during a series of early morning tweets.

Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is scheduled to be sentenced this week after pleading guilty to felony campaign finance violations, financial crimes and lying to Congress about Trump's business dealings in Russia.

Meanwhile, Dolt45 is on record admitting he cheated on his wife with mistresses and paid them off, just like any unfaithful husband out for a quick roll in the hay with a hooker. But this unfaithful husband is the motherfucking President of the United States of America. Maybe it's just me, but that little nugget of information shouldn't be simply tossed aside even though the bigger fish to fry is the possible, if not probable campaign finance skullduggery President Pumpkinhead is mixed up in.

[Kirby101]

I think the OP meant he wants the MAGA philosophy to be as ostracized as Nazis currently are in Germany.

BINGO!! We have a winnah!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

IQ45 is at it again:

Trump Tweeted 'Smocking Gun' and the Internet Got Crafty

Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun...No Collusion.” @FoxNews That’s because there was NO COLLUSION.

Highlighted for your consideration by me. And yes, Adolph Twitler actually typed that, not once, but TWICE! It's the new covfefe, boys and girls!

And more smocking mirth and merriment from HuffPost:

Donald Trump’s ‘Smocking Gun’ Tweet Triggers A Whole Lot Of Jokes

[Tazirai]

She's a woman, she's Hispanic, and she's a liberal. It's like a trifecta. The only way they could hate her more is if she was also a lesbian.

All the this. There are some on the left who dislike what she represents also. But those are FAR less in abundance than the Right Wingers.

[Mister Mets]

I think the OP meant he wants the MAGA philosophy to be as ostracized as Nazis currently are in Germany.

I get that. But fortunately, the MAGA crowd has not been nearly as bad, which makes it unlikely that they'll be seen the same way as Nazis.

[Iron Maiden]

President Trump defends payments to women as 'private transaction'



Meanwhile, Dolt45 is on record admitting he cheated on his wife with mistresses and paid them off, just like any unfaithful husband out for a quick roll in the hay with a hooker. But this unfaithful husband is the motherfucking President of the United States of America. Maybe it's just me, but that little nugget of information shouldn't be simply tossed aside even though the bigger fish to fry is the possible, if not probable campaign finance skullduggery President Pumpkinhead is mixed up in.

Not only that she had just given birth to their only child Barron as I recall the timing of it. Now he can't deny knowing Storm Daniels and the Playboy model or else why would he admit to giving them money? If he used the excuse of blackmail, then why didn't he go to the police? Instead, he had Cohen fix it for him. Did Cohen ever get his money back??? Didn't he borrow against his mortage?

[Michael Watkins]

the only way that this could be more satisfying is if Barron wasn't Donald's biological child but the result of retaliatory infidelity.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Not only that she had just given birth to their only child Barron as I recall the timing of it. Now he can't deny knowing Storm Daniels and the Playboy model or else why would he admit to giving them money? If he used the excuse of blackmail, then why didn't he go to the police? Instead, he had Cohen fix it for him. Did Cohen ever get his money back??? Didn't he borrow against his mortage?

And be forced to admit that the great and omnipotent and all-powerful media god and businessman supreme Donald J. Trump had been played for a sucker by a couple of wily golddiggers? Trump would sooner eat ground glass and wash it down with antifreeze before he went to the cops and risked having that dirty laundry aired for the world to see. Besides, Trump saw himself as a mob godfather (a bargain basement version) a la Vito Corleone or Tony Soprano, and Cohen was his consigliere who took care of his petty affairs (emphasis on "affairs").

By the by, who the **** names his kid after a financial magazine?

[BeastieRunner]

Donald Trump Will Resign Presidency With 10 Minutes Left in Term So Mike Pence Can Pardon Him, Conservative Columnist Predicts.

FYI: When your National Security Advisor, personal Attorney, 2 assistants in the campaign, and campaign manager are all convicted of felonies, it’s not Hillary or Obama’s fault.

Also, there's 1000 Russian tanks on the border of Ukraine right now.

And the Russian spy that fed the NRA a bunch of intelligence, propaganda, and money has arranged a plea deal with Mueller. She also met with Junior, Jared, and 45 a total of 22 times.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/201...tina-lobbying/
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/10/18134...tina-plea-deal

Mueller has 2 Russian spies now.

And it looks like the NRA is going to go down, too.

[BeastieRunner]

The Art of the Plea Deal.

"Mueller was even more deft when dealing with Michael Cohen. While the U.S. Attorney in New York called Cohen greedy and privileged and a wearer of rose-colored glasses in the first few pages of his sentencing memo, he waited until Page 15 to describe Cohen’s cooperation as “forthright and credible,” arguably one of the most important things for the sentencing judge to know. "

Manafort plans to file a response to the Mueller memo this week: One key question is whether Manafort will name the Trump administration official he allegedly had contact with in 2018.

"In addition to his false statements about contacts with the Trump administration, Manafort also misled investigators in conversations about a separate Justice Department investigation, as well as about his interactions with a Russian associate with ties to Moscow's intelligence services, according to Mueller's office."

Mueller just brought Trump closer to prosecution.

"On Friday, federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. Specifically, they detailed how Trump’s lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen bought the silence of two women who said they had sexual liaisons with Trump – and did so in order to help Trump win the presidency – with the president’s full knowledge. "

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I know a fair amount of people seem to think nothing will happen yet, the evidence and convictions have piled up.

[Michael Watkins]

And be forced to admit that the great and omnipotent and all-powerful media god and businessman supreme Donald J. Trump had been played for a sucker by a couple of wily golddiggers? Trump would sooner eat ground glass and wash it down with antifreeze before he went to the cops and risked having that dirty laundry aired for the world to see. Besides, Trump saw himself as a mob godfather (a bargain basement version) a la Vito Corleone or Tony Soprano, and Cohen was his consigliere who took care of his petty affairs (emphasis on "affairs").

By the by, who the **** names his kid after a financial magazine?

Forbes McGiilicuddy sr?

[Iron Maiden]

And be forced to admit that the great and omnipotent and all-powerful media god and businessman supreme Donald J. Trump had been played for a sucker by a couple of wily golddiggers? Trump would sooner eat ground glass and wash it down with antifreeze before he went to the cops and risked having that dirty laundry aired for the world to see. Besides, Trump saw himself as a mob godfather (a bargain basement version) a la Vito Corleone or Tony Soprano, and Cohen was his consigliere who took care of his petty affairs (emphasis on "affairs").

By the by, who the **** names his kid after a financial magazine?

There's something even more weird about that name. When Trump used to call various newspapers & magazines pretending to be a publicist working from Trump, the name he used was ...... John Baron

Donald Trump's Long, Strange History of Using Fake Names.

CNN has some audio here. where he used the alias to lie to Forbes magazine to get on the Forbes 400 list.

[Powerboy]

The Art of the Plea Deal.

"Mueller was even more deft when dealing with Michael Cohen. While the U.S. Attorney in New York called Cohen greedy and privileged and a wearer of rose-colored glasses in the first few pages of his sentencing memo, he waited until Page 15 to describe Cohen’s cooperation as “forthright and credible,” arguably one of the most important things for the sentencing judge to know. "

Manafort plans to file a response to the Mueller memo this week: One key question is whether Manafort will name the Trump administration official he allegedly had contact with in 2018.

"In addition to his false statements about contacts with the Trump administration, Manafort also misled investigators in conversations about a separate Justice Department investigation, as well as about his interactions with a Russian associate with ties to Moscow's intelligence services, according to Mueller's office."

Mueller just brought Trump closer to prosecution.

"On Friday, federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. Specifically, they detailed how Trump’s lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen bought the silence of two women who said they had sexual liaisons with Trump – and did so in order to help Trump win the presidency – with the president’s full knowledge. "

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I know a fair amount of people seem to think nothing will happen yet, the evidence and convictions have piled up.

I hope it turns out to be like the Cosby case where we were convinced nothing would be done but they were just waiting for an airtight case.