[Now that the impeachment kabuki has ended, the Senate trial will begin. But before that can proceed, Pelosi will try to squeeze some more preconditions out of McConnell before forwarding the House’s articles of impeachment. The cynical humor of the whole process goes on with Democrats continuing to accuse Republicans of unfairness along every step of the way, paying no never mind to having conducted the most blatantly partisan, unfair, and corrupt congressional circus in Congress’s long history. But the real story is again the ever-widening chasm between what now clearly are two Americas attempting to share the same government and territory while holding diametrically opposite worldviews and objectives. gjr]
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568 responses to “Sandbox – 19dec19”
After the election with Hillary easily winning and the Dems likely taking the Senate the parting out of thje Republican party will begin. Trump will hold court over his loyalists and split the party and become a Folk Hero of the right much like Tim Robbins in the 1994 film Bob Roberts about the Conservative folksinger who ran for Senate of Pennyslvania .
Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 October 2016 at 04:46 PM
You might as well include the Republican National Committee in the cabal to defeat Trump because they are distancing themselves from claims the election is rigged.
Trump has not offered one bit of evidence to support his wild claims. He’s just creating excuses for the beating his massive ego is going to take Nov. 8.
Posted by: George Boardman | 20 October 2016 at 03:46 PM
It’s my personal prediction of what will likely happen in the near future. I’ll repeat my soothsaying screed.
After the election with Hillary easily winning and the Dems likely taking the Senate the parting out of thje Republican party will begin. Trump will hold court over his loyalists and split the party and become a Folk Hero of the right much like Tim Robbins in the 1994 film Bob Roberts about the Conservative folksinger who ran for Senate of Pennyslvania .
That’s how I see it.
Posted by: Paul Emery | 20 October 2016 at 06:24 PM
You conveniently forget to put your poll numbers into context. Look at a map of the electoral college. It matters not one whit that bigly numbers of voters in Mississippi and Alabama are going to vote Trump when huge electoral college states such as Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, New York, etc. etc are solidly in the HRC camp. The polls you trot out are meaningless when put into context of the real world of the electoral college.
Go find a mainstream poll tallied per the electoral college and name us one that finds Trump a winner.
Posted by: jon smith | 21 October 2016 at 10:17 AM
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punchy 225pm
I notice you’re not reporting the polls going south for the Impeachers. Coincidence?
Other presidents, Democratic and Republican, when Congressional snouts were trying to get under the Presidential tents, went to the Courts to referree, and vice versa. That appealing to the Courts didn’t fit the Pelosi timetable is Pelosi’s problem.
It may be that Pelosi & Company didn’t appeal to Justice to make a ruling can as easily be put on Pelosi’s not wanting a ruling in favor of Executive privilege.
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Surprise report: 20% of the audiences at Trump rallies are Democrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/20/surprise-report-20-of-the-audiences-at-trump-ralli/
The Number of Democrats Showing Up at Trump Rallies Continues to Stun
https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/11/28/number-democrats-showing-trump-rallies-continues-stun/
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Posted by: Todd Swallows | 20 December 2019 at 12:59 PM
Playin the old hits!
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Thanks for repeating my post Todd. I’m flattered you’re so interested in what I have to say
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Time for a dementia screening @159!
😉
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Playin the old hits!
“At least America knew who my whistleblower was.”- Bill Clinton
-Treason – you guys paying attention? Resignation coming, arrests. You own it. Good times.
Posted by: Eric Anderson | 16 May 2017 at 05:45 PM
Paying attention now? Good bye conservatives.
Posted by: Eric Anderson | 30 October 2017 at 01:57 PM
Well Gregory you certainly have shown a profound indifference to the Russian interference in our elections. You still don’t believe Russia didn’t interfere do you?
Posted by: Paul Emery | 31 October 2017 at 12:11 PM
O’ besamiculio,,, Trumpski-ite cheerleaders are going to breathlessly report anything positive happening in the world to their Dear Leader Trumpski even though since 2009 the stage was being set so that everything you would like to attribute to our Dear Leader was already improving,,, Thanks Obama!!!
Posted by: BunBun | 31 October 2017 at 11:11 AM
Tony Podesta, Paul Manafort, Papadopoulos,,,more proof that Trumpski is a lying sack of guano who stocked the Blue Lagoon with just more SwampThings!!!
Posted by: BunBun | 31 October 2017 at 07:07 AM
@ Chauchat,,,formerly known as Walther,,, you are right about Walther firearms,,,too good for you,,,I renamed you after the worst gun ever made!!!What a hoot!!!
Posted by: BunBun | 21 October 2017 at 03:13 PM
BunBun
So much time spent on playing who is who on this forum,,, He is Spartacus,,,No he is Spartacus,,,kind of bizarre,,,
By the way,,,
who or what is a KeachKeach???!!! A friend of the forum???,,,bias against those with body weight disorders??? Fish always talking about finger licking makes me think it is a food thing,,,or he might be a super spy???,,,
Please enlighten
Definition of keech
plural -es
dialectal, England
:a fatty lump
Posted by: BunBun | 23 October 2017 at 09:07 AM
Kavanaugh is toast, burnt toast. He’s done. A prep school asshole of the highest order who apparently liked to assault young women. Very nice BRETT. Such a man of the people, that Brett. No wonder Mitch McConnell warned you. You had the chance to nominate a woman, but you went with the riskiest asshole you could find. Another Trump fail. And the result is we will have a split court for the next couple of years. You old racist assholes in this cesspool really need to deal in reality. Comical to watch several of you paper tigers spout BS for hours each day, day after day after day. Just a bunch of little wimps, whiners, and toothless barking cowards. All downhill from here, and no one to save you. Awwww.
Posted by: Frankie Avalon | 23 September 2018 at 11:26 PM
Punchy 202pm
“self righteous Christians disgust me.”
Self righteous lefties of all religions and no religions disgust me. That seems to include you.
Posted by: Gregory | 24 September 2018 at 02:28 PM
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,,,Interesting,,,is Fish doing year end top 20???
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Kinda like the “best of” the “deranged”…. Bring back memories Dougy? Maybe it all new to you?(again)
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When all is said and done, it’s clear that the politically astute Pelosi did not want the courts to adjudicate the subpoenas because they were baseless against a president legitimately defending the Executive against the partisan Legislative’s overreach. The court would have tossed the subpoenas, and that would have torpedoed the whole impeachment circus. Better to foist upon the nation a couple of baseless ‘hail Mary’ impeachment articles, and hope that this will work with the legions of double dummies who make up the Dems’ core.
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,,,Yes Chauchat,,,I forgot that one!!! What a hoot!!! Thanks for the mammaries…
,,,Some posts I recognize but others I do not and there is no discernable link between the postings so I assume they are CrankBaits ”’best of”’ that he keeps tacked up on the wall of his basement ”’command center”’ in his mom’s house along with a list of ”’aliases”’
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 02:37 PM
Actually no….but I sure am enjoying the retrospective!
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,,,George,,,Pelosi is crazy like a fox…
Trump wants the whole thing over so he does not go insane…
But the House gets to make its own rules so they can send Trump to ”’trial”’ after the 2020 election!!!
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Fuzznardo
Christmas first, then New Year’s countdown.
But, ‘some year in reviews’ are percolating up. Remember when the Mueller Report came out declaring that Trump, Kushner, and sleazy Don Jr. colluded and conspired with the Trump’s loverboy Putin to steal the Election and dug up dirt on HRC and hugged Putin again and again? Traitor! Or was that 2018?
Hey remember when the IG Report came right out and flatly declared that Trump was not being wiretapped and the G-men handled this case in a professional manner that was completely justified to open….. and Trump is a big fat liar and makes wild claims and hypnotizes people to believing otherwise. I remember. Seems like less than a month ago.
Hey, remember that Blue Wave? Yeah, that was something, wasn’t it.
How Trump Won 2019
“Impeachment also distracted from the Democratic primary. There are six weeks until the Iowa caucuses and hardly anybody besides the candidates and their immediate families seem to care. The Ukraine scandal involves the Democratic frontrunner but in an unusual way. Trump’s desire that President Zelensky look into the energy company Burisma, where Hunter Biden sat on the board, confirmed Joe Biden’s status as the preeminent threat to Trump. But it also reminded people that over the years members of the Biden family have benefited from Joe’s high office. And Biden’s clumsy response to allegations of unseemly profit-seeking was another reminder of his weaknesses as a candidate. This flawed frontrunner, already defined by his son’s influence peddling, maintains his lead in the polls because Democratic primary voters see his 14 rivals as too radical or unelectable.
President Trump heads to Mar-a-Lago impeached but defiant, with a new NAFTA and a “Phase One” China deal, Space Force, 185 federal judges, the lowest unemployment in half a century, a stock market that has increased by 50 percent since Election Day 2016, a unified party, and an opposition barreling toward a confusing and bruising primary. Trump won 2019, but this is the preseason. The real game begins in 2020.”
https://freebeacon.com/columns/how-trump-won-2019/
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Shows you don’t know anything Dougy,, I’m not French.
And arguably a WAY better shot. Forget I won the men’s rifle competition in Las Vegas?
Word has it you won the men’s Depends filling competition on San Juan Ridge.
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,,,Did not know you won a shootout in Vegas,,,
Ok, forget chauchat,,,
Barrett!!!
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See? crappy memory.
Yes, I would consider myself high end firepower.
You are on the the receiving end of that constantly, and always ducking for cover.
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 03:13 PM
But the House gets to make its own rules so they can send Trump to ”’trial”’ after the 2020 election!!!
Trump will get through his next term and maybe a third while the Supreme Court noodles that through! You guys need better leadership at the top! Pelosi is being led around by the screwballs in your Party of Greater Screwballs!
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,,duck and cover Barrett’s on the prowl!!!
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“,,,George,,,Pelosi is crazy like a fox…
Trump wants the whole thing over so he does not go insane…
But the House gets to make its own rules so they can send Trump to ”’trial”’ after the 2020 election!!!”—-Fuzznardo
Oh my. Whatever shall we do? Well, we know we face about 5 more years of impeachment. That’s baked into the cake, duh. What? It’s some kind of newsflash to you, Fuzznardo? A day late, and some brain cells short.
Hey, impeachment has rolled up for the year. How this all works out…well shoot howdy, I don’t know and neither do you. Take a chill pill, my brother from anotha matha. It’s holiday time. It’s all rolled up till Jan. We will see how this plays out together. We will both see how Queen Nan Pelooser plays her hand. She is a formable foe….especial when the R’s are divided and no backbone.
Lindsey and Cocaine Mitch will take it from here. They got a bounce in their step lately.
Gotta give a loud shoot out to those R boys and girls in the House. They done good, had more backbone than the lot of them. Collins, that Ohio guy…I forget their names….the minority on the Intel & Judiciary committees. Very impressive. Up and coming. And that AZ congresswoman. Wow. Destroyed them, but the die was cast. They done good, real good. Backbone. Good backbone. Kudos.
https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913/10156919170280914/?type=3&theater
Oh, that pesky Lefty ‘anti-Semitic problem’ does not seem to go away. Bernie has a Jeremey Corbyn problem? Heck, everybody knows that. It’s a socialist thang, a Leftinista thang if you prefer. Include Biden to the party.
Sanders calls Netanyahu a ‘racist,’ Biden slams PM’s ‘outrageous’ behavior
At 5th Democratic debate in LA, Vermont senator says US should ‘level the playing field’ and ‘also must be pro-Palestinian’; ex-Veep urges constant pressure for 2-state solution
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sanders-netanyahu-is-racist-us-must-also-be-pro-palestinian/
Ciao Bella
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,,,yes Crankbait,,,I am sorry free,,,registering as Independent!!!
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Breaking news on CNN!
President Trump To Step Down
Washington (CNN) – Multiple sources have confirmed that President Trump plans to step down from his office as President of the Unites States effective at noon on Monday, January 20, 2025.
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So Dougy is pissing and moaning,, now changes parties… Yup, he’s voting for Trump.
He knows he will get euthanized if a New age Progressive (Ultra Socialist) gets elected.
Don’t want to one that gets to feed the homeless?(Literally)
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I have an alibi.
2:42 p.m. — A caller on Pekolee Drive, near Echo Valley Drive, reported his neighbor was “tearing up his road.” The neighbor refused to leave, and at one point tried to run over the caller with a tractor.
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,,,I will back you up Barrett,,,you were right here the whole time!!!
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,,,Yang is my Ying,,,We might as well get used to being run by Asians!!!
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I wonder if George and Kelly Ann laugh about Trump at their abode???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-conway-savage-nickname-post-051700636.html?fr=yset_chr_syc_hp
,,,I was thinking Impotentus…
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Castaneda 313pm – Who said Pelosi is crazy; look up ‘astute’.
Yes, the House gets to make its own rules about impeachment and the transmittal of its articles to the Senate. The Senate also gets to make up its rules as to when it will accept them, or go on with the trial without their transmittal. The House has already impeached Trump, and the articles are already in the congressional record. The Senate can now try Trump any time it wants to. The transmittal is merely an unnecessary formality; its requirement is not in the Constitution on which act it is moot (cf Art 1, Sec 2, Clause 5).
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Posted by: Castaneda | 20 December 2019 at 04:57 PM
,,,I was thinking Impotentus…
I’m sure you were! Regularly…..
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Dr. R, the trolls don’t let the pesky facts get in the way @ 506.
BWWWAAAAAHHHAAAAA! Nobody cares about the socialist dem clown car crashing through the left barrier! Ignored and out of money, is that any way to run the DNC??? LOL They might as well as turn off the lights and put up a sign that reads ‘guaranteed 4 more years’.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/democratic-debate-ratings-hit-lowest-point-of-2020-presidential-campaign/
😉
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The dog never f’s around!
https://abc7.com/k-9-takes-down-stalking-suspect-after-chase-ends-in-corona/5771540/
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Posted by: Bill Tozer | 20 December 2019 at 04:32 PM
,,,if he lives that long…
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Posted by: George Rebane | 20 December 2019 at 05:06 PM
There is this,,,
“However, Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe wrote on Twitter that he disagreed with Feldman’s analysis, saying that “under Art. I, Sec. 2, Clause 5, he was impeached on Dec 18, 2019. He will forever remain impeached. Period.” That portion of the Constitution says that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.”
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Fish. It’s always a pleasure to watch police dogs getting a good workout. They live for that 20 seconds. The one getting chewed on thinks it’s a lifetime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK10OLlFA0Q
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Castaneda 532pm – No one is contending “the sole Power of Impeachment”, or that Trump has been impeached. The need for the House to formally transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate is the topic here – please focus.
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Posted by: Walt | 20 December 2019 at 05:35 PM
It’s always a pleasure to watch police dogs getting a good workout.
I think I might have posted this once before but it’s well worth seeing again! After my oldest crosses the bridge I’m going to give some serious thought to one of these crazy bastards!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orAGU04T0rc
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Posted by: George Rebane | 20 December 2019 at 05:06 PM
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article I (Article 1 – Legislative)
Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Section 2
1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
3: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.2 The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
4: When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
5: The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
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Again Dougy,, that “impeachment” is meaningless. All it says is that Trump is charged. That’s it. And not even charged with a legitimate crime.
But the swamp queen is opening herself up for her own charge of obstruction of Congress.
Go through all this drama and refuse to hand over the case? LOL!!! Not so damned important after all.
No, Trump has NOT been “officially” impeached. Does the Senate
have the case? Nope……
Dream on if you think Nan will hold out till there is a Proggy majority in the Senate.
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Fish. My daughter has one. They are scary smart. And loyal as can be.
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Poor Dougy.. The rest to tough to print?
“The Senate has the sole power to prosecute.”
It also states, “The House must immediately turn over the charges”.
Swamp Mamma is breaking the Constitution.
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Posted by: Walt | 20 December 2019 at 05:56 PM
Not sure you can ask for any more in a dog!!
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Walt…Scenes
Durham. Not a hard slog to get through, for once. . 8 minutes, 46 sec. Quick recap where we are.
https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/691965354663813/.
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When you lie to a presiding federal judge who has life time tenure you have made an enemy for life! The fun is only beginning. Can you say Durham trolls?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fisa-court-judge-demands-info-about-fbi-lawyer-linked-to-carter-page-warrant
😉
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Dougy should now what “impeachment” is. He was. Doughy was “impeached” by the movie theater.
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A special Christmas card for all the haters who ridiculed the idea of a space force you morons.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/20/president-trump-signs-defense-bill-creating-space-force-first-new-military-branch-since-1947/
😉
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Don@6:20 pm
The judge is covering the FISA courts ass. How long has this been going on? When Comey said recently that FISA warrants are hard to get, I burst out loud laughing. I could not believe he would say that to Chris Wallace as a mater of fact. The FISA Court approves like 99.97% of them.
Yep, reforms are needed. No kidding. Throw out a sacrificial lamb. CYA time.
The Cabal made a mess of things. The damage will be felt for years.
Things should get interesting come Spring of 2020. Maybe wrapped up in 4 months.
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Barr said go ahead and criticize me all you want. It’s your right. Don’t think it is even possible for him to get flapped or bend a knee. He can’t be bullied. No folding like a cheap suit. 90% of it is just noise from the toothless yapper dogs anyway
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12 Stories The Media Got Horribly Wrong In 2019
As the year comes to a close, here are a dozen of the top stories the media majorly messed up.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/12/20/12-stories-the-media-got-horribly-wrong-in-2019/
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ARE VOTERS TUNING OUT THE DEMOCRATS?
Last night’s Democratic presidential debate had the lowest ratings of any of this year’s debates:
“According to Nielsen figures provided to Variety, the Los Angeles debate hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico and simulcast on CNN drew just over 2 million viewers across PBS stations nationwide, and was seen on CNN by just over 4 million people.
PBS told Variety that the debate live streams across the participating networks’ digital and social platforms totaled more than 8.4 million viewers.
Those numbers are even worse than the ones for the fifth debate that was hosted by MSNBC. In contrast, 18.1 million tuned in to the Democrats’ first debate, in June. Six months later, the Democrats have lost most of their television audience.
This doesn’t surprise me. With Marianne Williamson and Tulsi Gabbard gone, why would anyone watch? To see Bernie wave his arms, Elizabeth Warren hector viewers, Joe Biden stumble and fumble? I don’t blame viewers for tuning out.
You can’t read too much into TV ratings, obviously, but there is an obvious lack of enthusiasm for the Democratic candidates. The fact that Slow Joe Biden, now apparently in his dotage, continues to lead the pack, tells you all you need to know. No wonder ratings are dropping.
Everything changes, of course, when the voting starts. Contenders turn into pretenders. We will see how things shake out when delegates are actually being selected, but the fact that the Democratic contenders are inspiring so little enthusiasm is a problem that won’t go away.”
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On a slow news day….a free good story about a White Hat. A good guy. Like Pompeo, the real deal.
“Former NSA Director Michael Rogers Cooperating with Durham Investigation into Trump-Russia Probe”
According to a FISA court ruling declassified in April 2017, a Rogers-ordered audit found violations in “approximately eighty-five percent” of Section 702 searches from November 1, 2015, to May 1, 2016. The violations were mainly linked to a practice known as “upstream” surveillance in which NSA agents use a search tool to collect any communications that mention the target.
“After learning of the issue Rogers subsequently shut down the “about query” tool on October 21, 2016, the same day the FBI received a FISA warrant to surveil Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page, and then told the FISC of his findings three days later.
After former DNI James Clapper recommended to Obama that he be removed, Rogers travelled to Trump tower to meet with the president-elect Trump without informing his supervisors on November 17, 2016. Later that day, the Trump transition team announced it was shifting its operations to Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/michael-rogers-former-nsa-director-cooperating-with-john-durham-investigation-into-trump-russia-probe/
In other news, Paul Krugman is having a buy-one-get-one-free offer on his book. Includes a pass to his site, a $40 offer. Used to be $80.
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,,,Don Juan Bessie,,,how is your letter writing campaign going with Roger Stone???
Have you worked out a wedding date yet???
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While the socialist dems are getting ignored and have lost the publics interest in the 3 year long lie fest to impeachment team Trump is fundamentally changing the future of the country and getting it all back on track. My kids kids will reap the benefits of a real judicial system as envisioned by the founding fathers. SWEET another magnificent Christmas present. What’s that noise? The wails and lamentations of liberals and heads exploding perhaps?? –
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid intense focus on impeachment and year-end deals on spending and trade, the Senate hurtled this week toward a less-heralded accomplishment: confirming another batch of conservative judges.
Senators confirmed 13 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, bringing to 102 the number of federal judges approved this year — more than twice the annual average over the past three decades.
The steady transformation of the courts reflects the single-minded focus of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has vowed to “leave no vacancy behind” as he and Trump seek to tilt the judicial branch to the right.
The judicial confirmations include 20 additions to the U.S. Court of Appeals, bringing to 50 the number of federal appeals court judges confirmed in Trump’s first three years in office. The relentless pace means that more than a quarter of all federal appeals court judges were nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate.
“While all eyes were understandably on impeachment, Mitch McConnell’s conveyor belt churned out a shocking number of judges this week in what remains the most underrated story of the Trump era,” said Christopher Kang, chief counsel at Demand Justice, a liberal advocacy group.
“Trump’s hijacking of our judiciary will be his most enduring legacy, and it will continue to threaten everything progressives care about long after he leaves office,” Kang said.
McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, insists the stepped-up pace of confirmations is not a partisan achievement.
“It is not one party or the other that benefits when our federal courts consist of men and women who understand that a judge’s job is to follow the law, not to make the law,” he said on the Senate floor last week.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-transformation-courts-barrels-onward-214354939.html?guccounter=1
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