The Trump Presidency Thread

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"I Made a Crime Wave". An article from 1931 that needs *a lot* more discussion mainstream discussion in this era.

http://www.unz.org/P...coln-1931-00285

 

Some guy wrote a blog post synopsis about it in 2009, for those without the time to read the original.

https://massmediahis...akes-crime.html

[Balloon guy 158]

During the Trayvon Martin lie, the media was caught forcing their agenda, and rather than cut bait, they doubled down.

 

There was a narrative they wanted told, and facts be damned they were going to push it; a white guy shot an innocent black guy.

 

 

During this fiasco, there was a story in Milwaukie about an old white guy, who shot his 13 year old black neighbor because he thought the kid had broke into his house. He had fit perfectly into the narrative they wanted.

 

The media was too invested in Trayvon though, so this never became national news.

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So right now (as in, this second), we see an example of "I Made A Crime Wave".

 

The Reds scrambled an SU27 to intercept and escort a B52 over the Baltic. Some reports have it that the Russian pilot lightly trolled the B-52 (as is to be expected and in fact should be tactically mandatory for all such events), but otherwise uneventful. Flew alongside for a while, then went away.

 

This sort of shit goes on *all the time*, yet the media is now hysterically narrating it as some sort of freak act of Trumpian aggression bringing us to the bring with the Soviets.

[FCP Bob 1,312]

The Hill‏Verified account

@thehill

Pentagon: We can't square Trump's comments with our position on Qatar http://hill.cm/zSsYCiB

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Fake News there.

 

HEADLINE: PENTAGON CAN'T SQUARE TRUMP'S COMMENTS WITH OUR POSITION ON QATAR!

 

What actually happened:

When asked about reconciling the president’s social media remarks and Department of Defense comments about Quatar, Pentagon Spokesman said "I can't help you with that" and “I will only tell you that we have, with regard to our bases there, continued presence in our operations.”

 

A fun comedy skit would be "Fake News Boy", an old-timey 1920's newsboy who stands on a corner spreading rumors and and telling lies to make people mad and sell them papers.

[Balloon guy 158]

Man bites dog

[Balloon guy 158]

 

CNN twitter doesn't age well

[Dubey 1,035]

Trump seems to be getting skewered so far in this Comey hearing.

 

I'm sure a few people here will disagree. But this will not be good for him, regardless of what you think of Comey and his testimony so far.

[Dubey 1,035]

So far, the GOPs only defense of Trump seems to be: He's an idiot, he didn't know what he was doing.

 

well, for one.. duh, everyone knew that. Second, the president of the united states doesn't get to use ignorance as an excuse. It's a reason, but not an excusable reason.

[JustDoIt 10]

So far, the GOPs only defense of Trump seems to be: He's an idiot, he didn't know what he was doing.

 

well, for one.. duh, everyone knew that. Second, the president of the united states doesn't get to use ignorance as an excuse. It's a reason, but not an excusable reason.

 

Alan Dershowitz: Powerful oral statement by Comey criticizing President Trump. Doesn't claim he committed any crime. Again important distinction.

 

Comey said a February NY Times story claiming contacts between Trump associates and Russia was "almost entirely wrong"

 

Risch told Comey: “So the American people can understand this, that report by the New York Times was not true. Is that a fair statement?”

 

“In the main – it was not true,” Comey said. “The challenge -- and I’m not picking on reporters -- about writing stories about classified information is that people talking about it often don’t really know what is going on. And those of us who actually know what’s going on aren’t talking about it. And we don’t call the press to say, hey, you got that thing wrong about this sensitive topic. We just have to leave it there.”

 

James Comey admits that AG Lynch convinced him to describe @HillaryClinton investigation as a "matter," for political reasons. #ComeyHearing

Guy walks up to him after meeting and joked now FBI is federal bureral of matter.

 

JAMES COMEY complied with Loretta Lynch's directive to mislead the public because it "wasn't a hill worth dying on"

 

Can you imagine if AG Sessions colluded with the FBI director to change their statements about a Trump investigation for political reasons?

 

.@marcorubio: "The only thing that's never been leaked is the fact that @POTUS was not personally under investigation." #ComeyDay

 

#Comey arranged the leak of the contents of his memos to #media to help push for special prosecutor! In response to tweets

 

Comey had NO AUTHORITY to "decide" to declassify a Presidential memo and leak it to a friend. He should be prosecuted as a leaker.

 

The market has responded to James Comey. Dow is up! Why? Trump was vindicated today.

 

Sen. Risch immediately saw this display on Comey’s part for what it was, and proceeded to grill Comey on the matter: “Do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice, or for that matter any other criminal offense where they said or thought they hoped for an outcome?” Risch asked.

 

Comey immediately back-tracked: “I don’t know well enough to answer, and the reason I keep saying his words is, I took it as a direction. I mean this is the president of the United States with me alone saying ‘I hope this,’ I took it as this is what he wants me to do.”

 

Catching Comey in the act, Sen. Risch clarified: “You may have taken it as a direction but that’s not what he said.”

 

Comey: “Correct…”

 

Risch: “He said, ‘I hope.’ You don’t know of anyone that’s ever been charged for hoping something. Is that a fair statement?”

 

Comey: “I don’t as I sit here.”

[Dubey 1,035]

lol

[Balloon guy 158]

yea Dershowitz really destroyed on CNN today.

 

I'm sure someone will be fired for letting him on the network and making them all look completely stupid.

 

 

Trump will come through this cleaner than clean, Lying media will look worse than before, and voters will become tired of nothing being there there again.

 

Scott Adams blog does the best explaining why there is difference of opinion, His previous prediction that the opposition's collective hive mind thinking will change from Trump is Hitler to Trump is incompetent. His next prediction is 'Trump is not an idiot, nor incompetent, but we just don't like him' will be the fun one.

 

 

Comey was really a small person in a giant job. He was in over his head, and flailing. Turns out his 'memos' that we were told were what he wrote down after every meeting were actually for his book, and he had almost nothing written down from previous administrations. he leaked his own memos ..like they meant something, hen in fact they were nothing burgers. He got pushed around by former AG, was trying to control things that were not his job to control, and he needs to just go away.

 

He got rich from serving the Clintons, now go away.

[Balloon guy 158]

Did you see the NYT and NBC new reporters tweeted the damning tweet about how AG Sessions told Comey to call the Russian probe a "matter" not an "investigation"?

 

 

 

They really got Trump there, except it was AG Lynch and Obama was president when she said this.......what chance is there that they remain incredulous about an AG forcing a political spin on an action by the FBI?

 

 

[Balloon guy 158]

Just keeps piling on you lefties

 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if you guys go back to the Russian hooker's golden showers soon.

[JustDoIt 10]

Amazing what has gone down with Comey in the last year.

 

Kallstrom: Comey 'Danced With the Devil,' Threw FBI Under Bus

 

James Comey, who was fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, had to go because he had ruined the reputation of the bureau, former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom said.

 

"I'm glad it happened," Kallstrom told Fox News' "The Story." "I think Jim Comey way back almost a year ago kind of forgot he was the FBI director."

 

Comey's press conference July 5, recommending against prosecuting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was the Democratic nominee for president, was an improper usurpation of the attorney general's role, Kallstrom said, and the action might have affected the election. Had Comey kept silent, Democrats might have decided on a different candidate, he said.

 

"Jim Comey danced with the devil, and later on down the road talked about this great investigation the FBI conducted," Kallstrom said. "Of course, they had no subpoena power, they couldn't compel any investigation or search warrants. They had to beg people to look at things. The interview of Hillary Clinton, in my view, was a sham."

 

Comey made a lot of mistakes, but is "basically a good guy," Kallstrom said. "He was lacking common sense, and it's time for new leadership in the FBI."

 

Comey "threw the FBI under the bus, and the reputation of the FBI under the bus," Kallstrom said. "That's what I am very mad about and have been very mad about for a long time."

 

http://www.newsmax.c...5/09/id/789153/

 

The Clearest (No Spin) Summary of FBI Report on Hillary Clinton Email

 

https://sharylattkis...-clinton-email/

 

I see GOCUBSGO is logged in, now be nice Mr. Cub

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So can we put the Russian thing and the rest of the old lies to bed now. You lefties should be mandated to come up with a new fairy tail...you know something creative, maybe Trump hired an intergalactic contractor to avoid paying workman comp premiums at his properties, Barron is actually a cabinet member for North Korea, Kushner is actually pimping prostitutes out of the White House....cmon give us something good to work with this time!!

[Balloon guy 158]

Sorry, today proved there was a Russian attempt to hack and the president did nothing about it. Comey never revealed it, AND the AG did try to obstruct an FBI investigation.

 

It's just that it was Obama and Lynch who are guilty.

[GOCUBSGO 77]

lol

 

+1

[GOCUBSGO 77]

By the way, the memos were not classified. They were Comey's own personal recollection of what occurred. The argument that he should be prosecuted for leaking classified memos is laughable and idiotic.

[brvheart 1,752]

Wait. So if I'm in the FBI, I can write down and leak anything I want as long as I label the note "personal"? It seems like maybe that's not how classified information works.

[scuudagouch 15]

By the way, the memos were not classified. They were Comey's own personal recollection of what occurred. The argument that he should be prosecuted for leaking classified memos is laughable and idiotic.

 

So this morning you libtards were ready to hang Trump on Comey's words but now that he says BHO and his band of thieves were responsible it is only his personal recollection... got it, more fake news or just outright lies, whatever it takes - keep up the good work

[GOCUBSGO 77]

Content dictates whether or not it is classified. If the content of the memo is detailing discussions of classified information, then the memo would be classified.

 

Nothing contained in the memos have been deemed classified therefore the memos aren't classified.

 

Try to keep up Brvy.

[Dubey 1,035]

Wait. So if I'm in the FBI, I can write down and leak anything I want as long as I label the note "personal"? It seems like maybe that's not how classified information works.

 

What exactly in the memos was classified?

[GOCUBSGO 77]

 

 

So this morning you libtards were ready to hang Trump on Comey's words but now that he says BHO and his band of thieves were responsible it is only his personal recollection... got it, more fake news or just outright lies, whatever it takes - keep up the good work

 

I will as long as you promise to continue to spew right wing nonsense that has no basis in reality while proving how much of an uninformed Trumpkin you are. Deal?