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We have a serious problem, and the republicans are pretending it doesn't exist... Arrell October 22, 2026 9:16 pm (Current Events)
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Is this what you thought 'winning' would look like? - RL - 9/21/2019 1:10:09 AM
- Trump ordered congressionally mandated funds for Ukraine to be put on hold days before the call... - RL - 9/24/2019 2:07:38 PM
- Trouble with the "single term" . . . - DanS - 9/21/2019 6:35:05 PM
  - But what if he wins a 2nd term? - ER - 9/21/2019 7:03:43 PM
    - Take a few deep breaths, ER . . . - DanS - 9/21/2019 7:31:32 PM
- yeah, pretty much. - podrock - 9/21/2019 2:59:25 AM
  - Yeah, and it will all look far far worse before it is over... - RL - 9/21/2019 7:21:48 AM
- The reason his followers think he's "winning" - ER - 9/21/2019 2:51:23 AM

Republicans Only Pretend to Be Patriots - RL - 9/24/2019 4:19:05 AM
- Class struggle - ER - 9/24/2019 1:28:24 PM

"That is treason. It’s treason, pure and simple, and the penalty for treason under the U.S. code is death." - RL - 9/23/2019 6:18:14 PM
- Those that voted for this, and those that still support this are also guilty of treason. - RL - 9/23/2019 7:14:13 PM

So what could have possibly have happened in 2008, ... - ER - 9/23/2019 2:39:26 PM

Obstruction ratchets up to unprecedented level... - RL - 9/19/2019 12:24:49 AM
- Trump asked Ukraine's president to target Biden's son with investigation... eight times... - RL - 9/20/2019 8:51:55 PM
  - Giuliani denies, then immediately admits guilt - RL - 9/20/2019 8:58:31 PM
    - Everyone should watch the video of Giuliani on CNN - RL - 9/20/2019 10:01:22 PM
- The coup is almost complete... - ER - 9/19/2019 2:50:39 AM
- Translater? - podrock - 9/19/2019 2:03:27 AM
  - It was during a phone call that the problematic promise was made - RL - 9/19/2019 2:08:55 AM
- Trump’s communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say - RL - 9/19/2019 1:26:27 AM
  - Reporting now says it involved promises related to Ukraine... - RL - 9/20/2019 1:18:11 AM
  - Trump's first tweet since the news broke: - RL - 9/19/2019 1:56:41 AM
  - Right now a bunch of ex-zoners are scared shitl*ss, wondering what new treasonous act they will have to support and defend next week... - RL - 9/19/2019 1:54:45 AM
    - Right now, a bunch of current zoners are scared shitl*ss wondering what old treasonous acts they may be accused of next week. - ER - 9/19/2019 2:53:11 AM
      - There needs to be a harsh reckoning for those that supported this atrocity - RL - 9/19/2019 3:08:56 AM
        
        It will be just like in the aftermath of the Nazi era... - ER - 9/19/2019 3:56:46 PM
        
        Ah, but the internet never forgets... - RL - 9/20/2019 5:21:17 PM
- Schiff: Top intel official has refused to turn over 'urgent' whistleblower complaint - RL - 9/19/2019 12:27:44 AM

It turns out they really, deep down, are just assholes... - RL - 9/18/2019 1:24:41 AM
- Trumptards online - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2019 5:53:42 PM
  - Many online MAGA morons think they can hide behind 'anonymity'... - RL - 9/20/2019 6:46:02 PM
- I posted about "accelerationism" here about a year ago... - ER - 9/18/2019 2:17:30 AM

‘She never treated me nicely. But I would like to wish her family well.’ - RL - 9/17/2019 10:40:51 PM
- What a POS - BuckGalaxy - 9/20/2019 4:23:55 AM

Trump tweets false claim that Muslim congresswoman partied on 9/11 anniversary... - RL - 9/19/2019 1:09:57 AM
- He's played this card before, with some success. - ER - 9/20/2019 1:28:30 AM

Taking military orders from the folks that butchered a WaPo reporter... - RL - 9/18/2019 12:24:27 AM
- Bullies are notorious cowards. - ER - 9/18/2019 2:12:06 PM
- The Saudis have also been pumping cash into Trump’s infamous Scotland golf resort - RL - 9/18/2019 12:33:26 AM
  - "Saudi Arabia pays cash."-Trump - RL - 9/18/2019 12:40:16 AM
    - I think Trump is still trying to figure out his public . . . - DanS - 9/18/2019 10:47:19 AM
      - Maybe he's laundering money for the Saudis. - ER - 9/18/2019 12:25:50 PM

Yesterday Trump tweeted: ' “A Very Stable Genius!” Thank you.' - RL - 9/15/2019 1:14:34 PM
- What is noteworthy about this... - ER - 9/15/2019 3:26:16 PM
  - Looks like he deleted and retweeted with the corrected spelling... - RL - 9/15/2019 3:39:53 PM
    - Then again, sometimes the humor is priceless... - ER - 9/15/2019 4:58:58 PM
      - Well, he should be looked upon as ... which one was it . . . ? - DanS - 9/16/2019 2:43:39 PM

Huh, I guess Kavanaugh WAS a sexual predator... Who could have guessed? - RL - 9/15/2019 4:58:12 PM
- Meanwhile... - RL - 9/15/2019 5:04:56 PM
  - Maybe Buck is right. - ER - 9/15/2019 5:09:06 PM

‘Where’s my favorite dictator?’ - RL - 9/15/2019 7:23:20 AM
- For Mr Trump, "Dictator" is not a pejorative term. - ER - 9/15/2019 12:40:29 PM

Are we next? - BuckGalaxy - 9/14/2019 7:58:57 PM
- I'm surprised terrorists haven't thought of this yet. - ER - 9/14/2019 8:48:54 PM

Bolton bolts. - ER - 9/10/2019 4:34:56 PM
- I'm glad he's gone - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2019 8:53:56 PM
- Trump hires the best people... - RL - 9/10/2019 5:56:47 PM

Just imagine if Obama had invited the Taliban to Camp David days before the 9/11 anniversary.... - RL - 9/10/2019 12:58:25 AM
- Wiser heads in his entourage must have convinced him it was a bad idea and talked him out of it. - ER - 9/10/2019 5:00:57 AM

US extracted high level spy from Russia out of fear that Trump would blow his cover while chatting with Putin - RL - 9/9/2019 10:01:29 PM

Gosh, I hope FrankC evacuates out of the path of the Hurricane! - RL - 9/2/2019 8:12:16 PM
- Tragic news folks, it appears FrankC took a direct hit - RL - 9/9/2019 9:45:52 PM
- It gets MORE ridiculous! - RL - 9/5/2019 2:05:02 AM
  - Timeline of Trump's Alabama meltdown - BuckGalaxy - 9/6/2019 4:14:00 PM
    - Trump doctored weather map with sharpie - Wapo - BuckGalaxy - 9/6/2019 4:38:33 PM
      - I cannot even begin to imagine the magnitude of deep insecurities that must be behind this behavior... - RL - 9/6/2019 10:22:43 PM
        
        NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump - BuckGalaxy - 9/8/2019 4:33:21 PM
        
        NOAA’s chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts - BuckGalaxy - 9/9/2019 5:27:22 PM
        
        Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly threatened to fire top employees at the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after officials contradicted President Trump’s claim - BuckGalaxy - 9/9/2019 8:52:59 PM
        
        You would think that even conservatives would recognize that this dynamic is terribly dangerous... - RL - 9/9/2019 9:14:02 PM
        
        Its a ball-bearing moment. - ER - 9/7/2019 12:33:35 AM
  - Confusing Alabama and Georgia is no big deal. - ER - 9/5/2019 4:23:08 AM
  - Sad! - podrock - 9/5/2019 2:28:55 AM
- Well, there are always "effects" . . . - DanS - 9/3/2019 1:24:59 PM
  - The picture of Dorian, gray-scale - RL - 9/3/2019 2:56:55 PM

Trump tries to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election - RL - 9/8/2019 1:52:00 AM
- And lest we forget... - ER - 9/8/2019 3:18:31 PM

The conservative mind, and what it believes... - RL - 9/8/2019 1:16:52 AM

Trump congratulates Poland - BuckGalaxy - 9/3/2019 5:25:31 PM

To celebrate the second mass shooting in a month, Texas loosens gun restrictions... - RL - 9/2/2019 1:59:29 AM
- American evil - Robert - 9/2/2019 3:21:50 PM
  - It makes sense that they allow them to carry guns to church - The gun is the only thing that is truly holy to them. - RL - 9/2/2019 7:58:47 PM
  - Americans want guns so they can kill black people. - ER - 9/2/2019 4:58:17 PM

Trump: "Congratulations to @seanhannity for being the number one shoe on Cable Television!" - RL - 8/31/2019 2:09:36 PM
- Yes, but he IS a heel. - ER - 8/31/2019 3:41:58 PM

Trump yet again threatens potential witness - RL - 8/31/2019 1:42:08 PM

Conservatives in a nutshell - RL - 8/29/2019 1:24:58 AM
- There is no such thing as a "private business". - ER - 8/29/2019 1:51:11 PM

"I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to Puerto Rico!" - RL - 8/28/2019 11:05:29 PM
- Trump complains that Fox News is no longer working for him... - RL - 8/28/2019 11:07:04 PM
  - And clumsily tries to 'get in the heads of the democrats'... - RL - 8/28/2019 11:10:22 PM
    - "When the “Age of Trump” is looked back on many years from now, I only hope that a big part of my legacy will be the exposing of massive dishonesty in the Fake News!" - RL - 8/29/2019 12:39:39 AM

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