Nancy Pelosi Vacationing In Hawaii During Shutdown.

[H B Lowrie]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Don's "poor me all alone in the shite house" tweets are so forlorn.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she doesn't give a shit about anyone other than illegals.
Trump cancelled his trip to Florida over the Christmas Holiday to work on negotiations on reopening the government, but he has nobody to negotiate with because Democrats are on vacation. Nancy Pelosi is in Hawaii right now. Meanwhile she's on Twitter accusing Trump of "plunging the country into chaos".

Trump Cancels Florida Christmas Trip Over Shutdown – Nancy Pelosi Vacations in Hawaii



House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort during the government shutdown.
Rooms at this posh resort range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite, reported the Free Beacon.


President Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Mar-a-Lago to work during the shutdown, but Pelosi jet-setted to Hawaii while 800,000 government employees are currently not working.

Pelosi blamed President Trump for the shutdown after he refused to sign a stopgap funding bill that excluded $5 billion for the border wall.



The House revamped the bill and added the border wall funding Trump asked for and passed in a 217-185 vote — once again proving Pelosi wrong.

The Senate, however, refused to pass the bill after it got bounced back from the House, resulting in a Schumer shutdown.

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Hawaii during Christmas seems to be a tradition.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Pelosi spent Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu on Hawaii and stayed in the $10,000 a night presidential suite even though Americans were suffering during the Great Recession.





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Trump is martyring himself.
I've said all along that when the walls close in (as they are now) he would start setting himself as a martyr for his base.
"Sad."
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In the meantime, Nancy's not the only one on vacay:

Steven Mnuchin, while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, issues statement on market liquidity

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Bullshit.
Speaking of walls......we need one.
Here's just a few of the victims of illegal immigrant crimes.

Going for the meme because you don't have the facts?
Why don't I post a photo of all the victims of the school shootings in the last 10 years?
All at the hands of American male citizens, too.
It would make your fucking graphic look like a postage stamp on a wall map, you stupid idiot.

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[WaitingFor2020]

Acted like a man Presidential ,,,,,,not like some street thug trump has shown himself to be

Moochelle is more of a man than her faggot husband. He met Eric Holder in the queer bath houses in Chicago and used to give BJs in the back seat of limos for cocaine and political favors when he was starting out in politics.

The men in white jackets should come for you

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
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Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
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I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
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[WaitingFor2020]

Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she doesn't give a shit about anyone other than illegals.
Trump cancelled his trip to Florida over the Christmas Holiday to work on negotiations on reopening the government, but he has nobody to negotiate with because Democrats are on vacation. Nancy Pelosi is in Hawaii right now. Meanwhile she's on Twitter accusing Trump of "plunging the country into chaos".

Trump Cancels Florida Christmas Trip Over Shutdown – Nancy Pelosi Vacations in Hawaii



House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort during the government shutdown.
Rooms at this posh resort range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite, reported the Free Beacon.


President Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Mar-a-Lago to work during the shutdown, but Pelosi jet-setted to Hawaii while 800,000 government employees are currently not working.

Pelosi blamed President Trump for the shutdown after he refused to sign a stopgap funding bill that excluded $5 billion for the border wall.



The House revamped the bill and added the border wall funding Trump asked for and passed in a 217-185 vote — once again proving Pelosi wrong.

The Senate, however, refused to pass the bill after it got bounced back from the House, resulting in a Schumer shutdown.

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Hawaii during Christmas seems to be a tradition.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Pelosi spent Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu on Hawaii and stayed in the $10,000 a night presidential suite even though Americans were suffering during the Great Recession.





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/----/ Meanwhile
TRUMP ULTIMATUM:
FUND WALL OR BORDER SHUTS
WILL CUT AID TO HONDURAS, GUATEMALA

Your post isn't clear.
Are you saying Trump is acting appropriately or are you whining about his actions?

/—-/ I’m pointing out while self-serving, elitist democRATs are vacationing, Trump is at work securing our border. I should have been more precise.

What are the 293 Repbus members of Congress doing while Trump is at work securing our border? Are they all in DC working with him?

LOL!!
Trump is all about the visuals....his sitting in the OO while everyone else is home.....he can't get enough sympathy.
All part of his martyr campaign before he resigns when the Mueller report comes out.
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[WaitingFor2020]

Yes, I know they did. They were not true statesmen...just like Trump is not.

Do try and keep up! how many times must I explain I am not a Dem and do not like Dem POTUSes?

/——/ Nice spin.

No spin at all, that has been my consistent message my whole time on this forum. The problem is that you sheep cannot comprehend someone that has not sold their soul to one of the two major parties.

/——/ How have I sold my soul to the TEA Party? BTW, Paul Ryan sucked as a speaker.

You are a diehard Repub, you vote nobody but Repub.

/—-/ I’m Tea Party and vote the conservative line when ever possible.

The Tea Party is dead.
Do you attend meetings by séance?

The Tea Party is Dead - Econlib
Feb 11, 2018 - So writes Matt Kibbe, one of the original organizers of the Tea Party, in “The Tea PartyIs Officially Dead. It Was Killed By Partisan Politics.
The Tea Party Is Officially Dead. It Was Killed by Partisan Politics ...
Feb 11, 2018 - Virtually every Beltway pundit in DC has pronounced the Tea Party dead at one time or another. Republican Senators well past their sell-by ...
The Tea Party is dead — it's the Covfefe Party now - New York Post
https://nypost.com/2018/02/15/the-tea-party-is-dead-its-the-covfefe-party-now/
Feb 15, 2018 - The Tea Party is dead. The Covfefe Party has killed it. The Tea Party was the term given to the grassroots movement that emerged out of ...
Whatever happened to the Tea Party? It died last night - The Boston ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/02/09/...tea-party-died.../story.html
Feb 9, 2018 - The Tea Party has been a major force, but one of its central tenets was ignored by Republicans as they passed a budget deal.
The Tea Party is dead and buried, and the GOP just danced on its ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/02/14/the-tea-party-dead.../story.html
Feb 14, 2018 - Republicans have turned their backs on the Tea Party, and on everything the GOP has ever said about fiscal discipline.

 

[BS Filter]

Moochelle is more of a man than her faggot husband. He met Eric Holder in the queer bath houses in Chicago and used to give BJs in the back seat of limos for cocaine and political favors when he was starting out in politics.

The men in white jackets should come for you

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
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Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
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I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
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Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

 

[edward37]

The men in white jackets should come for you

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
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.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

Not a fantasy but a dirty downright shame

 

[WaitingFor2020]

The men in white jackets should come for you

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
.
.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

That's not a fantasy. That's a travesty.
But he will resign or else the GOP Congress will use the 25th Amendment to force him out before his first term is over.
Pence can't wait.
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[BS Filter]

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
.
.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

Not a fantasy but a dirty downright shame

That's what I thought about the election of Obungo, but I didn't spend my daily conscious hours crying about it. Get over it and vote in 2020. Duh!

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Trumpanzees are suckers for Fox headlines.
This thread topic proves it.
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[BS Filter]

Truth hurts, huh. Poor pitiful creature.

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

Yes, the troops were excited to see their Commander, and that's what really drives y'all nuts.

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
.
.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

That's not a fantasy. That's a travesty.
But he will resign or else the GOP Congress will use the 25th Amendment to force him out before his first term is over.
Pence can't wait.
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More fantasy.

 

[edward37]

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
.
.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

Not a fantasy but a dirty downright shame

That's what I thought about the election of Obungo, but I didn't spend my daily conscious hours crying about it. Get over it and vote in 2020. Duh!

Well I split it up crying about the pos in the wh and crying about what he's doing to stability in our stock markets

 

[WaitingFor2020]

If you republicans didn't have bullshit ,you'd have nothing

You DO know that they are required to show up for this event, it's not an option to decline to attend?
.
Now the "fake news" people at CNN could have stated that when they did their story.

They could have also edited the coverage to show troops standing in the background refusing to go near the human stain.

But they didn't. So that's where you get your impression that "the troops were excited to see their Commander".
.
.
.
.

I saw many pics and The troops were genuinely happy to see their Commander. I know what I saw. Try that crap on someone else.

I saw a cluster of about 10 soldiers around him doing a selfie.
That was it.
But you just keep on bleevin' whatever the fantasy is.
.
.
.

Trump is the President of the United States. How's that for a fantasy. Lol.

Not a fantasy but a dirty downright shame

That's what I thought about the election of Obungo, but I didn't spend my daily conscious hours crying about it. Get over it and vote in 2020. Duh!

Why don't you list all of the investigations of Obama and his campaign and admin and I'll list Trump's.
OK? Ready? Let's go:

Investigations by the Special Counsel
1. The Russian Government’s Election Attack: The special counsel moved aggressively to outline and charge the Russian government’s core attack on the 2016 election, which included both active cyber intrusions and data theftby the military intelligence unit GRU and the GRU’s attempted attacks on the US voting system, as well as online information influence operations by the Internet Research Agency, known by the moniker “Project Lakhta.” Numerous threads from this investigation remain unseen—including a possible cooperator inside the Internet Research Agency, Putin’s own involvement, whether any Americans contributed knowingly to the attack, the role of the FSB’s “Cozy Bear” hackers, and whether or how Russia’s expensive and multipronged attack coordinated with contacts between Russian nationals and the Trump campaign over the course of 2016, including the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Mueller has also reportedly been investigating the role of late GOP activist Peter Smith, who had apparently tried to locate stolen emails and make contact with Russian hackers. It’s also unclear what has sparked Mueller’s apparent continued interest in Trump’s campaign tech firm, Cambridge Analytica.

Status: 12 Russian military intelligence officers from the GRU indicted, 13 people indicted from the Internet Research Agency, alongside three Russian companies, and a guilty plea from one California man who unwittingly aided their identity theft. Manafort aide Sam Patten is cooperating with investigators.

2. WikiLeaks: Whether WikiLeaks’ publishing of the emails stolen by Russian hackers connects from Moscow to Trump Tower itself remains an open question. But a leaked aborted plea agreement from conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi makes clear that Trump associates had at least some advance knowledge of what WikiLeaks was planning to publish. How any of that may connect with looming chargesfacing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and another apparently abandoned deal for him to leave the Ecuador embassy in London is also unclear.

Status: Both Trump aide Roger Stone and Corsi have said they expect to be indicted. Unclear if looming charges against Assange relate to Mueller investigation.

3. Middle Eastern Influence: Potentially the biggest unseen aspect of Mueller’s investigation is his year-long pursuit of Middle Eastern influence targeting the Trump campaign, which the Daily Beast reported last week might become public sometime early next year. As the Daily Beast wrote, “The ‘Russia investigation’ is set to go global.” The investigation appears to center on the role of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, which were eager to help the campaign and, in some cases, have business ties to Trump or presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kushner specifically appears to have been a key focus of these foreign efforts: The New Yorker and other news outlets have carefully traced how China, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia targeted the White House senior adviser.

Status: No public court activity yet, but two key figures are known to be cooperating: Middle East would-be power broker George Nader and Blackwater mercenary group founder Erik Prince.


4. Paul Manafort’s Activity: What began over a year ago with a sweeping money laundering indictment targeting Trump’s one-time campaign chair—and resulted in his conviction on eight felonies at trial before he accepted a plea agreement on other charges—continues to unfold. In court documents, Mueller has made clear that he’s investigating Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik, a Ukrainian tied to Russian intelligence. He may also have interest in Kilimnik’s interactions with another Trump associate, real estate investor Tom Barrack, who has also been interviewed by investigators.

Status: Manafort’s been both convicted at trial and accepted a plea agreement; lawyer Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about the Ukrainian work; Manafort associate Sam Patten has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent; Kilimnik has been indicted for obstruction of justice. Known cooperators include Trump deputy campaign chair and Manafort business partner Rick Gates, who has also pleaded guilty to his own role in the money laundering scheme.

5. The Trump Tower Moscow Project: Just days before Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison for the eight felonies he pleaded guilty to in August, Mueller surprised everyone with a ninth charge. Cohen admitted that he lied to Congress about the status of the Trump Organization’s pursuit of a Trump Tower Moscow, a proposed project that extended longer into the campaign and proceeded into more serious conversations than previously admitted. The special counsel also noted how the project would be worth “hundreds of millions” of dollars, far more than a normal Trump licensing deal, leading to questions about why it would have been so lucrative. The case also connects the Trump Organization’s business deals, and the campaign, directly to the office of Russian president Vladimir Putin, whose government was at the time busily engaged in the attack on the US election. Moreover, according to statements by congressional investigators and documents released from Congress’s own Russia investigation, other figures, including Donald Trump Jr., may face legal exposure about their own testimony on the Trump Tower Moscow project.

Status: Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the status of the project and is cooperating with investigators.


6. Other Campaign and Transition Contacts With Russia: As journalists have pieced together, at least 14 Trump associates had contact with Russia during the campaign and transition, from foreign policy aide Carter Page to would-be attorney general Jeff Sessions. Questions continue to surround many of those contacts, not least of all the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 that included Trump Jr., Kushner, and Manafort, and which involved hints that the meeting was only “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump,” as the email setting up the meeting first promised.

Status: Both national security adviser Michael Flynn and foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos have pleaded guilty to charges related to their campaign and transition contacts with Russia. Cohen and Flynn have both provided extensive cooperation to Mueller about the campaign and transition contacts.

7. Obstruction of Justice: Robert Mueller’s appointment stemmed from Trump’s decision to fire FBI director James Comey and fears that the firing was an attempt to obstruct the initial stages of the Russia investigation. But recent court documents hint that Mueller might be assembling a broader obstruction-of-justice case against Trump, one that could potentially argue that the president’s public statements intentionally misled the public in an attempt to limit the scope of the Russia investigation. Even if Mueller decides there’s enough evidence to bring a case here, it seems more likely to get passed along to Congress for consideration of impeachment rather than prosecuted in court.

Status: No public movement yet, but court documents point to the fact that at least Manafort and Cohen have provided evidence useful to this case about their own contacts in 2017 and 2018 with the White House.


Investigations by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
8. Campaign Conspiracy and the Trump Organization’s Finances: Despite the myriad cases unfolding from the special counsel, the White House’s most immediate legal jeopardy increasingly appears to stem from federal prosecutors in New York digging into Trump’s alleged financial shenanigans. Perhaps the biggest political bombshell amid the last three weeks has been the new revelations around Michael Cohen, “Individual 1” (as court documents have identified Trump), and the hush money payments to cover up extramarital affairs in the final weeks of the 2016 election. Prosecutors have written that Donald Trump himself directed the payments—an indication that they have solid documentary evidence that hasn’t become public yet—and have apparently lined up nearly every other participant in the scheme as a cooperator.

Status: Cohen has already pleaded guilty, and National Enquirer’s David Pecker, its parent company AMI, Cohen, and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg are all cooperating with investigators.

9. Inauguration Funding: Late last week, The Wall Street Journal broke word that prosecutors were digging into the record $107 million raised and spent by the Trump inauguration committee, potentially with concerns about where that money came from and where it went, based in part on documents and evidence seized during the Michael Cohen investigation. Journalists have long raised questionsabout where the inauguration money went, and the FBI expressed concern about the Russian elites who appeared at the event. We already know that at least some shady money was involved: Manafort associate Sam Patten’s plea agreement includes that he helped a Ukrainian businessman funnel $50,000 to the inauguration.

Status: No public court activity yet beyond Patten, but he is cooperating with investigators.

10. Trump SuperPAC Funding: Related to the news about the inauguration inquiries was word that prosecutors are digging into the funding of a Trump SuperPAC, Rebuilding America Now, where Paul Manafort also played a role.

Status: No public court activity yet, but Manafort aide Sam Patten is cooperating with investigators.


11. Foreign Lobbying: Robert Mueller also handed off information he uncovered during the Manafort money laundering probe to prosecutors in New York. According to news reports, he referred questions about at least a trio of other lobbyists—Tony Podesta, Vin Weber, and Greg Craig—and whether they allegedly failed to appropriately register as foreign agents for work related to Ukraine. Podesta abruptly closed his eponymous lobbying firm last year, and Mueller had previously been interested in the work done by Mercury LLC, Weber’s firm, as well as the law firm Skadden Arps, where Craig worked until earlier this year. Skadden Arps also employed the Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his contacts with Rick Gates.

Status: Rick Gates is cooperating with investigators.

Investigations by the US Attorney for the District of Columbia
12. Maria Butina and the NRA: The guilty plea last week by Russian agent and gun-rights enthusiast Butina came with an extensive cooperation agreement, including the possibility of her meeting with investigators without lawyers present. While the most immediate next target of the investigation appears to be Butina’s boyfriend, Republican operative Paul Erickson—he was sent a so-called “target” letter by prosecutors recently—questions have also swirled about 2016 campaign funding by the National Rifle Association and the reach of Russia into the US conservative movement. Notably, Butina attended numerous conservative events—including the inauguration—and brought 11 Russians to the annual prayer breakfast, was photographedwith numerous conservative leaders, and even asked candidate Trump a question at an event early in the campaign, giving him an opportunity to praise Russia.

Status: Maria Butina has pleaded guilty and is cooperating.


Investigations by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
13. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova: The alleged chief accountant of the Internet Research Agency was indictedseparately earlier this fall by prosecutors in northern Virginia and the Justice Department’s unit that handles counterintelligence and espionage cases, not by Mueller’s special counsel office. Khusyaynova was charged with activity that went above and beyond the 2016 campaign, including efforts to meddle in this year’s midterms. Why she was prosecuted separately remains a puzzle.

Status: Khusyaynova has been indicted.

14. Turkish Influence: According to court documents, Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn contributed to two investigations beyond the Russia probe. While both were redacted in his court case, there are strong hints, including reporting by The New York Times, that one of those two cases includes a grand jury in northern Virginia focused on illegal influence by the Turkish government. According to the Times, “Prosecutors are examining Mr. Flynn’s former business partners and clients who financed a campaign against Fethullah Gulen, a cleric living in Pennsylvania whom the Turkish government has accused of helping instigate a failed coup.” Flynn’s own sentencing documents allude to the fact that Flynn handed over voluminous records from his own businesses.

Status: Michael Flynn’s plea agreement includes some details of the case. Flynn is cooperating with investigators.

Investigations by New York City, New York State, & Other State Attorneys General

15. Tax Case: In the wake of a New York Times investigation that found Donald Trump had apparently benefited from upwards of $400 million in tax schemes, city officials said they were investigating Trump’s tax payments, as did the New York State Tax Department. Longtime lawyer and Trump fixer Cohen also reported in his own court filing that he met with investigators from the New York Attorney General’s Office, although the court filings didn’t explain what the investigation entailed.

Status: Unknown.

16. The Trump Foundation: The New York Attorney General sued the Trump Foundation this summer, charging it with, as The New York Times summarized, “sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign.” A judge just ruled last month that the lawsuit can proceed. Now the incoming attorney general has promised even more wide-ranging inquiries in the Trump business world.

Status: Case is proceeding, having cleared initial court tests.

17. Emoluments Lawsuit: The attorneys general for Maryland and DC sent out subpoenas earlier this month for Trump Organization and hotel financial records relating to their lawsuit alleging that the president is in breach of the so-called Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which appears to prohibit the president from accepting payments from foreign powers while in office. The lawsuit’s discovery phase could push voluminous amounts of information into public view about how foreign governments have funneled business to Trump’s organization, like how the Saudi government evidently purchased more than 500 rooms at Trump’s hotel in DC in the months after the election.

Status: Subpoenas have been issued.""""""""
A Complete Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump and Russia Investigations

NOW WHERE'S YOUR LIST, DUMBFUCK?

Trump is going to resign. Get over it.
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[Cellblock2429]

/——/ Nice spin.

No spin at all, that has been my consistent message my whole time on this forum. The problem is that you sheep cannot comprehend someone that has not sold their soul to one of the two major parties.

/——/ How have I sold my soul to the TEA Party? BTW, Paul Ryan sucked as a speaker.

You are a diehard Repub, you vote nobody but Repub.

/—-/ I’m Tea Party and vote the conservative line when ever possible.

The Tea Party is dead.
Do you attend meetings by séance?

The Tea Party is Dead - Econlib
Feb 11, 2018 - So writes Matt Kibbe, one of the original organizers of the Tea Party, in “The Tea PartyIs Officially Dead. It Was Killed By Partisan Politics.
The Tea Party Is Officially Dead. It Was Killed by Partisan Politics ...
Feb 11, 2018 - Virtually every Beltway pundit in DC has pronounced the Tea Party dead at one time or another. Republican Senators well past their sell-by ...
The Tea Party is dead — it's the Covfefe Party now - New York Post
https://nypost.com/2018/02/15/the-tea-party-is-dead-its-the-covfefe-party-now/
Feb 15, 2018 - The Tea Party is dead. The Covfefe Party has killed it. The Tea Party was the term given to the grassroots movement that emerged out of ...
Whatever happened to the Tea Party? It died last night - The Boston ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/02/09/...tea-party-died.../story.html
Feb 9, 2018 - The Tea Party has been a major force, but one of its central tenets was ignored by Republicans as they passed a budget deal.
The Tea Party is dead and buried, and the GOP just danced on its ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/02/14/the-tea-party-dead.../story.html
Feb 14, 2018 - Republicans have turned their backs on the Tea Party, and on everything the GOP has ever said about fiscal discipline.

/----/ Good - you keep telling yourself that.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she doesn't give a shit about anyone other than illegals.
Trump cancelled his trip to Florida over the Christmas Holiday to work on negotiations on reopening the government, but he has nobody to negotiate with because Democrats are on vacation. Nancy Pelosi is in Hawaii right now. Meanwhile she's on Twitter accusing Trump of "plunging the country into chaos".

Trump Cancels Florida Christmas Trip Over Shutdown – Nancy Pelosi Vacations in Hawaii



House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort during the government shutdown.
Rooms at this posh resort range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite, reported the Free Beacon.


President Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Mar-a-Lago to work during the shutdown, but Pelosi jet-setted to Hawaii while 800,000 government employees are currently not working.

Pelosi blamed President Trump for the shutdown after he refused to sign a stopgap funding bill that excluded $5 billion for the border wall.



The House revamped the bill and added the border wall funding Trump asked for and passed in a 217-185 vote — once again proving Pelosi wrong.

The Senate, however, refused to pass the bill after it got bounced back from the House, resulting in a Schumer shutdown.

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Hawaii during Christmas seems to be a tradition.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Pelosi spent Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu on Hawaii and stayed in the $10,000 a night presidential suite even though Americans were suffering during the Great Recession.





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/----/ Meanwhile
TRUMP ULTIMATUM:
FUND WALL OR BORDER SHUTS
WILL CUT AID TO HONDURAS, GUATEMALA

Your post isn't clear.
Are you saying Trump is acting appropriately or are you whining about his actions?

/—-/ I’m pointing out while self-serving, elitist democRATs are vacationing, Trump is at work securing our border. I should have been more precise.

What are the 293 Repbus members of Congress doing while Trump is at work securing our border? Are they all in DC working with him?

LOL!!
Trump is all about the visuals....his sitting in the OO while everyone else is home.....he can't get enough sympathy.
All part of his martyr campaign before he resigns when the Mueller report comes out.
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/----/ "when the Mueller report comes out." Isn't this the part where you're supposed to say TICK TOCK TICK TOC?

 

[BlackFlag]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Fuck dude, how'd progs. become so dumb? She's holding up negotiations, but somehow it's Trump's fault. Everything is Trump's fault, including your poor disposition.

Negotiations? All Trump had to do was sign his name. A bill was passed by both House and Senate. Instead he's demanding $5 billion like a kidnapper.

 

[Lakhota]

Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she doesn't give a shit about anyone other than illegals.
Trump cancelled his trip to Florida over the Christmas Holiday to work on negotiations on reopening the government, but he has nobody to negotiate with because Democrats are on vacation. Nancy Pelosi is in Hawaii right now. Meanwhile she's on Twitter accusing Trump of "plunging the country into chaos".

Trump Cancels Florida Christmas Trip Over Shutdown – Nancy Pelosi Vacations in Hawaii



House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort during the government shutdown.
Rooms at this posh resort range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite, reported the Free Beacon.


President Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Mar-a-Lago to work during the shutdown, but Pelosi jet-setted to Hawaii while 800,000 government employees are currently not working.

Pelosi blamed President Trump for the shutdown after he refused to sign a stopgap funding bill that excluded $5 billion for the border wall.



The House revamped the bill and added the border wall funding Trump asked for and passed in a 217-185 vote — once again proving Pelosi wrong.

The Senate, however, refused to pass the bill after it got bounced back from the House, resulting in a Schumer shutdown.

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Hawaii during Christmas seems to be a tradition.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Pelosi spent Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu on Hawaii and stayed in the $10,000 a night presidential suite even though Americans were suffering during the Great Recession.





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Jealous? Go whine to Speaker Ryan.

 

[rightwinger]

Is the issue hats or political hats?

 

[rightwinger]

Obama visited troops 4 times first 2 or so years Dump just got around to it?

Crooked Donnie has golf to worry about

 

[Aldo Raine]

So fucking what? As if half the shit those dumb fucks spend money on have majority support of the moron American electorate?

And , of course , there is the fact that almost every single one of the idiot Democrats in DC already voted for a border fence in 2006.

But of course you have zero interest in discussing the complete hypocrisy and dishonesty of Democrats do you.

Only a retard thinks that voting for a few hundred miles of fence is the same as voting for thousands of miles of 30 ft. tall concrete walls. But then again, look who I'm dealing with here.

Only a moron believes anyone is talking about building thousands of miles of 30 feet tall walls. And I mean obviously we know you are a moron, but even you don't believe that. You are just dishonest.

That's what Trump campaigned on. Also, only retards believed Mexico would pay for it.

Obama campaigned on closing GITMO and the sanctity of marriage. Bush campaigned on no new taxes, etc etc.

Only a real moron expects a President to be able to do everything he promises on the campaign trail. I mean seriously. No President ever has and no President ever will.

GITMO is still in operation and the Democrats are trying to raise taxes on everyone, not just the rich.
And we know how Obama and others decided to switch sides on the sanctity of marriage.

BTW, Obama also said he wasn't a socialist or a Muslim.
Now we know both of these were lies.[/QUOTE

So Gitmo is still open, 2 years after tRump took office? Thanks for proving tRump is just like Obama and Bush!