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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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WaPost:
Bannon called meeting with Russian lawyer ‘treasonous’ and other claims from new Trump book
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Trump’s my-button-is-bigger brinkmanship with North Korea again shows his fixation on size
North Korean dictators have been insulting U.S. presidents for seven decades. But President Trump is the first to let their taunts get under his skin, and some foreign policy experts are pained by his naivete.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Israelis voice warnings, Palestinians talk of ‘blackmail’ in wake of tweets by Trump
The Trump administration’s threat to cut aid to the Palestinians to force them into a peace deal may have dire humanitarian consequences that could backfire on Israel, Israeli security officials and analysts warned.
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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"Like Petronius, Trump came to political power through inherited wealth, deceit, skullduggery, a gullible public... Petronius fabricated imaginary plots... Trumpianus Maximus - - - "
Another striking similarity:
Circus Maximus becomes Circus trumpulous, a daily alt-reality show of golf, twits, leaks, firings, fakefacts, corruption, and belching.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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(CNN)At a time when people are battling over whether to take down Confederate War statues and memorials, a pair of state lawmakers in South Carolina want to put one up.
And it wouldn't be just another Civil War monument. It would be a monument to honor the sacrifices of black Confederate troops from South Carolina.
Problem is, historians say there weren't any black Confederate soldiers in South Carolina.
The lawmakers, South Carolina state Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns, filed a pair of bills late last year for the 2018 legislative session that would form a commission to create a monument to South Carolina's black Confederate troops.
"This monument can help educate current and future generations of a little-known -- but important -- part of South Carolina history," Burns said back in October in a statement to CNN affiliate WIS. "These African-Americans, like many of their Caucasian contemporaries, stepped up to defend their home state during a tumultuous time in our country's history. Their service has largely been overlooked or forgotten."
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Manafort is suing the justice department...Too funny....A good defense is a strong offense...
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Trump's Lawyer sends a Cease & Desist letter to Bannon
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-attorney-sends-bannon-cease-desist-letter-disparaging/story?id=52128555
"Lawyers on behalf of President Donald Trump sent a letter Wednesday night to former White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family."
Ummm, can The Donald BE as stupid as to think commanding Bannon to shut his mouth is going to make that book disappear?
Excerpt from the link above:
"Trump attorney Charles J. Harder of the firm Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP, said in a statement, "This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent." "
Uhhh, yes it is. But not the legal action you think!
John Schindler (20Commitee on Twitter) has All. But. Declared. in writing that Bannon(or Whiskey Steve, as he referred to him) was acting as a mole in the WH.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that that, that...that "man" was capable of working the DT insiders to give up the goods, and not an integral part of the sh#t show, but apparently it is so. Maybe he was screwed, and "politely asked" by the FBI to do them a favor ad help with this little problem called Donald Trump." But whatever the case - this seems to be the finger taken out of the leaking dyke that will FINALLY get the Trump Loyalists to "GET IT."
I mean really, now. If even STEVE BANNON has turned on the Trumps like a hyena on a crippled newborn Caribou, I don't know how any "just regular GOPer" can remain bolstering the Trumps.
My god - what a strange, strange year it has been. And it's only day THREE!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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My wife and I have a very special bottle of Champagne reserved for Impeachment Day- can't wait!
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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If the excerpts from the book are true, trump will not seek reelection. If he does(to massage his ego), look for a divorce from Melania.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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But if he signed the non-disclosure and anti-defamatory contracts I think he and any publisher will definitely have a challenge on their hands.
How do you think the Discovery process is going to go on that suit? I guess that going forward with it will prove one of two things beyond any doubt. Either 1) Donald Trump is innocent(as claimed), or 2)Donald Trump's balloon has seriously snapped its tether to reality.
Also, IF the damned near claim he was moled up is true, I think the suit against Bannon will be a bit far down on the "to do" list for the Trump legal eagles(or vultures, depending on your perspective).
Also, the publisher signed no such agreement. Book is set to come out on Tuesday, 1/9. Only five days away, and includes a weekend. But, there'e supposed to be a web drop today. Maybe it's already come, though I don't see it when I Google. I'm pretty sure it would be there.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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I see a brilliant advertising effort.....
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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His legal eagles have told publisher "STOP THE PRESSES!"
Problem is - the book has already been placed into the hands of public. There is really no way to stop every salicious detail to come out now. None.
May be that the book never comes out in numbers, although I have the feeling that it will, but it only takes one. And that one is out there, among the early release numbers.
Yeah - If Callie wrote a textbook on Creepsters, Steve Bannon's image would be the defining one - but (IF it is true he was sent in as the canary in the coal mine) he's being handled. You play with politics and world class crime, they're gonna make you walk the plank when they catch up to you. Most don't have the sack to refuse. They walk the plank, dance the dance, drink each night to run, run, run, as fast as they can. But every morning they wake up to the knowledge they are still on that plank; that their nightmare existence is not just a bad dream.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Another story that is in the book is how Trump like to try get his friends wife's into bed. The book is number 1 on amazon.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Hum, I guess the cons really don't care about states rights.
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dirtbag
climber
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No one really care about states rights. We pretend to care when it suits our interests.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Hard to imagine that publicly trying to stop the book from being published is a good PR move. Makes tRump and his clown car look even more desperate. Either he just won't listen to his advisers, or they are just as clueless has he is.
It will probably ensure yuuge sales.
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dirtbag
climber
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Bernie cares
About decriminalization of marijuana? Prolly.
About states’ rights per se? Prolly not.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Hum, I guess the cons really don't care about states rights.
It's about inconsistency. Selective disregard of federal laws, as it suits the sitting President..
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