Flynn in major trouble for speaking to Russia about sanctions

[Reck]

Is this blowing up on TV as much as it is on Twitter?

I'm getting my redneck on watching NASCAR.

[djohn2oo8]

Is this blowing up on TV as much as it is on Twitter?

I'm getting my redneck on watching NASCAR.

Yessir. Top story on every major news channel.

[Reck]

Yessir. Top story on every major news channel.

The senate cant get back soon enough. This and the Russian investigation should end up with some serious consequence. Just not sure impeachment is gonna be the end result sadly.

[DarrinS]

US media hysteria over Russia -- exactly what Putin wants.

[spurraider21]

US media hysteria over Russia -- exactly what Putin wants.

im sure the watergate hysteria was exactly what nixon wanted too

[djohn2oo8]

Holy at Trump's meltdown on Twitter

[lefty]

Holy at Trump's meltdown on Twitter

forced to tweet on a Galaxy S3

[boutons_deux]

John Oliver Breaks Down President Trump’s ‘Weird, Noticeably Soft Spot’ For Russia


http://www.mediaite.com/online/john-...-embarrassing/

[boutons_deux]

House Republicans are putting the kibosh on attempts to force disclosure on Russian ties, conflicts of interest

Jeff Sessions would be required to provide communication about ““criminal or counterintelligence investigations"

Congressmen such as House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and other Republicans may have been denounced by their own cons uents for failing to hold President Donald Trump accountable, but that isn’t stopping House Republicans from squashing a bill to do just that.

A Democratic resolution planned for next week that would have compelled Trump to disclose his potential conflicts of interest and ties to Russia is going to be sent to the House Judiciary Committee for a panel vote on Tuesday, according to a number of House sources who spoke to Politico. Because the committee is controlled by the Republican Party, it is likely that they will kill the resolution.

http://www.salon.com/2017/02/23/hous...s-of-interest/

Repugs are traitors.

[Winehole23]

US media hysteria over Russia -- exactly what Putin wants.

Yep.

The paranoid fixation on Putin to the exclusion of self-reflection by the Dems is Putinesque:

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/23/...-u-s-playbook/

[Winehole23]

somewhat more predictable that The Nation would be anti-anti-Russians. the left isn't a monolith any more than the right:

The bipartisan, nearly full-political-spectrum tsunami of factually unverified allegations that President Trump has been sedi-
tiously “compromised” by the Kremlin, with scarcely any nonpartisan pushback from influential political or media sources, is deeply alarming. Begun by the Clinton campaign in mid-2016, and exemplified now by New York Times columnists (who write of a “Trump-Putin regime” in Washington), strident MSNBC hosts, and unbalanced CNN commentators, the practice is growing into a latter-day McCarthyite hysteria. Such politically malignant practices should be deplored wherever they appear, whether on the part of conservatives, liberals, or progressives.

https://www.thenation.com/article/wh...against-trump/

[boutons_deux]

Yep.

The paranoid fixation on Putin to the exclusion of self-reflection by the Dems is Putinesque:

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/23/...-u-s-playbook/

The "fixation" is not on Putin.

It's on Trash and his team probably being compromised by Putin, not above, but under su ion, while obviously being protected by Repugs, who very probably know Trash is a 100% illegitimate Pres, compromised by Putin and his oligarchs floating Trash's failed orgs in corrupt Russian $Bs.

[DarrinS]

im sure the watergate hysteria was exactly what nixon wanted too

MSM has been obsessed with Russia for months. Better not come up empty.

[DarrinS]

Yep.

The paranoid fixation on Putin to the exclusion of self-reflection by the Dems is Putinesque:

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/23/...-u-s-playbook/

Thanks for the link.

[DarrinS]

It's kind of a dangerous game they're playing. If you know that Trump is a thin-skinned, belligerent, narcissist, why would you ratchet up tensions between US and Russia?

Take this exchange between Major Garrett and Trump for example:

Garrett: “Is Putin testing you, do you believe, sir?”

Trump: "There’s no upside. We’re a very powerful nuclear country and so are they. I’ve been briefed. I can tell you one thing about a briefing, that we’re allowed to say because anybody that ever read the most basic book can say it, nuclear holocaust would be like no other. They’re a very powerful nuclear country, and so are we. If we have a good relationship with Russia — believe me — that’s a good thing, not a bad thing."


It appears that they want to either a) bait him into taking a very hard line on Russia or b) make him appear soft on Russia, which might suggest (to some) that there is some cozy relationship between Trump-Putin.

[Winehole23]

regardless of whether such a relationship already exists -- or not -- Trump stands to gain a great deal personally from better relations with Russia, no?

[Winehole23]

Regardless of whether Trump is a crook, his failure to disclose his finances or divest from his businesses will leave him looking like the biggest crook ever to hold high office in the US.

For the record, I think he is.

[DarrinS]

regardless of whether such a relationship already exists -- or not -- Trump stands to gain a great deal personally from better relations with Russia, no?

Certainly nothing to gain by having worse relations

[Winehole23]

depends on perspective. cui bono?

[Spurminator]

Where was this appreciation for diplomacy when we were accusing previous presidents of being soft for so much as talking to tyranical world leaders?

[boutons_deux]

regardless of whether such a relationship already exists -- or not -- Trump stands to gain a great deal personally from better relations with Russia, no?

The goal is to get sanctions lifted so Rexxon gets $500B gas/oil deal with Putin.

The big winner is the Putin oligarchy with $Ts more wealth, which will enormously empower Putin's Long Game for a new Russian empire at the expense of America's empire.

Trash's isolationism is EXACTLY what Pootin is dictating.

Yes, Trash's OBSESSION with Russia is ALWAYS for himself, already floating in $100Ms, or more, of Russian money, with promise of much more to come.

Step the back. WTF is going on with Trash, Repugs and their suggestible cretin supporters becoming SO PRO-RUSSIAN?

It's so weird, unforeseen, that is simply can't be legit or innocent.

And how does Trash and Repugs being so pro-Russian benefit USA?

[Winehole23]

Where was this appreciation for diplomacy when we were accusing previous presidents of being soft for so much as talking to tyranical world leaders?

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

[Winehole23]

to beat a dog, use any available stick

[Spurminator]

I mean I'm totally good with having positive relations with Russia and Iran.

Glad the warhawks have changed their tune somewhat, even if it's conveniently selective.

[DarrinS]

Some people are sad they can't get their daily fix of NYT Trump-Putin bromance coverage

No Trump/Russia story in front page digital NYT this morning. If you want to know, go to Twitter


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2...-go-to-Twitter

If you want to know what has happened and what’s happening right now on a daily basis regarding the most important story in our country’s history (Trump/Russia), your best bet is to follow these serious and responsible Twitter accounts:

•@sarahkendzior
•@Khanoisseur
•@MalcolmNance
•@funder
•@LouiseMensch