Denouement of U.S. Empire

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Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat representing parts of Northern Virginia, said the report he requested from the General Services Administration IG confirmed his suspicions that the president was involved in the decision to scrap plans to vacate the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, and move the agency to a campus location in either the Maryland or Virginia suburbs.

“When we began this investigation, the prospect that President Trump was personally involved in the government-led redevelopment of a property in close proximity to the Trump Hotel was dismissed as a conspiracy theory,” Connolly said in a statement. “Now, the president’s involvement in this multi-billion-dollar government procurement which will directly impact his bottom line has been confirmed by the White House Press Secretary and government photographs.”

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No surprise here, but trump abused his office to help out the old trump brand. It's a GD shame that the right gives two shits for ethics anymore.

It's all the Deep State. He's such a great person, wolf. There's no other explanation.

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Originally Posted by time4fun

It's all the Deep State. He's such a great person, wolf. There's no other explanation.

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Oh ya. That deep state's a bitch!

This lawyer looks the shithead now. He was a Clinton guy who worked closely with them before. He's fucked up now. I hope he's censured by the Bar.

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Lanny Davis has told BuzzFeed News that he was an anonymous source for CNN's Trump Tower bombshell, a story he now disputes. He also regrets lying about his involvement, on CNN's own air, in an interview with Anderson Cooper last week

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Dershowitz is losing his mind. In this article he argues, among other things, that the system is working because congress will soon have a chamber led by dems who can then conduct oversight. As if that's a sign of a healthy Congress.

He also claims that Ellis wanted to check the abuse of power by the prosecutors who brought charges against Manafort to get to trump. This will be a great defense for the mafia. So much for Law and Order, checks and balances and co-equal branches of government.

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Our system of checks and balances is working tolerably well. The courts are reviewing executive orders, striking down some, upholding others. Congress may soon have one chamber controlled by Democrats, empowering it to conduct investigations and hearings regarding the president. The media is doing its job, despite being attacked by the president. So are the academy, religious bodies, the business world and other mechanisms that are part of our informal checks and balances.

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President Trump, who levied extraordinary public attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions in recent weeks, has privately revived the idea of firing him in conversations with his aides and personal lawyers this month, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

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Trumps thinking of firing Sessions again. What is the "official" reason he gives for this? Sessions is doing a good job for the guy (much to my dismay).

He's also warning his christians of violence, nunes was in the UK trying to dig up dirt and we got Rudy mailing letters about policy to another countries president. This shit's getting desperate.

And this time he has support from the GOP to fire Sessions.

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Originally Posted by Androidpk

And this time he has support from the GOP to fire Sessions.

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He was going after Jeff on the twitters today. LOL He's finally getting some republicans to tell him he's crossed the line.

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“The United States is not some banana republic with a two-tiered system of justice – one for the majority party and one for the minority party," Sasse responded in a statement.

"These two men have been charged with crimes because of evidence, not because of who the President was when the investigations began," he continued.
"Instead of commenting on ongoing investigations and prosecutions, the job of the President of the United States is to defend the Constitution and protect the impartial administration of justice."

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That's from Sasse.

Nice

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republica...wer&soc_trk=fb

Great article for some perspective on the dangers facing democracy in our country today. Written by a former republican and Breitbart guy, who finally got so fed up with the GOP support of Roy Moore that he ditched his party to register Dem.

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This lurch toward authoritarian extremism is the most destructive thing happening to our country right now. It is a disease that has contaminated the entire Republican Party and threatens to destroy the very fabric of our republic. Right now, American citizens are having their rights upended and their freedoms suspended. The First Amendment is under siege. The national security institutions we rely on to protect us are being compromised and dismantled. Criminals are being hailed as heroes.

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If he left it for the Democrats they are doing the exact same thing. Obama was the one who signed the NDAA that authorized Indefinite Detentions. It was great when the ACLU slammed his ass for that.