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I can't believe Trump might be taken down because he believed a made up conspiracy theory about a potential political opponent who might not even win the goddamn primary.
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TIL Ukrainian is a language.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:11
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:He just drank water. That means he's lying! He has THREE water bottles in front of him!!! Republicans have become the aliens from Signs.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:14
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Wylie posted:It's very Russian-like, but definitely distinct from Russian. They both use the Cyrillic alphabet. The amount of things I don't know surprises me ever day. BigBallChunkyTime posted:Vindman seems like not the typical military shithead. It's interesting to see relatively normal people who are professionals having to deal with Donald loving Trump as president.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:23
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Strange Poon posted:it's obvious vindman is rattled. he looks really nervous but not in a way that he is being sketchy It's telling how normal people look when testifying in front of congress as opposed to sociopaths like Jeff Sessions testifying who just lies without any concern while smirking.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:34
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Ehud posted:A stark contrast to the republican counsel, Toby from The Office I think he looks exactly like the lawyer from Always Sunny, except totally broken. In fact SNL should get Brian Unger to play the republican counsel.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:37
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How the hell do people remember all this poo poo? If something exploded at my workplace six months after the fact good luck getting me to remember who was in the room when something happened.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:04
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oxsnard posted:they take meticulous notes as part of the job and have agendas reviewed constantly Yeah, I get it, but it's just so above my paygrade it's really impressive. I was on a conference call at work last week and I can name the people in the room with me, but I could not name all the people on the phone. It just points to the professionalism these people have.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:08
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Haha, Ukraine offered Vindman the job of the head of the Ministry of Defense!? WTF.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:12
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sim posted:I think if your career and / or legal freedom depended on it, you'd probably work really hard to memorize all the details. Yeah, I've clearly found my place in the world. If I kept rising I'd end up on CNN drunk telling all the crimes by accident.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:16
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The Lemondrop Dandy posted:Lower-level folks (which Vindman would be, compared to the ambassadors or whomever) are expected or required to take piles and piles of notes for important meetings. Pre-meeting prep identifying all of the participants/titles is key. You will address him by his full title of Lt. Col.!
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Nov 19, 2019 17:18
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tek79 posted:Random thought/question regarding the whistleblower. Does Schiff know who the person is? And is it possible that they've already testified, are currently testifying, or are scheduled to testify, but just their anonymity as being the actual whistleblower has been/will be kept? That is to say, is it possible we've already heard from them or will hear from them but the public isn't aware? Allegedly he does not know who they are. Realistically I think everyone, including the republicans, have an idea, but just need someone else to say the name first.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:24
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Skex posted:Most of the career people in the government and military take their jobs and their oaths seriously. These are people who could easily make more money in the private sector but choose to serve. And I'll just add, again, because it's so goddamn stupid, that this entire catastrophe for Trump is happening for getting information that doesn't exist (because it's a conspiracy theory) on a potential political opponent who may not have even ran for president and currently might not even win the democratic primary! It is such a prime Trump gently caress-up. Once again, Trump doing literally nothing would have better results than him trying to do a thing. It's astounding.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:39
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Lord Hydronium posted:Don't forget that he was also doing it for evidence of an entirely separate conspiracy theory about his opponent in an election that he won three years ago. Yeah, that too. From my understanding he literally believes that Ukraine physically has Hillary's secret email server? That isn't even a conspiracy theory! I don't even know where he got that from. I've never seen someone so pissed and spending 3 years bitching and crying and calling something rigged over something they WON. It breaks the brain.
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Nov 19, 2019 17:48
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DebtBeat posted:It's literally a Russian disinformation campaign. Kremlin -> Konstantin Kilimnik -> John Solomon -> Rudy Giuliani and right-wing conspiracy-theory media -> Trump I know the entire thing is bananas, but how could anyone believe that Hillary Clinton, who had a private server in her basement, that the server was in loving Ukraine!? Why would she even do that!? It is insane. edit: Oh poo poo. Ratcliffe has papers!
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Nov 19, 2019 17:57
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Quid pro quo, extortion, or bribery don't really have a real world difference. Legally, I guess. I'm not a lawyer, but everyone is talking about the same loving thing.
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Nov 19, 2019 18:00
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I can't decide how much of the logical fallacies these guys believe. Like, are they just using this as a defense bc they know their chud constituents will hook on, or do they actually thing this is a legitimate defense? 'The words changed!' is some YouTube comment-level debate. This is literally all they have. I think they're doing the best they can with what they have. Like can you even imagine trying to defend Donald Trump in a congressional impeachment hearing? And also you're kinda stupid. What can you do?
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Nov 19, 2019 18:06
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:That's not what he read into the record you loving idiot. Noted. (sad face)
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Nov 19, 2019 18:07
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:Did he really just say "you are not a jagoff?" He meant JAG officer, but it exactly sounded like that. lol
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Nov 19, 2019 18:18
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Impeachment Thread: "You are not a jagoff?"
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Nov 19, 2019 18:20
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This is so misguided by the republicans. So you get Hunter Biden to testify. And then...? At worst it backfires hilariously, at best it gets Joe Biden to drop out. As a leftist I'm fine with both of those things.
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Nov 19, 2019 18:41
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lol, if I was testifying right now while Jim Jordan is babbling I would totally open my mic and say, "Do I need to be here for any of this?"
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Nov 19, 2019 19:12
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Maloney: "They're throwing spaghetti at the wall, to see what sticks."
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Nov 19, 2019 19:19
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Vindman seems so hardcore straight down the line it's hilarious.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:22
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When there are multiple spontaneous applauses by the crowd during an impeachment hearing you must realize you're the bad guy.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:24
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Republicans posted:He's everything beltway dorks love and admire, especially the "It's Lt. Colonel Vindman" bit. I appreciate and want that from people in his position. I don't want that from the beltway, but I think this is a good thing.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:26
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These impeachment hearings are incredibly important, but talking as someone working in the tv industry these wall to wall hearings are killing us. I see my yearly bonus slipping away more every 15 minutes. Small price to pay, but gently caress Donald Trump.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:32
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Spun Dog posted:Sounds like a problem with capitalism. Isn't everything?
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Nov 19, 2019 19:50
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"In conclusion, it is my truest and honest belief I do not want to go to jail. Someone please help me."
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Nov 20, 2019 16:16
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VH4Ever posted:This guy sure doesn't talk like a guy willing to go to jail for Trump. He is rolling over like a doggy and showing you his belly. This is a man who does not want to go to jail. It never stops being funny how everyone who has ever come into Donald Trump's orbit always ends up screaming "I'm hosed, I'm hosed! Why did I do this?" in their head.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:24
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ReidRansom posted:Ahaha Gym Jordan has hit the showers.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:26
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Also getting some real Kermit the Frog vibes lol. There is a muppet vibe with the guy.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:28
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I can't believe that guy is still wandering around. I remember reading articles from him in the early 2000s when I was first learning how full of poo poo so many "serious" people were in the media were.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:31
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Sondland is in so over his head he might as well be in the core of the Earth.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:34
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Ehud posted:A$AP Rocky is the key to all of this Sondland is a funnier character than we've had before. But if we get him to work it'll be great.
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Nov 20, 2019 16:38
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CyberPingu posted:Lol "The president and I usually talk in a lot of 4 letter words" ... "In this case a 3 letter word."
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Nov 20, 2019 16:39
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refleks posted:He seems a little bit too relaxed about this... It's a relaxed look of a man who is driving off a cliff and is like "Well, let's see where this goes!"
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Nov 20, 2019 16:41
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Right now Sondland is thinking, "Why oh why didn't I spend the extra 500k to get the Ambassadorship to the Bahamas."
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Nov 20, 2019 16:53
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theflyingorc posted:Ambassador to the EU sounds pretty sweet to me, I bet you get to travel all over Europe Sure, but Donald Trump is president so you end up on national tv testifying in front of Congress in an impeachment hearing.
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Haha, Nunes looked pissed in that cutaway shot.
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