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The Trump Administration is Hotel California ...

 

While the Republicans in Congress do not have the stones to protect Mueller from Trump, neither do they have the stones to do Trump's dirty work for him.

 

John Kelly is Dick Cheney, essentially. Everyone rushed to label him as the "adult" in the room and the "moderating influence" when he joined the band, and it turned out, he was as much a true believer as any of them.

It's not hard to say "Robert Lee was a brilliant military tactician who believed in all the wrong things. You can admire his military acumen and conviction while still understanding what he was fighting for was completely immoral and wrong."

But Kelly either doesn't believe that, or likes the dog whistle.

 

Trump is forcing Kelly to spend his credibility with the Washington press corps (which venerates military officers like no other segment of society) defending Trump. In the process, Kelly has revealed his own views as being so close to Trump's that his four-star halo has gotten very tarnished.

 

Have we talked about the fact that Clovis is a cooperating witness too, and the Lewindowski is quite clearly fucked?

Who’s who in the George Papadopoulos court documents

 

Nah, nothing burger, Laura Ingraham told me so.

 

Papadopoulos wrote to Lewandowski several times to let him know that the Russians were interested in forging a relationship with the campaign, court filings show.

In one email on April 27, 2016, Papadopoulos wrote “to discuss Russia’s interest in hosting Mr. Trump.”

“Have been receiving a lot of calls over the last month about Putin wanting to host him and the team when the time is right,” he added.

In May, Papadopoulos forwarded to Lewandowski an offer of “cooperation” from a Russian with links to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Is this something we want to move forward with?” he asked.

There is no indication if or how Lewandowski responded to those messages. But in June, when Papadopoulos emailed him again about Russia, Lewandowski referred him to Clovis because he “is running point,” according to court documents.

 

...and the freedom to kneel while it is being performed is exactly what makes our nation "Great," no?

 

I wonder if everyone is kind of waiting around right now to see if Trump pardons Manafort, Gates and Papa George. And once he doesn't do that, it's going to be clear to everyone that they shouldn't wait for it, and that's when the race to Mueller's office begins.

 

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you, that Wikileaks didn’t uncover this first.