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Another Republican victory

Kurdish Journalist, His Wife and Son, Assassinated in Sulaymaniyah

 

Proper grammar, capitalization and punctuation are always the tells.

 

Pence announcing a ceasefire between U.S. and Turkey in Syria.

Yes, I'll be that guy: Trump to spend rest of day tweeting about the ceasefire, oblivious to the fact that he started the whole thing.

 

There are now three Emoluments Clause lawsuits active. He may want it, but we have yet to see if he'll get away with doing it in broad daylight.

I continue to have hope.

 

A slightly different take.

Mulvaney Acknowledges Quid Pro Quo In Trump Ukraine Call, Says ‘Get Over It’ | HuffPost

Yes, we make conditions if you want to get aid money from us all the time, that is indeed normal. What is decidedly not normal is making interference in our Presidential election that condition.

 

So is Texas...

 

Marcy Wheeler debunks Sondland's spin. Good read.

 

So ... let me see if I understand this ... I can break the law and commit multiple felonies, but it's permissible if I come out and say it's what I intended to do because I just happen to do shit differently.

 

Sounds legit.

 

Maybe Trump can do something even more audacious.

"It seems there is some concern over holding the next G7 at my resort in Florida. I can understand that concern. I really can.

"So I'm ready to offer a compromise. If the G7 is not held in Florida, then we can hold the G8 in Sochi. You guys decide."