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user-inactivated  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says

Even if there was even a remote possibility Mitch McConnell would allow Trump to be impeached, it wouldn't be done by November. The Democrats might try again anyway if Trump gets reelected, but I doubt they bother otherwise.





am_Unition  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The House could get it done pretty quick, they're practiced. I think it's a question of if this is egregious enough for folks to step forward, whether to testify, whistleblow, or leak. Then, the Senate GOP squirm.

This seems pretty egregious, to me. The strongest case for actual treason yet.

kleinbl00  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think it's a question of if this is egregious enough

Not a question.

kleinbl00  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean let's suppose it's September of 1971 and Woodward and Bernstein reveal that the People's Republic of China had been paying the Vietcong a bounty for shooting American soldiers, and that William Colby briefed Nixon in June. Nixon knew, but he didn't tell the public because it would interfere with his visit to China in July.

FUCK the watergate breakin, yo. That shit would be sorted.

am_Unition  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think he'll do anything to get re-elected, and somehow thinks this is his path. He believes he requires help from Russia this dearly, or is worried of blackmail.

It always sounded so conspiratorial to so many people. I don't know how else to explain dereliction of duty in protecting active American soldiers.

kleinbl00  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're overthinking it. Trump wants praise. He does what gets him praise. There is a large proportion of the world that will never praise him, so he does what the praisers like. And he knows that owning the libs is what they like the best.

At the end of the day, he's our first troll president, elected by trolls, to troll the country.

am_Unition  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In support of your view: fishing for doxxfishes

am_Unition  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe I do overthink it. The trolololol is certainly true, to a high degree. I still personally believe the "White House or jail house" narrative best explains his mindset. Maybe we'll even live to find out?