Trump Jr./Russian lawyer meeting: Jr. knew info was part of Russian Gov effort

[Mike Thick]

Trump Jr. is the Gob Bluth of politics

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This has the feel of an impending statement that goes, “I, Michael Richard Pence, do solemnly swear I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”

You and I both know Trump isn't going to go down willingly.

In addition, there's a sizable percentage of the country who just doesn't care. Remember that poll saying that 43% of Americans trust Trump more than CNN/the media? That's going to come into play here.

[Mike Thick]

This has the feel of an impending statement that goes, “I, Michael Richard Pence, do solemnly swear I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”

You and I both know Trump isn't going to go down willingly.

In addition, there's a sizable percentage of the country who just doesn't care. Remember that poll saying that 43% of Americans trust Trump more than CNN/the media? That's going to come into play here.

Not enough to win a Presidential election. Pence will be President. The gop knows the math.

It isn't enough to win, but it's enough to make the risk arguably greater than the reward unless bigger shoes drop (which, to be fair, I do expect).

[Mike Thick]

This has the feel of an impending statement that goes, “I, Michael Richard Pence, do solemnly swear I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”

You and I both know Trump isn't going to go down willingly.

In addition, there's a sizable percentage of the country who just doesn't care. Remember that poll saying that 43% of Americans trust Trump more than CNN/the media? That's going to come into play here.

Not enough to win a Presidential election. Pence will be President. The gop knows the math.

It isn't enough to win, but it's enough to make the risk arguably greater than the reward unless bigger shoes drop (which, to be fair, I do expect).

Why would the GOP leadership assume shoes aren't dropping?

Touché, but I'm of the opinion that politicians (like most people) are severely lacking in foresight

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ted, the Republican leadership may lack foresight and may focus on 2018 as their job is to do that but at some point, the ship is sinking and the 55-39% approvals are going to ... well, possibly crater more as time goes by.

you get the idea. We'll see how this plays out.

Yeah, the only real way is to wait and see, but I've learned never to underestimate the stupidity of our leaders

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"Watergate but every Congressman is Earl Landgrebe and every time they say 'nothingburger' it gets faster"

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Kayleigh McEnany: Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who 'colluded' with Russia

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/341493-opinion-forget-don-jrs-email-its-hillary-clinton-who-colluded-with#.WWU4Udq8U7Q.twitter

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Alt-right twitter (Cernovich, Menk, Paul Joseph Watson) Is now trying to hilariously conjure up a story where Hillary colluded with Ukraine in the election. That is probably the most pathetic attack on Clinton yet.

Who would bother colluding with Ukraine? If you're going to cheat, conspire, etc., you'll pick a country that has the power to make a difference in our election...

The next logical step in this chain is that Russia invaded Ukraine in order to protect the integrity of American elections.  If some RW pundit actually says this, remember that you heard it here first.

I'm not sure if you're joking, but I unironically think that within the next few months thess types will be promoting some kind of U.S. retaliation against Ukraine

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I remember when Don Jr. was on The Apprentice and our whole family called him "Trumpy" because he was such a dork. Those were simpler times.

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lol wow

If the new narrative is "Hillary colluded with Russia to hurt Trump" I'm going to bust a capillary

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Why do I have the feeling more bombshells are coming down the pike?

McCain, yesterday: "There'll be many more shoes that drop."  http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-email-russia-john-mccain-says-more-bombshells-on-trump-and-russia-are-coming-2017-7

Schiff, yesterday: "There's an awful lot more [intelligence] than that's even in the public domain."  http://thehill.com/homenews/house/341417-top-intel-dem-warns-trump-jr-we-have-much-more-intel-than-what-public-knows

John Schindler (IC expert), many times, most recently today: "More and worse is coming, as I've said many times." https://twitter.com/20committee/status/885119452697812993

Etc.

That could be why.

Are those 'shoes' going to be anything to do with the Trump Tower/Alfa Bank server links? Because it  looks like that's fake news as well

https://weaponizedautism.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/trump-dns-logs-fabricated/

With all due respect, I find it hard to take a blog called "weaponized autism" seriously

[Mike Thick]

The fact that Don Jr. may have technically broken campaign finance laws is small potatoes, and the FEC is toothless anyway.

The real significance of these developments is that we've crossed the Rubicon from "no evidence of collusion" to "clear evidence of attempted collusion". Let's see where the evidence leads from here.

Ding ding ding

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Don't know if it's been posted here yet, but Cernovich is postulating that Obama arranged this meeting so the lawyer could wiretap Trump Tower while she was there

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So this gives rise to the entire Trumps are murderers, jist lije the Clintins conspiracy.

Obviously, Obama and Hillary offed him to provide cover for THE SETUP

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lol at these grifters

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Friendly reminder that (since if this blows up into actual charges, everyone even remotely connected to the scandal on the Trump Campaign/in the White House is going to need a lawyer) this is an utter assload of money we're talking about.

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