This is the double-edged sword of involving ourselves in foreign conflicts. It is—on several levels—beneficial to our interests to intercede on behalf of our allies (though whether that intercession should be military or not is generally best handled on a case-by-case basis—and the answer is also generally “no”).

The…

Do they really think the can intimidate CIA veterans with the threat of public testimony? Given how badly the transcript has reflected on Trump,  this seems like another ploy that will bite them in the ass.

“Nobody in America goes to jail or has anything done to them without confronting their accuser,”

Snitches might get stitches, Lindsey, but traitors get the rope.

I mean, they probably have a lot of details that might be interesting to the investigators...which is why a closed hearing in-front of the House Intelligence Committee (who they would already report to, anyway) behind closed doors would make sense.

The CIA’s general counsel and the White House National Security Council’s chief lawyer referred the Ukraine call to the DOJ for criminal referral, and it’s only after the DOJ squashed that referral that the whistleblower complaint was filed. The whistleblower is bringing a crime to light, but his or her credibility…

The tighter the spin of a twirled parasol, the deeper the delusions of grandeur

Weeks before the whistleblower’s complaint became public, the CIA’s top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower’s allegations that President Donald Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president, U.S. officials familiar with the matter…

I clicked on the picture (blurred 'cause yer in the greys) fully expecting it to be a monkey shitting into its own hand. Turns out it was a monkey shitting into its own pants. 

I hate that my first thought upon watching the president’s lawyer make a complete jabbering ass of himself on national television is, “huh, that wasn’t as crazy as I was expecting.

Jimmy Carter was the most decent human being to ever be president. But as he pointed out to the people: “I need you to tell me what you want me to do for you.” And the people thought that wasn’t being a leader - but in reality the best leaders always serve first. They don’t have all the answers. They want you to help…

Carter has the one thing Trump is dying to get and will never ever receive, the Nobel Peace Prize.  Because you have to be an actual humane person to get one.

Trump can only wish to be a tenth the man Carter is.

Now THAT is the hand of a President.

Huh.  Difficult to believe that didn’t work out.

They’re on lockdown trying to get the story straight. For the past two weeks, every time someone defends him he literally reverses it within hours. They say, “well he didn’t do that” then he confesses to doing exactly that later on.

I loved it! I’m very glad that the Sunday show circuit is catching what started last Sunday.

“Dallas police say there is no suspect information available at this time.”

Trump’s behavior during his formative years at a military school. Talk about a dictator-in-training. https://www.npr.org/2015/11/10/455331251/this-is-where-donald-trump-played-by-the-rules-and-learned-to-beat-the-game