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Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says
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They put quite a bit on it at the end there but I think this is yet something else that breaks through the Teflon.
45 is in trouble.
How much do you want to bet that they're lying
I hope once Trump is outed the pee pee tapes are released
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Ned Price @nedprice
An extraordinary statement. It doesn't take issue with the underlying allegation, and Ratcliffe surely would've if it were inaccurate. In any other administration, the question would be why weren't POTUS/VPOTUS briefed, but this one portrays ignorance as an exonerating datapoint.
11:28 PM · Jun 27, 2020
An extraordinary statement. It doesn't take issue with the underlying allegation, and Ratcliffe surely would've if it were inaccurate. In any other administration, the question would be why weren't POTUS/VPOTUS briefed, but this one portrays ignorance as an exonerating datapoint.
11:28 PM · Jun 27, 2020
Ratcliffe is a MAGA stooge who had his nomination withdrawn last year because he was ridiculously unqualified.
This could be different this time. Trump has been wounded and is weak from the economy, covid, protests, etc.
Do we need to come up with a stupid name for the scandal? It's sad that this isn't instantly impeachable/resignable/jailable. But it seems marketing this horrific news is just as important anymore.
Do we need to come up with a stupid name for the scandal? It's sad that this isn't instantly impeachable/resignable/jailable. But it seems marketing this horrific news is just as important anymore.
So Ratcliffe is taking one for the team. How much do you want to bet that he flips after Trump leaves him high and dry?
Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT
Either the DNI is lying (which is a massive problem) or the DNI withheld earthshaking information from President Trump bc he is so infantile and irrelevant that they'd rather he not know (which is...well...also a massive problem).
12:16 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Either the DNI is lying (which is a massive problem) or the DNI withheld earthshaking information from President Trump bc he is so infantile and irrelevant that they'd rather he not know (which is...well...also a massive problem).
12:16 AM · Jun 28, 2020
A DNI that admits to such a colossal fuck up in writing deserves immediate impeachment. The denial is the flimsiest of bandages on a problem that doesn't just go away.
Trump/Pence still owe us an explanation as to what they plan to do, right now.
Trump/Pence still owe us an explanation as to what they plan to do, right now.
Yes George, we know you and the wife are working on your book deal once Trump is gone...
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an "anonymous source" by the Fake News @nytimes. Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us.....
...Nobody's been tougher on Russia than the Trump Administration. With Corrupt Joe Biden & Obama, Russia had a field day, taking over important parts of Ukraine - Where's Hunter? Probably just another phony Times hit job, just like their failed Russia Hoax. Who is their "source"?
7:28 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an "anonymous source" by the Fake News @nytimes. Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us.....
...Nobody's been tougher on Russia than the Trump Administration. With Corrupt Joe Biden & Obama, Russia had a field day, taking over important parts of Ukraine - Where's Hunter? Probably just another phony Times hit job, just like their failed Russia Hoax. Who is their "source"?
7:28 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
Trump denies being briefed by US Intel that Russian intelligence officers with GRU recently offered money to Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there.
Of note: zero condemnation for Putin, Russia, GRU below.
Will US respond?
7:35 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Trump denies being briefed by US Intel that Russian intelligence officers with GRU recently offered money to Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there.
Of note: zero condemnation for Putin, Russia, GRU below.
Will US respond?
7:35 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Trump saying Obama just let Putin take over Crimea. Can you imagine if that happened with Trump being President? He'd probably congratulate him.
If you've ever watched a hearing with Ratcliff involved it's so obvious how much of a schmuck the guy is. Of course he's going to bend over backwards.
"Attacks by Russians"..
even when he's clearly lying to defend himself he can't even get the info right.
even when he's clearly lying to defend himself he can't even get the info right.
It's a bit sillier than that. He's making up another claim, and saying that is fake. The claim was never that Russia attacked us.
I can't stand this asshole grifter. Craven piece of shit. He tried his damnedest to get Trump elected in 2016. Wept tears of joy when the election results came in. Trump was a racist, xenophobic, isolationist miscreant in 2016. They changed the Republican national platform to go soft on Russia's takeover of Crimea to appease Trump. It was plain as a day that Trump was a treasonous fuck from the get go. They already long knew.
People like Conway are all for the tax cuts and a more conservative court. It's everything else that disgusts them. Consider a cannibal who is disgusted that his newest guest can't chew with his mouth closed.
Trump not even acknowledging the central allegation of the GRU passing money to the Taliban confirms what we know about him. He's not only too prideful to acknowledge Russia helped him, he's too indebted to them to actually acknowledge anything negative about them. Him saying "nobodies tougher on Russia" in response is as pathetic a deflection as his "nobody has done more for African Americans" crap in response to the protests. By refusing to state a position, he confirms his position.
The specific denial stopping at himself, the VP, and Mulvaney/Meadows means that Haspel and Grenell/Ratcliffe are going to do the song and dance of dodging congressional subpoenas until after the election.
Trump not even acknowledging the central allegation of the GRU passing money to the Taliban confirms what we know about him. He's not only too prideful to acknowledge Russia helped him, he's too indebted to them to actually acknowledge anything negative about them. Him saying "nobodies tougher on Russia" in response is as pathetic a deflection as his "nobody has done more for African Americans" crap in response to the protests. By refusing to state a position, he confirms his position.
The specific denial stopping at himself, the VP, and Mulvaney/Meadows means that Haspel and Grenell/Ratcliffe are going to do the song and dance of dodging congressional subpoenas until after the election.
I didn't know, no one told me is now an official White House stance. What a fucking joke lmao, this is literally the Joe Paterno defense. I'm in charge but I'm not!
"Sarcastically, I'm in charge!"
at what point do we go scorched earth against this shit? i think we need to start shaming trump supporters for praising the death of our troops publicly.
"Sarcastically, I'm in charge!"
at what point do we go scorched earth against this shit? i think we need to start shaming trump supporters for praising the death of our troops publicly.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
Dressed for golf, President Trump just left the White House with Sen. Lindsey Graham.
9:17 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Mark Knoller @markknoller
Press pool reports Pres Trump, appearing dressed for golf, has departed the WH. Occasional golf partner @LindseyGrahamSC was seen getting in the motorcade with him.
9:15 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Dressed for golf, President Trump just left the White House with Sen. Lindsey Graham.
9:17 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Mark Knoller @markknoller
Press pool reports Pres Trump, appearing dressed for golf, has departed the WH. Occasional golf partner @LindseyGrahamSC was seen getting in the motorcade with him.
9:15 AM · Jun 28, 2020
Not only is he deflecting about being briefed he is downplaying the intelligence report as well. "So called attacks" and "there have not been that many attacks on us"
I guess Lindsey is going to try to get him on message over a very long 18 holes.
I guess Lindsey is going to try to get him on message over a very long 18 holes.
Time to remind Lindsey of the kompromat. Lindsey will be defending Russia by evening.
About 40 US soldiers held off hundreds of Russian mercenaries in a brutal firefight in Syria
Roughly 40 US commandos held off about 500 forces loyal to the Syrian government — including Russian mercenaries — in an intense firefight in early February, The New York Times reports.www.businessinsider.com
Yeah and more like occupying US Imperial Empire forces hold off sovereign forces after illegally invading country. The U.S. has no right to be there.
Other way around. Trump goes golfing with Lindsey so that the GOP Senate has the approved talking points for the latest scandal. Reporters will be stopping them in the hallways by Monday morning after all.
Since most of the party isn't "in the know" for all of his individual grifts and abuses, they need a common rallying cry, even if it's just "Fake News", so the base doesn't begin to ask uncomfortable questions. Senators speculating out loud that they will look into this is a no-no.
I find it interesting that Lindsey tweeted last night about getting to the bottom of this latest act of treason and was then immediately summoned to the back nine. I suspect he'll be back on message by this afternoon. I'd love to be wrong for once.
There's a better chance of Nintendo saying fuck it, selling the Switch to Sony and being a 100% fully owned subsidiary of Sony then Lindsey Graham doing the right thing.
Republicans don't even care about veterans, this won't move the needle.
Trump's approval among the military dipped hard towards the end of last year. Probably because he was openly attacking Vindman and other people in the State department, along with the whole pardoning war criminals fiasco - https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-approval-among-us-troops-continues-to-slip-2019-12
-8% in approval among active duty personnel, compared to +9 right after the 2016 election.
Overall, 60% of military voters supported Trump/GOP in 2016, 58% in 2018.
Just this year you've had the spontaneous Iran attack, the firing and insulting of the Navy vessel captain, Trump being ruled against for stealing military funds to build the wall, and recently Trump suggesting he would want to use them domestically to attack protestors. And now this Russia/Taliban humiliation.
It's not working out all that well for him.
Losing vets, suburbs, and seniors individually might cost the GOP an election, but all 3? Trump right now is struggling to stay + among white male voters.
It's not exactly breaking news that some of the people US is fighting is getting aid from foreign countries.
Russia is providing military and monetary aid for Syria is way more substantial than this.
I think all those proxy wars are fucking stupid, but I don't know that I see this as this great departure of the shitty norms we had for a while now.
That's good news. Honestly, it was kind of surprising he had their support in the first place. While he talked about increasing military budgets he also publicly shit on POWs and talked about how he was smarter than all of the generals when it came to policy. With that said, it's better late than never that troops realize having an unstable narcissist in control is dangerous.