Donald Trump spent all of Tuesday morning getting into a Twitter beef with Republican Sen. Bob Corker. Sen. Corker wasn’t playing either – Corker used the hashtag #AlertTheDaycareStaff, a throwback to when he said that he knows for a fact that the White House operates as an “adult daycare” for a tempermental and tantrum-prone emperor who can’t focus on anything besides Fox News. Corker also gave a series of interviews, excoriating Trump for being an unhinged bully, for bringing down the moral character of America, for being a f–king liar and more.
At first I thought the Trum v. Corker thing was just a stupid sideshow. Then it became the big political story of the day… until Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona announced he would not be seeking re-election, and gave a particularly pointed speech on the floor of the Senate.
You can read his full speech here. He talks about the indecency of the current political system, the destructive nature, the coarseness of the president. Flake was emotional and sad and angry, and I believe he was authentic – he’s gotten to that place where he “doesn’t recognize his own party,” and truly, if you’re a Republican who holds a handful of slightly moderate stances on a few issues, then you are not welcome in Trump’s Republican party.
Here is what wasn’t said by Flake or by Corker: we need to invoke the 25th Amendment, we need to impeach, we need to save the republic from this madman. There was no mention of the potential bravery of staying within a broken system and fixing it from within. There was no acknowledgement that Flake, Corker and their Republican cohorts were complicit in destroying the republic because they care more about cutting taxes for their billionaire donors. Speaking of, after Corker and Flake’s day of being mavericky, they both voted to end a major piece of consumer protection. That vote protects banks and financial institutions from being sued by the people they’re ripping off.
So, going forward, I don’t want to be force-fed stories of brave Republicans “standing up” to Donald Trump by announcing they will not be seeking re-election. That’s not brave. These a–holes are getting out while they can and moving on to higher paying work for their billionaire donors. I also don’t want to hear any more crap about how this Republican or that Republican is really “going after” Trump if they never mention the word “impeachment.” All of these a–holes – Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, all of them – voted for Trump, supported Trump and vote with Trump 95% of the time. Don’t give them a cookie for acknowledging what the majority of the country has known for two years or longer.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Exactly.
Agree. Not to mention this guy voted last night with his republican buddies to rollback consumer protections sooo…. 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
Right! Ted Lieu is on Twitter telling Flake thanks for joining #TheResistance like a damn dummy while yet again major banks/credit card companies can screw customers with impunity. Flake is not a hero. He just as trash today as he was before he and Trump got into it. He doesn’t have an issue with Trump’s policies just his mouth.
But that IS the repub party platform..they openly stand for fewer protections, and padding the wallets of the wealthiest..every repub voter knows and likes that. Don’t assume if they have a conscience about one thing they will re-think the party credo. One repub calling out whoozit is worth a dozen dems doing it, press wise, so I hope more will step up.
@Tate YES!
I was pissed all day at the Corker thread because folks were saying “he gets credit for speaking out”. FFFF THAT! Trump is being EXACTLY who he said he was. What is so different about him than when he was running for office of the 9 months since? They were fine about it. Still fine, because THEY ARE VOTING LIKE COWARDS IN THE MDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN LINE WITH HIS AGENDA.
For me all this was just another distraction. Corker is mad he didn’t get a cabinet post and Flake is probably going to run for higher office. Theatrics.
pure cowardice. they’re just laying the foundation for their “legacy”…they just want to be able to say, when this disaster starts to finally unravel, that THEY were one of the first to speak out.
F ’em.
Flake knows he won’t survive his primary challenge. He isn’t brave, he is simply acting like he is leaving on his own terms.
THIS^^^^^
Eleventy bazillion percent. Disgusting.
Megan
Yes. It’s that simple. I do appreciate the speech. Never know what can come from it.
Anyone who’s studied any world history can appreciate how those little moves that maybe seemed basic or selfish at the time helped set something in motion much larger. Never seen at the time. Always hindsight.
Ah, I think you got it.
@Florc, let’s hope you’re right.
Flake and Corker are eyeing a presidential run for sure.
I’m so depressed about the state of government right now, I can barely form words anymore to respond to the daily dose of chaos.
I really hope you’re right. I hope they challenge Trump for presidency in 2018 (if he doesn’t get impeached).
I hope they absolutely effing decimate one another’s reputations when the time comes. I want a metaphorical blood bath.
Then hopefully, a democratic candidate can saunter in at the end and finish off what’s left of the republican winner.
I don;t think either have further ambitions, They are retiring because neither is projected to win his primary.
I know. Great speech but it would have been better if he ended it with: “I encourage my colleagues in the House of Representives to begin Impeachment proceedings so we as a nation can begin to move on and heal from this national nightmare. Or I beg the Cabinet to move forward on the 25th Amendment. Or at the very least, Trump needs to release his taxes. Or, why isn’t Trump moving forward on Russian sanctions.”
Yes. I felt his emotion and I think any/all of your suggestions would have been a very fitting conclusion to his speech. Instead he chose to protect himself instead of the country he professes to love. Grr.
THISSSSSSSSS
I’m glad he didn’t end it with impeachment calls. That would have become the focus of a well worded speech. And I don’t think any of us want a president pence. Also, impeachment isn’t removal and it wouldn’t happen with the numbers holding seats. So why say it. It would be a pointless exercise.
Instead, he’s calling out his own party in a super passive aggressive way to tug at their values. Something to spark some passion or shame. Idk… even if you can’t agree with republicans. Hate them or whatever. We can all unite that Trump is awful. Any step taken against him. Even self serving step. At least it’s a step.
I agree, it’ s one small step. Someone had to call out the “real things fake and fake things real” them of the orange one. It’s one small step
I agree, at least they are calling out Trump for what he is, and you know that is going to drive him crazy.
These latest sound bytes are not easily brushed off by Trump. He can’t just file it under the democrats liberal fake news agenda. This is his own party and it feels like a coup.
And yea. He’s losing his mind, I’m sure.
Yeah too little, too late, morons.
You (YOU Corker) helped get us into this mess. You don’t get to wash your hands of it with a few snarky twitter posts.
100%
on that note, I am staying away from the news today. After the info about the DNC funding that dossier came out yesterday, facts we already knew from months ago, I am just sick reading the comments justifying trump.
People really do believe him, believe HC should be in jail, believe everything he says.
I am so scared that even when Mueller releases his findings, it won’t even matter.
I saw headlines about it, but didn’t bother to read the articles. Trumpsters will have handcuffs ready for Clinton because of this, but refuse to face the fact that Trump has been under investigation for months and should already be in handcuffs and prison jumpsuit. The things they say to justify Trump absolutely blow my mind
I’ve come to accept that the reason Trump voters still support him through thick and thin isn’t because they are confused, ignorant or even frustrated…..they support him because they are LIKE HIM.
Spiteful, mean spirited, entitled, and completely lacking in empathy. At long last, they don’t have to conform to societal expectations and play nice or pretend to be decent. They can FINALLY just be plain evil and feel comfortable that the man at the top is just like them.
Evil is now in fashion.
@Bellagio
I absolutely agree with you. Except I don’t think that Trump supporters and right-wing repubs think they are evil. They think they are fighting a righteous cause and therefore are justified to used any means necessary no matter how low or damaging to the country. And of course they fancy themselves good Christians too. Completely deluded maniacs.
I’m with you. Nothing matters. Last night I saw Judy Woodruff interview one GOP congressman and two conservative operatives about this whole Corker/Flake drama and they stood firm in putting party/ideology over country/civility and even subtly siding with Trump in his trashing of Flake. No cracks at all no matter how she tried to pry some acknowledgment that Trump was a menace/that the current state of affairs is unsustainable. I thought to myself, we are f&cked.
Didn’t the Republican Party originally fund the Trump/Russia dossier during the primaries? And then it was offered to the Democrats during the presidential election? I hope this comes out and it’s a sticking point. I don’t see this investigation going anywhere.
^^^^Yes, this.
If any republicans really care for their country, they will change their registration from republican to democrat and impeach then son of a b….
That’s not how it works…did you graduate high school? Not being snarky, just really curious.
Both vote GOP over USA consistently. Neither has called for removal even though they have the tools to start that removal. Instead, they are running away.
Exactly.
Makes you wonder how deep the Russian, Mercer and Koch money goes.
Amazing how they think they can turn our country over to oligarchs, and still imagine they will be in power when Putin takes over. Guess they are angling to get a nice dacha out of this? Traitors, every one.
Exactly. You’re not brave
This.
I’m sorry, but I’m pretty much over all the accolades these two assh*les are getting for speaking up. Where was all this conviction BEFORE the election? It’s not like his personality was a well kept secret and he suddenly became an unhinged lunatic. Where was all this love of country and dedication to working together to make things right when he and the GOP point blank told Americans that their only goal was to obstruct everything Obama did?
Screwing everything up and then f*cking off back to your home state because you lost control of the monster you created and you know you won’t survive the next election isn’t bravery, it is the most base kind of cowardice. He and Corker could become independents. They could become Democrats and change the power balance a little. Hell, they could just WORK with Democrats and admit that they were DEAD WRONG about 45 and about standing in the way of progress while Obama was in office.THAT would be brave.
As usual, the you can do the absolute least as a white man and people want to award you.
This morning on NPR Flake ruled out impeachment. That would hurt the Republican party as much as drump. Flake also said that Mercer/Koch puppet Pence was a very good friend.
So while Flake criticized “those in the executive branch” (no mention of drump by name) he is in self preservation mode. Nothing especially brave in that. He will move on to a multi -million dollar job that will destroy our country in other ways in order to enrich himself.
Once again putting GOP over USA.
Yes, I don’t understand how these Republicans can imply that they are public servants. While criticizing drump’s behaviour is welcome, they still do their little dance in hell to exploit any opportunity for themselves.
Flake may want to run in 2020. He’s just positioning himself. He’ll spend his remaining months voting with his party while making a few speeches about “principles.” I guess there’ll be a book. This speech just gets people’s hopes up. McConnell was not impressed.
Flake already has the book out. Because you know he has so much time to pen a memoir while the country goes down in flames 🙄
I mean that’s a true patriot right there, no? Putting your party before your country?
Anyone who still supported 45 after P*ssygate is disgusting at best. Too little too late. Or maybe they are all distracted because they misplaced their testicles over a year ago and can’t seem to locate them.
anyone who supported him after he mocked that disabled reporter is disgusting.
that incident showed us what kind of person he is…he “punched back” by making fun of a person with a disability. because he only punches back at people who he sees as “weaker” than him.
has he said word one about Eminem’s diss?
I can’t keep the timeline straight but if that was before p*ssygate, then I agree.
He’s not going to go near Eminem. I’m sure somewhere under that yellow mop there’s a lonely braincell rolling around telling him to not go there.
@Lottlemissnaughty
Lol @ lonely brain cell.
It’s lonely *and* bored since he barely even engages it ever.
I cannot understand why they don’t 25A him. Several former republican congressmen on Maddow last night said it very plainly, and also stated many other former and active legislators are thinking in kind. tRump will hurt the GOP, has hurt them, is hurting them ( hahaha, insert Grumpy Cat “Good” meme).
I am a dem, and certainly do not support their agenda, but why won’t they install the tool Pence? He isn’t going to create international instability, and he would very happily support their inhumane and inhuman legislation. It would be a win/win for those pigs.
Eh. On second thought, let them keep tRump, burn their constituents and reap what they sow in the near future.
To their constituents: Let them eat MAGA.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Once again you hit the nail on the head with this article.
The Trumo stuff is nothing new, it’s the under the radar legislation getting passed that concerns me more, ie the quick reference in this story.
It’s legislation like this that highlights how much lobbyists run this country. How could anyone in their right mind think it is OK to take away the right for someone to sue when their bank ripped them off (keep those shareholders happy!)?! The whole reason chip cards and not much more secure old credit cards is the banking insurance opposed the extra step, required in Europe and Asia, because the expense to code would eat into profits. Yet they also were close in many states to getting legislation passed the bank would have no responsibility for fraud.
There was an article recently in The NY Times about the NRA lobbyist in Florida (might have also been referenced here). She has written extensive legislation, and the power she has over the governor and legislators is amazing.
I would still take GOPers like Flake, Corker, McCain, and Bush over destroyers like Emperor Zero, Bannon, and Roy Moore (if I was a republican).
Wait til you see the absolute gems Bannon will have lined up when these Senators retire. Oh boy.
Cmon Mueller! Not fast enough!
Exactly. The GOP candidates being backed for those states’ primaries are extremist lunatics. Flake and Corker have played right into Bannon’s hands.
Nailed it. The politicians here in TN are horrible. Our state legislature is a joke and the rest of the country laughs at how ignorant and backwards they are. Even our democrats (in TN, democrat=moderate republican) are useless. One Democrat in particular, that is rumored to possibly run for Corker’s seat, is a mayor that got re-elected last year while in the midst of a sex scandal involved a female aide. I laugh to keep from crying.
Wow, wonder if we need to start flying some serious Bernie flags in these races. Just backing some safe moderate might not cut it.
Yes, it’s terrifying. Bloodsucking Bannon is crowing victory, crediting himself for accomplishing what he claims has been his brilliant plan all along. We could very well get something much worse after Flake and Corker leave.
Sane Republicans need to stay in office to prevent Trump-ites from increasing their
congressional numbers. If Flake et al leave, their replacements are likely to be terrible. Don’t they owe it to their constituents & citizenry of the USA to do everything possible to stick around & do damage control from the incumbent fool?
Yes, their replacements will be terrible, but it’s not like these guys have a choice whether to stick around. Both Corker and Flake were facing tough primary challenges – from other Republicans. They have no expectation of support from their own party, so they opted out before going up in flames in a messy, expensive primary battle. Any rational, moderate (sane) Republican now in office is being sabotaged by extreme elements in their own party.
They do, but as they have consistently proven, it’s party over country.
As far as I know, Flake did NOT vote for Trump so I give him credit for that and for speaking his mind about the hideous/dangerous era of Trump. Trump is nothing without his supporters and he still has a lot of them. They love Trump for what he is … a fake patriot racist-baiting bully, low in intellect and high on ego. I can only hope the slow moving Mueller investigation nails Trump before much more damage is done. Perhaps then the Bannon types and the white “nationalists” will crawl back under their rocks.
Robyn. Totally agree.
I’m afraid these asshats who spew hate, misogyny, and pussy-grab will never completely go away.
Please go away!
Kaiser you are so correct. The media celebrates these asshats while The country burns down. They’ve not shown any encourage by giving shallow speeches or tweets denouncing Trump. They all continue to vote the party line. Party and billionaire tax cuts over the safety and saving of the Republic.
I just can’t anymore. And now that the heat is on Trump for his failures in Niger and attacks on Gold Star families, the narrative conveniently turns to the DNC funding the golden shower dossier and new Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton. WTF????
Talk is cheap. Flake and Corker are as common as Drumpf, debasing and dehumanising America with their complicit votes. They could have crossed the floor to become D or become Independents. They continue to align themselves with hatred- they just want it to be quiet, civil hatred.
Exactly! Trump got himself elected as a right-wing old-fart TV watcher who expressed in his fourth grade vocabulary what these guys had been implying/dogwhistling for years. In fact, Trump thinks he’s super smart for picking up on the subtext and saying the quiet part out loud.
It’s the substance that stinks, not the style. None of these things will be better for humanity when Mike Pence is doing them with greater decorum, bigger words and a smile on his face.
But be ready for the media to try it on. They are after all currently fêting George W. Bush, responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands and the wave of extremism sweeping the world, as a member of the “resistance”.
I almost avoided this thread because I needed a brief reprieve from politics but I’m so happy I didn’t because I would have missed your comment.
You articulated it all perfectly.
Well said @Allie.
I also had no idea what freaking morons a lot of the media are. Like, really dense.
“Trump got himself elected as a right-wing old-fart TV watcher who expressed in his fourth grade vocabulary what these guys had been implying/dogwhistling for years.”
Thank you. The republican party has been catering to this hostile subtext for decades. Rush Limbaugh and Gingrich had full reign to poison the soil of the south, mid west and rust belt states. They knew what they were sowing, and they knew their audience.
Thanks, guys. Y’all and the CB honchos help keep me sane, too. Such great discussions here.
For another sanity hit, may I recommend Sam Seder’s podcast. He’s also on YouTube with a daily show. It’s a welcome broadcast from the “reality has a liberal bias” planet.
That is a load of BS. This would be the ideal time to STAY in office if he truly feels the nation and his party are going in a bad direction. Isn’t that the point of being a public servant?
Bless you for that headline and for citing their 90%+ voting record with Trump. Better analysis than MSNBC.
Corporate media’s kneejerk impulse to cover what people say rather than what they do is a huge problem.
Seth Meyers gave Flake a verrrrry slow clap.
http://grabien.com/file.php?id=276851
Good riddance. Arizona has had the same issues my whole life and we have 2 enablers representing us. I’m proud of McCain for coming through on healthcare but both of them can GTFO. Too little, too late. I would love to see Raul Grijalva run but even if he did I don’t think he’d win. Until Phoenix flips blue we’ll probably keep electing twits like Flake.
I suppose an impeachment, if started needs to be waterproof and that’s not the case at the moment? The Republicans are insecure about the right moment? The senators will stay until 2018, will the vote against Trump from now on? I am trying to figure out why its good that they are leaving their posts to hardliners. Are they now free to vote against the party? Does that mean, Trump is surprisingly more powerful due to his extreme right base supporters who basically go bonkers than we all want to see?
We can get rid of one Republican Senate seat by electing Doug Jones(D-AL). Right now Jones and crazed HomophobicMisogynistRacistGriftingthiefFakeChristianAllAroundBadPerson Roy Moore are tied in the polls. I don’t care whether you live in Alabama or Massachusetts or Oregon or Hawaii, Moore is bad news, the personification of your worst dreams. Ted Cruz just endorsed Moore-that should tell you something. Please look at their records and send support to @GDouglasJones if you can. You know the Mercers and other evil people will be funding Moore.
haha. this has nothing to do with trump and everything to do with the ugly skeletons in his closet.
lots of these hypocrites won’t run again. and hell yes DRAG trump on your way out
GOOD RIDDANCE
Am I the only one who thinks impeachment is a horrible idea? At least with Trump as President, we know he can’t get anything done.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/23/the-danger-of-president-pence
I read that article – scary to think that an impeachment could get the US from the frying pan into the fire with Pence. I’ve become so paranoid about what’s going on south of the border (I’m Canadian) that I actually think the GOP is deliberately using Trump as a foil so that if and when he’s impeached, Pence et al will look like God-sends. *Reaches for Bailey’s to pour on breakfast cereal*
These Republicans who made speeches against Drumpf are 9 fucking months too late and dont mean a word of it. Flake is a POS just like all the rest, because after his speech he then turned around and voted to strip Medicaid of the power to ban nursing homes from forcing elderly dementia patients to sign away their right to sue in favor of binding arbitration and to repeal CFPB arbitration rule…basically repeal anything that gives the American people a chance to hold them accountable. It doesn’t take integrity to make a grand speech full of meaningless cliches, it takes integrity to put those words into actions. They are part of a party that could careless about governing and people but rather serving their own interests.
Amen. His pious face and weepy voice making that speech in the Senate yesterday, while casting votes like that today… I swear I don’t know how that level of evil and hypocrisy doesn’t make God turn them to ashes on the spot.
Has anyone seen the commercial billionaire Tom Steyer has put out calling for the impeachment of Trump?
He has a website that people can sign a petition:
https://www.needtoimpeach.com/
I did! I signed his petition. I was blown away by the commercial.
I know there is fear about a Pence Presidency which I get BUT he’s not mentally unstable like Moron. He’s not on Twitter and watching TV all day. At least if he was President all his actions would be under the microscope. Right now he’s working away behind the scenes while the Moron and Chief distracts.
What I’m really getting tired of is the media completely falling for the “chase the drama of the Moron and his Twitter use”. When he says one thing, everyone should be looking in the other direction. He uses Twitter to distract people and the Media falls for it again and again.
Me too. I signed cause I want my disapproval of him and desire of his impeachment to be counted, but I don’t want the Tea Party-Koch brothers plant Pence as pres either. The main reason I would choose Pence over crazy T is because our infantile, ass of a pres might actually start WW3.
I’m from AZ and I think Flake is probably an actual, for real, nice guy. I know two of his cousins who were raised on the ranch with him and they are bright, humble and good. Also conservative…so if you can’t stand all conservatives…probably not your guy. He was in charge of the Goldwater Institute before becoming a politician and follows a Barry Goldwater type of conservatism. I met Barry Goldwater in a journalism class years ago. I asked him questions about how he had backed a Democrat in a certain election…he was so cool…liked hard questions without getting his panties in a wad like Trump does. A republican who was nothing like Trump. Most republicans I know in AZ are mad at Flake (and McCain) for speaking out against Trump. This includes, I’m sure, many of their friends, so maybe a little braver than you think. I wanted to work on Flake’s reelection campaign, but really couldn’t see how he could get elected. Also, even though I loathe that Trump is President, I don’t really want to see him impeached. I think it would be very destabilizing for our country right now. I just wish he’d shut up and quit tweeting while we get through the next three years.
Thanks for sharing. I was curious to know what the home state thinks of Flake. I’m -sadly – not surprised to hear they are for Trump. What I still don’t get about his supports are why are they still following him? He hasn’t done anything to help them, only hurt them and they still blindly support him.
“…and some just want to watch the world burn.”
Alfred Pennyworth
“I just wish he’d shut up and quit tweeting while we get through the next three years.”
This times 1000
@Tinkerbell, I’m not from Arizona and I disagree with Flake’s politics almost 100%, but I saw him give an interview a few months ago and he struck me as a very honorable guy, and it pains me think that people like him can’t survive our political system, especially now when we need all of them we can get.
He told a story about helping his friend and AZ colleague Gabby Giffords during a state of the union speech – and getting hate for it. This is a woman who had been shot in the head and was still having issues standing and walking, so he helped her to her feet when she wanted to stand and applaud with other Democrats during the speech. Some of his fellow Republicans thought he was a traitor for standing next to her to keep her from falling. I realized then if basic human decency isn’t more important than party loyalty, our country is in serious trouble.
Piers Morgan wrote an interesting commentary today about why Trump is likely to win reelection. If that doesn’t scare you nothing will! Check it out:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5016619/PIERS-MORGAN-Scream-snowflakes-Trump-win-again.html
If you doubt how many still support Trump despite everything read thru the comments afterwards – or the comments on any Trump story in the Daily Mail. The majority support Trump.
SCARY!!!
Would those pro Trump, Daily Mail commenters be Brexit-ers?
Didn’t read the article, but imo the main reason why he’d get reelected is because gerrymandering and voter suppression have a devastating effect on voting outcome. The US does not have a true democracy. We have an out dated representational democracy in the form of the electoral college. If we had a true, popular democracy where everyone’s vote counted or at least an updated, fairly balanced electoral system, we would not be in this hell to begin with despite dissatisfied white men.
Those two are leaving, powerless and almost gone. The rest of the GOP Senate and all of the GOP House are silent. Afraid to offend Trump’s base as it could be their own. There is no opposition. No strong Democrat or Independent person.
I still see dead horse rider Hillary on her book selling tour. I swear I think she will try to run again in 2020.
Please see my comment in #21. The AL Senate seat is the first one to come up under trumpocracy. We can take it and start to shift the power in the Senate and then take back the House. This is the only way anything will happen. PLEASE, EVERYONE, support Doug Jones if you have only $5.00 to spare. The race is tied now, but you know the Rethugs will spend a lot on vicious lies before 12/12. This is our best chance for a Democrat in decades.
I don’t understand why the GOP are so complicit. They do nothing as the Dotard and his administration ruin the world, which their kids and grandkids will have to live in. Bob and Flake speak out about the Dotard, but they are not doing enough. Their words need to be put into action. Flake gave a speech and he didn’t even call the Dotard by his name. What was the point in making the speech, when Flake refuses to support impeachment of the Dotard and then voted for the bank deregulation? The press keeps buying into the narrative that things can’t be too bad because the stock markets are doing well, but that is just a false positive. Created by millionaires and billionaires in the WH who haven’t divested from their companies and the Mercers. What is becoming of our country? For every year that the Dotard and the GOP are in control of out government, it’s going to take years and years to undo all of the harm they have created.
What I don’t understand is the rest of the world is watching. With all the deregulation of the environmental protections, who is going to want to import USA’s contaminated crap. I know I won’t buy it here in Australia I have already stopped buying your fruit. Other parents talk about this so I know I am notbthe only one.
Does this mean your banking system is going to get out of control again, the world can not withstand another huge financial meltdown.
I am reading about a build up your armed forces around Japan and recalls of pilots. It looks like nuclear war is becoming more and more imminent.
This crazy needs to stop. We only have one planet. How did we get here?
WOW!
Is this the tip of the “smoking gun”? The link between the Trump campaign and Russia that shows collusion?
They have found 2016 emails where the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica (which was hired by the Trump campaign), emailed the Mercers and others, saying he had reached out to Julian Assange to see if he could give them access to Hillary’s private server emails in order to provide information to the CAMPAIGN or a PAC.
Remember, the US intelligence community determined that the John Podesta emails were stolen by Russia and then handed over to Wikileaks.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/cambridge-analytica-julian-assange-wikileaks-clinton-emails/index.html
So well said. Not brave to do a parting shot when you’re out the door. The political climate is a horror show — I wake up to a new level of awfulness of the Trump administration and its enablers every day.
When Flake was asked, now that he knows what Trump is like, if a democrat would have been a better choice, he would not answer and would not say yes. Flake is a POS just like the rest of the Republicans. I’m truly scared for our democracy right now.
Um, Flake has an approval rating of 18%. Anything he says is meaningless.