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Inside Trump's week of rage and retribution
NBC News ^ | Feb 15, 2020 | Shannon Pettypiece

Posted on 02/15/2020 3:43:52 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent his first week post-impeachment asserting his dominance over the Department of Justice in a bid to exact revenge on his enemies and deliver rewards to his allies — the sudden, dramatic escalation of a long-running campaign to solidify his control over legal matters, and remove or sideline the remaining independent voices within his administration.

With the impeachment behind him, Trump's advisers say there is little incentive for him to hold his fire. With few, if any, dissenting voices left in his orbit, aides and advisers have been cheering on his moves, saying he is ridding his administration of “snakes” and fighting back against a corrupt “deep state” — support that has emboldened Trump in the days since his Senate acquittal....

Trump's defiance seems to have buoyed aides along with the passing of the cloud of impeachment, and with the election still more than eight months away, there is little internal fear of political consequences for the current swirl of rage and retribution, campaign advisers said.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: impeachment; retribution; swamp; trump
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

THESE PEOPLE...MEDIA...REALLY ARE NUTS.

I SEE A PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO IS VERY HAPPY, VERY HAPPY INDEED!!!

They would love it to be otherwise, but it ain’t.

He’s right NBC is worse than CNN.


21 posted on 02/15/2020 4:05:29 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: frank ballenger

Shannon Pettypiece

22 posted on 02/15/2020 4:07:45 PM PST by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: Maris Crane

Should anyone read this trash?


23 posted on 02/15/2020 4:12:06 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Sorry, that’s a man.

He just didn’t like his name. So instead of changing his name.....


24 posted on 02/15/2020 4:12:08 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: The people have spoken

Oooo.. She got dem Crazy EYES!


25 posted on 02/15/2020 4:13:11 PM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

I admit I did NOT read the article.

Media seems to have a penchant for writing shocking headlines. SO.ooo that’s ALL I read.

Try some serious headlines and maybe I’ll read the piece, Petty.

OR MAYBE NOT.


26 posted on 02/15/2020 4:14:44 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

> Overall I would say a surprisingly fair article.

I don’t think we read the same article.


27 posted on 02/15/2020 4:15:04 PM PST by Westbrook
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
NBC: No Brains Collectively
NBC: Nothing But Crap
28 posted on 02/15/2020 4:18:31 PM PST by Cheerio ( #44, the UNKNOWN Manchurian Candidate)
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To: Maris Crane

That was my first thought. She’s a HE !


29 posted on 02/15/2020 4:19:00 PM PST by ghostkatz (catslivesmatter....all 9 of them)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
the sudden, dramatic escalation of a long-running campaign to solidify his control over legal matters, and remove or sideline the remaining independent voices within his administration.

Has she not read the Constitution? All executive power is vested in the President. Constitutionally he does control all legal matters. Everyone in the executive branch works for him; there is no right to be an independent voice. If anyone does not like it, then let him resign and run for Congress.

30 posted on 02/15/2020 4:32:32 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: atc23

the so called free press is still proving trump supporters to be pushovers by belittling, harassing, and ridiculing them on a daily basis because nobody stands their ground to hold them accountable...
all they do is bitch, cry, moan, and whine from keyboards wondering why it won’t stop...


31 posted on 02/15/2020 4:36:39 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: left that other site; The people have spoken
> Oooo.. She got dem Crazy EYES!

I’d rate her a 6 Hot and a 10 Crazy. No-Go Zone.

Here’s the real question (assuming the reader is male): Would you feel comfortable engaging in a physical sexual encounter with this person? Or do you have a sneaking suspicion you might draw back a bloody stump?

(Full disclosure: That phrase is actually from my ex-mother-in-law, who while cooking would warn anyone looking for pre-meal tidbits that if they stuck their hand into the food prep dishes they would “draw back a bloody stump”.)

32 posted on 02/15/2020 4:37:13 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

Actually, I’m female, but I get your point! LOL!

Males have been known to have dem crazy eyes too, and are best avoided, no matter how hot they may seem! :-)


33 posted on 02/15/2020 4:40:33 PM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Rage and retribution”??? Seriously??

Put me in charge of that department for a week. Then we can have that discussion.


34 posted on 02/15/2020 4:52:04 PM PST by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
M A K I N G . I T . U P . A S . T H E Y . G O

35 posted on 02/15/2020 4:54:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)
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To: goldstategop

“Trump has every right to clean house and he’s only getting started...”

I cannot WAIT to see our enemies GONE, and the LAYOFFS start within our ridiculously bloated Government!

More, Please! :)


36 posted on 02/15/2020 4:57:47 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: The people have spoken

That looks like a man to me.
She/he/it has crazy eyes, to!


37 posted on 02/15/2020 5:01:18 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: left that other site

Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.


38 posted on 02/15/2020 5:27:42 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: xrmusn

Or this line from the original Walking Tall

Mister, you’re hand is shaking. If you miss, you’ll never shoot again.


39 posted on 02/15/2020 5:27:43 PM PST by xp38
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

More to come.

He’s doing what every other President did in the very first month.

It’s testimony to piss poor management that he didn’t do this in January 2017.

But, because it’s late, and it’s Trump, it’s a big ‘effing deal.

The Democrats will start using the Nazi analogies again.

Of note: The day of Bill Clinton’s first inauguration, he fired every US Attorney and put in his own folks. The same with the NSC. It used to be SOP up to that point in history. Because that’s what effective leaders do.


40 posted on 02/15/2020 5:36:31 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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