Posted on 10/02/2019 4:22:18 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
Democrats focus on State Department in impeachment inquiry — live updates
Key facts and latest news
• The State Department inspector general will brief congressional committee staff about unspecified documents on Wednesday. • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded to House committees scheduling depositions from State Department officials, calling it an attempt to "bully" diplomats. • House committee chairs warned Pompeo not to obstruct the impeachment inquiry. • In a July phone call, President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to open an investigation targeting Joe Biden. • Soon after the call, White House officials moved a record of the call to a highly classified computer system, severely restricting who could access it.
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How dare the Secretary of State participate in a phone call with a foreign leader this is impeachable treason. Not.
They moved it AFTER finding out about the complaint. Anyone with half a brain would move it.,,,,to protect its integrity.
Here’s a thought. How did they know it was moved unless “someone” tried to access it on the original storage computer? And I think you have to sign it....so I think we have a “dot”.
This is just noise. A Federal judge will not give Congress anything for an “impeachment inquiry.”
They are not entitled to anything under the Constitution, thus, the in-your-face response from Pompeo.
The DNC Media will huff and puff, some gaslighters will scream “obstruction” and whatever.
You have to actually bring impeachment proceedings to begin any of that and the minority gets similar powers too.
So, Pelosy ain’t doing that. This is a big show signifying nothing.
“is this the face of doom/evil?”
More like the face of “Wooly Willy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfC2RuemSE
Terrific take....kudos to USCG SimTech.
The way this thing is taking off, one can discern No-No Nancy was working hard behind the scenes even as she swore publicly she was against impeachment.
TRUMP MUST UNDERSTAND-----this is an attack against the office of the presidency.
He must defend the Office against these destroyers.....their hatred of him is nothing but a side show at a three-ring circus.
You are overestimating them. They are running out of ammunition fast and our side is just beginning.
Pompeo asserting his rightful position to remind Congress of their place is not obstruction. Despite what Dems believe there are still 3 branches of government here.
“ Yes ........... BUT HOW DO WE GET THE REST OF OUR POPULATION TO KNOW THAT? ”
Hmmmm....
So, we are looking for a fearless patriot, clever enough to appropriate and/or bypass the fake news... and get the truth out... despite their sworn mission to twist it and squelch it?
It sounds like we are looking for a Ben Franklin, a John Locke, a Thomas Paine, a Frederick Bastiat, a Thomas Jefferson - or in modern times, a Ronald Reagan or a Donald Trump.
And since President Trump is the only one of these men still living, and he’s already doing everything we could ever hope to be done - he gets my vote!
A Little Elbow Grease, I know (because we’ve talked about it) that you and I share some frustration that there isn’t more we can do to help President Trump with this Herculean mission - maybe get hired as strategists in his think tank.
But I think he has to do this part alone - he’s like one of those legendary Indian trackers - born with heightened senses and able to read nature’s most subtle signs.
This most recent maneuver alone is dazzling in its deftness.
If I understand this correctly, in a week’s time, President Trump has managed to single handedly put the Hunter Biden scandal front and center despite the fake news monopoly’s mission to bury the story.
On top of that, he has repositioned himself as the innocent victim of a political witch hunt - a position I believe he enjoyed the fruits of for two years and has dearly missed in recent months.
At the same time, he has put back in the headlines the questions and ongoing investigations into the beginnings of the original Russia witch hunt, which are actually getting reported for the first time (reported as conspiracy theories, but reported nonetheless).
At the same time, we have the fake news and Democrat leadership caught so far off guard that they are holding up the most obvious double standard imaginable side-by-side for all the world to see: There is “absolutely nothing wrong” with what the Bidens did, even though it DWARFS what they accuse the President of, which they say is an impeachable offense. And they call the Bidens’ scandal unproven even though he was caught on tape TWICE boasting about it! You can’t make this stuff up - they got caught flat footed and went way off script. And President Trump set this whole thing up singlehandedly and played them like a fiddle - all while appearing to be the victim.
Well, not quite singlehandedly - he did have the help of a “whistleblower”. Or did he?
I’ll be interested to learn how this so-called “whistleblower” came to be. Was it a deep state operation against the President, or did the deep state walk right into another trap?
I like to picture DC swamp as a giant network of those clear plastic tubes that people set up for their pet gerbils, hamsters, rats or ferrets. Let’s say rats. The rats run around through the tubes thinking they are free to go wherever they want, but unbeknownst to them, the human (President Trump), can disconnect and reroute the tubes as he sees fit.
I think that so called “whistleblower” woke up one morning and started running along the tubes and wound up doing just what President Trump wanted him to do.
I think President Trump has tubes going all over the place at this point - throughout the FBI, CIA, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, etc. Brennon and McCabe think they are self-directed expert commentators - really they are just ‘rats in a maze.
I think President Trump’s favorite thing is watching the fake news the next day after he’s laid out some cheese and breadcrumbs to see who followed them.
Why would Pompeo send the SoS IG to brief Congressional staff?
I’m of the opinion that whatever the SoS IG shares with the Congressional staff, the Democrats will not like it. There have been reports of lots of people within the State Department being questioned about the Hillary’s rouge email server; and what they have told the investigators is very bad for Hillary and many others. Hillary may very well be facing justice in the near future.
Why would Pompeo send the SoS IG to brief Congressional staff?
I’m of the opinion that whatever the SoS IG shares with the Congressional staff, the Democrats will not like it. There have been reports of lots of people within the State Department being questioned about the Hillary’s rouge email server; and what they have told the investigators is very bad for Hillary and many others. Hillary may very well be facing justice in the near future.
More later to you ........... I'm seeing the ghost of Helen Thomas glaring at the gross Adam Schiff.
I will have much more to say about this possible element or group of citizens who could pass along THE TRUTH OF ALL THINGS to the citizens.
Thanks.
Oops - I was planning to credit the “cheese in the maze” part to LS, but then it slipped my mind. Hopefully, it goes without saying around here.
Anyway, including Donald Trump on a short list of history’s great thinkers might be a stretch for a lot of people - even many strong supporters. But I think it is deserved - or I hope it is. Because if it’s not, then there is not much hope, is there?
President Trump has to be able to knock the Left off it’s high horse. He has to do permanent damage somehow. And they have achieved enormous power and monopoly.
I don’t think it’s the deep state we have to worry about - they are drones just like the fake news talking heads - they will scatter to the winds if their queen bee can be taken out.
I mean “queen bee” figuratively, of course. The queen bee may be just an evil idea - the idea that government is the answer to all problems - that self-governing is impossible - that individuals are inherently selfish and evil, while the “collective” is good and wise.
It’s a bald faced lie, but such a compelling one, because it exploits the virtues of humility and selflessness, and once you can establish that individual rights are inherently selfish, you can then make humble people feel wrong for wanting what they want - including Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
President Trump’s America First theme may turn out to be a lot more than meets the eye - he is going after the Left’s queen bee - the false idea that individuals are subservient to the collective.
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Impeach the State Dept?
Smells like shiff to me!
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Seriously, now would be a good time for Trump to slip into a phone booth (where?) and become Ted Cruz for a day or so!
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You had better hope God doesn’t see you!
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