• @[email protected]
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      True, but these are not the words of innocent men.

      Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek in a Saturday email that it is “unprofessional” to ask if the binder was sold to Russia. “What proof do you have?” he asked.

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        It sounds like Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung also has no clue, but he’s seen this one enough times to know that his outright denial would probably be contradicted by Trump within the week.

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        Ah, the ol’ Criminal reverse burden/onus of proof. Counter with the old motherly trick, why might I have reason to even need to bring this up with you…

        What would Mary do/There’s something off about Mary…

      • @[email protected]
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        It sounds like this story originated with Trump to create a fake news story to distract from the real news of his court cases.

      • MxM111
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        I don’t think a spokesman would know one way or another.

      • Matt
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        It’s depressing that question is also applicable to the Biden impeachment hearings.

        • @[email protected]
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          It’s applicable, but it’s also not being used because Biden didn’t do anything. You don’t say it’s unprofessional to ask the question and then ask what proof do you have, especially as a spokesperson. It’s ‘how to be ridiculous and look like you did it 101’.

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      This whole binder story smells like the kind of news stories we were fed during the early years of his presidency. It’s so 2017, throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.

      We don’t need any new controversies. We need to see the felonies that have already been charged be prosecuted intelligently and effectively.

    • circuscritic
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      Yeah, I don’t believe it, but only because he’s too incompetent to have kept that kind of high treason a secret.

      I absolutely would believe that he kept it with his poop magazines and it was stolen, or copied, by the Carpet King of Tampa, or a foreign intelligence asset. Either one is just as likely.

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        He’s honestly stupid enough that he’d be bragging about the money he made from the sale if he did sell it

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          “I think NATO is going to be very surprised…I had the best Generals, they wouldn’t be surprised…the traitor generals who supported the election hoax and Joe Biden, they’ll be surprised because they aren’t good, okay, they’re bad, very bad. My dad, very smart, so smart, he always said sell your books when you’re done with them. Did you know binders are books? No one knew, but they are. I’m very smart and very good at deals. I make the deals, I sold a book for 50 million dollars, a book? Can you imagine? Joe Biden wouldn’t of gotten $20, so dumb. I got the most votes, ever, can you believe that?”

          That’s my point. I don’t believe he sold it to the Russians. I can absolutely believe that his actions directly lead to being aquired by foreign agents, or the Carpet King of Tampa.

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    When Trump hosted the KGB diplomats in the White House, when he confiscated his translators notes after his meeting with Putin, after he betrayed the Kurds, the media would ask, “Why did Trump do this?”

    There were always a range of possible reasons, but only one that explained them all with perfect sense. I suggest everyone read American Kompromat by Craig Unger. There is a trail of circumstantial evidence Trump has been a Russian asset since at least 1986.

    • @zcd
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      There is a piss tape

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        At this point, do you really think it will damage him?

        • Decoy321
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          The piss tape had a lot more than just the sex act. It was full of kompromat.

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            Still, at this point I can’t really see it damaging him.

            Republicans seem to be way way past caring about morality, ethics, or embarrassment of any kind.

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          If the description I’ve heard is correct (that he asked two prostitutes to pee on the bed because Obama slept in it once) there is probably going to be a lot of racism, the peeing itself which is gross, and let’s face it the prostitutes were probably underage. I could see that hurting him, give the right is so obsessed with Epstein and grooming, but they’ve already waved every terrible thing he has done away so you’re probably right. The right wouldn’t care.

          • chingadera
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            Rules for thee, not gonna make a fucking dent in how is followers perceive him.

    • @[email protected]
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      The P in P-tape is pedophilia

      He is known to have raped underage girls and pootin has the goods, just as likely through Epstein

      • GladiusB
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        Correction. They support your outrage. They want it to become a shit show so you won’t pay attention to the dozen of things they should be doing. Or working for the people. This kind of thing just makes certain decisions that seem less important get passed or neglected.

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    May have? It would be more surprising news if he didn’t.

  • @[email protected]
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    Business is business, isn’t that what he says? Business as usual for a bloke who keeps top secret documents in his spare bathroom.

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    May have? This guy would sell his own daughter if he could. And I’m not eve talking about the one whose name he doesn’t know, I’m talking about the one he wants to fuck.

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    It’s obvious that Trump sold out US intelligence assets across the world, leading to major setbacks in our intel community and the deaths of multiple people, so if this is true… will it make any difference? At all? Trump could come out and declare himself a vassal of the New Russian Empire and his followers would still lick his boots, and ‘moderates’ would say “Well, what about the DEMONRATS”

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      They, in fact, do talk up Russia as though it is some free speech, all the guns you want, libertarian paradise. It’s incredible to see.

  • @[email protected]
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    Oh so she just learned that he may have sold a binder? She wasn’t just holding onto this little pearl in order to sell another book was she? Any of Trump’s circle, even his ostensibly “nice” niece Mary, is just an opportunist looking to cash in on the chaos.

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      Oh thank goodness there is no merit to this headline. Oh wait, it is still a plausible situation no matter where you read the headline. Nevermind.

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          Have you been paying attention to the journalism industry lately? We’re lucky to get “plausible” half the time.

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          Is the headline false? I think Mary trump said those words. I’d love to hear why you think they faked this quote.

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            I mean, you can read the article. I don’t see that quote anywhere.

            But you also kind of implied “it’s fine if it’s not true since it’s plausible” that’s more what I was commenting on

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              "One of those possibilities was that the documents inside the binder “were sold or given to Russia,” according to her blog post. "

              -the article I didn’t read, quoting Mary trump’s blog

              So she at least typed this distinct, concise thought. I said it was plausible because they had found a BOATLOAD of classified docs in trump’s possession after he was out of office. Considering this binder the quote is about has not been recovered in any of the raids they performed and with the truth about trump’s financial situation coming to light I can picture a means, motive and opportunity. So sure, ‘plausible’ is the best term I can think of until more solid evidence is presented.

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                Ha shit, one of those ads must have popped up and made me jump that paragraph or something. I really did read it and didn’t see that the first time through

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        The only ratings I care about with regard to Donald Trump:

        • Maximum Security
        • 0 Decibels
        • 6 feet under (preferablyest)
        • his genuine leaked Wharton grades + sample submission
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    Guaranteed he handed it over to his owner, Putin.