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Think about this for a second...
If all the accusations against Trump were true, all he would have to do is become a democrat and magically everything would be ok. What a fucky time we live in.



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“The White House punched back at congressional Democrats in the latest exchange over oversight, refusing a request for administration documents about the internal battle over Jared Kushner's security clearance.

White House lawyers blasted 'unprecedented and extraordinarily intrusive demands' in the congressional request for information, and called the area of deciding who gets a clearance one of the administration's 'prerogatives.'
………
Counsel to the president Pat Cipollone denied an initial request for documents – stating flatly that deciding security clearances is among the Executive Branch's 'constitutional prerogatives.'

'Although we are prepared to continue negotiations in good faith, the Committee seeks unilateral concessions without any offer of accommodation on its part, and then complains that the White House has refused to simply turn over everything the Committee inappropriately seeks,' Cippoene vented in his letter, dated March 4.  

'These actions suggest that the Committee is not interested in proper oversight, but rather seeks information that it knows cannot be provided consistent with applicable law,' he said – going after the panel's motivations in another escalation…”

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This is from the Huffington Post, so they are clutching the pearls and having a fainting spell because—1 in 6 Federal judges has been appointed by President Trump. And they are young. And they are all conservative and selected by the Federalist Society. And he’s only two years into his first term.

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Senate Confirms 37-Year-Old To Lifetime Seat On U.S. Circuit Court
Every Democrat opposed Trump nominee Allison Jones Rushing, who is going to be a federal judge for a long, long time.

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Get used to seeing Allison Jones Rushing. She's poised to be a federal judge for decades.
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Get used to seeing Allison Jones Rushing. She’s poised to be a federal judge for decades.
WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Allison Jones Rushing, 37, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, making her the youngest federal judge in the country.

The Senate voted 53-44 to put Rushing into the lifetime court seat. Every Republican present voted for her. Every Democrat present opposed her.

Democrats raised a number of concerns with Rushing, who is a partner at the D.C.-based law firm Williams & Connolly. She worked for Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian organization that has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. She has argued that there were “moral and practical” reasons for banning same-sex marriage. And some lawmakers said she simply lacks the experience or legal ability to be a federal judge.

“She has practiced law for nine years. How many cases has she tried to verdict or judgment? Four. Has she been the lead attorney on any of those cases? No,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on the Senate floor. “That is the most scant, weakest legal resume imaginable for someone who’s seeking a lifetime appointment to the second-highest court of the land.”

Like most of President Donald Trump’s court picks, Rushing is also a member of the conservative Federalist Society, which has been driving Trump’s judicial selection process and funneling anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ nominees to the White House.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who helped usher Rushing through the Senate confirmation process, defended her credentials.

“She is really considered one of the fast-rising stars in the legal profession,” he said. “She is clearly qualified to do this job.”

The Senate is voting on two more circuit court nominees this week, both of whom, like Rushing, are young, ideological and Federalist Society members.

Eric Murphy, 40, is up for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He has fought to make it easier to disenfranchise voters and argued against marriage equality in the landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case before the Supreme Court.

Chad Readler, 46, is up for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He filed a brief on behalf of the Trump administration in favor of striking down the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing coverage requirement. He has also defended efforts to weaken voting rights and defended Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Both are expected to be confirmed along party lines, though Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that she’ll oppose Readler. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Tuesday that she’s undecided on her vote regarding Readler.

Trump is dramatically reshaping the nation’s federal courts. With Rushing’s confirmation, he has now gotten 32 circuit judges, 53 district judges and two Supreme Court justices confirmed. That’s so many circuit judges ― more than any other president confirmed by this point in his first term ― that 1 in 6 seats on U.S. circuit courts is now filled by a judge nominated by Trump.

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a conservative Christian organization that has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

SPLC are experts on hate.



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It’s amazing to me that the Democrats STILL haven’t figured out in over two years now that they are fucking with the wrong guy and he doesn’t play their silly little games.

Good for him!



 
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It’s amazing to me that the Democrats STILL haven’t figured out in over two years now that they are fucking with the wrong guy and he doesn’t play their silly little games.

Good for him!



Exactly how is the President going to dictate where and when the Presedential debates take place? He can of course decide to simply not show up, but I'm not sure that will be to his benefit.


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The DNC has prohibited Fox from broadcasting any democratic debates. They claim Fox is all opinion. So the RNC needs to prohibit CNN, MSNBC, etc, from broadcasting any republican debates.

The left is in full on battle for control. No hiding it any more, they want this nation destroyed.

http://thefederalist.com/2019/...eeds-to-fight-media/
 
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Exactly how is the President going to dictate where and when the Presedential debates take place? He can of course decide to simply not show up, but I'm not sure that will be to his benefit.

Oh, I don't know......with the idiots who say they will challenge Trump in the primaries, he doen't have to show up to win.



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Originally posted by PASig:
It’s amazing to me that the Democrats STILL haven’t figured out in over two years now that they are fucking with the wrong guy and he doesn’t play their silly little games.

Good for him!


Exactly how is the President going to dictate where and when the Presedential debates take place? He can of course decide to simply not show up, but I'm not sure that will be to his benefit.

The 'terms' of the National Presidential Debates are negotiated with the Election Campaigns of the Candidates of both parties. At that point he will be able to exert some influence and let's say, tell CNN, MSNBC, etc to pound sand should he desire to do so.


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Cohen is still lying to Congress:

“Michael Cohen's lawyer confirmed Wednesday that the disgraced former Trump fixer asked him to discuss a presidential pardon after his 2018 arrest – contradicting Cohen's sworn testimony in a congressional hearing last week.

Cohen told the House Oversight Committee last week: 'I have never asked for, nor would I accept, a pardon from Mr. Trump.'

That appears to be untrue.

His current lawyer, former longtime Bill Clinton confidant Lanny Davis, told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that Cohen sought presidential clemency from Trump after FBI agents raided his home, office and hotel room…”

https://mol.im/a/6782159



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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
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Originally posted by PASig:
It’s amazing to me that the Democrats STILL haven’t figured out in over two years now that they are fucking with the wrong guy and he doesn’t play their silly little games.

Good for him!


Exactly how is the President going to dictate where and when the Presedential debates take place? He can of course decide to simply not show up, but I'm not sure that will be to his benefit.

The 'terms' of the National Presidential Debates are negotiated with the Election Campaigns of the Candidates of both parties. At that point he will be able to exert some influence and let's say, tell CNN, MSNBC, etc to pound sand should he desire to do so.


So? What are you saying? That there won't be a presidential debate then? His opponent would then just go on the other network and answer questions alone and unopposed. Do you think his dem opponent would agree to only debate on Fox?


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Exactly how is the President going to dictate where and when the Presedential debates take place? He can of course decide to simply not show up, but I'm not sure that will be to his benefit.

Oh, I don't know......with the idiots who say they will challenge Trump in the primaries, he doen't have to show up to win.

With the collective IQ of the Demoshit idiots running being less than room temperature, the RNC could probably put up a figure of President Trump from Madame Tussaud's House of Wax and the dipshits probably wouldn't even know the difference...



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Michael Cohen, the congenital liar.

“Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday sued the Trump Organization, accusing it of reneging on its obligation to cover legal fees and costs he incurred by working on its behalf.

In a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, Cohen said the Trump Organization refused to indemnify him after it became clear he would cooperate with investigations into his work for the organization.

Cohen, who will report to federal prison in May, is demanding reimbursement for 'millions of dollars in reimbursed attorneys' fees and costs' - implying that he wants the Trump Organization to pay Lanny Davis, the one-time Clinton advisor who has been part of his legal team.

It would also cover the fees for his dealings with the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation and 'others,' which will include the investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Manhattan which ended in his conviction…”

https://mol.im/a/6783347



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“Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday sued the Trump Organization, accusing it of reneging on its obligation to cover legal fees and costs he incurred by working on its behalf.




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"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
 
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For two years all we have heard was "Don't interfere with Mueller!" and "Let Mueller finish his investigation!"
Roll Eyes
... and now:

Democrats Poised To Disregard Mueller On Collusion, Launch Their Own Investigations

- Special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is expected to come to an end soon.
- Republicans believe, regardless of the outcome, Democrats will still say he colluded with Russia.
- Many more investigations into Trump will come before the 2020 presidential election.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to wrap up the Russia probe into President Donald Trump soon, but Democrats will still say Trump’s presidency is illegitimate regardless of the findings, current and former Trump administration officials told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

These sources believe Democrats have already made up their minds on Mueller and say the investigation was never about Russian collusion but bringing down Trump by any means possible. Republicans also say they expect a number of investigations to stem from the probe, but none regarding the collusion conspiracy theory.

“This was never about Russian collusion. This was never about Mueller. This was never about truth or justice. This was about taking down President Trump and nullifying the election. They still can’t get over the fact that Trump won the election and that the American people voted for him over Hillary ,” a senior administration official told TheDCNF.

“The truth is all this talk about voter integrity and voting rights that we always hear from them, it pales in comparison to [the] Democrats’ desire for power in their inability to recognize Republican victories or conservative victories. They did the same thing to Bush. They called him illegitimate. They hounded him for eight years, saying Al Gore was the true president,” the senior administration official continued.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler requested a number of documents Monday from the White House and is sending letters seeking information from people and organizations close to Trump.

Nadler will be sending the requests to 81 groups, people and organizations, searching for constitutional abuses and corruption by Trump. The New York Democrat said Sunday the requests for documents are to “begin investigations, to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, about corruption and abuse of power.”

The 81 names, groups and organizations who will receive letters from the committee include former White House communications director Hope Hicks; Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.; The Trump Organization and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

FBI Director Robert Mueller waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Republicans close to Trump, such as American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, believe Democrats will continue to call for random investigations into Trump even after Mueller’s probe is finished. Schlapp pointed out that the special counsel was created to protect Republicans at the Department of Justice from getting bad press from the “left wing dominated media, who will attack them for covering up the crimes of a president.”

“So now we’ve had two years of a special counsel. They’ve got not a scintilla of evidence of collusion. Now they’ve used that two years to try to soften President Trump up, to weaken him, to give the appearance that somehow shady dealings have taken place in the Trump companies and now they’re going to just transition as if nothing’s happened away from collusion to just destruction,” Schlapp told TheDCNF.

A former deputy assistant to the president, Sebastian Gorka, slammed Democrats and predicted Mueller will find no wrongdoing by Trump. Democrats like Nadler and California Rep. Adam Schiff will continue to attack and investigate Trump for as long as they possibly can, Gorka said.

“The Mueller farrago is a bust. The most expensive taxpayer-funded oppo research in US history had fizzled out with no proof of collusion. Now the Democrats have already moved to a KGB-like search for anything the President, his family, or his friends may have done wrong. Stalin and Beria would have been proud of the un-American tactics Schiff and Nadler are using against the American President and his team,” Gorka told TheDCNF.

Meanwhile, Nadler has already said Trump has “obstructed justice,” without speaking with Mueller or waiting for his report to be released, showing how Democrats will ignore the results of the Mueller probe unless there is substantial evidence that Trump colluded with Russia.

“Democrats have already decided to impeach Trump. This is not an ‘investigate and see where the evidence leads’ operation. The decision has already been made, and these hearings and investigation are going toward a predetermined conclusion,” a former Hill staffer told TheDCNF. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Trump Says He Will Leave Mueller Report Decision To DOJ)

Other Republicans say the Mueller probe helped cover up Hillary Clinton’s questionable actions as secretary of state as well as other officials who worked under former President Barack Obama.

“The special counsel successfully covered up the Clinton machine’s collusion with foreign agents and Obama officials’ crimes, but it failed to substantiate their conspiracy theories about the president. So now Democrats are going to spend even more taxpayer money trying to justify impeachment, because they still can’t accept the results of the 2016 election,” a senior Republican aide told TheDCNF.

Not one of six Democrats in Congress contacted by TheDCNF would respond when asked if they would accept the results of the Mueller probe.

https://www.dailycaller.com/20...eller-investigation/



"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
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Two things about Trump's presidency are indisputably great:

He kept Hillary out of the Oval Office forever.

He exposed the whole putrid Swamp that is DC politics, including its propaganda arm, Fake News.


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We can add to that a booming, healthy economy. Anybody think that would have happened with Bernie or Felonia von Pants Suit in the oval office? I shudder to think...



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I think Trump's greatest achievement is that he has made the Democrats feel comfortable being honest about who they are and what their real vision for America is. Once that vision is out there and the Dems are stumping for it, it will be difficult for them to go back and try to hide it again. Democrats have always achieved power by masking or lying about their true beliefs. Now, Americans know who they are and can begin to understand what America will become if they get power.

Keeping Hillary out of the White House was great and important, but Trump's unmasking of the Dems may keep them out of the White House for a generation.
 
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Democrats have always achieved power by masking or lying about their true beliefs. Now, Americans know who they are and can begin to understand what America will become if they get power.

True... but...
Many people, especially the young and naive now want the socialism the Democrats want to impose.
And what's the saying?

“The problem with socialism is: You can vote your way into it, ... but you’ll have to shoot your way out of it!”
~ Anon

I do think the average person is much less radical than the average Democrat but how informed are they?



"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
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“The problem with socialism is: You can vote your way into it, ... but you’ll have to shoot your way out of it!”
~ Anon


And then you won’t have any guns.




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