Tell Us What You Really Think, John Bolton

This is based on leaks of a second hand account but by this reporting former Nat Sec advisor John Bolton was pretty colorful and outspoken about Trump's Ukraine misadventures:

Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’

OK, that "hand grenade" might top the list. But don't sleep on this one (my emphasis):

The aide, Fiona Hill, testified that Mr. Bolton told her to notify the chief lawyer for the National Security Council about a rogue effort by Mr. Sondland, Mr. Giuliani and Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, according to the people familiar with the testimony.

“I am not part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up,” Mr. Bolton, a Yale-trained lawyer, told Ms. Hill to tell White House lawyers, according to two people at the deposition. (Another person in the room initially said Mr. Bolton referred to Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Mulvaney, but two others said he cited Mr. Sondland.)

Yike. Bring in Bolton!

 

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[Another Bob]

“These people think they are indispensable”

I think it’s worse than that Marlene. They think their rightful role is dictator.

[MissMarple2]

Must Watch!
Kevin McCarthy on Laura Ingraham
Pelosi was given Letter Pres. Trump sent to Turkish President Erdoğan.
Pelosi turns it over, places hand over it refusing to read and starts smiling.
Trump asks "Nancy why are you laughing, this is serious"!pic.twitter.com/Qz0umjmML5

— Lawyerforlaws (@lawyer4laws) October 17, 2019

Video at the link.

[Narciso]

Who had the meltdown?

https://mobile.twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1184599218654044160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1184599218654044160&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Falthouse.blogspot.com%2F

[henry]

This will make the DNC convention interesting:

Vicki McKenna @VickiMcKenna
6m

Milwaukee, where armed road-rage is a real thing: “Road rage led to shots fired on I-43 near interchange”

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/road-rage-incident-led-to-shots-fired-on-interstate-43-near-marquette-interchange

[MissMarple2]

Got a text from my friend that Steny Hoyer is retiring. Anyone hear that?

[Another Bob]

LOL

https://twitter.com/wcwinc/status/1184688410889478144/photo/1

[Porchlight]

We were not told about Cummings being in hospice because We The People are not on the need-to-know list.

[henry]

So Erdogan and Pelosi had the same reaction to Trump's letter.

Mark Lowen @marklowen
4h

#Turkey President's office confirms to @bbcturkce that when President #Erdogan received #Trump's letter, he "thoroughly rejected it, threw it in the bin" and launched the #Syria operation the same day. His mind was already made up to move in; letter was reportedly the final straw

[MissMarple2]

Maddow Blog
@MaddowBlog

"I don't say this lightly, and I worked for two years in the Trump administration.
He doesn't know what he's doing or talking about.
He made this decision on Sunday night without any contingency plan for our troops on the ground." -Brett McGurk, former special presidential envoy
===================================
Tony Shaffer
@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y
·
3m
Flat out lie from @brett_mcgurk
- this action, the removal of troops from Syria, has been in the works for more than a year - this was one of the points of disagreement that resulted in Jim Mattis' departure from the Pentagon -it's clear now why McGurk was fired as well...

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
45s
My warmest condolences to the family and many friends of Congressman Elijah Cummings. I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader. His work and voice on so many fronts will be very hard, if not impossible, to replace!

[Porchlight]

Ugh. Clicked on AB's Twitter link (which was good) and saw the hashtags assigned to Cummings's death. #RIPSir, #RestInPower, #RestInPeaceAndPower.

Who thinks up this astroturf shit? No wonder they sit on the news - they need time to work out the social media angle.

Nancy will probably claim that she and Steny looked lost and brain dead in the WH meeting yesterday because they were grieving in advance for dear Elijah.

[Threadkiller]

Cheers to Catherine Engelbrecht. This has to be a good day for her.

You beat me to it, CH. My exact 1st thought when I heard that the grease filled bastard croaked. His defense for the shameful way he threatened Engelbrecht was "my momma is still alive and she knows I wouldn't do that." I hope she is still alive to see her dead son now.

Darryl Issahole must be beside himself wondering if he will get a new Dem crank to suck, or if they had the courtesy to make a mold of Cummings tiny pecker, should he be allowed to represent destroy the last conservative district in San Diego.

The uniparty and their Consent Decree was exposed by Engelbrecht and they punished her. I have no sympathy for these people. If this truly was a representative government that expressed the wishes of the people, Cummings would be dropped through the open lid of renewable energy shit digester and congress would piss out 200 gallons of representative urine on his fat-back forehead. Then they would burn the fucking digester until all that was left was a bastard shaped silhouette of soot.

[MissMarple2]

Hoyer isn't retiring. I misread the text.

[Another Bob]

NO, tell us how you really feel TK.

LOL

[henry]

All Barney*, all day:

CNBC @CNBC
22s

Today NBCUniversal partners with GLAAD once again and Go Purple for #SpiritDay. Along with millions of others nationwide, we take a stand against bullying by sending a message of solidarity and acceptance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth.

==================
* they don't say if it is Barney the Dinosaur or Barney Frank.

[henry]

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
2m

Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he called Rudy Giuliani this spring at President Trump's direction over the president's concerns about alleged Ukrainian corruption

[Narciso]

Mcjerk, was having an affair witn a journal reporter. In baghdad in a very consoicuous place, let us say.

[henry]

salt as needed:

Jim Hoft @gatewaypundit
21m

Democrat Adam Schiff Repeatedly Threatened Impeachment Witness: "Ambassador, You're Making This Much More Complicated Than It Has to Be"

https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1184812016382464000

[Captain Hate]

Don't forget Treytor Gowdy's role in protecting the deep state, TK, making sure Cummings fat ass had enough cushions to elevate his Johnson for the perfect Issa angle for fellatio.

The GOP had a perfect opportunity to get broad based support in fighting the IRS abuses, a Stasi-level villain that everyone hates. And they completely whiffed.

This is part of the reason they got DJT stuffed down their pencil necks. And he's only Step 1, bitches.

[Threadkiller]

Ol' Treytor Gowdmouth... The He-Haw savior.

He can piss off as well. What a nightmare these assholes have put us through.

[Marlene]

Well,I just chatted with the daughter. I got an earful of inside the beltway thinking. *sigh*
What is all the hair on fire about ISIS is going to come here and kill us?
Porch,I told the daughter that Pelosi probably had a meltdown due to the stress of knowing about Cummings. That is when the daughter gave me an earful about who exactly had the meltdown.

[Buckeye]

Give 'em hell, TK!!

[Narciso]

How public, reputedly on the roof of the baghdad embassy, this was the anti islanic state coordinAtor.

[henry]

Michael Tracey
@mtracey

Pelosi: "Russia has for a long time always wanted to have a foothold in the Middle East, and now he has enabled that to happen."

Russia has had a naval installation in Syria since 1971

[jimmyk]

#SpiritDay

Wasn't #PrideDay not much more than a month ago? What's next month?

[Narciso]

As sundance explained, the benghazi investigation was going to get nowhere pecause the perpetrators like bin qumu (detained last year) were funded by an op that he signed off on,

[Narciso]

Gah, doesmt the overlong slappimg scene in airplane come to mind.

[Buckeye]

Maybe the Austin chapter of Antifa will show up in Dallas tonight.

https://youtu.be/iPM1ifkOQ9s

[Narciso]

You think mcjerk was not subject to blackmail, this was an open secret in baghdad and washingtom.

[henry]

Wasn't #PrideDay not much more than a month ago? What's next month?

#Thanksforgivinggaymarriage

[henry]

Hmmmmm:

Patrick Hussion @PatrickHussion
17h

**NEW: The conservative group, Club for Growth, is airing TV ads calling Sen. Mitt Romney a “Democrat secret asset.. plotting to take down Pres. Trump w/ impeachment.”

Warning to other moderate Republicans? @OANN

[Threadkiller]

#AnalLeakageDay

[jimmyk]

I knew that would get a response from TK. :)

[Narciso]

So a real life versiok of the steels dossier.

[Narciso]

So that vanity fair piece by whats wromg with kansas author, omitted some facts. To reach their conclusions.

[Melinda]

"Club For Growth" I would not quickly characterize as "Conservative".

[Narciso]

Romans 1, 2 thessaloniand and 2 timothy all seem on point.

[Narciso]

And that irish blogger bree dail, noted another irregularity with the current pontiffs stewardship,

[henry]

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ
33s

Christian Dior apologizes after Chinese consumers express anger at French luxury brand’s failure to include Taiwan in map of China at closed-door presentation to college students

[Captain Hate]

If the truth about McCain ever was understood by the public, it would be Cromwell disinterment time.

[Narciso]

Its hiz campaign counsel and lois lerners boss, who is behind the lawfare against rudy.

[Captain Hate]

So that vanity fair piece by whats wromg with kansas author, omitted some facts. To reach their conclusions.

Thomas Frank? Much as I dislike VF they usually pay writers that aren't as dull as dust.

[Melinda]

I wonder why he was leaving:

https://twitter.com/kyivpost/status/1184828775357386752?s=21

[Narciso]

Well they are more creative, this glossy daily kos for the wellhealed, but they along with gq, were vicious toward the huntress on at least three occasions

Is mifsud a western agent or not, if so why did he contact papadop.

[James D.]

The GOP had a perfect opportunity to get broad based support in fighting the IRS abuses, a Stasi-level villain that everyone hates. And they completely whiffed.

They didn't whiff.

They openly sided WITH the IRS and AGAINST us.

[Melinda]

CNN takes their “Impeach!!11!!” to a much darker place. OKeefe’s latest:

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1184828256505253889?s=21

[Narciso]

They dont forget to steel, in joe pescis worda from casino, mr kents complaint seems to have beem that guiliani didnt go through channels so any efforr would ne buried.

As i spelled before, lutsenko is an anti corruption activist from way back, so is shokin he reaigned rather than follow the fake investigation againsr tymochenko whos not ao shiny to begin with. Lutsenko was detained by their version of ronnie earle who himself wemt upriver for personal enrichmemt. They have hawaiian judges over there. He was a leader of the maidan movement

[Narciso]

Steal, he doesnt have a law degree but he didnt need it as minister of interior either. Poroshenko brought him under the bus then threw him under the buz,

[Captain Hate]

They didn't whiff.

They openly sided WITH the IRS and AGAINST us.

Yeah they did. It was at that point I knew we needed an outsider.

[Melinda]

Remember where Tymochencko cut her "Community Activism" teeth.

Chicago. No coincidence.

[Narciso]

They are all over thr place, like the seed pods in body snatchers.

[Melinda]

CH-

How many were "owned" at that time, and may now be "free"?

Just a thought....

Meanwhile, more details emerging in that Ukrainian arrest today:

https://www.unian.info/economics/10722594-sbu-suspects-ex-deputy-economy-minister-of-subversive-activities-in-favor-of-russia.html

[Narciso]

Her investigator, mccallion, whose case against firtash was thrown out five year ago. Is also on the prowl.

[Melinda]

Well, this is how you put a thumb on the scale:

https://twitter.com/Perpetualmaniac/status/1183877202510790657

[JimNorCal]

GOPe making one last push to retake the Party from the base?

"Just to erase any doubts you may have had as to George W. Bush being a scumbag:"
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/16/report-george-w-bush-trumps-isolationist-america-is-dangerous-for-global-peace/

[Narciso]

Guess who:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Groysman#/media/File%3ASecretary_Kerry_Shakes_Hands_With_Ukrainian_Prime_Minister_Groysman_Before_a_Meeting_at_the_Rada_in_Kyiv_(27870887100).jpg

[James D.]

From JimCA's link:

“An isolationist United States is destabilizing around the world,” Bush said, according to the Washington Post‘s Josh Rogin. “We are becoming isolationist and that’s dangerous for the sake of peace.”

If that's what he thinks, then maybe he should have defended his policies and pushed back against all the "he lied to get us into a war" crap from the Democrats and the MSM after 2004.

And maybe he should have spoken up at some point between 2009-2016 while Obama was systematically dismantling all the things our military did manage to accomplish during Bush's presidency, instead of sitting on his hands for 8 years.

He had all the opportunity in the world to speak out, and he couldn't be bothered, so I really can't see why I should listen to one word he has to say now.

[Dave (in MA)]

Someone Had a ‘Meltdown’ at the White House. Pelosi and Trump Just Disagree on Who

Cue the Dave Mason tune.

[henry]

Melinda, that search "boost" feature sure comes in handy. (Note we use it to make it easier to find entities in a sea of transactions by boosting the entity table hits. This is a very basic search function).

[BeastsEngland]

’If this truly was a representative government that expressed the wishes of the people, Cummings would be dropped through the open lid of renewable energy shit digester and congress would piss out 200 gallons of representative urine on his fat-back forehead.’

Nobody does subtle quite like TK!! 👊🏼

[Narciso]

It seems like kabul on the black sea does it not. I know one cant be too picky with our proxies in that corner of the world.

[Buckeye]

Are pence and Pompeo in Turkey yet??

[Buckeye]

I see Pence is there. I thought Pompeo was going also??

[Buckeye]

If Trump really wants to explode heads, he should call an emergency meeting of NATO to discuss repositioning the B61s in Turkey back to the US.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Wonder if the media will try to turn him
into a Saint?--

Wasn't he some kind of minister or something?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

This should really give a lift to China's economy;
Beijing Confirms Arrest Of Two Americans As Trade Tensions Rise
Nothing says "we're a confident global power" like confirming you're a third rate gangster state like Iran.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I can hear their tiny freed brains growing larger from here already;
300,000 Students Without School As Chicago Teachers Strike Begins

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

My ride with Rudy.
Three hours on Amtrak with the president’s personal lawyer.
Interesting read.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pence-gets-icy-reception-he-presses-erdogan-syria-ceasefire

Pictures, but none of Pompeo, although the article says he is there.

[Captain Hate]

Wasn't he some kind of minister or something?

He married the Morning Homewreckers, ostensibly by having them place their hands on the collected works of De Sade, so he's something fake like Shakedown Jackson.

[Jane]

"--Wonder if the media will try to turn him
into a Saint?--"

Not if they've seen what his district looks like.

[MissMarple2]

Pres motorcaded (used as a verb) to @Andrews_JBA due to threatening weather and boarded Air Force One using built-in stairs. Took no questions. pic.twitter.com/8IMdMThDKI

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 17, 2019

Two pictures at the link.

[James D.]

They know what his district looks like, and to the extent they report on it, they blame republicans even though Democrats have run Baltimore for generations.

Cummings and his pals will never be blamed for the incredible, generational, probably unrecoverable harm they’ve done.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wnd.com/2019/10/media-framed-russia-frame-trump/

I am glad to see someone detailed Obama's Russia outreach through most of his administration, but one would have thought it could have been done sooner.

[Melinda]

That $15.6 Billion unaccounted for might have a clearer trail in the woods now.

Just a thought.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Wretchard's latest.
A pretty good one.

[KevlarKid]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/16/popcorn-wsj-columnist-wrecks-the-democrats-trump-ukraine-impeachment-claims-n2554627

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Body Parts Buyers Were 'Scalping the Babies,' Planned Parenthood Trial Reveals.

[MissMarple2]

Zach C. Cohen
@Zachary_Cohen

Spotted in the Senate basement: actor Sam Waterston

[Melinda]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-UES) to chair Oversight.

(Shhh, don't talk about her medical issues...)

[Melinda]

Pneu.

[JimNorCal]

I'm not a huge fan of the PowerLine podcast but the one with a book review of Age Of Iron is good.
It includes an interesting discussion of Trump's foreign policy (before all the Syria news). His lack of enthusiasm for Endless War and nation building is detailed.

[JimNorCal]

Will be interested to learn more about the "BrExit deal" proposal.
Is it one last attempt to finesse the issue?

Some commenters are positive. Others say it's a deal former PM May could have had a couple years ago.

[JimNorCal]

Well this clears the fog a bit.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal with the European Union.

Farage told FOX Business' Stuart Varney the House of Commons should reject the new agreement Johnson has negotiated with the EU because it is an amended version of former Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed treaty, which was rejected three times by the U.K. Parliament.

[JimNorCal]

Ah. But heres another more detailed view by someone who read the proposed new BrExit deal before commenting.
https://youtu.be/8YrjZ9Q5ipg

[JimNorCal]

You have to distrust stats but there is SOME truth here.

[JimNorCal]

I didn't know this. Trump turns over profits from foreign guests to the US Treasury in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/10/trump-wont-profit-from-g-7.html
Not mentioned in the stories about the G-7 is that President Trump gives all profits from foreigners at his hotels back to the federal government.

The Associated Press reported on February 25, 2019, "President Donald Trump’s company said on Monday that it donated nearly $200,000 to the U.S. Treasury to make good on its promise two years ago to hand over profits from foreign governments using its properties.

"The Trump Organization said a check for $191,538 sent to Treasury represents profits from embassy parties, hotel stays and other foreign government spending at its Washington hotel and other properties last year. The voluntary donation is up from $151,470 sent a year ago to cover the president’s first calendar year in office.

"Trump announced the donation plan before his inauguration two years ago in response to criticism that in refusing to sell off his business, people would suspect his decisions in office would be influenced by spending at his properties and not necessarily reflect the public interest."

[JimNorCal]

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[JimNorCal]

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