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!
“These people think they are indispensable”
I think it’s worse than that Marlene. They think their rightful role is dictator.
Posted by: Another Bob | October 17, 2019 at 08:36 AM
Video at the link.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 08:37 AM
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
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 08:38 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 08:46 AM
Got a text from my friend that Steny Hoyer is retiring. Anyone hear that?
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 08:46 AM
LOL
https://twitter.com/wcwinc/status/1184688410889478144/photo/1
Posted by: Another Bob | October 17, 2019 at 08:48 AM
We were not told about Cummings being in hospice because We The People are not on the need-to-know list.
Posted by: Porchlight | October 17, 2019 at 08:52 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 08:53 AM
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...
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 08:54 AM
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!
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 08:56 AM
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.
Posted by: Porchlight | October 17, 2019 at 08:57 AM
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
representdestroy 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.
Posted by: Threadkiller | October 17, 2019 at 08:57 AM
Hoyer isn't retiring. I misread the text.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 08:58 AM
NO, tell us how you really feel TK.
LOL
Posted by: Another Bob | October 17, 2019 at 09:01 AM
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.
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* they don't say if it is Barney the Dinosaur or Barney Frank.
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:02 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:02 AM
Mcjerk, was having an affair witn a journal reporter. In baghdad in a very consoicuous place, let us say.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:04 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:05 AM
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.
Posted by: Captain Hate | October 17, 2019 at 09:10 AM
Ol' Treytor Gowdmouth... The He-Haw savior.
He can piss off as well. What a nightmare these assholes have put us through.
Posted by: Threadkiller | October 17, 2019 at 09:13 AM
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.
Posted by: Marlene | October 17, 2019 at 09:18 AM
Give 'em hell, TK!!
Posted by: Buckeye | October 17, 2019 at 09:24 AM
How public, reputedly on the roof of the baghdad embassy, this was the anti islanic state coordinAtor.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:26 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:28 AM
#SpiritDay
Wasn't #PrideDay not much more than a month ago? What's next month?
Posted by: jimmyk | October 17, 2019 at 09:28 AM
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,
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:28 AM
Gah, doesmt the overlong slappimg scene in airplane come to mind.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:30 AM
Maybe the Austin chapter of Antifa will show up in Dallas tonight.
https://youtu.be/iPM1ifkOQ9s
Posted by: Buckeye | October 17, 2019 at 09:30 AM
You think mcjerk was not subject to blackmail, this was an open secret in baghdad and washingtom.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:31 AM
Wasn't #PrideDay not much more than a month ago? What's next month?
#Thanksforgivinggaymarriage
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:31 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:32 AM
#AnalLeakageDay
Posted by: Threadkiller | October 17, 2019 at 09:34 AM
I knew that would get a response from TK. :)
Posted by: jimmyk | October 17, 2019 at 09:36 AM
So a real life versiok of the steels dossier.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:39 AM
So that vanity fair piece by whats wromg with kansas author, omitted some facts. To reach their conclusions.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:41 AM
"Club For Growth" I would not quickly characterize as "Conservative".
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 09:42 AM
Romans 1, 2 thessaloniand and 2 timothy all seem on point.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:43 AM
And that irish blogger bree dail, noted another irregularity with the current pontiffs stewardship,
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:45 AM
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
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 09:45 AM
If the truth about McCain ever was understood by the public, it would be Cromwell disinterment time.
Posted by: Captain Hate | October 17, 2019 at 09:46 AM
Its hiz campaign counsel and lois lerners boss, who is behind the lawfare against rudy.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:48 AM
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.
Posted by: Captain Hate | October 17, 2019 at 09:48 AM
I wonder why he was leaving:
https://twitter.com/kyivpost/status/1184828775357386752?s=21
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 09:51 AM
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.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:52 AM
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.
Posted by: James D. | October 17, 2019 at 09:54 AM
CNN takes their “Impeach!!11!!” to a much darker place. OKeefe’s latest:
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1184828256505253889?s=21
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 09:57 AM
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
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 09:57 AM
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,
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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.
Posted by: Captain Hate | October 17, 2019 at 10:01 AM
Remember where Tymochencko cut her "Community Activism" teeth.
Chicago. No coincidence.
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 10:04 AM
They are all over thr place, like the seed pods in body snatchers.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 10:06 AM
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
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 10:09 AM
Her investigator, mccallion, whose case against firtash was thrown out five year ago. Is also on the prowl.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 10:09 AM
Well, this is how you put a thumb on the scale:
https://twitter.com/Perpetualmaniac/status/1183877202510790657
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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/
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 10:18 AM
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.
Posted by: James D. | October 17, 2019 at 10:23 AM
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | October 17, 2019 at 10:24 AM
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).
Posted by: henry | October 17, 2019 at 10:25 AM
’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!! 👊🏼
Posted by: BeastsEngland | October 17, 2019 at 10:35 AM
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.
Posted by: Narciso | October 17, 2019 at 10:36 AM
Are pence and Pompeo in Turkey yet??
Posted by: Buckeye | October 17, 2019 at 10:53 AM
I see Pence is there. I thought Pompeo was going also??
Posted by: Buckeye | October 17, 2019 at 10:57 AM
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.
Posted by: Buckeye | October 17, 2019 at 10:59 AM
--Wonder if the media will try to turn him
into a Saint?--
Wasn't he some kind of minister or something?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 10:59 AM
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.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 11:07 AM
I can hear their tiny freed brains growing larger from here already;
300,000 Students Without School As Chicago Teachers Strike Begins
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 11:12 AM
My ride with Rudy.
Three hours on Amtrak with the president’s personal lawyer.
Interesting read.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 11:16 AM
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.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 11:17 AM
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.
Posted by: Captain Hate | October 17, 2019 at 11:19 AM
"--Wonder if the media will try to turn him
into a Saint?--"
Not if they've seen what his district looks like.
Posted by: Jane | October 17, 2019 at 11:21 AM
Two pictures at the link.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 11:27 AM
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.
Posted by: James D. | October 17, 2019 at 11:32 AM
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.
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 11:37 AM
That $15.6 Billion unaccounted for might have a clearer trail in the woods now.
Just a thought.
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 11:38 AM
Wretchard's latest.
A pretty good one.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 11:39 AM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/16/popcorn-wsj-columnist-wrecks-the-democrats-trump-ukraine-impeachment-claims-n2554627
Posted by: KevlarKid | October 17, 2019 at 11:51 AM
Body Parts Buyers Were 'Scalping the Babies,' Planned Parenthood Trial Reveals.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | October 17, 2019 at 11:54 AM
Zach C. Cohen
@Zachary_Cohen
Spotted in the Senate basement: actor Sam Waterston
Posted by: MissMarple2 | October 17, 2019 at 11:54 AM
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-UES) to chair Oversight.
(Shhh, don't talk about her medical issues...)
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 12:09 PM
Pneu.
Posted by: Melinda | October 17, 2019 at 12:13 PM
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.
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 12:35 PM
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.
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 12:39 PM
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.
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 12:46 PM
Ah. But heres another more detailed view by someone who read the proposed new BrExit deal before commenting.
https://youtu.be/8YrjZ9Q5ipg
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 01:43 PM
You have to distrust stats but there is SOME truth here.
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 02:02 PM
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."
Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 02:12 PM
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Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 02:18 PM
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Posted by: JimNorCal | October 17, 2019 at 03:29 PM