Because he’s the angel of death, Donald Trump is pressuring schools to reopen in the face of the glowing Skeletor skull that is coronavirus. Just yesterday, Betsy DeVos, the administration’s education something-something, told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that the administration is “very seriously” looking at withholding federal funds from schools that refuse to reopen. And Trump,…
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Manafort, Cohen, et al., prove Donald Trump is actually a huge fan of corruption
We all know that Trump’s big defense for his latest open corruption — i.e., that he’s actually trying to stop corruption — is laughable on its face. I mean, it’s a little like Carrot Top criticizing Gallagher for filling a weary world with bad prop comedy. But it’s worth reflecting over just how risible it is. And…
This chart of Trump's presidential 'accomplishments' is beautiful
Manafort, Flynn, Cohen, Stone, Papadopoulos, Gates. That’s a lot of people fetching coffee, let me just say. Three more and they’ll have a pretty decent prison softball lineup. They’ll look sharp chasing down ground balls in their ostrich-skin uniforms and top hats, that’s for sure. Anyway, here’s a recent update on the witch hunt and how…
Manafort's Lawyer Kevin Downing Says Judge Jackson Found “No Collusion”, Crowd Shouts “Liar.”
After Paul Manafort’s sentencing yesterday Manaforts lawyer, Kevin Downing, addressed the waiting TV cameras outside the courthouse, pirouetting for an intended audience of one saying Judge Jackson had found “no evidence of collusion” which was not strictly true or even close to the truth. The assembled crowd responded indignantly with shouts of “liar liar”. x…
USA Today analysis shows just how ridiculously lenient Manafort's initial sentencing was
When Paul Manafort appeared before Judge T.S. Ellis last week, he was facing up to 24 years in prison, so the 47 months he actually got seemed like a slap on the wrist. Turns out it was. A recent analysis by USA Today showed that Manafort appeared to get kid-glove treatment, despite a life of criminality…
Guess Who's Got To Be As Scared As Hell Right Now?
OK, I’ll deal with this right at the top, because I know how y’all absolutely dote on every golden drop that falls from my fingers to the keyboard. Judge Ellis is a wealthy, privileged, arrogant, half senile dick. Which gives him something in common with Paul Manafort. From pre-trial motions on forward, Ellis showed a…
Manafort Judge T.S. Ellis Says Manafort has “lived an otherwise blameless life.” Only 47 Months.
If you’re looking for justice for Paul Manafort you’ll have to wait for D.C. x Judge TS Ellis before giving Manafort his sentence noted he “lived an otherwise blameless life,” was a good friend and generous person to others. That doesn't erase his crimes however Ellis said. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 7, 2019…
Sarah Kendzior Goes Off on Manafort on AM Joy's Show. I Love this Woman!
Tellin’ it like it is. x #SarahKendzior delivers with a wallop. Wish everyone was as fed up. @amjoyshow @sarahkendzior pic.twitter.com/ncL3xRIBS6 — Mike Connor (@michaelhconnor) February 23, 2019 “He’s (Manafort) been indicted for crimes that he committed decades ago. Why didn’t they indict him before? Why did the media not go after Manafort as soon as…
The answer is really quite simple.
Q: What do Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Jerome Corsi, and Roger stone all have in common? I mean besides the fact that they’re all major, world class assholes, of course. That one was too obvious. A: They just don’t get it. No, seriously, I mean that…
Ad-Man and USC Prof Opines on Manafort's Sharing of Polling Data with Russian Intel.
x THREAD: I'm just an advertising guy, but thought I'd put a marketing lens on the news of Manafort sharing “polling data” with a Russian operative. — David Measer (@dmeaser) January 9, 2019 Thread Reader App unrolling: THREAD: I'm just an advertising guy, but thought I'd put a marketing lens on the news of…
Conspiracy! Treason! Espionage! FARA?: Your guide to laws for l'Affaire Russe
This is a quick hopefully audience-friendly guide to the main charges that will (and won’t!) play a part in prosecuting collusion with Russia. In particular, I want to highlight the requirements for proving each of these offenses, because that’s valuable for understanding Mueller’s strategy as the various parts of this saga start to come together. For those hoping…
Who will ultimately bring down Trump? You'll never guess.
It won’t be Michael Cohen. And it won’t be Michael Flynn either. Forget about Paul Manafort while you’re at it, and he can take Rick Gates and Don McGahn with him. Yeah, I know, their faces are all as universally recognizable as Fabio’s pecs, and they all have, like, kick ass stories to tell, but…
Carl Bernstein: Mueller has been on the Manafort-WikiLeaks trail for more than a year
Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein appeared on CNN earlier today and tossed out this little morsel: “According to sources familiar with aspects of the Mueller investigation, the special prosector has known for more than a year that Manafort visited the president of Ecuador in Ecuador — that the special prosecutor has been intensely interested not just…
None of the media's “explanations” about Paul Manafort make any sense!
OK, I give up, somebody is gonna have to explain it to my dumb ol’ ass. The Prosecutions court filing yesterday saying that Manafort had blown his pea deal by lying apparently caught everybody by surprise. But, because media pundits are paid to be big know-it-alls, they all have it figured out. Except they don’t….
An update to yesterdays article about Trump underestimating the American people.
Wipe that smirk off of your face right now. I am not denying, refuting, or admitting anything. I am simply enriching the texture of my previous narrative. I like the way that rolls off of the tongue, it sounds so much better than “I’m putting in some shit that I forgot yesterday.” Hey, both things can be true…
Daily Beast Editor Says Mueller's Report on Manafort Will Be a Report on The Investigation.
Justin Miller, National Editor of The Daily Beast, has an interesting theory about Mueller’s Joint Status Report, which contains a tantalizing statement… (Bolds mine) “The government will file a detailed sentencing submission to the Probation Department and the Court in advance of sentencing that sets forth the nature of the defendant’s crimes and lies, including those…
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x Paul Manafort will have to wear his prison greens in court on Friday https://t.co/3384tDfkFJ — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) October 18, 2018
Dana Loesch Says Feds Want to “Al Capone” drumpf. Jonathan Chait: That would Be His Easiest Path.
First, drumpf pulled out the Al Capone reference, earlier this month applying the example of prosecutors putting the Chicago gangster in stir using the paper trail of his fraudulent tax returns as no one in his organization dared testify against the murderous thug, to his former campaign manager Paul Manafort… x Looking back on history, who…
Hey Democrats. Redefine the Manafort-Cohen-Trump narrative. NOW!
No Russians. No Collusion. No Russians. No Collusion. No Russians. No Collusion. Since the day that Robert Mueller was appointed, this has been the Tantric meditative chant for Trump and his nitwit cabal. Geico used to run ads with the catch phrase, “So simple, even a caveman can do it.” With this pack…
NBC Reporter Running to Report Manafort Conviction Redeems Blue Dresses. Twitter Loves Her.
NBC News reporter Cassie Semyon wasn’t going to let anyone scoop her on yesterday’s Paul Manafort guilty verdicts, so she did her best Jackie Joyner Kersee impersonation and sprinted out of the Courthouse in Alexandria Va. yesterday and into television news reporting lore, redeeming little blue dresses forever, and delighting colleagues and Twitter users along her way….