Kyyle23 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 This "Tillerson called Trump a moron" story should go over well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 08:46 AM) The "listen I don't mind if your gay, but if you can't afford healthcare I think you should die party". I mean, if you want to take it to the extreme, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., found themselves in a precarious legal position. For two years, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had been building a criminal case against them for misleading prospective buyers of units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was failing to sell. Despite the best efforts of the siblings’ defense team, the case had not gone away. An indictment seemed like a real possibility. The evidence included emails from the Trumps making clear that they were aware they were using inflated figures about how well the condos were selling to lure buyers. In one email, according to four people who have seen it, the Trumps discussed how to coordinate false information they had given to prospective buyers. In another, according to a person who read the emails, they worried that a reporter might be onto them. In yet another, Donald Jr. spoke reassuringly to a broker who was concerned about the false statements, saying that nobody would ever find out, because only people on the email chain or in the Trump Organization knew about the deception, according to a person who saw the email. There was “no doubt” that the Trump children “approved, knew of, agreed to, and intentionally inflated the numbers to make more sales,” one person who saw the emails told us. “They knew it was wrong.” Just before the 2012 meeting, Vance’s campaign had returned Kasowitz’s $25,000 contribution, in keeping with what Vance describes as standard practice when a donor has a case before his office. Kasowitz “had no influence and his contributions had no influence whatsoever on my decision-making in the case,” Vance said. But less than six months after the D.A.’s office dropped the case, Kasowitz made an even larger donation to Vance’s campaign, and helped raise more from others — eventually, a total of more than $50,000. After being asked about these donations as part of the reporting for this article — more than four years after the fact — Vance said he now plans to give back Kasowitz’s second contribution, too. “I don’t want the money to be a millstone around anybody’s neck, including the office’s,” he said. In September 2012, within weeks of the case being resolved, Kasowitz contacted Vance’s campaign about hosting a fundraiser, according to a spokesperson for the campaign. Kasowitz held the event that January. He personally donated almost $32,000 to Vance’s campaign, and 20 of his law firm’s partners and employees kicked in at least another $9,000. Then, in October 2013, as Election Day approached, he hosted a breakfast —“Republicans for Cy Vance” — which raised an additional $9,000. Goes into a lot of details about the history of the case, but basically Trump's family has always been skirting the law and they straight-up bribed a prosecutor to get out of felony charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 09:04 AM) This "Tillerson called Trump a moron" story should go over well "If my people ever talked about me the way they were talking about Hillary" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Update on Morongate: Tillerson didn't actually deny calling Trump a moron; NBC's reporter says their source actually said he called Trump a "f***ing Moron;" CNN has verified the story. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 09:27 AM) Update on Morongate: Tillerson didn't actually deny calling Trump a moron; NBC's reporter says their source actually said he called Trump a "f***ing Moron;" CNN has verified the story. lol Where's rabbit with his outrage? This is our president that he's insulting! Why I never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/...960640117780480 Once again, Trumps past tweets are on point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 01:05 PM) https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/...960640117780480 Once again, Trumps past tweets are on point The amount of tweets by Donald Trump in the past that match up with Donald Trump the president is just amazing. Edited October 4, 2017 by GoSox05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 11:27 AM) Update on Morongate: Tillerson didn't actually deny calling Trump a moron; NBC's reporter says their source actually said he called Trump a "f***ing Moron;" CNN has verified the story. lol As Hawk would say, whether you think he's a moron or a f***ing moron, you're right either way. Edited October 4, 2017 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 White House Aides Wanted Rex Tillerson to Resign for Calling Trump a ‘f***ing Moron’ So Moronghazi absolutely happened. And: I’ve heard from three people from different circles on the Hill that this may be John Kelly’s last week as Trump’s Chief of Staff. #AMJoy https://t.co/T9AGHeGR9y— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 04:30 PM) White House Aides Wanted Rex Tillerson to Resign for Calling Trump a ‘f***ing Moron’ So Moronghazi absolutely happened. And: I’ve heard from three people from different circles on the Hill that this may be John Kelly’s last week as Trump’s Chief of Staff. #AMJoy https://t.co/T9AGHeGR9y— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 4, 2017 f*** filter makes your link no good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 05:30 PM) White House Aides Wanted Rex Tillerson to Resign for Calling Trump a ‘f***ing Moron’ So Moronghazi absolutely happened. And: I’ve heard from three people from different circles on the Hill that this may be John Kelly’s last week as Trump’s Chief of Staff. #AMJoy https://t.co/T9AGHeGR9y— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 4, 2017 Oh god if Tillerson and Kelly go in one swoop s*** will get beyond crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) How many people have quit or gotten canned already and it hasn't been a full year yet. It's a straight-up reality show. He should hand out roses each week to those he wants to keep. Edited October 4, 2017 by BigSqwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 05:43 PM) How many people have quit or gotten canned already and it hasn't been a full year yet. It's a straight-up reality show. He should hand out roses each week to those he wants to keep. He hired all the very best people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 05:46 PM) He hired all the very best people We still don't have a DHS head still right? With Puerto Rico demolished and another hurricane forming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) Isn't Teump kind of stuck with the moron comment? He can't fire him because then he admits its true and how much worse can a President look than having his SoS call him a f***ing moron? And despite his, appearances are important to Trump. In a way Tillerson has him checkmated here, and maybe he or one of his buddies leaked it to jab at Trump and tie his hands all at the same time. If ithey did, it was a genius move. Edited October 4, 2017 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 06:43 PM) Buzzfeed headline: Tillerson, Mattis, Mnuchin have a "suicide pact" in which all 3 would leave if one became Trump's target. https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnhudson/tillers...1JOo#.ydoa1DB7g This I don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 06:07 PM) This I don't like. If this happens then the rats are jumping off the sinking ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Moronghazi morning update: If Mr. Tillerson had hoped to douse questions about how long he would stay, he instead further fueled a debate about his future. Although he insisted he had never considered resigning, several people close to Mr. Tillerson said he has had to be talked out of drafting a letter of resignation on more than one occasion by his closest allies, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff. And they said he has regularly expressed astonishment at how little Mr. Trump understands the basics of foreign policy. Unfortunately for Tillerson, this also makes him look like quite the moron if he's ever astonished at how little Trump understands something. Mr. Tillerson has been frustrated for months, not just by Mr. Trump’s unpredictable policy positions but by his provocative leadership style. He publicly distanced himself when Mr. Trump blamed “both sides” for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., and bristled when the president gave a political speech to the Boy Scouts of America, an organization Mr. Tillerson once headed. NBC reported that he was so offended by the Boy Scouts speech that he threatened not to return to Washington from a visit to Texas. The episode that Mr. Tillerson called a real breaking point, according to associates, came when he was trying to mediate a dispute between the Persian Gulf state of Qatar and its Arab neighbors. The secretary had long told colleagues that relationships he built over decades in business made him uniquely qualified to broker a deal. But he complained bitterly that he was undermined by Mr. Trump and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whom he accused of siding with the United Arab Emirates. When Mr. Tillerson publicly called for a “calm and thoughtful dialogue,” the president less than an hour later lashed out at Qatar as a financier of terrorism. Edited October 5, 2017 by StrangeSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 How many Benghazi investigations were there? Trump loyalists lose patience with congressional Russia probes 'Three investigations is just way too many,' said one pro-Trump Republican lawmaker. Loyalists of President Donald Trump are losing patience with Republican leaders over the wide-ranging Russia probes creeping into his inner circle, saying House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have allowed the investigations to hobble the White House for months. Congressional investigators, say some lawmakers and state GOP leaders who back Trump, have let the probes — and the media coverage they generate — sidetrack the president as his allies, family members and aides are hauled in for questioning about whether Russians had American help in their quest to tip the 2016 election against Democrat Hillary Clinton. “My friends on the other side of the aisle, they view almost everything through a political lens,” said Biggs, “and Republicans don’t seem to do that as well.” Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), who is running for the Senate on a pro-Trump platform, also indicated that he’s tiring of the Russia probes. “I think the American people just expect us to move on and get their work done instead of focusing on what appears to be a witch hunt,” he said. the lack of self-awareness is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate U.S. networks WASHINGTON—Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter. The hackers appear to have targeted the contractor after identifying the files through the contractor’s use of a popular antivirus software made by Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, these people said. The theft, which hasn’t been disclosed, is considered by experts to be one of the most significant security breaches in recent years. It offers a rare glimpse into how the intelligence community thinks Russian intelligence exploits a widely available commercial software product to spy on the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Trump had a wonderful time in Las Vegas according to his tweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Kelly's phone has been compromised for months. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/05/j...promised-243514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 09:46 AM) Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. Goes into a lot of details about the history of the case, but basically Trump's family has always been skirting the law and they straight-up bribed a prosecutor to get out of felony charges. This same DA was also bribed by Weinstein's lawyer to drop sexual harassment charges. So corruption of the justice system is a bipartisan issue. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhat...ticle-1.3544121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hurtin Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Calm before the storm...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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