The Trump Presidency
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Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Hmm. I'd drop Sanders and add Cotton with the caveat that Cruz, Paul, and potentially Noem could have long and influential Senate careers but are not the Presidential contenders that the others are. Tim Scott should be there as well. If the Donald ever convinces Herschel to enter politics he could be a force of nature in the GOP.
Hawley has a face that makes you want to slap him.
Hawley has a face that makes you want to slap him.
nsacpi
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He is thinking about it. He checks off a lot of boxes for today's GOP.
https://thebulwark.com/get-ready-for-the-herschel-walker-experience/
striker42
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Other than it being Trump's action, can I ask why anyone thinks Space Force is a bad idea?
Personally, if you think growing a branch of the military to deal with space issues isn't necessary, you're not paying attention to what plans for space look like they will come to fruition in the next decade. Everything from low orbit commercial flights to space based cell service.
A rush like this will create geopolitical friction points and having a military capable of handling those issues is important.
Personally, if you think growing a branch of the military to deal with space issues isn't necessary, you're not paying attention to what plans for space look like they will come to fruition in the next decade. Everything from low orbit commercial flights to space based cell service.
A rush like this will create geopolitical friction points and having a military capable of handling those issues is important.
It’s not a bad idea, but it seems like a waste of time and money to create a new branch when it’s still essentially part of the Air Force. However, wasting time and money is essentially what our military is designed to do at this point, so who cares.
striker42
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The Air Force is actually a great example. The use of military aircraft was originally under the Army. The US Army Air Corps was around for about 15 years before the Air Force was born. Sure the Army Air Corps could have kept doing the job but it wasn't a job they were particularly well suited for. The technology, the strategy, the goals, the battlefield were all different than what the Army dealt with. It made sense to split it off into a branch that could focus on these things.
We're getting to that same point with space. The technology, the strategy, the goals, and the battlefield are all different than what the Air Force traditionally deals with. Look at the future of space. We're staring at explosive growth there and it's not smart to wait until the growth has already happened to then try to catch up. Staying ahead of the curve was a smart decision. You're also seeing the militaries of China and Russia gearing up for space so we don't want to fall behind on this.
cajunrevenge
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...venezuela-b1826606.html?utm_source=reddit.com
just gonna leave this here
just gonna leave this here
nsacpi
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Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Upper East Side apartment of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who became President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
One of the people said the investigators had seized Mr. Giuliani’s electronic devices.
Executing a search warrant is an extraordinary move for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president, and it marks a major turning point in the long-running investigation into Mr. Giuliani.
The federal authorities have been largely focused on whether Mr. Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration in 2019 on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs, who at the same time were helping Mr. Giuliani search for dirt on Mr. Trump’s political rivals, including President Biden, who was then a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The United States Attorney’s office in Manhattan and the F.B.I. had for months sought to secure a search warrant for Mr. Giuliani’s phones.
Under Mr. Trump, senior political appointees in the Justice Department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant, The New York Times reported, slowing the investigation as it was gaining momentum last year. After Merrick B. Garland was confirmed as President Biden’s attorney general, the Justice Department lifted its objection to the search.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/...ine-warrant.html?referringSource=articleShare
historians will look back in amazement at the things that got normalized during very poorly chosen one's regime
One of the people said the investigators had seized Mr. Giuliani’s electronic devices.
Executing a search warrant is an extraordinary move for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president, and it marks a major turning point in the long-running investigation into Mr. Giuliani.
The federal authorities have been largely focused on whether Mr. Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration in 2019 on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs, who at the same time were helping Mr. Giuliani search for dirt on Mr. Trump’s political rivals, including President Biden, who was then a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The United States Attorney’s office in Manhattan and the F.B.I. had for months sought to secure a search warrant for Mr. Giuliani’s phones.
Under Mr. Trump, senior political appointees in the Justice Department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant, The New York Times reported, slowing the investigation as it was gaining momentum last year. After Merrick B. Garland was confirmed as President Biden’s attorney general, the Justice Department lifted its objection to the search.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/...ine-warrant.html?referringSource=articleShare
historians will look back in amazement at the things that got normalized during very poorly chosen one's regime
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nsacpi
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The investigation of Mr. Giuliani grew out of a case against two Soviet-born men who aided his mission in Ukraine to unearth damaging information about Mr. Biden and his son Hunter, who was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. The prosecutors charged the two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, with unrelated crimes in late 2019 and a trial is scheduled for October.
While investigating Mr. Giuliani, prosecutors have examined, among other things, his potential business dealings in Ukraine and his role in pushing the Trump administration to oust the American ambassador to Ukraine, which was the subject of testimony at Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial.
As he was pressuring Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens, Mr. Giuliani became fixated on removing the ambassador, Marie L. Yovanovitch, whom he saw as an obstacle to those efforts. At the urging of Mr. Giuliani and other Republicans, Mr. Trump ultimately ousted Ms. Yovanovitch.
While investigating Mr. Giuliani, prosecutors have examined, among other things, his potential business dealings in Ukraine and his role in pushing the Trump administration to oust the American ambassador to Ukraine, which was the subject of testimony at Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial.
As he was pressuring Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens, Mr. Giuliani became fixated on removing the ambassador, Marie L. Yovanovitch, whom he saw as an obstacle to those efforts. At the urging of Mr. Giuliani and other Republicans, Mr. Trump ultimately ousted Ms. Yovanovitch.
Tapate50
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Not kidding. It’s amazing what’s been shrugged off here “because Trump”
But we live in a world of gotcha moments and internet points. One upsies by political parties has become the norm.
nsacpi
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F.B.I. agents on Wednesday morning also executed a search warrant at the Washington-area home of Victoria Toensing, a lawyer close to Mr. Giuliani who had dealings with several Ukrainians involved in seeking negative information on the Bidens, according to people with knowledge of that warrant, which sought her phone.
Ms. Toensing, a former federal prosecutor and senior Justice Department official, has also represented Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch under indictment in the United States whose help Mr. Giuliani sought.
Ms. Toensing, a former federal prosecutor and senior Justice Department official, has also represented Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch under indictment in the United States whose help Mr. Giuliani sought.
nsacpi
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As a reminder of the money trail: Firtash paid Lev Parnas $1 million who paid Rudy several hundred thousand dollars for doing little or no work at a time when Rudy was working for free for very poorly chosen one.
This is the kind of stuff that was normalized the past four years.
This is the kind of stuff that was normalized the past four years.
Leaving your completely baseless insinuation aside you actually believe that this was normalized in the trump administration? What were prior administrations doing with the hundreds of billions of dollars thrown their way by all sorts of characters?
nsacpi
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This Times article by the way demonstrates why I think the press has done a very poor job of covering the insanity of the past four years. It falls into the pattern of normalizing a president who routinely used his lawyers to help him commit crimes. It normalizes his personal lawyer working with a hostile intelligence service (Russia) and with corrupt oligarchs in attempting to conduct a disinformation campaign to influence the 2020 campaign. With the American public being the target of this disinformation campaign. There is no mention of any of these things in the Times article when in fact they are a very important part of the context for what is happening.
So kudos to the Times for breaking the story and F for failing to provide any sort of context to what was happening.
So kudos to the Times for breaking the story and F for failing to provide any sort of context to what was happening.