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Message 1259 of 5796 (850895)
04-16-2019 2:46 PM
Reply to: Message 1243 by Faith
04-15-2019 1:30 PM


Pro Life Movie a big success ... or is it?
Most Christian movies are low budget and not very well made so no great effort at suppression is needed. I think this one may be a big exception. I'm hoping it's as good as the trailer suggests it is. I won't get to see it until it shows up for rent at Amazon. ...
Or Netflix ... have not seen or heard anything about it here: has it hit the video market yet?
The clip you linked is just actors glad talking their work. Whoopie.
... The crowd on the red carpet was strikingly Christian, a lot of God talk; nice to see. For me anyway.
A prime example of self-selection in action. A propaganda movie for the wanna believers, and very little evidence of skepticism on its truthfulness.
Pro Life Movie a big success
Not to my thinking. A big success would be seeing it in major theaters, not as a video vanity publication (anyone can "publish" virtually anything on youtube).
Where's the beef?
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Message 1295 of 5796 (850956)
04-17-2019 4:24 PM
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04-17-2019 10:51 AM


Skeptics regard Utter nonsense as ... Utter nonsense
Gosh I must be the most gullible person here since nobody else here would ever have had such an experience and of course Ron Paul must be a horrific liar. There is simply no other explanation.
Beginning to understand ... wonderful to see.
Gosh I must be the most gullible person here ...
It's called Cognitive bias:
quote:
Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, and are often studied in psychology and behavioral economics.[1]
Although the reality of these biases is confirmed by replicable research,[2][3] there are often controversies about how to classify these biases or how to explain them.[4] Some are effects of information-processing rules (i.e., mental shortcuts), called heuristics, that the brain uses to produce decisions or judgments. Biases have a variety of forms and appear as cognitive ("cold") bias, such as mental noise,[5] or motivational ("hot") bias, such as when beliefs are distorted by wishful thinking. Both effects can be present at the same time.[6][7]
There are also controversies over some of these biases as to whether they count as useless or irrational, or whether they result in useful attitudes or behavior. For example, when getting to know others, people tend to ask leading questions which seem biased towards confirming their assumptions about the person. However, this kind of confirmation bias has also been argued to be an example of social skill: a way to establish a connection with the other person.[8]
Although this research overwhelmingly involves human subjects, some findings that demonstrate bias have been found in non-human animals as well. For example, hyperbolic discounting has been observed in rats, pigeons, and monkeys.[9]
Particularly:
quote:
Bias blind spot The tendency to see oneself as less biased than other people, or to be able to identify more cognitive biases in others than in oneself.[25]
Confirmation bias The tendency to search for, interpret, focus on and remember information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.[27]
Dunning-Kruger effect The tendency for unskilled individuals to overestimate their own ability and the tendency for experts to underestimate their own ability.[41]
Focusing effect The tendency to place too much importance on one aspect of an event.[46]

More at (wiki) Cognitive bias.
... and of course Ron Paul must be a horrific liar. ...
You nailed it. Surprising to me, seeing as Trump supporters seem horridly incapable of identifying horrific liars.
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Message 1374 of 5796 (851227)
04-21-2019 8:29 AM
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04-20-2019 9:51 PM


Re: Pro Life Movie a big success ... or full of lies?
FYI
quote:
The Anti-Abortion Movie ”Unplanned’ Is Loaded With Dangerous Lies
So HuffPost talked to an OB-GYN to debunk them.
“Unplanned,” a new movie in limited release, charts the unusual conversion story of Abby Johnson, a real-life Planned Parenthood clinic director in Bryan, Texas, who became an anti-abortion advocate after a crisis of conscience. The R-rated film, which Vice President Mike Pence plugged on Twitter earlier this month, has grossed $15.7 million since its debut on March 29, more than double its original budget.
The film follows Johnson, played in the movie by Ashley Bratcher, on her journey from Planned Parenthood employee of the year to disillusioned opponent of abortion. Along the way, it perpetuates distortions and potentially dangerous myths about the procedure.
To sort fact from fiction, HuffPost spoke to Jen Villavicencio, an OB-GYN and abortion provider in Michigan. Villavicencio is the inverse of Abby Johnson. As a teen in Florida, she was an anti-choice activist who prayed for the end of abortion. She had her own awakening at medical school, and now she provides abortions to women in clinics surrounded by protesters every day. “I went from one extreme to another, just like Abby,” she said.
Villavicencio walked us through some of the more glaring inaccuracies in “Unplanned”:
A fetus unrealistically appears to struggle for its life against an abortion
In one of the first scenes in “Unplanned,” Abby is asked to help with an abortion for a woman who is 13 weeks pregnant. As Abby watches the procedure on a screen, it seems to her that the fetus squirms away from the doctor’s medical instrument. It appears to be fighting for its life. “Beam me up, Scotty!” the doctor jokes as the patient sobs. Then, in an instant, the fetus is gone. The uterus is empty.
There have been questions raised about whether this abortion even took place. But in any case, Villavicencio, who performs similar abortions, said the scene is wildly unrealistic. At that gestational age, fetuses do not have purposeful movements, she said.
“The idea that a fetus would recoil or show fear or try to run away from a cannula [medical tube] is really a frank falsehood,” she said. “All the evidence says that is not possible.”
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a fetus does not have the physiological capacity to perceive pain until at least 24 weeks of gestation. But Villavicencio acknowledged that some people may have a strong reaction to witnessing an abortion.
Planned Parenthood is falsely depicted as a for-profit abortion business
At the beginning of the movie, Abby is an open-minded college student who starts volunteering at Planned Parenthood because she wants to help women make informed decisions about their reproductive health. But soon she realizes that a central part of her job involves making money for Planned Parenthood.
Abby boasts about how good she got at “selling abortions,” comparing her job to that of a salesman hawking timeshares. Women are frequently shown handing over money. In one scene, Abby’s boss, Cheryl (Robia Scott), the clear villain of the movie, tells Abby she needs to double the abortions her clinic provides so they can make more money. “”Nonprofit’ is a tax status, not a business model!” she tells Abby, comparing Planned Parenthood to a fast-food chain. Hamburgers don’t bring in the big bucks, she explains in one scene. It’s the soda and fries ” or in this case, the abortion.
Planned Parenthood disputed this characterization in a statement to HuffPost, noting that it is a nonprofit that provides sexual and reproductive health care to millions of people across the country each year, many in underserved communities. The organization offers a wide breadth of services, including cancer screening, contraception and STD testing and treatment. Abortion makes up only 3.4 percent of its services, according to its most recent annual report.
“This idea that we would drum up business is silly,” Villavicencio said. “That’s not a thing. Abortion has existed since we knew what pregnancy was, and it will not go away.”
Abortions are sensationalized like a horror movie
While everyone’s abortion is different, “Unplanned” presents the experience as an excruciatingly painful one. Women are seen crying out while insensitive doctors and nurses bark at them and hold them down. Blood ” pooling in socks, dripping on floors ” is a central motif.
The movie gives an inaccurate and fearmongering depiction of the procedure, Villavicencio said.
“Most people tolerate abortions throughout the first and second trimester very well,” she said, adding that clinics use medications ranging from local anesthesia to deep sedation to manage pain.
She noted that abortions, for the most part, are exceptionally short procedures.
“They last anywhere from three to 10 minutes,” she said. “I tell my patients: ”This may be intense for you, but it will last a short while and I will talk you through it and you will make it.’”
Abortion is inaccurately depicted as extremely dangerous
In “Unplanned,” a doctor accidentally perforates a teen girl’s uterus while performing an abortion. As the girl goes into shock, the clinic workers decide not to call an ambulance because they’re afraid of bad publicity. Instead, they lie to her father and give her drugs so she won’t remember what happened.
In reality, serious complications during abortion are rare, and occur less frequently than during childbirth. In 2013, a total of 664,435 abortions were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only four women died as a result of complications that year.
“Abortion is one of the safest outpatient procedures that you can have in the U.S.,” Villavicencio said. “You are less likely to have a complication than a colonoscopy or a wisdom tooth extraction.”
She said it was comically offensive to suggest that an abortion clinic would jeopardize a patient’s safety by refusing to call an ambulance during a medical emergency.
Abortion clinicians are portrayed as villains and monsters
The abortion providers and staff in “Unplanned” are depicted as uncaring and inhumane. They crack jokes about dead babies, ignore patients who are visibly in pain and seem to lack even the most basic social manners.
When Abby learns, while standing in the bathroom at work, that she is pregnant, her boss does not congratulate or hug her. Instead, she offers her an abortion. “You know, we could take care of that for you if you like,” she spits.
Villavicencio said she has had the opposite experience working at abortion clinics.
“OB-GYNs and family medicine doctors who do abortions are some of the most compassionate, empathetic people I’ve ever met,” she said. “They put themselves through discomfort ” walking through protesters, getting threats, having sometimes the disdain of their own medical community ” in order to provide this care.”
Prayer has magical properties, can stop abortions
In the movie, Abby claims that up to 75 percent of women will not show up at an abortion clinic if they see people praying outside. It comes across as a call to arms to the audience: Go to your local abortion provider and pray.
Villavicencio raised doubts about the veracity of the statistic. Protesters pray outside her clinics every day, she said, and their no-show rate is not significantly affected.
“Might they convince people to change their minds? Sure,” she said. “Is that coercive and manipulative? In my opinion, yes.”
Faked scenes for the movie.
Faked dialogue for the movie.
Faked information for the movie.
Fake movie.
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Message 3250 of 5796 (865693)
10-29-2019 2:00 PM
Reply to: Message 3235 by Faith
10-29-2019 2:00 AM


Re: Fox News Gets the Facts Backward
... and above all because if he'd done even one impeachable thing they wouldn't be dillydallying as they have been, he'd have been impeached long ago.
Actually there have been calls for impeachment almost from day 1 due to his failure to distance himself from profits he garnered from the use of his properties -- golfing at his resorts while the taxpayers paid him as owner of the resort, plus admissions for secret service etc -- just for starters.
The reason for the emoluments clause in the constitution is clearly to prevent bribery or influence through "donations" to a president. When you have foreign governments staying at his hotel in Washington in order to get an audience, especially when they book whole floors and then do not stay in the rooms, it is clear that they are bribing the president to see him
At least one foreign government allegedly tried to suck up to Trump by booking rooms in his hotel but never staying in them
A Trump hotel mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms
I can go on, but you will likely excuse it with some lame explanation that you think exonerates him. It won't.
The impeachment process was held up by Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house for political reasons. It is only lately that Humpty Dumbty Trumty has stepped so far over the line that she allowed an investigation into impeachment, done according to house rules put in place by GOP for their Bengazi "investigations," to gather more information directly from witnesses rather than hearsay, in a manner that doesn't compromise existing and future witnesses: the reason for closed door hearings.
May all the truth come out. All of it. ...
You can't handle the truth.
... We know Trump is not guilty of the wrongdoings imputed to him, we know because we know many of his words are misinterpreted, and because we know how to judge character.
Obviously wrong -- you may believe this, but you don't know it -- as you will find out when the truth actually does come out, in public, starting Thursday.
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Message 3262 of 5796 (865784)
10-30-2019 4:19 PM
Reply to: Message 3215 by Faith
10-27-2019 5:55 PM


H8 radio is self selectively right wing to far [alt]right wing
... There is no such hate on the right, ...
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ...
Hate radio is done out of love. /sarcasm
Michelle Obama called an ape
Obama effigy lynched
Targets drawn on Dem politicians
quote:
Hate on Social Media Against President Obama Soars
07/29/2012 03:00 pm ET Updated Sep 28, 2012
The legion of websites, bloggers, talk show jocks, and the occasional GOP official that has teed off on President Obama and at times Michelle Obama with assorted borderline racist digs, taunts, and depictions have been relentless. The offensive remarks quickly evoke a storm of outrage, and the offender gets rebuked. This happens because they are public figures, and their comments are publicly aired. They fly high on the public’s radar scope.
But that’s not the case with the growing barrage of racist assaults on Obama, and other minorities on social media sites. Baylor University researchers, for instance, recently tracked more than 20 Facebook page groups and users and found them jam-packed with racist venom aimed at Obama, blacks and other minorities. The growing number of groups that churn hate on social media sites are secure in the knowledge that they won’t be caught or called out on it.
The signal that Obama would trigger a titanic wave of race baiting and stereotyping danger in cyberspace came the moment that he announced he would seek the presidency in February 2007. He had the dubious distinction of being the earliest presidential contender to be assigned Secret Service protection on the campaign trail. As the showdown with Republican presidential rival John McCain heated up in the general election in 2008, the flood of crank, crackpot, and screwball threats that promised murder and mayhem toward Obama continued to pour in. This prompted the Secret Service to tighten security and take even more elaborate measures to ensure his safety. As president, the threats against Obama have been non-stop.
Those are FACTS.
I could go on, but you will ignore ... because you can't handle the truth.
An honest person would at least admit that some have done hateful things.
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Edited by RAZD, : link

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Message 3270 of 5796 (865918)
11-02-2019 1:53 PM
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11-02-2019 12:47 PM


Re: H8 radio is self selectively right wing to far [alt]right wing
quote:
Rush Limbaugh’s Hate Radio Network ...
Thanks to a concerted effort among conservatives, America has been addicted to hate for too long. Like many destructive commodities, as long as hate sells its purveyors will never stop peddling it and in 21st Century America nothing sells like hate. Conservatives thrive on peddling hate because it resonates with their increasingly ignorant racist, sexist, and nativist base. In fact, Republicans have benefitted greatly from selling hate and it was that fact that likely prompted Mormon cultist and then aspiring Republican presidential candidate Willard ‘Mitt’ Romney to direct his company, Bain Capital, to buy control of America’s leading hate radio network, Clear Channel. Romney’s intent was to use his new hate radio network to curry favor with the hate-addicted Republican base to win the White House in 2012
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Message 3272 of 5796 (865929)
11-02-2019 4:47 PM
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11-02-2019 4:11 PM


Re: H8 radio is self selectively right wing to far [alt]right wing
Wow the usual namecalling and character assassination without even one hint of an example of what on earth is meant by "hate radio." Typical. The Lleft is despicable.
Oh and this is interesting: the word "Lleft" is now being censored by Percy. It's a straightforward term of description but now it's "hate speech" I guess.
It is the way you use it.
Your words say that you seem to think every person to the left of you is despicable, ignorant, close-minded with a conspiracy to hide the TRVTH and need to open their eyes. It seems there are no moderates in your world, only right wing thinkers and evil leftists.
quote:
Legal Dictionary: Definition of Hate Speech
Noun
Speech that is intended to offend, insult, intimidate, or threaten an individual or group based on a trait or attribute, such as sexual orientation, religion, color, gender, or disability.
What is Hate Speech
Hate speech is spoken words that are offensive, insulting, and/or threatening to an individual or group based on a particular attribute of that person or persons being targeted. Targeted attributes include such traits as ethnic background, sexual orientation, race, or disability, though there are other target attributes. In the U.S., another term for hate speech is fighting words, as such talk is likely to provoke an otherwise reasonable person into acting rashly against speaker doing the provoking.
Unfortunately, defending freedom of speech means defending any and all speech equally, even that which may be regarded as unbearably offensive. Examples of hate speech include name-calling and racial slurs, though occasionally symbols like the swastika and burning crosses are called into question as to whether or not they are truly examples of hate speech, or if they are nothing more than symbols that are given a negative connotation from the situation in which they are used.
Do you get angry responses? That's because hate speech does that. You've been listening to Limbaugh so long you think it's normal.
Message 3252: But Limbaugh this morning described a whole complicated involvement I probably can't remember very well between this guy Taylor who testified in the closed door meeting, {also described as having been shredded by Ratcliffe though Schiff refuses to make that transcript public}_ and Hunter Biden and George Soros against Trump.
All I can say is May the truth ALL come out, please God.
You won't get it from Limbaugh. What you describe is a conspiracy theory made of hot air and hope, not facts.
Spiced with hate talk, like
quote:
Feminazi is a pejorative term for feminists, which was popularized by politically conservative American radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Origin and usage
According to The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, feminazi refers (pejoratively) to "a committed feminist or a strong-willed woman".[1] The term is a portmanteau of the nouns feminist and Nazi.[2] The American conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who popularized the term,[3][4] credited the university professor Thomas Hazlett with coining it.[5]
Limbaugh, who has been vocally critical of the feminist movement,[6] stated that the term feminazi refers to "radical feminists" whose goal is "to see that there are as many abortions as possible"[1][7] and a small group of "militants" whom he distinguishes from "well-intentioned but misguided people who call themselves 'feminists'".[6] However, the term came to be widely used for feminism as a whole.[8] The New York Times described it in 1994 as "one of [Limbaugh's] favorite epithets for supporters of women's rights".[9] Limbaugh has used it in reference to the Feminist Majority Foundation and the activists Gloria Steinem and Susan Sarandon, among others.[7] Steinem writes that "I've never met anyone who fits that description [of wanting as many abortions as possible], though [Limbaugh] lavishes it on me among many others".[10]
Limbaugh states that feminazis, as opposed to mainstream feminists, are those "who are happy about the large number of abortions we have" in the United States. The anti-violence educator Jackson Katz argues that "no such feminists exist", and that feminazi is a "clever term of propaganda" intended and used to "[bully] into complicit silence women who might otherwise challenge men's violence".[11] In his book Angry White Men, the sociologist Michael Kimmel says the term is used to attack feminist campaigns for equal pay and safety from rape and domestic violence by associating them with Nazi genocide.[4]
Limbaugh is the poster-child of hate radio.
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Message 3301 of 5796 (866089)
11-05-2019 12:32 PM


Impeachable actions by Trump
[quote]Can't keep track of Trump's impeachable offenses? One Twitter user provided a handy list
Te vast extent of Donald Trump’s corruption, extortion, and abuse of power among his numerous other crimes often makes it difficult to keep track of all of the offenses for which he can rightfully be impeached.
Luckily, one Twitter denizen, Andrew Wortman, went to the trouble of making a well-researched thread that compiles 100 of those offenses into one handy thread for your reference in case you run into any clueless supporter of the president who questions the legitimacy of the House Democrats impeachment inquiry.
Here we present the first 50 items on his meticulously annotated list and strongly urge you to visit his Twitter feed to view the rest of the reasons he’s compiled.
#1.) Trump welcomed, aided and abetted Russia’s attack on America; then denied it even happened and took Putin’s word over our own intelligence agencies.
#2.) Trump instructed his officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas:
#3.) Trump told border patrol agents to defy judges and break the law:
#4.) Rex Tillerson says Trump told him to do illegal things as Secretary of State:
#5.) Trump is suing Elijah Cummings to prevent the release of his financial records. So the chief executive is asking the judicial branch to prevent the legislative branch from conducting Constitutionally mandated oversight
#6.) Trump has perjured his oath of office by flouting our laws, violating the Constitution, attacking the separation of powers, our judicial system, our law enforcement agencies, and our free press.
#7.) Trump has committed felony campaign finance crimes, detailed by the Southern District of New York (SDNY)
#8.) Trump is committing daily violations of the emoluments clause of the Constitution; as he refused to divest from his businesses and continues to profit from them and accept money and gifts from foreign governments
#9.) The Mueller Report detailed 14 separate acts of Trump obstructing justice in his attempts to curtail the investigation into him and Russia’s attack on our election
#10.) Trump’s administration has been committing crimes against humanity by separating families and incarcerating children in concentration camps
#11.) Trump knowingly and deliberately incites violence against his own citizens; specifically targeting members of the press that he perceives as his enemy for simply reporting the truth.
#12.) Trump Refuses to Defend the United States. He won’t take action to protect our elections from foreign attacks, because he finds it politically and personally unpalatable. This is a violation of his oath of office.
#13.) Trump tried repeatedly to fulfill his campaign promise to "Lock Up Hillary Clinton. He pressured Sessions to prosecute Clinton THREE TIMES. This is a surreal abuse of executive authority in trying to target a rival.
#14.) Trump fired McGahn’s law firm in retaliation for him testifying. The statute states that causing harm to an individual in retaliation for testimony is a criminal offense carrying a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
#15.) After Mueller definitively established that Russia attacked our election in 2016, every Democratic presidential campaign promised not to use hacked materials. Trump’s re-election campaign refuses to make this pledge.
#16.) Trump announced that he will categorically ignore ALL SUBPOENAS issued by Congress for witnesses or documents. He won’t evaluate them. He’ll IGNORE THEM ALL. That is Contempt of Congress and it was the 3rd Article of Impeachment against Nixon.
#17.) John Thune: Lying to the American people is a betrayal of trust. The pattern of deception & dishonesty acts as a bodyguard to this president strikes at the very core of his ability to lead. Trump has told 9500+ lies.
#18.) Trump has sparked a surge of white supremacist terrorism with his hateful rhetoric that glorifies Nazis and demonizes immigrants, Muslims, blacks, Jews, gays & every other marginalized group. He does this DELIBERATELY.
#19.) Trump has made sure federal agencies led by his appointees don’t have internal ethics oversight by leaving ethics leadership roles empty. This is how his entire Cabinet is able to rack up endless scandals with impunity.
#20.) Trump has been mentally unfit for office since Day 1. A new report by psychiatrists shows how the Mueller Report establishes new details into his utter inability to process risks or act in the interests of the nation.
#21.) While Trump abuses his authority to declare fake national emergencies, his officials at Homeland Security are disbanding programs that are vital to our security and combat actual rising threats, like domestic terrorism.
#22.) Trump installed Bill Barr as AG solely to protect him from the findings of the Mueller Investigation. Barr has now committed perjury as well as obstruction and may have even shut down the investigation prematurely.
#23.) Trump & Giuliani are corruptly pushing AG Barr to weaponize the DOJ against the Biden family over matters in Ukraine. This is another surreal abuse of executive power that is inexplicably being assisted by the media.
#24.) Trump initiated a call with Putin, in which he spoke to him for an hour and a half, and not only didn’t bring up his attack on our election, but discussed details of the investigation including whether or not McGahn would be allowed to testify.
#25.) Trump wants toughness at the border and has been musing about US soldiers and agents getting rough with migrants. This is tyrannical, unconstitutional, and violates the human rights of people legally seeking asylum.
#26.) Trump isn’t just doing nothing to secure our elections; he’s actively discouraging the @FBI and other agencies from protecting us from Russian attacks in 2020 by threatening investigation into THEM. This is treason.
#27.) Trump and his admin brazenly refuse to faithfully execute the laws as required in Article 2, section 3 of the Constitution. This can be seen from every cabinet member who works against the very purpose of their agency.
#28.) Trump’s Treasury Secretary has refused to comply with Congressional requests to turn over Trump’s tax returns saying there is no legislative purpose for doing so. The law is clear. They shall be produced. Mnuchin is violating the law
#29.) Trump and White House officials have violated the Presidential Records Act by intentionally failing to create & preserve records related to meetings with Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un & other foreign government officials
#30.) Trump has been quietly revoking Press passes for reporters; barring access to the WH Press pool for media members who have been reporting on the WH for years or even decades. This is a blatant 1st Amendment violation.
#31.) Trump is sending his personal attorney, @RudyGiuliani to Ukraine to get its government to help Trump’s reelection by digging up dirt/propaganda on @JoeBiden’s family. This is another blatant violation of electoral law.
#32.) The day after the release of the Mueller report, Trump asked McGahn say that he didn’t believe his push to dismiss the special counsel constituted a crime. This is obstruction of justice and FELONY WITNESS TAMPERING.
#33.) Trump is pressuring the Supreme Court to bar lower courts from issuing nationwide injunctionseven if the administration's policies violate the law. This is unconstitutional & violates the independence of the judiciary.
#34.) Trump and Stephen Miller wanted to stage highly public mass arrests of undocumented immigrants and their children in 10 American cities. This is obscene and unconstitutional.
#35.) Trump is actively trying to draw us into a war w/ Iran via a yearlong campaign of sanctions, withdrawing from the Iran Deal & other measures of aggression. This is pathologically reckless & endangers countless lives.
#36.) Trump continues his unconstitutional abuse of the pardon power by handing them out to political cronies & far right reactionaries who have curried favor with him. His most recent pardon of Conrad Black is no exception.
#37.) Trump isn’t just ignoring the Emoluments Clause by not divesting from his businesses, he’s actively using the Presidency to promote his own properties/business; and charging taxpayers for his excursions there while he does so.
#38.) Mike Flynn, Trump’s former National Security Advisor, told investigators that people linked to the Trump administration and Congress reached out to him in an effort to interfere in the Russia probe. This is obstruction.
#39.) In addition to his administration committing war crimes by killing more civilians than any other, Trump is now pardoning war criminals in his most recent abuse of the pardon power & sickening betrayal of American values
#40.) Trump told McGahn to ignore House subpoena for him to testify. McGahn is a private citizen, executive privilege was waived, and there is no legal argument to keep him from testifying. This is simply more obstruction.
41.) In a tantrum, Trump claimed he will not work with Congress on ANY LEGISLATION until they stop investigating him. He is effectively saying I won’t do my job unless you don’t do yours. This is extortion AND obstruction.
#42.) The Trump Administration is denying homeless transgender individuals access to community shelters. These are vital services for people who are more prone to housing and vocational discrimination than any other group
#43.) Trump has authorized Bill Barr to declassify any intelligence materials related to the 2016 presidential campaign. In addition to national security risks, this is egregious obstruction and abuse of executive authority.
#44.) Trump has urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a construction firm run by a GOP donor. Steering federal contracts to political supporters is against the law.
#45.) Trump is usurping Congress and invoking emergency powers to sell $8 Billion of arms to Saudi Arabia, the nation primarily responsible for 9/11 and which he kept off his Muslim Ban because of his own business interests.
#46.) Trump betrayed his oath of office again by tweeting praise for the dangerous actions of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Unthe dictator of one of our most dangerous geopolitical adversaries who has murdered American citizenswhile attacking Joe Biden.
#47.) Trump keeps accusing his political rivals of Treason. The Constitution defines treason as levying war against

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Message 3302 of 5796 (866090)
11-05-2019 12:35 PM


Impeachable actions by Trump
[quote]Can't keep track of Trump's impeachable offenses? One Twitter user provided a handy list
Te vast extent of Donald Trump’s corruption, extortion, and abuse of power among his numerous other crimes often makes it difficult to keep track of all of the offenses for which he can rightfully be impeached.
Luckily, one Twitter denizen, Andrew Wortman, went to the trouble of making a well-researched thread that compiles 100 of those offenses into one handy thread for your reference in case you run into any clueless supporter of the president who questions the legitimacy of the House Democrats impeachment inquiry.
Here we present the first 50 items on his meticulously annotated list and strongly urge you to visit his Twitter feed to view the rest of the reasons he’s compiled.
#1.) Trump welcomed, aided and abetted Russia’s attack on America; then denied it even happened and took Putin’s word over our own intelligence agencies.
#2.) Trump instructed his officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas:
#3.) Trump told border patrol agents to defy judges and break the law:
#4.) Rex Tillerson says Trump told him to do illegal things as Secretary of State:
#5.) Trump is suing Elijah Cummings to prevent the release of his financial records. So the chief executive is asking the judicial branch to prevent the legislative branch from conducting Constitutionally mandated oversight
#6.) Trump has perjured his oath of office by flouting our laws, violating the Constitution, attacking the separation of powers, our judicial system, our law enforcement agencies, and our free press.
#7.) Trump has committed felony campaign finance crimes, detailed by the Southern District of New York (SDNY)
#8.) Trump is committing daily violations of the emoluments clause of the Constitution; as he refused to divest from his businesses and continues to profit from them and accept money and gifts from foreign governments
#9.) The Mueller Report detailed 14 separate acts of Trump obstructing justice in his attempts to curtail the investigation into him and Russia’s attack on our election
#10.) Trump’s administration has been committing crimes against humanity by separating families and incarcerating children in concentration camps
#11.) Trump knowingly and deliberately incites violence against his own citizens; specifically targeting members of the press that he perceives as his enemy for simply reporting the truth.
#12.) Trump Refuses to Defend the United States. He won’t take action to protect our elections from foreign attacks, because he finds it politically and personally unpalatable. This is a violation of his oath of office.
#13.) Trump tried repeatedly to fulfill his campaign promise to "Lock Up Hillary Clinton. He pressured Sessions to prosecute Clinton THREE TIMES. This is a surreal abuse of executive authority in trying to target a rival.
#14.) Trump fired McGahn’s law firm in retaliation for him testifying. The statute states that causing harm to an individual in retaliation for testimony is a criminal offense carrying a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
#15.) After Mueller definitively established that Russia attacked our election in 2016, every Democratic presidential campaign promised not to use hacked materials. Trump’s re-election campaign refuses to make this pledge.
#16.) Trump announced that he will categorically ignore ALL SUBPOENAS issued by Congress for witnesses or documents. He won’t evaluate them. He’ll IGNORE THEM ALL. That is Contempt of Congress and it was the 3rd Article of Impeachment against Nixon.
#17.) John Thune: Lying to the American people is a betrayal of trust. The pattern of deception & dishonesty acts as a bodyguard to this president strikes at the very core of his ability to lead. Trump has told 9500+ lies.
#18.) Trump has sparked a surge of white supremacist terrorism with his hateful rhetoric that glorifies Nazis and demonizes immigrants, Muslims, blacks, Jews, gays & every other marginalized group. He does this DELIBERATELY.
#19.) Trump has made sure federal agencies led by his appointees don’t have internal ethics oversight by leaving ethics leadership roles empty. This is how his entire Cabinet is able to rack up endless scandals with impunity.
#20.) Trump has been mentally unfit for office since Day 1. A new report by psychiatrists shows how the Mueller Report establishes new details into his utter inability to process risks or act in the interests of the nation.
#21.) While Trump abuses his authority to declare fake national emergencies, his officials at Homeland Security are disbanding programs that are vital to our security and combat actual rising threats, like domestic terrorism.
#22.) Trump installed Bill Barr as AG solely to protect him from the findings of the Mueller Investigation. Barr has now committed perjury as well as obstruction and may have even shut down the investigation prematurely.
#23.) Trump & Giuliani are corruptly pushing AG Barr to weaponize the DOJ against the Biden family over matters in Ukraine. This is another surreal abuse of executive power that is inexplicably being assisted by the media.
#24.) Trump initiated a call with Putin, in which he spoke to him for an hour and a half, and not only didn’t bring up his attack on our election, but discussed details of the investigation including whether or not McGahn would be allowed to testify.
#25.) Trump wants toughness at the border and has been musing about US soldiers and agents getting rough with migrants. This is tyrannical, unconstitutional, and violates the human rights of people legally seeking asylum.
#26.) Trump isn’t just doing nothing to secure our elections; he’s actively discouraging the @FBI and other agencies from protecting us from Russian attacks in 2020 by threatening investigation into THEM. This is treason.
#27.) Trump and his admin brazenly refuse to faithfully execute the laws as required in Article 2, section 3 of the Constitution. This can be seen from every cabinet member who works against the very purpose of their agency.
#28.) Trump’s Treasury Secretary has refused to comply with Congressional requests to turn over Trump’s tax returns saying there is no legislative purpose for doing so. The law is clear. They shall be produced. Mnuchin is violating the law
#29.) Trump and White House officials have violated the Presidential Records Act by intentionally failing to create & preserve records related to meetings with Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un & other foreign government officials
#30.) Trump has been quietly revoking Press passes for reporters; barring access to the WH Press pool for media members who have been reporting on the WH for years or even decades. This is a blatant 1st Amendment violation.
#31.) Trump is sending his personal attorney, @RudyGiuliani to Ukraine to get its government to help Trump’s reelection by digging up dirt/propaganda on @JoeBiden’s family. This is another blatant violation of electoral law.
#32.) The day after the release of the Mueller report, Trump asked McGahn say that he didn’t believe his push to dismiss the special counsel constituted a crime. This is obstruction of justice and FELONY WITNESS TAMPERING.
#33.) Trump is pressuring the Supreme Court to bar lower courts from issuing nationwide injunctionseven if the administration's policies violate the law. This is unconstitutional & violates the independence of the judiciary.
#34.) Trump and Stephen Miller wanted to stage highly public mass arrests of undocumented immigrants and their children in 10 American cities. This is obscene and unconstitutional.
#35.) Trump is actively trying to draw us into a war w/ Iran via a yearlong campaign of sanctions, withdrawing from the Iran Deal & other measures of aggression. This is pathologically reckless & endangers countless lives.
#36.) Trump continues his unconstitutional abuse of the pardon power by handing them out to political cronies & far right reactionaries who have curried favor with him. His most recent pardon of Conrad Black is no exception.
#37.) Trump isn’t just ignoring the Emoluments Clause by not divesting from his businesses, he’s actively using the Presidency to promote his own properties/business; and charging taxpayers for his excursions there while he does so.
#38.) Mike Flynn, Trump’s former National Security Advisor, told investigators that people linked to the Trump administration and Congress reached out to him in an effort to interfere in the Russia probe. This is obstruction.
#39.) In addition to his administration committing war crimes by killing more civilians than any other, Trump is now pardoning war criminals in his most recent abuse of the pardon power & sickening betrayal of American values
#40.) Trump told McGahn to ignore House subpoena for him to testify. McGahn is a private citizen, executive privilege was waived, and there is no legal argument to keep him from testifying. This is simply more obstruction.
41.) In a tantrum, Trump claimed he will not work with Congress on ANY LEGISLATION until they stop investigating him. He is effectively saying I won’t do my job unless you don’t do yours. This is extortion AND obstruction.
#42.) The Trump Administration is denying homeless transgender individuals access to community shelters. These are vital services for people who are more prone to housing and vocational discrimination than any other group
#43.) Trump has authorized Bill Barr to declassify any intelligence materials related to the 2016 presidential campaign. In addition to national security risks, this is egregious obstruction and abuse of executive authority.
#44.) Trump has urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a construction firm run by a GOP donor. Steering federal contracts to political supporters is against the law.
#45.) Trump is usurping Congress and invoking emergency powers to sell $8 Billion of arms to Saudi Arabia, the nation primarily responsible for 9/11 and which he kept off his Muslim Ban because of his own business interests.
#46.) Trump betrayed his oath of office again by tweeting praise for the dangerous actions of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Unthe dictator of one of our most dangerous geopolitical adversaries who has murdered American citizenswhile attacking Joe Biden.
#47.) Trump keeps accusing his political rivals of Treason. The Constitution defines treason as levying war against

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Message 3303 of 5796 (866091)
11-05-2019 12:38 PM


Impeachable actions by Trump
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[quote]Can't keep track of Trump's impeachable offenses? One Twitter user provided a handy list Continued
#47.) Trump keeps accusing his political rivals of Treason. The Constitution defines treason as levying war against

  
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Message 3304 of 5796 (866092)
11-05-2019 12:49 PM
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11-05-2019 12:32 PM


Re: Impeachable actions by Trump
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This is the rest of what was posted in Message 3301
[quote]Can't keep track of Trump's impeachable offenses? One Twitter user provided a handy list Continued
#47.) Trump keeps accusing his political rivals of Treason. The Constitution defines treason as levying war against
Still doing it???
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Message 3322 of 5796 (866132)
11-06-2019 10:07 AM
Reply to: Message 3306 by Faith
11-05-2019 5:51 PM


Impeachable actions by Trump and now Pence
Faith,
That's a bunch of wishful crap. ... Some Democrats, however, are guilty of TRULY criminal and/or impeachable offenses, and I hope THAT gets established soon.
Is you posting a bunch of wistful crap. Perhaps you cou;d substantiate that claim by posting which democrats are responsible for what impeachable offenses? You won't you can't it's false. Democrats are doing what the constitution gives them the responsibility to do. It's legal and it is according to rules set up by the GOP when they ran the Benghazi hearings. Curiously I didn't hear you complain about the process then.
Dumbty's misdoings are legendary, likely making him the most notoriously corrupt president to date.
But he is not alone ...
quote:
How Mike Pence’s Office Meddled in Foreign Aid to Reroute Money to Favored Christian Groups
Five months before Ferguson sent the email, his former boss had been ousted following a mandate from Pence’s chief of staff. Pence had grown displeased with USAID’s work in Iraq after Christian groups were turned down for aid.
ProPublica viewed internal emails and conducted interviews with nearly 40 current and former U.S. officials and aid professionals that shed new light on the success of Pence and his allies in influencing the government’s long-standing process for awarding foreign aid. Most people spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Trump administration’s efforts to influence USAID funding sparked concern from career officials, who worried the agency risked violating constitutional prohibitions on favoring one religion over another. They also were concerned that being perceived as favoring Christians could worsen Iraq’s sectarian divides.
His personal agenda is not America's agenda, and corrupting aid distribution to serve his agenda is criminal.
Firing people who are doing the proper work of an agency to then corrupt that agency to pursue Pense's agenda is criminal.
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Message 3327 of 5796 (866138)
11-06-2019 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 3324 by Faith
11-06-2019 10:14 AM


Re: Impeachable actions by Trump and now Pence
Clinton for sure who scrubbed her illegal server to cover up classified emails. ...
You can't impeach someone who is not even in government.
Clinton was exonerated by the State Department.
I don't like Hillary, I am just posting facts.
... Some who helped her acquire the totally false "dossier" supplied by the Brit Steele to try to discredit Trump during his campaign; ...
The validity of the Steele dossier has not been determined, it is likely a composite of truth and misinformation.
And, again, you can't impeach someone who is not even in government.
... not remembering names, ...
so, -- no substantiation.
... Comey I think for exonerating Clinton of her crime. ...
Comey is a registered republican.
Clinton was exonerated by the State Department.
... Clapper and Brennan are memtioned as criminally at fault. ...
Of what crime/s?
Clapper and Brennan are not in impeachable positions.
Details Faith, not wistful thinking.
... Adam Schiff for making up the content of the President's phone call ...
Except that the "content of the President's phone call" was released by Dumbty and Schiff quoted it.
... the "whistleblower" who is really a spy in the White House probably acting for Schiff, having once worked for Biden, who did not hear the phone call he supposedly blew the whistle on. ...
Being a whistleblower is not being a spy, it is making the public aware of government wrongdoing, it is an act of patriotism.
It is also not an impeachable offense.
Outing the name of the whistleblower is an impeachable offense, one that Dumbty badly wants to do. pun intended. There is no legal need to name the whistleblower, only a need to substantiate the allegations.
... There are more but I'm not good at remembering these things.
So, FAIL.
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Message 3329 of 5796 (866140)
11-06-2019 11:00 AM
Reply to: Message 3328 by Faith
11-06-2019 10:43 AM


Re: Impeachable actions by Trump and now Pence
True you can't impeach someone who is not in office, so she should go to prison instead.
For what crimes?
Y'all need to get over Hillary hating and move on.
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Message 3389 of 5796 (866252)
11-08-2019 10:38 AM
Reply to: Message 3362 by Percy
11-07-2019 10:24 AM


Limbaugh felony betrayal of whistleblower identity
... All one can ask of a news source is that its reporting be accurate, fair and balanced, and all the major outlets seem to do a pretty good job of that. Breitbart is not a major news outlet and does not do a good job of that. Radio and TV personalities like Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are not news reporters - they are opinion commentators, and often not very accurate or honest ones.
Limbaugh apparently thinks (a) he knows the whistleblowers identity and (b) that it's okay to publish it.
The ultimate ad hominem is to literally shoot the messenger instead of dealing with the message: Trumpty committed an impeachable act in asking a foreign government to help his campaign.
But apparently he is the third "candidate" that has been discussed as a possible whistleblower. No one is confirmed yet to be the actual whistleblower.
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