David A. Graham - Donald Trump's affection for oppressive and bloodthirsty dictators is by now so familiar that it might go unremarked, and yet also so bizarre that it goes unappreciated or even disbelieved. [I]n the depths of the pandemic, Trump prioritized the health of Vladimir Putin over that of Americans, sending the Russian president Abbott COVID-testing machines for his personal use, at a time when the machines were hard to come by and desperately needed. Meanwhile, Trump told people in the United States they should just test less. So much for "America First."
#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-13 09:32 AM | Reply | Flag: Cannot be flagged Newsworthy enough
Catherine Rampell
@crampell
As president, Trump withheld Covid supplies from US states, but sent Covid tests to Putin.
Hard to believe this guy is still a coin flip away from a second term.
The federal government outbid states on critical coronavirus supplies after Trump told governors to get their own medical equipmentwww.businessinsider.com
The federal government is outbidding states on orders of critical medical equipment necessary to aid patients and protect medical professionals from coronavirus, even though President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted states get their own supplies.
During a conference call with governors on Thursday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker told Trump his state was denied three major orders of equipment because the federal government had outbid him.
"I'm not quite sure what to do with this, so I'm just going to throw it out there for you," Baker told Trump on the call, according to Bloomberg News. "We took very seriously the push ... that we should not just rely on the stockpile, that we should go out there and buy stuff and put in orders and try to create pressure on manufacturers and distributors, and I gotta tell you that on three big orders, we lost to the feds."
Baker, a moderate Republican, added, "I've got a feeling that if someone has the chance to sell to you and to sell to me, I am going to lose on every one of those."
"Federal election regulators fined Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee earlier this month for not properly disclosing the money they spent on controversial opposition research that led to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier.
The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000, according to a letter sent by the Federal Election Commission to a conservative group that requested an inquiry.
Political candidates and groups are required to publicly disclose their spending to the FEC, and they must explain the purpose of any specific expenditure more than $200. The FEC concluded that the Clinton campaign and DNC misreported the money that funded the dossier, masking it as "legal services" and "legal and compliance consulting" instead of opposition research.
The dossier was compiled by retired British spy Christopher Steele. It contained unverified and salacious allegations about Donald Trump, including claims that his campaign colluded with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election. Trump's campaign had numerous contacts with Russian agents, and embraced Russian help, but no one was ever formally accused of conspiring with Russia"
www.cnn.com
You have zero credibility. STFU
#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Say, did the FEC ever fine Trump for the money he paid to catch and kill the Karen McDougal and Stormy Dainiels stories? No, because there the Republican appointees on the commission voted against opening an investigation:
[A]fter assessing the merits of three complaints related to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to buy the silence of porn star Stephanie Clifford (a.k.a. Stormy Daniels) ahead of the 2016 election, the agency's nonpartisan lawyers recommended that the FEC find reason to believe that Trump and others violated several campaign finance laws and proposed an investigation "to determine the extent to which Trump coordinated with, or otherwise directed, Cohen to make the Clifford payment to help his presidential campaign during the 2016 election."www.citizensforethics.org
But the six-person bipartisan agency, which requires four affirmative votes to take most official actions, including launching an investigation, deadlocked on the recommendation, as it frequently does. By voting against the recommendation, Republican Commissioners Sean Cooksey and James "Trey" Trainor effectively killed any further inquiry into Trump's actions, despite the fact that the agency's professional staff believed the available evidence was at least sufficient to conduct a formal investigation.
"So arrest him for it already. But you can't..." - #10 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 09:54 AM
How could she do that?
I do not believe that Gal_Tuesday is a law enforcement agent.
You're welcome.
#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 10:02 AM | Reply | Flag: MAGAts post and re-post 100% BS because they believe that everyone is as gullible and stupid as they are
#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 10:08 AM | Reply | Flag: Supports a twice-impeached, adjudicated rapist, and convicted felon for president. Credibility rating: -1,500
#19 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-13 10:13 AM | Reply | Flag: Cannot be flagged Newsworthy enough
"Hans pegged Tony, go figure..." - #26 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 12:22 PM | Reply | Flag: MAGAt understanding
"Stormy Daniels did." - #25 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 12:22 PM | Reply | Flag: MAGAts post and re-post 100% BS because they believe that everyone is as gullible and stupid as they are
"Hans pegged Tony, go figure..." - #26 | Posted by lfthndthrds (NSFW) at 2024-10-13 12:22 PM
Tony, I pegged it at -1,500.Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
:-)
#24 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-13 12:19 PM
"Your repetitive posts with way too much italics and bold are making my eyes bleed." - #33 | Posted by Bellringer at 2024-10-13 05:26 PM | Reply | Flag: Response
"You got pegged by a morbidly obese fat guy ..." #36 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-13 09:14 PM | Reply | Flag: Partial truth
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
Don't you love nature, despite what it did to you?
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
Are you always so stupid or is today a special occasion?
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
I can't seem to remember your name, and please don't help me.
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
A half-wit gave you a piece of his mind, and you held on to it.
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
You are as useless as rubber lips on a woodpecker.
#38 | Posted by shrimptacodan (Notice how he writes like bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)
Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you'd had enough oxygen at birth?
#45 | Posted by THEBULL (NSFW) at 2024-10-14 11:24 AM | Reply | Flag: MAGAts post and re-post 100% BS because they believe that everyone is as gullible and stupid as they are
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