Putin needs a "win" to crow about. So, far he doesn't have any. Not only that but somebody sunk his super-dupper battleship.

I'm sure Putin already knows he's in "coup" country. Russia isn't very nice to their leaders who comes limping home in disgrace.

Remember what happened to Nakita Khruschev after that embarrassing Cuban missile crisis? It took them two years to depose him but Russia finally got the military brass to support putting Khruschev under house arrest for the rest of his life. Russia declared him a non-person.

The word "replacement" seems to have disappeared in the discussion.

TRUEBLUE

I don't think that's how it works.

When both sides start talking about prisoner exchange, that's the beginning of an admission that the war is over.

Putin probably isn't ready to admit that yet.

Not yet, LEGALLY.

I want to ask BOAZ his opinion of the Great Replacement Theory as it's now being practiced these days by those Republican white supremacists who want to secure the future of white children.

What say you, BOAZ?

YODAGIRL

That depends on whether or not the crank can start the car.

DOC

More affectionally known as "The Infamously Terrible Lada."

Put a couple handles on the back and it makes a really fancy wheelbarrow.

JPW

He conceded too fast. Too condescending. He'll play the role until the heat is off his scandals. . . then take another shot at it next time.

If Trump endorsed him, Cawthorn had to be a privileged grifter through and through.

"constituent unhappiness." ~ LOL

Constituent disgust is more like it.

MADBOMBER @ #36

"Dude, your head is more ------ up than Effete's."

Actually, SPEAKS @ #26 is right.

it got ugly when putin installed a puppet president who killed a half million americans and tried to overthrow our democracy."

The master plan started to become clear shortly after Trump became president (small cap). The fact that Mr. Putin miscalculated Trump's ability to stay focused on the mission (as opposed to his revenge seeking ego trips) for four ugly years only lends to SPEAKS opinion.

So yes, it was ugly. Trump's incompetence, ignorance and daily busy schedule of casting blame led to the unnecessary death of hundreds of million people, all paid for by Mr. Putin in one form or another . . . cash through the NRA and other dark money sources . . . as the media organizations soon uncovered.

All that, and much more, woke the voters up to Russia's intention, with the blind acquiescence of the GOP, to destroy America's Constitutional Republic in favor of an autocracy with one party rule forever . . . so Trump got kicked to the curb.

And now, as we can all see, with or without Trump, the GOP wants to take another crack at it.

DANNI

BIG IF the reports of Putin's terminal illness are true, his last dying wish, "going nuclear," is foremost on the mind of everybody in the region.

And rightfully so. Putin is a nutcase who is suffering from the loss of his grandiose ambition to restore the U.S.S.R. to its former glory and power, not to mention cementing own legacy as the greatest leader the world has ever known.

His ego (the size of Grand Canyon) just took a serious blow to the solar plexus. My guess is he'll be looking for some retaliation, if for no other reason than to restore his egomaniacal tough guy reputation before he gets de-throned in a coup.

"Oh good. Another one."

#16 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Effeteposer changed his handle to Fasterdisaster.

The last pitiful resort of a loser.

EFFETEPOSER

Nothing you say matters any more. You've already been indicted and found guilty on this site. You've earned your just deserts. You're a loser. Live with it.

"Nothing will happen to them."

#1 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

I'm sure you are right. I'm also sure they'll all claim they were pressured by Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who told them it was legal.

Granted, all but the civil case is water under the bridge now because the scam failed, but they'll still make some very fine witnesses when it's time for Rudy to answer for his crimes, thus leading directly to Donald Trump.

Let's don't forget, these "alternate" electors are NOT the targets in this investigation. It's Trump the DOJ is after. He's the head of the snake.

Rand Paul seems to have superglued himself to the coat tails of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for a bookoo amount of money.

What state does he represent again? Oh yeah, never mind. It's Mitch McConnell's Kentucky.

Nuff' said.

SPEAKS

Are you saying that James Comey's highly irregular public announcement (and a break of protocol) about Hillary being under FBI investigation had nothing to do with her losing that election?

DONNER

"Why do trump ----- keep insisting on worshiping a weak loser wannabe?"

It certainly seems to defy all logic, doesn't it? These third and fourth stringers still showing up, a year and a half later, to fight an embarrassing court battle that's already been shot down dozens of times?

Well, Fulton County is the clue.

It's so ridiculous that now I have to wonder who (and how much) paid Mr. Perdue to make a fool out himself, just to keep the story about election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia in the news cycle.

It sounds a lot like one of Trump's preppers, bemoaning a miscarriage of justice they'll still be whining about in 2024.

And, for all Trump's best efforts, Biden still won Pennsylvania in the general.

And vengeance shall be mine! . . . so sayth Trump, the would-be dictator who couldn't shoot straight.

SPEAKS

Madbomber is the Lord Baelish "Little Finger" of the Retort.

"If McCarthy simply pleads the 5th and walks out, then what?"

#25 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

I don't think anybody is going to get up and walk out.

I expect all five of them (if they show up at all) to coordinate their answers in one form or another . . . the 5th, or I can't remember, etc. Although the 5th is really a guilty plea.

These witnessed are misguided but they're not stupid. They have to know that the House Committee had enough evidence to crucify them under questioning prior to issuing the subpoenas. They also have to know that they're boxed in by the evidence and their only escape route is to run out the clock.

In the meantime, if they show up and play dumb, the Committee can pack a lot of incriminating evidence in just their questions alone. It's a Catch 22 for these witnesses.

It's hard to guess what people will do when they're running scared. The best case scenario is for the weakest of the five to accept a plea agreement with the DOJ to flip.

I hope there's a method to this madness.

I have to keep reminding myself that these turds are not the target. It's Trump the Committee and the DoJ is after. He's the head of the snake.

Just like Meadows, the Committee has enough evidence to hang each and every one of them, with or without their testimony. A contempt of court charge would just be the icing on the cake when the DOJ decides to have them all indicted for conspiracy to interfere with a lawful act of Congress.

BTW, Pence was the smart one. So was Bill Barr. They both recognized insanity when they saw it.

NIXON

SITZ will be surprised . . . no, actually he'll be heartbroken. He fervently believes that the 2021 full scale attack on Ukraine was all part of the Grand Strategy (which none of us are smart enough to understand) and the real battle for the Baltic States is, as we speak, about to get underway.

On whose dime, I don't know. Supposedly, (according to economists) by the end of this month, Russia will have depleted their military reserves and be reduced to rations.

Does "fetal personhood" entitle a fetus to a Social Security number?

MAD

"He was at the Victory Day parade on Monday."

So he was. And he arrived in great style, too.

I was only repeating what an Israeli businessman told the Daily Mail to explain why the Defense Minister went MIA after Mr. Putin learned of the embezzlement.

I apologize for not being more clear about the questionable source.

DOC

Too bad Putin didn't notice that $10 Billion had been embezzled from his Defense Fund, too, by his very own Defense Minister, Sergi Shoigu, who had been lying to him about Russia's readiness all along.

(BTW, that same Defense Minister is MIA right now. A report from an Israeli-Russian businessman said Sergi Shoigu suffered from a heart attack NOT of natural causes.)

So much for SITZ "Grand Strategy." WWIII on the cheap! ~ LOL