DOC

Yes, but what is Trump getting out of it? It has to be more that a piddly dictatorship. Trump considers himself qualified to control the world, it's economy and all its resources.

So, my question is, who are his partners over in the eastern hemisphere?

ANGRYDAD

The issue is that Kushner is suspected as being a strawman for foreign governments to funnel money to his father-in-law under the table. If so, those foreign governments won't be expecting any dividends ~ at least not in money.

In exchange for what . . . is anybody's guess but it's probably illegal and worth at least $3 Billion to them.

It's just another headline grabber. Trump sells things that aren't even manufactured in China YET, takes the sucker's money and puts them on a waiting list.

ALTERNATEFACTS

As an attorney Giuliani was an officer of the court. Whether or not he violated those tenants on his own or at the direction of his client is immaterial.

If you're accusing the American Bar Association of engaging in partisan politics, let me remind you that the Bar's decision was about Giuliani's felonious activities that took place over an extended period of time, and they were numerous.

You should be grateful that the Bar expels attorneys of Giuliani's caliber and stop making excuses for him.

Yeah, sure. He's going to protect them all the way back to when they didn't have the right to vote.

He's suddenly realized that women are a major contributor to his defeat. That puts them on the list of Top 10 problems that must be solved.

Maybe that will be a constitutional issue he'll take to the U.S. Supreme Court based on "the founders intent."

No, no, LEGALLY. Trump doesn't wear a flak jacket. They make him look fat(er).

He wears Kevlar Longjohns now. Cause you never know where the bullet is going to end up.

"Wait, there's more."

Trump has been defeating himself every time he opens his mouth. He's become so Nazified one would also be correct to surmise that he's using Hitler's campaign strategy of creating an enemy that must be exterminated.

Trump's massive exportation of immigrants (the enemy he created) sounds a whole lot like Hitler's trainloads of Jews to concentration camps along with tattooed serial numbers to brand them for life.

The plan is identical. Create an enemy out of whole cloth and then campaign on "saving the country".

The real truth is, the country needs to be saved from Trump.

I heard on the news last night that the RGA has stopped contributing to the Robinson campaign.

Trump did not mention Robinson's name at his recent North Carolina rally.

LAMP

"I would hope what you say to be the case in this instance."

Me, too. But I wouldn't dare try to speak for some areas of the deep, deep south. They appear to get lost in time on occasions.

EARTHMUSE

If Trump loses this election, he's already out of line. How Mr. Putin would react to losing his opportunity to restore Russia to the old U.S.S.R. and thus cement his legacy in Russia's history, is open for opinions.

My opinion is that Mr. Putin will be disgraced at home and will seek retribution against Trump.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to recall that losing is not an option for the top dog in Russian leadership.

I wonder if Trump will end up on that list.

Mr. Putin knows U.S. politics better than we do. If Trump loses this election, all of Mr. Putin's dreams will go up in smoke ~ along with his legacy of being the Greatest Leader Russia Has Ever Known.

This is serious business. And it will all be Trump's fault.

LAMP

"She seems to have differing goals."

I'm sure she does. What new President doesn't?

But I don't see how that connects to a new, less experienced cabinet. It's not like we're changing parties.

DANNI

Democrats can't "pass" a constitutional amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court would have to backtrack its decision on Roe v wade.

Also, if Harris wins the presidency, I suspect the U.S. Supreme Court will also want to backtrack its Immunity decision out of fear she'd use it against them.

LAMP

I'm also thinking about what Harris said about including some Republicans in her cabinet for the sake of diversity.

Two names immediately came to my mind: Michael Steele (former chair of the RNC) and Liz Cheney.

I'm sure you'll get the drift of that.

LAMP

I haven't heard about anybody jumping ship yet.

It seems reasonable to me that any changes she might consider would be discussed privately between herself and President Biden and with advance courtesy notices to anybody affected.

It may also depend on the makeup of the majority in the new Senate and the fact that Biden's cabinet members have already been confirmed.

If the Senate flips, you can bet retribution will be the order of the day.

LAMP

"Are they [RGA] trying to reclaim that money?"

They probably can't unless the advertising venue cancel the contract.

But that's not to say Google, Walmart, CVS, Travelers Insurance, Amazon, Deloitte, Charter Communications, Oracle, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, The Motion Picture Association and Wells Fargo might start to feel a little antsy over their name associated with an admitted sexual pervert.

They could, and probably should, ask for their money back. Just to protect their bottom line should the information get out to the general public.

To their credit, though, I doubt they knew about Robinson's sexual proclivities back in June.

LAMP

I'm sure LFTHNDTHRDS was just speaking figuratively.

She'll probably keep most of Biden's people. Unless someone retires or voluntarily decides to leave.

It's the U.S. Supreme Court that I'm more concerned about.

LFTHNDTHRDS

"Mike Johnson should be tarred and feathered."

Wrong century but it's likely Trump has something excruciatingly painful in mind for Speaker Johnson's disloyalty.

Johnson may want to quietly slip his family out of town for a few months.

Not Moscow nor Venezuela.

Remember, Trump will always follow the money.

If he needs a soft landing, have you all forgotten about that new luxury Trump Tower his son-in-law is building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

CLOWN

Flee to Russia?

Do you realize how unhappy Mr. Putin is going to be at Trump for losing this election?

Considering how Mr. Putin treats people who let him down, Russia is probably that last place Trump would go, especially if invited.

As in . . . . .

"Welcome to my parlor said the spider to the fly."

Trump desperately needed a shutdown so he'd have something to blame on democrats' "lack of cooperation."

Trump's going to go bananas!

The fact that Speaker Johnson took the highroad isn't going sit well with his puppet master. In fact, by depriving Trump of a major talking point, Johnson probably put his own name on Trump's enemies list.

Well there's always empty hangers and tarmacs if the tower can keep regular traffic circling for hours.

Rallies cost money.

Trump doesn't have any.

He is almost 100% dependent on saying outrageous things just to keep his name fresh in the minds of his pod people.

He relies on the trope, "There's no such thing as bad publicity."

He's been a fanatic about seeing his name in print from the beginning. (according to daily briefing aides)

To get money, he takes bribes for favors.

He sold the V.P. spot for $millions$ from Peter Thiel, a long-time promotor and supporter of J.D. Vance. The goal is J.D. Vance for President in 2028 ~ a placer, loyal but not too terribly bright.
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Russia has already fired the mercenaries, pull people off the street, fired his generals, called back 65 year old veterans, emptied the prisons, and promised bonuses to recruits from neighboring islands.

And he still has a 30,000 troop loss to cover. Re-assigning 1,500 untrained sailors to their death on the front line doesn't even qualify as a stopgap. It sounds more desperate than reasonable.