Grassley releases the 1023
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wrote on 20 Jul 2023, 20:34 last edited by Jolly
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
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wrote on 20 Jul 2023, 21:07 last edited by George K
@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
Well, if you look at the press coverage of yesterday's hearings, you'd think that nothing happened.
Hay, WaPo! Where does democracy die again?
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wrote on 20 Jul 2023, 21:14 last edited by
@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
When the other side is an existential threat, yes. We have reached the point where the favored side can literally do no wrong. That’s the simplified beauty of existential threats. Nobody has to think anymore, if they’re in the business of avoiding them.
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@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
Well, if you look at the press coverage of yesterday's hearings, you'd think that nothing happened.
Hay, WaPo! Where does democracy die again?
wrote on 20 Jul 2023, 23:49 last edited by@George-K said in Grassley releases the 1023:
@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
Well, if you look at the press coverage of yesterday's hearings, you'd think that nothing happened.
Hay, WaPo! Where does democracy die again?
When you purposely omit one of the biggest stories of the day from the front page, shouldn't the name be changed to Pravda or something?
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 11:03 last edited by
For WaPo Democracy Dying in Darkness is a feature, not a bug.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 11:41 last edited by George K
You'd think that a story alleging bribery, extortion, money laundering and a protection racket involving the then-vice president and current POTUS would merit a mention on the front page of the paper of Woodward and Bernstein, wouldn't you?
Nope...
What gets the front page of WaPo?
Football
Abortion
Soccer - women's soccer, of course
Clarence Thomas
(of course) Trump
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 11:47 last edited by
One would think so, yes.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:34 last edited by
@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
If we had evidence of actual bribery, sure. What we have are reports of an Eastern European businessman bragging that he bribed a powerful person.
If there’s a there there I assume Weiss will find it.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:38 last edited by
Kinda like investigating a bag of coke in the Whitehouse, eh?
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:38 last edited by
My guess is that there won't be a signed receipt for Biden exerting some influence in return for a W-2 income from the eastern europeans.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:39 last edited by
Evidence of payment should be traceable.
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@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
If we had evidence of actual bribery, sure. What we have are reports of an Eastern European businessman bragging that he bribed a powerful person.
If there’s a there there I assume Weiss will find it.
wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:44 last edited by -
@Jolly said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Have we reached the point where outright bribery generates no outrage?
If we had evidence of actual bribery, sure. What we have are reports of an Eastern European businessman bragging that he bribed a powerful person.
If there’s a there there I assume Weiss will find it.
wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:45 last edited by@Jon said in Grassley releases the 1023:
What we have are reports of an Eastern European businessman bragging that he bribed a powerful person.
The businessman said this to a FBI CHS who has a long-standing relationship with the bureau.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:52 last edited by
Not sure what the significance of that is. It’s still a guy bragging.
If Joe took money it should be traceable.
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Not sure what the significance of that is. It’s still a guy bragging.
If Joe took money it should be traceable.
wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 13:54 last edited by@Jon said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Not sure what the significance of that is. It’s still a guy bragging.
A similar story (Steele) had fantastic significance in 2016.
And, son of a bitch, the bragging guy is Biden, if you recall.
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@Jon said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Not sure what the significance of that is. It’s still a guy bragging.
A similar story (Steele) had fantastic significance in 2016.
And, son of a bitch, the bragging guy is Biden, if you recall.
wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 14:43 last edited by@George-K said in Grassley releases the 1023:
A similar story (Steele) had fantastic significance in 2016.
CNN's story on the Steele dossier.
Spot the difference.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2023, 16:34 last edited by
@Jon said in Grassley releases the 1023:
Evidence of payment should be traceable.
But he has a right to privacy, as affirmed by Roe v. Wade.