Grassley releases the 1023
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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?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@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?
@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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For WaPo Democracy Dying in Darkness is a feature, not a bug.
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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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@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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@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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@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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Not sure what the significance of that is. It’s still a guy bragging.
If Joe took money it should be traceable.
@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.
