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“THOSE RUSSIAN BOTS ARE MADE FOR STALKIN’!”
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We’ve Based This Podcast On That 1960’s Hit Tune By Nancy Sinatra — “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”
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You keep saying you got something to tweet Something you call truth, but confess You been a tweetin’ where you shouldn’t ‘ve been a’tweetin’ And now someone’s got you under house arrest
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Those Russian bots are made for stalkin’ And that’s just what they’ll do One of these days those Russian bots Are gonna stalk all over you —- Yeah!
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You keep lyin’ when you ought to be truthin’ And you keep losin’ when you oughta not bet You keep samin’ when you ought to be a’changin’ Now what’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet
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Those Russian bots are made for stalkin’ And that’s just what they’ll do One of these days those Russian bots Are gonna stalk all over you —- Yeah!
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You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’ And you keep thinkin’ that Putin’ll never get firm – hahhh! He just found himself a brand new box of magic, yeah And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn
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Those Russian bots are made for stalkin’ And that’s just what they’ll do One of these days those Russian bots Are gonna stalk all over you
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“OBAMACARE IS UP!—TRUMPCARE IS DOWN!!”
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As Mark Twain once remarked, “the news of my demise is a bit premature”.
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So goes the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as OBAMACARE.
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This is the 3rd time Mitch McConnell & the U.S. Senate has tried to disembowel OBAMACARE and AFTER 3 strikes — you’re OUT!!!
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They need to send these A-holes back to the minor leagues. They control the White House, the Senate & the House of Representatives and they’re 0 for 3 on health care and virtually every piece of legislation that they had planned on enacting.
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Oh, how “Tweet” It Is!!!!!!
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Trump upporters, you’re nothing but a bunch of limp-biscuits, staring at your navels. You’d forget to remember the number “911” to call “911”if you really had to call “911”. You’re prospects at seeing anything of your knockwurst agenda EVER being enacted are slim to none, and slim just left town.
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Even Fox News White House reporter, John Roberts, walked out of a Sarah Huckabee Sanders Presser this morning because, even FOX NEWS, cannot abide what utter “tripe” is being shoveled out from the White House under Donald J. Trump/DRUMPF.
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I think Trump needs to get a magic lamp from the “Arabian Nights” and keep it handy nearby him in order to enable him to get at least 3 wishes. You start with 3 wishes but each time you rub it you lose one wish.
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If you’re still a Trump supporter it’s time to do a “gut check” or a long, hard look into the mirror! Trump has only been in office for approx. 178 days and the “carnage” he has inflicted on the body-politic is incalculable. He’s literally ground up the majesty & prestige of the American White House into raw hamburger — filled with gristle + fat.
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We are now the laughing stock of the civilized world. Dare I say, even the uncivilized world?
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So, Trump supporters, do us all a big fucking favor. Drop your socks + grab your cocks and just “freeze” —-> until ICE/Immigration and Customs Enforcement can get around to re-reviewing your “papers” —> because the way you conduct yourselves suggest that you may very well be an inside cell of ISIS or an off-shoot of that group!
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We’re from Sheboygan, family name is Hogan We grew up in small town America We’re from Sheboygan, Not Far From Logan We grew up chasing a girl named Erica
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One day we went to see dad @ the plant We grew up in a small town with a cafeteria This day we had lunch with his crew who went on a rant We grew up in a small town overgrown with wisteria
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America, this country done forgot us white boys We grew up in a small town with a definie criteria Continued to eat and drink when one of’em employs Said, shit, our lives aint’ worth a case of dyptheria
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Them damned elites, college boys, uppity women We grew up in a small town with certain ways Talk turned to city folk libs and all their vermin Them books ain’t shit, cause we just get smaller pays
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Yep, damn fancy folk think they smarter’an rest of us We grew up in a small town where everyone prays Shouts are heard they’re out to close down our Cost-Plus Well, damn, we’ll just shut down their fancy-ass plays
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Sheboygan don’t have no use for our new visitors We grew up in a small town where everyone says Not enough steady work for all of us & we ain’t quitters Hell-fire, give us back our life and old-time parades
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America, this country done forgot us white boys We grew up in a small town with hardly any gays As those eating finished, lunch pails clicking, heard a noise Fox news blaring in background, Trump saying – am taking you back to the old days
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That’s it, we want our Sheboygan back, just the way we remember We grew up in a small town where everyone danced to DJ’s Trump, turn it all around and go back, go back to those days of September Friday nite football, Saturday nite drive-thrus, and Sunday morn. in church with sun rays
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You may laugh, you may deride, we may be dismissed But Sheboygan don’t care, we just be bigley pissed It’s them or us, it’s them or bust, it’s them or rust Sheboygan ain’t big enough for all of us, all of us
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We were here first, first come, first serve Sheboygan just wants the bounty @ the dinner table Those who want to barge in unnanounced have some nerve Won’t put up anymore, if we says illegal, that’s just our label
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Sheboygan wants to remain Sheboygan and not Anatolian We grew up in a small town where everyone stays Our life begins + ends with our work, can’t be done by any Himmalyan So there you go, there you be, quit fucking with our All-American ways
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Vlad, We Need You Now More Than Ever Vlad, We Will Seed You, Like Green Clover Vlad, We Like Your Creed, Even Your Screed Vlad, Me Trump, Likey You More Than My Mother
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Vlad, Me Trump, Lookey @ You Through The Day Vlad, Me Trump, Lookey @ You Every Single Day Oh, Vlad, I Want To Be You When I Grow Up Yes, Vlad, Just Like You So I Can Fucking Cope
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Vlad, You’re My Favorite Impaler Vlad, You’re Better Than My Nasal Inhaler Vlad, Squeeze Me With Those Big Strong Hands Oh, Vladi, Tease Me With Those Big Russian Glands
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Vladi, Puti, I’ll Even Share My Bed With You, Sweetie Vladi, When I Look Into Your Eyes, I Want To Do Lots Of Tweetie Vladi, Please Come Visit Me Again, Real Soon Vladi, Our Tryst In Hamburg, Put Me In A Full-Metal Swoon
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Oh, Puti, You A Cutie, Love That Booty, & U Even NOT Snooty Oh, Vladi, I Could Just Kiss You On Your Russian Luger Oh, Vladi, I Could Just Obtain Bliss Looking At Your Uber Yes, Vladi, I Declare My Fealty To Your Manly Schluber
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Vlad, Let’s Take That Midnight Ride Through The Forest Vlad, We Can Make Whoopee On Horseback Before We Get Too Sorest Puti, Sweetie, Take My Small Hands & Put Them On Your KGB’S Puti, Honey-Suckle, Let Me Caress Your Hair As We Listen To The BG’S
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My Czar, Your Gaze Has Me In An Absolute Daze My Czar, Your Blaze Knocks Me Out That My Mind’s In A Haze Come, Puti, Let’s Steal Away In My Long, Black Car Come, Puti, Let’s Peel It All AWAY – With That Long Cuban Cigar
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Oh, Daccha Man, Your Burly Chest Shimmering In The Summer Breeze Oh, Daccha Man, Your Curly Crest Below Your Navel In Our Slumber & Sleaze Oh, Daccha Man, Your Surly Thighs, Swiveling Towards Me, OOO-WEEE Oh, Daccha Man, Your Girly Smile & Twinkling Eyes Make For Whoopeee
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Trump Boy Want + Need His Russian Bear Man Trump Boy Kneel Before His Russian Chairman Trump Boy Squeal When He’s In The Arms Of Sexy Vladi Trump Boy Peel — Down To Nothing — For His Sir Galahadi
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Oh, Puti, My Dearest Vladi, Run Your Karate Hands Through My Girlish Hair Oh, Vladi, My Dearest Puti, Let Me Taste Those St. Basil Lips Without A Care Oh, My Kremlin Keepsake, Trash Me As You Will With That Siberian Stare Oh, My Kremlin Cupie Doll, Thrash Me When You Will With That Crimean Flare
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In Closing, My Trans-Siberia Love Locomotive When I’m Dozing, Your Engine Throttles Me Like A Pocono 500 Automotive Sweetie, Babushka, The Taste Of Your Belorussia Lips Lingers Cutie, Darlin’, MaTrushka, I’ll Be Chaste Till The Next Squeeze Of Your Moscow Nights Fingers
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Puti, Oh Puti, I Pine For My Ruskie Nudie Puti, Oh, Puti, I Be A Swine For My Huskie Lewdie Puti, Oh, Puti, I Be Just Fine With My Lusty Booty Puti, Oh, Puti, You’re My Favorite Lemon-Lime With A Hoodyop
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Puti, Puti, Kiss Me One More Time Before We Bid Adieu-Di Puti, Puti, Kiss Me In My Secret Spot, Just Like In Aba Duhbi Puti, Puti, Caress Me Ever So, Ever So Slow, Ever So Low Oh, Puti, My Puti, I Now Go To Sleep & Dream Of Your Huge Dobro
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The following “excerpt” is lifted from a 6-30-17 blog post by Matt Tait — A British CyberSecurity Consultant —-> https://www.lawfareblog.com — (Matt Tait is the CEO and founder of Capital Alpha Security, a UK based security consultancy which focuses on research into software vulnerabilities, exploit mitigations and applied cryptography.)
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On June 14, 2016 the Washington Post reported on a hack of the DNC ostensibly by Russian intelligence. Material from this hack began appearing online, courtesy of the “Guccifer 2” online persona.
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A few weeks later, right around the time the DNC emails were dumped by Wikileaks—and curiously, around the same time Trump called for the Russians to get Hillary Clinton’s missing emails— Matt Tait was contacted out of the blue by a man named Peter Smith, who had seen Tait’s work going through these emails. Smith implied that he was a well-connected Republican political operative who knew Lt. General Michael Flynn, who would go on to become Trump’s 1st National Security Advisor, as well as Flynn’s son, very well.
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Although it wasn’t initially clear to Tait how independent Smith’s operation was from Flynn or the Trump campaign, it was immediately apparent that Smith was both well connected within the top echelons of the Trump campaign and he seemed to know both Lt. Gen. Flynn and his son well. Smith routinely talked about the goings on at the top of the Trump team, offering deep insights into the bizarre world at the top of the Trump campaign. Smith told of Flynn’s deep dislike of Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, whom Flynn blamed for his dismissal by President Obama. Smith told of Flynn’s moves to position himself to become CIA Director under Trump, but also that Flynn had been persuaded that the Senate confirmation process would be prohibitively difficult. He would instead therefore become National Security Advisor should Trump win the election, Smith said. He also told of a deep sense of angst even among Trump loyalists in the campaign, saying “Trump often just repeats whatever he’s heard from the last person who spoke to him,” and expressing the view that this was especially dangerous when Trump was away.
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Yet Smith had not contacted Tait about the DNC hack, but rather about his conviction that Hillary Clinton’s private email server had been hacked—in his view almost certainly both by the Russian government and likely by multiple other hackers too—and his desire to ensure that the fruits of those hacks were exposed prior to the election. Over the course of a long phone call, Smith mentioned that he had been contacted by someone on the “Dark Web” who claimed to have a copy of emails from Secretary Clinton’s private server, and this was why he had contacted Tait; Smith wanted Tait to help validate whether or not the emails were genuine.
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Tait explained that if someone had contacted Smith via the “Dark Web” with Clinton’s personal emails, Smith should take very seriously the possibility that this may have been part of a wider Russian campaign against the United States. And Tait said Smith need not take Tait’s word for it, pointing to a number of occasions where US officials had made it clear that this was the view of the U.S. intelligence community as well.
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Smith, however, didn’t seem to care. From his perspective it didn’t matter who had taken the emails, or their motives for doing so. He never expressed to Tait any discomfort with the possibility that the emails he was seeking were potentially from a Russian front, a likelihood he was happy to acknowledge. If they were genuine, they would hurt Clinton’s chances, and therefore help Trump.
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Towards the end of one of their conversations, Smith made his pitch. He said that his team had been contacted by someone on the “dark web”; that this person had the emails from Hillary Clinton’s private email server (which she had subsequently deleted), and that Smith wanted to establish if the emails were genuine. If so, he wanted to ensure that they became public prior to the election. What he wanted from Tait was to determine if the emails were genuine or not.
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It is no overstatement to say that Tait’s conversations with Smith shocked Tait. Given the amount of media attention given at the time to the likely involvement of the Russian government in the DNC hack, it seemed mind-boggling for the Trump campaign—or for this offshoot of it—to be actively seeking those emails. To Tait this felt really wrong.
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In Tait’s conversations with Smith and his colleague, Tait tried to stress this point: if this dark web contact is a front for the Russian government, you really don’t want to play this game. But Smith & his colleague were not discouraged. They appeared to be convinced of the need to obtain Clinton’s private emails and make them public, and they had a reckless lack of interest in whether the emails came from a Russian cut-out. Indeed, they made it quite clear to Tait that it made no difference to them who hacked the emails or why they did so, only that the emails be found and made public before the election.
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Then, a few weeks into Tait’s interactions with Smith, Smith sent Tait a document, ostensibly a cover page for a dossier of opposition research to be compiled by Smith’s group, and which purported to clear up who was involved. The document was entitled “A Demonstrative Pedagogical Summary to be Developed and Released Prior to November 8, 2016,” and dated September 7. It detailed a company Smith and his colleagues had set up as a vehicle to conduct the research: “KLS Research”, set up as a Delaware LLC “to avoid campaign reporting,” and listing four groups who were involved in one way or another.
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The first group, entitled “Trump Campaign (in coordination to the extent permitted as an independent expenditure)” listed a number of senior campaign officials: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Sam Clovis, Lt. Gen. Flynn and Lisa Nelson.
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Tait’s perception then was that the inclusion of Trump campaign officials on this document was not merely a name-dropping exercise. This document was about establishing a company to conduct opposition research on behalf of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, but operating at a distance so as to avoid campaign reporting. Indeed, the document says as much in black and white.
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The combination of Smith’s deep knowledge of the inner workings of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, this document naming him in the “Trump campaign” group, and the multiple references to needing to avoid campaign reporting suggested to Tait that the group was formed with the blessing of the Trump campaign. In the Wall Street Journal’s story of June 29, 2017, several of the individuals named in the document denied any connection to Smith, and it’s certainly possible that he was a big name-dropper and never really represented anyone other than himself. If that’s the case, Smith talked a very good game.
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After all, Clinton’s private emails never materialized. We couldn’t show that Smith had been in contact with actual Russians. And while Tait believed—and still does—that Smith was operating with some degree of coordination with the campaign, that was at least a little murky too. The story just didn’t make much sense—that is, until the Wall Street Journal’s June 29, 2017 new article cited the critical fact that U.S. intelligence had reported that Russian hackers were looking to get emails to Flynn through a cut-out during the Summer of 2016, and so this was now no mere idle speculation on anyone’s part.
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The “smarmy” little weasle leading the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Of Kentucky, is attempting to ram the Republican version of health care through that body, by Friday, in a take-it or leave-it fashion, with no more than a total of 10 hours set aside for floor debate.
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Here are just a few of the highlights comprising this piece of legislation:
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1. The guarantee of coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions may or may not survive this piece of legislation, but even if it does, it’ll come with an exhorbitant price, making insurance for those individuals far greater than under Obamacare. The Senate bill will include a provision allowing individual states to opt out of Obamacare’s unconditional guarantee for those with pre-existing conditions that will thereby allow such states the option of continuing coverage for this segment but with sharp hikes in insurance premiums.
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2. A disaster for those lower income individuals whose only access to health care through Obamacare is via Medicaid. But if the GOP has their way, Medicaid will be severely curtailed in the next few years such that millions of folks will be left high and dry with no reasonable access to any health insurance coverage. The formula for “gutting” Medicaid” is a stealth-like tactic dreamed up by this current GOP leadership. Currently, Medicaid funding is increased each and every year based upon the increase in the costs of medical coverage. Under the new formula proposed by McConnell & “crew”, funding for Medicaid will be based upon the overall increase in the cost of all goods and services. It’s well-established that year-over-year price increases for just medical care is much greater than that for the general price increase for all goods and services. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to conclude that over 5-10 years and well beyond the funding level for Medicaid will fall further and further behind the needs of that part of the American population that needs it the most, the lower-income segment.
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3. Planned Parenthood is likely on the chopping block. At the very least, funding will be severely curtailed forcing stark cutbacks of basic services to women of all ages.
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4. Individual states will be able to “opt” out of the Obamacare guarantee of nondiscriminatory treatment of individuals based upon age whereby insurance companies will be free to charge higher premiums for for older, more ill-prone Americans than for younger & healthier folks.
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5. In general, basic premiums will be higher, out-of-pocket co-pays will be higher, and life-time coverage will be capped at substantially lower levels.
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6. And finally, the basic list of guaranteed categories of health services provided under Obamacare will be slashed back to just a few items. Currently under Obamacare there are around 10 different categories of health care services that are automatically/unconditionally provided for while under Trumpcare that number will be drastically scaled back/reduced.
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7. The money saved by the reduced coverage and higher premiums under the Senate Republican health care bill will in turn pay for the massive tax cut to benefit the top 2% of individuals/families in this country.
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In short, the Trumpcare bill making its way through the U.S. Senate right now is a fraud perpetrated on voters simply to provide for an enormous tax break for the top 2% of Americans.
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The good news is that as of today — Sunday, June 25, 2017 — there are currently 7 Republican senators on the record as not sold on this health care legislation. They include, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Ted Cruz Of Texas, Rob Johnson Of Wisconsin, Rand Paul Of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Dean Heller Of Utah. And just in today’s news — it’s been reported that Koch Bros./Charles + David are funding efforts at opposing the Senate’s Trumpcare bill as not being CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH! They will be spending millions of dollars to force the U.S. Senate to come up with a far more draconian/conservative health care bill.
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The GOP can afford to lose only 2 votes from their caucus as they have only 52 GOP senators in the U.S. Senate. In the event of a 50-50 tie, the Republican Vice President, Mike Pence, would cast the tie-breaking vote.
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Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said today that she did not envision how this bill could likely pass in its current form by the end of this week.
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Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell, wants to wrap this all up before July 4th. Good luck Mitch. Trying to get a health care bill shoved through Congress with a known disapproval rating among the American public at around 80% is going to be no small feat.
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Washington (CNN) – This is a timeline of what is known about President Donald Trump’s actions regarding the Russia investigation — from conversations and comments, to tweets and meetings. CNN has reported that special counsel Robert Mueller plans to interview three top intelligence officials about their interactions with Trump as part of the early stages of what could become an obstruction investigation. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that Mueller is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
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May 18, 2017: Trump criticizes the special counsel appointment, saying that Obama and Clinton deserved special investigations. Trump tweets, “this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!”
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May 31, 2017: In a series of tweets, Trump accuses Comey of lying under oath.
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June 8, 2017: Comey testifies before the Senate intelligence committee, detailing his conversations with Trump, and repeatedly calling him a liar.
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June 9, 2017: Trump again accuses Comey of perjury, saying in a tweet: “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication … and WOW, Comey is a leaker.” Trump goes on to say at a press conference that “some of the things that [Comey] said just weren’t true.”
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Around June 10, 2017: Trump considers firing Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, his friend and ally Christopher Ruddy says. Trump’s advisers urge him not to do it, according to news reports.
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June 15, 2017: Trump again says the Russia investigation is the “single greatest witch hunt” in US history.
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June 16, 2017: Trump criticizes Rosenstein on Twitter, saying: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.”.
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Washington (CNN) – This is a timeline of what is known about President Donald Trump’s actions regarding the Russia investigation — from conversations and comments, to tweets and meetings. CNN has reported that special counsel Robert Mueller plans to interview three top intelligence officials about their interactions with Trump as part of the early stages of what could become an obstruction investigation. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that Mueller is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
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April 11, 2017: In an interview with Fox News, Trump says “it’s not too late” for him to fire Comey, but that he has confidence in him. Trump goes on to criticize Comey for clearing Hillary Clinton.
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May 2, 2017: Trump attacks Comey on Twitter, saying he gave Clinton a “free pass.” Trump also says that the Russia story is “phony” and an excuse used by the Democrats to justify their election loss.
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May 8, 2017: Trump meets with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia investigation, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. They discuss firing Comey.
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May 9, 2017: After receiving a recommendation from Rosenstein, Sessions sends a letter to Trump recommending that he dismiss Comey. Later that day, Trump fires Comey. In his letter of dismissal, Trump says he was acting on the recommendation of Sessions and Rosenstein, whose decision was based on Comey’s mishandling of the Clinton email investigation in 2016. Trump also says, “I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.”
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May 9-10, 2017: In interviews, top White House officials including Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, and Sarah Sanders, insist that Trump only decided to fire Comey after receiving Rosenstein’s recommendation and that Comey’s firing had nothing to do with the Russia investigation.
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May 10, 2017: During an Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Trump says Comey was “crazy” and “a real nutjob.” He also tells them, “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off,” according to The New York Times.
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May 11, 2017: In an interview, Trump says he was going to fire Comey regardless of Rosenstein’s recommendation, and that he was thinking about “this Russia thing” while deciding to fire Comey. He told NBC News: “Regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire Comey knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself — I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats.”
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May 12, 2017: In a tweet, Trump threatens Comey and suggests he might have recordings, saying: “James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press.” On the same day, Trump tweets that the collusion investigation is a “witch hunt.”
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May 17, 2017: Rosenstein appoints former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including potential collusion between Trump’s campaign associates and Russian officials.
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Washington (CNN)This is a timeline of what is known about President Donald Trump’s actions regarding the Russia investigation — from conversations and comments, to tweets and meetings. CNN has reported that special counsel Robert Mueller plans to interview three top intelligence officials about their interactions with Trump as part of the early stages of what could become an obstruction investigation. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night that Mueller is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice.
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November 13, 2016: For the first time after the election, President-elect Trump weighs in publicly about the job security of FBI Director James Comey. Trump tells CBS News he respects Comey but hasn’t made up his mind. Trump says he “would like to talk to him before” deciding.
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January 6, 2017: Top US intelligence officials brief Trump about Russian meddling in the election. After that finishes, Comey stays behind for a one-on-one meeting to tell Trump about a dossier by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele containing salacious allegations. At some point, Trump tells Comey that he hopes Comey will stay on as FBI director, and at some point before Comey leaves, Trump’s aides make it clear that Trump won’t ask him to step down, according to The New York Times. Something happens during this meeting that compels Comey to immediately write a memo about the encounter upon leaving Trump Tower.
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January 22, 2017: Trump and Comey embrace during a White House gathering for top officials from the law enforcement community. Trump tells Comey, “I really look forward to working with you,” according to Comey’s June 8 Senate Intelligence Committee testimony.
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January 27, 2017: Trump and Comey have dinner at the White House. During the dinner, according to Comey’s June testimony, Trump asks Comey if he wants to stay on as FBI director. Trump later tells Comey, “I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.” Comey does not respond. Later in the dinner, Trump says again, “I need loyalty.” Comey promises to always give Trump honesty. Trump presses him and asks for “honest loyalty.” Comey agrees to that. (Comey later testifies that he felt like Trump was trying to “create some sort of patronage relationship” by bringing up his job security again. Trump later denies that he was the one who requested the dinner, and also denies that he asked for a loyalty oath from Comey.)
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February 13, 2017: Trump fires national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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February 14, 2017: After a counterterrorism briefing in the Oval Office, Trump asks everyone in the room except Comey to leave. During their one-on-one conversation, Trump says Flynn is a good guy who didn’t do anything wrong by speaking to the Russians, according to Comey’s June testimony. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus tries to re-enter the room, but Trump waves him away. Trump goes on to tell Comey, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go,” Comey reported in the Senate Committee hearing. Comey says Flynn is a good guy, but nothing else. (Comey said in his June 8 testimony that he interpreted this comment from Trump as a “direction” from the president. Trump later denied he asked Comey to “let Flynn go.”)
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February 15, 2017: On the sidelines of a separate White House meeting, Priebus asks FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe if the FBI will publicly knock down recent news reports about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians. It’s unclear when, but at some point after that conversation, Priebus again reaches out to McCabe, and also to Comey, asking them to call journalists and privately dispute the news reports. Comey refuses to comply with this request.
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March 1, 2017: Trump calls Comey and tells him that he’s “doing an awesome job,” according to Comey’s June testimony. Comey later tells a friend that he thinks Trump was still trying to gain his loyalty, according to The New York Times.
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March 20, 2017: Comey confirms publicly for the first time that the FBI is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia.
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March 22, 2017: After a routine briefing at the White House, Trump asks everyone to leave the room except Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, according to The Washington Post. Trump reportedly complains about the FBI investigation and asks Coats if he can intervene with Comey about the Flynn investigation. Coats does not comply with the request. (Coats later testified before the Senate Intelligence that he’s “never been pressured” or “felt pressured” by Trump, any members of his administration.)
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March 23 or 24, 2017: Trump calls Coats and asks him to issue a public statement declaring that there is no evidence of coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to The Washington Post. Coats does not comply with the request, and tells his top aides about it, according to the Post.
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Shortly after March 24, 2017: Trump calls NSA Director Michael Rogers and asks him to speak out publicly if there is no evidence of collusion, according to the Washington Post. Rogers never does.
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March 30, 2017: Trump calls Comey and asks him to “lift the cloud,” according to Comey’s June testimony. Trump tells Comey a few times that he wants him to publicly declare that Trump wasn’t under investigation. Trump mentions that he didn’t make a big deal about “the McCabe thing,” referring to McCabe’s wife’s links to Clinton allies. (Comey later says this might have been an attempt by Trump to get something in return from him.)
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March 31, 2017: Trump tweets that the Russia investigation is a “witch hunt” and that Flynn should ask for immunity. Flynn’s lawyer said one day earlier that Flynn wanted an immunity deal.
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Late March 2017: Senior White House officials talk to top intelligence officials about intervening directly with Comey to encourage him to drop the Flynn investigation, according to the Washington Post.
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Spring 2017: The White House officials pressure Comey to prioritize leak investigations instead of the Russia investigation, according to The Washington Post.
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Spring 2017: Trump’s longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone, who is under FBI investigation, advises Trump to fire Comey, according to a source familiar with the conversation. (Trump and Stone later denied that this ever happened.)
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April 11, 2017: Trump calls Comey to follow up on his request that Comey publicly clear his name and announce that he’s not under FBI investigation, according to Comey’s testimony. Trump says, “I have been very loyal to you, very loyal. We had that thing you know.” Comey tells Trump to handle his request through the White House counsel and the DOJ. (Comey later says he doesn’t know what “that thing” was referring to.)
