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Michael Cohen testifies on Capitol Hill (over)
- Thread starter Taki
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Yeah, witnessing this go down today felt like an important moment in history.
Lynch from MA and these young democrats went in. It shows people that there's a lot to be excited for with this party's future. Keep building momentum and energize voters.
The only drawback for me is Cummings smoothing over Meadows' racism. But he bounced back nicely with his closing speech. Them emotions when he spoke with Cohen on the possibility of redemption. Whew
Lynch from MA and these young democrats went in. It shows people that there's a lot to be excited for with this party's future. Keep building momentum and energize voters.
The only drawback for me is Cummings smoothing over Meadows' racism. But he bounced back nicely with his closing speech. Them emotions when he spoke with Cohen on the possibility of redemption. Whew
I could only listen to most of the first half/two thirds or so, but goddamn are Republicans frustrating to listen to. Such disingenuous pieces of shit. The whole "he lied before therefore he has no credibility as a witness" crap was the worst, and I like how some Dem congressman brought up that this is standard in bringing down crime bosses and whatnot. Like are they saying anyone put in prison by the testimony of a career criminal/liar who turned should be released? Republican logic....it's... it's an oxymoron.
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I would suspect that they weren't super complicit at first, but as time passed, and it became clear they could profit, they started participating more actively. At this point, it doesn't look like they're protecting Trump out of loyalty, so much as because they realize once he goes down, they do too. They're rats trying to stop their ship from sinking.
I would suspect that they weren't super complicit at first, but as time passed, and it became clear they could profit, they started participating more actively. At this point, it doesn't look like they're protecting Trump out of loyalty, so much as because they realize once he goes down, they do too. They're rats trying to stop their ship from sinking.
I didn't realize she's the same person who said that. And now she made Meadows cry. Lol. Impressive.
I missed when she asked questions. Good lord she showed up nearly everyone in both parties in terms of prep
Didn't those morons forget to bring enough food and supplies to last through such an occupation, and the feds took mercy on them and let people through to get supplies?
lol, yeah I looked it up to make sure. They also got trolled by people who sent them sex toys and glitter instead:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...es-get-glitter-sex-toys-idUSKCN0US31420160114
Well-regulated militia indeed...they couldn't even organize a grocery list.
Man, I may be too much of a softy, but the amount of a changed person Cohen is, is staggering. He looked like he was just tired of being a bad person — as silly as that sounds. Yes, it only happened because he got caught, but it seems like he genuinely wants to do good. Who would have thought he would have slammed down the GOP side. I got chills with his line about looking silly and they are going to do the same thing.
As someone who primarily gets his news from NPR, and I listened a bit today, all they seemingly had to play over and over again was the 5 seconds where Michael Cohen called Trump a racist and a bigot.
Why not more clips of actual discussion on the floor, like this? This helps me understand what's going on. A hot clip that loses steam in 10 minutes as soon as they invite multiple republican house members to talk their way around that.. I can only assume television news coverage is worse, as I tend to consider NPR comparatively highly. We really need a revolution in media. I get more out of audio and video of actual government discussions and I bet most people would too. Instead it's like it needs to be softened, dampened, selected into the most cliche and stereotypical partisan statements, throwing the rest into the void.
I think his dad beat the shit outta him (not literally) for being such a piece of shit and the threats to his family are probably pretty serious too.
Honestly? Because American media is largely trash, and it has been allowed to be trash because it's been such a long time since there was a cultural moment that challenged their standards.
AOC was great, but that's easy to point out. In reality:
Brenda Lawrence
Stacey Plaskett
Rashida Tlaib
Ayanna Pressley
Jimmy Gomez
Stephen Lynch
Katie Hill
All had, in my mind, just as significant lines of questioning, if not more so.
npr is trash. better than alternatives, but still pretty sad for a news source, and I used to love them before I realized how poorly off we are in the US for progressive news or news not influenced by the larger economic forces.
She clearly had an agenda (Trump's Tax Returns), and wasted no time making sure she was to the point and on topic towards getting it done. Now if only everyone else used their time more wisely like her.
I was a little disappointed that she finished early and yielded her remaining time, but the point was made. Tax Returns need to be reviewed by the committee to answer the questions that were brought up today.
anyone got the links to these lines of questioning?
Outspoken Critic of trump and House Intelligence Committee, my congressman, Denny Heck was on CNN and spoke of today and the Cohen interview tomorrow.
Wanted to highlight this guy real quick because of that ether
and this hilarious take from Boston Magazine:
Article Link: Stephen Lynch Went Masshole at the Michael Cohen Hearing
I know congressmen can't literally call a motherfucker a motherfucker, but he got as close to it as a House member can in public.
That's the fire we need. The GOP are full of bullshit and at this point, completely complicit in all of the past and ongoing crimes. Bring them to heel.
See, the funny thing about this is that Jordan, when he gets time again, tries to false equivalence into Comey getting fired, all the people Trump fired and Rosenstein thinking about using the 25th amendment.
Errrr, just type in "Cohen opening statement" to Google, it's all there...
Meadows doing a referral for criminal investigation due to Cohen apparently not disclosing foreign contacts. Has he done similar for Trump's campaign finance violations, bank fraud, tax fraud, etc.? Of course not.
https://twitter.com/RepMarkMeadows/status/1100822378093969408
https://twitter.com/RepMarkMeadows/status/1100822378093969408
I've been watching this for the last three hours and Jesus Christ the GOP is just an irredeemable shit show of Trump-felching butt-plugs.
Seeing that fat fucking white man trot out a black staffer as a prop to 'prove' Trump's not a racist was perhaps the most vulgar and sadly ironic thing I've seen in recent memory.
What the fuck is wrong with these assholes? Do they really think history is going to record them as noble defenders of truth?
Trump is going to go down as the worst, most corrupt and incompetent President in history and all these Republican fucktwits are still hitching their fucking wagons to this monumental loon.
Seeing that fat fucking white man trot out a black staffer as a prop to 'prove' Trump's not a racist was perhaps the most vulgar and sadly ironic thing I've seen in recent memory.
What the fuck is wrong with these assholes? Do they really think history is going to record them as noble defenders of truth?
Trump is going to go down as the worst, most corrupt and incompetent President in history and all these Republican fucktwits are still hitching their fucking wagons to this monumental loon.
Sure, everyone who has worked with trump is a crook...But look at all these investigators trump fired! Would a crook do that?
Wanted to highlight this guy real quick because of that ether
and this hilarious take from Boston Magazine:
Article Link: Stephen Lynch Went Masshole at the Michael Cohen Hearing
I know congressmen can't literally call a motherfucker a motherfucker, but he got as close to it as a House member can in public.
That's the fire we need. The GOP are full of bullshit and at this point, completely complicit in all of the past and ongoing crimes. Bring them to heel.
This was the first bit of the hearing I got to listen to on the radio during my lunch break and it was so damn satisfying hearing him actually call out that guy on his hypocritical bullshit
Cohen has a lot of receipts about impeachable things that pale in comparison to Russia stuff, but he doesn't have Russia receipts.
He did give the panel motivation for investigating people who might, in fact, have Russia receipts.
Racist America will. Some 21st century equivalent of the Daughters of the Confederacy will push for statues to be erected in the South for these Defenders Of Racial Purity.
Her questioning has been on point and it was impressive as hell today. Republicans are running out of ways to frame her as a stupid woman.
I really wonder how many people seen and or listened to this?
Twitch had a high of like 16K
Youtube for the WP had 80K
And that was just one outlet online, not even tv radio and cspan.
Twitch had a high of like 16K
Youtube for the WP had 80K
And that was just one outlet online, not even tv radio and cspan.
They'll probably just label her as emotional, or hysterical, or that she doesn't smile enough. Not like paragons of self-control and rationality like Brett Kavanaugh, that show real political competence. And like beer.
Damn.
She just said "nah fuck all this shit, give me the sword" and started cutting. Amazing.
Not everybody can have the professional and emotional composure of Kavanaugh and Meadows.
Either way it's not a crime as he only has to disclose government contacts
It's "s t o r y l i n e s" over and over, and when we have like two dozen go flying, there's the usual suspect ones that get the limelight and the subtle-but-damning ones go unnoticed.
Lotta FOR OR AGAINST for ratings and loss of institutional wisdom from investigative journos of yesteryear.
AOC was last, right? I think her skill was building off of everyone else's questions, because each question she asked referenced a prior question/statement by another congressperson. So she clarified exactly where Trump may have violated federal and state property tax laws - a HUGE deal in New York and New Jersey - and who the committee should contact next for further questioning.
She was standing on the shoulders of her peers, and it was extremely well-done quick-thinking.
I'm never watching one of these live again. Hearing the GOP fucks was close to giving me a stroke.
I bounced around the usual spots. The line I saw them going with is obviously they were scripted questions handed to her by much smarter people.
Wanted to highlight this guy real quick because of that ether
and this hilarious take from Boston Magazine:
Article Link: Stephen Lynch Went Masshole at the Michael Cohen Hearing
I know congressmen can't literally call a motherfucker a motherfucker, but he got as close to it as a House member can in public.
That's the fire we need. The GOP are full of bullshit and at this point, completely complicit in all of the past and ongoing crimes. Bring them to heel.
Cohen looks like the dog in Coming you America just whipping back and forth at the congressmen.
but where's the decorum!?
WHERESSS THE DECORUMMMMMM!?!!?!!?!?!!?!??
I trust his legal counsel did their jobs well so I think he should be fine but Meadow's point was that some of the private companies he had dealings with actually had controlling interest by foreign governments.
With this and that video where she's detailing corruption you see a pattern. It's effective as shit because it's not only "guiding" information out of other people as to corroborate your own opinion, but it's literally a brief, digestible education lesson for the average joe.
That's the kind of messaging all Dems need to hit out more. Even if you're not charismatic naturally, it's the blueprint for any success as a public servant. We always tend get lost in the complicated power structure in our literally rigged system. And if your first thought there was of Trump then goddamn it I hate that man even more, because black people have been preaching this since we were in chains and had to suffer rape and enslavement in this enlightened Christian country. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but really only meant for rich pond scum.
Errrrr, so anyways, it's great to go back to basics and take your message to the people and distill it just enough so they can follow along, all while keeping the meat of the info flowing for justifying future action in public policy. Hope to see more and more of this. Shout out to the others because AOC was kinda handed that layup and no doubt it was all coordinated in coalition with the remaining Dem speakers after that last break, then again, it was probably from the beginning.