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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.
She's not responsible for any of her questioning from today?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.
anyone find a good summary video? specifically looking for the line of questioning immediately following the hour+ break where all the illegal shit is laid out to which cohen confirms
Don't know where to find a complete summary of the hearing but CNN has an article highlighting the biggest revelations.
1. Cohen said Trump spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaks
2. Cohen confirmed Trump directed him to pay off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
4. Cohen said he briefed Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. a number of times about Trump Tower Moscow
6. Cohen said he has never been to Prague
She most certainly collaborated with other members, what good is a committee if everyone operates in a silo.
I totally misread your post, I thought you were saying this, not that you were saying it would be their talking point, my bad.She most certainly collaborated with other members, what good is a committee if everyone operates in a silo.
Point being though is if she says something difficult to contort as idiotic as a talking point then the best they can do is say cleary she couldn't have come up with these questions.
NPR streamed the entire thing, depending on your local station so there's always that. For summaries they have very limited time slots with lots of other important things to cover, so unfortunately short soundbites work best to convey the entire context of the situation to viewers. Also it's hard for radio since people are constantly tuning in and out so doing an extended session like this doesn't do a good job of providing enough context to help them understand what's going on, without which many of the benefits of the extended clip are lost.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.
Meadows was simply playing as loose and fast with the actual policy as he could, to try to get a gotcha soundbite for Fox News that no one would bother to properly fact-check. He didn't seem to really care if it were just foreign governments or foreign companies or some combination, just as long as it was "foreign" and Cohen didn't acknowledge it properly.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.
Brought in a black employee of the Trump administration to basically use as a prop for the "he has a black friend/employee" defense against accusations of racism against Trump.
I'd imagine that was the plan- have other people ask preliminary questions for her to play off of, and then have the one everyone's going to pay the most attention to regardless take the job of tying it all together and shoving the proverbial knife in.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 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.
the part that stings for me, when meadows brought up that woman, is that she willingly put herself in that position. She really believes she isn't a token PoC.As a minority and a PoC, I will continue to be utterly dismayed by white people who bring up token PoCs they are affiliated with (work, family, friends) as a sign they are nit racist. If anything, this makes us think you're racist even more.
the part that stings for me, when meadows brought up that woman, is that she willingly put herself in that position. She really believes she isn't a token PoC.
And that's sad. All she has to do is view the make up of the Republican side, and view the make up of the democrat side. There's a reason why the Republican side was all pretty much white men and women.
Wouldn't matter if I genuinely believed my boss wasn't racist. If someone wanted to drag me to congress and use me as a "one black friend" human prop on live tv, I'd tell them to fuck off. Some people have no shame.I was utterly dismayed by that too. I could not fathom why she would want to be a part of that charade. I would not allow anyone to parade me like a prop for a speech.
I know and pointed this out when it first came up live once Cohen clarified the details of what the form demanded in his response. However it seems he accidentally bumped into a legitimate question. Don't think matters though as Cohen has been given the chance to set the record straight (if it wasn't already).Meadows was simply playing as loose and fast with the actual policy as he could, to try to get a gotcha soundbite for Fox News that no one would bother to properly fact-check. He didn't seem to really care if it were just foreign governments or foreign companies or some combination, just as long as it was "foreign" and Cohen didn't acknowledge it properly.
*plantation owner in 1823* How dare you call me racist!!! I have an entire backyard full of black people! Same old shit from the racist fuck playbook.
The frustrating thing is that's something that's extremely rarely done at these things. Everyone mostly just sticks to to what they prepared for.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.
Yes, but it's not public.
FuckDidn'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.
LolSure, everyone who has worked with trump is a crook...But look at all these investigators trump fired! Would a crook do that?
Oh yeah, there is no doubt in my mind that the man is a lousy father, a lousy husband, a lousy friend and a lousy human being.It says a lot that Trump would trash his son to his attorney. There was never a day in my life where I questioned that my Dad loved and supported me, I miss him.
I saw the same thing from the endless supply of fucking lemmings on twitter. Eventually, they'll have to pivot to saying everything she says comes off a teleprompter like they did with Obama.
The vast majority of people will never watch close to this entire thing. They'll get their 30 second CNN or Fox News clip and that'll be it.
The entire thing + twitch chat is archived here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387515410
Not to get off topic, but if this is your first taste of something like this and you want more, check out the old House judiciary committee hearing on SOPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBl4EmI_hhg
And for more greatest hits, watch the Senate hearing on the Russian misinformation campaign during the election: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBf7rEF-Iqo
Our government is so fucking broken, it's full of morons. Watching the above will crush any hope you have about our ability to lead ourselves.
Whenever something new was said or a new name came up the entire chat just spamming "GOTTEM" or "WE GOT EM" just had me in stitches.I killed me every time the chat went "NEW LORE" every time Cohen dropped new tidbits.
I killed me every time the chat went "NEW LORE" every time Cohen dropped new tidbits.
Wouldn't matter if I genuinely believed my boss wasn't racist. If someone wanted to drag me to congress and use me as a "one black friend" human prop on live tv, I'd tell them to fuck off. Some people have no shame.
The vast majority of people will never watch close to this entire thing. They'll get their 30 second CNN or Fox News clip and that'll be it.
The entire thing + twitch chat is archived here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387515410
The juxtaposition between the deadly serious congress hearing + the absurd humor of twitch chat is something to behold.Whenever something new was said or a new name came up the entire chat just spamming "GOTTEM" or "WE GOT EM" just had me in stitches.
It was like watching an Ace Attorney stream lol
Sadly its most watched "cable news" in the USA and a large portion of the population take everything they say as gospel and 100% truth :(.I thought and have a look what Foxnews reported on this. Surely these people aren't called journalists, right? I mean they probably all have a plastic cast of Trump's asshole so they can lick it multiple times a day.
As a minority and a PoC, I will continue to be utterly dismayed by white people who bring up token PoCs they are affiliated with (work, family, friends) as a sign they are nit racist. If anything, this makes us think you're racist even more.
The R-base will be saying exactly the same thing about the democrat side.Which is why I don't think Republicans give a fuck about actually making coherent arguments or coming off as dignified. All they care about is providing soundbites that can be chopped up and fed to the brainwashed masses watching Fox.