Trump Flags and this new propaganda industry?

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

The national debt, before Trump, was already on the path to trillion dollar deficits forever--and that was with reduced military spending and a sequester on military spending. The military, at a time when it was claimed by the military command, if I remember correctly, that it would be difficult to maintain a war on two fronts, and Iran, radical Islamists, Russia, North Korea, and especially China, were dangerously expanding and high tech modernizing their militaries. It was the military command, not Trump, who decided on how much the military needed.

I don't know if Eisenhower foresaw the 20 trillion dollar deficit that Trump had "inherited." Or if he foresaw an economy crippling pandemic that required several trillion dollars to finance.

And yeah it was the military leadership and military hawks in Congress and the administration that called for the 700 billion dollar budget. McCain asked for Congress and the White House to work "expeditiously" on a budget agreement that secures the increased $700 billion for the military following years of spending cuts. He also said "After nearly a decade of asking our troops to do more with less, we hope this agreement will allow the military to begin to rebuild and ensure that process can continue into next year," and Jim Mattis pressed for a sweeping budget deal that would realize a long-sought Pentagon goal of lifting the caps on defense spending under the sequester process.

The Armed services statement, they had to make one because of the Stable Genius
“I can assure the American people that the senior leaders would only recommend sending our troops to combat when it’s required for national security and a last resort...We take this very, very seriously."
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[Pete F.]

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The Armed services statement, they had to make one because of the Stable Genius
“I can assure the American people that the senior leaders would only recommend sending our troops to combat when it’s required for national security and a last resort...We take this very, very seriously."
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So then, the Iraq wars and the Viet Nam war were fully justified and folks should quit bitching about them.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

So then, the Iraq wars and the Viet Nam war were fully justified and folks should quit bitching about them.

The only people I've heard trying to make them into ammunition are Trumplicans

Biden's son served in Iraq

Tweety dodged the draft in Vietnam, though he had his own personal war against STDs while dating and can't remember what foot his bone spurs were on.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The only people I've heard trying to make them into ammunition are Trumplicans

I've heard a lot of people on the right and left say that those wars were not justified, were even illegal, were America interfering in other people's business, America trying to nation build, the ClA and the pentagon lying or justifying their requests for money, immoral, and all kind of street protests against them, as well as condemnations from our major medias as well as from politicians, especially from the left.

[spence]

Originally Posted by detbuch

So then, the Iraq wars and the Viet Nam war were fully justified and folks should quit bitching about them.

The comment was made about the generals, not the POTUS. You know the "f*ck*ng generals are a bunch of pussies. They care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals.”

Those guys.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

The comment was made about the generals, not the POTUS. You know the "f*ck*ng generals are a bunch of pussies. They care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals.”

Those guys.

Yeah, well Pete's Armed Services statement was made by those guys. And the Iraq and Viet Nam wars, in the eyes of many, belie that statement.

[spence]

We really could use another whistleblower right about now.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

We really could use another whistleblower right about now.

I wouldn't be surprised that if out of the blue one just conveniently popped up.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

We really could use another whistleblower right about now.

oooh...and a "bombshell" too...

[Pete F.]

Ask and you shall receive
Breaking —> Senior Department of Homeland Security official alleges in whistleblower complaint that he was told to stop providing intelligence analysis on threat of Russian interference.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Ask and you shall receive
Breaking —> Senior Department of Homeland Security official alleges in whistleblower complaint that he was told to stop providing intelligence analysis on threat of Russian interference.
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You forgot to add, because it was making Trump angry.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Ask and you shall receive
Breaking —> Senior Department of Homeland Security official alleges in whistleblower complaint that he was told to stop providing intelligence analysis on threat of Russian interference.
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Originally Posted by detbuch

Ahhh . . . another whistleblower complaint released by Adam Schiff. Probably good to wait before passing judgment.

Breaking BREAKING #Whistleblower
@CBSNews has obtained DHS response to Chairman Schiff
@HouseIntel
includes Whistleblower complaint from former Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis Brian Murphy. WHY IT MATTERS: DHS tells house committee emails between Murphy + his colleagues are in” direct contradiction to Mr Murphy's claims" KEY SECTION: Pg 2 “In this production, you will find an email from Mr. Murphy to other Department employees on July 25, 2020, stating: ‘The acting secretary has never given me any direction on what to do Regarding [sic] threats
Catherine Herridge
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Sep 14
The same applies to the acting deputy secretary.’ This email, which is in direct contradiction to Mr. Murphy’s claims in the OIG Complaint, is part of a longerthread ...and is being provided for further context + as responsive” to Committee’s request in Portland Investigation.”

The department stands by the acting secretary's satement from last week that any accusations that DHS is improperly holding or delaying intelligence for political considerations is false.

[detbuch]

Ahhh . . . another whistleblower complaint released by Adam Schiff. Probably good to wait before passing judgment.

[Pete F.]

Trump telling Woodward that Kim Jong un shared a graphic description of Kim murdering his uncle with an anti-aircraft gun makes me think NK had a dossier on Trump and knew his sadistic kinks.
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[Pete F.]

No, no more than his lies about the Mueller report
Tweety has to provide a DNA sample by the fifteenth of this month.
Odd that you wouldn’t be willing to do that and prove your innocence, what he’s doing is like taking the Fifth.
The Carroll case was at a delicate moment for the president when the Justice Department intervened. Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers had tried to put the lawsuit on hold, but a judge ruled last month that it could proceed. That ruling had also seemingly cleared a path for Ms. Carroll’s legal team to pursue its request that Mr. Trump provide a DNA sample to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she was wearing at the time of the encounter.
The department’s motion to take control of the case came as Mr. Trump’s private lawyers were facing a deadline to appeal an order compelling a deposition and a DNA sample.

In portraying the Justice Department’s intervention this week as unremarkable, Mr. Barr did not explain why the administration had waited more than 10 months to step in.

The move to portray the case as centering on an official action by Mr. Trump has drawn scrutiny. A federal judge reviewing whether the intervention was legitimate will have to decide whether Mr. Trump was acting within the scope of his employment as president when he disparaged Ms. Carroll
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

No, no more than his lies about the Mueller report
Tweety has to provide a DNA sample by the fifteenth of this month.
Odd that you wouldn’t be willing to do that and prove your innocence, what he’s doing is like taking the Fifth.
The Carroll case was at a delicate moment for the president when the Justice Department intervened. Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers had tried to put the lawsuit on hold, but a judge ruled last month that it could proceed. That ruling had also seemingly cleared a path for Ms. Carroll’s legal team to pursue its request that Mr. Trump provide a DNA sample to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she was wearing at the time of the encounter.
The department’s motion to take control of the case came as Mr. Trump’s private lawyers were facing a deadline to appeal an order compelling a deposition and a DNA sample.

In portraying the Justice Department’s intervention this week as unremarkable, Mr. Barr did not explain why the administration had waited more than 10 months to step in.

The move to portray the case as centering on an official action by Mr. Trump has drawn scrutiny. A federal judge reviewing whether the intervention was legitimate will have to decide whether Mr. Trump was acting within the scope of his employment as president when he disparaged Ms. Carroll
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Oh, so a judge has to decide, but you already know. Typical.

[Pete F.]

Just another Barr coverup

Kaplan’s legal briefs in Carroll’s case made sure to specify that Trump was being sued only in his personal capacity, not for any conduct he might have committed as president.

Kaplan’s briefs also point out that Trump, while president, has brought several high-profile lawsuits in his personal capacity, including his suit against the New York district attorney’s office, Trump v. Vance, which the Supreme Court decided against Trump this past July.
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[Pete F.]

Trying to construe the president’s self-serving words about a purely private matter as official acts conflates the person of the president with the nation’s government. That is what occurs in dictatorships, not democracies. President Bill Clinton paid for his own lawyers when he defended himself in the Paula Jones lawsuit. The Justice Department should not now be helping Mr. Trump wriggle out of responsibility for his own words in a private matter.
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Trying to construe the president’s self-serving words about a purely private matter as official acts conflates the person of the president with the nation’s government. That is what occurs in dictatorships, not democracies. President Bill Clinton paid for his own lawyers when he defended himself in the Paula Jones lawsuit. The Justice Department should not now be helping Mr. Trump wriggle out of responsibility for his own words in a private matter.
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So you know more than the Attorney General. OK.

[Pete F.]

Lock him up, that shouldn’t bother you since it was Tweety’s previous campaign slogan
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[Pete F.]

Woodward screwed Trump so hard yesterday that Michael Cohen sent him a check for $130k
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[Pete F.]

Imagine: Had he been truthful & honestly leveled with the American public, framed a total lockdown, social distancing & mandatory mask wearing as patriotic, he could have crushed the pandemic, saved countless lives & would now be cruising to an historic landslide.
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Imagine: Had he been truthful & honestly leveled with the American public, framed a total lockdown, social distancing & mandatory mask wearing as patriotic, he could have crushed the pandemic, saved countless lives & would now be cruising to an historic landslide.

You do like to conjecture. Those things you mentioned have not crushed the pandemic in other countries. There is a worldwide surge of it.

[Pete F.]

Not worldwide, don’t worry we will be leading again with a few more super spreader events aka Rallies

Here’s what he said last night in his train wreck of a town hall


"It would just away without the vaccine, George" Trump says at the ABC town hall about the coronavirus and then promotes herd immunity but instead calls it "herd mentality."
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Not worldwide, don’t worry we will be leading again with a few more super spreader events aka Rallies

Here’s what he said last night in his train wreck of a town hall


"It would just away without the vaccine, George" Trump says at the ABC town hall about the coronavirus and then promotes herd immunity but instead calls it "herd mentality."

Coronavirus deaths in Europe are approaching 225,900, as of Tuesday. But the death toll is expected to get worse in October and November, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.

While fears over a second wave of the outbreak remain in Europe, "It's going to get tougher. In October, November, we are going to see more mortality," WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Monday.

"It's a moment where countries don't want to hear this bad news, and I understand," Kluge told AFP, noting the outbreak "is going to finish, at one moment or another."


Kluge's warning came as several European countries, including Spain, the U.K. and Italy, were reported to have more COVID-19 deaths per capita (per one million people) than the U.S., which has 583.44 deaths per one million, according to the latest report Tuesday

[Pete F.]

Last seven days no European country is close to USA in deaths
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Last seven days no European country is close to USA in deaths
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And yet, the virus is not "crushed" in Europe.

[Pete F.]

Would have been a lot closer than him saying one thing in private and the opposite to the American people.
Now, in what looks like an attempt to kill off his followers, he’s holding rallies
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Would have been a lot closer than him saying one thing in private and the opposite to the American people.
Now, in what looks like an attempt to kill off his followers, he’s holding rallies

It could have been worse. Probably why everyone else was doing the same thing.