Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:lol (cries)

Michael Cohen unveils his bombshell book about Trump and says he witnessed 'golden showers, tax fraud, a secret back channel to Putin, and lying to Melania' - as he calls president 'racist, a predator and a con man who wants to be leader for life'

[...]

'In some ways, I knew him better than even his family did because I bore witness to the real man, in strip clubs, shady business meetings, and in the unguarded moments when he revealed who he really was: a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man,' he revealed.

[...]

'From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump's clandestine lovers, I wasn't just a witness to the president's rise—I was an active and eager participant,' he wrote.

[...]

'I also knew that the [Robert] Mueller investigation was not a witch-hunt. Trump had cheated in the election, with Russian connivance, as you will discover in these pages, because doing anything -and I mean anything - to "win" has always been his business model and way of life.'

96583UP wrote:YAAAAS

Michael Cohen unveils his bombshell book about Trump and says he witnessed 'golden showers, tax fraud, a secret back channel to Putin, and lying to Melania' - as he calls president 'racist, a predator and a con man who wants to be leader for life'

[...]

'In some ways, I knew him better than even his family did because I bore witness to the real man, in strip clubs, shady business meetings, and in the unguarded moments when he revealed who he really was: a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man,' he revealed.

[...]

'From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump's clandestine lovers, I wasn't just a witness to the president's rise—I was an active and eager participant,' he wrote.

[...]

'I also knew that the [Robert] Mueller investigation was not a witch-hunt. Trump had cheated in the election, with Russian connivance, as you will discover in these pages, because doing anything -and I mean anything - to "win" has always been his business model and way of life.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... fraud.html

Higgs wrote:Good to see the Senate taking a siesta without sorting the stimulus deal. That hard-line domination politics seems to be really helping our US friends out.

Seriously though, how does this happen?

tragabigzanda wrote:

Higgs wrote:Good to see the Senate taking a siesta without sorting the stimulus deal. That hard-line domination politics seems to be really helping our US friends out.

Seriously though, how does this happen?

Tea Party conservatives hold enough power, and Mitch McConnell is the devil incarnate

Mickey wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Higgs wrote:Good to see the Senate taking a siesta without sorting the stimulus deal. That hard-line domination politics seems to be really helping our US friends out.

Seriously though, how does this happen?

Tea Party conservatives hold enough power, and Mitch McConnell is the devil incarnate

Hmm, I'm not sure about this. On the one hand, yeah, the Tea Party chodes do hold an inordinate amount of power (and reinforce the sense that the structure of the Senate is designed to obstruct). On the other hand, do we really think that McConnell couldn't have whipped the votes if he wanted to, given that both the Dems and the White House wanted something to get done? I'm not being aggressive here--I really don't know how to think about it.

Mickey wrote:But so that means McConnell's hands aren't tied with regards to getting it done, but they are tied with regards to getting it done and keeping his seat/other vulnerable seats--which means that they are letting it happen rather than at an insurmountable impasse. Is the play to hope that Trump's EO is enough and this reflects badly on the Dems somehow, or is it just, fuck it, we don't care, post office war time.

Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) requested in May that Congress provide direct aid to the USPS in the next stimulus package.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mickey wrote:But so that means McConnell's hands aren't tied with regards to getting it done, but they are tied with regards to getting it done and keeping his seat/other vulnerable seats--which means that they are letting it happen rather than at an insurmountable impasse. Is the play to hope that Trump's EO is enough and this reflects badly on the Dems somehow, or is it just, fuck it, we don't care, post office war time.

I honestly don’t think McConnell knows what he’s doing right now. The pandemic had completely upended his own playbook.

McParadigm wrote:I think trag is probably right.

One thing I’ll add: if McConnell could pass the Republican plan in the Senate, he would. If for no reason other than to weaponize the follow-up headlines saying the Democratic House voted it down...he would pass it. At any other time and in any other fight, that would reliably be his next move.

He must not have enough unity on his side of the aisle to do even that much.