BREAKING: The Ukraine-Trump transcript is out

The White House has released the transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky from July. There was no mention of US aid, thus there appears to be no indication of a quid pro quo, or a "you do this for that." In other words, there is no indication of Trump leveraging military aid in order to force Zelensky to do his bidding.

The transcript, which was declassified the previous day, is considered to be a solid rendition of the July 25th phone call which took place from 9:03 a.m. to 9:33 a.m.

The call begins with Trump congratulating Zelensky on his winning the election. The conversation eventually broaches the subject of Joe and Hunter Biden.

“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump said. “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it…It sounds horrible to me.”

The Democrats have accused Trump of pressuring Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden even before reading the transcript and the whistleblower's complaint. [This tactic is in the spirit of Nancy Pelosi's saying of Obamacare that Congress should pass it so that we can know what's in it.]

The transcript shows Zelensky suggesting to Trump the Biden matter would be looked into by a new prosecutor. “He or she will look into the situation specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue, the issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and we will work on the investigation of the case.”

The president told Zelensky he wanted his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and Attorney General Bill Barr to get involved.

“I will have Mr. Giuliani give you call and I’m also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom if it. I’m sure you will figure it out,” he said.

Before the transcript was released, Democrats accused Trump of improperly using his office to pressure another country to investigate one of his chief Democratic rivals. Trump has denied wrongdoing and has repeatedly referred to the impeachment push as a partisan “witch-hunt.”

No Democrat, however, mentioned the Steele dossier, created by a former foreign spy, Christopher Steele, and paid for by the Clinton campaign with the purpose of finding "dirt" on Trump.

 No Democrat mentioned the "hot mic" moment when then President Obama told Dmitry Medvedev that after the 2012 election, he would have "more flexibility."

The country has become dangerously polarized.



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Trump to release unredacted phone call transcript and perhaps whistleblower complaint

Fourth down or white power sign? Or neither?

President Trump announced Tuesday that he has now authorized the release of the transcript of the phone conversation he had with Ukrainian President and former comedian Volodymyr Zelensky.

There has also been credible talk that he will also authorized the release of the whistleblower complaint as the Democrats are jumping up and down like rabid monkeys calling for impeachment inquiries--some are even calling for impeachment with no evidence of wrongdoing, unlike the "hot mic" former president Obama had with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev when Obama told him that he would have more flexibility after the 2012 election.

Trump took to Twitter and posted:

“I…have authorized the release tomorrow of the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine. You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo!”

The very thought that Trump is willingly releasing the transcript seems to indicate that there is no there there. So there, Nancy and Chuck.

The result of this latest political show may yet bring to light exactly what took place with former VP Joe Biden who even bragged that he withheld money from Ukraine to force them to remove a judge from a trial of the same company Biden's son Hunter worked for and made more money than he is worth.

It's never dull in the Trump presidency.

Here's the thing: if there's a quo with the quid, then Trump is in trouble, but it seems highly doubtful that this is the case.


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Does Maxine Waters want Trump exiled so she can join him?

Rep. (aka Ret.) Maxine Waters is about a quart low on her Haldol. Not only does she want President Trump impeached, she would also like to see him exiled.

But perhaps there's more to her desire to banish Mr. Trump to a faraway land--perhaps she would like to join him and Melania in a ménage à trois. At least that's what my anonymous source who goes by the pseudonym 'Vinny Boombots' has indicated. 

And that's disgusting.

Waters was once named the country's "most corrupt" elected official by the 
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics  after she sought a bailout for a bank that was connected to her family. So she's not the clean "Auntie" Maxine she pretends to be.

In spite of her incessant calls for Trump's impeachment, which began the minute after he was sworn-in as President, there's not a shred of evidence of a Russia-connection regarding the 2016 presidential election. But there is a connection of possible collusion with Obama and Russia--remember the open mike with President Dmitry Medvedev.

1. Maxine Waters‏Verified account @MaxineWaters  17h17 hours ago
   

   When Trump goes to kiss Putin's ring at the G20 meeting, maybe he should just return to Russia w/ him & their favorite amb. Sergey Kislyak.

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2. Maxine Waters‏Verified account @MaxineWaters  17h17 hours ago
   

   Women are outraged and fed up with this President. Impeachment isn't enough. Should we explore exile?

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   Mika is a dignified woman from a dignified family. Where did you come from, Trump?

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   I'm outraged. The swamp creature strikes again. What do think he would do if someone said what he said today about Ivanka or Melania?

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It's time for the 78-year-old Waters to retire, count the money she made off the backs of taxpayers, and fade into the sunset.

Vinny Boombots says that this is her plan--but only if she can get "Donald" to go with her. According to Vinny, she said of Mr. Trump, "I think he's cute, but don't tell anyone."


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The plot sickens as Lynch called to respond to "political interference" allegations

Well, well, well, the Senate Judiciary Committee has finally and formally asked former Attorney General Loretta Lynch along with others, to respond to the allegations of "political interference" in the FBI's Hillary Clinton email probe, according to  a letter  released Friday from the office of Chuck Grassley.

The catalyst for the inquiry was, in part, a series of media reports that questioned Lynch's involvement in the investigation into former Secretary of State and two-time loser of the presidential election Hillary Clinton's use of a private, illegal email server.

Former fired FBI Director James Comey suggested in Senate testimony that Lynch had him downplay the investigation and call it a "matter" rather than what it actually was--the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating. 

Cowardly Comey did as he was told, like a good boy.

But I hold very little hope that justice will be done--Hillary will get away with violating the Espionage Act, and Lynch will get away with colluding with Bill Clinton, just like Obama got away with colluding with Russia as attested to by the open mike with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. 

"The reports come amidst numerous allegations of political inference in controversial and high-profile investigations spanning the current and previous administrations," Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's office said in a statement.

Big deal--nothing is going to change--it's sickening.




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Huge Liberal protest against Barack Obama and his Russian ties

In an unprecedented move, liberals throughout the country are gathering in nearly 130 U.S. cities to call for a thorough investigation into the comment former President Barack Obama made to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when he said in an open mic that once the 2012 election was over, he would have "more flexibility." 

Medvedev promised Obama that he would pass this on to Vladimir [Putin] and nothing at the time was ever done about it. Now, however, liberals have finally come to realize that Obama may have clandestine ties to Russia and may not have the country's best interests at heart.

The protests including ones in Washington and one outside the Farm Neck Golf Club where he went to play immediately following a speech he made regarding the beheading of journalist James Foley by ISIS and for which he blamed the press for covering it.

"It's always a challenge when you're supposed to be on vacation, because you're followed everywhere. And part of what I'd love is a vacation from the press. But there's no doubt that after having talked to the families, where it was hard for me to hold back tears listening to the pain that they were going through, after the statement that I made, that you know, I should've anticipated the optics [of golf]."

In the past, liberals have clashed with Trump supporters, "but not this time," said transgender activist Patrick Fitzmichael. "Now we're on the same page against the outrage the former president perpetrated on us, the American public, Fitzmichael said, sounding a little like Sean Hannity. 

"I can't believe I ever voted for him," Fitzmichael added and then breaking into tears that flowed like a stream from his or her eyes.

Fitzmichael's partner, Michael Fitzpatrick, said that they were also upset with the horrible visual image of Kathy Griffiin's Trump beheading and that it was this image that ignited the anger over the Foley beheading. 

Some liberals planned to get close to the Obama home, but someone had built a wall around it. 

But that didn't stop their fervor. The Washington D.C. crowd chanted: "Hey, hey, ho, ho, we want answer from you "O."


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CNN "feels" Trump is guilty

Washington (Certainly Not News) -- According to certain US officials (whose area over which they officiate is unclear) say that information suggests that Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, or maybe not.

The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Trump communicated with suspected operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.

This is partly what FBI Director Comey was talking about when he made a bombshell (LOL) announcement Monday before Congress that the FBI is investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, according to one source.

The FBI is reviewing that information, according to those US officials. The information is raising the suspicions  of FBI counterintelligence investigators that the coordination may have taken place, though officials cautioned that the information was NOT CONCLUSIVE AND THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 

In his statement, Comey said the FBI began looking into POSSIBLE coordination between Trump campaign associates and suspected Russian operatives because the bureau had gathered "a credible allegation of wrongdoings or reasonable basis to believe an American MAY be acting as an agent of a foreign power.

CNN assured the American people that this investigation has nothing whatsoever to do with the relationship of the Clinton Foundation and the millions of dollars of foreign money given to it at the time Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. 

Also, CNN assures us that this investigation has nothing to do with the selling of uranium to the Russians by the Clintons or the open mic moment with former President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer was clear after Comey's testimony on Monday that there is no evidence to suggest any collusion took place between the Trump campaign and the Russians, but CNN will do all they can to either find it or create it.

But we at CNN feel that the Trump campaign is probably guilty and that Donald Trump should resign the presidency.

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Intel community refuses to brief lawmakers

Lawmakers alleged Wednesday that the intel community is refusing to brief the House Intelligence Committee regarding claims of Russian interference in our presidential election--and boy, are they angry.

Outspoken Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said to Fox News, "Somebody has the time to leak it to the Washington Post and The New York Times, but they don't have the time to come to Congress. It's their job to come. They don't have any choice. They have to come in, especially when they have created this."

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted: "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"

 

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Trump makes a good point, but even more, all the hacking occurred on Obama's watch after he made fun of Mitt Romney who said that Russia is our biggest geopolitical threat, and after Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on an open mic that after the 2012 reelection he wouls be "more flexible."

Chairman of the House committee, Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) originally asked for a closed, classified briefing for members of the CIA, FBI, NSA and ODNI.

But the CIA declined to provide a briefer, citing its focus on the full review requested by comrade Obama. The other agencies didn't even respond to the committee's request, in spite of the fact that the panel is the most-senior committee with jurisdiction.

"It is unacceptable that the Intelligence Community directors would not fulfill the House Intelligence Committee's request to be briefed tomorrow on the cyber-attacks that occurred during the presidential campaign," Nunes said in a statement. "The Committee is deeply concerned that intransigence in sharing intelligence with Congress can enable the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes."

What has become abundantly clear is how politicized all of our supposedly 'nonpartisan' government agencies have become under the Obama administration.

But the intelligence community? That's frightening.

King spoke about the irony in the lack of cooperation. "The concensus was that there was an attempt by the Russians to put a cloud over the election, to create disunity. Well, that's what's happening right now, but it's the intelligence community that's doing it."

King said lawmakers didn't receive any assessment from the CIA indicating that Russia interfered to help Trump win the presidency over Hillary Clinton, as alleged by the rag The Washington Post.

The intelligence community attempted to defend its position on Wednesday, releasing a statement saying senior administration officials regularly provide "extensive, detailed classified and unclassified briefings to members and staff from both parties on Capitol Hill." 

The statement said they are focusing on the review Obama ordered on foreign efforts to influence our elections. But that's just the intelligence community trying to 'blow smoke'.

"Once the review is complete in the coming weeks, the Intelligence Community stands ready to brief Congress--and will make those finding available to the public consistent with protecting intelligence sources and methods. We will not offer any comment until the review is complete," the statement read.

King said that "it's almost as if people in the intelligence community are carrying out a disinformation campaign against the president-elect of the United States." 

"It's absolutely disgraceful and if they're not doing it, then it must be someone in the House of the Senate who's leaking false information and there should be a full investigation of this," King added.

The "lame duck" and the "old cluck" simply refuse to go away and I believe that one or both of them are in on it.

I say Congress should subpoena the intel community.


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