Well, the threat of Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz apparently didn’t work. Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal attorney for over a decade, the man our President called a “rat,” showed up this morning as scheduled to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Over the course of approximately seven hours, Cohen, who started his testimony by reading a prepared statement calling Donald Trump a “racist” and a “conman”, went on to explain the inner workings of our President’s criminal enterprise in detail. Among other things, Cohen confirmed that Roger Stone had called Trump’s office in advance of the Democratic National Convention, to inform him that he’d been assure by Julian Assange that emails stolen from the Clinton campaign would soon be made public by Wikileaks. Cohen also said that he’d been indirectly pressured by Donald Trump to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal. And he went into detail about how Donald Trump had illegally used donations to his charitable foundation to purchase a portrait of himself in a charity auction. [The terribly insecure Donald Trump had Cohen buy the piece through a fictitious third-party with his charity’s funds, ensuring that it would sell for more than any other painting at the auction. The painting was then hung at one of Trump’s golf clubs.] And, of course, Cohen went into detail as to how he’d paid-off Trump’s lovers multiple during the campaign in violation of campaign finance law… even going so far as to share a cancelled check that Donald Trump had written to him while president, reimbursing him for having paid the Stormy Daniels bribe out of his own pocket.
The Republicans on the committee, interestingly, did not debate the facts brought forward by Mr. Cohen concerning Trump’s criminal activities. Instead, they just did their best to discredit the President’s former fixer, repeatedly saying things like, ‘How dare the Democrats bring a convicted criminal, and a known liar, into this hallowed chamber.’ [A known liar, who, it should be pointed out, also happened to be a Vice Chair of the Republican National Committee.] For what it’s worth, I think that Cohen stood up to the attacks well, and came across as credible. As some of the Democrats on the committee made clear, Cohen had nothing to gain by testifying today, and everything to lose. [Had he lied under oath, he could have earned himself more prison time.] And, really, when you look at it objectively, a good deal of his testimony was spent defending Donald Trump, saying, for instance, that he thought there was absolutely no merit to the rumor that video exists of his former boss striking his wife Melania in a Trump Tower elevator. While I don’t completely buy the idea of Michael Cohen as a born again patriot who cares deeply about the threat to the Republic posed by Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on race, I think he proved himself today to be much closer to that version of himself than the vindictive loser that the Republicans attempted to paint him as. [The Republicans kept saying that Cohen was just bitter that he hadn’t been offered an office in the White House… a claim he flatly denied, going so far as to say that he’d been offered a job in the White House, which he turned down, thinking that he could better serve Trump, and hide his secrets, as a private attorney.]
I don’t have time to get into everything, but I did want to share a few things with you. Most importantly, I wanted to be sure you saw this exchange, during which Cohen told the Republicans on the committee that, if they continued to put the interests of Donald Trump before those of the country, they’d suffer the same consequences that he’s now facing. [Cohen also said, “Indeed, given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear if he loses the election in 2020 that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,” but it would have depressed me too much to have shared that particular video.]
Cohen to GOP lawmakers: "I did the same thing that you're doing now. For ten years. I protected Mr. Trump for ten years." His warning to them: "The more people that follow Mr. Trump — as I did blindly — are going to suffer the same consequences that I'm suffering." pic.twitter.com/vGXvGMXWxC
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 27, 2019
Republican Congressman Mark Meadows, having no doubt heard that Cohen intended to offer evidence of Donald’s Trump’ racism, invited a low-level, African American Trump staffer to stand behind him like a prop. Representative Rashida Tlaib of Detroit criticized Meadows for this, saying, The fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber in this committee, is alone racist in itself.” Meadows became irate at the suggestion that he might be racist, which Tlaib eventually walked back a bit, but lets’ remember that the Congressman was among those who actively played along with Trump’s birtherism… Here’s Meadows introducing Trump’s ‘black friend’ as a way of, I guess, proving that Cohen was lying when he said that Donald Trump had once asked him, “if (he) could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a ‘shithole.'” [As Cohen pointed out to those on the committee that Barack Obama was the President of the United States at the time.]
Meadows brings African American party planner, Lynne Patton, who worked for Trump org (and now runs part of HUD) to refute racism allegations. pic.twitter.com/x22GDtr6H3
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 27, 2019
And, lastly, I’d like to leave you with this video of Elijah Cummings, who, I might add, seems to be an incredibly decent man… and one who is truly interested in giving Republicans an opportunity to join us in our quest to safeguard our democracy. One just hopes that Republicans on the committee, and in the audience, heard him.
An emotional closing statement from Elijah Cummings: "When we're dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing?" Via ABC pic.twitter.com/ykEgYSnwtM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2019
[Cummings also said, “The days of this committee protecting the President at all costs are over,” which I clapped for.]
I could go on, but I’m going to call it quits for now. Today was exhausting… My hope is that others in Trump’s orbit begin to break free, like Cohen, and share what they know. And the Democrats did a masterful job today, laying the groundwork necessary to bring more of those people before their committee, like Trump’s financial guy, Allen Weisselberg, who I suspect will tell us, among other things, of how Trump routinely devalued his assets in order to avoid paying taxes… Stay tuned for more.
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Well, looks like Cohen gets the existential threat this traitor and his frothing fascist militia represent to the future of our democratic Republic. Hopefully his endorsement gets a couple of my libtard friends to Dunhams for the Monday special on an AR. Then immediately get yourself some training. These guys at WSC will welcome all. http://www.washtenawsportsmansclub.org/
As a Cummins said yesterday, when Trump called Cohen a rat, he essentially put s target on his back in prison for being a snitch.
Kaitlan Collins of CNN:
President Trump says he and Kim Jong Un discussed Otto Warmbier, the American student who was detained in North Korea and died shortly after he returned home in a coma in 2017. “He tells me that he didn’t know about it and I will take him at his word,” Trump says.
It feels like we’re living deep inside the Twilight Zone.
wow pretty damning stuff:
https://mobile.twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/1100879943582375937
It’s getting close to the time for Donald to draw a nice warm bath and take a sharp blade with him. Go out with a shred of dignity. Like Godfather 2.
Bob, aww, that thought gives me the warm feels. But it should be abundantly clear by now that he has not one single shred of dignity.
Prepare for President Pence.
Elijah Cummings says that the House Oversight Committee will pursue interviews with some of Trump’s children (Don Jr., Ivanka) and closest allies (Weisselberg) who Michael Cohen implicated in his testimony.
“All you have to do is follow the transcript.”
Guess you failed to notice that one more nail in the collusion coffin. Now what do you have? Stormy payments? That pales in comparison to what is around the bend for your folks if it is any kind of problem at all. I hear Cohen is saying what Dems want’s him to say to protect his wife who signed on a fraudulent $20 million loan. If you try to impeach you will fail and bolster support for the President.
@Bob
Go to Hell. I can’t stand trump, but he’s still the president and is still a human. You are no better than that lady who called Michelle Obama an ape in heels, and you legitimize that type of politics.
I hope the Mueller report is accurate, and that Congress has the guts to take appropriate action. If its nothing, then we try to vote Trump out in 2020.
Anonimal, thousands of kids separated from their parents. Some dead. Many of them raped or abused. Still a human? Fuck off.
Anonimal apparently doesn’t believe Trump has the right to commit suicide if he wants to. He wants to deny him that right.
Personally, I believe in freedom!
@Bob,
Millions deported, constant surveillance and threat of arrest, nightime raids, parents torn from families, massive escalation in the size and scope of ICE.
Killings of thousands of innocent civilians and children by drones. Ignoring 2 of the most deadly civil wars and genocides in a generation.
Thanks Obama.
Where were you then? I doubt you gave two shits, all you care about, just like any Trump acolyte, is being on the side thats in power. Go fuck yourself.
Wow, Bob struck a nerve. I thought that falling on ones sword was a long-standing and honorable tradition in the failed Emperor set? My problem with it is the brevity of the suffering he’d experience. I’d rather there be several Cersi marches of shame, followed by a good drawn out stoning and then hanging from a wall, a la Gilead, as a warning to any other aspiring reality TV show conquerers who would dare to trash The Constitution. But obviously that’s not important to everyone or he would never have been a thing.
Again, I have no love for Trump, I think he should be impeached. I don’t think that its appropriate to suggest that the president kill themselves or be executed. If it is okay for you to say it about Trump, then it is okay for any batshit conservative to say it about Obama or Hillary or whoever.
My point about Obama is that he wasn’t much better than Trump on immigration or human rights. It pisses me off to no end that Democrats turned such a blind eye to his abuses, and now we’ve suddenly rediscovered our conscience. Basically politics is just a sport now, and your views on what is cheating based on whether the accused is on your team. Its frankly insane.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/14/deportations-under-trump-are-rise-still-lower-than-obamas-ice-report-shows/
Trump is defending the Constitution against your people. Using intelligence agencies and foreign agents to try to depose our president? How can you be so dim to to try to smear Trump even while collusion takes hit after hit and your people are exposed more and more all the time?
*fucking insane, not frankly
To be more clear and more explicit, I think that Bob, iRobert, and John Brown are, like Trump, contributing to a culture where violence replaces politics. Eventually you get crazy fuckers like this Coast Guard official who start stockpiling weapons, or the guy who shoots up a congressional baseball team. Obviously, Trumps language is more important, and he has an incredible ability to make everyone in the country stoop to his level, but all of us need to decide what type of country we want to start making. I’m worried we are making the wrong choices on both the right and left.
Trump is negotiating peace on our behalf. He calls for unity among Americans. You are way ahead of the ones you criticize but you still seem to sensationalize.
However, be warned. Anybody that crosses Trump is not really American, and will be dealt with accordingly.
You really woke up early to get out that zinger HW. Were you laying in bed thinking about it all night?
Dealt with accordingly- smh.
I can’t wait for 2020 to get rid of Trump the old fashioned way. Until then I’ll just enjoy my tax cut.
Anominal, the gun hoarding coast guard nazis and white supremacists christo fascist have been around all along. Since the repeal of the assault weapons ban they’ve been aggressively prepping for a civil war. Many are also military and police. My analysis that liberals need to prepare mentally and materially for violence is a response to that, not a cause of it. Catch-22 situation of course.
There’s no comparison of Agent Orange to any previous modern president at least. The GOP cynically used this Nazi, racist, end time holy rollers, sucker coalition to elect an obvious Russian compromised traitor. “We have lots of money coming in from Russia” is immediately disqualifying for even Chicago Alderman, never mind Pres. If we give him the respect normally reserved for the office, the office is devalued forever.
That last post was not mine. I was thinking that, but didn’t want to write it.
Oh look: it’s a piece of shit trying to harass me into going away. That only makes me want to stick around to enjoy seeing you get destroyed.
Anominal, you know nothing about me. I didn’t vote Obama for a second term. For exactly those reasons. I was vocal about his abysmal immigration and foreign policy record. Even if I had I wouldn’t be defending his blatantly inhumane and obvious crimes. Too bad you can’t say the same. I hope the entire Trump family see prison time and untimely deaths.
I’m using destroyed in a figurative manner. I would never want anybody to be literally destroyed, because I support unity of all Americans without qualifications.
Wow, I like how you destroy what shred of integrity there is in the comments section here using my nick. Can’t answer me so you try to degrade me by taking advantage of this dumbass setup. Problem is you degrade the whole site by doing it. Real good stuff there.
Is everyone a bot now? I can’t figure out who is the real who anymore.
Thirty year old disgruntled dishwasher all up in yr blogz fucking up yr shit trying to attack HW! Funny shit. Baynard told him to stop but he won’t.
It looks like Trump’s “black friend” may just like the spotlight more than she hates racism.
The Washington Post: “Lynne Patton’s never-ending audition for reality TV“
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/03/01/how-hud-official-turned-michael-cohen-hearing-into-reality-tv-audition/
Wow, great post! You add much wisdom and insight to review of conversation. I made an ebook on this same thing. Happily if you could link to it!
http://www.1225botbotbot.com/ebooknew
For the record, I was joking when I suggested the president should be free to make his own decisions about how he wants to leave this life. Obviously, nobody should have that right.
Also, all the stupid comments which have been posted here under my name were not really me. The smart ones were though.
Washington Post” “Two days in July: As Republicans convened in Cleveland, did Trump receive a heads-up about WikiLeaks?”
Read more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/two-days-in-july-as-republicans-convened-in-cleveland-did-trump-receive-a-heads-up-about-wikileaks/2019/03/01/064d3ab6-3b6d-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html
I also disclaim all posts under my name that make me come off as a foul mouthed paranoid conspiracy theorist. I’m just a regular nice guy that you’d be happy to meet in the grocery store.
The real me hasn’t posted a comment here in months.
Q posts are gibberish tying together conspiracy theories with some bait for evangelicals thrown in. Right-wing religious and political zealots, mostly old and retired, can pass their time reading into random keyboard strokes and keep loneliness at bay within the movement. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9km87z/qanon-codes-are-random-typing
Studies show people who swear are more honest. Obviously not worried how I “come off” to an idiot. I am extremely kind. That is true except with people who try to fuck with me or my loved ones. Not so kind always then. What is it like to be obsessed with Hyborian Warlord and his ideas?
Only you would know.
Regarding the article about Q codes I don’t think the author has understanding of what people are decoding. When you (rarely) see something like:
Code: AB-aKd&Egh281Q
282-18-2983821-28172391u721
DISTRESS.
CHECK-IN 00:00+[37209-a271927]-[381937821]
ROUTE T
That is for operatives, not for anons. Inscrutable codes like that are not what people mean by “decoding” Q.
“Only you would know.”
What do you call it when you think about and try to attack someone on a blog every day?
a) creepy
b) annoying
c) lame
d) cyber-stalking
e) all of the above
From here it looks like HW is having a war with himself with FF not knowing which side to take in HW’s disturbed mind.
Right Flakes, all that. Thank you, my friend.
Medicine for the heroic heart, just ’cause…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td3U1CMq_pw
Who should care what reality “looks like” to a derpy twerp who lives to confuse?
Everyone on this blog awes HW at least one beer when we all get together Wednesday to celebrate. Even fake HW is welcome to attend. This is a time to celebrate!
About one short of a six pack? I think I could handle that. No PBR shit though. No way.
Q Oct 7 2018:
“THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK.”
Aug 9 2018:
“THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK!”
President Trump March 2 2019:
“THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK…
…THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK!”
People reading the comments at MM dot com. All the time.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK!
Sad is an authority on what other people should read and write. Sad is an authority on the correct/healthy rate that others should read one thing or another.
Type this in search bar if you want to see Frosted Tips horse. Unfortunately ASCII art doesn’t paste well here
http://endless.horse
Sad, I hope you can make it to the “Gathering of the Maytards” Wednesday night. We’re going to have the live performance of our reworked “She’s Gone” and we’re going to get some stand-up comedians to perform just to run it in.
We’re going to get some stand-up comedians to perform just to rub it in.
You should join us. Just don’t be sad, because this is to be a celebration. Bring a little extra dough too, so you can buy HW a beer. You owe him at least that.
These people are sick
Warlord and Flakes sad coitus
Anon tugs solo
Things here have really improved around here. These people are not sick. Free them from their basements for a night out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4NRIDjRjk
Great idea, Anonymous! We should definitely do a Maytard River Cruise.
Be careful out there:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/christopher-hasson-coast-guard-neo-nazi-far-right
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-fringe-groups-are-using-qanon-to-amplify-their-wild-messages
We could dock and camp overnight on an island, sit around the campfire roasting marshmallows and make s’mores while listening to HW read Q updates.
I’ve been enjoying making fun of HW and the Q stuff but only recently have I actually looked at the source itself. Now I just feel sorta bad. Like we should all show some compassion and get him some mental help. Do you really believe this shit, Warlord? JFK Jr faked his death to be the leader of this movement? The finer details of Pizzagate, which completely escaped me, are just so crazy. Are you for real? Just wow. Sad, sad shit.
We kinda have Oliver Stone to blame I suppose.
Everything seemed okay up until you checked out the Q stuff?
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-bans-qanon-subreddits-after-months-violent-threats-n909061
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/8/17657800/qanon-reddit-conspiracy-data
HW is an independent thinker.
https://qmap.pub
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/white-people-are-still-raised-be-racially-illiterate-if-we-ncna906646
Are only “white” people susceptible to the Q stuff?
Hahahahaha. Right. I just thought HW was your garden variety conservative asshole before Qanon. Now I think he’s got that brain eating disease too.
How do you think you know what Q says if you don’t read Q? Q said JFK Jr. is not alive.
Some of the pizzagate players are in the crosshairs for sure. The Podesta brothers both have indictments for example according to Q. You don’t know what pizzagate is either. We’ve been through this before countless times. To me ridicule of pizzagate is tacit approval of the offending online posts that got people on the case in the first place. That’s some stomach-churning pedophile “humor” and art you seem to think is a good thing to defend. Most people feel ill when they find out what it is. You actually remain willfully ignorant and spew hatred towards people who expose it.
Daniel, please stop
“And it gets more outrageous: A key part of the QAnon narrative is that Donald Trump and Robert Mueller are working together to unearth a high-profile, Democrat-run pedophile ring.”
Why do the people who write these never know what Q says and does not say? Why don’t they read it so they don’t publish false information? That’s a weird way to try to attack. It’s inherently damaging to their cause.
Hahahaha…Daniel…ahahahahaha!!! Daniel L. you mean? I told you you ought to contact “DL” and see what he has to say about being HW. Only if you report on how it went though. Hopefully it will be hilarious.
iRobert: “Are only “white” people susceptible to the Q stuff?”
Q followers are mostly white. But not all. Like Republicans. There’s a reason for that.
Q’s latest post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1NnBA4HMI&feature=youtu.be
The Great Awakening.
Q
“PoC” aren’t your pets. Americans of all colors are waking up.
9% of Black voters voted GOP in the midterms. Videos don’t prove anything.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/08/the-2018-midterm-vote-divisions-by-race-gender-education/
More will follow. The energy is on Trump and Q’s side.
Try something out and listen to what these individuals have to say. Try not to be reflexive for a change and just listen.
That number has been stable for decades, moving between 6 and 11% since 1994.
I buy that but that’s the Democrat Plantation effect; welfare and lies.