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Journal by fustakrakich

My discomfort in the last few years, first with Russiagate and now with Ukrainegate and impeachment, stems from the belief that the people pushing hardest for Trump’s early removal are more dangerous than Trump. Many Americans don’t see this because they’re not used to waking up in a country where you’re not sure who the president will be by nightfall. They don’t understand that this predicament is worse than having a bad president.

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Here's looking at you, DNC!

When is she going to announce?

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday October 14 2019, @07:56PM (5 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday October 14 2019, @07:56PM (#907109) Journal

    The reporter says,

    The whistleblower said the official was "visibly shaken" by what had transpired

    Get whatever "transpired" on tape please. Everybody involved right now is too emotional.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:02AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:02AM (#907193)

    We know what transpired. Ukraine had already reopened the investigations months earlier, then Trump (who didn't know) was like hey why not look into that corrupt Biden stuff, then months later there was some kind of (seemingly unrelated) small aid package Ukraine got from the US. The only people who could be "visibly shaken" when they heard such an exchange are those who were involved in the corruption somehow.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:08AM (3 children)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:08AM (#907196) Journal

      We know what transpired.

      So you heard the tapes? Unless you have clearance you didn't mention, you only know what the tabloids are telling you. It is very presumptuous to believe what they say. Whistleblowers bring evidence, not testimony. Send them back in with a wire.

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      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:39AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:39AM (#907200)

        The transcript is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uyWKAGgHIqDEORgjOyo0uq7JOXzhxOQf/preview [google.com]

        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:43AM (1 child)

          by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:43AM (#907202) Journal

          Those are based on testimony, not recordings. All the good whistleblowers from the past came with real documentation. That's what we need here.

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          La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:45AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:45AM (#907204)

            A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation.· (TELCON) is not a verbatim transcript of a
            discussion. The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty
            "Officers and-NSC policy staff assigned t_o listen.and memorialize the conversation in written form
            as the conversation takes place. A numper of factors can affect 'the accuracy of the reco�d,
            including poor telecommunications connections and variations in accent and/or interpretation.
            The word "inaudible" is used to indifate portions of a conversation that the notetaker was unable
            to hear.

            It sounds like the same thing as a court record where someone types in what is being said as well as they can in shorthand.