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In substance, Nixon and Kissinger involving the CIA in overt and covert operations in Chile in an effort to destabilize the Allende administration was nothing short of criminal, but nothing ever came of that. So, even if Nixon "only got caught" doing what others have done in the past, I'm okay with this bringing him down. Don't get me wrong, Iran/Contra was absolutely criminal, but setting the stage for Pinochet to take control of Chile was, IMHO, way worse.

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Trump has lots of private, intimate moments with that microwave, this is the ultimate betrayal!

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I am convinced they have him isolated and are spoon feeding him disinformation.His rabid cult followers believe everything he tweets and think it is the bestest most truthness ever!!! They are using him.Ever see the Patterns of Force episode of the original Star Trek? Trump is Gil, just, never had any noble intentions going in.

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Not in a Golden Corral, she's not!

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The NAMBA thing is a Wonkette alt fact.

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For some people, intoxicants are not required for them to display poor impulse control

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Really?

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And now we hear that Secretary of Education Betsy "Never Been Inside a Public School" DeVos's brother Erik Prince (of Blackwater fame) set up meetings in the Seychelles to provide a "back channel" between Lord Dampnut and Putin. So there's that.

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It would be irresponsible not to speculate wildly.

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Why would he still be talking about the election AT ALL? His camp is the one that keeps bringing it up.

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That's the point. Get everyone questioning their sanity.

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You beat me to it because my fingers were trembling with fury.

http://www.joemygod.com/201...

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I think it's cute how he tweets that Hillary was given the answers to the debate. Actually she was given the questions (well, not really, in fact. But an indication that a question was likely to come up. Anyway.). It's an interesting lapsus, highlighting how it was a serious challenge for him to answer debate questions intelligently.

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Sleepy eyes Chuck Todd. Ok then, haven't missed much, we're still all on fire, careening off of a cliff, cool, cool.

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"What the fuck were so many Trumpers doing calling surveilled Russians on unsecured phones anyway?"

That's the billion-dollar question, isn't it?

"I can't make anything out of what's coming from Republicans and Fox - it's all handwaving and white noise."

Oh! Is this a day in the Trump administration?

"How the fuck can that be not obvious to everybody?"

It IS obvs to everyone, it's just that too many peeps are totally okay with (insert Obvious Republican Bullshit (ORB) here), as long as it's coming from their "team."

Remember Nixon's "Secret Plan To End The War, If Only You Elect Me"? Obvious bullshit, but the Republican base didn't care. They were invested in the bullshit; they didn't give a shit about stopping the war to begin with, and were as completely unconcerned about ORB then, as Trump's base is now. I guess it's only bullshit if a lefty says it, and "it" is actually some true thing.

Muy upfists for the comment, Lefty!

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I thought we went to Jared for POTUSing this week.

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