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Borowitz is always on target.

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I'm so dizzy!

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And to think, all El Presidente needed to do was remind everyone that ambassadors serve at the discretion of the President, and he wanted someone else to have that job in Kyiv. Thank you very much, Ambassador Yovanovitch.....

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https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/01/16/lev-parnas-creator-of-echo-chambers/ Just been over to Empty Wheel and saw this. You might find it interesting.

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the last days of pompeo

some people call me the base lowboyyeah some people call me the teabag of taintsome people call me more greasenow I'm the Pompeo of late

i'm a loseri'm a poseri'm a self-abuseri do my boot-lickin on the run

[etc, there's a lot more to this classic by the steve miller band] -

but more to your point: yes, he is scum. human scum

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"Objection, your honor. Assumes competence not in evidence!"

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Who knew that the guy who turns out to be the 'John Dean' of Stupid Watergate is the guy whose company whas known as "Fraud Guarantee"....

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Well, he DOES definitely strike me as the kind of guy who would chop a baby in half to make a point...

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I"ve read too many Dortmunder novels...I keep waiting for the Bulgarians to show up...

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There is no good reason he shouldn't, but a lot of bad ones he might not. But I hope he does, and the sooner the better.

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Many thanks. That is valuable insight.

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this is really really interesting.

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Yes - satire is Borowitz' medium.

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Harry Sargeant III through his attorney claimed his payments to Parnas was a loan that he expected to be paid back.

Yeah, a billionaire business man loans money to someone he barely knows WITHOUT loan documents but expects to be paid back.

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