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OK, you say it's a distraction. What was this little stunt designed to distract us from?

It can't be the Ukraine investigation because the whole stunt revolved around the Ukraine investigation.

Are they trying to distract us from Syria? By forcing us to pay attention to Trump's impeachable offenses in Ukraine? Not a useful distraction in any way.

Are they trying to distract us from his campaign finance violations by drawing our attention to Ukraine (which, itself, is a kind of campaign finance violation)? Again, not useful.

So what is it that they're trying to distract us from?

This stunt wasn't a distraction, it was a frontal assault on the process. That's why it needs to be dealt with.

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What? "De-ms" makes no sense.

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The squids use them to monitor the sharks with frickin' lasers. It's much like how people now film police interactions.

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Well the only way trump knows how to defend himself is to shout loudly that he is innocent and then assume that because he did, he really is.

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I didn't get truly disturbed until I saw the squid sex-tapes.You think the Strumpet would screw a squid? On-camera?

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This very Mommyblog said "HAHAHAHA Trump will never run for President, he'd have to release his tax returns"

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No offence, but every blog and Twitter feed seems to be full of strategy and communications geniuses who know exactly what the Dems need to do to win, but why oh why aren't the cowardly and feckless Dems doing it.

I'm old enough to remember when people were saying that Pelosi had sold out and would never impeach - two months ago.

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This shit would make for a completely unbelievable movie that critics would decry as "ridiculously demanding of suspension of beliefs" if it had been pitched by anyone.

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But let’s definitely get behind an old white man with lots of garbage and nepotism in his closet whose dentures are slipping.

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Was it a coincidence or did you see that documentary of the squid playground they discovered, and every little camera they put down was instantly grabbed by a squid and cuddled? They were so cute. I think they were gopro cameras. I think squid must be a new animal family-- for example between monkeys and well between monkeys and Republicans, below poodles, -- in there somewhere.

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He'd be hard to convince. He'd think we expected something REALLY big.

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There's something they never read-- just before the part they always read, Trump said, "We've been good to you. But you haven't reciprocated." Then Zelensky says that about the Sabres or whatever, that he wants to buy. Then Trump says 'but I want a favor. BUT, all we had to do, and all we were in the habit of doing with allies who were fighting to survive a common enemy as these were, is support them. And maybe we helped them police their election. Why not? I'm sure we gave them money all the time and everything we could. They didn't have to give us payback. That's a piece of crap misunderstanding a dimwit like Trump can't get past.

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Oh the whole Trump fiasco will end up being a movie a couple of years down the line - you don''t even need proper writers, it's already written itself.

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True! I used to work for the govt and my co-workers told me not to work so hard, it made them look bad. This actually happened.

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No, but with all this shit, we'll need some form of narration to help keep it straight. Because, honestly, the vastness of stupidity and characters involved makes the final season of Game of Thrones look good. D;

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https://crooksandliars.com/...

Hannity is now calling on them to do this every day.

The room needs to be secure and if the DOJ won't do its fucking job, then it falls to Pelosi to find a way to secure it. If the Sergeant at Arms doesn't have any authority, then hire rent-a-cops to stand at the door to check IDs. Let the Repubs complain all they want, do it anyway.

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