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Laura

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Yes, she is hot. But watch the video embedded in the article. Nunes has something to say, but she keeps interrupting him, just like many of the other talking heads on TV.

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CrazyDayDuck said:

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Laura

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Yes, she is hot. But watch the video embedded in the article. Nunes has something to say, but she keeps interrupting him, just like many of the other talking heads on TV.

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Yeah, I hate it when hosts do not let people talk.

I actually meant that Laura is holding their feet to the fire. I'm one of the few that are not into blondes. Lana Parilla is more my type. Half Italian. Half Puerto Rican. And a whole lot of hotness.

Nunes and Jordan have been rock stars...especially Jordan when he took Sessions to task for not appointing a second special counsel.

And, like I said earlier, Ryan actually showed some backbone lately when he stood up to Rosenstein (who was resisting releasing the documents). Rosenstein has shown that he is close to both Mueller and Comey. A true trifecta of Swamp scumbags.

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Heard today that that POS Rosenstein was pushing Ryan hard in his effort to not release the FBI documents.

Ryan, to his credit, stood by his guns.

Supposedly it will be shown that the dossier was indeed used to get the FISA warrant on Trump. We already knew this but now we have proof.

Of course, the liberals will then start defending the dossier as being credible.

With liberals, facts never matter. Only the talking points matter to those poor deranged souls.

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Do you have a source for this?

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CrazyDayDuck said:

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Heard today that that POS Rosenstein was pushing Ryan hard in his effort to not release the FBI documents.

Ryan, to his credit, stood by his guns.

Supposedly it will be shown that the dossier was indeed used to get the FISA warrant on Trump. We already knew this but now we have proof.

Of course, the liberals will then start defending the dossier as being credible.

With liberals, facts never matter. Only the talking points matter to those poor deranged souls.

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Do you have a source for this?

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It was a guest on Hannity today at 3:40 ish.

I want to say Jordan but I'm not 100 percent sure.

Gotcha, thanks. I thought I remembered Rosenstien meeting with Ryan but wasn't sure if Ryan had fought for something like that.

It sounds like Ryan threatened Rosenstein with Contempt of Congress if he did not release the documents.

It would be nice if our MSM would actually report news like this as opposed to a curse word that our President may or may not have said.

I think that happened last week some time.

Correct... then FBI said, okay fine, we'll get you the docs by midnight.

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I still think the Bannon/Trump feud is a ruse and I also think the gag order is just a distraction as well. Bannon is getting heavy coverage today. His testimony and Trump's weight have dominated the news.

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WTF is going on here?

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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/369481-bannon-slammed-house-russia-probe-as-attempt-to-decertify-trumps

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Bannon slammed House Russia probe as attempt to 'decertify' Trump's election: report

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly attacked the House investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election as an attempt to delegitimize President Trump's election during his testimony on Tuesday.

Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.), one of the top Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, told Politico that Bannon made the remark during his ten-plus hour testimony before the committee.

The former Trump strategist blasted the committee's investigation as an attempt to "decertify the last election," according to Rooney.

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That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Her name is Jackson, not Jacobson. The Last Refuge apparently has a tip.
Just something to keep in the back of your mind.
People are speculating in the responses: Her name is in the bank records of FGPS.

Edit: He just posted the following tweet a half hour later:

Hmmmm.....

This is all just ****ing nuts.

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So literally paid propagandists of the swamp using their position in news media to promote ideology of a particular party

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Really stinks, doesn't it?

Normally "journalists" pay "sources" for info in the tabloid biz. Sources don't pay journalists to publish their drivel in hard news. Guess that is out of the window now.

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1. Between internet cutting into newspaper sales and cord cutters abandoning cable news, the news media has got to make up their revenue somehow. Getting paid to spin propaganda as news helped stop the bleeding.

2. This is why the media is all on board the Russia! bandwagon. Not only are they being paid to say it, but they have to say it. If it comes out that the media is culpable in the Fusion GPS's scheme, companies will be destroyed. Their existence depends on no one investigating their ties, that's why Trump must be impeached no matter what.

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1. Between internet cutting into newspaper sales and cord cutters abandoning cable news, the news media has got to make up their revenue somehow. Getting paid to spin propaganda as news helped stop the bleeding.

2. This is why the media is all on board the Russia! bandwagon. Not only are they being paid to say it, but they have to say it. If it comes out that the media is culpable in the Fusion GPS's scheme, companies will be destroyed. Their existence depends on no one investigating their ties, that's why Trump must be impeached no matter what.

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If the payments went to the parent companies and not the individual reporters under the table, that is.

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1. Between internet cutting into newspaper sales and cord cutters abandoning cable news, the news media has got to make up their revenue somehow. Getting paid to spin propaganda as news helped stop the bleeding.

2. This is why the media is all on board the Russia! bandwagon. Not only are they being paid to say it, but they have to say it. If it comes out that the media is culpable in the Fusion GPS's scheme, companies will be destroyed. Their existence depends on no one investigating their ties, that's why Trump must be impeached no matter what.

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If the payments went to the parent companies and not the individual reporters under the table, that is.

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True, but look at the larger picture:

Listen to any media montage for the last 20 years. They all use nearly the exact same wording regardless of reporter or network. They've been taking talking points from political campaigns for years.

With flagging sales, news execs were pressured to find new revenue streams and opted to monetizing their content. If sponsored content is acceptable elsewhere, would they turn down that payday if it came from political research firm?

It may be just a handful of bad apples reporter, but I would guess that this is an industry wide epidemic and execs at the top knew about it.

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With flagging sales, news execs were pressured to find new revenue streams and opted to monetizing their content. If sponsored content is acceptable elsewhere, would they turn down that payday if it came from political research firm?

It may be just a handful of bad apples reporter, but I would guess that this is an industry wide epidemic and execs at the top knew about it.

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Excellent point. I stand corrected. The execs had to know about it and likely have wink-wink deals with top "reporters" on how their salaries can be <ahem> "augmented."

FML.

I was thinking that when you watch the typical Main Street Media / Cable News on TV, it's analogous to seeing a Court Room Drama where they only show you the Opening Statement by the Prosecutor, the Prosecution Witnesses and the Closing Statement by the Prosecutor and that's it !

During the Clinton Administration a movie came out called "Wag the Dog", not sure it wasn't a lot closer to what really goes on in reality.

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With flagging sales, news execs were pressured to find new revenue streams and opted to monetizing their content. If sponsored content is acceptable elsewhere, would they turn down that payday if it came from political research firm?

It may be just a handful of bad apples reporter, but I would guess that this is an industry wide epidemic and execs at the top knew about it.

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Excellent point. I stand corrected. The execs had to know about it and likely have wink-wink deals with top "reporters" on how their salaries can be <ahem> "augmented."
This
FML.

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Not to mention that a reporter's story requires the approval of an editor before it runs or is aired; who are your sources, how did you verify etc.

https://saraacarter.com/2018/01/17/hillary-clinton-confidant-was-interviewed-by-fbi-in-connection-to-the-salacious-dossier/

Sara mentioned that Simpson made claims that Russia controlled the big GOP Lobbyists like the NRA and Unions.

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This is all just ****ing nuts.

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"You oughta see 'em from my side" - Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou

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Not sure what the WSJ is trying to get to here. It seems to me that they are defending Fusion because it was Russian disinformation campaign. I think someone on here called this. They said that Fusion was trying to set the stage that they aren't to blame it was on Steele.

Also I believe the last paragraph is bs. It was Weiner's laptop that reopened the Clinton investigation.

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Jesus these people were within spitting distance of consolidation of their powers. Thank God for Trump!

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Your comment is pretty much the wording I've been looking for.

Apparently, Trump used "****hole" for the wrong country.

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With flagging sales, news execs were pressured to find new revenue streams and opted to monetizing their content. If sponsored content is acceptable elsewhere, would they turn down that payday if it came from political research firm?

It may be just a handful of bad apples reporter, but I would guess that this is an industry wide epidemic and execs at the top knew about it.

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Excellent point. I stand corrected. The execs had to know about it and likely have wink-wink deals with top "reporters" on how their salaries can be <ahem> "augmented."

FML.

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It could also have been some sort of bounty system. If a reporter finds sponsored content, they get to keep 30% while the company keeps 70%. I just have a hard time believing this was allowed without it affecting the bottom line.

The interesting thing to see is if Fusion GPS's bank records list companies (e.g. NYT) or if they list individual reporters (eg Hallie Jackson). If it's invdividual reporters, expect them to be scapegoated while the company denies knowledge. If it lists companies, we will need more fans for all the fecal matter to hit.

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Had Clinton been elected, the corruption would have gone unchecked forever. We're just now finding out how bad it was and how close we came. There's got to be a way to get 100% of the truth to 100% of the people.

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I think you can count on Trump to get the word out.

I'd like to see him revoke the credentials of all the networks proven to have accepted payments. Then FCC and SEC do a little dance on their parent corps for good measure.

And the only way they get their licenses, credentials, etc back is to air a speech or presentation that shows this all to the American people.

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Not sure what the WSJ is trying to get to here. It seems to me that they are defending Fusion because it was Russian disinformation campaign. I think someone on here called this. They said that Fusion was trying to set the stage that they aren't to blame it was on Steele.

Also I believe the last paragraph is bs. It was Weiner's laptop that reopened the Clinton investigation.

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"Fusion GPS was fooled by sneaky Russians" = We'll call off the Mueller SC if you please please please drop the OIG investigation.

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Not sure what the WSJ is trying to get to here. It seems to me that they are defending Fusion because it was Russian disinformation campaign.

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Not sure if any posters called this, but Last Refuge has been saying this for a while(conservative treehouse)

Simpson worked at WSJ. Perhaps there are other connections?

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Simpson worked at WSJ. Perhaps there are other connections?

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Yup. And the rebuttal for this will be, "WSJ? That is a conservative paper! Why would they defend Fusion for no reason?"

WSJ is GOPe. They have a few pro-Trump writes (Kimberley Strassel has been all over the dossier stuff) but for the most part, they're NeverTrump.

That's just their editorial board. Their news desk is off on the left.