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Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Come on, man.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

When we show up, we win.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

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(More) Repub Venality Open Thread: Roger’s Stones

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… Unrelated to the Russia probe, Mr. Stone’s settlement is the latest indication that his use of various media platforms to spread unfounded claims isn’t without consequences. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is investigating Mr. Stone’s role in orchestrating stories about key events being examined in the Russia probe, the Journal has reported.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), who is expected to take control of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday of Mr. Stone’s testimony last year: “I believe there’s ample reason to be concerned about his truthfulness.” Mr. Stone has accused Mr. Schiff of “smear tactics” and said he stands by his testimony.

The settlement resulted from a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court in March by exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui. Mr. Guo sued Mr. Stone for falsely accusing him of being a “turncoat criminal who is convicted of crimes here and in China.” Mr. Stone also accused Mr. Guo of violating U.S. election laws by making political donations to Hillary Clinton, according to the lawsuit. It is illegal for foreign nationals to donate to U.S. election campaigns…

Mr. Guo drew scrutiny from Beijing in 2017 after he launched a high-stakes social media campaign alleging wrongdoing and corruption by China’s political and business elites. Beijing declared Mr. Guo a criminal suspect and requested an Interpol arrest notice against him, while Mr. Guo applied for asylum in the U.S., making him a flashpoint in China-U.S. relations.

Mr. Guo became a target of Mr. Stone’s a few months after launching his campaign, according to the lawsuit. In an interview last month Mr. Guo claimed that Mr. Stone was paid to make the defamatory remarks about him on InfoWars. He said the payment ultimately came from a Chinese-American media tycoon named Bruno Wu, whom Mr. Guo previously accused of being a spy for the Chinese government. Mr. Wu has filed a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Guo for these and other claims…

If, as was speculated in 2017, the campaign against Mr. Guo (aka ‘Miles Kwok’) was related to RNC finance chair Steve Wynn’s dreams of a Wynn casino in Macau… then being under Mueller’s less-than-charitable purview is probably the safest place for Roger Stone, right now. Wynn has been dethroned, Trump is going the same route, but the PRC plays a long game.

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    GxB

    At first glance I thought to myself: Hmmm, Ol’ Rog’ is reduced to autographing slabs of fatty, coarse ground bologna.

    I think it is a better metaphor.

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    sm*t cl*de

    “As questions swirl about his credibility…”

    What questions? Did someone suggest that Roger Stone has credibility?

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    prostratedragon

    Can’t find James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity on-line, unfortunately. The ending is a bit different from the movie. As we leave them, Phyllis and Walter (names are different too) appear to be just free enough …

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    JoyceH

    Could it be that Stone’s entire motivation in life has been to become famous enough that he could sign rocks and sell them to people?

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    Patricia Kayden

    I’m pretty sure that Stone will be called to testify again by Democrats early next year. One way or the other, I hope we see him in jail. Trump sure knows how to pick the “best” people.

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    Schlemazel

    Two things
    This will not hurt Stone in the least, they should have demanded money in addition
    i hate the wsj’s “unfounded claims”. If ever a story needed the phrase “unadulterated horse shit” it is this one

    @sm*t cl*de: That too!

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