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I think I agree with you. So

artappraiser — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:24:44 +0000

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I think I agree with you. So thanks for help formulating my response to my friend....

It's been reported that Trump

ocean-kat — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:20:45 +0000

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It's been reported that Trump has given his generals carte blanche to increase troop levels in Afghanistan but as yet they haven't. When they do it will be in the public record and we can respond then. This is more a story about Trump's disengagement from policy decisions he lacks the mental capacity to understand.

Interesting comment on this

artappraiser — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:58:16 +0000

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Interesting comment on this from a friend in my email, I think highly of his analytic skills, really threw my thinking for a loop:

We are doing just what the Russian s want - getting involved with internal legal squabbles and taking the eye off the bigger picture. In the meantime trump told the military to feel free to send more troops to Afghanistan- no oversight.

In the end, though, isn't that a nihilist take, that we can't turn this country back on a course that isn't chaotic? Step-by-step, inch-by-inch....

Don't go all emo on us, Dick

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:00:23 +0000

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Don't go all emo on us, Dick - here, have an emoji. Better not to make an emol hill out of a mountain, if you know what I mean. (I hope you do, cause I don't).

Wow!

Richard Day — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:36:39 +0000

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Wow!

Getting repubs to join in this suit will be hard.

Louie Gohmert (according to deniable sources) noted that emoluments were normally good things that help in his digestion but he just can't join in some dem action.

"It just doesn't feel right!"

House Democrats battle behind

artappraiser — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 05:51:10 +0000

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House Democrats battle behind the scenes over impeachment

By Mike Lillis @ TheHill.com, 06/13/17 11:00 AM EDT

The weekly meeting of House Democrats on Tuesday erupted over stark disagreements about how the party should fight President Trump.

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), a leadership ally, stood during the Democrats’ closed-door caucus meeting to denounce Rep. Brad Sherman’s (D-Calif.) impeachment push as a selfish maneuver that could hurt fellow Democrats and candidates at home, according to a source in the room.

There must be ”a discussion within the caucus — in a public forum — before we do something that would position our colleagues or our future colleagues,” Capuano said, according to the source.

"Emotions are high. These issues have political implications and government ones."

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the minority whip, also took issue with Sherman’s tactics on Tuesday after the meeting.

“We believe strongly that a discussion about impeachment is not timely,” he said [....]

NYTimes:

artappraiser — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 05:48:14 +0000

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NYTimes:

Democrats to Sue Trump Over Foreign Business Deals

By SHARON LaFRANIERE 12:01 AM ET

Nearly 200 members of Congress will contend that Mr. Trump took gifts from foreign powers in violation of the Constitution.

The Hill:

Nearly 200 Democrats sue Trump citing emoluments clause violation

By Brooke Seipel - 06/14/17 12:24 AM EDT