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So because one happened, it's okay to do it again?

I was never certain EJ would be good. My argument throughout the summer between his 1st and 2nd year was that the average QB improved quite substantially, and since EJ didn't have a terribly bad rookie season statistically, if he just did what the average QB did from year 1 to year 2, he'd be pretty good. The average QB improved their QB rating by something like 15 points. That didn't happen, and accordingly my opinion changed. Weeks 1-4 of his second season were the worst QB play we've seen from a starting Bills QB since JP Losman's first year. He was flat out horrible. Otherwise your memory is relatively accurate.

Exactly. I have more than $15k invested in their products. Millions of people can say the same thing.

They have $6.84 TRILLION under management. They're one of the biggest mutual fund companies in the world.

I own Black Rock mutual funds. Am I tied to Ukraine?

Trump does. It probably would have been helpful if all US diplomats knew what Trump's policy actually was in Ukraine. All of them seem to think it was something different than what Guiliani was working on.

Literally every single diplomat that has testified over the past 4 days has said that it was US policy to help protect Ukraine from Russia, so that Russia couldn't expand its power and sphere of influence globally. That's what their directives were, and they're all testifying that Guiliani, Trump's personal lawyer, was actively working to undermine the work they were doing.

Holmes just explained. It lifts attention off Russia's interference in the US election, drives a wedge between US and Ukraine diplomatic relations, and makes it easier for Russia to try and regain Ukraine as part of its sphere of influence. In other words, it goes against US Foreign Policy.

I'm too dense? You're the one that just said no laws were broken. I'm sure Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort or Michael Cohen would disagree.

Laws were broken. Numerous Trump associates are in jail. He was a co-conspirator to Michael Cohen who is sitting in a jail cell. Campaign finance laws were also broken in this Ukraine quid pro quo. Saying the President was doing his job by pressuring a foreign government to investigate a political opponent on something that has been debunked (Hill will testify that today) is not doing his job.

Of course it's partisan. That doesn't change any of the facts.

Yes. They have what they need. All the testimony has given them what they required to impeach him. It will be voted along party lines, and everyone will be talking about it next Thursday.

They'll probably move quickly to vote to impeach Trump, so that everyone can talk about what happened over Thanksgiving dinner next week.

This isn't true unless Trump wrote the cheque himself.

This is a joke right?

Actually it is. You can't accept anything of value from a foreign government that could help you in a political election in the United States.

He broke campaign finance laws. He solicited something of value from a foreign power, which is ILLEGAL. You just refuse to accept that.

News flash. The "rule of law" guys don't actually give a damn about the rule of law.

Oh my god. None of the other guys with a direct line to Trump have agreed to talk. I WONDER WHY????? LMAO

Sondland said there are texts, emails, etc, but he has no access to them. He also kept zero notes. Again, did you even watch today? They got caught. Literally everything happened a month or more after the whistle blower complaint was filed and they tried to cover their ass.

SONDLAND WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH A DIRECT LINE TO THE PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST

No. He guessed about the aide being part of it. He knew that there was a quid pro quo to exchange a meeting at the White House for an investigation into Biden. You guys keep ignoring the fact that Sondland said numerous times that there would be no meeting at the White House without an investigation into Biden.

No. It's called not trying to go to jail for perjury.

No one testified that Trump told them he didn't want one. Sondland said he relayed what the President told him to relay, and refused to admit that he believed Trump was telling the truth. It also happened a month after the whistle blower report was filed. No one else has said Trump didn't say it. They just said they never heard it directly. Everyone should listen to Sondland's opening statement. He openly says that there was a quid pro quo.

Was Sondland lying under oath? That's seems to be what you're suggesting. Sondland said he had a direct line to Trump and that they spoke regularly. He also said today that he forgot or couldn't remember a lot. He pretty much spent as much of his time as possibly not implicating himself in the crimes.