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[ForReal]

as more likely to be a more accurate portrayal of the situation. Your choice.

So, we read all the various news stories, listen to all the ex-judges, ex-prosecutors and lawyers, as well as all the TV pundits or those of us that post our opinions on social media. And what do we end up with? Conflicting thoughts, opinions and truths. In essence, all "we" end up being are cheerleaders for whichever team we root for.

Sometimes it all just seems a bit silly to me, even though I take part. LOL!! Back to watching football!!

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The MSNBC Show Where President Donald Trump Aides Make Their Case | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

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MSNBC
Published on Dec 28, 2018

While many press critics argue that the news media can seem like an echo chamber without dialogue, a trend that has only intensified in the Trump era, The Beat on MSNBC is emerging as a show where real dialogue happens -- and Trump aides can make their case. Since launching in 2017, The Beat has featured extensive interviews with Trump surrogates and supporters including Corey Lewandowski, Steve Bannon, Joe Arpaio, Sam Nunberg, Jerome Corsi, Madison Gesiotto, David Wohl, Daniel Bonevac and many more. Several of those political insiders appear in this segment reviewing memorable guests from 2018, along with reporting from the field and a lighter moment with a Trump supporter’s dog during the 2018 recount for the U.S. Senate race in Florida.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIG6Ov9LMQ

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Lawyer Who Defended Clinton: Mueller Will Subpoena Trump In 2019 | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

MSNBC
Published on Dec 27, 2018

A mystery case that is reportedly connected to the Mueller probe makes its way to the Supreme Court, as President Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, claims Trump will not be “answering any more questions” from Mueller’s team and with no evidence, alleges Mueller mishandled evidence. Former U.S. Acting Solicitor General under President Clinton, Walter Dellinger, tells Ari Melber he “would expect” Mueller to “seek to subpoena” Trump before concluding his investigation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USbmFOoMUEI

From video:

The Ghost of Trump Chaos Future

Sorry, investors, but there is no sanity clause.

By Paul Krugman
Opinion Columnist
Dec. 24, 2018

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The truth is that most of the time, presidential actions don’t matter much for the economy; short-term economic management is mainly up to the Fed. But when bad things happen, we do need the White House to step up. In 2008 and 2009, it mattered a lot that officials of both the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration responded competently and intelligently to the financial crisis.

Unfortunately, there’s no reason to expect a comparable degree of competence if something goes wrong again.

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Consider how the Trumpistas have responded to falling stocks. So far these are just a minor economic bobble. Yet Trump himself, having claimed credit when stocks were rising, has flown into a rage and lashed out; hence the attacks on Powell. Meanwhile, top officials are still claiming that last year’s tax cut was a triumph in the teeth of the evidence, and issuing bizarre statements — via Twitter — about the health of the banks, which nobody was questioning.

Now imagine how this administration team might cope with a real economic setback, whatever its source. Would Trump look for solutions or refuse to accept responsibility and focus mainly on blaming other people? Would his Treasury secretary and chief economic advisers coolly analyze the problem and formulate a course of action, or would they respond with a combination of sycophancy to the boss and denials that anything was wrong? What do you think?

Let’s be clear: There isn’t an obvious crisis-level threat looming at the moment. But growth is slowing, and as the bumper stickers don’t quite say, stuff happens. And if and when it does, the people who would be supposed to deal with it are the gang that can’t think straight. Merry Christmas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/opinion/trump-economy-stock-market.html

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Rudy Giuliani gets angry when challenged with his own words

CNN
Published on May 18, 2018

President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani gets angry with CNN's Chris Cuomo after Cuomo played a 1998 clip of him saying that presidents must comply with subpoenas to testify.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7eR1e0WE4k