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NYT: I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
#11
Many of those people "quoted" have emphatically denied such quotes and characterized them as fiction. Woodward also seems to be a historically questionable source (esquire).
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#12
Quote: @AGRforever said:
@SFVikingFan said:
Wow.  If this is true, this is utterly mind-blowing.  The NYT says they know the identity of the author of this Op-Ed, but are withholding that person's identity at their request.

This fits right in with everything that I see out of Trump on a near-daily basis though.  This, along with Woodward's new book, where he has hundreds of hours of taped interviews, really starts to paint a pretty grim picture of the leadership of our country at the moment.  I would be all for the 25th Amendment being invoked to remove the President if this is all true.  Any red-blooded American should be as well.

I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump AdministrationI work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.
It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.
The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
I would know. I am one of them.
To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.
But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.
That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.
(more at the link above)
lol you buy that horse poop?  what advantage is there for a true “resistance” leader to write the press and tell them what theyre doing?  ill help you out...none....absolutley none. 

the nsa has every electronic detail about our life stored on a twenty acre harddrive out in utah. do you honestly believe that someone loyal to the president wouldnt have let him know that theres a rat?  there is every phone/text/email etc etc etc the info would be easily obtainable. 

so either trump is wilfully allowing rats in his administration OR this is just another bull$hit anonmous source. weve been down the road of anonmous sources so often which are later proven to be organized propoganda from the left that Ill never beleive another anonomous source again. either put your name on it or it didnt happen. 
Well you don’t have to believe it, but it’s more than a little telling to me that Trump and others inside the administration do.  Have you heard of a single denial or declaration of “fake news”?  All I’ve heard so far is Trump calling for the NYT to release the auhor’s name to the government and Sarah Sanders calling for the “coward to resign.”
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@greediron said:
@MaroonBells said:
With friends like this who needs enemas? 
Not that I entirely disagree, but that is funny coming from CNN.
See, this is the big problem with Trump (and apparently, you). These are actual quotes. If you don't believe them, fine. But blame Woodward, not CNN. 
And the problem seems to be more those that actually believe anything CNN sez.  I have called trump and idiot, so I don't disagree, but quoting CNN in a political debate is like citing your own Wikipedia page in your own autobiography.
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Quote: @suncoastvike said:
The great thing about this great country is it's stronger then any one person or group of people. We've had more bad leadership then good at all 3 branches and yet still survived. Will it end? Sure all great civilizations eventually fail. Greek, Roman, Egyptian pick any. Is it an accident that English is spoken in so many different countries. Now they're just an island. We no matter how much we fight it we will fail in the end. Not now though and not because of the last 20 years of what I view as bad leadership. So bad they want us fighting to focus us on something other then how bad. No swamp will be drained. Never thought it would. Not because people are inside fighting against it. Like this story wants to tell us. Because it was just a  campaign slogan. Nothing more. The swamp is greed. Is this the guy to end greed? Are any of these leaders?  I'll be honest here I don't even know what's going on anymore. I stop watching news several years ago. Now I barely read the news. What good is knowing. Can I change it? The only news I watch is local 24 hour news. Traffic and weather every :20 minutes. For about 1/ 2 in the morning.  You want to know how I find out I feel about something? Editorial articles. You know they have agendas going in. So read them and from both sides. That's true debate there. Who makes the stronger case. Which seem most likely. Use Then decide. However just remember no matter how much you dislike what's going on. It's out of your control. Only worry about what you can control. Everything else by design is to keep you off balance by anger so they can control you. 
Sorry about the rambling. Tired of hearing the useless puppet fighting.
quite right SunCoast.  I don't watch tv news.  I don't read much from the papers.  But like you, I read stuff from both sides and form my own opinion.

The best quote ever about the media is that they don't need to control what you think, just what you think about.
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Quote: @SFVikingFan said:
Wow.  If this is true, this is utterly mind-blowing.  The NYT says they know the identity of the author of this Op-Ed, but are withholding that person's identity at their request.

This fits right in with everything that I see out of Trump on a near-daily basis though.  This, along with Woodward's new book, where he has hundreds of hours of taped interviews, really starts to paint a pretty grim picture of the leadership of our country at the moment.  I would be all for the 25th Amendment being invoked to remove the President if this is all true.  Any red-blooded American should be as well.

I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump AdministrationI work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.
It’s not just that the special counsel looms large. Or that the country is bitterly divided over Mr. Trump’s leadership. Or even that his party might well lose the House to an opposition hellbent on his downfall.
The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
I would know. I am one of them.
To be clear, ours is not the popular “resistance” of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous.
But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.
That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.
(more at the link above)
no red blooded American should ever act rashly on the word of any anonamous source unless lives are in immediate danger.  this countries core systems and beliefs are founded on innocent until proven guilty... and while I dont think Trump is innocent of much anything,  I think he deserves to face his accusers publicly just as any other American should be able to do if actions are being considered unless  their lives are in danger.... but since the clintons are out of the picture I think this person should be willing to come forward if the goal is to have Trump impeached,  if it wasnt why would they risk blowing their cover or making the president wary to their deeds?  IMO this is all bull shit made up so that a media person can get their fiction printed.  once again no accountability in journalism.   screaming fire in a crowded theater 24-7-365 in America with no ramifications.
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#17
Not sure why the Trumpkins are so upset about this. I remember talking to a few of his supporters before the election who would actually acknowledge his instability and incompetence, but would argue that we had nothing to worry about because there would be people in Washington who would prevent him from pushing the country off a cliff. This op-ed confirms that there are indeed people in Washington doing exactly that. So why the bluster? I sorta see this person as someone who wanted to calm fears on the RIGHT side of the aisle. Think about it--Republicans get what they want (conservative supreme court nominees, tough guy immigration policy, tax cuts, etc), and now know that the worst inclinations of our "Very Stable Genius" that we ALL fear will be held in check. 
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
Not sure why the Trumpkins are so upset about this. I remember talking to a few of his supporters before the election who would actually acknowledge his instability and incompetence, but would argue that we had nothing to worry about because there would be people in Washington who would prevent him from pushing the country off a cliff. This op-ed confirms that there are indeed people in Washington doing exactly that. So why the bluster? I sorta see this person as someone who wanted to calm fears on the RIGHT side of the aisle. Think about it--Republicans get what they want (conservative supreme court nominees, tough guy immigration policy, tax cuts, etc), and now know that the worst inclinations of our "Very Stable Genius" that we ALL fear will be held in check. 
not sure where you are reading "upset"?
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
Not sure why the Trumpkins are so upset about this. I remember talking to a few of his supporters before the election who would actually acknowledge his instability and incompetence, but would argue that we had nothing to worry about because there would be people in Washington who would prevent him from pushing the country off a cliff. This op-ed confirms that there are indeed people in Washington doing exactly that. So why the bluster? I sorta see this person as someone who wanted to calm fears on the RIGHT side of the aisle. Think about it--Republicans get what they want (conservative supreme court nominees, tough guy immigration policy, tax cuts, etc), and now know that the worst inclinations of our "Very Stable Genius" that we ALL fear will be held in check. 
you are right about much of that, except the "upset" part. 

Many are just laughing at the "bombshell" of an anonymous source.
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Quote: @greediron said:
@MaroonBells said:
Not sure why the Trumpkins are so upset about this. I remember talking to a few of his supporters before the election who would actually acknowledge his instability and incompetence, but would argue that we had nothing to worry about because there would be people in Washington who would prevent him from pushing the country off a cliff. This op-ed confirms that there are indeed people in Washington doing exactly that. So why the bluster? I sorta see this person as someone who wanted to calm fears on the RIGHT side of the aisle. Think about it--Republicans get what they want (conservative supreme court nominees, tough guy immigration policy, tax cuts, etc), and now know that the worst inclinations of our "Very Stable Genius" that we ALL fear will be held in check. 
you are right about much of that, except the "upset" part. 

Many are just laughing at the "bombshell" of an anonymous source.
You don't believe it? Trump sure does. And he's not laughing much about it either, calling this person "treasonous" and "gutless" and saying that he must be "turned over to the government at once!" I'm just saying that he's too stupid to see how this person might actually benefit him. 
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