The internet thought it found the Trump whistleblower's picture. The internet was wrong

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  1. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Disinformation? How did the pee tape, Russian mafia and German bank stories play out? I forgot, so please remind me.
     
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    CNN and MSNBC have both been absolutely awesome throughout this presiduncy. Can't recommend them highly enough.
     
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    MSN is doing a pretty good job too, doubt you will enjoy the read though¯\_(º¸º)_/¯

    The unsolved mystery of frozen Ukraine aid
    One hour ago, MSN/politico
     
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    Posts like this are designed to mislead with invented versions of reality. I don't see any value in reading things like this.
     
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    opion8d Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The "ignore" option does a good job of smoothing out a road filled with potholes.
     
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    What about the stories of votes being changed by the Russians? It took congressional testimony to tell the world it never happened. In fact, every time a vote is 'mistakenly' changed, it favors democrats.
     
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    opion8d Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Obsession with this whistleblower is like obsessing over a screwdriver that set off a nuclear bast. Right now we're in the blast area.
     
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    Only if you define the nuclear blast as a fake attack on a duly elected president.
     
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    They obsess over whatever Dirty Don the Con and his Russian allies tell them to obsess over.
     
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    I agree that it's good, actually. Nice and impartial, and better written than CNN's online articles tend to be (they really need to invest in copy editors to clean up the typos and such). In fact, it's so impartial that I wonder what your response is to it, and whether you actually read it through before linking it here.

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    “The overwhelming weight of evidence we have received tells us the president ordered that aid to be held up,” Raskin added. “However, the president has succeeded in obstructing the witnesses who would tell us the exact mechanics.”

    If Democrats intend to make a public case that Trump attempted to shake down his Ukrainian counterpart, they will face pressure to address how the outright stonewall by Trump’s budget officials has impeded their effort to solve this mystery.

    Democrats have named Russell Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Michael Duffey, OMB’s national security chief, as crucial figures in their quest to learn how and why the aid was put on ice. Both were subpoenaed; but neither showed up, and several subordinates blew off the inquiry as well.​
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    From your link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-unsolved-mystery-of-frozen-ukraine-aid/ar-BBWtMAk
     
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    True.

    EXCEPT:

    Over 95% of "FAKE News" (from Unchecked/Questionable Sources) Originates From (and is Aimed at) The RW (who, apparently, relish spreading Falsely Characterized "Narratives")...

    It is what it is...:smh:
     
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    Great analogy, Mr. opion8d. :salute:
     
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    The lawyers for these individuals did not convince their clients, and a judge, to plea guilty to a "dramatic effect."
     
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    For very good and ultimately justifiable reasons.
     
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    I enjoyed the read, thanks.

     
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    Zero charges against Trump.,.. The mighty Mueller struck out !

    Speaking of felonies....
    The Democrats are now under criminal investigation and the blatant fisa abuse is going to get plenty of indictments against the left.

    Horowitz is not a right wing hack. He will give
    Comey, McCabe, Brennan & Clapper what they deserve.
     
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    I bet you did :)

     
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    I enjoy the parts about how all this is all a mystery and really nothing substantial..
     
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    :roflol:

    Horowitz? :bored: The IG? :bored:

    Are you anticipating a cascade of Federal Death Penalty Cases?

    Btw--Whatever happened to Bucket 5?

    Please keep me updated on all of the (expected) earth-shattering developments.

    NOW, back to the Actual Topic...

    WHY (in your opinion) does the Breitbart/Twitter Troll Squad continuously flood the internet with FAKE Narratives?

    Like the Mischaracterization of the Picture referenced in the OP?
     
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    No kidding I made this in about 5 seconds

    http://faketrumptweet.com/fake-tweet/k2r1wgvi_qadxms_flaqr

    When you hit “tweet” on that site you get a message “you have angered the tweet gods. They do not bestow a tweet on you
     
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    Yep! Would be easy to confuse the issue!
     
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    My mistake.... that’s what I get for posting at work. I named Horowitz, and it should have been John Durham who is a non partisan ringer of a prosecutor.

    Breitbart is the rights equivalent of CNN & MSNBC.

    Now let me ask you....

    Why didn’t ABC go with the Epstein story that involved Bill Clinton in 2016?

    Oh yeah.... Hillary was running for President.

    Fake news ?
     
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    Yea....Mueller found 10 instances where Trump personally obstructed justice and his investigation also resulted in an felony charge against Michael cohen... bonus points if you can tell me who is the Individual one that directed trump to commit that felony...

    And yea... I heard that same bullshit with Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the Classified Email investigation, and now with the FISA abuse.

    None of those people will be convicted of anything.
     
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    I believe they investigated Trump for collusion
    How did that turn out?

    Shyt head Schiff talked for years about collusion & they got nothing !
    No collusion !
     
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    Notice that you went silent on the obstruction of justice.

    But as to "collusion," they found evidence that trump encouraged and benefitted from a Russian interference that was illegal and intended to benefit trump. But there were no criminal charges because they did not find evidence of an explicit agreement to collude.

    That's a tall order given all of the refusals to testify and the encrypted communications.
     

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