Joseph A. Bondy: Just finished taping our first live interview, with Rachel Maddow (Pic)

[Dennis Donovan]

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Joseph A. Bondy @ osephabondy

Just finished taping our first live interview, with Rachel Maddow. (L to R, @josephabondy, @maddow, Lev Parnas, Stephanie Schuman, Esq. @LeafLegal). Tune in this evening, at 9:00pm. #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers



4:14 PM - Jan 15, 2020

There it is!

[lunatica]

1. I love that Rachel has her levis on!

They all look satisfied so it evidently went well.

[shanti]

37. She always wears them on her show

you just don't see them.

[lunatica]

38. I know. I just like seeing them

[shanti]

42. me too!

[renate]

2. Rachel looks happy

[getagrip_already]

3. not to be pedantic....

But if it's taped, it's not a live interview. A live interview isn't subjected to an editor and time.

I'm damn well going to watch it, but live it's not.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. Maybe he meant being in the same room w/ Rachel?

But, yeah, taped, not live.

[jayfish]

17. In Broadcasting It's Called "Live To Tape".

Usually with no to minimal edits. It's pretty standard.

[getagrip_already]

18. tape?

Is that still a thing? Rusty plastic went away years ago, no?

Just curious. But my assumption is it's all digital to memory cards or disk. Do studios still use tape?

[jayfish]

20. It's Just A Standard Word.

Like when you buy the new Tool "album". That being said I'm sure some trucks still have Beta (not that Beta) decks in them to supplement thier digital tools.

[kag]

52. Or when you say you "filmed" something

when in fact you video recorded it.

[Tanuki]

55. Or "Dial 1-800 (whatever)." When was the last time anyone used a phone with a dial?

[SayItLoud]

47. Live to tape. nt

[Perseus]

49. Maybe they call it "live" because they don't intend to edit it, so its a WYSIWYG?

Sorry, I guess I am being pedantic

[SidDithers]

4. "taping" a "live interview"...

Sid

[Frustratedlady]

6. This is interesting, but I was also hoping she'd explain the Russian situation with Putin and

the resignation of his people.

Gotta hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on my doors, tonight.

[malaise]

9. Putin is going to change the Constitution so that he can have

a fifth term.

[OnDoutside]

12. I would recommend her new book Blowout....it explains a lot.

[NJCher]

39. she might

devote a segment, even if it's small, to it and cover it more in depth another time. I'm amazed at how much she packs into a show each night.

[RandiFan1290]

7. Don't like the topic?

So, find something to nitpick

[Dennis Donovan]

10. ?

[RandiFan1290]

11. Sorry, Dennis

I didn't mean you

[Dennis Donovan]

13. No worries

[Brother Buzz]

25. Nitpicking would be asking why Parnes is using a pot lawyer

Stephanie (Schuman) is the founder and principal attorney of Leaf Legal, P.C., one of the nation's first full-service cannabis-only firms.

https://www.leaflegalpc.com/stephanie-schuman

What's up with that?

[Midnight Writer]

27. Bolton said that Rudy and Co. were making a "drug deal".

[Brother Buzz]

29. Oh man, that's DUzy worthy

[NJCher]

41. hah!

good one.

[Zoonart]

30. They were.

Lev and Igor were attempting to secure permits to farm marajuana in FL and maybe other states.

[Brother Buzz]

32. That's interesting. First I heard of it

[Zoonart]

35. Oh yes...

Google Parnas and pot.

[Brother Buzz]

43. Ah, their plan appears to have been unsuccessful due to an inability to prove that they had the cash

I suspect cash wasn't a problem, but rather, a dearth of laundered clean money would be my guess.

[WheelWalker]

54. "High" Crimes & Misdemeanors?

[Mersky]

8. Brilliantly done: his interview is already in the can!!!!

Taped? Live? Whatever. Is awesome.

[renate]

16. yeah, I'm relieved

And relieved to see her looking happy afterwards.

I would have been a nervous wreck if it had actually been live in case he used his air time to say "JK, Trump's a great guy" or something.

[Mersky]

19. Me, too. Whew.

For all the reasons you mentioned.

I was both excited and sorta worried when his appearance on her show was first announced.

[jayfish]

23. I Wouldn't Be So Sure About "Brilliantly Done".

They've telegraphed everything giving Bill Barr and his minions time to file for a injunction to stop the airing over some nebulous "privilege" claim. You know, someone on the Left doing something doesn't automatically make what was done super-awesome.

[Mersky]

26. In this world of broken oaths and authoritarian claims of power

And the information battle that has brewed for decades, going outside the box may just have to happen.

Lemme ask you this: do you think Rachel would show up for a subpoena? Cuz I do. That’s awesome enough for me, and that ain’t automatic.

What he knows needs to see the light of day.

[maxsolomon]

14. I wouldn't put a Russian Mobster on live TV, either.

Her staff need time to take apart a Gish Gallop.

[erronis]

60. Thanks for that reference to "Gish Gallop" - hadn't heard it before - perfect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

The Gish gallop is a technique used during debating that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible, without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments. The term was coined by Eugenie Scott and named after the creationist Duane Gish, who used the technique frequently against proponents of evolution.

[maxsolomon]

62. It's become a standard GOP technique.

Throw out some horseshit no Dem has ever heard of (for example: "The Virginia Assault Weapons Ban will have a 18-member Confiscation Squad!&quot and then the Dem has to waste their time refuting it, and never getting to advocating for the actual legislation or regulation.

Works like a charm, and Trump is the evidence.

[dewsgirl]

15. Out of all the Lev photos out there, this is the last one I ever

imagined, yet the one I'm happiest to see.

[Leghorn21]

21. Thanks, Dennis!!

3 hours, 59 minutes to go

Standing by........

HEY LOOK - “Maddow” trending at #6!

https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Maddow

GOOD TIMES

[lanlady]

22. I hope she lets him do the talking

Love Rachel but she always asks such long-winded, leading questions that cut into her guests' time. Lev obviously has a lot to say - I hope he let him do 95% of the talking.

[NewJeffCT]

24. What's up with ties in the Trump World?

Parnas' tie is way too short and Trump's ties are way too long?

(the correct length, I was told back in the days when I had to wear suits to the office is that the tie should come down to about your belt buckle - around in the middle of it)

[oregonjen]

36. Guys that have a protruding belly like to wear their pants under the belly

Perhaps that’s what he’s doing, thus making the tie look too short?

[Dennis Donovan]

48. ...except Fred Mertz

[underthematrix]

28. I watch and DVR TRMS every single night and I love love her show.

With that said, I find this photo very very disturbing.

[malachi]

51. Agree. Standing there smiling with a ratfucker like Parnas. WTF.

Parnas.

[Lokee11]

53. I agree

Is this not the guy who was basically texting back and forth with the dip-shit from Connecticut, it what could easily be described as a set up to literally execute a "mob hit" on Yovanovitch? Am I wrong? I have been wrong before, in fact, if you ask my wife I am wrong quite often.

Also, was DU not going bananas recently about all the pics with him and Igor, with Orange Orangutan Hitler, and so many other Repuglicons? Why is she taking a photo like they are all pals? I like Rachel - I am just confused.

Sorry my first post here ever is full of confusion but ¯_( ツ )_/¯

[erronis]

61. Welcome to our club of confusion. But usually we figure things out as a group.

[marble falls]

63. You'd want her to get a photo of her guests, don't you? He fingered Trump, didn't he? ...

Are you concerned that Rachel at some point will deny knowing Lev, claiming, "I get my picture taken with a lot of people, doesn't mean I know them."

Do you think she should have mope slapped him and tweaked his nose?

[Rhiannon12866]

65. You're right, he looks very similar in this pic as he did in those other infamous photos

Maybe he likes having his picture taken? At least this time he's keeping better company! And welcome to DU! We often get confused here, too. These are confusing times.

[BadGimp]

31. I have a really bad feeling about this...

I have a really bad feeling about this entire Lev Parnas guy and all the people behind/around him. It all feels like a set up designed to ultimately blow up the work of the Dems in Congress and the Senate.

The media will play along because they win no matter how it turns out.

[Dennis Donovan]

34. Rachel's smile tells me Lev brought the goods

[Toorich]

44. Bad-Agreed....

...... This smells like the fake document scam they ran at Dan Rather.

But.... Rachael has talked about the vetting her people do
before she runs with a story.

I'm hoping ol' Lev goes nuclear on the Tangerine Turd.

[triron]

45. Please don't.

[BootinUp]

33. Lev... lol this guy is something else!

[jlerollblues]

40. Can i be

awkward here. this is like looking at one of those trippy screen GIFs

[titanicdave]

46. ......Amazing.....

.......Rachel will dig and dig.......and then dig some more......and then dig some more again......this will be an historic episode of her show.......

[Marcuse]

50. I suspect Coitus Rodentia, but Maddow will try to salvage it as she did with Trump's 2k5 tax return

[Duppers]

64. WTF?!

[SergeStorms]

56. Wild horses....

couldn't keep me from watching Rachel tonight. Well, I watch her 95% of days in the year anyway, but tonight will be especially "must watch" TV.

[Leith]

57. 2 hours left to go!

I am going to watch every minute. Every second!!

For those who say that he's just another mobster and can't be trusted, who do you think testifies against the big mobster bosses?

[SunSeeker]

58. Lev sure looks happy he spilled his guts to Rachel. nt

[Talitha]

59. IMO she's really happy SHE got the interview - instead of someone else.

In any case... I'll be watching too.