You know how Republicans show their hand by projecting their own illegal behavior?

[Baitball Blogger]

I'm just wondering why they're going back to 2016 to claim that Hillary Clinton was spying on Trump. Assuming projectionism applies, are we going to learn that Trump was spying on everyone else?

[2naSalit]

1. Probably. ...nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I have no doubt that Trump had the dirt on both Republicans and Democrats.

Whether it was via private investigators, Putin, etc., he knew where the bodies were buried.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. 50 years of hotel registries

who's sleeping with who

[Tanuki]

7. And not just registries...it wouldn't surprise me a bit if there were

hidden cameras.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Trump may not have spied on the Dems, but his Russian pals did.

They also hacked the GOP. I have no doubt they shared all that information with their asset.

[Delmette2.0]

10. I thought of that also.

Why would Putin stop with the Democrats and not go for the Republicans? I think they hit the jackpot with the Rs and are blackmailing most of them.

[wnylib]

12. For sure. Keeps them loyal to

the Russian asset whom they put in the White House.

[PatSeg]

5. Great question

If Trump was doing it, he wouldn't be able to imagine his opponents not doing the same. We've learned that he is always projecting.

[mopinko]

6. let's not forget that his buddy and patron, murdoch, was taping phones in the uk.

including the phones of the royal family.
and that's just one scum bag. i have zero doubt they are blackmailing ppl.

ftr, i think w was doing a lot of that too.

[erronis]

8. Is there no code of ethics amongst those scumbags?

Rhetorical question....

[lookyhereyou]

9. agreed and Epstein immediately comes to mind

a network of Dirt and Blackmail

[mopinko]

11. yup

not that he needed them. i'm guessin both stone and manafort had this ball rolling in '15.

[Ford_Prefect]

13. What makes you think it was ONLY in the UK?

It has been said more than once he has a collection of facts and rumors about the high and mighty that rivals Edgar J. Hoover's. He built his world wide empire on selling them, and one suspects keeping them.

Russian GRU used to call it "pressure". SOP was use meaningfully incriminating information about them and those they cared about, along with payment for services rendered.

[mopinko]

17. oh i dont.

just like pecker, catch and kill juicy stories, and you have a shitton of power.

it was strongly hinted to me that members of congress were under surveillance in the w years. i was asking why impeachment was 'off the table'. i shouldnt name name's, but it was a congressman's right hand man who told me that 'people are afraid'. when i asked 'of what?' he clammed up.
about this time there was a rumor about jan schakowsky having a lesbian affair w a russian spy. might have come from pecker. i dont recall.

so, yeah, if they have nothing on you, they'll just make it up.

[Ford_Prefect]

18. SOP. It's in the "Tyrant's Own Guide and Handbook" under how to demoralize your opposition.

Title: Tyrant's Own Guide and Handbook
Publisher ? : ? Intimidation Press, Inc.; Thirty-first edition (March 17, 2020)
Language ? : ? English, (avail: Russian, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Australian)
Hardcover ? : ? 3000 pages
ISBN-10 ? : ? 0831157312
ISBN-13 ? : ? 958-0831157311
Item Weight ? : ? 2.9 pounds
Dimensions ? : ? 4.6 x 2.8 x 7 inches

[mopinko]

19. yup

[yardwork]

14. Well, Lindsay Graham, for instance.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Exactly!

It will be a crazy acknowledgment if it all finally comes together. A combination of Putin KGB methods and Hoover's FBI.

[3825-87867]

16. Epstein may be gone, but...

I wonder who is the "current" Epstein. I mean, someone must be carrying on similarly. Too much "disposable income" and fantasies from some wealthy, bored people. And have we stopped looking because we think no one does that anymore? There's just too many interested "old, older or not so old wealthy men" who will pay for anything.

Maybe it's time to start taking a hard look around. No telling what we could find by just looking. Just like who is the current trump?

Just sayin'

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I don't think it's a coinky dinky that Q-Anon and other hard right groups

attack Democrats because they believe they're involved with pedophile rings. I think there are pedophile rings that the rich and well-connected have been a part of for decades, and it's another example of how Republicans project their own nefarious actions on to the Democrats. Epstein was probably one of those real bottom feeders that started the rumors.

[twodogsbarking]

21. You know Trump has done it when he accuses others of doing the same thing.

A given.