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Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:01 AM Feb 2017

MARK IT DOWN. The beginning of the END. MICHAEL FLYNN RESIGNS

Last edited Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:06 AM - Edit history (1)

Now being reported by CNN.

Mark me down for this - THIS is the beginning of the END.

This will go to the top and be the undoing of Trump. It may take a few months, but this will be related to the end of Trump, if not the catalyst itself.

You KNOW he was instructed by Trump. They have transcripts of the calls. Trump's decision to politicize and fuck with Langley is coming to fruit so much sooner than I thought it would.





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MARK IT DOWN. The beginning of the END. MICHAEL FLYNN RESIGNS (Original Post) Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 OP
11th hour not reporting this yet Dem2 Feb 2017 #1
CNN reading the resignation letter in front of the White House right now. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #3
I will MARK YOU DOWN FOR THIS! dchill Feb 2017 #2
Thanks! There is no possible way Flynn was acting w/o Trump's backing Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #6
I know. I just hope those transcripts... dchill Feb 2017 #8
I would bet it's in too many hands by now Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #11
Safety in numbers. dchill Feb 2017 #15
And in numbers, we have shown. Resistance. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #41
Hoping so much you are spot on! We need this nightmare to be over. manicraven Feb 2017 #50
I think we will be stuck with Pence and I've made peace with that. He Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #52
Pence is in this shit to his eyeballs triron Feb 2017 #58
Oh yeah but nobody knows, it was just a big fah-cade. . . Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #62
I agree. Don't count Pence in LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 #72
Stupid Tweety just said otherwise JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #40
Yeah. Tweety. He's like an occasionally entertaining weatherperson. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #43
First Step.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #56
And Pence's JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #80
This Was My 2 Cents Me. Feb 2017 #4
You are soooooooo correct Me. GMTA, like you were Me, lol. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #20
You Sooooooooo Made Me Smile Me. Feb 2017 #37
Popcorn salted with the tears of MAGA aka Make 'Murica White Again dreams Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #42
The SIGINT is paying off. roamer65 Feb 2017 #5
Acting NSA is Keith Kellog now. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #9
They all did. wildeyed Feb 2017 #16
The career guys are working it and leaking. roamer65 Feb 2017 #21
It is sublime . . . like long warm nights of mispent youth. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #26
He's already disqualified himself world wide wally Feb 2017 #65
agreed, www. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #66
Maru Kitteh MFM008 Feb 2017 #7
Fareed Zakaria on CNN said same. roamer65 Feb 2017 #32
Zakaria is one of the most thorough, professional and knowledgable journalists I've seen for Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #33
He's very methodical and analytic. roamer65 Feb 2017 #44
He reminds me of Christiane Amanpour. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #47
Every person that voted him into that position AwakeAtLast Feb 2017 #10
I can't wait to hear the whining and crying. Ilsa Feb 2017 #23
I can't wait till the threads unravel and expose the geriatric toddler behind the curtain Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #31
I knew something would happen tonight! wildeyed Feb 2017 #12
What I really want to know is ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #13
If justice were a real thing, it would be Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #48
It hasn't even been a month JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #14
wow your right MFM008 Feb 2017 #28
IDK Cosmocat Feb 2017 #17
"This is not the end, teamster633 Feb 2017 #39
Sadly, true. We deserve a Blue Wave in '18, but our election systems GreenPartyVoter Feb 2017 #76
Yep Cosmocat Feb 2017 #77
From your keyboard to God's eyes Hekate Feb 2017 #18
How about from my keyboard to the eject button in god's Astin Martin? Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #24
That works for me! Hekate Feb 2017 #25
Sure hope you're right, Maru Kitteh. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #19
Another disaster from a completely incompetent administration. J_William_Ryan Feb 2017 #22
I hope you are right starshine00 Feb 2017 #27
Exactly. Pence is an ass; but Trump is the equivalent of an anthrax Jack-in-the-box. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #36
It's not over yet. Congressional hearings must be held. Put Flynn oasis Feb 2017 #29
Trump will be gone before the month is over. putitinD Feb 2017 #30
I hope you're right, but it is a short month... JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #38
Oh, how I hope you're right! I need my life back, and right now I'm too worried to relax... manicraven Feb 2017 #59
Come on Cosmocat Feb 2017 #79
Yeppers...the fat lady is getting up from her chair... pbmus Feb 2017 #34
I think you're right. He's just a tip of the iceberg. R B Garr Feb 2017 #35
Hope so, let's keep it going... Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #45
I hope you are right, Maru Kitteh. brer cat Feb 2017 #46
Oh, brer cat, so do I. One thing in our favor; Republicans don't love him, and his poll numbers Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #49
wrote it on he wall,,,,, nt Cryptoad Feb 2017 #51
Hey, there's a job opening at the White House. Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #53
And The Firing of Sally Yates... LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #54
Hell to the YES. And thanks to his attacks on the intelligence agency (calling them NAZI's) Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #57
I sure hope you're right! TygrBright Feb 2017 #55
Absolutely! StarryNite Feb 2017 #60
I bet Flynn was paid off to resign so he wouldn't squeal on dRump and whoever else, thinking Doitnow Feb 2017 #61
Gergen wondered earlier if the reason they had not dumped him already was becuase Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #64
One traitor down... world wide wally Feb 2017 #63
Retired Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks is on CNN saying Flynn could not have acted alone. SunSeeker Feb 2017 #67
Yes. Precisely my point. I think two things will come of this."The Dossier" and Trump's Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #68
I can only imagine... WiffenPoof Feb 2017 #69
I appreciate your insight but I have my doubts. He is already committing impeachable offenses StevieM Feb 2017 #70
Please follow the thread all the way to traitor Trump and Bannon! workinclasszero Feb 2017 #71
Your lips to God's wars Maru! BadGimp Feb 2017 #73
I'm with you cvoogt Feb 2017 #74
When I hear ''falling on his sword'' it reminds me of Oliver North. YOHABLO Feb 2017 #75
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Feb 2017 #78

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
6. Thanks! There is no possible way Flynn was acting w/o Trump's backing
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:06 AM
Feb 2017

when he did this, and the transcripts will reveal this.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
11. I would bet it's in too many hands by now
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:10 AM
Feb 2017

including select members of congress.

Too much. It's out of control now.

manicraven

(901 posts)
50. Hoping so much you are spot on! We need this nightmare to be over.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:07 AM
Feb 2017

Not sure where we'll end up, though. Will Pence go down, too, or will be stuck with him for the rest of the term? In any case, I feel like nearly anybody would be safer than tRump. He is emotionally unstable, vindictive, and an authoritarian. Needs to be out of the White House!

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
52. I think we will be stuck with Pence and I've made peace with that. He
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:11 AM
Feb 2017

was about to lose reelection in Indiana for goodness sake. He has the personality and appeal of a bag of wet cardboard. He's not an anthrax jack-in-the-box like Trump is.

That we can deal with.

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
40. Stupid Tweety just said otherwise
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:40 AM
Feb 2017

Of course Flynn betrayed Trump!

(someone please force Mathews to retire)

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
56. First Step....
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:24 AM
Feb 2017

Turn Off MSNBC/Comcast Universal

Second Step: Turn on CNN as they have on the Washington Post Reporter Adam Entous that broke the story forcing Flynn to resign tonight.

MSNBC/Comcast is brought, sold and is in Cheeto's back-pocket. #FYI

JustAnotherGen

(31,818 posts)
80. And Pence's
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 07:35 AM
Feb 2017

I woke up to this. Day off. Watching Morning Joe.

Joe pivoted very quickly to "He lied to Pence".

No he didn't. Pence is in on it.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
20. You are soooooooo correct Me. GMTA, like you were Me, lol.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:13 AM
Feb 2017

I think just the machinery of getting him out may take longer than 100 days, but you are so correct in your assessment.

He ain't havin' no fun at all.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
37. You Sooooooooo Made Me Smile
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:37 AM
Feb 2017

Used to have a relative whose highest compliment in life was to say 'you're like me' and if you rec'd it, you let all other family members know. So thank you for that.

It may take longer but already the 'what did he know and when did he know it' question is being asked.

anyone

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
9. Acting NSA is Keith Kellog now.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:08 AM
Feb 2017

I don't know much about him other than he had his nose up BLOTUS' petutie during the campaign also.

world wide wally

(21,742 posts)
65. He's already disqualified himself
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:44 AM
Feb 2017

Anybody willing to work for this administration is not fit to serve the public interest.

(Catch 23)

MFM008

(19,808 posts)
7. Maru Kitteh
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:06 AM
Feb 2017

My brother said the same thing as you.
Flynn acted on BLOTUS orders.
I feel so bad for them......

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
32. Fareed Zakaria on CNN said same.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:27 AM
Feb 2017

He was right on the money with it, along with Gergen.

Fareed is going for the jugular.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
33. Zakaria is one of the most thorough, professional and knowledgable journalists I've seen for
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:30 AM
Feb 2017

a very long time.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
23. I can't wait to hear the whining and crying.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:17 AM
Feb 2017

And I can't wait to say "I told you so," when the depths of their treason is revealed.

Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
17. IDK
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:12 AM
Feb 2017

I don't see an end in the near future with Rs in control of both chambers of Congress.

IMO this is likely just the beginning of the beginning.

teamster633

(2,029 posts)
39. "This is not the end,
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:39 AM
Feb 2017

...this is not even the beginning of the end, but it may be the end of the beginning."

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
76. Sadly, true. We deserve a Blue Wave in '18, but our election systems
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:15 AM
Feb 2017

have been so badly corrupted, I doubt we will get one.

Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
77. Yep
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:42 AM
Feb 2017

The country has allowed the system to be so absurdly gamed (to be generous).

And those on the right are so detached from reality, including those who sell the "they are both the same" bullshit.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
27. I hope you are right
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:20 AM
Feb 2017

I am not looking forward to President Pence at all but I do feel that the people who will install his panel of command buttons know more about the constitution etc than Trump does, Trump is such a loose cannon he needs to go

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
36. Exactly. Pence is an ass; but Trump is the equivalent of an anthrax Jack-in-the-box.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:36 AM
Feb 2017

Trump has to go. Republicans don't love him or anything. They're looking for a solid excuse to get rid of him too.

oasis

(49,380 posts)
29. It's not over yet. Congressional hearings must be held. Put Flynn
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:22 AM
Feb 2017

under oath. Bring the White House and the rest of the Trump cabal into daylight.

manicraven

(901 posts)
59. Oh, how I hope you're right! I need my life back, and right now I'm too worried to relax...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:32 AM
Feb 2017

And I want our citizens to be able to breathe again. Feels like we've been facing this nightmare down for at least a year.

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
35. I think you're right. He's just a tip of the iceberg.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:34 AM
Feb 2017

They all have to have discussed a common national security vision that involves Russia/oil, etc. Why Trump's Russia connections through that Paul Manafort guy didn't get more scrutiny during the primaries is a real travesty.

brer cat

(24,562 posts)
46. I hope you are right, Maru Kitteh.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:53 AM
Feb 2017

I don't trust the republicans in congress to investigate any issue relating to other republicans, but if CIA leaks enough info they may be forced to act. This nightmare needs to end!

I will remember to give you full credit!

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
49. Oh, brer cat, so do I. One thing in our favor; Republicans don't love him, and his poll numbers
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:04 AM
Feb 2017

keep . . . going . . . down . . .

They are looking for the right excuse to dump his ass too.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
54. And The Firing of Sally Yates...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:20 AM
Feb 2017

Was The Beginning of Cheeto's Saturday Night Massacre. The Media is like a dog to a bone at this point. Bone = Cheeto. Dog = The Media (CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post).

We are LIKING this Dog!!

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
57. Hell to the YES. And thanks to his attacks on the intelligence agency (calling them NAZI's)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:25 AM
Feb 2017

they are all too happy to leak massive amounts of information too.



TygrBright

(20,759 posts)
55. I sure hope you're right!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:20 AM
Feb 2017

But I have to be honest... to me it looks more like the end of the beginning.

I think they're gonna string it out way long... more than a year, easy.

Because no one except a very small cabal of Dominionists feels easy about "President Trump."

And Paul Ryan is about as well-loved as a herpes outbreak.

wearily,
Bright

StarryNite

(9,444 posts)
60. Absolutely!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:34 AM
Feb 2017

"You KNOW he was instructed by Trump."

Absolutely! Trump's regime is hoping that by Flynn taking the fall there will be no more investigations. I'm hoping Flynn was just the chum and that the media sharks will taste the blood and go after the whole shitload of them! It's about time they did their frickin' job!!!

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
61. I bet Flynn was paid off to resign so he wouldn't squeal on dRump and whoever else, thinking
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:35 AM
Feb 2017

it would be the end of it and all this commotion would go away. Gangsters all. They defend each other------till one doesn't. It's coming. Not soon enough. What a wake-up call for this country!

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
64. Gergen wondered earlier if the reason they had not dumped him already was becuase
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:42 AM
Feb 2017

if he had stayed with the administration he could say he wasn't able to testify because of actually still being in the administration, kind of like a threatened spouse who refuses to testify against an abuser.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
67. Retired Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks is on CNN saying Flynn could not have acted alone.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:47 AM
Feb 2017

Marks told Don Lemon about 15 minutes ago that he knows Flynn well, that Flynn is an "organizational man" and would not raise sanctions with the Russians on that phone call without someone high up in the Trump administration (i.e. Trump himself) telling him to do so or at least authorizing it.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
68. Yes. Precisely my point. I think two things will come of this."The Dossier" and Trump's
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 01:51 AM
Feb 2017

direct involvement re the sanctions while Obama was the President.

Our last DULY elected President.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
69. I can only imagine...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 02:13 AM
Feb 2017

...how Hillary Clinton feels right now.

And if the worst happens... Will the republicans pay a huge price in the future.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
70. I appreciate your insight but I have my doubts. He is already committing impeachable offenses
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 02:18 AM
Feb 2017

right out in the open. And the GOP Congress doesn't seem to care.

But maybe this one is different. Maybe facts will actually be relevant here.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
71. Please follow the thread all the way to traitor Trump and Bannon!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 02:19 AM
Feb 2017

Trump/Bannon must be scared shitless to force Flynn out!!!

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
75. When I hear ''falling on his sword'' it reminds me of Oliver North.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 03:17 AM
Feb 2017

Only this time, I hope someone out there in intelligence land leaks the real dirt to the NY Times or WaPo. Another 'Pentagon Papers' like scandal that ends up bringing the Orangutan down. I'll wait.

(No offense to Orangutan lovers .. I happen to love watching 'Orangutan Island' on Animal Planet)

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