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Girard442

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2. Unfortunately, Kashoggi's murder may be a win for Trump.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:45 AM
Oct 2018

The Saudis will most likely stonewall any investigation and what will remain is the message that investigative journalists are at great risk of being tortured to death without any repercussions for people in power.

There will be a huge cost to the GOP for their support of Trump. A very heavy cost. Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #1
Not so sure about that. Voters have a very KPN Oct 2018 #3
Yup. Dubya was supposed to be the final death blow as well LiberalLovinLug Oct 2018 #38
I think they already have. charliea Oct 2018 #43
STACK The Courts...!! Voices Of Reason Oct 2018 #46
Unfortunately, Kashoggi's murder may be a win for Trump. Girard442 Oct 2018 #2
I predict things could get very nasty before year's end. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #4
We will find out what the truth is very soon. lunatica Oct 2018 #21
Amen to that. Voices Of Reason Oct 2018 #47
You mean Avenatti? klook Oct 2018 #48
This isn't Breitbart, you know . . . Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #53
"scratching head over this one" NBachers Oct 2018 #55
Cutting Social Security and Medicare DownriverDem Oct 2018 #5
"go ahead and cut obamacare BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #23
Sustained by the rancid milk sucked from the bosoms of Fox Mindcontrol Network nt. Pluvious Oct 2018 #31
What's the difference 5th Ave or Saudi Embassy in Turkey njhoneybadger Oct 2018 #6
He is teflon kimbutgar Oct 2018 #7
Everything he touches dies. gordianot Oct 2018 #13
And he gets away with it everytime kimbutgar Oct 2018 #16
He's had a lifetime of putting on a public persona mask that's fake lunatica Oct 2018 #22
Teflon buckles and cracks. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2018 #26
Teflon also produces toxic gasses.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #41
No but constant MFM008 Oct 2018 #28
The day of reckoning is coming dalton99a Oct 2018 #8
We thought he'd run out of luck w his child kidnappings. But I remain optimistic it's soon. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #9
I dunno, Schockey80 Texin Oct 2018 #10
I think it will blow over NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #11
That and cutting SS, Medicare and Medicaid MiniMe Oct 2018 #30
Maybe not even then. The taste of Sweet Liberal Tears makes any sacrifice justified. nt. Pluvious Oct 2018 #32
The timing of this worries me Amishman Oct 2018 #40
Yeah, I keep hearing that. Over and over. Paladin Oct 2018 #12
We keep saying that. murielm99 Oct 2018 #14
I agree with you and the previous poster 100%. Boomerproud Oct 2018 #15
Mueller's got this. Drumpf will be going down VERY soon. Bonx Oct 2018 #17
Maybe, after the midterms. The current House will do NOTHING MiniMe Oct 2018 #33
impeach and impeach again Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #37
Please let it be true. nt Ferrets are Cool Oct 2018 #18
One can only hope. calimary Oct 2018 #19
They don't care about an Arab. Much less an Arab Journalist bitterross Oct 2018 #20
That's just it, he's NOT an Arab journalist. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #54
Your fingertips to gods ears. nt. Smickey Oct 2018 #24
The problem is the complcity of the corporate media, watoos Oct 2018 #25
Hoping like hell you're right yet skeptical.. Amimnoch Oct 2018 #27
There's an 80% chance, IMO, Eyeball_Kid Oct 2018 #29
The "guilty until proven innocent" is a dead giveaway meow2u3 Oct 2018 #44
Why do we keep underestimating the gop? awesomerwb1 Oct 2018 #34
Trump will be politically impotent. lpbk2713 Oct 2018 #35
Won't end until he's out, he has no feedback loop that would cause him to change bigbrother05 Oct 2018 #36
not luck, just his sycophants running interference and disinfo campaign... Javaman Oct 2018 #39
I honestly thought mocking the disabled reporter would finish him. hostalover Oct 2018 #42
I am a cynical optimist rags17 Oct 2018 #45
He'll be gone before the midterms. ecstatic Oct 2018 #49
What Trump and the Repugnants also forget is eventually they will lose power cstanleytech Oct 2018 #50
I'll believe it when it happens. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #51
How MANY times have we thought this? elfin Oct 2018 #52
The operative word here is "may". Trump's luck may be running out or it may not. elocs Oct 2018 #56
I felt that way during the primaries fescuerescue Oct 2018 #57
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