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bdamomma

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7. This Russian thing is not over

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Wed Mar 1, 2017, 09:52 PM

Mar 2017

Keep it front and center.

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Is it just me, or does something smell like [View all] annabanana Mar 2017 OP

You Betcha! Frogg Mar 2017 #1

Bring it! Now it appears that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III may indeed have lied... Raster Mar 2017 #2

hmmm..... bdamomma Mar 2017 #14

That whole fucking party is guilty of this. Initech Mar 2017 #17

Sessions met with a Russian envoy at the RNC Convention? csziggy Mar 2017 #29

FYI According to the WaPo article, Sessions met with Kislyak in his senate office... Princess Turandot Mar 2017 #40

Later in the article is the part I heard discussed csziggy Mar 2017 #51

I would ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LOVE to see Comrades Ryan and McConnell implicated to HIGH HEAVEN! Raster Mar 2017 #22

YES oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #28

Ditto... iluvtennis Mar 2017 #42

Not sure we're that lucky. OliverQ Mar 2017 #47

Oh yes - after seeing those shit-eating smirks on their faces last night smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #49

"Could it even be possible that a damn dam may break after all?" 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #3

It's the coverup that gets them C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #4

between the NYT and the Washington Post bdamomma Mar 2017 #10

I love the smell of Watergate in the morning... dchill Mar 2017 #5

The guys who buy ink by the barrel are in competition to get the most breaking news! shraby Mar 2017 #6

Woohoo! As an old newspaper guy I am so glad to see this. Newspapers know how to actually... brush Mar 2017 #45

This Russian thing is not over bdamomma Mar 2017 #7

I think this is worse than Watergate. femmocrat Mar 2017 #8

Substantively, there's no question about it. annabanana Mar 2017 #9

This makes watergate look like kid's play triron Mar 2017 #61

+1, watergate didn't involve another country IIRC uponit7771 Mar 2017 #12

Yeah, Watergate was internal... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #26

It also seems like quite a coincidence C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #11

pu-tay-ta, pu--tah-ta. . . .I'm just glad it's out there. . .n/t annabanana Mar 2017 #13

me too. bdamomma Mar 2017 #16

april/may mopinko Mar 2017 #18

You're forgiven- You just had a "Sessions Moment." NBachers Mar 2017 #44

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #36

In Watergate's case, the cover up was almost worse than the burglary. jack69 Mar 2017 #15

Watergate was much worse than we might remember. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #19

It would be nice if 48 people in this situation all were found guilty and they were all KGOPrs uponit7771 Mar 2017 #37

And Nixon considered pardoning himself! Samantha Mar 2017 #62

um, the cover-up involved obstruction of justice. So not KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #39

This is treason & it involves Trump & co., Sessions, McConnell, Ryan, et al elias7 Mar 2017 #20

I bet McConnell and Ryan are sweating bullets now, no longer with those smug smiles on their faces. brush Mar 2017 #48

Yes, we can dream elias7 Mar 2017 #66

Certainly has a "1974" smell to it. roamer65 Mar 2017 #21

This is bigger than watergate nt fun n serious Mar 2017 #23

Way. dchill Mar 2017 #60

Local news lead with this story Dem2 Mar 2017 #24

I refuse to get too excited. old guy Mar 2017 #25

Teen Spirit? Zo Zig Mar 2017 #27

The shit is hitting the fan! hrmjustin Mar 2017 #30

If you're not oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #31

No. Watergate was a petty scandal in comparison. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #32

Watergate was NOT "a petty scandal in comparison" It was a KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #41

Yes. It was grave. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #46

Smells like treason to me randr Mar 2017 #33

To me too. BainsBane Mar 2017 #65

Worse than. I smell treason. nt joet67 Mar 2017 #34

More like Benedict Arnold. nt CK_John Mar 2017 #35

There is nothing like the smell of a drained swamp in the morning! democratisphere Mar 2017 #38

fingers crossed. spanone Mar 2017 #43

Not there yet. This isn't zentrum Mar 2017 #50

WAY Smellier! joanbarnes Mar 2017 #52

YES MFM008 Mar 2017 #53

LOL! mobeau69 Mar 2017 #54

This is way worse than Watergate IMHO radical noodle Mar 2017 #55

I'm with you old guy. Merrigay Mar 2017 #56

There are some strange defensive tweets being promoted on Twitter tonight. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2017 #57

Uh-HUH. calimary Mar 2017 #58

it could be simply that Putin sees the media attention ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #64

In many ways it is Watergate 2.0 southerncrone Mar 2017 #59

I know it's already cutting into Trump's post-speech afterglow Skittles Mar 2017 #63

More like a broken sewer line or an overflowing septic tank. raven mad Mar 2017 #67