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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpeaker Pelosi 'swatted down' Donald Trump's request to 'work something out' on whistleblower:
trump called Speaker Pelosi last night to try to make the whistleblower thing go away
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Leghorn21
(13,695 posts)it wasnt a perfect phone call, eh, Donnie the Grift?
bearsfootball516
(6,448 posts)EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)Hekate
(94,107 posts)smh
Gothmog
(153,634 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why would anyone anywhere think to take you at your word? We've been watching for the last three years, you know. You aren't to be trusted any farther than I can caber toss the Washington Monument. Speaker Pelosi probably treated you far better than you deserve.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)of this fucker going down in flames.
BeyondGeography
(39,946 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,304 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)... at $130,000 a pop!
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,304 posts)ffr
(23,069 posts)She's as serious as a heart attack. And if she's stuck her neck out on this historic impeachment inquiry, you have to trust that she's got tRump and anyone else who stands against the law, by the balls.
ffr
(23,069 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)The look on her face is priceless. And look at him!
Love her necklace, too!
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Blue Owl
(54,308 posts)n/t
yellowcanine
(36,270 posts)BumRushDaShow
(140,314 posts)I.e., I think she (and the entire CA Democratic delegation) have had enough with the bullying shakedowns using federal agencies to target those on an enemy list (her and her state) -
By
Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni
September 24, 2019 at 11:14 a.m. EDT
Trump administration officials threatened this week to withhold federal highway funding from California, arguing that the state has not shown what steps it is taking to improve its air quality. The move by the Environmental Protection Agency escalates the fierce battle between President Trump and the left-leaning state, and could put billions in federal funding in jeopardy.
In a predated letter sent late Monday to the California Air Resources Board, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler suggested that the state has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act and needs to either update its plans to tackle air pollution or risk losing federal money.
At stake, the EPA said, are billions of dollars in federal highway funding every year. Federal officials have the right to halt that money if they determine that a state is not taking sufficient steps to show how it aims to cut air pollution such as soot or smog-forming ozone.
In the letter, Wheeler notes that 34 million Californians live in areas that dont meet federal National Ambient Air Quality Standards, more than twice as many residents as any other state. California has more than 130 state implementation plans, which serve as blueprints for how California would tackle these pollutants, awaiting federal approval. California has the worst air quality in the United States, he wrote, adding that many of its plans are inactive and appear to have fundamental issues that would keep them from getting approved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/24/trump-officials-threaten-withhold-highway-funds-california-its-chronic-air-quality-problems/
Duppers
(28,220 posts)Trump: Can we work something out?
The Speaker should've said, "Yes, RESIGN and we won't impeach you."
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)is driving this Impeachment Bus. Watch for others to be brought under investigation for helping the Orange Ass avoid consequences . Barr,Pence,possibly McConnell and other enablers.
Gothmog
(153,634 posts)lindysalsagal
(22,268 posts)Gothmog
(153,634 posts)Botany
(72,208 posts)nolabear
(42,972 posts)On to The Art of the Squeal!
Tennessee Hillbilly
(652 posts)Does anyone remember when she told trump that he couldn't use the house chamber to give his SOTU speech until the government shutdown ended?
Gothmog
(153,634 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,838 posts)You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. He thought he could make a deal to get off the hook, and I'll bet he was surprised to be told to go pound sand.
kentuck
(112,491 posts)"We don't have to go to any extremes."
"How am I going to get a Nobel Peace Prize under these conditions?"
"C'mon Nancy, give me a break."
ecstatic
(34,197 posts)Lock his fat ass up!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)that be added to the list of offenses?
What is the attempt to try to influence a lawmaker to work out something in order to avoid the ramifications when that would then result in obstructing justice?
If you had a court case tomorrow and called the Judge up on the phone: "Hey, I was wondering if we could work something out about my trial tomorrow?" then that is what I am implying.
lame54
(36,540 posts)Botany
(72,208 posts).... nickname Trump has given her was not listening.
Hey Donny she has you by the balls.
Hekate
(94,107 posts)Cha
(304,152 posts)malaise
(277,091 posts)ITTMF!
DeminPennswoods
(16,033 posts)Personally, I'd love to know what Trump said and/or admitted to when he spoke to her.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)"I call you names and stab everyone in the back first chance I get! Can we make a deal to drop the impeachment talk that could wreck your political opposition?"
I imagine Trump showing such desperation only increased her confidence in the decision.