PROGRESSIVE DISCUSSION - MONDAY 7/23 - SUNDAY 8/5

Scanning this morning's news, there seems to be nothing actually new. The JA, as everyone knew he would, has completely backed off his forced statement of "yes, I believe my intelligence agencies." He's back to the "I don't believe a word of it, and everybody but Putin is out to get me." Wonder if he can spell paranoid or self-denial? I'm still hoping we're going to see him self-implode. He seems to be getting more and more frantic. Some Rs are making statements but it still remains to be seen if they'll actually develop a backbone.

Maybe we really don't even need an Oval Office or a West Wing anymore at the White House. All that seems to be needed to run the country is a phone and a Twitter account. Just think of all the tax money we could save! Need to make sure the phone has a Caps Lock function though so they'll know we really mean it.

Rand Paul surely has changed his tune since the 2016 campaign. When he was running he thought the JA was practically the devil in disguise. Now, he can't seem to suck up enough. Pathetic!

Let's just hope any "wars" are kept to social media.

Some good news!

North Korea has begun dismantling some facilities: Analysts

Jeff Sessions still leading chants of "lock her up," just makes me want to throw up. He's the Attorney General for goodness sakes! You'd think they'd at least want to give an appearance of dignity and non-partisanship. But no, clearly with Republicans there is no such thing anymore. The more undignified, the more partisan, the more "we don't give a damn about facts or justice" the better. I'm far from pleased with the Democrats, but the Republicans just disgust me they have sunk so low into the mire. They can't even take their win and move forward anymore. You know when I go to watch my grandson's Little League games, they're taught to be gracious as either a winner or a loser. When I recently watched his tennis tournament (by the way he won--grandma brag! ) he and his opponent graciously shook hands. If my grandchildren know how to conduct themselves with decorum why can't these Republicans? They truly just sicken me. Hillary screwed up big time. Whether or not she would have won the election if it had not been for the Russians is debatable, but a moot point because she lost. Republicans pull up your big girl panties, take your win, and stop trying to use her as a scapegoat for everything. She made her own choice with that server, it was a wrong choice, and she paid a big price. But it's water under the bridge now. So how about instead of getting your jollies with stirring rants of "lock her up," now that you're in power why don't you try to do something for the country for a change. Here's a thought. How about trying to make our upcoming elections more secure? Gosh, Republicans must get down on their knees every night and pray for health and long life for Hillary, because once she's gone how will they have anything to chant about at their rallies? You can put the entire lot of them into one big think tank and not come up with a single idea among them all.

What did you think about the Cohen tape CNN has? I hope Mueller can get more from the 12 tapes than just what's on that one, because it proves the JA has been lying but it doesn't conclusively prove the breaking of laws although it does provide some circumstantial evidence. As for the lying, he does that every time he opens his mouth and Republicans just simply don't care. I expect the other tapes may be more damning.

Had to laugh about Putin saying he doesn't want to come to the White House anytime soon. Poor JA! His buddy doesn't want to come to his party.

The WH no longer putting out the summaries of calls with foreign leaders is just one more example of the JA trying to hide what he does from the public. He wants so very badly to be a dictator, and the Republicans are trying their very best to help him achieve his dream.

Some, I think, are just too stupid to even know how wrong they are. But some, as Anne said, know what a huge mistake they made and just don't have the courage to admit it so instead they just keep compounding it.