Laura Rozen reporting Trump called Ukrainian president Zelensky

[NewJeffCT]

to say that if he wanted to improve relations with the US, he would need to re-open the Biden investigation

Link to tweet

?s=19


3rd tweet in the thread with relevant info

Link to tweet

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[triron]

1. I don't think this is it. We will see.

[NewJeffCT]

2. That could be an entirely separate scandal

that would have destroyed any previous administration

[elleng]

8. yes

[lagomorph777]

19. Exactly

[certainot]

24. but they have 1500 unchallenged radio stations to make sure there will always be a double standard

that's what's s so stupid about all of this - it keeps happening over and over and 'left' doesn't get it. all other major media - TV, social media, print, internet- is a wash, part of the free speech spectrum in a democracy. talk radio is the only medium where they have complete dominance - and it is ignored and the MSM and political leadership give a few hundred think tank coordinated liars way too much political weight just because they are loud and coordinated and it is excluded from the activism that would force media to monotor, factor, acknowledge it and poll for it

[KPN]

25. I agree fully. Drive around the country, try to

find a liberal station. Tuning across the range you get literally 10s of RW talk shows, many of them brazenly radical, and nary a liberal broadcaster. They own the airwaves and have for a couple or more decades now. It’s not about demand. In this case, it’s about supply and a continually growing over abundance of it, literally guaranteeing that almost everyone who listens to talk radio ultimately listens to RE propaganda.

How and when are we going to recognize and fight that? Does the Democratic Party have a strategy? In war, when the enemy is operating on the basis of strategy and you are not, who do you will win?

[jayschool2013]

29. Public News Service

PNS is a radio news service that works to produce news packages on certain "liberal" topics such as climate, health and wellness, and justice (strange we have to label those as "liberal&quot and then distributes them to stations around the country, especially AM radio stations that are usually dominated by Rush, Hannity, etc.

The goal is to get the stations to run the pieces as part of a regular newscast at the top of the hour.

PNS has bureaus in 38 states, including lots of red states.

When I was at the University of Colorado, some of my students produced pieces that eventually became packages on PNS and were distributed in stations all across Colorado and into New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah.

Those stories are a piddling puddle in an ocean of disinformation, yes, but it's a start.

Here's PNS' website if you want to hear the packages and read about what they're trying to do.

PNS is funded by national foundations so they don't have to charge stations to use their work.

[certainot]

30. i'd like to think there was a way to compete with that monopoly propaganda operation or

pester it but it has to be destroyed soon if we're going to have a democracy. just look at the crap happening now and know that all those 1500 radio stations will be blaming the 'deep state' democrats helping obama and clinton with their coup

artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription, which makes it easy to digitize, analyze, and list advertisers and enable americans to destroy the RW talk radio monopoly w/market demand - it's not enough to vote, GOTV, donate.

artificial intelligence makes it easy, cheap to digitize talk radio - the ad industry will do the work once they become aware of how easy it is for activists to record, transcribe, and list advertisers with hardly any listening required.

talk radio is the only unique advantage they have. at $1000/hr 1200 stations x 15 hrs/day is worth about $5BIL/year FREE to them - and the kremlin trolls piggybacking it.. they know how important it is and democratic and media leadership clearly think it's irrelevant. it should not be considered part of the free speech spectrum as long as it is a well protected and coordinated monopoly. destroying the talk radio propaganda operation will help on every level, every issue, every election.

it wouldn't take much activism for the ad industry to get the message it has to start asking radio ad clients if they REALLY want to support the global warming denial, racism, hate, and ignorance

RW has perpetuated the myth that the monopoly is a reflection of the market demand for hate and lies ---advertisers will head for the hills and many stations will have to change programming to stay alive

and it wouldn't hurt for students and communities to start protesting anything trump at the 88+ universities that broadcast sports on 260 limbaugh stations. those schools need to be asked what they would do if the KKK bought those stations, because basically they did 20 or 30 years ago

[sal2019]

3. If true, ...

... I hope Nancy thinks that would rise to the level of an impeachable offense.

[ritapria]

4. See Rolling Stone Article from September 7

" Trump to Ukraine :No Aid Unless You Smear Joe Biden"

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Sounds like a promise.

Could be.
So, add election tampering for 2020 contest, in addition to 2016?

What a crook.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Worse than Richard Nixon.

[malaise]

6. Holy Shit - this could be it

It makes sense

[trueblue2007]

9. sounds like something Rump would do. Revenge anger

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. I think this might be related to it, but not it.

In other words, it may have been one of the subjects in the Trump-Putin call.

[NewJeffCT]

11. That could be part of it

I think

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Furthered by this newest reporting by the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html

Whistle-Blower’s Complaint Is Said to Involve Multiple Acts by Trump

The complaint goes beyond a commitment that President Trump was said to have made to a world leader

WASHINGTON — A potentially explosive complaint by a whistle-blower in the intelligence community said to involve President Trump was related to a series of actions that goes beyond any single discussion with a foreign leader, according to interviews on Thursday.

The complaint was related to multiple acts, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for American spy agencies, told lawmakers during a private briefing, two officials familiar with it said. But he declined to discuss specifics, including whether the complaint involved the president, according to committee members.

Separately, a person familiar with the whistle-blower’s complaint said it involves in part a commitment that Mr. Trump made in a communication with another world leader. The Washington Post first reported the nature of that discussion. But no single communication was at the root of the complaint, another person familiar with it said.

The complaint cleared an initial hurdle when Mr. Atkinson deemed it credible and began to pursue an investigation. But it has prompted a standoff between lawmakers and the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, who has refused to turn it over to Congress, as is generally required by law. It has become the latest in a series of fights over information between the Democratic-led House and the White House.

So let's say Trump tries shaking down Zelensky, Zelensky doesn't give in to his threats, then Trump talks to Putin and mentions the conversation and tells Putin there will be no consequences if Putin ramps up military action in Ukraine.

Just a guess.

[NewJeffCT]

15. that's sounds pretty Trumpian

in how he would function

[yaesu]

18. agree, he has been very busy committing crimes, just wish he couldn't do it with impunity. nt

[triron]

21. It's multiple acts according to NYT.

Link to tweet

[milestogo]

12. Isn't this old news?

[NewJeffCT]

13. I think the fact that it's being investigated

and the timing indicates that it may have something to do with the whistleblower coverup

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. I expect the whistleblower has cached evidence (recording?) or else would have kept quiet.

But it would fit, that it might be abuse of Presidential power against a political opponent.

Not to forget that it would be collusion. Or rather, COLLUSION. Conspiring with a foreign power to interfere in American elections.

[MartyTheGreek]

16. The Mud is getting clearer...

Asking a foreign power to investigate a political contender to hurt his chances in an upcoming race for POTUS. - IMPEACH!

No wonder why fake teeth Giuliani went all radio silence after his visit to Ukraine last summer.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Art of the Steal2020 - Multiple incidents of horse trading

multiple players, pledges, hypothetical and actual discussions.

This is another power grab.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Nixon, Reagan, Trump...

all were helped with shady foreign dealings.

Nixon with NVN, Reagan with Iran, Trump with Russis and now Ukraine.

All of Repub heroes elected with foreign help.

[JI7]

22. but we already know this

[highplainsdem]

27. We knew what Giuliani was doing. Don't think we knew Trump himself pressured the Ukrainian president

during a phone call.

[KPN]

26. Busy stealing another national election in plain site.

[riversedge]

28. But we already knew this. I do not recall when I read this--but not too long ago. sorry.