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03-14-2017 , 09:26 PM

#18376

Rex Ingram

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 339

**** maddow

03-14-2017 , 09:26 PM

#18377

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

BTW it's 100% totally legal to publish tax returns and any lawsuit to the contrary would get laughed out of court.

It's illegal to steal or leak tax returns, but publishing them is absolutely protected speech

03-14-2017 , 09:27 PM

#18378

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,101

Trump leaks the best 2 pages of his returns for the last 40 years and he's got MSNBC proving he makes money and pays a lot of taxes.

03-14-2017 , 09:29 PM

#18379

m_reed05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

There is a 99.9% chance Trump's Twitter will disagree in the next 12 hours.

03-14-2017 , 09:30 PM

#18380

fxwacgesvrhdtf

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Ok, i'm turning this off, waste of 30 minutes of my life.

03-14-2017 , 09:30 PM

#18381

fxwacgesvrhdtf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Trump leaks the best 2 pages of his returns for the last 40 years and he's got MSNBC proving he makes money and pays a lot of taxes.

100 percent this, and changes story away from failing health care and russia stuff for a few days.

03-14-2017 , 09:31 PM

#18382

master3004

Revisionist Historian

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 56,466

Quote:

Originally Posted by jman220

Ok, i'm turning this off, waste of 30 minutes of my life.

The discussion about AMT that Trump wants to get rid of is actually quite interesting.

03-14-2017 , 09:31 PM

#18383

Gizmo

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 11,956

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

if there is a lawsuit, would that lead to more taxes in the discovery process or whatever?

03-14-2017 , 09:31 PM

#18384

prana

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at least spicer briefings are entertaining. can't believe i hunted down a periscope stream for that

03-14-2017 , 09:32 PM

#18385

j555

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,325

Trump leaked these so he could pick more fights with the media and to distract the public from Russia and the health care debacle.

03-14-2017 , 09:32 PM

#18386

GTO2.0

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,981

Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Trump leaks the best 2 pages of his returns for the last 40 years and he's got MSNBC proving he makes money and pays a lot of taxes.

4-D checkmate!

03-14-2017 , 09:32 PM

#18387

Rex Ingram

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 339

never watching anything rachel maddow does ever again

03-14-2017 , 09:35 PM

#18388

Autocratic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo

if there is a lawsuit, would that lead to more taxes in the discovery process or whatever?

Probably not, and if so they'd be filed under seal.

03-14-2017 , 09:35 PM

#18389

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,097

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizmo

if there is a lawsuit, would that lead to more taxes in the discovery process or whatever?

Probably not. Discovery is just lawyers asking each other questions and then refusing to answer a bunch of those questions for various reasons, then whining to a judge about the other guy's reasons not being good enough. I can't see how other year's tax returns would be relevant.

The reason why they were a part of that one guy's lawsuit was that Trump sued him for claiming Trump was lying about how wealthy he was, so discovery for that got that reporter Trump's taxes because it's relevant to the factual issue.

03-14-2017 , 09:37 PM

#18390

Namath12

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ldo

03-14-2017 , 09:38 PM

#18391

FlyWf

It's the other way

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Maddow deciding to blow her credibility on one night of ratings is going to be in journalism textbooks

03-14-2017 , 09:38 PM

#18392

Sighsalot

adept

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Don't fret boys, this was probably leaked by the Orange fuhrer himself to distract from the real news which is comey tomorrow. CNN reporting he will meet with 2 senators privately to tell them, feels like it's something to me especially now with the timing of this obvious distraction

03-14-2017 , 09:40 PM

#18393

master3004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sighsalot

Any info on which senators?

03-14-2017 , 09:40 PM

#18394

JPantz

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I actually like Rachel and watch her on a regular basis. This was meh and a waste of time.

03-14-2017 , 09:42 PM

#18395

Namath12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JPantz

I actually like Rachel and watch her on a regular basis. This was meh and a waste of time.

I mean the story is fine but the lead up was wholly unnecessary imo

Also the taxes are stamped "Client Copy" so nonzero chance that he released them himself shoots up somewhat

03-14-2017 , 09:42 PM

#18396

Max Cut

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Higher expectations for Maddow. I am disappoint. Didn't watch. Hopefully it's some 4d chess move.

Also disappointed to hear Comey is doing something tomorrow since Graham said he would go for a special select committee if he didn't.

Gallup poll highlight of the day.

03-14-2017 , 09:44 PM

#18397

Sighsalot

adept

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,055

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politi...ion/index.html

(CNN)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey promised to tell him Wednesday whether the FBI is investigating ties between Russia and the campaign of President Donald Trump.

03-14-2017 , 09:44 PM

#18398

wheatrich

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I'm sure maddow didn't think her tweet would go viral; just a standard tune in tonight ratings ploy. She could learn a lot from the children's story--the boy who cried wolf.

03-14-2017 , 09:46 PM

#18399

fxwacgesvrhdtf

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I think this Comey thing is being misreported. He's not going "public" tommorrow. He's going to answer to senators as to whether or not there is an FBI investigation into the Trump-Russia connection.