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But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

I don't have any subscriptions to any website that's behind a paywall, not the NYT, not the Wall St. Journal and not the Washington Post. I realize that many can't read a complete article from one of these sites because of the paywall and I've repeatedly given instructions here on how to circumvent a paywall, but nobody seems to have taken my advice. I would also post more of an exclusive article if I could here but the thread rules prohibit that because it violates copyright laws of the original article.

So, for the last time, here's how I get around any paywall.

First of all, I am using Firefox as my internet browser. Maybe other browsers have this feature and I can't speak for them, I can only speak about using this method on Firefox.

If you have Firefox and want to read an article behind a paywall just click on the little three horizontal lines in the upper right hand corner of of your Firefox page. On the drop-down box click on "New Private Window". There's a little Halloween mask icon next to that option. Once a new window opens it will be private and won't save any searches, etc. But you can grab the link of the article and copy and paste it into the search bar and it will immediately open and be entirely readable.

You're welcome.

Just a FWIW - that doesn't AFAIK work with the WSJ because they don't have a monthly limit - if you're not a subscriber, you can't access any articles they put behind a paywall. Some articles they choose to allow open access to, but most require a subscription IME.
 
Re: But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

True enough, which is why I'm sure the GOP will jump on board with subpoenas for all of Jared's WhatsApp communications, all the emails on Jared and Ivankas private accounts, so we can see.

Considering how partisan Congress is I'm sure the Republicans will treat any investigation of the Kushner's as diligently as the Democrats treated HRC's email kerfuffle.

Sad actually.
 
I don't have any subscriptions to any website that's behind a paywall, not the NYT, not the Wall St. Journal and not the Washington Post. I realize that many can't read a complete article from one of these sites because of the paywall and I've repeatedly given instructions here on how to circumvent a paywall, but nobody seems to have taken my advice. I would also post more of an exclusive article if I could here but the thread rules prohibit that because it violates copyright laws of the original article.

So, for the last time, here's how I get around any paywall.

First of all, I am using Firefox as my internet browser. Maybe other browsers have this feature and I can't speak for them, I can only speak about using this method on Firefox.

If you have Firefox and want to read an article behind a paywall just click on the little three horizontal lines in the upper right hand corner of of your Firefox page. On the drop-down box click on "New Private Window". There's a little Halloween mask icon next to that option. Once a new window opens it will be private and won't save any searches, etc. But you can grab the link of the article and copy and paste it into the search bar and it will immediately open and be entirely readable.

You're welcome.

*I've repeatedly given instructions here on how to circumvent a paywall*

Seriously, you're giving instructions on how to steal ??
 
The PBS article posted above has nothing to do with emails.
:sigh:

My point is they all take short cuts for various reasons whether it be private emails or back channel.
 
My point is they all take short cuts for various reasons whether it be private emails or back channel.

They all do NOT ask a foreign adversary to use their communications channels to circumvent U.S. monitoring while giving the adversary's government 100% clarity, a recording or other permanent record of every word. Putin presumably would have a complete readout within the hour if it was significant. Our government would have no clue, no record, no idea about what promises or assurances or deals were made.

It's incredibly reckless and unprecedented AFAIK.
 
They all do NOT ask a foreign adversary to use their communications channels to circumvent U.S. monitoring while giving the adversary's government 100% clarity, a recording or other permanent record of every word. Putin presumably would have a complete readout within the hour if it was significant. Our government would have no clue, no record, no idea about what promises or assurances or deals were made.

It's incredibly reckless and unprecedented AFAIK.

Yeah, but it's Trump so it's ok. He's playing 15 dimensional chess so, we should just be quiet and let the stable genius do his thing.........
 
When has the GOP ever really signed onto the idea that it's their duty to do oversight? They are fighting these investigations tooth and nail behind closed doors.
fast & furious [no, NOT the tRump sex escapade, the gun-walking]
benghazi
IRS evaluation of 501(c)(4) applications
hillary's emails
 
Re: But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

Some of us THOUGHT that in spite of all his personally repugnant ways, Trump would fill his administration with smart people.

But he fills his team with people who are too stupid to know not to use private accounts after his father attacked Hillary for it.

The most epically incompetent administration ever. Gilligan's Island level incompetence.

hold on; you're gonna 'love' this:

Financial world stunned as Trump offers Fed job to an 'idiot' who called for him to be awarded the Nobel Prize
 
Re: But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

True enough, which is why I'm sure the GOP will jump on board with subpoenas for all of Jared's WhatsApp communications, all the emails on Jared and Ivankas private accounts, so we can see.

Which they can easily do. Back in the day they were up in arms agout Colin Powell using private email. But using such commercial service, he was able to retreive all the emails and be made a part of the government record as required. Hillary used a private server and bleach bit her personal server AFTER those records had been subpoenaed.
 
Re: But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

Which they can easily do. Back in the day they were up in arms agout Colin Powell using private email. But using such commercial service, he was able to retreive all the emails and be made a part of the government record as required. Hillary used a private server and bleach bit her personal server AFTER those records had been subpoenaed.

Did he turn over all his email records, every single one?

And it wasn't just Colin Powell. Remember when we found out that the Bush White House was using emails hosted by the RNC? During records requests for emails related to USA firings, we found out that 10s of millions of emails were somehow missing, deleted, no backups, and that individuals using the system could easily delete their emails off the system, leaving no trace.

It was only a year AFTER Bush left town that the missing emails were 'discovered' but I'm aware of no effort to examine them for violations.
 
In case you've forgotten, Hillary Clinton has already been exonerated and cleared of any wrongdoing by the FBI.

With the help of a little DOJ influence (in exchange for certain "favors" in a Hillary Administration) and creative wordplay by Comey.
 
With the help of a little DOJ influence (in exchange for certain "favors" in a Hillary Administration) and creative wordplay by Comey.

That's hogwash double-talk and if you can back up that rhetoric with some facts, I'll be glad to check them out.
 
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Just blatant hypocrisy with a capital H.

Lock 'em up!!
 
What I "expect" is that people who think of themselves as "intellectuals", actually exhibit intellectual and critical thought.
For instance...you don't know that "Under a Trump run DOJ Hillary would have been in prison.".

You're silly:



We get it, you're going to argue that Trump isn't in charge of upholding and observing the laws of this country and the DOJ is not one tool he could use to make that happen.

Also, me an intellectual?

Lol, you're kidding me to make up for the mediocrity of your posts. That's a bold strategy, Cotton.

Let's see how it plays out.



Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.
 
That's hogwash double-talk and if you can back up that rhetoric with some facts, I'll be glad to check them out.

You were obviously in a coma when the Page transcripts were released last week. Add that to the Lynch/Billy meeting....
 
You were obviously in a coma when the Page transcripts were released last week. Add that to the Lynch/Billy meeting....

AND what did the Lisa Page transcripts prove or disprove? I'll tell you exactly what it disclosed because you appear to be unable to process information. It showed that she and Peter Strzok had an anti-Trump opinion. So the hell what? They and millions of others. They're free people with the freedom to think whatever the hell they want to think and have their own opinion. To resurrect old political talking points in an effort to distract from news regarding any ongoing criminal investigations by the SDNY or others is just sickening already.
 
You're silly:



We get it, you're going to argue that Trump isn't in charge of upholding and observing the laws of this country and the DOJ is not one tool he could use to make that happen.

Also, me an intellectual?

Lol, you're kidding me to make up for the mediocrity of your posts. That's a bold strategy, Cotton.

Let's see how it plays out.



Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.


Doesn't have to play out.
It never happened so you don't know.
 
Doesn't have to play out.
It never happened so you don't know.
So then we agree, Trump did say it's what would happen. It didn't. Either the system works as intended and Hillary isn't guilty, or Trump has chosen to not uphold the law.

If the people in this story are guilty of the same crime as Hillary, Trump has chosen to ignore their crimes as well and he is not upholding the law with in either case.

Conclusion: Trump isn't upholding the law.

Come on, Buzz. You don't have to be an intellectual to follow this, bud.





Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.
 
So then we agree, Trump did say it's what would happen. It didn't. Either the system works as intended and Hillary isn't guilty, or Trump has chosen to not uphold the law.

If the people in this story are guilty of the same crime as Hillary, Trump has chosen to ignore their crimes as well and he is not upholding the law with in either case.

Conclusion: Trump isn't upholding the law.

Come on, Buzz. You don't have to be an intellectual to follow this, bud.





Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.

Actually...Loretta Lynch and Comey decided to not prosecute Hilary.
And I'd bet that Bill Barr will likely do the same here.

I understand the great Mueller report came out. How's that shaping up?
I said, a long time ago, that nothing would come of this witch hunt.
Not because nobody's guilty of anything. Hell their all guilty of something.
And that's my point.
If one goes...they all go.
 
Actually...Loretta Lynch and Comey decided to not prosecute Hilary.And I'd bet that Bill Barr will likely do the same here.

I understand the great Mueller report came out. How's that shaping up?
I said, a long time ago, that nothing would come of this witch hunt.
Not because nobody's guilty of anything. Hell their all guilty of something.
And that's my point.
If one goes...they all go.

We both know Trump would never actually follow the law to the detriment of the rich. Come on, that's the point - that he hasn't upheld the law like he said he would. Ask yourself: if Trump is president - why is Hillary not in prison?

Sent from Trump Plaza's basement using Putin's MacBook.
 
Wherever did you get this crazy notion that I "rationalized" anything on behalf of Clinton? In what world are you that you think I've said anything like "she only did the nefarious deed because she used a precedent from the future: "Hey, I knew the Trump family was going to do what I did , someday - so if they were going to get away with it, can't I do it first?"

You should understand something. What you're doing right now is what you've wrongfully accused me of doing. That's not only wrong, it's an absolute perversion of truth.

None the less, you did come up with an inventive rationalization, even if you were unaware of it. And that you ignored that it was a partly humorous tease (recall the "wink") and then went into an over-the-top ballistic in protest of your innocence suggests to us that it may have been closer to the mark that I first supposed.

In any event, as I said "returning how precedents work in the real world - the upshot of Hillary's gross negligence was in Comey announcing that "we don't enforce that law because we never have". So given Hillary unprecedented recklessness, and Comey claiming that such laws are not taken seriously , who are you blaming for the Trumps not taking it seriously?" Exactly who has green-lighted the Trumps that its okay to ignore the consequences of laws that, apparently, don't matter?

The point, which you dodged, is simple - Hillary Clinton and a Democratic Department of Justice DECIDED that the gross negligence law was NOT really breaking the law, as Comey testified. What moron would think that one should continue to play by restrictive rules that the opposition has already declared to be moot, and that they will not hold too?

All you are doing is SCREAMING that Trump is now playing by the same rules (although less recklessly) and the Dems. Your "outrage" (or is it stupid) that it stuns the rationally minded.
 
Re: But their emails: Seven members of Trump’s team have used unofficial communication tools

Did he turn over all his email records, every single one?

Yes. He didn't have the ability to bleach bit AOLs server which he had no access to. Unlike Hillarys server that was hers to do with as she pleases. All of Hillarys emails had to be retrieved from sources at the other end of her communications. We will never know if we have them all.
 
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