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This is what confuses me

Mueller explicitly states they couldnt determine if Trump had committed a crime...which would include obstruction of justice.

Then goes on to state hes aware of Trump attempting to sway ppl from 'flipping' and doing other shit that would fall under obstruction.
 
313 Wayz said:
These clowns will still vote for him

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U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell

A group of coal miners afflicted with black lung disease met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday as part of an effort to convince lawmakers to restore a higher excise tax on coal companies to help fund their medical care, but several said the meeting left them discouraged...
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U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of coal miners afflicted with black lung disease met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday as part of an effort to convince lawmakers to restore a higher excise tax on coal companies to help fund their medical care, but several said the meeting left them discouraged.

McConnell, the Republican leader who represents Kentucky - one of the states that has seen a rebound in the progressive respiratory illness - told them their benefits would be safe but gave no assurances about the excise tax and left without answering questions or offering details, several of the miners who attended the meeting said.

"We rode up here for 10 hours by bus to get some answers from him because he represents our state," said George Massey, a miner from Harlan County, Kentucky who spent two decades in the mines and is on disability. "For him to come in for just two minutes was a low-down shame."

David Mullins, who worked in coal mines for 34 years and is currently battling an advanced stage of black lung disease, said he was also frustrated. "It's time to act," he said, while wearing a “Black Lung Kills” T-shirt and using an oxygen tank.

Coal companies had been required to pay a $1.10 per ton tax on underground coal to finance the federal Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which supports disabled miners whose employers go bankrupt and can no longer pay out medical benefits. But the amount reverted to the 1977 level of 55 cents this year after Congress declined to take action to maintain the rate.

The coal industry had lobbied hard to allow the tax to drop as scheduled, despite a government report saying the fund was in dire financial straits, arguing the companies were already facing economic pain and that benefits for afflicted miners would not be affected.

McConnell spokeswoman Stephanie Penn said the senator "was glad to welcome his constituents to the Capitol" but did not comment on miners' complaints. She said he is "working closely with interested parties regarding future funding for the program and will continue to ensure these important benefits are maintained."

Massey and Mullins were among 120 miners and their families who traveled to Washington to call on Congress to restore the higher tax. The group also met with Democratic senators Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Democratic Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott - all of whom have supported different bills that would protect and strengthen their black lung benefits.

The Government Accountability Office has said without an extension of previous tax levels the fund’s debt will rise from $5 billion to $15 billion by 2050 – a burden that would likely have to be met by U.S. taxpayers instead of coal companies. Coal company bankruptcies and a resurgence of the disease are accelerating the risk of insolvency for the fund, according to the accountability office.
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Buuuuuuuttt...they knew the hazards of the job.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I thinkPres.Obama (or one of the other Democratic nominees) try to introduce legislation for clean energy, and that those same coal miners would be trained and converted for that. That way they won't have to worry about losing their jobs. And the ones who opted to retired would get medically compensated in case they develop black lung cancer.

But THEY were agaisnt the shyt...supported the GOP and Trump believing they would be taken care of. Now we here. Smh.
 
so they playuing the long game?

let him feel untouchable so he would get sloppy?

but if he tried to stop people from testifying.....why?

i have not been keeping up with this frfr

but we catching hell here and all over the EU
 
So the counterintelligence probe is still going on into things likely brought up as in bribery and money laundering. They already have enough to impeach this President and then indict his ass once he's out of office. Nancy needs to get the fucking ball rolling.
 
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