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boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
One day it's going to come out that Trump isn't a natural born citizen and therefor ineligible to be president.

It seriously wouldn't surprise me at this point.

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Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


MazelTovCocktail posted:

Possibly is thinking of Arlen Specter or he's just stupid...or both.

Probably both. Friend of mine retweets a ton of his dumb poo poo. He's full of hot takes.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Mister Sinewave posted:

It's both funny and sad that Comey, a man who genuinely believes that civil liberties and due process are not burdens to be dealt with, but are rather both our greatest strengths and our reasons for being -- can unite people across both ends of the political spectrum in agreeing that he obviously should have no place as head of an organization like the FBI.

With the gift of hindsight, his actions during the election make a lot more sense. He had this massive russian thing he was working on at the same time he was investigating the leaks to Guliani. Rudy, and thus Trump and the Russians had the info about weiner's laptop. He had no choice but write his letter to congress about it and he obviously couldn't come out and say why.

Johnny Five-Jaces
Jan 21, 2009


Reverand maynard posted:

I hope someone starts loving with the internet connections in wall street so they can't day trade anymore.

that stuff doesn't travel over public internet, which is unfortunate because this would very funny

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

TBeats posted:

One day it's going to come out that Trump isn't a natural born citizen and therefor ineligible to be president.

It seriously wouldn't surprise me at this point.

That didn't stop John McCain from running. :colbert:

Arc Light
Sep 26, 2013



Mister Sinewave posted:

It's both funny and sad that Comey, a man who genuinely believes that civil liberties and due process are not burdens to be dealt with, but are rather both our greatest strengths and our reasons for being -- can unite people across both ends of the political spectrum in agreeing that he obviously should have no place as head of an organization like the FBI.

The Kingslayer needs not care about the opinions of the little people.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Chichevache posted:

That didn't stop John McCain from running. :colbert:

McCain was absolutely a natural born citizen. He was borne to a military family in the panama canal zone.

UP THE BUM NO BABY
Sep 1, 2011

by Hand Knit
The better example is obviously Ted "Zodiac Killer" Cruz

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Mr. Nice! posted:

McCain was absolutely a natural born citizen. He was borne to a military family in the panama canal zone.

We've got 50 stars on our flag and none of them are Panama. :911:

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

It really does suck to keep reliving the 2016 election with all of the Bernie vs Hillary crap. I've reopened that wound a few times and I'm sorry for it. Can we all just be happy that Biden finally found his peace?

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/...e=Homepage&_r=0

quote:

Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation

:lol:

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


:lol: You just know that they waited till he was airborne to go ahead and run that story.

I predict we get something else before he lands.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Sir, there's a Twitter gap.

Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer
:stonk:

That quote.

quote:

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.”

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahah

Republicans in Congress thought they were so done with this Russia poo poo.

Nooooope.

BUG JUG
Feb 17, 2005



I'm the completely unprompted "I'm not under investigation."

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



MORE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...eaking-news-bar

quote:

Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say

:catstare:

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Oh man, a "person of interest" in the Russia case is currently working at the White House, though they won't say who.

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/865645107646578688

WaPo and NYT are basically that new couple that do nothing but gently caress all day.

Esit: beaten by seconds. You know, my phone says it's 1510, so it LOOKS like 5pm

https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/865644910652792832

facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 19, 2017

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Mr. Nice! posted:

With the gift of hindsight, his actions during the election make a lot more sense. He had this massive russian thing he was working on at the same time he was investigating the leaks to Guliani. Rudy, and thus Trump and the Russians had the info about weiner's laptop. He had no choice but write his letter to congress about it and he obviously couldn't come out and say why.

Hold on, explain this to me in layman's terms. What do we know now that the public didn't know back then that made him seem like a douchebag for doing it before the election?

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Tweet of the week.

https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/865645635692707840

Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer

:perfect:

windshipper
Jun 19, 2006

Dr. Whet Faartz would like to know if this smells funny to you?
Oven used up my free NYTimes articles for the month... can anyone quote? :saddowns:

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



windshipper posted:

Oven used up my free NYTimes articles for the month... can anyone quote? :saddowns:

Use incognito mode.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/865646342353297408

WaPo and NYT are probably going back and forth asking if they have the other's scoop, then when the answer is no, they start celebrating and making out.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Meanwhile Donnie is gonna blow up Obamacare because why not.

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/865648568882741248

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Handsome Ralph posted:

Probably both. Friend of mine retweets a ton of his dumb poo poo. He's full of hot takes.

And from the looks of it gravy too.

Sexual Lorax
Mar 17, 2004

HERE'S TO FUCKING


Fun Shoe

facialimpediment posted:

Meanwhile Donnie is gonna blow up Obamacare because why not.

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/865648568882741248

Burn it all down, you fuckwit, and let the GOP reap the whirlwind come midterms.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Reverand maynard posted:

I hope someone starts loving with the internet connections in wall street so they can't day trade anymore.

lol they already spent north of $300 million building a straighter fiber run between NY and Chicago to cut 3 ms off their ping.

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/outfront-netscape-jim-barksdale-daniel-spivey-wall-street-speed-war.html

A year or two later somebody else built a string of microwave repeaters that had even lower latency and they went bankrupt.

Ceiling fan
Dec 26, 2003

I really like ceilings.
Dead Man’s Band

facialimpediment posted:

Meanwhile Donnie is gonna blow up Obamacare because why not.

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/865648568882741248

Goddamnit, just drop a nuke and get it over with. At least I wouldn't have to live through it and have to try to clean up the rubble.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Holy gently caress that Trump quote isn't even the meat of the article, Best Deal Man thought fronting weakness to the Russians for pity was a good bargaining strategy.

A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying Mr. Trump was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the “pressure” he was under. The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov — on Syria, Ukraine and other issues — by saying that Russian meddling in last year’s election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

shame on an IGA posted:

Holy gently caress that Trump quote isn't even the meat of the article, Best Deal Man thought fronting weakness to the Russians for pity was a good bargaining strategy.

A third government official briefed on the meeting defended the president, saying Mr. Trump was using a negotiating tactic when he told Mr. Lavrov about the “pressure” he was under. The idea, the official suggested, was to create a sense of obligation with Russian officials and to coax concessions out of Mr. Lavrov — on Syria, Ukraine and other issues — by saying that Russian meddling in last year’s election had created enormous political problems for Mr. Trump.

I can't even imagine how his conversation with Erdogan must have looked.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Duzzy Funlop posted:

Hold on, explain this to me in layman's terms. What do we know now that the public didn't know back then that made him seem like a douchebag for doing it before the election?

We didn't know that Comey specifically was overseeing investigation into FBI leaks going to Rudy. As soon as the FBI got Weiner's laptop the Trump people knew about it and the emails. Had Comey not said anything, Trump and/or Russia would have.

windshipper
Jun 19, 2006

Dr. Whet Faartz would like to know if this smells funny to you?

Mr. Nice! posted:

FBI leaks going to Rudy. As soon as the FBI got Weiner's laptop the Trump people knew about it and the emails. Had Comey not said anything, Trump and/or Russia would have.

Wait, this part is new to me :stare:

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose

Office Pig posted:

I can't even imagine how his conversation with Erdogan must have looked.

TrumpWalkingErdoganToTheLimoOhShitFace.gif

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

windshipper posted:

Wait, this part is new to me :stare:

Here's the full story on that, entitled "The FBI is Trumpland".

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

Mr. Nice! posted:

We didn't know that Comey specifically was overseeing investigation into FBI leaks going to Rudy. As soon as the FBI got Weiner's laptop the Trump people knew about it and the emails. Had Comey not said anything, Trump and/or Russia would have.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess. That's tragic.


Something I can't fathom was how anyone at the FBI could have looked at Trump and thought "Definitely would be A+ with classified materials unlike that HILLARY".

Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 21:20 on May 19, 2017

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Let's see what our allies think of Donnie.

NATO: Laughingstock/12 second attention span. https://twitter.com/POLITICOMag/status/865656559707324416

Israel: shouting matches between Israeli/American counterparts https://twitter.com/benpauker/status/865653425635172358



Meanwhile... the potential cover-up is on the table. https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/865662749812051968

CHICKEN SHOES
Oct 4, 2002
Slippery Tilde

facialimpediment posted:

Let's see what our allies think of Donnie.

NATO: Laughingstock/12 second attention span. https://twitter.com/POLITICOMag/status/865656559707324416

Israel: shouting matches between Israeli/American counterparts https://twitter.com/benpauker/status/865653425635172358



Meanwhile... the potential cover-up is on the table. https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/865662749812051968

mmmmm yeah

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

I dipped into the trump thread in GBS and I think its official: viking skull was retarded the entire time

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UP THE BUM NO BABY
Sep 1, 2011

by Hand Knit

Reverand maynard posted:

I dipped into the trump thread in GBS and I think its official: viking skull was retarded the entire time

Link?

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