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redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Vasudus posted:

sweet baby jesus thank gently caress

sup "glad it wasn't booz again" buddy

hail hydra :hfive:

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Mike-o
Dec 25, 2004

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed


Grimey Drawer
This is the weirdest timeline.

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Reality "Reichstag Fire" Winner

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
DONNIE DUMBFUCK IS MAD AT THE RACIST PERJURY ELF

HNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/politics/trump-discontent-attorney-general-jeff-sessions.html?_r=1

quote:

WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump’s campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency, Mr. Trump has grown sour on Mr. Sessions, now his attorney general, blaming him for various troubles that have plagued the White House.

The discontent was on display on Monday in a series of stark early-morning postings on Twitter in which the president faulted his own Justice Department for its defense of his travel ban on visitors from certain predominantly Muslim countries. Mr. Trump accused Mr. Sessions’ department of devising a “politically correct” version of the ban — as if the president had nothing to do with it.

In private, the president’s exasperation has been even sharper. He has intermittently fumed for months over Mr. Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s election, according to people close to Mr. Trump who insisted on anonymity to describe internal conversations. In Mr. Trump’s view, they said, it was that recusal that led eventually to the appointment of a special counsel who took over the investigation.

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A senior administration official said Mr. Trump has not stopped burning about the decision, in occasional spurts, toward Mr. Sessions. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who was selected by Mr. Sessions and filled in when it came to the Russia investigation, ultimately appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel to lead the probe.

In fact, much of the past two months of discomfort and self-inflicted pain for Mr. Trump can be tied in some way back to that recusal. Mr. Trump felt blindsided by Mr. Sessions’s decision and unleashed his fury at aides in the Oval Office the next day, according to four people familiar with the event. The next day was his fateful tweet about President Barack Obama conducting a “wiretapp” of Trump Tower during the campaign, an allegation that was widely debunked.

However, Mr. Trump is said to be aware that firing people now, on the heels of dismissing James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, would be risky. He has invested care and meticulous attention to the next choice of an F.B.I. director in part because he will not have the option of firing another one. The same goes for Mr. Sessions, these people said.

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Everyone gets their turn in the fuckbarrel.

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

is a recusal legally binding? Can sessions just go "lol I'm no longer recusing myself"?

Time Crisis Actor
Apr 28, 2002

by Hand Knit
Realtalk I think the term "Racist Perjury Elf" is awkward and cringe every time you use it.










welp back to my posting cave.

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Be that as it may, "Racist in the pocket of Russian influence" is too ambiguous in this administration.

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Deathy McDeath posted:

Realtalk I think the term "Racist Perjury Elf" is awkward and cringe every time you use it.










welp back to my posting cave.

Yeah you should use Plantation Gnome instead

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

FAUXTON posted:

Yeah you should use Plantation Gnome instead

holy crap that one's good

Just as long as I don't have to type out that motherfucker's name, or call him Attorney General.

Zeris
Apr 15, 2003

Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.

facialimpediment posted:

The Intercept probably blew the source when the reporter(s) checked with ANOTHER contractor to confirm the document's veracity and literally gave them full pictures of the document, plus the intelligence report number. There's some bullshit in there about the documents being creased, but it looks like Contractor #2 went to the government, then the government person blew it up.

https://twitter.com/max_read/status/871862790113419264

And I swear, this Comey thing could turn out to be overhyped and become a nothingburger, but gently caress it will be good television.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/871864020155990017

https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/871854226644840448

Durr make her sit in an office doing nothing for six months so she has experience before we let her see the good stuff!

Laranzu
Jan 18, 2002

Zeris posted:

https://twitter.com/leahmcelrath/status/871854226644840448

Durr make her sit in an office doing nothing for six months so she has experience before we let her see the good stuff!

The DoD gives TS//SCI to a bunch of unproven 18 year olds who never had a job and make questionable life choices like enlisting!!!

Kawasaki Nun
Jul 16, 2001

by Reene
lol how many 20 year olds get TS clearance to do their jobs in the military? Reality Winner is looking at 10 years for leaking info that wasn't really all that revelatory, what else could even reasonably be accomplished?

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Reverand maynard posted:

is a recusal legally binding? Can sessions just go "lol I'm no longer recusing myself"?

No, yes. But as a political and practical matter, I doubt it'll happen, even in this timeline.

I like racist perjury elf (the appellation, not the person)

FIDEL CASHFLOW
Oct 13, 2009

I need to find a contractor that'll give me a clearance because I did the military wrong :(

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

joat mon posted:

No, yes. But as a political and practical matter, I doubt it'll happen, even in this timeline.

I like racist perjury elf (the appellation, not the person)

Doesn't reneging on or violating the spirit of a recusal open him up to being disbarred?

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Kawasaki Nun posted:

lol how many 20 year olds get TS clearance to do their jobs in the military? Reality Winner is looking at 10 years for leaking info that wasn't really all that revelatory, what else could even reasonably be accomplished?
Possibility: Donnie fucks up the investigation by mouthing off on Twitter and Winner gets of relatively light.

Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

facialimpediment posted:

The Intercept probably blew the source when the reporter(s) checked with ANOTHER contractor to confirm the document's veracity and literally gave them full pictures of the document, plus the intelligence report number. There's some bullshit in there about the documents being creased, but it looks like Contractor #2 went to the government, then the government person blew it up.
A security blogger pointed out that the posted documents still had the yellow security dots on them, so we know exactly what printer and at what time they were printed off: May 9, 2017 at 6:20.

http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html?m=1

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


FIDEL CASHFLOW posted:

I need to find a contractor that'll give me a clearance because I did the military wrong :(

Shits crazy. I got a job at a Navy base for some IT work already with my clearances gtg. Was getting bored sitting for two weeks until I got gained in the system.
Some dude hired as a tier2 had to sit at a desk for 6 months watching FB and YouTube before his clearance that the company payed for was gtg.
6 loving months.
Finding a vaguely knowledgeable IT guy who doesn't smoke weed in WA is apparently nearly impossible.

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
Leaker used her work laptop to communicate w the intercept lmao

Arc Light
Sep 26, 2013



joat mon posted:

No, yes. But as a political and practical matter, I doubt it'll happen, even in this timeline.

Hasn't stopped Nunes.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-un-recusal-of-devin-nunes/528882/

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


I wasn't allowed on site while my clearance was in progress. Apparently I didn't make the cut for a waiver? Eight months, full salary, doing nothing for no one, spending my time however I wanted. Consulting is a scam.

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

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


Waroduce posted:

Leaker used her work laptop to communicate w the intercept lmao

:lol:

Pretty sure this is the last time anyone (competent) will leak anything to the Intercept.

Oh this just broke,
Top American Diplomat in China Resigns Over Drumpf’s Paris Climate Treaty Pull-Out

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
Remember John Boehner? http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/john-boehner-calls-trump-a-complete-disaster

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

He's been okay in my books since he was in Obama's lame duck film.

e: Trump has really made me appreciate my Republican friends and colleagues who I don't necessarily agree with on everything political, but I can at least trust are rational human beings who actually want the best for the country.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB



Seems reasonable and realistic. Good for him for getting out.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

psydude posted:

Doesn't reneging on or violating the spirit of a recusal open him up to being disbarred?

He wouldn't reneg, he'd reconsider. It would open him to disbarment less than lying to Congress would.

Chief law enforcement officer of the U.S. is different from a guy on a congressional committee, and Sessions unrecusing to fire Mueller is different than Nines issuing a subpoena.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Kawasaki Nun posted:

lol how many 20 year olds get TS clearance to do their jobs in the military? Reality Winner is looking at 10 years for leaking info that wasn't really all that revelatory, what else could even reasonably be accomplished?

A lot. Just because the infantry doesn't, don't expand that to include everyone. Your average officer joins around 22, too.

Doc Hawkins posted:

I wasn't allowed on site while my clearance was in progress. Apparently I didn't make the cut for a waiver? Eight months, full salary, doing nothing for no one, spending my time however I wanted. Consulting is a scam.

WTF they didn't give you an interim? Weird.

FIDEL CASHFLOW
Oct 13, 2009

LingcodKilla posted:

Shits crazy. I got a job at a Navy base for some IT work already with my clearances gtg. Was getting bored sitting for two weeks until I got gained in the system.
Some dude hired as a tier2 had to sit at a desk for 6 months watching FB and YouTube before his clearance that the company payed for was gtg.
6 loving months.
Finding a vaguely knowledgeable IT guy who doesn't smoke weed in WA is apparently nearly impossible.

Sounds like I need to move to the PNW, gently caress

edit:

Doc Hawkins posted:

I wasn't allowed on site while my clearance was in progress. Apparently I didn't make the cut for a waiver? Eight months, full salary, doing nothing for no one, spending my time however I wanted. Consulting is a scam.


I would do this so fast

FIDEL CASHFLOW fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Jun 6, 2017

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871899511525961728?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

this is real btw

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Imagine if the EU put up a US travel ban

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

tastefully arranged labia posted:

Imagine if the EU put up a US travel ban

I hope the EU puts up a travel ban the next time we have a school shooting

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon

Doc Hawkins posted:

I wasn't allowed on site while my clearance was in progress. Apparently I didn't make the cut for a waiver? Eight months, full salary, doing nothing for no one, spending my time however I wanted. Consulting is a scam.

I'm in a hellish limbo of getting paid to do busy work in a windowless prison while also needing an escort to go down the hall to the bathroom. :toot:

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT



happy 13 years of killdozer

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Kawasaki Nun posted:

lol how many 20 year olds get TS clearance to do their jobs in the military? Reality Winner is looking at 10 years for leaking info that wasn't really all that revelatory, what else could even reasonably be accomplished?

Pretty much any Intel worker and in the air force, there's a few AFSCs that have TS clearance as a requirement so everyone gets them

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Nostalgia4Butts posted:



happy 13 years of killdozer

Dude shouldve got an honorary posthumous IDF comission

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

was it his intention to do it on d-day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv2Wi-hFlJ8

Nostalgia4Butts fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Jun 6, 2017

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
Apparently Rex Tillerson got flipped off in New Zealand

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/06/rex-tillerson-gets-frosty-welcome-in-new-zealand-complete-with-single-finger-salutes

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
I haven't seen this before and it's a really smart idea.

Nevada's legislature just passed a Medicaid buy-in program that's sitting at the Republican Governor's desk. Seems a hell of a lot more cost effective of an idea than Medicare-for-all and I can see the idea spreading. It also bypasses federal bullshit, as Medicaid is a state-run program with some payments by the feds.

https://twitter.com/sarahkliff/status/872060893097545728

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mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
The president weighs in on Twitter, Qatar this morning


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872059997429022722
https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/872066120299229186

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872062159789985792

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