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BootStrap posted:The best part is that he gave up his cushy, guaranteed Senate seat and Chairmanship for this buffoon. AG was his dream job. Not only is he not qualified for the position on its face, but he's a career backbencher. Whatever committees he sits on have been attained by attrition, not merit. He was a complete known quantity in the senate and no one wanted anything to do with him. The only person who'd be stupid enough to give him what he wanted would also be corrupt and incompetent enough to be impeached within a year.
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SocketWrench posted:This seems like something that would make a good drinking game. So goodbye to your liver. Tweet reactions are the best part of this administration.
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dont even fink about it posted:NYT reports that Sessions is in Trump's doghouse because he recused himself, thereby causing all these legal problems in Trump's mind. Trump's mind, a vast empty cavern with a small dot in the middle that represents what might be considered a thought process
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Jun 6, 2017 17:55
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eviltastic posted:By 'told MSNBC', they mean Costa said that on Morning Joe, right? Did they talk about what a terrible, terrible move it would be? Hopefully Trump saw that bit and it triggers his idiot contrarianism and makes it a sure thing. I need them tweets. Trump is gonna act as his own lawyer when he's inevitably brought before Congress to testify 
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Jun 6, 2017 17:55
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The shortest man in the senate was replaced by the tallest!
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In some corner of his mind he probably thinks he's somehow intimidating Comey into telling the "truth" about everything by doing this. I may not like Comey for various reasons. However, I REALLY doubt Trump has any way at all of leveraging the man.
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RZApublican posted:Trump is gonna act as his own lawyer when he's inevitably brought before Congress to testify Maybe Jimmy McGill could come out of retirement at that Cinnabon to help out 
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I am reading Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of a Nation and I enjoyed this partquote:Richard Nixon had tried to win his future wife Pat's favor by driving her on her dates with other men;
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theflyingorc posted:but i get to see puppies I concede that this is ironclad logic. Apologies if this has been posted already, but even if it turns out this whole investigation is all smoke and no fire (and I definitely believe there's fire), it will have been worth it: quote:President Donald Trump's legislative director is acknowledging that the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election are overwhelming his legislative agenda as former FBI Director James Comey is set to appear at a blockbuster Senate hearing later this week. The more it gums up the works and makes it more difficult for Trump to take away people's healthcare, cut food stamps, etc, the better.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yeah, just about the only legitimate reason to keep this kind of information secret right now is if it's part of an ongoing active investigation. But given the Trump White house exists and has shown no interest in investigating the election, and the fact it was leaked from (not Mueller), there's no particular reason to assume it *is* part of an active investigation, either. Given that someone was willing to risk their career to leak this, it seems more like this was *not* being properly followed up on. Yes, I agree that the document that was created 4 days before it was leaked does not indicate some form of an ongoing investigation.
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Jun 6, 2017 17:58
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Lets talk more about how his 110 billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia was made up to make him feel important. There are no new purchases in the deal, just a package of previously signed commitments from the obama administration and some "possible future purchases" that are in no way binding.
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cult member at airport posted:https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/872104030457221120 Lil Marco is a groveling worm.
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Chilichimp posted:Lets talk more about how his 110 billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia was made up to make him feel important. im really upset that i took his statement at face value about it For some reason, I heard Trump claim a success and didn't think "this is actually a huge lie"
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The Glumslinger posted:
Going through the Office's organization chart, there are only 3-4 men in director or assistant director positions right now. Must be awkward at work if they haven't gotten rid of the guy yet. They also abruptly fired the Director at the end of May for unknown reasons.
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RZApublican posted:Trump is gonna act as his own lawyer when he's inevitably brought before Congress to testify 
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Our president, within 5 months of entering office, will live-tweet public testimony about his own obstruction of justice, presumably heckling, starkly gainsaying, and generally making GBS threads on what's being said in realtime. Testimony being given by the former director of the FBI who refused to participate in said obstruction and was fired likely because of that choice (another instance of obstruction?)...And the obstruction is aimed at a multi-faceted investigation dealing with his election campaign and transition team, and their deep ties to our nation's largest enemy and possible manipulation of our election. If I went back in time 4 years and published a book on the above I would be rightly panned as a lovely left wing self-indulgent hack of a writer. Bhaal fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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scuz posted:I'm allowing myself to daydream about the trainwreck that would be Trump Under Oath... When he was depositioned he mostly claimed he couldn't read anything because the print was too small.
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SHOAH NUFF posted:I am reading Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of a Nation and I enjoyed this part quote:Richard Nixon had tried to win his future wife Pat's favor by driving her on her dates with other men This should be an encouragement to guys in the friend-zone as they married and lived happily ever after till death did them part (aside from a few minor issues with her husband's career.)
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scuz posted:I'm allowing myself to daydream about the trainwreck that would be Trump Under Oath... If Trump EVER goes under oath, he's done. That's the end of the Trump administration, because he'll commit perjury 30 times in an hour, if not more.
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So what is the proper mechanism for leaks anyway? Seems like transcribing them would make it easy to question the validity. Or is the problem that The Intercept is stupid for posting the real documents?
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Majorian posted:I concede that this is ironclad logic. Exactly right. Right now he should be whipping support for the AHCA in the senate (and the house for the inevitable amendments) and working with key leaders to flesh out his tax reform proposal. Instead he's distracted watching cable news an angry-tweeting.
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Jun 6, 2017 18:04
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How is this real life, it's like we're being encouraged to watch the testimony and watch Trump's twitter feed live. This is the best marketing I've ever seen. Edit: when is the testimony and how do I watch it live? I've got time on Thursday to make this happen.
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Elotana posted:https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/872115594597998592 Beautiful. I hope he incriminates the poo poo out of himself. Or he just has an anger stroke mid-tweet.
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theflyingorc posted:If Trump EVER goes under oath, he's done. That's the end of the Trump administration, because he'll commit perjury 30 times in an hour, if not more. He could commit perjury 30 times in an hour on tape and the GOP congress would still do nothing.
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Faustian Bargain posted:So what is the proper mechanism for leaks anyway? Seems like transcribing them would make it easy to question the validity. Or is the problem that The Intercept is stupid for posting the real documents? Stick it in the WaPo's drop box
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Jun 6, 2017 18:06
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Faustian Bargain posted:So what is the proper mechanism for leaks anyway? Seems like transcribing them would make it easy to question the validity. Or is the problem that The Intercept is stupid for posting the real documents? Oh yeah, I wanted to point out that the dumbest idiots on Facebook talking about NOBODY HAS EVER EVEN SEEN THE COMEY MEMO don't understand that it's exactly because of stuff like this. If they leaked the actual memo they'd get fired immediately. People are stupid.
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It's a brilliant distraction doing that during the testimony, since we do not have the technology to time-shift media and thus anyone watching him can never see the testimony ever.
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mcmagic posted:He could commit perjury 30 times in an hour on tape and the GOP congress would still do nothing. Just so long as he doesn't talk about getting a bj in the oval office, that will not stand, good sir!
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The Glumslinger posted:In more AHCA will almost never be able to pass the senate news Hyep. It's so bad that moderates are scared, yet too good for scumsuckers like Rand Paul. It hit the perfect sweet spot of being absolutely unworkable.
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exploded mummy posted:What did you mean by this I'm not sure what sort of gotcha you're aiming for here https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/02/07/house-committee-votes-terminate-agency-protects-voting-machines-hacking The Republicans are not interested in stopping Russian interference with our elections
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Elotana posted:https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/872115594597998592 Count down to "I ordered Comey to stop the investigation because it was all based on fake news!"
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:On another thought, I hope when the russian elections get going, every spy agency in the world messes with it.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Do *any* of those oversight mechanisms appear to be doing their job right now? it's all based, in principle, on the authority of the president but the president does not determine the classification level of individual documents. he in effect has the power to declassify documents unilaterally but in practice has no real ability to classify them. not least because he lacks the patience and reading ability to make it through two paragraphs that don't include his name. the agencies themselves decide what classification level is appropriate.
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Alter Ego posted:Beautiful. Trump hungers for ratings so much that he is telegraphing his moves. Now that Comey knows generally what Trump's strategy will be, Comey can counter it. If Trump so much as makes any statement that can be construed as a threat, Comey can take the Fifth. It would also be slam dunk Obstruction of Justice.
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mcmagic posted:Lil Marco is a groveling worm. Marco was loving gross during the other recent FBI hearing. He just kept trying to change the subject, basically. Faustian Bargain posted:So what is the proper mechanism for leaks anyway? Seems like transcribing them would make it easy to question the validity. Or is the problem that The Intercept is stupid for posting the real documents? https://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2016/news-tips/ Pretty sure NYT is ahead of the game. I know the person that set this up, and they sure as poo poo know not to post raw printouts.
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Xae posted:Count down to "I ordered Comey to stop the investigation because it was all based on fake news!" Oh please. Please, let him say this. It would be the torch to the kindling. I want Comey's every word to enrage him further and further until he literally punches through his phone's screen with his thumbs. Fritz Coldcockin fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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Elotana posted:https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/872115594597998592 looking forward to a democratic senator asking comey about a trump tweet from the hearing itself
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