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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:it does seem to be roughly consistent with the number of diehard Trump supporters who probably would believe everything that came out of the "god emperor's" mouth. 
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I don't understand how McCabe can refuse to answer this question.
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Flip Yr Wig posted:Whoa, does that mean the actual text of the House-passed bill, or is this part of the procedure to start considering the bill and then re-draft it themselves? As much as they say they don't, republicans loving love the bill that the House passed, so of course they won't actually fix anything.
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evilweasel posted:I don't understand how McCabe can refuse to answer this question. Maybe because the special counsel investigation outweighs this one, so he'd rather give the juicy stuff to them behind closed doors?
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Offt...he was not happy with these guys dodging these questions haha wow. "I think your unwillingness to answer a simple question speaks volumes"
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Do they feel they have 50 senators? Or are they just pushing a floor vote to have it die and move on to taxes?
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https://twitter.com/DavidWright_CNN/status/872411494604001280
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Party Plane Jones posted:Not possible: Is this why Portland is so insufferable? They are trying too hard to make up for that?
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SgtScruffy posted:Maybe because the special counsel investigation outweighs this one, so he'd rather give the juicy stuff to them behind closed doors? I don't think he can decide what he'd rather do when it comes to questions from Congress. I think he has an obligation to answer the question unless he has a specific legal basis to refuse.
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Solkanar512 posted:Random question, since things are fairly quiet right now. They are 70 and 66 respectively?
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Aurubin posted:Do they feel they have 50 senators? Or are they just pushing a floor vote to have it die and move on to taxes? They're talking like they think they can get to 50. I think you've got to assume they're correct until there's a reason to believe otherwise. But I think that even if they don't think they can get to 50, they may just need to get an answer one way or the other if they do and move on.
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enraged_camel posted:I don't see why they bother with these open forums if they aren't going to say anything the public doesn't already know. The non-denials from Coats strike me as meaningful, if not direct information. I will agree that it is kind of annoying that nobody really seems to care about the the FISA reauth story.
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So it kinda sounds like they hadn't actually decided to make the job offer to Wray yet and Trump just went ahead with it sight unseen?
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Dr. Angela Ziegler posted:We could only wish for something as benevolent as a 4,000 year old wurm that gets high sniffing spice-farts constantly cloning his best friend in an attempt to end our dependence on non-renewable Hot take of the moment: that's one of the better books of the series. (not a terribly high bar, I know, but still)
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evilweasel posted:They're talking like they think they can get to 50. I think you've got to assume they're correct until there's a reason to believe otherwise. But I think that even if they don't think they can get to 50, they may just need to get an answer one way or the other if they do and move on. loving great. Now I get to go without healthcare because my premiums will be astronomical. I hate old white men.
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I have no hope that Comey's testimony is going to be anything other than alot of "I can't comment on that" and "it would inappropriate to comment on that in a public forum" bullshit. Comey is a self-serving piece of poo poo that will be more interested in trying to rebuild his image as a non-partisan straight-shooter than making up for the tremendous damage he's done to society. It will be a boring pas de deux between Comey and the right wing shitbags that want to talk about leaks leaks leaks.
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Night10194 posted:So it kinda sounds like they hadn't actually decided to make the job offer to Wray yet and Trump just went ahead with it sight unseen? This is lining up with the news that Trump is becoming frustrated with the media and his own staff's abiliity to deliver the message that he wants to deliver, so he'll be using Twitter to do it directly. This is the opening of the bloodgates where Trump thinks he's delivering his purest message.... and he does 
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Dick Trauma posted:It will be a boring pas de deux between Comey and the right wing shitbags that want to talk about leaks leaks leaks. Don't forget about unmasking and Benghazi
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evilweasel posted:I don't think he can decide what he'd rather do when it comes to questions from Congress. I think he has an obligation to answer the question unless he has a specific legal basis to refuse. Senator King going for this exact question
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Night10194 posted:So it kinda sounds like they hadn't actually decided to make the job offer to Wray yet and Trump just went ahead with it sight unseen?
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Spaced God posted:As much as they say they don't, republicans loving love the bill that the House passed, so of course they won't actually fix anything. This is wrong and has been explained before. Again, even though the Senate said they will write their own bill, they technically still have to vote on the house bill. What they will do is vote on an amendment that will literally rip every single word out of the house bill and completely replace it with their amendment. It will still be technically voting on a bill passed by the house, but not really because the amendment will have completely re-written it.
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SgtScruffy posted:Senator King going for this exact question Yeah, I'm quite pleased by this. They can't just decline to answer.
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Dick Trauma posted:I have absolutely no hope that Comey's testimony is going to be anything other than alot of "I can't comment on that" and "it would inappropriate to comment on that in a public forum" bullshit. Comey is a self-serving piece of poo poo that will be more interested in trying to rebuild his image as a non-partisan straight-shooter than making up for the tremendous damage he's done to society. We might get it confirmed that Trump pressured him to drop the Flynn thing. But everyone here seems to be expecting he's going to arrive with a "Trump's links to Putin" dossier and a copy of the piss tape. My impression of Comey is that he is in love with his own righteousness and wants to defend that over every other consideration.
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Night10194 posted:So it kinda sounds like they hadn't actually decided to make the job offer to Wray yet and Trump just went ahead with it sight unseen? Wouldn't surprise me if Trump tried to force Wray into accepting like they tried to do to Elton John for the inauguration. "You can't say no to the President! It's too prestigious and if we say he's doing it, he'll look even worse backing out!"
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Hes loving grilling the poo poo out of them
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evilweasel posted:Yeah, I'm quite pleased by this. They can't just decline to answer. Don't worry, they're not sure they have a legal basis. Well, I'm convinced.
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"I don't have a legal basis" well at least he's honest.
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evilweasel posted:Yeah, I'm quite pleased by this. They can't just decline to answer. I think they CAN decline to answer - they haven't been subpoeaned or anything, it's just a questioning, right? So they can just essentially plead the fifth.
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Solkanar512 posted:Random question, since things are fairly quiet right now. There's a pretty big gulf between the two Washingtons. There's a lot of physical distance, and the state isn't big enough to command attention in spite of that like California can. The specific candidates aren't particularly strong, either. Gregorie is very smart, policy-focused, and a good legal knife fighter, but her "whip up a crowd" charisma is practically nonexistent. She is political broccoli: everybody knows it's the right choice, but very few people get excited about it. Inslee is kind of the opposite; he's friendly and reliably liberal but not the policy brain that Democrats probably want to put up in contrast to Trump. (In fact, he's a bit of a departure from the typical WA approach of "vote for the biggest nerd" - if it weren't for the toxicity of the national Republican party, we'd probably have Governor Rob McKenna right now) It'll be interesting to see what happens with Bob Ferguson. He's not going to run for president in 2020 or anything, but he's been getting national attention with his legal challenges to the Trump administration, and he's ambitious in a nerdy, chess-club-president kind of way. He's personally frugal to a fault, too. He'd make a pretty good anti-Trump.
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Party Plane Jones posted:https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/872474062588710912 This is the only way Trump can make the pick without getting it leaked
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It would be truly a great example of our system if the house passes a terrible bill to get it off their desk, knowing the senate will kill it, just for the senate to craft a terrible bill and send it back to the house assuming the freedom caucus will kill it, and then it becomes law.
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BarbarianElephant posted:We might get it confirmed that Trump pressured him to drop the Flynn thing. But everyone here seems to be expecting he's going to arrive with a "Trump's links to Putin" dossier and a copy of the piss tape. My impression of Comey is that he is in love with his own righteousness and wants to defend that over every other consideration. My impression has mostly been that he's extremely loving pissed at Trump for kicking over his sandcastle and we're going to get his full on passive aggressive 'I'm going to make this look as bad for you as I can in a situation where I can't charge you with anything' treatment the way he did Clinton last Summer. E: This is also probably the best we should hope for, if it happens.
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"When I say that, I'm not trying to be contentious—" "Well I am trying to be contentious!" was loving sweet
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Jun 7, 2017 16:48
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King just dropped the mic there...
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Rigel posted:This is wrong and has been explained before. Again, even though the Senate said they will write their own bill, they technically still have to vote on the house bill. What they will do is vote on an amendment that will literally rip every single word out of the house bill and completely replace it with their amendment. It will still be technically voting on a bill passed by the house, but not really because the amendment will have completely re-written it.
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Rigel posted:This is wrong and has been explained before. Again, even though the Senate said they will write their own bill, they technically still have to vote on the house bill. What they will do is vote on an amendment that will literally rip every single word out of the house bill and completely replace it with their amendment. It will still be technically voting on a bill passed by the house, but not really because the amendment will have completely re-written it. This system is so loving broken
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CyberPingu posted:King just dropped the mic there... Yeah, that was incredible.
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I wish for Wray to publicly announce he was not asked and does not want the job. Please God
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