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Zeroisanumber posted:Uhhhhhh.... Pakistan is going to gently caress us in Afghanistan for this. Neoliberalism scores another victory
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:trump asking if he can pardon himself According to the source, that's exactly NOT what he asked.
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Godholio posted:According to the source, that's exactly NOT what he asked. quote:Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. A second person said Trump’s lawyers have been discussing the president’s pardoning powers among themselves. I think you're confusing the last sentence with the impact of the first one. The source says he's pretending that this is definitely not something that would be imminent, he's totally just throwing hypotheticals out there, but he did ask about his power to pardon himself.
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Yep, that's exactly what I did. 
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Jul 21, 2017 15:57
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Thanksgiving rolls around and Donnie pardons Don Jr. Instead of a turkey.
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His attorneys are just trying to be well informed of the law!! Like good attorneys. And a president has the right to know all the powers he is afforded!! Nothing to see here
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Pardoning yourself and people who helped you become president seems extremely problematic.
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LingcodKilla posted:Pardoning yourself and people who helped you become president seems extremely problematic. As long as your guy wins you can flout federal law and you will get off scot free, nothing to see here!
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As defined by the constitution, it might actually be possible. Pardoning oneself would mean acting as judge and jury for your own actions though and most people would feel a moral/ethical conflict of some type with that.
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lightpole posted:As defined by the constitution, it might actually be possible. Pardoning oneself would mean acting as judge and jury for your own actions though and most people would feel a moral/ethical conflict of some type with that. The question though remains, in the eyes of the Supreme Court, is it legal or illegal to pardon yourself as president, and what follow-on effects might occur from such a pardon? Can you be impeached by the Senate for a crime which you pardoned yourself from, seeing as you have judged yourself not guilty? Also, Donnie Dumbfuck is not most people, the dude is rotten to the core, if there's an angle he can use to get out of something he will use it.
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In case no one is following the net neutrality issue, a redditor did some basic research and found that arguably the FCC is sabotaging its own comment system. reddit link here
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orange juche posted:The question though remains, in the eyes of the Supreme Court, is it legal or illegal to pardon yourself as president, and what follow-on effects might occur from such a pardon? Can you be impeached by the Senate for a crime which you pardoned yourself from, seeing as you have judged yourself not guilty? Yes. This is just absolutely amazing.
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You still have to be convicted to be pardoned, right?
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Donnie found his new White House Communications Director. https://twitter.com/JTSantucci/status/888419717651865602 He's uh.... Not a communications specialist politico posted:Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, has been engaged in talks to join the White House communications shop, two White House officials said. He has a nickname, which is sorta good https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/888419366789935105 The lol thing is that Priebus didn't even know Donnie made the decision, Bannon didn't want The Mooch, and Spicey is pissed that Mooch won't be reporting to Spicey. This should go well. Edit: Spicey mad https://twitter.com/jonkarl/status/888424666301431808 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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AkrisD posted:In case no one is following the net neutrality issue, a redditor did some basic research and found that arguably the FCC is sabotaging its own comment system. Ahahahah, why even do this? It's not like the FCC has to listen if X amount of people blow up the comment section? They could have just shrugged and killed net neutrality right?
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Pesticide20 posted:How is Spicer still around?
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ask and ye shall receive... sometimes https://twitter.com/tackettdc/status/888427273891794945
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Aw, not Spicy Boy  It was so much fun to watch his soul get slowly crushed a molecule or two thinner every day
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Good bye Spice
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Spicy Level: Baby peas 
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TBeats posted:ask and ye shall receive... sometimes If you listen closely, you can hear the screaming of 20 SNL writers who now have to rewrite tomorrow nights script.
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Holy shitballs, Spicey actually has limits. Quickie from Glenn Thrush of NYT https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/...t.co/zNidzsE9zC
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An object lesson to anyone dumb enough to be loyal to Donnie.
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What happens when you chew 5 pieces of gum.
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Pesticide20 posted:How long until the Spice gives us his book? Hopefully tomorrow
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Deathy McDeath posted:Legit gonna miss Spicey he was seriously my favorite part of the administration.
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Casimir Radon posted:An object lesson to anyone dumb enough to be loyal to Donnie. Spicer wasn't really loyal, he was a Reince Priebus candidate.
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This dude sounds just the right fit for Trump:quote:What Robinson nails is the way that this is what Scaramucci does — it’s his job. Scaramucci is a fund-of-funds manager, posting returns even he admits are lackluster: he more or less tracks the S&P 500, while making big, risky bets (a third of his assets are in MBS), investing in leveraged hedge funds, and reserving the right not to redeem his clients’ money upon request. Which means that he only has two ways to make money: either find stupid people to give him their money, or else shower himself with so many conspicuous indicia of success that people just want to buy into his perceived success. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/09/09/anthony-scaramuccis-sleazy-sales-pitch/
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It sounds like he's running a Ponzi scheme. Perfect fit for this administration.
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CommieGIR posted:Spicer wasn't really loyal, he was a Reince Priebus candidate.
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quote:Scaramucci's expected appointment has caused great upheaval in the West Wing, with chief of staff Reince Preibus and chief strategist Steve Bannon — along with Spicer — expressing opposition to him getting the high-profile job. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/sean-spicer-resigns-white-house-press-secretary-240802 HGNNNH DONT STOP NOW, SO CLOSE EDIT: Bonus un-related tweet: https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/888418586473136128
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KildarX posted:Ahahahah, why even do this? It's not like the FCC has to listen if X amount of people blow up the comment section? They could have just shrugged and killed net neutrality right? Essentially it is just a flimsy justification for revoking net neutrality. Makes it easier to claim they are following the will of the people instead of blatantly disregarding it.
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So, like, how many times does Donnie have to just completely and utterly gently caress someone over in exchange for the absolute loyalty he demands before other people start to think that, ya know, maybe Donnie doesn't give a single, watery, luke warm poo poo about them? This is chimpanzee-levels of basic pattern recognition we've got going on and yet they're still furiously slobbing that knob. It's almost impressive.
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Preliminary investigation out - Fitz crew at fault for collision at sea. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/fitzgerald-initial-investigation-blames-navy/index.html Like I thought - never called the skipper and were flat not paying attention. Also may have been transiting at higher than normal speed because they were late.
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