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BarbarianElephant posted:Has anyone ever considered that Mueller is quiet because either No, because then he wouldn't have hired all those people specialized in racketeering and other similar criminal offenses. I trust Mueller to do his job, and to be smart enough to have a plan in place if Orange Julius tries to fire him.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:gently caress gently caress gently caress What. The. gently caress!
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Al Borland Corp. posted:What about as a independent in the general. There's also a Alabama gubernatorial race coming up where his only competition would probably be Roy Moore. Moore is running for his senate seat.
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TyrantWD posted:Sessions can wait out the storm. There is a good chance that by the weekend, something will have distracted Trump, and he will just forget about Sessions for a few months. Trump won't forget about Sessions as long as Russia news continues to appear.
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How would pulling Cruz to AG be any worse? It takes him out of the Senate and Trump still probably nukes his career as well
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BarbarianElephant posted:Has anyone ever considered that Mueller is quiet because either God drat this is loving dumb. No, you idiot.
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Covok posted:Welcome to hell! Nothing happened yet.
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I'll take another opportunity for a special election.
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BarbarianElephant posted:Has anyone ever considered that Mueller is quiet because either Do you have a helper person whose job is to make sure you don't remove your Velcro shoes at inopportune times? I'm honestly curious how someone as stupid as you lives day to day.
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Blitz7x posted:How would pulling Cruz to AG be any worse? It takes him out of the Senate and Trump still probably nukes his career as well Yeah, and Beto O'Rourke has already started fundraising/campaigning as a Cruz challenger, though he's seen as a long shot anyway. But if the timeline were compressed maybe that ups his chances?
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Dick Trauma posted:With this latest flood of apeshit tweets and the Russia and healthcare stuff it feels like things are about to implode. The real world doesn't work that way. Only very rarely does something like that happen quickly. No, I get the feeling this whole administration is going to slowly smolder over the next few years, with the occasional pop like we see today to renew our horror.
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evilweasel posted:mcconnell today is doing the same sort of damage to the country and its institutions as trump does and would be doing it no matter what Aide: But who will do that? Who is willing to turn a blind eye to widespread criminal misconduct while drumming someone up on Trumped up charges in a farcical investigation? Stone: Get me Ken Starr
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Curly Shuffle posted:Moore is running for his senate seat. Moore will not even place top 3 in that, then he'll run for governor again like always
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Blitz7x posted:How would pulling Cruz to AG be any worse? It takes him out of the Senate and Trump still probably nukes his career as well cruz is a net plus to democrats in the senate given his lust for stabbing other republicans in the back and that he is so slimy it is possible (though very unlikely) he could lose in 2018 while anyone appointed in Texas would assuredly win re-election in 2018.
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Lote posted:Aide: But who will do that? Who is willing to turn a blind eye to widespread criminal misconduct while drumming someone up on Trumped up charges in a farcical investigation? i think stone is auditioning for the job, actually
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trump is a democrat DEEP AGENT who is going to just hire and fire republican senators
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evilweasel posted:i think stone is auditioning for the job, actually AG Roger Stone would be... 
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Flip Yr Wig posted:I'll take another opportunity for a special election. Counterpoint: Texas. Don't hold your loving breath.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:gently caress gently caress gently caress Picking the only person in DC who can compete with Trump when it comes to loving over his party? I'll take it. Especially since Cruz would almost certainly have people dig in to Trump's activities so he could be the one to bring him down. Koyaanisgoatse posted:So Mueller is going to be fired, gently caress all is going to happen, laying the groundwork for rigged elections in 2018 and 2020 Mueller being fired or not has nothing to do with the election rigging that the GOP is actively working on via Korbach and other venues. WhiskeyJuvenile posted:also offers great opportunities for development of shipping lanes in coastal nebraska I think you mean the Bay of Nebraska.  axeil posted:Other journalists came in to dunk on him and his response was basically "Um well if you hate me why don't you just listen to someone else." CNN can't be punished severely enough for giving him a (serious) platform. If they hired him and framed it as "this guy's a moron so he's going to be our version of the onion, with the twist being that only he himself doesn't realize he's a joke" that'd have been fine. But no, he's treated as a big boy real journalist. evilweasel posted:this isn't really true Someone like Jefferson would say the 2nd amendment exists for such a situation, though rounding up a few dozen people with muskets in the 18th century would've been a bit more effective than a bunch of people trying to storm the capitol building or WH today.
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Your Taint posted:Counterpoint: Texas. Don't hold your loving breath. Well if the Democrats can find a socialist to run for Cruz's seat, maybe they can finally win Texas!
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I think Capito might be a yes for the "skinny" repeal since it carefully avoids most of what she objected to. Its also a mystery to me what Heller will do. Collins is probably a no, but I'm not sure where the other 2 no's are coming from. By the way, if "skinny repeal" passes, the sadbrain "we're doomed" crowd will not have been proven right or vindicated in any way, because this was not something being seriously considered until today, and it is far less bad than 2015 repeal or Cruz's bill.
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Flip Yr Wig posted:I'll take another opportunity for a special election. senate seats typically don't have a special election, the replacement is appointed by the governor and then is on the ballot in the next general election
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From a true national treasure: https://twitter.com/JohnDingell/status/889886060934770688
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Also, wouldn't the skinny repeal piss off all of the tea partiers who were complaining that they arent going far enough in the repeal?
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Rigel posted:By the way, if "skinny repeal" passes, the sadbrain "we're doomed" crowd will not have been proven right or vindicated in any way, because this was not something being seriously considered until today, and it is far less bad than 2015 repeal or Cruz's bill. Yeah 15 mil more uninsured is way less bad than 35 mil or w/e. Everything is totally fine.
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BarbarianElephant posted:Has anyone ever considered that Mueller is quiet because either Mueller's team is politically varied but importantly not politically vocal, they're experienced in a wide range of legal fields with direct experience prosecuting white-collar crimes, and all of them appear to be historically professional and honorable. I don't worry about Mueller's team even a little bit. I am worried, though, that Mueller ends up getting fired somehow, and Congress doesn't have the votes to create a veto-proof counsel with Mueller leading it (if they have enough votes to create one at all). I'm less worried about Mueller's team not finding anything on Trump himself.
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The Glumslinger posted:Also, wouldn't the skinny repeal piss off all of the tea partiers who were complaining that they arent going far enough in the repeal? the goal isn't so much to pass skinny repeal through the house and senate, as to pass SOMETHING that sets up a conference and one last chance to write the official Repeal and Replace bill that is then amendment-proof and must get a vote
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The Glumslinger posted:Also, wouldn't the skinny repeal piss off all of the tea partiers who were complaining that they arent going far enough in the repeal? At this point, I'm not counting on the "not evil enough" crowd or the HFC crazies to sink it. If Paul's on board, thats not a good sign.
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evilweasel posted:senate seats typically don't have a special election, the replacement is appointed by the governor and then is on the ballot in the next general election Also this. IDK the procedure that Texas has, but the Republicans aren't losing that seat. They could run a dog with an R next to his name and he'd win the election and go to Washington and BE SUCH A GOOD BOY YES HE IS.
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fsif posted:This is such a weird loving administration. Whelp, Breibart's on Trump's fake news poo poo list now
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mango sentinel posted:Yeah 15 mil more uninsured is way less bad than 35 mil or w/e. Everything is totally fine. The 15 mil estimate is largely from young people going "wait I don't have to buy insurance anymore? Sweet, I'm out." Its not ideal because it'll cause a death spiral and raise costs, but we're not talking about poor people on expanded medicaid who wanted health care.
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mango sentinel posted:Yeah 15 mil more uninsured is way less bad than 35 mil or w/e. Everything is totally fine. Yeah it seems over 50% less bad but someone can check my math.
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Rigel posted:At this point, I'm not counting on the "not evil enough" crowd or the HFC crazies to sink it. If Paul's on board, thats not a good sign. Paul's only on board with the motion to proceed and his own specific full repeal proposal
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Crows Turn Off posted:Hey, man, I'm one of the most pessimistic and worried people here, and both of these sound completely ridiculous. Oh hell, I have no legal training at all and I'm sure even I could find something on Trump if given Mueller's authority. I'm not saying I'd find even 1% of what he will find, but there's so much out there anyone could find something. Hell, Trump's actions confirm there's a shitload out there.
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https://twitter.com/AliceOllstein/status/889887055697915904 it is moderately good news hatch is grumbling that things aren't going so hot
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Paul's only on board with the motion to proceed and his own specific full repeal proposal I think you missed the update within the last hour where he said if 2015 repeal fails and the best they can do is skinny repeal, then he'll do it. He only wants proof that 2015 repeal is not an option.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Paul's only on board with the motion to proceed and his own specific full repeal proposal paul has said he will vote for skinny repeal if that's all that's left at the end of the day
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Your Taint posted:Oh hell, I have no legal training at all and I'm sure even I could find something on Trump if given Mueller's authority. I'd start by getting his 2016 income tax return, and hand it off to a team of forensic accountants with the instruction of "look for anything that seems excessively Russian"
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