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Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

facialimpediment posted:

News o'clock came early today.

Reuters has Mueller slinging subpoenas about Fredo's 2016 meeting with the Russians.

https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/893203211917590530

Trump is going on a two week vacation starting late Friday. This should be fun.

A vacation from loving what?

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Thwomp
Apr 10, 2003

BA-DUHHH

Grimey Drawer
No, you don't understand. Obama took vacations during the summer and....

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

LingcodKilla posted:

Shouldn't you do some work before you go on vacation?

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/891998881009061888

Checkmate liberals :smug:

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



CNN with the other shoe: https://twitter.com/cnn/status/893205874776440832

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

No tax records and hooray Russia are the only two things I think Donnie has been consistent about the entire time.

He ain't gonna like this.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
What's the lamest reason for a grand jury? If it's not a nothingburger could it just be a veganburger?

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

Duzzy Funlop posted:

A vacation from loving what?

Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone (in a jail cell)

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

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


:lol:
https://twitter.com/Marshall_Cohen/status/893204388847726592

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

hahahahahahahahaahahah

Ceiling fan
Dec 26, 2003

I really like ceilings.
Dead Man’s Band

Casimir Radon posted:

I hope Mueller set up a deadman switch for just such an occurence.

Looks like that's taken care of now that there's a grand jury. The operate under a federal court. Trump can't shut it down or stop it from looking at whatever it wants to.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

Ceiling fan posted:

Looks like that's taken care of now that there's a grand jury. The operate under a federal court. Trump can't shut it down or stop it from looking at whatever it wants to.

Who's on the grand jury?

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

I like how everyone's complaining about the probe expanding beyond collusion to financial crimes.

Hey, how did we find out about Benjamin Ghazi Males and Monica Lewinsky?

psydude fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Aug 3, 2017

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

You won't have Donnie to kick around anymore.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

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

cowboy elvis posted:

Who's on the grand jury?

This one will be made up of DC residents. Here's a primer.

e: there's already a Alexandria, VA grand jury, but they've been working Flynn stuff.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

joat mon posted:

This one will be made up of DC residents. Here's a primer.

A city where Trump got 4% of the vote. I love it.

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


This is probably what the announcement is going to be.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/893210952484626432

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

Nick Soapdish posted:

This is probably what the announcement is going to be.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/893210952484626432

When is this guy up for re-election?

Flikken
Oct 23, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

cowboy elvis posted:

When is this guy up for re-election?

He was a republican until 2015 this is not exactly surprising.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

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

cowboy elvis posted:

When is this guy up for re-election?

2020. He switched from GOP to Dem in 2015 in order to run for governor. Now he's switching back.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

He was the mayor of White Sulfur Springs, where the Greenbrier is.

For those of you who haven't been to the Greenbrier before, the people who live there have about as much in common with the majority of the rest of West Virginia as Hillary Clinton does.

Time Crisis Actor
Apr 28, 2002

by Hand Knit
Is this it? Is this the great mattering?

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u
Gotta have SOMETHING to distract from the news Donny's financials are getting spread before a grand jury and the FBI.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

psydude posted:

He was the mayor of White Sulfur Springs, where the Greenbrier is.

For those of you who haven't been to the Greenbrier before, the people who live there have about as much in common with the majority of the rest of West Virginia as Hillary Clinton does.

Didn't they turn the Greenbrier into the doomsday bunker for Congress back in the 50s?

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
Federal grand juries indict 99.99% of the time per the Washington Post from an article back in 2014.


LOL

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

BigDave posted:

Didn't they turn the Greenbrier into the doomsday bunker for Congress back in the 50s?

Yeah, you can still go tour it. It's pretty cool.

BTW, congress is moving to limit Trump's power to fire Mueller without cause:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...omepage%2Fstory

SquirrelyPSU
May 27, 2003


BigDave posted:

Didn't they turn the Greenbrier into the doomsday bunker for Congress back in the 50s?

Yup.

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

BigDave posted:

Didn't they turn the Greenbrier into the doomsday bunker for Congress back in the 50s?

Are they really a member of congress if their riding (or whatever you guys call it[edit: district?]) is wiped out?

Hot Karl Marx fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Aug 3, 2017

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
if Donny comes out tomorrow and says "yeah i colluded with russia. i broke some laws. i stomped on the constitution. but i did it to save the United States from Hillary Clinton and her emails" he would be hailed as a goddamn patriot by some people

MRC48B
Apr 2, 2012

Continuity of Government installations are the epitome of what Republicans should be against.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





Get hosed donnie

Hail saints mattis and Mueller
Let's call them m&m enterprises for short

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

We're missing the important thing here...how concerned is McCain?

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

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


cowboy elvis posted:

Federal grand juries indict 99.99% of the time per the Washington Post from an article back in 2014.


LOL

lol, yeah. It's also the reason why federal prosecutors have an insanely high conviction rate. They don't bring indictments forward unless they are certain they have you dead to rights.

TBeats posted:

if Donny comes out tomorrow and says "yeah i colluded with russia. i broke some laws. i stomped on the constitution. but i did it to save the United States from Hillary Clinton and her emails" he would be hailed as a goddamn patriot by some people

The sad thing is, you're not wrong.

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





The subject(s) of that grand jury weren't named were they?

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

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


Nope, but it might leak in the coming days. Popehat explains why,
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/893198250345242624

Ayn Marx
Dec 21, 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/03/trump-transcripts-australia-mexico-narcissism

This train never stops

“This is going to kill me. I am the world’s greatest person that does not want to let people into the country,” Trump says. “It makes me look so bad, and I have only been here a week.”

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
Jared Kushner's family business has been subpoenaed over their Investment for Visa program.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country
On a semi-related note, the Secret Service moved their command post from Trump Tower to the sidewalk outside the building, about 50 stories away from Trump et al.

Why? Because Trump kicked them out after they disputed the lease terms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...omepage%2Fstory

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
Well they have some real poo poo for sure.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/politics/mueller-investigation-russia-trump-one-year-financial-ties/index.html

quote:

CNN has learned some of the investigators involved in the probe are buying liability insurance out of concern they could become targets of lawsuits from those who are being investigated, according to one of the people familiar with the probe. The Justice Department covers legal fees for employees sued in the course of their duties, but some of the lawyers want extra protection.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.
Not as big headline as all the good poo poo on this page but thought it was funny

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/02/neo-confederacy-dukes-of-hazzard-cooters-last-stand-215450

"The pro wrestling match on Sunday featured a lumbering, baby-faced villain who wore a Hillary Clinton shirt and "trash talked" about clean air protections, sanctuary cities for immigrants and, most heinous of all, his hatred of the Confederate flag.

"All those stupid flags gotta come down!" taunted the 37-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Daniel Richards, a real estate agent in Richmond. The crowd booed as he pranced around in briefs emblazoned with "Progressive Liberal" across his rear end."

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milk milk lemonade
Jul 29, 2016
If I could I'd melt that lil slice of America into a syringe and inject it. I'd be high on Uncle Sam for weeks

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