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remeez posted:As someone who read but never posted in the Trump threads, this combo thread is worse. Imagine how bad things would be right now if Nate's lovely line graph had been right.
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Christ did Trump just appoint an MLM scammer to AG? 
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Lightning Knight posted:Christ did Trump just appoint an MLM scammer to AG? Pretty much. Aha https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1060319129347837952?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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You should appreciate being sent goatse. It's basically a gift.
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KiteAuraan posted:Surprise pegged all their pre-recession development to tax income from construction and expanding retail. This was, in retrospect, a very bad idea. I think they finally got their finances in order, but I don't really care because I intend to leave for either Tempe or Seattle soon enough. I went to ASU and as a result lived in Tempe for several years during and after college. It’s an amazing city given how bad the majority of the county is. North Phoenix is also a nice area, having lived there.
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Lightning Knight posted:Christ did Trump just appoint an MLM scammer to AG? Loyalty over competence. That's the Trump way. And he's all out of competence. Personally I wonder if Mueller gets his investigation starved of money if we can't just crowdsource the funds for him. I wonder if it would be legal and/or received.
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Psychepath posted:I wonder what kind of ticking clock there is on Fallon when Seth Meyers does decent political commentary, basically nightly, and gets so much more viewership from young people on youtube. Fallon's not going anywhere while Lorne Michaels is a) still alive and/or b) still at NBC. That man is a god inside 30 Rock and Jimmy Fallon is his personal, cripplingly unfunny herald. Every job Fallon's gotten since leaving SNL, he's been helicoptered into by Lorne and the NBC brass doesn't want to piss off The Man Who Made Saturday Night Live by axing his favorite squeaky toy. nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Nov 8, 2018 |
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Lightning Knight posted:Christ did Trump just appoint an MLM scammer to AG? Remember 1000 years ago when he had a lady at the RNC shill her avocado farm? Sessions problem wasn’t that he wasn’t racist enough, it’s that his corruption didn’t have a profitable angle.
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Edmund Lava posted:Remember 1000 years ago when he had a lady at the RNC shill her avocado farm? Sessions problem wasn’t that he wasn’t racist enough, it’s that his corruption didn’t have a profitable angle. No actually but that is extremely on point for Trump.
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Ash Crimson posted:Realistically how bad is the new ag for Muellers investigation? Extremely.
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Ash Crimson posted:Realistically how bad is the new ag for Muellers investigation?
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Not the kind of tantrum I expected from Trump yesterday gonna be honest. I expected like 20 rage tweets to take out his petulant anger, not a press conference to pick a long term fight with Jim Acosta and Bye Bye Jeffy boy. The man always knows how to exceed expectations at being a raging blithering rear end in a top hat what can I really say. The next couple months are definitely going to be wild, then he'll probably just spend every day being mad at Nancy Pelosi until 2020. I see little reason why he wouldn't allow the government to default just out of spite as well when that issue comes up. He just doesn't give a loving poo poo about anything at all other than his feuds on the political stage 3 years later. My guess is he takes more poo poo out on some unsuspecting country he doesn't like with a random tariff soon since he has nothing better too do. Also can't help but notice the Caravan story is basically dead. No real talking point anymore and he never gave a poo poo in the first place beyond that and it didn't work so I guess that's that.
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Ash Crimson posted:Realistically how bad is the new ag for Muellers investigation? The investigation is probably sunk, but I'm of the opinion that it's way too late now
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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:It's bad, but the idea that Mueller, a Republican cop, was going to sweep in and save America from fascism single-handedly, was always pretty far-fatched. Thank you, so much. We'll be lucky if he brings a case that has a lesser Trump kid or associate take a plea. I know times are rough and we need to hold on to something, but this particular fantasy always makes me cringe. It's borderline Q "Hillary and the demoncrats are going down for kiddie porn anyday now, I bet they are all wearing tracking anklets already!" stuff. They'll pick a few of the more unsavory dopes of the Trump operation to take the fall, pundits will nod with gravitas about how it was all Deeply Concerning but the system fixed itself and endures despite this minor hiccup.
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Kale posted:Also can't help but notice the Caravan story is basically dead. No real talking point anymore and he never gave a poo poo in the first place beyond that and it didn't work so I guess that's that. Qualified experts finally figured out the caravan was too far away from the U.S. border to be a threat. By most estimates they won't make it for another 1 year 11 months.
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Mahoning posted:This is huge, as this race was rated Safe-Triple-D  I don't know if this got the love it deserved because I'm not reading every loving post in this thread, but this is A+ content.
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lol the more I learn about this Whitaker guy, the more I think he will gently caress up the simple thing he wants to do.
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Ash Crimson posted:Realistically how bad is the new ag for Muellers investigation? Pretty bad he's basically a peak Trump pick: doofus grifter + boot-licking loyalist. He was undoubtedly appointed to gently caress with the Mueller investigation and there's nothing anyone can do about it until the Dem controlled House takes office in January. The risk is that messing with Mueller is kicking a hornet's nest; he almost certainly has evidence on a mountain of crimes that will be leaked or brought to light in Dem House investigations no matter what happens to impede the investigation. And you'll probably see protests and a media backlash. Ultimately I think the next couple years will be Mueller evidence and Dem investigations vs. Trump and FOX screaming about partisan rigged witch hunts with the 2020 election being a referendum on how it all unfolds.
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Eltoasto posted:lol the more I learn about this Whitaker guy, the more I think he will gently caress up the simple thing he wants to do. Inshallah Very interested to see whether he just ignores the need to get ethics opinion on his clear conflict of interest. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1060365340662775808
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The Accosta thing is clearly her moving her arm into the path of his gesture in order to sneak around and grab the mic. Anyone who's ever tried to take something away from a baby has committed the same degree of assault. O wonder if they're going to make her press charges or denounce him? I'm the unpaid trump intern that's going to ruin her entire life to take the focus off trump's inability to answer any questions for a day.knox_harrington posted:Didn't see these:https://www.lawfareblog.com/jeff-sessionss-firing-matthew-whitakers-rise-and-attorney-generals-role-mueller-investigation I know that a lot of trump's hiring process is based on looks, I'm just surprised they're being so obvious. The next appointee will literally be gargling blood during his first press conference.
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Eltoasto posted:lol the more I learn about this Whitaker guy, the more I think he will gently caress up the simple thing he wants to do. It's great! It's classic Trump
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MSDOS KAPITAL posted:It's bad, but the idea that Mueller, a Republican cop, was going to sweep in and save America from fascism single-handedly, was always pretty far-fatched. I agree. Bunch of people seem to think Mueller is going to haul the President away in cuffs but this will just lead to some more people getting indicted and receiving slaps on the wrist like they've currently been doing. Manafort was the dumb one who tried to fight which is why he might actually get some real prison time. Rich, powerful white men rarely ever have to answer to crimes. Our best hope was laughing at his kid having to take a mug shot before he gets pardoned.
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knox_harrington posted:Very interested to see whether he just ignores the need to get ethics opinion on his clear conflict of interest Um, yes? Did you expect anything else?
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Arizona right now looks like Sinema is behind by 1%, but nobody has a majority (https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona-senate) - would this mean a runoff like in MS or does that vary by state?
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Drone posted:Um, yes? Did you expect anything else? The dude is a Trump bagman to the core. I'd be flabbergasted if he actually recused himself.
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Clunk Tap It posted:Arizona right now looks like Sinema is behind by 1%, but nobody has a majority (https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona-senate) - would this mean a runoff like in MS or does that vary by state? Nah, most states don't do run-offs.
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Clunk Tap It posted:Arizona right now looks like Sinema is behind by 1%, but nobody has a majority (https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona-senate) - would this mean a runoff like in MS or does that vary by state? Varies by state; I think we'll have to wait a couple days more before AZ results are certified.
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It's always been likely, at least in my mind, that Mueller doesn't think he can indict a sitting president. Or he at least thinks the proper course of action is to prosecute everyone else and lay the info for the president at the feet of congress for them to do their duty. Which they obviously won't, and we'll have confirmation of that when they won't be able to get even 3 Republicans to vote in the senate to protect him.
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Clunk Tap It posted:Arizona right now looks like Sinema is behind by 1%, but nobody has a majority (https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arizona-senate) - would this mean a runoff like in MS or does that vary by state? Uh, MS doesn't do runoffs. You're thinking of Georgia. The only states that do general election runoffs are Georgia and Louisiana.
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Pellisworth posted:Uh, MS doesn't do runoffs. You're thinking of Georgia. The only states that do general election runoffs are Georgia and Louisiana. And California. Our general elections are basically runoffs, even if we don't call them that. Edit: MS has run offs for special elections. Lycus fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Nov 8, 2018 |
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knox_harrington posted:Pretty much. Drainin' the swamp, baby!
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Pellisworth posted:Uh, MS doesn't do runoffs. You're thinking of Georgia. The only states that do general election runoffs are Georgia and Louisiana. Mississippi does do runoffs: https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...m=.e2ba8c1096a9
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Hastings posted:I don't even know why MN would even register as a CHUD haven. For fucks sake, we were the lone hold out for Mondale. that was a gently caress long time ago fair or not, what many people remember more recently is Michelle Bachmann
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Ash Crimson posted:Realistically how bad is the new ag for Muellers investigation? It would have been extremely bad approximately 48 hours ago but with Dems in control of the House come January they can literally reappoint him on their own authority so it'll be Trump basically screaming "I'm nakedly guilty of obstructing justice!" for zero gain for himself
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Ice Phisherman posted:Loyalty over competence. That's the Trump way. He's already self funded the investigation for years by seizing Manafort's assets.
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Fojar38 posted:It would have been extremely bad approximately 48 hours ago but with Dems in control of the House come January they can literally reappoint him on their own authority so it'll be Trump basically screaming "I'm nakedly guilty of obstructing justice!" for zero gain for himself So what happens if the Acting AG fires Mueller and confiscates/seals all of his papers in the meantime?
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