CNN: Comey Was Fired Because He Was Stepping Up the Investigation Into Trump's Russian Ties

CNN: Comey Was Fired Because He Was Stepping Up the Investigation Into Trump’s Russian Ties

Trump follows up by inviting the Russian ambassador to the Oval Office

PoliticsMay 2017 • Views: 36,781

Donald Trump yukks it up with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office (Credit: TASS)

Would you be surprised to learn that Trump’s stated reason for firing FBI director James Comey was yet another lie?

Washington (CNN)There are two reasons why President Donald Trump fired James Comey, according to a source close to the now-former FBI director:

Comey never provided the President with any assurance of personal loyalty.

The fact that the FBI's investigation into possible Trump team collusion with Russia in the 2016 election was accelerating.

The official White House version of what happened is that deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, fresh on the job, wrote a memo expressing concern about the way Comey had handled the Hillary Clinton email investigation.But mounting evidence suggests Comey was actually fired because of the Russian investigation.

The idea that the director of the FBI should swear an oath of personal loyalty to the president is outrageous and un-American, of course, but then that also describes Trump himself.

So how did our so-called president spend the day after firing the man who was leading the investigation into his ties to Russia?

By inviting Russia’s foreign minister to a private meeting in the Oval Office, at the special request of Vladimir Putin himself.

The chummy White House visit—photos of the president yukking it up with Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak were released by the Russian Foreign Ministry since no U.S. press was allowed to cover the visit—had been one of Putin’s asks in his recent phone call with Trump, And indeed the White House acknowledged this to me later Wednesday. “He chose to receive him because Putin asked him to,” a White House spokesman said of Trump’s Lavrov meeting. “Putin did specifically ask on the call when they last talked.”

Yes, you read that right. Trump banned the US media from covering the event, and invited TASS photographers into the White House instead.

Photos of Trump’s meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak just hit the Getty wire and they’re all credited to Russian news agency TASS pic.twitter.com/qE9lWB6KuS

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) May 10, 2017

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Deadly serious Q: Was it a good idea to let a Russian gov photographer & all their equipment into the Oval Office? https://t.co/6WA4NxHxID

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) May 10, 2017

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He’s literally rubbing America’s noses in it.

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How Trump’s anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 5:50:40pm

He knows the GOP doesn’t care.

MsJ May 10, 2017 • 5:50:44pm

This isn’t goodhttps://t.co/nsMcR7CEta pic.twitter.com/McaqOOTXMF

— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 5:51:13pm

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It’s terrifying.

thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 5:51:35pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

He knows the GOP doesn’t care.

The current squawking is just them riding the political tides. When the dust finally settles, they will quietly fall back into line, and order will be restored to the political universe once more.

lawhawk May 10, 2017 • 5:51:43pm

@ColinKahl No, it was not.

— David S. Cohen (@cohendavid) May 10, 2017

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That’d be a former Deputy Director of the CIA.

I’d concur. But it’s damned scary and troubling that Trump excluded US media from the meeting at the White House , all while putting the Russians media in a position to be the exclusive media for the meeting.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 5:51:55pm

re: #4 thedopefishlives

The current squawking is just them riding the political tides. When the dust finally settles, they will quietly fall back into line, and order will be restored to the political universe once more.

PRecisely.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 5:53:00pm

The picture being painted is pretty clear: Trump wanted Comey to be his attack dog and he was having none of it. He came into office figuring that Comey’s 11th hour October Surprise had been a move to put him in the good graces of the new boss and thus treated Comey as such. But then the FBI investigation didn’t go away, despite Trump’s insistence that it do so, and was actually widening and deepening. Worse, Trump’s obsession with the leaks in his administration and his belief that they are being committed by a shadowy cabal of government employees loyal to Obama was getting no play outside of the GOP.

It seems that the request for more resources was the last straw, as Trump bellowed “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome director?!” and Rosenstein dutifully complied.

Charles Johnson May 10, 2017 • 5:54:03pm

@KFILE Buried lede: the Washington Post has more than 30 officials inside the White House leaking to them.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2017

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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 5:54:04pm

re: #6 HappyWarrior

PRecisely.

And people think Trump will be impeached. It would take a literal act of God - the Second Coming of Jesus - for that to happen. The Republicans will stall, bluster, talk big, and wait until the furor dies away. There is nothing on this earth he could do that would cause them to, even reluctantly, turn against him far enough to initiate impeachment proceedings.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 5:54:29pm

re: #9 thedopefishlives

And people think Trump will be impeached. It would take a literal act of God - the Second Coming of Jesus - for that to happen. The Republicans will stall, bluster, talk big, and wait until the furor dies away. There is nothing on this earth he could do that would cause them to, even reluctantly, turn against him far enough to initiate impeachment proceedings.

Correctl.

Belafon May 10, 2017 • 5:56:51pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Shhhhhh!

Hecuba's daughter May 10, 2017 • 6:01:36pm

If the Republicans get enough pressure from their constituents, they may see the light. If they fear losing their seat, that is more of an incentive than doing anything to save the country.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:02:29pm

re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter

If the Republicans get enough pressure from their constituents, they may see the light. If they fear losing their seat, that is more of an incentive than doing anything to save the country.

The problem is many Republican constiuents just don’t care. They hate liberals and Democrats more than anything else.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 6:03:14pm

re: #9 thedopefishlives

And people think Trump will be impeached. It would take a literal act of God - the Second Coming of Jesus - for that to happen. The Republicans will stall, bluster, talk big, and wait until the furor dies away. There is nothing on this earth he could do that would cause them to, even reluctantly, turn against him far enough to initiate impeachment proceedings.

In the long-shot event that the DNC reclaims the House next November, the odds of impeachment are fairly good. But even in the most optimistic scenario of next November, the DNC is not in danger of winning a solid 67 votes in the Senate. And Trump is a man so detached from reality that there’s no chance he will follow Nixon’s example and resign. He will use every tool in his arsenal (legal or illegal) to prevent Republicans from voting to remove him from office.

So yes, it will probably take divine intervention to remove the man from office unwillingly.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 6:04:30pm

re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter

If the Republicans get enough pressure from their constituents, they may see the light. If they fear losing their seat, that is more of an incentive than doing anything to save the country.

Most of them are telling themselves “I can ride this shit out til 2020,” when they figure Trump will lose reelection and they can go back to be the opposition party.

thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 6:05:05pm

re: #14 Targetpractice

He could fire a nuke out of Minot or Vandenberg, straight into the middle of the country, and they would still find a way to mansplain it away.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:05:18pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

Most of them are telling themselves “I can ride this shit out til 2020,” when they figure Trump will lose reelection and they can go back to be the opposition party.

Jen Wexton is going to give Barbara Comstock the fight of her life next fall I reckon here in VA-10.

gocart mozart May 10, 2017 • 6:05:37pm

This is incredible. wow.

About to ride out #bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/J7lbF1rEH1

— Giovanny (@anyhouroftheday) May 10, 2017

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Mike Lamb May 10, 2017 • 6:05:41pm

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Hecuba's daughter May 10, 2017 • 6:06:36pm

re: #13 HappyWarrior

The problem is many Republican constiuents just don’t care. They hate liberals and Democrats more than anything else.

True — but midterm elections have a very different turnout pattern. How do you think Rostenkowski lost his absolutely safe seat in 1994 to a no-name Republican? You get enough people really angry and your supporters are disheartened, the other side may win the election. Of course, during a Presidential year, the seat is likely to switch back, but maybe not..

Teukka May 10, 2017 • 6:06:46pm

re: #14 Targetpractice

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So yes, it will probably take divine intervention to remove the man from office unwillingly.

“There’s no hell like an answered prayer”

*ducks*

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:07:51pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Well Trump has one thing that Pence doesn’t and that’s a lot of pull with their base. Pence when Trump picked him was struggling to win re-election as governor of Indiana. That’s my only guess. That or their hope is to get enough out of Trump and then throw him to the wolves.

William Lewis May 10, 2017 • 6:07:55pm

re: #18 gocart mozart

This is incredible. wow.

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Nicely done. Thank you for sharing it.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:08:11pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

True — but midterm elections have a very different turnout pattern. How do you think Rostenkowski lost his absolutely safe seat in 1994 to a no-name Republican? You get enough people really angry and your supporters are disheartened, the other side may win the election. Of course, during a Presidential year, the seat is likely to switch back, but maybe not..

Good point.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:08:56pm

I’m biased but I really do like how Perriello is running his gubertorial campaign here in VA. Haven’t had any time to focus on what’s happening in Joisey.

thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 6:08:58pm

re: #22 HappyWarrior

Well Trump has one thing that Pence doesn’t and that’s a lot of pull with their base. Pence when Trump picked him was struggling to win re-election as governor of Indiana. That’s my only guess. That or their hope is to get enough out of Trump and then throw him to the wolves.

Time for my favorite?

Nobody likes Pence. NOBODY.

Skip Intro May 10, 2017 • 6:08:59pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Fear of tRump voters is all I’ve got, or fear of tRump himself. I’m sure he has enough shit on most Republicans to send them to jail, or worse, if he chooses to use it.

William Lewis May 10, 2017 • 6:09:27pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

We can fight Pence while not having to worry about an ignorance caused WWIII starting on the Korean Penisula though.

Hecuba's daughter May 10, 2017 • 6:09:28pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

We need to get Pence gone too — which unfortunately gives us Ryan, who at least isn’t a theocrat. Pence had to have known about the Flynn ties to Russia or he’s an absolute idiot. Or maybe both.

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EPR-radar May 10, 2017 • 6:09:48pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Trump is actually uniquely qualified to be the Voice of the GOP Pig People. He’s a rich asshole who has been totally enthusiastic about being a rich asshole his entire life. There aren’t all that many of those types, actually. Most rich assholes have self-preservation instincts that lead them to try to rule from the shadows.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:10:26pm

re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter

We need to get Pence gone too — which unfortunately gives us Ryan, who isn’t a theocrat. Pence had to have know about the Flynn ties to Russia or he’s an absolute idiot. Or maybe both.

That was the fortunate thing when we got rid of Nixon. We had Ford in there. Agnew thankfully had been removed by then.

Teukka May 10, 2017 • 6:10:37pm

So this came across one of the chats I’m in… Is it legit?
Court Filing Indicates FBI Has Active Investigation Pertaining to Donald Trump’s Call for Russian Hacking and Espionage

EPR-radar May 10, 2017 • 6:11:12pm

re: #28 William Lewis

We can fight Pence while not having to worry about an ignorance caused WWIII starting on the Korean Penisula though.

Pence is wrong within the normal parameters of GOP awfulness. Trump really is on a completely different level.

lawhawk May 10, 2017 • 6:11:41pm

This is another avenue to explore. Whether Trump called or contacted Flynn since he was fired, what was said, and why.

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 10, 2017

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This is potentially a significant issue all on its own - Flynn faces all kinds of scrutiny and likely prosecution over his various actions - the lies, the omissions, etc., to say nothing of being a foreign agent advising Trump before, during, and after the election.

Despite firing Flynn, Trump still wants to have communications with him. There’s no way in hell any lawyer would ever allow that. But we all here know Trump, and he’d find a way to communicate with Flynn, and that too would be obstruction of justice and interfering with a federal investigation.

It’d be imperative to know whether the WH contacted Flynn at any point after the firing.

451_Montag May 10, 2017 • 6:14:45pm

One thing I have noticed today from the Dems, 2 or 3 times has been the use of the I word. Couched in terms like “we are a long way from it but, this is the sort of thing that led to Nixon’s impeachment” They’ve avoided it like the plague in the most part

Keep an ear out for it. It sounds like some framing and anchoring going on. If it slowly builds over the next few weeks then things start to get real.

gocart mozart May 10, 2017 • 6:15:16pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

— endless screaming ⚧ (@infinite_scream) May 11, 2017

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Mike Lamb May 10, 2017 • 6:16:54pm

Collective response to those who responded to me: yes, Trump has his base, but Pence would absolutely draw every fundy/evangelical. I’d think that would make up for losses of the secular Trump supporters.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:17:38pm

re: #37 Mike Lamb

Collective response to those who responded to me: yes, Trump has his base, but Pence would absolutely draw every fundy/evangelical. I’d think that would make up for losses of the secular Trump supporters.

That’s true as well.

Citizen K May 10, 2017 • 6:19:28pm

re: #37 Mike Lamb

re: #38 HappyWarrior

Thing is, doesn’t Trump pretty much already have all the fundies and evangelicals on his side already? Seen a lot how they’ve fallen almost unanimously in line behind Trump because he’s basically become their guy on the culture war shit.

MsJ May 10, 2017 • 6:19:46pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Because trump had a base which is the racists and other general assholes. That is a large part of the GOP base, too. There’s not enough other Base to sustain them. Pence is tainted with trump stank. Normal folks (the other 60+ percent of Americans will likely not cut him slack. Hence… The GOP is kinda fucked.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:21:00pm

re: #39 Citizen K

Thing is, doesn’t Trump pretty much already have all the fundies and evangelicals on his side already? Seen a lot how they’ve fallen almost unanimously in line behind Trump because he’s basically become their guy on the culture war shit.

Yeah he does.

TedStriker May 10, 2017 • 6:22:15pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Because Trump is a submoronic cypher, the perfect Play-Doh President that the long-suffering archconservative GOPers can use to get what they want without dealing with complications they might have with a President Pence.

“Complications” such as intelligence, knowledge on what being President actually entails, self-awareness, or a soul (dark and twisted, though it may be).

Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 6:22:59pm

Leaks on hour, every hour, will destroy Trump presidency. There’s a Trojan horse plotting within the inner circle!https://t.co/tWdfDjlUX1

— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) May 11, 2017

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Schweppes7 May 10, 2017 • 6:24:14pm

re: #43 Stanley Sea

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More like 30+ trojan horses….. :)

Mike Lamb May 10, 2017 • 6:25:07pm

re: #42 TedStriker

Because Trump is a submoronic cypher, the perfect Play-Doh President that the long-suffering archconservative GOPers can use to get what they want without dealing with complications they might have with a President Pence.

“Complications” such as intelligence, knowledge on what being President actually entails, self-awareness, or a soul (dark and twisted, though it may be).

Rumors are that Pence is just as big of fucking moron as Trump (see e.g. his comments about wanting the N. Koreans to see his resolve). He’s just slightly more self aware.

Skip Intro May 10, 2017 • 6:26:06pm

re: #43 Stanley Sea

Well when you’ve got leaks you need plumbers. Another business opportunity for Ivanka and Jared.

Scottish Dragon May 10, 2017 • 6:26:06pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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gocart mozart May 10, 2017 • 6:26:08pm

space lincoln is woke af pic.twitter.com/ulWHhTEtD4

— Swear Trek (@swear_trek) March 29, 2017

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freetoken May 10, 2017 • 6:26:10pm

re: #45 Mike Lamb

Rumors are that Pence is just as big of fucking moron as Trump (see e.g. his comments about wanting the N. Koreans to see his resolve). He’s just slightly more self aware.

Pence is able to compose complete sentences. That’s his advantage over Trump.

Bubblehead II May 10, 2017 • 6:26:29pm

Night Lizards.

Pawn of the Oppressor May 10, 2017 • 6:28:02pm

re: #18 gocart mozart

This is incredible. wow.

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The looped sound of a Triumph Speed Triple with aftermarket exhaust gave it away. :D

Timothy Watson May 10, 2017 • 6:31:54pm

re: #48 gocart mozart

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Aren’t we due for a Eugenics War or two?

goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 6:33:28pm

re: #22 HappyWarrior

Well Trump has one thing that Pence doesn’t and that’s a lot of pull with their base. Pence when Trump picked him was struggling to win re-election as governor of Indiana. That’s my only guess. That or their hope is to get enough out of Trump and then throw him to the wolves.

The base doesn’t give a fuck about Trump per se, just that he provided the kind of shit faced bravado mentality that refuses to back down or apologize no matter how utterly evil and wrong it is. That’s modern conservatism in a nutshell, all Pence has to do to maintain it is feed it a steady diet of resentment against liberalism, science and changing social power structures. Towards that end it would hurt Pence if he were to be seen as throwing Trump under the bus, legitimizing the charges against him, but as long as he paints Trump as the victim of a PC witch hunt he’ll have their support.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 6:33:57pm

re: #43 Stanley Sea

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Wingnuts absolutely loved leakers when they were “whistleblowers.” That’s how they got all their “scandals” during the Obama years: Relying upon an abundance of “inside sources” to pad nothingburgers into “the next Watergate!” Hell, they went absolutely apeshit when they found out a reporter was under DOJ investigation for getting classified information from “sources.” The majority of “Emailgate” was “sources” helping them sell stories about how the FBI was hot on Hillary’s case and the indictments were coming “any day now.” Remember the “inside source” that told them that there were 150 agents dedicated to the investigation and they would all resign en-masse if Lynch didn’t issue indictments?

Mike Lamb May 10, 2017 • 6:34:08pm

Also, has Greenwald smugsplained how this is just all unsourced, McCarthyism?

Schweppes7 May 10, 2017 • 6:34:26pm

WSJ sources: “Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing potential evidence of collusion” in Trump-Russia probe https://t.co/gtos5gv6NI pic.twitter.com/3Y0vLzVRAX

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 11, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 6:35:49pm

MacArthur: “We don’t oversee the executive…. Congress is not the board of directors of the White House.”

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) May 11, 2017

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Honestly. Is there no one in the entire government who has read the constitution? https://t.co/H9MnhIjkmf

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) May 11, 2017

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MacArthur: “We don’t oversee the executive…. Congress is not the board of directors of the White House.”

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) May 11, 2017

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What if the House formed a committee to oversee the executive? They could call it, I dunno, the “Oversight Committee”? https://t.co/tYtb0rTrVu

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 11, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 6:36:57pm

This story has been updated to more precisely describe Spicer’s location near White House bushes on Tuesday night https://t.co/kRwAq4lLeo

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2017

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Best. Correction. Ever. https://t.co/6qwv0Wq7sW

— matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2017

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Timothy Watson May 10, 2017 • 6:37:01pm

re: #57 FormerDirtDart

MacArthur: “We don’t oversee the executive…. Congress is not the board of directors of the White House.”

Hmm…so there weren’t a half dozen investigations into the State Department’s handling of an overseas incident?

Charles Johnson May 10, 2017 • 6:37:16pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

I think part of it is simple fear. They’re scared of what will happen to their careers and their personal fortunes if they cross this vindictive motherfucker, because they know he has a well-deserved reputation for destroying people who cross him.

freetoken May 10, 2017 • 6:38:19pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

Money.

I am quite convinced that the Republicans in Congress will not act on Trump until they can get personal and corporate tax cuts in the law.

lawhawk May 10, 2017 • 6:38:51pm

re: #59 Timothy Watson

That was different. That was investigating Hillary f’n Clinton. That’s what the GOP does. They investigate the Clintons.

GOPs investigating the GOP? What grade A nonsense is that? /

Citizen K May 10, 2017 • 6:39:23pm

re: #57 FormerDirtDart

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Blind Frog Belly White May 10, 2017 • 6:39:24pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

This is a real fucking hoot! 30 Administration folks leak to journalists that Trump was furious Comey wasn’t doing more to identify Administration folks leaking to journalists.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:39:27pm

re: #57 FormerDirtDart

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Skip Intro May 10, 2017 • 6:39:39pm

re: #62 lawhawk

That’s what Rand Paul said.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:40:10pm

re: #66 Skip Intro

That’s what Rand Paul said.

Probably one of the few times Randy Rand has ever been honest.

nickzi May 10, 2017 • 6:40:25pm

re: #37 Mike Lamb

Pence is more dangerous than Trump, because he really is a dead-eyed, woman-hating, gay-hating, religious fanatic without any evidence of a conscience or empathy. He’s the sick and twisted stuff of which inquisitors and torturers are made. Trump is despicable and corrupt, but he clearly doesn’t care about any particular ideology beyond his own enrichment and getting his mob to cheer for him.

nickzi May 10, 2017 • 6:41:15pm

And now that I’ve said something thoroughly depressing, here’s something that made me laugh:

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— Jörgen Camrath (@uniwave) May 10, 2017

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Blind Frog Belly White May 10, 2017 • 6:41:16pm

re: #57 FormerDirtDart

Between that, and McCarthy’s statement that ‘we in Washington serve at the pleasure of the President’, I gotta think there’s something in the water in the GOP offices.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:41:30pm

re: #68 nickzi

Pence is more dangerous than Trump, because he really is a dead-eyed, woman-hating, gay-hating, religious fanatic without any evidence of a conscience or empathy. He’s the sick and twisted stuff of which inquisitors and torturers are made. Trump is despicable and corrupt, but he clearly doesn’t care about any particular ideology beyond his own enrichment and getting his mob to cheer for him.

They’re both dangerous in their own way and it sickens me that they’re the one and two of this great nation.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:41:51pm

re: #70 Blind Frog Belly White

Between that, and McCarthy’s statement that ‘we in Washington serve at the pleasure of the President’, I gotta think there’s something in the water in the GOP offices.

Yeah really really bad acid.

EPR-radar May 10, 2017 • 6:42:45pm

re: #53 goddamnedfrank

The base doesn’t give a fuck about Trump per se, just that he provided the kind of shit faced bravado and refusal to back down or apologize no matter how utterly evil and wrong he was. That’s modern conservatism in a nutshell, all Pence has to do to maintain it is feed it a steady diet of resentment against liberalism, science and changing social power structures. Towards that end it would hurt Pence if he were to be seen as throwing Trump under the bus, legitimizing the charges against him, but as long as he paints Trump as the victim of a PC witch hunt he’ll have their support.

Pence won’t get the benefit of the hard-wired GOP instinct to cringe and scrape before their betters (i.e., the rich). IMO this is a big part of why Trump’s approval ratings are invincible among Republicans. A rich asshole who does as he pleases is the closest thing to (their) God any of these idiots will see in this life, and Trump gets a massive boost from this effect.

MsJ May 10, 2017 • 6:43:29pm

BREAKING: the Senate Intel Cmte has issued a subpoena to Michael Flynn for Docs related to their Russia Investigation: pic.twitter.com/TrNcyMJbn7

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 10, 2017

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Per a Senate historian, this is the 1st subpoena Senate Intel has issued since their 9/11 joint inquiry —> https://t.co/Zw4lVI4bfg

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 10, 2017

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 6:45:36pm

re: #58 FormerDirtDart

This story has been updated to more precisely describe Spicer’s location near White House bushes on Tuesday night https://t.co/kRwAq4lLeo

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2017

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Sean Spicer ordering staff to turn the lights off so that he can safely emerge from his secret lair within the shrubbery is my everything. https://t.co/KiRoIsWWFi

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017

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Unshaken Defiance May 10, 2017 • 6:46:20pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

Beg to differ where Pence is anything but hamstrung.

The Spite House May 10, 2017 • 6:46:35pm

God I fucking miss the lack of drama that we had.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 6:47:07pm

re: #65 HappyWarrior

You literally are a check and balance on the Executive Branch. It’s something we learn in 8th grade civics, you dumb fuck.

Ah. But they are the REAL Constitutional experts. Uber patriots every one. //

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:47:15pm

re: #78 Skip Intro

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He’d be upset that Jared’s last name was listed first too.

Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 6:47:19pm

The stories are flying

This is a golden age of behind-the-scenes “tick-tock” stories. Used to have to wait for memoirs to get info we now get three times a week.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 11, 2017

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 6:47:34pm

re: #71 HappyWarrior

You can buy Trump and you can frighten Trump. Pence is the sort of vicious fanatic who just wants to take everyone else down with him in his flight to God’s clammy embrace. Not great choices - but I prefer incoherent and self-destructive corruption to organized and pure fanaticism.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:47:51pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

The stories are flying

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This is one book I will read.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:48:13pm

re: #82 nickzi

You can buy Trump and you can frighten Trump. Pence is the sort of vicious fanatic who just wants to take everyone else down with him in his flight to God’s clammy embrace. Not great choices - but I prefer incoherent and self-destructive corruption to organized and pure fanaticism.

You do make good points.

Barefoot Grin May 10, 2017 • 6:48:21pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

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I want to feel sorry for him, but there were actual, real, people who refused to serve this abomination. I didn’t like them before, but I have more respect for them now.

teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 6:48:36pm

Trump Faces the Fallout from Firing James Comey: A Closer Look

MsJ May 10, 2017 • 6:51:14pm

re: #82 nickzi

You can buy Trump and you can frighten Trump. Pence is the sort of vicious fanatic who just wants to take everyone else down with him in his flight to God’s clammy embrace. Not great choices - but I prefer incoherent and self-destructive corruption to organized and pure fanaticism.

(Sigh)

I want a return of Republicans that are general assholes; not fanatics or lunatics or those who hate these other side with such a passion that they’re willing to give the country to a foreign power.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 6:52:17pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

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The especially hilarious part is that the Trumpers do a lot to actually hurt themselves by changing their stories by the hour. The fact that the only paper trail showing Trump’s displeasure is dated the same day he was fired undercuts the idea that this is something that’s been growing over a period of months.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:52:22pm

re: #87 MsJ

(Sigh)

I want a return of Republicans that are general assholes; not fanatics or lunatics or those who hate these other side with such a passion that they’re willing to give the country to a foreign power.

In a world where George Allen looks like a sane Republican.

Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 6:53:37pm

re: #89 HappyWarrior

In a world where George Allen looks like a sane Republican.

Ah, we were younger and more innocent back in those days, weren’t we?

Belafon May 10, 2017 • 6:53:55pm

re: #82 nickzi

You can buy Trump and you can frighten Trump. Pence is the sort of vicious fanatic who just wants to take everyone else down with him in his flight to God’s clammy embrace. Not great choices - but I prefer incoherent and self-destructive corruption to organized and pure fanaticism.

Do you have what it takes to buy Trump, because I don’t. Trump will bomb things just to try to change the subject.

On the other hand, the fanatic stuff Pence would try to pull can be hamstrung by the ACLU.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:54:27pm

re: #90 Targetpractice

Ah, we were younger and more innocent back in those days, weren’t we?

Seriously, how the hell did that happen? But yes.

scottslemmons May 10, 2017 • 6:55:32pm

re: #19 Mike Lamb

Here’s what I don’t get: if Trump is impeached, you get Pence. Pence gives you all of Trump’s policies (probably worse), but more stable and with at least a modicum of understanding on how the govt needs to be run. Why go to the mat for Trump?

I think there’s a decent chance that there’ve been a lot of crimes committed in the process of getting Trump into the White House — and a lot of people in Congress actively participated. If there’s a serious investigation, large chunks of the Republican Party could go to prison. I think that’s why they’re going to the mat for Trump. They’re not trying to protect him — they’re trying to protect themselves.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:56:08pm

re: #93 scottslemmons

I think there’s a decent chance that there’ve been a lot of crimes committed in the process of getting Trump into the White House — and a lot of people in Congress actively participated. If there’s a serious investigation, large chunks of the Republican Party could go to prison. I think that’s why they’re going to the mat for Trump. They’re not trying to protect him — they’re trying to protect themselves.

Yes, I think you may be right.

nickzi May 10, 2017 • 6:56:41pm

re: #84 HappyWarrior

Expanding a little bit on how I view this maladministration:

Trump is the lecherous, egomaniac warlord who goes along with the Taliban to keep his supply of cash, drugs and sex-slaves flowing. Pence is the mullah who decides where the bombs go and who the assassins target - and then praises the terrorists as martyrs. Sure, you’d prefer to deal with neither, but you might occasionally be able to talk to the warlord; the mullah isn’t someone you can get through to.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:58:17pm

re: #95 nickzi

Expanding a little bit on how I view this maladministration:

Trump is the lecherous, egomaniac warlord who goes along with the Taliban to keep his supply of cash, drugs and sex-slaves flowing. Pence is the mullah who decides where the bombs go and who the assassins target - and then praises the terrorists as martyrs. Sure, you’d prefer to deal with neither, but you might occasionally be able to talk to the warlord; the mullah isn’t someone you can get through to.

One I’ve seen is: Trump is the face of your rapist but Pence is the face of the judge who let him go.

BlueGrl21 May 10, 2017 • 6:58:35pm

re: #89 HappyWarrior

In a world where George Allen looks like a sane Republican.

I’m torn, in a way. Trump is now seen as an illegitimate president for 100 different reasons and his incompetence means he’s unable to get things like the Muslim Ban through. I think he’s better for the Dem’s policies than Pence as a result.

But I put country over party. Trump is a threat to our democracy and I’m fairly certain at this point that he’s a traitor as well. He is completely unhinged.

For the good of the COUNTRY, he has to go, even if he’s easier to control than Pence.

nickzi May 10, 2017 • 6:59:16pm

re: #91 Belafon

What does it take to buy Trump? Some gold fixtures and fittings, some flattery, some cash to bail out his bankrupt “empire” and an occasional prostitute to make him feel manly. The Russian mob got to Trump when he was vulnerable, but it could easily have been someone else.

HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 6:59:54pm

re: #97 BlueGrl21

I’m torn, in a way. Trump is now seen as an illegitimate president for 100 different reasons and his incompetence means he’s unable to get things like the Muslim Ban through. I think he’s better for the Dem’s policies than Pence as a result.

But I put country over party. Trump is a threat to our democracy and I’m fairly certain at this point that he’s a traitor as well. He is completely unhinged.

For the good of the COUNTRY, he has to go, even if he’s easier to control than Pence.

Exactly.

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 7:00:48pm

US ambassador appears to criticize Trump in tweet after Comey firing https://t.co/Fth01acRCl pic.twitter.com/FwUpZ9ppm5

— The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2017

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To be abundantly clear, she is not criticizing the president. She is stating a fact. https://t.co/YnOYmze4S3

— Loren D Schulman (@LorenRaeDeJ) May 11, 2017

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:05:33pm

.@GOPLeader: In Washington, “we serve at the pleasure” of the president..”if we lose the confidence,” then we can lose our jobs

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) May 11, 2017

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No, Congress doesn’t “serve at the pleasure” of the president, @GOPLeader. This is really basic civics. https://t.co/HhBfEog6kI

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 11, 2017

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Here’s a thread on how Republicans in Congress literally do not know what their jobs are or who they answer to https://t.co/WJDFEzvA6G

— Jess Zimmerman (@j_zimms) May 11, 2017

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In Washington, “we serve at the pleasure” of the president..”if we lose the confidence,” then we can lose our jobs

Un-fucking-believable.

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The Vicious Babushka May 10, 2017 • 7:05:33pm

I almost forgot about this asshole==>

Sears CEO Lampert blames company’s woes on ‘irresponsible’ media https://t.co/kqwByPsIO2 pic.twitter.com/FYakqqzHE5

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 11, 2017

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 7:06:05pm

re: #86 teleskiguy

That was brutal.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:06:17pm

re: #101 jaunte

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Un-fucking-believable.

Can you imagine if Hoyer, Pelosi, or Reid had said anything close to this about “serving” Obama?

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 10, 2017 • 7:06:20pm

Looks like The White House ran out of these….

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:06:57pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

Send Kevin McCarthy back to high school.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:07:07pm

re: #102 The Vicious Babushka

I almost forgot about this asshole==>

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Maybe you’re not as good of a businessman as you think, you smug son of a bitch.

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 7:07:11pm

re: #93 scottslemmons

Look at the events of the couple of weeks: Lewandowski is booted out for selling access, Flynn is exposed as selling his services to Turkey and Russia, Putin’s scum try to hack the French elections, Comey is fired because he wouldn’t break the law for Trump. And those are just the ones I can recall off the top of my head. I don’t see any way in which the GOP and Trump are not a criminal conspiracy awash in corruption and treason.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:07:31pm

re: #106 jaunte

Send Kevin McCarthy back to ~~high school~~ middle school.

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 10, 2017 • 7:08:44pm

re: #102 The Vicious Babushka

Fuck you Eddie with a 10-ft long barb-wire wrapped curare-tipped telephone and no lubricancts, you Dunning-Kreuger dipshit…

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 7:08:45pm

Here’s the thing for me: I don’t think more than a handful of those in the GOP presently engaged in the cover-up had any part in any crimes committed. I think that, especially for members of the leadership, this is about what they feel is the survival of the GOP past 2020. Remember how much success the DNC had in 2006 running against the “Culture of Corruption”? Most of that was peanuts compared to active collusion with a foreign gov’t to flip the results of a presidential election. That’s why the GOP is prepared to commit political seppuku by blocking any and all investigations: Because they know that what they’re sitting on could send them to the political wilderness for a generation or more.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 7:09:16pm

re: #96 HappyWarrior

That was awesome.

Oh HappyWarrior, spot. On.

“Trump is the face of your rapist but Pence is the face of the judge who let him go.”

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:09:51pm

re: #111 Targetpractice

Here’s the thing for me: I don’t think more than a handful of those in the GOP presently engaged in the cover-up had any part in any crimes committed. I think that, especially for members of the leadership, this is about what they feel is the survival of the GOP past 2020. Remember how much success the DNC had in 2006 running against the “Culture of Corruption”? Most of that was peanuts compared to active collusion with a foreign gov’t to flip the results of a presidential election. That’s why the GOP is prepared to commit political seppuku by blocking any and all investigations: Because they know that what they’re sitting on could send them to the political wilderness for a generation or more.

That’s very true. 2018/20 could be very ugly years for the GOP.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:10:21pm

re: #112 MsJ

That was awesome.

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I didn’t come up with that. I’ve seen a lot of folks use it here but thanks, a Twitter mention!

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The Vicious Babushka May 10, 2017 • 7:11:01pm

re: #107 HappyWarrior

Maybe you’re not as good of a businessman as you think, you smug son of a bitch.

Yes, the media forced an iconic brand to have filthy stores, partially stocked with shitty products (but not the specific products you want), sparsely staffed by sullen, underpaid “associates” who are always off hiding or on the phone.

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Pawn of the Oppressor May 10, 2017 • 7:11:48pm

re: #93 scottslemmons

I think there’s a decent chance that there’ve been a lot of crimes committed in the process of getting Trump into the White House — and a lot of people in Congress actively participated. If there’s a serious investigation, large chunks of the Republican Party could go to prison. I think that’s why they’re going to the mat for Trump. They’re not trying to protect him — they’re trying to protect themselves.

I was just thinking the same thing: I wonder if this is much worse and much deeper than just Trump’s investors purchasing a President. I’m wondering if maybe half to a third of the whole damned government is tied up with this. Where else is Russian money going? And for how long has it been flowing?

I understand the base motivation of keeping Trump alive so he can rubber-stamp all the Republican social Darwinism fantasies. And, it’s not unexpected that the GOP has fallen so far that there isn’t even a speck of statesmanship among the whole fecking lot. But statistically, there shouldn’t be this many Republicans in hiding… Should there?

How deep does this rabbit hole go? Are Dems scared to act because they’re gutless, or because if they dig too deep, half of their “colleagues” are going to prison?

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:11:49pm

re: #115 The Vicious Babushka

Yes, the media forced an iconic brand to have filthy stores, partially stocked with shitty products (but not the specific products you want), sparsely staffed by sullen, underpaid staff who are always off hiding or on the phone.

I really do not get why so many businessmen think treating their employees like crap is a good business model. It’s not.

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bratwurst May 10, 2017 • 7:12:15pm

Is there a dumber elected official in this country than Kevin McCarthy? Maybe Gohmert?

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:14:13pm

Vladimir Putin personally asked President Trump to host Russia’s foreign minister in Oval Office, per Susan Glasser: https://t.co/zd2reY0RaC

— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) May 10, 2017

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*personally instructed https://t.co/EOXaadp2QR

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:14:59pm

re: #118 bratwurst

Is there an elected official dumber than Kevin McCarthy in this country? Maybe Gohmert?

At least Gohmert wasn’t put in the leadership.

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 7:15:09pm

And another thing to consider: Flynn and others may be prepared to do a few years in the slam to avoid rolling on Trump. After all, what have they to lose by accepting a pardon from the Yam on his way out the door? Iran-Contra proved that you can be the scum of the Earth, but so long as you fell on a grenade to save a Republican, you’ll be well compensated for the rest of your days.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:15:12pm

Steve King though could qualify though.

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Shiplord Kirel May 10, 2017 • 7:15:40pm

If Trump goes, Pence will go. Besides his previously mentioned shortcomings, Pence is a serious theocrat and serious theocrats make some, actually many, elements of the business establishment nervous. Oh, fundyism is fine for scaring the peasants away from unions and enviromentalists, or for getting a tool like Reagan or W. elected, but the real deal is scary. With Ryan as the successor, the Republican establishment will have no incentive to go to the wall for Pence, and would probably even try for mea culpa media points by making a clean sweep of it. Never mind that Ryan and the rest of the establishment toadied to the Trump thing and did everything they could to get it elected.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:16:10pm

re: #121 Targetpractice

And another thing to consider: Flynn and others may be prepared to do a few years in the slam to avoid rolling on Trump. After all, what have they to lose by accepting a pardon from the Yam on his way out the door? Iran-Contra proved that you can be the scum of the Earth, but so long as you fell on a grenade to save a Republican, you’ll be well compensated for the rest of your days.

You may even get a Senate run and a FNC show out of it.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 7:16:16pm

LOL, it just keeps going and going …

2. “It’s hard for me to see any Trump ties to Russia except for the
Flynn thing,
and the Manafort thing
and the Tillerson thing

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Shiplord Kirel May 10, 2017 • 7:18:32pm

re: #102 The Vicious Babushka

I almost forgot about this asshole==>

Sears CEO Lampert blames company’s woes on ‘irresponsible’ media https://t.co/kqwByPsIO2 pic.twitter.com/FYakqqzHE5

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Lampert, you dildo, I wouldn’t trust you to pick up a pizza for me.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 7:20:16pm

Vladimir Putin personally asked President Trump to host Russia’s foreign minister in Oval Office, per Susan Glasser: https://t.co/zd2reY0RaC

— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) May 10, 2017

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#Cuckservative https://t.co/nNuOtiZM61

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:20:49pm

re: #127 goddamnedfrank

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Yeah where are all the people who called Obama a pussy now? Oh wait.

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 7:20:49pm

re: #123 Shiplord Kirel

There are many more murderous gun-toting fundies than there are responsible GOP businessmen. I wouldn’t bet much on Pence falling with Trump. Right now, the most people have on Pence is a willingness to lie shamelessly to cover Trump’s ass. That’s not going to be enough to wreck him the way he deserves to be wrecked.

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The Spite House May 10, 2017 • 7:21:19pm

re: #127 goddamnedfrank

Still waiting for Trump to do something to make me think Colbert’s comment was way off-base.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:21:26pm

Paul Ryan rejects calls for special prosecutor in Russia investigation https://t.co/YAGdoSxrUI pic.twitter.com/nT2KGj05md

— The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2017

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Remains the single greatest enabler of Donald Trump in pursuit of stripping people of their healthcare and cutting taxes for millionaires. https://t.co/4U0bR0qEw2

— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) May 11, 2017

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 7:22:18pm

re: #121 Targetpractice

I get the impression that Flynn is willing to roll over, if he gets the right deal. So far he obviously hasn’t offered enough to earn one, but that might change as the heat rises.

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 7:22:47pm

Trump claimed Comey told him three times he’s not under investigation. Comey associates tell the WSJ that’s nonsense https://t.co/lAzKUyUaOd pic.twitter.com/MCpmZn50eV

— Mark Berman (@markberman) May 11, 2017

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Pawn of the Oppressor May 10, 2017 • 7:23:12pm

re: #131 jaunte

Ah, Satan’s CFO weighs in.

Not enough bad things can happen to that POS.

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 7:24:22pm

re: #120 HappyWarrior

At least Gohmert wasn’t put in the leadership.

Can you imagine a more humiliating epitaph than:

Here lies Gohmert.
Too dumb for even a GOP leadership position.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 7:24:43pm

HOLD UP pic.twitter.com/yPXo3cKoAJ

— Daniel José Older (@djolder) May 11, 2017

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YALL CLONING FOLKS NOW AND HAVING THEM ON THE SAME SEGMENT @MSNBC #brazen

— Daniel José Older (@djolder) May 11, 2017

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 7:25:08pm

this seems fitting today…
Hell, this year….

Retweet if you saw that coming 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/9whCJ88gb3

— USA Military (@USAMilitaryUSA) May 10, 2017

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Eric The Fruit Bat May 10, 2017 • 7:25:47pm

re: #115 The Vicious Babushka
re: #126 Shiplord Kirel
re: #134 Pawn of the Oppressor

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 7:27:18pm

re: #132 nickzi

I get the impression that Flynn is willing to roll over, if he gets the right deal. So far he obviously hasn’t offered enough to earn one, but that might change as the heat rises.

I honestly suspect the “offer” was more a ploy by his lawyer than an actual intent to roll.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 7:27:49pm

re: #137 FormerDirtDart

this seems fitting today…
Hell, this year….

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Am I bad person for LMAO as I watched that?

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 7:30:17pm

WSJ: Comey “was concerned by info showing potential evidence of collusion.” Began getting more frequent updates. https://t.co/lA3lY1a52t pic.twitter.com/HSbFjSh5nt

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:31:04pm

re: #141 FormerDirtDart

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:34:05pm

This is exactly why you need an independent investigator. Someone who Trump can’t fire.

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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 7:36:29pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

This is exactly why you need an independent investigator. Someone who Trump can’t fire.

Yeah, look at how that ended for Cox.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:37:36pm

I hope someone in the White House is getting some of his tantrums recorded. For history.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:38:08pm

re: #144 thedopefishlives

Yeah, look at how that ended for Cox.

Yep. I have no doubt at all that Trump will trash that person on his Twitter but if you get someone who he can’t fire. I definitely think we’re going to get to the truth of this and Trump and his whole team are going to be exposed as some of the most disgraceful people ever. in this country’s history.

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JordanRules May 10, 2017 • 7:38:36pm

re: #145 jaunte

The Kremlin may get some after their media had intimate time there today.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:38:41pm

re: #145 jaunte

I hope someone in the White House is getting some of his tantrums recorded. For history.

Intern who Trump yelled at for being late with his coffee, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

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nickzi May 10, 2017 • 7:39:38pm

re: #145 jaunte

Insert the obligatory Downfall clip.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:40:46pm

The only person I’d trust as new Director of FBI is fictional character Fox Mulder.

— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 9, 2017

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Ahem? https://t.co/lnZFdn0HsB

— Mitch Pileggi (@MitchPileggi1) May 10, 2017

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TedStriker May 10, 2017 • 7:45:14pm

re: #150 jaunte

Heh…

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 7:46:58pm

Fox News viewers, propagandized into an alternate universe, will have the foundations of their faith shaken.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 7:48:30pm

re: #152 jaunte

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Fox News viewers, propagandized into an alternate universe, will have the foundations of their faith shaken.

Yep.

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FormerDirtDart May 10, 2017 • 7:48:34pm

Comey farewell letter, all class. “It is done, and I will be fine, although I will miss you and the mission deeply.” pic.twitter.com/h6XMduVBbw

— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald) May 11, 2017

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 7:49:08pm

The Washington Post is now just doing donuts on the South Lawn to show how leaky Trump world has become pic.twitter.com/GG0jD8SMpz

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 11, 2017

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It’s almost like building an entire administration on the idea that the truth doesn’t matter inevitably just leads to mistrust & dysfunction https://t.co/EjaBLLssfi

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 7:49:11pm

Oh shit, Cellino sued Barnes. https://t.co/duM12bX6EJ

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 11, 2017

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❗️Who gets the jingle? https://t.co/r9hOer7Lru

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 11, 2017

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 7:49:28pm

re: #5 lawhawk

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That’d be a former Deputy Director of the CIA.

I’d concur. But it’s damned scary and troubling that Trump excluded US media from the meeting at the White House , all while putting the Russians media in a position to be the exclusive media for the meeting.

They’re all so fucking stupid and/or incompetent, it makes my teeth hurt:

The administration official also said the White House had been misled about the role of the Russian photographer. Russian officials had described the individual as Lavrov’s official photographer without disclosing that he also worked for Tass.

“We were not informed by the Russians that their official photographer was dual-hatted and would be releasing the photographs on the state news agency,” the administration official said.
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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 7:50:16pm

I have been seeing several posts on my FB feed that Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) has been calling for an independent investigation into Trump’s Russia ties in the wake of Comey’s firing. Why couldn’t he have voted against the second round of the AHCA? Bastard.

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 7:57:28pm

re: #155 goddamnedfrank

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 7:57:59pm

NBC News: Multiple FBI insiders say they believe James Comey was fired because he would not end Russia investigation, Pete Williams reports.

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No shit.

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:00:14pm

The republican rep from Wasilla who said rural Alaskan women get pregnant so they get a trip to town for an abortion has been censured. Good

— Shannyn Moore (@shannynmoore) May 11, 2017

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 8:01:05pm

re: #155 goddamnedfrank

Ha, just saw this

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Tomorrow’s Washington Post front page has 14 bylines on it.

And that top story has more than 30 sources. pic.twitter.com/5IcBwEzU6V

— Mark W. Smith (@markdubya) May 11, 2017

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:01:58pm

re: #160 goddamnedfrank

CuriousLurker really liked this quip I came up with a while back.

NBC News: Multiple FBI insiders say they believe James Comey was fired because he would not end Russia investigation, Pete Williams reports.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 10, 2017

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This just in from The Institute For The Incredibly Fucking Obvious… https://t.co/GJO8NY4swO

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 11, 2017

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 8:02:01pm

re: #161 teleskiguy

Don’t we all know someone from Wasilla? Must be something’s in the water.

Also, only censured?

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:05:12pm

Spicer on phone to WaPo: 😡

“I was not IN the bushes!

I was AMONG the bushes!”

Editor: 🙄

Social media manager: 😎 pic.twitter.com/o8TJUsEPRy

— Prof Dynarski (@dynarski) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:05:27pm

re: #164 KGxvi

Don’t we all know someone from Wasilla? Must be something’s in the water.

Also, only censured?

I imagine censuring is the most the legislature can do. What a pathetic jackass.

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:06:01pm

re: #165 goddamnedfrank

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God-level trolling.

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lockjawcanbefun May 10, 2017 • 8:06:19pm

re: #156 Stanley Sea

As someone who got his US TV from Buffalo until very recently, this is like Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s split.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:06:24pm

re: #165 goddamnedfrank

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If he resigns now, maybe he can get an unpaid internship somewhere.

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 8:08:09pm

re: #168 lockjawcanbefun

As someone who got his US TV from Buffalo until very recently, this is like Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s split.

I get the ads here in So Cal!

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Charles Johnson May 10, 2017 • 8:08:24pm

#Saturn’s moon #Daphnis making waves in the Keeler Gap of its rings! Taken by #Cassini Feb 6 2017. #CassiniInspires pic.twitter.com/faH9e8GLXB

— Sophia Nasr (@Pharaoness) May 11, 2017

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danarchy May 10, 2017 • 8:08:32pm

re: #164 KGxvi

Don’t we all know someone from Wasilla? Must be something’s in the water.

Also, only censured?

With most elected officials there isn’t much more you can do beyond censuring unless they have broken a law.

The leader could maybe strip him of any committee chairmanships, but short of a recall there isn’t any way to fire them usually.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:08:42pm

@dynarski pic.twitter.com/YLIOzURxTa

— Daniel T. Clark (@Danieldcclark) May 11, 2017

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 8:09:59pm

Lester Holt is interviewing the yam tomorrow.

Wheeeeeeee

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:10:53pm

re: #174 Stanley Sea

Lester Holt is interviewing the yam tomorrow.

Wheeeeeeee

Is Ranch dressing appropriate for word salad?

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:11:22pm

re: #171 Charles Johnson

The gap is 35 km wide. Those are some BIG waves.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:11:47pm

re: #174 Stanley Sea

Lester Holt is interviewing the yam tomorrow.

Wheeeeeeee

Oh that’d be a hoot.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:12:53pm

I really miss the days when a US President’s biggest scandals were putting mustard on a burger and wearing a tan suit.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 8:13:36pm

re: #172 danarchy

With most elected officials there isn’t much more you can do beyond censuring unless they have broken a law.

The leader could maybe strip him of any committee chairmanships, but short of a recall there isn’t any way to fire them usually.

I wasn’t thinking House of Representatives hatbox can expel members, not realizing it was state legislature. Been a long day and reading comprehension is gone for shit

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JordanRules May 10, 2017 • 8:13:55pm

re: #178 goddamnedfrank

He was goooood.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:17:12pm

Just now: Giuliani here at the Trump hotel, says he thinks Trump was correct to fire Comey. pic.twitter.com/a8PiCSbQG4

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) May 10, 2017

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I’m shocked. Just simply shocked. https://t.co/Io19Nef9hg

— Karoli (@Karoli) May 11, 2017

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:17:34pm

remember the obama era scandals pic.twitter.com/4DgHbt67Xt

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) May 10, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:17:51pm

re: #181 jaunte

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:18:44pm

re: #183 HappyWarrior

Giuliani, oddly enough staying at the Trump Hotel.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:19:13pm

Taco bowls from room service.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:19:14pm

re: #182 teleskiguy

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Always remember Paperclip Gate. I honestly wasn’t aware of this particular fauxrage, I remember Tansuitgate and Mustardgate tho.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:19:32pm

re: #184 jaunte

Giuliani, oddly enough staying at the Trump Hotel.

Just a coincidence I’m sure./:

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:20:19pm

re: #181 jaunte

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“He was right to fire Comey and appoint me as the new Director…shit, was I not supposed to say that last part out loud?”

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BigPapa May 10, 2017 • 8:20:33pm

re: #171 Charles Johnson

That’s just mind blowing.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:21:01pm

I see it as being Rudy or Clarke getting the job. And I’m sure anyone who opposes Clarke will be called a racist.

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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 8:21:11pm

re: #171 Charles Johnson

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:22:19pm

re: #188 Targetpractice

“He was right to fire Comey and appoint me as the new Director…shit, was I not supposed to say that last part out loud?”

I can’t believe there was a time where I thought Rudy would be the right person for the GOP since he wasn’t totally awful on some social issues.

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 8:22:28pm

re: #125 goddamnedfrank

LOL, it just keeps going and going …

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Well when you put it THAT way…

(great little recap, but I’m exhausted now.)

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allegro May 10, 2017 • 8:22:43pm

re: #165 goddamnedfrank

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There are TV sets in the WH bushes? O_o

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:26:18pm

Jeezus I commented like a bazillion times last night. Whiskey, man…

First time I’ve touched the stuff (a got a bottle for my birthday from my pops) since early April.

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 8:27:35pm

re: #154 FormerDirtDart

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BigPapa May 10, 2017 • 8:27:40pm

We’ve already jumped the shark. Nominating Clarke would be a 540 McTwist over flaming Winnebagos.

But part of me wants to see the hearings. Clarke would totally thug out, he’s incapable of anything else.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:27:46pm

Deputy AG threatened to quit after being cast as impetus of Comey’s firing, which was already decided, official says https://t.co/fOy25nZpyq

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2017

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“Rosenstein threatened to resign after the narrative emerging from the White House on Tuesday evening cast him as a prime mover of the decision to fire Comey and that the president acted only on his recommendation, said the person close to the White House, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.”

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:28:15pm

re: #174 Stanley Sea

Lester Holt is interviewing the yam tomorrow.

Wheeeeeeee

I posted this when I heard Holt pumping the interview on the nightly news. And my inbox blew up with likes and retweets. Unusual for me.

I love you @LesterHoltNBC but there’s not a chance in hell I’m going to watch trump lie to you on national television. None.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) May 10, 2017

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:29:30pm

re: #198 jaunte

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:30:01pm

re: #200 Targetpractice

I don’t know why he’s hanging around.

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stpaulbear May 10, 2017 • 8:30:55pm

re: #129 nickzi

There are many more murderous gun-toting fundies than there are responsible GOP businessmen. I wouldn’t bet much on Pence falling with Trump. Right now, the most people have on Pence is a willingness to lie shamelessly to cover Trump’s ass. That’s not going to be enough to wreck him the way he deserves to be wrecked.

The media should start writing a lot of fawning stories about how Pence would be a great replacement for Trump. After three weeks of that, Trump would blow up and demand that his staff find a way to get him out of the picture.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:31:25pm

re: #201 jaunte

I don’t know why he’s hanging around.

People need to hand around. Otherwise trump can completely dismantle government.

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Hecuba's daughter May 10, 2017 • 8:31:36pm

Steve Schmidt is on fire. There are Republicans from the past who still have some level of loyalty to this country.

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:31:47pm

re: #201 jaunte

I don’t know why he’s hanging around.

Where would he go? If he quits voluntarily, people will question his reasons and his loyalties. And if he’s fired, it will be assumed that he did something to displease the Yam, which will make him radioactive to all his former friends.

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:31:57pm

I’m still just gobsmacked by what I’m seeing in the era of Fuckface Von Clownstick. I mean, he fired his FBI director precisely because he was getting to close to the truth about his ties to Russia, and the *very next day* hosts Russian diplomats in the Oval Office with Russian media and a total blackout on U.S. media.

I. Just. Can’t.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:31:59pm

re: #202 stpaulbear

The media should start writing a lot of fawning stories about how Pence would be a great replacement for Trump. After three weeks of that, Trump would blow up and demand that his staff find a way to get him out of the picture.

Can a president fire a veep?

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danarchy May 10, 2017 • 8:32:07pm

re: #190 HappyWarrior

I see it as being Rudy or Clarke getting the job. And I’m sure anyone who opposes Clarke will be called a racist.

I’m putting my chips on Ray Kelly.

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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 8:32:18pm

re: #207 MsJ

Can a president fire a veep?

No, but it’d be funny as hell to see him try.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:33:22pm

re: #206 teleskiguy

I’m still just gobsmacked by what I’m seeing in the era of Fuckface Von Clownstick. I mean, he fired his FBI director precisely because he was getting to close to the truth about his ties to Russia, and the *very next day* hosts Russian diplomats in the Oval Office with Russian media and a total blackout on U.S. media.

I. Just. Can’t.

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 8:33:23pm

re: #204 Hecuba’s daughter

Steve Schmidt is on fire. There are Republicans from the past who still have some level of loyalty to this country.

I still hold Steve Schmidt in utter contempt. He was instrumental in foisting Caribou Barbie Palin on the collective consciousness of our body politic. He may say some smart things on TV from time to time. Whatever. Fuck him.

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 8:34:31pm

I was too tired after work so dinner was the Cobb Salad at California Pizza Kitchen!

Greatest Cobb Salad Of All Time!

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William Lewis May 10, 2017 • 8:34:53pm

Interesting article at NPR for the gun owners here

Lead Dust from Firearms Can Pose A Silent Health Risk

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:35:13pm

re: #203 MsJ

People need to hand around. Otherwise trump can completely dismantle government.

Nevermind. I was thinking of the acting AG not Trump’s personal legal beagle.

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MsJ May 10, 2017 • 8:35:45pm

re: #211 teleskiguy

I still hold Steve Schmidt in utter contempt. He was instrumental in foisting Caribou Barbie Palin on the collective consciousness of our body politic. He may say some smart things on TV from time to time. Whatever. Fuck him.

Totally with you there.

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Targetpractice May 10, 2017 • 8:35:46pm

re: #208 danarchy

I’m putting my chips on Ray Kelly.

Ray Kelly’s the pick of a politically savvy president who would play the DNC against themselves and possibly get his pick passed on a bipartisan vote.

But the Yam is a man who thrives on controversy, so I would expect somebody more like Giuliani or Gowdy.

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Kragar May 10, 2017 • 8:36:26pm

We noted from start that Rosenstein memo looked like it was answering a different question than what admin was saying. Now we know it’s true

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 11, 2017

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Kragar May 10, 2017 • 8:36:47pm

Holy. Shit. https://t.co/65biZ2qlCw pic.twitter.com/Zd2YYbfU0E

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 11, 2017

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:36:49pm

Deputy AG threatened to quit after being cast as impetus of Comey’s firing, which was already decided, official says https://t.co/fOy25nZpyq

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2017

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LOL, if he didn’t want to be a used like a patsy he shouldn’t have written that ridiculous letter. Rosenstein knew what was going down and his decision to gloss over the importance of Lynch’s recusal of her entire fucking office from the decision of whether to prosecute Clinton, and how that recusal laid everything at Comey’s feet, was dishonest as fuck.

Comey’s press conference was a travesty, but he didn’t “usurp” jack shit with regards to the AG’s authority, as Rosenstein charged in his letter. That clusterfuck started with Bill Clinton’s idiotic decision to climb aboard Lynch’s plane.

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 8:37:22pm

Bad Shoe Day…

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Kragar May 10, 2017 • 8:38:14pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon

One is just muddy from when he stepped in a puddle while hiding under a shrubbery.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:40:45pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon

The black shoe is actually a foot brace.

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Major Tom May 10, 2017 • 8:41:22pm

re: #206 teleskiguy

I’m still just gobsmacked by what I’m seeing in the era of Fuckface Von Clownstick. I mean, he fired his FBI director precisely because he was getting to close to the truth about his ties to Russia, and the *very next day* hosts Russian diplomats in the Oval Office with Russian media and a total blackout on U.S. media.

I. Just. Can’t.

I know what you mean, I’m looking for a word stronger than brazen.

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thedopefishlives May 10, 2017 • 8:42:17pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon

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We’ve all had those days. I’ve done that once.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:42:42pm

Did Comey tell Trump three times that he wasn’t under investigation? Sources say that’s not accurate. https://t.co/wrisv2B2Ac pic.twitter.com/fdmK7AVUVz

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2017

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Of course it’s not accurate. It’s the fucking wiretapping claim all over again. Trump just flagrantly lies like that.

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Major Tom May 10, 2017 • 8:47:35pm

As frightening as the implications of something like this is, at this point I kinda hope that the people around Trump have reduced the office to something akin to the Truman Show, where he’s not really making any decisions, or receiving any real intelligence information. And everyone is just waiting for collective sanity to intervene.

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:50:02pm

@washingtonpost I’m not surprised at all. If Rosenstein had any integrity he would have refused to defend Trump’s bigoted EO & followed Yates out the door.

— Frankly My Dear 🐁 (@goddamnedfrank) May 11, 2017

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I bet he’s looking around him and wishing he had.

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 8:50:30pm

re: #225 goddamnedfrank

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Of course it’s not accurate. It’s the fucking wiretapping claim all over again. Trump just flagrantly lies like that.

Every time I look at that signature it looks like it was taken off of the polygraph OJ was attached to…

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 8:51:55pm

re: #222 goddamnedfrank

The black shoe is actually a foot brace.

So he kicked the door a dozen times…

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goddamnedfrank May 10, 2017 • 8:52:01pm

Trump brilliantly prevented that from happening pic.twitter.com/w5APMvZXwZ

— Chris Suellentrop (@suellentrop) May 11, 2017

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Charles Johnson May 10, 2017 • 8:52:25pm

A mentally unstable narcissist who lives in a fantasy world is currently serving as our president. pic.twitter.com/KtfJjNqBUy

— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) May 11, 2017

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 8:55:04pm

re: #207 MsJ

Can a president fire a veep?

No. The VP is technically independently elected from the president and is only considered part of the administration by practice and tradition. The VP is actually, technically part of Congress (in his role as president of the senate).

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:55:48pm

re: #231 Charles Johnson

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It’s w fucking game to him. Man I did not like Bush but I never saw Bush as someone who made running the country into a tacky reality show.

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Kragar May 10, 2017 • 8:55:53pm

Breaking silence, House Speaker Ryan backs Trump on Comey firing https://t.co/1M6av0CsMy pic.twitter.com/r2RMUXFqS7

— POLITICO (@politico) May 11, 2017

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What else would you expect from this needledick Eddie Munster reject? https://t.co/8LfDAbZBkU

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 11, 2017

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bratwurst May 10, 2017 • 8:55:54pm

Shockingly, someone who is in favor of Confederate monuments knows fuckall about American history.

Jefferson Davis monument in New Orleans coming down after midnight, NOPD tells nearby schoolhttps://t.co/9GlBGIQ4DY

— New Orleans Advocate (@theadvocateno) May 11, 2017

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When will they storm Washington’s Monticello? https://t.co/GM2VXA2JWj

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 11, 2017

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Interesting Times May 10, 2017 • 8:56:32pm

re: #176 jaunte

The gap is 35 km wide. Those are some BIG waves.

Be like Daphnis. https://t.co/b2JSsH6hUm pic.twitter.com/NDpYHUqGMq

— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) January 19, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:57:20pm

re: #234 Kragar

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Of course he does, Ryan is a hack who knows Trump is his quickest ticket to his Ayn Rand wet dreams.

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 8:57:51pm

re: #211 teleskiguy

I still hold Steve Schmidt in utter contempt. He was instrumental in foisting Caribou Barbie Palin on the collective consciousness of our body politic. He may say some smart things on TV from time to time. Whatever. Fuck him.

I totally agree, and I’ll add Nicolle Wallace into the contempt mix as well.

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makeitstop May 10, 2017 • 8:57:52pm

re: #231 Charles Johnson

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Funny, I had that thought this afternoon. That Trump actually believed that people would like him for sacking Comey.

He’s looking for something, anything to get people to like him, but it’s way too late at this point.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 8:58:03pm

re: #236 Interesting Times

Daphnis edge wave shadows.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:58:20pm

re: #235 bratwurst

Shockingly, someone who is in favor of Confederate monuments knows fuckall about American history.

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Right after they take down FDR’s log cabin. Stupid dolt.

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 8:59:05pm

re: #235 bratwurst

Wow. Just… wow

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 8:59:34pm

re: #238 BeachDem

I totally agree, and I’ll add Nicolle Wallace into the contempt mix as well.

Agree with you both.

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Semper Fi May 10, 2017 • 9:00:11pm

re: #220 Joe Bacon

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Maybe that’s mud from stepping in a gopher hole when he was hiding in the bushes.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:00:32pm

Jefferson Davis and George Washington. One is not like the other.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:01:45pm

I mean we all make fuckups but people like Laura had no problem questioning Obama’s Americaness. I bet Obama knows where GW lived.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 9:04:12pm

Former senior FBI official tells me Trump’s reported short list of Comey replacements is “catastrophic”

— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) May 11, 2017

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:06:05pm

@IngrahamAngle You’re having another stupid attack. Remember Google is your friend…but then maybe Google hates you!

— josephebacon (@josephebacon) May 11, 2017

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:06:47pm

re: #247 jaunte

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Rudy? Clarke? Christie?

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calochortus May 10, 2017 • 9:07:13pm

re: #235 bratwurst

Shockingly, someone who is in favor of Confederate monuments knows fuckall about American history.

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Washington’s Monticello????

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 9:07:49pm

re: #235 bratwurst

Shockingly, someone who is in favor of Confederate monuments knows fuckall about American history.

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@IngrahamAngle tbf Laura also confused Hawaii and Kenya for much of Obama’s first term

— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) May 11, 2017

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 9:08:14pm

re: #249 HappyWarrior

Rudy? Clarke? Christie?

Arpaio? Earp? Garrett?

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 9:08:19pm

re: #248 Joe Bacon

On the Twelfth of Never?

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JordanRules May 10, 2017 • 9:10:25pm

re: #248 Joe Bacon

Oh ffs. This can’t be life.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:10:33pm

re: #252 KGxvi

Arpaio? Earp? Garrett?

Seeing Gowdy’s name.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:11:05pm

re: #251 BeachDem

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Winner.

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 9:11:09pm

This Ducks-Oilers series has been incredible. As a nominal Ducks fan, oven got to say it’s almost almost a shame its going to end tonight

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 9:11:13pm

Master Inquisitor Gowdy

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danarchy May 10, 2017 • 9:11:45pm

re: #246 HappyWarrior

I mean we all make fuckups but people like Laura had no problem questioning Obama’s Americaness. I bet Obama knows where GW lived.

(Insert wingnut joke about the 57th state here)

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:11:48pm

re: #247 jaunte

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Chaffetz will do anything to get the FBI job so he can go after Hillary and Huma!

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teleskiguy May 10, 2017 • 9:13:33pm

re: #248 Joe Bacon

pic.twitter.com/EHRmlCC2Dc

— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) May 11, 2017

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:13:46pm

re: #245 HappyWarrior

Jefferson Davis and George Washington. One is not like the other.

Leapin’ Laura is too dumb to spot the difference!

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:15:17pm

re: #258 jaunte

Master Inquisitor Gowdy

Say Kids! What Time Is It?

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Belafon May 10, 2017 • 9:16:36pm

Just stupid fucks:

Amazing https://t.co/Bn6Kd7C37I pic.twitter.com/V77Ov8f3EL

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) May 11, 2017

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KGxvi May 10, 2017 • 9:17:52pm

re: #264 Belafon

Do they not understand what “state news agency” means?

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TedStriker May 10, 2017 • 9:18:23pm

re: #264 Belafon

Just stupid fucks:

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Uh-huh.

And I have a bridge in Manhattan for sale, too.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:19:53pm

re: #259 danarchy

(Insert wingnut joke about the 57th state here)

Yeah they thought that as the worst can gaffe ever. Anyhow while I’m amused by Laura’s gaffs, im more bothered by likening the father of our country to the father of the CSA,.

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jaunte May 10, 2017 • 9:20:17pm

This actually happened in the Texas House today amid debate on a bill on boosting oversight of foster kids https://t.co/cKxPK89xRR pic.twitter.com/tQ8K5J92qQ

— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) May 11, 2017

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More destructive activity from the “Freedom Caucus.”

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:22:12pm

re: #268 jaunte

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More destructive activity from the “Freedom Caucus.”

They are also trying to pass a billboard that will wod allow adoption agencies to prohibit nom Christians from adopting because religious freedom is keeping children from loving homes.

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JordanRules May 10, 2017 • 9:22:14pm

re: #264 Belafon

Not one answer as to why they didn’t know or act appropriately is good. Not normal. No answer is okay in this regime. Nope.

Mental catalog updated. Not normal.

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 9:24:59pm

One little point of light:

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has lost his appeal and has been ordered to turn over documents from his meeting with President Donald Trump to the ACLU by Friday…

requiring Kobach to hand over the documents to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing voting rights lawsuit against his office.

Kobach met with Trump in November and was photographed carrying a document labeled as a strategic plan for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The photograph revealed a reference to voting rolls. The ACLU has sought access to the documents, contending that if Kobach lobbied Trump on changes to federal voting law it would be relevant to the case.

rawstory.com

Kobach is a scum-sucking asshole.

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:25:22pm

re: #265 KGxvi

Do they not understand what “state news agency” means?

Why them Trumpettes fo sho do know what that “state news agency” means!

IT’S FOX NEWS!

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Joe Bacon May 10, 2017 • 9:28:56pm

re: #271 BeachDem

One little point of light:

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has lost his appeal and has been ordered to turn over documents from his meeting with President Donald Trump to the ACLU by Friday…

requiring Kobach to hand over the documents to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing voting rights lawsuit against his office.

Kobach met with Trump in November and was photographed carrying a document labeled as a strategic plan for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The photograph revealed a reference to voting rolls. The ACLU has sought access to the documents, contending that if Kobach lobbied Trump on changes to federal voting law it would be relevant to the case.

rawstory.com

Kobach is a scum-sucking asshole.

It’s time for the ACLU to blow the dust off of section 2 of the 14th Amendment!

Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

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HappyWarrior May 10, 2017 • 9:30:19pm

re: #271 BeachDem

One little point of light:

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has lost his appeal and has been ordered to turn over documents from his meeting with President Donald Trump to the ACLU by Friday…

requiring Kobach to hand over the documents to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing voting rights lawsuit against his office.

Kobach met with Trump in November and was photographed carrying a document labeled as a strategic plan for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The photograph revealed a reference to voting rolls. The ACLU has sought access to the documents, contending that if Kobach lobbied Trump on changes to federal voting law it would be relevant to the case.

rawstory.com

Kobach is a scum-sucking asshole.

We have Mitt Romney to thank for Kobach rising.

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Hecuba's daughter May 10, 2017 • 9:30:29pm

re: #271 BeachDem

Kobach is a scum-sucking asshole.

And how does that distinguish him from any other Kansan Republican and almost all Republicans in the House and Senate?

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BeachDem May 10, 2017 • 9:34:16pm

re: #275 Hecuba’s daughter

And how does that distinguish him from any other Kansan Republican and almost all Republicans in the House and Senate?

Hmmm—that’s a tough one. I guess his Crosscheck makes him inherently and observably evil as opposed to some of the others. Don’t get me wrong, I hate them all with the heat of a thousand suns.

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Stanley Sea May 10, 2017 • 9:37:46pm

Public schedule today seemed carefully choreographed to send 2 messages. Yes, we’re totally Nixonian & totally under the control of Russia.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 11, 2017

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klys (maker of Silmarils) May 10, 2017 • 10:09:35pm

re: #257 KGxvi

This Ducks-Oilers series has been incredible. As a nominal Ducks fan, oven got to say it’s almost almost a shame its going to end tonight

Thank you Ducks, for doing what was needed.

I’m now rooting for the Predators. :) Nothing personal.

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nickzi May 11, 2017 • 1:57:57am

re: #250 calochortus

Washington played the monticello and Jefferson played the viola.

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Eventual Carrion May 11, 2017 • 4:04:17am

re: #250 calochortus

Washington’s Monticello????

Forget it, she’s on a roll!

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