WATCH LIVE: Jeff Sessions Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee
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Kabuki was invented in Japan, but has since spread.
Well OT but I got some good advice from a voter about how to talk up my candidate better. I was very nervous because he really put me on the spot but I thanked him nonetheless and he thanked me for volunteering. Just wish I was better spoken.
Jeff Sessions should have never been confirmed as Attorney General – and I’ve called for him to resign. #SessionsHearing
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 13, 2017
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Well OT but I got some good advice from a voter about how to talk up my candidate better. I was very nervous because he really put me on the spot but I thanked him nonetheless and he thanked me for volunteering. Just wish I was better spoken.
Practice, practice, practice.
What kind of office does an attorney or doctor have? A *PRACTICE*.
Stop yourself. Regroup and go on. And stop giving yourself grief!
re: #2 b.d.
Sessions makes Alberto Gonzales look good.
Makes sense, I mean his boss is making Nixon look good.
re: #7 MsJ
Practice, practice, practice.
What kind of office does an attorney or doctor have? A *PRACTICE*.
Stop yourself. Regroup and go on. And stop giving yourself grief!
I know. I’m a lot better than I was but it was a good reminder that I have a long way to go before becoming an effective speaker.
Sessions is about to invoke executive privilege. That, in itself, is extraordinary.
McConnell on the closed-door health bill process: “nobody’s hiding the ball here. You’re free to ask anybody anything”
— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) June 13, 2017
ask all the questions you want about the legislation you can’t see https://t.co/PqoaOfxx0g
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) June 13, 2017
In the end I’m my own worst critic but I also feel I’ve improved too.
Proud to deliver to @POTUS our first report on recalibrating the US financial system to achieve the Admin’s core principles. pic.twitter.com/i63JFkCG5l
— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) June 12, 2017
Trump autographed their copies of the Treasury report https://t.co/rxIaYTMsV1
— Joe Light (@joelight) June 13, 2017
re: #10 Jenner7
Sessions is about to invoke executive privilege. That, in itself, is extraordinary.
I want to see him take the 5th.
Looks like DC lawyer Charles Cooper is advising Sessions, perhaps his personal lawyer. Seated next to Sessions chief of staff at hearing.
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) June 13, 2017
Always a good sign when the AG has to bring his own counsel. https://t.co/AgRc4Wc3CV
re: #5 HappyWarrior
Well OT but I got some good advice from a voter about how to talk up my candidate better. I was very nervous because he really put me on the spot but I thanked him nonetheless and he thanked me for volunteering. Just wish I was better spoken.
Don’t feel bad, when I started making phone calls last year for Clinton it took awhile to get comfortable. Ditto for knocking on doors. I am pretty nervous talking to people but it kind of helped by thinking about it as getting “in character”.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
In the end I’m my own worst critic but I also feel I’ve improved too.
When I was younger, I wasn’t big on public speaking. Somewhere along the line I figured out the secret (at least to me), and that’s not to care about how I think I look or sound when speaking. I just tap into what might be called irrational confidence and go… something that allowed me to give a spur of the moment 20 minute presentation in law school on the status of the EU with no notes and no prep beyond having worked on the paper for the class. Also, turns out it’s a pretty good thing to have when going to court.
Not sure that works for everyone, but it’s worked for me.
re: #17 Timothy Watson
Don’t feel bad, when I started making phone calls last year for Clinton it took awhile to get comfortable. Ditto for knocking on doors. I am pretty nervous talking to people but it kind of helped by thinking about it as getting “in character”.
He really pressed me on the rural internet expansion issue, I think I also got nervous since my dad and grandmother pulled up to vote at that moment too.
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Instead of going home, I might go to a bar and drink myself into a stupor.
re: #11 Kragar
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Speaking of the health bill, here’s the source of all the “Dems are ready to cave on it” rumors:
Top Senate D aide emails to say not going nuclear on AHCA also allows them to hammer out bipartisan Russian sanctions deal. So there’s that
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) June 13, 2017
Advice on how to deal with it here:
Margaret Sullivan has Megyn Kelly’s number…
First, there was their flirtatious pre-interview banter when Kelly visited Jones’s studio in Austin recently…
Then there was the teaser for Kelly’s Jones interview that aired Sunday in which Kelly mildly reproves Jones, saying “that’s a dodge” when he utterly avoids her question about calling the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre of six adults and 20 children schoolchildren a hoax orchestrated by gun-control advocates. Nothing about this suggests that she held his feet to the fire…
And then there’s Kelly’s unimpressive track record in interviewing hard-to-pin-down subjects
And the perfect solution:
Here’s the way out: Kill the planned segment as a one-on-one interview, and use the material as one piece of a no-holds-barred investigation of Alex Jones and others like him. Don’t leave it up to Kelly, but pull in one or more of NBC’s top reporters.
If it takes a month to do it, so be it.
re: #24 BeachDem
Margaret Sullivan has Megyn Kelly’s number…
First, there was their flirtatious pre-interview banter when Kelly visited Jones’s studio in Austin recently…
Then there was the teaser for Kelly’s Jones interview that aired Sunday in which Kelly mildly reproves Jones, saying “that’s a dodge” when he utterly avoids her question about calling the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre of six adults and 20 children schoolchildren a hoax orchestrated by gun-control advocates. Nothing about this suggests that she held his feet to the fire…
And then there’s Kelly’s unimpressive track record in interviewing hard-to-pin-down subjects
And the perfect solution:
Here’s the way out: Kill the planned segment as a one-on-one interview, and use the material as one piece of a no-holds-barred investigation of Alex Jones and others like him. Don’t leave it up to Kelly, but pull in one or more of NBC’s top reporters.
If it takes a month to do it, so be it.
That’s because she’s a shitastic journalist.
re: #25 MsJ
Not starting out well, IMHO.
Am at the office so cannot watch. Does that mean that Sessions is getting away with it and not being challenged on his evasions and past perjury?
re: #23 Interesting Times
Speaking of the health bill, here’s the source of all the “Dems are ready to cave on it” rumors:
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Advice on how to deal with it here:
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I have been seeing that all day. I don’t know if I believe it. We’ll see, I suppose.
Senate Democrats plan offensive to try to save Obamacare via @POLITICO for iOS https://t.co/ukLJtGCHeq pic.twitter.com/b36cxborvb
— Peggy Stuart (@PeggyStuart) June 13, 2017
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
Am at the office so cannot watch. Does that mean that Sessions is getting away with it and not being challenged on his evasions and past perjury?
Opening statements by the Chair and Vice-Chair so far, hasn’t faced any questions.
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
Am at the office so cannot watch. Does that mean that Sessions is getting away with it and not being challenged on his evasions and past perjury?
No, he hasn’t spoken yet. Just Burr blowing sunshine up Sessions’s ass.
Bilbo Bigot has arrived #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) June 13, 2017
Interesting facial tics Sessions is throwing out there. Anyone else see it?
re: #32 MsJ
Interesting facial tics Sessions is throwing out there. Anyone else see it?
Yah. Under a lot of pressure is one factor.
re: #23 Interesting Times
I don’t believe for an instant that Senate Dems are simply going to roll over on ACA repeal. No way. No how. Particularly for “bipartisan sanctions” on Russia.
Fascinating. It’s apparent Sessions never played poker. He has tells left and right. He’s fidgeting, expressing a variety of negative (why are you bothering me, serf!) expressions.
re: #23 Interesting Times
Speaking of the health bill, here’s the source of all the “Dems are ready to cave on it” rumors:
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Well, that seemed to have worked out well.
The Senate’s bipartisan Russia sanctions deal is 15 hours old and already facing mixed signals from the Trump admin. https://t.co/pDhyqdjsjy
— Elana Schor (@eschor) June 13, 2017
lol sessions lookin shifty af
“squirm once for yes, twice for no” pic.twitter.com/Cr3KBggp2u— Ted Scheinman (@Ted_Scheinman) June 13, 2017
when you’re there physically but your mind is on nothing but delicious cookies pic.twitter.com/VncXevaYUB
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) June 13, 2017
re: #40 Kragar
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“This job was supposed to be my chance to fuck over the blacks and gays! How did I get into this mess?”
re: #23 Interesting Times
Speaking of the health bill, here’s the source of all the “Dems are ready to cave on it” rumors:
Advice on how to deal with it here:
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Odd terminology here as I’m not sure what “going nuclear” means for a minority party in the Senate. That phrase usually means that the majority intends to eliminate the filibuster. Is the Sen Dem aide suggesting Dems wouldn’t filibuster the AHCA? That seems hard to believe.
Foundation for Exec Privilege.
Doesn’t recall any contact with Russians.
The keebler elf comes out of hiding to keep the recipe a secret and not incriminate himself. But can be openly racist and keep job.
Well, he’s certainly coming out strong under oath.
Wow. Less than two minutes into his opening statement and Jeff Sessions has already committed perjury.
Short Jeff Sessions: I know nothing and I did nothing. Why won’t you believe me…you are making me look bad and I don’t like it. And Senator Franken is a poopy head!
He’s denying things he isn’t accused of. Namely that he had conversations with Russia about interference in our elections. He’s accused of discussing sanctions and hiding meetings.
“Nor do I recall”
— Andrew Katz (@katz) June 13, 2017
Oh, after six hours of prior testimony, he was tired when asked the question he is on the hot seat for.
Uh huh.
“I do not recall.”
I like Attorney Generals who can remember things that happened in the past year.#SessionsHearing— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 13, 2017
Sessions is beginning with an angry attack on Al Franken https://t.co/DxESYsGvce
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
TFW you remember that you left your pot of gold in the hood where all the Black people are. pic.twitter.com/qGNqxS7sGb
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2017
re: #48 Franklin
He’s denying things he isn’t accused of. Namely that he had conversations with Russia about interference in our elections. He’s accused of discussing sanctions and hiding meetings.
VINDICATED!!!
Sessions doesn’t RECALL any meetings with Russians at the Mayflower.
Ok.— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) June 13, 2017
Hey, who doesn’t have meetings with Russian spies that we don’t remember? #SessionsTestimony
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 13, 2017
Sessions reading statement on how he will not tolerate Russian interference [that he participated in and lied about] #SessionsHearing
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) June 13, 2017
Shorter Sessions: “I do declayuh. You have sullied mah honah, good sir, and I shall not stand for it!”
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2017
Good Lord heaven to betsy, I was only asked if I met with the Russians once, I was un ready to reply, please hear me colleagues.
This guy is a caricature.
Sessions lied about Franken’s question. Franken didn’t even directly ask if he had communications with Russians. https://t.co/iMEyQ6nx3e
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 13, 2017
re: #60 Major Tom
Good Lord heaven to betsy, I was only asked if I met with the Russians once, I was un ready to reply, please hear me colleagues.
This guy is a caricature.
He’s new to all of this politicking and campaigning business.
Look at that font size. pic.twitter.com/VDNBOQFjLI
— Gillian Brockell (@gbrockell) June 13, 2017
This is likely the only element of the Attorney General’s testimony that I support. https://t.co/EFwC81sM61
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) June 13, 2017
re: #52 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson ✔ @Green_Footballs
Sessions is beginning with an angry attack on Al Franken lgf.bz
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This just got more interesting. I have a feeling Franken is going to burn him on how Sessions made a statement that didn’t go to Franken’s question and actually caused Franken and others to wonder what he was talking about. Jeffery…you did this to yourself. Franken was just asking a question.
Sessions denies contact with foreign officials in his opening statement https://t.co/h50rcuqXub pic.twitter.com/ZtyOJzEwYg
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 13, 2017
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rep J. Dingell is a national treasure.
Sessions, under oath, is disputing what Comey said under oath: that he remained silent when Comey told him never to leave him alone w Trump.
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) June 13, 2017
PLEASE RETWEET. This is a photo of SESSIONS, MANAFORT, and KISLYAK returning from an INTIMATE VIP MEETING at the Mayflower in April of 2016. pic.twitter.com/6ToCOFwtk8
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 25, 2017
Interesting bit there about how Comey didn’t tell him why he was concerned about Trump’s communications… Comey didn’t tell him why he was concerned, because Sessions recused himself from the Russian investigation - and that’s what Trump was pressing Comey on.
Sessions believes he has earned the respect of all through producing only the highest quality work in the DOJ thus far…
K
Sessions is going to throw down his glove and challenge somebody to a duel any time now.
re: #74 Major Tom
Sessions believes he has earned the respect of all through producing only the highest quality work in the DOJ thus far…
K
He’s the best most beautiful AG of all time.
re: #78 Major Tom
He’s pivoting to the opioid crisis.
Because many Trumpers are addicts, apparently.
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions: “”I did not recuse myself from defending my honor.”
Because of course you didn’t.— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) June 13, 2017
And then he adjusted his bustle, grabbed the feather fan, and settled into his fainting couch. https://t.co/fdMGZIXsj6
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) June 13, 2017
re: #78 Major Tom
He’s pivoting to the opioid crisis.
This part sounds like a speech from a generic Republican circa 1975
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Oh, THAT Mayflower. I thought you meant the boat.”
And here I’ve always said he’s the Keebler elf of doom: pic.twitter.com/jcSE14iW1H
— Shawn Peirce (@_silversmith) June 13, 2017
“I must protect mah honah from these scurrilous allegations by talking about heroin…??”
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2017
Sessions might just skip claiming executive privilege or taking the V & proceed to declaring he has the vapors. #SessionsHearing
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 13, 2017
re: #78 Major Tom
He’s pivoting to the opioid crisis.
Which is self-evidently a health issue. The AG is involved why? Oh yeah, need to put more brown people and the poors in corporate run prisons… how could I forget.
READ THE FULL TEXT: Jeff Sessions opening statement testimony transcript https://t.co/DbD06U5Ane pic.twitter.com/6RRqkAIX0p
— POLITICO (@politico) June 13, 2017
re: #86 Kragar
Declaring he has the vapors was disallowed as an evidentiary privilege as part of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
re: #78 Major Tom
He’s pivoting to the opioid crisis.
And not mentioning the real problems…the pharmaceutical industry and the doctors that pushed the pills. He will go right past that and attack street level people fulfilling the fixes created at first by the medical establishment.
In other words…welcome to 1985 and the need to get tough on drugs…again.
#Sessions’s excuse for not disclosing his Russia meetings looks a lot more suspicious https://t.co/6cS6bJcIOe via @voxdotcom
— ❄️GeneralStrikeNow (@Chernynkaya) June 13, 2017
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yet another photo of DT, sitting small, with white men in suits standing symmetrically and subserviently behind him, all smiling with shark teeth while shredding the USA. This is apparently the proposal that dumps the DT promise to protect Social Security.
Bah.
Burr: When you went to the Mayflower, was it in your capacity as a senator or a Trump camp advisor?
Sessions: I went as an interested person— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) June 13, 2017
re: #86 Kragar
God I hope it is the vapors I do declare. It is so much to take in, but I have bogger fish to fry….blanch, also know as the opioid crisis.
(about meeting Kislyak at the mayflower):
Earlier: “I saw some video of…” (Kislyak there)
Today: “If I remembered it, if it actually occurred which I don’t remember if it actually did.”
Guilty people talk silly.
If this is the Senate Intelligence committee, why is Sessions going on about opiate addiction?
“Let me say this clear, directly, as a matter of fact…”
Yeah, sorry, I think the witness doth protest too much.
never met him…
Here’s a notable Getty pic from the April 27, 2016 Mayflower Hotel event—Kislyak & Sessions both named in the official caption pic.twitter.com/epubUUfkKc
— Kerry Eleveld (@kerryeleveld) June 1, 2017
He claims to be for recusal from the beginning on principle… News in January was saying otherwise.
“Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions won’t commit to recusing himself from potential Justice Department investigations into controversies involving President Donald Trump — from Russia to business conflicts of interest — despite his vigorous campaigning on behalf of Trump during the 2016 election season.”
Don’t know about you, but I’d remember seeing this dude. pic.twitter.com/ohN6DO0wBj
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 13, 2017
re: #93 retired cynic
Yet another photo of DT, sitting small, with white men in suits standing symmetrically and subserviently behind him, all smiling with shark teeth while shredding the USA. This is apparently the proposal that dumps the DT promise to protect Social Security.
Bah.
I guess we are going to find out how low Trump’s ratings can go.
We all know his backers have stood by so far, but they are wallowing over healthcare and some other Trump promises like jobs, the wall.
But mentioning he will be messing about with Social Security is a huge gamble politically. If there is one issue his base will abandon him on it is Social Security.
Suddenly his “rally” in Iowa may have just gotten more interesting. I hope the word is out by that time because Iowa will eat him up on Social Security. And if the Senate drops a stick bomb regarding healthcare…look out.
#JeffSessions
That “Jewish AIPAC event” just rolls right off Sessions’ tongue— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) June 13, 2017
re: #98 freetoken
If this is the Senate Intelligence committee, why is Sessions going on about opiate addiction?
I think you know that answer.
This is politics…paint a picture of a do-gooder about to get grilled by meanie Democrats.
Love how Sessions long-winded slovenly use of the English language, languishes in front of an atrocious attorney-like Senators, with whom he was once a colleague, and how they deal with his southern drawwwwwwwwl.
re: #100 BeachDem
A great denial of an accusation never made.
I deny, strenuously deny, all the reports saying I slept with Blake Lively.
Sessions (of course) dancing around whether or not he’d obey an order from Trump to fire Mueller.
Sessions says it’s not appropriate for Congress to go over the same things over & over…#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/42BZHHogu9
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) June 13, 2017
re: #110 MsJ
Pardons? Already we’re asking about pardons?
Because Trump is dirty and it’s entirely the sort of thing he would do.
Warner trying to get Sessions to specifically invoke Executive Privilege
re: #110 MsJ
Pardons? Already we’re asking about pardons?
If there are pardons, there was wrong doing…
“I did not recuse myself from defending my honor”
— Jeff “Foghorn Leghorn” Sessions#SessionsHearing pic.twitter.com/oRw75kNF9N— Jonathan Riley (@JonRiley7) June 13, 2017
If you mute your TV it just looks like any movie directed by Clint Eastwood is happening. #SessionsHearing
— Rod (@rodimusprime) June 13, 2017
re: #112 Targetpractice
Sessions (of course) dancing around whether or not he’d obey an order from Trump to fire Mueller.
He did finally say that it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to do that. Took a while, but he got there.
Senator Filibuster is taking up as much time as he can.
re: #32 MsJ
“Interesting facial tics Sessions is throwing out there. Anyone else see it?”
My nerves won’t allow me to watch Sessions lie and spin because I have a very low tolerance for people who do it, so I’m not watching his testimony. He’d get on my last nerve, and I might end up having to buy a new TV set for my bedroom.
Did Sessions just admit they made the decision to fire Comey before they were even sworn in to office? I mean, that would explain why they didn’t bother discussing the alleged problems at the FBI with Comey.
re: #121 majii
“Interesting facial tics Sessions is throwing out there. Anyone else see it?”
My nerves won’t allow me to watch Sessions lie and spin because I have a very low tolerance for people who do it, so I’m not watching his testimony. He’d get on my last nerve, and I might end up having to buy a new TV set for my bedroom.
Seriously.
Listening to him is brutal.
Yes or no sir
It was tuesday, elhevenish, I rememba because it was wohm out. I sipped my mint julip and rocked exactly 7 times in my old rocker that had been in my family for 3 generations, on the old wooded deck that wrapped around the plantation house into a summah kitchin. What was the question?
re: #123 Eclectic Cyborg
Is McCain in this hearing too?
For those interested, here’s the committee membership
re: #119 KGxvi
He did finally say that it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to do that. Took a while, but he got there.
Interesting choice of words. It sounds like “I shouldn’t, but I would if I must”.
I did not discuss anything improper in a conversation I don’t remember having
— Political Line (@PoliticalLine) June 13, 2017
re: #62 Sir John Barron
“He’s new to all of this politicking and campaigning business.”
He’s new at the AG business, but he has a long history of lying and peddling BS to gullible individuals for personal and professional gain.
If Jeff Sessions can’t remember things, then he’s mentally unfit for AG.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) June 13, 2017
re: #132 jaunte
Remember Alberto Gonzalez? Seems to be a requirement for the job.
re: #129 Le Coquí Résistance
“It wouldn’t be appropriate” is lawyer speak - in this particular instance - for “no, because it isn’t technically my job”
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SESSIONS claims he did NOT RECUSE himself from overseeing FBI Russia investigation IF investigation goes beyond the “campaign.”— Shareblue (@Shareblue) June 13, 2017
Sessions is essentially claiming oversight ability over Mueller’s investigation of Trump’s obstruction of justice.
Wow! Just WOW! https://t.co/GfKNQJ1o5r— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) June 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions is again lying about the U.S. murder rate, and depicting America as a hellscape of drug-crazed, foreign born killers.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 13, 2017
This is an exceptionally important point from @JoyAnnReid. It is vital to recognize that @jeffsessions is a deeply dishonest & callous man. https://t.co/EE1kcD0shy
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) June 13, 2017
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Jefferson Beauregard Sessions: “”I did not recuse myself from defending my honor.”“
He can’t recuse himself from something he doesn’t have. Sessions has always been a self-interested, self-promoting, anti-average American POS.
Sessions: I’m not able to comment on conversations with high officials within the White House. That would be a violation of the comms rule
— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) June 13, 2017
What rule? https://t.co/rrjFX2k2BM
— Bradley P. Moss, Esq (@BradMossEsq) June 13, 2017
Ouch!
The face of callous indifference to human suffering in the 21st century. And I can’t stand Alex Jones either. pic.twitter.com/a27SnCLj5d
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 13, 2017
hmmm…
Sessions on everyone else leaving Oval Office so Trump would be alone w/Comey, which bothered Comey: “That in itself is not problematic”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 13, 2017
“So called ‘dossier’”.
It is an actual, living, breathing dossier. Nothing ‘so called’ about it. Wether it is accurate or bullshit remains to be scene but surely he isn’t disputing its existence.
Senator Risch definitely likes the sound of his own voice. Then again, that’s historically a required trait for senators.
re: #50 MsJ
Oh, after six hours of prior testimony, he was tired when asked the question he is on the hot seat for.
Uh huh.
Secretary Clinton was grilled over Benghazi nonsense for almost 11 hours and she didn’t get tired to the fact that she told untruths. He needs to stop making excuses.
Sessions never at any time heard them discuss Russia being involved in the campaign… Was he still with the campaign in October, when it was in the news?
It wasn’t worth conversation, ever?
FLAG: Sessions, seemingly to contradict earlier testimony, now it’s “conceivable” that he had a conversation with Kislayk at the Mayflower. pic.twitter.com/ngga9GzohY
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 13, 2017
When asked if he would have left the campaign if he heard someone talking about colluding with the Russians, his answer was “maybe”. That is… wow… just, Jesus fucking Christ, I’ve got nothing.
Risch is just as annoying today as he was the other day. (And in 10 seconds, I will again forget his name.)
re: #147 BeachDem
Risch is just as annoying today as he was the other day. (And in 10 seconds, I will again forget his name.)
ha! You and me both. I kept trying to read his name plate but I am not close enough to the tv to see it. And I am not likely to recall it next time I see him, either.
“C’mon, Diane, you’re a lawyer, you know we write memos to cover our asses in case shit hits the fan.”
Boom.
Diane Feinstein: you discused the firing, why didn’t you discuss the reasons?
Can someone ask him what legal basis he has for not answering?
re: #153 Franklin
Can someone ask him what legal basis he has for not answering?
It’s basically executive privilege. But I’m not entirely sure the mechanics on how it can and should be invoked.
He’s throwing deputy director rosenstein under the bus…
re: #155 Major Tom
He’s throwing deputy director rosenstein under the bus…
Ayep. Basically saying that he needed to be convinced by Rosenstein to fire Comey.
…Claiming Comey had poor performance and a lack of discipline.
Damned good question by Myles Smith..
and why would Kislyak need to be at GOP convention in the first place?
— Myles Smith (@mylessmith33) June 13, 2017
That too. This is all totally f’d up and it’s easy to lose that reality by getting caught up in the Kremlin weeds. https://t.co/JsUvOmHh8O
— John Schindler (@20committee) June 13, 2017
re: #57 MsJ
Hey, who doesn’t have meetings with Russian spies that we don’t remember?
especially after all that vokda
re: #91 ObserverArt
“And not mentioning the real problems…the pharmaceutical industry and the doctors that pushed the pills. He will go right past that and attack street level people fulfilling the fixes created at first by the medical establishment.”
Here in Middle GA we’ve had an increase in fentanyl-laced opioid pill-peddling recently and several deaths, one of those who died was a 19 year old male from a very prominent Macon family. Now, the media makes sure to post comments from doctors in the local rag everyday. Before this happened, they were only interested in hearing from RW pols. This just shows me that not all Americans are as important as others in this country. If I live to be 100, I’ll never forget how Reagan failed to act when the AIDS epidemic first hit. He played politics with some of our citizens’ lives, thought nothing about it, and today he’s the GOP icon all RW pols want to emulate.
re: #155 Major Tom
He’s throwing deputy director rosenstein under the bus…
Only because Rosenstein has been there before, so he knows how to avoid the tires.
re: #154 KGxvi
It’s basically executive privilege. But I’m not entirely sure the mechanics on how it can and should be invoked.
Right, but he was specifically asked if he was invoking executive privilege which he said he wasn’t. Then he said something about the “comms rule”.
Again and again he repeats that phrase: “A fresh start at the FBI.” There’s a reason that FBI directors are appointed to 10 year terms, and it’s not so that the new administration can jump in and decide they need a “fresh start” with their own chosen director.
re: #130 jaunte
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Basically this. How can he do his job as AG if he can’t remember meetings that he had with Russian officials in the recent past? As if meeting with Russian officials is just an ordinary function of someone affiliated with a presidential campaign.
By dwelling on Sessions “lingering” before leaving, they’re confirming Comey’s testimony about the one-on-one meeting.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 13, 2017
You can basically just turn off the sound whenever Rubio starts talking, and miss nothing https://t.co/DxESYsGvce
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
CHECKMATE LIBTARDS!!
Fact: Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met with Obama staffers 22 times between 2009-2016. #SessionsHearing
— GOP (@GOP) June 13, 2017
Shorter (heh) Rubio strategy: Let Sessions talk as long as he can to answer simple questions.
re: #157 Major Tom
…Claiming Comey had poor performance and a lack of discipline.
So here we go again with the Comey assassination attempt based on nothing but pure lies. What we do know for a fact is that Trump has poor performance in his current position and lacks discipline.
re: #169 Major Tom
Shorter (heh) Rubio strategy: Let Sessions talk as long as he can to answer simple questions.
He did ask if there were recordings, would the WH be obligated to preserve them. That’s pretty important.
He doesn’t know if there would be an obligation for the president to preserve recordings if there is a recording system in the White House. How the fuck does a lawyer/Senator/AG not understand US v Nixon?
Why does Rubio always sound like he just got back from the dentist?
re: #168 b.d.
Fact: Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met with Obama staffers 22 times between 2009-2016]
Does Obama have business interests in Russia?
Did Kislyak meet with Obama campaign staff before the election?
re: #172 Sir John Barron
So he went to the Dem Convention?
/
And it also proves that Obama kept good records and made them public..
I am shocked at how little this guy apparently does know.
re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Does Obama have business interests in Russia?
Did Kislyak meet with Obama campaign staff before the election?
Did the Russians hack and release RNC emails?
re: #171 Patricia Kayden
I’m sure that was a reference to trying to tie leaks to Comey, that there was a lack of discipline in the FBI as he was its director.
re: #175 Franklin
Why does Rubio always sound like he just got back from the dentist?
Because the only way his staff will allow him in public is if he takes lithium first?
My friend: (southern accent)
“The south-ah will rise again!” (Making fun of Beauregard session)
Me:
“Not with his height, they won’t”
re: #177 b.d.
And it also proves that Obama kept good records and made them public..
While the DJT WH no longer keeps visitor logs.
re: #175 Franklin
Because he just woke from his nap and pretending to work.
Thank you all for reporting on this. I listened in the car for about 20 minutes or so and just couldn’t take any more. I figured I could catch up here and if there was something stunning on tape it would be on The News Hour later.
OT: Why was I in the car? Because this morning I asked Mr. C. if he wanted to go to the grocery store with me.
Him: No, why would I?
Me: Mitsuwa Market and then Hankook Supermarket.
Him: When are we leaving?
We picked up many fine food items.
Paw of an 8 ft brown bear pic.twitter.com/DL4ImIhalS
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) June 13, 2017
(see how considerate I am? I could have shared this tweet much later this evening…just in time for sleep…)
re: #182 nowherenorth2
My friend: (southern accent)
“The south-ah will rise again!” (Making fun of Beauregard session)
Me:
“Not with his height, they won’t”
You, sir, are no gentleman.
Wyden’s voice is killing me, almost as much as Rubio’s… not sure if it’s his accent, his cadence, or some combination of the two.
“Senator Wyden, I am not stonewalling.” https://t.co/DxESYsGvce pic.twitter.com/TwtAfFseoS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
re: #155 Major Tom
“He’s throwing deputy director rosenstein under the bus…”
Which is exactly why Rosenstein hired Mueller after Trump lied about the role Rosenstein played in Comey’s firing.
He just finds this so fucking funny. He’s amused by fucking up America. Gotdamn. This is fucked up.
YOU LIED UNDER OATH, you Kebler looking fuck! You don’t get to sit here now and argue that you’ve been nothing but honest!
Wyden has the right fire and determination but his questions suck.
Sessions gets angry with Wyden, saying “it’s a secret innuendo being leaking out there about me” on interactions with Russian officials
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) June 13, 2017
re: #194 MsJ
I agree I,find this all administration messed up with their love of power and party over country.
Recommending Firing Comey didn’t violate Session’s recusal… in his estimation.
Time for some mumble-mouth crap from Collins now. (take a nap if you need one)
This guy is so full of self-righteous indignation it’s not even funny.
So his argument is he didn’t violate his recusal because they’d already discussed firing Comey. BULLSHIT!
Sessions just referred to “the three meetings” after denying he remembered the third.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 13, 2017
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s a secret innuendo wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a burrito.
You fucks had NO PROBLEM with the FBI leaking to the press when those leaks were about emails!
re: #203 Targetpractice
So his argument is he didn’t violate his recusal because they’d already discussed firing Comey. BULLSHIT!
Not only that, but it can be used to establish that the memo and recommendation were pretense.
I can’t imagine Sessions is doing any ingratiating within the ranks of the FBI with this.
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He also referred to “any” of the meetings rather than “either” of them near the beginning of his testimony.
re: #206 BeachDem
It’s a secret innuendo wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a burrito.
served in a Trump Tower taco bowl
re: #62 Sir John Barron
He’s new to all of this politicking and campaigning business where he isn’t related to every one involved..
This, Sessions is new to.
The recusal involved one case… out of thousands… he (sessions) ensures the dept is run properly…
blah blah blah
He fired Comey because he was bad at his job.
This is great stuff
Does he think they won’t ask for a paper trail?
Comey was personally in charge of the Russian investigation, you can’t decouple that from the fact that he was also director of the FBI.
re: #212 Romantic Heretic
“This, Sessions is new to”
He’s accustomed to being in the role of the inquisitor. Dude had to bring his personal lawyer in order to testify before a Senate committee. Imagine that!
This is such dishonest bullshit. But I guarantee right wingers are watching this and cheering Sessions. Jim Hoft is working on a post right now titled ” BOOM!!!! Jeff Sessions DESTROYS Far Left Dems!”
Russia’s election hack breached 39 U.S. states - far more widespread than publicly revealed https://t.co/JqdEGmhE6A pic.twitter.com/KVMT22bh7u
— Bloomberg (@business) June 13, 2017
And these lying enablers continue to lie.
re: #216 Charles Johnson
But back in reality, he’s drawing attention to the Rosenstein memo, and Comey’s past performance reviews… He’s bringing in the president.
He’s a fuck up.
“…In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database.”
re: #153 Franklin
Can someone ask him what legal basis he has for not answering?
Thanks Sen Heinrich
re: #218 Major Tom
But back in reality, he’s drawing attention to the Rosenstein memo, and Comey’s past performance reviews… He’s bringing in the president.
He’s a fuck up.
He’s also dismantling the idea that Comey’s actions drove the decision to fire him by admitting that Trump wanted him gone before he even took office.
So basically Sessions isn’t going to answer anything until Trump reviews the question and gives the Ok? Seriously? #SessionsTestimony
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 13, 2017
So we’ve gone in just a few seconds from “I’m following long-standing policy” to “It’s my judgement.”
In other words, YOU’RE STONEWALLING!
Just paged this - the entire Right Wing Media is screaming “SQUIRREL!!” at the top of their lungs, desperately trying to divert the RWNJs into believing that the real issue threatening America is Shakespeare in the Park’s rendition of Julius Ceaser, starring a blonde actor wearing a too-long red tie.
They’ve even got a nifty grift all worked out - the ads on Drudge and other sites all lead to a shell company that has a dirty little grift all worked out.
Always with the grift, these guys.
Always.
re: #219 jaunte
“…In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database.”
…and we have no mechanisms in place or plans to put ones in place for dealing with such an eventuality, or rather inevitability?
Wait, you’re testifying under oath before the Senate, and didn’t speak to the president first as to whether he would want to invoke executive privilege? How the fuck is that possible?
re: #213 Major Tom
He fired Comey because he was bad at his job.
Which he didn’t notice all those years on the Senate Judiciary Committee — so he’s basically admitting that he’s bad at his job.
re: #228 KGxvi
Wait, you’re testifying under oath before the Senate, and didn’t speak to the president first as to whether he would want to invoke executive privilege? How the fuck is that possible?
Short answer: They haven’t all agreed on what lies they’re going to repeat.
re: #228 KGxvi
Wait, you’re testifying under oath before the Senate, and didn’t speak to the president first as to whether he would want to invoke executive privilege? How the fuck is that possible?
Trump probably didn’t want to interrupt his golf game to discuss it last weekend.
re: #230 Targetpractice
Short answer: They haven’t all agreed on what lies they’re going to repeat.
Which, anyone who has thrown a party in high school while a parent is out of town knows is the FIRST FUCKING THING YOU DO!
re: #229 garzooma
Taking apart these answers, he is arguing all things at different times. This is incoherent.
Here’s the front page of the Drudge Report site - basically, the starting point for every conservative when they roll out of their slime-pod each morning. Note the links in the upper-left, as well as the self-serving ads that appear below the Daily Two Minutes Hate piece.
re: #230 Targetpractice
Short answer: They haven’t all agreed on what lies they’re going to repeat.
There are just too many to choose from!
re: #232 KGxvi
Which, anyone who has thrown a party in high school while a parent is out of town knows is the FIRST FUCKING THING YOU DO!
First thing is take photos of where everything is before you move it out of the room so it won’t get broken during the party.
Sen. Heinrich: “You tell me, what are these longstanding DOJ rules that protect conversations… Are they written down” in the DOJ?
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) June 13, 2017
Weird how Sessions knows these “long standing DOJ rules” but not the ones that the president should not meet privately with FBI director https://t.co/7nrTnkUZVJ
— Deep State Sneak (@word_34) June 13, 2017
That ah was ah what ah we ah did, ah and ah we ah thought ah that ah…
All Session’s answers
Really? That’s what you’re going with? pic.twitter.com/hsTqPGm1c5
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 13, 2017
Just to be clear, this is the official account for the RNC, not some random troll.
re: #238 BeachDem
First thing is take photos of where everything is before you move it out of the room so it won’t get broken during the party.
I think it’s:
1. decide to have the party
2. develop cover story
3. take pictures of where everything is (thank the old gods for 1 hour photo back in the day)
4. get beer from the liquor store that sells to minors.
Jeff Session’s inability to recall recent events seriously hinders his ability to do his job. He should resign. #SessionsHearing
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 13, 2017
re: #235 Khal Wimpo (wounded at Bowling Green)
These people…..
This is a good clip
Sen Heinrich: “You took an oath…And now you’re not answering questions. You’re impeding this investigation.” pic.twitter.com/0khsPNZvM8
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 13, 2017
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
Interested in committing treason?
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) June 13, 2017
The GOP (including then-Sen Sessions) DEMANDED Lynch’s recusal after the tarmac meeting. They wanted her to follow Comey if he recommended indictment. Now they expect us to believe that the GOP are outraged that Comey took over authority from her to drop the Emails matter.
re: #243 darthstar
Blunt is leading the witness.
As I said the other day when he went on and on, Blunt is trying to himself the damage.
Despite his anti-gay stance, Roy Blunt opens his time by gargling Sessions’ dick.
— JT Eberhard (@jteberhard) June 13, 2017
Dems act like they never heard of atty/client privilege; AG is top atty in Exec branch; serves @POTUS and not stooge of Congress.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 13, 2017
He serves the Constitution and the rule of law, not the president, you blithering shitwit. https://t.co/9XqVU8YkjN
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) June 13, 2017
Next AG nominee has to compete with the runner-up in a memory game before a Senate Committee, on camera… and win.
Sessions loses his temper and angrily denies any problems with his recusal. “This is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me” pic.twitter.com/izZzlVZpRT
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 13, 2017
re: #253 jaunte
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So the AG has now become the defense attorney for the president personally. FFS.
re: #255 gocart mozart
Sessions: “I knew Comey…could handle himself well.”
“So I decided he had to be fired.”
re: #253 jaunte
The president is not the AG’s client, and the DOJ is not the president’s in house counsel. This is government 101, you would think someone who was an actual real live governor of an actual* state and who twice ran for president would know this
*I’m not going to make the obvious Arkansas joke here.
re: #253 jaunte
The AG is not the president’s private lawyer.
re: #256 Targetpractice
So the AG has now become the
defense attorneymouthpiece for the president personally. FFS.
I tweaked the language a bit.
re: #256 Targetpractice
So the AG has now become the defense attorney for the president personally. FFS.
Official Republican Party Policy When Republican Occupies WH.
re: #253 jaunte
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Huckabee, with his religious degree, is always my go-to legal mind.
He just said he can’t remember the wording of an encounter with Comey. Says Comey probably remembered it better… But remember from earlier, Comey’s a liar right?
Heinrich is pissed that Sessions is refusing to answer certain Qs w/o formally invoking executive privilege.
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) June 13, 2017
As he should be. The Senate is letting itself be neutered here.https://t.co/I6jeN4t4oU
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 13, 2017
It sounds like Sessions is trying to tap dance around the truth but he has forgot the steps.
re: #253 jaunte
Huckabee is almost the stupidest person on the planet, or he thinks his followers are.
re: #178 MsJ
He knows how to use power to reward himself and his friends as well as how to use it to destroy enemies.
What else does a person need to know? /
re: #258 KGxvi
The president is not the AG’s client, and the DOJ is not the president’s in house counsel. This is government 101, you would think someone who was an actual real live governor of an actual* state and who twice ran for president would know this
*I’m not going to make the obvious Arkansas joke here.
Sessions is a blight on Alabama. Arkansas doubtless has its own issues.
And now the Righteous Mustache will get down to brass tacks.
Asserting the right to allow the president the right of possible future retroactive executive privilege.
My boss just left for the day so I can spend the rest of the afternoon preparing my my next phone interview tomorrow. In my air conditioned office. It’s $#%% hot in Brooklyn.
If the President always reserves the right to exert Exec Privilege, then the AG never has to answer anything.
Jesus, this makes Carter Page look forthcoming.
King is getting after the executive privilege bullshit too.
I really don’t get Session’s strategy here. He knows that a lot of Senators were lawyers, some (like King) were governors, and that they have really good lawyers on their staffs… why would he not have seen this coming and had something from Trump invoking or waiving executive privilege?
You really are Huckabooboo’s daddy. AG is America’s top cop. NOT @POTUS’ Personal Defense Attorney.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
clear sessions sees himself not as head of US law enforcement but as Trump’s attorney
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 13, 2017
today in new legal territory, via the AG: preemptively protecting hypothetical invocations of executive privilege that may/may not be made
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) June 13, 2017
re: #275 Franklin
If the President always reserves the right to exert Exec Privilege, then the AG never has to answer anything.
The Attorney General is NOT THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL LAWYER…Jesus…He’s not there to defend or protect the President.
re: #281 darthstar
The Attorney General is NOT THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL LAWYER…Jesus…He’s not there to defend or protect the President.
They are both Republicans, they have a higher loyalty…
neat how you can get all the benefits of executive privilege without having to claim it
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) June 13, 2017
Once again, every Republican Senator is more concerned with protecting Trump and praising Sessions than getting to the truth. It’s gross.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
It’s impossible that AG Sessions never received a briefing about Russia’s hacking of our elections unless he refused it.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) June 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions vs. Angus King: They oughta call this fight now.
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) June 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions says the only things he knows about Russia’s role in the US election are what he has read in the newspaper.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) June 13, 2017
Well it’s not like his job involves responsibility for preventing foreign interference in U.S. presidential elections https://t.co/NMcl4OLm8V
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) June 13, 2017
Angus King just can’t right now pic.twitter.com/5qaf6epS6b
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) June 13, 2017
AG Sessions should be subpoenaed to Judiciary Committee to answer questions he’s dodging today, publicly and under oath.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) June 13, 2017
re: #285 Charles Johnson
Exactly what I just said.
And republican’s continue to carry water for any and everything republican. Fuck America, right GOP? #Sickening
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 13, 2017
re: #289 jaunte
Jeff Sessions says the only things he knows about Russia’s role in the US election are what he has read in the newspaper.
…Well it’s not like his job involves responsibility for preventing foreign interference in U.S. presidential elections
No, his job is banning medical marijuana and stemming the opioid crisis by arresting and prosecuting more people over it…
re: #104 MsJ
To be played in the movie of this shit show by none other than Joss Ackland.
re: #253 jaunte
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This.
The entire GOP seems to have convinced themselves that they serve Trump. Trump only. Their lives, their souls, blut und eisen all at the feet of the Glorious Leader.
Christ, this is putting me in a mood.
This guy Lankford sounds like one of those creepy youth ministers who specialize in saving hormonally active souls.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
Sessions has invented a new type of “executive privilege:” he refuses to answer if he hasn’t cleared it with Trump https://t.co/DxESYsGvce
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
Here is a thread of clips.
Sessions has arrived. pic.twitter.com/VL2Teytpok
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 13, 2017
Sessions admits he never spoke with Comey about his performance despite later recommending he be fired for being bad at his job pic.twitter.com/kTjr3kjdG3
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 13, 2017
Someone else invited Kislyk!
Seats were assigned!
They were assigned!
re: #295 Khal Wimpo (wounded at Bowling Green)
This.
The entire GOP seems to have convinced themselves that they serve Trump. Trump only. Their lives, their souls, blut und eisen all at the feet of the Glorious Leader.
Christ, this is putting me in a mood.
Look at how his air of total immunity to the consequences of his words and actions is rubbing off on the party: they can blatantly get away with things they would not have dreamed of just four years ago…
Sessions is saying he functionally recused himself “from 1st day” as AG. Yet only recused formally after caught lying to Senate re Kislyak.
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) June 13, 2017
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
At this point, it’s neither innuendo or a secret.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) June 13, 2017
re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“No, his job is banning medical marijuana and stemming the opioid crisis by arresting and prosecuting more people over it…”
We need to add one to the list: Denying LGBTQ Americans’ their constitutionally-guaranteed rights.
I caught that too.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
re: #295 Khal Wimpo (wounded at Bowling Green)
This.
The entire GOP seems to have convinced themselves that they serve Trump. Trump only. Their lives, their souls, blut und eisen all at the feet of the Glorious Leader.
Christ, this is putting me in a mood.
Perhaps, more practically, outside of fear and cult of personality… If what looks true, is, then a sizable portion of the leadership of the GOP goes down for this. That destroys the Republican Party. They have to decide to be martyrs, and they are cowards.
Glorious leader? in 3 years no Conservative will remember the name of Trump.
Read: sitting US AG claims he’s received no briefing from US IC, has not followed up on, biggest Nat Sec incident since 9/11. Incredible.
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) June 13, 2017
Incredible bullshit.
re: #279 jaunte
So, it’s an admission that @jeffsessions doesn’t know what his job entails, doesn’t care, or ignores that natsec is part of his portfolio?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 13, 2017
I must’ve been sick the day they taught the well-known “I don’t feel like answering your question” privilege in law school #SessionsHearing
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) June 13, 2017
re: #134 KGxvi
“It wouldn’t be appropriate” is lawyer speak - in this particular instance - for “no, because it isn’t technically my job”
Ok, I see.
re: #301 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Look at how his air of total immunity to the consequences of his words and actions is rubbing off on the party: they can blatantly get away with things they would not have dreamed of just four years ago…
They’ve learned in the last year that their RWNJ base will excuse or ignore anything. Literally anything.
Shit on the troops? No problem.
Mock disabled people? Hells yeah.
Bend over for Russian communists? Why not.
Take away health care? Big deal.
Confess to sexually assaulting women? They had it coming.
They’re off the leash at last. They can do or say anything. No consequences.
re: #312 jaunte
“AG Sessions. Why are you in your job?”
I don’t recall why or how I even got here today.
Tehran Tom now carrying a wagon train of water for Trump.
Yes, this is stranger than fiction, Senator “Cotton” from the South.
What’s great about Cotton’s fellatio is that Sessions takes it as a green light to start talking…this is where he will slip and fuck himself.
I’ve always wondered what a fellatio scene would look like in a non-pornographic sense. Cotton/Sessions answered my question.
Sessions on refusal to discuss conversations with Trump: “I’m protecting the right of the president” to assert executive privilege
— Pema Levy (@pemalevy) June 13, 2017
I’m embarrassed for my profession that this guy is the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. This is not how it works. #SessionsHearing https://t.co/lSG2FLn4dy
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) June 13, 2017
The AG heads the DOJ. The AG is not Trump’s personal lawyer, but Trump’s treating him like one and Sessions is acting as though that is his capacity and responsibility.
It isn’t.
AG is responsible for making sure that the rule of law is followed, but Sessions is ignoring his oath and put his loyalty to Trump above all else. He’s violating the oath he took, and is yet more proof Sessions should never have been confirmed as AG.
The least bad thing you can say about Sessions is that he shouldn’t have been confirmed because he’s incompetent.
But from there, it’s all downhill - committing perjury and continuing to lie under oath about his meetings with Russians.
He doesn’t know what his job entails, including defending against threats foreign and domestic, like the Russian cyberattack against various state election computer systems across the nation. That he doesn’t know any of this shows just how Trump has gutted functioning government within 140+ days of taking office.
Sessions cheers right up when Tom Cotton starts praising him and sucking up to Trump https://t.co/DxESYsGvce pic.twitter.com/uJGXSStJLR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
This is big: in Nevada Gov. Sandoval splits with Sen. Heller to oppose repeal of Medicaid expansion. https://t.co/ePMvRELUOO pic.twitter.com/0NtIuOfBap
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 13, 2017
If I had no knowledge of Cotton, I might think he was one of those prosecutors who cozies up to the defendant before dropping a bomb on his head.
But I do know who Cotton is, so I’m gonna have to ask NBC to censor this pornographic material.
Suddenly Sessions claims he’d have/has Qs re foreign interference in US elxn. But as AG he’s admitted he has done nothing to ask those Qs?!
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) June 13, 2017
Sen Cotton spy movies joke is cover for Seasions to deny personal collusion. Ignores entire RU effort while insulting Comey & Intelligence.
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) June 13, 2017
Cotton is actually wrong, that’s the problem with reading prepared statements instead of paying attention. Manchin literally just asked about Sessions’s knowledge of specific campaign personnel interacting with Russian officials, and King asked him about his knowledge of the investigation.
But dude sounds like he needs a swift punch in the throat to clear out whatever stick is up his ass.
re: #326 lawhawk
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The AG heads the DOJ. The AG is not Trump’s personal lawyer, but Trump’s treating him like one and Sessions is acting as though that is his capacity and responsibility.
It isn’t.
AG is responsible for making sure that the rule of law is followed, but Sessions is ignoring his oath and put his loyalty to Trump above all else. He’s violating the oath he took, and is yet more proof Sessions should never have been confirmed as AG. He’s incompetent at minimum.
I’m hoping Kamala Harris brings this point up…it’ll send Sessions through the roof. I don’t hold out hope that anything of value will come from this hearing.
Astounding burial of Comey by Cotton echoing Trump calling him “characteristically dramatic and theatrical.”
re: #312 jaunte
“AG Sessions. Why are you in your job?”
To quote QOTSA:
“I don’t even know what I’m doing here…”
re: #336 DuckDharma
Astounding burial of Comey by Cotton echoing Trump calling him “characteristically dramatic and theatrical.”
As if Sessions isn’t acting and putting on the vapors. Bless his heart.
Sen. Harris: You state “I do not recall” 3 times on the front page of your written depo. Our questions are predictable. You didn’t prepare?
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) June 13, 2017
Oh, let’s yell at the woman! Slick move, dickhead.
Holy balls that was all of the tells for a deceptive statement. Asking for a repeat, bracing, eye movement, filler noise.
re: #336 DuckDharma
Astounding burial of Comey by Cotton echoing Trump calling him “characteristically dramatic and theatrical.”
Shame Cotton is talking this way about POTUS.
Oh wait…..
re: #300 MsJ
We are so fucked. America is no longer America.
Republicans have forgotten how to be Americans, but the rest of us are OK.
Sessions snaps at Kamala Harris: “Will you let me qualify it? If I don’t qualify it you’ll accuse me of lying!” https://t.co/DxESYsGvce pic.twitter.com/xpbRqK5u0x
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
All of those years, and can’t produce the policy?
So again, Sessions basically bullshits his way out of producing the very policy he’s supposedly following to avoid talking about conversations with Trump.
The new summer blockbuster: I DON’T RECALL#SessionsHearing #LSSC pic.twitter.com/1lAiwk5P0r
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 13, 2017
He’s such a lying sack of shit. That’s readily apparent. Sessions cannot answer a single fucking question.
Sessions almost lost it and Burr could see it coming. He said “I don’t want to answer your question.” (about whether he read the policy or had it showed to him about Exec privilege) and started to shut down physically…pulled his hands down onto his lap…Burr interrupted and scolded Harris and then Sessions was allowed to use up the rest of her time bullshitting.
re: #326 lawhawk
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The AG heads the DOJ. The AG is not Trump’s personal lawyer, but Trump’s treating him like one and Sessions is acting as though that is his capacity and responsibility.
It isn’t.
AG is responsible for making sure that the rule of law is followed, but Sessions is ignoring his oath and put his loyalty to Trump above all else. He’s violating the oath he took, and is yet more proof Sessions should never have been confirmed as AG.
The least bad thing you can say about Sessions is that he shouldn’t have been confirmed because he’s incompetent.
But from there, it’s all downhill - committing perjury and continuing to lie under oath about his meetings with Russians.
He doesn’t know what his job entails, including defending against threats foreign and domestic, like the Russian cyberattack against various state election computer systems across the nation. That he doesn’t know any of this shows just how Trump has gutted functioning government within 140+ days of taking office.
We all know that Trump demands inappropriate loyalties of people in key positions. It’s how autocracy works. Sessions is so corrupt that he delivered that loyalty.
The Republicans have sold out the country, and must be driven from office (with votes).
This is where Sessions claims they fired Comey because of the Rosenstein memo, which says Comey handled the Clinton matter inappropriately.
Go back and watch the Harris questioning. Note how Sessions closes up before Burr throws him a lifeline and asks Sen Harris to shut up.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
BTW. This is the second time Burr has silenced Harris to protect a witness. https://t.co/lWji60IY31
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
Sessions sure looked happy to get out from under Kamala Harris’s microscope https://t.co/DxESYsGvce pic.twitter.com/Dru988Q2wd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2017
Gee, amazing how NONE OF THIS was part of the GOP’s bitching back last summer. They were too busy chewing out Comey for failure to give them an indict!
re: #357 Charles Johnson
I really like Harris, so glad she ran for the Senate instead of Newsom
Didn’t Lynch say she would abide by the recommendation of Comey? No usurpation, but outright abdication?
No, Suh. What’s stunning are your ridiculous, convoluted, and non-answers.
This guy can’t remember a meeting with a Russian ambassador but he can quote an op-ed by William Barr from almost a year ago.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 13, 2017
Can some please ask Sessions if he ordered the “Code Red.”
Sessions basically letting the cat out of the bag: The GOP’s problem with Comey’s statements last year were not what he said, but that he did so publicly rather than Lynch being made the bad guy. Totally destroying the GOP’s carefully orchestrated political theater of her as the villain and Comey as the hero.
If Reed is questioning, I think McCain is too. I believe they are both special guests to the committee.
re: #111 Sir John Barron
I deny, strenuously deny, all the reports saying I slept with Blake Lively.
Curiously, I don’t hear her denying it.
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Time for McCain to talk about the pudding he had at lunch.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
#JeffSessions tells Reed now that he can’t comment on his own thoughts.
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) June 13, 2017
McCain - I don’t remember you saying shit in committee when we were on it together.
It was a simple question. Can Sessions point to the policy, in writing, that allows him to not answer a whole host of our questions today.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 13, 2017
re: #373 darthstar
McCain - I don’t remember you saying shit in committee when we were on it together.
Burn!
McCain is better this time.
re: #373 darthstar
McCain - I don’t remember you saying shit in committee when we were on it together.
That what he said to Sessions?
Trump Shows Up In Wisconsin for 5 Minutes, Lies About ObamaCare, then Hides From Russia Scandal https://t.co/kAyQKo6UdA pic.twitter.com/0uCFDpbtz4
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 13, 2017
re: #374 jaunte
again, there’s a lot of lawyers in that room that have conducted a metric shitton of depositions, they wouldn’t let that kind of testimony slide in that setting, no way they should here either.
re: #377 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Double shot of espresso before.
Don’t mind if I do… actually
Finds Russian cyberattacks very important but hasn’t had a single briefing on them. #SessionsHearing
— Matt Osborne (@OsborneInk) June 13, 2017
“So…*nothing* special happened at school today? At all?” pic.twitter.com/6VfQcrdeie
— Melanie Dione (@beauty_jackson) June 13, 2017
He’s not answered any questions. What a bunch of bullshit.
SESSIONS PRAISED COMEY’S HANDLING OF THE CLINTON CASE!
he did it on 10/28 & again on 11/6
it’s ABSURD to insist this is why he fired Comey— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) June 13, 2017
re: #386 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
He’s not answered any questions. What a bunch of bullshit.
He spent his entire time avoiding answering questions, throwing his DAG under the bus and running over him repeatedly, and bitching about his “honor.”
McCain basically called him a back-benching slacker.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 13, 2017
re: #387 jaunte
“That’s because he helped us at the time. Now he’s expendable.”
re: #389 darthstar
Just a hunch, but if Trump gets impeached, I’m guessing we can probably pencil McCain in as a vote to convict.
The takeaway I’ve got from today is the reinforcement of the narrative that Trump came into office intent on getting rid of Comey and the whole “He mistreated Hillary!” bit was the bullshit excuse that Rosenstein came up with to justify the action.
re: #377 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
McCain is better this time.
Snakes had the night off yesterday.
re: #352 darthstar
Sessions almost lost it and Burr could see it coming. He said “I don’t want to answer your question.” (about whether he read the policy or had it showed to him about Exec privilege) and started to shut down physically…pulled his hands down onto his lap…Burr interrupted and scolded Harris and then Sessions was allowed to use up the rest of her time bullshitting.
It’s not like you can reasonably accuse Republicans of conspiring to cover their crimes up, since conspiracy involves advance planning that is completely unnecessary.
Republican cover-ups of crimes of other Republicans is just the natural order of thing, much like plants have tropisms where the roots go down and the leaves go up to reach sunlight.
.@LateNightDonald loves the theater. Unless it shows him getting killed. pic.twitter.com/rOltE9Uksa
— The President Show (@PresidentShow) June 13, 2017
Hello,
On break from a long drive today. I had to turn off when Feinstein was wrapping up, so I missed my favorite Senator Kamala Harris. This keeps up and cspan goes back on the short list
Sessions complained of feeling rushed when questioned by Sen. Harris.
We don’t want you to be late for the cookie making in the tree trunk. Can’t have that blemish on your pristine record you racist elf.
Every pothead Jeff Sessions wants to throw in jail has a better memory than Jeff Sessions
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) June 13, 2017
I think the thing that’s going to stick with me is Sessions saying that Harris’ questions make him nervous. There’s a whole lot of fun I could have with psuedo-pop-psychology there (Southern White Guy, Strong Independent Black Woman, etc) but mostly because that’s the sort of thing that you wouldn’t expect to hear from a lawyer with a clear conscious.
Beyond that, I’m not sure that Sessions helped Trump’s case today. It looks like the decision to fire Comey was made before any of them took office, that the Rosenstein memo was used as pretense, and that they are trying to hide actions that may be criminal in nature.
re: #398 nowherenorth2
Sessions complained of feeling rushed when questioned by Sen. Harris.
We don’t want you to be late for the cookie making in the tree trunk. Can’t have that blemish on your pristine record you racist elf.
Jeff Sessions to Kamala Harris: “I’m not able to be rushed this fast. It makes me nervous.”
— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) June 13, 2017
If SNL was on this coming weekend, this would almost be guaranteed to make it into the cold open. https://t.co/dZQ2eq9CU8
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 13, 2017
Dems act like they never heard of atty/client privilege; AG is top atty in Exec branch; serves @POTUS and not stooge of Congress.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 13, 2017
He serves the Constitution and the rule of law, not the president, you blithering shitwit. https://t.co/9XqVU8YkjN
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) June 13, 2017
.Can you imagine the disaster if that ignoramus had ever been responsible for an entire state? https://t.co/qkgDj4cl64
— Jebediah Springfield (@JebediahRBG) June 13, 2017
re: #391 KGxvi
Just a hunch, but if Trump gets impeached, I’m guessing we can probably pencil McCain in as a vote to convict.
I’d definitely use pencil rather than pen because—McCain.
re: #403 BeachDem
I’d definitely use pencil rather than pen because—McCain.
Plus Cindy just got a job with the admin.
re: #392 Targetpractice
The takeaway I’ve got from today is the reinforcement of the narrative that Trump came into office intent on getting rid of Comey and the whole “He mistreated Hillary!” bit was the bullshit excuse that Rosenstein came up with to justify the action.
And that water is wet.
It’s unacceptable that Sessions - the top law enforcement official in the country - cannot name his legal basis for evading questions.
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 13, 2017
So according to Session’s constant repetition, they came into office with a desire for a “fresh start” at the FBI. And they felt that Comey’s actions last year were an egregious violation of long-standing DOJ policy. BUT they did not take action until almost five months into the new administration, when they suddenly fired him without warning or decent explanation besides “We don’t like the way he’s running things.”
Trump is inviting his Cabinet members to go around the table praising him
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 12, 2017
The worse the state of the empire, the more the Emperor must be praised and the more his critics must be persecuted. https://t.co/CPO9mwsJta
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 13, 2017
What does he know, he got beat by a computer … from the 90’s
man.
Here is the WaPo article on Russia’s ability to hack the US grid which McCain brought up. Take note. https://t.co/Gqctm3OS0s
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) June 13, 2017
re: #406 Stanley Sea
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So jealous that she’s your Senator while I have Lindsey “I don’t want to know what’s in the healthcare bill” Graham and Tim “reporters might try to look at our ATM pins” Scott. Sigh.
I’m afraid it doesn’t matter. The Republicans in control of Congress are determined to get the agenda of their owners passed, and Trump is simply there to sign their bills.
When they have no more use of Trump, then they’ll do away with him.
re: #411 BeachDem
Could be worse: (Cruz & Cornyn).
re: #408 gocart mozart
Trump is inviting his Cabinet members to go around the table praising him
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 12, 2017
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE START OF KING LEAR. https://t.co/LpUWP54xYo
— Tracy Ur (@tracyurq) June 12, 2017
Everyone’s talking about Trump as Julius Caesar, but that’s the wrong play.
re: #415 Blind Frog Belly White
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Everyone’s talking about Trump as Julius Caesar, but that’s the wrong play.
I’m thinking Nero. Or Caligula.
Sessions lifts his skirt a bit. Calls it “tragic” that after the Berlin wall fell we don’t have a more “harmonious” relationship with Russia
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 13, 2017
“Harmonious”
Interesting
That’s a term Putin/Kremlin propagandists have used when describing a common space between Lisbon to Vladivostok https://t.co/OrtunrHtkY— Snowbird6000 (@snowbird60001) June 13, 2017
re: #417 nowherenorth2
Yes! Thank you.
Supposed alphas haha
You can give them the vapors with one smart, tough woman of color.
And she’s my Senator!!! Fantastic replacement for the now-retired Boxer!
re: #419 Blind Frog Belly White
You can give them the vapors with one smart, tough woman of color.
And she’s my Senator!!! Fantastic replacement for the now-retired Boxer!
Though to be fair, the woman doesn’t have to be colored. See Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
re: #419 Blind Frog Belly White
You can give them the vapors with one smart, tough woman of color.
And she’s my Senator!!! Fantastic replacement for the now-retired Boxer!
An improvement over Boxer, I think, but I’ve never been a fan of Boxer.
re: #421 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Though to be fair, the woman doesn’t have to be colored. See Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
I didn’t even know she was until today.
re: #420 Blind Frog Belly White
“Sessions lifts his skirt a bit.”
Now THERE’S an image I didn’t need!
re: #416 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I’m thinking Nero. Or Caligula.
Titus Andronicus. Trump’s really into revenge.
re: #419 Blind Frog Belly White
Oh i totally agree my friend.
My friend and I have been texting back and forth about this sessions hearing. He and I both love the no-bs way of Sen. Harris.
We also said it was probably the vapors.
I said maybe consumption…
Does this remind you of anyone els?
It’s really creepy how real this is. https://t.co/uWzZaBpyRh
— George S Ledyard (@gledyard) June 13, 2017
re: #420 Blind Frog Belly White
“Sessions lifts his skirt a bit.”
Now THERE’S an image I didn’t need!
Right, it wasn’t so much a skirt as an antebellum ball gown.
黒子猫、ぬるま湯が気持ちよくてうっかり液状化、かわいさがノンストップ https://t.co/ikZZDLTJs2 pic.twitter.com/MKnESg5yUc
— カラパイア (@karapaia) June 11, 2017
re: #431 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Well, Ah declaiah!
re: #429 jaunte
Right, it wasn’t so much a skirt as an antebellum ball gown.
“Mercy, Miz Kamala! Ah do believe you’ll give me the vapors!”
Trump Hosts Cult-like Cabinet Meeting To Bask In Praise (UPDATED) | Crooks and Liars https://t.co/BrEEgg4Vcy via @crooksandliars
That Trump himself found all that public as*licking tolerable, let alone reassuring, is pathetic enough to make me pity POTUS. Almost. https://t.co/zz0qslrgdm
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 13, 2017
So this happened.
Maybe he watched his videos of promising cheaper, easier to get better insurance for EVERYONE.
AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill ‘mean’https://t.co/sRs9j8EoJb
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 13, 2017
King: “Do you think Russians interfered with 2016 election?”
Sessions: “Appears so.”
King: “But you never asked about it?”
Sessions: “No.”— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) June 13, 2017
Still stunned by this exchange https://t.co/YzUo5j81qM
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) June 13, 2017
The irresponsibility is off the charts.
I’m not watching.
Anything important said? (or not said)
re: #267 Sir John Barron
Huckabee is almost the stupidest person on the planet, or he thinks his followers are.
I’ve been trying to make the point that many in the GOP think their followers are the stupidest persons on the planet for a long time. It is the GOP playbook. Keep them dumb but fired up.
That is the Fox News business model. They and the now other GOP media made keeping Republican supporters as clueless as possible while still being functional voters.
It works, that is the saddest part.
Kamala Harris: What policy are you using to avoid answering?
Jeff Sessions: White privelege
KH: That’s not a
Burr: WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE— Frederick Douglass (@HITEXECUTIVE) June 13, 2017
re: #441 Birth Control Works
I’m not watching.
Anything important said? (or not said)
I didn’t watch, either, but I hear one of the most interesting things was that, like Rogers and Coats last week, Sessions refused to answer a number of question based on feeling it wasn’t appropriate, despite no assertion of Executive Privilege by Trump.
I’m curious whether previous Administrations worked like that, because most of the journalists commenting on it found it odd - assuming a privilege the WH did not assert.
Because corporate media execs want moar tax cuts for themselves? :/
Why isn’t this bigger news? GOP governors tested trickle-down economics & it failed miserably. https://t.co/tAYjw9PFOx
— Apinak (@Apinak) June 13, 2017
re: #443 ObserverArt
I’ve been trying to make the point that many in the GOP think their followers are the stupidest persons on the planet for a long time. It is the GOP playbook. Keep them dumb but fired up.
That is the Fox News business model. They and the now other GOP media made keeping Republican supporters as clueless as possible while still being functional voters.
It works, that is the saddest part.
Everytime I see a reference to Huckabee I think Lawrence Welk. I felt like I was watching The Lawrence Welk show everytime I had to watch Huckabee’s show.
re: #444 gocart mozart
I hear that guy’s getting more and more recognized.
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re: #447 Birth Control Works
At least Welk was entertaining. Huckabee is an embarrassment.
My statement on Attorney General Sessions’ appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee: pic.twitter.com/bFJIFTmcrj
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) June 13, 2017
re: #446 Interesting Times
Because corporate media execs want moar tax cuts for themselves? :/
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Dems act like they never heard of atty/client privilege; AG is top atty in Exec branch; serves @POTUS and not stooge of Congress.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 13, 2017
hi remember when you helped wayne dumond get out of prison because of an insane conspiracy theory and then he raped and murdered two women https://t.co/WM9aUbBjyg
— Atrios (@Atrios) June 13, 2017
LOL
Health care is hard
Sources confirm to CNN Trump raised questions about House health care bill with Senators today and referred to legislation as “mean.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 13, 2017
There’s more: source tells @Acosta that POTUS also called the bill a “son of a bitch” https://t.co/DF6u5AdMGy
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) June 13, 2017
re: #445 Blind Frog Belly White
I didn’t watch, either, but I hear one of the most interesting things was that, like Rogers and Coats last week, Sessions refused to answer a number of question based on feeling it wasn’t appropriate, despite no assertion of Executive Privilege by Trump.
I’m curious whether previous Administrations worked like that, because most of the journalists commenting on it found it odd - assuming a privilege the WH did not assert.
Every other administration would have had several meetings before immediately agreeing to allow a cabinet secretary to testify in an opening hearing before an intelligence committee (while cancelling previously scheduled hearings on appropriations). They would have had a sense of the scope of questioning and made clear before the hearing that they would invoke the privilege as to specific areas of questioning - likely in a letter to the committee that was made public before the hearing. They likely would have met with the Chair and Vice-Chair, in private, to identify those areas and establish ground rules for the proceedings before sending that letter.
These guys, well, they’re not that smart and they’re not listening to the people smart enough to recommend doing stuff like that.
re: #24 BeachDem
Margaret Sullivan has Megyn Kelly’s number…
First, there was their flirtatious pre-interview banter when Kelly visited Jones’s studio in Austin recently…
Then there was the teaser for Kelly’s Jones interview that aired Sunday in which Kelly mildly reproves Jones, saying “that’s a dodge” when he utterly avoids her question about calling the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre of six adults and 20 children schoolchildren a hoax orchestrated by gun-control advocates. Nothing about this suggests that she held his feet to the fire…
And then there’s Kelly’s unimpressive track record in interviewing hard-to-pin-down subjects
And the perfect solution:
Here’s the way out: Kill the planned segment as a one-on-one interview, and use the material as one piece of a no-holds-barred investigation of Alex Jones and others like him. Don’t leave it up to Kelly, but pull in one or more of NBC’s top reporters.
If it takes a month to do it, so be it.
Won’t happen, of course. Fascism is too important to NBC’s business plan. There’s good money to be made from being state media!
re: #454 Stanley Sea
LOL
Health care is hard
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re: #436 gocart mozart
So, when does tr*mp put an enormous, cheap-ass gilt throne in the white house and demand that supplicants approach tr*mp seated in that throne by crawling on their bellies and performing several acts of ritual obeisance along the way?
If I were a Republican, I bet I could make myself a senior white house adviser with this modest proposal, especially if I were diligent about researching past history of despotic customs and inventive about coming up with new ones.
Pruitt moves to freeze until 2019 rule intended to increase safety measures at 12,500 refineries, chemical plants, industrial facilities pic.twitter.com/RTahWeVEoa
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 13, 2017
I operate a petchem plant. The rule is designed to make it safer. What executive thinks that’s a bad idea? I’m embarrassed for my industry https://t.co/74RdbN4LOw
— J Nicholas Fowler (@JNicholasFowle1) June 13, 2017
A lot more people will die because of this administration’s runaway anti-government ideology.
Rule was inspired by a 2013 explosion at a Texas fertilizer storage facility that killed 15 people. Pruitt delays it at request of industry
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 13, 2017
re: #459 jaunte
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A lot more people will die because of this administration’s runaway anti-government ideology.
Most of these plants are in red states, I believe. If so, screw ‘em. Time to fall for the Fuhrer and Fatherland!
No chemical plants located next to the rich neighborhoods.
re: #354 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis
We all know that Trump demands inappropriate loyalties of people in key positions. It’s how autocracy works. Sessions is so corrupt that he delivered that loyalty.
The Republicans have sold out the country, and must be driven from office (with votes).
Tonight, to show his appreciation for his loyalty to The Great Trump, a big ol’ Chocolate cake will be delivered to Jeffery Sessions and his wife so they can enjoy dessert.
Why a chocolate cake? Well, it’s a little signal to Jeffery about what makes The Great Trump happiest in times of political peril. It won’t be a true Mar-a-Lago chocolate cake, those are only for The Great Trump. It will be a good cake, probably something picked up from the local DC shopping mart with an in-store bakery.
But it is the thought that counts.
So, thank you Jeff Sessions for selling your soul for The Great Trump. He appreciates it, believe him. Enjoy your cheap chocolate cake.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) attacking special counsel from the House floor: “Robert Mueller did incalculable damage to the FBI.”
— Toluse Olorunnipa (@ToluseO) June 13, 2017
This tool.
re: #460 jaunte
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The thing about safety, and chemical plants and such is that the people who work in the industry THINK they know more about chemical safety than the EPA, or other experts, but really, they generally don’t. The West, TX fertilizer plant explosion is the perfect example.
re: #459 jaunte
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A lot more people will die because of this administration’s runaway anti-government ideology.
Any other Republican administration would have done the same or worse. This is just an example of tr*mp and the wrecker he put in at the EPA following the party line.
re: #409 Blind Frog Belly White
Woo hoo ! I got a Kelso!
re: #458 EPR-radar
So, when does tr*mp put an enormous, cheap-ass gilt throne in the white house and demand that supplicants approach tr*mp seated in that throne by crawling on their bellies and performing several acts of ritual obeisance along the way?
September 2017
re: #467 Jebediah, RBG
Woo hoo ! I got a Kelso!
Not quite as good as getting an Internet, but you’re close.
Fire from Al Franken: “He’s trying to downplay the gravity of and whitewash the fact that he misled the Senate Judiciary Cmte under oath.” pic.twitter.com/TK3LdNNllf
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 13, 2017
re: #464 jaunte
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This tool.
Robert Mueller? Speechless. I cannot with these idiots.
re: #464 jaunte
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) attacking special counsel from the House floor: “Robert Mueller did incalculable damage to the FBI.”
Mueller rebuilt the FBI after inheriting an agency which hardly had any computers with Internet access.
re: #464 jaunte
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I just imagined him, standing at his desk in the House, blathering away like the idiot he is, and then Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks down at a panel of buttons and pushes the one marked ‘Gohmert’. A trap door opens under him and he vanishes…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Like this…..
I have a theory…..imagine the yam watching Sessions’ testimony from AF1…..
Because he loves his version of dominance, he is actually disgusted after watching the little elf hem and haw in that southern drawl.
re: #454 Stanley Sea
And yet if that monstrosity of a healthcare bill gets to his desk, Trump will sign it and then rave about how great it is on Twitter, while insulting anyone who opposes it. Just wait and see.
re: #453 gocart mozart
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How Many Lies Did You Count During Jeff Sessions’ Testimony?
America is reaching its bullshit quotient.
“…Democracy is helpless against this kind of contempt, especially if its primary institutions surrender to it without a fight, the way they did on Tuesday. To be plain, because of his continual assertion of an “appropriateness” privilege—which does not exist in the Constitution or the laws of this country—in order to avoid answering questions under oath, JeffBo should be residing in a holding cell right now until he changes his mind. (It’s very possible that Dan Coats and Mike Rogers should temporarily be his bunkmates, too. And the consistency of the testimony of all three men suggests a certain amount of, ah, coordination at other levels.)”
esquire.com
re: #476 Patricia Kayden
And yet if that monstrosity of a healthcare bill gets to his desk, Trump will sign it and then rave about how great it is on Twitter, while insulting anyone who opposes it. Just wait and see.
His base might just pitchfork him.
Maybeeeee
USA Today reports: Over the last 12 months, about 70% of Trump property buyers of were shell companies.https://t.co/4ziGsVyLYe
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 13, 2017
re: #479 Stanley Sea
His base might just pitchfork him.
Maybeeeee
You are joking, right? They’ll gladly lie on their sickbeds and with their last breaths, they’ll whisper “at least no N***** is getting hospital treatment. I…win…”
How does a recused AG know the FBI’s Russia investigators “have been working” and have “not been altered in any way” since Comey was fired?
— Will Saletan (@saletan) June 13, 2017
You think a profit motive cares about your safety?
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 13, 2017
Dismantling the US Government to allow someone else to come-in and take over.
That is what they are doing.
somehow, i don’t think they see it.
re: #480 Stanley Sea
Every crook in the world knows how best to bribe tr*mp, and the congressional GOPers just don’t give a shit.
re: #481 Brian J.
You are joking, right? They’ll gladly lie on their sickbeds and with their last breaths, they’ll whisper “at least no N***** is getting hospital treatment. I…win…”
I get blurry every once in a while.
Back to reality.
But seriously, the poll #’s against this replace SHOULD be enough to scrap it.
re: #412 freetoken
I’m afraid it doesn’t matter. The Republicans in control of Congress are determined to get the agenda of their owners passed, and Trump is simply there to sign their bills.
When they have no more use of Trump, then they’ll do away with him.
But to be honest, why couldn’t they get rid of Trump and work with President Pence to get their legislation passed? He’d be a lot less messy.
re: #484 Birth Control Works
Dismantling the US Government to allow someone else to come-in and take over.
That is what they are doing.
somehow, i don’t think they see it.
Fine by me. I welcome my new European overlords. Or Canadian. Or even Chinese at a pinch.
re: #489 Patricia Kayden
But to be honest, why couldn’t they get rid of Trump and work with President Pence to get their legislation passed? He’d be a lot less messy.
That’s the main question regarding this F5 shitnado. My guess is that tr*mp is the true voice of the pig-people, and that if he is deposed the GOP coalition of the deplorables will weaken significantly.
re: #454 Stanley Sea
LOL
Health care is hard
Elizabeth Landers ✔ @ElizLanders
There’s more: source tells @Acosta that POTUS also called the bill a “son of a bitch”Sources confirm to CNN Trump raised questions about House health care bill with Senators today and referred to legislation as “mean.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 13, 2017
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5:02 PM - 13 Jun 2017
I find it difficult to believe that Trump paid enough attention to understand the bill’s contents.
re: #483 Dave In Austin
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The 146 killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the 25 killed in the Hamlet chicken factory fire, the 15 killed in the West, TX fertilzer factory explosion, and the 1138 people killed in the Rana Plaza factory collapse could not be reached for comment.
Seriously, though - not only does history show that businesses cannot be trusted to provide safe working environments, the economics of unregulated capitalism will always push owners to cut corners on safety. And you generally get away with it, until you don’t.
re: #492 Hecuba’s daughter
I find it difficult to believe that Trump paid enough attention to understand the bill’s contents.
Another thing I find difficult to believe here is that the bill being ‘mean’ would be a negative for tr*mp.
re: #494 Patricia Kayden
My guess is that they’re not looking at general disapproval, only at how the base is reacting.
re: #493 Blind Frog Belly White
The 146 killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the 25 killed in the Hamlet chicken factory fire, the 15 killed in the West, TX fertilzer factory explosion, and the 1138 people killed in the Rana Plaza factory collapse could not be reached for comment.
Seriously, though - not only does history show that businesses cannot be trusted to provide safe working environments, the economics of unregulated capitalism will always push owners to cut corners on safety. And you generally get away with it, until you don’t.
This has been my biggest argument against US nuclear power for a long time now. Don’t bother telling me about better reactor technology until you have a real solution to the problem of cost-cutting on operations that will guarantee too many accidents.
re: #387 jaunte
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SESSIONS PRAISED COMEY’S HANDLING OF THE CLINTON CASE!he did it on 10/28 & again on 11/6
it’s ABSURD to insist this is why he fired Comey
Sen. Reed brought this up.
Sen. Reed Confronts Sessions With Flip-Flops On Comey Handling Of Clinton Emails
…During a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) quoted Sessions’ responses to then-FBI Director James Comey’s announcement in July 2016 that he would not recommend charges against Clinton.
…Reed said Sessions had said “Comey did the right thing” in November.
“So in July and November, Director Comey was doing exactly the right thing,” Reed told Sessions. “You had no criticism of him. You felt that in fact he was a skilled, professional prosecutor. You felt that his last statement in October was fully justified. So how can you go from those statements to agreeing with Mr. Rosenstein and then asking the President, or recommending, that he be fired?”
re: #421 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Though to be fair, the woman doesn’t have to be colored. See Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
Yes, but to be even more fair a woman of color does have more of the traits that scare a bigot like Sessions. She has that little extra that has driven men like Sessions crazy for decades. It would be unfair to deny it, as it would be unfair to deny there is racism in America.
Ken Ham is Now Blaming Atheists for the Economic Failures of Ark Encounter https://t.co/rd5He9xVxX pic.twitter.com/JukidPITv0
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) June 13, 2017
I proudly accept responsibility for sinking his ark. To be sure, it was a team effort. https://t.co/KkuiLWwXAG
— Andrew Seidel (@AndrewLSeidel) June 13, 2017
re: #494 Patricia Kayden
“Trump is now at 60% disapproval rate. I don’t see any upside of keeping him around for the GOP.”
He’s the congressional GOPers idiot in the WH. They know it. His sole purpose to them is to sign all of their bills into law.
electrotek has been traveling? Haven’t seen him for a while.
He’d definitely have an opinion on this
Trump’s move to deport Christians to Iraq stirs outcry https://t.co/NUsJ96uACa pic.twitter.com/qp5Wx0ax2J
— POLITICO (@politico) June 13, 2017
President Donald Trump is facing anger and potential political blowback as his administration ramps up efforts to deport Iraqi Christians, a group he’d pledged to protect from what the U.S. calls a genocide in the Middle East.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend detained dozens of Iraqi Christians and others to send back to Iraq. Many of them were picked up in Michigan, a swing state that Trump barely won in 2016 and the home of a sizable number of Christians from Muslim-majority countries who backed Trump during the presidential campaign.
re: #429 jaunte
Right, it wasn’t so much a skirt as an antebellum ball gown.
hoops on top of hoops…it’s no wonder Jeff kept tripping over them…
re: #503 Stanley Sea
“Trump’s move to deport Christians to Iraq stirs outcry”
I’m a Christian and have been one for over 50 years, and I have zero sympathy for the “c”hristians who seem to have thought that Trump would create a special carve out for Christian refugees. They didn’t know for whom they voted. They also don’t realize that if push comes to shove and Trump has to choose between himself and them, he will always choose himself. It’s their fault that they bought into his lies, and as far as I’m concerned, they’ll have to deal with their angst about this matter the best that they can. I hate that Christian refugees living in America are being treated this way, but the way for real Christians to have prevented it was to do their research on Trump before they voted for him. If they had, they would have realized that he has no long-term affiliation with any religious denomination.
re: #489 Patricia Kayden
But to be honest, why couldn’t they get rid of Trump and work with President Pence to get their legislation passed? He’d be a lot less messy.
Because Pence is also tainted. The Russian investigations won’t stop if Trump goes and Pence would have the problem. The best solution for the GOP is to keep The “Pred-i-sent” in place to sign the really horrible bills, let Russia bring him down as the sacrificial lamb, then bring in Pence as the squeaky clean true conservative to conduct business as usual. With lots of “Trump lied to us all” comments.
Only works after the investigation is complete… They hope
re: #505 majii
“Trump’s move to deport Christians to Iraq stirs outcry”
I’m a Christian and have been one for over 50 years, and I have zero sympathy for the “c”hristians who seem to have thought that Trump would create a special carve out for Christian refugees. They didn’t know for whom they voted.
Agreed. Their attitude of “but we’s da good camel jockeys” has a very poor track record, and is just plain morally sickening.
re: #505 majii
“Trump’s move to deport Christians to Iraq stirs outcry”
I’m a Christian and have been one for over 50 years, and I have zero sympathy for the “c”hristians who seem to have thought that Trump would create a special carve out for Christian refugees. They didn’t know for whom they voted. They also don’t realize that if push comes to shove and Trump has to choose between himself and them, he will always choose himself. It’s their fault that they bought into his lies, and as far as I’m concerned, they’ll have to deal with their angst about this matter the best that they can. I hate that Christian refugees living in America are being treated this way, but the way for real Christians to have prevented it was to do their research on Trump before they voted for him. If they had, they would have realized that he has no long-term affiliation with any religious denomination.
He had no problem insulting immigrants from Mexico and talking about returning them. Of course, there are certain fundamentalists who don’t consider Catholics as true Christians but they may also not consider those from Iraq as true Christians either.
Proposed new logo of the Department of Justice pic.twitter.com/jROrKPdk6F
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) June 13, 2017
Oh boy.
Oh boy.
Missouri GOPer Kills Chicken, Pulls Out Its Heart To Promote Anti-Abortion Bill https://t.co/vxFDOcPkXb via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 13, 2017
re: #510 Stanley Sea
Oh boy.
Oh boy.
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What’s the intended message here? Fetuses Taste Like Chicken?
re: #511 Brian J.
“What’s the intended message here? Fetuses Taste Like Chicken?”
The message I got from reading the article is that there is only one sin—-abortion, and this guy thinks that if he can can sell that talking point, he can also send the message that the other sins listed in the Bible are less important than abortion.
Since when did Christians take live sacrifice back up?
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 13, 2017
so, basically, Sessions spent the whole time saying “I am innocent”?
Good news from Virginia: So far, Northam’s ahead of Perriello 52-48% with 8% of precincts reporting. On the other side, Ed Gillespie is narrowly ahead of Corey Stewart 45-42%.
re: #515 Birth Control Works
so, basically, Sessions spent the whole time saying “I am innocent”?
We couldn’t tell. He wouldn’t answer the damn questions.
re: #512 majii
“What’s the intended message here? Fetuses Taste Like Chicken?”
The message I got from reading the article is that there is only one sin—-abortion, and this guy thinks that if he can can sell that talking point, he can also send the message that the other sins listed in the Bible are less important than abortion.
Conveniently, the one sin he can never commit.
re: #511 Brian J.
The message is “We aren’t well”.
re: #515 Birth Control Works
so, basically, Sessions spent the whole time saying “I am innocent”?
“I’m innocent, nothing I did was wrong, and I’m pissed off that people are impugning my honor!”
re: #515 Birth Control Works
so, basically, Sessions spent the whole time saying “I am innocent”?
Well, not really. He is having a hard time remembering.
re: #518 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Conveniently, the one sin he can never commit.
Never thought of it that way. Wow. Just so happens to be a sin only women can commit. Quite a coincidence…
Not.
re: #522 SteelPH
Never thought of it that way. Wow. Just so happens to be a sin only women can commit. Quite a coincidence…
Not.
Yeah, just like we get pregnant all by ourselves.
re: #515 Birth Control Works
so, basically, Sessions spent the whole time saying “I am innocent”?
It was a combination of “I didn’t do anything wrong”, “I don’t remember”, and “I can’t talk about that because the president might invoke executive privilege but I didn’t talk to him or White House Counsel before testifying, so I don’t know if he will, but just in case…”
re: #511 Brian J.
What’s the intended message here? Fetuses Taste Like Chicken?
“We’re crazy as hell, don’t mess with us or we’ll start murdering people at random.”
re: #522 SteelPH
Never thought of it that way. Wow. Just so happens to be a sin only women can commit. Quite a coincidence…
Not.
Snakes and apples…men have been trying to right that for a long time it seems.
re: #520 Targetpractice
his honor, while working with a foreign country to subvert the elections for his own personal gain.
The only honor that fucker has is to fall to the right when they hang his scrawny rebel ass for treason.
re: #526 scottslemmons
“We’re crazy as hell, don’t mess with us or we’ll start murdering people at random.”
Since he’s in rural Missouri, most of the people he will encounter will be just like him, so we should tell him to do his worst!
re: #525 KGxvi
It was a combination of “I didn’t do anything wrong”, “I don’t remember”, and “I can’t talk about that because the president might invoke executive privilege but I didn’t talk to him or White House Counsel before testifying, so I don’t know if he will, but just in case…”
Nah, it was more “The president isn’t invoking executive privilege, but I can’t answer those questions due to a long-established DOJ policy that allows me to decide what I can’t and can’t answer.”
Can we please stop wishing violence against people?
re: #529 Brian J.
Since he’s in rural Missouri, most of the people he will encounter will be just like him, so we should tell him to do his worst!
And of course, I shouldn’t have said “at random.” I think the message is, essentially, “We’re champing at the bit to start killing people we don’t like, just try to appease us a while longer, lolol.”
re: #533 scottslemmons
And of course, I shouldn’t have said “at random.” I think the message is, essentially, “We’re champing at the bit to start killing people we don’t like, just try to appease us a while longer, lolol.”
True and I understand what you’re saying, but I’m not the sort who believes that America should negotiate with terrorists.
I just want to reiterate, Sessions not conferring with the White House on executive privilege before testifying is just gobsmackingly amazing to me. It is a blatant example of how ill prepared, ill informed, and unthinking this administration is. There is no sense of critical thinking or planning by the White House, they are basically flying by the seat of their pants. I seriously dread when we face a true crisis, a major earthquake, a flood, or hurricane, or something like one of our ships crossing into hostile waters. Things will go tits up in a heartbeat… and there’s no sense of serious leadership (or even the need for it) within the administration.
re: #531 allegro
Can we please stop wishing violence against people?
No.
I ain’t got yer level of pure holiness, I guess. Wishing violence on evil people is the only thing that keeps me functioning. That and periodic breaks for Overwatch — oops, more violence…
Also too: Don’t worry about me wishing. Wishing is harmless.
re: #535 KGxvi
I just want to reiterate, Sessions not conferring with the White House on executive privilege before testifying is just gobsmackingly amazing to me. It is a blatant example of how ill prepared, ill informed, and unthinking this administration is. There is no sense of critical thinking or planning by the White House, they are basically flying by the seat of their pants. I seriously dread when we face a true crisis, a major earthquake, a flood, or hurricane, or something like one of our ships crossing into hostile waters. Things will go tits up in a heartbeat… and there’s no sense of serious leadership (or even the need for it) within the administration.
But no shortage of scapegoats.
re: #535 KGxvi
I just want to reiterate, Sessions not conferring with the White House on executive privilege before testifying is just gobsmackingly amazing to me. It is a blatant example of how ill prepared, ill informed, and unthinking this administration is. There is no sense of critical thinking or planning by the White House, they are basically flying by the seat of their pants. I seriously dread when we face a true crisis, a major earthquake, a flood, or hurricane, or something like one of our ships crossing into hostile waters. Things will go tits up in a heartbeat… and there’s no sense of serious leadership (or even the need for it) within the administration.
Why not? It got them this far, and the Republicans in Congrss have made it clear hat they have carte blanche to do any fool thing they like.
Northam’s starting to pull away from Perriello, it’s now 56-44% with 19% of precincts in according to the state.
Blacklegged ticks (aka deer ticks) are carrying a new disease called Powassan. Here’s where they are https://t.co/gAkie93wu8 pic.twitter.com/36840i2WBm
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) June 13, 2017
Soooo I guess we’re well on our way to becoming that evil we decry. Dehumanizing others, wishing violence on even those who don’t deserve it, i.e. all who live in red states.
Not for me. Night all.
re: #538 Brian J.
Why not? It got them this far, and the Republicans in Congrss have made it clear hat they have carte blanche to do any fool thing they like.
Northam’s starting to pull away from Perriello, it’s now 56-44% with 19% of precincts in according to the state.
Well, at least it means the BernieBros will have yet another defeat we can hang around their putrid necks. Time for Bernie to retire.
re: #536 scottslemmons
No.
I ain’t got yer level of pure holiness, I guess. Wishing violence on evil people is the only thing that keeps me functioning. That and periodic breaks for Overwatch — oops, more violence…
Also too: Don’t worry about me wishing. Wishing is harmless.
You are here as a guest of the host/owner of the site. He is not a big fan of wishing violence on anyone no matter how much a political enemy. So, you might want to consider the hosts wishes which are shared by the community for the most part. We all have learned that over time.
re: #540 allegro
Soooo I guess we’re well on our way to becoming that evil we decry. Dehumanizing others, wishing violence on even those who don’t deserve it, i.e. all who live in red states.
Not for me. Night all.
With regard to this guy in Missouri, his actions are not those of a sane man. I’m not wishing violence on him, but when he snaps, no sane man should be within his reach.
re: #541 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Bernie will be a burr under our proverbial saddle until he slips his earthly coil. Or until Jane sez he can retire…..
re: #542 ObserverArt
You are here as a guest of the host/owner of the site. He is not a big fan of wishing violence on anyone no matter how much a political enemy. So, you might want to consider the hosts wishes which are shared by the community for the most part. We all have learned that over time.
Sometimes, I watch the big elevator scene from Cabin in the Woods, and I imagine Trumpers in the place of the paramilitary goons.
My evil is entirely unmitigated.
Call the witch-doctor!
Lance Wallnau takes it upon himself to forcefully pray away the threat of impeachment against President Trump. https://t.co/sK4LFDIrUr
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 13, 2017
This is why my negative wishes on others never escalate beyond “I hope you step on a LEGO brick in the middle of the night.”
re: #547 SteelPH
This is why my wishes never escalate beyond “I hope you step on a LEGO brick in the middle of the night.”
May you live an interesting life.
re: #544 Dave In Austin
Bernie will be a burr under our proverbial saddle until he slips his earthly coil. Or until Jane sez he can retire…..
Or until the FBI cuffs either or both of them, if there’s any poetic justice left.
Northam’s lead is just over 57-43, with 37% of precincts reporting.
re: #545 scottslemmons
Sometimes, I watch the big elevator scene from Cabin in the Woods, and I imagine Trumpers in the place of the paramilitary goons.
My evil is entirely unmitigated.
Somehow I think you are capable of self control while out in public. Do you walk into public places and announce you want to see a bunch of Trump supporters dead?
Who knows, maybe you do. /
We are calling #VAGov D for Ralph Northam https://t.co/VupeaQFz3S
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 13, 2017
re: #497 EPR-radar
This has been my biggest argument against US nuclear power for a long time now. Don’t bother telling me about better reactor technology until you have a real solution to the problem of cost-cutting on operations that will guarantee too many accidents.
or, say, building nuclear power plants on earthquake fault lines…for example, at least 15 such plants already operating on New Madrid fault lines (I remember a headline “Fukushima on the Mississippi”).
re: #546 Shiplord Kirel
Call the witch-doctor!
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re: #555 HappyWarrior
Damn it. I’m still going to volunteer on his campaign though.
Wait, wait, wait just one COTTON-PICKIN’ second. How DARE you settle for a candidate that gives you only 20% of what you want. Even 80%! You must get the EXACT PURITY PONY OF YOUR DREAMS, or you must vote for the opposition. Get it RIGHT, libtard.
re: #531 allegro
Can we please stop wishing violence against people?
so putting that out on Twitter.
re: #503 Stanley Sea
electrotek has been traveling? Haven’t seen him for a while.
He’d definitely have an opinion on this
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Yep…those “Chaldeans 4 Trump” are finding out that he wasn’t lying with that Snake story.
People need to know…….
Bernie’s little bird was dying of thirst. And Bernie had the water.
They think we are evil and dream about killing us.
doing the same doesn’t seem to be an answer worth considering.
re: #559 Dave In Austin
People need to know…….
Bernie’s little bird was dying of thirst. And Bernie had the water.
He had a fever. And the only cure was more cowbell.
re: #553 The Vicious Babushka
Ooh ee oo ah ah
Ting tang walla walla bing bang
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Ting tang walla walla bing bang
just don’t type ooga-ooga!
re: #553 The Vicious Babushka
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I was trying to think of those very words so I could search it. Thanks!
re: #563 Shiplord Kirel
I was trying to think of those very words so I could search it. Thanks!
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Now I gave myself an earwormpython.
By watching and comparing fireflies all across the country, scientists have been able to map out the unique flash patterns of male and female fireflies of different species. Dr. John E. Lloyd, an entomologist at the University of Florida, featured in the video above, was one of the first to do this extensively for North American species of firefly in the genus Photinus.
Using just a penlight and this photinus firefly flash signal cheat sheet based on Dr. Lloyd’s observations, you’ll be on your way towards speaking in a genuine firefly dialect (though your accent may need extra work).
re: #559 Dave In Austin
People need to know…….
Bernie’s little bird was dying of thirst. And Bernie had the water.
As of the first of June, Northam had raised about half again as much money as Perriello. Draw your own conclusions.
And the AP has just called it for Northam.
If there is one song that need not be dredged up from the terrible radio past.
I think I need ear plugs for my eyes too.
Ralph is an exceptional guy. I just thought Va needed someone fresh and younger. That said, you won’t see me be Tom or bust nor will I tolerate it from people I know.
Muuuuh’ Muuuuh’ Muuuuh’ Muuuuh’ Muuuuh’
— Un Buey (@UnBuey) June 14, 2017
re: #559 Dave In Austin
People need to know…….
Bernie’s little bird was dying of thirst. And Bernie had the water.
I really thought bringing in Bernie was a mistake. Not everyone loves him. Quite a bit of people myself included are annoyed by him.
re: #569 HappyWarrior
Ralph is an exceptional guy. I just thought Va needed someone fresh and younger. That said, you won’t see me be Tom or bust nor will I tolerate it from people I know.
I am not in Virgina, but thank you for your efforts Happy. I admire your drive.
re: #572 ObserverArt
I am not in Virgina, but thank you for your efforts Happy. I admire your drive.
Thanks. Still awaiting the results of the delegate campaign I worked on too. That one is more personal since I’ve gotten to know the candidate and her family.
MEanwhile Gillespie-Stewart is a lot tighter than most people expected.
re: #535 KGxvi
I just want to reiterate, Sessions not conferring with the White House on executive privilege before testifying is just gobsmackingly amazing to me. It is a blatant example of how ill prepared, ill informed, and unthinking this administration is. There is no sense of critical thinking or planning by the White House, they are basically flying by the seat of their pants. I seriously dread when we face a true crisis, a major earthquake, a flood, or hurricane, or something like one of our ships crossing into hostile waters. Things will go tits up in a heartbeat… and there’s no sense of serious leadership (or even the need for it) within the administration.
Covering up crimes is an instinct for Republicans. They don’t need to talk about it.
re: #531 allegro
Can we please stop wishing violence against people?
it gets harder and harder when the “other side” gets all gleeful doing the exact same thing.
re: #579 Backwoods_Sleuth
it gets harder and harder when the “other side” gets all gleeful doing the exact same thing.
Yeah, I”m really not built that way.
A counselor said that I think before I act, that’s why I don’t understand people.
re: #547 SteelPH
This is why my negative wishes on others never escalate beyond “I hope you step on a LEGO brick in the middle of the night.”
I’m a bit more cruel. “May you live long enough to see your party and movement in ruins, and may you thoroughly enjoy the symptoms of any resulting psychosomatic ailments.” would be my generic wish for Republicans.
re: #580 Birth Control Works
A Democrat won in Virginia.
Well both Ralph and Tom are Democrats so I do’t quite follow.
re: #490 Brian J.
Fine by me. I welcome my new European overlords. Or Canadian. Or even Chinese at a pinch.
Somehow, I think it will be more like Russian Mobsters.
re: #580 Birth Control Works
A Democrat won in Virginia.
Well, uuuh it’s a Democratic primary.
It could have been an Independent running as a Democrat.
re: #583 HappyWarrior
Well both Ralph and Tom are Democrats so I do’t quite follow.
I think it was Ralph
re: #585 The Vicious Babushka
Well, uuuh it’s a Democratic primary.
It could have been an Independent running as a Democrat.
like I pay attention …
It’s a headache day.
re: #586 Birth Control Works
I think it was Ralph
Well what I mean is one of them was going to win, a Democrat was winning the primary regardless. Sorry, I thought you were comparing Tom to Sanders which I find unfair.
re: #577 Birth Control Works
“FLORIDA”
Raw Story has an article that mentions Arthurs, the guy that killed two of his three roommates told law enforcement officials that Brandon Russell planned to use explosives found at the apartment to bomb nuclear reactors synagogues, causing widespread mayhem. Even after prosecutors informed the judge about Russell’s plan, the judge still said that Russell can be bailed out of jail. I read yesterday that the same judge said that Russell is not a danger to society.
re: #582 EPR-radar
I’m a bit more cruel. “May you live long enough to see your party and movement in ruins, and may you thoroughly enjoy the symptoms of any resulting psychosomatic ailments.” would be my generic wish for Republicans.
Pollyanna that I am, I hope people find peace and and a sense of connection to the rest of creation before they die.
re: #585 The Vicious Babushka
Well, uuuh it’s a Democratic primary.
It could have been an Independent running as a Democrat.
Exactly, PErriello isn’t Sanders. HE’s not only a Democrat but he served in the Obama administration. A lot of people made the mistake of seeing this as Clinton vs Sanders redux which was wrong and I sadly would include many in our state among them.
Ralph is a honorable guy though. He had one of the most honest talks I’ve ever seen a candidate do in this state on guns and he’s staunchly pro-choice too. And I think as a doctor understands mediccal and health issues very well and I think he’ll wipe the floor with Gillespie or Stewart on that issue.
I”m still trying to figure out drop shipping from Pinterest and you all think I know about Virginia elections?????
re: #592 HappyWarrior
Ralph is a honorable guy though. He had one of the most honest talks I’ve ever seen a candidate do in this state on guns and he’s staunchly pro-choice too. And I think as a doctor understands mediccal and health issues very well and I think he’ll wipe the floor with Gillespie or Stewart on that issue.
Is he pro -choice on firearms as well?
BTW, I guess pro-choice is no longer to be used. I don’t know what the new phrase is. Something about choice seeming to be rather macabre.
re: #593 Birth Control Works
I”m still trying to figure out drop shipping from Pinterest and you all think I know about Virginia elections?????
I was just explaining to yo uthat a Democrat was winning the nomination regardless. I’ve been working my butt off for Perriello and I just want people to know he’s not Sanders and I fully expect him to make an excelelnt surrgoate for Northam.
re: #595 HappyWarrior
I was just explaining to yo uthat a Democrat was winning the nomination regardless. I’ve been working my butt off for Perriello and I just want people to know he’s not Sanders and I fully expect him to make an excelelnt surrgoate for Northam.
ah!
I’m thinking Jeff Sessions earned this award today with as much ducking as he did on almost all questions. pic.twitter.com/ppomLEv92X
— RogelioGarcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) June 13, 2017
re: #594 Birth Control Works
Is he pro -choice on firearms as well?
BTW, I guess pro-choice is no longer to be used. I don’t know what the new phrase is. Something about choice seeming to be rather macabre.
HE’s for reasonable gun laws. HE’s not going ot kiss the NRA’s ass on guns but he’s not going to tell someone they can’t go hunting eitehr.
I can’t stop watching this.
#TheResistance #Resistance #resist #HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2017 Still no official recognition of US Pride. Happy Beefcake Pride! 😍 pic.twitter.com/NkpZhjnEU4
— Russian Intelligence (@chance4gardener) June 14, 2017
re: #599 The Vicious Babushka
I can’t stop watching this.
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Meh.
But, you know, I likes de wimmins.
re: #602 Birth Control Works
Asia News:
Sessions brands Russia collusion claims a ‘detestable lie’
Then stop hiding, Coone l Sanders.
re: #603 HappyWarrior
Then stop hiding, Coone l Sanders.
Jefferson Davis Beauregard Stonewallin’ Sessions.
re: #604 Barefoot Grin
The third, I say the third!!
re: #546 Shiplord Kirel
Call the witch-doctor!
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Lance Wallnau likes to call himself “Dr. Wallnau,” but his degree is entirely fake. It is from the “Phoenix University of Theology,” which is a diploma mill. I’ve been out to the location of the “PUT” and took some pictures for the proprietor of a blog:
I wish someone from the “real press” would bust this Wallnau character but good and not just leave it up to a blogger (who, to his credit, helped bring down Mark Driscoll in Seatter and is given Gateway Church in DFW some real heartburn these days).
Northam gets applause as Tom announces his unqualified support of him. Bernie and fans, take note, this is a concession. This is a stateman.
re: #536 scottslemmons
Go fuck yourself, asshole.
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