Attorney General William Barr is expected to be questioned about the Mueller investigation and his release of the redacted version of the final report during a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
What is the fucking point of swearing in this liar?
— John Weaver (@jwgop) May 1, 2019
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re: #414 HappyWarrior
I don’t think any Republican could primary Trump but they could easily run against him and try to make it clear that not every Republican stands for the crap Trump does. Weld doesn’t have a shot to beat Trump, he can however I think prevent Trump from being unanimously renominated.
In the climate of ‘shit-for-brains is our deity’, I think running against him would be a fruitful fracturing of the gop. I approve.
re: #2 Patricia Kayden
Giving him enough rope to hang himself with?
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 1, 2019
re: #3 Colère Tueur de Lapin
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In the climate of ‘shit-for-brains is our deity’, I think running against him would be a fruitful fracturing of the gop. I approve.
Reposting what I did downstairs, I hope Maryland’s Larry Hogan jumps in too. Hogan has actually won election in this decade as a Republican. If the GOP weren’t a shit for brains party, they would be looking at him as a potential future candidate but he won’t go anywhere since he’s not an asshole.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
So, basically there are no rules. And, the rules that exist don’t count.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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I can’t tell what the difference between Barr and Rudy is.
THE MOST LAUGHABLE MOMENT: Sen. Cornyn thanking Barr for helping to restore the department’s reputation as an impatial arbiter of the law and not as a political arm of any administration.
Seriously. He said that.— Barr is a Lackey (@TrumpDefined) May 1, 2019
re: #8 Patricia Kayden
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That alone should be used in Hegar’s ads. What a load of shit.
I’m going to make this simple: the Trump administration is going to lie and stonewall until the Democrats increase the pressure.
Call Mueller.
Enforce subpoenas.
And unless something changes, be prepared to launch impeachment proceedings to get to the truth.— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) May 1, 2019
TWICE https://t.co/1A8ugsYs5I
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) May 1, 2019
Barr starts by correcting himself that, yes, the Trump campaign did get a defensive briefing.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 1, 2019
Barr claims that complaints about his efforts to spin the report is “mind-bendingly bizarre.”
Can we talk about his even bigger attempt to spin, the press conference?— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 1, 2019
re: #10 Charles Johnson
Consult seasoned interrogators on how to order and phrase the questions in order to increase the likelihood of catching lies.
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 1, 2019
The law is dead. It is now whatever the leaders want it to be.
This is a scathing letter and makes clear Robert Mueller believes Barr deliberately distorted the special counsel’s findings - and communicated that to the AG more than once. pic.twitter.com/f4nsq9sbVI
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 1, 2019
Very powerful opinion piece by James Comey — nytimes.com
It’s not completely accurate since almost everyone in Trump’s orbit never had any integrity anyway.
re: #15 Charles Johnson
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Washington GOP state legislator Matt Shea taped at rally urging supporters to arm themselves with AR-15s for civil war. https://t.co/lNKc9L11ju
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) May 1, 2019
Whatever happened to Congress being a co-equal branch?
Whatever happened to putting your oath to the Constitution and the country above your political party? https://t.co/h4NFFZnbWz— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) May 1, 2019
re: #19 Teukka
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KLOBUCHAR: He promised to bail Manafort out.
BARR: Yeah, that’s not obstruction.
KLOBUCHAR: DID YOU GO TO FUCKING LAW SCHOOL?— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) May 1, 2019
Amy Klobuchar is listing one blatant example of Trump’s obstruction after another. Barr is denying all of them. https://t.co/u9T0JvWgsW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #24 Charles Johnson
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I wish she were doing better in the polls. She’s very savvy.
He’s not wrong…*
As I said this morning on @Morning_Joe, I think guys like Barr have convinced themselves that saving Trump and the GOP is the same thing as “saving the country.” Once you convince yourself of that level of thermonuclear bullshit, you can rationalize away anything. https://t.co/LrYSKECw6m
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 1, 2019
*…though he forgot to add “from brown people”
re: #26 Interesting Times
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Barr did this in Iran-Contra too. Not new. He’s not a public servant. He’s a GOP servant. That’s the difference between him and what they call the deep state.
Ben Sasse is an idiot even when he’s making valid points. I despise this guy; he’s a perfect example of the fake never-Trumper who provides cover for this corrupt gang of criminals.
re: #28 Charles Johnson
Ben Sasse is an idiot even when he’s making valid points. I despise this guy; he’s a perfect example of the fake never-Trumper who provides cover for this corrupt gang of criminals.
His initials are BS. Jokes aside, you are right on.
It’s wild that literally no one watching the Barr hearing expects him or any Republican to tell the truth.
The crisis at the heart of our democracy is the fact that we live in a two-party system and one of those two parties is absolutely broken.— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) May 1, 2019
Until Republicans start suffering serious consequences for their actions…they’re not going to stop.
re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg
Until Republicans start suffering serious consequences for their actions…they’re not going to stop.
That’s why we need a landslide.
Come on, that’s not true. I’ve seen reports that Ben Sasse’s brow is fully furrowed and Mitt Romney has said “aw, shucks.”
And, hold up, Susan Collins has said that she might possibly do something abou— no, wait, she’s already backed down, never mind.https://t.co/qNDaDra2sC— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 1, 2019
re: #32 HappyWarrior
That’s why we need a landslide.
And impeachment hearings and arrests and indictments and…
Hahaha, someone really needs to set this two seconds of solid gold to an electronica dance beat:
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) May 1, 2019
If only I could be there and ask Barr one question:
“Do you believe that, in the end, you will serve more or less time in prison for perjury than John N Mitchell did?”
re: #32 HappyWarrior
That’s why we need a landslide.
And another one after that, and at least one more.
I’m getting whiplash
Sen. Ben Sasse: “In a digital, cyber era, you don’t need a bar and a hooker anymore. You can surround people digitally much easier, and we know that we’re going to be having these kinds of attacks in the future and we need to up our game.”
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 1, 2019
Coons: “My concern is that gave President Trump and his folks more than three weeks of an open field to say ‘I was completely exonerated.’”
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 1, 2019
re: #37 William Lewis
If only I could be there and ask Barr one question:
“Do you believe that, in the end, you will serve more or less time in prison for perjury than John N Mitchell did?”
“Did you mumble through the parts of your oath that require you to serve the constitution?”
this is a song comprised entirely of @LindseyGrahamSC saying the words, “trump is a fucking idiot”.
Thanks for the h/t @MaxKennerly and cc// @xeni pic.twitter.com/940B6GgCqK— Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann) May 1, 2019
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m getting whiplash
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Oh please let “Bars and hookers” start trending…
One of the most irritating things about this Barr shitshow is the tepid behavior of the Democratic Senators. We’re so far past the point of any benefit of the doubt, and they keep acting like it’s business as usual.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #43 Charles Johnson
Could we do a Go Fund me for spines?
stop retending that “cultural Marxism” isn’t an artifact of anti-semitic conspiracy theory https://t.co/eunk0ya0Vm
— Jason Wilson (@jason_a_w) April 28, 2019
re: #43 Charles Johnson
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Senator Franken did not yell or speak harshly. His pointed questions to Sessions may well have saved this country. Loud and harsh doesn’t equate effective IMO.
re: #26 Interesting Times
I think guys like Barr have convinced themselves that saving Trump and the GOP is the same thing as “saving the country.”
It’s similar too (or maybe under the umbrella of) the righteousness fallacy. If you believe your cause is just and righteous, then you can convince yourself that any thing you do in furtherance of that cause is also just and righteous. If you believe that your party and/or policies are what are “best for the country” then it’s easy to get to “best for the party = best for the country”. This type of thinking is also why it’s easy to convince yourself that if you lost the other side must be cheating (regardless of evidence) and therefore it is justified if you cheat, because the victory of your just and righteous cause is the most important thing (think: lying for Jesus)
re: #46 Old Liberal
Senator Franken did not yell or speak harshly. His pointed questions to Sessions may well have saved this country. Loud and harsh doesn’t equate effective IMO.
Every woman on the planet can tell you the effectiveness of a soft voice full of furious anger.
As can their spouses.
re: #46 Old Liberal
He didn’t save it for long.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
It literally is from the Nazi playbook.
As is this:
Massive story here folks. Read this one. https://t.co/bA4xph8DqS
— Emily G 🧱⛓ (@EmilyGorcenski) May 1, 2019
Sen. Josh Hawley is parroting Trump’s false & inflammatory rhetoric about the Russia probe being a coup, saying the FBI started investigating Trump because the agents were trying to “overturn” the results of a democratic election.
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) May 1, 2019
Another tool.
Senator Hirono: “The American people now know that you are no different than Rudy Giuliani and Kellyanne Conway. People who have sacrificed [their integrity and reputations] for a grifter and liar.”
Welp, that was a direct opening paragraph.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 1, 2019
re: #46 Old Liberal
Senator Franken did not yell or speak harshly. His pointed questions to Sessions may well have saved this country. Loud and harsh doesn’t equate effective IMO.
Not saying they have to be loud or harsh, but they do need a level of righteous anger that I’m not seeing. This is a very dangerous time and the hour’s getting late.
re: #16 Hecuba’s daughter
Very powerful opinion piece by James Comey — nytimes.com
It’s not completely accurate since almost everyone in Trump’s orbit never had any integrity anyway.
Shorter version: Everything Trump Touches Dies.
Maggie Hirono tells Barr he should resign and refers to “the grifter in the White House.” That’s MORE LIKE IT. https://t.co/u9T0JvWgsW pic.twitter.com/4UgZzpFWNY
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
I wish Ted Lieu could get a crack at Barr.
Mazie Nails it!
She had him blubbering and Lidsey got ridgid.
re: #56 Charles Johnson
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And before her, while Blumenthal didn’t verbally geld Barr, he did lay a skillful trap that could come back to haunt Barr if it’s revealed that he discussed the investigation with Trump or the WH counsel before Mueller concluded it.
Senator Hirono: Do you think it is OK for the president to ask his WH counsel to lie?
AG Barr: I am willing to discuss what is criminal… “Which event are you talking about?”
Hirono: “Give us some credit for knowing what the hell is going on around here.”— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 1, 2019
Stick it to him.
While Blackburn is blathering let’s review:
Barr says you only have to call the FBI if offered dirt by foreign spies, not just foreigners.
Won’t answer abt whether threatening witnesses and floating pardons is wrong.
Won’t answer if it’s wrong to order WHCO to lie.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 1, 2019
Donald Trump is not a conservative Republican. He’s an opportunist. He’s not fit to be President of the United States.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 17, 2016
Blackburn (TN): How dare the FBI ruin the conservative culture by investigating our President?
— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) May 1, 2019
Hirona knocked it out of the park so far that Lindsey jumped in at the end and went into hysterics “you have slandered this good man, well I never, harumpf”
Send a bottle of whatever Maizie Hirono is drinking to the rest of the Democrats.
She truly doesn’t understand that the FBI *DID* find obstruction and Trump can be indicted upon leaving office.
Barr has to awkwardly pivot off his line of hasty and emphatic “yes” answers to dissemble about random nonsense.
Blackburn is a profound idiot. A clownish simpleton.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 1, 2019
WTF?
Beehives in Texas attacked, set on fire, killing half a million bees, officials say
Dozens of beehives were attacked and set on fire in Texas over the weekend in an act “beyond comprehension” that killed an estimated half a million bees, officials said.
The beehives were discovered on Saturday morning scattered across the bee yard, the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association (BCBA) wrote on Facebook. Several hives appeared ashen-black and one brood frame floated in the water nearby with bees still caring for the eggs.
Attention vandals and other idiots: No bees, no food. It’s as simple as that.
re: #61 jaunte
Russian: I have something for you.
Barr: Are you a spy?
Russian: No.
Barr: All right then.
re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Our state is full of slack-witted numpties.
That’s all, folks pic.twitter.com/kcD3ib08ae
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) May 1, 2019
Cory Booker is NAILING BARR TO THE WALL.
Barr is stunned into silence and now he’s blubbering.
LOL. Bill Barr found this a very hard line of questioning. pic.twitter.com/8rd6OMYvoK
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 1, 2019
re: #10 Charles Johnson
And unless something changes, be prepared to launch impeachment proceedings to get to the truth.
exactly why you start impeachment proceedings
Yesterday’s Denton tornado:
Someone please explain to the attorney general that foreign governments, as a rule, use cutouts rather than identified intelligence service officers to connect with campaigns.
— David Shorr (@David_Shorr) May 1, 2019
And email the rest of the GOP while you’re at it.
re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
WTF?
Beehives in Texas attacked, set on fire, killing half a million bees, officials say
Attention vandals and other idiots: No bees, no food. It’s as simple as that.
I’d be thoroughly investigating all neighboring property owners. This feels like an angry neighbor.
re: #61 jaunte
And I can tell you this is false. My job requires me to mention ALL contacts with foreigners.
re: #64 gocart mozart
Hirona knocked it out of the park so far that Lindsey jumped in at the end and went into hysterics “you have slandered this good man, well I never, harumpf”
I’m sure there was a racist undertone to that as well.
Second question: Did Barr look at any of the evidence underlying the report?
Barr: No
The Attorney General of the United States of America cleared the target of the most important investigation in modern history without reviewing the evidence.
Another Harris knockout.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 1, 2019
Now hes blaming the Jewish guy lol #BarrHearing
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) May 1, 2019
I have taught all the children in my life to NOT fear bees. Wasps and hornets? Yeah, get away from those but if you leave Bees alone, they will leave you alone. My grandfather taught me the same years ago when a bee landed on my hand as I was tying my shoe on our front porch. He said: “Stay still, don’t do anything and it will fly away”. And it did.
Kamala Harris asks for a yes or no answer: has the president ever asked you to investigate someone? Barr totally dodges the question, which is all the answer we need. https://t.co/u9T0JvWgsW pic.twitter.com/nOQSjZefiq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #61 jaunte
While Blackburn is blathering let’s review:
Barr says you only have to call the FBI if offered dirt by foreign spies, not just foreigners.
for those of you old enough, we are entering Watergate territory:
question to john erlichman: “did you ask your subordinate to throw that briefcase in the potomac river?” (the one with all the evidence inside)
he replied: “well senator, not necessarily the contents of the briefcase, but the briefcase itself”
Barr is stumbling again. Harris pounded more nails in.
re: #90 Charles Johnson
The Democratic women are bringing it.
I wonder why they have the spines where the men don’t?
so you’re saying he raped a woman too? https://t.co/twp3rECpZe
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 1, 2019
re: #91 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder why they have the spines where the men don’t?
The Old Boy network is a very real thing.
re: #91 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder why they have the spines where the men don’t?
Thinking out loud here, but them GOPers getting their asses handed to them by wimminz might be a tactic…
re: #91 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder why they have the spines where the men don’t?
i would not be surprised if they orchestrated who’d ask what
So fascinating to see one Republican after another lining up to attack the FBI. The party of law and order. https://t.co/u9T0JvWgsW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #97 Charles Johnson
Lawn order more like it…I’m gonna show myself out…*ducks*
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) May 1, 2019
I wonder if there’s a maternal instinct to it as well? A lot of women learn from raising kids how to creatively browbeat confessions out of people.
Wouldn’t it be nice if strong interrogators like Harris had more time to really push hard on a line of questioning? That’s what Nadler wants to do in the House w/counsel and Barr opposes
Nadler should have every Dem defer their time to the 2 best prosecutors on the committee.— digby (@digby56) May 1, 2019
re: #94 Teukka
Thinking out loud here, but them GOPers getting their asses handed to them by wimminz might be a tactic…
I know it’s petty to notice it, but Ted Cruz looks even more like an intoxicated mole rat with that sketchy ass beard. https://t.co/u9T0JvWgsW pic.twitter.com/kdJhkz9liG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #82 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure there was a racist undertone to that as well.
Southern honor culture. Toxic
re: #103 Charles Johnson
Ted looks like the tio that every Latino family has that someone always asks “do we really need to invite him?”
So I have put live TV on pause to avoid Ted Cruz. Harris is a real prosecutor; IMO she was more effective than Booker.
re: #106 Hecuba’s daughter
So I have put live TV on pause to avoid Ted Cruz. Harris is a real prosecutor; IMO she was more effective than Booker.
Booker never really practiced law (he graduated from Yale in 1997 and won his first election in 1998). Harris was a real life deputy district attorney for nearly a decade, which means she tried cases and questioned witnesses. As a legislator in these types of hearings, that’s a really nice tool to have in the bag. Probably less useful when leading the executive branch (or a department therein)…
re: #106 Hecuba’s daughter
So I have put live TV on pause to avoid Ted Cruz. Harris is a real prosecutor; IMO she was more effective than Booker.
Agree. Amy Klobuchar, Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris have been running rings around the Democratic men.
The most patriotic thing a senator could do in these hearings is give their time to Kamala Harris.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 1, 2019
After questioning William Barr @senkamalaharris: “This Attorney General lacks all credibility and has I think compromised the American public’s ability to believe that he is a purveyor of justice.”
Q: “Should he resign?”
Harris: “Yes.” pic.twitter.com/hh8rBVHBjj— CSPAN (@cspan) May 1, 2019
re: #105 KGxvi
Ted looks like the tio that every
Latinofamily has that someone always asks “do we really need to invite him?”
Every family has one.
re: #54 Charles Johnson
Things are far more wrong than Bill Clinton, Ollie North or Nixonian days. Strong action is required. Like follow up subpoenas with Sgt of Arms visits for “arrest”.
If not now, then when? Obama was a truly great President esp by comparison. But like the Dems he had a bit of a tepid side. That story McConnell threatened to politicize a strong response to Russian hacking should have been met with an all news network presidential presser, politely telling the GOP to eff off. An hour after making the lights blink in Putins Dacha.
I’m really liking Kamala Harris. I didn’t see her questioning, but that woman takes care of business.
Harris questioning Barr pic.twitter.com/o36Z29Uevs
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 1, 2019
fatality pic.twitter.com/HWD7pKVNk9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2019
re: #113 makeitstop
I’m really liking Kamala Harris. I didn’t see her questioning, but that woman takes care of business.
I’m holding off a final call, but I consider her top 3 for POTUS.
re: #116 Unshaken Defiance
I’m holding off a final call, but I consider her top 3 for POTUS.
I would crawl over broken glass to vote for her. Luckily, all I have to do is walk halfway around the block to the polling place at the Methodist church.
re: #67 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
WTF?
Beehives in Texas attacked, set on fire, killing half a million bees, officials say
Attention vandals and other idiots: No bees, no food. It’s as simple as that.
My guess: insurance fraud. Or competition wanting to knock off a competitor.
Barr just blurted out:
“We now know Trump was falsely accused.”
Claims that makes it OK to obstruct justice.
Absurd. pic.twitter.com/OPXQlC2kce— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) May 1, 2019
re: #116 Unshaken Defiance
I’m holding off a final call, but I consider her top 3 for POTUS.
If she doesn’t become Prez and the Democrats win, she should be on the short list for AG.
re: #117 Blind Frog Belly White
I would crawl over broken glass to vote for her. Luckily, all I have to do is walk halfway around the block to the polling place at the Methodist church.
In March!!!!
re: #119 jaunte
Was Obama also falsely accused of not being born in America?
In the same vein as Congress and Senate members stepping up here, we must admit one massive missing element. Mass protests against this administrations misdeeds. That would add an urgency little else can
Barr is lying about the law right now. Circumstantial evidence is THE main, and almost exclusive, way to prove intent. Case after case can be found to say this. He is also undermining cases throughout the country with this false claim.
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) May 1, 2019
JFC this guy.
in other news:
When you write the statement without actually reading the CBO report.
For instance, from the report: “Government spending and total national spending on health care would be lower if provider payment rates under a single-payer system were set at Medicare FFS rates.” https://t.co/gt3uUQABsv— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 1, 2019
Barr calls Mueller’s letter to him “snitty” and says it was probably written by a staff member. Barr also belittles Mueller saying he is not a career prosecutor and was a political appointee.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 1, 2019
Note that Barr twice refused to answer Blumenthal’s “Who” questions: who was there, and who took notes.
Any bet there was someone inappropriate in the room? https://t.co/zcakBGzHGX— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 1, 2019
re: #128 jaunte
Barr calls Mueller’s letter to him “snitty” and says it was probably written by a staff member. Barr also belittles Mueller saying he is not a career prosecutor and was a political appointee.
I’m thinking the questioning from those uppity Democrat women are starting to get under his skin a little bit.
There’s no fucking way he’s going to show up in the House tomorrow. Draw up the subpoena pronto.
re: #128 jaunte
That will be the one thing that most Americans won’t accept about Mueller.
WATCH: @SenKamalaHarris: “Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone?”
Attorney General William Barr: “I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest.’ … They have not asked me to open an investigation…” pic.twitter.com/Cq1LeQ42u9— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 1, 2019
the difficulty of definitions…
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Harris is awesome. I really dig her.
Any minute now, Trump will be giving Barr a virtual belly rub for that performance. Who’s a good boy?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #128 jaunte
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re: #134 Charles Johnson
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That or he’ll be furious because Barr wasn’t loyal enough. Barr knew what he got himself into when he decided to justify the Comey firing.
Finally, Blumenthal asked if they could see Barr or his staff’s notes on his conversations wtih Mueller, and he said no. Why? “Why should you have them,” replied Barr.
And then Lindsey Graham just abruptly ended the hearing.
THE FUCK?https://t.co/WpkYED709S— Wonkette (@Wonkette) May 1, 2019
re: #137 jaunte
Sounds like a good place to start when she shows up in handcuffs in the House meeting.
re: #112 Unshaken Defiance
[…]That story McConnell threatened to politicize a strong response to Russian hacking should have been met with an all news network presidential presser, politely telling the GOP to eff off. […]
There’s still time for congressional hearings. This needs to be read into the record, rather than just be in news reports.
This man is a disgrace. He’s not our AG. He’s Rudy Giuliani’s co-counsel.
Perfect description of Barr. https://t.co/uaOr84Bd0S
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) May 1, 2019
#BarrHearing Senator Hirono didn’t waste any time. She was ready for bear….. pic.twitter.com/QHzd6JvYrE
— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) May 1, 2019
Confirm. He did. Barr admits to providing redacted names of Grand Jury investigations to the White House. @CSPAN https://t.co/2FTUsyvc3I. This is obvious obstruction of justice.
— Dirk Schwenk (@DirkSchwenk) May 1, 2019
re: #97 Charles Johnson
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So fascinating to see one Republican after another lining up to attack the FBI. The party of law and order. lgf.bz
It’s a simple fact that Republicans have a vested interest in furthering Russian crimes against Americans, since they benefit from those crimes. The FBI tries to thwart those crimes, so Republican attacks on the FBI flows directly from that fact.
Totally unrelated to AG Barr’s testimony today, another bit of DOJ news — the inspector general’s office announced that it found that a former senior DOJ official (unnamed) lied about still being at DOJ in order to get a relative a private hospital room pic.twitter.com/2EiVt2vMsy
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 1, 2019
Wilder still to hear an ongoing condemnation of the president from Shep and guests. On Fox. Today did not go well for them.
— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) May 1, 2019
A BIT SNITTY https://t.co/yGqhznAIAs pic.twitter.com/tQaDUhkRPe
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #120 I Would Prefer Not To
If she doesn’t become Prez and the Democrats win, she should be on the short list for AG.
Hmmm…
Newsom will be termed out in 2026. Though I suspect that the current LtGov is eyeing that spot, Harris serving as US AG from 2021 through 2024, would line up well with a run for governor… and every California governor (save Arnold for constitutional reasons) has the same dream as every US Senator, which is to be president.
re: #148 Charles Johnson
Reminded me of the exchange in “Shaun Of The Dead”, where his Mom is describing being attacked by some zombies - “They were a bit…bitey.”
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
the difficulty of definitions…
From the people that lambasted (rightly, I hate to say) Bill Clinton’s legalistic pretzel logic IRT the word “is”.
Hypocrisy, thy name is “Republican”.
Dear @TheJusticeDept Bill Barr: Um, the Special Counsel investigation was not just on @realDonaldTrump. It was also on Flynn, Manafort & others. @POTUS showed corrupt intent by trying to terminate the investigation into his associates, many of whom were convicted.#BarrHearing https://t.co/nd3BdCuwsV
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 1, 2019
re: #151 TedStriker
From the people that lambasted (rightly, I hate to say) Bill Clinton’s dissembling of the word “is”.
Hypocrisy, thy name is “Republican”.
you get a golf clap for the spot on ‘is’ reference
her question though was “asked or suggested”
he totally blew past the ‘asked’
re: #152 jaunte
How does the president (or anyone for that matter) prove that they are being falsely accused, without an investigation being completed?
You can’t just yell, “one, two, three, not it!” That’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works.
2/But each incident looks different when the pattern of conduct is considered. From the moment @realDonaldTrump fires Flynn he is hoping that the Russia investigation will go away because he fears it will hurt him politically and undermine the legitimacy of his election.
— Alex Whiting (@alexgwhiting) May 1, 2019
4/becomes clear when all the incidents are considered together, as they would be by a fact-finder in an obstruction prosecution. When @realDonaldTrump’s course of conduct is considered, can anyone seriously doubt what he was trying to do?
— Alex Whiting (@alexgwhiting) May 1, 2019
re: #154 KGxvi
How does the president (or anyone for that matter) prove that they are being falsely accused, without an investigation being completed?
You can’t just yell, “one, two, three, not it!” That’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works.
once again, no one has an inherent right not to be accused or investigated
I can’t stop watching this. Harris is absolutely tenacious and focused, and Barr is clearly in no way ready for it.
Harris makes it clear here that when ethics are involved, William Barr knows very little about anything, including if Rosenstein was cleared by the DOJ office of ethics to make charging decisions regarding a case where he was a witness or if he should have been conflicted out. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/RSnxR2a8b2
— Real Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) May 1, 2019
Someone on Twitter (Hoarse Wisperer, maybe?) once said that Barr should have stayed retired because the game has changed since he tanked Iran/Contra. Harris just demonstrated that. He’s a flat-footed dinosaur, being outrun and outsmarted by younger, more agile opponents.
re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth
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the difficulty of definitions…
Depends what the meaning of “is” is.
re: #128 jaunte
Isn’t Barr also, uh, a political appointee?
The Post’s Editorial Board: William Barr torched his reputation.
His testimony compounded the damage. https://t.co/hJVMu9y4PF— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2019
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh he did that before today.
No tweets from Orange Foolius for seven hours now…
re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg
No tweets from Orange Foolius for seven hours now…
You’ll find him under the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom, curled in the fetal position and sucking his thumb.
Hate preacher Steven Anderson (I’m sitting in my office about a mile from his church) has been barred from the Netherlands. The guy is well-known for his anti-LGBTQ, Holocaust denying crap.
American preacher Steven Anderson will not be allowed into the Netherlands and the rest of the Schengen area, State Secretary Mark Harbers of Justice and Security said on Wednesday in response to parliamentary questions. According to Harbers, the government is “taking strong action against extremist speakers who, by spreading their beliefs, restrict the freedoms of others or even incite hatred or violence”, NOS reports.
It looks like this is really bad news for Anderson, because he’s apparently also banned from all the rest of the Schengen countries. (His wife is from Germany.)
I am playing the world’s tiniest violin right now.
Listening to Cornyn mischaracterize the events leading to Comey’s firing is more than I can take today. (How many of the rest of you turned off the audio for the live hearing?)
re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg
No tweets from Orange Foolius for seven hours now…
Well, then we should just gin up our own:
NO COLLUSION!!!
WITCH HUNT!!!
ANGRY DEMS!!!!
FAKE NEWS!!!!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT!!!!!
Mix and match as necessary..
This was a big moment: Sen. Kamala Harris got Barr to admit that he decided not to charge Trump with obstruction—perhaps the most consequential DOJ decision since Watergate—without examining any of the underlying evidence pic.twitter.com/v9lyke0HZE
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) May 1, 2019
Going back to the discussion from last thread on the cost of dental care.
Several excellent care alternatives were mentioned. Another option would be if there is a nearby dental school, to visit their associated dental clinic.
From Washington (DC) Consumer Checkbook. (An excellent regional resource by the way. checkbook.org ) :
Consider getting treatment at a dental clinic.
To provide their students with hands-on experience, dental schools operate clinics where students treat patients under the supervision of dental school faculty; the University of Maryland and Howard University operate such clinics. We’ve found prices at dental clinics to be much lower than average prices for dental practices. Keep in mind that if you need extensive treatment, it is likely to take longer at a dental school clinic than with a private dentist.
edit - While cut and pasting, I dropped the very first letter of this post. Added it back
Apparently, Mueller does not send out the type of letter he sent to Barr very often. Or hardly at all.
I’ve read just about every word Bob Mueller has ever said publicly or published. He’s written precisely one letter like the angry one he sent to Barr: It excoriated Scotland for letting the Pan Am 103 bomber out of prison. https://t.co/DorCXEgzIG
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) May 1, 2019
re: #166 mmmirele
Is that the same guy you’ve been protesting on Sundays?
Funny cuz it’s true…
When Kamala Harris looks at you and says, I’m glad you brought that up I have another question, you have about 3 seconds to run.
— Jane McManus (@janesports) May 1, 2019
re: #168 Jay C
Well, then we should just gin up our own:
NO COLLUSION!!!
WITCH HUNT!!!
ANGRY DEMS!!!!
FAKE NEWS!!!!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT!!!!!Mix and match as necessary..
FAKE COLLUSION!
NO DEMS!
ANGRY NEWS!!
Barr says Mueller didn’t intend for his report to be turned over to Congress for further action
Mueller said explicitly in the report that Congress is the means for holding presidents accountable for crimes while they’re in office— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 1, 2019
Barr is wondering aloud why Mueller didn’t just pick up a phone and call him and instead put his concerns in a letter.
Weird, it’s almost like Mueller didn’t trust Barr anymore and wanted his objections written down for the record.— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 1, 2019
re: #172 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that the same guy you’ve been protesting on Sundays?
No. That guy, and his church, they pack heat. I’m not that stupid.
You’re my favorite parody account. https://t.co/V8ulx72v9w
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 1, 2019
re: #175 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
Barr is wondering aloud why Mueller didn’t just pick up a phone and call him and instead put his concerns in a letter.
BECAUSE EVERY LAWYER KNOWS THAT YOU PUT SHIT IN WRITING TO PRESERVE THE FUCKING RECORD
That’s literally half of the professional responsibility course in law school - write shit down, don’t steal the client’s money. That’s the entire course. (Ok, California has an extra part on “don’t sleep with clients)
OMFG!
For you younguns pic.twitter.com/F4zRoZ0CnE
— Voight-Kampff Salesman (@jimmystagger) May 1, 2019
re: #176 mmmirele
No. That guy, and his church, they pack heat. I’m not that stupid.
Ah, yes, just like the Bible says: “May he who packs the most lead be blessed richly.”
I’m a Christian but I can’t stand morons like that.
How bad do you have to fuck up for a fellow traveler like Jack to lock you out of the house (figuratively, since she was crazy enough to go to his actual house), anyhow?
— Stop Protecting Nazis, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) May 1, 2019
Just had a snitty conversation with wingnut sister. She says Barr didn’t lie; that Mueller blamed the media; that anybody can read the report (sure, everybody can read 400 pages and analyze it), that I’m in a liberal bubble to not see that. That there was no collusion with the campaign, Manafort’s crimes were totally his own thing and nothing to do with Trump.
Also, she hates Maizie Hirono, Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris, because they’re grandstanding partisan bitches who slandered a good man with no justification.
So did Huckleberry Butchmeup earn another golf trip with Trump today?
re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg
Ah, yes, just like the Bible says: “May he who packs the most lead be blessed richly.”
I’m a Christian but I can’t stand morons like that.
“Give unto the Lord what is his, and give to everyone else an ounce of lead”
re: #182 sagehen
Just had a snitty conversation with wingnut sister. She says Barr didn’t lie; that Mueller blamed the media; that anybody can read the report (sure, everybody can read 400 pages and analyze it), that I’m in a liberal bubble to not see that. That there was no collusion with the campaign, Manafort’s crimes were totally his own thing and nothing to do with Trump.
Also, she hates Maizie Hirono, Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris, because they’re grandstanding partisan bitches who slandered a good man with no justification.
How does she spin Mueller’s letter? Is that the part where Mueller allegedly blamed the media?
re: #175 Dread Pirate Union AFL-CIO
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I read the two used to be friends. So Bill, was Donald Trump worth it?
graham so wants pence’s job
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) May 1, 2019
re: #187 Mike Lamb
How does she spin Mueller’s letter? Is that the part where Mueller allegedly blamed the media?
yep.
re: #182 sagehen
Just had a snitty conversation with wingnut sister. She says Barr didn’t lie; that Mueller blamed the media; that anybody can read the report (sure, everybody can read 400 pages and analyze it), that I’m in a liberal bubble to not see that. That there was no collusion with the campaign, Manafort’s crimes were totally his own thing and nothing to do with Trump.
Also, she hates Maizie Hirono, Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris, because they’re grandstanding partisan bitches who slandered a good man with no justification.
So she read it?
re: #190 steve_davis
that scene would have been so much better if she’d just killed him. the audience knows she is no man. standing there trash talking while the wraith is still alive just seems like dangerously unnecessary showboating.
What’s the point of that scene without that line? That would be like never having Captain America say
“Avengers Assemble.”
You can’t sum up a 400 page memo in 4 pages. Barr intended to coverup and mislead.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
So who’s going to do anything about it?
re: #182 sagehen
You could remind her of this:
And as Paul notes, one of the articles of impeachment filed against Nixon was about using the national security state and the IRS to go after political opponents. https://t.co/F779zQ2AOe
— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) May 1, 2019
The battle between Barr and Mueller seems to be that the DOJ was shocked that Mueller wrote what is essentially an impeachment referral instead of a confidential memo saying “nothing to see here.”
Mueller believed they found plenty and that the public had a right to know.— digby (@digby56) May 1, 2019
re: #190 steve_davis
that scene would have been so much better if she’d just killed him. the audience knows she is no man. standing there trash talking while the wraith is still alive just seems like dangerously unnecessary showboating.
I think the scene needs the line, the wraith falls because of hubris and being told “I am no man” is when it realizes it lost because it didn’t consider the actual meaning of “no man can kill me.”
Whether she says it before or after she strikes the blow is an interesting storytelling question (before if we the audience don’t know who it is; after if we do is probably the right answer). But either way makes the scene better, I think.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
I disagree. You could summarize it up in 4 pages, but it’d go something like this.
Mueller found X instances where obstruction of justice was involved but he could not indict due to DOJ rules. Mueller indicates that Congress has to take up the action under their Constitutional obligations and powers to impeach.
Mueller found troubling issues relating to Russian interference that were pervasive and widespread.
Mueller found troubling instances where Trumpworld sought aid and assistance from foreign powers, hired undeclared foreign agents, and then lied about their efforts.
Mueller found rampant criminal malfeasance among Trump’s closest advisers and referred them to federal prosecutors outside scope of Mueller’s mandate.
Etc…
The problem is that doing so would end Trumpworld. So Barr took a different tact - lying and obfuscating about what Mueller said all while hiding the contents of the report from Congress and lying to the point where Mueller wrote two letters disagreeing with Barr’s BS assertions.
I have been following the postings on the Senate hearing. Your sacrifices are greatly appreciated down here in Oak Hill, Virginia!
I’m still trying to figure out why Barr was so interested in taking the AG job. He’s been around the block a few times and had to have known what he was getting into. Yet he really fought to get it. Just to have a bunch of really sh*tty days. With more on the way.
The only thing I can think of was that there was something going on associated with the same thing that motivated him to take Russian Bank account.
re: #197 Skip Intro
So who’s going to do anything about it?
Didn’t you say we were finished all together when Barr released the summary? I’m not attacking you but the Dems do control the House committees so yeah something can be done here.
re: #170 ckkatz
Good recommendation. My wife and both of her parents have gotten work done at the USC dentistry school during times of uninsured broke-ness. And yes, the scheduling can be much more difficult - for example, be careful scheduling procedures close to semester breaks if you will need follow up visits.
re: #201 lawhawk
I disagree. You could summarize it up in 4 pages, but it’d go something like this.
Mueller found X instances where obstruction of justice was involved but he could not indict due to DOJ rules. Mueller indicates that Congress has to take up the action under their Constitutional obligations and powers to impeach.
Mueller found troubling issues relating to Russian interference that were pervasive and widespread.
Mueller found troubling instances where Trumpworld sought aid and assistance from foreign powers, hired undeclared foreign agents, and then lied about their efforts.
Mueller found rampant criminal malfeasance among Trump’s closest advisers and referred them to federal prosecutors outside scope of Mueller’s mandate.
Etc…
The problem is that doing so would end Trumpworld. So Barr took a different tact - lying and obfuscating about what Mueller said all while hiding the contents of the report from Congress and lying to the point where Mueller wrote two letters disagreeing with Barr’s BS assertions.
True enough. I misspoke.
re: #202 ckkatz
I have been following the postings on the Senate hearing. Your sacrifices are greatly appreciated down here in Oak Hill, Virginia!
I’m still trying to figure out why Barr was so interested in taking the AG job. He’s been around the block a few times and had to have known what he was getting into. Yet he really fought to get it. Just to have a bunch of really sh*tty days. With more on the way.
The only thing I can think of was that there was something going on associated with the same thing that motivated him to take Russian Bank account.
It could be just instinct at the point. It’s as natural for Republicans to commit crimes and cover up for the crimes of other Republicans as it is for plant roots to grow down and for their leaves to seek light.
re: #205 HappyWarrior
No problem. Alternatively, Barr could have taken the summaries that Mueller provided explicitly for that purpose that required no redactions or changes, and could have published that as a roadmap.
Barr refused to do that either, showing intent to deceive and mislead the public with his grandiose claims of finding no obstruction or Russia taint.
re: #202 ckkatz
I have been following the postings on the Senate hearing. Your sacrifices are greatly appreciated down here in Oak Hill, Virginia!
I’m still trying to figure out why Barr was so interested in taking the AG job. He’s been around the block a few times and had to have known what he was getting into. Yet he really fought to get it. Just to have a bunch of really sh*tty days. With more on the way.
The only thing I can think of was that there was something going on associated with the same thing that motivated him to take Russian Bank account.
It was really an out of left field pick. Thought Trump would promote from within as he’s prone to do and Barr until the defense of the Comey firing oped wasn’t known as a Trumper and Wiki has him donating 60 grand to Team Jeb in 2016. You’d think a Jeb loyalist would hate Trump.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) May 1, 2019
re: #195 Belafon
What’s the point of that scene without that line? That would be like never having Captain America say
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My assumption was that the ‘trash talking’ as a plot device. It seems to happen in a lot of movies. Somebody, usually a Bond movie Bad-guy stops just to gloat and describe to the audience what they are doing and why they are doing it.
But yes, these days my first thought is “could you just shut up and do what you are going to do”.
Reminds of the friend who once told a cop who had stopped him for speeding and was lecturing him: “Either give me the lecture or the ticket”. Yup, he got the ticket.
re: #203 HappyWarrior
Didn’t you say we were finished all together when Barr released the summary? I’m not attacking you but the Dems do control the House committees so yeah something can be done here.
No, that’s not what I said, and no, as long as there are Republicans the House won’t do shit. Just talk, and watch while Trump finalizes his takeover of the government, the courts, the police, and the military.
Analysis: William Barr’s “snitty” slip-up gives away his game https://t.co/oybDbaDutl
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2019
“…This wasn’t about how the news media was getting something wrong; it was about how Barr’s letter led it to get things wrong.
And it took a while, but Barr eventually seemed to acknowledge that Mueller had, in fact, rebuked him.”
re: #200 KGxvi
I think the scene needs the line, the wraith falls because of hubris and being told “I am no man” is when it realizes it lost because it didn’t consider the actual meaning of “no man can kill me.”
Whether she says it before or after she strikes the blow is an interesting storytelling question (before if we the audience don’t know who it is; after if we do is probably the right answer). But either way makes the scene better, I think.
re: #207 lawhawk
No problem. Alternatively, Barr could have taken the summaries that Mueller provided explicitly for that purpose that required no redactions or changes, and could have published that as a roadmap.
Barr refused to do that either, showing intent to deceive and mislead the public with his grandiose claims of finding no obstruction or Russia taint.
Right. He definitely intended to mislead in both the summary and the presser. The question I have is who instructed him to do this. If it’s Trump, obstruction of obstruction.
re: #211 Skip Intro
No, that’s not what I said, and no, as long as there are Republicans the House won’t do shit. Just talk, and watch while Trump finalizes his takeover of the government, the courts, the police, and the military.
Okay fair enough. Apologies for misinterpreting you. We don’t need the Republicans to impeach him. Removal would be nice but impeachment would be a start.
re: #210 ckkatz
My assumption was that the ‘trash talking’ as a plot device. It seems to happen in a lot of movies. Somebody, usually a Bond movie Bad-guy stops just to gloat and describe to the audience what they are doing and why they are doing it.
But yes, these days my first thought is “could you just shut up and do what you are going to do”.
Reminds of the friend who once told a cop who had stopped him for speeding and was lecturing him: “Either give me the lecture or the ticket”. Yup, he got the ticket.
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:
But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
Yesterday everyone was saying Barr has to go. How does that happen? Will he resign like Rosenstein did after he helped Barr knife the Mueller report? Or will he just tough it out until everybody forgets all about it in a day or so?
New from “Trump, Inc.”: The Secret Service guarded the door, according to the email. The bartender wasn’t allowed to return. And members of the group began pouring themselves drinks.
No one paid.
Six days later, Mar-a-Lago created a bill for those drinks:https://t.co/Ov7YVv19jq— ProPublica (@propublica) May 1, 2019
re: #166 mmmirele
Hate preacher Steven Anderson (I’m sitting in my office about a mile from his church) has been barred from the Netherlands. The guy is well-known for his anti-LGBTQ, Holocaust denying crap.
It looks like this is really bad news for Anderson, because he’s apparently also banned from all the rest of the Schengen countries. (His wife is from Germany.)
I am playing the world’s tiniest violin right now.
A typical Steven Anderson sermon:
“Iceland: a Nation of Bastards” KJV Bible Preaching
This is about Iceland’s status as the country with the highest percentage of births to unmarried mothers (67%). That social and economic paradise Turkey is the lowest (3%). Anderson believes that bastards are condemned and should be excluded from the congregation. After all, it’s biblical.
Cthulhu take him and his financial supporters. I am wondering just who these supporters are since this batshit gang of less than 300 members apparently has a lot of money. Anderson travels a lot, though not as widely as he might since he is banned in so many places. He also has some pretty elaborate media, including multiple language translations of his videos and sermons.
re: #216 HappyWarrior
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
re: #208 HappyWarrior
It was really an out of left field pick. Thought Trump would promote from within as he’s prone to do and Barr until the defense of the Comey firing oped wasn’t known as a Trumper and Wiki has him donating 60 grand to Team Jeb in 2016. You’d think a Jeb loyalist would hate Trump.
Yes, he was a henchman for the house of Bush until the election. And one of their better thugs. Which makes the whole thing even stranger. Maybe he missed the thuggery?
re: #221 Skip Intro
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
It is tough I concede. I’m just hoping he ends up defeated next Fall and then he won’t have an Attorney General to protect him.
re: #221 Skip Intro
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
And that’s why we need to stop with “Why won’t Democrats do more?” It should all be on Trump and the GOP.
re: #222 ckkatz
Yes, he was a henchman for the house of Bush until the election. And one of their better thugs. Which makes the whole thing even stranger. Maybe he missed the thuggery?
Yeah very much an old guard type. Whittaker or even Sessions doing this would make more sense. I guess you can’t underestimate the deep all costs partisanship that exists. I read a great point made in the Kavanaugh hearings that so called moderate Republicans(not saying Barr is one as this referred to Collins but anyhow the premise is they’ll always toe the party line ultimately. I suspect the same is true of Graham fwiw.
re: #190 steve_davis
that scene would have been so much better if she’d just killed him. the audience knows she is no man. standing there trash talking while the wraith is still alive just seems like dangerously unnecessary showboating.
eli wallach aka tuco (the ugly)
“if you gotta shoot, shoot. don’t talk”
re: #224 Belafon
And that’s why we need to stop with “Why won’t Democrats do more?” It should all be on Trump and the GOP.
Those Never Trump conservatives surely have some friends in the longer tenured GOP members. Yet it’s not like they use that influence. I didn’t hear any criticism of Barr nor Trump for their actions in the investigation.
re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
One place where the movie improves on the original text…
re: #224 Belafon
And that’s why we need to stop with “Why won’t Democrats do more?” It should all be on Trump and the GOP.
I don’t care about the Senate vote. Trump is a corrupt and criminal motherfucker that needs to be impeached in the House if we are to have any chance of restoring checks and balances.
One easy way of dealing with the Senate vote is to just not send over the articles of impeachment until they are ‘complete’. That allows the timing to be chosen at will, so it’s not like Democrats would be locked into giving Republicans their presumed victory in the Senate vote at a politically bad time.
Here’s an extended quote from Trump’s pick to be on the Fed. From it you can see that he’s every bit as inarticulate and racist as the guy who chose him.
“So, you know, that, that is a joke that I always made about, you know, Obama lives in, you know, the president lives in public housing,” said Moore. “But I didn’t mean it like a black person did.”
I just meant that, you know, you know, being in the White House, you know, for example, when I was working with a lot of women in families who were involved in the education voucher program, you know, here in DC, and people would say, well, you know, and these were, these were blacks who would say, you know, why does Barack Obama get to send his kids to any school that he wants to and we can’t? And they’d say, he lives in public housing, and it was just kind of a joke, and that was referring …
re: #229 jaunte
Malignant narcissism and megalomania apply equally well to Trump and to Hitler.
re: #221 Skip Intro
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
Unless something has changed, he lost ground over the Mueller report. I think impeachment proceedings, even without removal, can sway some folks. It also actually appears that a select few in the MSM are starting to come around to one side being objectively wrong.
I just think the likelihood of Trump or Barr emerging as a sympathetic figure from this are low and that anyone who would claim that impeachment hearings push them to the Trump camp was already in Trump’s pocket.
I’d say overall, we moved the ball forward today thanks to Harris, Hirono and Klobuchar. The initial analysis of the media is that Barr only made Trump’s situation worse today. And if Barr has the guts to appear before the House tomorrow (I honestly doubt it), that isn’t going to improve things. Whether he appears or not, either action is going to make him look pretty bad.
And I’ve got a feeling that Mueller isn’t done.
re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
I want this on a teeshirt. pic.twitter.com/GinFwnm3WZ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 1, 2019
re: #231 Skip Intro
Here’s an extended quote from Trump’s pick to be on the Fed. From it you can see that he’s every bit as inarticulate and racist as the guy who chose him.
I’ve read that Moore doesn’t have the votes to be confirmed.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh for fuck sakes, how much more BLATANT can this get?
re: #216 HappyWarrior
Okay fair enough. Apologies for misinterpreting you. We don’t need the Republicans to impeach him. Removal would be nice but impeachment would be a start.
as you imply, i wonder if its time to start being clear when using the word “impeachment”
- the house (or senate but not in this case) does hearings and other investigations
- the house votes
- the trial is held in the senate and they vote as a jury
everyone seems to mean the third part and only then if he’s convicted and booted out
im not trying to split hairs or mince words
it seems to me there’s an awful lot that can be accomplished with a long drawn out investigation phase. make it crystal clear what happened and what they all tried to do. that can have great effect.
after that, the house can consider taking up the vote. it’s a whole separate calculus with it’s own list of moving parts.
i’d like to get away from saying ‘since the senate wont convict’ we should stop talking ‘impeachment’. but what do i know?
great things mark
great things are happening here https://t.co/RChzjvLak9— darth™ (@darth) May 1, 2019
some body parked backwards in this spot and this dog just wants to have a few words with the owner when they return
— darth™ (@darth) May 1, 2019
re: #230 EPR-radar
I don’t care about the Senate vote. Trump is a corrupt and criminal motherfucker that needs to be impeached in the House if we are to have any chance of restoring checks and balances.
One easy way of dealing with the Senate vote is to just not send over the articles of impeachment until they are ‘complete’. That allows the timing to be chosen at will, so it’s not like Democrats would be locked into giving Republicans their presumed victory in the Senate vote at a politically bad time.
Just how crazy is Steven Anderson?
“Ye shall know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:16 KJV.
Anderson takes this literally:
Steven Anderson judges other pastors by performing, of all things, fruit inspections. This does not mean that Anderson is working for the USDA. Rather fruit inspections are his favored method of divination to ascertain the health of a particular congregation, church and pastor. Usually it involves visiting the congregation and checking out the congregation’s melons and nuts. If the melons and nuts pass the Anderson test for melon health your congregation is considered saved. Anderson, never the shrinking violet, encourages other pastors to check him out by performing a fruit inspection on him.
re: #221 Skip Intro
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
They should impeach Barr. If they don’t they should fucking resign. I don’t give a fuck if they lose, but if they don’t even try, what’s the point?
re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
In the book, you don’t know it’s a woman:
‘Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!’
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed
that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. ‘But
no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund’s
daughter.
I was in the car running errands and I heard bits & pieces of the hearing. Who was that shitgoblin who defended Trump & said the entire investigation was “an attempt to overthrow the fairly and duly elected President of the United States & this report proves it!”
I mean WTF. The report proved that the election was compromised by foreign bad actors so the President could not have been “fairly and duly” elected whether he willingly participated in the election fraud or not. I didn’t get the name of that fucking idiot who said that. Was it Ted Cruz?
BREAKING: Per a congressional source, the House Judiciary Committee has been notified by the DOJ that Attorney General Barr is NOT coming to testify tomorrow. DOJ has told the committee to expect a letter officially stating that shortly, according to my source.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 1, 2019
re: #221 Skip Intro
It’s a lose-lose for the Dems. Impeachment won’t get rid of Trump, and not trying will piss off activist Democrats. I don’t know why, but Trump always ends up as the winner in all of these situations, no matter what he does.
No, it is not a lose-lose for the Dems. You’re likely right that impeachment won’t get rid of Trump. But it will put his criminal acts directly in front of the American people for a solid 6-9 months, leading up to an election. It also puts Republicans on the spot for condoning his criminal acts leading up to that aforementioned election.
Trump is not Clinton. He does not have the job approval ratings that Clinton did. And his crimes are significantly worse than Clinton’s. He’s not going to get the benefit of the split decision Clinton got in the court of public opinion (high job approval ratings, low personal approval ratings).
Most likely, Trump is going to get 40% of the vote in 2020, because that seems to be the low water mark for any major party presidential nominee in a two-person race in the modern era. The calculus at this point is how do the Dems get their 40% out and also convince the middle 20% that Trump is toxic? If Trump is, truly, as bad as we have all been saying since that golden escalator ride four years ago, then a legitimate impeachment process is not only the best way to accomplish that, it’s flat out the right thing to do.
Otherwise we are back to square one where one party deserves to lose and the other doesn’t deserve to win.
So Barr will appear before a GOP-chaired Senate committee to get a pile of non-questions about the investigation and a sudden cut-off by Graham. But refuses to appear before a House committee? I guess simply because it’s a Democrat-chaired committee that won’t handle him with kid gloves?
Democrats need to simply start playing hard ball now. Screw the media and the elections and do the right thing regarding the government of this country. The GOP has shown time and time again that they are not interested in the needs of the nation.
Sen Kennedy said prosecutors can only indict, or not
Mueller didn’t, so issue is “dead as fried chicken”
but Mueller said he COULDN’T make that choice for sitting president because of DOJ policy
so he didn’t, leaving accountability to Congress
Kennedy must know that— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 1, 2019
Louisiana Senator Kennedy on MTP, popping smoke.
@PalmerReport
Kamala Harris: Did you eat lunch today?
William Barr: I don’t know
Harris: How can you not know?
Barr: I’m grappling with the word “eat”
Harris: Did you consume food today?
Barr: I don’t know if I’d say “consume”
Harris: Did food go in your mouth?
Barr: I’m really not sure
5:19 PM - May 1, 2019
re: #246 jaunte
BREAKING: Per a congressional source, the House Judiciary Committee has been notified by the DOJ that Attorney General Barr is NOT coming to testify tomorrow. DOJ has told the committee to expect a letter officially stating that shortly, according to my source.
man’s got no stamina to do it two days in a row //
(the real decision was ‘if this is what happens in the R run senate….’)
How the F**K is this shit legal??? Seems like mail fraud at the very least…
#BreakingNewsMy mother recieved a “Congressional Census” in the mail that was pro Trump from the @RNC @GOP. When I called the number listed below they told me that my mother had to fill this out and send it in with a $15 processing fee. pic.twitter.com/L2cDvAudNE
— ■av■■ ■u■■■ (@JustSumGuy176) April 30, 2019
The woman then laughed and said if my mother did not comply with the census there were legal actions that could be taken against her. @CNN @MSNBC @maddow @DNC
— ■av■■ ■u■■■ (@JustSumGuy176) April 30, 2019
Here’s where the RNC states that my mother had been selected to represent voters in California’s 51st congressional district. There is a $15 processing fee for her documents which they do not disclosed to the recipient of the letter that goes to a fund to reelect Trump pic.twitter.com/WQNOqqcaUG
— ■av■■ ■u■■■ (@JustSumGuy176) April 30, 2019
#BREAKING I just now noticed that in the first paragraph it says”That is why President Trump has requested that a census of every congressional district be conducted immediately” Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are committing mail fraud. pic.twitter.com/T19eFAE2My
— ■av■■ ■u■■■ (@JustSumGuy176) May 1, 2019
re: #247 KGxvi
No, it is not a lose-lose for the Dems. You’re likely right that impeachment won’t get rid of Trump. But it will put his criminal acts directly in front of the American people for a solid 6-9 months, leading up to an election. It also puts Republicans on the spot for condoning his criminal acts leading up to that aforementioned election.
Trump is not Clinton. He does not have the job approval ratings that Clinton did. And his crimes are significantly worse than Clinton’s. He’s not going to get the benefit of the split decision Clinton got in the court of public opinion (high job approval ratings, low personal approval ratings).
Most likely, Trump is going to get 40% of the vote in 2020, because that seems to be the low water mark for any major party presidential nominee in a two-person race in the modern era. The calculus at this point is how do the Dems get their 40% out and also convince the middle 20% that Trump is toxic? If Trump is, truly, as bad as we have all been saying since that golden escalator ride four years ago, then a legitimate impeachment process is not only the best way to accomplish that, it’s flat out the right thing to do.
Otherwise we are back to square one where one party deserves to lose and the other doesn’t deserve to win.
outstanding!
I’m guessing Barr can’t make it to the haring at the House tomorrow because he’ll be confined to the Burn Unit…
So this crossed by twitter feed:
Like did you all see this video of Mike Peinovich holding a good ol’ fashioned Nazi book burning? Because you should. Because this is what these “free speech” warriors actually think about free speech.https://t.co/nvxDWPjMs2
— Emily G 🧱⛓ (@EmilyGorcenski) May 1, 2019
Hard not to pass out laughing. Right at these guys that not so long ago were all “lock her up” and looking to impeach Obama for the Iran deal. Now they attempt to justify this idea DOJ needs to toe the White House line and cover for trump.
How can you even say this was anything but due process and justified with what we know from Flynn, Manafort and Cohen? “”But wait there’s more!”” The Barr summary tells us Mueller was dead on to dig deep and get pissed at the summary.
“False attack on the President” my butt.
re: #250 jaunte
Sen Kennedy said prosecutors can only indict, or not
Mueller didn’t, so issue is “dead as fried chicken”
but Mueller said he COULDN’T make that choice for sitting president because of DOJ policy
so he didn’t, leaving accountability to Congress
Kennedy must know that
even if that mind numbing nonsense were true, do prosecutors never change their minds and resurrect that dead, fried chicken?
re: #239 DangerMan
as you imply, i wonder if its time to start being clear when using the word “impeachment”
- the house (or senate but not in this case) does hearings and other investigations
- the house votes
- the trial is held in the senate and they vote as a juryeveryone seems to mean the third part and only then if he’s convicted and booted out
im not trying to split hairs or mince words
it seems to me there’s an awful lot that can be accomplished with a long drawn out investigation phase. make it crystal clear what happened and what they all tried to do. that can have great effect.
after that, the house can consider taking up the vote. it’s a whole separate calculus with it’s own list of moving parts.
i’d like to get away from saying ‘since the senate wont convict’ we should stop talking ‘impeachment’. but what do i know?
You’re absolutely correct. This process is going to be played out this summer and into the fall. Every other week or two the various House Committees will be holding hearings on the multiple aspects of what trump and his cronies were up to. New information will be dug up. Many of the “insiders” will start to panic and realize they have to protect themselves and testify against the WH Mob. The case against trump will only get stronger.
Trumps plan to delay through appeals and denials of information will only work against him in the long run. The delays will push the formal House impeachment inquires closer to the upcoming election where it will be foremost on the voters minds when they enter the election booth.
The main question I have is if the House votes and approves Articles of Impeachment, does the Senate have to move forward with the trail? Can Mitch just ignore a House Impeachment Resolution?
In any case grasshoppers, have patience. The truth will triumph in the end.
re: #254 Archangelus
It’s not just mail fraud. It’s very deliberate ratfucking to undermine the legitimacy of the REAL census next year.
Because the last thing the GOP wants is a full and accurate count in 2020…which also speaks to the length they’re going to with the citizenship question lawsuit.
re: #260 DangerMan
I just want to say for the record that “dead as fried chicken” is not a legitimate Southern phrase, and that Kennedy’s fake cone-pone act is disgusting.
re: #259 Unshaken Defiance
They can say it because they have Fox and Limbaugh to “catapult the propaganda”, as GWB used to say, and it works.
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m guessing Barr can’t make it to the haring at the House tomorrow because he’ll be confined to the Burn Unit…
re: #250 jaunte
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Louisiana Senator Kennedy on MTP, popping smoke.
IANAL, but pretty sure that grand juries indict, and prosecutors, you know, prosecute.
re: #249 Feline Fearless Leader
So Barr will appear before a GOP-chaired Senate committee to get a pile of non-questions about the investigation and a sudden cut-off by Graham. But refuses to appear before a House committee? I guess simply because it’s a Democrat-chaired committee that won’t handle him with kid gloves?
Democrats need to simply start playing hard ball now. Screw the media and the elections and do the right thing regarding the government of this country. The GOP has some time and time again that they are not interested in the needs of the nation.
It seems to me that the right thing to do is to convince the voting public that they are working hard to find the truth and are fair about it. The voters are the ones who have the Republicans in Congress by the short-hairs. (Or other parts.) Consorting with the Billionaire Oligarchs only gets a Senator so far.
If the House does convince the voters of the righteousness of the investigations, it seems to me, this defuses the sensitivity to holding Barr accountable. And makes his fate much more visibly in his own hands. If he wants to commit career suicide on an anthill for the Trump Administration, it will be harder for his apologists to mobilize any public sympathy for him.
That said, like you, I would not be unhappy were the House to throw the book at Barr.
re: #262 ipsos
It’s not just mail fraud. It’s very deliberate ratfucking to undermine the legitimacy of the REAL census next year.
Because the last thing the GOP wants is a full and accurate count in 2020…which also speaks to the length they’re going to with the citizenship question lawsuit.
And what would be their punishment for committing this fraud? A fine after they’ve won the election.
re: #261 Cheechako
You’re absolutely correct. This process is going to be played out this summer and into the fall. Every other week or two the various House Committees will be holding hearings on the multiple aspects of what trump and his cronies were up to. New information will be dug up. Many of the “insiders” will start to panic and realize they have to protect themselves and testify against the WH Mob. The case against trump will only get stronger.
Trumps plan to delay through appeals and denials of information will only work against him in the long run. The delays will push the formal House impeachment inquires closer to the upcoming election where it will be foremost on the voters minds when they enter the election booth.
The main question I have is if the House votes and approves Articles of Impeachment, does the Senate have to move forward with the trail? Can Mitch just ignore a House Impeachment Resolution?
In any case grasshoppers, have patience. The truth will triumph in the end.
my understanding is there is a time limit. they are senate rules though, not constitutional. so with mitch in charge and what he did to merrick garland, if he ignores it, then what?
otoh, if the house took up a vote, hopefully a good chunk of the public would be aware and behind what was happening, and maybe that pressure would be too much for mitch to totally stonewall as the single individual in the entire country blocking the process
Wow. Totally shameless. https://t.co/3KoozRtJzK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 1, 2019
re: #270 Charles Johnson
I’m so not surprised. Back to business as usual, then.
So Barr can just tell the House “Fuck you, I’m not showing up” and get away with it?
re: #270 Charles Johnson
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they should order the Sgt at Arms of the House to escort him to the hearing, in shackles if necessary.
re: #273 Eclectic Cyborg
Sure, why not? He runs the Justice Dept. Who’s going to arrest him?
re: #274 William Lewis
they should order the Sgt at Arms of the House to escort him to the hearing, in shackles of necessary.
Apparently the House Sergeant at Arms has a ceremonial mace. A few broken bones shouldn’t interfere with Barr’s ability to answer questions.
Nadler: The next step is seeking a contempt citation against AG William Barr
— Sarah Brooks (@Sarah_K_Brooks) May 1, 2019
re: #275 Skip Intro
Sure, why not? He runs the Justice Dept. Who’s going to arrest him?
IIRC the U.S. Marshals would have the authority to do so.
re: #275 Skip Intro
Sure, why not? He runs the Justice Dept. Who’s going to arrest him?
So what exactly is the point of having Congressional oversight when those in power can get away with not being overseen? It’s like the Democrats have power in name only, they can try to use it, but it never goes anywhere because Trump and co. stonewall and protect their own all day long.
re: #278 William Lewis
IIRC the U.S. Marshals would have the authority to do so.
You really think they’d arrest their own boss?
re: #278 William Lewis
IIRC the U.S. Marshals would have the authority to do so.
They work for Barr.
And I got a 12-hour you-were-naughty timeout for telling the truth.
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) May 1, 2019
re: #254 Archangelus
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How the F**K is this shit legal??? Seems like mail fraud at the very least…
Unfortunately, except for the “President Trump has ordered…” bit (which is doubtful), this is precisely the sort of pseudo-“official” crap direct-mail pitchmen(/scamsters) have been using for years. And I’m guessing this stuff has been crafted by pros, and the language probably well gone over by legal staff to ensure it stays within (even if only by a hair) the strictest definition of “misleading” or “fraud”. And pitched at senior citizens, no doubt, in the hope that they’ll be more credulous of something marked “Official”…
Personally, it may be just because I’m a cynic (and, technically now a “senior”, so it makes me an old cynic!) but I’d never fall for a direct-mail scam like this in a million years - even taking into account the fact that as soon as I’d spot “Republican” anywhere on the mailer it would be immediately directed to the trash.
re: #279 Eclectic Cyborg
So what exactly is the point of having Congressional oversight when those in power can get away with not being overseen? It’s like the Democrats have power in name only, they can try to use it, but it never goes anywhere because Trump and co. stonewall and protect their own all day long.
Yes, that’s exactly right. We’re watching our government being overthrown in real time and apparently there’s nothing we can do about it.
The “smear campaign” is reporters publishing his own words. https://t.co/RltKMN8tli
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) May 1, 2019
It is a political appointment, but all three of the ones I have personally known would instantly.
re: #280 Eclectic Cyborg
You really think they’d arrest their own boss?
How often do you get the chance?
re: #287 Decatur Deb
So Barr is going to order his own arrest?
JUST IN: Pelosi warns: Barr will be “obstructing Congress” if he skips House Judiciary hearing https://t.co/VQY6WTbC8a pic.twitter.com/GccJ8rkmJu
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2019
re: #288 Skip Intro
So Barr is going to order his own arrest?
That was a joke. Actually expect very confused lines of authority in such situations. It would come down to an armed nose-to-nose with the actual persons involved quite unsure of their personal consequences—MP stopping an installation commander for a traffic violation.
Nadler just said the administration will NOT comply with his demands to get the full Mueller report; says negotiations will go on for 1-2 days before next steps. Then he says they will move to hold Barr in contempt if he doesn’t comply. “He’s trying to blackmail the committee.” https://t.co/QrajysHOtg
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 1, 2019
re: #263 jaunte
I just want to say for the record that “dead as fried chicken” is not a legitimate Southern phrase, and that Kennedy’s fake cone-pone act is disgusting.
Seconded. “Dead as a door knob” is the correct phrase.
And I’ll add a Southern freebie. Barr was sweating like a whore in church.
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
IANAL, but pretty sure that grand juries indict, and prosecutors, you know, prosecute.
Not no more, apparently.
And only if the prosecutee is a Democrat.
re: #291 Decatur Deb
I don’t find much humor in this administration any more.
re: #295 Skip Intro
I don’t find much humor in this administration any more.
You will need it for the next two years. Six to fourteen years if we don’t get our shit together by Fall of 2020.
re: #293 BlueGrl21
Seconded. “Dead as a door knob” is the correct phrase.
And I’ll add a Southern freebie. Barr was sweating like a whore in church.
I always thought it was “Dead as a door nail”
re: #283 Jay C
Unfortunately, except for the “President Trump has ordered…” bit (which is doubtful), this is precisely the sort of pseudo-“official” crap direct-mail pitchmen(/scamsters) have been using for years. And I’m guessing this stuff has been crafted by pros, and the language probably well gone over by legal staff to ensure it stays within (even if only by a hair) the strictest definition of “misleading” or “fraud”. And pitched at senior citizens, no doubt, in the hope that they’ll be more credulous of something marked “Official”…
Personally, it may be just because I’m a cynic (and, technically now a “senior”, so it makes me an old cynic!) but I’d never fall for a direct-mail scam like this in a million years - even taking into account the fact that as soon as I’d spot “Republican” anywhere on the mailer it would be immediately directed to the trash.
normally i’d agree but this is trumps team…
pros?
crack legal staff?
Jerry Nadler: “The Committee will convene at 9:00 tomorrow morning as planned. My colleagues will be present. I hope and expect that the attorney general will think overnight and will be there as well.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2019
He’s not that good a thinker.
House Judiciary should go ahead with the hearing. Each Democratic member can read parts of the Mueller report during their 5 minutes. It’s the only way some Americans will ever know what it says. @JerryNadler @HouseJudiciary
— Pat Fuller Ω #ForThePeople (@bannerite) May 1, 2019
re: #284 Skip Intro
Yes, that’s exactly right. We’re watching our government being overthrown in real time and apparently there’s nothing we can do about it.
up until now everyone more or less agreed to follow the written and unwritten rules
re: #300 jaunte
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He’s not that good a thinker.
Over/under on Barr getting nabbed attempting to board a foreign flight?
Semi-///
re: #303 Teukka
No, he’s just going to sit and wait for orders.
re: #291 Decatur Deb
That was a joke. Actually expect very confused lines of authority in such situations. It would come down to an armed nose-to-nose with the actual persons involved quite unsure of their personal consequences—MP stopping an installation commander for a traffic violation.
It might be a logistical nightmare, especially at first, but there’s an argument to be made that the US Marshals should be under the control of the judiciary. Most of their functions are, in fact, related to the judicial power of the government - protecting Supreme Court Justices, protecting US Courthouses, witness protection, fugitive operations, and executing federal arrest warrants.
re: #298 Eclectic Cyborg
I always thought it was “Dead as a door nail”
It is. Southerners screw it up.
re: #298 Eclectic Cyborg
I always thought it was “Dead as a door nail”
me, too, and “Dumb as a door knob”
re: #134 Charles Johnson
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ironically the one instance in history where a dog is asked that question and the answer is not “you are!”
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
me, too, and “Dumb as a door knob”
I can worsen that. “X is so dumb that a door knob is a genius in comparison”.
re: #309 Teukka
I can worsen that. “X is so dumb that a door knob is a genius in comparison”.
It’s supposed to be dead as a door nail. Lots of Southerners screw it up. From Wiktionary: “Possibly from a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the expression dead as a doornail.”
I’ve always heard dead as a door knob.
And my favorite expression for dumb ever is, “If you put his brain in a bee it would fly backwards.”
re: #291 Decatur Deb
That was a joke. Actually expect very confused lines of authority in such situations. It would come down to an armed nose-to-nose with the actual persons involved quite unsure of their personal consequences—MP stopping an installation commander for a traffic violation.
I suspect that in cases where there are two agencies involved, that there would be negotiations between the interested parties. If they are not fruitful it would be kicked upstairs. And, if still not resolved, kicked upstairs to, first the courts, and then the American public. Such as in the elections, or the Civil War.
So, there were two Barr letters? https://t.co/d6MoKNL9ar
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 1, 2019
re: #311 Skip Intro
Slightly less attractive than the original pic.
re: #313 Patricia Kayden
Now we know why Barr isn’t going to show up tomorrow.
re: #254 Archangelus
How the F**K is this shit legal??? Seems like mail fraud at the very least…
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Perhaps you should forward this to democratic members in Congress——-preferably reps from your state if you have democratic reps.
*edit——-I see you are from California———-you have a lot of people you could forward this to.
coward
Lindsey Graham says he won’t call for Robert Mueller to testify before Congress: “I’m not going to do any more. Enough already. It’s over.”
Via ABC pic.twitter.com/9gFXzKEkXy— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2019
re: #318 Belafon
He’s not being a coward. He’s being a henchman.
Old rule for lawyers: never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.
In this case, Graham knows the answers and doesn’t (for some fucking reason) want them to come out. So he’s going to do what he can to not have the questions asked.
I always enjoyed the euphemisms for ‘dumb’:
Two hub caps short of a Buick.
Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, he only gargled
If you gave him a penny for his thoughts, you’d get change back
If he were any dumber, he’d have to be watered twice a week
His cheese has slipped off his cracker
Which reminds me of some reputed Brit Officer evaluation comments:
Somewhere there’s a village missing its idiot.
Out of his depth in a car park puddle.
His men would follow him anywhere. But only out of curiosity.
re: #319 KGxvi
Old rule for lawyers: never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.
In this case, Graham knows the answers and doesn’t (for some fucking reason) want them to come out. So he’s going to do what he can to not have the questions asked.
The reason is that the Republican Party is owned by Putin and works hand-in-glove with the Russians to help win office. Every Republican member of the Senate is either a coward or a traitor or both. Someone should write Profiles in Cowardice and name the key Republican office-holders who best represent that lack of courage and loyalty to our nation.
re: #321 Hecuba’s daughter
That would be all of them. Every single one.
re: #179 goddamnedfrank
OMFG!
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one of my all time favorite shows. When the father would open the refrigerator and there’d be a tiny human in there, ready to make his way into some future meal, I would laugh and laugh!
re: #321 Hecuba’s daughter
The reason is that the Republican Party is owned by Putin and works hand-in-glove with the Russians to help win office. Every Republican member of the Senate is either a coward or a traitor or both. Someone should write Profiles in Cowardice and name the key Republican office-holders who best represent that lack of courage and loyalty to our nation.
To paraphrase an old saying…
Enough Republican Senators might do the right thing.
Once they are cornered and trapped like rats, and left with no other possible alternative.
re: #195 Belafon
What’s the point of that scene without that line? That would be like never having Captain America say
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you have her stab him, and THEN say ” I am no man.” It would be like Arya jumping on the Night King and then saying, “you probably think you’ve stopped me, but earlier in the show we did some cool foreshadowing where I flip the knife to the other—” and then she’s killed because the night king isn’t big into trash talking.
re: #323 steve_davis
one of my all time favorite shows. When the father would open the refrigerator and there’d be a tiny human in there, ready to make his way into some future meal, I would laugh and laugh!
I think my favorite gag was that the calendar was counting down, and they didn’t know what BC meant.
re: #327 GlutenFreeJesus
They should have Mueller show up instead.
If Mueller plays by the rules, the request will probably have to go through the DoJ. I would love for Mueller to show up and say “I was in the neighborhood, and thought I’d stop by to have a little chat.”
California’s population growth in 2018 was the slowest in state history, a new study shows, as births declined, student enrollment fell and the death rate continued to climb as baby boomers aged.
The state added 186,807 residents last year, bringing California’s estimated total population to 39,927,315 people as of Jan. 1, according to new population estimates released by the state Department of Finance on Wednesday.
The overall growth rate slipped to 0.47% last year from 0.78% in 2017, the slowest since data collection started in 1900, department spokesman H.D. Palmer said. Births in the state were down by more than 18,000 compared with the previous year.
“Growth in California has stalled out,” said Dowell Myers, a professor of demography and urban planning at USC. “That is pretty amazing “
LA County actually had a very slight drop in population:
Los Angeles County, still the largest county in the state, saw population growth fall to 0%, according to state officials. The number of residents dropped from 10,254,658 to 10,253,716 by the end of 2018. This is the first time since 2010 the population dropped in the county, according to state officials.
Of course, the 405 still sucks, parking still sucks, and finding housing (affordable or not) can be a bitch… but we do have the weather and beaches.
re: #235 sagehen
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For those who don’t want to launch the video, like if you’re at work or something:
“Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me.”
Just remembering that scene gives me chills.
This song is almost 30 years old, but I think it could serve pretty well as the theme song for the ~35% of white working class men who did NOT vote for Trump. https://t.co/Dx9kLHAcG0
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 1, 2019
And the gut-bucket sense of egalitarian justice that has somehow been twisted for many into an embrace of a gold-plated POTUS. pic.twitter.com/WyN7ClTtiA
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 1, 2019
re: #330 KGxvi
LA County actually had a very slight drop in population:
Of course, the 405 still sucks, parking still sucks, and finding housing (affordable or not) can be a bitch… but we do have the weather and beaches.
We should build a shit ton more housing, esp. near transit. That would ease up the high cost of housing.
But then STILL MORE people would move here….
re: #331 Blind Frog Belly White
It’d be fun to make that your outgoing message for telemarketers….
heh
Scientology Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Measles - https://t.co/Xpn5D0bLLb pic.twitter.com/QydQnCnr0N
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 1, 2019
re: #330 KGxvi
LA County actually had a very slight drop in population:
Of course, the 405 still sucks, parking still sucks, and finding housing (affordable or not) can be a bitch… but we do have the weather and beaches.
Not sure that sort of stasis is a bad thing.
Confession: I was in college when ZPG was the environmental mantra. (Didn’t participate.)
Barr did more than stammer, I suspect. Maybe lie? If is difficult to imagine that Trump has not asked his AG to go after his enemies, like Hillary, and others. It feels to me like we are back in Nixonland! https://t.co/ncJdTds7uW
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) May 1, 2019
re: #306 BlueGrl21
It is. Southerners screw it up.
Exactly:
“Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.
Mind! I don’t mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a doornail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail.”
- Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”, 1843
“fuck’s sake, Kevin” pic.twitter.com/Nqf5uBmPjP
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 1, 2019
re: #333 Blind Frog Belly White
We should build a shit ton more housing, esp. near transit. That would ease up the high cost of housing.
But then STILL MORE people would move here….
The problem is, in a lot of places, we’ve built as much as we can. I live in Long Beach and there really isn’t a whole lot of space for new housing that isn’t ant-farm condos/apartments. We are getting some of that, but not much because there isn’t really any place to put them.
🎶What a step up, holy cow, they’d never believe it, if my friends could see me nooowwww”🎶 pic.twitter.com/jUMfTpogcK
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 1, 2019
re: #329 Belafon
If Mueller plays by the rules, the request will probably have to go through the DoJ. I would love for Mueller to show up and say “I was in the neighborhood, and thought I’d stop by to have a little chat.”
There aren’t rules anymore. I really hope he tells America what’s going on. SOON.
I, too, say lots of things to my friends https://t.co/GPlrXnNd7A
— sonic’s orthodontist (@jesseltaylor) May 1, 2019
Wait, I thought “obstruction” was like not even a crime!
Last week, a Massachusetts judge and court officer were indicted for allegedly helping an immigrant man leave the courtroom through the backdoor to evade an ICE agent waiting to arrest him in the lobby.
They face up to 20 years in prison for obstruction of justice. pic.twitter.com/kDGNrBTd9t— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 29, 2019
re: #333 Blind Frog Belly White
We should build a shit ton more housing, esp. near transit. That would ease up the high cost of housing.
But then STILL MORE people would move here….
I read somewhere a few years back that California had seriously underestimated their rates of population grown back in the 1980s and 90s, and they hadn’t expected the number of people living there to reach 40 million until about 2040 or so. And so their infrastructure development has been lacking for years now. Still enough to be the world’s 7th(?) largest economy all on its own. So First World problems….
It’s a real mystery how Donald Trump became the beloved leader of a party in which Stephen Moore was one of the most prominent and celebrated “intellectuals” https://t.co/6apc1CaVV0
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) May 1, 2019
re: #347 gocart mozart
WF Buckley was the last US conservative that could even pretend to be an intellectual, with emphasis on ‘pretend’. $10 vocabulary words spackled over the brutish malice and willful ignorance that is the root cause of conservatism isn’t ‘intellectual’.
morons
Hand-wringing today among the three Democrats who voted to confirm Barr. “Incredibly disappointed,” Doug Jones says of Barr https://t.co/3Bavxg9guP
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 1, 2019
Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/RSYBWRpDmB
— Scott Warwhale (@ScottLinnen) May 1, 2019
re: #330 KGxvi
LA County actually had a very slight drop in population:
Of course, the 405 still sucks, parking still sucks, and finding housing (affordable or not) can be a bitch… but we do have the weather and beaches.
California is exporting its wingnuts to Texas, especially DFW. The latter has gained a million residents since 2010. A new warren of mcmansions seems to have sprung up every time I drive to Denton.
NEWS UPDATE: The Trump administration has asked a federal court to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act. More from @JudyWoodruff. pic.twitter.com/kL2EkxCj96
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 1, 2019
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
Three frogs stung to death by the scorpion when crossing the river, interviewed in the afterlife.
Republicans are motherfucking criminals. You don’t vote to confirm the motherfucking criminal appointees of a motherfucking criminal Republican president.
This shit is not difficult.
re: #217 Feline Fearless Leader
It’s actually in LOTR:
Éowyn then removed her helmet and declared:But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
Well, to be fair to it’s iconic stature, Tolken could have used a bit more editing for unnecessary exposition. Like the elf bread thing- it’s nearly all they eat, and yet every time anyone gets near to having a passing thought about the stuff, there’s an entire paragraph about how f*ing amazing lambas is. It’s like the heroin of middle earth- except even bona-fide junkies don’t find heroin that mentally all consuming.
Edited to add: And don’t even get me started on Shadowfax.
Retweeting, as we should constantly until this hollowed-out fellow rolls over dead and is sold off as spare parts to keep another half dozen conventional hypocrites bloviating. https://t.co/4H63dIcUM5
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 1, 2019
This is now the new normal.
Barr: It’s Not Obstruction of Justice If the Obstruction Works
re: #351 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
California is exporting its wingnuts to Texas, especially DFW. The latter has gained a million residents since 2010. A new warren of mcmansions seems to have sprung up every time I drive to Denton.
Have you been to Dallas. They’re building so many apartments that they’re going to start building over the highways soon.
re: #341 KGxvi
The problem is, in a lot of places, we’ve built as much as we can. I live in Long Beach and there really isn’t a whole lot of space for new housing that isn’t ant-farm condos/apartments. We are getting some of that, but not much because there isn’t really any place to put them.
We COULD handle more housing here, but the geography makes it tough. SF is pretty much built up. Sure, you could increase density by building more apartment buildings, but that’s at the expense of already build housing, not just sacrificing open space.
The Peninsula has its own challenges. It, too, is pretty much built up from the Bay to 280, and then you’ve got the Crystal Springs Lakes - which hold our water - and the Santa Cruz Mountains, with only a few passes and narrow, snaking roads that would be really hard to make into freeways, that discourage building more housing to the West. That leaves increasing density, which you can do, but changing from predominantly single family homes to lots more, and taller, apartment buildings is tough.
That also means there’s not really space for a third freeway up the Peninsula, nor is there space for a second rail line. MAYBE they could stack BART on top of Caltrain, but that’d be expensive as fuck.
Funny thing, though, is that the way traffic runs has flipped completely in the 37 years I’ve been out here. It used to be the AM traffic was going North to SF and South to the Peninsula and SJ in the evenings. Now it’s the opposite - SF and Peninsula heading south to Silicon Valley in the mornings and the reverse in the evenings.
Ted Cruz destroyed Democrats so hard that Barr had to cancel his scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary committee tomorrow after being exposed for lying to Congress under oath.
Wait til Barr really brings Dems to their knees by resigning in disgrace. #barrhearing https://t.co/KbY78Idurw— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 1, 2019
re: #346 Jay C
I read somewhere a few years back that California had seriously underestimated their rates of population grown back in the 1980s and 90s, and they hadn’t expected the number of people living there to reach 40 million until about 2040 or so. And so their infrastructure development has been lacking for years now. Still enough to be the world’s 7th(?) largest economy all on its own. So First World problems….
Infrastructure is really expensive to build, if people are already living where you want to put it. It’s not like the 1950s, where you just run it through the black neighborhoods, ‘because who cares about Those People, anyway’? Now you’d have to bulldoze big swaths of Suburbia to do it.
re: #350 Backwoods_Sleuth
The original must predate Harley Davidson setting up factories abroad….
Bob Mueller’s deadly side eye, directed at William Barr 28 years ago, is all of us. #BarrHearing pic.twitter.com/aJiEKJJXjb
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 1, 2019
re: #354 uriel
Well, to be fair to it’s iconic stature, Tolken could have used a bit more editing for unnecessary exposition. Like the elf bread thing- it’s nearly all they eat, and yet every time anyone gets near to having a passing thought about the stuff, there’s an entire paragraph about how f*ing amazing lambas is. It’s like the heroin of middle earth- except even bona-fide junkies don’t find heroin that mentally all consuming.
Edited to add: And don’t even get me started on Shadowfax.
Tolkien got a hefty kickback from the Lembas company for product placement….
re: #363 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“You’re gonna fuck with me 28 years from now, aren’t you, Bill?”
lolwhut?
In Trump’s lawsuit challenging a House subpoena to his accountant Mazars LLP, Mazars told the court that they aren’t taking a position on the legal issues and don’t need to participate in upcoming arguments: “…the dispute in this action is between Plaintiffs and the Committee” pic.twitter.com/akPzQY7ss5
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 1, 2019
re: #356 Skip Intro
Don’t worry. It’ll change back as soon as a Dem becomes President.
It’s like Bush v Gore - not intended to set a precedent.
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re: #364 Blind Frog Belly White
Tolkien got a hefty kickback from the Lembas company for product placement….
Big Elf.
おいち〜。可愛い声が漏れちゃうの
ゴブちゃんと常にカワウソ部屋に入ってきてはカワウソ生態観測をするピピちゃん。 pic.twitter.com/xeeJ7HSQOw— hukuloucoffee@OSAKA (@hukuloucoffee) May 1, 2019
Translated from Japanese by Microsoft:
It’s A. My pretty voice is leaking. Gob-chan always enters the otter room and does the otter ecology observation.
Here is the complete exchange, via CSPAN, between Kamala Harris and Bill Barr — including the part where Barr couldn’t say whether Trump or anyone in the White House has ever suggested that he open an investigation into anyone. It’s worth a watch. pic.twitter.com/wJOdSFR7JR
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2019
In new letter, DOJ tells Nadler that subpoena for full Mueller report and investigative files “is not legitimate oversight” and that his requests are “overbroad and extraordinarily burdensome.” https://t.co/vsH2JQs15W
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 1, 2019
Guys, the Trump administration just favorable cited a memo by former AG Eric Holder on the Obama administration’s assertion of executive privilege in the Fast and Furious debacle and I’m worried a black hole is going to open up and swallow everyone. https://t.co/gsBoMyWEoH pic.twitter.com/GtVtoMVJS9
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 1, 2019
re: #236 jaunte
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I’m so behind but hey!
This chart is the header on George Conway 3’s twitter.
As Barr was lying, Trump was working to kill you and kill your healthcare.
Start calling your representatives NOW. https://t.co/NNefUjihQL— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 2, 2019
While everybody is focused on Barr’s testimony…
A 16-year-old boy died in U.S. custody after crossing the southern border without an adult, the latest of several young migrant deaths that occurred in federal custody in recent months. https://t.co/h3Drg2lqwQ
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 2, 2019
re: #367 Blind Frog Belly White
Don’t worry. It’ll change back as soon as a Dem becomes President.
It’s like Bush v Gore - not intended to set a precedent.
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Of course the plan is that’s never going to happen again.
re: #369 wrenchwench
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“Yummy!” It’s Gobu-chan with the cute voice and Pi-Pi-chan who always goes with me into the otter room for ecological observation of the otters.”
re: #356 Skip Intro
This is now the new normal.
Barr: It’s Not Obstruction of Justice If the Obstruction Works
Wait a second. I thought the GOP talking point was that it couldn’t be obstruction of justice if the obstruction was unsuccessful.
Now it’s ‘it couldn’t be obstruction of justice if the obstruction was successful.’
Let’s cut the bullshit guys. The GOP position is that every crime is OK if you are a Republican, and every innocent act by a Democrat is a crime.
WHY???
You think you’re happy when you take your ski boots off. New Guinness World Record For Fastest Person To Run Marathon In Ski Boots https://t.co/UcxuhxeFQm via @UnofficialNet
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 1, 2019
Five hours 30 minutes, shaved 22 minutes off the old record.
re: #357 Belafon
You should see Houston. Apartments are sprouting up like weeds throughout Downtown and the inner loop.
Full exchange between Senator @maziehirono and Attorney General William Barr: “You did exactly what I thought you’d do, it’s why I voted against your confirmation. I expected you would try to protect the president and indeed you did.” pic.twitter.com/5ecg4jF2b2
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 1, 2019
re: #379 EPR-radar
Wait a second. I thought the GOP talking point was that it couldn’t be obstruction of justice if the obstruction was unsuccessful.
Now it’s ‘it couldn’t be obstruction of justice if the obstruction was successful.’
Let’s cut the bullshit guys. The GOP position is that every crime is OK if you are a Republican, and every innocent act by a Democrat is a crime.
Okay, so logically:
Any obstructive act is either successful, or not successful
Not successful = can’t be obstruction.
Successful = can’t be obstruction
Therefore,
Not successful = Successful
And
Any act = can’t be obstruction.
The look on William Barr’s face when he was told Amy Klobuchar would be asking more questions. Deer in the headlights. pic.twitter.com/H5HjG29u5d
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2019
re: #384 Blind Frog Belly White
Okay, so logically:
Any obstructive act is either successful, or not successful
Not successful = can’t be obstruction.
Successful = can’t be obstruction
Therefore,
And
Any act = can’t be obstruction.
Unless you are a judge who helped an undocumented immigrant escape ICE arrest.
Yeah, that’s not what happened. https://t.co/yNyTd9vm8o
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 2, 2019
The problem with the anti-Semitism on the left is not that its adherents go and shoot up synagogues like anti-Semites on the right. The problem is that they help prepare the soil for them when they do, by helping to dehumanize and other-ize Jews.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 2, 2019
King George III stuff right there.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) May 2, 2019
I’d just like to say that the women among our Democratic Senators kicked some serious William Barr ass today.
Granted, the men weren’t totally useless. But damn, the women came equipped to play.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2019
Also took that FE 2.8/70-200mm lens out to #RoysRedwoods to shoot some herps. This boulder is a popular hangout for Coast Range Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii.) The biggest one is usually on top, and today was no exception. (1/?) pic.twitter.com/NHmlBFmF5l
— Damaris Brisco (@Fungal_Love) May 2, 2019
Looks like a Rock Lizard to me.
They kicked Barr’s ass so thoroughly that he’s now terrified of facing the even more ferocious women of the House.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2019
re: #390 Scottish Dragon
President man-baby’s fee-fees determine the law according to the US Attorney General.
Let’s see if this wakes up our castrated political media to give it the excoriation it so thoroughly deserves.
What could fucking possibly go wrong?!?
Bill that will allow armed teachers heads to DeSantis for signature https://t.co/vJ6pppTl4P
— The Palm Beach Post (@pbpost) May 2, 2019
re: #393 Charles Johnson
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Can you imagine Barr facing AOC (I know she’s not on that committee).
re: #393 Charles Johnson
I cannot wait to see what AOC does to him. Let alone what Speaker Pelosi will do or say.
re: #395 teleskiguy
What could fucking possibly go wrong?!?
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“Why do we need to pay for armed school guards if the teachers are trained? They can watch the doors when they’re not teaching.”
re: #398 Belafon
They are being given too many jobs. Something will (unfortunately) go wrong.
re: #397 PhillyPretzel
I cannot wait to see what AOC does to him. Let alone what Speaker Pelosi will do or say.
First this little shitbird needs to be hauled into the House. My proposal is to have Barr forcibly dragged to the House committee hearing tomorrow, as scheduled.
After that, he can be scheduled to be put on the floor of the House for the entire chamber to take shots at him, in retaliation for his obstruction to date. Call it a preliminary enquiry on cabinet-level impeachment proceedings.
Let’s play some hardball here, for once.
re: #399 PhillyPretzel
They are being given too many jobs. Something will (unfortunately) go wrong.
Something has already gone wrong, several times, like when at least one ‘resource officer’ left his piece in the restroom.
My fear is that the ones who will sign up for this are the LAST people you’d want to have a gun in school, like the gym teacher at our high school who lost his job for assaulting a mouthy student. Think about it - he LOST HIS JOB for that, in the most conservative part of the most conservative county in Pennsylvania, 45 years ago. I mean, seriously - the ‘Alabama in the middle’ part of PA.
re: #400 EPR-radar
I would love to have (I know it is not possible) Mueller rake him over the coals.
I might pay money to see @AOC interrogate William Barr.
That’s why he’s running scared.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 2, 2019
re: #398 Belafon
“Why do we need to pay for armed school guards if the teachers are trained? They can watch the doors when they’re not teaching.”
Hey, as long as they’re just standing around on the playground, maybe they could pick up the trash and take care of the mowing and trimming the bushes. Hell, give ‘em a toolkit and they can do maintenance on the playground equipment!
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re: #403 Charles Johnson
Like the rest of the GOP, he’s afraid of being humiliated by a ‘girl’.
LOL, the moron just retweeted this nonsense:
Barr: Was my letter inaccurate?
Mueller: No.
Barr: Was the media coverage of my letter inaccurate?
Mueller: Yes.— Meech (@michi83) May 1, 2019
The Democratic Party has no message, accomplishments or leadership so all they do is harass my father & our family. Congress do you job - the American people are sick of your total incompetence. Eric Trump blasts House subpoenas | TheHill https://t.co/qYxHkP2iZe
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) April 30, 2019
.@CNN you might want to rethink your narrative - clearly people don’t like your message. Truly shocking to me that any of you (especially your executives) still have jobs given these numbers. #Winning
CNN Drops 26% In Prime Time https://t.co/k4664Nrkky— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 1, 2019
re: #390 Scottish Dragon
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King George III?
Naaah: old Farmer George at least kept a moderate regard for the perogatives of Parliament in mind (when he had one): this crap of “the President can ignore any proceeding he doesn’t like” is more like Louis XIV or one of the more-repressive Tsars.
Which I’m sure the Orange Anus would take as a useful template…..
I’ll be on @CNNTonight on @CNN with @donlemon to talk about #BillBarr and the AG’s refusal to testify before @HouseJudiciary - be sure to tune in. pic.twitter.com/q9aiS8Eg8V
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) May 2, 2019
I sail the darkened waters of my soul on the ship of flaming hate. pic.twitter.com/lIyOYcFFPc
— Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) May 2, 2019
Exclusive: While the Trump admin was saying it would reunite thousands of migrant families, internal emails show officials could only link about 60 parents to their kids. Watch @jacobsoboroff on @allinwithchris @chrislhayes tonight for more. https://t.co/5XU5qbZRxl
— NBC Investigations (@NBCInvestigates) May 1, 2019
re: #409 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am looking at something a bit cheerier. BodegaCats.
re: #410 Backwoods_Sleuth
Heartless fuckers.
Bill Barr’s excuse for not testifying in the House tomorrow rhymes with “snitty.”
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 2, 2019
Not surprised #Barr is scared of coming to @HouseJudiciary Cmte after his terrible performance today.
Also, Barr admitted to @SenKamalaHarris that he didn’t read the evidence in the #MuellerReport. I’m thinking Barr needs time to read the actual evidence before making things up. https://t.co/SBFojILFlf— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 1, 2019
re: #395 teleskiguy
What could fucking possibly go wrong?!?
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What does Barr get from all this Trump cocksucking anyway?
Barrs loyalty will NOT be rewarded. Trump will throw him under the bus at the earliest opportunity if it suits him to.
David pic.twitter.com/ODWhrcxqyq
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 2, 2019
re: #416 Eclectic Cyborg
What does Barr get from all this Trump cocksucking anyway?
Barrs loyalty will NOT be rewarded. Trump will throw him under the bus at the earliest opportunity if it suits him to.
Republicans are so far up their collective asses on ultra-partisanship that covering up for crimes by other Republicans is their definition of public service.
now the moron is retweeting Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
now the moron is retweeting Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch
Sorry, “the moron” is not specific enough. It’s Fredos all the way down.
re: #416 Eclectic Cyborg
What does Barr get from all this Trump cocksucking anyway?
Barrs loyalty will NOT be rewarded. Trump will throw him under the bus at the earliest opportunity if it suits him to.
More judges. That’s the game. We wouldn’t let them have that nutcase Bork, so they decided to take the whole fucking Judiciary.
re: #421 Blind Frog Belly White
HA! It IS possible to change the quote-ee in a quoted response post!
re: #204 Jebediah, RBG
Good recommendation. My wife and both of her parents have gotten work done at the USC dentistry school during times of uninsured broke-ness. And yes, the scheduling can be much more difficult - for example, be careful scheduling procedures close to semester breaks if you will need follow up visits.
Yep. Worked a lot with the good folks down at Ostrow. The students there are top-notch, and the experience that they get working with the unbelievably diverse population in Los Angeles really helps them spot things that otherwise go unnoticed by practitioners working in more homogeous markets.
Do have them bring hand sanitizer, though. Some of the lower-income patients have other maladies, and there have been some nasty infections from the chair arms via small cuts in the hands/fingers.
re: #354 uriel
Well, to be fair to it’s iconic stature, Tolken could have used a bit more editing for unnecessary exposition. Like the elf bread thing- it’s nearly all they eat, and yet every time anyone gets near to having a passing thought about the stuff, there’s an entire paragraph about how f*ing amazing lambas is. It’s like the heroin of middle earth- except even bona-fide junkies don’t find heroin that mentally all consuming.
Edited to add: And don’t even get me started on Shadowfax.
That excessive exposition is what keeps many readers from finishing even the first book. I was one who kept at it, because so many of my friends loved the trilogy and would talk about it among themselves.
On the other hand, Martin’s excessive exposition in the Game of Thrones novels just put me off. I don’t really care which family has which sigil and what the sigil looks like, or what the fancy people ate at their fancy dinners. I was both grateful and surprised that the writers of the latest TV episode did not require the key characters to wax eloquent before they killed their opponents.
Along the same lines, why do writers *always* have two characters go on and on about how they care for each other, and we’ll get through this, etc., in the middle of a battle or some other emergency?
— Ralph, I know there are bombs exploding all around us, and we have to run for cover to avoid being turned into hash, but there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you. This might be my last chance!
— Delores, maybe you could wait till later, because if we’re both dead, who the fuck cares?
— But they do it in the movies all the time! I just —- {bomb explodes, turning Ralph and Delores into hash. Fade out.}
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