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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
It should really have been expected that he tried to pin the blame on Gates.
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Almost certainly, the intention behind his not explicitly stating they meddled in favour of Trump is that Trump supporters can take it that he means it the way Trump meant it, while the rest of the Conservatives can point back at it and say 'See! Pence admitted the Russians meddled in Trump's favour even then!' after Trump's position inevitably becomes untenable.
Edited by Robrecht on Jul 31st 2018 at 4:52:14 AM
Angry gets shit done.In private, Kavanaugh hints at views on Mueller
But Kavanaugh has also stood by his stated views that question whether a sitting US president can be indicted on criminal charges, instead saying Congress should play the lead role in impeaching and removing a president — and also enact a law ensuring a president can be indicted after leaving office.
The comments, which multiple sources said were relayed to senators as he's made the rounds on Capitol Hill, give a glimpse into how Kavanaugh is carefully handling questions about his views on executive power at a time when Trump and his associates face growing legal pressure from the Mueller probe. The sources say the nominee is careful not to tip his hand on his views of the Mueller investigation's constitutionality, given that he could rule on matters stemming from the probe, leaving ample questions about his views.
But Tillis said he was comfortable with Kavanaugh's explanation laying out his views about the separation of powers: that the House impeaches a president, followed by the Senate convicting a president and removing him from office. At that point, Kavanaugh argued, it would be the proper time to carry on with any criminal prosecution for a president after leaving office.
@ironballs16: To clarify, the NRA is largely funded by and for manufacturers, but it is an organization of its own, and most of its manpower comes from the neo-Confederates. Hence, it tends to expect manufacturers to toe its line just as it goes to bat for them in Washington, and it's quick to turn on gun companies if they don't adhere to its theology. If gun manufacturers collectively cut funding, then it'd thrash and die, but until then it's very much a rabid attack dog that the manufacturers want pointed at gun control and not at them.
Edited by Ramidel on Jul 31st 2018 at 4:13:10 AM
A Conversation with the Only Scientist in Congress
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Jeff Flake is in Rural Zimbabwe, as an international observer to their elections,
and is reportedly planning to stay there all month, which coincidently just so happens to slow down the judicial nomination process.
Mitch Mc Connell kept the Senate in session in August (instead of recessing), so they could confirm Trump's judicial nominees, but Flake took his own recess for most of August. He's on judiciary, so now they can't confirm the judges.
So, nominees that have not already gotten out of committee will be stuck there. Nominees that gotten out of committee and are awaiting a floor vote will now require Pence to break the 49-49 tie—which means Pence has to stay in DC to break ties instead of campaign for R candidates
Jeff Flake is screwing the GOP caucus (and conservative causes generally, by slowing pace of confirmations). And he's either doing it intentionally or he's doing it because he just doesn't care and would rather vacation.
I've seen some people say that Flake has said he's returning shortly, and I'll definitely screenshot/delete if his office puts out an official statement saying that. But staffer close to the process said "if it changed, it changed overnight."
Edited by megaeliz on Jul 31st 2018 at 9:41:20 AM
If you squint, you can see the middle finger to Mc Connell from across the Atlantic.
A judge has blocked the release of Defense Distributed’s gun blueprints [1]
At this point there’s no stopping these blueprints from getting out into the wild. We need to cut our losses and get in front of this one with some actual reform of the way we handle civilian ownership of weapons. We should be looking at limitations on the sale of ammunition and more comprehensive permitting.
Edited by archonspeaks on Jul 31st 2018 at 6:15:54 AM
They should have sent a poet.A Yahoo Finance poll using a Survey Monkey polling 2509 Americans showed that at least 40% of Republican leaning Americans wouldn't lose sleep if Russia helped their party keep control
; specifically 11% called it "appropriate" and 29% said it "wasn't appropriate, but don't care."
What's interesting is there are similar if slightly smaller percents for Republicans being fine with Russia helping even if they were helping the Democrats.]]
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."You're framing that misleadingly. 40% of Republican not seeing a problem with it implies that 60% of them do see it as a problem. When you consider just how powerful partisanship if, and how many of the more reasonable right-leaning people have stopped associating with the republicans... that's not a high level of support. That's a low level of support.
...I'm now counting down the days before Trump unironically declares "It's OK If You're A Republican!"
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Oh, I love the sound of GOP implosion in the morning.
First, watch this ad...
After you've watched it, read the rest of the thread.
Okay, now take a wild guess who's running an ad against Trump where a farmer takes off his red MAGA-like hat...
Would you believe... the Koch Brothers?
The Republican kingmakers are running a TV ad campaign against Trump's trade policies.
Naturally, Trump is taking that really well (sarcasm).
Trump is poking that hornet's nest... whacking it with a stick actually.
That puts R's in a bad spot. Side with Trump or side with their biggest funding source.
This is gonna get fun!
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And what did trump do?
That tweet is remarkable. He actually admitted he made them richer, and attacked his parties biggest donners. I bet the GOP is freaking out right now, because they are owned by corperate interests, and terrified of there electorate, so they are stuck in a really bad position.
Edited by megaeliz on Jul 31st 2018 at 12:30:31 PM

I would put more stock in Pence saying Russia meddled if Trump hadn't also sais Russia meddled... in favor in Democrats. For all we know, Pence could mean the same thing.
i'm tired, my friend