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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Edited by speedyboris on Feb 18th 2019 at 9:51:15 AM
Nothing we didn't already know; Rosenstein considered trying to get the cabinet to invoke the 25th and thought about wearing a wire to gather evidence when talking with Trump. Trump and Fox are just acting out because it was on 60 Minutes last night.
Also nothing we didn't already know but just very disconcerting to hear from Mc Cabe is just how divorced Trump is from reality.
Which is really just confirmation of what we already knew, as well.
North Carolina To Decide As Early As Monday If New House Election Is Needed – The North Carolina State Board of Elections will finally get a look at what evidence of election fraud investigators have uncovered in the state's 9th Congressional District.
Bill Weld is running for president, against Trump.
All I gotta say is, good luck, buddy, you're gonna need it.
We assumed it wouldn't happen because successful primary challenges of incumbent Presidents are less common than successful general election challenges of incumbent Presidents, which really says something considering how rare the latter is.
It's best to assume their campaign is a non-starter unless there's serious evidence to the contrary.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangA challenge is pretty common, one that goes anywhere and gets any traction tends to only happen alongside a president failing to get reelection (note correlation and causation are uncertain here).
X3 If this is who I think it is than he only jsut reregistered as a Republican after running against Trump as part of the libertarian ticket in 2016, so he won’t have factored into past considerations about republicans.
Edited by Silasw on Feb 18th 2019 at 8:38:52 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranBeing from Ohio, I've been waiting for Kasich to announce a run in 2020; he spent the past couple years touring the country trying to present himself as the reasonable and well-mannered alternative. But he took at position at CNN, so maybe he'll just ride that gravy train for a while.
This signature was thumped to preserve the dignity of the moderators.Nothing, Pelosi has openly threatened one about school shootings and some Dems have called for the next Democrat president to declare one over climate change.
I’m not even sure that the system of national emergencies should be changed, there exists a failsafe for congress to revoke a false national emergency, the fact that republicans won’t use that failsafe isn’t a failure of the systems mechanics, it’s a failure of the Republican Party.
Like maybe tweak it so that a congressional override can’t be vetoed, but otherwise I’m nto sure how the emergency powers should be changed.
As much as people like to act like Trump has gone rouge he hasn’t, the Republican Party is still alongside him, there exist systematic checks on his misuses of power, the problem isn’t them not exists, it’s republicans being unwilling to use them.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranCalifornia AG: At least 13 states suing over Trump’s national emergency – "The president does have broad authority. But he does not have authority to violate the Constitution," Xavier Becerra said on Monday.
Trump circulated a call by Rush Limbaugh to imprison the people investigating him and his administration, including Robert Mueller. Trump quoted Limbaugh in a tweet, writing, "These guys, the investigators, ought to be in jail. What they have done, working with the Obama intelligence agencies, is simply unprecedented." He continued: "This is one of the greatest political hoaxes ever perpetrated on the people of this Country, and Mueller is a coverup." Later, Trump added his own condemnation of Mueller and his team, calling the investigation "totally conflicted, illegal and rigged!"
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last fall at the request of the U.S. government for Trump's role in opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea. Trump claimed on Friday that Abe had nominated him and given him "the most beautiful copy" of a five-page nomination letter, but he failed to mention that the U.S. requested that Abe nominate Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-trump-japan-idUSKCN1Q6041
Edited by sgamer82 on Feb 18th 2019 at 4:42:31 AM

Meanwhile, there is some sort of hullabaloo going on regarding Rosestein's apparently having discussed the possibility of removing Trump from office. Fox is calling it a "coup". Anyone know what actually happened?
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.