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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Julian Assange just offered Comey a job at Wikileaks DC office.
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Is that even a good thing?
edited 9th May '17 5:41:41 PM by RAlexa21th
Continue writing our story of peace.![]()
No, it doesn't. Trump getting reelected is neither a inevitable nor is it impossible, and talking in certainties is counterproductive either way.
Seriously, is anyone else getting annoyed with these grand proclamations of how things will turn out in the next four years?
edited 9th May '17 5:45:45 PM by LSBK
Then we'd just put another crazy asshole on the throne.
There are many ways that Trump could be brought down, but rooting for him to die before America has to actually clean up its own shit isn't one that's going to cause any forward momentum. If anything, it'll make things worse because then he'll stop being an incompetent moron in charge, will never be legally acknowledged as an incompetent moron in charge, and Pence will be able to pass whatever shit he wants while claiming he's following Trump's brilliant, infallible vision that he worked out with his great wisdom and generally right choices.
If Trump dies in the White House, the GOP will be able to shake off all consequences of putting him in charge in the first place, and the historical revisionism will begin immediately.
edited 9th May '17 6:12:30 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.CNN: Grand Jury Subpeonas Issued in Trump/Russia Investigation
And Here. We. GO.
New Survey coming this weekend!edited 9th May '17 6:18:04 PM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Comey thought it was a prank at first.
FOX just blatantly lying by saying Comey resigned
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U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count
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John H. Thompson, who has served as director since 2013 and worked for the bureau for 27 years before that, will leave June 30, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday.
The news, which surprised census experts, follows an April congressional budget allocation for the census that critics say is woefully inadequate. And it comes less than a week after a prickly hearing at which Thompson told lawmakers that cost estimates for a new electronic data collection system had ballooned by nearly 50 percent.
“It’s like two trains going down the track toward each other, with Republicans decrying the budget overrun and Democrats saying the census has been underfunded,” Phil Sparks, co-director of the Census Project, a watchdog organization, said of the May 3 hearing before the House Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice and science. “This puts the census in the crosshairs both ways.”
No successor for Thompson was announced. A Commerce Department spokesperson said an acting director would be designated “in the coming days” and the position would be filled permanently “in due course.”
The AJC Weighs in at last: Trump abruptly axes FBI's Comey in midst of Russia probe
Some highlights:
Some lawmakers did welcome news of the dismissal.
"Given the recent controversies surrounding the director, I believe a fresh start will serve the FBI and the nation well," said Republican Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating the Russian campaign interference.
Praised frequently by both parties for his independence and integrity, Comey has spent three decades in law enforcement.
edited 9th May '17 6:41:16 PM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives"US Attorney Dana Boente, whose office issued the subpoenas, is also leading the investigation into Wiki Leaks and the effort to bring possible charges against the group's founder, Julian Assange. Boente is also acting as head of the Justice Department's national security section."
One last man defending the republic. Trump going to fire this guy too? He's playing wack a mole with the investigation at this point. So far as I know, the FBI investigation is still ongoing.
edited 9th May '17 6:41:37 PM by DeMarquis
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.

RE: Comey being fired.
Quick, pirate EVERYTHING!
edited 9th May '17 5:37:54 PM by Tuckerscreator