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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
https://www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response/search/
Does this count as as admittance of Intent to Onstruct Justice?
The Attorney General made a terrible mistake when he did this, and when he recused himself.
part of a speach actually.
edited 10th Apr '18 4:00:09 AM by megaeliz
who knows. He can't fire Mueller directly, and it might take him some time to actually find someone's willing.
Good morning Donald.
A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!
Remember how Trump told people to ask Micheal Cohen to ask his lawyer? Well, the FBI was like, okay.
edited 10th Apr '18 5:27:13 AM by megaeliz
Hasn't Cohen been one of the major voices restraining Trump from attempting to fire Muller?
edited 10th Apr '18 5:21:03 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Also, I may as well put this here, just to set the record straight.
People are spreading misinformation
about a research organization that Facebook is working with to come up with a new privacy policy.
"Facebook" and "Kotch" in the same sentence, I know!
It's not nearly as bad as this makes it out to be. The organization that there are working with, The Social Science Research Council
, is very highly reguarded as a legitimate research organization, and is funded through both Liberal and Conservative sources, and shouldn't be feared.
You can read the press release about the project here
.
edited 10th Apr '18 7:05:36 AM by megaeliz
Yes, thank you, I'm an idiot and their names are too close together.
So it looks like the raid on Cohen's office isn't just about Stormy, but about other payments from foreign sources that Trump took during the campaign season - including $150k from the Ukraine, solicited by Comey Cohen. Full article text
And according to at least one poll, likely voters are more focused on health care - and Republicans have the rest of the year to try and destroy it. Full article text
edited 10th Apr '18 7:20:22 AM by BlueNinja0
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswHere's
the SSRC's Wikipedia page.
The organization has a long history, going back to 1923, and traces it's root's back to the progressive era idea of having independent research organizations of experts that could provide objective information and solutions to policymakers about social problems, especially one's brought on by the industrial revolution. It also had people like Franklin Roosevelt on it's board of directors, and helped lead the push for social security.
edited 10th Apr '18 7:25:40 AM by megaeliz
We finally got a response from a Congressional R (Adam Kinzinger of Illinois) mildly rebuking Trump's response to the search on Cohen.
Also, Tim Bossert (who I've never really heard of before) has resigned as homeland security advisor to Trump. No reason given but apparently Bolton all but forced him out.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/trumps-top-homeland-security-advisor-tom-bossert-to-resign.html
Another response from Congress, Senator Grassley (R-IO) said that it would be "suicide" for Trump to fire Mueller. He's pretty senior to.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/chuck-grassley-firing-mueller-suicide/index.html
Maybe the GOP is just praying that Trump cools down so they don't have to make a stand one way or the other?
edited 10th Apr '18 7:55:15 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I imagine it's less stupidity driving them (though that's absolutely present) and more desperation, they see that this isn't sustainable for them but the base is still with him so they can't come out against it more forcefully.
They're trapped between a rock and a hard place
edited 10th Apr '18 7:59:14 AM by Fourthspartan56
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangRepublicans are in an impossible political bind.
- They have to achieve something noteworthy in the party's "lower taxes, cut entitlements" agenda or they lose the donor class. However, by executing this agenda, they're losing the working class.
- They have to take a hard line on immigration to appease the working class, but they can't actually kick out the immigrants or the donor class will be mad, since much of that class makes a lot of money off of exploiting illegals.
- They need to appease Trump to keep the hardcore Trump-supporting base (and all the Fox News pundits) from abandoning them, but appeasing Trump is clearly insane and will lead to massive defeat at the hands of moderates and energized Democratic voters.
- They can't fall back on their "Republicans as the party of responsible government" thing any more, because the Trump administration is clearly anything but responsible and they're doing nothing to stop it. Further, their anti-deficit rhetoric rings hollow given that their tax plan blows it up.
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The GOP's malice doesn't surprise me. Only its stupidity has the potential to shock me. Slightly.
Which probably explains why their campaign strategies consist of such gems as "But Hillary!" and "Vote for us or they'll impeach Trump!"
edited 10th Apr '18 8:10:18 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedDouble posting for an article. In yet another chip away of our Fourth Amendment rights, the Supreme Court ruled
that police are fully entitled to "shoot first and think later." Full article text
X4 See their stupidity doesn’t surprise me, it’s when they’re smart that I’m surprised, that’s why the White House putting people on fox so as to get info to Trump surprised me, becuse that’s kinda smart.

Seriously, where is that site with the contingency plan for protests when mueller is fired?