I dunno man, I'd have to think that even (or maybe especially) Republicans want to be able to trust their staff. Constitutional issues aside, this is a huge breach of trust and the chain of command for those staffers.
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I dunno man, I'd have to think that even (or maybe especially) Republicans want to be able to trust their staff. Constitutional issues aside, this is a huge breach of trust and the chain of command for those staffers.
So what if this guy does the same thing?
Would be hilarious if Trump just keeps firing and replacing people because nobody will defend his stupid order.
Nothing unnearving or sinister about that. No sir
nature boy
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Perhaps, I just think Rs are butthurt WH didn't tell them anything.
Don't expect them to have a spine or shame.
Fucking surreal looking back at all the shit they threw at Hillary and now...
Carpe Libertatem
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The Monday Night Massacre?
More_Badass
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balladofwindfishes
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How is Sessions being held up? That doesn't really seem even possible, cabinet members can't be filibustered.
Carpe Libertatem
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He really couldn't wait a couple days for Sessions to be approved?
This just makes him look worse. Nixon-esque.
This just makes him look worse. Nixon-esque.
nature boy
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BETRAYED????
Weak and Very Weak?
WTF
Weak and Very Weak?
WTF
smokeandmirrors
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JESUS CHRIST
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Trump is gonna launch the nukes after Russia betrays him.
He's gonna launch 'em.
He's gonna launch 'em.
Avon Barksdale
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The pivot is gonna happen any day now, right?
More_Badass
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According to the other thread, Nixon was actually the last president to do this
ItWasMeantToBe19
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"Betrayed the department" is the most Trump line possible, come on.
Officerrob
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What office is Yates about to run for?
More_Badass
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As is the weak...very weak line. That's some fifth grade sentence structure.
benicillin
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Most unsurprising move ever. She was a holdover from Obama and refused to cooperate. He couldn't help but take the bait! Now he just looks even more deranged than if he had waited like, less than 24 hours.
metalslimer
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Wasn't she going to still be there even after sessions was confirmed. Also democrats just got more ammo to all vote no
Carpe Libertatem
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This was a few hours ago, but did we talk about how even Joe Manchin came out in disagreement (in the most Joe Manchin way, of course) on Trump's Muslim ban EO? :lol
smokeandmirrors
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*nods* comrade
Bonen no Max'd
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Just say cuck a lot and I think you'll blend right in.
ugaboga232
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So no FISA warrants until Sessions?
balladofwindfishes
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This was the absolute worst possible way Trump could have handled this. Now he just ignited a new fire to the Muslim ban scandal.
Anything really stopping them from just doing whatever at this point?
Carpe Libertatem
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There's a new acting AG. Trump found one willing to defend the ban.
More_Badass
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So tomorrow is going to be a Trump news hailstorm
- Supreme Court
- Cybersecurity EO
- Yates being fired (+ comparisons to Nixon)
- Sessions
- Supreme Court
- Cybersecurity EO
- Yates being fired (+ comparisons to Nixon)
- Sessions
Mobius and pet octopus
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I think acting AG legally signing FISA warrants is an alternative fact.
metalslimer
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Turned on CNN only to find jeffrey lord. *sigh*
Carpe Libertatem
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Well, then no one could sign FISA warrants in the first place until Sessions was approved anyway.
Everything is going exactly as Bannon wants it. The chaos mutes the message that can be delivered against the administration because so much is happening at once.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Not to mention House Dems introducing a bill of some sort that's supposed to target Trump's ties to Russia.
kusagari said:
I'd have to imagine that once cabinet appointments and SC is locked in, it'll be harder to uphold this strategy without ramping up the extremity of Trump's executive orders every few weeks. The only way they can maintain this pace of nonsense until mid-terms is to have a total ban on all immigration at that point. Eventually people will realize all this demagoguery isn't bringing their manufacturing job back and even some of Trump's more ardent supporters will lose faith. I still maintain that while a lot of Trump voters are proud racists who want the POTUS to enact his racist policies, most people just want good paying jobs and financial security. When Trump doesn't bring that, or even makes things worse, they'll turn on him. He was just the antiestablishment candidate to many, and they'll come to realize the new establishment he's brought in is considerably worse. As it turns out "shaking things up" is a good way to make things fall apart.
balladofwindfishes
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No it isn't? Despite the rush of news over the last week, the media has kept up and protests have been focused.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Why do Republicans put up with this?
Paul Ryan's life is a never ending hell of fear and humiliation and he refuses to criticize Trump because he doesn't want to lose his job, but why?
Ryan would walk out of Washington and immediately make 8 figures a year. This applies similarly to other major Congress people. Congressman isn't that great of a job if you're only interested in power (and how the fuck can you be interested in policy and be happy with Trump?)!
Paul Ryan's life is a never ending hell of fear and humiliation and he refuses to criticize Trump because he doesn't want to lose his job, but why?
Ryan would walk out of Washington and immediately make 8 figures a year. This applies similarly to other major Congress people. Congressman isn't that great of a job if you're only interested in power (and how the fuck can you be interested in policy and be happy with Trump?)!
aspiegamer
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Just half a day for a vindictive firing of someone in a temporary role in your administration for saying something you didn't like? Even in a raw dictatorship this would be considered outstanding turnaround. The wonders of the information age, everyone! People in charge that are so ruthless that they couldn't even wait until the start of business hours tomorrow to make their statement.
So we're going to have to sit and absorb stuff like this every single day until congressional republicans realize they're being clowned? It won't end with that, but it's extremely necessary that a broader range of people discover the situation we're in.
So we're going to have to sit and absorb stuff like this every single day until congressional republicans realize they're being clowned? It won't end with that, but it's extremely necessary that a broader range of people discover the situation we're in.
Yeah, I don't get it. It's a dangerous thing done for zero reason other than revenge. No one would have remembered this 2 minutes after Sessions is sworn in, but instead we get to use it as an example of "oh, shit..."
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She's from Atlanta, so maybe a gubernatorial run in 2018? Senate isn't up until 2020 and the weakest CD is R+9.
Poor people have too much right now and haven't had their benefits slashed enough.
metalslimer
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And they supposedly swore the new guy in a matter of a few hours
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Paul Ryan just isn't a good guy. He's not.
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