Watching and waiting for the GOP Senate to sit on this too.
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Watching and waiting for the GOP Senate to sit on this too.
Officerrob
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Nunes is basically saying he gets to decide what sanctions are actually sanctions
Arrogant Bastard
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You can call'em that if you want. Shit bro, if they weren't sanctions why did he resign?
This guy is salty as fuck.
Officerrob
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He's losing his cool and looks ridiculous with this argument.
This press conference didn't help him one bit
This press conference didn't help him one bit
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
They won't even go after the Tax Returns. Like what the fuck.
Pandora012
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What is this health plan that he keeps talking about? He keeps saying it will be so much better, but there is nothing there...
Arrogant Bastard
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Well, he hasn't called Russia in ten years.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
He forgot all about Miss Universe in 2013.
Never has "but her emails" been more appropriate without sarcasm that than tweet about not wanting to go on a witch hunt.
Dubbedinenglish
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People have health, lots of health. They need to care so there is the best health. We also have plans, many plans that you haven't even thought of, so many plans your head will spin. So we combine the health and care with a plan that will be the best healthcare plan ever in the world.
Republicans in Congress have said they no longer expect to get any health proposal from the White House, and that Price has intimated that Congress will need to draw up their own plan.
Spicer, in 1993, complained to his college newspaper that they intentionally misspelled his name as "Sphincter". Incredible.
https://twitter.com/kfile/status/836255827526844419
Well at least GOP is consistent. Witch-hunt-free for years now. Yep.
Yeah, I don't know why anyone is expecting anything different from the House.
Basically.
If there really is something here, and we basically know there is, and GOP and the WH try to cover this up, the leaks will happen. If this is true, prolonging and covering up just adds to the list of people who go down with this.
Nunes, for example, is now on that list.
Wonder what Comey told Senate Intelligence Committee.
Huh? Were you expecting different from the house? I thought this was already a given.
Action will have to come from the senate and leaks will continue.
metalslimer
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Yeah there was no way the House was actually going to seriously do anything. If the intelligence community has the information and they keep lying about it, it won't stay hidden for long. Even in the Bush administration which was much more tight, things would eventually leak
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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Nunes.. you have to name sources man..
Bam Bam Baklava
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Has the House committee even been briefed in the same way the Senate has? Nunes seems to be basically saying he doesn't know where things will go but it's surely going to be nothing so don't worry.
Officerrob
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Nope, Nunes says they are hoping to meet with Comey in the next week or two
metalslimer
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Is CNN going to be blocked again today?
I remember reading a bunch of stories like this over the weekend:
ABC News said:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/whit...ss-rebutting-russia-stories/story?id=45738051
So, I'll wait to see what other people have to say.
$54bn increase in defense spending but Hillary is the warmongerer.
And he just said "We have to start winning wars again." Fantastic.
Fucking hell, country is going to go to shit but at least we'll be able to visit America 2 over in the middle east in a few years.
tedrotheredro
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Spicey-time should be fun today. The defensive shouting is going to be off the charts.
Bam Bam Baklava
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What an unbelievably foolish thing to do. The story comes out last week that the WH is looking for anyone to go out there and defend them and he goes out there and does it without having even met with Comey.
So this is just a hypothetical scenario I have about the question of succession following impeachment. I know this is just a fantasy scenario, I'm more just curious how it works, so humor me. So Trump gets impeached, then it goes to Pence. But if he were to get impeached/unable to perform, it then goes to the Speaker of the House. But then the Speaker doesn't necessarily have to match the President's party right? Basically, just for shits and giggles, 2018 is a massive wave and Dems retake the house. Then there would be a Democratic speaker, not Ryan. So in that case, if Pence needs to be succeeded, does the Democrat become President? Again I know this won't happen, but I'm just curious how that works
balladofwindfishes
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Yes, the Democrat would become president.
yep. succession ignores party
Cesare Borgia
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Pence would quickly select a VP though.
Bonen no Max'd
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They have to be confirmed by Congress tho
I'm curious as to why Pence is getting impeached in your scenario. Does he get hit by a bus? I can't see any scenario in which he becomes complicit with whatever gets Trump impeached, to the extent that he'd stick his fingers in his ears and say the Lord's Prayer whenever a remotely hot topic comes up.
benicillin
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I think the things that are annoying me the most now are the passive aggressive news articles like "While we're watching the scandals, Trump is quietly dismantling the federal government."
I see it pop up a lot on social media too - "while you're doing this Trump is just distracting you from him doing THIS!" It's like we're all on the Titanic and they're pointing out that the other side of the ship is sinking too - it's not really helpful.
The administration is doing a lot of shitty things but I don't feel like anyone has really ignored anything, just that there's only so much anyone can do about it. This is the stupid government that people voted into office.
I see it pop up a lot on social media too - "while you're doing this Trump is just distracting you from him doing THIS!" It's like we're all on the Titanic and they're pointing out that the other side of the ship is sinking too - it's not really helpful.
The administration is doing a lot of shitty things but I don't feel like anyone has really ignored anything, just that there's only so much anyone can do about it. This is the stupid government that people voted into office.
Alright thanks for the replies
I'm not saying this will actually happen, I was just curious what happens if succession passes to the Speaker of the House when the House is controlled by a different party than the Presidency. Pence himself is irrelevant. If you want just re-read my post and replace the words "Trump" with "President" and "Pence" with "VP". None of it is going to happen anyway, I just wanted to know about about succession between parties
I'm not saying this will actually happen, I was just curious what happens if succession passes to the Speaker of the House when the House is controlled by a different party than the Presidency. Pence himself is irrelevant. If you want just re-read my post and replace the words "Trump" with "President" and "Pence" with "VP". None of it is going to happen anyway, I just wanted to know about about succession between parties
Bam Bam Baklava
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It's kind of like a way for people to whine about their personal pet issue not being highlighted the most. While you were all worried about RUSSIA, Trump dismantled environmental protections. It goes on and on until it loops back around to the first issue mentioned, like a circle.
They were signalling hard that "repeal and fuck you" wasn't going to gain ground with a lot of them, even some of the more conservative ones like Tom Cotton, or Murkowski saying "no medicaid reduction unless Alaska approves it."
Now, maybe all of the angst about "Paid Protestors" could generate a circle-the-wagon effect where they happily move to spite their own constituents for annoying them, but that would plumb a new depth of pettiness and just help Dems in the long run, so...
Yeah I was kind of hoping for an exciting back story. I need to find a hobby.
tedrotheredro
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Mulvaney: "We are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars"
That's some scary shit.
That's some scary shit.
Arrogant Bastard
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Especially considering he basically admitted that was ineffective, it is all about optics.
sir_kevith
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We'll get to see what a budget based on vague promises and threats looks like. Doesn't sound solid at all.
Arrogant Bastard
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I cannot wait to see the debt from 2016 to 2020, considering they are going so hard on the increase from Obama.
whyamihere
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WHY SAY YOU HAVEN'T CALLED RUSSIA IN 10 YEARS.
So obviously he was trying to say, I have nothing to do with Russia, but because he's A Stupid, he put some ridiculous date on it which he came up with on the top of his head that can be easily fact checked.
BECAUSE YOU HOSTED MISS UNIVERSE THERE IN RUSSIA IN 2013. THEREFORE YOU CALLED RUSSIA, I WOULD HOPE.
So obviously he was trying to say, I have nothing to do with Russia, but because he's A Stupid, he put some ridiculous date on it which he came up with on the top of his head that can be easily fact checked.
BECAUSE YOU HOSTED MISS UNIVERSE THERE IN RUSSIA IN 2013. THEREFORE YOU CALLED RUSSIA, I WOULD HOPE.
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