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PoliGAF 2017 |OT1| From Russia with Love
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Obama spends the final days of his historic Presidency scrambling to preserve intel on Donald Trump. It's just depressing and so fucked up...
Nothing will happen to Sessions unless they have a recording of something
nature boy
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So the honeymoon lasted one day.
This is going to be a presidency full of scandals.
This is going to be a presidency full of scandals.
"Movie", singular? Nope - it'll be the political version of Lord of the Rings. Trilogy, with extended editions on BluRay.
Actually, I say that jokingly, but it would be pretty cool 10 or 20 years down the line to have the BR extras be interviews with the people involved.
metalslimer
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Joe is probably so distraught that the honeymoon is over
At this point, if he actually comes out to help take down this administration, Comey will be best served by an anime more than a movie.
FloydtheFathead
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metalslimer
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Much like everything else about his presidency, none of these choices, aside the election is rigged bullshit, is his decision.
MARK HALPERIN just layed out in clear terms why this is a bombshell. If it was just an innocent conversation in the context of him being a senator there would have been zero reason not to disclose it. There's clearly a bigger thing at play.
McCarthy now saying Sessions should recuse himself.
McCarthy now saying Sessions should recuse himself.
Carpe Libertatem
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I'm still not convinced that Sessions will resign (he obviously should). He and Trump are really stubborn and AG isn't like the job Flynn had. Democrats should absolutely keep saying he should resign, though.
But getting a special prosecutor on this would be great news. We'd get more from that and that could takedown even more than Sessions.
But getting a special prosecutor on this would be great news. We'd get more from that and that could takedown even more than Sessions.
UberTag
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The inevitable Hollywood mega-blockbuster based on this presidency demands that Sally Yates be named the special prosecutor for this investigation. The script will accept no substitutes.
shinra-bansho
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Lol. He's just recusing himself, something he should have done all along, on an investigation that still should have happened all along, so as to avoid what he should actually be doing. Resigning. For lying under oath.
Cesare Borgia
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It's also a longer game for the IC and investigators. Nobody wants to be the guy who let Benedict Arnold 2.0 escape free because he or she didn't properly acquire a warrant, or some other technical mishap. They have to get this right and it'll take a long time, as it did with Nixon.
Trump's stupidity really helps. He basically tainted Nunes and Pompeo last week by demanding they defend him to the media; neither could credibly lead an investigation now. And now Sessions won't be able to do it either.
bangbang i'm a timpani
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link?
aspiegamer
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Imagine that poor low-grade staffer who had to sit outside Trump's bedroom all night so they could grab his attention ASAP after waking up to make sure he didn't tweet anything about this. Laugh after imagining, of course.
In the Trump administration we use coal, tyvm.
nature boy
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Lyin' Ted: Sessions thing is a "nothingburger"
ErasureAcer
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How can you clarify "no"? #NoMeansNo.
Chaffetz is still an idiot.
Chaffetz is still an idiot.
Emerson
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Of course. But if even the world's biggest toadie is on board to some extent, that's not good for them.
Roland_Gunner
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No one else probably cares but jobless claims for this week are an absurdly low 223K. That's the lowest level since 1972 when there were like 120M fewer people in the country. Kind of amazing given all the fear about robots / brown people taking our jobs.
That's what I am thinking. Whatever Flynn was was small potatos compared to AG. He's not going anywhere.
balladofwindfishes
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Why do they do this to themselves? When it comes out that this isn't nothing, they just look like fools. Especially since he could have just... not made a statement.
Ted Cruz is a genetically programmed loser. He staked his outsider insurgent credentials on forcing a goverment shutdown, which was for nothing and he got nothing out of it; he lost his presidential primary race, in a complete rebuttal of his "The voters just want a real conservative candidate" argument; he actually stood up for himself and his family by refusing to endorse Trump, only to endorse him less than two months later at the expense of his wife and father's dignity, which almost immediately ran into the buzzsaw of Trump bragging about grab 'em by the pussy.
I don't think it's even a conscious choice anymore. Cruz is, deep in his bones, a loser who will always make the wrong decisions.
This is like a movie. Plot twist!
Carpe Libertatem
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Yeah, he's probably doing this to avoid being primaried but he'll probably be primaried anyway.
Why in the hell would they primary Cruz?
Carpe Libertatem
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Because no one likes him, especially not Trump's people. There's been talk of this for a while.
Joe Shlabotnik
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If anyone can find a way to walk this back later, it's him.
Anyway, love this metaphor from Josh Marshall today:
Dubbedinenglish
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Time for a special prosecutor.., BAH GAWD THAT'S SALLY YATES' MUSIC
That's how this all ends. Trump vs McMahon, Battle of the Billionares part 2.
Yup. Before this a valid assumption was that this only affected Trump's inner circle. That's out the window now. At this point I wouldn't be shocked if something came out about Ryan.
benicillin
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I wonder if Trump's closeness with Sessions is enough to shield the kiebler elf from Trump's inevitable anger that the first positive news cycle he's had since he became President just got trampled on and now tons of high ranking GOP people are calling for at least recusal, if not his resignation from others.
My favorite part of all this is the idea that a new scandal ruined Trump's one moment of positive coverage over his stupid ass speech the other night. The thought of those tiny fists slamming down on his desk in frustration warms my cockles.
Getting the klan member out of the AG's office will be icing on the cake.
Getting the klan member out of the AG's office will be icing on the cake.
Dubbedinenglish
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If this manages to bring down Jeffy then there should be a party in front of the White House. Just to poke at the orange.
Poodlestrike
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Anyone catch Schumer's interview on North this morning? Was recorded pre-Sessions bombshell, but it gave me a lot of faith in how he's gonna be running the Senate Dems.
Yep. Just say I speak with the diplomatic representatives of many countries in my duties on the armed services committee and in the senate. This would have still been an issue given the larger context of the investigations, but it wouldn't have been perjury.
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