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[Armaros]

"I will just state the obvious"

 

[Y2Kev]

"I will just state the obvious"

Lolol it's just two factual statements

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Oppo is real, oppo is life.

 

[Y2Kev]

Hope Comey had the Peepee tape for tomorrow because it's gonna be hard to top this Dark Hour

 

[Slizeezyc]

I swear I could spend hours rewatching that video of McConnell walking away from being asked about the prosecutor appointment.

Feed me the video fam, I ain't seen it yet.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

CNN reporting that Comey wont be testifying anymore since they have a special prosecutor now, she said she only had a single GOP source though. She also reported from the same source that Rosenstien was so pissed at the WH last week that he was going to quit.

 

[Gruco]

Nothing will happen anyway. This is all part of Steve Bannon's master plan to keep us all distracted from....other things, maybe?

 

[Diablos]

Hillary should be in the WH right now.

Trump is a self-serving narcissistic loon who will stop at nothing to win and Russia knew this one was for the ages and in the worst way for us

 

[thepotatoman]

I swear I could spend hours rewatching that video of McConnell walking away from being asked about the prosecutor appointment.

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/864974483072978944

Oh my god it's so good. The way his turtle smile turns into a turtle frown is just perfect.

 

[StopMakingSense]

"I will just state the obvious"

"The current weather is 64 degrees, partly cloudy."

 

[sc0la]

*whispers* Jeb is a mess

*whispers in ear* "Jeb is a mess."
*whispers in ear* "Jeb is a mistake."
*whispers in ear*

Spoiler

*AIRHORN IN EAR*

 

[Diablos]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/864974483072978944

Oh my god it's so good. The way his turtle smile turns into a turtle frown is just perfect.

Did he not know?

 

[thepotatoman]

I take back any criticisms of him not following through with his threats to resign.

This is a much better way to get revenge.

 

[Armaros]

Did he not know?

Reports say that Rosenstein told noone until right after he signed the order. Not Congressional lleadership, not the WH.

 

[Stinkles]

Did he not know?

DOJ deliberately didn't tell him or the Whitehouse before so they couldn't do anything about it.

I have always felt McConnell is more involved than mere cynical wrangling of an opportunity.

 

[Diablos]

Reports that Rosenstein told noone until right after he signed the order. Not the GOP leadership, not the WH.

Bwahahaha

Get fucked Turtleface. He looked like he shat his pants right after blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.

 

[More_Badass]

Mueller: "I accept this responsibility."

Between that quote, Comey's "I can give you honesty", Steele's dossier, Kislyak being a noted spy recruiter and Russia's involvement, this whole thing feels like an actual political thriller happening in real time.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Season 2 of this political drama is called Rosenstein's Revenge

 

[tedrotheredro]

Now we know what that meeting with Rosenstein / Burr / Warner was all about. He probably floated Mueller's name and they agreed.

 

[Diablos]

Between that quote, Comey's "I can give you honesty", Steele's dossier, Kislyak being a noted spy recruiter and Russia's involvement, this whole thing feels like an actual political thriller happening in real time.

House of Cards can't keep up with this

 

[thepotatoman]

DOJ deliberately didn't tell him or the Whitehouse before so they couldn't do anything about it.

I have always felt McConnell is more involved than mere cynical wrangling of an opportunity.

Even Sessions did not know.

 

[Kusagari]

If someone made a movie of just the last three days(let alone the entire Trump saga beginning in 2015) nobody would find it believable.

 

[Amir0x]

Between that quote, Comey's "I can give you honesty", Steele's dossier, Kislyak being a noted spy recruiter and Russia's involvement, this whole thing feels like an actual political thriller happening in real time.

If someone wrote a political thriller like this even one year ago, we'd say that person had a laughably thin understanding of American politics and peddled such ridiculous scenarios that no rational person could read the novel and not leave aghast at the sheer absurdity of it all.

In 2017, it only took 4 months for Trump to get here. I mean we all knew he was a disaster, that unlike any candidate in our lifetimes he was uniquely dangerous. But this is just beyond any possible metric for prediction. This shit is bonkers.

 

[Diablos]

Wait, Kislyak recruited spies? For real real?

For fucks sake

It's like Russia is attacking us politically and diplomatically and gloating about it

 

[teiresias]

Did he not know?

The White House didn't even know until half an hour before it was announced to the public and not until after the order had been signed.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Wait, Kislyak recruited spies? For real real?

Yes? This has been reported for a while.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

If someone made a movie of just the last three days(let alone the entire Trump saga beginning in 2015) nobody would find it believable.

Commission Falcom to do a Kiseki-style multi-arc series starting with Obama's inauguration.

 

[Allard]

Wait, Kislyak recruited spies? For real real?

For fucks sake

It's like Russia is attacking us politically and diplomatically and gloating about it

Yes its among the many reasons he was being wire tapped. Those Russians that got deported near the end of the Obama presidency were supposedly agents designed to turn Americans as agents for Russian interest and supposedly Kislyak was their boss. Its why the Flynn tapes were so coveted with his meeting beyond the sanctions, he went to them the day of that deportation and additional sanctions levied.

 

[Diablos]

Yes? This has been reported for a while.

I've been trying to stay away from too much political stuff as I've been busy at work etc

But I'm catching up

 

[Abinash117]

How will this effect the legislative agenda ?

 

[shinra-bansho]

Wait, Kislyak recruited spies? For real real?

For fucks sake

It's like Russia is attacking us politically and diplomatically and gloating about it

I think he primes the pump rather than like goes up to people and says hey wanna be a FSB asset.

The failing NYT wrote an article a while back about how he is sad because no one wants to be friends anymore with him in DC.

 

[Tamanon]

I think he primes the pump rather than like goes up to people and says hey wanna be a FSB asset.

The failing NYT wrote an article a while back about how he is sad because no one wants to be friends anymore with him in DC.

Hey, don't steal the phrase I invented.

 

[Diablos]

How will this effect the legislative agenda ?

Remains to be seen but at the very least it slows the agenda down

Don't underestimate last minute late night GOP fuckery though

 

[Slizeezyc]

How will this effect the legislative agenda ?

According to Lindsey Graham, it fucks it all up.

 

[Finalizer]

what the hell are we gonna do with ourselves when we go back to a normal administration

 

[~Kinggi~]

what the hell are we gonna do with ourselves when we go back to a normal administration

not have to care about our democracy, like how a citizen in a good democracy actually feels.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I expect the leaks to dry up for a bit as the FBI gets back into shape.

Guess the fun is over for awhile.

Oh well, bring on the ACHA CBO report and the Georgia election!

 

[Sibylus]

BURN EM ALL

 

[Emerson]

MFW i realize i can't take away poor people's health insurance anymore

 

[Abinash117]

Remains to be seen but at the very least it slows the agenda down

Don't underestimate last minute late night GOP fuckery though

According to Lindsey Graham, it fucks it all up.

How so? I read that a similar thing happened to Nixon.

 

[nature boy]

How will this effect the legislative agenda ?

You're getting infrastructure "principles" and you'll love it!

In seriousness it depends on how fast the investigation moves. Rs bought a bit of time.

 

[Diablos]

I expect the leaks to dry up for a bit as the FBI gets back into shape.

Guess the fun is over for awhile.

Oh well, bring on the ACHA CBO report and the Georgia election!

I feel like we have no way of knowing what's coming next

Things are happening so fast

How so? I read that a similar thing happened to Nixon.

As the Pres becomes increasingly toxic some members of congress may be less eager and enthused to get big legislation worked on

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Take a nap - Trump Fires Comey
Get back to playing P5 after reassembling my PS3 - Trump dicks over Mossad, Comey Memo revealed
Go out to get my transcripts from my previous college - SPECIAL COUNSEL

All the crazy stuff happens when I'm not observing it. Quantum Trumpster Fire.

what the hell are we gonna do with ourselves when we go back to a normal administration

demand the introduction of some choice laws to make sure this bullshit doesn't happen again

 

[Grym]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/864974483072978944

Tonight I sleep with a smile on my face

 

[More_Badass]

If everything ends as hoped, it's a shame we'll never get our era's equivalent of the Frost-Nixon interviews, because Trump can't speak coherently enough

 

[teiresias]

Toobin on CNN just said Mueller can be fired by Trump, so I'm not sure what the truth is on that matter yet.

Of course, it would be utterly stupid to do so politically.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I like how Trump fired Comey who he had some control over and who was desperate for funding and now he has a special investigator who he can't fire and has no control over who is bringing in the best lawyers he can find to help him.

Trump took a thorn in his side and turned it spear stabbed into his rib cage.

 

[explodet]

So when does Godzilla show up?

 

[Finalizer]

Toobin on CNN just said Mueller can be fired by Trump, so I'm not sure what the truth is on that matter yet.

now he has a special investigator who he can't fire and has no control over

i dont know what to believe

 

[Averon]

Will the GOP dare try to pass a healthcare bill with this hanging over their party?