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[Drakeon]

Why not Paul ryan?

You must have missed the other story from today (easy to do). Kevin McCarthy, in 2016, brought up that Trump might be getting paid by Putin and Ryan quashed it then and there. He doesn't get shit.

 

[Sibylus]

Why not Paul ryan?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...5f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html

Ryan isn't clean either.

 

[Crayons]

You must have missed the other story from today (easy to do). Kevin McCarthy brought up that Trump might be getting paid by Putin and Ryan quashed it then and there. He doesn't get shit.

I did read that story but I don't know if that would be enough to bring Ryan down

 

[B-Dubs]

NYT and WaPo are on fucking fire. I don't know who their sources are, but a lot of people who know a whole lot really fucking hate Trump.

Revenge for Comey?

 

[chadskin]

A good way to close out this week would be another free-for-all, hourlong press conference with Trump.

 

[FyreWulff]

How far down this list will we need to go?

welcome President David Shulkin, everyone

 

[B-Dubs]

A good way to close out this week would be another free-for-all, hourlong press conference with Trump.

Nah, let's go whole hog and get the Pee Pee Tape out there

 

[Crocodile]

The Media - The Fourth Branch of Government <3

 

[Felix Lighter]

Probably other VP that gets put in place.

This would require Pence resigning and Trump appointing a new VP right? I feel at that point he will have completely lost it. I doubt the GOP could convince him to make a reasonable appointment.

 

[Slizeezyc]

We need a POTUS that exists outside of conspiracy, because I feel like conspiracies are swallowing up reality and I'm finding it difficult to know what to think.

The prophecyyyyyyyyyyyy cannot be denied. Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

 

[StopMakingSense]

This would require Pence resigning and Trump appointing a new VP right? I feel at that point he will have completely lost it. I doubt the GOP could convince him to make a reasonable appointment.

This would be after Trump gets dumped/resigns, but before Pence gets forced out.

 

[Wanda/Wander]

Every day we stray further from God's light..

...

Spoiler

and come closer to the pee pee tape.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Specifically, like Nixon, he'd have to find someone who is willing to fire Mueller, without resigning at the request.

After firing Comey, it would be the most idiotic thing he could do and only put more air from the billows into the fire.

In other words, we shouldn't put it past him.

 

[NihonTiger90]

In other words, we shouldn't put it past him.

Yep. Trump's Razor and all.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Everyone's favorite Sheriff TomDavid Clarke is now part of DoHS!

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

What if Melania is behind the leaks. Trump goes down, she inherits everything. Roll the credits.

 

[sphagnum]

welcome President David Shulkin, everyone

I'm really feelin it!

 

[DrForester]

How far down this list will we need to go?

I thought McConnell was in charge of the Senate.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I'm really feelin it!

We're gonna build a wall on Sword Valley, and make the Mechon pay for it!

 

[Ithil]

I thought McConnell was in charge of the Senate.

He's the Senate Majority Leader, not the same thing.

 

[The Technomancer]

"Wow it sure has been one hell of a day huh I guess I'll just go make dinner and then take some time to read my book and rel-

Flynn did what?"

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

I thought McConnell was in charge of the Senate.

President Pro Tempore is the highest seniority member of the majority party, different than Majority Leader.

 

[Kusagari]

I'm ready for President Mnuchin.

 

[Kevinroc]

I'm ready for President Mnuchin.

The Executive Producer of films such as Suicide Squad, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and the Entourage movie...

 

[Loxley]

Got that sinking feeling that more shit will drop before the weekend. Trump really opened the damn floodgates when he fired Comey.

 

[Nordicus]

So Mueller is apparently getting two other attorneys to leave their company to join the investigation.

Aaron Zebley, who worked with him at the FBI

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

 

[thepotatoman]

I thought McConnell was in charge of the Senate.

President Pro Tempore just does the things Senate President Pence does when Pence isn't around to do it. So basically nothing, but it is a position defined by the constitution while Majority Leader and his powers is just something the Senate came up with for itself.

It is still funny to me that the framers basically told the senate that they were to be lead by the vice president even if they don't like him and appoint a senator to help him out, but then say the senate can decide on the details, and they didn't think that the senate would end up just saying the vice president does nothing and this new position we made up now does everything.

 

[Beer Monkey]

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

The speedrun is now tool assisted.

 

[SneakersSO]

So Mueller is apparently getting two other attorneys to leave their company to join the investigation.

Aaron Zebley, who worked with him at the FBI

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

Like, I know the GOP are gonna act like this was Trump's idea (even though the WH or AG were only notified of this 30 mins before the Deputy AG announced it) but I wouldn't want this squad investigating me at all. They just sound like they are the squad to find any/all dirt on a person.

 

[Killa Sasa]

If the ship ever gets righted - definitely a positive wind change today - what would it take to neuter the "creativity" (re: utter bullshit) that is Fox News and its alt ilk? Is it like amendment territory due to free speech, or is it a wee bit simpler than that?

I imagine that shit would get its ass appealed six ways to Sunday because of the amount of money involved in keeping people delusional, but obviously it's a root issue for your voting populace.

 

[Wilsongt]

Well, it does indeed seem like the IC has gone semi-nuclear with Comey's firing.

 

[Diablos]

So Mueller is apparently getting two other attorneys to leave their company to join the investigation.

Aaron Zebley, who worked with him at the FBI

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

Holy fuck @ James Quarles

That he picked him says a lot I think

 

[More_Badass]

So Mueller is apparently getting two other attorneys to leave their company to join the investigation.

Aaron Zebley, who worked with him at the FBI

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

Now the eventual movie can have a Seven Samurai-inspired scene as Mueller gathers his team and convinces the best to join

 

[Finalizer]

James Quarles, who was an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.

bwahahaha

fan-fucking-tastic

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

If we're really living a John Grisham novel, then Trump & Pence are gonna go down at the same time... and then in an emergency hearing of the house, Paul Ryan is kicked out as Speaker and they invoke a rare clause that lets them make John Kasich as speaker, and he becomes president.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

I'm flummoxed I have to waste any mental energy at all on this embarrassing clown of a president. We could be talking about healthcare or North Korea or Chinese expansionism or Russian aggression (no, the REAL KIND with explosions and bombs and stuff happening today) or civil rights abuses in the Philippines or prison reform or the immigration crackdown still happening, or the massive income/class inequality which should be the most important issue of the CENTURY but no, instead I've got old has-beens from the Watergate era waxing worthless political ad nauseum. Blow me.

 

[wandering]

Now the eventual movie can have a Seven Samurai-inspired scene as Mueller gathers his team and convinces the best to join

Just imagine him recruiting Yates and Bahara

 

[RustyNails]

CNN reporting Comey did not share his memos with Justice Dept (incl. Rosenstein).

 

[More_Badass]

CNN reporting Comey did not share his memos with Justice Dept (incl. Rosenstein).

Will that come back to bite him?

 

[Slacker]

Will that come back to bite him?

I wouldn't think so. If Sessions knew what was going on the whole thing would have been compromised.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

Will that come back to bite him?

At this point? I'm more thinking Jeff Sessions is a target and he wanted to make sure he didn't see them.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Will that come back to bite him?

He has no obligation to, they're just memos. Furthermore if they're memos about what the president said then surely it's reasonable to assume the boss between them is in-the-know.

 

[Slizeezyc]

Will that come back to bite him?

On Fox News perhaps, yes.

 

[RastaMentality]

If Comey takes down Trump, he deserves TIME Person of the Year in spades.

 

[RustyNails]

Will that come back to bite him?

The CNN commentator said it was par for the course for FBI director. I think Comey wants to make the memos publicly available, so sending it to the justice department may have prevented that.

 

[BobTheFork]

On Fox News perhaps, yes.

Anyone opposing this will use to question the authenticity of the notes.

They would do that any ways but it sucks this will be focused on.

 

[TumblingHippo]

Was Young Sheldon the sacrifice we had to make to finally have something change?

 

[Aaron Strife]

Now the eventual movie can have a Seven Samurai-inspired scene as Mueller gathers his team and convinces the best to join

There should be a scene where they sit around a campfire and tell each other their back stories.

 

[Teggy]

CNN reporting Comey did not share his memos with Justice Dept (incl. Rosenstein).

Lock him up

 

[Diablos]

Lock him up

There's your Foxesque headline for damage control