https://twitter.com/emilybazelon/status/862077719047229440
Congress might not have authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
IIRC that power lapsed in the early 2000's. Only AG or Deputy AG (if AG is recused) can appoint.
https://twitter.com/emilybazelon/status/862077719047229440
Congress might not have authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
We don't need them to vote democrat, we just need them to stay homeDo you think republican voters will care enough to vote democrat? or that half the country will suddenly care and register to vote?
My confidence in the american people is at an all time low, and the Trump Administration seems to be unconcerned.
https://twitter.com/emilybazelon/status/862077719047229440
Congress might not have authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
We pick up 24 House seats and beat Heller, Flake and Cruz.
I don't care how impossible that seems, it's our only option.
If Sessions is recused from the investigation, wouldn't the authority to appoint a special prosecutor then fall to the deputy AG?https://twitter.com/emilybazelon/status/862077719047229440
Congress might not have authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
Ah that would explain it. Singal seems like a good smart guy except for the part where he has doubled down, tripled down, and then quintupled down on writing really bad takes about transgender people, despite the fact that people have politely and then irately told him that he's actually dangerously wrong. This most recent thing sprung up precisely because Singal was defending Tuvel's complete nonsense essay
If Sessions is recused from the investigation, wouldn't the authority to appoint a special prosecutor then fall to the deputy AG?
It's so surreal being in DC when all this happens. So close, but just as powerless.
Fox News is spinning this was about him protecting Hillary
Fox News is spinning this was about him protecting Hillary
Comey's people in the Bureau aren't going to take this lying down.
Don't panic until it's for real revolution time to grab guns and then don't panic just shoot accurately.
That's the reasoning Trump/Sessions/Rosenstein gave
Paging Deep Throat 2.0
It wouldn't matter todayPaging Deep Throat 2.0
I'm going to write the nicest letter ever conceived to McMaster and ask him (as politely as possible) to....maybe not let Trump destroy our democracy.
Wish me luck.
That's if they even bother or are able to show up and vote.I guess now democrats are going to have to prepare for 10 times the comey letter for any upcoming election.
Claude Taylor‏ @TrueFactsStated
Just hearing back from a source on this. "Comey was ready. He anticipated this".
My guess is some foreign intelligence community probably has whatever Comey et al had up to this point. Remember--the dossier is what provided much of the information for this investigation. Foreign ICs probably have more.
Comey better had set up a data killswitch in case this happened. I can't imagine him being a slave to protocol now.
That guy is also claiming indictments have already been filed. Not sure how reliable he is.
haven't we learned our lesson about sourcing random twitter eggs that scream about RUSSIA and TREASON at the top of their lungs
What does this actually mean? I can't figure it out. Are we more fucked or less fucked? Surely this is what pushes everything over the edge, right?
Uh, did you forget about his two serious breaches of protocol last year?What could have possibly given you the impression that Comey is willing to break protocol? I think it's foolish to expect some master plan of his to save the day. Nobody's going to save us. Not Comey, not Obama, not dems. PEOPLE need to get off their asses and make it happen.
Claude Taylor isn't reliable - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/...any-are-not-reputable-sources-on-Trump-Russia
Among other things, he's the guy who claimed Chaffetz was going to be resigning right away.
@gmoomaw
Perriello says he'd work to change Virginia's right-to-work status to strengthen unions. Northam calls it a fight "we perhaps can't win"
What does this actually mean? I can't figure it out. Are we more fucked or less fucked? Surely this is what pushes everything over the edge, right?
I mean, he's not a random Twitter egg. He's apparently a staffer of multiple administrations.
Not saying he's reliable, but he's not nobody either.
A political scientist on Twitter thinks Comey's "mild nausea" comment caused the firing.
The timing works and Trump is so desperately insecure about 2016...
Northam's right on this one, barring some sort of insane wave election.In other news:
I really really want to believe it, but at this point the "Republicans plan on canceling future elections and everything they do now is in anticipation of and in preparation for that" explanation feels more real to me.
Northam's right on this one, barring some sort of insane wave election.
Watching Republicans defend Hillary Clinton is such a mind fuck right now
I really really want to believe it, but at this point the "Republicans plan on canceling future elections and everything they do now is in anticipation of and in preparation for that" explanation feels more real to me.