neurosisxeno
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Such a Nasty Man.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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Such a Nasty Man.
Wouldn't Sessions' recusal mean that it's the Deputy AG's call for a special prosecutor?
I agree though that our best is the for us to flip the House next year and form a special committee on Russia in January 2019.
I hope you were paid for this.
Honestly, unless Sessions wanted to go full Hoover I can't think of anything.
Considering he just helped fire the guy investigating him, I'd say he hasn't really recused himself.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
wellthereitis.gif
I fucking hate to be seen as part of the doom and gloom parade this time, but are the GOP behaving like they have to run for reelection next year?
Voter disenfranchisement already arguably grabbed them the presidency. I'm optimistic that a wave of pissed off democrats will give us gains next election, but I've got one hell of a nasty feeling right now.
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Poodlestrike
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RE: the whole sky is falling nature of the 2018 elections cancellation possibility: I'll admit that it'd be an escalation, but this whole administration, this whole party, has become nothing other than a series of increasingly more severe broken norms for a while now. By the time the elections would roll around, it could easily be a relatively small step, when added to the other disasters. And it would explain a LOT of their behavior.
I don't think you can totally discount the possibility or dismiss it as chicken little-ing.
Comey's actual powers beyond investigating the Russia collusion were fairly limited. Only other thing that makes sense is that Trump got offended by his testimony and decided to show him the door.
Which is, like, totally plausible, don't get me wrong, but still probably not the whole picture.
I don't think you can totally discount the possibility or dismiss it as chicken little-ing.
Comey's actual powers beyond investigating the Russia collusion were fairly limited. Only other thing that makes sense is that Trump got offended by his testimony and decided to show him the door.
Which is, like, totally plausible, don't get me wrong, but still probably not the whole picture.
That was campaign Sessions.
metalslimer
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Just got home....holy shit.
It's a shame stuff like this doesn't matter anymore.
balladofwindfishes
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Cancelling the 2018 elections is not a "small step"
Poodlestrike
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Mt. Everest is tall, but the last step of the climb isn't so high. Nobody thought that they'd deny Garland a hearing and then nobody thought that they'd really back Trump and then nobody thought that they'd...
We don't know WHAT conditions will be like in November 2018.
It'd be the first time in US History I believe, unless I'm forgetting something--likely during the Civil War.
Futurevoid
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The man is "possibly" meeting with the Russian ambassador tomorrow.
http://thehill.com/policy/internati...may-meet-top-russia-diplomat-wednesday-report
You can't write this shit in a fantasy novel.
http://thehill.com/policy/internati...may-meet-top-russia-diplomat-wednesday-report
You can't write this shit in a fantasy novel.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
JetBlackPanda
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Where is this canceling election stuff coming from?
Carpe Libertatem
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It's a really weird time to fire Comey, too, I think. I kind of was thinking the Russia investigation was going to be a nothingburger based on recent events
balladofwindfishes
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They're about 9 Supreme Court justices shy of being able to go that blatantly against the Constitution
Crazy people
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
CrimzonSamurai
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Widespread virulent brick shitting is all.
I agree, It seemed like you could just keep playing out the string at this point, doing this seems like a silly way to rile up people.
Poodlestrike
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Worst case scenario expositing. I'm not sure of it by any stretch, but it connects the dots frighteningly well.
C'mon, man.
welp
Emerson
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That's basically what that guy earlier was claiming.
Also, they're not cancelling elections. Chill out.
balladofwindfishes
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It's profoundly stupid, but nothing about this administration's stupidity surprises me anymore
smokeandmirrors
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Especially in an age of conspiracy theories, you fuel that fire as well. But yeah, I more or less agree with you. They succeed in spite of themselves, which is impressive in its own way.
nintendoman58
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I don't understand, so what does this mean now that Comey is fired?
It means Trump looks like he's trying to hide something big and with Comey gone there's no one to stop him from getting away with it
This is bad.
CrimzonSamurai
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Probably just a coincidence in terms of timing but it's terrible optics!
opticsopticsoptics
nintendoman58
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So does whatever happened there get automatically rescinded?
Greigor The Fellhand
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https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/with_replies
Claude Taylor talked about the Warrants, about the subpoenas for days/weeks now.
Taylor is confirming 3 (one is a FARA, one is a FISA, the last is RICO) he is aware of. Others are claiming it is as high as 16.
Claude Taylor talked about the Warrants, about the subpoenas for days/weeks now.
Taylor is confirming 3 (one is a FARA, one is a FISA, the last is RICO) he is aware of. Others are claiming it is as high as 16.
FloydtheFathead
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Did he give your orbs for this?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
These
Stupid
Motherfuckers
Stupid
Motherfuckers
More_Badass
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Can I get some rational level-headed predictions to help assuage some anxiety? PoliGAF is way better for that than OT
Can they just shut this down now and disband the Russian Investigation department?
balladofwindfishes
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Nope
But they could do it at any time. Chances are, they probably will.
But for the most part, the departments just keep ticking. The FBI is bigger than Comey or whoever replaces him
It doesn't mean much on the surface. The investigation is a joint venture between multiple departments. More or less, maybe the next "director" would try to obstruct etc. but these are departments that are going to continue doing their basic duties and are not all under the umbrella of the FBI etc.
JetBlackPanda
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Hold on guys how does Jason Chafffetz feel about all this.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
No, this is more likely connected and not a coincidence. The timing and abruptness...
We're in pretty uncharted waters now. The president firing the FBI director in the middle of an investigation into whether that president's campaign colluded with a foreign rival power to elect said president is historic. No one can predict what will happen because nothing like this has happened before!
Futurevoid
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balladofwindfishes
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Man, these last few weeks have been insane with politics stuff.
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