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[smokeymicpot]

Is that the Committee asking Comey to appear, or Comey requesting the committee that he appear? I assume the former.

Asking. They probably assume he will say yes.

 

[whyamihere]

*wakes up*

*checks twitter*

*goes back to bed*

 

[Teggy]

Honest to god, I think Trump thought that because everyone hates Comey, that everyone would love him if he fired him.

It's the binary "do something, get rewarded with praise" puppy behavior Trump's been doing his entire presidency.

Trump seemed to genuinely expect bipartisan cred for this.

This was a link to Betsy Devos speaking at an HBCU.

 

[Plinko]

Warner hasn't heard back from Comey yet, sadly.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

This was a link to Betsy Devos speaking at an HBCU.

Woops, quoted wrong Twitter post

 

[Ogodei]

Hey PoliGAF. Recall our occasional discussions on US Congressional districts and how they should have names?

I took a crack at it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iSLjyVCSzuScquJe8eqyGMilA8XSyvfFfQP1O9u8mfw/edit?usp=sharing

 

[smokeymicpot]

WH official says Vladimir Putin asked @POTUS to meet with Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov. Goal is improve US-Russia relations.

https://twitter.com/margbrennan/status/862363027961782272

 

[Blader]

Warner hasn't heard back from Comey yet, sadly.

Do we know if he has even been able to get back home? He had flown out to LA on the FBI plane!

 

[DonShula]

Do we know if he has even been able to get back home? He had flown out to LA on the FBI plane!

There was OJ style coverage of Comey driving to the airport, getting on a plane, and taking off last night.

I cannot confirm that he actually landed though.

 

[Slacker]

Huckabee Sanders currently embarrassing herself at the podium. Emulating her boss by sounding very tired.

 

[Cybit]

Aside: recommended blog for reading about science, education, and politics

http://fredrikdeboer.com/ANOVA/

 

[Owzers]

Huckabee Sanders currently embarrassing herself at the podium. Emulating her boss by sounding very tired.

You're not being kind.

 

[whyamihere]

Huckabee Sanders currently embarrassing herself at the podium. Emulating her boss by sounding very tired.

Or, her father.

 

[Slacker]

You're not being kind.

I aint five years old and she aint my mommy.

Or, her father.

If she was emulating her father she'd be telling us things that sound vaguely like jokes but are missing the jokey parts.

 

[Owzers]

Comey committed atrocities...

 

[A Serious Man]

She just said the words "he lost faith months ago" and "quick and decisive action" within seconds of each other.

 

[Diablos]

If we have a national emergency or another terror attack...

 

[DonShula]

Rosie O'Donnell for Huckabee Sanders on SNL. Standing next to McCarthy's Spicey.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

If we have a national emergency or another terror attack...

Trump will mess it up completely.

 

[chadskin]

Quinnipac poll:

American voters, who gave President Donald Trump a slight approval bump after the missile strike in Syria, today give him a near-record negative 36 - 58 percent job approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Critical are big losses among white voters with no college degree, white men and independent voters.

White men go from a 53 - 41 percent approval April 19 to a split today with 48 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving.

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2456#.WRNWRZjtvwY.twitter

 

[Plinko]

Quinnipac poll:


https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2456#.WRNWRZjtvwY.twitter

Health care?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Health care?

Seems like it. That's the reason is bottomed out last time.

 

[Slizeezyc]

Quinnipac poll:


https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2456#.WRNWRZjtvwY.twitter

Clearly he should have bombed Comey and healthcare.

 

[Blader]

Health care?

Yep, right after the House passed it:

From May 4 - 9, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,078 voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.

 

[Emerson]

Will be very interesting if Comey accepts the invitation to the committee.

Is anyone keeping a tally of Republicans who've spoken against the firing?

Off the top of my head:

Burr
McCain
Murkowski
Flake
Sasse
Amash

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Generic ballot is D+16

 

[Dominican Power]

"I know what will stop the media from talking about Russia. Firing Comey!!!"

 

[Blader]

hello...

By a 54 - 38 percent margin, American voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the widest margin ever measured for this question in a Quinnipiac University poll, exceeding a 5 percentage point margin for Republicans in 2013.

If Democrats had won control of the U.S. Senate in the 2016 elections, the country would be in a better place than it is now, 41 percent of voters say, while 27 percent say it would be in a worse place and 30 percent say it would be the same.

American voters dislike Democrats less than they dislike Republicans:
Voters disapprove 71 - 22 percent of the way Republicans in Congress do their job;
Voters disapprove 58 - 34 percent of the way Democrats in Congress are doing their job.

 

[Slacker]

Is anyone keeping a tally of Republicans who've spoken against the firing?

No, because why bother?

 

[Dominican Power]

What the fuck is up with MSNBC becoming CNN lite with all these conservatives getting their own shows. Nicole Wallace? Really?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

hello...

its habbening

 

[Ogodei]

Will be very interesting if Comey accepts the invitation to the committee.

Is anyone keeping a tally of Republicans who've spoken against the firing?

Off the top of my head:

Burr
McCain
Murkowski
Flake
Sasse
Amash

Amash is an odd duck among the Freedom Caucus, closer to an actual libertarian instead of just a Christian Falangist-Anarchist.

 

[Owzers]

What the fuck is up with MSNBC becoming CNN lite with all these conservatives getting their own shows. Nicole Wallace? Really?

The rumors they might give Hugh Hewitt his own show, CNN might as well give jack Kingston his own show so they can compete.

 

[Dominican Power]

The rumors they might give Hugh Hewitt his own show, CNN might as well give jack Kingston his own show so they can compete.

Shoot me now. All that asshole does is spin everything bad that Trump does.

 

[kirblar]

What the fuck is up with MSNBC becoming CNN lite with all these conservatives getting their own shows. Nicole Wallace? Really?

Scuttlebutt is that whoever's in charge right now is trying to pick them up because conservatives get higher ratings. Not even kidding.

 

[Slacker]

What the fuck is up with MSNBC becoming CNN lite with all these conservatives getting their own shows. Nicole Wallace? Really?

Nicole Wallace has been on MSNBC for years and is pretty reasonable. I'd watch her show. Hewitt, on the other hand... not so much.

 

[kirblar]

Will be very interesting if Comey accepts the invitation to the committee.

Is anyone keeping a tally of Republicans who've spoken against the firing?

Off the top of my head:

Burr
McCain
Murkowski
Flake
Sasse
Amash

Comstock (cause she represents NOVA and is in danger of losing her seat in '18.)

 

[pigeon]

The Democrats are objecting to unanimous consent requests in the Senate today, which is great. Need to call my Senator and tell him to keep it up until we have a special prosecutor or select committee.

I take great pleasure in Pence being dragged to the hill to break a tie on that methane vote only for it to fail anyway. Rare misstep by McConnell

Not a misstep. McCain switched his vote on the floor. He was upset about something!

Why do you believe this? Honest question. We already have the republican leadership defending this move and falling into line behind trump. We've seen that his followers fell in line for ACHA as well. It feels like 40% of the country are basically lost to you now in terms of rational behaviour or the ability to consider their team might have done something wrong.

Let's assume this is true. What's the appropriate response?

This might help clarify why people want to believe it is not true.

 

[benjipwns]

Amash is an odd duck among the Freedom Caucus, closer to an actual libertarian instead of just a Christian Falangist-Anarchist.

He's posted a justification for every vote he's ever made on his blog/Facebook page.

The State GOP despises him and wants to destroy him but they've already botched it twice. Didn't even vett the one candidate who had stormfront posts or something they ran against him in the primary.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What the fuck is up with MSNBC becoming CNN lite with all these conservatives getting their own shows. Nicole Wallace? Really?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andy-lack-msnbc-donald-trump_us_5907422de4b0bb2d086fb7a8

MSNBC may be going more conservative. Lawrence O'Donnell has the second highest rated show on the network (only behind Maddow) and they've yet to renew his contract.

 

[Hubbl3]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andy-lack-msnbc-donald-trump_us_5907422de4b0bb2d086fb7a8

MSNBC may be going more conservative. Lawrence O'Donnell has the second highest rated show on the network (only behind Maddow) and they've yet to renew his contract.

If MSNBC goes the CNN path, I guess I won't be watching network news anymore :/

 

[Slacker]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but after a shaky start Huck Sanders was actually not terrible at the podium. Everything she said was 100% horseshit of course, but unlike Spicer she wasn't a complete asshole the whole time. I wouldn't be surprised it Sean decided it's time to spend more time with his family soon.

 

[Dominican Power]

Nicole Wallace has been on MSNBC for years and is pretty reasonable. I'd watch her show. Hewitt, on the other hand... not so much.

She seems that way because the right is super crazy right now. I don't trust Republicans, even the ones that sound reasonable/decent. Kasich sounds that way but if you listen closely, he's just as a bad as the loony ones.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Generic ballot is D+16

What a coincidence, this is the exact margin Ted Cruz won his election in 2012 with!

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

She seems that way because the right is super crazy right now. I don't trust Republicans, even the ones that sound reasonable/decent. Kasich sounds that way but if you listen closely, he's just as a bad as the loony ones.

Ernie Johnson from Inside the NBA is a Republican, you don't trust him either? You don't know anyone in your life that is a Republican?

I don't get what kind of worlds you guys live in. You either don't know any Republicans at all or you have some crazy friend/family member that believes in crazy conspiracies or is bitterly racist.

 

[studyguy]

Rough stuff...

https://twitter.com/pbump/status/862368572013760512

Philip Bump (@pbump)
Quinnipiac asked people what word first came to mind when they thought about Trump. https://t.co/ks0UauOs9O

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Hey PoliGAF. Recall our occasional discussions on US Congressional districts and how they should have names?

I took a crack at it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iSLjyVCSzuScquJe8eqyGMilA8XSyvfFfQP1O9u8mfw/edit?usp=sharing

I'm impressed that you did all this but it could stand for some creativity Iron Range sounds fancier than Northeast Minnesota for example. Still, impressive work doing it for all 435.

 

[benjipwns]

If MSNBC goes the CNN path, I guess I won't be watching network news anymore :/

Do you work for media matters or something?

I just assume anyone who actually watches news channels does, is elderly or is in a waiting room somewhere.

Possibly all three.

 

[Emerson]

He's posted a justification for every vote he's ever made on his blog/Facebook page.

The State GOP despises him and wants to destroy him but they've already botched it twice. Didn't even vett the one candidate who had stormfront posts or something they ran against him in the primary.

That's interesting.

I don't know much about him, and I'm sure I disagree with him on plenty of issues. But at the minimum you've got to have some respect for somebody who is willing to stand by and defend his choices rather than running away from them.

 

[Hubbl3]

Do you work for media matters or something?

I just assume anyone who actually watches news channels does, is elderly or is in a waiting room somewhere.

Possibly all three.

What? This is either a really stupid post or there's a joke I'm not getting.