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[JettDash]

Ted Cruz still wants to be president some day. No way he would be Trump's AG.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Trump has zero loyalty to anyone.

Well except one person...(hint) PP📼

 

[Officerrob]

Trump has zero loyalty to anyone.

Flynn? There are reports Trump would bring him back if he could, lol

 

[AntraxSuicide]

I'd rather have Sessions gone.

Well yeah, the con of possibly affecting the Russia investigation doesn't affect you since you don't care about it or think it matters.

 

[BlastProcessing]

I want Sessions gone. Don't care who Trump gets in for him, Senate won't rubber stamp his choice.

It will be a recess appointment that will stand until 2019. It will be someone worse than Sessions. It will be someone like Steven Miller.

 

[PBY]

Well yeah, the con of possibly affecting the Russia investigation doesn't affect you since you don't care about it or think it matters.

No, Sessions is literally the most deplorable person in this administration who has real power to destroy thousands of lives without Congressional approval.

I can't think of anyone worse than Sessions, and yes, that's a challenge.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

It will be a recess appointment that will stand until 2019. It will be someone worse than Sessions. It will be someone like Steven Miller.

THere will be no recess appointment for a number of reasons, not least of which Chuck Schumer just saying they won't allow any recess appointments.

 

[Loudninja]

Well except one person...(hint) PP📼

lol

Flynn? There are reports Trump would bring him back if he could, lol

Nah he will him then discard him as well.

 

[Fenderputty]

No, Sessions is literally the most deplorable person in this administration who has real power to destroy thousands of lives without Congressional approval.

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So will his interim replacement.

 

[BlastProcessing]

THere will be no recess appointment for a number of reasons, not least of which Chuck Schumer just saying they won't allow any recess appointments.

Chuck doesn't have a say here. If McConnell allows it then that's it. It's 100% McConnell's call.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

So will his interim replacement.

His interim replacement is Rosenstein.

 

[PBY]

So will his interim replacement.

So? He's not Jeff Sessions

 

[Crocodile]

When is the MTP vote supposed to even happen?

 

[skullmuffins]

He isn't. Why would he give up his senate seat to take a job he could just get fired from in two months because he doesn't obstruct justice on a case involving treason.

Ted Cruz still wants to be president some day. No way he would be Trump's AG.

Yup. Cruz is a slimy fuck, but there's basically no upside for him to take the job.

 

[Penguin]

So dumb question, if/when this bill goes to conference and they hammer out their differences, do both chambers need to go back and vote on it with the same margins or does it depend on the bill? Like they can't craft a bill that the Senate would need 60 votes on? And nothing can be changed at that point?

 

[Mike M]

Schumer basically said that Trump shouldn't even consider a recess appointment of a new AG cause they gonna stop that shit.

I'd be shocked if pro forma sessions aren't a permanent state of affairs from here on out (Schumer would have to be an idiot to give Trump any opportunities, and the GOP will always escalate). Pocket vetos, recess appointments, and the president's ability to call special sessions of Congress are essentially eliminated.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Chuck doesn't have a say here. If McConnell allows it then that's it. It's 100% McConnell's call.

Chuck can sit some random Senator in the senate through the recess and it's still "in session"

McConnell used to pull that all the time.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

His interim replacement is Rosenstein.

If Trump fires Sessions, he's also firing Rosenstein. He'll keep firing until someone agrees to end the Russian investigation. Then he'll deal with getting a new AG.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Assistant Press Secretary just resigned (WELL OILED MACHINE):

Text message just now from Michael Short: "I have resigned."

https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889888802130583552

 

[PBY]

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/stay_where_you_are_jeff_sessio.html#incart_most-comments
You, sir, are now the thin line of defense protecting American democracy from becoming an autocratic dictatorship.
Goddammnit. The dumbfuck defense pieces on Sessions have started. Fuck this country man.

Just a minor, local story, but it pisses me off to no end.

 

[Kusagari]

Assistant Press Secretary just resigned (WELL OILED MACHINE):



https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889888802130583552

Mooch righting that ship ya'll

 

[Cesare Borgia]

If Trump fires Sessions, he's also firing Rosenstein. He'll keep firing until someone agrees to end the Russian investigation. Then he'll deal with getting a new AG.

And people really think there will be no consequences to such a drastic, Nixonian escalation?

 

[Blader]

Trump is not going to be able to get anyone confirmed who will fire Mueller. If he fired Sessions it would be the central question of the replacement's confirmation hearings.

Why would that matter at all? Anyone would just lie.

And people really think there will be no consequences to such a drastic, Nixonian escalation?

I don't really subscribe to the PBY "nothing matters anymore" worldview, but at the same time, I have a tough imagining what those consequences would be, outside of a flood of leaks from the IC (which, while damaging, I'm not sure how they push the case further at all?).

 

[AntraxSuicide]

And people really think there will be no consequences to such a drastic, Nixonian escalation?

Hey, don't lump me with that crowd. I think there would be a lot of consequences. But if Trump fires Sessions, I think this is the trajectory.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Assistant Press Secretary just resigned (WELL OILED MACHINE):



https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889888802130583552

Mooch righting that ship ya'll

He told Politico he was planning to fire Short today and then chided the media for leaks that Short was going to be fired.

 

[PBY]

Hey, don't lump me with that crowd. I think there would be a lot of consequences. But if Trump fires Sessions, I think this is the trajectory.

Its so much better than keeping Sessions though.

 

[Shao Kahn on the Lawn]

And people really think there will be no consequences to such a drastic, Nixonian escalation?

I expect that a lot of Republicans will be "concerned" and continue with business as usual, just as they've done for the past 6 months.

 

[sangreal]

Assistant Press Secretary just resigned (WELL OILED MACHINE):



https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889888802130583552

Mooch said he is going to fire everyone in the press shop starting with Short until the leaks stop

good way to build a healthy working environment!

 

[BlastProcessing]

Chuck can sit some random Senator in the senate through the recess and it's still "in session"

McConnell used to pull that all the time.

McConnell pulled that when he was Majority Leader. As Minority Leader there is less you can do. It seems like the most Schumer could do is try to filibuster the recess. I'm not sure that would work, especially since the GOP could just nuke the filibuster in response.

 

[chadskin]

Gonna be a beautiful constitutional crisis, the most beautiful maybe in history, okay.

 

[Futurevoid]

Assistant Press Secretary just resigned (WELL OILED MACHINE):



https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/889888802130583552

Well, when your new boss is on Politico telling them he plans to fire you......yeah.

 

[Kusagari]

Mooch said he is going to fire everyone in the press shop starting with Short until the leaks stop

good way to build a healthy working environment!

What if he fires everyone but himself and it's still leaking?

 

[Barzul]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

 

[RumbleHumble]

Sessions is apparently going to war with Trump and wants to call his bluff:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-s...ump-his-allies-say-and-he-doesnt-plan-to-quit

 

[PBY]

This is not entirely on-point, but it is funny that the skinny repeal is basically the plan Obama lied his ass off about in 08

http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM44_080130_nd_obama_hrc_healthcare_plan_forces_health_insurance2.pdf

 

[Zolo]

Sessions is apparently going to war with Trump and wants to call his bluff:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-s...ump-his-allies-say-and-he-doesnt-plan-to-quit

 

[jmdajr]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

great stuff

 

[Hubbl3]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

Paywall ... got any kind of summary?

 

[benicillin]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

“I know,” Reed replies. “Trust me. Do you know why he challenged you to a duel? ‘Cause you could beat the s— out of him.”

“Well, he’s huge,” Collins replies. “And he — I don’t mean to be unkind, but he’s so unattractive it’s unbelievable.”

“Did you see the picture of him in his pajamas next to this Playboy bunny?” she continues, referring to an infamous photo of Farenthold, below.

L O fucking L

 

[Futurevoid]

Looks like I was wrong on Moran. He is still "undecided" on the MTP vote:

Lindsay Wise‏ @lindsaywise 1h1 hour ago
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Kansas Sen. @JerryMoran still undecided on motion to proceed and likely to remain so going into today's GOP lunch, per his office

Maybe looking for some cover or for someone else to jump to no before joining in? It'd be hilarious if both he and Mike Lee kill the whole thing again without telling anyone.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Paywall ... got any kind of summary?

Here is a non-paywall link to the audio.

 

[Blader]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

That pajama photo, lmao

 

[Plinko]

L O fucking L

Also:

Philip Bump‏Verified account @pbump

People missed a key part of the hot-mic: Reed apparently calls Trump "crazy" and Collins saying she's "worried."

 

[AntraxSuicide]

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/stay_where_you_are_jeff_sessio.html#incart_most-comments
You, sir, are now the thin line of defense protecting American democracy from becoming an autocratic dictatorship.
Goddammnit. The dumbfuck defense pieces on Sessions have started. Fuck this country man.

Just a minor, local story, but it pisses me off to no end.

I don't find anything wrong in this piece. The author even says Sessions will probably get fired anyway. He also repeatedly points out how he doesn't like Sessions (maybe you're unfamiliar with AL.com but it has liberals on staff).

 

[BoogieWoogie]

This Collins and Reed hot mic exchange is something else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-im-worried/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.14f692b35cec

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THIS, SENATE. ANYTIME YOU WANT.

 

[PBY]

I don't find anything wrong in this piece. The author even says Sessions will probably get fired anyway. He also repeatedly points out how he doesn't like Sessions (maybe you're unfamiliar with AL.com but it has liberals on staff).

This piece is the worst thing I've read in a while - repeatedly pointing out "you've done some bad things" while patting him on the back for recusal and encouraging him to stay is fucking disgusting.

I did assume it was a liberal who wrote it - this is the kind of shit that makes people hate "Liberals", and with good reason.

 

[RustyNails]

That pajama photo

I cant anymore

 

[AntraxSuicide]

This piece is the worst thing I've read in a while - repeatedly pointing out "you've done some bad things" while patting him on the back for recusal and encouraging him to stay is fucking disgusting.

I did assume it was a liberal who wrote it - this is the kind of shit that makes people hate "Liberals", and with good reason.

I'm confused. Do you actually want the Russia investigation to end? Do you want Sessions to not recuse himself?

 

[whyamihere]

Can we change the thread title to "he’s so unattractive it’s unbelievable"?

 

[PBY]

I'm confused. Do you actually want the Russia investigation to end? Do you want Sessions to not recuse himself?

Sessions should recuse himself, of course. But I don't want people CHAMPIONING HIM TO STAY? Get him the fuck out of office, resign, get fired, whatever it takes.

I also found the characterization of Sessions in the piece gross.