The headline said McConnel, unless it was a mistype.
Edit: MSNBC may have mistyped their headline, because others are insisting it was Schumer. /shrug. Unfortunately, I can't rewind the MSNBC stream to check.
Edit2: found a screengrab
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Trump Fires James Comey
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The headline said McConnel, unless it was a mistype.
Edit: MSNBC may have mistyped their headline, because others are insisting it was Schumer. /shrug. Unfortunately, I can't rewind the MSNBC stream to check.
Edit2: found a screengrab
jellies_two
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Can someone explain what "Recuse" means?
Note that Trump explicitly said he is doing it on the recommendation of Jeff Sessions.
Note that Trump explicitly said he is doing it on the recommendation of Jeff Sessions.
plagiarize
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I thought it was a bill or vote I hadn't heard of. Got it.
TheCochese
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"There's not going to be any special prosecutor."
Until there's a single shred of evidence that Republicans do anything more than talk, the overwhelming evidence will remain that they will obstruct and downplay everything.
Probably a fucking dog and pony show of "let it go Dems", knowing McConnell
"Back off or get AHCAed"
Been watching CNN, didn't see that. Got a link?
Also, you said they're "scrambling."
Please explain what they are scrambling for.
Nah, it will be more like 'leave him alone'.
No. Chuck asked that.
Subpar Spatula
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This isn't what's occurring.
He's not removing legislation that keeps him in power or steers control of the country to a certain group of individuals. Idiocy, racism, and alt-right isn't coup, just simple idiocy that people believe are conspiracies.
They'll get Sombra on it
More fancasting.
Soldier 76: Obama
Tracer: Hillary
Rein: Bernie
Reaper: Bannon
BlastProcessing
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Can someone explain what "Recuse" means?
Note that Trump explicitly said he is doing it on the recommendation of Jeff Sessions.
Sessions also recused himself from anything involving Clinton as well as part of his confirmation.
Escape Goat
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Most likely. McConnel won't flip until the peepee tape hits TMZ.
plagiarize
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I watched each of the prequel trilogy once.
I remember a cool pod race. I remember something about sand. I remember Vader going NOOOOO after losing one of the worst light saber fights in the franchise.
Sue me.
The Albatross
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Well, this isn't a self-coup even by that definition (especially by that definition). The Director of the FBI reports to the President, and the FBI is part of the executive branch. As much as I hate Donald Trump, and as backhanded and sketchy as this is, Comey served only by the behest of the President.
The ability of the president to appoint and dismiss the head of an office that reports to him is not extraordinary use of power, it's appropriate, constitutional use of power. It's just incredibly sketchy when that person is leading an investigation into your administration. Even Nixon was Constitutionally right to be able to dismiss Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating Watergate. What was "The Saturday Night Massacre" was because his attorney general was not willing to go through with it; And so Nixon dismissed him, and then the Deputy AG was not willing to go through with it; so Nixon dismissed him, and then we got Robert Bork of all people who finally acted on the President's wishes.
BrutishMrFish
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Yeah. Chris Wallace said the same thing and he didn't get nearly as much shit for it because people expected him to kiss Trump's ass. Van Jones was supposed to be smarter than one of Fox's hacks.
stephendedalus
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It's either an announcement of the need for a special investigation, or an announcement that they will get their jewelry and clothes returned to them after the shower. Nothing makes sense any longer.
Edit: ah, Schumer said this, NOT Mitch
shadow_shogun
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No one is perfect, dude was bound to slip up at some point. We shouldn't keep holding that mistake against him.
"I've called you all here today to say we are setting up an independent invest... bwahahaha, I couldn't get through it all, but I had you going for a moment right? Right? Actually we just passed the healthcare bill for the senate in a back alleyway meeting behind the building."
Can someone explain what "Recuse" means?
Note that Trump explicitly said he is doing it on the recommendation of Jeff Sessions.
This is the Sessions thing, right? It is very strange that Sessions would then go on to FIRE the guy doing the investigating (while saying that he won't involve himself in the investigation).
Not even then. He'll be all like "The president's privacy has been violated!"
Tom Nook Sawyer
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That's my guess. He'll gloat, ask that they ditch Trump-Russia, and call for them to help confirm the next FBI director ASAP.
GoldenEye 007
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No, Schumer asked this. That is a pretty massive error...
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/862137203522236418
A three party system would probably leave Democrats more fucked. You'd make your filibuster even less powerful.
The GOP has managed to get three insanely different groups, Christians, Racists, and Libertarians, to all work together for one goal, and shield each other from attacks "We're not all racist, just 1/3 of us are". The Democrats tore themselves apart because one person wanted everyone to be insured and one person wanted single-payer.
GravityInsanity
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I died laughing at the gif posted in reply to his tweet
Holy shit lol
BronsonLee
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Chuck gonna spill the beans
yanipheonu
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Yeah I'm aware this isn't anything like that. It does contextualize a lot of anxieties people have about perceived grabs for power.
Personally this move seems too haphazard and untimely to be very calculated, but it's all conjecture right now.
ShadowSwordmaster
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It's tomorrow.
I died laughing at the gif posted in reply to his tweet
Why he whacking Sessions tho
Brb...gotta kill Captain America
He's old he likes to get an early start.
jellies_two
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Yeah look I mean Sessions recused himself so he should have stayed well away from this firing and let Rottenstein do it all, but he is on the letter and mentioned by Trump (albeit second, after deputy AG) which makes me wonder.
Did the deputy AG force him to join in, to lock them both into whatever bad shit occurs? Because Recuse means Recuse and this isn't Recusing. He *could* have kept his legal promise not to be involved (even if he was, behind the scenes) and let the Deputy AG do all the dirty work.
NobleXenon
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I did no such thing; projection much?
SomewhatGroovy
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In November, after Comey said nothing in Anthony Weiner'saltoo changes their conclusion from July, Trump says
"You can't review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can't do it, folks," Trump said at a rally. "Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it."
The FBI comes out and says there weren't hundreds and thousands of emails. Minutes later, Trump fire him.
It's possible Trump reacted without thinking about optics. That he thought Comey was creating more noise and distracting. That is a scenario. The problem is we have too much of a coincidence on our hands on account of Preet and Sally being fired as well.
"You can't review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can't do it, folks," Trump said at a rally. "Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it."
The FBI comes out and says there weren't hundreds and thousands of emails. Minutes later, Trump fire him.
It's possible Trump reacted without thinking about optics. That he thought Comey was creating more noise and distracting. That is a scenario. The problem is we have too much of a coincidence on our hands on account of Preet and Sally being fired as well.
I'm more referring to the GIFs. I'm still on S5 and there is at least one gigantic spoiler in the last few pages.Sorry people are allowed to use analogies(((((((
I'm watching it with my wife, who has an even crazier schedule than me (per diem nurse).
DietRob
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Absolutely we are talking about a guy that can't even string together sentences when talking. No way he did this on purpose. I would say he didn't even write the letter but it's clear he wrote at least the second paragraph.
Oh, somebody said earlier that Schumer was speaking like he knew it was a historical moment or something. That's what I was asking about.
The Albatross
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Even then, news media talking heads on air have producers whispering into their ear pieces telling them to say something magnanimous, or make a statement, or say something that will get quoted the next day.
The reason I don't watch television news is because it's all choreographed bull shit. I like Anderson Cooper because he feels less choreographed than all of the others, but he's still choreographed. Television news talk show panels are like "Watch What Happens Live" and the Real Housewives w/ that producer Andy what's-his-name on Bravo. They lead conversations to make entertaining TV, but not really to tell the news.
So someone like Van Jones ends up being in a position where he feels like he has to say something magnanimous, and he says that. Real news reporters on NPR aren't encouraged to editorialize over the news, so you never get junk pseudo-magnanimity like this. I feel bad for some of them in those positions... Their producers want them to make scintilating TV that gets people talking, but then their ravaging fan bases rip them apart at the slightest mistep and it's saved for all of eternity.
There has to be another solution. Clearly this sort of system does not work forever and is incapable of adapting fast enough. Corruption, party loyalty, racism, fear, faith over facts and tradition have won this round.
The Democrats will probably keep losing as long as they stay "the nice guys". Most are afraid to bend the rules and do what is "right". The GOP on the other hand is not playing by the rules, and winning the game.
Same.
Yoshimitsu126
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Okay fine, I'll buy a Switch now.
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