Trump's America, March 2017: Using His Inside VOICE

But didn't the FBI et al. say definitively there was no FISA tap at Trump Tower?

Trump says he feels "somewhat vindicated", despite...

But "it has everything to do with possible surveillance activities ... and I have the duty to tell him that," Nunes said.

Asked if this supported Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped him, Nunes said "that never happened."

So this is going to turn into Comey's Hillary memo one week prior to election again, great. get it right this time, press.

So confused. So some FISA shit caught Trump talking or people talking about Trump? Why did this Nunes dude rush off to tell Trump, especially if Trump or people around him are being investigated? I can't tell who is lying/wrong and about what ...

Republicans are the goddamn Lannisters.

That doesn't help. As in, evil as fuck but get away with? Self-defeating? Successful schemers? Tragic losers?

He just meant the incest.

This quote from Nunes kinda sums it up:

"There's multiple number of FISA warrants out there, but there's nothing criminal at all involved"

Yeah that...uh.

i want to break so many things right now

Jeremy Bash on MSNBC saying this is a spectacular breakdown in how the oversight committee should work, they're not supposed to be briefing the president, bringing him into his own investigation and tipping him off

because the way this will play out is well-worn territory.

*Trump and his idiot base, regardless of what comes out afterward, will say this is "vindication" just as they did when Comey said he was "reviewing additional emails"

*As already suggested, it will come out that all of this was above water/legal not of controversy

*Nobody in the GOP is going to hold Nunes accountable, Nunes won't resign

*Trump will still be in the weeds for other reasons but will be able to deflect some of the blow.

ok please tell me I'm wrong about all of the above (cos I don't want to be righta bout this)

xpost Oversight or intel?

https://youtu.be/bg1sT4ILG0w

I'm deeply skeptical that there's any quid-pro-quo smoking gun out there.

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 12:05 PM (one hour ago)

i think everybody's skeptical. that's why they're/we're looking into it. but i'm not sure what "quid-pro-quo" is doing there.

xpost
he said oversight, but you're right, he's not on that committee, that's that other asshole

TApper interviewing

Nunes isn't jumpy but he has the look on his face but having jitters. his demeanor is calm but his eyes are betraying him a little

but = of

jesus christ he's saying he might want to make changes to FISA to ensure "innocent Americans" don't get picked up whether "legally or illegally"

lol he said "it's probably FINE, but we need to be sure and he should know this"

he doesn't sound like he's thought this through. Tapper asking good questions.

Why in the world did he briefed Trump?

If it turns out Trump was improperly surveilled -- and maybe he was,why not? -- that will become the story. Trump and his people are good at distancing themselves from obvious wrongdoing. The Democrats aren't good at anything, and this story is convoluted enough that having truth on their side won't matter.

Nunes just said "Trump was in a way right", Tapper didn't let that one stand, made him clarify he was wrong about the wiretap claim.

jfc

fuck this goddamn country

a story that should be alarming people about the doings of the President is now turning into "oh hee hee see Trump was right all along" no matter what the truth actually is.

yeah, he's just working for Trump, trying to give him an out so he doesn't have to apologize for his outrageous and slanderous lie about Obama

Trump is too dumb to be defeated. He is like a machine, processing everything in this shallow, transactional way, never blinking when something goes wrong for him, just reacting. His animalistic shamelessness represents a new phase in human evolution.

that and pre-empting a shitty news day

in other news, Ryan just lost another GOP vote: South Jersey Rep LoBiondo is a "no" on AHCA

he's just working for Trump, trying to give him an out so he doesn't have to apologize for his outrageous and slanderous lie about Obama

this seems likely. It's a (v poor, possibly counterproductive) attempt at damage control from Comey's testimony yesterday. But all it does is keep this alive for one more cycle.

I mean wtf at giving a press conference about this and *then* going to tell the President about it, yeah that seems smart.

https://i.imgur.com/ho1bnmn.jpg

Nunes hinted it might have been incidental collection a few days ago. he sat on this didn't he, timing when he came forward

VINDICATED ! that's it folks , you can go home now

and a distraction from the pretty massive manafort AP story xp

No, it completely shifts the object of scrutiny from Trump's goons to the intelligence community. It's the end of "Russia" as a story; Republicans henceforth will reaxfnto any new evidence by questioning the manner in which it was acquired.

Xp shakes

It's the end of "Russia" as a story

lol c'mon bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8AULZ2le28

this is obviously what Trump was talking about when he said he would be "vindicated" though, even tho it has zero to do with what he actually claimed in his tweetstorm. It's retroactive ass-covering, and p sloppy at that.

This shit has been happening for a year and a half. Some insane, disqualifying thing about Trump comes up and he shuts it down by deflection. Not even savvy deflection. Crude, stupid, baseless accusations that somehow catch on and become conventional wisdom.

xpost true and I think Treezy is way off about Russia being over as a story as it's already survived with surprising resilience. but we'd be naive to assume some non-critical thinking idiots aren't just looking at the byline and calling it a day.

when I posted the CNN "bill would result in fine for masturbating" story the other day, I could tell who hadn't clicked through to the story prior to reacting. retractions/clarifications/corrections wont' matter. the press needs to get it right the first time now. editorialize the fuck out of this. the byline should be "Nune states Trump data might have been legally collected, does not corroborate Trump claims"

Remember when Sarah Palin said Paul Revere set out to warn the British? And every smart person said "no, you twit, he was warning colonists ABOUT the British?"

And then somebody else dorksplained "Actually, Revere was captured and told the British that armed militias were coming for them." And so like all these mouthbreathing Limbaughian Palinheads were like SARAH WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!!!?

That.

"It concerned me enough to have to notify the President," Nunes said. "It's not fair for him not to know what's in these reports" while the Obama administration does.

did you forget the part about Trump BEING PART OF THE INVESTIGATION?

Well his 'get out' clause appears to be that it's not Russia-related. (Which, I know, but bear with me.)

YMP otm

Schiff ain't pleased.

https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/844647142530732033

None of these dudes is not a total moron, are they

Which, I know, but bear with me

in Russia, you are with bear

Schiff also doing a press conference at the top of the hour.

no doubt he's ecstatic