Also worth noting that he was, at the same time, saying that he wouldn't dream of making any public statement that might endanger the possibility of a resolution. Such pure and undiluted sociopathy.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
The real crime is all the norms he violated in the process.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 5 June 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
Norm Crosby, Norm McDonald, etc.
― nickn, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
Was wondering why everything seemed so quiet lately. Then I realized this thread was created.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
waiting for prez tweet on the end of the Miss America swimsuit competition
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/390784-mcconnell-cancels-senates-august-recess
“Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president’s nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, the August recess has been canceled," McConnell said in a statement.
Turtle gonna Turtle
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
very canny of him to say "historic" rather than "unprecedented". hell, everything the Senate does goes into the historic record, so when they pass a resolution announcing that ice cream tastes good, it is "historic".
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
um
Letter from @LindseyGrahamSC to Dep AG Rosenstein:1) Are you a witness in Mueller’s Investigation?2) If not, why not?3) If so, should you recuse yourself? pic.twitter.com/ni3rvov4dG— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 5, 2018
― Stanley Therapy (stevie), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
1) Are you a member of the Republican party?2) If so, are you currently on fire?3) If not, should you immolate yourself?
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmC%2BC.jpg/220px-ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmC%2BC.jpg
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
I truly don't understand what Graham is trying to accomplish there, or why.
He is known to have no Trumpophilia. He's not even up for reelection this time; even if he's trying to avoid a challenge from the right no one will remember this stunt in 2020.
Is the DOJ's internal integrity his "ethics in gaming journalism"?
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
First, "if not, why not" is a question for Mueller to answer, not Rosenstein.
Next, the big difference between Sessions and Rosenstein is that Sessions was a member of the campaign who met with Russian officials numerous times during the period under investigation and who could conceivably become a subject of the investigation, while Rosenstein was a witness to various words and actions during events of interest to the investigators, but only incidentally, just as anyone might witness a car accident without having any connection to the drivers of the vehicles, and the police might take a statement from them without their being under suspicion.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link
Is the idea to tar everything so that supposedly there is no such thing as an objective witness. Try to make sure taht anybody who can be thought to have seen anything is enmired in a way that they would incriminate themselves,?
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
we are all potential witnesses in the Mueller investigation
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
I've seen some things.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
maybe Graham thinks he can convince Trump to invade North Korea like he keeps saying he wants him to do if he has his back on this.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
Most likely some hotshot on Graham's staff dreamed up this stunt and Lindsey thought it was clever enough to gain some attention and get him talked about approvingly by FOX News, conservative radio talk hosts, and retirees in feed caps. So, he had the letter written, read it, and signed his name to it.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
thanks Aimless - not least for "retirees in feed caps."
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-restore-his-power-to-block-critics-on-twitter
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
uses his time and leverage wisely, this guy
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
His butt, it hurts.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
The Washington Post reports:
Three months after Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, his executive scheduler emailed Dan Cathy, chairman and president of the fast food company Chick-fil-A, with an unusual request: Would Cathy meet with Pruitt to discuss “a potential business opportunity”?
A call was arranged, then canceled, and Pruitt eventually spoke with someone from the company’s legal department. Only then did he reveal the “opportunity” on his mind was a job for his wife, Marlyn. “The subject of that phone call was an expression of interest in his wife becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee,” company representative Carrie Kurlander told The Washington Post via email.
Marlyn Pruitt never opened a restaurant. “Administrator Pruitt’s wife started, but did not complete, the Chick-fil-A franchisee application,” Kurlander said. But the revelation that Pruitt used his official position and EPA staff to try to line up work for his wife appears to open a new chapter in the ongoing saga of his questionable spending and management decisions, which so far have spawned a dozen federal probes.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
Pruitt is like the guy who always tries to talk the cashier into letting him use her employee discount.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
If you keep having to say it...
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/sarah-huckabee-sanders-im-an-honest-person-625914
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
lmao "America hour" at the White House lasted all of 7 minutes
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
Next, the big difference between Sessions and Rosenstein is that Sessions was a member of the campaign who met with Russian officials numerous times during the period under investigation and who could conceivably become a subject of the investigation, while Rosenstein was a witness to various words and actions during events of interest to the investigators, but only incidentally, just as anyone might witness a car accident without having any connection to the drivers of the vehicles, and the police might take a statement from them without their being under suspicion.― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:04 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, June 5, 2018 7:04 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
rosenstein is a witness, imo. he wrote that bullshit ass letter blaming comey's handling of hillary's case as pretext to fire him.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
Trump unable to remember words to "God Bless America" at replacement event he commissioned to prove his patriotism: https://t.co/LrMPaCEnen pic.twitter.com/oCcWMX9g39— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 5, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Who gives a swift shit
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
(no shade carne)
lol no doubt
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
trump has tony clifton mannerisms all through that god bless america video
― Stanley Therapy (stevie), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
As was said on Twitter, surely he's the chief negotiator.
Report: Dennis Rodman is going to Singapore for the summit https://t.co/dSOO0x9liV— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 5, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
Donald Trump forgetting the words to "God Bless America" during the 7-minute "America Hour" that he had to schedule because an entire football team snubbed him seems like a scene that's going to be played in many future documentaries about the fall of the USA
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
looks like this is gonna happenhttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/filemon-vela-vicente-gonzalez-democrats-daca-discharge-624869
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
xp It's cheap irony, good for a momentary amusement. Now, if he'd forgotten to wear his American flag lapel pin, I'm sure conservatives everywhere would be blasting him for his lack of patriotism, but this is entirely different.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
― and TOWERS MONACO as 'seaman' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link
apparently there's a new round of deficit hype going on
as a general rule if you hear someone talking about politics and, within 5 mins, it’s not clear what their ideology is they’re selling you one or all of 3 things, all of which are things only billionaires want:—gutting social security—gutting Medicare—charter schools— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 5, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
From four years back, of course.
Dennis Rodman was either drunk or on drugs (delusional) when he said I wanted to go to North Korea with him. Glad I fired him on Apprentice!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2014
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
lmao everything that's going to happen from now until the end of his presidency is buried somewhere in his tweets from 2010 to 2014
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
That McCain mocker from a few weeks back has been 86d
Kelly Sadler is out https://t.co/Aeq4a2XERK— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 5, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
The sad, beautiful young lives lost because of the partisan WITCH HU... oh, wait
― emotional support vegetable (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
Keith Ellison leaving Congress to run for MN attorney general, WTF?
― suzy, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Stepping stone to presidential run
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
If you're a D attorney general right now, elected or otherwise, you can get a lot of positive attention by suing the present presidential administration. Bob Ferguson in WA has sued the admin like 17 times already.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
Ilhan Omar, who I loooove, running for MN5.
― suzy, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
About right
Bewildered White House Press Watches Dueling Huckabee Sanderses Each Claim She The Only One Telling Truth https://t.co/lOYFUpVlNJ pic.twitter.com/QTIFndoO9e— The Onion (@TheOnion) June 5, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, one of the funniest things out there is Jonah Goldberg and Seb Gorka endlessly insulting each other on Twitter for months now.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 00:36 (six years ago) link
Seems about right
pic.twitter.com/JjaCcdiAXl— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 6, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link
tucker really has that facial expression down pat
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link
This is the best thing all year coming from a Sarah Sanders Press Conference. A WH reporter for Playboy, @BrianKarem yells out "What color is the sky in the President's world?"This guy deserves a raise!! pic.twitter.com/TLdWRAAGL6— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 5, 2018
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link