Trump, June 2017: From [Covfefe] with Love

This Modified Columbo from McCain is amazing — pretending to have had a stroke to catch Comey off guard.

So I guess I should be watching this thing instead of working, then, huh.

maybe one of the other GOPers whispered to mccain "fake a stroke, let's end this shit fast"

lol @ mh

I mean WilliamC

The Clinton email investigation ended because the FBI found not further evidence suggesting a crime had been committed. Meanwhile the Russia investigation continues because...it's not over. What's so hard to understand? Besides, McCain should be happy - his guy won thanks to Comey's meddling!

but they're both BIG DEALS!

I think what Sen McCain is saying is that FBI should investigate if Hillary Clinton colluded with the Russians to hurt her own campaign. OK.

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 8, 2017

Burr: "We need to get our work back in the shadows where it belongs."

haha I was about to post the Maddow tweet

he seemed to believe, somehow, that the two investigations were one, or ought to be because they affected opposite political candidates somehow?

mccain is the "i have a comment, and a question" guy at a book reading

— Max Read (@max_read) June 8, 2017

GOP: Mr. Comey, why didn't you stop the President? We're on a journey of self-discovery & hope you can give us insight into our own behavior

— Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) June 8, 2017

McCain trying to say "you let Hillary off the hook, why is the Russia investigation still ongoing?" while also saying that Russian meddling in US election is very troubling. But Hillary emails also very troubling. But also...

Union Pub crowd cracks up at Comey saying he's had "many conversations with humans." Also cheers for McCain getting cut off. We drunk yet? pic.twitter.com/TGoxq1h7VW

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) June 8, 2017

Meanwhile on Mars

Schools should welcome faith "with wide, open, beautiful arms," Trump says

— Emily Ngo (@epngo) June 8, 2017

I mean I sure HOPE he was singing Creed there.

Trump very pointed says Democrats have "tried to obstruct,"moments after a fact-finding hearing aimed at whether Trump was trying to do that

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 8, 2017

"are you aware anything that would believe you?"

like aside from procedural bullshit the dems can hardly obstruct. the main obstruction is this idiot's own incompetence.

In closed hearing, Comey reveals Louise Mensch is right about everything and the grand marshal of the Supreme Court hauls in Trump in cuffs.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) June 8, 2017

I hope those bars in DC offering free drinks for each of Trump's tweets are offering mocktails for each of Jr's

— Greg Tucker-Kellogg (@gtuckerkellogg) June 8, 2017

i just got out of a meeting, can someone explain wtf i missed with Mccain?

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mccain was having a brain thing. i dunno. neurological.

early onset maybe. the mixing up of words is an early onset sign.

v disjointedly tried to point out comey's double standard in not investigating hillary clinton's connection to russia

McCain didn't seem to understand that the Trump/Russia investigation and the Hillary/Email investigation were two separate things, kept asking why Hillary's role in the Russia scandal wasn't being looked at

maybe stop reelecting senators who are wearing 40-year-old socks

McCain somehow in an attempt to do something about emails ended up giving Comey the chance to repeatedly exonerate Clinton, then he became confused and seemed to not remember who was investigated for what and also he seemed to think that Comey was president for a bit

Comey was president for a bit

for three weeks in July '87, so was Ollie.

then he started masturbating while making uninterrupted eye contact with comey and comey is like...this is weird

Is it OK if a Comey watches you masturbate?

oh also meanwhile:

Majority Leader is using "Rule 14" to put ACA repeal bill on Senate Floor. They will move FAST. They are drafting a bill in secret. CALL!

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 8, 2017

and further meanwhile

Meanwhile, away from the Comey hearing, House moves to eliminate restrictions on risk-taking in the banking sector https://t.co/yroyOvTv41

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) June 8, 2017

Russian intrigue as a smokescreen to cover up republican evildoing

Yeah interesting that mcconnell is using the hearing as cover, such a slippery mofo

Xp

This is what Chomsky has pointed out , all the russian stuff is just the red herring while Paul Ryan robs the rest of America blind

Sen. McConnell implemented Senate “Rule 14” Wednesday to fast-track the GOP House health bill. This rule allows the Senate to skip the committee process (goodbye full senate committee debate) and instead “fast-tracks” the bill by moving it on the senate calendar so it can be brought to a vote.

Republicans need to pass a health care bill immediately. And they need to pass a bill that reconciles the needs of both the House and Senate, by September 30th in order to use reconciliation. Reconciliation is a 1974 act that expedites the senate’s consideration of bills that pertain to the budget. While Washington watches James Comey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senate Republicans leaders and the health care working group will still be meeting for a working luncheon to continue negotiations.

The Senate’s job is harder because unlike the House, the Senate cannot vote on a bill until the Congressional Budget Office scores it. CBO needs to score the bill to see if it meets budgetary standards of reconciliation. The Senate health bill needs to save $2 billion, which the House bill successfully did. But the Senate bill is also bound by the Byrd Rule, which has its own host of additional surgical rules, like that the bill cannot change Social Security spending or dedicated revenue. The CBO will need time to score the bill, so fast-tracking this Senate health bill makes the most sense for Senate Republicans.

https://thinkprogress.org/senate-republicans-are-launching-an-audacious-plan-to-pass-health-care-75d9135c1f19

The Republican Party is malevolent and needs to die.

Another pleasant thought from Mr Chomsky
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/26/chomsky_on_the_gop_has_any

I don't get why you need to say the Russia investigation doesn't matter in order to emphasize how poisonous the Republican agenda is.

Both things are bad.

burns flips off press at the end! they hate the media

http://i.imgur.com/bC2v9JT.jpg

Meanwhile, of course

MSNBC reporting White House sources says Trump "may not have known" the US has troops based in Qatar.

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) June 8, 2017

lol

Of course he fucking didn't.

I'm very impressed with whichever WH staffer took the initiative to pulverize their boss's phone with a hammer over the past 24 hours. A radical measure, for sure, but one that seems to have finally worked.

starting to think being president might be a lot of work

so any big news from today? dumb guy is dumb? sources say they hope something is there? rinse, repeat

xxpost Or hid it at the bottom of a salad or whatever.