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US PoliERA 2018 |OT13| And now the fun starts
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He was going to stay until 2020, that was a one day story a couple of months ago
My favorite thing about this is you can't see him in the quoted message until you tap on it. Can we have hidden avatars? This would be perfect.
Yeah, I'm not thrilled but he's also a fairly safe establishment pick.
Trump probably realizes that Whitaker has been completely nerfed and has zero room to do his bidding. Something must have him scared if he feels the need to get a new AG in there asap.
Barr will get confirmed easily. The question is whether his past statements will cause him to recuse himself but that seems highly unlikely. Honestly Trump should have just picked Barr from the start. There's a chance he might do Trump's bidding and he has establishment credentials.
I'm hoping though that since he did have a legitimate past maybe once he gets in there and sees what Mueller has, he'll get on Team Mueller like Hot Rod.
Barr will get confirmed easily. The question is whether his past statements will cause him to recuse himself but that seems highly unlikely. Honestly Trump should have just picked Barr from the start. There's a chance he might do Trump's bidding and he has establishment credentials.
I'm hoping though that since he did have a legitimate past maybe once he gets in there and sees what Mueller has, he'll get on Team Mueller like Hot Rod.
How I responded when they posted this story last night:
Shitty to revisit this, but since Justice and State are sticking up for their own competence and truthfulness in the matter, and because they view the matter as settled, I don't think it'll turn into another Hillary hunt.
And as the tweet says, the case is about how Justice and State handled the FOIA request, not about Hillary herself necessarily.
No, Reagan.
Someone else mentioned this, but I think it bears repeating: there's a big difference between writing editorials about doing X and actually doing X once you're in a powerful position. We saw this with Whitaker, where he seemingly hasn't done any of the bad stuff he claimed he would, and I'd be surprised if the same isn't true for Barr.
This shit is hilarious and oh so sad at the same time.
Like this fucking dude would be a better President. THIS GUY
I assume Barr's nomination will be taken up by the new Senate in January because I don't think there's enough time left in this session.
Yeah they're not reopening into Hillary's emails, they're just looking at how the various departments handled it, which also lets them say to the President "Ok Mr. President we're looking into it."
Perhaps he's been made aware that there will be a series of detailed court filings long before the public ever sees a report from Mueller, if at all.
It's funny how he seems to know what the Mueller report is going to accuse him of before it's actually been released. Almost like that he knows he's committed crimes and that he's guilty as all hell. Hmmm.
Also, the Hillary emails inquiry story was posted last night and didn't make the front page anywhere. It's still not there this morning - on WaPo, NYT, CNN, nowhere. It seems to be pretty much nothing.
I think Trumps freakout this morning should put to rest any of the remaining holdouts who believed that Mueller report was going to just be some procedural stuff that didn't really accuse Trump of anything. He is fucking SHOOK.
Yeah, they're literally announcing that PR strategy where you get in front of a bad story you know is coming.
That was fast. We usually don't hear about this until months later. Should make for a fun confirmation hearing.
The report will just be all his tweets about Mueller printed up and bound into a book.
So if Barr is somehow confirmed, which he will be because fuck the senate, then Mueller/Rosenstein are toast.
Thankfully, Mueller is about 10 light years ahead of Trump and far more intelligent to just have his work go up in smoke.
Very very much. Not that I'm thrilled he said that stuff in the first place, nor that I completely trust him, but that talk is real cheap without any professional obligations and gets you free airtime and R cred. So far everyone except fucking Nunes has blanched once they're privy to the real shit.
Any confirmation hearing for any AG nominee was going to include that question, because EVERYONE knows that the only qualification Trump has for any of his nominees is that they should be loyal to him, and not to their office or the Constitution.
You know, Trump is never going away until his heart explodes from KFC overdose, so I fully expect to see "The Big Beautiful Book of Trump Tweets" someday.
True, but having reporting backing it up makes for a fun addition
That will likely be the 2nd edition of this haha: https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-Presidential-Twitter-Library/dp/1984801880
It would be glorious if a Dem senator got Barr to say he'd recuse himself from the Russia probe during his hearing. Trump would go insane.
I shouldn't be surprised that this exists but I am... a little bit.
Jeremy Herb @jeremyherb
NEW: George Papadopoulos has been released from prison -- he's expected to travel to DC this weekend with his wife to speak at the conservative American Priority conference
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
CNN: Ex-Donald Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos has been released from prison after serving a 14-day sentence for lying to investigators about his contact with individuals tied to Russia during the 2016 campaign.
NEW: George Papadopoulos has been released from prison -- he's expected to travel to DC this weekend with his wife to speak at the conservative American Priority conference
Jake Tapper @jaketapper
CNN: Ex-Donald Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos has been released from prison after serving a 14-day sentence for lying to investigators about his contact with individuals tied to Russia during the 2016 campaign.
Perfect encapsulation of the hypocrisy of modern conservatism right there. Gets out of jail for lying to investigators and what is the first thing he does? Travels to D.C. to be a featured speaker at a conservative gathering.
This was fantastic. Great job! The Exhibit A section was especially creative.
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