The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Harm to Ongoing Matter - Page 125 - Politics and Economics

I find the idea that the FBI would open such an investigation into Trump without the approval, or at least notifying, Congress or some Congressional committee quite troubling. Clearly, an investigation may be in order but the lack of reporting it and now leaking it just seems to show the FBI is runnng amok and is politicized.

Actually that means it isn’t politicized and investigates what it thinks is a threat even if one party controls presidency + both halves of congress.

However, the flip side is lack of transparency and oversight, which may be a feature, not a bug, when the people doing the oversight are who they are investigating.

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01-14-2019 , 05:42 PM

#3102

microbet

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How dumb do you have to be to think the FBI is in the tank for Democrats?

01-14-2019 , 05:44 PM

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econophile

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Originally Posted by microbet

How dumb do you have to be to think the FBI is in the tank for Democrats?

I looked this up on wikipedia, and the answer is pretty dumb.

01-14-2019 , 05:53 PM

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goofyballer

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https://twitter.com/daveweigel/statu...00686670766081

01-14-2019 , 06:13 PM

#3105

realDonaldTrump

WITCH HUNT!

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01-14-2019 , 06:16 PM

#3106

otatop

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Good to see him diligently working on improving relations with our 32nd largest trade partner.

01-14-2019 , 06:20 PM

#3107

realDonaldTrump

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01-14-2019 , 06:29 PM

#3108

goofyballer

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wtf why didn't the bot post the first of those two tweets? Whichever programmer made this is a dumbass

edit: might be improperly handling multiple tweets posted in the same minute, will have to debug at home later

01-14-2019 , 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjou812

Literal WOAT president WOATING it up hourly but this guy finds it “troubling” that an obvious Russian asset gets looked at by the people whose jobs it is to literally do that sort of thing.

01-14-2019 , 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

https://twitter.com/JillAbramson/sta...24142695358467

Jill Abramson is back in the news for...her book being a steaming pile of ****, journalistically

Quote:

But early reports from those who spoke with her for the work suggest that may not have been the best title for a book that doesn’t seem to have been subject to even basic fact-checking. As review copies of the book started to circulate, several of the journalists quoted in it have pointed out that it was riddled with factual errors and misreported information, some of which is used to push Abramson’s narrative that the new digital media giants of the early 2010s did everything from recklessly putting reporters in dangerous, hostile environments to prioritizing diversity and a perceived trendiness over reporting qualifications when hiring.

(article goes into many examples of the factual errors she made)

01-14-2019 , 07:05 PM

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Trump today: "immigrants who show up to their court hearings are dumb and we don't want them here"

That's...a take

https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1084894236833734656
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1084894969310208000

01-14-2019 , 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Namath12

Literal WOAT president WOATING it up hourly but this guy finds it “troubling” that an obvious Russian asset gets looked at by the people whose jobs it is to literally do that sort of thing.

I’m sure he was super troubled by Comey throwing the election to Trump with his pointless emailzz announcement too

Best part is most of those guys will be voting Trump again in 2020 despite him and Rs just relentlessly bashing them at every opportunity

01-14-2019 , 07:12 PM

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JohnEPark

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Joe Manchin working with some other GOP Senators to come up with a workable solution/end to the shut down.

In other words, he's going to put major pressure on the House by agreeing to a deal that will surely give away way too much in exchange for way too little.

01-14-2019 , 07:25 PM

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That bipartisan meeting with Manchin also included Coons, Cardin, Sinema, Jones, Kaine, Warner... So about 15% of Senate Dems.

01-14-2019 , 07:28 PM

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Put her in your hielera, Nanc.

https://twitter.com/timothypmurphy/s...968849408?s=19

01-14-2019 , 07:45 PM

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Pumping the brakes a bit on expecting much out of the Mueller report:

Quote:

ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl says his sources tell him that Robert Mueller's anticipated report on the special counsel's investigation into Russian election meddling and possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Moscow is “almost certain to be anti-climactic.”

"There have been expectations that have been building, of course, for over a year," Karl told "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. "But people who are closest to what Mueller has been doing, interacting with the special counsel, caution me that this report is almost certain to be anti-climactic."

"If you look at what the FBI was investigating in that New York Times report, you look at what they were investigating, Mueller did not go anywhere with that investigation," Karl continued. "He has been writing his report in real time through these indictments and we have seen nothing from Mueller on the central question of, was there any coordination, collusion, with the Russians in the effort to meddle in the elections? Or was there even any knowledge on the part of the president or anybody in his campaign with what the Russians were doing, there’s been no indication of that."

01-14-2019 , 07:54 PM

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mendicant loafer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

Trump today: "immigrants who show up to their court hearings are dumb and we don't want them here"

says the man who couldn't spell his oldest son's name if you spotted him the consonants

01-14-2019 , 07:58 PM

#3118

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Not a shock to me, but I can see a few posters here who will have massive denial on that news, but unfortunately they're drawing dead. It will be nice to have the report over and out with so we can concentrate on actually defeating Trump in 2020 through progressive and populist ideas, not RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. I'm sure with all the free time from not talking about Russia, Maddow will finally spend her show supporting progressive candidates (NOT!).

01-14-2019 , 08:01 PM

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AllTheCheese

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Supporting X candidates is not her job.

01-14-2019 , 08:05 PM

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The good thing about the publication of the Muller report is it will be an amazing read and also the Dems will no longer have the "let's wait and see what the report says" excuse. Still pretty skeptical that there are 15-16 Senate Republicans who will vote for impeachment, sadly.

01-14-2019 , 08:08 PM

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He is seriously having a candle lit big Mac party for the football team tonight. How cold will those burgers be by the time they eat?

https://twitter.com/PaulLeeTicks/sta...703336448?s=19

01-14-2019 , 08:08 PM

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If hell exists, it’s eating hours old McDonald’s with the worst person alive.

https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/108...923125760?s=21

01-14-2019 , 08:10 PM

#3123

Spottswoode

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jwax13

If hell exists, it’s eating hours old McDonald’s with the worst person alive.

https://twitter.com/msnbc/status/108...923125760?s=21

"it's all American, its all good stuff here". Jesus christ

01-14-2019 , 08:12 PM

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synth_floyd

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He should tell them it's the old Trump family recipe for Steamed Hams.

01-14-2019 , 08:15 PM

#3125

ligastar

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cuserounder

Wow, CNN has Trump at 45% approval and 47% disapproval... with white non-college educated voters. That's down from 54% approve/39% disapprove in December.

Narrator: They all voted for Trump in 2020.

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