am a lawyer, definitely not a legal scholar.. but, she was out once the new ag was confirmed. Sessions likely will be tomorrow but it could have been longer. most likely him and his people thought of this as a way to show that they demand loyalty and as a warning to all to get in line.

I'd absolutely panic if Trump flipped to banning guns. It's pretty inconceivable really though. But if he did, I'd probably pack up and leave.

Guess again.

It's definitely an interesting question.

From a liberal prospective, Trump doing it would help because it would get the right to go against him. It would make it easier to get him out of office. At the same time, I think it's bat**** insane dopes on the right think everyone should have guns. You are more likely to be shot and killed by a toddler w/ a gun than a terrorist. But hey, lets ban Muslims!

My panic meter would definitely rise though because I simply do not trust Trump. It wouldn't rise if someone like Mike Pence or George W Bush called for stricter measures.

surely this will do nothing but the opposite.

but they arent the smartest of fascists

Yea Trump just can't let the slightest things go. No, he's got to accuse her of being disloyal to him and fire her even though her job is to be uphold the constitution.

I suspect Sally Yates knew this and was willing to take the hit knowing she was gone anyway.

I predict Sally Yates will be more famous in 100 years than she is now.

If Trump went for a total ban, I'd be optimistic, because it would be enough to flip his base. It is the only amendment they care about.

If it were a ban just for certain groups, I'm not so sure. It might still be enough to flip the base, but there may be enough so far gone that they won't care.

2 things:

1. Everything they say is propaganda, usually parroted from breitbart. Even the vague notion of being offended by being 'called _____ist' and saying 'this is why you lost' are not original honest thoughts.

2. It's almost all projection, either intentionally or inadvertently.


p.s. Good god I was grunching... Yeah, ~99.99% when you see some derp making the rounds there's a breitbart article behind it.

Well it would definitely freak me out, but ultimately even an R that can grab pussies can't get away with taking their guns.

same here wtf

I like that poly sci profs argument. I think Trump is both operating from weakness, and guys like Miller or Bannon, who simplify the world through ideology and only acknowledge favorable facts just don't understand how something as complex as the executive branch works. Hell, you need a few years of law school to understand how the whole legislative/executive/judiciary works in practice (one of the harder classes in law school is "federal courts", then there's "administrative law" (the power and process of agencies and regulations), "legislation," etc.). I know John Yoo does a seminar on the presidency at Berkeley.

You probably need a PhD in poly sci to understand the executive branch, and Trump's got an over the hill conspiracy theorist boozer and a right winger who graduated from Dartmouth 10 years ago who has mainly been a ****ty speech writer for right wingers stoking resentment (not exactly a policy job).

I knew a lower lever guy who worked for Obama in one policy area, sharp guy, Stanford, Harvard law, and he only did his one little area. I don't think hardly anyone understands how the 17 separate intelligence agencies work together and sometimes overlap and sometimes don't.

Trump ran his business like a small business since he started, and he's always sucked at that, too many complex decisions he makes hastily without good data/info. He has no comprehension of the scope of the federal govt.

[Also, for solid discussion of the whole acting AG thing, check sport-itics.]

On the surface less guns is good, but when Trump's president something nefarious is going on.

this please! had been thinking this very thing for months now but hadn't elaborated on it here

Prediction: Trump will get jealous of all the attention/credit Bannon is getting.

Her tweetstorm seems like BS to me. Bannon is smarter/more confident than Trump, but he has absolutely no idea what he is doing. He's stategerizing (made it up) but he doesn't know the rules of the game.

Can you imagine being in Yates shoes? Must have felt ****ing awesome.

Like your whole life led you to that exact moment to say fu trump in the name of a billion people around the world

Probably supergrunching but it's this:

http://www.maketheroadny.org/

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Yeah, Hank's that dumb and pathetic.

"No puppet! No puppet!" *SNIFF*

Well, if the base dropped him immediately that'd be good. If they were all saying "it's just temporary, we'll get them back in no time, relax" it wouldn't be so good.

I got an email saying "Make Insurance Great Again!"

Too bad the timing's not right, she would make a perfect Dem Senate candidate in 18 in Georgia.

Funnier is them wanting to literally turn the country into a safe space.

And become a national hero in the process. Her name will be printed in history books 100 years from now while cowards that refused to stand up to Trump will be a footnote.

It's almost like these idiots don't realize they are on the wrong side of history. Sally Yates is now synonymous with Susan B Anthony, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks.

OK after a rough day this one made me laugh. It's nice to know that even as we get rounded up for the internment camps our meme game will be totally on point.