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The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns. The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: No smocking guns.

07-27-2017 , 11:06 AM
If the letter was fake, Dylan would have said something like "The FBI guy was mean too you but im glad he said you weren't being investiggate three whole times!"
07-27-2017 , 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
9 year olds generally have better English writing skills than that.

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Not ones that support Trump
07-27-2017 , 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Rex Ingram
I can't see Reince staying for more than 2-3 more weeks
Wiki says Scaramucci doesn't actually start for a couple of weeks, so a Reince exit in that time frame would be consistent with Priebus' over my dead body threat.
07-27-2017 , 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
9 year olds generally have better English writing skills than that.

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Pretty sure Trump wrote it himself. Missing out the "is" in the intro implies mental incapacity of some kind, not poor spelling. I am deeply troubled by the Freudian implications of "how big is the white hose".
07-27-2017 , 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DVaut1
That was sort of the implicit humor of the mixed metaphor, that he's threatening to tear up these guys down to their insides then toss them away -- with no utility or nourishment to justify the killing. The point was the GOP isn't going to continue to line up for what are ultimately pointless self-destruction just to preserve Trump, who offers them nothing.

If Trump offered sacrificing Jeff Sessions so they could move to whatever is next, tax reform or something, I can see the logic. Trump is arguing to the right that their heros need to be sacrificed for the cause of limiting the Trump family's legal liabilities. What else is he really offering them? Obviously the GOP establishment, the GOP caucus in Congress are feckless and dumb but surely they want something out of this besides being deeply unpopular and getting caught up in Trump's various scandalous escapades.
The problem is that there's nothing to gain for Republicans who want to go after Trump. Going after him just guarantees more Republican civil war and so selling out any principles you might have remaining at least gives you hope.

There's basically two types of Republican when it comes to Trump:

1. True Trump slappies: The kind of people who think that not raising the debt ceiling will usher in an era of prosperity that will permanently end the Democratic Party. They believe all that stuff about the "deep state" and would give their left gonad to be in the Hillary Clinton firing squad.

2. Trump Realists: People who know that Trump is (or could be) a disaster, but who are waiting for a "tipping point"--a Trump move so obviously unpopular that it will bring him down.

I think group 2 is smaller than group 1. There are probably enough in that group to vote for impeachment in the Senate if the crime is serious enough.

Is firing Sessions/Mueller enough? It's pretty close, imo.
07-27-2017 , 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by uDevil
Wiki says Scaramucci doesn't actually start for a couple of weeks, so a Reince exit in that time frame would be consistent with Priebus' over my dead body threat.
That was Steve Bannon's threat.

This is just like GoT. You have to re-watch it a few times before getting all the details right.
07-27-2017 , 12:07 PM
Did anyone watch this in real time?? It's astounding. You've got to read the whole thread...it's hilarious.

07-27-2017 , 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
Trump’s White House goes full reality TV, as Scaramucci spews innuendo about Priebus on CNN
"As you know, from the Italian expression, the fish stinks from the head down. But I can tell you two fish that don't stink, okay, and that's me and the president. I don't like the activity that's going on in the White House. I don't like what they're doing to my friend. I don't like what they're doing to the president of the United States or their fellow colleagues in the West Wing.

Now if you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds, we have had differences. When I said we were brothers from the podium, it's because we're rough on each other. Some brothers are like Cain and Abel. Other brothers can fight with each other and get along. I don't know if this is reparable or not; that will be up to the president. But he's the chief of staff. He's responsible for understanding and uncovering and helping me do that inside the White House, which is why I put that tweet out last night."
Scaramucci: My worldview is still based in reality, don't worry. When I said we're like brothers to put the public at ease, I meant it like the kind of brothers who are mortal enemies.
07-27-2017 , 12:15 PM
We're like the kind of brothers where the one new brother shows up and murders the old brother out of jealousy
07-27-2017 , 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverman
Eye on the prize, all signs point to GOP Congress doing absolutely nothing when Trump fires Sessions and shuts down Mueller. See the usual bundle of quotes regarding high concern levels in WaPo and NYT today. He's going to get away with it.
Lindsey Graham announced he will introduce a bill next week to make it so Trump needs congressional approval to fire Mueller. That's not nothing.
07-27-2017 , 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by eyebooger
Things people are rooting for this week:
  • Reince Priebus
  • Jeff Sessions
  • Brain cancer

What a week.
  • Valerian only took in 21m against a 177m budget

Last edited by fatkid; 07-27-2017 at 12:50 PM.
07-27-2017 , 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
Did anyone watch this in real time?? It's astounding. You've got to read the whole thread...it's hilarious.

Lol i have to see this.
07-27-2017 , 12:32 PM
...and we've gone full "Dear Leader"

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/scar...quote-changed/
07-27-2017 , 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by eyebooger
...and we've gone full "Dear Leader"

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/scar...quote-changed/
TBF, I've had some 3-foot putts which felt like 30-foot putts

07-27-2017 , 12:43 PM
Daddy wants the idiot masses focused on palace intrigue rather than Don Jr. and Mr. Ivanka being caught red-handed colluding with a hostile foreign power.
07-27-2017 , 12:54 PM
07-27-2017 , 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian
We're like the kind of brothers where the one new brother shows up and murders the old brother out of jealousy
This appears to be a rerun of S6E2 of GoT, "Home"
07-27-2017 , 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JPantz
Crushed Limpballs was saying on his show the other day that some "retired generals" will likely stage a coup at some point and the planning is already underway. Maybe this is part of that and they managed to recruit non-retired generals!
07-27-2017 , 01:00 PM
How can Sessions resign with important work to do like gutting workplace protections for homosexuals?

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59...b02a4ebb72e45d
07-27-2017 , 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverman
How can Sessions resign with important work to do like gutting workplace protections for homosexuals?

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59...b02a4ebb72e45d
Well this helps explain why conservatives are rallying around Sessions

Doesn't explain the Dems I've seen doing it though
07-27-2017 , 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by eyebooger
...and we've gone full "Dear Leader"

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/scar...quote-changed/
Eh.. I'm going typo on this.
07-27-2017 , 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by aflametotheground
Lol i have to see this.
Tweet 32 of the thread
07-27-2017 , 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Namath12
Well this helps explain why conservatives are rallying around Sessions

Doesn't explain the Dems I've seen doing it though
Think it's because if Session resigns/is fired, Trump is going to replace him with someone who isn't recussed and will shut down the mueller investigation.
07-27-2017 , 01:11 PM
MSNBC talking heads answer the question, why is Trump doing this with a shrug and "he's crazy."

Lindsey Graham says that if Trump fired Mueller, it "would be the end of this Administration"
07-27-2017 , 01:13 PM
Lynzie is a ****ing coward and a safe ignore at this point. Literally all he does that the rest of the senate GOP doesn't do is give the media sound bytes before acting exactly as he would have acted anyway.

      
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