If that were true they wouldn't be actively working to kill any and all investigations into this. They are working against the national security of the U.S. right now and we need to hold their feet to the fire.

https://thinkprogress.org/house-repu...2d6#.jsfkev4ul

man such amazing times we live in when i'm nodding my head sagely in agreement with lyndsey fkn graham as he gives his town hall meeting right now.

i basically hate his politics but he at least has a spine and some integrity

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https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/st...10340579426304

Did you go to Cal? I used to go to The International House to play ping pong. That was the big leagues, the Venice basketball court of ping pong in Berkeley.

Trump and his people consider Hispanics to be lesser people than whites. It's not a surprise that his supporters feel the same way.

There is a huge problem as far as investigations and anyone being held accountable is concerned: most members of the Republican Party have authoritarian leanings and probably like the way things are done in Russia, or at least they don't see it as a bad thing. As soon as they are inconvenienced by a regulation, rather than try to understand it and find out if it might have a useful purpose in the bigger picture, their reaction is invariably to tear the whole thing down. Similarly with perceived threats, i.e. Brown people, there is no humanitarian instinct or impulse to follow constitutional restraints, they want to use whatever measure it takes to eliminate the threat. They are authoritarians at their base, so they like what Trump is doing. By making a show about booting all immigrants out of the country, pumping even more money into the military to stick it to ISIS and not touching medicare/SS, Trump's base is completely happy. This isn't an original thought, I know, but I think it's worth repeating.

Happy Inauguration Day everybody.

Before 1937 the inauguration was held on March 4 (or March 5 if the 4th fell on a Sunday). Then we adopted the 20th amendment.

Isn't there a huge difference between "Obama wire tapped my phone" and "the FBI got a FISA warrant to examine Trump's ties with Russia"?

lets celebrate by swearing in a real president

Yes tremendous difference. It's important to point out this would NOT have come from Obama.

It's coming

I dont doubt this is all true. Howver as an non-American I am often confused on the subtles of your politics. How can the same demographic be strongly libertarian and pro authoritarianism? Are these not polar opposite ends of the political spectrum?

How can the right like Russia but scream freedom at the top of thier lungs, every two minutes, like Braveheart.

LOL

if you really felt any wire tapping was perfectly legal, you wouldn't have to try to personally defend Obama from personal responsibility here.

They're called facts hornbug. They're still important to some of us (not Republicans obviously).

Most people who espouse libertarian ideas are really just anti-liberal. The pro-Putin hat fits just as well.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...ma-victim.html

I posted that he would get a bump and then go on a tweet tirade that would eliminate the good faith by the weekend. Well, it didn't last 24 hours. Idk why I gave him enough credit to be reasonably competent for 72 hours

Obama tapped that ass? Nice. Trump prob got a sweet round Orange rumple if your not looking at his face.

Odds trump knows what McCarthyism is?

Similar to "enemy of the people," I'm quite sure Bannon knows what it is.

Can Wookiee ban trump if he doesn't providence evidence of these claims?

Joke on NPR just now: "What's weird is his answer 'I did not have communications with the Russians' was an answer to the question 'how are you today Senator?'"

i'm wondering if bannon calmly convinced the president that blaming obama is the best strategic political move at this juncture, or if he whips him up by suggesting these things to him and then letting him go off on twitter

As Bobman pointed out, the small government/libertarian "beliefs" really aren't anything more than a convenient tool used to combat liberals that is quickly cast aside when local governments start doing anything progressive such as protecting minority rights. Some good examples of this playing o were in North Carolina, and now in Florida there is an effort to preempt at the state level, all local regulations.

screaming Mccarthyism and whataboutism are russia gov't argument defenses.

Republicans got the whole playbook and it looks more like a zero sum game every day.