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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 11:16:58 GMT -5
Where are the voices of all the leaders who know an independent Department of Justice and FBI are essential to our liberty? “You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” — Martin Luther
Alt Headline: The Attorney General -- at the urging of the President -- opened an investigation into a political rival for political purposes.
Banana Republicans....
Amazing, lose the popular vote by 10% and still maintain a majority....
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Post by TC on Jan 4, 2018 11:54:03 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 4, 2018 16:07:00 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 5, 2018 6:51:46 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 10:05:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 10:10:35 GMT -5
Every last one of them are scoundrels. This is after his "recusal" "Mr. Mueller has also substantiated claims that Mr. Comey made in a series of memos describing troubling interactions with the president before he was fired in May." Priebus's notes confirmed parts of Comey's testimony _ Trump screaming "where's my Roy Cohn" after Session's recusal is just perfect since he thinks the DOJ is his own personal law firm. What a sow...
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 5, 2018 10:22:54 GMT -5
Ethical is a word that should never be used about any of these guys... Every last one of them are scoundrels. This is after his "recusal" Trump screaming "where's my Roy Cohn" after Session's recusal is just perfect since he thinks the DOJ is his own personal law firm. What a sow... My use of the term "ethical" was in reference to the Departmental ethics rules not the current political appointees. For example, the career of Doug Letter with whom I worked with on an occasional basis when I received permission to handle appeals for cases I was responsible for at the trial level (I spent about 14 years in Civil Division before ending up at the National Security Division). In both the runup to and in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President, I spent a lot of time counseling career Justice Department attorneys—along with people contemplating jobs at the department—about what to do. As I wrote the other day, one assistant U.S. attorney literally sat in my office and told me that he was going to resign because “I don’t want to stand up in court any more and say ... I represent the United States.” I helped talk that person out of immediate resignation, though a year later, he no longer works for the Justice Department. Some of this career counseling took place in public: People started writing me letters asking what the ethical course to take looked like. In all cases, I urged people in career positions to remain in place, and I urged people contemplating career-level service at the Justice Department who were antsy about showing up for work the first day to do so. There is a place, I believed and still believe, for honorable service in the Trump administration. www.lawfareblog.com/tribute-doug-letter
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 15:40:00 GMT -5
Oh...
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 6, 2018 17:38:14 GMT -5
And so the West Wing in the era of Trump has come to resemble the dankest realms of Twitter itself: a set of small rooms and cramped hallways in which everyone is racked with paranoia and everyone despises everyone else. Predictably, Trump has reacted to Wolff’s book in the manner of a wounded despot—by declaring that Bannon, once his closest adviser in matters of isolationism and white nationalism, has “lost his mind,” and by declaring war on the written word. With the legal assistance of Charles Harder, a Beverly Hills lawyer who has represented Harvey Weinstein and Hulk Hogan, he is trying to silence Bannon and block publication of “Fire and Fury.” Bannon, who is rapidly losing his access to power and funding, meekly replied by going on the radio and calling Trump a “great man.” Executives at Henry Holt & Co. ignored a cease-and-desist letter and moved up the date of publication. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/the-increasing-unfitness-of-donald-trump?mbid=nl_Daily%20010618%20Nonsubs&CNDID=49123534&spMailingID=12695455&spUserID=MTgzNzEwODU2NDI3S0&spJobID=1320480111&spReportId=MTMyMDQ4MDExMQS2
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Post by TC on Jan 7, 2018 11:18:13 GMT -5
As much as Jake Tapper was right for cutting off Miller, I kind of blame Jake Tapper for having Stephen Miller on in the first place. With him or Kellyanne Conway you know what you're going to get.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 13:42:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 10:44:12 GMT -5
As much as Jake Tapper was right for cutting off Miller, I kind of blame Jake Tapper for having Stephen Miller on in the first place. With him or Kellyanne Conway you know what you're going to get. Amazing this guy is considered some type of genius in Conservative circles... Senior adviser to the President refuses to leave and has to be escorted out by security. ❄️
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 10:44:29 GMT -5
Maggie Habberman
"Trump reacts furiously when anyone suggests he isn’t working hard or watching too much TV. So his aides label the chunk of sliding time “executive time” and insist it’s unfair to describe him watching four to 8 hours of TV a day"
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 8, 2018 16:49:03 GMT -5
What Trump fails to appreciate--what he seemingly will not accept--is that the presidency requires him to subordinate his personal issues, impulses and interests to his public role. It is not open to him as president to use the legal process, even if privately funded, to settle political or personal scores. This is not a question of etiquette or best practice, but of what minimally responsible and ethical conduct in office requires. www.lawfareblog.com/president-plaintiff-republican-party-and-battering-norms
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 22:09:44 GMT -5
Writer: Then after he tells folks we need to respect our flag and the Anthem the President goes to the National Championship game and appears to forget the words to the National Anthem
Producer: I thought I fired you two weeks ago....
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Post by hoya9797 on Jan 9, 2018 0:06:15 GMT -5
Forget the words? He never knew them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 9:13:55 GMT -5
Ralph Northam We'd like a word in Virginia.
Adam Schiff Dear Secretary Zinke, California like Florida, has hundreds of miles of beautiful coastline and a governor who wants to keep it that way.
Andrew Cuomo New York doesn't want drilling off our coast either. Where do we sign up for a waiver @secretaryzinke
Governor Kate Brown Hey @secretaryzinke, how about doing the same for #Oregon?
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 10, 2018 10:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by TC on Jan 10, 2018 10:20:22 GMT -5
"Must have tough primary!" - He thinks Dianne Feinstein is a Republican!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 12:55:14 GMT -5
"Must have tough primary!" - He thinks Dianne Feinstein is a Republican! "Illegal way" also... You can see Trump's view of the law and the application of it is basically things he likes vs things he does not..
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