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My observation is that walking something back doesnât work with Trump. When Trump feels as if someone has been âvery unfairâ to him, thatâs that. Trump nurses even minor slights, regardless of subsequent apologies or âwalkbacksâ. Coats initial reactive statements will stick in Trumpâs craw and he will nurse his sense thatâs heâs been betrayed and must now hit back.
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someone who still has some credibility left has to stand up and scream, âWe have to stop Trump before he destroys the US and irreparably damages the free world!â
[/quote]I wonder how much of their reluctance to do so is not so much corruption as fear of getting squashed like a bug.
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I think Coats is taking one for the team here â
Heâs a smart guy and knows what it could be like if donnie gets a real bootlicker in there â
Heâs doing what he must to stay âŚ
sometimes ya have sacrifice a few pieces in the game
to get your opponent distracted â
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exhibit a: Rex
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And the three forward gears are stripped.
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OT, a bit, but guess what happened last night:
Quote from my new favorite web siteâs (investigaterussia.com) article about the Times piece:
âBut in February, Mr. Trump â over the objections of law enforcement professionals â took the unprecedented step of lowering the walls of secrecy around such materials to enable House Intelligence Committee Republicans, led by Representative Devin Nunes of California, to disclose their three-and-a-half-page memo, which sought to portray the surveillance of Mr. Page as scandalous.
In addition to invoking Mr. Trumpâs declassification to seek disclosure of the underlying materials by filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department, The Times also petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to unseal the materials itself. The court has not responded to that request.â
Trump really shot his tiny member off this time 
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Coats: No âDisrespectâ Intended With My 'Awkwardâ Response To Trumpâs Putin Invite
Thatâs OK, Dan. We will disrespect Trump for you.
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Yup. The documents show that Nunes is a fucking liar and Trumpozoan Toady. The WH apparently released this. They thought they had scored some sort of coup. But whenever they pull something like this it redounds back on them bigly. Not that their base will care. As long as they have some minute kernel of âtruthinessâ to hit back on twitter and âown the libsâ, they are good to go.
ETA
And the FBI started to go after Page in 2013, long before the Trump candidacy.
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Trump: Putin doesnt accept this pathetic apology.
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Liars lie. There is no Truthiness left. This is REALLY damning
âVisible portions showed that the F.B.I. in stark terms had told the intelligence court that Mr. Page âhas established relationships with Russian government officials, including Russian intelligence officersâ; that the bureau believed âthe Russian governmentâs efforts are being coordinated with Page and perhaps other individuals associated withâ Mr. Trumpâs campaign; and that Mr. Page âhas been collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government.â
The application shows that the F.B.I. told the court it believed that the person who hired Mr. Steele was looking for dirt to discredit Mr. Trump. But it added that based on Mr. Steeleâs previous reporting history with the F.B.I., in which he had âprovided reliable information,â the bureau believed his information cited in the application âto be credible.â
The unredacted portions of the original application and the three renewal applications are otherwise largely identical, so it is not visible whether the F.B.I. told the court that it was gaining useful intelligence from the wiretap of Mr. Page as it asked for extensions. But the length of the applications grew significantly each time, indicating that new information was being added: They were 66 pages, 79 pages, 91 pages and 101 pages, respectively.
The materials also revealed which Federal District Court judges signed off on the wiretapping of Mr. Page: Judges Rosemary Collyer, Michael Mosman, Anne C. Conway and Raymond J. Dearie. All were appointed by Republican presidents.â
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Remember that scene in Albert Camusâ Caligula (before Penthouse used it) where Caligula humiliates the Senators and one Senator with a beautiful wife in particular? If the WH announced the Russian Summit 2.0 out of spite while Coats was on live TV, we are now approaching Caligula territory with Donald The Vain and Treasonous.
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Jesus H. Christ! Will you QUIT SNIVELING, COATS??!!
Remember the EIGHT years of random âleading from behind!â (whatever that means) attacks from GOPers against President Obama!?
Todayâs Republicans are so terrified an asshole anarchist like Trump might badmouth them on Twitter! THIS is how Democracies DIE!
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Coats: No âDisrespectâ Intended With My âAwkwardâ Response To Trumpâs Putin Invite
True. Disrespect is much milder than contempt.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats apologized Saturday [âŚ]
Actually, I saw no apology in his statement, Mr. Shuham (@mattshuham).
And even one of the sources you provided says this:
Without actually walking back his statements, Coats seemed to be seeking to mollify a president and a White House that can be extremely sensitive to perceived slights.
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And, as a lovely bonus for the walkbacker, he sees that as a sign of weakness.
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Actually, accurate. Thatâs something Trump himself could have said. Genius branding in Trumpâs Fantasyville world. Coming from Coats, it now belongs to fake. Is that Trumpâs problem?
Is Trumpâs âruleâ really when it comes to the media show, jealousy trumps loyalty?
Trump not only lies all the time, he fails to coordinate his organization. The problem is at the top.
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This was posted last night and sums it up pretty well. h/t @geofu54
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Which tells us how seriously we should take Trumpâs own âwalkbacks,â rare as they may be.
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Youâre probably right, and I donât necessarily consider Mattis or Coats corrupt. However, if their fear is of being personally humiliated or losing personal power, then they arenât really putting country first or acting heroically as some claim.
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