Bless his name
still Sam Adams New England IPA.
ETA: 6.8% ABV - not a lawnmower beer by any stretch, which is why I max at a total of 1.
This seems like a letter thatâs intended to sound conciliatory but actually isnât. Nadler wants to be ready to subpoena the weird sweaty bowling ball head guy if he resorts to weak claims of confidentiality (as opposed to president traitor actually asserting executive privilege) to refuse to answer uncomfortable questions. Which appears to be what bowling ball head plans to do. So all the letter says is if you answer the questions, no need to worry about a subpoena. The negative implication, of course, is that if he doesnât answer the questions, well, subpoena time.
Thatâs the point. If a wingnut reads it they just nod their head along.
And if you are nodding your head along right nowâŚ
But spell it with an âa.â
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The water is fine ⌠and you look a lot like a nice juicy salmon.
My brain is now be broke.
OK fine. Fixed.
Totally OTâŚ
Holy shit, the statement that Bezos just released, including e-mails with AMIâs extortion attempt, threatening that theyâd release his dick pics if he didnât say that there was no reason to believe that AMI published the original story about him and his girlfriend for political reasonsâŚ
Things are going to be interesting. Multimillionaires like Trump and their friends really shouldnât fuck with massive multibillionaires who could literally burn stacks of money for warmth for the rest of their life and not be left wantingâŚ
Whitaker simply does not want to be compelled to testify under oath. As T rumpp has already alluded, he will lie very well, but those lies will cost him dearly. Either he betrays T rumpp and tells the truth, or he is loyal to T rumpp and screws himself out of his freedom by violating the law. Gosh! Whatâs a lackey jacuzzi salesman to do?
Important to keep in mind that Nadlerâs letters are actually being written for a judge to read. Thatâs why Nadler provided plenty of notice; he gave a list of questions; he asked for prior notice of any claim of privilege; he has said there is no need for a subpoena if Acting AG shows up and answers questions; he has been super reasonable and is willing to continue to be reasonable. So when the guy tries to stonewall, and the subpoena issues, and the Committee holds him in contempt, the judge will have no sympathy.
Lying to Congress is a crime. It doesnât matter if youâre there voluntarily, whether you swear in or not. The lies themselves are crimes. (I think 5 years top incarceration).
And if Whitaker doesnât even know that basic bit of law, heâs in deeper trouble than we all think.
OT but⌠itâs trump
Poor donnie is in a rage about NSC staffers working for Adam Schiff. Donnie also says about the investigations⌠âThey didnât do this with Obamaâ.
Well yeah donald, Obama wasnât (and still isnât) a criminal.
Yes, this pretty much sums up Nadlerâs, and should be the Demâs, strategy.
And we all loves us some EusTAce.
Well played is my first thought.
Thank you, that was my understanding, too. So Iâm baffled at Whitakerâs insistence there be no subpoena. Unless he totally misunderstands what you just explained. Which makes me wonder what heâs doing in the AGâs office in the first place as anything but the coffee guy.
So did anything substantive just happen there or is this just face-saving kabuki for whitakerâs benefit?
I suppose we shall find out . . . tomorrow.