I thought what we learned is:
Republican senators are still afraid of Trump voters,
Trump voters are still tuned in to Trump and his ever-diminishing circle of sycophants rather than to reality, and
The message they continue to hear and believe is that he is the victim (and by extension they are the victims) no matter what happens.
This is not going to get better any time soon.
Boggles the mind, really. If Obama or HRC ripped the tag off a mattress, they’d be on to impeachment proceedings already. The infantile 45 and his royal family have destroyed the country’s reputation in only four months, alienated all of our allies, embraced the scum of the Earth like Duterte, disregarded the Constitution, obstructed justice, personally enriched themselves at our expense, and it is 'no biggie, he’s new–come on."
Yeah…we learned that the Repubs don’t care that Trump is obviously beholden to Russia, they just don’t want it proven.
I think you’ve uncovered McCain’s “double standard.”
If I had the Russian President’s ear I’d say “You can’t shame the shameless.” Shame has become locked away in closet with integrity while brazen Bullshittery has been let loose upon the land. Rep. Senators should be afraid of Trump voters because he’s moved to bar so far into the indecency zone there may be no recovery.
We now know that the really juicy stuff will only come out through the investigation.
I’m hoping that Mueller is as disgusted and offended as Comey obviously is.
This leaves Trounce and the Trouncettes dangling like dingo balls in the wind until then.
They can really, really bury the GOP with their bullshit by then and more bad info is coming out daily, so lets let this sucker simmer for a while.
The Trounce concoction isn’t ripe yet.
In that January conversation, Comey said, he briefed Trump about a salacious and bizarre allegation in an unverified dossier that the Russian government had compromising records of Trump consorting with “hookers in Russia” that it planned to use as leverage
Tbis is a nitpick, but parts of that dossier (not the Pornhub bits) reportedly have been corroborated by U.S. and international IC…
What stood out to me from the Comey testimony is how much Trump acts like a mafia don a la Mario Puzo, with his talks of “loyalty” and his willingness to jettison “satellites”.
And impeachment for that would be entirely justified. My God - It’s right there on the tag! We have laws for a reason, you know!
Glad to see TPM at least noting what I picked up on right away about Comey’s assurance that Trump was not under instigation was simply an assurance that the FBI was not a Hoover extortion thing.
I know what you mean, but isn’t there some way to split Trump off from R Senators so they can’t steal health insurance in the meantime?
Rubio was derided by Trump during the campaign for supposedly having a small penis. I imagine what he really wanted to say today was, “How does the size of my cock feel now, bitch?” But on reflection, he decided it would be most effective to say it sounded like obstruction of justice, but he wasn’t quite sure.
We also learned Senator McCain has a problem. I guess I’ll give Comey some credit for not just coming out and asking: “What the hell are you talking about?”
50 years ago today we lost 34 brave sailors aboard the U S S LIBERTY, God bless the crew of the Liberty!!
Pay Attention America!
Hmmmmmmmm
I’m watching Joaquin Castro being interviewed by Blitzer. Blitzer has tried to get him to opine on certain issues, but Castro isn’t biting. The dems are definitely playing it smart here.
Apparently, Flynn just turned over documents to the House committee.
McCain is nuttier than a pet raccoon. He’s very very important in all this and his dementia was fully unmasked today. His “stayed up late” excuse is infuriating. If he thinks even THAT reason would make it all OK, that’s only more evidence of his senility. And that’s not what happened.
His time is up.
O damn I like the sound of that.