Pronounced “Rynse”.
“Pints” above is a pretty good rhyme, but fence and Pence – nope.
Wasn’t it about a week ago the faux outrage President Don was spewing about was the amount of leaks coming out of his administration, how the volume was unprecedented? Almost seems like now that’s become part of the strategy; release with such ferocity that one becomes overwhelmed and desensitized with too much information.
their motivation is to destabilise the democratically elected (albeit unpopular) US government… The NYT needs to answer now.
Which was exactly the same position taken by the Nixon administration. What a surprise.
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This is spot on to what Donald Trump aspires, in terms of people having fear of him and of his imperiousness. But having had to suffer through 40 years of fawning Donald Trump celebrity coverage, principally in the Murdoch papers and TV networks, I can tell you that Donald Trump is, as Mel Brooks recently said in The Guardian, “a song and dance man.” He is a bully because he has presided over a group of family held businesses where he has never responded to shareholders or a Board of Directors and he could be capricious and undisciplined. He fancies himself a Mafia boss’ image and power, but in reality, in his real estate and casino businesses, he has most probably paid protection and Vig to real crime bosses forever. He is a ridiculous little man, out of his depth, who wears a Dinah Shore/Liberace wig. And he is Putin’s bitch, just like he has been the Mafia’s.
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This whole issue (Rinse meddling as well as the whole Russia hacking) is going to end up on the desk of Jeff Sessions. With in days (if not hours) he will close the file on the whole thing. He’s got bigger fish to fry…like what bathroom school children use.
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But the NYT does not run with any ole dirt coming in over the transom. They have trusted sources that have been proven reliable. Although what had proved to be a reliable source could actually be plant that gains the NYT’s confidence only to give them a black eye with disinformation at a critical juncture.
Also, it must be taken into account that both the WH and IC are trying to find the leakers. Therefore, giving select suspects false hot info to see if it makes it to the media is a method to ensnare a leaker.
Was the leaking WH official purposely given false info to see if saw the light of day? For example, did Priebus give Bannon and only Bannon false info to ensnare him as a leaker if it became public?
All kinds of games can be played to muddle up the mucky morass and mangle meaningful misinformation into unmitigated mind blowing mental madness dispensed by the main stream media (KAC couldn’t have said it faster)
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“Who lies to the Liars” ?
The Trump administration is not stable and wants to dismantle government.
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So is uk_observer.
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Through the looking glass , just imagine Rahm Emanual, Denis McDonough, or Jack Lew doing the same.
Just for laughs what do you think the reaction would have been?
These fuckers think they are above the law and need to be stopped!
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Kings rule by Divine right. Laws for regular people and Democrats don’t apply to Republican sovereigns like Donald Trump or his band of henchmen.
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An accurate assessment.
In the words of our fearless leader SAD!
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“If the White House chief of staff can make public claims about the supposed conclusions of an FBI investigation, then Director Comey can come clean with the American people,” Wyden said.
Here. Let me help!
Although we did not find clear evidence that President or his colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of information stolen by a hostile foreign power, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, hacked information.
In our system, the prosecutors make the decisions about whether charges are appropriate based on evidence the FBI has helped collect. Although we don’t normally make public our recommendations to the prosecutors, we frequently make recommendations and engage in productive conversations with prosecutors about what resolution may be appropriate, given the evidence. In this case, given the importance of the matter, I think unusual transparency is in order.
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But you can bet he is and has been read into the investigation to some degree by the FBI at some level already. Since Sessions has not made a public announcement otherwise that he would recuse himself (in fact, just the opposite) its fair to assume he has information that is not walled off from himself and thereby the administration that helped appoint him to his position. Until he officially recuses himself, the entire investigation by the FBI is being compromised. If Comey hasn’t protected the work by his investigators, he’s being complicit and should be called to account for what is happening under his purview.
As far as I can tell, what Preibus did is obstruction of justice, much the same as what initially led to the impeachment of Nixon. He’s not authorized to request anything of these investigators at the FBI regarding a case where the Rump administration is involved. Its galling to think how above the law these people think they are with regards to whatever happened vis a vis Russian influence in our election. This is actually a bigger deal than what they might uncover in some sense.
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FIFY 
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Maybe outing Reince is the first step in leaning on him to “flip” on Trump or other campaign operatives who might be part of the Trump-Russia affair.
The possibility of Reince facing obstruction or corruption charges might force him to cooperate with the investigation.
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I doubt that it’s Bannon or Miller ratting out Reince, or that it’s part of some White House infighting. This has the potential of opening the investigation, which would not spare either of these men.
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Obstruction of justice and interfering with an investigation? Book 'im, Danno!
“He is a ridiculous little man, out of his depth, who wears a Dinah Shore/Liberace wig.”
Exactly. And the ineptness of this latest move with the FBI confirms your point further.
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I would hate to hear him sing, I would hate to see him dance …
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