OT: Nancy Pelosi on CSPAN right now.
He should probably recuse himself from anything related to the job of AGā¦just to appear fair and unbiased.
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Do tell!!!
Thanks for working so hard to undermine the Democratic Senate leader.
Trump appreciates your support.
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Wholesale condemnation of Donald and his ādeedsā, incl. Call for Independent investigation in Russia Ties, Mexicans (and in Spanish, too) and Muslimsā¦
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Even Pootie-Poot is having buyersā remorse.
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āBecause the rules are so clear, I expect the attorney general will recuse himself and allow an independent and thorough investigation to go forward.ā
And I expect you will be very disappointed, Senator, but I appreciate your putting yourself on the record about this. Alas, it will ultimately be up to our judicial system, Iām afraid, the only branch of government not co-opted by the āReTHUGlicanā Party.
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The worse Sessions and the rest of the GOP behave, the more excuses for supporters to drop them when they start appearing as losers.
Ironically and accidentally Rand was rightā¦ it doesnāt make sense Republicans investigate Republicans.
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āVladimir Putinās entourage cheered the outcome of the U.S. election ā until they saw exactly what they were dealing with.ā
Huh. They didnāt do enough op-research of their guy then.
ETA: Wow, what a bunch of idiotsā¦ so it indeed sounds like they seriously had no idea what they were getting themselves into, but all those should have been easily predictable! (some excerpts below from the article you linked for us).
But Trumpās revolution is also ushering in a period of turmoil and uncertainty, including the likelihood of self-defeating trade wars. Still traumatized by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russiaās present leadership has no appetite for global instability.
With Trump in the White House, moreover, Putin has lost his monopoly over geopolitical unpredictabilityā¦
What the Kremlin fears most today is that Trump may be ousted or even killed. His ouster, Kremlin insiders argue, is bound to unleash a virulent and bipartisan anti-Russian campaign in Washington. Oddly, therefore, Putin has become a hostage to Trumpās survival and success.
ā¦ Trumpās presidency has also complicated Moscowās relations with China and Iran. Moscow is interested in normalization with the West but not at the cost of joining a Washington-led anti-China coalition, which Trump seems insistent on creating. [my note: Iād be curious if PeePer Tigerās sudden change in tone with China the other day had anything to do with this].
What is especially dangerous from the Kremlinās perspective is that certain nationalistic circles in Russia are falling in love with Trumpās insurrectionary approachā¦
ā¦ Most interesting of all, they readily compare Trump to an early Boris Yeltsin ā impulsive, charismatic, trusting only his family, and ready to bomb the parliament if that works to cement his hold on power. The problem for the Kremlin is that Yeltsin was a revolutionary leader and Putin has decided to make 2017 a year for deploring, not celebrating, revolutions.
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And heās trying. He is becoming a different Schumer from what weāre used to seeing.
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He hasnāt changed at all.
Itās just that the Purity Brigadeās myopic and warped view of him is being proved false.
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No. Heās disappointed me in the past for different reasons, none of which are invalid, and many New Yorkers feel the same. Most recently his unwavering refusal to even be neutral on Obamaās Iran nuclear deal was disheartening. But chastise on if it gives you a goose.
Sessions:
- an adviser on almost every major decision and policy proposal Trump made during the campaign
- chaired Trump national security advisory committee
- chairman of the Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee (sub-committee of Committee on Armed Services) which has jurisdiction over strategic forces, nuclear weapons, national defense and nuclear deterrence, space programs, and ballistic missile defense
We believe he wasnāt in on the Russian Connection? Unlikely.
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As much as I dislike Sessions he might not have been and Iād go so far as to say probably was not. I donāt think heās in the inner inner circle of Trump yahoos.
He still should recuse himself though. No question.
I hate the cynicism on display here of laughing at Schumer, though, I get it. Schumer is putting this out there because he has too if we want the media to get a fucking clue and to signal to us wee āCitizensā that itās a pressure point we can use with our represenatives.
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Thereās no arguing or denying the obviousā¦Sessions is tainted six ways to Sunday.
Sessions failure to recuse himself is simply an abuse of power.
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In case you havenāt noticed, āabuse of powerā is what this administration is all about"
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Agreed.
And yes, letās also remember, that advisory team Sessions headed included Carter Page.
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The Senate has no say. All of the pressure points are indirect. He gets to make the decision all by himself, albeit with considerable mandatory input from career DoJ officials that he would have to ignore, which would ignite a political shitstorm.
I imagine that somewhere, thereās someone with standing to sue if he ignores advice from the DoJās ethics lawyers and theoretically, he can be impeached, but thatās about it in terms of direct leverage.
But those political shitstorms have a way of sweeping people along, even when they have no official power.
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