Nunes Protege Now At White House Sues Politico Over Impeachment Stories | Talking Points Memo

The victim party strikes again. These losers just can’t help themselves. Jeez.

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Nunes Protege Now At White House

Devin Nunes has a protege? Man, is he in trouble. And the White House? One more incompetent boob in the WH? Heaven help us all.

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Obligatory: and we’re the snowflakes… :roll_eyes:

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Not sure how he could be defamed for being involved in Trump’s “perfect” Ukraine policy. If he is actually a Trumper he should be shouting “yes, it was me, we did a perfect job”. His lawsuit smacks of disloyalty to Donald. I do hope no one mentions it to him.

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I believe Patel wants to outflank the other hyenas close to Trump who see him as a scapegoat who “misled” Dear Leader about events in Ukraine.

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This White House is utter bedlam, dysfunctional to an inconceivable degree: a mid-level staffer not only bullshits the POTUS but gets away with it for months and appears to have suffered no repercussions even when ‘caught out’, only when impeachment proceedings of the POTUS are in full swing is he exposed followed by the gall to sue.

We would know none of this if Democrats had not retaken the House in 2018.

And I can’t get Parable of the Talents out of my mind.

“To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.” —Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Talents)

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NN: Speech and Debate Clause (Constitution) and the Westfall Act (federal employees immune from common law claims relating to acts in their official capacities). This law suit won’t go anywhere.

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Top of the first, @irasdad shells the TPM punsters for 17 homepuns. Is there anyone left in the bullpen?

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Nothing like legal suits to get government out of our lives.

…amirite, Republicans?

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Disappointed there’s not a @KashPatelsMomsCow twitter account (yet).

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My guess is that the lawyer for both Nunes and Patel did not take their cases on a contingency basis but rather on a flat fee retainer—paid in full up front. I can’t imagine that there are any damages to be found in injuries to the reputations of Nunes and Patel. You can’t get something from nothing, after all. Or two nothings, as appears to be the case here.

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What udder tripe from Nunes. No need to even ruminant on this, as I would never steer anyone wrong. This is a bunch of bull, but still a pain in the angus until it’s over.

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Whew! I think you got in just under the limit. One more cow pun, and I think Nunes would have sued.

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Only on the moot points.

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OK, I’ll do it. Udderly ridiculous.

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If he is a Nunes protege there is nothing “stellar” about his career.

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Nope. After that display, compressing an entire pun thread into a single post, we’re all cowherds now…

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If they can take down “Moo Cow” Devin, they’ll be unstoppable!

For the win!

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He still cud.

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