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horncyclist

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  1. Any monitors up this morning?
  2. Yes but why couldn't Whitaker have demanded they issue a statement? And then Mueller begrudgingly issues the narrow statement he did?
  3. Everyone is drawing significance from the fact Mueller issued a statement, even though it was narrow and did not dispute the thrust of the story. What if Whitaker directed them to issue a statement? That would explain a lot,. especially why Mueller would break his silence now.
  4. Ya know, the question of "why issue a statement?" We're all assuming Mueller thought it was necessary to issue a statement. What if Whitaker directed it? That would explain why issue a narrow statement at all if the story was largely true. Trump is fucked.
  5. Interesting:
  6. "federal law enforcement" two sources.
  7. My guess is SCO saw this story getting out of hand and wanted to punish the SDNY leakers. It was a narrow statement but enough to make BF and the leakers look bad. And take some pressure off.
  8. Here's the meat of the Buzzfeed story to consider which specific statements and characterizations are not accurate: Now the two sources have told BuzzFeed News that Cohen also told the special counsel that after the election, the president personally instructed him to lie — by claiming that negotiations ended months earlier than they actually did — in order to obscure Trump’s involvement The special counsel’s office learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office.
  9. The statement from the special counsels office actually seems to acknowledge some truth to the BUzzfeed story. It's a narrow denial: BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the special counsel’s office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony are not accurate,” said Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller.
  10. This is a bit of a tangent but the first video that came up for me on that site is "Amazon Position Compilation." Who knew such things were possible!
  11. Just remember all the fucks that defended this piece of shit. How they are treated will be the test of how we move past this.
  12. On second thought how bout we build the wall around Alabama and Mississippi and have every self identified republican move there permanently.
  13. Fify. Add a pipeline coming out cause oil.
  14. Holy shit. I can't stop laughing. He just needs a reindeer caravan to scare people into supporting the wall. Maybe carrying a fat guy on a sleigh. He should have thought about this a month ago.
  15. You want an immigration crisis? Wait until South America is full on at war.
  16. You serious? I figure the shit will hit the fan with TSA and tax returns this week and they'll have to work something out. How does that not happen?
  17. So I don't go to work tomorrow, right? Please continue to violate the antitrust laws.
  18. Cause there's nothing better than a Big Mac that's been sitting at room temperature for over an hour and now resembles something your grandma forgot in the microwave overnight.
  19. Yep. Any parent understands this situation. And the "Trump is a toddler" narrative seems to be sticking.
  20. Delay of tax returns and the likelihood TSA stops showing up to work makes this unlikely. I'm expecting to go back to work next week.
  21. Won't the rural county vote shrink relative to cities? Those places ain't growing. Seems like the battle for Texas is in the suburbs.
  22. Any normal president would give up on Monday. But any normal president wouldn't have shut down the government anyway. So . . .I'm out of work for a few more weeks. I just don't see a way out for Trump other than cutting his losses and continue to blame Democrats for obstructing his wall. Anyone think he's going to do that? It seems like with the national emergency route, there's not enough money available withoit taking from programs where there would be huge political blowback -- i.e. Hurricane relief.
  23. For me, this has little to do with the wall at this point. It's about whether it's acceptable to refuse to fund the government because you can't get your pet policy in place. That is unacceptable and cannot be rewarded. It's like when my 3-year old throws a fit to have candy for breakfast. I can't give it to him--even though the candy is not a big deal--but because if I give in, the next time he wants something he'll throw a fit again. This is the exact same. Further, as the Jon Tester speech posted above, or in the shutdown thread said, the Trump administration has not presented a serious border security proposal that analyzes effective means and considers the costs and benefits of various options. They're seeking a symbol so Trump can claim a political victory and reward his base. That's what's so wild, it's not even a legitimate policy he's holding the federal government hostage for.
  24. Gone by June, resigned under threat of removal.
  25. Any guesses on how much longer this goes? Furloughed fed here.
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