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Yuk

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  1. It literally says in the Mueller filing he gave "substantial assistance" in Russia collusion investigation. Then the whole section is redacted. And the judge asked Mueller today if they considered charging him with treason. But you're right, nothing came out of this. All Turkey.
  2. The Flynn push is all about setting up a reality in which Flynn deserves a full pardon, undercutting his cooperation agreement. You have to give the mouth-breathing boomers one speck of an excuse so they can "both sides" an overt, criminal act of obstruction of justice. It was fascinating to me that Trump never criticized Manafort after he was reported to be cooperating. Now we know Manafort was double dealing and still likely playing for a pardon. Trump also never criticized Flynn. I'm not sure what game they are playing, but it's out there in the open. Also, Flynn plead on lying to the FBI, but he could have been charged under FARA for the turkish lobbying that his partner is being charged today. A full pardon on the lesser charge of lying to the FBI obfuscates the real reason he cooperated to begin with.
  3. Pretty decent thread with analysis on the court's ruling.
  4. Yes and without the penalty it’s just a requirement to buy health insurance. It was done intentionally to undermine Roberts argument for allowing mandate.
  5. We just need to find a more polished fascist.
  6. From that Politico article up above: Judge Greg Katsas, the court's only Trump appointee and who had worked on the Russia probe while serving in the Trump White House, had recused himself. During his confirmation hearing, Katsas said he would take a broad view of his recusal obligations stemming from that experience.
  7. Dreeben has argued over 100 cases before SCOTUS. Justice Roberts says that makes him the second person this century to achieve that milestone. He's a heavy hitter. I think there's also something related to journalist and constitution entangled in the arguments.
  8. I'm going to make the guess that this relates to Julian Assange.
  9. Michael Dreeben once being a Deputy Solicitor General seems more important. I would think this likely implies that there are constitutional issues at play in the subpoena.
  10. It's mainly qboomer olds and totally alpha incels. It's essentially self-sterilization.
  11. It doesn't prove anything. It's just interesting. Quote from Rolling Stone: Butina, 30, was raised in Siberia, where she grew up competing in shooting competitions. She studied political science and rose to national prominence in 2011 for her participation in the Youth Primaries of the Young Guard of United Russia, a political contest sponsored by Vladimir Putin’s political party. Butina soon moved to Moscow, where she founded a gun-rights organization, Right to Bear Arms, under the tutelage of Torshin, then a top senator in the Russian government. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maria-butina-pleads-guilty-russia-768777/ Late December 2010 suspected spy Anna Chapman was appointed to the public council of the organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Guard_of_United_Russia
  12. Chapman was the spy caught honeypotting Obama cabinet official. The FSB is not looking for lobbying. They look for relationships (financial or other) and get kompromat. Then they exert pressure on the target to act in ways that benefit them.
  13. Saying this. It would not surprise me at all if the Dems impeach, get shot down, impeach again, rinse and repeat, and draw it all out through the 2020 elections. There are so many qualifying avenues that this is going to make for an interesting reelection campaign for sure.
  14. If the Senate impeaches him, they'll disqualify him from holding public again. It's their option, but there's really no reason not to do it.
  15. "Treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors." I doubt the founders ever expected to have an elected official that could cover all three categories.
  16. The wall funding is something they are trying to throw into the spending bill to counteract the Mueller protection they are threatening to include in the spending bill. Nancy is just informing him that they still have time to pass legislation on the wall right now.
  17. We're talking about people who get ASMR when the man speaks. There is literally no amount of evidence that would convince them. See R support after Watergate "smoking gun" tape. Nixon still had 30+% approval. To the Trumpers, this is not about criminality or reason or policy or religious beliefs or logic. It's about cultural identity. Even if you prove Trump betrayed America beyond a point that any rationale person could deny it, they are not coming from a place of rationality and the cognitive dissonance will be too uncomfortable for them.
  18. That will help.
  19. Leopold and Cormier are Woodward and Bernstein of this whole thing. Definitely in line for Pulitzer.
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