US politics general thread

[Xarog]

BS. You know it and you're just trolling again.

It's a long weekend... Take some personal time to consider contributing to the world you live in rather than contaminating everything you come into contact with.

No, what actual issue?

Are you saying Shulkin shouldn't have been tossed out on his arse?

 

[Xarog]

Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.

The investigators say the information provided to Fox News “strongly” suggests coordination between former President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and CIA Director John Brennan — which they say would “contradict” the Obama administration’s public stance about its hand in the process.

Page texted Strzok on Aug. 2, 2016, saying: “Make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. Just thinking about congress, foia, etc. You probably know better than me.”

A text message from Strzok to Page on Aug. 3 described former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as being concerned with “information control” related to the initial investigation into the Trump campaign. According to a report from the New York Times, Brennan was sent to Capitol Hill around the same time to brief members of Congress on the possibility of election interference.

Days later, on Aug. 8, 2016, Strzok texted Page: “Internal joint cyber cd intel piece for D, scenesetter for McDonough brief, Trainor [head of FBI cyber division] directed all cyber info be pulled. I’d let Bill and Jim hammer it out first, though it would be best for D to have it before the Wed WH session.”

In the texts, “D” referred to FBI Director James Comey, and and “McDonough” referred to Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, the GOP investigators said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20...arly-in-trump-russia-probe-investigators.html

 

[buka001]

Libtards salty about Trumps health. What a ****ing surprise.

Hilarious that an avowed and staunch anti-communist is pleased with cronyism, where doung one good favour for the dear leader resulted in a promotion.

Just like North Korea.

 

[rietrot]

Hilarious that an avowed and staunch anti-communist is pleased with cronyism, where doung one good favour for the dear leader resulted in a promotion.

Just like North Korea.

That's the libtard take on it.
Why do you consider this Whitehouse doctor's report on Trump's health a "favour"?
Why is he not the right person for the job?
Who would have been a better candidate?

 

[Garson007]

Conservitards deflecting from the actual issue being addressed... Another ****ing surprise.

What issue?

Ah, I get it. When he worked for Obama he was a saint. Anybody that works for Trump is a pathological liar.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

What issue?

Ah, I get it. When he worked for Obama he was a saint. Anybody that works for Trump is a pathological liar.

Almost.

"Anybody who wants to work for Trump doesn't have a problem with a pathological liar for a boss" would be closer.

Subtle difference, I know.

 

[rietrot]

Almost.

"Anybody who wants to work for Trump doesn't have a problem with a pathological liar for a boss" would be closer.

Subtle difference, I know.

You're just projecting your own issues.

 

[cerebus]

Trump's problem getting decent lawyers is becoming quite serious. Nobody seems to be willing to work for him, which is hardly surprising seeing how he mistreats his cohorts and ignores their advice:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics...gal-team-are-no-match-for-robert-mueller.html

Donald Trump has no real lawyers. Or, to put it more precisely, he has no lawyers capable of representing him as he navigates Robert Mueller’s ever more perilous Russia probe.

Last Thursday, John Dowd, one of the president’s personal attorneys, resigned in part because Trump would not take his advice. On Sunday, we were told that Trump’s newest potential attorney, Joe diGenova—who frequently pretends to be Trump’s lawyer on Fox News and has championed the “deep state/witch hunt” narrative Trump so enjoys—will not be able to work for the president due to a conflict of interest. Same goes for diGenova’s wife, Victoria Toensing. (In reality, the issue between the president and diGenova and Toensing was less a conflicts problem than a chemistry one.)

The president’s other great TV defender, Alan Dershowitz, says he is retired and has no interest in joining the team. On Monday, Dan K. Webb, another big-name criminal defense lawyer, turned down the president’s overtures, as did one of Webb’s law partners. And Ted Olson didn’t just decline the opportunity to serve on Trump’s legal team: The Republican wonder-lawyer also told Andrea Mitchell that the “turmoil” in the White House was “not good for anything,” then revealed to Mother Jones’ David Corn that nobody in D.C. appeared keen to take a White House gig. On Wednesday, CNN piled on, reporting that major D.C. firms are staying far away; Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall posits that female partners may be behind those firms’ no-Trump policies.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

What issue?

Ah, I get it. When he worked for Obama he was a saint. Anybody that works for Trump is a pathological liar.

Did he pull the same schit under Obama?

 

[rietrot]

Did he pull the same schit under Obama?

Probably, but then he was protected and the corruption swept under the rug.

 

[Garson007]

Did he pull the same schit under Obama?

What **** was that exactly?

Give a press conference? There was good reason for having one.

Edit: Wait, are we talking Shulkin or Adm Ronny Jackson?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

What **** was that exactly?

Give a press conference? There was good reason for having one.

Edit: Wait, are we talking Shulkin or Adm Ronny Jackson?

I thought Shulkin, but could be getting things mixed up.

 

[The_Assimilator]

Trump slams Amazon for 'causing tremendous loss to the US'

President Donald Trump is once again calling out Amazon, complaining in a tweet Thursday morning about the e-commerce giant's business practices.

The president took aim at Amazon's tax contributions, its use of the US Postal Service and practices that put "many thousands of retailers out of business!"

Remember when Trump passed a bill that allowed corporations to pay less tax? Yeah.

I wonder why he's calling out Amazon though? I'm sure it's got nothing to do with Amazon's owner Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, which has said some mean things about Trump that have hurt his extremely unchildlike ego very much.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Trump slams Amazon for 'causing tremendous loss to the US'



Remember when Trump passed a bill that allowed corporations to pay less tax? Yeah.

I wonder why he's calling out Amazon though? I'm sure it's got nothing to do with Amazon's owner Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, which has said some mean things about Trump that have hurt his extremely unchildlike ego very much.

Also repeats the lie that the postal service is suffering from Amazon, while the exact opposite is the case.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Swampy.

EPA chief lived in condo tied to lobbyist 'power couple'

For much of his first year in Washington, President Trump’s EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt occupied prime real estate in a townhouse near the U.S. Capitol that is co-owned by the wife of a top energy lobbyist, property records from 2017 show.

Neither the EPA nor the lobbyist, J. Steven Hart, would say how much Pruitt paid to live at the prime Capitol Hill address, though Hart said he believed it to be the market rate. The price tag on Pruitt’s rental arrangement is one key question when determining if it constitutes an improper gift, ethics experts told ABC News.

 

[The_Assimilator]

Legislative staffers say pro-Trump supporters called them ‘illegal’ for being dark-skinned

But Lisette Flores and Selianna Robles, policy advisors for Senate Democrats, said they were yelled at when they walked from the Senate to the House lawn, directly passing the Trump supporters, to get lunch at a farmers market. Three white coworkers offered to escort Flores, Robles, and Democratic staffer Dora Ramirez back to their offices, Robles said.

“We’re walking back, and they start yelling again, ‘Get out of the country.’ At that point, they pointed to Lisette, called her an illegal, and said, ‘Get out, go back home!’” Robles said. “But they pointed at Jane (Ahern), who works for the House, and they said, ‘No, you can stay.’”

Ahern, a policy advisor for House Democrats, is white.

“I was born in California,” said Flores. “I’m obviously of Mexican descent, so I think in that group I’m the darkest one. Selianna and Dora, they’re light-skinned Latinos. So, I think probably that’s why they pointed at me out of a group of six.”

“They assume things about you. There’s not much we can do,” said Robles, an Arizona native raised in the town of San Luis. “We work for the state, we’re public servants, and we’re just here to do our job.”

Lawmakers said they were also questioned based on their appearance. Rep. Eric Descheenie, D-Chinle, said he was confronted by Trump supporters while helping defend a young student that he said was being harassed.

They asked Descheenie, a Navajo lawmaker, if he was in the United States illegally.

“I’m indigenous to these lands,” Descheenie said. “My ancestors fought and died on these lands. I just told them, ‘Don’t ask me that question.’”

 

[Techne]

Hey Steve, you are being trolled. Not every stupid tribe can claim to be American... Trump wants you to investigate and do his work for him. Keep going !

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Conservatives fume after Sessions declines to appoint new special counsel

:crylaugh:

 

[Xarog]

Conservatives fume after Sessions declines to appoint new special counsel

:crylaugh:

Ya, it is quite amusing. Sessions is 10 steps ahead of all of them; They think Sessions is stonewalling them when he's simply keeping mum about ongoing criminal investigations. Huber has been working on this with Horowitz since last year already...

[video=youtube_share;T69EgqBXGAU]https://youtu.be/T69EgqBXGAU[/video]

 

[Xarog]

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