i wonder what Robert Mueller is thinking

[defixione]

Can you throw us a bone?

[defixione]

So is it really "illegal" to try and get dirt on your political opponent? Clinton and the DNC paid for a fake Russian dossier, guess that's OK. Haven't heard a peep from Clinton about it. Just a "nothing burger" say the demonrats.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that getting dirt on a political opponent through legal channels is okay. However, I'm not sure that arranging to buy or being in possession of stolen property, i.e. hacked emails, is a legit route to take.

[Deleted User 89]

Can you throw us a bone?

we’re supposed to read his mind

if i knew the answer, i wouldn’t have asked the question...shame on me for trying to actually have a conversation

[DCHawk1]

Can you throw us a bone?

It's actually quite literal this time. Trad said he was trying to find information about the origin of the dossier, etc., and I told him to try harder.

No hidden meaning.

[Shirley]

William Barr and situational executive privilege.

i.e., it was different when a democrat was president:

1994 video of William Barr talking about executive privilege

[Shirley]

https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/stat ... 5536640007

[Shirley]

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/ ... 7662665728

[ousdahl]

William Barr and situational executive privilege.

i.e., it was different when a democrat was president:

1994 video of William Barr talking about executive privilege

make sure there's no political fixing

ask the president to come before a grand jury

lulz

[dolomite]

“Passive” collusion not as bad as “active” collusion? Ask Brennan or Clapper.

[Shirley]

This, no doubt, should be on the "Dumbshit" thread, but...

Thanks republicans, for subjecting our nation to this ignorant, incurious, piece of shit.

Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him

President Trump suggested Wednesday that he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him — a notion that legal experts said showed a misunderstanding of the Constitution...

[dolomite]

Is it the Republicans fault for what many think this is the “fiasco of a presidency” ? Maybe the blame should fall to the Dems for not getting more voters to the polls. Laziness, incompetence, overly confident, Dems, you can only blame yourselves.

[jhawks99]

That's pro-level Twister right there.

[Shirley]

Republican senators are paying a political price

The latest Politico-Morning Consult poll suggests that GOP senators, especially those vulnerable in 2020, who are bent on accommodating President Trump and his noxious nominees, policy stances and behavior are paying a political price.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has always pitched herself as a pro-choice moderate, has nosedived in the polls since voting to pass Trump’s tax plan and to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. From a 67 percent/27 percent favorable/unfavorable rating in the first quarter of 2017, she has sunk to 52 percent/39 percent. She’s 25 net points underwater with Democrats. She might (or might not) have staved off a primary challenge, but she’s setting herself up for her first competitive Senate race since 1996, with an army of pro-choice voters looking to knock her out of the Senate. For a pro-life moderate in a purplish-blue state, sticking by Trump has not worked to her advantage.

...Then there is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who won in 2014 by presenting himself as an advocate for women (e.g. stressing access to over-the-counter contraception). In 2017, he started with a 49/30 favorable margin. Now he is at 35/35...

...Go down the list of 2020 GOP incumbents on the ballot, and you see a similar pattern. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has slid from a 39/30 approval/disapproval split to 34/33; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tumbled from 44/47 to 36/50; and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) fell from 47/37 to 40/37. These politicians’ Trump sycophancy could well cost them their seats.

[...]

[Shirley]

Is it the Republicans fault for what many think this is the “fiasco of a presidency” ? Maybe the blame should fall to the Dems for not getting more voters to the polls. Laziness, incompetence, overly confident, Dems, you can only blame yourselves.

That's pro-level Twister right there.

^^^

[DCHawk1]

Republican senators are paying a political price

The latest Politico-Morning Consult poll suggests that GOP senators, especially those vulnerable in 2020, who are bent on accommodating President Trump and his noxious nominees, policy stances and behavior are paying a political price.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has always pitched herself as a pro-choice moderate, has nosedived in the polls since voting to pass Trump’s tax plan and to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. From a 67 percent/27 percent favorable/unfavorable rating in the first quarter of 2017, she has sunk to 52 percent/39 percent. She’s 25 net points underwater with Democrats. She might (or might not) have staved off a primary challenge, but she’s setting herself up for her first competitive Senate race since 1996, with an army of pro-choice voters looking to knock her out of the Senate. For a pro-life moderate in a purplish-blue state, sticking by Trump has not worked to her advantage.

...Then there is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who won in 2014 by presenting himself as an advocate for women (e.g. stressing access to over-the-counter contraception). In 2017, he started with a 49/30 favorable margin. Now he is at 35/35...

...Go down the list of 2020 GOP incumbents on the ballot, and you see a similar pattern. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has slid from a 39/30 approval/disapproval split to 34/33; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tumbled from 44/47 to 36/50; and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) fell from 47/37 to 40/37. These politicians’ Trump sycophancy could well cost them their seats.

[...]

lulz@jenrubin

[Geezer]

What have you published?

[DCHawk1]

Quite a bit, actually.

Thanks for asking?

[ousdahl]

Is it the Republicans fault for what many think this is the “fiasco of a presidency” ? Maybe the blame should fall to the Dems for not getting more voters to the polls. Laziness, incompetence, overly confident, Dems, you can only blame yourselves.

That's pro-level Twister right there.

^^^

that rug really ties the room together.

[defixione]

Quite a bit, actually.

Thanks for asking?

Your thoughts on gun control were enlightening. Solid essays.

[Shirley]

https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/stat ... 0180533249

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status ... 6785716224