Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

Yates owns so much, she's really killing this imo

she is unflappable

that said I should have known that the GOP was gonna make this about unmasking and Hillary's emails, because of course they would

yeah, but many people thought Trump beat Hillary in the debates, so it's mostly showtime for senators

Clapper just said this is not about leaks it's about Russian influence on elections

yeah that was pretty explicit. leaks are "ancilliary issues" and interference is "transcendent"

do they seriously *have* to answer every question? can't they just respond with a simple "how is that germane to the issue we're here to discuss?"

also, clapper sounds just like Nick Offerman.

gotta say it was nice to see Cruz get humiliated once more

Sasse asking some good questions here

Cornyn and Cruz just left the hearing, lolololol

where does it fucking say this hearing is about the goddamn executive orders

senator kennedy from louisiana is a gigantic dumbass and acts like he's worried that everyone will realize it at the same time

"is this an AH PRIORI consideration?"

he just said "wax too metaphysical" twice in the same minute

must suck to have to be deferential to these idiots

is this just a pure character assassination play by the GOP right now? does everyone in that room know how guilty Trump is or what?

i feel like i need to gnash myself against the rocks for a few minutes before returning back to society, who voted for him on purpose

he reminds me of mcconnell

"uh...you can't leak unclassified information"

feel like Clapper is going to get up and slap this jackass

the "unclassified information would not be leaking" moment was pretty awesome, also kind of stunning how disingenuous the questioning is, basically trying to turn anybody who ever talks to the press about anything into being a scurrilous "leaker"

I read Karl's previous-previous post as "ass too metaphysical"

I felt like that cognitive hiccup needed to be documented

Prince wrote "Metaphysical Ass" about Kennedy.

i don't mean to interrupt the watch party, but ICYMI

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/328857/gop-congressman-raul-labrador-nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care/

to be perfectly franken

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can't believe this is the first mention of Manafort

i don't mean to interrupt the watch party, but ICYMI

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/328857/gop-congressman-raul-labrador-nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care/

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, May 8, 2017

I saw the clip this morning. Labrador and Mo Brooks are competing for Most Honest Pustule.

lol there's no way either of them can answer these questions from Franken but I'm glad someone is actually getting to the issue at hand for once

that was some serious questifying from Franken there. at least he stayed on topic tho.

Franken sounds like Master Shake lately.

the entire GOP outside of Graham just left, stay classy guys

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just want to note for the record this stunning bit of misattribution at The Hill:

In a prosecutorial line of questions from Sen. Ted Kennedy (R-Mass.), Yates was once again asked to defend her conduct surrounding the travel ban.

lol

"Riashah".

ugh that bugs me

Clapper basically implied that there's a current investigation into Trump's businesses and Russia

http://i.imgur.com/XEWfCCb.jpg

ok lol

"double secret clearance"

i call for senator foghorn kennedy to be put on double secret probation, effectively double immediately, times infinity

Did I hear that right Yates has confidence in Sessions?
Or is that the only thing she can say diplomatically

if she said she didn't the next question would be why she had a reason to lack confidence in Sessions, and i'm not sure he's doing anything illegal other than being an enormous asshole who supports racist and xenophobic policies

i don't know why i said "other than"

That image just reminded me of the ridiculously-OTT, comedically-implausible dystopian scenario from some thirty-year-old movie we're currently living in. The fistfuls of opioids make it easy to forget most of the time, thankfully.

Yeah, Sessions seems to be pretty good at that 'I'm not touching you, you can't get mad', only just barely legal style of overt white supremacy.

Yates definitely being extra careful not to create any sensational headlines and give the Republicans something else to gripe about

Since when did old white dudes need a reason to air their grievances?

2008