US Politics, June 2018: This is a total goat rodeo.

Kansas is a sick place.

speaking of dumb fucks, james comey everyone

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-watchdog-finds-comey-defied-authority-fbi-director/story?id=55670834

The draft of Horowitz's wide-ranging report specifically called out Comey for ignoring objections from the Justice Department when he disclosed in a letter to Congress just days before the 2016 presidential election that FBI agents had reopened the Clinton probe, according to sources. Clinton has said that letter doomed her campaign.

Horowitz's draft report cited Comey for failing to consult with Lynch and other senior Justice Department officials before making his announcement on national TV. While saying there was no "clear evidence" that Clinton "intended to violate" the law, Comey insisted the former secretary of state was "extremely careless" in her "handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."

"I have not coordinated or reviewed this statement in any way with the Department of Justice or any other part of the government. They do not know what I am about to say," Comey said before cameras on July 5, 2016.

also discussed is dumb fuck bill clinton putting lynch on a box on this issue because of their tarmac meeting

Problems, problems.

BREAkING: new Guardian exclusive. Cambridge Analytica director 'met Assange to discuss US election & channeled cryptocurrency to Wikileaks’https://t.co/c24KXw3eFA

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) June 6, 2018

are we all too down in our nihilistic wormholes to discuss the primary results last night cuz Dem turnout shows no signs of abating, and Districts' across the country continue to flip/become competitive

speaking of dumb fucks, james comey everyone

but he's so honorable!

and tall!

Comey is a shitbag narcissist, game recognize game

are we all too down in our nihilistic wormholes to discuss the primary results last night cuz Dem turnout shows no signs of abating, and Districts' across the country continue to flip/become competitive

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:42 AM

I was going to post in the Democratic Party thread.

his guiding motivation has always been to develop/project/maintain his image as UPSTANDING G-MAN NUMBER ONE, and that's it.

xp

his reverence for david brooks informs his sophomoric political instincts that back up his bs g-man front

Comey is such a fucking doofus. one of the lowkey worst things about the Trump Debacle is this fucknut being rehabbed into a resistance hero.

*rehabbed as

Image search for a Comey/Guevara mashup yields zero results. So disappointed in the internet right now.

Comey's best trait is that he wrote copious notes following all his meetings with Trump, which, when you think about it, is pretty crappy to have as your best trait.

One of my bandmate spotted John Brennan at a carnival a few days ago, wearing shorts and riding the bumper cars with (one presumes) a grandchild. Incidentally Brennan and my dad were on a softball team together in the 1970s.

Kim Jong Un is going to love this. Rudy Giuliani: The N. Korean leader got “on his hands and knees and begged” for the summit to be held.@felschwartzhttps://t.co/0mm9K4n3bo

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) June 6, 2018

Rudy is possibly the only person dumber than Trump

people made fun of Kim K but she managed to get Trump to actually do something decent, which is impressive

and I had the same thought:

I wouldn’t be surprised if part of this was a way to give a retroactive black eye to Obama for not pardoning her himself.

— T. (@RickyRawls) June 6, 2018

his motives were not to be decent though but rather to align himself with personalities he believes can benefit him in some way. xp

plus that xp

http://phillysketchfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Goat-Rodeo-Logo-300x300.jpg

xxxp

Hey, the Worm's got some assist.

Sebastian Gorka announces that he and Sean Hannity are heading to Singapore pic.twitter.com/UwV0uDLUnM

— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) June 6, 2018

Grudges, he's got 'em

SCOOP: When Trudeau pressed Trump on national security justification for tariffs on Canada Trump responded: “didn’t you guys burn down the WH?” That was Britain during the War of 1812 https://t.co/tj4iHX7wPD

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 6, 2018

kinda wish Britain would do a repeat at the moment tbh

You burn down Buckingham Palace, we burn down the White House, deal?

As someone else pointed out, Canadians *do* take credit for that a lot so him citing it seems like fair game to me

Canada did something good once?

Long ago.

O ancient of days

If the War of 1812 did not happen we probably would not have the Star Spangled Banner, so Trump should be grateful and more patriotic.

that goat rodeo image upthread is a+++++

:D

speaking of dumb fucks, james comey everyone

good

this ought to be his legacy forever

btw throwing the election to Trump and then getting fired and smeared by him because you weren't sufficiently subservient is really the ultimate Donald Trump experience isn't it

p much

Fun times at the EPA.

Wow. EPA spox Jahan Wilcox to @elainaplott when she called for comment on this story: “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.” https://t.co/mXpa3Pcgug

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 6, 2018

How sweet!

I asked Scott Pruitt a quick question about the reports he tried to help his wife become a Chick-fil-A franchisee.

"With great change comes, I think, opposition...I love, she loves [Chick-fil-A]" pic.twitter.com/gND2tdMq1e

— Jessica Smith (@JessicaASmith8) June 6, 2018

Meantime, something new Stormy-wise...

New Stormy Daniels lawsuit claims her former lawyer betrayed her and "hatched a plan" with Trump attorney Michael Cohen to get the adult film actress to publicly deny she had an affair with President Trump. https://t.co/RvYitjrdOO

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 6, 2018

Attached to the Stormy Daniels lawsuit are text messages exchanged between Michael Cohen and Daniels’ former lawyer Keith Davidson.

They’re worth a read. More here: https://t.co/N3ioPrZXlW pic.twitter.com/vV4EkWtlzr

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 6, 2018

Further to which:

Wait what pic.twitter.com/WjNgHjhHE5

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 6, 2018

So, it looks like Trump called in his fixer in to break the news to his wife that he was being sued as a result of his affair with a porn star.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) June 6, 2018

And as long as we're talking Trump and Cohen, how about a different Trump?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/ivanka-trump-putin-moscow-meeting-michael-cohen-tower?utm_term=.ltOOlN9Px#.lmeDQ6rPv

And what gifts were they bringing?

This one is the most intriguing. Who are “the wise men”? pic.twitter.com/Vqj5EcZ1pL

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 6, 2018

Can you call me please?

Please call me

U calling?

U up?

Hey

The concept of "wise men", who stand out of the limelight and quietly advise public figures based on their many decades of experience, is well-established in national politics, but knowing the identity of these particular "wise men" would be intriguing.

Also, Cohen calling Stormy's lawyer "pal"!

being considered a wise man in the trump admin is some real ‘tallest dwarf’ territory

I'm guessing this collection of Wise Men is comprised of...I'll be conservative and say maybe only like 40% former Celebrity Apprentice contestants.

OT but Lunch, what about Butthurt Brecht?

NEWS: Just told by senior EPA person that Sarah Greenwalt, senior counsel to Pruitt, has also resigned. Asking EPA public affairs for confirmation. Comes after another aide Millian Hupp also resigned today

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 6, 2018