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

how do you really stop a tyrant i wish we knowed

the pittsburgh post-gazette has fired its political cartoonist of 25 years, pretty obviously because of his anti-trump cartoons

We've undoubtedly reached the point where we can confidently refer to this as "situation normal", so all good, right?

Comey personal gmail news is some beyond ironic bullshit

Aaron Mate at the Nation argues it still ain't collusion yet.

https://www.thenation.com/article/mueller-indictments-still-dont-add-collusion/

Anyway, here's the report

https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download

Hmmm

Source briefed on the IG report says issue of alleged leaks to Rudy about Clinton investigation info isn't limited to what's in this report. More info to come on that later.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 14, 2018

My automatic response to what I'm sure will be thousands of smug invocations of 'we'll stop him' would be something like 'well, did they?'

Did they? Have they? Have they even slowed him? Has anyone hindered him more than he's hindered himself?

Aaron Mate piece is predictably awful, he’s been aggressively downplaying and moving goalposts throughout this whole thing though for whatever reason.

lol WaPo has changed their headline from the "we'll stop him" quote to "Watchdog report blasts Comey, documents major missteps in FBI probe of Clinton’s email"

Lol of course. Bad faith interpretations in defense of the fascist president but from the left.

Peter Strzok helped launch/oversee the FBI's initial Trump-Russia investigation in summer 2016 and later joined Mueller's team as its top agent before being removed in July 2017. This is not a good look: https://t.co/ChOuOJi6kA

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) June 14, 2018

Inspector general Michael Horowitz accused Comey of insubordination, saying he flouted Justice Department practices when he decided only he had the authority and credibility to make key decisions and speak for the Justice Department.

Comey made a “serious error of judgment” in sending a letter to Congress on Oct. 28 announcing he was reopening the investigation of Clinton’s use of the server while secretary of state, the report found, and called it “extraordinary that Comey assessed that it was best” for him not to speak directly with either the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General about his decision beforehand.

wasn't this the cover story Rosenstein & Trump initially put forward for firing Comey

libs like Nerdstrom ready to interpret any critique of any "anti-Trump" force as a defense of Yam

wd probably be up for a coup though

this hope that Mueller, the FBI etc would ever serve as any kind of significant check on Trump was always unrealistic, as I've said repeatedly. The only solution to stopping Trump is a political one - ie, control of Congress + winning elections

in the meantime, this fight between law enforcement and Trump is producing the ideal outcome at the moment - keeping the president distracted, embattled, and under a cloud.

wrt USA quote above I was just pointing at honesty in USA life & saying things are gonna about as you’d have to expect

also popcorn sales are up xp

wrt USA quote above I was just pointing at honesty in USA life & saying things are gonna about as you’d have to expect

― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, June 14, 2018 7:49 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OK,
just hoping that there are not going to be other incumbencies competing with this one for rewriting the norms to the absolute worst.
Maybe a little idealistic.

yamsymps like morbs need to come correct youre better dead than yam.

nice try

War Dems on the march!

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-move-block-trump-removing-us-troops-south/story?id=55866351

Like, what exactly is your analysis of authoritarianism if it includes *giving* the president *more* powers of domestic surveillance and *stopping* the president from withdrawing troops from foreign countries? https://t.co/YdmbWkTLFe

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) June 14, 2018

Stopping the president from doing something is more authoritarian?

the more troops everywhere, the more free everyone is

or

In the 1970s, when liberals and Democrats were serious about their fears of an authoritarian presidency, they moved to *limit* the president's ability to deploy troops abroad. Today, they do this. https://t.co/AlvGWPVz91

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) June 14, 2018

Chris Murphy has been pushing a fairly consistent anti-war agenda, he’s smart enough to know that the answer isn’t as simple US eliminates all military presence abroad.

v important that you guys figure out the correct stance on this bill that has no chance of passage

yeah when I saw Murphy's name attached I had my doubts about the headline, and the headlines have been wrong -- check out the IG report -- all day.

construction of tent city for captive kids to commence

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-will-house-migrant-kids-tents-tornillo-texas-n883281?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

what the fuck is any of this

what could possibly go wrong

I assume it will be called "Trumpville"

Any inept email usage from anyone over 45 years old is a super "no shit?" moment.

ARRRRRRRRGH

But my emails. https://t.co/G7TIWDEG0p

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2018

construction of tent city for captive kids to commence

motherfuckers will put a sign at the gate that says "el trabajo te libera"

in other news
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/392222-poll-casey-holds-double-digit-lead-over-barletta-in-pa-senate-race

The poll also shows Gov. Tom Wolf (D) with a similar double-digit lead over his GOP challenger, former state Sen. Scott Wagner.

nice

let's start from the position that hillary's the past, trump's the past, ICE is the past, the FBI is the past, let's get past all that shit into something new please

trump reponsding to that tweet saying he's sending the DOJ after her

someone fucking remove these people from the planet please

trump reponsding to that tweet saying he's sending the DOJ after her

that's a fake account

oh that wasn't really him, nvm

remove twitter from the planet please

yes, I'm pwned like an old person on the internetz

i'm all for vacuuming this admin into the dead of space though

at this point it's just a cesspool of misinformation

BREAKING: Republicans are floating a draft bill that would end family separations as the U.S. plans to reopen a tent shelter to house migrant children.

A draft text of the Republicans’ bill also calls for visas for young undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” as well as billions in funding for President Trump’s border wall. Conservatives and moderates are reserving judgment on the legislation ahead of expected votes next week.

The compromise bill would end the practice of dividing immigrant children from their parents at the border, a policy criticized earlier Thursday by Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). The U.S. will soon begin housing migrant children at a shelter site near El Paso that was last used in 2016 to house migrant children and families in large canvas tents. The site will have recreation areas and educational programming, and the tents are air-conditioned, officials said.

Pelosi said earlier no Dem will vote for this fwiw

does that matter? serious q.

maybe no one born before 1955 should be allowed to hold office or vote or tweet

^^ works for me