a quick poll about Russia and Donald Trump

now that nerdstrom's gone i don't think there are any ilx centrists (idk what fred is other than european)

greenwald has shown himself to be a huge piece of shit and an idiot multiple times, why any of you give a shit about anything he says is beyond me (i know morbs is incapable of relinquishing his faves)

I'm guessing I have the most consistent far-left voting record of anyone on this thread. But I do hate American leftists.

I'm guessing I have the most consistent far-left voting record of anyone on this thread

lmao never change

LOL Fred.

sorry, that was a trolly post.

but I'm glad it provoked that classic fred

I still don't know why I should be expecting the full report to be significantly more interesting or damming than the summary suggests

because that's all there is to hold on to?

and barr is a republican baddy (but mueller is not)

Yes Fred show us yr US votimg history

xp. n.b. i am not calling barr a "baddy" in the parlance of our times

Again, the "baddie" is an old friend of Mueller's.

Also, Mueller is a registered Republican iirc

But..you don't have to be a baddie to move faster to 'tip' the scale slightly into the direction he and Rosenstein landed on.

If they had charged him with obstruction Trump would have fired both and made it easy for us.

Mueller i think did a good job

i know morbs is incapable of relinquishing his faves

i will not litigate yr 5-star review of Jacob's fucking Ladder

The summary suggests the report to be plenty damning and embarrassing? It explicitly says it's not exonerating. It's just not incriminating either, which might be surprising to some, but ok.

i will not litigate yr 5-star review of Jacob's fucking Ladder

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:36 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's a fucking politics thread morbs, i continue to not give a shit what you think about my taste in movies

https://thenib.imgix.net/usq/4ca76840-4ade-48a7-a96f-1d43944a59d7/the-collusion-delusion-2-0c6.png

me itt

oh lol i forgot the nib treats their comic panels as separate pngs, anyway that's not me

Lol

I still don't know why I should be expecting the full report to be significantly more interesting or damming than the summary suggests

― Simon H.,

This is what I don't get. Mueller writes a report, then Barr misrepresents the contents, and Mueller just goes sure dog whatever?

There surely can't be people who still think there is anything of consequence in that report or that anything is going to result from it idgi

how big is Maddow's cult?

i don't give a shit what you think my poli-pundit "faves" are, Braddykins

Is Mueller even allowed to publicly dispute that

Hang in there, patriots. Let the process play out. :-)

The process is a lengthy frustrating mess, constantly manipulated or delayed, with no guarantee the results will resemble anything like truth or justice. But the only alterative to the current process** that I can see is rioting in the streets and I am too old for that.

**nb: the current process includes vigorously browbeating a reluctant Congress into activity and working to dominate the next election cycle.

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

Like the point isn't that Mueller's report was "lol perpwalk these motherbitches" and Barr put whiteout all over it. But that perhaps the body of data was more like "some very concerning things were found but it is impossible to prove intentional collusion" or "there could have been obstruction but it's difficult to prove intent" vs "nothing to see here"

i don't give a shit what you think my poli-pundit "faves" are, Braddykins

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:48 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool, maybe next time don't bring up my letterboxd reviews here bc you're incapable of having a discussion where you're not convinced of your own superiority

Is Mueller even allowed to publicly dispute that

― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Wednesday, March 27, 2019 1:48 PM (three minutes ago)

congress can call on him to testify, can't they?

Yeah absolutely...and probably will be called. I just don't think right now he can call NYT and say "about that report...."

But idk for sure

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

― Simon H.,

Damn! Ok fair enough so there have been some consequences

afaik Mueller no longer holds any defined position in government and therefore is free to publically discuss anything not officially classified as secret by law or by the courts. But he's not going to go out of his way to make any public statements unless he is asked to testify before Congress. He will do everything by the book.

Why didn’t mueller subpoena trump?

yeah, that I don't understand

This is the issue where I am frustrated with my uncle, Robert Swan Mueller.

But I do hate American leftists.

all of them? like, every community activist and union organizer and...?

Re: "Maddow's cult", viewership supposedly plunged half a mil this week

well, something good came out of this at least...

He will do everything by the book.

the mueller whisperer....

yeah it's absolutely nuts that Trump was never asked for an interview, the only explanations I can think of are 1) Republicans don't have to play by those rules or 2) they figured he was just going to lie his ass off anyway so what's the point?? idk man this is just weird. what the hell was Mueller even investigating??

Before this whole situation, Rachel Maddow always seemed kinda chill, like someone who I’d want for my trivia team.

She can still be on it if she wants

def into trivia

i'd bet she would be amazing

i could see us winning the league if she was on the team. but alas

I'm guessing I have the most consistent far-left voting record of anyone on this thread

there were 340 boxes on the upper house ballot last weekend. aiui you only get to number one (1) box?

tbh americans seldom really have an opportunity to vote for "far left" candidates.

i mean my mom voted for dick gregory once upon a time...

I am the most “out there” probably—a true firebrand

yeah but how many of you have a rosa luxemburg tattoo on the small of your back?

It's true that the far left in the US does not enjoy the widespread popularity, and electoral success, it does in The People's Republic of Denmark.