StrangeSox

QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2017 -> 11:40 AM) No one has better advice for stopping killing and death like Kissinger. Anthony Bourdain on Kissinger:

Oh and noted war criminal Henry Kissinger was at the White House today

QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2017 -> 11:01 AM) GIF embeds >>>> Twitter embeds That is several unnecessary steps: Open tweet->snip tool->save image->upload to imgur versus: copy-paste link, s***post at rapid velocity A couple of other places I frequent have hacked their forums code so that the software automatically parses twitter links and frames them just as if you were looking at a .gif of them, and the links are still clickable. QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2017 -> 11:10 AM) The meeting for more resources is being confirmed in several outlets now. Still unclear what day it was, but the timeline of "last week trump started asking for rationale to fire Comey" and "last week Comey asked the DAG, who wrote his letter of reasons to fire him, for more resources to investigate the Trump campaign" is ... not a good look. It would be an open and transparent attempt to thwart an ongoing investigation into the presidency, and something that should require an independent congressional investigation.

we need twitter embed code asap old forums software can't keep up with the speed of modern news

QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2017 -> 09:04 AM) Why is Sessions a part of this? Because the GOP is willing to go along with this, and they control all of the oversight. There are zero consequences for anything Trump does.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 10, 2017 -> 08:39 AM) So - what can actually be done other than b****ing and moaning about everything? At some point, who can step in? No one. Hi, welcome to The Constitutional Crisis, would you like fries with your order?

One of the "greatest military frauds in US history" was a guy briefly misstating his military service record but later correcting his misstatement in the same speech, and this should be investigated by the FBI for some reason. Trump is real mad.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 10, 2017 -> 08:27 AM) Yep, seems to be the company line. I particularly loved CNN showing KellyAnne the clips of Trump praising Comey in Oct over and over and over, but now firing him for his actions then. Pretty classic. Nixon still had 24% support when he left office. Bush was still in the upper 20's after conducting two disastrous wars, bungling Katrina horribly and ushering in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. There will always be a core group of loyalists. Editorial by former CIA, NSA director General Michael Hayden: Michael Hayden: When Trump's Washington starts to resemble Nicaragua

Sure, he'll always have the MAGA-americans, but they thought Congressional Democrats would be on board. edit: lol, just lol forever at this administration (because that's all the power anyone has to stop them )

I'm still blown away that the White House legitimately thought there'd be no blow back from this. They have no idea what they're doing. Imagine how poorly they're going to handle an actual crisis. https://mobile.twitter.com/maggieNYT/status...094642963243008

QUOTE (bmags @ May 9, 2017 -> 09:53 PM) It's only going to get dumber, I am sure of that. I cannot believe Senator Collins is walking along with this. They won't do a damn thing because Trump means they get to cut healthcare for the poor and taxes for the wealthy. I'll gladly eat my words on this if they do end up doing something, but I'm extremely doubtful.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/c...p-russia-238192

Wh was mad that FBI want prioritizing investigating leaks over Russia. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/862117691687145473 The ostensible reason for firing him is the exact opposite of what they said when it was helping them

We're seeing the dangers of having a system that relies so heavily on norms and decorum. When those break down, as they increasingly have over the past several years, the whole thing can start to become out of control.

The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him https://www.lawfareblog.com/nightmare-scena...would-stand-him

Deputy wh press secretary calls for ending the Russia investigations https://twitter.com/thomaswright08/status/862105575290744832

Yeah, also former senator Jeff sessions. Comey learned he was fired while giving a speech to FBI agents because their was an announcement on TV. https://twitter.com/nytpolitics/status/862104510965194752

Gillibrand is openly accusing sessions of committing perjury and now trying to cover it up. https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand/status/862091061207875584

Subpoenas issued by grand jury in FBI Flynn-Russia investigation. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/gra...ssia/index.html Hmmm.

Also today, the head of the US census bureau resigned because they're not properly funding the 2020 census. https://t.co/PJiuit2n4y

Nyt reporting that sessions was "looking for reasons" to fire Trump starting last week.

Yeah this is extremely f***ed up. Can't imagine the Republicans in the House or Senate will do anything about it, either.