***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[gry60]

The foxes in the henhouse found no evidence of improper fox conduct in the henhouse. Case closed.

No chickens could be found to testify against the foxes.

 

[IATT]

 

[stuntman mike]

let's see how allied we are with our ally now.

 

[Belgium]

No chickens could be found to testify against the foxes.

That's false sir. After being tasked with investigating the presence of foreign foxes in the henhouse and their potential misconduct, the fox committee conducted a thorough investigation.
The chickens' activities were thoroughly investigated, as well as the farmers who initially reported and sought to investigate the foreign foxes. Several foxes were called to testify and they denied any involvement. Several foxes declined to answer any question about a specific timeframe and the fox committee proceeded to subpoena one of them on the spot to draw a red line and prevent other foxes from thinking they couldn't stonewall the committee.
After reviewing all the non-incriminating evidence, the foxes proceeded to close the investigation. However the chickens and the farmers still remain under scrutiny. The fox committee will now proceed with more pressing matters and investigate the nearby doghouse for criminal misconduct.
excuse the crappy analogy

 

[gry60]

Putin is acting just like I would if I had two nuclear arsenals under my control...

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

Boomers with the economy are like me with basketball now.

I joined a over 30 Filipino basketball league and I'm flourishin. I put in work, then leave before the young ballers hit the court. Then I go home, cover myself in ice and Bengay, and tell me girl war stories about how I was cooking Manny and his boyz.

Straight deluding myself in my own world. That's white male Boomers

Hey, man, offtopic but are you Filipino?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Hey, man, offtopic but are you Filipino?

Nope, black.

 

[whywesteppin]

let's see how allied we are with our ally now.

I am confident we will stick by Russia's side against these fantasy allegations full of innuendo by the Brits.

 

[gry60]

 

[Mr.Guy]

Repubs gonna look real bad if Mueller finds collusion

 

[Belgium]

What is perhaps most striking to me about the House Intel "investigation" is that they have shown themselves to be willing to set a precedent that individuals called to testify can essentially stonewall the entire committee, invoke Schrodinger's executive privilege or just flat out say "nah I decline to answer" and walk out without a subpoena. With the exception of Bannon, who coincidentally has also been a nuisance for the GOP leadership in recent months (see Alabama election etc). Hope Hicks stonewalled the committee on questions about her time in the WH. Corey Lewandowski declined to answer any questions about topics after his departure from the campaign. Donald Trump Jr refused to answer any questions about discussions with his father about the Trump tower meeting and cited attorney-client privilege because "an attorney was in the room at the same time". He acknowledged discussing the meeting but refused to answer beyond that.

At this point why should anyone answer any questions before a House Intel committee?

Edit: Thankfully there's still this man.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-...ueller-probe-no-reason-to-end-special-counsel
Rosenstein defends Mueller: No reason to end special counsel

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended special counsel Robert Mueller in an interview published Monday, saying that he doesn’t believe “there is any justification” for ending the probe into Russia's election interference.

"The special counsel is not an unguided missile," Rosenstein told USA Today. "I don't believe there is any justification at this point for terminating the special counsel."

The Washington Post reported earlier this year that President Trump had ordered that Mueller be fired last summer, but was thwarted by White House counsel Don McGahn, who threatened to resign over the move.



Trump has repeatedly attacked Mueller’s probe as a “witch hunt.”

Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller following the firing of FBI Director James Comey and recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the 2016 investigation, said oversight of the probe takes up only "a fraction" of his time on a daily basis.

He also defended the Justice Department from recent attacks.

Trump and Republican lawmakers have slammed the department and the FBI, claiming officials there are biased against Trump.

"I believe much of the criticism will fall by the wayside when people reflect on this era and the Department of Justice," said Rosenstein, who did not mention Trump by name during the interview. "I'm very confident that when the history of this era is written, it will reflect that the department was operated with integrity."

He also said that he felt “very confident” in his ability to carry out his job.

"In any political job, you recognize that your time is going to be limited. My goal is to get as much done for as long as I'm here in the job,” Rosenstein said.

"And when my time is up, whenever that may be, I'm confident that I'm going to be able to look back proudly on the work our department has done while I've been fortunate enough to be here,” he continued.

Rosenstein added that he had “anticipated that this would be a lower-profile job,” but that he wouldn’t trade places with past deputy attorneys general.

His comments came the same day GOP lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee announced that they are ending the panel’s probe into Russia's election interference.

The Republican lawmakers are finalizing their report on the probe’s findings, and will say that they found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

 

[fargin]

I'm a little perplexed, why haven't Trump attacked UK for having nerve agents deployed against their citizens yet?

 

[Belgium]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/12/equifax-data-breach-banking-profits-405457
Senate banking bill rewards Equifax despite privacy breaches
Newly released provisions would allow the company and its industry peers to enter the mortgage market while shielding them from consumer lawsuits.

 

[Brownstone]

You can tell a true conservative by their stance on the prospect of Russian collusion.

 

[Cashflow]

J. Edgar Hoover would’ve released his secret files on all these politicians saying the CIA & FBI got it wrong

Intelligence Community getting punked

 

[whywesteppin]

I'm a little perplexed, why haven't Trump attacked UK for having nerve agents deployed against their citizens yet?

I'm waiting for Trump to propose giving everyone nerve agents to defend themselves.

 

[hipstermike]

Repubs gonna look real bad if Mueller finds collusion

They look bad already man

 

[gry60]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/12/equifax-data-breach-banking-profits-405457
Senate banking bill rewards Equifax despite privacy breaches
Newly released provisions would allow the company and its industry peers to enter the mortgage market while shielding them from consumer lawsuits.

Every day we reach new levels of villainy.

 

[whywesteppin]

Drumpf at it again

 

[InTheHallway]

Repubs gonna look real bad if Mueller finds collusion

And democrats gonna look extra foolish if no collusion is found ... Trump's already got the commercial waiting, inserting the total wasted tax dollars on a nothing burger and protest of legitimate election results ...

 

[plansb]

ALL CAPS. the don has spoken.

 

[gry60]

And democrats gonna look extra foolish if no collusion is found ... Trump's already got the commercial waiting, inserting the total wasted tax dollars on a nothing burger and protest of legitimate election results ...

Amazing that after five indictments and a couple of guilty pleas you still find a way to fix your fingers and type that, especially when we know how stupid Trump was to deal with Sater (who is by no means a rookie when it comes to being an FBI informant).

 

[fargin]

ALL CAPS. the don has spoken.

Forget collusion, impeach for All Caps.

 

[RustyShackleford]

George Papadopoulos claimed Trump encouraged him to connect with the Russian government. As a member of Trump’s team of foreign policy advisers, Papadopoulos, a young energy consultant with little national security experience, spent months in the spring and summer of 2016 trying to set up a back channel between the campaign and the Kremlin, in part to arrange a Trump-Putin meeting before Election Day. His efforts were known to senior campaign aides, including campaign co-chairman Sam Clovis and top campaign aide Paul Manafort. According to a later court filing, Papadopoulos, who in October 2017 pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, aimed to set up an “off the record” meeting between campaign representatives and Putin’s office. Trump has famously denied there was any relationship between his campaign and Moscow. But Russian Roulette reveals that Papadopoulos has told investigators that at a March 31, 2016, meeting Trump held with his foreign policy team, when Papadopoulos informed Trump he had contacts in the United Kingdom who could set up a meeting between Trump and Putin, Trump said this was an “interesting” idea. Trump, according to Papadopoulos’ account, looked at then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a top Trump adviser at the time, as if he expected him to follow up. Afterward, Papadopoulos, working with Russian cutouts, kept pursuing such a meeting.

https://www.motherjones.com/politic...s-efforts-to-establish-a-russian-backchannel/

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[Nike Jordan]

Republicans roll over for The Bigot™ yet again.