US Politics Mega-thread - Page 7789

On June 08 2017 03:36 LegalLord wrote:
I mean, Trump looks dumb in these memos, but not anything crooked. Just comments that are kind of inappropriate but the way it was said it looks simply like he doesn't know any better. I think this entire hearing will have most of the air taken out of it by the underwhelming nature of this info. But things certainly don't look great for Trump on a larger scale.

On June 08 2017 03:40 a_flayer wrote:
At which point would Trump be called on to testify?

On June 08 2017 03:51 On_Slaught wrote:


This is the real endgame. 100% chance he perjures himself, despite counsel's advice, if he testifies under oath.

On June 08 2017 03:52 biology]major wrote:


Lol that testimony would be hilarious

On June 08 2017 03:54 KwarK wrote:

It'd be nothing but him talking about the ratings of the Apprentice.

A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.”
I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the
awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence. The
conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our
dinner.
At one point, I explained why it was so important that the FBI and the
Department of Justice be independent of the White House. I said it was a paradox:
Throughout history, some Presidents have decided that because “problems” come
from Justice, they should try to hold the Department close. But blurring those
boundaries ultimately makes the problems worse by undermining public trust in
the institutions and their work.

Shortly afterwards, I spoke with Attorney General Sessions in person to
pass along the President’s concerns about leaks. I took the opportunity to implore
the Attorney General to prevent any future direct communication between the
President and me. I told the AG that what had just happened – him being asked to
leave while the FBI Director, who reports to the AG, remained behind – was
inappropriate and should never happen. He did not reply.

I called Acting Deputy Attorney
General Dana Boente (AG Sessions had by then recused himself on all Russiarelated
matters), to report the substance of the call from the President, and said I
would await his guidance. I did not hear back from him before the President
called me again two weeks later.

On June 08 2017 03:34 GreenHorizons wrote:


I can't believe how incredibly stupid this article is. Did people actually read it?

It's pretty obviously both stupid and misleading. I'm sur.... No wait, it was Danglars posting this. That makes perfect sense.

Here's a video of the "Bat wielding mob" beating non thinkers with baseball bats from the idiotic article.



Danglars, wouldn't you want them to be able to carry guns instead anyway?

Dear RAD Students,

We are aware of a small group of students coordinating a community patrol of housing and campus. We acknowledge and understand the fear and concerns that are motivating these actions. We also understand that these students are seeking to provide an alternative source of safety from external entities as well as those community members who they distrust.

Community patrols can be a useful tool for helping people to feel safe, however the use of bats or similar instruments is not productive. Some members of this group have been observed carrying batons and/or bats. Carrying bats is causing many to feel unsafe and intimidated. The bats must be put away immediately in order to protect all involved. Non-students participating in this activity are advised to leave campus.

On June 08 2017 04:11 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
as it seems everything about the Comey memos that was leaked is true

On June 08 2017 04:19 xDaunt wrote:

I would certainly hope that Comey's statements are consistent with his own memos and all other prior statements (especially his Senate committee testimony last month).

On June 08 2017 04:15 Danglars wrote:

I knew I'd get a response from you, always dependable. They have been asked on their "community patrols" to not carry bats.


I know we have issues communicating. Openly carrying bats walking around campus on patrol is intimidation, particularly when the message is they're justified because of fake oppression. If there were more civil rights on campus and students were allowed to carry guns in self defense, I can imagine these radicals would think twice before using them. It's dumb and you're empowering all the wrong kinds of people by being so blatantly illiberal and intolerant on campus.

On June 08 2017 04:26 Mohdoo wrote:
So, in addition to everything in these memos, what are we expecting/hoping to hear about tomorrow? Now that we have a complete retelling of all of Comey and Trump's interactions, what is left?

On June 08 2017 04:29 GreenHorizons wrote:


Of course you would get a response. I'm not going to let you post something so ridiculously stupid and not call you out for it. "fake oppression", really?

You realize WA is an open carry state? So people can walk around with guns displayed on their hip or on their shoulder if a long gun?

So you would prefer they were walking around with shotguns on their shoulders? Because this isn't about beating random people, it's self-defense. I'm guessing you didn't even read much beyond the garbage lie of a tweet.

This is exactly the kind of reinforcing of white supremacy I'm talking about. You know there are actual injustices on campus and in the area that people are trying to address while you're busy trying to prop up phantoms of the persecuted white man?

On June 08 2017 04:26 Mohdoo wrote:
So, in addition to everything in these memos, what are we expecting/hoping to hear about tomorrow? Now that we have a complete retelling of all of Comey and Trump's interactions, what is left?

I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on
exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those
Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump.

I reminded him I had previously told him that. He repeatedly told me, “We need
to get that fact out.” (I did not tell the President that the FBI and the Department
of Justice had been reluctant to make public statements that we did not have an
open case on President Trump for a number of reasons, most importantly because
it would create a duty to correct, should that change