US Politics Mega-thread - Page 707

On September 18 2018 04:51 NewSunshine wrote:

As far as message, sure that's great. Hope is better than fear-mongering any day of the week in my book. Especially from a president who can form coherent thoughts. But in the day-to-day, Democrats can't just play nice with the Republicans. They abuse it unless they're kept in check, and nobody's been doing it. This is about the current state of affairs, wherein the Democrats have been little more than doormats for the Republicans. That's what needs to change.

On September 18 2018 05:02 Plansix wrote:
I don’t think Trump was super invested pushing through the conservative think tank’s chosen judge before the mid terms. The people pushing for the confirmation to move forward ASAP are the money people that see the mid terms as a reset of the board.

THE TOP REPUBLICAN and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee were both approached in July by an attorney claiming to have information relevant to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The attorney claimed in his letter that multiple employees of the federal judiciary would be willing to speak to investigators, but received no reply to multiple attempts to make contact, he told The Intercept.

Cyrus Sanai made his first attempt to reach out to Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in a letter dated July 24.

Sanai told the committee leadership that “there are persons who work for, or who have worked for, the federal judiciary who have important stories to tell about disgraced former Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, and his mentee, current United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. I know that there are people who wish to speak out but fear retaliation because I have been contacted by more than a half-dozen such persons since Judge Kozinski resigned in disgrace.”

On September 18 2018 06:15 Logo wrote:
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/17/cyrus-sanai-federal-court-employees-attempted-to-come-forward-to-chuck-grassley-and-dianne-feinstein-neither-responded/



Primary article is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4895867-Grassley-Letter-07-24-2018.html

Looks like there's potentially more stuff that's going to come out now that the accusation has been established?

What's amazing to me is how bad Feinstein looks in all that, I'm really curious how this is going to change her re-election bid. Can she spin it to make it seem like she's defeating the Kavanaugh confirmation, or will she be pounced on as sitting on the evidence that could have come out earlier?

On September 18 2018 06:15 Logo wrote:
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/17/cyrus-sanai-federal-court-employees-attempted-to-come-forward-to-chuck-grassley-and-dianne-feinstein-neither-responded/



Primary article is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4895867-Grassley-Letter-07-24-2018.html

Looks like there's potentially more stuff that's going to come out now that the accusation has been established?

What's amazing to me is how bad Feinstein looks in all that, I'm really curious how this is going to change her re-election bid. Can she spin it to make it seem like she's defeating the Kavanaugh confirmation, or will she be pounced on as sitting on the evidence that could have come out earlier?

On September 18 2018 06:38 Plansix wrote:
I think folks should look at that letter before deciding. Seriously, read it. All of the evidence in the letter could be valid correct and I still wouldn't take that attorney, Cyrus Sanai, up on his offer. That thing reads like law slash fic and some of the worst legal pleadings I've been exposed to. I can see why Feinstein might avoid contacting that attorney and look into his claims through alternative routes.

And this is why I avoid believing the Intercept until someone else picks up the story. They found out about the first letter to Feinstein, so now they run this story. Which would be fine, but the sole piece of evidence they have letter that reads like a liberal Alex Jones wrote it and nothing else.

Edit: Also, it is weird this guy is an attorney who practices in the same jurisdiction of the Judge he has been "calling out" for years as a sexual deviant. Although he turned out be right, he also has a reputation of being “vexatious litigant”, which is lawyer code for shit box attorney that makes Judge refresh their memory on how to hold someone in contempt properly.

On September 18 2018 07:27 ticklishmusic wrote:


Yeah, the lawyer comes off as a nut, but he was right about Kosinski so I'm torn between dismissing this as the ravings of a madman and thinking we should investigate a little further.

On September 18 2018 08:35 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Trump ordered declassification of all of his 'favourite' FBI peoples text messages about the investigation, and some select pages of the FISA warrant for Carter Page. Seems very strange to do it for an ongoing investigation. All to find some sort of 'bias' angle again like the Nunes memo charade probably?

https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/1041801256820465664

On September 18 2018 08:04 On_Slaught wrote:
Two pieces of big news. Trump just imposed 200billion in additional tarrifs on China, which is a massive escalation of the trade war. China vows retaliation. I guess Trump got tired of seeing good economic news. With numbers that big the average American will absolutely see the effects of this.

Second, hearings are scheduled for next week for Ford and Kavanaugh to testify. It appears to be a public hearing next Monday. The circus is on. I repeat, the circus is a go.

Sources:
https://twitter.com/business/status/1041819297201500160

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1041819418093920263

On September 18 2018 08:52 mikedebo wrote:


Wasn't the original number supposed to be 25% on 200 billion?

I'm holding onto cash and waiting for the Republicans to crash the global economy. Looking forward to the fire sale.

On September 18 2018 09:13 On_Slaught wrote:


Per the article its 10% for now to give business a chance to prepare. 25% starts on Jan 1.

On September 18 2018 08:38 Gorsameth wrote:
Sounds like a desperate move to get more ammunition to attempt to discredit the investigations.

And you can bet your bottom dollar the information declassified will be utterly out of context to draw a completely different picture from reality.