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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 5:40:27 GMT -6
Mississippi senatorial candidate posts incorrect info about Lee, is articulately taken down by historian:
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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 6:09:52 GMT -6
If I understand his executive time tweets this morning, Trump is saying he cancelled the parade because the people who run DC requested such a high cost for it.
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Post by ladybrienne on Aug 17, 2018 6:11:33 GMT -6
There's a report that Omarosa has 200 tapes related to Trump.
This is the world we live in now.
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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 6:11:36 GMT -6
11 former CIA chiefs speak out against Trump:
This has been your morning metro ride news blitz with cakewench. Have a great day!
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Post by notblanche on Aug 17, 2018 6:14:24 GMT -6
Mississippi senatorial candidate posts incorrect info about Lee, is articulately taken down by historian: I love it! I just spent the last 20 minutes reading this thread and comments. McDaniel responded, lol, and I don't think it's gone the way he expected.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Aug 17, 2018 6:29:22 GMT -6
Mississippi senatorial candidate posts incorrect info about Lee, is articulately taken down by historian: This is a great read
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Post by enchanted on Aug 17, 2018 7:25:13 GMT -6
I love this.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 7:53:38 GMT -6
Can I opine on security clearances for a minute? I'll put it under a spoiler in case it gets long but, boy oh boy, I'm seeing a lot of ignorance and misinformation out there. Ok. So.
Yes, it is true that high level officials retain a security clearance even after they leave a politically appointed positions. This allows us to retain DECADES of institutional knowledge and alliances that we can call upon as needed TO KEEP US SAFE. If someone doesn't understand why that matters, then, I don't know how to help them.
Secondly, security clearance is not a key card giving you access to a magical SCIF where The Big Book of State Secrets is held and freedom to peruse The Book at will. Not at all. Security clearance means that the FBI, DOD, Treasury or White House have adjudicated that you would not be a risk to national security should you be granted access to sensitive information. And, with that access, you literally can only see the stuff that you need to for the express purpose of doing your job. So a person with a TS working at Treasury isn't looking at military stuff. A person with a Secret clearance who works at a defense contractor isn't reading FISA applications. Actually having a clearance is just the first step. Access to the actual information is specific and only on a strict need-to-know basis. I mean, we're not amateurs.
Thirdly, the names on the Trump Enemies List are people who were involved in the early stages of the counterintelligence investigation into Russia's attack on our election. They know things, and the things they know will be relevant to the ongoing investigations. Therefore, they will be asked questions. It behooves the investigation, and therefore our national security, for them to be able to give as accurate and complete of answers as possible. That means accessing their own personal notes from their time in office. That means retaining their security clearance. Yes, John Brennan has returned to the CIA and "used" his security clearance--to prepare for testimony before Congress and the OSC. This was also part of the breuhaha surrouningd Lisa Page's subpoenas--she wanted to review her notes and documents to ensure that her testimony was thorough and accurate, and she was not permitted such access.
Finally, John Brennan will be just fine. The concern here is not about John Brennan, it's about the slippery slope. For someone like Lisa Page, who has not qualified for her pension, being stripped of her clearance deeply undermines her work prospects going forward. There's a shortage of qualified, clearance-holding individuals to fill important jobs in both the public and private sectors. And there's a tremendous backlog in adjudicating applications for clearance. If the Trump regime seeks to strip the clearance of career professionals (even your garden variety paper pushing bureaucrat who says mean things about Trump on Twitter) it will undermine the good work that our governmental institutions do every day.
Fin. Other govies, please correct anything I said that was inaccurate.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 7:54:33 GMT -6
Man if you had told 2015 DC2London that she would soon be defending NFL players, a Republican Deputy Attorney General, and John Brennan, she would have laughed in your face. And here we are.
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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 7:56:28 GMT -6
So I'm aware this is the politics thread and not sports, but this is one of my favorite articles every year, and this year's version has this gem: "And frankly, that’s what you get for unleashing Mike Pence upon the rest of the country. Fucking Pence. Standing up and walking out of that game like a preening dipshit. I can’t believe Donald Trump managed to find the one person on Earth who would make a worse President to be his backup. Join us this season when Pence huffily burns his season tickets because he saw a lady’s exposed wrist on the concourse. Mike Pence can go deep throat horseshoes in hell." deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2018-indianapolis-colts-1828021280Why Your Team Sucks is one of my favorite things about football season. H loved their Giants one this year. Biding my time until they get to the Pats.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 7:58:47 GMT -6
So I'm aware this is the politics thread and not sports, but this is one of my favorite articles every year, and this year's version has this gem: "And frankly, that’s what you get for unleashing Mike Pence upon the rest of the country. Fucking Pence. Standing up and walking out of that game like a preening dipshit. I can’t believe Donald Trump managed to find the one person on Earth who would make a worse President to be his backup. Join us this season when Pence huffily burns his season tickets because he saw a lady’s exposed wrist on the concourse. Mike Pence can go deep throat horseshoes in hell." deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2018-indianapolis-colts-1828021280this is spectacular
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 8:04:25 GMT -6
WSJ is reporting that Cohen initially balked at paying off Stormy Daniels, but then decided to do it after the Access Hollywood tape dropped. Sounds suspiciously like a campaign finance violation.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 8:15:44 GMT -6
Look at Obama being a true gentleman and a humble being.
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Post by Rusty Red on Aug 17, 2018 8:17:39 GMT -6
They issued an apology. Eye roll.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 8:54:15 GMT -6
Mayor Bowser is not playing and I'm here for it Yup, I’m Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the local politician who finally got thru to the reality star in the White House with the realities ($21.6M) of parades/events/demonstrations in Trump America (sad). t.co/vqC3d8FLqx
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 17, 2018 9:19:18 GMT -6
Oh look it’s more words
He’s giving Brennan a bigger voice by taking away clearance The Christian pastor did nothing wrong. Bruce Ohr and his wife indirectly worked with Russia they are guilty
PSA brought a good point yesterday that we’re so used to crimes being committed in secret we just don’t know what to do when they’re committed in plain sight. I don’t know if that’s why his base is partly still supporting him. Because it’s in the open it must be ok?
Like that thing is literally obstructing in plain view and they don’t cate
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 9:47:46 GMT -6
this just in: The President (or Brad Parscale, who's to say, really?) thinks that "choked" is spelled "chocked."
This is like the American version of "chonce," isn't it?
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Post by notblanche on Aug 17, 2018 9:55:31 GMT -6
I'm resistbotting Sens. Kaine and Warner.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 10:55:31 GMT -6
Well this was 100% predictable
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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 12:23:25 GMT -6
National Review's obit of Aretha says she's great... maybe not Kelly Clarkson or Linda Ronstadt great, but definitely top 5, guys:
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Post by athn64 on Aug 17, 2018 12:28:31 GMT -6
National Review's obit of Aretha says she's great... maybe not Kelly Clarkson or Linda Ronstadt great, but definitely top 5, guys: WTF to not as good as Kelly Clarkson? Do they even know who she is?
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Aug 17, 2018 12:34:59 GMT -6
In news that I'm sure surprises no one.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Aug 17, 2018 13:26:12 GMT -6
OMG. Look what my bff just gave me for my birthday!!!
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Post by cakewench on Aug 17, 2018 14:03:19 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 17, 2018 14:55:09 GMT -6
OMG. Look what my bff just gave me for my birthday!!! Happy birthday!
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Aug 17, 2018 15:28:29 GMT -6
Happy birthday! OMG. Look what my bff just gave me for my birthday!!!
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 17, 2018 15:30:35 GMT -6
60 former intelligence officials have signed on to the letter stating that rescinding clearance is wrong and dangerous
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 15:45:36 GMT -6
National Review's obit of Aretha says she's great... maybe not Kelly Clarkson or Linda Ronstadt great, but definitely top 5, guys: Sounds like the National Review to me
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 15:45:51 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Aug 17, 2018 15:52:39 GMT -6
Guyyyssssss Emily Black Favreau conspired with Jon Lovett's mom to tweet a childhood photo of him in a birthday wish and he looks exactly like Bar Mitzvah Boy from SNL 😂🤣🤣🤣
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