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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:34:06 GMT -6
Blumenthal: But that didn't make it right
Barr: "It was right under the law"
::blink blink blink blink::
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:46:12 GMT -6
"I'm perfectly fine with gay marriage but I want accommodation for religion"
Yeah you have that. It's called the Supreme Court.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:46:56 GMT -6
Barr appears to be one of those people who believes that people who support equal rights really just hate Jesus
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:46:56 GMT -6
My job is getting in the way this afternoon.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:48:14 GMT -6
do you support laws protecting LGBT
I do support.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:48:15 GMT -6
My job is getting in the way this afternoon. my children are all home and loud AF. I have my laptop at full volume and still can't hear what's being said.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:49:53 GMT -6
the doj shouldn't be enforcing anything unless congress passes a law.
i.e. lbgt kids protected from discrimination. (obamas admin was working on policy for that)
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:50:46 GMT -6
lol the second Kamala came back on they all got quiet. it's like they know.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:51:02 GMT -6
Barr wants to vigorously defend the voting rights act.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:51:22 GMT -6
Harris hopping on an angle I hadn't considered: Did Trump taking the interpreter's notes in Helsinki violate the presidential records Act?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:51:49 GMT -6
"I'm not familiar with the Presidential Records Act."
Kamala's like "THE FUQ"
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:52:52 GMT -6
Barr is "open to reconsidering the department's position" of not defending the ACA
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:53:52 GMT -6
Kamala does the president grabbing the interpreters notes violates the presidential records act Barr I dont know what that says Kamala are you fucking kidding me? So what about the texas decision about the ACA, Sessions refused to defend it in court. Are you going to reverse doj position and defend the ACA Barr I want to review but is open to reconsideration.
Consent decrees will you provide this committee a list of all that have been withdrawn within 90 days. yes
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:54:09 GMT -6
Harris wants a list of the consent decrees that have been withdrawn, as well as ongoing notice of any consent decrees withdrawn by the nominee during his tenure.
Harris asks him to commit to meet with civil rights groups to hear their concerns, within 90 days. He laughs and says, "Maybe give me 120." Harris says, "Sure, that's the agreement then!"
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:55:39 GMT -6
Barr is saying all the right things regarding the Voting Rights Act and Sec II but for some reason I just don't believe him
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 16:55:47 GMT -6
Do you believe there are laws that discourage POC from voting?
Barr says maybe?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 16:59:27 GMT -6
Senator Hirono closing out the day. She's not going to let some man limit her questions.
She starts on Title VII and Barr is utterly unimpressive.
On Title IX, he punts to SCOTUS. But Trump's own HHS is taking the position that Title IX doesn't protect trans persons, and Barr has no earthly idea what the DOJ position is. Lord.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:01:22 GMT -6
wut? DOJ is taking ballots from NC and turning them over to ICE?
Jesus these people suck
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:05:18 GMT -6
oops, Blumenthal closes the day.
oh dear god Barr is a Uranium-1 truther???!
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:08:18 GMT -6
this is so stupid. The Republicans held the House, Senate and White House for two years. If Uranium-1 was SUPER SCANDALOUS they could have investigated it in the House, the Senate, the FBI. This is SO DUMB.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:11:42 GMT -6
Barr is concerned about political prosecution turning us into a banana republic, but he's out there jabbering about the Clintons. Seems legit.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 17:12:26 GMT -6
I missed almost all of Blumenthal.
Coming in at the emoluments
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:12:46 GMT -6
so he has a narrow interpretation of "emoluments" too. NEAT!
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 17:13:06 GMT -6
And we're gaveled out until tomorrow at 9:30.
I need a drink.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 17:14:29 GMT -6
Did they roll Hatch back to the crypt after his statement?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 19:26:52 GMT -6
Did they roll Hatch back to the crypt after his statement? The Smithsonian is closed during the shutdown so I'm not sure who has custody
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Post by tapdancer on Jan 15, 2019 20:49:44 GMT -6
Did they roll Hatch back to the crypt after his statement? The Smithsonian is closed during the shutdown so I'm not sure who has custody This made me laugh. I needed this today
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 20:53:09 GMT -6
This is bleak. Was he this bad during his first confirmation hearing for AG? Honestly, I'm reeling a bit bc I'm seeing punditry on Twitter that Barr was SWELL and I'm wondering if we were watching the same hearing I meant it when I said I'm going to watch his other confirmation hearing
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 21:04:10 GMT -6
This is bleak. Was he this bad during his first confirmation hearing for AG? Honestly, I'm reeling a bit bc I'm seeing punditry on Twitter that Barr was SWELL and I'm wondering if we were watching the same hearing I meant it when I said I'm going to watch his other confirmation hearing I guess if you’ve never watched a confirmation hearing in normal times then maybe this seemed okay? Compared to Kavanaugh? He didn’t shout I LIKE BEER So standards?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 21:06:21 GMT -6
Honestly, I'm reeling a bit bc I'm seeing punditry on Twitter that Barr was SWELL and I'm wondering if we were watching the same hearing I meant it when I said I'm going to watch his other confirmation hearing I guess if you’ve never watched a confirmation hearing in normal times then maybe this seemed okay? Compared to Kavanaugh? He didn’t shout I LIKE BEER So standards? If we're lucky John Kennedy will waltz into this thread and condescendingly ask us to consider the possibility that the nominee simply doesn't particularly like beer
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