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Post by cnf on Jan 16, 2019 6:02:24 GMT -6
I haven't been able to follow along here, but I'm finally seeing and hearing some coverage and ohmygod to him saying he won't recuse because he disagrees and that the special counsel report shown to Congress and the public would be his edited version. Fuck this guy.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 7:29:20 GMT -6
Oh look John Kennedy is on CNN again
He thinks Bill did just fine and the fact that he wants to provide a filtered report is ok, but he'd rather have the original report.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 8:38:04 GMT -6
And we're back!
I agree with DiFi, his answers got worse as the day went on
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 8:39:19 GMT -6
She brought a family member of a victim in the Charleston church massacre
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 8:43:56 GMT -6
NAACP president urges the committee to vote against Barr. Cornyn is fucking around on his phone.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 8:59:56 GMT -6
oh, well, forget his abysmal civil rights record. He plays the bagpipe?! I'm sold.
::eyeroll::
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 9:01:51 GMT -6
Could they not dig up a witness in favor of Barr who didn't come out of the GWB WH?
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 9:14:26 GMT -6
I'm listening but big guys from corporate are in so I don't know how much I can liveblog.
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 9:20:11 GMT -6
Oh Pastor Risher is such a powerful speaker.
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 9:33:31 GMT -6
Graham being like "oh we're closing gun loopholes, problem being solved so don't you worry" was something.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 9:35:01 GMT -6
Graham being like "oh we're closing gun loopholes, problem being solved so don't you worry" was something. Like wow.
I can't believe he just brushed her off like that
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 9:39:09 GMT -6
Lindsay "i'm not a racist" and I dont like the scorecard
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 9:39:26 GMT -6
Graham being like "oh we're closing gun loopholes, problem being solved so don't you worry" was something. Like wow.
I can't believe he just brushed her off like that
He's really on a roll here now complaining about partisanship. Talking to NAACP about disparity of scorecard where Republicans tend to grade lower. Talking to an AA man about disparity. And then said "I hope you don't find me racist for pointing out the disparity." And now we are spiraling on NAACP scorecard policy.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 9:40:38 GMT -6
big surprise, Lindsey Graham is being a giant dick to the NAACP chap.
Lindsey Graham accusing anyone of partisan hackery is really something.
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 9:40:52 GMT -6
OMG Graham
He is really attacking the NAACP's policies
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 9:41:34 GMT -6
Why are the all the GOP scored so low
because you have a tendency to actually BE racist and support racist legislation
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 9:43:41 GMT -6
I have to take kids to school but this entire exchange is truly remarkable
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 9:45:12 GMT -6
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd that was why you are ranked as 6 Lindsay.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 16, 2019 10:03:52 GMT -6
Dick Durbin apologizing to the Reverend and saying he is going to stop saying we have an idea for this law on gun safety.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 10:13:00 GMT -6
I thought we defeated ISIS
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 11:44:58 GMT -6
I'm having BK flashbacks.
Cruz wants to hear about how great a father Barr is.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 14:09:23 GMT -6
I missed this response to DiFi this morning and, for me, it really hits the nail on the head for me.
Neil Kinkopf, former DOJ Special Assistant, Law professor at Georgia State:
"I would agree that William Barr is amply well qualified by virtue of experience, by virtue of intellect, by virtue of integrity. I have no doubt that he will stand up for his vision of the Constitution--and that's what I find so troubling. Because his vision of the Constitution is so expansive and alarming with respect to the President's power, right, that's why I quoted it. it's not my characterization. he says, directly, 'The president, alone, IS the Executive Branch.' He speaks, repeatedly, through the memo of the President's illimitable powers. And while it's true that the Constitution doesn't specifically authorize Congress to limit the President's prosecutorial discretion, by its text, it also doesn't, by it's text, GIVE prosecutorial discretion to the President. All investigation and prosecution is done pursuant to laws enacted by Congress. And within that authority to enact those laws is the authority to establish the parameters on that power. you do that, and you do that validly and legitimately, the Supreme Court has said that repeatedly. And what is so alarming about the Barr memo is that it reads the Constitution in a way that frees the president from those constraints."
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Post by starbuck on Jan 16, 2019 14:28:05 GMT -6
dc2london, ya that was pretty shocking to hear. And really, no one refuted it. One of the guys there to support him (I forget which one) was asked about it and basically said that the Constitution gives him those powers, but he thinks that those powers are tempered by the Pres's "constitutional duty" to uphold the law. So while the Pres has all this oversight, surely those obligations represent a safeguard for the American people. Utter nonsense. There was also some chatter about whether indictments would have to wait until after Presidency was over, rather than during the Pres term, in light of those powers.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 16, 2019 14:52:42 GMT -6
I missed this response to DiFi this morning and, for me, it really hits the nail on the head for me. Neil Kinkopf, former DOJ Special Assistant, Law professor at Georgia State: "I would agree that William Barr is amply well qualified by virtue of experience, by virtue of intellect, by virtue of integrity. I have no doubt that he will stand up for his vision of the Constitution--and that's what I find so troubling. Because his vision of the Constitution is so expansive and alarming with respect to the President's power, right, that's why I quoted it. it's not my characterization. he says, directly, 'The president, alone, IS the Executive Branch.' He speaks, repeatedly, through the memo of the President's illimitable powers. And while it's true that the Constitution doesn't specifically authorize Congress to limit the President's prosecutorial discretion, by its text, it also doesn't, by it's text, GIVE prosecutorial discretion to the President. All investigation and prosecution is done pursuant to laws enacted by Congress. And within that authority to enact those laws is the authority to establish the parameters on that power. you do that, and you do that validly and legitimately, the Supreme Court has said that repeatedly. And what is so alarming about the Barr memo is that it reads the Constitution in a way that frees the president from those constraints." I am so worried. It's just so damn disingenuous for hacks like Kennedy and Graham to sit up there and say, "Oh, democrats just won't vote for any of Trump's nominees because they don't like Trump." NO. It's because all of his nominees are batshit.
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