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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:00:33 GMT -6
Senator Tillis finally arrived (no idea where he was so that's not mean to sound mean)
he and Kennedy are having a little bro moment. Nudge nudge, hardee har
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:00:57 GMT -6
Tillis wants to revisit everything said in the last seven hours.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:01:39 GMT -6
You know if you can't be there for the entirety of the hearing, you shouldn't ask for cliff notes Thom.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:04:27 GMT -6
Barr is arguing that assuming political motivation and malicious intent on another's actions is dangerous and a bad idea.
TELL THAT TO TRUMP AND THE 17 ANGRY DEMOCRATS
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:05:32 GMT -6
Barr is arguing that assuming political motivation and malicious intent on another's actions is dangerous and a bad idea. TELL THAT TO TRUMP AND THE 17 ANGRY DEMOCRATS I thought it was 13? They've grown?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:09:21 GMT -6
Thom's fine here. He's going back through the testimony and confirming responses he gave that could ease some concerns about his memo, his plans WRT Mueller and his report, etc.
The problem is that, in several places, Barr has equivocated when pushed to actually address those concerns.
I'm sure, to Thom Tillis, it seems like everyone should be satisfied with his answers today but "I didn't directly converse with POTUS about the Mueller probe" isn't helpful when you sent every single one of his lawyers a giant flashing beacon ABOUT THE MUELLER PROBE
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:12:31 GMT -6
Round 2 will be five minute blocks.
Grassley returns to the issue of whistleblowers (while his colleagues are spitting mad about LEAKS). Barr commits to protecting whistleblowers
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:13:21 GMT -6
Grassley wants to see more enforcement of FARA. Wow! That's good news. I wonder if Lindsey agrees. Barr does agree.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:15:16 GMT -6
Grassley's having a little moment about FOIA. Barr is like, "Do you even need me for this or?"
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:15:49 GMT -6
Has Grassely now checked out of judiciary and is working on Finance interests this round?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:16:18 GMT -6
Feinstein brought snacks for the grandson lol Leahy says "He doesn't even have to share it"
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:17:06 GMT -6
Difi sends cookies down to Liam
AHHHHHH
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:18:38 GMT -6
DiFi is talking about gun control, which Barr once called "a dead end." She's smacking him with facts. DiFi: So tell me how gun laws don't reduce violent crime?
Barr supports keeping firearms away from the mentally ill and sounds pretty serious about it
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:19:36 GMT -6
She wants to talk about gun control.
After enacting new laws in 94 deaths dropped, after 04 when they were allowed to expire its exploded.
We need to keep guns out of hands of mentally ill people as a first priority. GRRRRRR What about the fact that women are killed every three seconds by a partner using a gun. Those people aren't dx mentally ill?
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:22:06 GMT -6
DiFi: So are you going to give us Mueller's report, or YOUR report about Mueller's report? Because nothing in the regulations says that the full exactly report can not be provided to Congress. So will you provide us MUELLER'S report?
Barr is checking the regs. He says that his "objective and goal is to get as much of the information as [he] can to Congress and to the public"
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:22:59 GMT -6
DiFi seems satisfied with his answer and thanks him.
"There has to be a realization, too, among the administration, that this is an issue of real concern to people and among the Congress"
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:24:11 GMT -6
Barr defended enhanced interrogation because of course he did.
he said that torture is not legal, but won't really say whether waterboarding is torture
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:26:20 GMT -6
She has really gone over her five minutes. LOL
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:28:19 GMT -6
Cornyn is diving into Heller v DC. Barr opposed an assault weapons ban bc, in his words, it hinged on the "aesthetics" of the firearm. He seems to think that everyone without a mental illness diagnosis should have guns.
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:29:25 GMT -6
and what happens if you ARE mentally ill but not diagnosed? Because healthcare in this country is so fucking fantastic we catch any and all people who need support.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:34:43 GMT -6
Leahy: Barr once argued that the American people have no 4th amendment rights to their geolocation information via their cell phones. I disagree with you, and so does SCOTUS (see: Carpenter)
Dude, *I* have read the decision on Carpenter. How has a nominee for AG not?!
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:38:27 GMT -6
Now Leahy is reading off the numbers of DOJ employees who are furloughed, and the quote from FBIAA that the shutdown is a national security issue.
Barr says that law enforcement are considered essential so they're still working
(uh yeah, they're workign without pay)
"It takes two to tango" Oh FUCK OFF
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:38:56 GMT -6
Barr: "you called it the Trump shutdown" Leahy: "Well I called it that because HE called it that"
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:39:22 GMT -6
"Not having a wall also has an effect on law enforcement."
Ok. I'm done with this dude.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:41:24 GMT -6
Leahy: Do you think that restrictions on voting, including voter ID laws, encourage democracy?
Barr: I'm more worried about increasing the level of information that people use to inform their vote than increasing the number of people who vote
(last time I checked it isn't really an either/or)
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:42:24 GMT -6
Barr: The citizenry doesn't seem that engaged in the goings-on so they can vote Leahy: Well they are in Vermont
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:44:05 GMT -6
Um I just walked back to my desk about Sasse talking about girls and sex behind a wall?
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Post by jkjacq on Jan 15, 2019 14:45:01 GMT -6
Oh he has to recuse himself from the case Sasse was talking about it.
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Post by dc2london on Jan 15, 2019 14:48:22 GMT -6
Durbin's hitting him with ports of entry stats on drugs
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Post by enchanted on Jan 15, 2019 14:48:29 GMT -6
How did Blackburn get on this committee but Kamalas spot was in doubt?
Because Blackburn is a she devil. And white. And won't tell Graham he's a racist motherfucker.
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