No, Devin Nunes Should Not Recuse Himself

Worth reading.

I can't add anything because I don't want to. While I understand that this job is to comment on the day's news, and can't fault Harsyani for doing his job, I personally am having a lot of time even taking this nonsense seriously.

Is this really "news"? Again, not knocking Harsyani for working up the energy to deal with nonsense.

But I'm really feeling kind of exhausted at having to even pretend that the Democrats' unending firehose of bullshit is genuine "news" that anyone at all should even have to entertain.

For example: The Democrats are now making an issue of the fact that Nunes received something that looks like a leak (though possibly a legal one -- Nunes said the source went through proper procedure), and doesn't want to specify exactly what he saw. Probably because he wants to protect his source -- if it's known exactly what documents Nunes saw, it doesn't take a lot of legwork, I'm thinking, to figure out who had access and did in fact access those documents recently.

But wait -- isn't this what the media and the Democrats themselves do to push the "Russia hacked the election with Trump's help" story every single day?

Harsyani writes:

"Calls Grow for Nunes to Step Aside in Inquiry on Surveillance," says The New York Times. "The remarkable calls," it goes on to say, "by Representatives Adam B. Schiff of California, the committee’s top Democrat," came after revelations that Nunes had met a source at the White House. Democrats claimed that a "bipartisan investigation" could no longer be achieved.
For starters, the idea that Schiff isn’t a full-blown partisan is preposterous. He’s already made a number of wild and irresponsible claims about Russia "hacking our election."(The California representative contends to have ~~conclusive~~ evidence of collusion, though he's yet to share the specifics with the group.) There is no reason to treat him like the guardian of a chaste investigation. Others who went on the record to demand recusal were nonpartisan public servants like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

The reason Harsyani struck through "conclusive" is, I imagine, because Harsyani mis-remembered Schiff as claiming "conclusive" evidence. If so, I know why Harsyani remembered it that way -- because when I heard Schiff talking about this, that is the impression I got. It was only later, reviewing what he said, that I saw he had left himself wiggle room here.

But he conveyed that impression, at least to someone hearing it the first time. At least to me he did.

Anyway, Schiff is claiming he's seen "evidence" that he himself won't share, while simultaneously claiming Nunes must recuse himself for making less sweeping claims and not giving up the source of those claims.

How seriously am I supposed to take this?

How seriously is anyone supposed to take this?

(Parallel thoughts were expressed by Warden, last night.)

Every single day, the Democrats and media get together and decide what the day's Microcycle Narrative Attack on Trump will be. Every single day we're supposed to treat these concocted #FakeNews fictions as matters of grave concern.

For the first time in my adult life, I am using this expression non-ironically -- "I just can't even anymore."

Journalists: We're So Tired and Our Work-Loads Are So Hard Due to Covering Trump. Yeah, hourly EST therapy primary screaming will do that.

How do you think the rest of us feel due to your temper tantrums and lies?

Tweet below.

What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted.
— Yashar (@yashar) March 28, 2017

Posted by: Ace at 04:56 PM

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1 >>"I just can't even anymore."

Ditto

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 04:58 PM (NOIQH)

2 The amount of Dem attacks indicates Nunes is over the target.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 04:59 PM (NOIQH)

3 FAKE NUNES!!!!!

Posted by: Adum Schitt at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (eXSOZ)

4 Devin Nunes Should Not Recuse Himself

How about a simpler version: Because F--k you, we're in charge. Pull Schiff's security clearance. I was an FSO, call me I can find a reason or two for a suspension at least.

Posted by: Jean at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (zZb/S)

5 Shamelessness is now a virtue

Posted by: wooga at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (5R+Re)

6 Status quo.

Posted by: John McCain at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (RRAjl)

7 Nunes should practice saying "Fuck You Next Question" in response to the "When are you going to recuse yourself?" questions that will be deluging him.

Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (0+824)

8 Wait is shamelessness even a word? I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

Posted by: wooga at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (5R+Re)

9 th

Posted by: Bosk at March 28, 2017 05:01 PM (n2K+4)

10 Yeah, FYNQ is the proper response.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:01 PM (NOIQH)

11 Shamelessness, I not only invented the word I practice it everyday.

Posted by: John McCain at March 28, 2017 05:02 PM (RRAjl)

12 You notice how it is not reported that Schiff accused Trump of collusion with the Russians with no evidence at all.

That phraseology is only - ONLY - ever used with something Trump says.

Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 05:02 PM (0+824)

13 Ms Lindsey is aghast at Nunes too... McVain probably also....Let's eat our own...

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 28, 2017 05:02 PM (O2RFr)

14 My regime was all about transparency. Like the thong I'm wearing now.

Posted by: Beach Barry at March 28, 2017 05:02 PM (En33R)

15 Republicans should not do ANYTHING the Democraps want.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 28, 2017 05:03 PM (mpXpK)

16 This handling of leaks in a legal way is making the rest of us leak-mongers look bad. Harrumph! More so than the leaks, even!

Posted by: Schiff of Fools at March 28, 2017 05:03 PM (eXSOZ)

17 I say just laugh and say did you really ask that ?? what are you stupid ??

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 28, 2017 05:03 PM (nQHw/)

18 The media's going to shit on you no matter what, so there's nothing to lose in telling the Demoncrats to go f*** themselves.

Posted by: Hikaru at March 28, 2017 05:03 PM (Jad4y)

19 I'm still trying to understand what Nunes has supposedly done that would even bring the top of recusal to the front. He did what, collect evidence and then brief the Commander in Chief which is his job?

Ok then.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:03 PM (/tuJf)

20 Over the target. Bombs away!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (FbUrh)

21 Sadly, Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi, et. al. do see themselves as nonpartisan. If you judge solely by what is portrayed in popular culture, they are the "mainstream."

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (nILVB)

22 For the first time in my adult life, I am using this expression non-ironically -- "I just can't even anymore."

Posted by: Ace

That's what gambling addicts says when they insist on always betting impair at the Monte Carlo casino.

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (DQ4Fv)

23 I say just laugh and say did you really ask that ?? what are you stupid ??

Boy, are you stuck on stupid was one of my favorite phrases... Came from Honore during Katrina...

Posted by: It's Me donna at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (O2RFr)

24 Re: Acetweets - What is a "Motherscholar"?! And can you perform "psychoanalytics of whiteness" if your Dr. title is derived from gender studies, and not an actual M.D.?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (NOIQH)

25 Adam Schiff wants him some rewarding, and a higher position while you're at it.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 28, 2017 05:05 PM (6Ll1u)

26 There's no favorable gloss that can be put on this. Unlike oiling wood. Mmmmm.

Posted by: Linseed Graham at March 28, 2017 05:05 PM (eXSOZ)

27 Jeff Sessions made a big mistake by recusing himself.

Kagan never recused herself.

Follow the Democrat Precedent!

Posted by: rd at March 28, 2017 05:05 PM (iT57s)

28 CNN: Devin Nunes Seen Shoving Something Down Pants

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:05 PM (PY9jH)

29 This doesn't stop until somehow Democrats convince Trump to step down or he's impeached by his fellow Republicans.

There is no quest here for truth, and no "bone" or concessions that we give the Left will make them stop hunting for scalps.

At this point, I'm not even sure its worth the energy to engage in debate anymore, it almost just give the absurd a platform.

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:05 PM (hofQS)

30 Adam Schiff looks like a big toe mounted on a pinky finger.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (PY9jH)

31 Sounds to me like the Democrats just don't like Nunez because they are racist or some shit.

Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (MmiC2)

32 There is no escaping the insane assylum.

Posted by: GrabHer at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (7wyDO)

33 27 Jeff Sessions made a big mistake by recusing himself.

Kagan never recused herself.

Ahem...

Posted by: Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton tarmac visit at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (O2RFr)

34 A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Posted by: The Democrats' National Athem at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (0rHf9)

35 Yep, it took them a while but the news media figured out a way to take back the narrative from Trump and deny him air. He was able to bypass them and control the narrative for a long time, but they're coordinating and getting it done now.

Can he get it back? I don't know -- he absolutely dominated them and took over with the State of the Union address, but then they screamed Russia as loud as possible the next day and it was off to the races.

There's zero question that they're using a different form of Journolist, probably coordinating with Obama's team still, to work united on one front. How you break that or deal with it, I have no idea.

Posted by: Carl Spackler at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (39g3+)

36 Sophistry never goes away, especially when it is so effective.

Posted by: Hap N. Stance at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (qEayO)

37 Democrats are taking advantage of the fact that Liberals can't imagine that there is more than one investigation going on at a time.

The think everything is--

All Muh Russians.

Guess what ---The House Intel Committee is conducting more than one investigation, and while the cannot arrest Russians--

The House Intel Committee can seek justice against the LEAKERS and have them arrested.

That's something they have the power to do--and is a national security issue--therefore it is rightly--prioritized.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (fi5nC)

38 Sadly, Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi, et. al. do see themselves as nonpartisan. If you judge solely by what is portrayed in popular culture, they are the "mainstream."

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at March 28, 2017 05:04 PM (nILVB)

CNN: Just like us!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (493sH)

39 Well one thing with the FNM being so fixated on "Russian/Trump collusion sunk Hillary" is that they are barely bleating about the good stuff Trump is doing like the new executive order to cancel out Barky's BS *climate change prevention* orders to hamstring the American economy. If the FNM were not fixated on the possibility of a gotcha moment with Trump they would be doing a lot more damage to his agenda and much of that agenda is critical fixes for the country. So probably Trump should keep having someone leak things like 12 year old tax documents that show he payed sums like 38 million to the treasury.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (eASYU)

40 Who gives a fuck what Democrats think?

Posted by: DaveA at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (FhXTo)

41 I wonder what Maxine Waters thinks about this.

...well, really, if Maxine Waters thinks. At all.

Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (MmiC2)

42 "Devin Nunes"? Sounds like some kind of stupid hole-dweller to me. A hobbit, even.

Posted by: John "Denethor" McCain at March 28, 2017 05:07 PM (eXSOZ)

43 I hesitate to comment until Transgender Fonzie weighs in.

Posted by: wth at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (HgMAr)

44 To be frank, the "sausage-making" of non-election-year quotidian politics is really tedious to me. I'm trying hard to remain engaged in the Capitol Hill squabbles, and failing.

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (DQ4Fv)

45 Why were this week 's committee meetings cancelled?

Posted by: rd at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (iT57s)

46 Edit:*They* think everything is--

All Muh Russians.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (fi5nC)

47 I'm still trying to understand what Nunes has supposedly done that would even bring the top of recusal to the front. He did what, collect evidence and then brief the Commander in Chief which is his job?

Ok then.
Posted by: JackStraw

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His crime was he didn't join Republicans like McCain in calling Trump crazy

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (hofQS)

48 today some bullshit was happening somewhere. as the Onion put it

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (gTSG8)

49 This is how people talk themselves into doing something incredibly ugly and massively ill advised.

I really, REALLY hope someone's making useful plans for how to respond when they cross that line.

Just don't be fool enough to discuss in open channels, 'kay?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (9krrF)

50 On election night, when the entire media complex with the exception of Sean Hannity had a crying meltdown on camera, pretty much zero'd their remaining credibility on anything Trump related.

Posted by: simplemind at March 28, 2017 05:08 PM (xVRrG)

51 >>Adam Schiff looks like a big toe mounted on a pinky finger.

Brian Stetler's brother? He looks like a thumb, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:09 PM (NOIQH)

52 Weasel words, constantly on the news. How, when they constantly spew such a stream of modifying words can they believe what flows from their mouths.

I listen to the 'news' yes. But it is not news. It is propaganda.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 28, 2017 05:09 PM (ZFUt7)

53 >>Well one thing with the FNM being so fixated on "Russian/Trump collusion sunk Hillary" is that they are barely bleating about the good stuff Trump is doing like the new executive order to cancel out Barky's BS *climate change prevention* orders to hamstring the American economy

I'm more than happy to have the concentrate on Russia investigations which look like they are going to boomerang on them than have them spend all day screaming about Trump raping Gaia.

Beep, beep motherfuckers.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:09 PM (/tuJf)

54 It is very clear that their goal is to overwhelm and demoralize any opposition to their agenda.

You "can't even" because that was their goal. I can't either. I stopped "even"ing 9 years ago when tfg flipped off McCain (who I hate, but had we sunk so low that this was now acceptable?)

We need a new strategy. This beast must be destroyed.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 28, 2017 05:09 PM (LWu6U)

55 Adam Schiff looks like a big toe mounted on a pinky finger.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:06 PM (PY9jH)
............

Really. What an ovoid.

Posted by: Chris Cillizza at March 28, 2017 05:09 PM (HgMAr)

56 Every once in a blue moon I check out RedState, and they are largely on board with this nonsense like Nunes did something wrong.

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (hofQS)

57 I think I'm gonna dial up the Young Turks Election Night coverage on the old sexbox...

Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (MmiC2)

58 My mom came up with a theory about this stuff.

She thinks Giuliani found the documents and text Nunes to come and read them at the White House. If I remember correctly, Giuliani was hired by Trump as a security consultant. Giuliani must have found the smoking gun and is using proper protocol to keep it legal. He is the Whistleblower.

Posted by: sunny at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (XBatu)

59 I listen to the 'news' yes. But it is not news. It is propaganda.

Yup had the radio on in the car and ABC news came on all atwitter about the WH canceling the testimony from Beotch Yates regarding RUSSIA!!!!

Posted by: Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton tarmac visit at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (O2RFr)

60 "doing something incredibily ugly and massively ill advised"

Like sex with Amy Schumer?

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (gTSG8)

61 These people just have to be considered the enemy within. There's no more room for debate.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (Tyii7)

62 >>>Republicans should not do ANYTHING the Democraps want.

Except they are on the same side. The Republicans want Trump's presidency to be tainted by doubt so they will feel less pressure to pass actual conservative legislation. Which they by and large mostly oppose.

Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (q177U)

63 Rep Nunes has found evidence that we broke the law and not shared that with us.

As we all know, that is a severe violation of decorum and Murpy's 4th law, and he should therefore recuse himself.

I mean if he doesn't, people might actually think he wants to provide information about our nefarious doings to the public, and that would be a severe violation of due process.

Posted by: Rep Schiff at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (eSx+E)

64 Were there any recusals during the Obama years? Were there any meaningful investigations that resulted in prosecutions during the Obama years? My Gosh the man used the IRS against his political opponents.

Posted by: Locke Common at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (YCQah)

65 Also damn it--

The Pentagon--is organized under the Executive Branch, the NSA is organized under the Executive Branch...

so ya, Nunes might have to go to the SCIF at the Executive branch.

Also--we know Democrats are passing this damn shit around like it's a Page Six gossip column--possibly--but usually classified information is on a need to know basis--and compartmentalized. Therefore it's not a damn *shocker* the the NSA, or whomever is keeping things in their damn arena.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (fi5nC)

66 [I can't add anything because I don't want to. While I understand that this job is to comment on the day's news, and can't fault Harsyani for doing his job, I personally am having a lot of time even taking this nonsense seriously.

Is this really "news"? Again, not knocking Harsyani for working up the energy to deal with nonsense.

But I'm really feeling kind of exhausted at having to even pretend that the Democrats' unending firehose of bullshit is genuine "news" that anyone at all should even have to entertain.

Seems Ace is also struggling to give any remaining shits about the Kapitol Hill Kabuki. I feel ya, man, I feel ya.

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (DQ4Fv)

67 7 Nunes should practice saying "Fuck You Next Question" in response to the "When are you going to recuse yourself?" questions that will be deluging him.
Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 05:00 PM (0+824)

Genius. In fact: "Fuck you! Next question" should be a t-shirt. And someone give one to Gorsuch.

Posted by: Shopgirl at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (r6pKS)

68 56 Every once in a blue moon I check out RedState, and they are largely on board with this nonsense like Nunes did something wrong.

Schiff ain't gonna be in charge if Nunes goes so go ahead...

Posted by: Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton tarmac visit at March 28, 2017 05:11 PM (O2RFr)

69 "unending firehose of bullshit"

still waiting for that giraffe to give birth?

Posted by: not the mama at March 28, 2017 05:12 PM (EpAnP)

70 13 Ms Lindsey is aghast at Nunes too... McVain probably also....Let's eat our own...
Posted by: It's Me donna at March 28, 2017 05:02 PM (O2RFr)

___________

I fully expect these two "Principled Conservatives" and one more like Mookowski to cross the floor and suddenly become "Principled Democrats" by July.

Posted by: rd at March 28, 2017 05:12 PM (iT57s)

71 i find (static) it hard to (static) keep up with (static) all the scandals (static) surrounding trump (static) let alone follow (static) his policies (static).

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 28, 2017 05:12 PM (WTSFk)

72 As a Moron pointed out this morning, the MFM knows who the earlier leakers are, and now they know that Nunes knows. To protect their sources, they must destroy Nunes.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (LTHVh)

73 45 Why were this week 's committee meetings cancelled?
Posted by: rd

When I see the words "committee meeting," that's when I release the safety lock on my Browning.

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (DQ4Fv)

74 Trump Derangement Syndrome

Anyone who has bothered to actually read the FACTS of this story, will come away with a completely different idea of what is going on than what you hear by the media and that asshole Schiff - and Schumer - who has no business calling for Nunes resignation!

Nunes had to go to a Executive Branch secure facility to look at these documents since that is where they are housed. They could not be removed and brought to Congress.

I think Trump should release them - AFTER finding how who identified the Trump team's people by name in those docs - something Comey sai last week was nearly impossible to do. ha ha.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (so+oy)

75 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She was...displeased. Thing of beauty.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (PY9jH)

76 We cannot spare this man, Nunes. He fights.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me, Deploribus Unum at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (Ftuf+)

77 It's like fighting the effing tide with these people, day in, day out - no let-up. It is depressing and exhausting.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (Ivjge)

78 "Russian/Trump collusion sunk Hillary"
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The funny thing about this, is that Wikileaks and the Podesta emails showed the Democrats up to various nefarious deeds, mostly but not exclusively in the primary election.

If the Russians were involved, they should be applauded for it.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (eSx+E)

79 So ... you know that point where a guy is CONSTANTLY talking shit about you ? You're going to either have to take an ass whippin' or give one at some point ... but he's still just talkin' for now. Working himself up maybe ? Who cares ?

That's where I'm at. I got my eyes on 'em ... but I just don't give a damn about the details of today's line of bullshit.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (tFWWx)

80 pooty poot must be worried about those protests at home. he's threatening nuclear war in Europe.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (gTSG8)

81 Isn't Nunes main point this? Obama's people were possibly
spying on Trump's team between election day and
Jan 20.

Posted by: Glenn John at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (LilNs)

82 75 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She was...displeased. Thing of beauty.

Talk about a B**ch...

Posted by: Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton tarmac visit at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (O2RFr)

83 Le sigh.

Posted by: Henri, le Chat Noir at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (LTHVh)

84 Ms Lindsey is aghast at Nunes too... McVain probably also....Let's eat our own...
Posted by: It's Me donna
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If this thing is blown wide open, does anyone really doubt these two shitstains and their tribe will be part of it?

That's why even they are joining in with the Russia nonsense. Deflection

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:14 PM (hofQS)

85 "Russians hacked the election"

Unless the media can prove they changed vote totals, they need to back TF off this claim.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 28, 2017 05:15 PM (4Utw1)

86 If this thing is blown wide open, does anyone really doubt these two shitstains and their tribe will be part of it?

Especially McCain...

Posted by: Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton tarmac visit at March 28, 2017 05:15 PM (O2RFr)

87 75 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She was...displeased. Thing of beauty.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (PY9jH)
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I saw that. I laughed.

Posted by: WisRich at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (hdpay)

88 The Democrats and media can't keep up this pace. It's been about two months since the inauguration. They don't have the stamina to keep up the faux outrage and ginning mountains from molehills.

Posted by: MacGruber at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (FEAjO)

89 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She was...displeased. Thing of beauty.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 28, 2017 05:13 PM (PY9jH)

She blew such a fuse I was waiting for the sparks and smoke to start coming out of head

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (493sH)

90 What Nunes is doing is horrible.

And the fact that its exactly what everybody else is doing is horrible.

But what they're doing isn't horrible.

Because reasons.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (oVJmc)

91 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She's the genius that thought the fact that Trump only made millions a year is proof he couldn't be a billionaire.

Maths, how do they work?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (39g3+)

92 and then brief the Commander in Chief which is his job?

*********

Well there's a very real possibility that the information was still being collected.

Incidentally.

So as an example--tell Ivanka to stop calling Wendi Deng Murdoch--the Dems got a FISA warrant on Wendi. (just as an example.)

And--it's no big deal because Ivanka isn't the damn target.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (fi5nC)

93 I agree with Jean on what the Republican response should be.

Just for more laughs, John McCain (dude who held a photo op with Syrian terrorists) is channeling his inner Ricky Ricardo and says Nunes has some 'splaining to do.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (geAkB)

94 I'm still convinced that McCain and his Mini-me are up to their eyeballs in gun-running to ISIS.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (LTHVh)

95 Yep, I stopped even pretending about ANY media reports shortly after the election.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (xJa6I)

96 Everybody knows giraffes lay eggs.

Posted by: Killerdog at March 28, 2017 05:17 PM (RRAjl)

97 All Trump has to do in order to get McCain on his side is send soldiers to war. McCain loves him some dead soldiers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:17 PM (39g3+)

98 I'm still convinced that McCain and his Mini-me are up to their eyeballs in gun-running to ISIS.
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I tell you, the prices ISIS is willing to pay are a real killer.

Posted by: Amb Stevens at March 28, 2017 05:17 PM (eSx+E)

99 Stay on Target Nunes. Dem's are going delirious.

Posted by: WisRich at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (hdpay)

100 So as an example--tell Ivanka to stop calling Wendi Deng Murdoch--the Dems got a FISA warrant on Wendi. (just as an example.)

It's obvious that the 'never ordered surveillance of Trump' defense is based on instead surveilling people they were likely to be talking to. So, no, of course they never surveilled Trump or his people, just the people they were likely to be talking to.

Completely honest and above board.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (oVJmc)

101 This is all part of the long-term attempt to Eliminate The Other. You take over public spaces by making them uninhabitable. Like Schumer's public tantrum - AKA "Carpet Bombing the Conversation."

Ultimately the tactic has to be disallowed, but I am 100% sympathetic with the desire to not have to deal with that shit. Or hysterical versions of responses, which are basically the same thing in the other direction.

In a lot of ways life is better than it used to be, but that bitch The Universe keeps finding ways to balance the ledger.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (wB8Tg)

102 >>Journalists: We're So Tired and Our Work-Loads Are So Hard Due to Covering Trump.

LOVE it. Their anger is not sustainable. Trump's gonna burn these a$$holes out! More 3 am tweets, please!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (NOIQH)

103 Everybody knows giraffes lay eggs.

How do we know that the calf hasn't already made it to April's pouch?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (LTHVh)

104 Yep, I stopped even pretending about ANY media reports shortly after the election.
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The FNM has come out and said that there job now is to resist Trump, not cover the news. You should pay them as much attention, and the same kind of attention, as you would Black Bloc thugs.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (eSx+E)

105 >>>Wait is shamelessness even a word?

I believe it is a word. I don't see how else you could say it.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (8rNrN)

106 9 Stay on Target Nunes. Dem's are going delirious.

More than usual

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (O2RFr)

107 Everybody knows giraffes lay eggs.

Posted by: Killerdog

You trying to bring Chelsea Clinton around?

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (ZFUt7)

108 The Media is like Obamacare if Obamacare was like a tweaker smoking heroin in a crack house.

Posted by: Fritz at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (MF/hn)

109 All Trump has to do in order to get McCain on his side is send soldiers to war. McCain loves him some dead soldiers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

____

It is "funny", but it seemed like the only time McCain stopped hounding Bush for a few moments was when we got deeper in Iraq with more troops or there was talk of invading Iran.

The guy really is a war monger, he won't be happy until he's baited Trump to invade Russia to prove his innocence.

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:19 PM (hofQS)

110 I wonder if the media remember Obama going to the UK shortly before the Brexit vote and threatening the UK with 2nd tier status with the US if they voted to leave the EU? Cause that sure shows some evidence of tampering with foreign elections to me.

Or maybe the evidence that there were trying to influence the elections against Bibi in Israel. Or the elections in Egypt. Or making a pretty definitive statement of the leadership in Libya by taking out Gaddafi. They seem to have convenient memories.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:20 PM (/tuJf)

111 Recuse: To remove from a position due to a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

You may continue.

Posted by: Soledad O'Brien's Earpiece at March 28, 2017 05:20 PM (ismre)

112 Spicer told April Ryan today that he appreciated she had an "agenda."

She was...displeased. Thing of beauty.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Someone should just rip her arms off. And I know just the guy to do it.

Heh.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at March 28, 2017 05:20 PM (S6Pax)

113 97 All Trump has to do in order to get McCain on his side is send soldiers to war. McCain loves him some dead soldiers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:17 PM (39g3+)

Last couple weeks ... you've been grabbing shot out of my head and posting it. But more succinctly.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (tFWWx)

114
"Russians hacked the election"

Unless the media can prove they changed vote totals, they need to back TF off this claim.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 28, 2017 05:15 PM (4Utw1)

This. Whoever released Hillary's emails, God bless them. They made nothing up and gave voters information we should have had the entire time.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (geAkB)

115 Democrats think the mere fact of occupying an office, being a judge, etc. gives them some sort of Louis XIV "L'etat, c'est moi" mojo.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (vRcUp)

116 The Democrats and media can't keep up this pace.

Posted by: MacGruber at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (FEAjO)

That's like daring someone to punch you. That's like saying "what could possibly go wrong?" That's like dangling your foot over the side of the boat in a horror movie.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (wB8Tg)

117 Former American War Hero John McCain

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (LTHVh)

118 Also the damn Attorney Sally Yates Catch-22.

The press demanded to know everything about how and why Flynn was resigning.

So Trump and Pence make reference to some discussions but they do not reveal the content.

Well now Schiff and the Dems are arguing that this means that Trump and Pence waived Executive Privilege in conversations that they might have had with Yates--somehow.

And--we can't even defend that--it's already decided that they waived their Executive Privilege--because--OMG!--her testimony was postponed while that being reviewed, and argued.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:22 PM (fi5nC)

119 >>She's the genius that thought the fact that Trump only made millions a year is proof he couldn't be a billionaire.

Ryan also was caught lying about how she was treated by Trump team.
Ryan verbally attacked Omarosa in press area outside of pressroom, but then claimed Omarosa attacked her and threatened her. Oopsie, someone caught the exchange on video and showed Ryan to be a lying hack. SO Ryan doubled-down.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:23 PM (NOIQH)

120 Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:20 PM (/tuJf)

++++

The media doesn't remember anything.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 28, 2017 05:23 PM (Ivjge)

121 I would not be surprised if in six months we see a mass exit of Journolists from their "overwhelming" profession as their hysteria burns them out. Of course, the nonprofits and safe space colleges will take some of them, but there's only so many cushy no-show jobs to go around, especially once Trump takes an axe to certain parts of the federal budget.

Posted by: pookysgirl at March 28, 2017 05:24 PM (ar2KI)

122
Ms Lindsey is aghast at Nunes too... McVain probably also....Let's eat our own... Posted by: It's Me donna _________

Saw McCain this morning.He said he's been around for a long time and in all his years he's never seen anything like what Nunes has done. McDouchebag is worried he's going to be exposed

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 05:24 PM (lKyWE)

123 I'm outraged.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 05:24 PM (Sfs6o)

124 >>>24 Re: Acetweets - What is a "Motherscholar"?! And can you perform "psychoanalytics of whiteness" if your Dr. title is derived from gender studies, and not an actual M.D.?

i have no idea. But these people are doing this e.e. cummings kind of juvenile schtick with oddball punctuation and invented words.

When I say they're using weird punctuation, I mean they're like teenagers who are using text-code.

Like a Scholarly Paper (ahem) will have the title

(Dis)Embedding the white/ness problem from Thought:Spaces

like that kind of shit, where you can see they are now such an insular in-group they're speaking in code made up of grammatical errors.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 05:25 PM (8rNrN)

125 What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted.

Well ya--it's exhausting to read Louise Mensch's twitter feed and turn that into something coherent while you are pulling stuff out of your ass--and acting like an expert in every specialty--at once!

A lawyer--AND an expert on classified materials, methodologies, and SPY STUFF!!1

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:25 PM (fi5nC)

126 Right-leaning political cartoonists could have some fun by replacing the Democrats' traditional donkey with a yapping spastic Chihuahua. It's what they've become.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 28, 2017 05:25 PM (v5uOx)

127 Saw McCain this morning.He said he's been around for a long time and in all his years he's never seen anything like what Nunes has done. McDouchebag is worried he's going to be exposed

Like Ace "I can't even anymore."

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2017 05:25 PM (O2RFr)

128 >>She thinks Giuliani found the documents and text Nunes to come and read
them at the White House. If I remember correctly, Giuliani was hired by
Trump as a security consultant. Giuliani must have found the smoking
gun and is using proper protocol to keep it legal. He is the
Whistleblower.

Now that would be interesting....

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:25 PM (NOIQH)

129 Saw McCain this morning.He said he's been around for a long time and in all his years he's never seen anything like what Nunes has done. McDouchebag is worried he's going to be exposed
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic

McCain was a POW during the Pentagon Papers fiasco.

What a liar.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at March 28, 2017 05:26 PM (S6Pax)

130 Heh. I'm watching Kolchak and he and Ron "Uptight" Updyke just had an argument about the respective merits of crossbows and longbows at the Battle of Hastings. I could see Kolchak as a moron but I don't know about Uptight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 28, 2017 05:26 PM (Nwg0u)

131 "Motherscholar"--shit sounds like a pet name for Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:26 PM (fi5nC)

132 The media doesn't remember anything.
Posted by: washrivergal

Actually, they remember everything but have learned nothing.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at March 28, 2017 05:27 PM (S6Pax)

133 What Nunes should say:

To follow up on my discussion from yesterday, our investigation into the illegal monitoring of President Trump, among others, has reached a critical point.

We are working with the White House to identify those to be prosecuted. Please note that at this point it doesn't include former president Obama, though we are still attempting to untangle the full illegality that happened under president Obama's watch.

Russia? What does Russia have to do with any of this? Remember we are investigating the use of the National Security apparatus as a personal investigation service under President Obama. Again, to be clear, we do not anticipate his Obama's prosecution at this point.

Then drop the mike.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 05:27 PM (eSx+E)

134 Desert so green out here northbound on US95 approaching Searchlight NV..

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 28, 2017 05:28 PM (VNVMo)

135 Rich Zeoli on talk station was pointing out how Republicans cave on only innuendo and no substance, Democrats clearly in wrong fight to the end.
I think Nunes is getting under Democrats collar, keep the heat on.

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2017 05:28 PM (GPaiX)

136 they are now such an insular in-group they're speaking in code made up of grammatical errors.
Posted by: ace

And, further confirming your theory: There are now papers declaring that correct English grammar is itself a colonialist construction to normalize whiteness, so that speaking/writing in ungrammatical code is now necessary just to prove your bona fides as an intellectual.

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:28 PM (DQ4Fv)

137 58 My mom came up with a theory about this stuff.

She thinks Giuliani found the documents and text Nunes to come and read them at the White House. If I remember correctly, Giuliani was hired by Trump as a security consultant. Giuliani must have found the smoking gun and is using proper protocol to keep it legal. He is the Whistleblower.
Posted by: sunny at March 28, 2017 05:10 PM (XBatu)
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Hmm, could be. Plausible.

Posted by: WisRich at March 28, 2017 05:28 PM (hdpay)

138 Feeling better and better all the time about voting Barr in McCain vs Obama.

I think the fucker would have been a tyrant.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 05:29 PM (tFWWx)

139 >>(Dis)Embedding the white/ness problem from Thought:Spaces

like that kind of shit, where you can see they are now such an
insular in-group they're speaking in code made up of grammatical errors.

Idiocracy.

Her bio reads like an idiot pretending to be a scholar. Er, Motherscholar

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:29 PM (NOIQH)

140 We're getting a history lesson, what it must have been like to live with the threat of shouty, violent vile thugs threatening to take over. And at this point they're still fairly well contained, so it's like being able to watch Nazis and Bolsheviks in a zoo.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 05:29 PM (vRcUp)

141 That's like daring someone to punch you. That's like saying "what could possibly go wrong?" That's like dangling your foot over the side of the boat in a horror movie.
Posted by: Merovign

Like hiding behind running chainsaws in a shed.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 28, 2017 05:29 PM (4Utw1)

142 >>And, further confirming your theory: There are now papers declaring that correct English grammar is itself a colonialist construction to normalize whiteness, so that speaking/writing in ungrammatical code is now necessary just to prove your bona fides as an intellectual.

I believe a guy named Orwell identified this phenomenon a few years back.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:29 PM (/tuJf)

143 When the Counter-Revolution comes, can we say,

"Up against the wall, motherscholar!"

Posted by: zombie at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (DQ4Fv)

144 For the first time in my adult life, I am using this expression non-ironically -- "I just can't even anymore."

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That's what I'm talking about. Why else am I reading well-written porno?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (tHwdc)

145 speaking in code made up of grammatical errors.

All conspiracies against the laity evolve specialized grammars.

Posted by: Shit Chomsky "Proved" at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (FhXTo)

146 This. Whoever released Hillary's emails, God bless them. They made nothing up and gave voters information we should have had the entire time.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (geAkB)

No kidding. The way some Democrats tell it, in a just and fair world, Putin should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom from a grateful nation or something.

Anyone sane would view Hillary's defeat as simple karma, the cheerful and friendly consequence of being venal and stupid. But no no, the IMPORTANT thing was Russia!

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (CPk08)

147 "Motherscholar"--shit sounds like a pet name for Nancy Pelosi.

Presumably for the irony.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (LTHVh)

148 117 Former American War Hero John McCain
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at March 28, 2017 05:21 PM (LTHVh)

Hero's usually don't get shot down and he wore out any attaboy from his captivity long ago.

Posted by: Killerdog at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (RRAjl)

149 I know its no Christian to think like this but I find myself wishing that McCain would be called to his eternal rest. I should wish something better, like some live mike feed would reveal to a huge swath of the country what a back-stabbing attention hound he is.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (eASYU)

150 I hear that Harry Reid did a lot of work fertilizing that stretch of NV highway. mostly in the middle of the night

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (gTSG8)

151 It's been a long time since I could even.

Posted by: rickl at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (zoehZ)

152 Like hiding behind running chainsaws in a shed.
Posted by: rickb223

I remember that from a TV commercial somewhere.......

Sure, that's what I would do. Sure.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (S6Pax)

153 I put Russian dressing on a salad, now I see Black Chinooks everywhere, guys digging through my garbage and all my email appears to be forwarded even before I read it.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (7N6ox)

154 Known Unknowns:

Were the Russians behind the DNC hack? Most of the World wants to believe this is true but the only proof is the opinion of the DNC's own consultant, rubber-stamped by "17 federal spook agencies!" including the Coast Guard and the Dept of Energy.

Did the Trump campaign collude with the Russians over the Russian hack? Odds of this have to be low for several reasons, but the Left will keep on this because they're "invested." Can you say Projection.

What does Trump have up his sleeve? His infamous tweet may not have been impulsive.

Can the Trumpsters identify specific leakers? If so, they'll get indicted with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 28, 2017 05:32 PM (SIY7D)

155 149 I know its no Christian to think like this but I find myself wishing that McCain would be called to his eternal rest.

Oh hell no.

We don't hear from him enough. And we ought to see 9/11 video every damn day.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 05:33 PM (tFWWx)

156 "They say that Schiff is on bad Motherscho..."
"Shut you mouff!"
"I'm just talking about Schiff!"

Posted by: Zombie Issac Hayes at March 28, 2017 05:33 PM (yqvys)

157
Desert so green out here northbound on US95 approaching Searchlight NV..
Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 28, 2017 05:28 PM (VNVMo)

Have you spotted Harry runing naked through the wildflowers? Drove to Mojave last weekend and the desert is in full bloom best i've seen it in 10 years

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 05:33 PM (lKyWE)

158 It's obvious that the 'never ordered surveillance of Trump' defense is based on instead surveilling people they were likely to be talking to. So, no, of course they never surveilled Trump or his people, just the people they were likely to be talking to.

Completely honest and above board.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 28, 2017 05:18 PM (oVJmc)

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Yep. That's how they get around leaving a paper trail.

Nunes said he was surprised by one of the targets that they got a FISA warrant on--that the threshold was low--not his words but kind of how I remember it.

Freddoso at The Washington Examiner kind of thought it might be the Israelis that were the target--and he might be basing that on Kushner's relationship with Netanyahu.

So that might be a possibility as supposedly awhile back the Obama Administration 'incidentally" collected data on US Congressman during the Iranian Deal--IIRC--but the "target" that they got the warrant on was the Israelis.

I think Ivanka drives The Left nuts--and I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to get information through that avenue.

Anyways--I also remember that Nunes seemed to emphasis Trump family members being "incidentally" collected.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (fi5nC)

159 148; Fuck Juan Mccain. Asshole and sellout to his country. Nothing to do with his service. Today, he is a traitor just like Upchuck Schumer. Time for him to enjoy his nightly pudding. Fucker makes my skin crawl.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (KP5rU)

160 "Motherscholar"--shit sounds like a pet name for Nancy Pelosi.

Doubleus ungood doublespeak.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (4Utw1)

161 Oopsie, someone caught the exchange on video and showed Ryan to be a lying hack. SO Ryan doubled-down.

They did attack her, they fought back! That's how it works now, if you defend yourself from a lunatic leftist, you're the aggressor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (39g3+)

162 ace> the Democrats' unending firehose of bullshit ...

THIS I would like to see in a DJT tweet.

Posted by: golfman at March 28, 2017 05:36 PM (48QDY)

163 with credit.

Posted by: golfman at March 28, 2017 05:36 PM (48QDY)

164 The Dem's are searching under their beds at night for the Russkis! It's just that now they don't bring them milk and cookies.

Posted by: Old Blue release the KrakenTrump at March 28, 2017 05:36 PM (FAo3p)

165 Daily Reminder: Democrats are guided by Satan.

Posted by: Mega at March 28, 2017 05:36 PM (1CtvB)

166 Daily Reminder: Democrats are guided by Satan.

That's an insult to Satan...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2017 05:37 PM (O2RFr)

167 What I'm wondering is what is Nunes next move. To move this foward, he's got show the committee this information and then ultimately onto DOJ.

And speaking of the DOJ, why in hell did Sessions recuse himself. I think Nunes is framing this as "nothing to do with Russia" so he can get Sessions involved in it. My god, the screams from the Dem's once he initiates a legal investigation is going to be like nothing we've seen before.

You think they're unglued now, just wait.

Posted by: WisRich at March 28, 2017 05:37 PM (hdpay)

168 I imagine it is difficult to get continually outraged over nothing every day.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at March 28, 2017 05:37 PM (FqgrG)

169 "the Democrats' unending firehose of bullshit"

Sheer poetry, Ace.

Posted by: jwpaine at March 28, 2017 05:37 PM (BDff9)

170 147 "Motherscholar"--shit sounds like a pet name for Nancy Pelosi.

Presumably for the irony.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 05:30 PM (LTHVh)

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Ah oui.

Kinda comme ca.

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156 "They say that Schiff is on bad Motherscho..."
"Shut you mouff!"
"I'm just talking about Schiff!"
Posted by: Zombie Issac Hayes at March 28, 2017 05:33 PM (yqvys)

***********

I'm off to troll Reddit kids.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 05:38 PM (fi5nC)

171 PM May signed the order to start Brexit legally and officially going. And here... we.... go!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:38 PM (39g3+)

172 David Fucking French posted on NRO that Nunes should step down. If the term, 'cuck' did not already exist, we would have to invent it for that guy.

Posted by: Bryan at March 28, 2017 05:38 PM (nJWew)

173 "Journalists: We're So Tired and Our Work-Loads Are So Hard Due to Covering Trump."

In all fairness, their workloads *were* a lot lighter in the Obama years, back when their questions were of this sort:

"What has enchanted you the most about being President?"

"Mr. President: wings, or chips and guac?"

"Did the President enjoy the green tea ice cream?"

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 05:39 PM (noWW6)

174 172 David Fucking French posted on NRO that Nunes should step down. If the term, 'cuck' did not already exist, we would have to invent it for that guy.

Let's put Gulliani in charge...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2017 05:39 PM (O2RFr)

175 1. WTF? These little princesses are exhausted from making up cr@p all day? So very, very sad. My heart bleeds for you poor, Delicate Snowflakes.

2. On the positive side, in less than six months, these Delicate Snowflakes will all be on leave, due to "nervous breakdowns." I sure hope that's covered on their policies!

3. Am I wrong to hope they all quit their jobs and are forced to get real work where they do (gasp!) manual labor?

Posted by: shibumi at March 28, 2017 05:40 PM (FkAXz)

176 "What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump
admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted."

I hear Rachel Dolezal has a line on some fake Mexicans. Because they just want to express the phony outrage that American journalists don't want to pretend expressing.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 28, 2017 05:40 PM (GX63o)

177 I stated elsewhere that the Democrats only powers are:

1) subverting the duly elected government

And

2) whining like stampy feet crybabies

Somebody added soiling their britches

Posted by: MAGA at March 28, 2017 05:40 PM (A4HOq)

178 Nothing to do with his service. Today, he is a
traitor just like Upchuck Schumer.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (KP5rU)

I know that is heresy to question his conduct during his time as a POW, but do people really change that much?

He is currently a backstabbing, cocksucking opportunist who is about as disloyal one could be.

How different was he at the Hanoi Hilton?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 28, 2017 05:41 PM (rF0hx)

179 >>"Did the President enjoy the green tea ice cream?"

I know I won't be able to sleep well until I find out how Obama did with his NCAA bracket.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2017 05:41 PM (/tuJf)

180 if it weren`t for *friendsh* like McCain,graham and their fox counterparts like perrino and cavuto banging the drums for the left,these made-up distractions might die the undignified death they deserve...

anytime they can print the word "bi-partisan" in one of their faux-narrative stories,it gives the media the cover they need to continue witch hunt after witch hunt...

Posted by: rocky mattioli at March 28, 2017 05:41 PM (nkfDI)

181 The purpose of the Democrat campaign is disinformation, to reduce Trump's credibility.

It allows them to say and do all kinds of ridiculous and obnoxious things and GET AWAY WITH IT!

Today, Drudge had a link up to something incredibly stupid that Maxine Waters (Idiot-Cal) said about Trump.
You can go look it up if you have not seen it, but she gets away with it because this because
1) She is black
2) She is a woman
3) She is a Democrat

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at March 28, 2017 05:41 PM (S6Pax)

182 "Oopsie, someone caught the exchange on video and showed Ryan to be a lying hack. SO Ryan doubled-down."

Ryan's missing a trick here. She needs to look at how Donna Brazile handles being shown to be a lying hack.

With indignant how-DARE-you counterassertions about how she's "a Christian woman".

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 05:41 PM (noWW6)

183
And, further confirming your theory: There are now papers declaring that correct English grammar is itself a colonialist construction to normalize whiteness, so that speaking/writing in ungrammatical code is now necessary just to prove your bona fides as an intellectual.
Posted by: zombie

Ebonics to make a comeback under another name.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2017 05:42 PM (IqV8l)

184 You don't need a FISC approval to collect on foreign entities, you only need a warrant to conduct surveillance on US PERSONS. Capitalized because it is capitalized in EO 12333 and USSID 0018.

They conducted illegal collection on US PERSONS and they are caught, that is why Crapper, Rogers and Comey have all denied that there was any evidence of direct Russian involvement with the Trump campaign. They all need to do the handcuff shuffle, or the perpwalk. I will even donate the windbreaker to camouflage the handcuffs.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at March 28, 2017 05:42 PM (7N6ox)

185 I'm glad I'm not the only one, Ace. I just can't get into the news anymore and I feel a little unprepared when people ask my opinion on current vents. My opinion is basically this: It's all crap and never has there been a better example of "throw stuff out there and see what sticks".

Trump may be that the enemy of my enemy and not necessarily my friend, but that doesn't mean that I need to help my enemy attack his enemy or that I should forget that my enemy is utterly reprehensible.

Posted by: Cygnus at March 28, 2017 05:42 PM (fdavN)

186 Cry me a f*cking river, Journos.

The faster you drop (dead our out, your choice), the faster I might get my country back.

Posted by: the other coyote at March 28, 2017 05:42 PM (fklwJ)

187 Mr. President, is there anything left to do in your second term?

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at March 28, 2017 05:43 PM (FqgrG)

188 What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted.

I'm confident that they can get unpaid interns to handle the work load so they can go back to transcribing the press releases Obama and Soros sends them

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 28, 2017 05:43 PM (39g3+)

189 PDT > You're not doing it right.

Voters.

Posted by: golfman at March 28, 2017 05:43 PM (48QDY)

190 178; what is it they say about your true colors? who am i to judge that loathesome fucker. the hate is mutual between juan and i. he hates us. may he find his peace somewhere. he's fucking evil.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (KP5rU)

191 So the "journalists" are pretending they're doing actual journalism and no longer just writing what they are told to write? Aye. Like fuck.

Posted by: Mega at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (1CtvB)

192 David Fucking French posted on NRO that Nunes should step down. If the term, 'cuck' did not already exist, we would have to invent it for that guy.

______

A lot of this hysterical outrage is to court people like this (along with McCain, Graham, other Neocons etc) to get Trump eventually impeached or force his resignation.

If the Democrats thought elected Republicans had Trump's back, a lot of this bullshit would evaporate.

But the Dems know there's a HUGE swath of Republicans in Congress that want to go back to the old way of doing things and WANT Trump destroyed just as much as they do.

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (hofQS)

193 Hey I see where Jeb! weighed in on Trump... told him to stop twitting and "lying."

Please clap...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (O2RFr)

194 178 Nothing to do with his service. Today, he is a
traitor just like Upchuck Schumer.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 28, 2017 05:35 PM (KP5rU)

I know that is heresy to question his conduct during his time as a POW, but do people really change that much?

He is currently a backstabbing, cocksucking opportunist who is about as disloyal one could be.

How different was he at the Hanoi Hilton?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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One of my uncles was a classmate of his at the Naval Academy. Couldn't stand him--thought he was a nasty combination of arrogant and stupid.

Posted by: Furious George at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (j+dfT)

195
What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted."

A 70 year old manhas worn out the kiddies.Honestly though I doudt they've ever seen a real heavy workload

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 05:45 PM (lKyWE)

196 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 28, 2017 05:45 PM (mpXpK)

197 ???

PDT. You're not doing it right.
Dana Perino

Mebbe so.
Voters

Posted by: golfman at March 28, 2017 05:45 PM (48QDY)

198 Nunes going to the mattress:

Asked whether he'd tell committee members who gave him intelligence reports indicating President Trump's team was incidentally surveilled, Nunes replied, "We will never reveal those sources and methods," according to Reuters.

Posted by: WisRich at March 28, 2017 05:45 PM (hdpay)

199 I imagine it is difficult to get continually outraged over nothing every day.

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For normal people, yes. For them? It's their lifeblood. Their reason for living. And I hope it soon drives them all into a semi-circle sitting around Nurse Ratched.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 28, 2017 05:47 PM (+FSld)

200 A lot of this hysterical outrage is to court people like this (along with McCain, Graham, other Neocons etc) to get Trump eventually impeached or force his resignation.

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:44 PM (hofQS)

Nah. Perpetuation the nothingness.

Posted by: golfman at March 28, 2017 05:47 PM (48QDY)

201 I, for one, am still not tire of winning.

I am, however, getting a little weary of all the whining.

I just don't even care to gloat anymore.

Have your tighty whities in a bundle over some trivial nonsense MSN? Whatevs.

Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ)assassin in the night at March 28, 2017 05:48 PM (vivhj)

202 David French is very very concerned, so concerned he thinks Nunes should resign. Get a grip, really people.

Posted by: bjwubbs at March 28, 2017 05:49 PM (Dt+Pg)

203 >>>I will even donate the windbreaker to camouflage the handcuffs.

it's been a long time since I owned a windbreaker.

imma get me a windbreaker

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 05:49 PM (8rNrN)

204 The level of crazy shows Nunes is over the target. There's some thread there that they fear having pulled into the light. Maybe?? -- http://tinyurl.com/kv69vmo

Also, imagine the workload when they realize that all those listserve-private-email-password-protected-website discussions with Democrat strategists and OFA people have been recorded by the NSA and could be assessed by the executive branch using the same methods/protocols they used.

Posted by: geoffb5 at March 28, 2017 05:50 PM (d3wbb)

205 and if
a - Trump lost last election day because
b - wikleaks had gotten hold of Trump campaign documents and emails that showed that the campaign was doing things that were very possibly illegal and pretty clearly dishonest and unethical, and
c - evidence began to turn up that the Chinese had hacked the Trump campaign because Trump said he'd dump the Trans Pacific Partnership

the Dems and their shills in the MSM would say that it was important that we learned the truth about the Trump campaign's unethical activities.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 28, 2017 05:51 PM (b7fwp)

206 The Democrats and media can't keep up this pace. It's been about two months since the inauguration. They don't have the stamina to keep up the faux outrage and ginning mountains from molehills.

Posted by: MacGruber at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (FEAjO)
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Hi.

Posted by: 2001-2008 at March 28, 2017 05:52 PM (1CtvB)

207 imma get me a windbreaker

First comes the drinking of the rain, then comes the breaking of the wind.

Posted by: Sean Connery at March 28, 2017 05:53 PM (LTHVh)

208 Journalists are tired because Trump is interrupting their now-familiar pattern of settling into the day's established talking points. They're used to setting the narrative. Except now Trump is stomping all over that using twitter to initiate the stories/discussions he wants them to have -- and it forces them to respond quickly, meaning they have to do their own research (no talking points prepared and available). This really is new for them - having to do their dang jobs instead of serving as the DNC's PR outlet.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:53 PM (NOIQH)

209 The Democrats and media can't keep up this pace. It's been about two months since the inauguration. They don't have the stamina to keep up the faux outrage and ginning mountains from molehills.

Posted by: MacGruber at March 28, 2017 05:16 PM (FEAjO)
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Hi.
Posted by: 2001-2008

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The difference is Trump is beating the media (or maybe the media is just beating themselves)

His real roadblock are his "fellow" Republicans, not Democrats or the MSM

Posted by: Maritime at March 28, 2017 05:54 PM (hofQS)

210
David French is very very concerned, so concerned he thinks Nunes should resign. Get a grip, really people.
Posted by: bjwubbs at March 28, 2017 05:49 PM (Dt+Pg)

Yeah sure a politician is going to step down from leading an investigation into what could turn out to be one of the biggest political scandals in a very long time which as a side note might etch his name into the history books

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 05:54 PM (lKyWE)

211
Yeah sure a politician is going to step down from leading an investigation into what could turn out to be one of the biggest political scandals in a very long time which as a side note might etch his name into the history books
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 05:54 PM (lKyWE)

___________________

You know who else's name is etched into the history books?

Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ)assassin in the night at March 28, 2017 05:57 PM (vivhj)

212 "If the Democrats thought elected Republicans had Trump's back, a lot of this bullshit would evaporate. "

I doubt that. Trump's replacement/ resignation/ impeachment is the single driving obsession of that who miserable coalition. They've been fixated on that since the primaries, all their efforts at every level have been directed toward that goal, and he's become the nominee, the front-runner, and the President. They have made negative progress.

Posted by: GalosGann at March 28, 2017 06:00 PM (md1b/)

213
You know who else's name is etched into the history books?
Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ)assassin in the night at March 28, 2017 05:57 PM (vivhj)

NUNES IS HITLER

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 06:01 PM (lKyWE)

214 207 imma get me a windbreaker

Fire burns. Wind blows.

Posted by: Leeloo Dallas at March 28, 2017 06:04 PM (CE3NN)

215
NUNES IS HITLER
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 28, 2017 06:01 PM (lKyWE)

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Literally!

Posted by: Lily Formerly of HotAir (Now from AoSHQ)assassin in the night at March 28, 2017 06:04 PM (vivhj)

216
Today, Drudge had a link up to something incredibly stupid that Maxine Waters (Idiot-Cal) said about Trump.
You can go look it up if you have not seen it, but she gets away with it because this because
1) She is black
2) She is a woman
3) She is a Democrat
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Silent Affirmative Action.

/it also got us King O the Magnificent!

Posted by: shibumi at March 28, 2017 06:04 PM (FkAXz)

217 "What I'm hearing more and more from journo friends is covering the Trump admin is not sustainable in terms of work load. Everyone exhausted."

One way to stop hyperventilating is to not get overly excited about every single thing that happens. Relax. Think. Pause. is this really something to get excited about? really? or is it something that is kinda sorta normal that you simply don't approve of?

Posted by: George Orwell's Ghost at March 28, 2017 06:04 PM (UgF8H)

218 When I see the NeverTrumpers concern trolling Trump (This Tweet is the Tweet That Goes Too Far!), I just smh. It's going to be fun over the next few years to watch the anti-Trump forces slowly disappear into irrelevance. Willamson had an essay the other day saying that the US belonged to an Anglo tradition that encompassed India and Jamaica. Right, the British Empire. But the neocon empire died somewhere in Sunni triangle about 10 years ago. People like David French are increasingly irrelevant, they have no constituency other than the billionaires who fund their magazines.

Posted by: bjwubbs at March 28, 2017 06:06 PM (Dt+Pg)

219 imma get me a windbreaker

First comes the drinking of the rain, then comes the breaking of the wind.
Posted by: Sean Connery

Beer and pickled egg farts! Ooh-rah!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 28, 2017 06:09 PM (4Utw1)

220 Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2017 05:31 PM (eASYU)

I'm not a Biblical scholar, but is it un-Christian to wish that evil exits sooner, rather than later? We only see the tip of the iceberg of the harm McCain does, but we can guess.

Posted by: cfabella@sbcglobal.net at March 28, 2017 06:11 PM (RHjCR)

221 I think the whistleblower(s) are the secret service. Evidently, they get to see intelligence from all different sources due to the nature of their jobs. Trumps tweet about Obama and the wiretap came the same day that the Obama/Clinton head of the secret service left and trump's guy took over.
The Russians didn't hack the election. How come the DNC wouldn't let the FBI look at their servers? Well, you know the answer. Look at the first set of Wikileaks from this summer.
They let Crowdstrike do their assessment and write the Russia meme/lie which has been reported and repeated ad nauseum. Why didn't they let the FBI inspect their servers like the RNC did? That Crowdstrike assessment (cover story) has been debunked to the point that they came out with a subsequent version a few days ago. Surely if the dems truly had this "evidence" which they've all purportedly seen, it would have leaked out by now. They have nothing. And yes, McCain is in the thick of things with that preposterous dossier that only a senile, dementia addled person would read without bursting into laughter. And, did you read what the Russian spokesperson said the other day? They've about had it with this bs and are about ready to start spilling Barry's secrets.
There is definitely a new Journolist. They don't even use synonyms anymore; they just repeat the same words as the democrats.

Posted by: Flowerbelle1 at March 28, 2017 06:13 PM (AkAvN)

222 Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 05:53 PM (NOIQH)

That's a good point. Fuck them all the same though.

Posted by: 2001-2008 at March 28, 2017 06:15 PM (1CtvB)

223 get yourself an official "team Germany haki sak" winbreaker,ace......

snazzy!!.....

https://tinyurl.com/lg6rg4l

Posted by: rocky mattioli at March 28, 2017 06:20 PM (nkfDI)

224 Maxine Waters, yes, that Maxine Waters, questioned the patriotism of Trump supporters today on the floor of the House.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at March 28, 2017 06:30 PM (nILVB)

225 There is definitely a new Journolist.

Don't be paranoid.

Posted by: CabaList at March 28, 2017 06:32 PM (LTHVh)

226 The main issue is that over the last year and a half we have witnessed the elimination and silencing of a lot of sources and people involved in the election in an attempt to make Hillary President. It's become apparent that this knot of darkness wants to eliminate any witnesses to their illegal activities to prevent them from being uncovered, and that it probably involves some congressmen and intelligence people as well. Hence, the desire to know the source.....so they can silence the source.

Posted by: akelm88 at March 28, 2017 09:59 PM (km/D2)

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