The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[tragabigzanda]

I see Maguire as more of a boyscout, so far a perfect witness

[tragabigzanda]

I look forward to Devin Nunes future gig as a Fox News anchor

[Bi_3]

I see Maguire as more of a boyscout, so far a perfect witness

He's a badass. Schiff was once again only hearing what he wanted to hear.

[McParadigm]

Nunes: “Isn’t it alarming that the transcript was made public? Why are these things leaking?”

DNI: “Uh....but the White House did that?”

Nunes: “I’m done here.”

[tragabigzanda]

This is great, they are very quickly and efficiently destroying any future cries of “deep state.”

[McParadigm]

This is great, they are very quickly and efficiently destroying any future cries of “deep state.”

Maybe they’re saving their big guns for something, but it feels like Republicans haven’t gotten any strategic guidance from the White House. They’re just falling back on good old deep state panic, but uncoordinated and not very heartfelt.

[Bi_3]

"as the law is written, not as some would like it to be"

[tragabigzanda]

If I had time, I’d make that meme with the guy forgetting about his old girlfriend for the new hottie walking by, but with Mueller/Maguire

[McParadigm]

Q: Did you steal my wallet?
A: God no. No! Ugh. Never.
Q: Did you steal my car?
A: It would be inappropriate for me to answer that.

[McParadigm]

Really though, not using this time to more emphatically stress the content of the complaint feels like a messaging mistake.

[tragabigzanda]

I disagree. They’ll get there later with the whistleblower and others present during the call and subsequent conversations. It’s loke they learned with Mueller: Don’t give Trump & Co any opportunity to frame Maguire as politically motivated or otherwise untrustworthy. They can cool it on messaging for a bit, because we’re already off to the races. But barring a few minor gaffes that will get spun for a few days, I’d say this first hearing is a resounding success for the Dems.

[tragabigzanda]

Any meaningful headlines will be to the effect of “Maguire followed protocol during an ‘unprecedented’ event, calls elections security the greatest challenge facing national intelligence.”

[McParadigm]

I think that’s true. I also don’t think it required quite so many people repeating the same questions to get there.

I liked Castro reading a portion of the transcript and then the matching part of the complaint, and then pushing him on whether that illustrated a way that the complaint was accurate. Incorporate the details and the demonstrated accuracy of the complaint into your questions.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Has Trump tweeted at all during this today?

[tragabigzanda]

I think he had one of his cronies hold a presser on the lawn

[verb_to_trust]

Somebody summarize for me in 10 words or less what is going on I've been busy at work all morning.

[Strat]

Somebody summarize for me in 10 words or less what is going on I've been busy at work all morning.

The head of our intelligence agency can't say whether or not we should investigate these claims.

So, thats cool.

[Strat]

Maguire is rattled and Schiff is really humiliating him.

[McParadigm]

Maguire is rattled and Schiff is really humiliating him.

Yeah, wow

[verb_to_trust]

I stopped by Trump's Twitter feed. Holy shit. It's plastered with retweets and ranting. I don't use Twitter myself, but I would think someone would have to spend an enormous amount of their time putting all that junk on there.