The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[McParadigm]

Yeah. Wow.

[doug rr]

comeytose

[tragabigzanda]

Brain of James

[tragabigzanda]

Go

[tragabigzanda]

Evacuation

[bune]

Iowa Republican Flees Reporter's Questions on Funding After Voting for GOP Health Bill

My favorite part:

Records available on Open Secrets, a government transparency site, show that in 2015-2016, the top donor to Blum's congressional campaign was the North Carolina Leadership Fund, which contributed $46,422 to his re-election bid for the House of Representatives. North Carolina is not in the First District of Iowa. It is, in fact, its own state, on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States.

The Club for Growth gave Blum $42,464. It is a free-market lobbying group based in Washington, D.C. Although there is a town named Washington in Iowa, this is not the same Washington where the Club for Growth is based. That Washington is the capital of the United States and is not in the First District of Iowa.

He is also one of many Iowa state and national politicians to take money from Koch Industries, operated by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. The Koch brothers have supported right-wing politicians across the country, in particular those willing to follow a pro-free market, anti-regulation line. Koch Industries is based in Kansas, not Iowa.

[doug rr]

email flow

[Green Habit]

email flow

This is the winner so far.

[epilogue]

email flow

This is the winner so far.

yep

[BurtReynolds]

Inside Job

[bart]

Past Tense

[bart]

Leakin

[Strat]

if he fires everyone on his payroll, they are just going to end up talking a bit more, yea?

Basically - is trump being impeached yet?

[Bi_3]

Spin the News Cycle

[tragabigzanda]

Questions raised by WaPo about Comey's firing:

If Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, how and why did he make the recommendation to fire Comey?

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein laid out a convincing case as to why Comey acted improperly and unfairly to Hillary last July. However, Trump thought Comey should have prosecuted her, so why would Trump now object that Comey had been unfair to his nemesis?

How is Trump to select the person who will be investigating his alleged collusion with Russia during the campaign without invalidating the entire process?

When was the decision to fire Comey made: before or after this week’s testimony?

Will Comey be able to preserve evidence he collected so as to defuse suspicion this is a giant coverup?

Will Comey testify about the status of his investigation as of Tuesday?

Will the demands for a special prosecutor now become too loud to ignore?

Will Comey, once fired, feel free to reveal information about the Russia investigation? If so, why would Trump risk firing him now?

Will Republicans snap out of their partisan stupor to demand answers about Comey and insist on a replacement who is above reproach?

Will the administration — which has now fired a national security adviser and an FBI chief and has been plagued by conflicts of interest and infighting — take on the aura of complete chaos and instability, impairing the GOP’s agenda and America’s international standing?

[McParadigm]

NYT:

Senior White House and Justice Department officials had been working on building a case against Mr. Comey since at least last week, according to administration officials. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had been charged with coming up with reasons to fire him, the officials said.

— Michael S. Schmidt

[McParadigm]

[Strat]

Phew! all clear! Lets move on finally

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ussia-ties

[BurtReynolds]

Careful what you wish for...

Election 2020: "wow this Pence guy is much better than the last guy, guess I'll vote for him."

[McParadigm]

It'll be interesting to see how this initial GOP response plays out long term.