Madeline Albright sticks it to Nunes.....and what a slap.

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

[PJMcK]

1. K&R

Slap!

ETA: Secretary Albright has a book coming out called "Fascism: A Warning." Through my work, I've had the opportunity to read a bit of it. it's compelling.

I believe it's due for publication this Spring.

[Skittles]

3. I will definitely be reading that

yes INDEED

[sunonmars]

4. Now there was a brilliant Secretary of State...

[OhNo-Really]

20. Is it true that Carter Page is a member of CFR

He has it on his Bio in the House Intel Testimony.

I know Albright is a member.

[pangaia]

6. YIKES !!! GET IT OUT TOMORROW..

Spring may be too late.

[Stonepounder]

14. According to Amazon, will be released April 10. n/t

[olegramps]

19. The fact that the Republican Party is pursuing fascist priciples is what I have stated for years.

The latest demonstration of their allegiance to fascism is their release of a document that both the FBI and DOJ has condemned as nothing more than a political ploy devoid of facts. What they have done bridges on treason and should convince anyone that the Republican is a dangerous fascist enterprise with no allegiance to constitution. This is the fulmination of forty years of pursuing fascistically inspired principles designed to destroy the Republic. Their ultimate goal is the establishment of a dictatorial oligarchy. Some Republicans are so concerned about being identified are fellow travelers that they are abandoning the ship like fleeing rats. Thirtyeight do far have declined to run for reelection. However, it will remain to be a challenge to regain the congress since the degree of brainwashing is so extensive it may take years for it to overcome.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. she should give the guy a break - he had no spelling errors

oops - he may have used spell check

[ProudLib72]

5. "Compelling, accurate, and unbiased" are relative terms

All the trumplicans who were overly excited reading the memo believe it is all three. Then again, they are grade school dropouts.

[Stonepounder]

15. I suspect most of them haven't read the memo, just listened to Faux ranting and raving.

And, just as Nunes never bothered to read the underlying data, I suspect most Faux screaming heads haven't even bothered to read the memo.

[ProudLib72]

16. Hannity told them it was factual and compelling

And that he is going to arrest Comey.

Several trumplicans have already died from holding their breath on that one!

[Nitram]

18. Proud, they don't know the meaning of those three words. Too many syllables.

[spanone]

7. Yes Ma'am!!!!!

K&R...

[malaise]

8. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

He's not too bright. F him for real

[rzemanfl]

10. Sideways. n/t

[ailsagirl]

9. A well-deserved slap

[Va Lefty]

11. Awesome!

[Cha]

12. Thank you, Madeline Albright!

Seth Abramson says the same...

3/ Third, understand that the CIA told the BBC in January '17 that the most controversial..

allegation in Steele's dossier—the allegation the Kremlin has blackmail material on Trump of a sexual nature—was true. This means the CIA had likely told the FBI the same many months before."

30/ In other words, this memo is written like a campaign ad—not an official document, and *certainly* not a legal document. It gets every fact wrong and every point of law wrong and *wildly* so. This is an embarrassing piece of work, but I'll keep on analyzing it anyway. We must.

52/ That pro-Trump conspiracy among some rank-and-file agents—*rogue* agents—in the New York field office of the FBI was *confirmed* when, immediately before the election, those agents told the New York Times that the FBI had nothing on Trump. When in fact they had the Dossier

53/ I now have new favorite part: Page 3, which argues that Steele's desire that Trump not be elected—as expressed in *September '16* (note the date)—proves his research was biased. Does the GOP realize the info Steele had by September? Of *course* he didn't want him to be POTUS!

54/ Just because the GOP has rejected Steele's research doesn't mean that *Steele* is obligated to: indeed, him telling a DOJ attorney he didn't want Trump to be president in September '16 is *confirmation* that—and this seems important—he *believed his research to be accurate*

PS/ I really want to hammer home a point: the sum total result of this memo is a catastrophic *underscoring* of how bad a situation this is for Trump and how *little* bias—to be clear, zero—was involved in his treatment by the FBI. This memo *supports* Trump critics' contentions.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/959494066840002560.html

[FakeNoose]

13. I've read Ms. Albright's other books

...and I found them fascinating and brilliant. I look forward to her new book this Spring!

However she should be notified that Devin Nunes didn't actually write the GOP memo, and she gave him more (or less) credit than he deserved.

[Wounded Bear]

17. A talking head the other day called the memo...

A paper from an underachieving first year law student.