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BREAKING: Press Sec Sanders statement on Trump authoritarian Memo tonight. (Original Post) Grasswire2 May 2019 OP
Umm, What? irisblue May 2019 #1
This is scary. He's a cornered rat and will do anything to survive. Laurian May 2019 #2
Every day I keep thinking I'll wake up liberalhistorian May 2019 #34
From the desk of mr. "I don't do cover-ups" unblock May 2019 #3
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, stupid. procon May 2019 #4
Sorry, but I read that as "boasting of his premature ejaculations" ProudLib72 May 2019 #12
LOL. Not an image I want to think about, although procon May 2019 #14
: Stormy confirmed the fact... magicarpet May 2019 #15
Trump's Less Than Magic Mushroom Celerity May 2019 #17
this has to be illegal. barr cannot be trusted. spanone May 2019 #5
+10000 Celerity May 2019 #18
Barr bdamomma May 2019 #22
Seriously!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #41
Have you read any of the comments? MotorCityMan May 2019 #6
Will be interesting to see what the Intel people are saying about this.....nt Grasswire2 May 2019 #9
according to Rachel it looked like they watoos May 2019 #24
Here's the CNN story Grasswire2 May 2019 #7
shameless self kick for this important power grab story. nt Grasswire2 May 2019 #8
Barr will find whatever trump wants him to. This cannot stand. spanone May 2019 #10
Yip, the investigator reports directly to Barr. watoos May 2019 #25
this whole thing I_have_had_enough May 2019 #44
They may discover that the truth isn't on their side C_U_L8R May 2019 #11
Did you see how Barr summarized the Mueller report? watoos May 2019 #27
Exactly. The House should set up a whistleblowers hotline asap. C_U_L8R May 2019 #30
+1.Great idea. oasis May 2019 #48
Barr's place in history is at stake. SergeStorms May 2019 #38
Will they assist? I'm being serious here ProudLib72 May 2019 #13
I have been fantasizing about resistance or rebellion from the intelligence agencies, too. n/t MBS May 2019 #40
Rebellion would be wonderful, but I think that's not as plausible as resistance ProudLib72 May 2019 #52
Mean time the guy we were told was fucking Rambo/Captain America doesn't have the fucking nads to Guy Whitey Corngood May 2019 #16
I truly don't know what the fuck is wrong with Mueller. SamKnause May 2019 #20
He is a lifelong Republican Bettie May 2019 #49
It's probably that. Or some archaic sense of self righteousness that Guy Whitey Corngood May 2019 #50
Oh, please. As if they're all going to fully comply bitterross May 2019 #19
They are still running an intel investigation on rump ya think? nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #26
There shouldn't be any dirt for them to see, watoos May 2019 #29
Trump Is Trying Hard To Prove Pelosi Right DallasNE May 2019 #21
Acme super duper plan #12,338 Ponietz May 2019 #23
As if trump was even thinking, about anything else, and as if barr hasnt known this was all Chin music May 2019 #28
Think about it ... CloudWatcher May 2019 #31
All Roads Lead To Putin n/t DallasNE May 2019 #47
I didn't know a President (any President) had this much power. That's too much power for one person. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #32
Without Checks And Balances DallasNE May 2019 #46
They really want to see a second SCVDem May 2019 #33
Why doesn't she hold a real press conference? BigmanPigman May 2019 #35
With the tRump financial data coming in and Pelosi on his tail defacto7 May 2019 #36
K&R UTUSN May 2019 #37
Guess who he's targeting... nolabear May 2019 #39
What about all the stuff in the Dossier that has been proven true? BKDem May 2019 #51
If the whole thing was just a made up plot to get Trump... Ohioboy May 2019 #42
Can Intel Committee Democrats Mme. Defarge May 2019 #43
"In your face America." - Kommander Dirty Donny* (R) Achilleaze May 2019 #45

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
2. This is scary. He's a cornered rat and will do anything to survive.
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:50 PM
May 2019

I can’t believe this nightmare has been allowed to go on this long.

Republicans need to step up and stop this madness.

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)
34. Every day I keep thinking I'll wake up
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:10 PM
May 2019

and the clouds will have lifted and the nightmare bizarre world I've inhabited in my dreams will be over. And every day it's an even greater and more horrific nightmare, made worse by the fact that so many others feel the same way yet no one seems able to stop it.

I told my husband I feel like Veruca Salt in the original Willy Wonka movie. I want Agent Orange out NOW, before things are irrevocably ruined and, at this point, I really don't care how. Like Veruca sings, "I don't care how, I want it NOW!!!" Childish and immature, I know, but desperate times bring desperate feelings.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Don't count your chickens before they hatch, stupid.
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:53 PM
May 2019

Trump might want to hold off until the report is finished before boasting of his premature expectations. That would at least allow Barr enough time to fudge Another conveniently tell-all summary that says everything Trump dictated to him.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
12. Sorry, but I read that as "boasting of his premature ejaculations"
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:48 PM
May 2019

I guess it really amounts to the same thing.

magicarpet

(14,157 posts)
15. : Stormy confirmed the fact...
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:11 PM
May 2019

No need to quibble or argue.

trDump,... the prematurely squirting micro-mushroom.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
24. according to Rachel it looked like they
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:43 PM
May 2019

refused to give up their right to keep information classified. Trump had to confer upon Barr the right to declassify everything he chooses. Bye bye sources and methods.

The special investigator will report directly to Barr so we can expect Barr to spin a mountain of bullshit.

These people are evil, they have brought guns to the gun fight, Democrats better bring big guns too.

I am going to bite my tongue and not say any more.

C_U_L8R

(45,005 posts)
11. They may discover that the truth isn't on their side
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:37 PM
May 2019

Hopefully some patriotic whistleblowers ensure the truth doesn't get buried

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
27. Did you see how Barr summarized the Mueller report?
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:47 PM
May 2019

He is going to do the same thing here. He is a bigger liar than Trump.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
38. Barr's place in history is at stake.
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:27 PM
May 2019

He made sure of that when he made his deal with the orange devil. Consequently he's "all in" - to borrow a poker term - in Trump's and the GOP's coup to establish a dictatorship within the U.S. government. I have the sneaky feeling we may have seen the last presidential election in the U.S.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
13. Will they assist? I'm being serious here
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:50 PM
May 2019

After all this talk for the last two years about our intelligence agencies hating his guts, I would like to imagine they would resist in some way. Or was all that talk just bluster?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
52. Rebellion would be wonderful, but I think that's not as plausible as resistance
Fri May 24, 2019, 05:21 PM
May 2019

They had him under surveillance for a long time. They know exactly what he is. In my mind it is as if Putin was asking for all the intelligence we had on him.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
16. Mean time the guy we were told was fucking Rambo/Captain America doesn't have the fucking nads to
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:13 PM
May 2019

tell the country what the fuck is going on.

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
20. I truly don't know what the fuck is wrong with Mueller.
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:28 PM
May 2019

I guess he doesn't give a shit.

It is disgusting and cowardly.

Are there no patriots involved with the investigation that will come forward ???

If not, they are all totally useless !!!

Bettie

(16,112 posts)
49. He is a lifelong Republican
Fri May 24, 2019, 08:31 AM
May 2019

he will never say a single word. I do not think he'll ever testify or if he does, he'll refuse to answer most questions.

Party over country was the first thought I had when it was announced that he had been appointed.

I'd love to be wrong about this, but it doesn't look like he cares. At. All.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
50. It's probably that. Or some archaic sense of self righteousness that
Fri May 24, 2019, 09:24 AM
May 2019

he thinks puts him above everything. While the fascists become more entrenched, consolidate more power and purge the "infidels" from government. But hey, he gets to keep what he sees as his "integrity" while the republic crumbles. So I guess it's a wash.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
19. Oh, please. As if they're all going to fully comply
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:24 PM
May 2019

Seriously? Does anyone think the CIA is going to give anything to Barr they don't want him to see?

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
29. There shouldn't be any dirt for them to see,
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:50 PM
May 2019

but that won't stop Barr from telling a story out of his ass.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
21. Trump Is Trying Hard To Prove Pelosi Right
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:28 PM
May 2019

This is exactly how a cover up takes place. Release everything favorable to Trump and leave everything classified that looks bad. Plus, I doubt Barr has the skill set to do this. This is just like Nixon and his edited transcripts.

Ponietz

(2,987 posts)
23. Acme super duper plan #12,338
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:41 PM
May 2019

We’re in a Roadrunner cartoon that never ends because the stupid coyote is also an undead zombie.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
28. As if trump was even thinking, about anything else, and as if barr hasnt known this was all
Thu May 23, 2019, 10:48 PM
May 2019

part of the plan, and hasn't been working on this. Very strange. Seems to be very stinky business.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
32. I didn't know a President (any President) had this much power. That's too much power for one person.
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:08 PM
May 2019

He's taking down the country.

He's starting with intel. Then use this "investigation" to go after...who next?

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
46. Without Checks And Balances
Fri May 24, 2019, 08:23 AM
May 2019

A President's power is unlimited.

He wants a wall and Congress won't give him the money he just shifts it from the Defense Department to a branch of DHS. His tariffs are bankrupting farmers so he uses the money from the tariffs to pay $15 billion cash to the distressed farmers and buy their vote. Neither was voted on in Congress so it is hard to see how any of this is legal. But unless Congress is willing to check this power it will happen and this we can lay at the feet of Mitch McConnell and Russian money. Putin is getting a lot of bang for the buck.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
33. They really want to see a second
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:08 PM
May 2019

Revolutionary War.

Many Dems are veterans and will exercise their second amendment rights in a massive march on dump where-ever he is..

Which ever golf course he chooses to hide.

On this Memorial Day, this veteran will fight for the values our brothers and sisters died to defend.

This orange ass would pardon a war criminal who pissed on dead enemy fighters.

They did not teach us that in MY Marine Corps!

Take America back from the Nazis !

BigmanPigman

(51,613 posts)
35. Why doesn't she hold a real press conference?
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:12 PM
May 2019

What are you afraid of Ms Fuckubee, will someone suggest that YOU LIE ALL THE TIME?!?!??

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
36. With the tRump financial data coming in and Pelosi on his tail
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:12 PM
May 2019

tRump and his protectors have to think up some shit to sling at anyone and everyone who get in their way. How mature and civilized they are. A 2 year old is this sophisticated.

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
51. What about all the stuff in the Dossier that has been proven true?
Fri May 24, 2019, 09:53 AM
May 2019

How does Barr plan to make that go away at a trial?

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)
42. If the whole thing was just a made up plot to get Trump...
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:51 PM
May 2019

why did the so-called "Deep State" work so hard to damage Trump's main opponent? Why did they plan it so that DNC emails would be stolen and dumped? Seems like if there was truly a plot to get Trump they would have worked it so that he wouldn't get elected in the first place. Don't you think?

Mme. Defarge

(8,036 posts)
43. Can Intel Committee Democrats
Thu May 23, 2019, 11:56 PM
May 2019

correct the misinformation that will inevitably come from this sinister move and counter any false narratives coming from this maladministration?

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