There is an argument that Trump may not lawfully appoint an acting DNI

[Grasswire2]

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[spanone]

1. trump does nothing lawfully

[SHRED]

2. How many laws does he ignore?

[elleng]

3. 10 a day???

[Bettie]

13. Probably a conservative estimate

or an average, since he probably breaks fewer laws on golf days!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. When did unlawfulness ever stop him?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Unlawfulness inspires him! n/t

[DemocracyMouse]

6. We have to back up our laws with our backs!

We've been in a haze for over 200 years thinking we had set up a nation of laws and it would run like clockwork. Now we have to return to our revolutionary roots and reset the mythos. Give it substance through our blood and sweat.

[DemocracyMouse]

7. But thanks for citing that law! It does help!

(I was worried that Trump would tap another fascist.... and he still could try by firing the deputy, etc.)

[Grasswire2]

11. We may have to back up our laws with our feet in the street.

Are ya ready for a rumble?

[maxrandb]

8. AG Barr will get right on that, I'm sure

But seriously, at what point do Congressional Democrats use the power of the purse to shut this fucking shitshow down?

Oh, I know, we can't do that, it might be politically risky...we may get blamed... let's all just be good Germans and pretend that this shitshow is normal... that drastic action isn't required.

You know, I'm sick of hearing that shit.

The ONLY way you stop a bully is to punch him in the fucking throat.

If you don't do that, you're going to wake up one day and find he's got all your fucking lunch money.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. I sincerely hope so. Ratcliffe is a ratfickster of the first rank.

The guy went on Fox TV to paint Robert Mueller as a Republican led astray by a team of Democratic prosecutors once paid to defend Hillary Clinton — now all working to foist the Trump-Russia collusion hoax that did not happen. He came across as just the kind of insane idiot the enemies of America need.

The integrity of Devin Nunes mated to the intellect of Louie Gohmert.

[hatrack]

10. As if he could give a shit about the law . . .

[Vinca]

12. Trump doesn't care about no stinkin' laws. He'll do whatever he wants and the GOP will

let him get away with it.

[MineralMan]

14. Trump scorns the IC anyhow.

Making someone with no experience in intelligence the DNI is a chump move. The only thing it can accomplish is to throw a monkey wrench deeper into the works. And that's Trump's goal.

He hates intelligence, because he has so little of it, himself.

Besides Intelligence people tell him things he doesn't want to hear. Fake news.

So, he wants someone loyal to him and his ignorance in there as a leader.