We need a RUNNING COMMENTARY THREAD ON JEFF SESSION'S COMMITTEE HEARING.

[Ligyron]

I'll start unless there's one going on I didn't see (I looked).

LIAR, LIAR pants on fire!

His opening comments don't seem to look good for laying off the War on Weed.

He says Roe v Wade is settled law and that he will follow law on funds for abortion concerning the victims of sex trafficking, which appear to make such funds available. hmmmm....

Oh, and he's totally not a racist anymore (if he ever was). Pfffft

[pangaia]

1. oh, he's not a racist any more. No siree bob.....

In 2015 interview, Sessions praised 1924 Law to "end indiscriminate acceptance of all races"


In seven years we'll have the highest percentage of Americans, non-native born, since the founding of the Republic. Some people think we've always had these numbers, and it's not so, it's very unusual, it's a radical change. When the numbers reached about this high in 1924, the president and congress changed the policy, and it slowed down immigration significantly, we then assimilated through the 1965 and created really the solid middle class of America, with assimilated immigrants, and it was good for America. We passed a law that went far beyond what anybody realized in 1965, and we're on a path to surge far past what the situation was in 1924.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028452914

[cilla4progress]

2. Like Trump,

he says whatever he needs to.

Shame on Susan Collins.

Finally had to turn it off when Sen. Hatch came on. I hate it when they just start speechifying.

How stupid people are.

[Aviation Pro]

3. Kabuki Theatre

Say hello to AG Sessions. Old, white men confirming old, white men.

A clusterfuck to end all clusterfucks.

[Aviation Pro]

4. Kabuki Fucking Theatre

Look, look at my fields of fuck over the football game. They are barren because none grow there.

[Ligyron]

5. Beauregard looks nervous today.

Leahy is giving some push back now but the racist ducks and weaves.

Earlier he said he totally supports the right of Americans to believe any nonsense they want as long as they do so under the banner of

Religious Freedum.

They didn't pin him down as to whether this means everyone can discriminate against LBGTQ or Trans folks in business matters as long as Jesus is telling them in their heads it's totally cool.

Now Graham is asking about the football game last night and I was wondering when or if this might come up. Didn't say who he was rooting for buut bet he had an answer in the can ready to go.

[a kennedy]

6. and who's that woman sitting behind the mouse??

[avebury]

7. What were they just yelling

in the back?

[a kennedy]

8. and there's that d*mn smirk.

I despise this man

[UTUSN]

9. It's a LOVE FEST, totally disgusting. Thank Zeus those protesters managed to break in.

Not that they stopped the love. Those chummy senators just smiled and "joked". Haha. LEAHY made a token effort at being confrontational a teeny bit, but was charmed with SESSIONS pretending to misspeak by calling him "Mr Chairman."

DURBIN is being mildly strong.

[a kennedy]

10. another arsekisser up, Cornyn

[a kennedy]

11. should have known, it's his wife of 47 years.

how sweet, NOT. Ugh.

[UTUSN]

12. I tuned in late, but finally (first?) mention of DRUMPF. By Senator WHITEHOUSE

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Asking whether he will allow Russian influence on election to be investigated even if it leads to the DRUMPF campaign. Before that he asked about water boarding being torture (without naming DRUMPF who said he wants to do it). SESSIONS did his weaseling, saying that water boarding was not done by THE MILITARY, was done by intel people, and that there had been "discussion" whether it *is* torture back when but now Congress has outlawed it, blah blah. It's just a love fest.

[nolabear]

13. I'm surprised there's not more commentary here. Where is everyone?

Sessions is going to need back surgery after all tis twisting and pretzeling of logic. I can't quite get over how sane he sounds next to tRump though. Not in content, just in ability to sound like a professional asshole rather than a simple madman.

We live in creepy times.

[Ligyron]

14. Hey, it's OK he prosecuted those black people for voter fraud.

Heck, it's only because other black people ask him to.

He HAD to do it!

But there were no white people engaging in voter fraud while HE was in charge. See how effective he is at reigning in those white guys?

[annabanana]

15. Anyone know the kid questioning now? (just tuned in)

[a kennedy]

16. new rookie senator from Nebraska..... eom

[Achilleaze]

45. Sasse

[a kennedy]

46. Yes, that's who it was.......

thanks.

[annabanana]

17. AL FRANKEN up now

[annabanana]

18. calling him on misrepresenting his own record..

[annabanana]

20. "desegregation lawsuits.. 20 or 30 ? or how many

[a kennedy]

19. and now my junior Senator from MN, Al Franken.

come on Al give him h*ll.

[annabanana]

21. Is he lulling him into a false sense of security?

[a kennedy]

24. Al, the master. eom

[annabanana]

22. What were your "10 most significant"?

[annabanana]

23. Catching him on an earlier lie

about civil rights cases that he "worked on"

[annabanana]

26. His "personal involvement" was he put his name on it...

[annabanana]

31. Al says "I can state Mr Sessisons DID NOT CONTRIBUTE PERSONALLY"

as per lead prosecutor on this case

[Atman]

25. Here's and up-to-the-minute rundown:

Jeff Sessions is lying.

[a kennedy]

27. ooooooo mouse imp is getting a little pissed off.....

Way to go Al.....get under his skin.

[annabanana]

32. Al is pressing on it..

[Generator]

28. TAKE AWAY THE WEED

Oh noes. That should get the kids in the streets. They won't even be too stoned to march. Maybe that will stop Bill Maher from having Republicons on his show. The more they take away the more people it affects.

[Sunlei]

29. BBC Canada has it live- link here live comments too.

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-38573213

[Dreamer3]

30. Liar!

[annabanana]

33. His "memory" of it.. (was, I guess ,, that he DID contribute..)

[annabanana]

34. "I filed" means I LEAD on it. . He inflates his contribution..

[annabanana]

35. Good on Al!.. caught him out!

[TexasTowelie]

36. Some senator said that he will listen to what Sessions says

because he has known Jeff for a long time.

[annabanana]

37. Flake up (snooze)

[a kennedy]

39. I should never make comments on looks, but Flake's nose looks like he's been

doing some, oh, what do they call it, "brown nosing"?? is that it?? it has a little slant to it. Or is it just me.

[Dreamer3]

38. Truth is gaged by actions.

Look at his record. He is a liar.

[Atman]

40. Poor Jeff.

Poor Jeff. He gave all the wrong answers twenty years ago because he didn't have the proper aids around him to supply him with the appropriate answers.

[Ligyron]

41. Lunch break! and just in time too

He looks like he needs a drink.

Can't wait to hear something from the Honorable John Lewis. Hope he's sharpening his knives right now.

Oh, and wait til Booker gets on. Liar, Liar!! "I know you Senator Sessions and you are a liar!" Well, we can hope.

Brian Williams brings up an interesting point about perhaps why sessions was asked if he ever chanted "lock her up!".

Let's see that video senator, shall we?

[Atman]

42. Good god...Ted Cruz reading off a list of ancient GOP talking points.

He must have not had time to write a new speech, so he just dug out one of his bullshit debate diatribes. He hasn't asked a single question, he's just giving another campaign speech for the campaign he lost nearly a year ago.

[Ligyron]

43. I'm waiting for him to praise Lawd Jesus

Man, is he grandstanding now. No wonder nobody in the Senate likes him.

[UTUSN]

44. It's a LOVE FEST - part deux

So SESSIONS is cruising on through these farcical exercises. Chummy senators being so lovey dovey. Even the last remaining lion, LEAHY, is just a feeble version of himself, and SESSIONS “charmed” him off of token tough questions by pretending to misspeak in calling him “Mr Chairman – well, you were MY chairman for so many years.”

“A pre-existing rot.” That’s what that splendid essay called it when the customs and norms have withered down to being hollow and meaningless.

Ah, so SESSIONS will recuse himself from further harassment of Hillary, what a GEM he is! And waterboarding is torture, according to him, for (just) so long as Congress keeps saying it is.

Nicey-nice, hap hap happy-talk – let the DRUMPF fascists take over with GOOD WILL, and let them “bare their teeth,” to use STREEP’s phrase, later.

[Vinca]

47. I've only watched bits and pieces of this today, but I just saw a clip of Patrick Leahy asking

what amounted to whether Sessions would have Trump arrested if he grabbed a woman's genitalia while in office. OMFG. You can't make this stuff up.

[a kennedy]

48. and now it's cruz AGAIN, for his 2nd round of questioning......er, lovefest.

he's so happy the Dems didn't turn this hearing into a circus.....had his doubts, but was very happily surprised. I JUST DESPISE ALL OF THEM.....ALL OF THE repubs. Ugh.....

[a kennedy]

49. Good 'ol Al Franken.......

he's the best. I wanna see the master mouse imp get all pissy again. Come Al give it to him.

[a kennedy]

50. now, master mouse imp is not even looking at Al, he's just talking to the Chair....

way to go Al......burn him on the voter ID law.

[Ligyron]

51. Well, we'll have to pick this up tomorrow.

Mousey needs a nap-e-poo and a cookie.

Cruz - what a complete ass that man is. Thinks he's all that and star of the show.