Dem offers to hire McCabe to help him qualify for his pension

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 03/17/18 10:50 AM EDT

A Democratic lawmaker on Saturday offered to hire former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe in an effort to help McCabe qualify to receive his pension after being fired from the agency two days before he qualified to receive it.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) was responding to a tweet from NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, who said the former FBI official might still be able to receive his pension if he’s hired by a member of Congress.

Link to tweet

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378923-dem-offers-to-hire-mccabe-to-help-him-qualify-for-his-pension

[lamp_shade]

1. Sounds reasonable... but I wonder if it would work.

[Texin]

6. Perhaps not. He was fired for cause, which might preclude reemployment with the government.

And, he is under investigation by the ethics panel or such within the Bureau. Of course, we ALL know the real "cause" and that's simply because the orange shit stain has an unquenchable thirst for revenge. I am so angry now and so desperately afraid that there's no possible check on this megalomaniac's destruction of this country and potentially the rest of the world. This maniac is an existential civilization-ending threat and he's running at warp speed unchecked.

[dhol82]

8. I feel the same way

I’m really afraid we will not be able to stop him before he kills us all.



And the freaking evangelical fundies are being orgasmic about the possibility of the rapture.

[CelticWinter]

18. their nuts

I'm surrounded by evanuts, my mother is an evanut and believe me they think this is great stuff gonna bring on the rapture and everything will be right in the world.

[erronis]

37. Having been married to one of those... Why don't they just fly away

and leave this real world a much better place?

[FreepFryer]

9. WTF. Desperately afraid no possible check existential civilization-ending threat

You may want to relax, take a deep breath and ask you if you are encouraging, or discouraging, the possibility and implementation of such checks with your terrified, and very disempowering, fear language.

[pangaia]

10. TEXIN is not far off the mark of the worst of possibilities.

We are the proverbial frogs in a pot of water on the burner.

[FreepFryer]

17. Get a grip. Nothing - NOTHING - is certain. We all choose: get busy living, or get busy dying.

I choose not to dwell on the worst - that’s basic, pedantic and erosive.

I prefer to struggle with the practical reality than to take superficial solace in apocalyptic death-obsession around the worst case.

[pangaia]

19. I am NOT taking superficial solace in apocalyptic death-obsession ,,,

I am NOT I choosing to dwell on the worst

I did NOT say anything is certain

I DO NOT choose to dwell on the worst

STOP making false accusations



YOU GET A GRIP.

[FreepFryer]

20. Okey doke. Keep defending powerlessness. See how that works. Some of us have other plans.

[pangaia]

28. I am not defending anything. Stop making false accusations against me.

You know nothing of what I do to fight back against what is happening.

[FreepFryer]

30. I know only what I read. Looking forward to more even-handed and empowering contributions...

Because bringing about the worst by dwelling on the worst - and repeating it to those who are trying to achieve better - just ain’t cutting it.

[RVN VET71]

55. Stop the bickering, guys

Is it a bad idea to defend against the crazy by first acknowledging the worst that could happen if it continues?

Trump isn't issuing parking tickets, but he's not nuking anybody, either. But we know he likes nukes and relishes the idea of slaughtering millions of innocent people to MAGA. So, yes, I'm concerned he might like to try nuking Venezuela (well, why the hell not?) but I'm also aware that, as of today, he's neither planning nor capable of doing so. So I watch to see what changes are afoot that might open the door for him to have an easier path to armageddon.

As for the Evangelicals praying for end-times, to them and their lying false-prophet preachers I say f**k you all as the mindless jackass servants of an invisible demon that you are. Jesus Christ, y'all, your "God" would lovingly slaughter 7.5 billion people just so you can get your frosted white asses to heaven? F**k you, again.

Anyway, let's focus on the problem and work locally to upend the travesty of GOP-Corporate rule. If we can create a tsunami to kick all the Repubastards out of office, we will save the Republic -- and be able to use our energy to engage in more relaxed arguments involving March Madness (Go, UMBC!), the coming spring surge of life, and what kind of fruit baskets we want to send inmate Trump.

[FreepFryer]

56. The certainty in the worst case scenario, not the discussion of its possibility, is what is harmful.

I doubt there is anyone here still unaware of what worst cases “Could” happen... ...but these kinds of doom n gloom posts aren’t talking about potentialities, it is the torrent of empty pronouncements of inevitable doom that disempower and disrupt to the point of objectionability.

I can’t always tell if it is a case of the miserable seeking company, or the terrified seeking reassurance... but neither particularly interest me.

[The Wielding Truth]

13. Well, what about Flynn? He was fired by Obama and hired again by TrumP.

[dameatball]

22. good point

[jmbar2]

29. So was the dude that was escorted out of the WhiteHouse for financial crimes

Trump hired him immediately for his 2020 campaign.

[rainin]

33. Not applicable here because dems have to follow rules.

"Trump does it" can't be our litmus test of legality.

[The Wielding Truth]

49. Not illegal. If someone is not working out for one does not mean he would not fit another.

McCabe's clearances are good.

[sharedvalues]

40. Its very complicated. FBI has unique employment policies

You would need to find an FBI-specific employment lawyer. They are few. Even a govt employment lawyer can’t help - FBI not subject to normal civil service system / MSPB.

[ginnyinWI]

41. it is worth talking over with a constitutional lawyer. n/t

[forgotmylogin]

52. Considering the White House administration's hiring record...

I don't think they can say much. What are they going to do, give him a bad reference?

[bottomofthehill]

54. A Member of Congress can hire anyone he or she wants to

McCabes time in Executive Branch Federal Service would transfer to the Legislative Branch and he would pick up from there. He would be pension eligible as soon as he reached the time in service dates.

[duforsure]

2. Thank You

His firing to keep him from getting it is abuse of power, and obstruction of justice, and organize crimes for self protections. trump uses things like this to intimidate others with.

[onetexan]

48. yup, Mccabe has valid reasons to sue this corrupt administration

that should be part of his conditions for cooperation with Muller - to get his full pension & retirement benefits restored. He did not deserve this.

[femmocrat]

3. Hooray!

Democrats = good. Republicans = bad.

I hope this works out for McCabe. It makes me sick that the WH sadists were so cruel to this man after his 22-years at FBI.

[pangaia]

11. Yes. AND he is being just as cruel to every American,

and anyone else in the world who crosses him.

[dameatball]

4. Do it! Do it! The Orange mushroom cloud over the White House would make a glorious sight.

[malthaussen]

5. Oh, hell, he should take the job...

... Mr Trump would suffer a sudden rise in blood pressure that might have unexpected, yet delightful, consequences.

-- Mal

[Texin]

7. Here here!!!!

Let's hoist to that! With both hands!

[mitch96]

14. YES! we need to raise his consumption of

Salt... loads of salt. Fat.... loads of fat... sugar... loads of sugar
Salt for high blood pressure
Sugar to exacerbate diabetes
Fat to give him a stroke/heart attack... yup that'll do it..
m

[n2doc]

45. Hit him with both barrels, er, buckets!

[SergeStorms]

53. It wouldn't matter.

Trump has super-human strength and stamina. He's the healthiest, most fit "president" to ever serve the people of the country. Just ask his Doctor!

Things that would drop other healthy people in their tracks don't phase The Donald. It's useless to try conventional weapons on him. He's like a Cyborg, impervious to the slings and arrows of human misfortune.

Really!

[mgardener]

12. He is is a deplorable bastard

Trump is disgusting.
Hope he rots in jail, then hell.

[ChiTownDenny]

15. So, no one here is aware

of McCabe's role in re-opening the investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails 10 days before the election. I'm of the opinion that if you swim with sharks you might get bit.

[mr_lebowski]

31. The investigation was never fucking 're-opened' ... if you can't get that part right ...

I'm disinclined to consider any of the rest of your 'point'.

[ChiTownDenny]

35. LOL.

[Wednesdays]

43. Links?

[underpants]

38. It was still open - Comey had to report to Congress of new revelations

[ChiTownDenny]

39. Of course he did.

More LOL.

[Skittles]

42. I hear you ChiTownDenny

indeed I do

[ChiTownDenny]

57. + 1

[ffr]

16. Absolutely do it!

[OMGWTF]

21. Mark Pocan is AWESOME!!

He's on the Thom Hartmann radio/TV show for an hour once a week (Wednesday?) taking calls from listeners just like Bernie Sanders used to do.

[dameatball]

25. agreed

[a kennedy]

32. Hes whats left from the once great state of Wisconsin.

[snacker]

23. Mark Pocan is the best!

[SunSeeker]

24. K & R

[roscoeroscoe]

26. Awesome

Way to go Congressman!

[2left4u]

27. Crime Families

Trump sent a tweet about firing...if we are going to get to the root cause of it all Sessions fired McCabe after the internal investigation within the FBI showed he violated some BS.

So to be accurate Sessions fired him based off (Cheeto's tweet) and the report by the FBI's Office of Personal Responsibility that recommended his firing and a DOJ report. The Justice Department's inspector general found McCabe leaked sensitive details about the FBI's investigation of the Clinton foundation to some reporter, and then lied about it to somebody investigating it.
Now McCabe has the ability to do press releases on whatever he wants...so I don't get how he can do that while at the same time get in trouble for it. Further, he is in trouble for supporting his wife campaign for...wait for it, wait for it...wearing a T-shirt that supported her on Facebook or Snap chat lol.

The point I'm making out of all of the above is that Trump didn't fire him or get his little hands dirty (like usual, just shoots his mouth off), Sessions did it (probably to impress Cheeto) and got away with it thru all the above named agents conspiring with him to get rid of McCabe.

This is a real problem!

Way bigger than just Trump..all these people internally that are charged with being impartial and overseeing shit colluded together to get where we are presently...two God Damn departments one with oversight!
That means the very thing the Repubs are saying OUR side did to the FBI and Justice Department (Deep State BS) clearly they have accomplished.

Those individuals will still be working and in their positions of power long after Trump and Sessions have gone..probably promoted too.

Just pointing a finger at Trump keeps the spotlight off the rest of the criminals (Republican Deep State) doing God knows what everyday to further their agenda.

[Duppers]

36. Great post.

Thanks.

[FakeNoose]

46. The checks and balances are no longer working

I think that's what you're saying here? The checks aren't checking and the balances are unbalanced.

That's been the case ever since the night of November 8th, 2016. Actually it started before that, when Mitch McConnell refused to consider Obama's recommendation for SCOTUS in 2015. That happened a full year before Trump was elected.

Long story short, a lot of things are seriously fucked up and we need to get to work and get them fixed. After the orange asshole is locked up for life.

[Augiedog]

34. Mr Pocan is my representative, I am very proud of him right now. Always have been, just sayn

[Marie Marie]

44. "I could use a good two-day report on the biggest crime families in Washington, D.C."

Gee, wonder what he meant by that?

[Heartstrings]

47. Yes! And he's my rep!

Proud of you Mark!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

50. Good idea

The dotard's going to hate it.

[SomethingNew]

51. If I'm being honest, I haven't followed this too closely.

All I know is that he seems to have made enemies on both sides, much like Comey, but in the end was ousted to hamper the Russia investigation. It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks about any of that. Being fired 26 hours before retirement after a career of honorable service is reprehensible.