Trump was critical of the raids against his lawyer.
I am going to make a few points which are not my own original thoughts – I have seen people say this online or on TV.
Sad!
Comey compared Trump to a mob boss. That may be unfair to mob bosses. I don’t know much about them but are they bigots and pathological liars?
The New York Times made the comparison last June.
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Ryan’s criticism of Trump’s racism was not enough.
According to the column:
“Eleven percent of black Americans approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. And 8 percent of black Americans approve of the job Trump is doing, according to the poll.”
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The New York Times reported tonight on a second attempt by Trump to fire Mueller, this time in December 2017. He backed down when reports that Mueller had issued subpoenas about Trump’s Deutsche Bank accounts turned out to be inaccurate.
Republicans keep pretending that Trump has no intention of firing Mueller. Some Republican senators think “additional protections of Mueller’s investigation aren’t necessary…”
They won’t pass a law to protect him.
If Trump followed the law, he would have to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller. Now, he is considering firing Rosenstein and possibly Sessions. Trump could then appoint a Deputy Attorney General who would do more than Rosenstein to protect Trump and limit the Mueller investigation.
If Republicans won’t prevent this, will they do anything after the fact if it happens? I doubt it. The Republican Party is now Trump’s party.
Even a majority of Republican voters don’t think Trump should fire Mueller but that was before the Cohen raid; they may object less to firing Rosenstein or Sessions. Trump has been critical of both of them for months so I am sure his base won’t care if he cans them.
By firing Rosenstein instead of Mueller, Trump could accomplish his mission of restricting or even ending the investigation by making a move that would be less controversial among his base voters.
I don’t think Republicans in Congress will do anything to stop him or punish him if he fired Rosenstein.
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Update: Rosenstein most likely to be fired
What happens if Trump fires Mueller?
Why a proposal to protect Mueller may not work
There are lots of great mug shots online of ordinary people who did bizarre things, had crazy expressions or wore inappropriate shirts. This is my all-time favorite:
It’s here and other places. Would you really want to wear this shirt when you were before a judge?
Mug Shots: Funny Faces | The Smoking Gun
30 Hilariously Embarrassing T-Shirt Fails – scrollbreak
World’s most outrageous mug shots – New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)
110 Funny Mugshots ideas | funny mugshots, mug shots, funny (pinterest.com)
This is an overview about what we do and don’t know about election hacking. Election hacking could be a problem in the November elections and Trump has shown no concern about it – he only cares about bogus voter fraud which he thinks hurts him. Sad!
This is a provocative column from the right suggesting that the country is irreparably divided and should be split into two countries. I certainly disagree about where the blame belongs.
I do think it will be very hard to unify the country going forward. We can’t even agree on basic facts. I think this is because of all the vile nonsense spread by right wing conspiracy theorists starting with the president.
I don’t know how this ever gets fixed as long as there is all kinds of unverified crap on the Internet.
Sad!
Update: an article discussing various right-wing people supporting this idea
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