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    Sessions has come to life. Finally responded to a Trump insult.

    This shit almost makes Sessions look principled.

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      For those not as au fait as Mr. Isaacs

      President Trump criticized his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Wednesday and called him “DISGRACEFUL” after Mr. Sessions indicated that the Justice Department’s watchdog would look into accusations of potential abuse of surveillance laws rather than the agency’s own lawyers.

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        I still wonder how much Sessions hates Trump and is calling his bluff. Sessions obviously wants as long as possible in the DoJ to do as much damage as he can. I'm not almost 100% sure that he'll never quit, so he's just trying to force Trump to sack him. But Trump doesn't have the balls to do it.

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          Got it in one.

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            Fox is reporting that Hope Hicks has resigned

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              Imagine if Obama had said anything remotely like this:
              Vice President Mike Pence said later that “the focus is to literally give families and give local law enforcement additional tools if an individual is reported to be a potential danger to themselves or others.”

              “Allow due process so no one’s rights are trampled but the ability to go to court, obtain an order and then collect not only the firearms but any weapons in the possession—”

              Trump cut him off: “Or, Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because that’s another system.”

              “Because a lot of times by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures, I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida,” he continued. “He had a lot of firearms. They saw everything. To go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying but take the guns first, go through due process second.”

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                As with every scandal from the Trump Whitehouse, I can't work out if this is a big deal or not.

                I can't even work out if this would be a big deal from a normal Presidency.

                Trump clearly likes her, but it doesn't appear that she had that much power. On the other hand, there are the rumours about her and Trump, and having her on the outside might be unhelpful.

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                  It is impossible to know.

                  I think that the "rumours" are nothing but Michael Wolf's fever dreams, but one potentially interesting question will be whether her leaving the administration will render her less willing to toe their rather ridiculous line on executive privilege.

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                    Quite the afternoon

                    https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/968970714714923008

                    The sheer number of people who have been operating without proper clearances is genuinely astounding.

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                      Does Ivanka still have top clearance? If she does it's reasonable to suppose JK will know whatever she knows.

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                        No one outside the process knows what her clearance is.

                        That said, she would be committing a felony by disclosing classified data to her husband that he did not have the right to access himself.

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                          IIRC it was predicted on this thread last year that eventually it will just be Trump and his three kids left over from the transition team. Hicks going brings that closer. My inference is that she failed some personal Trump loyalty test in one of the answers she gave in that 9 hour testimony. Alternatively, all Trump campaign and administration hirelings have some in-built obsolescence; nobody is meant to survive a full 4 year stretch except the offspring. Churn is the system's very logic.

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                            Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                            Fox is reporting that Hope Hicks has resigned
                            At this rate, the revised and updated edition of Fire And Fury will have as its most frequently-used adjective the word "former".

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                              Alternatively, all Trump campaign and administration hirelings have some in-built obsolescence; nobody is meant to survive a full 4 year stretch except the offspring.
                              so you're saying they're Nexus 6 models?

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                                I'm shocked by this. I mean, the implication of the election was that this was the candidate who'd do state security properly.

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                                  https://twitter.com/parkermolloy/status/968966920807550976?s=21

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                                    That's the first time I've heard more than two lines of Candle in the Wind. It was so moving.

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                                      She’s genuinely talented at this sort of thing.

                                      Good piece from 538 on the (difficult) road to impeachment

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                                        Oh goody, a trade war

                                        https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/969263451360169986?s=19

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                                          Fortunately, the rest of the world trades aluminium, so it won't impact them.

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                                            Does the President have the power to impose tariffs without Congressional approval?

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                                              Yes

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                                                Chrystia Freeland is not a happy bunny:

                                                "As a key NORAD and NATO ally, and as the number one customer of American steel, Canada would view any trade restrictions on Canadian steel and aluminum as absolutely unacceptable,"

                                                "Any restrictions would harm workers, the industry and manufacturers on both sides of the border. The steel and aluminum industry is highly integrated and supports critical North American manufacturing supply chains. The Canadian government will continue to make this point directly with the American administration at all levels."

                                                "Should restrictions be imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products, Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers."

                                                Not looking optimistic for next round of NAFTA discussions I guess.

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                                                  Given that the Right are broadly supposed to be the parties of big business, the republicans and the tories have a really limited idea of how the economy actually works on a basic level. At what point did they become the parties of giving you taxbreaks and burning down your business?

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                                                    There aren't many (if any) manufacturers among the Mar a Lago membership, nor do the Kochs or Mercer's care about tariffs. Over here, this kind of thing is evidence of the following out of the GOP's support, though I'm sure he thinks that it will play well with his base.

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