Octopus Overlords

Skinypupy wrote: Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:37 pm Looks like that one got deleted.

Here's a fun one though:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 7312491521

If we don’t have a wall system, we’re not going to have a country. Congress must fund the BORDER WALL & prohibit grants to sanctuary jurisdictions that threaten the security of our country & the people of our country. We must enforce our laws & protect our people!

OMG, HOW HAS THE US SURVIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT A WALL? HOW WILL WE REPEL THE MEXICAN INVADERS???

Spoiler:

raydude wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:49 pm

Skinypupy wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:15 pm Aaaaaaand, the POTUS just publicly accused the Deputy Director of the FBI of taking bribes. Awesome.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 17415?s=17

How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?

I'm legitimately starting to wonder which government institutions might actually be left standing after this asshole is through. Jesus Christ.

It's easier to set oneself up as Emperor when all the pillars preventing one from doing so are gone.

The FBI office that handles employee discipline has recommended firing the bureau’s former deputy director over allegations that he authorized the disclosure of sensitive information to a reporter and misled investigators when asked about it — though Justice Department officials are still reviewing the matter and have not come to a final decision, a person familiar with the case said.

The recommendation from the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility is likely to add fuel to the political fire surrounding former deputy director Andrew McCabe, who abruptly stepped down from his post earlier this year but technically remained an FBI employee.

McCabe was hoping to retire in just days, when he becomes eligible for his full benefits. If he is fired, he could lose his retirement benefits. President Trump has long made McCabe a particular target of his ire, and the recommendation to fire the former No. 2 FBI official could give him new ammunition.
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Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz has for some time been working on a report that blasts McCabe for allowing two high-ranking bureau officials to sit down with the Wall Street Journal as the news outlet prepared a report in 2016 on an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s family foundation, then misleading the inspector general’s team about his actions. A person familiar with the matter said Horowitz’s findings are what sparked the Office of Professional Responsibility’s recommendation, which was first reported by the New York Times. Horowitz’s report has not been released, and McCabe denies having misled anyone, a person familiar with the case said.
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Horowitz is also examining broad allegations of misconduct involving former FBI director James B. Comey, including the public statement he made recommending that the Clinton email case be closed without charges and his decision 11 days before the election to reveal to Congress that the FBI had resumed its work. McCabe briefly took over as the FBI’s acting director after Trump fired Comey in May.

The matter McCabe authorized FBI officials to discuss with a reporter came just as the bureau announced it was resuming its look at Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, though the article focused more on the separate case involving her family’s foundation.
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The inspector general was interested in McCabe’s role in authorizing officials to talk about the matter, people familiar with the case said, because the article detailed ongoing criminal investigative work, which law enforcement officials are not normally allowed to discuss.

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!

Sepiche wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:57 pm
5) Drumpf has complained in the past that he thinks McCabe shouldn't be getting full benefits, making this pretty obvious, childish retribution for a perceived slight

Fitzy wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm It's entirely possible that Trump got all the reasons wrong, but McCabe still did something worth being fired over. Though Trump's comments will likely mean this doesn't end soon unless the FBI lets McCabe retire.

Fitzy wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm It's entirely possible that Trump got all the reasons wrong, but McCabe still did something worth being fired over.

GreenGoo wrote:

Fitzy wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm It's entirely possible that Trump got all the reasons wrong, but McCabe still did something worth being fired over.

Maybe, but that's the thing about credibility. Once it's lost, getting it back is a lengthy, difficult journey. Let me know when Drumpf even begins to think about starting down that path. Until then, I'll just continue to assume everything this man says is self serving and a complete fabrication.

When a broken clock is right twice a day, it doesn't suddenly become a credible source of what time it is.

Zaxxon wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:06 pm I mean, he doesn't even try to hide it anymore...

GreenGoo wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:27 pm

When a broken clock is right twice a day, it doesn't suddenly become a credible source of what time it is.

Zaxxon wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:01 am Kudos for that visual, LB. Bravo.

Zaxxon wrote:No, he 'already did that.' Work's done. Just gotta keep it great now.

YellowKing wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:59 am I don't know if it's already been pointed out, but KEEP AMERICA GREAT is the slogan from the horror film PURGE: ELECTION YEAR. Yes, Trump literally stole his next campaign slogan from a horror movie which features a government taken to its most right-wing extremes.

Amid all the turmoil and uncertainty, with his White House seemingly fraying, his legislative agenda stalled and his electoral base in danger, President Trump these days finds one area of comfort: talking about his tax cuts. He finds it so reassuring, in fact, that he is increasingly talking about doing it all over again.

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“We’re now going for a Phase 2,” he told a selected group of supporters at a Boeing factory in St. Louis. He did not describe what would be in such a Phase 2 but said he would team up with Representative Kevin Brady, Republican of Texas and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. “It’s going to be something very special. Kevin Brady’s working on it with me.”

Zarathud wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:17 pm This shows Trump's ignorance about his only victory. The hastily put together 2017 tax act couldn't even get its name right and is flat-out wrong in quite a few sections either by not working as intended or creating the opposite result.

Rep. Kevin Brady has been spending months trying to put together a "fix" and "technical corrections" bill for the 2017 tax act. Apparently someone sold it to Trump as "phase 2: additional tax cuts" rather than a patch. But the Democrats will stand united against another tax bill, and Republicans don't have the votes between the deficit hawks and departing congressmen.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:00 am

GreenGoo wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:27 pm

When a broken clock is right twice a day, it doesn't suddenly become a credible source of what time it is.

Thing is, he's not even a broken clock. He's a broken counterfeit Rolex watch caked in dog excrement, soaked in prostitute urine, on a sidestreet in Queens. And people are still using him to tell time. Like they are actually going there, picking him up in all his shitpiss covered glory, and peering at his two little hands and declaring, "It's noon hours of four!"

I'm not sure which is worse, him or the ones using him to tell time (that's us).

Sepiche wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:30 am

Amid all the turmoil and uncertainty, with his White House seemingly fraying, his legislative agenda stalled and his electoral base in danger

Zarathud wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:17 pm Rep. Kevin Brady has been spending months trying to put together a "fix" and "technical corrections" bill for the 2017 tax act. Apparently someone sold it to Trump as "phase 2: additional tax cuts" rather than a patch. But the Democrats will stand united against another tax bill, and Republicans don't have the votes between the deficit hawks and departing congressmen.

$iljanus wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:11 am

Zaxxon wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:06 pm I mean, he doesn't even try to hide it anymore...

He’s telling it like it is! And he’ll always be a straight shooter with the American people. MAGA baby.

We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive). P.M. Justin Trudeau of Canada, a very good guy, doesn’t like saying that Canada has a Surplus vs. the U.S.(negotiating), but they do...they almost all do...and that’s how I know!

Isgrimnur wrote:

$iljanus wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:11 am

Zaxxon wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:06 pm I mean, he doesn't even try to hide it anymore...

He’s telling it like it is! And he’ll always be a straight shooter with the American people. MAGA baby.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 3051583488

We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive). P.M. Justin Trudeau of Canada, a very good guy, doesn’t like saying that Canada has a Surplus vs. the U.S.(negotiating), but they do...they almost all do...and that’s how I know!

For the past three years, we’ve had a trade deficit in goods with Canada of about $20 billion, mostly because we import lots of oil and natural gas from them (about $70 billion in 2017). But that’s only tangible goods. We export a lot of services to Canada (financial services, computer services, etc.), and as a result we’ve been running a total trade surplus of about $5 billion. This is what Trudeau was talking about. It has nothing to do with timber, and the number $17 billion doesn’t show up anywhere.

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Octavious wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:57 pm This was a major mistake on their part. Did you read his comments about it? They should have just let him ride off into the sunset.

Rip wrote:He lied under oath. I don't see the big deal.

Zarathud wrote: Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:35 am

Rip wrote:He lied under oath. I don't see the big deal.

Saved for posterity.

"McCabe has issued a lengthy statement vehemently rejecting the allegations against him and denouncing what he described as a campaign of attacks on his credibility.

He insisted he had done nothing wrong in organising the October 2016 interview, saying "it was the type of exchange with the media that the Deputy Director oversees several times per week".

He said of the subsequent justice department investigation that he tried to answer the questions "truthfully and accurately" and "when I thought my answers were misunderstood, I contacted investigators to correct them".

"The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized," he went on to say.

"Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey."