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As to everything on this

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 20:17:50 +0000

As to everything on this thread, I like this excerpt from a comment by Peracles over at another:

it's working out much as I expected, though frankly the amount of pushback and Trump's premature ejaculations, verbal incontinence and heightened dimbulb eruptions gives me more room for optimism than I had 2 months ago.

Arty... But but but . . .

oldenGoldenDecoy — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:59:05 +0000

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Arty... But but but . . .

What about Jeffery Beauregard Sessions III?

Found in the Hive behind the paywall at TPM Prime

"Ahh did not haf campaign relashuns wif thet man" and the crazy fallout

A H/T to... NCD at DagBlog for that header...

Our fellow Hive traveler asked this very pertinent question...

How dumb is Sessions?

Oh and @aunt_sue knows...

Sessions did his best "I'm just a country boy" impression today.

And here's Donnnnieee...

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not....

6:22 PM - 2 Mar 2017

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

...intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed.....

6:27 PM - 2 Mar 2017

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

...to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story...

6:35 PM - 2 Mar 2017

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

...is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!"

6:38 PM - 2 Mar 2017

Smoke another bong load Donnie...

.

And then came this...

Donnie's tweet... Mmmmm donuts...

This must have been after his morning bong hit and he had the munchies.

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837722869106880517

And then came this WHOPPER...

Well well...

Trump Accuses Obama Of Watergate-Like Scheme

Apparently the donut photo didn't work...

Try a bigger bong Donnie...

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!

3:35 AM - 4 Mar 2017

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Welp... That last one seems to have done the trick.

It's got all the dogs chasing their tails.

~OGD~

Former Bush attorney general:

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:35:29 +0000

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Former Bush attorney general: Trump likely right about surveillance but incorrect about Obama's involvement

By Mallory Shelburne @ The Hill, March 5

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Sunday said that President Trump is likely correct that there was surveillance on Trump Tower for intelligence purposes, but incorrect in accusing former President Barack Obama of ordering the wiretapping.

“I think he’s right in that there was surveillance and that it was conducted at the behest of the attorney general — at the Justice Department,” Mukasey told ABC’s “This Week.” [....]

"A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice," Kevin Lewis said in a statement.

"As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen," Lewis added. "Any suggestion otherwise is simply false."

Mukasey, who served as the attorney general under former President George W. Bush, said he believes there was surveillance on Trump Tower after reading certain news reports.

Mukasey said if there were a wiretap on Trump Tower, it would mean that there was suspicion someone had been acting as Russian agent. [....]

Trump wiretap charge

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:26:05 +0000

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Trump wiretap charge flummoxes law enforcement officials as FBI head reportedly asks DOJ to reject claim

Fox News - ‎7 hours ago‎

President Donald Trump's allegation on Twitter that former President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps of his phones during the election caught senior federal law enforcement officials completely off-guard, sources close to the matter have told Fox News.

A Tweet May Get Trump

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:23:02 +0000

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A Tweet May Get Trump Impeached As President Declassified FISA Warrant On His Own People

PoliticusUSA - ‎Mar 4, 2017‎

Donald Trump shouldn't have tweeted his morning missives to paranoia, as he has announced to the world that he is being spied on and the news won't be good. While he was trying to cast aspersions on former President Obama, Trump managed to cut off ...

With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority

ABC News - ‎Mar 4, 2017‎

In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps – a move that would be a federal crime, if performed by anyone other ...

Dear Trump, Be a Team Leader,

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:04:57 +0000

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Dear Trump, Be a Team Leader, Not a Lone Ranger

By John Fund @ The National Review, March 5

The president should prepare his spokespeople and allies before blasting out Twitter bombshells. Donald Trump’s accusation that the Obama administration conducted an investigation, including wiretapping, against his campaign has reignited the debate about his, ahem, unorthodox way of counterpunching against opponents.

Liberals are convinced that Trump is acting like a sinister Darth Vader character by using distraction to cover up a huge scandal involving Team Trump’s ties to Russia. Mainstream media types view Trump as an impulsive Inspector Clouseau–type character, improvising stories as he goes along. Jake Tapper of CNN tweeted a criticism of Trump’s behavior: “POTUS makes wild accusation w/zero evidence . . . WH tells Congress to find evidence/no further comment.”

Trump supporters have fallen back on speculating that the president is like Columbo, the seemingly disorganized TV detective who always traps his quarry at the last minute. Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, wrote a column on Sunday, describing his recent conversation with Trump: [....]

Inside Trump’s fury: The

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 06:51:24 +0000

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Inside Trump’s fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations

By Philip Rucker, Robert Costa and Ashley Parker @ The Washington Post, March 5

At the center of the turmoil in the White House is an impatient president frustrated by his administration’s inability to erase the impression that his campaign was engaged with Russia, to stem leaks or to implement any signature achievements. Interviews with 17 insiders offer a look at the tumultuous recent days.

When One President Smears

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 06:47:47 +0000

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When One President Smears Another

Mr. Trump has tweeted himself into a corner.

Editorial, The New York Times, March 5

Let’s begin with what the public can know for certain. President Trump had no evidence on Saturday morning when he smeared his predecessor, President Barack Obama, accusing him of ordering that Trump Tower phones be tapped during the 2016 campaign. Otherwise, the White House would not be scrambling to find out if what he said is true.

Just contemplate the recklessness — the sheer indifference to truth and the moral authority of the American presidency — revealed here: one president baselessly charging criminality by another, all in a childish Twitter rampage [....]