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Re: This Administration has

artappraiser — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 04:52:37 +0000

Re: This Administration has managed to piss off some pretty hard core conservatives

The National Review is where they gather to lick wounds. A reminder that this is worldwide, though, I was just looking at this again:

....And from Italy to the Philippines to Canada, this cannibalizing populism is swallowing traditional Conservatism whole....

from Will Canada Elect a Tin-Pot Northern Trump? @ NYTImes.com, March 22.

Edit to add: Except the Bolton appt. could redeem with the National Review crowd, same with pandering Kudlow if he pandering whispers are the right ones, I haven't really checked lately.

Washington Post has an

moat — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:50:31 +0000

In reply to ‘It’s chaos. . . . It’s not

Washington Post has an article on Olson that includes his frustration with the Administration regarding anti-terrorism:

In retrospect, it's easy to see why Olson has turned Trump down twice. In addition to his commentary Monday, Olson authored a Fox News op-ed a week ago — right around the time he was being recruited — accusing the Trump administration of “acquiescing in the evisceration of one of America’s most important counter-terrorism laws” — the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992:

But where is the Trump administration? In June of last year, the Supreme Court requested that the solicitor general submit the views of the United States as to whether the Court should accept the case for review. This should have been an easy call. As long as we have had solicitors general, it has been recognized that they have a duty to defend the constitutionality of Acts of Congress if there is a reasonable argument to do so. And that duty has maximum force where, as President Obama’s solicitor general wrote, “the statute in question … is a vital part of the Nation’s effort to fight international terrorism.”

Months went by with no answer from the administration. It ultimately took the Trump administration eight months to file its brief. Astonishingly, the brief sided with the PLO and against American victims of terrorism. The administration urged the Supreme Court to leave undisturbed the New York court’s amputation of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

This Administration has managed to piss off some pretty hard core conservatives.

‘It’s chaos. . . . It’s not

artappraiser — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:48:38 +0000

In reply to Another member of the old

‘It’s chaos. . . . It’s not good for anything’: After rejecting Trump’s offer, Ted Olson admonishes him, via @AaronBlake https://t.co/N3wmCyxGv0
— John Wagner (@WPJohnWagner) March 26, 2018

God, if they're part of the

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:16:15 +0000

In reply to Another member of the old

God, if they're part of the "decent" side of the Fix/Spectator/David Brick origins of wingnuttery... including attacks on Anita Hill and 2 hysterical anti-Hillary books... plus that unlikely 9/11 call frim a hijacked plane (0 secs as listed or 5 minutes of convenient factoids to her hubby?)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Olson

Another member of the old

artappraiser — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:23:10 +0000

In reply to Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively

Another member of the old Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has just declined:

High-profile conservative lawyer Theodore B. Olson declines offer to join Trump legal team

The president’s legal team had reached out to Olson to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the talks.

By Robert Costa and Carol D. Leonnig

The Fix: Who is Ted Olson?

(I haven't read "The Fix" link, but I remember him as being one of the more decent sort of the whole Ken Starr coalition. His wife, Barbara, was also commonly on the Paula Jones side on the tube, and she also seemed to be the more decent sort. She died on Flight 77 of 9/11 attacks.)

The President and His Lawyers

artappraiser — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:53:39 +0000

In reply to Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively

The President and His Lawyers, Part II: The Attorney General and the Saturday Night Pre-Massacre

By Bob Bauer @ LawfareBlog.com, March 19, 2018, 7:30 AM

Bob Bauer served as White House Counsel to President Obama, and returned to private practice as a partner at Perkins Coie in June 2011. In 2013, the President named Bob to be Co-Chair of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. He is a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law, as well as the Co-Director of the university's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic.

And notes that Trump sent

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 05:36:00 +0000

In reply to Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively

And notes that Trump sent Dowd out to attack Mueller and lobby to shut down the investigation - and at first Dowd said he was speaking for the Prez, and then for himself. Making Mueller's obstruction work easier, it appears.

DiGenova was front and center in pushing Comey to re-start the email investigation days before the election to quell a supposed FBI revolt (one that DiGenova helped mock up). How this is going to distract from Russian collusion and election malfeasance

Aside: Di Genova as Deep

artappraiser — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:13:10 +0000

In reply to WaPo headline stories tonight

Aside: Di Genova as Deep State pusher is ironic, as I remember him and his wife as strong supporters of the Vast Right Wing Paula Jones Conspiracy on ye olde political TV shows (like Geraldo) back in the pre-internet Monicagate days.

WaPo headline stories tonight

artappraiser — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:10:25 +0000

In reply to Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively

WaPo headline stories tonight:

Trump shakes up legal team with hiring of lawyer who sees FBI conspiracy

Joe diGenova, a TV pundit and combative former prosecutor, is joining an already fractious group. The hiring prompted fears President Trump is preparing for bigger changes as he faces the Russia inquiry and Stormy Daniels case.

By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Robert Costa

Trump’s lawyers turned over documents to Mueller to try to limit interview scope

The Fix: Trump hired a deep-state conspiracy theorist as his lawyer. Here’s what Joe diGenova has said.