The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    What would Tony Soprano do?

    By artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 2:50pm |

    Legal types get all het up by run-of-the-mill art-of-the-deal:

    Holy cow! He appears to be engaging in another quid pro quo right before our eyes. I don't know what to say but HOLY COW! NY must drop its lawsuits against him if New Yorkers want Global Entry status? HOLY COW!!! HOLY COW!!! https://t.co/4NPUgc9LNt

    — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 13, 2020

    Comments

    i see Shaub is still yelling after a long string of tweets, wondering if anyone hears him.

    He was director of Office of Government Ethics 2013-2017.


    by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 3:04pm

    Shaub pinned this to the top of his page:


    by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 5:39pm

    Yeah, I'm scared too....we're all scared.


    by jollyroger on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 8:19pm

    This is not just Trump, it is about his maintained support. 


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:07pm

    Bi-partisan Bernie tweeted video 5 hrs. ago assuring that everything crucial is just fine:

    Today the Senate voted, 55-45, to stop a war with Iran.

    The Constitution made sure Congress could vote to block a president from taking our country into needless conflicts.

    We cannot allow Trump to send working-class kids to fight and die in another endless war. pic.twitter.com/ffLmiiLheN

    — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 13, 2020

    (Here's the NYTimes on same,  5:46 pm:  In Bipartisan Bid to Restrain Trump, Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution; Some Republicans crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting to curtail President Trump’s ability to wage war with Iran, weeks after a drone strike killed a top Iranian general.)


    by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:17pm


    by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:32am

    Hillary was already heckling The Donald on Tuesday:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:49am

    The NY Atty. Gen. to Trump:


    by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 5:52pm

    P.S. It's a great answer! Especially the nice little jab thrown at Trump lapdog Barr as well: BTW, I file the lawsuits, not the Governor.


    by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 5:55pm