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Obviously not the major story right now.. but of course they did:
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pence would become president and finish the 4-year term. i think traditionally he would be operating in more of a caretaker role but that would depend heavily on what happens in the 2018 midterm elections.
i will leave the economic question to people more knowledgeable than me, but I would guess that it wouldn't necessarily have a big effect unless it reveals some uncertainty about our democracy. but if it goes smoothly i think the economy would be fine.
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I mean, looking at Van pre-this-week vs now... I'm not saying... I'm just saying...
btw the great part about this is that the trump campaign was planning to delay the new travel ban so that they could talk more tomorrow about the great speech he gave on Tuesday. van Jones must've been so excited over the prospect of grovelling for another full day over the greatest political moment of the past 100 years.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-travel-ban-visa-holders/
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I hope SWSessions feels the same way about himself.
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Trump gonna side step this Jeff sessions thing and keep it moving.
Sesh is going to say "damb, I can't even say hello to the Russians. My b. I'll do better next time"
Rinse and move on... While maintaining his post as AG.
Folks been saying "this will surely get Trump impeached!" For about a month now and it still ain't happened.
Very few Dems are making a big enough fuss about this, and few repubs age going to go against their own party.
Lots of smoke, but still no fire
Sesh is going to say "damb, I can't even say hello to the Russians. My b. I'll do better next time"
Rinse and move on... While maintaining his post as AG.
Folks been saying "this will surely get Trump impeached!" For about a month now and it still ain't happened.
Very few Dems are making a big enough fuss about this, and few repubs age going to go against their own party.
Lots of smoke, but still no fire
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According to the NYT, Sessions met the Russian embassador twice during the election: first at a party with other dignitaries (nothing wrong about that, could have happened randomly), and then in an office (hmmmm). Being that he was in Trump's camp from the jump, he knew about Flynn, Carter Page, Manafort, Tillerson and their respective ties to Russia.
He still found a way to incriminate himself during the confirmation hearing by saying that he wasn't aware of any contacts with Russian officials AND he didn't entertain any during the election (BTW, dude tried to dodge Frankin's question).
My guess is that once confirmed as AG, he thought he would be able to control the flow of info out of the FBI and slow down investigations into Trump's dealings. He probably wasn't aware of what the Obama administration knew and how much they put out there.
I just don't see how they'll be able to dodge this.
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Van was sounding like Ninja.
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Minimally, I think he'll have to recuse himself during the investigation.
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I listened to this segment as well it was very interesting..even more now with the new info out now.Y'all should listen to today's Fresh Air on NPR. They had two journalists who have been working in/on Russia for years and they give some light on the post-election US from the perspective of the Kremlin. They're not happy with Trump and they're expecting blowback because their mission to undermine a Clinton presidency was too successful.How far are the House and Senate willing to go to ignore the fires? How many of them are tainted by Russia too??
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Repubs don't care about minorities and only worry about their donors' bottom line.
Color me surprised.
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This and wouldn't you know...
He's probably offering that to save his job as AG
. That would be a start, government officials have set such a bad precedent in recent years of having officials and members of congress lie to congress without consequence that I think it'll be hard to get him and Trump to push for his resignation. At least if he recuses himself from the Russia probe and investigation,a special independent investigator could be brought on so that the real investigation into the all of the smoke surrounding and regarding the Russian ties could begin...
Sessions would've handled investigated the Russia connection with as much rigour and mindfulness as his DOJ would investigating WS's
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Van is a clown. Not only were his comments extremely inappropriate but Barson and Brother Steven Harvey are already doing the awesome work supporting PRESIDENT DONALD DA DON J TRUMP. I've already had to check dudes on NT trying to weasel their way into a position that Barson earned. Barson might knife them if they get too reckless.
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Repubs don't care about minorities and only worry about their donors' bottom line.
Color me surprised.
Even when the hypocrisy is blatant I'm still gone point it out.
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All my lawyers / folks deal heavily in contracts know that semantics matter, and this may be how he gets from under it.
I think he's going to make it past all of this, but I hope he doesn't.
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I don't know about that.
Why did he feel the need to lie during the hearing if he had a legitimate reason to talk to Russian officials? He said he had "no communications" with them when the question asked had nothing to do with him. What is he hiding?
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/321919-democrats-vow-that-gop-will-take-more-trump-votes
These dudes are laying a political minefield.
These dudes are laying a political minefield.
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Van tryna slide in on Ben Barson's position some how some way
Barson will stab Van if he tries that nonsense.
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