The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

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@kaylasdad99

King Tut: What the fuck is SNOW?"

Fine. Don’t make bricks from the yellow sand.

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NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson was telling Hari Sreenavasan tonight that Jeff No Regard Sessions, on the eve of the committee’s vote, does not support the, AHEM, !bipartisan! bill to make major changes to the criminal justice system, especially for non-violent drug offenders.
Quoting at length:

Carrie Johnson:
There’s three main elements of this bill. One, is to put more power, more discretion in the hands of individual judges to determine a sentence based on the individual in front of them. Second, this idea that some of the drug laws were much more punishing in the past than they are now. And so, there’s a valve in this bill that would give about 3,000 people the ability to petition a judge for a reduced sentence, getting them out of prison earlier. And finally, another bucket that would allow people who are in for nonviolent offenses to get good time credit for taking programming before they leave prison to ease their return to society.

The attorney general sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on which he used to sit when he was a senator. Earlier this week, Jeff Sessions says he has grave concerns about this legislation. He thinks now, in the midst of an opioid epidemic, is the wrong time in his view to go soft on drug offenders. And he thinks that violent offenders can be released from prison and take advantage of this legislation. That has been enormously controversial.

This rankles my drankle that ole Weasel Eyes somehow conflates the legislation and the epidemic as being a gateway into further chaos. This toxic reefer madness dum-dummery really has to come to a close soon. Too bad he couldn’t elaborate on exactly how offenders would take advantage of this legislation once they get out of prison.

After HR mentioned this tweet from (R) senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa…

‘Incensed by sessions letter that attempt to undermine Grassley-Durbin, the BIPARTISAN criminal justice reforms. This Bill deserves thoughtful consideration before my committee. AGs execute laws, CONGRESS WRITES THEM.’

(Chuck’s caps, btw) (yeah! a bit angry!)

…CJ responded:

Chuck Grassley said at the hearing that he considered Jeff Sessions a friend. He actually worked very hard to get just Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general. Grassley said last year when the president wanted to fire Jeff Sessions over his recusal from the Russia investigation, Grassley stuck his neck out for Jeff Sessions and this was no way to treat a friend. In fact, earlier today I checked in with Grassley his office. Grassley is still angry at Jeff Sessions. He said Jeff Sessions promised to help him with this bill, he’s gone back on his word and he needs to do better.

So yeah Jeff Szechuan is still this little evil ball of car-running-over-able-ness. Him and Pruitt in particular…those two…they have this extra ratshit sort of…je ne sais quoi to them? The loathesome fuckwits will never end up in handcuffs, but it doesn’t hurt to imagine.

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@Little_Nemo

I think Trump’s pretty dumb but I have a hard time believing he’d sign a pre-nup that would include any financial punishments for adultery. I’m sure he knew going into all three of his marriages that he was going to have affairs and wouldn’t have agreed to any roadblocks. I’m sure Trump’s pre-nups follow the usual pattern of his life and don’t require him to take any responsibility for anything he does wrong.

Then again, when does Trump read anything? He won’t even concentrate long enough to read his daily “National Security for Dummies” single-page, double-spaced document with charts and pictures. Would he really have read (and understood) dozens of pages of legalese that likely included the standard prenup clause about infidelity?

[straight_man]

…And I think we all saw this coming. Trump blames the Florida shooting on the FBI’s Russia investigation.

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@straight_man

…And I think we all saw this coming. Trump blames the Florida shooting on the FBI’s Russia investigation.

I hope the people of Parkland (and surrounding communities) especially note that Trump tried to make this tragedy all about him, just like he does with every other damned thing that happens. And I hope they’re not happy about it.

What happened there is terrible. It’s incredibly dickish to politicize the tragedy, let alone personalize it. That’s just ghoulish.

[kaylasdad99]

Trump: Goulash? I LOVE goulash! I’ll have two ladles.

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@kaylasdad99

Trump: Goulash? I LOVE goulash! I’ll have two ladles.

FTFY
“I’ll have two ladies.”

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@Snowboarder_Bo

I hope the people of Parkland (and surrounding communities) especially note that Trump tried to make this tragedy all about him, just like he does with every other damned thing that happens. And I hope they’re not happy about it.

What happened there is terrible. It’s incredibly dickish to politicize the tragedy, let alone personalize it. That’s just ghoulish.

Here’s one person there who is unhappy with the politics, thanks Rick Kitchen for the link (from another thread):

@Rick_Kitchen

Emma Gonzalez for President. This girl is a superstar.
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@AI_Proofreader

Then again, when does Trump read anything? He won’t even concentrate long enough to read his daily “National Security for Dummies” single-page, double-spaced document with charts and pictures. Would he really have read (and understood) dozens of pages of legalese that likely included the standard prenup clause about infidelity?

Oh I hope that infidelity clauses are included and Melania takes him for half of what he’s worth.

But… trump surrounds himself with lawyers. All he needs to say is “make sure I’m allowed to fool around and Melania isn’t”.

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@enipla

Oh I hope that infidelity clauses are included and Melania takes him for half of what he’s worth.

But… trump surrounds himself with lawyers. All he needs to say is “make sure I’m allowed to fool around and Melania isn’t”.

What the hell will she do with 10 bucks and the change from behind the sofa cushions?

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@running_coach

What the hell will she do with 10 bucks and the change from behind the sofa cushions?

Good point, but I’m sure the asshole in chief has a few million stashed.

Perhaps, she could write a book. Though I’m sure there is a NDA as well as a pre-nup. Dam the torpedoes says I.

[BeepKillBeep]

@straight_man

…And I think we all saw this coming. Trump blames the Florida shooting on the FBI’s Russia investigation.

I wonder if Starving Artist considers that the action of a person making America more adult again?

[Jack_Batty]

@running_coach

What the hell will she do with 10 bucks and the change from behind the sofa cushions?

Or she might get stuck with half of what he owes. She can’t afford that kind of hit. But then, who can?

[ThelmaLou]

@Snowboarder_Bo

I hope the people of Parkland (and surrounding communities) especially note that Trump tried to make this tragedy all about him, just like he does with every other damned thing that happens. …

Ruben Gallegos (D-Arizona) noted it:

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) tore into President Trump after the president suggested the FBI could have stopped a deadly shooting at a Florida high school if it spent less time working on the Russia investigation.

“You are such a psychopath that you have to make even the death of 17 children about you,” he tweeted.

“America will regret the day you were ever born.”

We already do.

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@enipla

Good point, but I’m sure the asshole in chief has a few million stashed.

Perhaps, she could write a book. Though I’m sure there is a NDA as well as a pre-nup. Dam the torpedoes says I.

I wonder if she returns to her native Slovenia and writes the book, if the NDA can affect her there. We have an extradition treaty with Slovenia, but I dunno if they will extradite for something like violating an NDA or prenup. Of course, by that time, Trump will be retired to Moscow, so it may get complicated.

[Nava]

That would be a civil issue: extradition is for criminal issues.

[Rick_Kitchen]

Rick Gates has agreed to flip on Manafort.

Former Trump aide Richard Gates to plead guilty; agrees to testify against...

[Siam_Sam]

@straight_man

…And I think we all saw this coming. Trump blames the Florida shooting on the FBI’s Russia investigation.

That’s because every single FBI agent, bar none, is investigating the Russian hoax, of coarse.

Just when you think that worthless piece of trash can’t go any lower, he does. He’s going to pop out the other side into China any moment now.

Sorry if I’ve missed it above, but I’m hearing now that a large GOP donor is threatening to stop donating unless some strong gun laws are passed.

[AnalogSignal]

Tweetstorm has entered the lexicon. Headlines similar to this one from WaPo are all over the place:

“Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election in a nine-hour tweetstorm”

Predictably in his tweetstorm, Trump is only concerned about himself and has no interest in protecting students from shootings or defending the country from Russian interference.

Trump attacking his own national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, is noteworthy: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/18/trump-criticizes-mcmaster-comments-about-russian-meddling-in-election.html

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@Siam_Sam

That’s because every single FBI agent, bar none, is investigating the Russian hoax, of coarse.

Just when you think that worthless piece of trash can’t go any lower, he does. He’s going to pop out the other side into China any moment now.

Sorry if I’ve missed it above, but I’m hearing now that a large GOP donor is threatening to stop donating unless some strong gun laws are passed.

It’s not the FBI’s job to stop crazy people from shooting up schools, unless they are terrorists, and none of the right-wingers are likely to call them that. Trump himself seems to limit the designation of “terrorist” to Muslims.