Okay, I'm too jacked up on Mountain Dew and goodness to even attempt to craft a cogent thread, so buckle up, buttercups...
We're going all stream o' glorious consciousness on tonight's epic NYT news dump...
nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/…
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We're going all stream o' glorious consciousness on tonight's epic NYT news dump...
nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/…
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Cutting to the chase, Mike Schmidt at the NYT broke the story that Dirty Donnie tried to fire Mueller a mere month after his appt by leaning on White House Counsel Don McGahn.
That's quite something on its own... but this is an onion, baby! So many layers!
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That's quite something on its own... but this is an onion, baby! So many layers!
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First there's the obvious: the story alleges Trump tried to obstruct justice just when news was breaking that Mueller was investigating... obstruction of justice.
Ooopsie! That's frowned upon.
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Ooopsie! That's frowned upon.
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Second, there's the interesting little tidbit that Commander Babyfingers' master plan was simply to order WH Counsel Don McGahn to go fire Mueller...
but then McGahn foiled that plot by saying "Nah. Not gonna do that."
Quite the impotent dictator, that Don boy is...
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but then McGahn foiled that plot by saying "Nah. Not gonna do that."
Quite the impotent dictator, that Don boy is...
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Digging deeper for some other savory morsels, there's this one:
We now know McGahn symied Trump multiple times.. and we know from prior reporting McGahn documented at least some of these in memos which he has since turned over to Robert Mueller.
Paper trails lead to jails!
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We now know McGahn symied Trump multiple times.. and we know from prior reporting McGahn documented at least some of these in memos which he has since turned over to Robert Mueller.
Paper trails lead to jails!
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The orgy of goodness doesn't end there...
We also know that McGahn and Priebus share the same attorney - which leads folks like me to conclude they're acting in concert and singing a two-part harmony called "The Snitchyboy Shuffle".
What they know, Mueller knows. Safe bet.
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We also know that McGahn and Priebus share the same attorney - which leads folks like me to conclude they're acting in concert and singing a two-part harmony called "The Snitchyboy Shuffle".
What they know, Mueller knows. Safe bet.
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To add some queso to this seven-layer dip, we also know that someone close to McGahn has been dishing a dumptruck full of dirt to the media...
That went from a few drips in Dec to a torrent over the last week.
Someone is front-running something...
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That went from a few drips in Dec to a torrent over the last week.
Someone is front-running something...
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Speculation alert:
McGahn's team is getting him out in front of what they know is coming. They're rowing his boat away from the Trumptanic before an obstruction case comes down.
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McGahn's team is getting him out in front of what they know is coming. They're rowing his boat away from the Trumptanic before an obstruction case comes down.
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...and just in case you aren't already stuffed by the news of someone in Trump's inner circle setting him afire, there's this bit of dessert...
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Tonight's story relates to events back when Bannon was still in the WH.
It was broken by the same reporter who ran a doozy a few wks ago which some thought was leaked by Bannon.
Poor Commander Babyfingers.
Thinks he's Caesar... but he's getting tossed like a salad.
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It was broken by the same reporter who ran a doozy a few wks ago which some thought was leaked by Bannon.
Poor Commander Babyfingers.
Thinks he's Caesar... but he's getting tossed like a salad.
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p.s. as is my right under the Constitution, I shall now punctuate my feelings on the above with an evocative gif.
