Apr 20, 2018 – intelligence, Christopher Steele briefed the head of the FBI’s Rome station (he knew him from the work Steele had done on the FIFA … The big question I’m left with on this is why Comey chose only to brief Trump on the “salacious” parts? … Bringing up hookers and the like is the best way to take a passive-aggressive swipe at the guy.…

Apr 20, 2018 – A lot of this was already revealed, known, or deduced before the release so, as big revelations go, these aren’t. … In telling the story, the President pointed his fingers at his head and said “the guy has serious judgment issues.” … THE PROSTITUTES THING: “The President said ‘the hookers thing’ is nonsense but that Putin had told him ‘we have some of the most…

Apr 19, 2018 – the president. … Ousted FBI Director James Comey also described the attitude of the Trump White House of being something like the mob, with Trump-as-don … “The mob was broken by Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano caving in out of the prospect of a jail sentence,” Goldberg explained.…

Apr 19, 2018 – He’s always there to point out how impeachment is just days away and how the next revelation is the BIG ONE. … As far as I can tell from media reports, the Scooter Libby case was handled by the White House counsel without DOJ input. … He’s not a dumb guy and at times you can tell he’s on the verge of laughing at what he’s about to say.…

Apr 18, 2018 – Caricature by DonkeyHotey flic.kr/p/Ct4G4K https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This time last year the big guessing … He attacked those in the press who claim that the shake-up at the White House was merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic … He also reflected on the alleged good old days for the president, when the media was still swallowing the WMD story.…

Apr 18, 2018 – but the way the poster boy for Cult 45 has handled the situation is definitely worthy of criticism. … Hannity should have indeed informed his viewers that he has a personal/legal/professional relationship with the guy who arranges hush … money for bimbos knocked up by big money Republican donors and possibly porn stars with whom the President may have cheated on his…

Apr 18, 2018 – The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not! — Donald J. … OMIGOD WHY DID HE HAVE TO SAY THE GUY HAD SALT IN HIS HAIR? IS HE CALLING THE GUY OLD?!?!?! No, he’s just describing someone. … But he just doesn’t seem like a bad guy to me. If anyone is prideful and has a big ego, it’s Donald Trump.…

Apr 16, 2018 – against Assad unlike the previous guy in the Oval Office. … The U.S. attack on Syria as a result of the use of chemical warfare was a direct result of Syria crossing a “red line,” that Obama … With dictators, the firm hand approach is the best, and they are less likely to step out of line if they know their actions could result…

Apr 16, 2018 – On Sunday night, the big interview aired, and of course all the more buzz and gossip followed. … On The “Steele Dossier” ‘Do I look like a guy who needs hookers?’ … the visit for the Miss Universe pageant and that the Russians had — filmed the episode.…

Apr 16, 2018 – of Obama for the same. … the President of the United States.” … Whoopi added, “If you’re going to wag yourself around and say, ‘I’m a big guy,’ then don’t not point out that other folks have had…

Apr 15, 2018 – Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018 The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave … Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? … “If the standard is behavior befitting the office, and you’re saying it’s not befitting an FBI director to act in the way he’s acted…

Apr 15, 2018 – Instead, Trump manages to take what should be the equivalent of a motor vehicle fender bender and turn it into the kind of “big one … incoherent rage that would make most people think, “What the hell is the matter with this guy?” … The guy you pass in the Metro station wearing newspaper for clothing and looking like he hasn’t bathed since the Nixon administration…

Apr 15, 2018 – Let’s talk about the grudge he has against a guy who rejected his demand for personal loyalty. … The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he … lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s…

Apr 13, 2018 – As in “the apocalypse is just around the corner.” … Like that guy who loves the idea of universal healthcare. Or that woman who hopes they build a wall to keep those illegals out. … In the big picture, I don’t know how long this cycle of incivility will last. It may never improve as a whole.…

Apr 12, 2018 – MINUTE to clear the way for the inevitable battle between Rep. … And the establishment. And the Trumpers. And the anti-Trumpers, depending on the day and what was going on in the news. … The speaker fashioned himself as a policy wonk and a nitty-gritty numbers guy. Trump is anything but.…

Apr 12, 2018 – (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)   John Bolton hasn’t been on the job a week yet and the bodies are continuing to drop at the National … True or false, he was quickly fingered as being the guy who leaked to the press the story about Trump ignoring the instructions not … (By the way, I’m a big believer in loyalty and the idea that if you can’t give your boss your loyalty you need to find another job.…

Apr 11, 2018 – In other words, we should all call Grassley and say “thank you” for possibly being the one guy who is going to make consuming any shred … has been ruthlessly effective at doing is taking down big names in the D.C. swamp, foremost among them Clintonworld’s Tony Podesta … Tony probably won’t be the last big name in Clintonworld, or Democratic circles to topple, so people who dig that kind of thing (literally…

Apr 11, 2018 – Today, we’ve got a little less than hoped for… I was hoping to do a Gear Review on a new optic I ordered, but it’s still on the Big … Quote of the Day “History does not long entrust the care of Freedom to the weak or the timid.”–Dwight D. … Eisenhower   As always, the Watercooler is an Open Thread. And as so eloquently coined by ntrepid, “Thanks for the click!…

Apr 11, 2018 – Ryan really took the hit for McConnell here. … He was interested in solving big problems like entitlements. They weren’t.5. Ryan sees himself as an idea guy. … Ryan was the driving force behind the GOP tax cuts. 8.…

Apr 29, 2018 – Events like this demean the office of the President and celebrate the ignorance and one-sidedness of the press. … Sanders signed on to be the mouthpiece for a guy who unfairly mocked people’s appearances, disabilities, and genders all the way to … She’s a big girl and knew what she was doing and I’m sure she also knows that the left has a hard time distinguishing between funny…

Apr 21, 2018 – Here’s the thing: that’s not the way the statute reads. … Here’s what I said about all this in July 2016: One rule for the little guy, another for the Important People. … And what is most maddening about Comey’s book is the way that he portrays himself as the guy who rises about politics — which he arguably…

May 10, 2018 – This writer has always been under the impression that the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016 caught not only the political … Romney seems like a nice guy and Obama must be wondering how Romney knew Russia was still a threat to the United States, but he didn … While some were saying this was because he saw the writing on the wall and the GOP would be relegated to minority status in the House…

May 8, 2018 – That’s why Hawley is the right guy. … And in recognizing that, Hawley is the type of guy who is going to support constitutional judges and justices, and vote against the … man for the GOP.…

May 3, 2018 – Giuliani make some pretty big errors in giving some of the answers he did regarding Stormy Daniels?  … That's the mob defense. … I’m in the same boat, but I also feel like the strategy could misfire for the reasons stated in Malor’s thread.…

May 3, 2018 – The key player in the whole drama is Paul Manafort. … as their ticket to the big leagues, but Manafort was the villain sent directly from Central Casting. … He was the PR guy for tyrants and despots. He appears to have been actively involved in money laundering for the Russian mob.…