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A Grand Jury, the Best Jury, Extremely High Quality Jury: Today in Tweets

D’oh!

By David Futrelle

In today’s tweet heap, well, take a wild guess. Also: A dog, a cat, a tortoise, and the sacred right of men to take upskirt shots.

Let’s go to the tape:

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/893203074939928576

https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/893116221545213952

This is me right now.

https://twitter.com/Yeti_v1/status/892885248589148160

This is also me:

https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/892841104537604096

And in other news:

https://twitter.com/9_volt88/status/893096969538854912

https://twitter.com/cambrian_era/status/892890146646802433

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Victorious Parasol
Victorious Parasol
7 years ago

I’m going to have to tell Mr. Parasol about the Voight-Kampff recognition fail. He’s one of the biggest Blade Runner nerds on the planet.

Ohlmann
Ohlmann
7 years ago

What is the news about a grand jury ?

Skiriki
Skiriki
7 years ago

Sweet Baby Celestia, I hope that hopping pogostick of fail won’t start a war to patch up his ego. Just look at all North Korea babble going on. It is not enough that he’s an utter failure of a human being, it is that he has actively surrounded himself with people like that as well.

Victorious Parasol
Victorious Parasol
7 years ago
Ohlmann
Ohlmann
7 years ago

Thanks.

Ooglyboggles
Ooglyboggles
7 years ago

@Skiriki
Being a War President is one of the only ways he could be known as anything other than a failure, a fool, and a bigot.

@Victorious Parasol
Hope is lifting, expectations low.

Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
7 years ago

@Skiriki That’s my concern too. There has not been a direct armed confrontation between two nuclear-armed powers. I don’t think it would be good if that changed.

Ohlmann
Ohlmann
7 years ago

My other concern is that the vice president of Trump is likely just as bad as him, and might actually be competent.

Scildfreja Unnyðnes
Scildfreja Unnyðnes
7 years ago

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JS
JS
7 years ago

I don’t know if Trump’s ridiculous lying and evilness is really stopping Pence from getting what he wants done though. Pence gets to tiebreak the Senate, regardless of what President Trump says.

If Trump gets Impeached, and Pence becomes President, he won’t get to tiebreak the Senate any more. Then again, we might wind up with President Pence, VP Mitch McConnell, Sen Maj Leader Cornyn, and Party Whip Cruz. Cornyn _might_ be a more reasonable person than McC, though signs point to “nope nope nope”.

This is one of the reasons Impeachment is going so slow I think. Looks like we’d wind up with more of the same “no compromise with Dems” shitpols. I’m still in total favor of getting him out now.

The “Protect Special Prosecutors from Presidents” Act is a bit of a trial balloon for impeachment, especially if it’s close to the veto-proof 2/3s pro.

JS
JS
7 years ago

The tortoise represents the triumph of perseverance over laziness. Also, HARES R DUM.

mildlymagnificent
mildlymagnificent
7 years ago

Ohlmann

My other concern is that the vice president of Trump is likely just as bad as him, and might actually be competent.

Pence is everybody’s nightmare in the USA itself. However, if you look at what’s being done right now in the US, Pence, DeVos, Sessions and the rest of the blighted crew are doing pretty much as they please – Trump is happily letting them have their way with their not-so-quaint obsessions. So Pence as president wouldn’t be very different from the way things are now.

However, once we’re talking about foreign affairs and military matters, Pence looks to the rest of the world like a much less dangerous POTUS. The other issue is the Gerald Ford example. A president who takes over after the disgrace of another, especially one who’s been blathering about how wonderful Trumpelthinskin is, has a very weakened position.

Competence? Ask anyone from Indiana – he was a bit of a disaster there as governor.

Diego Duarte
Diego Duarte
7 years ago

Well I would totally hate to rain on anyone’s parade but I won’t be celebrating until he gets impeached. Need I remind you that a certain Mitch McConnell sits in congress and would very likely obstruct any attempt at impeachment? Also McComey overhyped his testimony as well and it ended up being the biggest let down of the year.

Though I will admit we’re off to a good start.

JS
JS
7 years ago

Impeachment is still very iffy, but at least Cornyn and McConnell miscounted support for the healthcare removal bill. Hopefully they’ll make mistakes gathering support to keep Trump in place, too.

Moggie
Moggie
7 years ago

I’ve got to admit, I’m nervous about Mueller. I’ve got this irrational fear that he’s moved too soon. I expected the investigation to drag on longer than this before reaching the grand jury stage.

I can’t stop watching high five cat!

PeeVee the (Perpetually Ignored, Invisible but Noice) Sarcastic
PeeVee the (Perpetually Ignored, Invisible but Noice) Sarcastic
7 years ago

@Diego,

McComey?

Moggie
Moggie
7 years ago

As for the transcripts of Trump’s phone calls:

1. So much for the master deal-maker!
2. This is high-level leaking. Private conversations with world leaders? I don’t know how many people in the White House would be privy to that, but someone wants him gone really badly if they’re willing to leak such material.

Moggie
Moggie
7 years ago

Wow, Twitter appears to be down at the moment. Hmm…

JoeB
JoeB
7 years ago

Lawyer Twitter was happy to explain today (as far as I understood them) that as opposed to a state grand jury that prosecutors present evidence to attempt to get an immediate indictment. Federal grand juries are much more investigative. The grand jury was convened so they can start issuing subpoenas (as they already have for some Don Jr. documents) and deposing people under oath.

Diego Duarte
Diego Duarte
7 years ago

@PeeVee

Sorry, I meant Comey, the fired FBI director.

Dalillama: Irate Social Engineer

@Oogly

Being a War President is one of the only ways he could be known as anything other than a failure, a fool, and a bigot.

That’s incredibly fucked up. Seriously: evil and incompetence are bad, but a little recreational mass murder and all is forgiven? What the fuck?

(I know this is not your personal position. The fact that it is a valid analysis says nothing good about the U.S. and a lot about why there’s an openly fascist party in power now.)

Dan Kasteray
Dan Kasteray
7 years ago

Ooglyboggles:

Seriously, if Trump was a war president, he’d screw that up too. He’s a man who would go bankrupt running a three card monte table.

If he became a war president, he’d become famous for giving Texas back to the Spanish and Louisiana back to the French.

JS
JS
7 years ago

In other dumb politics news: W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice (D? R?) announces he’s changing party again, back to Republican.

“Hahaha, I got those dumb Democrats to vote for me because I wasn’t a Republican, but I really R one.” – “No Justice” Jim Justice, quietly to himself.

Where’s the damn Karmic Justice we all need… 😛

weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee

Skiriki,
I’ve been saying it for months now. Trump wants to be a war president.

JS
JS
7 years ago

Trump’s Next Tweet:
“Some of my best friends are Grand Jurors. Lovely people. I could shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose Jurors.”

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