Is justice Comey for Trump?

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The previous thread:

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From article:

On Friday, Trump got in on the fundraising part of the gig, putting her name to a letter asking supporters to sign a birthday card for her husband, who turns 71 on June 14 -- signing requires a donation to the Trump Make America Great Again Committee.
"I need your help to make it a birthday my husband will never forget," said the letter. "Our celebrations always include family and close friends."
This year, that celebration could likely take place at the White House, with the entire Trump clan in attendance, herself included.

Marc Caputo‏Verified account @MarcACaputo 5m5 minutes ago
President Trump will be in Miami next Friday to announce new Cuba policy, hammered out w/Rubio & Diaz-Balart politi.co/2s68lb1

Cozie, the Georgia 6 winner will complete the term of the incumbent (Tom Price) who vacated the office. That term will end in 2018, as he was elected in 2016. (I'm not sure if you by 'normal term' you meant the remainder of the current term or a normal two year term.)

I have to admit the Qatar thing has got me confused; The 'rest' of the ME turns on them. But then there was something about 'fake news'. I thought the fake news was that the reports used to name Qatar a 'terror state' were false. So shouldn't that have settled things? Is this about oil reserves or Qatar being friendly to nations that the rest of the ME are not? I need the 'Qatar Scandal for Dummies' version.

Ta. I meant 2018 - i.e. The remainder of the current term.

PS - as for Qatar? 45 is completely clueless. It's one thing to tweet about Comey but quite another to do it about the Middle East.........

Anyone else watching The Last Leg? Adam Hills just had a fabulous rant aimed at Trump over his tweets about Sadiq Khan. As soon as a video is available I will post it.

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The bit that stands out for me about the confusing Quatar thing is the post the other day whichsaid it had pushed oil prices up. Mystery solved.

WTF is May doing sidling up to the DUP?

Apart from being thoroughly unpleasant and far-right (IMO), it could completely destabilise Northern Ireland. Honestly, had the option been there, it would have been preferable to cosy up to UKIP.

Does this mean that there will be DUP cabinet ministers? Like proper ministers, not Stormont ones? I suppose the silver lining may be that DUP are exposed to proper and professional politics, and may have to re-evaluate their stance on some major issues (gay marriage, abortion, creationism )

I really don't know how the Tory-Dup plan will work.

I was thinking about the Tory/DUP thing.

I think it will be similar to the Healthcare reform GOP brouhaha. Remember the contretemps between the general GOP members and the 'Freedom Caucus' that wouldn't go along with the program? They wanted a full scale repeal of the ACA and nothing less would do. As a result the first bill was not brought to vote. They then had to placate the Freedom Caucus with a version that was much more severe than even the GOP wanted it to be just to get 'something' passed and moved on to the Senate where they hope it will be revised into something at least partially humane.

I think it would be the same in Parliament. The Tories would want 'such and such' legislation, but the DUP members would/could stymie it because it didn't meet with their 'agenda'. As a result the legislation is either stalled or has to morph into something much more harsh or conservative than even the Tories would want. And if I'm correct, you don't really have a second house to water it down. I'm not really sure what the Lords does, do they change legislation?

This kind of thing is a big mess.

Kensington has finally declared, after the counters had got some rest and come back for a third recount.

Labour
Emma Dent Coad 16,333

Conservative
Victoria Borwick 16,313

The Lords can (and do) amend legislation, but (and my long ago politics degree is failing me now) legislation needs to meet a certain mandate before it reaches the Lords.

It's not the mechanics of legislation that worries me. It is the impact on Northern Ireland that the DUP are in actual proper government. They have been elevated to the position of favourite child in the NI politics arena . That won't play out well amongst the other NI parties.

One word to say on the last 24 hours.
Lordy.

That's a very real concern, I think, Beryl.

The give and take might well play out in the way you suggest, Across.

The Hill @thehill

#BREAKING: Justice Department lawyers argue Trump can accept payments from foreign governments
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POLITICO @politico

Trump: “I'm committing the United States, and have committed, but I'm committing the United States to Article 5” www.politico.com/story/2017/06/09/trump-nato-article-five-239362

Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
This is insane. A journalist faces 75 yrs in prison for covering an inaugural protest in America?
www.thedailybeast.com/reporter-covering-inauguration-protests-now-faces-75-years-in-prison?source=twitter&via=desktop

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
Qatar's Ambassador to the U.S. has resorted to reaching out to the Trump administration on Twitter.

The Hill @thehill

Comey friend with memo in contact with Senate committee: reports t.co/Lio4Lg6pLn?amp=1

Yashar Ali @yashar
Fox News Chyron: "Comey The Leaker"

George Takei @GeorgeTakei

Mitch McConnell just invoked a rule to allow the ACHA to bypass normal committee hearings and debate. The GOP doesn't want America to know.

POLITICO @politico
Trump's social media director hit for Hatch Act violation t.co/WjUiOKVoCY?amp=1

CEO of Goldman Sachs (only his fourth ever tweet from this account!):

Lloyd Blankfein @lloydblankfein

Just landed from China, trying to catch up.... How did "infrastructure week" go?

Answer to infrastructure question:

Building of the impeachment case is going along nicely, thank you.

MSNBC introducing Trump's declarations about Comey:
"I mean soundbites. Don't expect any full sentences"

Commentator on Trump saying he'll 100% willing to testify in court. "If he's only giving you 100, maybe it's just a small down payment"

What will Trump do if he's subpoenaed?