Good.
Via Kyle Griffin:
Schumer wants a risk assessment to examine whether foreign countries might have tried to access the Epstein files and possibly use the information therein as leverage over Trump.
Kyle Griffin
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New in Playbook: Leader Schumer today will take to the Senate floor to call on the FBI to undertake a counterintelligence threat assessment of Trump-Epstein connections.
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in reply to Laffy • • •As they said in Texas...
Well fuck me running !!!
Laffy
in reply to FurballsNHairballs • • •FurballsNHairballs
in reply to Laffy • • •Between Russian hookers,mob money,Putin collars and leashes,the treason,we are completely fucked.
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷
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Unknown parent • • •@tomcapuder It's not worthless at all.
Would you rather he do nothing? Not shine another spotlight? Not do whatever he can to keep this story going, stir things up, try something/anything he can?
Robert Link
in reply to Laffy • • •Cait the Proud Trans Woman
in reply to Laffy • • •I mean...yeah, good. But the usual completely weaksauce approach from Schumer. I mean, do we honestly believe Kash Patel's FBI is going to do an honest job of this counterintelligence operation?
He appointed a 25-year-old with no law enforcement or security experience to be head of the FBI counterintelligence division. Then stripped hundreds of their agents away to put them on migrant-kidnapping duty.
I think he was doing better with the strongly-worded letters.
Laffy
Unknown parent • • •Danette 🐬
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Laffy
in reply to Danette 🐬 • • •@Danetteb Please tell that to the Debbie Downers in replies.
That is why I post less often here.
Blamellors
in reply to Laffy • • •Don't cater to the cheap seats . The moaners will always be there online but many never actually VOTE but complain endlessly.
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in reply to Blamellors • • •Danette 🐬
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Laffy
in reply to Danette 🐬 • • •Ande Jacobson
in reply to Laffy • • •Teri Kanefield did too. It's a common theme. People are angry that the GOP gets away with stuff, so they want everyone opposing them to use the same tactics, but that's not how we save democracy or rule of law. In fact, using authoritarian practices tears down democracy and rule of law no matter who's doing it.
This is the same thing as all the Garland bashing with respect to the very complex cases against Trump. The naysayers wanted immediate action though the justice system doesn't work that way. What's provable in the court of public opinion isn't necessarily provable in court, and you need airtight cases to win in court. Also, the courts aren't going to fix the political problems we face. People tend to forget that.
Yes it's frustrating, but this is not something that will be fixed quickly. It requires us all to do our part. That includes our congress critters - and they are, and so must we.
Thank you for all you're doing despite the frustrations.
@Danetteb @emptywheel
Laffy
in reply to Ande Jacobson • • •@goodreedAJ Thanks for that thoughtful response, Ande, as always.
Really appreciated
@Danetteb @emptywheel
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Unknown parent • • •Laffy
Unknown parent • • •@tomcapuder Yeah, that won't happen, so try coming up with something realistic.
I'm not a fan of his at all, but when he does the right thing, I give him some credit.
Now please take your Debbie Downer replies elsewhere.
David Abigt 🌎 🎄
Unknown parent • • •Staters in there that need to be uncovered.
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in reply to Lizzie she/her • • •TC Won't Give In To Lies
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in reply to TC Won't Give In To Lies • • •Nicole Parsons
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National security is one of the few issues that would gain bipartisanship.
Framing the Epstein Files as a national security risk might gain traction, even on Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.
The GOP didn't care about Trump's Russia connections until it ran into the deep "Anti-Communism Anti-Russia" core of Republican & Independent voters.
Schumer is using one of the few commonalities between the two sides.
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SnowyCA
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At least he pointed to the problem, made it so the public is aware.
Not sure what more anyone in Congress can do when Republicans hold the majority.
I am hearing a lot of grumbling about Schumer and the "old guard" maybe the best option is to demand the party chose younger leaders.
We have a similar problem in Canada. Folk are upset with Conservative premiers but that is who the majority elected. The only way to prevent them from returning to office is motivate folk to get out and vote for change, educate folk, make them realize there are options.
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Darwin Woodka
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in reply to SnowyCA • • •@SnowyCA Exactly.
And my go-to on this is @emptywheel who did a thread today:
fed.brid.gy/r/bsky.app/profile…
@tomcapuder
Andy Kotlarz
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Andy Kotlarz (@andykotlarz)
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in reply to Laffy • • •SnowyCA
in reply to Laffy • • •Michael Bacon
Unknown parent • • •@tomcapuder Nah I'm with Laffy and others on this one, this is far less useless than most of what he's been doing.
Schumer horrifically fucked up his leverage point in the spring badly and at this moment all any minority leader can do is posture and try to make noise. This is a decent effort at that.
(NFL)
SnowyCA
Unknown parent • • •@tomcapuder
wow . That was A really LOW BLOW you aimed at Laffy. !!
One of the most wilfully hurtful and hateful attacks I have seen on fediverse.
You have a right to express your anger at politicians, and to disagree with folk on fediverse, but that was uncalled for and entirely unacceptable.
Shameful!!
Blocking that account!
@GottaLaff @emptywheel
Laffy
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in reply to SnowyCA • • •SnowyCA
in reply to Laffy • • •You didn't attack him so his response was not cool.
I think we have a situation of "I'm angry and feeling helpless with my life and the political situation in this country and I am going online to direct my rage at the first target"
Time for an accountectomy.
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in reply to Laffy • • •Kate McDonald
in reply to SnowyCA • • •@SnowyCA That was quite the conversation to read through. Does he have a completely black and white concept of politicians and/or people? Like if somebody isn't perfect, then absolutely everything they do is bad, and it's a problem to be appreciative of any little thing that they do??
It almost seems like he is taking it as a personal attack that you said one small positive thing about a person he has labelled BAD. Which makes so little sense.
Laffy
in reply to Kate McDonald • • •@musiciankate Yep, that's how it sounded.
And when I replied to SNOW, not him, and shared Marcy's thread about why we should be going after the GOP, not Schumer, he insulted me and blocked.
@SnowyCA
Laffy
Unknown parent • • •Aabra Mastodon, PDX stereotype
in reply to SnowyCA • • •Kate McDonald
in reply to Laffy • • •People make so little sense sometimes. I blocked him too.
Laffy
in reply to Kate McDonald • • •@musiciankate Thanks. He clearly has issues.
@SnowyCA
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in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •Ande Jacobson
in reply to Laffy • • •emptywheel is always on point with this stuff too. And yes, taking a stand and putting the GOP on record every time is doing something very worthwhile. And when it comes to every subsequent election, we bring up these voting records to show what the reps stand for. It's not an empty gesture in any way. It's the power that the minority party has and must use when facing a corrupt and evasive majority party.
@SnowyCA @emptywheel
Laffy
in reply to Ande Jacobson • • •@goodreedAJ Bingo. Spot on.
@SnowyCA @emptywheel
Chuck
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to Chuck • • •@ChuckMcManis Oh really? (the trauma) Thanks for the info.
I never feel bad about blocking. I only do it when someone has crossed a line.
@SnowyCA
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