Posted on 01/21/2018 4:55:05 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
January 21st, 2018
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House budget director Mick Mulvaney; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): White House legislative director Marc Short; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Mulvaney; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Short; Durbin; Reps. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Mulvaney; Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rand Paul, R-Ky.
I loved what Rex Tillerson tweeted
“You think the emergency broadcast system in Hawaii is effed up? You should see their birth certificate system”
Look I have been in those bunkers in Hi
This goes deeper than Hi
I believe it's because he realizes that the media response would be a cacophony of the Democrat mantra that "Trump is doing this all to cover up his own Russian collusion". The story would all be about Trump's Russian Collusion, rather than about Obama's treason.
Secondly, while it might seem like a good idea for President Trump to declassify the Nunes memo, if given by the Intel Committee, it would not be prudent to do so. Within this classified document Donald Trump is the subject of adverse action outlined therein.
The President was the target of the unlawful action by the DOJ and FBI as reportedly outlined within the Nunes memo. Because the memo contains details of FBI and DOJ surveillance, Donald Trump (now POTUS) is both the victim and the head of law enforcement in charge of investigation the illegal action that created the victim.
In addition to being both the victim and charged with the legal authority over the FBI and DOJ, there are downstream ramifications due to Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigating President Trump for “Obstruction of Justice”.
White House lawyer Don McGahn would clearly instruct Trump (victim) to stay the hell away from this investigation. There is an inherent conflict. Any exceptional action taken by POTUS could be construed as interference, including violations of the separation of powers.
Therefore the best route as constructed by Nunes and Goodlatte would be for the House to vote to declassify, pass on to the Executive for review, then President Trump grants approval for the request of the House (legislative branch).
By law, all attempts by the legislative branch to declassify intelligence information must be given to the executive branch for review in advance of release. This is because the executive branch needs to see if any current intelligence operations might be compromised by information not known to the legislative branch.
The National Security Council and any impacted offices of the intelligence information (CIA, NSA, FBI, DOJ, U.S. DoS, DOD, etc.) review, provide opinion, and sign off prior to executive approval and release.
It is not just this declassification that goes through this process, all declassification goes through this process. In this example, presumably, the President has no adverse reason to block the declassification request and it is likely all approvals will happen quite quickly.
After the White House approves of the HPSCI request, the Memo then becomes public.
That’s when Democrats will attack the memo as being authored and misrepresented by
Thank you for your service! I didn’t realize how deep Bush the first went with his [takeover]! Manifested itself into Bowbama!
I’m just glad Guam did not tip over :)
Tom Cotton trying to straighten out F.Chuck who is interrupting our side every ten seconds and letting the Dirty Dick Durbins wreak havoc with new meaning to the word "lie".
F.Chuck has a pre-printed set of dnc chatting points he never ever responds to anything our side says, only reads from his chatting points. It makes him a robot with a fungus on his face but he keeps going anyway.
Another chatting point: "Shoomer gave full funding to the wall and we turned it down." Of course it's another lie.there is always a catch with any dem offer.
F. Chuck complaining to Cotton that he's referring to an old offer,dems make so many offers you can't tell one from the other,none are real anyway. All dem interviews put foth one hypotheticla questinafter another trying to play gotcha.
The so-called "news" segments on Fox have turned decidedly left after the death of Roger Ailes. From Smith (always Left) to Baier, all you hear is breathless reporting of the latest Swamp Gas and then breathless panels blaming Trump for it. The only remaining conservative voices on Fox News are some parts of the evening programs. That's particularly true when you mute the yelling and over-talking of the "fair and balanced' guests.
F Chuck Todd trotting out the dem talking points!
Tom Cotton says “spare me your outrage”
It will never hit the front pages of ABDNCBS, but it will hit the internet where all the voters get their news.
I’m with you on that RG.
Lord, even such as games and web pages give the user several choices.
And we are to believe that an entire state was terrorized because of this limp system they have in Hawaii?
I don’t believe it for a minute.
And while I’m on subjects I don’t believe, let us discuss these bogus polls about Trump’s popularity.
I truly believe if the election were to be held again, TRUMP WOULD WIN AGAIN!!!
Never mind the boobalube press and their lies.
Does Crossfire return today?
Getting an extra $20 from the bank reminded me of what happened to me a few years ago.
On a Friday afternoon, at the drive through, I cashed a check. I didn’t count the money right away. By Monday I finally did. Mixed in with the twenties there was a $50 bill!! So I drove over to the same drive-up window and asked if she had balanced out the past week. She said, “No. I was $30 short.” So I handed her the $30.
Her response: “Oh darn. Now my drawer is going to be off again!”
No good deed goes unpunished.
Those few have to be those who deserve to be here not just those who will give the dems a majority of votes. That's not a fair immigration policy.
We need small numbers from every country in the world of only those who can actually contribute to our country.If it's a husband maybe be he can bring a wife and maybe a kid no more.Chain migration has to end.
These shows have become so irrelevant they are not worth watching. May as watch CNN as bad as they are.
What do you have left after you lost your credibility?
Isn’t it coincidental how some issue always pops up when the dems are about to crash and burn like with the release of the memo.
That’s a good story.
I never would have returned that money, unless the bank asked for it, of course.
I wouldn’t want to go to jail and they do have every ATM equipped with cameras.
But how ungrateful can you be?
I’m still looking just have missed it so far....
” Maybe we need to send Mitch some Diet Coke and Big Macs to get his energy level up....”
Not a bad idea. Mickey Ds delivers now. Maybe we should bombard the turtle’s office with “Trump meals.” Think he’d get the message?
great find thanks a lot.
DHS was in the planning before 911. See Hart-Rudman Commission (U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (USCNS/21)).
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