gotta salute the media on this. Cheeto lied about releasing his tax returns, so the media is going to keep digging until they get all of it.
Rachel Maddow releases Trump's 2005 1040 tax return
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gotta salute the media on this. Cheeto lied about releasing his tax returns, so the media is going to keep digging until they get all of it.
That's the thing though. The standards for Trump are incredibly low.
Remember that speech he made? How everyone was gushing over it? Like it erased all the shyt he did before.
Even had Van Jones commenting.
As soon as her ratings topped Fox, Bannon hit her with a media judo toss!
They cleared them with the white house before they released it, so they knew he had paid
It was such a weird story, really nothing to see, a Jerry springer type headline to get people to tune in
After Clinton had set the precedent, George W. Bush followed suit. Shortly after being inaugurated Bush asked for the resignations of all the U.S. attorneys appointed under Clinton. Bush didn't face as severe criticism at the time, but he incited public outrage at the start of his second term after firing seven attorneys, an act that was viewed as an attempt to politicize the Justice Department.'You're fired': Experts confirm Trump's dismissal of 46 U.S. attorneys was totally normal
Bill Clinton was a different story. He broke with tradition in an even more dramatic way than President Trump, firing all 93 U.S. attorneys in one day. In March 1993, Clinton's Attorney General, Janet Reno penned a similar letter to the one Sessions sent out on Friday calling for every attorney to submit his or her resignation
here you gothat one legit enough for you?
'You're fired': Experts confirm Trump's dismissal of 46 U.S. attorneys was totally normal
The Washington Post laid it out like this: "Although Bush and President Bill Clinton each dismissed nearly all U.S. attorneys upon taking office, legal experts and former prosecutors say the firing of a large number of prosecutors in the middle of a term appears to be unprecedented and threatens the independence of prosecutors."
Former acting attorney general Stuart Gerson, meanwhile, wrote that it "is customary for a President to replace U.S. Attorneys at the beginning of a term. Ronald Reagan replaced every sitting U.S. Attorney when he appointed his first Attorney General. President Clinton, acting through me as Acting AG, did the same thing, even with few permanent candidates in mind." (Hat tip on this and the Post piece to TPM.)
David Burnham told NPR that what happened this time around "is close to unprecedented." He added this: "Now, that being said, when a president comes into office, historically, all the U.S. attorneys leave. And he appoints a new set of these individuals — there are about 90 of them…And they can be very powerful and influential in deciding which cases are prosecuted and which kinds of cases are not."
McClatchy explained it like this: "Mass firings of U.S. attorneys are fairly common when a new president takes office, but not in a second-term administration. Prosecutors are usually appointed for four-year terms, but they are usually allowed to stay on the job if the president who appointed them is re-elected."
They added: "Even as they planned mass firings by the Bush White House, Justice Department officials acknowledged it would be unusual for the president to oust his own appointees. Although Bill Clinton ordered the wholesale removal of U.S. attorneys when he took office to remove Republican holdovers, his replacement appointees stayed for his second term."
So Is This U.S. Attorney Purge Unprecedented Or Not?
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Yep she took an L.
However, once again conservatives will feel the high for a few days and gloat. But always remember we are less than two months into a four year presidency.
This is a short term rally. You have confidence your guy is clean and will remain clean all four years? Still doesn't change the fact 24 million people (26 mill according to the white house) will lose healthcare and people will literally die due to the actions of this congress and administration.
These quick hit and run jobs are easy political points but their rewards are short lived.
#Anti-TrumpSetWho is this WE???
the cac mamba
Veteran
little sodium in this postAfter Clinton had set the precedent, George W. Bush followed suit. Shortly after being inaugurated Bush asked for the resignations of all the U.S. attorneys appointed under Clinton. Bush didn't face as severe criticism at the time, but he incited public outrage at the start of his second term after firing seven attorneys, an act that was viewed as an attempt to politicize the Justice Department.
'You're fired': Experts confirm Trump's dismissal of 46 U.S. attorneys was totally normal
The Washington Post laid it out like this: "Although Bush and President Bill Clinton each dismissed nearly all U.S. attorneys upon taking office, legal experts and former prosecutors say the firing of a large number of prosecutors in the middle of a term appears to be unprecedented and threatens the independence of prosecutors."
Former acting attorney general Stuart Gerson, meanwhile, wrote that it "is customary for a President to replace U.S. Attorneys at the beginning of a term. Ronald Reagan replaced every sitting U.S. Attorney when he appointed his first Attorney General. President Clinton, acting through me as Acting AG, did the same thing, even with few permanent candidates in mind." (Hat tip on this and the Post piece to TPM.)
David Burnham told NPR that what happened this time around "is close to unprecedented." He added this: "Now, that being said, when a president comes into office, historically, all the U.S. attorneys leave. And he appoints a new set of these individuals — there are about 90 of them…And they can be very powerful and influential in deciding which cases are prosecuted and which kinds of cases are not."
McClatchy explained it like this: "Mass firings of U.S. attorneys are fairly common when a new president takes office, but not in a second-term administration. Prosecutors are usually appointed for four-year terms, but they are usually allowed to stay on the job if the president who appointed them is re-elected."
They added: "Even as they planned mass firings by the Bush White House, Justice Department officials acknowledged it would be unusual for the president to oust his own appointees. Although Bill Clinton ordered the wholesale removal of U.S. attorneys when he took office to remove Republican holdovers, his replacement appointees stayed for his second term."
So Is This U.S. Attorney Purge Unprecedented Or Not?
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Get your light weight Republican shyt out of here. You're not the only one who can google. But you're the only dumbass that doesn't understand what you're communicating.
but i digress. i wasnt tryna talk about this shyt in here
i posted a fact and that was the end of it
Nap furiously scrolling through Twitter right now trying to find the next "BREAKING NEWS" earth shattering tweet to make up for this.We took an L tonightNap, what we gonna do?
What happened? Liberals got duped again?
Malcolm Chance
Rookie
Doesn't matter.We have a two party system and the other party is in shambles. Getting rid of Trump does nothing to turn the ship.
In fact Trump might be holding the ship back.