Embattled Jeff Sessions out. Do we presume a replacement will be confirmed during a lame duck session? Mueller probably has things he wants to move on post-election - it would be nice to know who is boss is.
But forget about Russia - Sessions was aboutthe last man standing in opposition to marijuana reform:
Bucking a bipartisan trend to support less harsh tactics for drug offenders, Sessions instructed federal prosecutors to file the most serious charges possible, and to seek the death penalty when appropriate. He moved to pull back on the department’s work on reforming abusive police departments.
And while not exactly declaring war on states with legal marijuana — still an illegal drug under federal law — Sessions made clear he was eager to roll back the growth of the cannabis industry.
I think we can do better.
TWEETING: From the boss:
We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....
Well, "Acting" AG.
Good grief, why don't they use that unpronoticeable symbol for prince.
Posted by: narciso | November 07, 2018 at 09:35 PM
Are you sure this is the guy to investigate the Clintons?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-02/un-official-accidentally-crushes-own-throat-right-testifying-against-hillary-clinton
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 09:38 PM
KJOM: The Point of No Return, Russian
meddlingmedley edition.Posted by: Elliott sans avatar | November 07, 2018 at 09:40 PM
Finally, the WH has lifted Acosta's access. Apparently Acosta putting his hands on the intern who was trying to retrieve the microphone was the straw.
CNN and the progs are, naturally, going apeshit over it. And despite the video showing Acosta softly "karate chopping" the intern's arm away, they claim the video never shows Acosta touching the intern.
Jesus, everything is going insane...
Posted by: Another Bob | November 07, 2018 at 09:40 PM
Yes it's a perfectly cromulent word.
As James d, notes it seems very hard to think there is anything in common with those of our political opposites, at that level.
Posted by: narciso | November 07, 2018 at 09:40 PM
.. which Sessions threw back in Trump’s face by saying it was at the President’s request.
I don't think that means much. It's much more beneficial politically if Sessions appears to have been fired. Even if it was a mutual decision, they could have worked out the details so that Trump looked like he was dropping the hammer.
Posted by: Porchlight | November 07, 2018 at 09:40 PM
The regulatory noose in my industry has been catastrophic and has done almost nothing more to protect anything; it's just a giant make work project for government goldbricks.
Totally true for my industry as well.
And it makes me be a data entry clerk instead of focusing on patient care.
Posted by: anonamom | November 07, 2018 at 09:42 PM
Tom, that kind of quest is why I switched my major from Political Science to History. Poli Sci was interested in little-T truths. Perhaps true, but not necessarily useful. Don’t do polls, either.
My degree was in Poli Sci with a minor in History. It’s a worthless degree for the most part except for when discussing politics. Almost all politicians speak in half truths. I don’t think Trump’s tweets and press conference today falls under that category.
For the record while I am obviously disappointed the GOP lost the House, I think Trump was telling the truth when he said the midterms were a success. What game can you win by sacrificing pieces to your opponent to suck them into a trap knowing that making that sacrifice ensures victory down the road?
Posted by: Tom R | November 07, 2018 at 09:43 PM
Ah elliot for a minute I thought you were going to vote a song from a local band in Miami in the 80s.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 09:43 PM
As for how many days the new AG can serve without Senate approval, it's 210.
Jack, as you probably know, the British Tommy called Ypres "Wipers." They were there, they can call it anything they want, and so "bloody wipers" was also in vogue.
Posted by: Catsmeat | November 07, 2018 at 09:45 PM
So I was watching an old Babylon 5 episode, it was about an isn (earth state propaganda) doing a hatchet job on the station, and its commander Sheridan, fake news set 150 years in the future.
Posted by: narciso | November 07, 2018 at 09:47 PM
Hi Elliott!
Nice to see you. I think mellow night at KJOM is definitely in order after all the tension & excitement. Here's Simply Red with Holding Back the Years.
Posted by: JMHanes | November 07, 2018 at 09:48 PM
Expose, was the name of the band, it's a very period artefact despite
Posted by: narciso | November 07, 2018 at 09:50 PM
It has toured in the recent past, it never reached the fame of Miami sound machine.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 09:52 PM
I think Corey Lewendowsky should weigh in on the Acosta Accosting. CNN said he yanked whatsherbucket to the ground, right?
Wait, he works for CNN right?
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 09:53 PM
Actually, the acting AG can do things with Mueller without ever talking to Trump or receiving an order from him.
Then see Mueller or the Dem House try to pin in on Trump.
I can see Mueller suing his temporary boss for telling him to wrap it up.
Posted by: sbw | November 07, 2018 at 09:53 PM
There's no date on Sessions's letter that I can see.
Posted by: Porchlight | November 07, 2018 at 09:55 PM
OK, I consider the mid term election a pretty serious loss, though with some bright spots.
But PDJT called it a tremendous success. Is he sincere? Is he wrong? Is he bolstering the base? Hard to know but this bit by Steve Hayward over at PowerLine sounds the theme.
"Winning is better than losing, and the loss of the House will have consequences. ... Ignore the partisan cheerleaders on either side. Just take in what some of the smarter liberals in the media are saying: there is no way this election result can be said to represent any kind of massive rejection of Trump or Republicans.
Exhibit 1, David Leonhardt of the New York Times: “Last night did not feel like a thorough rejection of Trumpism. In one statewide race after another, Democrats suffered disappointing losses.”
Exhibit 2: Damon Linker in The Week:
Look beyond a few dozen House races, and it’s clear there is no blue wave sweeping across the country, toppling Republican power from coast to coast with a historic surge of opposition to the president’s party. ...
Exhibit 3, The Hill:
For a number of reasons, Democrats are coming away unsatisfied. They were hoping for a resounding rejection of Trump, who is touting the election results as a “tremendous success.” . . . "
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 07, 2018 at 09:56 PM
So Tommy boy is sticking with 4d wait and see,
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 09:56 PM
I don't think that means much. It's much more beneficial politically if Sessions appears to have been fired. Even if it was a mutual decision, they could have worked out the details so that Trump looked like he was dropping the hammer.
I don't know if any of us had or have a handle on the relationship between DJT and JBS. Whenever Trump said anything negative about him, which happened fairly frequently compared with other cabinet members, Sessions quickly responded by defending his department. I didn't take that as 4d but someone who had his priorities 180 degrees off. Good fucking riddance imo. Cross the big dog and bad things happen.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 07, 2018 at 09:57 PM
Michael Haines
@MikeMeteorology
2018 mid-term Celebrity endorsements:
Taylor Swift for Phil Bredesen (lost)
Oprah Winfrey for Stacey Abrams (lost)
Beyonce for Beto O'Rourke (lost)
Rihanna for Andrew Gillum (lost)
T.I. for Ben Jealous (lost)
See the picture yet, Hollywood???
Posted by: Momto2 | November 07, 2018 at 09:59 PM
Chelsea Manning hacked his antlers off I think:
Antlered deer are defined as “male or female deer with antlers that are minimum of three inches in length".
The statewide bag limit for antlered deer is two (2). No more than one (1) antlered deer may be taken per day.
The only way the bag limit of two (2) antlered deer may be exceeded is if they are taken on a public land hunt where antlered deer are noted as bonus deer (See WMA section for details).
Male fawns with (with antlers less than three inches) do not count towards a hunter’s antlered bag limit; rather they count toward the hunter’s antlerless bag limits.
Deer having already shed their antlers and does without antlers are also considered antlerless.
Velvet antlered deer are also considered antlered
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 09:59 PM
Levin gave a great extended rant to Hannity on the outrageous behavior of the Dem's and especially the Press today at the White House. Now Hannity has on Newt who praises the Repub's loss of the House seats as pretty good compared to historical trends, and praises the pick-ups in the Senate. Newt says it was a "Green Wave," in describing the astonishing amounts of money spent in the losing Dem Campaigns, and he says stories will come out on that in a few weeks.
Here's some transcription:
Hannity: Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff, Jerold Nadler...are they capable of doing what Clinton did, which I think easily helped him get elected 2 years later?
Newt:...I don't know. I thought earlier today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had a great interview...He said...that "the politics of investigation" may make your partisans happy, but may turn off a lot of people. I think the President is going to reach out on things like infrastructure, ...on practical common sense steps on Health care, including lowering the cost of drugs,...he is going to try to find issues that make it very hard for the Dems to say "No," and then we will see whether or not they are so rabid. Certainly the Left wing of the Dem party is much more rabid than anything either I or Clinton had to deal with in the 90's...
Hannity: Reaction to Jeff Sessions announcement today...now they are trying to go after the interim Atty general...not to have an Atty General on his most important case has been very harmful.
Newt: 1st of all, I think it was handled exactly right. It's the day after the Election, the Chief of Staff John Kelly did the right thing., and then the Media response, knowing it was coming, the Atty General did the right thing in resigning. I will say...I have known Jeff Sessions for a very long time, he was a very solid Conservative Senator, he actually helped organize the first Trump Campaign meeting in Washington, and it has been sad to see him have to go thru all this and I suspect he is a very relieved guy tonight.
Posted by: daddy | November 07, 2018 at 10:00 PM
JMH, here's a live version of Holding Back The Years from a couple years ago. It's fun to contrast and compare the older performer and the younger performer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfRUSb2heRw
Posted by: JimNorCal | November 07, 2018 at 10:01 PM
Finally, the WH has lifted Acosta's access. Apparently Acosta putting his hands on the intern who was trying to retrieve the microphone was the straw.
Thank God! Maybe this will send a message to the rest of those screaming, pompous idiots!
Posted by: Barbara | November 07, 2018 at 10:01 PM
Trump is patient up to a point, he gave Tillerson enough rope to hang himself same with mcmaster, this was the problem with Ashcroft he couldn't admit he was being used.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:01 PM
Well I hope President Trump releases those FISA docs soon to catch them off guard like the no huddle offense.
JMH, keep your eyes open for those rubs and scrapes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg0axWravxY
Posted by: Rocco | November 07, 2018 at 10:01 PM
Tommy boy
Who is it that you think is going to be caught in this 4d trap?
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 10:02 PM
Memory Hole

Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:02 PM
Barbara, personally I think Sanders waited too long. Should have happened a while back.
Toss April Ryan while they're at it.
Posted by: Another Bob | November 07, 2018 at 10:02 PM
JNC @ 9:56
Well said and fully agree.
Posted by: Tom R | November 07, 2018 at 10:03 PM
And despite the video showing Acosta softly "karate chopping" the intern's arm away, they claim the video never shows Acosta touching the intern.

Compare and contrast:
Posted by: daddy | November 07, 2018 at 10:08 PM
I am much interested to see if the rumors are true that Rosenstein resigns within the next 48 hours. If he goes and with Whitaker now in charge of Mueller I think we will see the FISA docs get released.
Posted by: derwill | November 07, 2018 at 10:08 PM
Emerald Robinson says Rosenstein is submitting his resignation within 48 hours.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:09 PM
Agreed Rocco. Challenge Mueller to try and make an obstruction case.
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 10:10 PM
Momto2 - will the candidate or the celebrity realize what happened?
Posted by: Frau Edith Steingehirn | November 07, 2018 at 10:10 PM
Kemp is claiming victory in Georgia. Sore loser Abrams refuses to concede. The current Governor has announced congratulations to Kemp and promises a smooth transition. All GOP officials are congratulating Kemp on social media.
Why would anyone vote for a 3rd party candidate in a race like this?
Don't understand where she thinks she is going to find this many votes. She thinks thousands of absentee ballots are in the mail?
Posted by: Momto2 | November 07, 2018 at 10:12 PM
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45560812_2064791733579952_2209897416960770048_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=6e205e61036ff7b8e2b3d1235c83edbc&oe=5C8007FB
Too much trouble to try to post the pic of elizabeth warren doing the Sessions two step:https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45560812_2064791733579952_2209897416960770048_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=6e205e61036ff7b8e2b3d1235c83edbc&oe=5C8007FB
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 10:14 PM
Rocco:
What I'd really like to find is the turkeys. I know there are tons of them around because I see them when I'm driving, and everyone now and then a huge flock of them will saunter across the lawn. I've seen nary a feather when I'm out walking.
JNC:
"It's fun to contrast and compare"
I love that about Youtube. I'm always comparing versions, especially when it comes to classical music, where there are so many variables, to see which version I prefer. It takes longer and longer all the time, as stuff keeps getting added.
Sticking with mellow night at KJOM, Kim Yuna sings Days Without Tears, from the lyrical soundtrack of "Mr. Sunshine," a Korean historical drama, actually carried on Netflix, set at the beginning of the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Posted by: JMHanes | November 07, 2018 at 10:15 PM
Frau - I doubt it! Very little truth can seep through those skulls of mush!
Posted by: Momto2 | November 07, 2018 at 10:15 PM
Wasnt ti the nazgul who did the tasteless video that insulted the first lady, jealous was still running that's beto level delusion.,
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:15 PM
Andy McCarthy tells Laura Ingraham he thinks Chris Christie would do OK as Atty General but he thinks there will be significant problems about "BridgeGate" raised in the Confirmation Hearings that would cause big trouble. DiGeneva (However u spell his name) quips that Christie's Lawyer in "BridgeGate" was none other than Christopher Wray, current FBI Head.
Geebus is that place incestuous.
Posted by: daddy | November 07, 2018 at 10:15 PM
The cris was allowing a Special Counsel to be appointed without stating a crime
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 10:17 PM
Who was a mutineer in reserve along with fitz and Comey, its been 14 years and Alberto Gonzalez still doesn't have a clue.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:17 PM
daddy - Ben Shapiro claims he didn't touch her! Imagine that!
https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1060345582756147201
Posted by: Momto2 | November 07, 2018 at 10:19 PM
Comfy chair calls
Sleep tasty
Posted by: Frau Schlafmuetze | November 07, 2018 at 10:19 PM
Yeah, McCarthy doesn't have a problem with Christie and Obama swapping spit
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 10:22 PM
I agree, Another Bob!
Those press conferences are painful for the viewer to watch. The President was almost toying with them after a while. I'm glad that he spoke up for Sarah Sanders.
Posted by: Barbara | November 07, 2018 at 10:22 PM
Why are they even talking about Christie?
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 07, 2018 at 10:23 PM
He didn't karate chop her but he certainly moved her away--he was determined to guard the mic. So glad he's been punished--long time coming. Jerk.
Posted by: Catsmeat | November 07, 2018 at 10:23 PM
McCarthy semi endorsing Fat RINO Bastard is all I need to know that he’s a disaster. Fucking swamp.
Posted by: lyle | November 07, 2018 at 10:25 PM
Yes it's like feeding time at the zoo. Personally I would have said to alcindor you gave a problem a country having their own interests, or is it just this country.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Give the job to Louie Gohmert!
Posted by: Eye Doctor . | November 07, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Minefield, I was glad trump stayed mostly away from stay pufts inner circle except for Stepien,
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:27 PM
You know I never knew about any of this but it seems par for the course of a Bush Administration. I hope he lives in Florida or gets a pardon from PDJT:
Commander Marcinko retired from the Navy on February 1, 1989 with thirty years, three months and seventeen days of enlisted and commissioned active duty service.
But in 1990, Marcinko was sentenced to prison for twenty one months and fined $10,000 for his role in a mission that exposed security lapses at sensitive military installations and actually served 15 months of the sentence!
The charge was, “defrauding the government over the price of contractor acquisitions for hand grenades”.
Marcinko maintains that he was singled out for prosecution because of the high level of embarrassment that he caused high ranking Navy officials.
https://survivor-story.com/navy-seal-6-red-cell-founder-jailed/
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:27 PM
AP of course, reported "a female White House aide unsuccessfully tried to grab the microphone from Acosta."
No context. Fake news. Email on the way.
Posted by: sbw | November 07, 2018 at 10:27 PM
It’s like Trump decided “no more Mr. Nice-guy” today, which is funny and a little unnerving when you think about it because Trump can be fearless, and I suspect extremely ruthless.
Posted by: derwill | November 07, 2018 at 10:28 PM
Sessions out. Acosta out. A bunch of RINOs out along with a gaggle of democrats.
A banner day!
Posted by: Barbara | November 07, 2018 at 10:30 PM
Jeebus, I sure hope so, derwill. Take off the damn gloves, Trump.
Posted by: lyle | November 07, 2018 at 10:30 PM
Yes, Barbara; so much RINO trash being removed, except for Mutt Rombley coming back like a bounced check, will make for an excellent Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 07, 2018 at 10:34 PM
“ Even if it was a mutual decision, they could have worked out the details so that Trump looked like he was dropping the hammer.“
That’s a bit too 4D for me. I think Sessions did not want to step down, so he put Trump in the position of having to fire him. That public ‘at your request’ is Sessions’s way of getting the last word: ‘Oh yeah? If you’re going to fire me you’ll have to take the heat.’
Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | November 07, 2018 at 10:34 PM
Stranger things have happened:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1042369/mh370-plane-fuselage-indian-ocean-malaysia-airlines-latest
Marcinko wasnt well regarded in the operator community supposedly but judith regan tried to craft a different image for him, his patron was reputedly admiral ace Lyons who was a maverick himself, went he went down so did his protection, then again you see some of the weasels that climb the shiny poll like that admiral who was Pentagon spokesman under Obama and it makes you wonder
Posted by: narciso | November 07, 2018 at 10:35 PM
@CLewandowski_
More Corey R. Lewandowski Retweeted Ben Shapiro
.@benshapiro clearly didn’t see what happened. Why would he let the facts get in the way. What @SHSanders45 wrote is exactly what happened. Guess it’s okay when it’s a “Memeber of the Club” #Hypocrite
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:37 PM
On Trump's mid-term success claim--I think he's making lemonade from lemons.
But as he will be the first to tell you, everybody says it, everybody knows, he makes terrific lemonade, the best.
I do think that all the points he made are correct. The Dems now have the responsibility to act like a grown-up party. They will fail, of course.
And Trump will take advantage of their mistakes.
It should be truly frightening to the Trump-haters who were saying "he's written off the house, he's only campaigning with Senatorial and Gubernatorial candidates" to think that: a) all the candidates he campaigned with won, and b) maybe it actually was his plan all along to lose the House. (I don't think so, but it should mess with their heads anyway).
Posted by: boatbuilder | November 07, 2018 at 10:38 PM
I saw everything
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:39 PM
working on catch up ... jimmyk
>>>Incidentally, I don't get the claim that Brat was "redistricted." Redistricting would have happened in 2012, no? I think it's just the changing population of VA, plus Brat not really being a professional politician. Though I don't doubt that the GOPe stabbed him in the back too. Janet and rich, I feel your pain, but I don't advise moving to Manhattan.
Posted by: jimmyk | November 07, 2018 at 12:50 PM<<<
here is the background, the courts were going to make the VA delegation more Dem friendly and succeeded as at least 2 of the seats they tinkered with flipped. it was a bit of skulduggery too, the VA Senate went into recess so the courts could do the dirty work:
On August 17, 2015, a special session of the state legislature was convened. Within hours, the Virginia State Senate adjourned the session. Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates William Howell (R) said, "The House of Delegates remains in session. ... Unfortunately, without the presence of the Senate, there is no possible path forward on redistricting." After the session's adjournment, Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) said, "The opportunity for a legislative remedy has ended."[46][47]
Because the state legislature was unable to adopt a new congressional district map, the task fell to a panel of federal judges. On January 7, 2016, this panel unveiled Virginia's new congressional district map and ordered that it be used for the 2016 elections. The Richmond Times-Dispatch described this map as follows:[48]
“ [The map] centers [District 3] in Hampton Roads. The new map adds Richmond and Petersburg to the 4th District, represented by Republican J. Randy Forbes, improving Democrats’ chances of winning the district in November. The new map makes lesser changes to the districts of three other Republicans, Reps. Dave Brat, R-District 7, Robert J. Wittman, R-District 1, and Scott Rigell, R-District 2.[7]
the case was Wittman v. Personhuballah
the Reps weakly fought a losing battle all the way to the Supreme Court where a stay was denied because of standing. i'll agree that individual candidates made particularized mistakes for the area they were running in, but the GOPe acted like they wanted to lose. not that money makes all the difference but he was outspent by the CIA 5 to 1.
Posted by: rich | November 07, 2018 at 10:43 PM
Good God! Chris Christie? Despite being a very smart and accomplished guy, McCarthy really is a clueless boob.
Can Trump appoint Mark Levin as AG? Just for the pure holy hell of it?
Posted by: boatbuilder | November 07, 2018 at 10:48 PM
Catsmeat:
Do you know what happens if the President hasn't nominated a replacement by the 210 day mark?
Posted by: JMHanes | November 07, 2018 at 10:51 PM
Yes we figured that a year ago,
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:51 PM
Jim Acosta is less Sam Donaldson and more Jessica Savich. Too soon?
But all was not right in Jessica’s world. The only man she every really loved beat her terribly. Drug use led to promiscuity and sometimes threatened her standing at the station. The networks wanted her, but Westinghouse had ironclad contracts – so she acted out and became a general terror to all. The reputation followed her to NBC.
She was made Senate correspondent but she was in over her head. Resentment from coworkers hurt, and led to her eventually being pulled off the Senate beat. Jessica’s time at NBC was filled with uncertainty, and with the uncertainty came drug use. But the public loved her, as it did in Philadelphia.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/death-by-station-wagon-the-fall-of-jessica-savitch/
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 10:54 PM
No, CNN is a figment of someone imagination, like that 1984 season of Dallas or the entire run of saint elsewhere.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Thanks, rich, didn’t know about that. But was the GOPe complicit in the redistricting? It seems like they had no real say, if I’m reading that correctly. Or did Rs control the state legislature?
Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | November 07, 2018 at 10:57 PM
Posted by: DCSCA | November 07, 2018 at 10:36 PM
the 70's are calling. they'd like their scandal back.
the very things the Pike and Church Committees were designed to prevent are the very things the Obama Administration did. At least now they have one of the team in congress.
Posted by: rich | November 07, 2018 at 10:59 PM
Well they did the same thing in Florida about six years ago, officially they were non partisan commissions that moved Allen west's district 30 miles inland did save a spot for Rivera, little tweakd that have nearly wiped out Republican presence in south Florida. This was with the cooperation of the big cheese in the leg,
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:02 PM
Di Genova thought Eric Holder would be a great Atty General, so in pairing him with McCarthy, Ingraham is consulting the two guys with perhaps the worst track records when it comes to recommendations.
Posted by: JMHanes | November 07, 2018 at 11:04 PM
He's got that right track tape jammed right up there rich, spannberger took two years off probably sabotaging the war on terror under w to teach English at the Islamic Saudi academy, among whose alumni was at least one wannabe w assassin, I don't know if that was a chicken or egg thing.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:06 PM
Pick someone with a great criminal defense background who started out as a US Atty.
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:07 PM
Someone like the lawyer who's wiping Mueller's face in that phony baloney case against the Russians.
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:07 PM
they have (had?) a 2 seat majority in the Senate and at the time 30 seat seat majority in the House (that has also been whittled down to almost nothing) ... iirc the input for the new map came from the VA Department of Elections staffed up by McAuliffe cronies.
Posted by: rich | November 07, 2018 at 11:08 PM
Started watching the new Spacey-free season of House of Cards, and guess who popped up in Episode 2? No soft-karate moves on display.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | November 07, 2018 at 11:10 PM
Oh yeah that guy he had six years working in the Sdny and almost as many working in south Florida, he's seem their playbook.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:11 PM
Bob Bennett would be good but he's too old and whenI saw him last weekend he looked like he now weighs 500 pounds.
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:12 PM
Dubelier is the guy, I looked up his CV when he started countering Mueller like young van damme.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:17 PM
Maybe Whitaker’s 210 days will be like an audition.
Posted by: derwill | November 07, 2018 at 11:19 PM
I like Mukasey but he’s also probably too old. Mark Levin FTW.
Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | November 07, 2018 at 11:19 PM
Yes, narciso, Dubelier--he's twisting Mueller's nose and laughing at him.
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:26 PM
eric Dubelier:Eric focuses his practice on international and domestic regulatory compliance and enforcement matters, white collar criminal litigation, civil false claims litigation, and securities enforcement. He counsels clients primarily in the health care, financial services and defense industries. Eric deals extensively with federal prosecutors and enforcement attorneys and state attorneys general. He has broad experience in representing clients in Securities and Exchange Commission investigative and enforcement matters.
Eric works extensively overseas conducting internal investigations relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has managed FCPA investigations in over twenty-five countries. Eric also counsels clients in export control matters.
Eric has represented pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, drug wholesalers, long-term care and retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, nursing homes and hospitals in false claims, fraud, anti-kickback and consumer protection matters. He has also represented banks and other regulated entities in securities enforcement matters.
Eric worked as a federal and state prosecutor for 17 years. He served as lead government counsel in more than 100 state and federal jury trials. Since joining Reed Smith, he has litigated criminal and civil jury trials relating to the FCPA, economic espionage, theft of trade secrets and obstruction of justice. He has represented numerous clients in securities enforcement and FCPA matters.
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Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:29 PM
>>>I can't remember a recent election that wasn't followed by wondering if Virginia has reached peak retard.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 07, 2018 at 12:59 PM<<<
nope. California on the Atlantic is our trajectory.
Posted by: rich | November 07, 2018 at 11:31 PM
Apology if this has been posted but no time to get caught up tonite. Anyway I thought this was pretty funny -
Tim Young
@TimRunsHisMouth
·
22h
BREAKING: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the dumbest person to ever be elected to Congress.
Posted by: Texas Liberty Gal | November 07, 2018 at 11:33 PM
Yes 2010 was the high water mark then apres le deluge, btw anyone what happened to jim Ryan and his rep.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:34 PM
Takoma Park, Md is rather like SF
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:34 PM
Nytol
Posted by: Clarice Feldman | November 07, 2018 at 11:36 PM
TLG: data inconclusive but certainly not robust.
Posted by: lyle | November 07, 2018 at 11:40 PM
>>>that's how it works, right?
Posted by: exdemocrat | November 07, 2018 at 01:26 PM<<<
wonder what they will be saying when white candidates get 95% of the white vote ... keep pushin' and that's gonna happen.
Posted by: rich | November 07, 2018 at 11:41 PM
This isn't your grandma's gay BDSM sex cult:
Jack Chapman, a 28-year-old Australian living in Seattle, died from “silicone embolism syndrome” resulting in hemorrhaging in the lungs, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office told The Stranger this week.
Chapman — who went by “Tank Heathcliff Hafertepen” and “Pup Tank” — was an active member of San Francisco and later Seattle’s gay BDSM community. Chapman served as one of several slaves to master Dylan Hafertepen, known as the nickname “Noodles and Beef.”
https://nypost.com/2018/11/07/man-dies-after-injecting-silicone-in-genitals-mom-blames-sex-cult-master/
Posted by: Pinandpuller | November 07, 2018 at 11:41 PM
She's a promising candidate but ot took a whole for Markey or Jackson Lee to reveal themselves didn't it.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:42 PM
Where do you...on second thought I don't want to know.
Posted by: Bernardi Dr la paz | November 07, 2018 at 11:44 PM
As predicted, Levin scorched Fox, not by name but it was obvious which network he meant, for predicting the overall House results before the West Coast polls closed.
Posted by: Captain Hate | November 07, 2018 at 11:44 PM
I shouldn’t post when tired and slightly inebriated.
But I’m still more interesting than... 🤔
Posted by: lyle | November 07, 2018 at 11:46 PM
Let's not forget Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Hank Johnson. There's a lot of competition.
Posted by: jimmyk | November 07, 2018 at 11:48 PM