Bracing For Mueller

Keep your reading glasses handy! The 400 page Mueller report is due at, presumably with the 9:30 AM (Eastern) press conference.

The only certainty: in those 400 pages there will be material that inspires the "Impeach Now!" crowd as well as material that enrages those who want the senior FBI and DoJ leadership who instigated and this investigation locked up.

The first casualty of 24/7 media (and Twitter) is context.

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[Buckeye]

1st

[Buckeye]

As found in my inbox this morning, on topic:

Even after Mueller, the war continues in DC.

Don’t expect Trump to get any of his agenda items through Congress. Trump’s promises to replace the Affordable Care Act, invest in infrastructure, and cut middle class taxes have been essentially shelved.

The Democrats refuse to cooperate on anything in hopes of using that against him in 2020.

Essentially, what this means is that Government has simply ceased to exist and what’s left resembles a married couple deadlocked in a bitter divorce.

If you’ve been divorced, you know what I mean.

It ain’t pretty and it won’t end well.

We’re looking at the end-game for Western civilization. There is just no going back.

Government has become a battle to see which side can destroy civilization first.

Websters defined civilization is as: “refinement of thought, manners, or taste.”

How much of that do you see in Washington anymore?

Civilization is everyone coming together because the sum is greater than the individuals.

Today, it’s all about the individuals and there is no longer any cohesive sum that is greater.

While the Dems have officially killed the Trump agenda, what they fail to understand is that this is also the destruction of their agenda as well.

There will no longer be a government of ALL the people. It’s now a government of us vs. them.

It’s a classic case of how civilization dies.

It defeats the entire purpose of forming societies. Politics has become a confrontation to impose tyranny upon your opponent.

The very core of socialism is to deny individual freedom. The state comes first – the individual second. Everything the American Revolution stood for is now completely overturned.

I have offered the author a rental on The Ledge.

[Old Lurker]

THIS, from A-Bob last night:

"“one that won't change many, if any, minds”

Yep. Will be watching from the Ledge as usual, expecting no big blowout."

And Jane, re Hannity last night... Biggest tease I have encountered since girls I dated in high school, and usually with the same result.

[Tom R]

Anything in the Mueller report related to an obstruction of justice charge that documents stuff we already know Trump publicly said or tweeted should be greeted with a “So what?” Who cares about how many times Trump sent out a “witch hunt” tweet? We already know what he said to Comey about LTG Flynn’s case.

Unless Trump did something we don’t know about yet that might constitute obstruction of justice I’m guessing the parts of the Mueller report on obstruction of justice will be a nothingburger.

[Tom R]

While the Dems have officially killed the Trump agenda...

Whoever sent that email to Buckeye is more of an Eeyore than OL.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago

PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!

[Captain Hate]

The government is here to help:

https://pjmedia.com/trending/court-throws-out-years-of-rulings-from-military-judge-in-uss-cole-trial/

[henry]

McCarthy on the press conference:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-mccarthy-media-democrat-barrs-press-conference-mueller-report-release

[Beasts of England]

Bracing, no. 🍿🍿🍿, yes.

[MissMarple2]

The President has retweeted several entries from Judicial Watch and one from Hannity.

Here is the link to his page if you want to see them:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

[Beasts of England]

This calls for a Bloody Mary. Who's with me?! 👻

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President. Excellent editing in the linked video by Dan Scavino!

Nadler (2019) vs. Nadler (1998) pic.twitter.com/IVg7RW3f0F

— Dan Scavino🇺🇸 (@DanScavino) April 18, 2019

[Tom R]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-plans-news-conference-to-discuss-mueller-report/2019/04/17/f5ca1cc6-6138-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b34b51e75a8d

Mueller decided he could not come to a conclusion on the question of obstruction because it was difficult to determine Trump’s intent and because some of his actions could be interpreted innocently,

Perhaps my confirmation bias is kicking in but that does not sound like the actions someone would take if they were a corrupt Deep State prosecutor trying to destroy Trump.

PS. One of the authors of that article (Barrett) was who Strzok/Page leaked to. He might be one of Nunes criminal referrals for receiving illegal leaks.

[MissMarple2]

New York Post
‏Verified account @nypost
22m22 minutes ago

Pelosi, Schumer call on Mueller to testify https://trib.al/zM3nsx3
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There MUST be a scapegoat!

[henry]

Tom R, yes. your confirmation bias at work. All Mueller has to do is set up the Congressional Uniparty to impeach (can't indict a sitting President)... and such muddled nonsense is perfect for that.

[MissMarple2]

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/evidence-trump-campaign-was-spied-on-constantly-stefan-halpers-family-worked-with-nellie-ohr/

I hadn't heard about Stefan Halper's family yet.

[MissMarple2]

Almanor
‏ @Sunrise51052
29m29 minutes ago

John Solomon says next week we’ll be talking about a WHITE HOUSE meeting that took place in January 2016, “where the origins of the Trump collusion case begins”.

That’s 6 months BEFORE the FBI launched their investigation!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
3m3 minutes ago

Attorney General William Barr’s Press Conference today at 9:30 AM ET. Watch on @FoxNews @OANN

[Jane]

Oh OL,

You poor thang!

[Old Lurker]

:-) Jane

[Porchlight]

I'm not bracing. I'm with Beasts, but unfortunately have to go to work, so no Bloody Marys yet.

[Extraneus]

it was difficult to determine Trump’s intent and because some of his actions could be interpreted innocently,

Er, so therefore there's no evidence of obstruction and he should have concluded as much, especially as he concluded there was no evidence of an underlying crime that would motivate obstruction, and failed to note anything that was ever actually obstructed.

[rse]

This is very good.

https://spectator.org/the-politics-of-notre-dame/

[Melinda]

Finally, a news conference of importance that hasn't been given the "Open Book Exam" treatment. Lets see how many can do the 5 W's in the DC Press. I expect total fail.

[Melinda]

NonSeasonally Adjusted Retail Sales figures this A, Month over Month, were double digits across the board. To me, that's 4-5% GDP if it bears out.

[henry]

Philly Fed mfg index at three year low?

[MissMarple2]

So, if this thing started in January of 2016, did they KNOW Trump would win and hid it from their donors, or did they assume he was a flash in the pan and went out to "destroy him as a lesson to all?"

[henry]

(to a lower positive number... not to a contraction -- fake news (WSJ) is playing with us)

[henry]

Miss M, if it started in Jan, was it restricted to Trump?

[MissMarple2]

The Hill
‏Verified account @thehill
57s57 seconds ago

Guatemalan presidential candidate charged in drug-trafficking plot two months before election http://hill.cm/P7Qd7Lb

[Melinda]

VDH on Today's Entertainment, Sorry, it's a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9q7JEscqY&feature=youtu.be

[Porchlight]

I doubt very much that it was restricted to Trump in January 2016.

[MissMarple2]

No Collusion - No Obstruction! pic.twitter.com/diggF8V3hl

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019

Video at link. WITH background music! Scavino is a real asset to the White House, if you ask me.

[Old Lurker]

No way, Henry.

If they had the tools, why would they target just one potential candidate?

[Captain Hate]

From rse's 8:48

At this point, I had to ask how this article got past the Washington Post editors.

*snort*

Editors, what a quaint concept.

[Jane]

They didn't know MM. It was a Hillary plot to make sure he didn't win.

What screwed them up was when he won, because he got in a position to figure it out.

[MissMarple2]

Well, were there rumors about Russians around Jeb Bush? Carly Fiorina? Marco Rubio? Seems like they would have planted some stories there, too, along with the others.

[Jane]

In case you are bored:

Via Insty:

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Court Docs: Prosecutors Ask To Present Evidence That NXIVM Sex Cult Leaders Illegally Bundled Money For Hillary Clinton Campaign. “Prosecutors have asked to present evidence in the NXIVM sex cult racketeering trial showing that NXIVM leaders including Nancy Salzman and Clare Bronfman illegally bundled money for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign by compelling members to donate to Clinton and then reimbursing the members.”

Dinesh D’Souza got jail time for that, and he wasn’t using sex slaves.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/court-docs-prosecutors-ask-to-present-evidence-that-nxivm-sex-cult-leaders-illegally-bundled-money-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/

[Jane]

I think someone already posted that on the last thread. My apologies.

[henry]

Matt Gorman @mattsgorman
11h

Breaking: The Mueller Report CD-ROM will also contain 12 free hours of America Online

[MissMarple2]

This follows the pattern of the accusations and firings of the White House Travel Office back in the early days of the Clinton Administration.

Set yourself up as the virtuous one while falsely accusing innocent people. Get rid of them and put in your own people as a reward.

Only this is writ large. And were they going to accuse Pence as well?

This seems to not have been well thought out.

[Jane]

MM,

My opinion (just my opinion) is that they needed to take Trump down because he wasn't part of the deep state, indebted to no one, and they didn't want him to see what was going on. The others (politicians - all) they had enough on to keep them in line (on both sides)

Which is precisely why I want a new law that prohibits anyone in office (except a 1 term president) to be allowed to run for President.

[Melinda]

Philly Fed headline occludes the other metrics, which is why I always read the report and get the components, which are actually pretty fair, given the news of doom that these managers would be basing future decisions on.

Just my take.

[Melinda]

Source of Philly: https://www.phil.frb.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/business-outlook-survey/

It's the April Report that just came out.

[Buckeye]

Editors, what a quaint concept.

They have all been replaced with propaganda puppets, waiting for the daily email instructions from the Czar on high.

[Beasts of England]

'Breaking: The Mueller Report CD-ROM will also contain 12 free hours of America Online'

😂

[Old Lurker]

Jane "What screwed them up was when he won, because he got in a position to figure it out."

They should have bought an insurance policy.

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

I don't know how to solve it. They probably have dirt on most CEO's as well.

They did on Trump with that Access Hollywood tape. The only thing was that everybody in the country knew him, knew he was a bit of a ladies' man, and didn't care.

I do think that people going to JAIL would solve some of this.

[Jim Eagle]

I believe it started in April of 2011. That was the famous Zippy & Seth Meyers roasting of Trump, who was in attendance, over his birther comments. I know it was the catalyst for his decision to run in 2018.

Hell, it may have even been sooner, knowing how thin a skin Zippy owns. I can see him with the Ferret discussing how to get even with Trump. IRS? Illegal's working on his projects? Get Brennan and Comey on the Phone?

Find the date Trump made his birther comments and that is the most likely starting point.

[Jim Eagle]

...his attendance at the WHCD in 2011....

[Old Lurker]

'Breaking: The Mueller Report CD-ROM will also contain 12 free hours of America Online'

Soundtrack by the Grateful Dead?

[Captain Hate]

Here is the link to Rosemary Collyer's declassified FISA abuse report from April, 2017. This information has been readily available for two years now.

https://tinyurl.com/mjtj5gh

If you haven't read it you should bookmark and read it when you have the time. Spying was going on in the Obama administration for years.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 18, 2019 09:14 AM (/tuJf)

[Old Lurker]

How are the pups this morning, Jack?

How many days are they grounded?

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

I agree. It was revenge and a lesson to all of us plebes.

[MissMarple2]

Remember Maxine Waters bragging about that huge database that no one had ever seen the like before?

[Buckeye]

Just turned on Fox.

Little Chrissie Wallace clearly got the email from the propaganda Czar this morning.

[henry]

live streaming link:

https://www.justice.gov/live

[MissMarple2]

Sean Davis
‏Verified account @seanmdav

In case you were wondering which stage of grief the D.C. press corps is in regarding Trump’s election/Mueller’s no collusion finding, they’re currently melting down because the attorney general they want to question is holding a press conference where they can ask him questions.
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This is a writer for The Federalist.

[Porchlight]

RSBN link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=POeqFy3Kps8

I always try to use their links to support them.

[Buckeye]

Mrs. Buckeye just said "I shoulda made popcorn":)

[henry]

Thanks porch, I didn't see them in my quick search.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ivanka-trump-im-not-concerned-about-mueller-report

[Threadkiller]

What will be the indication that Barr isn't continuing The Kabuki?

He may be lying through his teeth to further the scheme...

[henry]

TK, translate his blinks using morse code.

[MissMarple2]

I am under orders to text a friend who is out visiting her grandchildren (all under 4) ub California.

[Marlene]

Who is the guy with the beard?

[Threadkiller]

Thanks for the reply, Buckeye. I have a Hewland MK9 waiting for you if you ever visit southern California.

[MissMarple2]

Rosenstein looks like a deer in the headlights.

[Narciso79]

So this Estrada character is the Guatemalan Carlos slims whose foundation is in line with the un millenial objectives, que sorpreaa

[Captain Hate]

Patterico's Devin Nunes doll is about to have a very bad day.

[henry]

deer in the headlights? RR looks like a hostage.

[Narciso79]

Shermsn usually looks like that, so they are buying the crowdstrike attributions

[Porchlight]

Rod is seeing his life flash before his eyes, lol

[Threadkiller]

Sounds like Seth Rich didn't have anything to do with the wikileaks documents.

[Porchlight]

I'll wait for Assange's input on that one, TK.

[Jim Eagle]

Ah! Obstruction is now the loose thread on the sweater.

[Buckeye]

Barr isn't fucking around.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

"I do think that people going to JAIL would solve some of this."

I think lining them up against a wall in front of a firing squad would be more effective, especially as a deterrent.

Pour encourager les autres.

[Buckeye]

How soon before RR pukes on his shoes??

[Buckeye]

How soon before RR pukes on his shoes??

[Narciso79]

He looks almost lifelike like madame tussauds.

[Threadkiller]

I noticed that Barr said that he and RR disagreed over some legal conclusion they attributed to the report.

I assume that RR wanted something more lenient.

[fdcol63 🇺🇸]

RR looks like he's crying.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Info please...I'm stuck watching the Mickey Mouse Club today.

[Dave (in MA)]

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-release-report-investigation-russian The text of his press conference.

[JohnH]

No claim of executive privilege. Hahaha. This is going to be hard for the dems to spin.

[MissMarple2]

I am looking forward to the whining questions.

Ah, here's the first.

[Narciso79]

Master chief behind Barr blinks a lot.

[Beasts of England]

I put it to you, Bob Mueller - isn’t this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we’re not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!

Gentlemen!!

[clarice]

Barr did a fine job..

[Old Lurker]

Also the promise that appropriate Congressional Chairmen will be able to see all the redactions except for those GJ docs that are protected by law will be hard to spin.

Barr done good.

[Threadkiller]

I'll wait for Assange's input on that one, TK.

I'm with you, Porch. Sadly Mueller, and now Barr and Rosenstein, have staked a DOJ position of agreement with Hillary's cyber company; Russia hacked her emails.

[henry]

Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel
1m

Valerie Jarrett's daughter getting the first Q in DOJ presser really says everything about the Left's control over the legacy media

[Buckeye]

Like I said, Barr isn't fucking around.

Press babe got the shit slapped outta her.

[MissMarple2]

HAHAHA! That was great!

Blonde: This unprecedented comment.
Barr: IS there a precedent?
Blonde: No
Barr: Then your description as "unprecedented" was erroneous.

[Old Lurker]

Kind of amusing to watch a really smart respond to prepared attack questions from low IG reporters.

[JohnH]

Great smirk by a Rod at the end when asked about Barr getting ahead of the report spinning that is coming.

[henry]

HowardKurtz @HowardKurtz
3m

Barr says Mueller told him & Rod that he DIDN'T decline to find criminal obstruction by Trump because of legal opinion that a POTUS can't be indicted

[Dave (in MA)]

Reporter: Language in the remarks is "generous" to the President.
Barr: Like what, for example?
Reporter: Describing the investigation as "unprecedented".
Barr: Was there a precedent?
Reporter: Duh....
BOOM

[JohnH]

Jeez, Barr is impressive. To reporter “is there a precedent?” Reporter “No”. Barr “then its fair to say its unprecedented “.