Doug Mataconis

@dmataconis

Lawyer, libertarian, fan, blogger. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. RTs ≠ endorsements, I was before it was cool

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Nov 2017

    Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

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  2. 27 minutes ago

    Sessions was not fired because of policy disputes. When it came to policy on crminal justice there was no daylight between Trump on Sesions, There is only one reason for Trump to do this and we all know what it is.

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  3. 29 minutes ago

    Here is the CNN Op-Ed piece that Matthew Whittaker, the new Acting Attorney General wrote about the Russia inveistation

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  4. 30 minutes ago

    Trump is such a coward he didn't even call Sesssions himself to ask for his resignation. Just like what happened with Rex Tillerson, he had CoS Kelly do it for him.

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  5. 36 minutes ago

    This is how authoritarian dictators do business. And now that Trump has a larger obsequious bootlicking GOP Caucus in the Senate, there's no stopping him from being an Uber-Nixon

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  6. 42 minutes ago

    This would be a f**king joke.

    I asked a political operative with the White House's ear if Kobach for AG is likely. His response: "Yes."
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  7. 53 minutes ago

    Here is Jeff Sessions' Letter of "Resignation"

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  8. 55 minutes ago

    This is step one in a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre.

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  9. 58 minutes ago

    Republcians and Democrats on Capitol Hill should stand united on the idea that the Mueller investigation must be allowed to run its course no matter how long that takes. Republicians, of course, will not do this

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  10. 1 hour ago

    If Trump does use the Sessions firing to go after Mueller, what will so-called "conservatives" say or do? Nothing. That's what they say and do. Not a damn thing.

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  11. 1 hour ago

    They should. They won't. They'll be obsequious little bootlickers.

    The Senate, as is their duty, should take a close look at whoever Trump nominates for Attorney General. This isn't a controversial statement... Or shouldn't be.
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  12. 1 hour ago

    And just like with Trump's attacks on the free press, the reaction of the right to what is obviously Trump's attack on the Rule of Law be like ----- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  13. 1 hour ago

    And raises an intereesting idea. If Trump tries to fire Mueller, there is nothing preventing the new Democratic House from hiring Mueller and his team to continue the investigation on its behalf.

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  14. 1 hour ago

    Now I'm glad there is an adversaria party in charge of one chamber of Congress.

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  15. 2 hours ago

    Nobody who cares about the Rule of Law and Separation of Powers should be happy about this. Especially since Trump's intent here is blindingly obvious

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  16. 2 hours ago

    Here's the "resignation" letter.

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  17. 2 hours ago

    Sessions was not perfect, but it is clear that firing him is part of Trump's continued effort to undermine the Russia investigation.

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  18. 2 hours ago

    Sessions was fired, this was not a voluntary resignation.

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  19. 2 hours ago

    Whoa Jeff Sessions just resigned

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    2 hours ago
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    Americans have elected a very damaged and disordered personality to be their president. It's not the first time a personality like this has been given power, it usually doesn't end well though.

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  21. 2 hours ago

    For , the only appropriate media is someone like Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, or Laura Ingraham (none of whom are actually journalsits but that's another story).

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