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WASHINGTON — A year before President Trump named Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, where he quickly became a presidential favorite by gutting pollution rules and slashing staff, Mr. Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general, assailed Mr. Trump on a talk radio show, saying he would be “abusive to the Constitution.”

In February 2016, speaking on the Pat Campbell Show, a news show broadcast out of Tulsa, Mr. Pruitt was asked if he was a Trump supporter. Mr. Pruitt responded, “No. No, He’s the very ... and you say that Pat but do you know what’s interesting? I believe that Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama — and that’s saying a lot.”

“I really believe he would use a blunt instrument. This president at least tries to nuance his unlawfulness,” Mr. Pruitt said. “Donald Trump has said many, many times they want ... I’ll do this I’ll do that. And those things that he’s mentioned cannot be done. I think executive orders with Donald Trump would be a very blunt instrument with respect to the Constitution.”
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Pretty much Johnson and Kennedy. I definitely understand the mass vote for Johnson, but when you look at continuing disparities for black Americans, you have to wonder if they feel their long-term allegiance is misguided.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/476190/

According to the sources who spoke with the Times, the Republican assertion is that Rosenstein — a former member of the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton — failed to communicate to the surveillance court judge that the Justice Department request to continue monitoring Page’s actions was based on information produced by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who was hired by Democrats and Hillary Clinton’s campaign to seek out opposition research on Trump’s team. Steele was also retained by the research firm Fusion GPS, on behalf of the conservative Washington Free Beacon, early on in the campaign. (Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, has repeatedly claimed that the decision to launch the Russia investigation was not based on information gleaned from his firm’s and Steele’s research.)

The memo also implies that Rosenstein “failed to properly vet a highly sensitive application for a warrant to spy on Mr. Page.” However, as the Times points out, “no information has publicly emerged” proving Rosenstein or the Justice Department did anything wrong in seeking to extend surveillance on Page, who testified before the House Intelligence Committee in November that he had contact with Russian officials during his time as a foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign.

King is best known for his horror fictions.

No. FBI Comey's last minute betrayal helped Trump climb up the throne.

I agree with this guy digby.

Digby is the pseudonym of political blogger Heather Digby Parton[1] from Santa Monica who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal / progressive blogosphere.[2]

Nobody seems to be talking about the memo and the release of Andrew McCabe...

I think we’re finally knocking on the door of the shadow government holding sway at the FBI.

When did the GOP candidate and his supporters actively work to insult and marginalize African-Americans?

When did the GOP candidate and his supporters actively work to insult and marginalize Mexican-Americans?

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Your claim that the MSM was neutral is just too ridiculous to respond to.

You're right.

interesting bit on CBC radio last night on how much money Cheney made from Halliburton in and around his war gov gigs