Holy S--t. I step away from the computer for three hours !

[DemocratSinceBirth]

There is a person of interest in the Russia investigation in the Whiter House (WAPO)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russia-probe-reaches-current-white-house-official-people-familiar-with-the-case-say/2017/05/19/7685adba-3c99-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_fbiprobe-banner-315pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f9e458cbb49a

Trump told the Russian ambassador Comey is a nutjob and they can do business now that he fired him (NYT)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0

The Mueller investigation is looking at a coverup in the White House (McClatchy)


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article151565947.html

[Tom67]

1. God help us all.

This is so serious. I am worried for our country

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Welcome to DU. Seriously, there is no god. But if you insist "God helps those who help themselves."

[nolabear]

37. Staaaaaahp. He's new. Play nice for 100 posts.

Then he's on his own.

[Tom67]

45. I don't believe in god either but...

watching all this crap unfold is bring me to my knees to pray

[Quanta]

51. I agree.

Not a Christian here, even though I dig the teachings of ole JC, but I've definitely been amping up my chanting and visualization!

[yodermon]

2. curious... did these all break as soon as his plane took off? or thereabouts? n/t

[mopinko]

6. yup. almost immediately.

no more than an hour. that was the time line when i turned on the teevee.

[Hekate]

15. If nobody tells him en route, he will have a shocker upon disembarking...

If he does somehow get the news, he will stew in his own juices all the way there, and arrive ready to blow his stack.

Either way

[Alice11111]

58. I heard they were watching it and had wireless to read.

What a lovely family break from it all. Speculation that Kushner is the unnamed person of interest being investigated too. That apple didn't fall far from the tree.

No excuse for a lawyer (including Pence and Sessions, both of whom had to pass the Ethics bar too and keep up their license w ethics credits annually). It's just unbelievable to me that Sessions is getting away w perjury, even with time to think about his answers and put them in writing, and virtually ignoring his recusal. Any ordinary lawyer would be disbarred, or at the very least disciplined.

Kushner went to Harvard Law School, though I'm not sure if he ever got licensed. This stuff is drilled into you. Not that you have to be a lawyer to figure out that you do not do the stupid things which DT'S keystone cops did.

[nocalflea]

36. Murderers row -who will survive that ride?

Love to be a fly on the wall , but sure as hell glad I'm not on that plane . The poor AF crew . At least McMaster is there,I think.

[mopinko]

47. or a bug in the lampshade.

lets hope there is one. comedy gold. black comedy, but still...

[nocalflea]

50. I hoped they checked the curtains .

[rzemanfl]

3. Same shit, different day in Trumpist Dumbfuckistan. If your power went out for a week

you'd think you were on a different planet. WTF? is my paradigm these days.

[murielm99]

20. That happened here last summer.

Three days with no power!

Some of the major newspapers are doing a good job, but that is not enough these days.

[rzemanfl]

24. We went four days in 2004. No a/c, no fans, no lights, no hot water. In Florida. It was awful.

n/t

[Dustlawyer]

41. Six weeks with no power, 100 + degree days, and when power was restored all

I missed during that time was the Houston Astros making their way to the World Series so they could be swept.

Six weeks from now we could have a different President or be under Marshall Law!

[rzemanfl]

43. Martial law. That outage sounds ridiculous. n/t

[Dustlawyer]

48. Got me!

[underpants]

4. Hell I just drive home and I didn't know about the McClatchy story

Whiter House - not sure if that was on purpose but it's funny.

So McClatchy has jumped into the NYT WAPO scoop fight? Oh Lord Snowflake, look out.

[chillfactor]

5. the news is breaking so fast....

it is difficult to keep up..

[barbtries]

7. 3 hours! you are so far behind the times.

i know. i'm going on vacation and unless the president resigns or dies or is taken out of the WH in handcuffs, i'm not paying attention. that's 5 whole days, do you think i can do it?

[Amaryllis]

18. Good on you if you can. I have become seriously addicted to the internet and it is getting worse

the faster the news breaks.

[barbtries]

30. back in the 90s i was working so hard

it was 3 days before i learned that Princess Di had died. i couldn't believe i was that out of touch. now with smart phones i don't like my chances. i've got WP and NYT popping up on my phone with the latest breaking all the time.

on the other hand, i listen to music more and watch movies more, JUST to get away from it. this past what 7-10 days have been extraordinary. i like it though because he'll be gone that much sooner.

[hawy]

28. a lot of time

lets see how much kittie litter the 1% can spread all over this steaming pile of crap! After all it is the weekend, I hear the coke bros are in town!

[murielm99]

40. Do it. It is healthy.

[barbtries]

42. i'm gonna try.

it is healthy to let it go for a while. even necessary imo

[The Blue Flower]

8. This is what happens when you're at war with the IC and the media

Who knew?

[Lisa0825]

12. +1

[alittlelark]

9. Fast and Furious days ahead...

[Shell_Seas]

10. Didn't you know it's Friday?

Didn't you know it's late afternoon?

Didn't you know Trump is on an airplane?

Didn't you know we are snowballing at a rapid pace?

Weeeeeee!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Jarvanka are soon out of electronic contact until Saturday sundown. . . . nt

[NightWatcher]

11. Be sure to check back between 3:00-5:30pm daily

It's their schedule for release.

[TeapotInATempest]

13. This is nuts

I'm 47 years old and at any other time in my life, ANY ONE of these stories would have dominated the news for days, if not weeks. Now we get 3 in one day and no one can keep up anymore.

It seems like the sane times were decades ago, not months.

[logosoco]

33. It's been just 6 months since January 20, yet it feels like 6 YEARS !!nt

[brush]

38. 4 months.

[logosoco]

44. See what it is doing to me!!!!!lol!!!nt

[R B Garr]

14. Three hours is a long long long time!

[L. Coyote]

16. The Nut Job memes are grrreat, but

they misspelled Menschie's

[ProudProgressiveNow]

23. +1 nt

[ecstatic]

17. I can't keep up, this is way too much!

I almost wish the NYT, WP, etc. would coordinate between themselves on who will get credit for scoops so they can dole these stories out in a more manageable fashion. Serious shit is getting buried under all these headlines!

[rurallib]

19. Is 'Whiter House' a typo or done on purpose

Either way I spit Pepsi all over my keyboard

[JHB]

21. You think that's bad, consider this...

He's now several time zones ahead of the US. By the time we wake up, he'll have been running loose for hours.

[barbtries]

31. lol

dammit i refuse to stay up all night looking at the bbc...

[hawy]

35. big woof!

so how many Bernnie Sanders would have been endorsed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREAKIN CANDIE SOLDIERS!!

[RKP5637]

53. Catch him, quick, he's running loose in a future timezone!

[Honeycombe8]

22. Same here! I didn't look @ news for most of the day, and then BAM...I saw all this stuff!

Every day it's something new.

Like McCain said, Watergate took months, but this is going so fast that it seems like it's hours.

[not fooled]

27. Oh, and calling Comey "a nutjob"

What a way to win friends and influence people.

Seriously, as if the motivation among FBI personnel to avenge Comey wasn't high enough before...

[Still In Wisconsin]

29. Ten bucks and a six pack says it's

Jahhhhr-uhd

[Generic Brad]

32. I'm leaning towards Bannon

It would explain Jared's recent shit eating grin.

[NNadir]

39. I'm leaning towards Trump.

[Still In Wisconsin]

46. That would be the best possible answer wouldn't it? n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

55. What I was just honking but they said "Senior Advisor to Trump" and "Person close to Trump"

[kerry-is-my-prez]

54. I always thought that Tillerson s/be suspect. Could be Kushner, or even Ivanka. Trump prob. had

her doing the dirty work that he wouldn't be able to get caught doing.

[logosoco]

34. I have had a lot of experience with toddlers.

This time has been just like that. You cannot not pay attention for more than a minute or two or there is no telling that will happen!

[calimary]

49. Just watched Chris Hayes, searching for words, come up with "Holy Potatoes!"

I don't think I can add to that.

[ginny skinny]

52. Lily Tomlin said...

"No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."

[flamingdem]

56. So, who is it?

Any ideaaaaa?

[Blue_true]

57. The "no difference" clowns must be proud of themselves. nt