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jehop61

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2. I'd buy tickets

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:25 AM

Jan 2017

to watch this confirmation hearing! Can't wait

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Traitor Trump didn't realize Steve Bannon needs Senate confirmation for NSC [View all] kpete Jan 2017 OP

This is gonna be good C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #1

Well, he is feckless. DK504 Jan 2017 #24

I'd buy tickets jehop61 Jan 2017 #2

I'm not holding my breath PJMcK Jan 2017 #3

You speak for many of us world wide wally Jan 2017 #10

Agree. All those things we thought were going to explode in Trump's face have fizzled. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #20

Then Dem senators need to make it happen, but how? NT Ilsa Jan 2017 #4

Can't he just make him an executive secretary of the NSC then? Or 'staff"? jmg257 Jan 2017 #5

Yes. He wouldn't be a member, Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #8

He wasn't name a "member" -- he was named an invitee and does not require confirmation onenote Jan 2017 #21

I had thought I had heard the same thing, PRETZEL Jan 2017 #28

Trump doesn't care. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #6

Bannon first has to be a secretary or under secretary. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #7

the Idiot doesn't care onetexan Jan 2017 #11

I know the idiot doesn't care. I'm just astounded at the challenge our side has Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #14

He was simply named an invitee, not a member. No confirmation necessary. onenote Jan 2017 #22

That is a new description. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #23

Here is the official document onenote Jan 2017 #29

That makes sense, I think nt PRETZEL Jan 2017 #30

Trump's directive follows, in many respects, the wording of the Obama NSC directive onenote Jan 2017 #33

not an issue AlexSFCA Jan 2017 #9

After public hearings that will expose him to many who don't know his background. Good. nt pnwmom Jan 2017 #12

Who will enforce this?? SHRED Jan 2017 #13

The Germans have an appropriate saying for situations like this DFW Jan 2017 #16

Not true - like much in the Palmer Report. It's just clickbait. ehrnst Jan 2017 #15

Thanks for the link to a right-wing fake news site Blecht Jan 2017 #19

Here's the direct tweet to Laurence Tribe's tweet ehrnst Jan 2017 #25

twitchy is trash n/t librechik Jan 2017 #27

They have an abundant supply of rubber stamps in Congress world wide wally Jan 2017 #17

Unfortunately, Alter was wrong. onenote Jan 2017 #18

Do you have the text of the EO? rzemanfl Jan 2017 #34

Yes. And also the parallel one issued by Obama in 2009. onenote Jan 2017 #35

I read the stuff and agree. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #36

Wouldn't he have to pass top secret clearance as well? Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #26

He doesn't oberliner Jan 2017 #31

Or more likely, Bannon didn't realize it. subterranean Jan 2017 #32