blake9999
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As Winter Storm Grayson descends on the Acela Corridor (And when did we start naming blizzards, and why are the names always so lame?) Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III finds himself beset on all sides by heavy crosswinds and political erosion. (Yes, we are dealing in storm metaphors. Get used to it.) Some conservatives want him out so they can install a more pliable AG who will scotch the probe into Russian ratfcking. Other conservatives want him out because, states rights be damned, he keeps meddling into sensible policies adopted by states regarding marijuana. What’s a career authoritarian to do?
First, in The Washington Examiner, House Freedom Caucus fanatics Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan—or someone like them—wrote in an op-ed that Sessions should go because, in their fevered little minds, he has allowed himself to be a tool for a vast liberal cabal within the FBI. (The non-scandal about the IRS “targeting” of conservative groups even makes a cameo as the rant goes spinning off the rails.) Meadows and Jordan know what’s what, boy.
How many FBI agents and DOJ officials have illegally discussed aspects of an ongoing investigation with reporters? When will it stop? It’s apparent that Comey has never had a problem sharing information with reporters, and he allowed his team to "follow the leader" in that regard—but it is time for this practice to come to an immediate end. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the Russia investigation, but it would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world. It is time for Sessions to start managing in a spirit of transparency to bring all of this improper behavior to light and stop further violations. If Sessions can't address this issue immediately, then we have one final question needing an answer: When is it time for a new attorney general? Sadly, it seems the answer is now.Poor JeffBo. Even possibly reopening the investigation into Her Emaillllllzzzzzz (!) might not be enough to keep the wolves from his door. And then there’s this whole business about legal weed.
This decision has caused Colorado’s Republican senator, Cory Gardner, to lose his shit. In Colorado, legal weed has proven to be something of an economic engine. Besides that, people like it and Gardner dearly would love to be re-elected, so he threw an elbow at JeffBo almost immediately, as The Denver Post reports.
“This reported action directly contradicts what Attorney General Sessions told me prior to his confirmation,” the Coloradan posted on Twitter. “With no prior notice to Congress, the Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states. (President Donald Trump) had it right. This must be left up to the states.”…“I am prepared to take all steps necessary, including holding DOJ nominees, until the Attorney General lives up to the commitment he made to me prior to his confirmation,” Gardner also said Thursday morning.
JeffBo may have misled people during the confirmation process. I may never recover. Anyway, it’s apparent that our current AG is losing allies by the truckload. Oddly enough, his survival in office may depend on what Robert Mueller finds at the end of the trail. The more it becomes impossible for the president* to fire Mueller, the safer Sessions is. Whether he wants to spend the rest of his public career as a flak-catcher is another matter entirely.
First, in The Washington Examiner, House Freedom Caucus fanatics Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan—or someone like them—wrote in an op-ed that Sessions should go because, in their fevered little minds, he has allowed himself to be a tool for a vast liberal cabal within the FBI. (The non-scandal about the IRS “targeting” of conservative groups even makes a cameo as the rant goes spinning off the rails.) Meadows and Jordan know what’s what, boy.
How many FBI agents and DOJ officials have illegally discussed aspects of an ongoing investigation with reporters? When will it stop? It’s apparent that Comey has never had a problem sharing information with reporters, and he allowed his team to "follow the leader" in that regard—but it is time for this practice to come to an immediate end. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the Russia investigation, but it would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world. It is time for Sessions to start managing in a spirit of transparency to bring all of this improper behavior to light and stop further violations. If Sessions can't address this issue immediately, then we have one final question needing an answer: When is it time for a new attorney general? Sadly, it seems the answer is now.Poor JeffBo. Even possibly reopening the investigation into Her Emaillllllzzzzzz (!) might not be enough to keep the wolves from his door. And then there’s this whole business about legal weed.
This decision has caused Colorado’s Republican senator, Cory Gardner, to lose his shit. In Colorado, legal weed has proven to be something of an economic engine. Besides that, people like it and Gardner dearly would love to be re-elected, so he threw an elbow at JeffBo almost immediately, as The Denver Post reports.
“This reported action directly contradicts what Attorney General Sessions told me prior to his confirmation,” the Coloradan posted on Twitter. “With no prior notice to Congress, the Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states. (President Donald Trump) had it right. This must be left up to the states.”…“I am prepared to take all steps necessary, including holding DOJ nominees, until the Attorney General lives up to the commitment he made to me prior to his confirmation,” Gardner also said Thursday morning.
JeffBo may have misled people during the confirmation process. I may never recover. Anyway, it’s apparent that our current AG is losing allies by the truckload. Oddly enough, his survival in office may depend on what Robert Mueller finds at the end of the trail. The more it becomes impossible for the president* to fire Mueller, the safer Sessions is. Whether he wants to spend the rest of his public career as a flak-catcher is another matter entirely.
