I don’t want to see Guiliani, but it would be hilarious because he would probably have to recuse himself as well. Sessions recusal is because of his involvement in the campaign. The Russian stuff made it impossible for him to try to walk the tightrope in claiming he could maintain impartiality, but the Justice…

Rex Tillerson is apparently reconsidering his new job as Secretary of State, several anonymous sources told CNN over the weekend. (They call it “Rexit,” but I refuse to call it that, because that’s a horrible pun).

I’d go with President Le Petomane

Yeah, I’m definitely not of the opinion that what we have is a perfect system, and I am not well read enough on other systems to really provide critique on why it being easier or harder to remove the head of the executive branch is better or worse. Trump is incompetent. He has no business being anywhere near the…

I don’t believe it can prove actual malice. What it can do, depending on jurisdiction, is close off or limit punitive damages making a lawsuit not worth the risk to proceed. It can also be an admission of liability which may be a reason to not submit a retraction (different from a correction). A request for a…

It’s intentionally difficult. The system was by and large set up so that the President could serve out their term and didn’t need to worry about being deposed—a protection against the legislative branch seizing too much power. It sort of needs to be that way. Say what you want about the electoral process, the…

For the most part yes. Arguably, if they didn’t acknowledge the error and/or submit a retraction it could escalate. It would still be shaky ground and probably not something they would want to pursue for the reasons you outline though.

I’m waiting for that shoe to drop so that the conservative media can start what-abouting with the “SEE! You’re being manipulated by Russian leaks! You’re just as bad as we are and therefore this is a NOTHINGBURGER! PARTISAN! LEFTIST! FAKE NEWS!!!!!” deflection.

The only difference is he was dumb enough to be involved in a scheme that would require Trump to not be a bumbling incompetent (Comey’s firing). Sessions can’t be as obstructioney, at least related to the Russia investigation, because he is already on the periphery of an obstruction case.

He did lend his name to the firing of former the FBI Director because of said directors involvement in an investigation he was supposedly recused from—a firing that may be part of a larger obstruction of justice charge. How involved in that he actually was, we the public don’t know. He also committed perjury, which…

Suck up, get some dirt that makes him indispensable (if not obtained already), and then use title and perceived proximity to profit from future grift. As much as it galls me, there are people out there who still, and will continue to long after this is over, see Trump and his associates as a positive force.

The official reason he is recused is because he was part of the Trump campaign and the Trump campaign is under investigation. The real reason is a combination of both—he wasn’t going to recuse himself playing the “I am capable of conducting myself professionally” card and trying to walk the tightrope, but the lying…

Sessions certainly had every reason to recuse himself: he was caught lying about whether he had any contact with Russian officials during the time he was an advisor to Trump’s campaign. Sessions did meet with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice, despite saying he had not met with any Russian officials during…

Umm...what exactly did Trump think he was getting when he picked Sessions for AG? Absolute fealty and a willingness to make Trump’s legal problems go away?

“How big was the premium?”

This is what is stunning to me about this. I had always assumed Republicans understood this about the ACA, and that their steadfast opposition to it was not about policy, but just cynical Machiavellian scheming to undermine Obama and the Democrats (which largely worked). But I figured at the end of the day,…

It’s the Christian thing to do. (I’m assuming they’re some degree of evangelical?)

Depending on your ethnicity, he may want you to stick your head in an oven too. You guys might have more in common than you think!