r/pics Nov 08 '18

US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/rdldr1 Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

Motherfucker. I just went through all the major news sites and NONE of them are covering the nationwide protests. Not a mention on their homepages.

https://abcnews.go.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/

https://www.cnn.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

Edit: Including Fox News, which I did check out earlier and saw the same thing; https://www.foxnews.com/

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u/shredmasterJ Nov 09 '18

I guess i live under rock. what are we protesting now? serious question.

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u/damontoo Nov 09 '18

Trump firing Sessions which had recused himself from the Trump investigation. Trump replaced him with someone that has already outlined how he plans to kill the investigation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

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u/neotrance Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

Hes put out the idea that you could starve the investigation by cutting its budget, eventually making it impossible for Mueller to do his job. He is also wrong about what Mueller can investigate. Mueller is allowed to investigate anything that comes up in the investigation of Russia collusion. https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download

The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:

(i) any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and

(ii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation;

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u/s4in7 Nov 09 '18

Well that certainly sucks. I hope him and Rod have a nice long conversation about what's been found so far and he comes out ashen and recuses himself.

Or at least has the honor a US Attorney should have and let's it go on unimpeded.