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Messing with the FBI? Trump doesn’t know history [direct threat]
Washington Post ^ | 2/1/18 | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 02/01/2018 7:13:59 PM PST by markomalley

Presidents don’t win fights with the FBI. Donald Trump apparently wants to learn this lesson the hard way.

Most presidents have had the sense not to bully the FBI by defaming its leaders and — ridiculously — painting its agents as leftist political hacks. Most members of Congress have also understood how unwise it would be to pull such stunts. But Trump and his hapless henchmen on Capitol Hill, led by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), have chosen the wrong enemy. History strongly suggests they will be sorry.

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Trump and his minions seem to think they can out-leak the FBI. Obviously they haven’t been paying attention.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: coup; direwarnings; eugenerobinson; fbi; trump; washpo
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To: mitch5501

Donald Trump could call Melania a man and the Congress wouldn’t be able to impeach him. The people have Donald’s back.


121 posted on 02/01/2018 8:07:39 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Gator113

I suspect he’s had to deal with some pretty shady characters over the years, what with the unions and the mafia around.

He’s not the type of guy to go running scared IMO.

Some day maybe we’ll have to. Who knows.


122 posted on 02/01/2018 8:08:50 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: markomalley

I think it is a threat too and fuk the FBI they are criminals


123 posted on 02/01/2018 8:09:58 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: DoughtyOne

Angels are watching around Donald. I wouldn’t be surprised to see an assassination plot turned on its head with the would be perp badly wounded or killed.


124 posted on 02/01/2018 8:11:23 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: yldstrk

A feckless bunch too. When they don’t have political air they cannot foil a plot that would harm half of America.


125 posted on 02/01/2018 8:13:00 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: markomalley

126 posted on 02/01/2018 8:16:56 PM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: markomalley

So Eugene Robinson said that some judicial interests control our Executive Branch and have therefore overthrown the government. Very interesting. Many others are saying the same with a maniacal satisfaction and the bizarre delusion that the situation will continue for long.


127 posted on 02/01/2018 8:18:53 PM PST by familyop (President Trump said that we're all important, so let's do something!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
I was moved to create an image and post an item the other day, I think it's appropriate to once again re-post it.

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Please,every Freeper needs to pray OFTEN for our president!

I have great faith in the prayers of Freepers, the people here are overwhelmingly moral, kind, brave, faithful and above all trusting in God!

Donald Trump gave up an awful lot to put himself and his family in harms way.

I thought I had seen the best world leaders possible in Pope John Paul, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan....but I was mistaken. Trump is a cut above, a man that I believe is called of God for these dangerous times.

He was an unlikely choice, a flawed man to be sure...but we are ALL flawed!

I believe Trump is a penitent man, a man who has humbled himself before God.

No matter what happens in the future. I will always be proud that I was given the privilege to vote for Donald Trump.

No matter how long I live, I will never forget what he has done and is doing for us all.


128 posted on 02/01/2018 8:19:18 PM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yeah, I wouldn’t put anything past the Left at this point


129 posted on 02/01/2018 8:20:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: kevao
I used to subscribe to the Stockton Record and read Eugene's racist rants for about 15 years, until the newspaper got so small it wasn't enough to light the wood stove anymore.
130 posted on 02/01/2018 8:20:56 PM PST by davidb56
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To: Bobalu

Amen, dear Bobalu.


131 posted on 02/01/2018 8:21:07 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: markomalley

Lines. Have. Been.Crossed.


132 posted on 02/01/2018 8:23:12 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: JPJones

The FBI has more lies to leak than Trump has truths to tell. I think that is what this amounts to.


133 posted on 02/01/2018 8:24:14 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Texas Fossil

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/americas_gestapo_the_fbis_reign_of_terror


134 posted on 02/01/2018 8:27:31 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: lastchance

bookmark


135 posted on 02/01/2018 8:28:34 PM PST by japaneseghost
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To: Bobalu; All

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136 posted on 02/01/2018 8:29:41 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: markomalley

Eugene Rope Tree...


137 posted on 02/01/2018 8:30:00 PM PST by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: markomalley

This is the DNC’s boy at the Post. Not worth the time. Robinson is too low I.Q. for the average reader.


138 posted on 02/01/2018 8:30:10 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: lastchance

The attempt to filth Donald back will backfire


139 posted on 02/01/2018 8:30:43 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Jane Long

I’m just in perpetual numb shock...

The idea that the bureau and assorted intel agencies can use power given them by the executive and congressional branches to stop anyone in their way is apparently accepted in D.C. Robinson isn’t speaking here of the rule of law or equal justice. He’s speaking of raw power.

It’s a crisis alright, but not, as Leon Panetta said today, a “constitutional crisis”, but one of tyrannical rule by some agencies designed to protect us. They have become our enemy. They despise the citizen.


140 posted on 02/01/2018 8:32:28 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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