Are You ‘Willfully Blind?’ Get Off The Trump Train Before It Crashes
A couple of things by way of introduction.
First this, from Wednesday:
Feel free to go down with the ship, but don’t delude yourself into thinking this ship isn’t sinking.
And then this, from this morning:
https://twitter.com/heisenbergrpt/status/885480326323109889
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Via E.J. Dionne Jr. for WaPo
“Will he tell the president ‘no’?”
This question was at the heart of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s opening statement at Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Christopher A. W
Nothing good can come of Wray. He clerked for Judge John Michael Luttig of the Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Luttig is Scalia’s little me. “Luttig was the leading feeder judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, with virtually all of his law clerks having gone on to clerk with conservative justices on the Supreme Court, a total of 40 with 33 clerking for either Justice Thomas or Justice Scalia. Luttig’s clerks have nicknamed themselves “Luttigators”.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Luttig
“Wray acted as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s personal attorney during the Bridgegate scandal. During the scandal, defense attorneys for a pair of Christie’s inner circle sought access to Christie’s missing cellphone.Two years later, Christie’s spokesman claimed that Wray had the cellphone. However, Wray did not respond to requests for confirmation. The questions regarding the whereabouts of Governor Christie’s phone began as supporters of Donald Trump, then the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, awaited his decision on a running mate. Christie, whom Wray represented during the scandal, was believed to be on a short list of candidates. Judge Wigenton denied the defense’s request for the phone or its contents.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_A._Wray
He is currently a litigation partner with the law firm King & Spalding, which according to the ACLU “advises [President] Trump’s family real estate empire”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/christopher-wray-fbi-director.html
An FBI Director version of Robert Bork.
I feel much better now.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK and always remember: “”Writing about a subject is the best way to educate yourself about it, and when I flick through past work I remember how much they taught me, if no one else. Mainly they taught me that I didn’t know very much. But they also taught me that most other people didn’t know much either. Thus, some key themes which stand out include the illusory control of policy makers, the presumed knowledge of those looking to them to actively do good, the ease with which we fool ourselves, and how best to protect capital in the face of such unavoidable uncertainty.”” — Dylan Grice
Oh, yeah, the Christie’s cellphone? The one that Wray never responded to when asked for conformation? Two years later, Christie’s spokesman claimed that Wray had the cellphone.