Donald Trump wrote:This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!

@RealDonaldTrump
This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!

Woody wrote:I can't imagine this is the first time the FBI has built a file on him

slugsrbad wrote:I would love to hear "rational" takes from a probably conspiratorial take - if the worst is true, and Trump colluded or is paid by the Russians, how to clean the stench? Most of the party leadership and Secretaries know/were complicit. A President Pence or President Paul Ryan are not palatable in the worst case scenario. Orrin Hatch is next, who may be aloof enough from the nexus of #$!&@ to be fine, but man, the Tom Clancy version of this story can get even more #$!&@ soon.

CalvinBall wrote:phones have spell check. beyond me that he makes so made spelling mistakes.

HARRISBURG — Paul Mango, a former health care systems consultant and a political newcomer, will run for governor in 2018, launching himself into a potentially daunting and expensive Republican primary that could be the gateway to taking on Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid.

"I think the last thing Pennsylvania can afford is another politician who doesn't know what he's doing," Mango says. "Where have the politicians led Pennsylvania? Today we have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most, our schools rank in the bottom half despite spending more per child than almost any other state, our taxes our high, we pay more at the gas pump and our children are dying from heroin. The only thing we seem to lead the nation in is politicians going to jail."

Mango, a suburban Pittsburgh resident, had not done any media interviews on his political views before Wednesday and has largely stayed out of sight while spending the last few months touring Republican county committee dinners and other functions. He has given generously to Republican campaigns and causes at the federal level, but otherwise has been invisible in state politics.
Mango, 58, is critical of Wolf's fiscal policy and handling of the state's economy, long one of the nation's slowest growers. He promised to be a fiscal conservative who can invigorate job growth, in part by cutting corporate taxes. He also suggested that the state's education, health care and anti-poverty programs are failing and can only be fixed by an empowered private sector, not the government.
"This is how Harrisburg should do its job, rather than trying to do ours," he told the crowd at his announcement.
He opposes abortion rights and public funding for Planned Parenthood, calls Democratic former President Barack Obama's health care law a "disaster" and says he's a National Rifle Association member who believes the government has gone far enough in infringing on the rights of gun owners.

slugsrbad wrote:Trump having a press conference today at 3:45, should be fun. I could see him trolling the situation and either not showing up, or talking specifically about his trip abroad w/ no questions taken.

CalvinBall wrote:roger ailes has died

pacino wrote:bill to eliminate death penalty fails Louisiana house panel by one vote

Alabama House votes to shorten death penalty appeals