Schiff will now attend BOTH briefings, including the Nunes/Gowdy/Ryan briefing at noon,

[kpete]

Yet another change of plans to briefing over confidential FBI source: Pelosi says that Schiff will now attend BOTH briefings, including the Nunes/Gowdy/Ryan briefing at noon, per @ElizLanders

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[Ilsa]

1. Good. nt

[CatWoman]

11. yes!

[Hortensis]

31. All signs of Democratic and institutional power at work.

This crooked Republican attempt started with one meeting and two Republican legislators who both serve the president under investigation and one of whom is also personally involved in Trump-Russia. Since then there have been, what? At least 6 changes since -- that we know of, all bringing in bigger guns against the Republicans and taking control away from them.

[itcfish]

89. If This is True

Why was Emmet Flood allowed in this meeting?

[Demsrule86]

39. I heard Ryan won't go is that true...maybe afraid of criminal charges?

[Ilsa]

41. I think Ryan is hoping to slink away, hoping

no one notices him or indicts him.

[Demsrule86]

43. He is a coward...there must be some serious shit going down.

[BigmanPigman]

53. The "official" story is that he has had long standing plans

that couldn't be canceled or postponed.

[SergeStorms]

91. Lunch with Donnie....

at McDonald's. You don't think they make those quarter-pounders every day, do you? The chefs at Mickey-D's only create that high cuisine once in a great while. The waiting list is months in advance. No wonder Ryan couldn't break the date!

[Demsrule86]

99. hahah...funny stuff. +1

[Demsrule86]

98. Sure...get out of dodge...he doesn't want any part of this.

[Tanuki]

67. He's probably afraid someone will ask him why, when Kevin McCarthy said

he thought Trump and Dana Rohrabacher were on the Kremlin payroll, he told everyone present to keep it quiet and in the "family."

[forgotmylogin]

80. Ryan is counting his days.

He's like an employee who has already turned in his two-week notice and doesn't feel the need to attend a boring HR meeting.

[Demsrule86]

97. You think he fears that some like Nunes and others who do this shit could in the end be indicted?

[forgotmylogin]

100. He's probably eager to keep his name out of anything vaguely Trump-shaped.

Gotta work on that "legacy" you know.

[Demsrule86]

102. Those who were Trump's toadies like Nixon's folks will be forever tarnished.

[BSdetect]

2. Hope he talks about all their BS afterwards.

[leftynyc]

10. I want to hear after both briefings

whether they were identical - they really shouldn't be because gowdy isn't part of the gang of 8.

[Hortensis]

35. :) No need to wait: The Republicans found shocking

evidence of deep state corruption that threatens our democracy. The Democrats and the intelligence services found that the FBI and DoJ operated properly.

[Kurt V.]

40. Exactly.

[livetohike]

3. They should all just walk into the first meeting. This is ridiculous. n/t

[PearliePoo2]

6. Yes, absolutely! Crash the place and knock down the door.

And make sure the press is there with their cameras rolling!
This "meeting" shouldn't even be happening in the first place.

This is all outrageous bullshit with Paul Ryan's stooge Nunes acting as the snitch.

[triron]

16. Yes this should happen. It is weakness to not do this.

[CharleyDog]

49. yes (a la Brooks Brothers)

Demand to be seated, and challenge them. "Arrest me, go ahead." I'd like to see some righteous Democrat anger and spine.

[zentrum]

59. Exactly.

[Ilsa]

84. Amen to that.

And someone can tell Sarah Huckster Sanders to go screw herself and her excuses for promoting only trump spies to see the IC documents.

[zentrum]

96. There ya go! That's it exactly.

[PearliePoo2]

4. Wow! This is great news! I wonder what happened to allow this?

Schiff HAS to be there to keep an eye on that traitorous piece of shit Devin Nunes!



Oh, and btw, there NEVER should have been a meeting, let alone two of them. It's preposterous.

[notdarkyet]

5. Agree

[strangedaysindeed]

7. Good news

Now we can stop worrying that stuff from the first meeting disappears before the second.

cuz you know damned well That was going to happen!

[JoeOtterbein]

8. Agreed

I feel better already!

[zentrum]

60. More Dems

…should be there. See above posts about the Dems staging a walk-in.

[pangaia]

71. Except Schiff won;t have any 'witnesses' to back up what he may report

if it is different from the fascists.

[zentrum]

85. Exactly my point. He's

….too out numbered.

[triron]

9. I thought Ryan culdn't make it.???

[spanone]

12. GOOD!

[manor321]

13. Awesome!!!!!!

That Schiff is a REAL FIGHTER. And he's smart.

Nunes must be pissed! LOL

[sunRISEnow]

14. I feel better knowing this. Again, the Democrats were working behind the scenes.

They may not have been at a microphone making their demands for the public to see, but they did get the job done.

[Bradshaw3]

48. I think you are right.

Which is a good sign.

[sunRISEnow]

54. Too often I see some reactions hair on fire when I observe the Democratic Leaders

quietly getting the work done, doing what they can. I have faith in our leaders because what I have seen over the last couple years is that they do a pretty good job containing as much as they can. Not loud and in the face. But like adults, leaders, responsible people.

I think they have done well for having no power.

[pangaia]

73. I also appreciate what they have done.. BUT...

maybe it IS time for some loud in the face so more amereicans know what the fuck is happening.

[sunRISEnow]

78. "maybe it IS time for some loud in the face" We have that with Trump. We have it with OR.

Both show us how much it does not work and how it leaves our adult Democratic Leaders to quietly do the work. While there are others creating the very chaos we demand our Democratic Leaders to fix.

Kind of ironic, that.

[zentrum]

63. Shouldn't be quiet at all.

Should demand that an equal number of Dems be there.
Schiff's word against all the Repugs isn't that powerful a response.

Need to have been educating the American people about the threat to democracy of a private meeting. Needed to have created sound bites and headlines about it. We in the choir don't need it, but the middle does.

[sunRISEnow]

81. Equal number, like team sports or something? I want to know what is happening in a meeting.

I am not posturing for position in appearance on camera like Trumps tv show. Schiff is quite capable of doing the job. That is the real message. That is the real strength. One man to document, that we trust. One Democrat that can well hold his own for all of us.

This is not about show. Trump does that. We are not Trump.

[zentrum]

86. The camera matters a lot.

Be realistic. We live in a media world. The word of a single honorable Dem against all their various over-rides of meaning will drown him out in the national mind.

This isn't about Democratic supporters—it's about the rest of the country.

The Dems need to break out of the re-active mode and go on the offensive. It's outrageous that they were precluded from this meeting at all. They must not cede ground on their right to be there. It' not about sports. It's about basic justice and fairness and getting the truth out. It can't all be on Schiff's shoulders.

There's a structural problem here.

[sunRISEnow]

88. Ya..., no. I do not agree taking this to playground behavior is the answer.

[Sneederbunk]

15. There may be delays during the first meeting

while Nunes runs back and forth to the White House.

[PearliePoo2]

47. Yeah, the panting, sweating, lap-dog Nunes running to his Master for a pat on the head!

Would be nice if on his 'Trek to Trump' a giant sink-hole swallowed him up and the rat-bastard was never seen again!

[robbob]

69. Don't insult lap dogs!

Nunes is more like something a lap dog would leave in your yard!

[PearliePoo2]

79. Oh GOOD one! Something resembling a stinking pile of ORANGE in the grass!

I laughed so hard that I woke up MY sleeping lap dog!

[robbob]

93. Give your dog a pat on the head for me!

😁

[Grammy23]

17. I hope someone will dish on why they changed their minds to allow a representative

From the Democrats be there. Something changed and rather quickly from “there will be a second meeting” to Adam Schiff will be attending both meetings. Somebody spill the beans how THAT happened. A lot of us were disturbed the meeting was being held in the first place so maybe they got an avalanche of protests?? I dunno. But SOMETHING happened.

[janx]

36. My guess would be the DOJ. n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

46. Having the Democrats there also offers some plausible deniability

for that little weasel Nunes when the entire briefing gets leaked to fox.

[JaneQPublic]

18. Good. Now someone trustworthy can verify the same info presented at both meetings. (nt)

[Me.]

19. Thank God

[madaboutharry]

20. They should have known who they were dealing with.

Adam Schiff doesn't take any crap from anyone.

He is 1,000,000 X smarter than the idiots he has to deal with. Nunes is a dumbass who shouldn't be anywhere near power.

[DemocracyMouse]

61. Goblins take power when nice people abstain from politics.

We all must redefine EXISTENCE as including citizenship and its responsibilities. Without all hands on deck (and voting Nov 6) we allowed the entire Klown Kar Kabal to take over.

[KPN]

21. Good but also bad. Had the WH and GOP gone ahead with their plan to exclude Dems

it would, I believe, have been disastrous for them in the long run. They are dodging their own bullet on this one.

[ooky]

22. Excellent. Nunes will be very upset. Which is also excellent.

[dalton99a]

23. Good

[tonedevil]

24. This is definetly how...

one would expect the well oiled machine maned by a stable genius would be running. There is nothing ad-hoc about this administration no way, no how.
















As if it was needed:

[meow2u3]

25. Rep. Schiff is outmaneuvering Devil Nunes at every turn

Nunes will be pissed. Good!

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. True, when the meeting is over one guy will obstruct justice, the other wont.

I like threads like this where I dont have to fight off people who accuse me of being lockstep because I support the only thing standing between us and fascism.

sigh

[icnorth]

26. A shot in the dark over the change but...

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that FBI Director Chris Wray and DAG Rod Rosenstein made the information meeting conditional on both parties being present. On this point they stand on solid ground.

[janx]

37. I just mentioned something similar above.

It's the only thing that makes sense, imo.

[Cary]

28. That's something of a relief

[NCTraveler]

29. Trump better watch out for Gowdy.

If they aren't offering Gowdy a serious position then he is a loose cannon.

[kentuck]

30. A "presidential-type" decision

Thanks, Congressman Schiff!

[Hugin]

32. Oh, thank GAWD!

Heeee!

It keeps getting better.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. And yesterday weak-kneed DU members were claiming Democrats do nothing. . . . nt

[George II]

76. Bazinga!

And they're still at it, even in this discussion about Schiff attending the briefing.

This is great news, especially since Schiff will be at both briefings so he can ensure that the same things are said at both, but sadly to some "Democrats" that's still not good enough.

[mcar]

90. Boom!

[still_one]

34. good. As bad as Gowdy is, I suspect it was Gowdy who agreed to this. I doubt Nunes would have

[PubliusEnigma]

38. Your damned right he will!!

[TalenaGor]

42. im hoping theres an 'oh shit' moment that makes trump resign...

[Kurt V.]

44. did Nancy pull a fast one?

getting herself invited as minority leader then sending in Schiff....

[unblock]

45. will there be a third meeting we don't know about?

i'm sure they're trying....

[R B Garr]

50. K&R!

[Catherine Vincent]

51. I wouldn't be surprised

I wouldn't be surprised if Nunes has briefed some republicans already.

[Vinca]

52. Great move by Schiff.

We would have heard nothing remotely close to the truth if only Nunes and Gowdy were there.

[BadgerMom]

55. Now it's not just a coven of co-conspirators.

[Iliyah]

56. If need be Mr. Schiff, wear an adult diaper, seriously!

Don't let them out of your sight nor ear!

[sandensea]

57. I bet Cheeto has already arranged for a secret, third meeting.

"Is that all they got on me? I want everything!"

[zentrum]

58. Perfect. Schiff 2020!

[onecent]

72. I agree with you on this!!!!!

[George II]

62. That's great. I guess all the gnashing of teeth and claims that Democrats "are weak", etc., etc....

....was all for naught.

[zentrum]

66. Where are the rest of the Dems

…in the meeting? So it isn't just Schiff's word against all those Trump-shields?

Where are they? They shouldn't have accepted any of this.

[George II]

68. Unbelievable!!! Did you see anything about what's going to happen (or did happen) this afternoon??

Schiff is going to the first briefing, and he and several Democrats (not "Dems"!!!) will be at the second briefing. Of course, it's easy to bash the Democrats, that seems to be de rigueur recently.

Did you even bother to read the OP before you started bashing the "Dems"?

[NurseJackie]

74. Clearly not. And...

Did you even bother to read the OP before you started bashing the "Dems"?

Clearly not. And the outsider shorthand has been noticed by more than just you alone.

Of course, it's easy to bash the Democrats, that seems to be de rigueur recently.

It's divisive and it weakens the party. In that one sentence, I described not only the consequences, but the motivation as well.

[George II]

75. Exactly, I think that's the ulterior motive. None of these "Dems" have acknowledged that maybe....

....the Democrats in Congress know what they're doing and get the results they, and we, want in situations like this.

[ProfessorGAC]

101. I'm An Outsider?

Using outsider lingo? I use Dems all the time, and there are VERY few people on DU here longer than me.

I calls republicans, R's. It's an internet forum, best to keep things brief when possible, and people here know what i mean.

I think you're way overestimating the negative importance of that term.

[Eliot Rosewater]

82. No but as you can see a MEME of ATTACKING democrats is what happened there

and still there for ALL to see

THIS is how elections are lost...

for FUCK sake

[sunRISEnow]

83. "Unbelievable!!! " Right?

[Nitram]

64. That's good news.

[Hekate]

65. Good man

[bucolic_frolic]

70. Schiff is a trooper

Don't know how he holds it together in that crowd of dishonorables

[C_U_L8R]

77. Love that Schiff

That’s a patriot to admire. Smart, good hearted and unafraid to use his elbows.

[True Blue American]

95. Speaker Of The House!

[itcfish]

87. I Guess

Emmet Flood beat him to it.

Disgraceful!

[Honeycombe8]

92. Good! nt

[True Blue American]

94. McConnell said

Nothing surprising at the meeting.

The Freedom Caucus is screeching on Fox News, the only station that will have them.

Jim Jordan makes me want to vomit.