Oh good weve upgraded our conspiracy theories

From "anonymous sources" to "anonymous senior officals"

And Deep State to Steady State.
Upgrades all around.

i am part of the resistance inside tims discord

It's fabricated out of whole cloth. Media wants to sow division in the administration prior to the mid-terms. Have everyone suspicious of everyone else instead of working together.

I'm part of the resistance inside the resistance inside Tim's discord

The 'lodestar' comment isn't evidence that it's Pence. It's evidence that they want to trick Trump into distrusting his own VP.

Nobody is going to make the connection between that word and Pence in an hour or two after the article goes live, with links and video.

They did research ahead of time, studying Pence and picking out odd aphorisms of his to use in order to emulate him.

If Pence had some deep moral qualms about Trump, don't you think he would've bailed during the campaign?

And if he had some deep moral qualms and thought he was the sole protection the country had from some vile and mentally ill autocrat, why would he write an article in the NYT admitting this? If he was hidden, why expose himself? What does he gain except virtue signalling points?

This is an absolute fabrication and if that should come to light the NYT is in some deep, deep shit.

Excellent analysis @Atkins
It’s also important to remember that the NYT isn’t above putting out completely false propaganda. They did it for communist Russia and they’ve been caught working with the CIA.

I’m the resistance that exists only in @Beemann mind. The resistance to his resistance inside the resistance against Tim’s Discord.

Also lodestar. So you know I’m secretly Pence.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331

From what I have been able to tell, being proven to have violated this oath results in immediate removal from office, a fine, and up to 1 year in prison.

"...I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."

Ouch. Would the writer of this article, if real, be in violation of this? Sure looks like it.

I'm no lawyer, but yeah definitely looks like it.

“Faithful discharge “

Sounds like deliberate sabotage counts that out.

Not treason, seditious conspiracy, insurrection, or espionage. But really seems like they're not faithfully discharging the duties of office without mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

So maybe criminal sabotage?

Would be better wording I mean.

sabotage would involve destruction of property

I doubt the Jeff Session DoJ would issue a subpoena to the NYT over this. That would clear matters up really fast.

Lets not even humor this with the idea that it is real

Theyve had all their sources dried up so they're using their last ounce of credibility to try and spread distrust amongst the administration

I'm really curious though how subpoena authority interacts with the first amendment's protection of the freedom of the press.

If this article purports to be an admission of a federal crime, does the state attorney have the ability to issue a grand jury subpoena? I am neither a lawyer nor a journalist so I have no idea here.

The purpose of a grand jury subpoena as far as I'm aware is to gather information such that the grand jury can decide whether or not there is a crime. If the author of this article is not someone who has signed the affidavit pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3333 then there is no crime.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1037485664433070080

But obviously there has to be some sort of legal mechanism to protect sources who may have committed crimes in the process of disclosing information. I don't know how that plays out legally though.

Didn’t Obama put a journalist in jail for not disclosing a source?

Something about outing a CIA agent. Only barely remember it.

And Trump looks pissed huh.

Obama prosecuted a bunch of leakers, but under the espionage act which would not be applicable here.

Really when you read the article nothing was leaked. No classified information. It's basically just a long insult.

True.

well any thing could e national security purposes