DOJ Accuses Bannon Of Trying To Whip Up Media Circus Over Case

[left_in_washington_state]

Love this:

[no_w_fan]

@mattinpa

“We’re abandoning the rule of law” is a short way of saying “I really really really want the DOJ to lockhimup Trump with cuffs and leg irons and an H. Lecter bitey mask and the full regalia, but it hasn’t happened yet and doesn’t look like it will soon and we can surmise they don’t want even the appearance of political retribution, the DOJ have been abused enough in recent memory, but even so I HATE IT and want what I want and another thing why haven’t they…” and so forth.

Wow. Breath dude. That is the best Kafka-esq run on sentence I’ve seen in a while. But I really think you could have squeezed in some more examples of, “and so forth”.

[jeffs]

@Hatmama

On to more important news:

](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/27/maple-syrup-stockpile/)

Can vouch for this, at least in CT. Sap flow was pretty good, but really hit by the strangely low sap sugar content.

[ralph_vonholst]

You know, at one point I thought our mainstream political press was anti-democratic (small d). I no longer believe that. I think they are just as nihilistic as Bannon and so does Bannon.

Near the end of the filing, the prosecutors reiterated their belief that Bannon “wishes to have trial through the press,”

[jackofalltirades]

I hear Gitmo is great this time of year!

[footballreddog]

Please don’t fly off the handle. No, this is not an attempt at “secret discovery.” The prosecution made available protocol for discreet admittance of evidence several times. Bznnon’x motion ias gonna get tossed with extreme prejudice.

[eldonlazar]

Will no one rid us of this troublesome buffoon? (Preferably with extreme prejudice.)

[Hatmama]

There was quite a discussion on maple sugar, and all of its ramifications, here at TPM over the weekend. I think economic botany is a great thing to study and learn. And, live with.

[marymaryquitecontrary]

@justruss

He is about as stateless an actor as you can get.

Calling John Yoo.

[eldonlazar]

Well it’s unlikely, but if these fuck-tards ever decide to come to my house, I’ll be happy to debate them from my porch cradling a shotgun.

[txlawyer]

@footballreddog

No, this is not an attempt at “secret discovery.” The prosecution made available protocol for discreet admittance of evidence several times.

Congratulations on diving the precise definition of “Secret Discovery.”

[eldonlazar]

@emiliano4

I feel for the marks they are able to grab and corrupt.

I don’t. Fuck them for being stupid.

[steviedee111]

@eldonlazar

I’ll be happy to debate them from my porch cradling a shotgun.

[citizentompaine]

DOJ accuses buffoon of buffoonery.

[godwit]

@txlawyer

Unpopular opinion: Discovery materials should be publicly disclosable except upon court order after a showing of cause specific to particular documents.

In the abstract, yes, but how would you apply that to the current case?

Not the “try the case in the press instead of the courtroom” part, but the witness intimidation part.

The bad-faith actors of the trump administration have a lot in common with mob trials. Is accepting mob rule of certain neighborhoods the only way to avoid the star chamber?

[thunderclapnewman]

[steviedee111]

@godwit

Not the “try the case in the press instead of the courtroom” part, but the witness intimidation part.

I think “It’s your 1st Amendment right to intimidate a witness” is the opinion held by many.

[rollinnolan]

@emiliano4

Again, I am struck by the utility of the con game that forced its Way into our Public Life starting with the 2015 Escalator Ride.

The con game seems to be losing some of it’s shine. The more low life players get involved the more the system collapses. Bannon wants to strut around making noise hoping to latch onto the gravy train. He is not a natural like TFG.

[txlawyer]

@godwit

In the abstract, yes, but how would you apply that to the current case?

By making the government go into the fucking courtroom and prove it ought to be a state secret or whatever.

[lastroth]

@mattinpa

I know I can click through and not be confronted with a terrifying blood-red HELLSCAPE OF DOOM. It’s a nice, Christmassy feeling.

It’s normal, and normal is being defined and redefined all the time.
My biggest problem with Melania’s Xmas scapes is that they were used as a vehicle to showcase her. The pictures of her walking through the scenes were her walking through the scenes, they meant nothing to her, because she didn’t want to, or couldn’t sell being normal.