Nice article but…if you’re pointing the evils of petty theft to an audience 50% the victims of petty theft and 50% petty thieves…don’t expect much.
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Barr has proven from his first letter to Trump that included his resume’ and intentions to his scuttling back into the woodwork at coup time that he was just another tool…a willing janitor for the Don who happened to be the head of law enforcement …while having no respect for the people and institutions he was in a position to serve .
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How long can we expect to take a very large gallows to be built for these GQP critters?
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I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it.
Always remember and never forget, much of the Democratic leadership is more interested in comity than pushback. It’s how it’s all gotten this far without much retribution for the GQP leaders that brought us here.
Sure, folks have gone to prison for J6, but the prosecution of the planners has yet to even begin. 2-1/2 years later, to boot.
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It’s all about appearances. The goal was merely the announcement of an investigation into Hunter Biden by Ukraine. Once they had that announcement, they could run with that and use it against Joe, and would justify doing Putin’s bidding in that country. Same thing here with Durham. The mere presence of this report is enough to vindicate the Dotard, regardless of what it says. Ignorance by the rubes is bliss.
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Durham should have been fired Day 1 of Biden’s presidency. As shown by this report and his actions, he’s violated any number of DOJ rules on prosecutorial conduct.
Now, the House MAGAs will take up the banner of Durham’s lies to try to interfere with the FBI’s and DOJ’s prosecutions of Trump.
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Holding the planners accountable is needed, but I actually view the Jan 6th prosecutions to be the more important factor at this point.
The people who invaded the Capitol did so because they thought their privilege and support by the planners would make them immune to consequences. The J6 prosecutions show that:
- They aren’t immune to the law
- The planners didn’t actually have their back
- If they try it again, they have a criminal record that won’t be looked at kindly during sentencing
The above reduces the pool of people willing to be insurrectionist foot soldiers for Trump. That will be a key factor in preventing or stopping a future coup attempt.
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And all that works just fine as long as the GQP is never put in charge again.
The Texas Lege is trying to invalidate their largest Democratic city with new bills to remove election leaders and to provide the State with the right to invalidate results in just that one county, based on population.
Txlawyer and others say the laws won’t stand, but it won’t stop the Texas Lege from trying some combination of stuff that they can get through the slanted courts.
And until something actually happens, e.g., the 2024 Presidential election, where the city is quite likely to vote blue, no litigation can even start. By then, it may be entirely too late.
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Let’s see what happens down the road with Smith and Company. I know one thing: although we are correct in our assessments of our situation, we will never successfully succeed against the GOP without matching their emotion.
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And possibly
4. If they try to run for office, they may find themselves barred by the 14th Amendment’s prohibition on insurrectionists holding office. Hey, it happened in New Mexico!
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… but if it works for just one election, the MAGArepubs of the Lege will have won. A continuing Republican strategy has been to pass clearly unconstitutional laws, knowing that it takes a long time – and STANDING – to bring court cases to get them overturned. Meanwhile, Republicans reap the benefits. So what if they were “wrong”? They got what they wanted. Rinse and repeat.
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Exactly, this is the classic “preaching to the choir”.
Those who do not care about facts or thought but only believe, get what they want from the Durham report. Barr knows this and that is why he went to such trouble.
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This was not the first time as AG that Barr gave cover to Republican evil doers. “ Then-Attorney General Barr supported the president’s decision in the Iran-Contra case, which gave clemency to people who had been officials in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, including former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.”
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Merrick Garland knew it too. He had a duty to stop this fraud from ever seeing the light of day.
We had procedures in place to prevent the misuse of the Department of Justice. Merrick failed to exercise his oversight duties here. He allowed the Republicans to inject this wad of propaganda into our next election.
§ 600.8 Notification and reports by the Special Counsel.© Closing documentation. At the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.
“[A] large degree of responsibility” will be removed from the Department of Justice. Special Counsel will have “day-to-day independence.” … Of central importance, “ultimate authority for the matter and how it is handled will continue to rest with the Attorney General.” For that reason, “the regulations explicitly acknowledge the possibility of review of specific decisions reached by the Special Counsel.”
It was clear a year ago that Durham was on a political mission. Garland allowed that corrupt mission to be completed under his watch.
Garland is also continuing the extremist cases that Jeffrey Clark had brought during his corrupt time at DOJ. In one of the worst cases, Garland’s DOJ if fighting the Navajo’s suit to get water. The Navajo are receiving just 7 gallons per resident vs an average over 100 gallons to other communities and our DOJ is working against them.
Garland has betrayed this country with his timidity and failure to fulfill his duties. Garland needs to resign.
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With the complete complicity of the mainstream media who could actually have had a news-worthy story about how a president’s campaign was corrupted and influenced by Russia, and later Saudi Arabia. In the 70s this story would have made reporters’ careers.
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Won’t you help me sing
These songs of cowardice?
'Cause all I ever have
No redemption songs
No redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from facts
None but Fox can free your mind
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause we’ll be long dead before that time.
We’ll kill all their prophets
While ABC news stands aside and looks.
Oh I’ve just got to say it
Please go out and buy my book.
These songs of cowardice?
'Cause all I ever have
No redemption songs
No redemption songs
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No!
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…that their way was the only way, fellow American citizens’ votes be damned
they weren’t planning that far ahead with the privilege thing
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Dear 4, I like and respect you. But I’m not going to get a giant Biden flag and fly it from my car, nor write in sharpie on a t-shirt that Kamala can grab my pussy, nor carve Biden’s name in the back of a hapless manatee. sorry.
The Durham Report
Whataboutism indeed. The deflection is strong with this one. Dredging up debunked conspiracies to counter republican misdeeds is about protecting the republican brand while Trump’s future will be a mountain of manure for them to overcome.
The cult will point to Durham’s report when nothing else can defend the party.
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