Originally published at: Trump’s DOJ Is Taking Cues From MAGA Influencers And Conspiracy Theorists - TPM – Talking Points Memo
President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice more broadly, are taking cues from right-wing influencers — allowing some of the loudest media figures on the right to influence significant decisions, including who gets fired from the DOJ and who and what gets investigated. It’s the latest way…
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You don’t have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court Justice. You don’t have to be a member of the House of Representatives to be Speaker of the House. You apparently don’t have to be employed by the Department of Justice to make decisions there. Give them their due: this is truly the land of opportunity under Trump. Anyone can be anything they want to be, if their politics align with those of the maladministration.
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Taking cues from?!? Might I suggest an edited headline: “Trump’s DOJ consists of MAGA influencers and conspiracy theorists”’
There, FIFY
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It is almost as if I’m watching a slow-motion coup take over my republic. It was sure nice while it lasted.
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RWNJ’s fantasies not withstanding, the convicted felon will not be in office forever. Eventually there will be a D Congress (sooner then the Orange man thinks) and a D President. Those influencers could be influencing themselves to be prosecuted in a few years for breaking Federal Law.
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I’m loving Josh’s creation of a DOJ-in-Exile that will be ready start prosecutions once/if things get back to “normal.”
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And prosecute they must. People like this Ed Martin creep can’t just become a billionaire funded “influencer,” jesus, what a fucking concept, word, thing, to be, and to be manipulated by. They’re just propagandists, snake oil salesmen, liars, paid to convince you to do what they want.
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