Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has demanded that the Army produce the report detailing what was done to its Arlington employee. Time for the Senate to open an investigation. Trump should also be charged with violations of Federal law, and is probably in violation of his bail agreements. Time to arrest and jail this pig.
And as usual the DOJ is nowhere to be seen. Garland could prosecute Trump for violating Federal law with respect to Arlington, but he won't. Harris must fire Garland and give us a real AG who will go after Trump's enablers and the 147 members of Congress who were in on the coup.
I am sure a Harris AG will be thoroughly punitive against Trump. The one thing Trump said that makes sense is that Biden never fires anyone. Garland should have been gone months ago.
Garland should never have been AG. Biden's absolute worst appointment and one reason why I am not particularly sorry to have Biden gone. The failure to put pressure on to get rid of Louis DeJoy is another.
I always assumed that Biden appointed Garland as sort of a consolation gesture for Turtle the Mitch having stolen the S.Ct. seat from him. He's certainly ill-suited for the job, just imagine if Jack Smith had been the AG instead.
Biden has never displayed any interest in finding a way to get rid of DeJoy. Biden has also never displayed any real interest in reproductive rights or voting rights. Thank the Goddess for Kamala!
Garland is the best AG in this country's history. He has handled every investigation with due dilligence and has not allowed the opinions of people who have no idea what they are talking about to influence him. Do you know if the DOJ can even proceed if the victim doesn't want to file a complaint? And how would you even know if the DOJ is investigating this or not?
Trump clearly violated Federal law by his outrageous stunt at Arlington. The DOJ could go after him without having to involve the woman who was assaulted.
Especially after his Joe and Ho comments about her, as well as the Hillary and Kamala photo Trump posted in a deranged spree on his fascist social media platform where he says that blow jobs affected their political outcomes differently. Trump is a truly awful person.
Garland should be seated on $COTUS. That he isn’t is a travesty. In my mind, it’s a toss-up which travesty is worse: his “shoulda” assignment or his current one.
I shudder to think of Garland on the Court. I have absolutely no faith in his judgment or his commitment to the rule of law, no matter how many mealy-mouthed speeches he makes. Let him retire and just go away.
He made no attempt to prosecute Trump until the J6 Committee shamed him into it. He has done nothing to prosecute Trump's cronies and the other high-level seditionists, including members of Congress. He has dragged his feet. It is my opinion that he is a coward; he also has Federalist Society connections and is a Republican. I have always wondered if Biden appointed Garland because he (Biden) did not really want to prosecute Trump. Shades of Ford pardoning Nixon - make it all go away.
I assumed that Garland waited because the Trump supporters were so het up and dangerous, he allowed the Jan 6 committee to take the time necessary to acclimate a violent mob of people to the realities of their actions. Perhaps it could have happened sooner, but I am not eager to inflame an angry mob of crazed White Supremacist militias and Christian Nationalists.
Actually Garland began to investigate trump as soon as he became AG nor was he shamed into it by the J6 Committee. Here's a link with a timeline of what he did and why some falsely believe he dragged his feet.
"But as far as the coup investigation goes, he did not wait two years, or 18 months, or even six months. He began investigating trump when he got there. It’s also untrue that he wanted a bottom up investigation. That was an incorrect assumption the media made. It’s also untrue that he didn’t do anything until Jack Smith was appointed - as evidenced by my non-exhaustive list above. That list was off the top of my head so I’m certain there’s more. It’s also incorrect that the January 6th committee “shamed” Garland into investigating - as evidenced by the timeline of events. In fact, the committee delayed the DoJ investigation by refusing to hand over their materials in a timely manner.
If knowing these facts, you still think Merrick Garland is an ineffective Attorney General, that’s totally fair. But I thought you should know the facts."
I just did a quick search about Garland's political leanings. I could only find that he leans toward Democrats. Where can I go for your assertion that he is a Republican and has Federalist Society connections.?
If only. The army considers the case closed. I wish some enterprising law firm would sue on behalf of the family whose loved one was forced to be in the Drumpf photo. Pro Bono. It is a true dishonor to be forced to be anywhere near him.
So well said, Linda, but isn't that an insult to the pig family? Trump is lower than a pig. True, pigs like to eat garbage and roll around in the mud, but overall not bad animals, not mean spirited or angry all the time: How about a mad dog, foaming at the mouth? :),
You're right, and I apologize to pigs. They are wonderful, intelligent creatures. As for mad dogs, it's not their fault that they were infected with rabies. I don't know what sort of thing Trump is, but he is truly disgusting and obscene.
Well said again, Linda: I think the pig family has forgiven you, they get this all the time :) But you are also right that not a dog's fault if it get's rabies. Hmmm....We can't even say Trump is a snake because e is lower than a snake. And angry bears are just defending their young or territory. Trump just hates everybody but himself, or those who bow down and worship him.
All animal metaphors are not applicable to trump, because as you said, he is exuberantly malicious, which animals are not. He is over the top bad in every way. He has not a single redeeming quality. Not one.
Also well said. Which begs the question, why can't Republicans see him in that light? They just shrug off any criticism and say Oh, that's just Trump. They even play down his promises to become a dictator and arrest everyone of his critics, build concentration camps etc., as just talk. But with his new found immunity courtesy of his buddies at the Supreme Court there will be no holding him back! Even if something is proven an official duty the new ruling doesn't allow White House communications of any kind to be used as evidence. He will have basically the same power as Putin. A normal person wouldn't abuse that new power, but we all know Trump is far fro normal. If Biden said all the things Trump said the Republicans would be saying the man crazy and is not fit to be president.
When was the last time you read Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer?"
Hoffer: “Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.”
More Hoffer: “It is the true believer’s ability to 'shut his eyes and stop his ears' to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger nor disheartened by obstacles nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.”
And: "It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible."
Actually Trump doesn't even "like" those who bow down and kiss his feet. He is contemptuous of those "losers" who bow down. He uses them but he doesn't like them.
Yep! no question about that, He loathes them and has said as much, privately but they are too dumb to see what a fake he is. .That is how cult followers are.
None of those graves had to be there but for the conspiracy that Trump entered with the Taliban rather than the legal govt of Afghanistan. Trump freed 5000 taliban terrorists and advanced the US pullout and closed all airbases but one. In other words, his disgraceful actions were responsible for the deaths of those Marines.
My stomach is turning. I guess I should have realized that the "employee" was a woman. The MAGA crowd would have been reluctant to try that with a man. Then reading the woman who was assaulted was afraid to press charges fearing retaliation? Who are they? What country is this? The cemetery is the agency that should be moving forward on this. They know what happened. One of their employees was assaulted, that is not in dispute. Giving it a bye is giving the Maga crowd permission to do it again. Fear should not be the main feature of a political party. Project 2025 is already in play in Magaville and every time their thuggery is allowed to go unanswered? They win.
So many people and agencies let this trump garbage go . The Media is so inept and corrupt they give trump.a pass. Merrick Garland waited too long to prosecute this criminal.
Maga White Supremacists, the Supreme Court far right in - justices let him commit treason and they have no problem. Of course they have no problem they too are creating traitorous acts against this nation and our Constitution , and they’ve been paid to do so by Heritage Foundation. This all is the huge scale of Corruption we’re dealing with daily in this country . It’s garbage and those of us that believe in Democracy must find a way to strenuously oppose it .
No more accepting this ‘ anything goes since Trump was elected through the efforts of his owner Vladimir Putin . Another Master of Corruption.
How do you know how long Garland "waited"? Or if he waited at all? Do you realize the investigation of Trump, for all intents and purposes, started on Inauguration Day? Do you know anything about the FBI, which is infested with Trump supporters, slow walking interviews? Do you know how long a typical FBI investigation takes? For a good example, take a look at the 7 year investigation of Gillam (spelling?) who ran against DeSantis. Did you want the DOJ to arrest Trump first then investigate? Do you have any idea how many months the J6 Committee set the DOJ back by refusing to share their interviews so prosecutors could compare them with their own interviews of the same people?
It's really discouraging to see this constant criticism of Garland, who is one of the finest public servants in this country's history, by people who don't even have the vaguest idea how our justice system is supposed to work.
-People dumping on the AG seem to think and believe he was on the job on 6Jan 2021, AG Garland was sworn in on 11March 2021.
-People dumping on the AG insist they saw (wish had $1 for each I know what I saw w/o ever being present in or outside the USCB) a coup and insurrection of 6Jan. They forget Jack Smith didn't see that not find any evidence of iithah.
-People dumping on the AG forget any investigation of 6Jan begins w/the FBI not the DoJ. And on 6Jan that falls under DIR Wray, a Trump appointee.
-People forget no one from the Trump Adm. including from the WH came forth with any information of a conspiracy or loose talk regarding 6Jan before the event or in the immediate aftermath. People forget the designated hero of 6Jan Hearings did not cooperate during her first interviews. And after a change of heart, her testimony was mostly hearsay.
-People forget how many Trump Adm officials and WH staff invoked executive privilege or lawyered up in the immediate aftermath. People forget the USG no longer sanctions torture.
-People forget the Trump WHCO attorneys and the acting DOJ officials fought every subpoena (which is their right) along the way. As did most of the key players.
Yet somehow the Attorney General of the United States is supposed to ignore American Jurisprudence, the Law, and the rights of Americans for posters, and others to get their pound of flesh. ~Brilliant~
Yes, the wheels of Justice grind slowly. But into the next administration? Perhaps McConnell did us a favor, his deliberative skills would have been too slow for even the Supreme Court. No one impugning the AG, people are just questioning his interpretation of "with all deliberate speed." (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483)
Spot on Eric: worked as crim courts journalist for print and national CBCTV up here...99% of folks (incl nearly all media) haven't a bloody clue how the justice system works. That said, I wouldn't oppose Jack Smith as AG under KH24 ;)
Not this time. He is not president. He is citizen trump. Just like the rest of us, citizen. Maybe this is what people need to remember. He holds no public office. He hasn't for 3.5 years.
I agree, of course, but nothing seems to deter him as he bellows thru life doing what he pleases and literally shoving aside anyone defying him. When is anyone going to stand up to him directly and not just wave legal threats at him after the fact, which he seems impervious to? I expect he will find a way to plead "official actions" and cry to the Supreme Nazguls about he's being unfairly targeted and persecuted (sniff, sob).
Exactly! So many cowards and enablers still allowing this shit to go on. Why are these people supporting him, what exactly are they getting out of it? His so called party ok but the rest? Makes my blood boil.
My money is on Lewandowski for the shove! He appeared on Ari Melber last night and was as angry and hostile as ever. I don't think the anger management/community service thing worked on him. He and Dumpster are a match made in Heaven....may they both rot in hell!
My heart is with you, Lucian, and all of the families whose relatives died for protecting country and others. What these families and Trump did is atrocious. What Trump doesn’t get is that he is now MR. Trump, just another person in the crowd. I am counting on Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Letitia James, and Alvin Bragg to make him PRISONER Trump.
You would think that a candidate to be the leader of the richest and most powerful country on earth would know what it means to be presidential, especially since he's already familiar with the office. The same is true of his staff and presumably his pick for VP. But no. These people are incapable of learning. That kind of behavior is not leadership and it is not responsible adulthood. They and their supporters disgrace this country and I am furious. They all belong in jail.
I'm thinking of Dumpster shoving another country's leaders at one of the Summits, out of his way so he could be on camera IN FRONT. His enablers/supporters/campaign team emulate him!
According to the Post, the Pentagon gave permission for photographers to be at the wreath laying. My interpretation is the Pentagon is waffling on whether or not to do anything about the private photograph session. The more this stays at the top of the news, the less coverage the Harris Walz campaign is getting. This is just what trump wants.
I am the mother of a marine officer. And even if I wasn’t, I find that horrible man’s behavior despicable. I’ve been to Arlington. It’s beautiful and peaceful and sad. He does not deserve to put one bone spur on that hallowed ground.
Thank you Lucian. This felt personal for me too even though my dad came back safe and whole from serving as a medic in WWII, following the infantry as it made its way south to Paris, a journey he refused to describe because the maimed soldiers remained so vivid to him. He brought back only a stomach virus that stayed with him and later caused in the esophageal cancer that killed him more than 4 decades after the war. So he's certainly not at Arlington, which I only became aware of when I was 15 and riveted by President Kennedy's funeral.
Yet the horror I felt viewing that grinning thumbs up image and the two women making weird hand signs remains vivid for me, a desecration of our country rather than my dad's memory of wounded comrades. I was done several years ago asking "is there no bottom?" because it's clear that there never will be. But thank God we are still capable of a collective outrage that is sure to speed this monster on his way.
If your Dad was a medic in WWII he was one of the bravest men to have served. The medics continually risked their lives to save their fellow soldiers. Your Dad is a hero.
Only want to see this story pushed to Fox viewers. I know Trump vet voters who don’t do social media and only watch Fox. Good people but not exposed to Trumps criminal acts and indecencies. Hope this comes up in debates.
AMEN! His still-faithful worshipers are those who fantasize that he will (somehow) restore white Christian supremacy. Beneath all the other blather, this is their deepest desire.
Sadly, the Hoover family, whose soldier son and brother died while in uniform, is not the only family who supports Trump. Where I live, the majority of American Legion members support him - military families including those whose fathers and mothers served. It's baffling. I asked one of their members why - and was told, they always vote Republican no matter who it is. I mentioned Trump's contempt and disrespect for the military - and was told it didn't matter. I don't get it.
Keep reminding: DJT and family did not serve; he belittled John Mc Cain; his comments about service dead; and that the recent incident is a tip of the iceberg telling us what he would be like in the White House: no respect for conventions, laws, regulations, the Congress, the Constitution, sanctity or decency. No one would be safe, even his closest loyalists. Just like the Arlington staff, all would be subject to violence and unfounded derision at his whim. A classic mob boss.
Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has demanded that the Army produce the report detailing what was done to its Arlington employee. Time for the Senate to open an investigation. Trump should also be charged with violations of Federal law, and is probably in violation of his bail agreements. Time to arrest and jail this pig.
Agreed, this should be thoroughly investigated and, hopefully, prosecuted!
And as usual the DOJ is nowhere to be seen. Garland could prosecute Trump for violating Federal law with respect to Arlington, but he won't. Harris must fire Garland and give us a real AG who will go after Trump's enablers and the 147 members of Congress who were in on the coup.
I am sure a Harris AG will be thoroughly punitive against Trump. The one thing Trump said that makes sense is that Biden never fires anyone. Garland should have been gone months ago.
Garland should never have been AG. Biden's absolute worst appointment and one reason why I am not particularly sorry to have Biden gone. The failure to put pressure on to get rid of Louis DeJoy is another.
I always assumed that Biden appointed Garland as sort of a consolation gesture for Turtle the Mitch having stolen the S.Ct. seat from him. He's certainly ill-suited for the job, just imagine if Jack Smith had been the AG instead.
DeJoy must go!
Biden has never displayed any interest in finding a way to get rid of DeJoy. Biden has also never displayed any real interest in reproductive rights or voting rights. Thank the Goddess for Kamala!
Garland is the best AG in this country's history. He has handled every investigation with due dilligence and has not allowed the opinions of people who have no idea what they are talking about to influence him. Do you know if the DOJ can even proceed if the victim doesn't want to file a complaint? And how would you even know if the DOJ is investigating this or not?
Trump clearly violated Federal law by his outrageous stunt at Arlington. The DOJ could go after him without having to involve the woman who was assaulted.
Biden is not gone and Garland is still AG, hoping to Hell that Jack Smith isn't starting more "trouble."
Good trouble. We need more good trouble.
Especially after his Joe and Ho comments about her, as well as the Hillary and Kamala photo Trump posted in a deranged spree on his fascist social media platform where he says that blow jobs affected their political outcomes differently. Trump is a truly awful person.
Drop Dead Donny...do it now!
That’s not the way to win the women’s vote, Donny! What an ass!
Garland should be seated on $COTUS. That he isn’t is a travesty. In my mind, it’s a toss-up which travesty is worse: his “shoulda” assignment or his current one.
I shudder to think of Garland on the Court. I have absolutely no faith in his judgment or his commitment to the rule of law, no matter how many mealy-mouthed speeches he makes. Let him retire and just go away.
years...
Why should Garland have been gone in your opinion?
He made no attempt to prosecute Trump until the J6 Committee shamed him into it. He has done nothing to prosecute Trump's cronies and the other high-level seditionists, including members of Congress. He has dragged his feet. It is my opinion that he is a coward; he also has Federalist Society connections and is a Republican. I have always wondered if Biden appointed Garland because he (Biden) did not really want to prosecute Trump. Shades of Ford pardoning Nixon - make it all go away.
I assumed that Garland waited because the Trump supporters were so het up and dangerous, he allowed the Jan 6 committee to take the time necessary to acclimate a violent mob of people to the realities of their actions. Perhaps it could have happened sooner, but I am not eager to inflame an angry mob of crazed White Supremacist militias and Christian Nationalists.
Actually Garland began to investigate trump as soon as he became AG nor was he shamed into it by the J6 Committee. Here's a link with a timeline of what he did and why some falsely believe he dragged his feet.
"But as far as the coup investigation goes, he did not wait two years, or 18 months, or even six months. He began investigating trump when he got there. It’s also untrue that he wanted a bottom up investigation. That was an incorrect assumption the media made. It’s also untrue that he didn’t do anything until Jack Smith was appointed - as evidenced by my non-exhaustive list above. That list was off the top of my head so I’m certain there’s more. It’s also incorrect that the January 6th committee “shamed” Garland into investigating - as evidenced by the timeline of events. In fact, the committee delayed the DoJ investigation by refusing to hand over their materials in a timely manner.
If knowing these facts, you still think Merrick Garland is an ineffective Attorney General, that’s totally fair. But I thought you should know the facts."
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-facts-about-merrick-garland
I just did a quick search about Garland's political leanings. I could only find that he leans toward Democrats. Where can I go for your assertion that he is a Republican and has Federalist Society connections.?
Garland is such a disappointment, he should retire so someone with some ovaries can do the job, preferably a Black woman!
Trump's head would explode. If he can't handle Jack Smith, a Black woman would do him in.
Merrick Garland will quiety retire to write his book. His period as AG will not take long for him to write.
I read that she is afraid to push ahead with this because she fears being trolled and abused by right -wingers online and at her home.
Fascism rules by fear and terror.
that's true.
And it is working.
Well, if I were in her position I would also be afraid. That is, of course, how fascism works. Vote all of the SOB's out. Vote Bluel
Can't blame her. She was just trying to do her job and doesn't need to have her life ruined. But this is what Trump and his brownshirts bank on.
Deplorable!
If only. The army considers the case closed. I wish some enterprising law firm would sue on behalf of the family whose loved one was forced to be in the Drumpf photo. Pro Bono. It is a true dishonor to be forced to be anywhere near him.
You need a named plaintiff. They should also sue Trump’s “OddJob” Steven Cheung for defamation. But they’re afraid to be named (and rightfully so).
So well said, Linda, but isn't that an insult to the pig family? Trump is lower than a pig. True, pigs like to eat garbage and roll around in the mud, but overall not bad animals, not mean spirited or angry all the time: How about a mad dog, foaming at the mouth? :),
You're right, and I apologize to pigs. They are wonderful, intelligent creatures. As for mad dogs, it's not their fault that they were infected with rabies. I don't know what sort of thing Trump is, but he is truly disgusting and obscene.
As an old boss of mine liked to say, "he's a wart on the ass of progress."
I think he's more like a fungus that has infected America.
Right on the money!
Well said again, Linda: I think the pig family has forgiven you, they get this all the time :) But you are also right that not a dog's fault if it get's rabies. Hmmm....We can't even say Trump is a snake because e is lower than a snake. And angry bears are just defending their young or territory. Trump just hates everybody but himself, or those who bow down and worship him.
All animal metaphors are not applicable to trump, because as you said, he is exuberantly malicious, which animals are not. He is over the top bad in every way. He has not a single redeeming quality. Not one.
Also well said. Which begs the question, why can't Republicans see him in that light? They just shrug off any criticism and say Oh, that's just Trump. They even play down his promises to become a dictator and arrest everyone of his critics, build concentration camps etc., as just talk. But with his new found immunity courtesy of his buddies at the Supreme Court there will be no holding him back! Even if something is proven an official duty the new ruling doesn't allow White House communications of any kind to be used as evidence. He will have basically the same power as Putin. A normal person wouldn't abuse that new power, but we all know Trump is far fro normal. If Biden said all the things Trump said the Republicans would be saying the man crazy and is not fit to be president.
When was the last time you read Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer?"
Hoffer: “Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.”
More Hoffer: “It is the true believer’s ability to 'shut his eyes and stop his ears' to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger nor disheartened by obstacles nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.”
And: "It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible."
Actually Trump doesn't even "like" those who bow down and kiss his feet. He is contemptuous of those "losers" who bow down. He uses them but he doesn't like them.
What TL wrote
He even hates his worshippers, considering them to be trash but easily manipulated. He is the center of the universe.
Yep! no question about that, He loathes them and has said as much, privately but they are too dumb to see what a fake he is. .That is how cult followers are.
"We can't even say Trump is a snake because e is lower than a snake."
Snake belly is the better term
Go Tim Kaine!
Well Spoken...
Alan South of Boston
None of those graves had to be there but for the conspiracy that Trump entered with the Taliban rather than the legal govt of Afghanistan. Trump freed 5000 taliban terrorists and advanced the US pullout and closed all airbases but one. In other words, his disgraceful actions were responsible for the deaths of those Marines.
But of course this antic was supposed to but the blame on Biden and Harris cause his supporters can't read or care not to...
Afghanistan Withdrawal History, as told on Xitter by Patrick Tomlinson (It is a series of one-sentence statements):
https://x.com/stealthygeek/status/1828177920222994737
Thanks, Lynell. Oh, and good afternoon!
Thank goodness for those who keep track, Ally.
Thank you- this is confounding and shocking on many levels.
This needs to be talked about more. Thanks for posting. I wish the MSM would do the same.
Assault a woman, then call her crazy and a liar. Yeah, that tracks.
And defamatory
My stomach is turning. I guess I should have realized that the "employee" was a woman. The MAGA crowd would have been reluctant to try that with a man. Then reading the woman who was assaulted was afraid to press charges fearing retaliation? Who are they? What country is this? The cemetery is the agency that should be moving forward on this. They know what happened. One of their employees was assaulted, that is not in dispute. Giving it a bye is giving the Maga crowd permission to do it again. Fear should not be the main feature of a political party. Project 2025 is already in play in Magaville and every time their thuggery is allowed to go unanswered? They win.
So many people and agencies let this trump garbage go . The Media is so inept and corrupt they give trump.a pass. Merrick Garland waited too long to prosecute this criminal.
Maga White Supremacists, the Supreme Court far right in - justices let him commit treason and they have no problem. Of course they have no problem they too are creating traitorous acts against this nation and our Constitution , and they’ve been paid to do so by Heritage Foundation. This all is the huge scale of Corruption we’re dealing with daily in this country . It’s garbage and those of us that believe in Democracy must find a way to strenuously oppose it .
No more accepting this ‘ anything goes since Trump was elected through the efforts of his owner Vladimir Putin . Another Master of Corruption.
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Only by voting blue down the entire ballot will we be able to stop the Maga party.
How do you know how long Garland "waited"? Or if he waited at all? Do you realize the investigation of Trump, for all intents and purposes, started on Inauguration Day? Do you know anything about the FBI, which is infested with Trump supporters, slow walking interviews? Do you know how long a typical FBI investigation takes? For a good example, take a look at the 7 year investigation of Gillam (spelling?) who ran against DeSantis. Did you want the DOJ to arrest Trump first then investigate? Do you have any idea how many months the J6 Committee set the DOJ back by refusing to share their interviews so prosecutors could compare them with their own interviews of the same people?
It's really discouraging to see this constant criticism of Garland, who is one of the finest public servants in this country's history, by people who don't even have the vaguest idea how our justice system is supposed to work.
-People dumping on the AG seem to think and believe he was on the job on 6Jan 2021, AG Garland was sworn in on 11March 2021.
-People dumping on the AG insist they saw (wish had $1 for each I know what I saw w/o ever being present in or outside the USCB) a coup and insurrection of 6Jan. They forget Jack Smith didn't see that not find any evidence of iithah.
-People dumping on the AG forget any investigation of 6Jan begins w/the FBI not the DoJ. And on 6Jan that falls under DIR Wray, a Trump appointee.
-People forget no one from the Trump Adm. including from the WH came forth with any information of a conspiracy or loose talk regarding 6Jan before the event or in the immediate aftermath. People forget the designated hero of 6Jan Hearings did not cooperate during her first interviews. And after a change of heart, her testimony was mostly hearsay.
-People forget how many Trump Adm officials and WH staff invoked executive privilege or lawyered up in the immediate aftermath. People forget the USG no longer sanctions torture.
-People forget the Trump WHCO attorneys and the acting DOJ officials fought every subpoena (which is their right) along the way. As did most of the key players.
Yet somehow the Attorney General of the United States is supposed to ignore American Jurisprudence, the Law, and the rights of Americans for posters, and others to get their pound of flesh. ~Brilliant~
Yes, the wheels of Justice grind slowly. But into the next administration? Perhaps McConnell did us a favor, his deliberative skills would have been too slow for even the Supreme Court. No one impugning the AG, people are just questioning his interpretation of "with all deliberate speed." (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483)
I stand corrected . Maybe you do have a better grip on how these things work . Thanks for sharing .
Spot on Eric: worked as crim courts journalist for print and national CBCTV up here...99% of folks (incl nearly all media) haven't a bloody clue how the justice system works. That said, I wouldn't oppose Jack Smith as AG under KH24 ;)
"Immunity, immunity, immunity!" will be his shriek.
Not this time. He is not president. He is citizen trump. Just like the rest of us, citizen. Maybe this is what people need to remember. He holds no public office. He hasn't for 3.5 years.
And yet, they keep treating him like he's still the president!
I agree, of course, but nothing seems to deter him as he bellows thru life doing what he pleases and literally shoving aside anyone defying him. When is anyone going to stand up to him directly and not just wave legal threats at him after the fact, which he seems impervious to? I expect he will find a way to plead "official actions" and cry to the Supreme Nazguls about he's being unfairly targeted and persecuted (sniff, sob).
and never will again!
Traitor, traitor, traitor...
Exactly! So many cowards and enablers still allowing this shit to go on. Why are these people supporting him, what exactly are they getting out of it? His so called party ok but the rest? Makes my blood boil.
My money is on Lewandowski for the shove! He appeared on Ari Melber last night and was as angry and hostile as ever. I don't think the anger management/community service thing worked on him. He and Dumpster are a match made in Heaven....may they both rot in hell!
My heart is with you, Lucian, and all of the families whose relatives died for protecting country and others. What these families and Trump did is atrocious. What Trump doesn’t get is that he is now MR. Trump, just another person in the crowd. I am counting on Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Letitia James, and Alvin Bragg to make him PRISONER Trump.
This is the last straw. When will we begin to hit back?
U.S. Marine Corps '68
I’m with you. LCSO, 30 years in uniform displaying the badge.
You would think that a candidate to be the leader of the richest and most powerful country on earth would know what it means to be presidential, especially since he's already familiar with the office. The same is true of his staff and presumably his pick for VP. But no. These people are incapable of learning. That kind of behavior is not leadership and it is not responsible adulthood. They and their supporters disgrace this country and I am furious. They all belong in jail.
Their behavior is fascist thuggery. Period.Paragraph.
I'm thinking of Dumpster shoving another country's leaders at one of the Summits, out of his way so he could be on camera IN FRONT. His enablers/supporters/campaign team emulate him!
According to the Post, the Pentagon gave permission for photographers to be at the wreath laying. My interpretation is the Pentagon is waffling on whether or not to do anything about the private photograph session. The more this stays at the top of the news, the less coverage the Harris Walz campaign is getting. This is just what trump wants.
I am the mother of a marine officer. And even if I wasn’t, I find that horrible man’s behavior despicable. I’ve been to Arlington. It’s beautiful and peaceful and sad. He does not deserve to put one bone spur on that hallowed ground.
Well said!
Thank you Lucian. This felt personal for me too even though my dad came back safe and whole from serving as a medic in WWII, following the infantry as it made its way south to Paris, a journey he refused to describe because the maimed soldiers remained so vivid to him. He brought back only a stomach virus that stayed with him and later caused in the esophageal cancer that killed him more than 4 decades after the war. So he's certainly not at Arlington, which I only became aware of when I was 15 and riveted by President Kennedy's funeral.
Yet the horror I felt viewing that grinning thumbs up image and the two women making weird hand signs remains vivid for me, a desecration of our country rather than my dad's memory of wounded comrades. I was done several years ago asking "is there no bottom?" because it's clear that there never will be. But thank God we are still capable of a collective outrage that is sure to speed this monster on his way.
If your Dad was a medic in WWII he was one of the bravest men to have served. The medics continually risked their lives to save their fellow soldiers. Your Dad is a hero.
Every time I think he’s hit rock bottom he manages to did deeper.
There is no limit to the depths he'll sink/slither to.
slither
Agree
Apparently, rock bottom has a basement...where he dwells!
I'm trying to ascertain the most egregious action in this deplorable chain of events:
o the action of shooting campaign ads at a hallowed military cemetery.
o posting these unlawful images to social media, including visible adjacent grave sites with demographic details, upsetting their families.
o grinning and flashing a thumbs up sign over a grave
o physically and verbally abusing a cemetery staffer who was doing her job defending federal regulations against desecrating the site.
o further slandering the cemetery staffer with accusations of "mental health episode" issues
o the Arlington brass not defending a staffer or enforcing federal prohibitions against campaigning on hallowed grounds.
o JD Vance, a military veteran, defending Trump’s campaign actions as video equipment just "happened to be present".
I expect I am asking too much for the proper government entity to file criminal charges against these grifters...
Only want to see this story pushed to Fox viewers. I know Trump vet voters who don’t do social media and only watch Fox. Good people but not exposed to Trumps criminal acts and indecencies. Hope this comes up in debates.
Trump and anyone associated with him are the lowest forms of vermin. And his supporters are just as bad.
AMEN! His still-faithful worshipers are those who fantasize that he will (somehow) restore white Christian supremacy. Beneath all the other blather, this is their deepest desire.
Sadly, the Hoover family, whose soldier son and brother died while in uniform, is not the only family who supports Trump. Where I live, the majority of American Legion members support him - military families including those whose fathers and mothers served. It's baffling. I asked one of their members why - and was told, they always vote Republican no matter who it is. I mentioned Trump's contempt and disrespect for the military - and was told it didn't matter. I don't get it.
Neither do I…
SMH>
Keep reminding: DJT and family did not serve; he belittled John Mc Cain; his comments about service dead; and that the recent incident is a tip of the iceberg telling us what he would be like in the White House: no respect for conventions, laws, regulations, the Congress, the Constitution, sanctity or decency. No one would be safe, even his closest loyalists. Just like the Arlington staff, all would be subject to violence and unfounded derision at his whim. A classic mob boss.
Note that Trump campaign spokesman Cheung called it “hollowed ground”…
Yep. Knuckleheads of a feather....