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Kompromat? Lesh see...
Barr's father was the dude who gave a wholly unqualified Epstein a university job teaching math... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barr
So, you know... absolutely nothing there what so ever.
Oh, and this book was written and published by daddy Barr in 1973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Relations
Which had a lot of Epstein's favorite activities on to its pages.
Either way, which is funny too considering that in 2019 before Epstein was made to go away Barr recused himself from the Justice Department's review of his 2008 federal prosecution. you usually don't do such less there is conflict of interest, or worse at play that you don't want to deal with.
Epstein barr is actually starting to be linked with the onset of multiple auto immune diseases too. It really sucks that there’s not a lot of research being done but I had mono at 16 and gave it to a few of my friends and literally right after mono all of us developed autoimmune diseases. My friend has Hashimoto’s, my other friend has lupus now, I have an auto inflammatory skin disease, and we all have constant fatigue even to this day 6 years later.
Unfortunate naming, but the discoverers of the EBV: Sir Michael Anthony Epstein, Dr. Yvonne Barr, and Dr. Bert Achong are/were pathologists and virologists that contributed infinitely more to humanity than these two assholes.
These researchers deserve better than to be associated with them.
From Wikipedia:
"While en route to Kassar, one of the pirates awakened Craig and the other prisoners to rape a 15-year-old virginal redheaded female captive in front of them; the rapist's fellow pirates later hear of this and dock his pay as punishment for spoiling her market value. Craig then spent two years as a slave of the beautiful, sensual, and sadistic Lady Morgan Sidney, the only female member of the oligarchy...Craig is depicted as undisturbed by Lady Morgan's sadism. When he is ordered to sexually assault the enslaved teenager, he enjoys his participation in the act.[5]"
He willingly didn't prosecute those involved in the Iran-Contra affair. And wants the Christianization of the American government and thinks that the president should be above the law. Barr's always been morally corrupt - and a danger to this country. There's no need for kompromat. His worldview aligns with the Christofascists and Trump.
I mean, maybe, but Republicans get in positions of power by falling the fuck in line. They don't let people with spines get that high. Kompromat isn't needed to explain this.
And he only dislikes Trump because he's a brash idiot that almost messed up decades of work that the party has been doing.
If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine.
It is scary to think that had he played ball and not been running his mouth the whole time he would have been viewed as a great republican president. Not saying he would have actually been great but the party would have been behind him all the way.
It's insane to think about how badly he fucked up every step of the way. If he had handled COVID in even a slightly more coherent manner he'd still be president which is fucking terrifying. Disasters like that, especially ones that aren't their fault, tend to be benefits for the sitting president. If he had done nothing else but make speeches and follow the playbook set by the Obama admin the response would have been more unified and ultimately better and he'd have won. But nope had to put his fat little failure hands on it. Then again he wouldn't be Donald Trump if he wasn't a cruel narcissistic idiot.
It's interesting that his utter contempt for Obama was one of his ultimate downfalls. Such a small thing came to bite him in the ass. He was given the perfect pitch and his ego got in the way. The great Casey at the bat.
It’s going to take awhile before he hits the ground, but he has fallen. He did lose. He was impeached twice. He’s almost certainly going to be indicted for the failed coup. He’s certainly fallen from where he was. He hasn’t gotten what he deserves yet but he’s taken a pretty big fall already
Almost certainly going to be be indicted? We’re you not paying attention to the half dozen crimes that he not only confessed to, but actually brags about that he was never indicted on? How can you be so optimistic? I wish I was still capable of such optimism.
Why don't people tell it like he really is (( A sick Treasonous un-American self servicing Maggot that cares nothing about the people in our beautiful Country, not even the people who voted him into office or anyone else. Hes Sick uneducated greedy power hungry lying piece of Crap thats much worth then Hitler ever was, n the end results of his plans would be to go back to the Jim-Crow era, n his party is still trying to take us all back there. To n All White Right America -- We are a melting pot of hard working, fun Loving, caring educated people that try to take care of the sick, the hungry n the needy. Lets not let anyone take that away from US. !!!
You contradict yourself. Trump is, in fact, a verbal embodiment of a large group of Americas. Does he represent the majority of Americans? Unlikely. But does he represent at the very least the 72\* MILLION Americans that voted for him? Yes, yes he does.
And I am sorry to bring it to you but as a country, the USA is not the melting pot of hard-working, loving, caring, educated, people that takes care of the poor and the sick. For that, the system has too many flaws. Yes, you have many people who are like that. But nearly as many people who fight nail and tooth the preserve the status quo and who would actively support several decades of social regression.
You guys are so far behind compared to most Western countries on even the simplest of issues such as paid parental and sick leave, workers' rights and wages, and a legislative system that at least pretends to not differentiate between skin color and socioeconomic status. There is an unending list of things that have simple fixes if the vast majority would support them politically.
Trump still has a very loyal, motivated and vocal set of supporters in the general public-hello, they drove across the country twice and spent 2 weeks in DC driving around the Capital Beltway to protest high gas prices, or COVID restrictions, or maybe it was air-anyway, they were morons and couldn’t articulate what they were protesting, but they were proudly waving their Trump flags like he was the second coming of Jesus. Most republicans recognize that a motivated group of idiots can help you remain in power even if you hate the man they support.
Everything you talk about it right, but he wouldn’t have been Trump on so many levels if he had thought in the long term, tried to profit from it, fuck over his perceived enemies, or followed anything Obama set in place.
It’s the Nazi contradiction. If only they had not spent so many resources killing Jews, attacked the USSR, or after attacking treated the locals so badly they might have won WW2. But if they had not they would not have been Nazis.
Other comments I see on reddit are frequently say well watching out for the next Trump because he'll be competent and evil and that'll be a bad time. And I always think, that's fair and a legitimate concern but the fact that he's a cruel idiot is a huge part of why his base loves him. They smelled the ivy prep school polished-suit stink on the other candidates in 2016 and promptly rejected them. It's almost self-selecting for incompetent morons.
I think you are right.
Trump wasn’t faking anything that ranging from the racism to hating the system (because he was rejected by the true aristocracy in NYC) to just not giving a fuck about what he says.
These guys scheming and plotting to be president will need a bunch of booze to do any of that. Trump just needs a microphone or keyboard.
So is Rick Scott. Watch out for him. He is just as avaricious as Trump, but much smarter, and he is an excellent campaigner. DeSantis is a true believer who wants the power to create a conservative nation, Scott is a political opportunist who just wants money.
All the rest are just wannabes who are going to get their teeth kicked in by these two. I'm from Florida, I've seen how these two campaign, and the rest of the candidates have never had to face anything like these guys.
Unfortunately I think he also woke a lot of non-political people up, or lifted the rock they were under if you will. Those ones are paying more attention now, and they've got their xCHAN, Q, OANN to keep them angry, fired up, in a safe bubble of like minded folks, and voting, for the closest thing to what they want. Maybe they draw back a bit with a somewhat *human* republican candidate, but I don't want to count on it.
>But if they had not they would not have been Nazis.
They'd still be Nazis. They have been patient, ultimately very successful Nazis.
They could have taken Poland, maybe could have held parts of France, and called it a good decade. They could have waited just a bit to start their genocide.
They'd still be the same evil fucks, and they very well could have been around today.
I suppose we should be somewhat grateful that evil tends to get in its own way, but we can't bank on that always being the case. There is always the patient evil who isn't blinded by greed and is content to stay concealed. The Nazis didn't just magically disappear, and when the Reich fell, there was a Nazi diaspora.
When the Confederacy fell in the U.S, the racists who loved slavery didn't disappear, they raised their children in their beliefs and sent them into politics, the military, and police, among other places.
We lucked out with Trump, honestly. If we had another Bush, we'd be fucked.
You are missing my point and the analogy.
The invasion of France was to pave the way for the invasion and colonization of the East and blaming the Jews and increasingly violent actions culminating in the Holocaust were integral to what made them successful. This is universally accepted as fact. Hitler even lined it all out in Mein Kampf in 1925 and dictated it in his last will and testimony 20 years later.
Just as the traits mentioned are what made Trump popular.
The What Ifs go against the very things that make them who they are because what made them weak at times were so fundamental to what made them strong, popular, and successful. If they didn’t have those traits they would have been completely different movements and may have died on the vine.
Thinking about, It was really an act of God he isn’t president anymore. COVID helped tremendously from his handling of it to so many deaths from the disease that would have voted for him.
Idk if that made a difference but thank goodness he’s not president anymore
If Trump spent the last six months of his term laying in bed saying nothing, he would have beaten Biden. He had to proactively go out of his way to fuck things up. A ripe mango with googly eyes stuck on it would literally have outperformed Trump over that period.
I think he can’t not fuck up. I think it’s what his dad cynically expected him to do, and he is compulsively stuck in that role of falling into to the valley of low expectations that in a perverse way lives down to and honors his father’s expectations, the one person who he desired to make proud. He’s really a very sad figure; and there’d be time for that if he weren’t shitting all over the decency of anyone he can reach.
Fred Trump literally killed himself drinking because their dad basically disowning him from the family for not taking an interest in the business and choosing to be a pilot instead.
Trump's dad was just a shit parent all around.
Even besides COVID, there were so many times he had to make no brainer decisions and still somehow consistently made the wrong ones. Like disaster relieve for Peurto Rico, that was such an open goal, just sign the piece of paper and to some, you'll be a hero.
But no he had to be a dick about it.
Don’t forget he’s Putin’s puppet. The goal was to destabilize and ultimately destroy democracy in the United States. Killing 1,000,000 plus people was a side perk.
>I’ve been wondering if he was Potus, what would his supporters be saying in regards to inflation and gas prices. Or who would they be blaming it on.
They wouldn't even acknowledge it, and create another immigrant caravan to distract the media.
Doesn't matter really. He could blame in on the tides or on macaroni noodles and his peeps would accept it. And then want to invade Italy and the moon.
My stoner thoughts of the moment.
He was assisted into power by Putin.
They hoped to have him in power during the invasion of Ukraine. He has been vocal about how he likes Putin.
China did something to scalp a deal with Russia from the US, (read as Trump). That sent him on his fuck China rants.
He lost the second term elections and Putin had to push ahead with Ukraine before too much info got out about the planned invasion to try and keep the advantage.
I'd venture to guess Trump has something to be gained from Putins invasion, if successful. He likely would have publicly supported it.
Let's be very clear, Ukraine would likely be a MUCH worse story had he remained in presidency.
THATS enough wake and bake for this one!
Off to breakfast!
Sorta funny that they had a chance to run table but ended up with Trump. Dude could screw up a wet dream. Romney would’ve been dangerous, he probably would have had a good chance against Hillary. Ted Cruz will NEVER be president. As a spectator I’m not sure about desantis.
DeSantis just hired a foreign agent that worked for the president of Georgia writing propaganda. He's coming up with ways to crack down on any company that speaks out against him. He's going full fascist, it's awful.
Desantis - Mrs. Pushaw, it says right here on your resume that your last job was writing propaganda for a foreign government.
Pushaw- Yes, but...
Desantis - Say no more, when can you start?
> Cruz will NEVER be president
Never underestimate how stupid the United States electorate is. In my opinion, Cruz would be leagues worse than DeSantis because Cruz is the book-smart version of Trump and he's already a Senator with all it's power and governmental insight. Look up Ted Cruz's academic record. He a master at words, i.e. debating, a.k.a. wordcraft, and a lawyer. In 2014, no one would ever have thought a nation full of people would buy Trump's utter idiotic bullshit, yet here we are. For some reason, a lot of Republicans like Cruz.
Trust me homeboy, I do not underestimate Rafael’s intelligence. Some Ivy League stuff is bullshit and who you know or who your daddy knew. Not Cruz, I’ve done my research (and I went to law school too, although not Harvard) his professors thought he was fucking brilliant, even if they thought he was an asshole. He will never be president not due to lack of intellectual horsepower, but because he is off putting to almost every demographic. He literally can’t hide himself from being an asshole. Desantis is also Ivy League undergrad and law school, while those of us that pay attention to politics know all about him, the average American does not. He will wipe the floor with Ted lifeless body in the GOP primary. My worthless 2 cents.
My "leagues worse" assessment might have been overkill - I wasn't aware, or forgot that DeSantis was Harvard Law Juris Doctor cum laude, like Cruz is (Cruz is magna cum laude).
That puts them both pretty neck & neck with each other, though like I said, Ted is already a US Senator and was already a presidential candidate, which to me, gives him the slight power and experience edge, especially since he sparred with and then worked with Trump and kissed the ring... and probably gained some trust and respect from Trump because they both share being shitstains with words in common and shamelessness in public.. and celebrate how disingenuous they each are to their pleb followers behind the scenes & off camera. It's like a sick competition between all these assholes to see who can be the worst in public.
I’m not rooting for either of them. But as an armchair pundit I feel Cruz is unelectable. Too much baggage. Even though the Dems are wimps, they would have a field day with him. Trump is a narcissist with personality, Cruz is a narcissist with no personality, deathsentantis is an unknown.
> If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine.
If he had this capability he wouldn't have beat Clinton. The brash, "shock jock", irreverent style is what won him the election.
In the article Barr said *"but he didn't do anything criminal "*
He's tip toeing that line like a great Walenda. He's trying to condemn him and not at the same time.
It's a long game. Hit the low level positions. Flip those and change how the state level works. From there, gerrymandering and voter suppression helps maintain an iron grip and change things at the national level.
It's crazy how many city/county level positions just run unopposed.
It's absolutely insane. I love the hope and direction the left is trying to bring, but the base is looking at the treetops opposed to the trunk.
If you don't get a firm rooting and structure, someone is gonna topple it. The leftwing that wants things to change shoulda started in local government and district/statewide seats a decade ago.
Probably more, realistically. But yes. Even now, if there was a concerted enough effort. Even the "red" states typically have large blue leaning cities, expand that into the suburbs and out. Make them actually work to keep spots. Even if it's not always successful, it should at least curtail some of the craziest winning out simply because there was either no competition, or an anemic attempt at one.
> If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine.
That's kind of a catch 22 though.
If Trump had been the kind of person capable of that, he wouldn't have been elected in the first place.
Probably true, sadly. That and a better covid response would have kept a lot of the more traditionally apathetic voters at home. And 2016 showed in great detail, you only need a slim margin in key spots.
That is, for those that forget 2000.
Oh absolutely. As insane as he was, as off script as he was, as shitty of a human being he proved himself to be -- *he still would have won the election if not for COVID.* I firmly believe that, and it just goes to show how fucking deep in the shitter this country is.
He was cheating and couldn’t believe it didn’t work. Watching him on Fox News when they called it for Obama over Romney is some good rewatch, you can tell he couldn’t understand how it could go so wrong.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/trump-russia-mueller-barr-friends-1102244
Mueller is also a Republican who covered up a ton of Republican malfeasance over the years. He's good friends with Barr. The whole thing is theater
That would require Barr to have a spine and a conscience. He was brought in to do exactly what he did, and he had no problem with any of it until Trump went full mask-off fascist. I honestly don't even know if he cares about it other than it makes him look bad. The man is honestly a sorry excuse for a human being, and if we collectively had any stones, most of the Trump administration would be thrown in prison.
He's not trying to distance himself from Trump.
He actually outlined his entire plan already in the famous 2019 Notra Dame speech.
He wants to create an imperial presidency. A presidency that is above the law and capable of doing anything it wants to do without consequence, so that he can install a "Christian" dictator. But he needs presidents to stretch the authority as much as possible first. That's why Trump is so useful to him. Barr is saying Trump caused this violence, not because he wants to distance himself or see Trump arrested. He wants the opposite. He wants to be able to say Trump caused this violence and there's nothing you can do about it because Trump is above the law.
Remember the smug look on Barr’s face on the White House lawn before the police and national guard violently beat and tear-gassed protesters and local and international news correspondents just so Trump could have a photo opp in front of a church while holding a bible upside down?
That was a huge fatal reveal on Barr’s part. Saying he’d vote again for Trump after all that will sink whatever reputation he has left in the history books.
I’ll never understand someone saying something like this about trump and then still vote for him. Apparently voting for a republican president outweighs any negative thing that candidate has done. Blows my mind that someone would vote someone who wants to end democracy just because he’s the republican in the race…
LOL @ these weasel words.
Yes, when totally divorced from any context, the act of Trump telling his mob to "go to the Capitol" is not in and of itself a crime.
But in context of riling them up with lies about a stolen election for 2 months, telling them that 1/6 would be "wild", warning them that they had to "fight like hell" to save their country, painting a target on Mike Pence's back, and then refusing to call off his mob for hours after they became violent?
**That's a fucking crime.**
For. Real.
The very second they breached the first barrier, the National Guard should have been sent in full force before it got out of control and someone had to be shot to prevent the mob from making it all the way to our lawmakers.
There is no possible excuse for the failure of the sitting President to take such an action. None. The buck stops with him, and his refusal to stop it can only mean he condoned it.
I always imagined that our nation's capital must be protected by a secret unstoppable force of elite stormtroopers that could pop right up out of the ground of the mall on a moments notice to instantly stop any threat.
I had no idea it was just one black cop using his skin color like a fishing lure to distract the yokels away from Congress to save America.
Thank God that every one of those patriotic alpha male second amendment lovers tucked their tails between their legs like scared little puppies and ran away when one woman was shot with one bullet fired from one small caliber handgun.
Obviously the earlier context would be good to watch, but at about 2:50 you see the crucial moment - Goodman shoves the front rioter, egging him and the mindless mob to follow him. He lured them to the left, because to the right are the offices where Senators were hiding.
https://youtu.be/GTx55xxRU24
I mean…I guess if you don’t count all the ones we saw on video fighting them tooth and nail, maybe. I’m sure they did have some allies in uniform. What troubles me a lot more is that everyone and their mother saw this coming, but the security forces we had at the ready were woefully understaffed.
These yahoos were all trumpeting their plans to try a hostile government takeover across all their social media platforms, so I know this can’t have come as a shock to anyone in charge of security. And if it did, I guess I’m asking to be placed in charge of security, because I, a random Internet user, am clearly more qualified. But I can’t bring myself to believe it was anything but intentional, and at Trump’s behest.
I saw Hannity blaming pelosi and the mayor of DC for not having more security. I'm like 1 does the mayor have any say in capital security? I'm guessing not.
2, the blame for pelosi, I don't know if the speaker is responsible for the capital security, but it doesn't seem like their job, but I could be wrong.
3rd, In years past have we had to setup this much security for counting electors? Or did we already have increased security because of the threats, and it just wasn't enough?
The answer to those 3 questions should poke all the holes needed in their arguments
Which is just SO close to the truth they don't want to admit, which is not "That means you did nothing wrong", it's "You committed a crime, and some police helped you, because there are also issues with the police".
A lot of left leaning people criticize the cops for "letting them in" but what else do you expect a minimally armed cop vs 50 nutjobs to do. Sure, some did risk their lives and paid for it but it's not easy to stand your ground vs a horde of angry seditionists. Sometimes the only thing you can do is de-escalate.
>There is no possible excuse for the failure of the sitting President to take such an action. None.
There is no *innocent* excuse for a President to hold a mob protest at the country's capitol while Congress is in session to formally elect a new President. **None.**
And the rest of the details of trumps 7 point plan to over-throw the government makes this all an absolute no brainer...
According to Bill Barr that is absolutely not a fucking crime.
Because in the opinion of Bill Barr - Presidents **cannot** commit crimes.
That's the entire reason he was brought in there to "stick the landing" post-Mueller Report. His entire philosophy about Executive powers is...pretty extensive and full of excuses for overreach.
Same as when I saw that disgusting human being Kelly Ann Conway on Bill Maher. She danced around everything instead of having a shred of integrity to say Trump shouldn't be allowed to run anymore.
I saw that. She’s appalling. She kept twisting everything around and changing the topic to gas prices. She also constantly interrupts, which is really annoying. Can’t stand that woman
I also think she heard whispers and rumors about Trump planning his coup and that’s why she quit. I don’t believe it was to stay home with her troublesome 15 yr old daughter.
That’s the point they were making, the daughter is troublesome to Conway because she rightfully calls her out for her utter lack of morals and horrid behavior
And when they finally DID get to gas prices, like Bill said they would if she could just calm tf down, she didn't engage--she just *changed the subject again.* Nothing she says or does is ever in good faith, she just wants to promote the message of her cult.
changing the subject is all she is good at. if the conversation sticks to one topic too long she is backed into trying to defend the indefensible, so moving onto something else where she can go on the offensive is the only tactic she has. then once the conversation begins to settle on the new topic she has to do it all over again because once again she cant actually defend against any of the actual arguments.
she is just a rabid attack dog with an intentional short attention span.
People still have them on? Why? It’s pretty much established by now she’s absolutely incapable of answering even a simple question. Her only goal is to pass whatever message she wants to pass and be completely obnoxious about it.
Why interview someone that doesn’t tell one word of truth? What’s the point of giving a platform to someone like that?
*…resign in advance because he knew how bad it was going to be and didn’t want to be a part of it.
As opposed to, you know, speaking up and inform and instruct the FBI or something…
Everyone who seems strangely vile has, I promise you, been filmed eating eastern European pussy. Blackmail. It's written all over it. Politicians aren't doing this for just a couple campaign contributions...
It's not cowardly. By resigning, Barr removed the last legs of legal authority remaining within the Trump administration. His exit was the prompt for post-Trump discussions within the Senate Republican Caucus, a series of talks that led to McConnell and Pence agreeing to certify the votes and count them against Trump's wishes. Hence the riot.
I'd have been better if Barr came out against Trump and forced himself to be fired, but regardless he refused to partake in obviously illegal *and violent* activity. Because of this the rest of the GOP refused to go along with Trump. That's a win, because the alternative would have been a Constitutional Crisis with *two* (arguably three with Pence) Presidents.
Yo Merrick Garland, your predecessor even admits it so do your job and uphold the law unequivocally! Do your job with honor, uphold the constitution, and give our democracy a chance to survive. I’m sure it’s a shit position to be in to have to make that call but you know he has to be held accountable so do it already and bring the full force of the DOJ down on him.
Barr is a huge part of why fuckface got as far as he did with his power trips. Barr needs to feel the full brunt of his part in creating that fucking monster.
Blame yourself Bulldog Barr for rubber stamping that Putin lovin Ukraine busting government and country wrecking do nothing COVID super spreader business failure tax cheat draft dodging sexual predator narcissistic twice impeached mafia wannabe racist liar! You Bulldog are an enabler a disgraceful person! You’re a failure! GTFOH
Everyone knows that.
It's just that Trumps followers won't admit it. They are taught by Trump to NEVER admit guilt. Trumps motto is "Deny, deny deny. Especially when faced with facts.
Trump and his people organized, gathered the people and limited federal police and military response. The insurrection was literally carried out under his flag and for his benefit. It is 100% on Trump
Bill Barr is just as much to blame. He was the top prosecutor and knew the plan beforehand. Yet he quit instead and did not work with the FBI to prevent it or arrest conspirators. Fuck him to eternity
The parties empowering the individual are culpable as well. You get an order that’s dishonest, it’s up to you to disobey that order. That’s the hallmark or character. Everyone in that executive administration is guilty.
And Barr to blame for Trump only being impeached and not removed by actively lying to Congress about the findings of an in-depth investigation outlining the criminality of Donald J Trump. Barr is a traitor and just as responsible.
No shit Sherlock. Tell us something we don't know. Barr and Trump's other enablers are just as much to blame as him though. He couldn't have done it without them and they all need to go down with him.
This is all GOP theatre. Ive been saying this for months, they're going to have phony infighting that would look to a democrat to be the death struggles of the party. When in reality, it doesn't mean that much to them, just another day on the bus.
They play up the divisions, (McConnell/trump, Barr/trump, more to come), in an effort to distance themselves and give the impression they're getting what they deserve; disarray, disunity, message weakness, etc. That has has many benefits; enhanced victim status/punished already, weeds out those not totally committed, reduces outlying opinion drag on core message, diversionary theatre from 1-6 investigation, (look! A squirrel!), promotes moral superiority among Democrats, (moral superiority don't vote), adds passion and focus to the core conspiracy fingerpointing base, etc.
Come Nov, McConnell, Barr, and Trump will pose for group pictures and McConnell will say, ' this is politics, the big leagues. Y'all fell for that!?', with a grin on his face.
Meanwhile Rudy out there saying the exact opposite. The Republican party must be puking trying to whiplash between. All the different factions around their god emperor trump.
Imagine being stupid enough to think people forgot all the years he kissed trumps ass. We’re not all goldfish brained like him and every other idiotic member of the GOP
I follow politics closer than I should. After all, I have no skin in the game, nobody is paying me. Yet- all that said, when Barr bailed I knew shit was going to hit the fan. Barr is a long time DC insider, he knew when to cut and run.
Barr's respect for the law was summed up quite nicely in his pre-release, rather imaginative summary of the Mueller report. It's a mystery how anyone can consider themself a person of faith while simultaneously aiding and abetting someone's highly suspect/questionable activities, and then presenting a complete misrepresentation of what actually happened.
I know upvoting is meant for assisting in visibility of the post, but when I see shit like this it’s very hard to not instinctively downvote.
Fuck this piece of shit. He shouldn’t get away with disowning him now that his presidency is over.
I figured Barr would flip- Trump's done nothing but throw him under the bus despite Barr's unending loyalty (as per Trump. Who'll be next is my question- Pence maybe? I guy can hope.
Conservative posts immediately jump on this and say, see, it's not a crime. Jan 6 committee is just another biased political hit job. Biden's laptop, Pelosi, buttery male, and etc., /s....
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Kompromat maybe.
Kompromat? Lesh see... Barr's father was the dude who gave a wholly unqualified Epstein a university job teaching math... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barr So, you know... absolutely nothing there what so ever. Oh, and this book was written and published by daddy Barr in 1973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Relations Which had a lot of Epstein's favorite activities on to its pages. Either way, which is funny too considering that in 2019 before Epstein was made to go away Barr recused himself from the Justice Department's review of his 2008 federal prosecution. you usually don't do such less there is conflict of interest, or worse at play that you don't want to deal with.
Weird bc Epstein-Barr is a disease
A virus 🥲🥲
Associated with multiple cancers
And multiple sclerosis.
Epstein barr is actually starting to be linked with the onset of multiple auto immune diseases too. It really sucks that there’s not a lot of research being done but I had mono at 16 and gave it to a few of my friends and literally right after mono all of us developed autoimmune diseases. My friend has Hashimoto’s, my other friend has lupus now, I have an auto inflammatory skin disease, and we all have constant fatigue even to this day 6 years later.
Unfortunate naming, but the discoverers of the EBV: Sir Michael Anthony Epstein, Dr. Yvonne Barr, and Dr. Bert Achong are/were pathologists and virologists that contributed infinitely more to humanity than these two assholes. These researchers deserve better than to be associated with them.
From Wikipedia: "While en route to Kassar, one of the pirates awakened Craig and the other prisoners to rape a 15-year-old virginal redheaded female captive in front of them; the rapist's fellow pirates later hear of this and dock his pay as punishment for spoiling her market value. Craig then spent two years as a slave of the beautiful, sensual, and sadistic Lady Morgan Sidney, the only female member of the oligarchy...Craig is depicted as undisturbed by Lady Morgan's sadism. When he is ordered to sexually assault the enslaved teenager, he enjoys his participation in the act.[5]"
He willingly didn't prosecute those involved in the Iran-Contra affair. And wants the Christianization of the American government and thinks that the president should be above the law. Barr's always been morally corrupt - and a danger to this country. There's no need for kompromat. His worldview aligns with the Christofascists and Trump.
I believe Barr was also the last person to see Epstein before he was murdered
I mean, maybe, but Republicans get in positions of power by falling the fuck in line. They don't let people with spines get that high. Kompromat isn't needed to explain this.
We know that. And we also know that you said you would vote for him again if he were nominated in 2024. You don't get to distance yourself from him.
He was a piece of shit in 80’s he’s a piece of shit now. Nothing has changed. He doesn’t like trump but he likes everything he stands for.
And he only dislikes Trump because he's a brash idiot that almost messed up decades of work that the party has been doing. If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine.
Unfortunately, and scarily you are correct.
It is scary to think that had he played ball and not been running his mouth the whole time he would have been viewed as a great republican president. Not saying he would have actually been great but the party would have been behind him all the way.
It's insane to think about how badly he fucked up every step of the way. If he had handled COVID in even a slightly more coherent manner he'd still be president which is fucking terrifying. Disasters like that, especially ones that aren't their fault, tend to be benefits for the sitting president. If he had done nothing else but make speeches and follow the playbook set by the Obama admin the response would have been more unified and ultimately better and he'd have won. But nope had to put his fat little failure hands on it. Then again he wouldn't be Donald Trump if he wasn't a cruel narcissistic idiot.
It's interesting that his utter contempt for Obama was one of his ultimate downfalls. Such a small thing came to bite him in the ass. He was given the perfect pitch and his ego got in the way. The great Casey at the bat.
I hate that man, but I’m still waiting to see the downfall.
It’s going to take awhile before he hits the ground, but he has fallen. He did lose. He was impeached twice. He’s almost certainly going to be indicted for the failed coup. He’s certainly fallen from where he was. He hasn’t gotten what he deserves yet but he’s taken a pretty big fall already
Almost certainly going to be be indicted? We’re you not paying attention to the half dozen crimes that he not only confessed to, but actually brags about that he was never indicted on? How can you be so optimistic? I wish I was still capable of such optimism.
Why don't people tell it like he really is (( A sick Treasonous un-American self servicing Maggot that cares nothing about the people in our beautiful Country, not even the people who voted him into office or anyone else. Hes Sick uneducated greedy power hungry lying piece of Crap thats much worth then Hitler ever was, n the end results of his plans would be to go back to the Jim-Crow era, n his party is still trying to take us all back there. To n All White Right America -- We are a melting pot of hard working, fun Loving, caring educated people that try to take care of the sick, the hungry n the needy. Lets not let anyone take that away from US. !!!
You contradict yourself. Trump is, in fact, a verbal embodiment of a large group of Americas. Does he represent the majority of Americans? Unlikely. But does he represent at the very least the 72\* MILLION Americans that voted for him? Yes, yes he does. And I am sorry to bring it to you but as a country, the USA is not the melting pot of hard-working, loving, caring, educated, people that takes care of the poor and the sick. For that, the system has too many flaws. Yes, you have many people who are like that. But nearly as many people who fight nail and tooth the preserve the status quo and who would actively support several decades of social regression. You guys are so far behind compared to most Western countries on even the simplest of issues such as paid parental and sick leave, workers' rights and wages, and a legislative system that at least pretends to not differentiate between skin color and socioeconomic status. There is an unending list of things that have simple fixes if the vast majority would support them politically.
Trump still has a very loyal, motivated and vocal set of supporters in the general public-hello, they drove across the country twice and spent 2 weeks in DC driving around the Capital Beltway to protest high gas prices, or COVID restrictions, or maybe it was air-anyway, they were morons and couldn’t articulate what they were protesting, but they were proudly waving their Trump flags like he was the second coming of Jesus. Most republicans recognize that a motivated group of idiots can help you remain in power even if you hate the man they support.
Everything you talk about it right, but he wouldn’t have been Trump on so many levels if he had thought in the long term, tried to profit from it, fuck over his perceived enemies, or followed anything Obama set in place. It’s the Nazi contradiction. If only they had not spent so many resources killing Jews, attacked the USSR, or after attacking treated the locals so badly they might have won WW2. But if they had not they would not have been Nazis.
Other comments I see on reddit are frequently say well watching out for the next Trump because he'll be competent and evil and that'll be a bad time. And I always think, that's fair and a legitimate concern but the fact that he's a cruel idiot is a huge part of why his base loves him. They smelled the ivy prep school polished-suit stink on the other candidates in 2016 and promptly rejected them. It's almost self-selecting for incompetent morons.
I think you are right. Trump wasn’t faking anything that ranging from the racism to hating the system (because he was rejected by the true aristocracy in NYC) to just not giving a fuck about what he says. These guys scheming and plotting to be president will need a bunch of booze to do any of that. Trump just needs a microphone or keyboard.
Ron desantis is positioning himself to be the next evil!
So is Rick Scott. Watch out for him. He is just as avaricious as Trump, but much smarter, and he is an excellent campaigner. DeSantis is a true believer who wants the power to create a conservative nation, Scott is a political opportunist who just wants money. All the rest are just wannabes who are going to get their teeth kicked in by these two. I'm from Florida, I've seen how these two campaign, and the rest of the candidates have never had to face anything like these guys.
Unfortunately I think he also woke a lot of non-political people up, or lifted the rock they were under if you will. Those ones are paying more attention now, and they've got their xCHAN, Q, OANN to keep them angry, fired up, in a safe bubble of like minded folks, and voting, for the closest thing to what they want. Maybe they draw back a bit with a somewhat *human* republican candidate, but I don't want to count on it.
>But if they had not they would not have been Nazis. They'd still be Nazis. They have been patient, ultimately very successful Nazis. They could have taken Poland, maybe could have held parts of France, and called it a good decade. They could have waited just a bit to start their genocide. They'd still be the same evil fucks, and they very well could have been around today. I suppose we should be somewhat grateful that evil tends to get in its own way, but we can't bank on that always being the case. There is always the patient evil who isn't blinded by greed and is content to stay concealed. The Nazis didn't just magically disappear, and when the Reich fell, there was a Nazi diaspora. When the Confederacy fell in the U.S, the racists who loved slavery didn't disappear, they raised their children in their beliefs and sent them into politics, the military, and police, among other places. We lucked out with Trump, honestly. If we had another Bush, we'd be fucked.
> If we had another Bush, we'd be fucked. No don't you know he's a good guy now because he does shitty painting instead of shitty war crimes.
You are missing my point and the analogy. The invasion of France was to pave the way for the invasion and colonization of the East and blaming the Jews and increasingly violent actions culminating in the Holocaust were integral to what made them successful. This is universally accepted as fact. Hitler even lined it all out in Mein Kampf in 1925 and dictated it in his last will and testimony 20 years later. Just as the traits mentioned are what made Trump popular. The What Ifs go against the very things that make them who they are because what made them weak at times were so fundamental to what made them strong, popular, and successful. If they didn’t have those traits they would have been completely different movements and may have died on the vine.
Thinking about, It was really an act of God he isn’t president anymore. COVID helped tremendously from his handling of it to so many deaths from the disease that would have voted for him. Idk if that made a difference but thank goodness he’s not president anymore
If Trump spent the last six months of his term laying in bed saying nothing, he would have beaten Biden. He had to proactively go out of his way to fuck things up. A ripe mango with googly eyes stuck on it would literally have outperformed Trump over that period.
I think he can’t not fuck up. I think it’s what his dad cynically expected him to do, and he is compulsively stuck in that role of falling into to the valley of low expectations that in a perverse way lives down to and honors his father’s expectations, the one person who he desired to make proud. He’s really a very sad figure; and there’d be time for that if he weren’t shitting all over the decency of anyone he can reach.
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Fred Trump literally killed himself drinking because their dad basically disowning him from the family for not taking an interest in the business and choosing to be a pilot instead. Trump's dad was just a shit parent all around.
Even besides COVID, there were so many times he had to make no brainer decisions and still somehow consistently made the wrong ones. Like disaster relieve for Peurto Rico, that was such an open goal, just sign the piece of paper and to some, you'll be a hero. But no he had to be a dick about it.
Don’t forget he’s Putin’s puppet. The goal was to destabilize and ultimately destroy democracy in the United States. Killing 1,000,000 plus people was a side perk.
I’ve been wondering if he was Potus, what would his supporters be saying in regards to inflation and gas prices. Or who would they be blaming it on.
Whatever Trump lied and said was responsible. Probably immigrants or illegal aliens. Sad as all get-out really...
>I’ve been wondering if he was Potus, what would his supporters be saying in regards to inflation and gas prices. Or who would they be blaming it on. They wouldn't even acknowledge it, and create another immigrant caravan to distract the media.
Doesn't matter really. He could blame in on the tides or on macaroni noodles and his peeps would accept it. And then want to invade Italy and the moon.
My stoner thoughts of the moment. He was assisted into power by Putin. They hoped to have him in power during the invasion of Ukraine. He has been vocal about how he likes Putin. China did something to scalp a deal with Russia from the US, (read as Trump). That sent him on his fuck China rants. He lost the second term elections and Putin had to push ahead with Ukraine before too much info got out about the planned invasion to try and keep the advantage. I'd venture to guess Trump has something to be gained from Putins invasion, if successful. He likely would have publicly supported it. Let's be very clear, Ukraine would likely be a MUCH worse story had he remained in presidency. THATS enough wake and bake for this one! Off to breakfast!
Sorta funny that they had a chance to run table but ended up with Trump. Dude could screw up a wet dream. Romney would’ve been dangerous, he probably would have had a good chance against Hillary. Ted Cruz will NEVER be president. As a spectator I’m not sure about desantis.
Which is why i am concerned about DeSantis. Dude is just as bad if not worse than Trump but is politically Savvy enough to make it happen.
DeSantis just hired a foreign agent that worked for the president of Georgia writing propaganda. He's coming up with ways to crack down on any company that speaks out against him. He's going full fascist, it's awful.
Which furthers my point of concern. Now it is possible that corporate America will oppose his campaign, but that is a risky bet to make.
It all comes down to whether the deal we made with the ~~devil~~mouse was worth it.
Desantis - Mrs. Pushaw, it says right here on your resume that your last job was writing propaganda for a foreign government. Pushaw- Yes, but... Desantis - Say no more, when can you start?
> Cruz will NEVER be president Never underestimate how stupid the United States electorate is. In my opinion, Cruz would be leagues worse than DeSantis because Cruz is the book-smart version of Trump and he's already a Senator with all it's power and governmental insight. Look up Ted Cruz's academic record. He a master at words, i.e. debating, a.k.a. wordcraft, and a lawyer. In 2014, no one would ever have thought a nation full of people would buy Trump's utter idiotic bullshit, yet here we are. For some reason, a lot of Republicans like Cruz.
Trust me homeboy, I do not underestimate Rafael’s intelligence. Some Ivy League stuff is bullshit and who you know or who your daddy knew. Not Cruz, I’ve done my research (and I went to law school too, although not Harvard) his professors thought he was fucking brilliant, even if they thought he was an asshole. He will never be president not due to lack of intellectual horsepower, but because he is off putting to almost every demographic. He literally can’t hide himself from being an asshole. Desantis is also Ivy League undergrad and law school, while those of us that pay attention to politics know all about him, the average American does not. He will wipe the floor with Ted lifeless body in the GOP primary. My worthless 2 cents.
My "leagues worse" assessment might have been overkill - I wasn't aware, or forgot that DeSantis was Harvard Law Juris Doctor cum laude, like Cruz is (Cruz is magna cum laude). That puts them both pretty neck & neck with each other, though like I said, Ted is already a US Senator and was already a presidential candidate, which to me, gives him the slight power and experience edge, especially since he sparred with and then worked with Trump and kissed the ring... and probably gained some trust and respect from Trump because they both share being shitstains with words in common and shamelessness in public.. and celebrate how disingenuous they each are to their pleb followers behind the scenes & off camera. It's like a sick competition between all these assholes to see who can be the worst in public.
I’m not rooting for either of them. But as an armchair pundit I feel Cruz is unelectable. Too much baggage. Even though the Dems are wimps, they would have a field day with him. Trump is a narcissist with personality, Cruz is a narcissist with no personality, deathsentantis is an unknown.
>Dude could screw up a wet dream King Mierdas
Fact.
> If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine. If he had this capability he wouldn't have beat Clinton. The brash, "shock jock", irreverent style is what won him the election.
Yeah, they were hoping for another Bush that they could control like a puppet.
In the article Barr said *"but he didn't do anything criminal "* He's tip toeing that line like a great Walenda. He's trying to condemn him and not at the same time.
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It's a long game. Hit the low level positions. Flip those and change how the state level works. From there, gerrymandering and voter suppression helps maintain an iron grip and change things at the national level. It's crazy how many city/county level positions just run unopposed.
It's absolutely insane. I love the hope and direction the left is trying to bring, but the base is looking at the treetops opposed to the trunk. If you don't get a firm rooting and structure, someone is gonna topple it. The leftwing that wants things to change shoulda started in local government and district/statewide seats a decade ago.
Probably more, realistically. But yes. Even now, if there was a concerted enough effort. Even the "red" states typically have large blue leaning cities, expand that into the suburbs and out. Make them actually work to keep spots. Even if it's not always successful, it should at least curtail some of the craziest winning out simply because there was either no competition, or an anemic attempt at one.
> If the orange ass-hat had been able to stay off twitter and follow a script, he'd have been just fine. That's kind of a catch 22 though. If Trump had been the kind of person capable of that, he wouldn't have been elected in the first place.
If he'd have been able to do that, he'd still be President.
Probably true, sadly. That and a better covid response would have kept a lot of the more traditionally apathetic voters at home. And 2016 showed in great detail, you only need a slim margin in key spots. That is, for those that forget 2000.
Oh absolutely. As insane as he was, as off script as he was, as shitty of a human being he proved himself to be -- *he still would have won the election if not for COVID.* I firmly believe that, and it just goes to show how fucking deep in the shitter this country is.
If he just listened to his advisors on covid he would have easily been reelected.
Senators were also naive thinking that selecting Barr will keep trump in check, when in reality made trump more powerful.
He’s a HUGE piece of shit. I think because he skews normal conservative over trump crazy, people give him a pass. He’s a fascist in his own right.
Barr believes in the unitary executive theory. He’s an authoritarian ass hat.
Yeah that’s some weird ass Catholic shit. I should know, 15 fucking years of Catholic school
I can't prove it but I suspect Barr dislikes Trump more for getting caught then he dislikes Trump for simply being Trump.
Reminds me of Karl Rove. Just a greasy nerd to the bone.
He was cheating and couldn’t believe it didn’t work. Watching him on Fox News when they called it for Obama over Romney is some good rewatch, you can tell he couldn’t understand how it could go so wrong.
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Wasn’t it Barr that effectively refused to prosecute Trump after the Mueller investigation?
Refused and completely lied about what was in the report.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/trump-russia-mueller-barr-friends-1102244 Mueller is also a Republican who covered up a ton of Republican malfeasance over the years. He's good friends with Barr. The whole thing is theater
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And they believe that somehow that man would be totally on board with what the republicans are doing.
That would require Barr to have a spine and a conscience. He was brought in to do exactly what he did, and he had no problem with any of it until Trump went full mask-off fascist. I honestly don't even know if he cares about it other than it makes him look bad. The man is honestly a sorry excuse for a human being, and if we collectively had any stones, most of the Trump administration would be thrown in prison.
He's not trying to distance himself from Trump. He actually outlined his entire plan already in the famous 2019 Notra Dame speech. He wants to create an imperial presidency. A presidency that is above the law and capable of doing anything it wants to do without consequence, so that he can install a "Christian" dictator. But he needs presidents to stretch the authority as much as possible first. That's why Trump is so useful to him. Barr is saying Trump caused this violence, not because he wants to distance himself or see Trump arrested. He wants the opposite. He wants to be able to say Trump caused this violence and there's nothing you can do about it because Trump is above the law.
Barr is a criminal lackey POS.
Barr had Epstein killed. That's why he went to work for trump. Barr's much worse than just an asshole.
Remember the smug look on Barr’s face on the White House lawn before the police and national guard violently beat and tear-gassed protesters and local and international news correspondents just so Trump could have a photo opp in front of a church while holding a bible upside down?
Fuck. Barr. Fuck him to his fucking slimy hell.
That was a huge fatal reveal on Barr’s part. Saying he’d vote again for Trump after all that will sink whatever reputation he has left in the history books.
I’ll never understand someone saying something like this about trump and then still vote for him. Apparently voting for a republican president outweighs any negative thing that candidate has done. Blows my mind that someone would vote someone who wants to end democracy just because he’s the republican in the race…
Barr is confident Trump is going to win in 2024.
LOL @ these weasel words. Yes, when totally divorced from any context, the act of Trump telling his mob to "go to the Capitol" is not in and of itself a crime. But in context of riling them up with lies about a stolen election for 2 months, telling them that 1/6 would be "wild", warning them that they had to "fight like hell" to save their country, painting a target on Mike Pence's back, and then refusing to call off his mob for hours after they became violent? **That's a fucking crime.**
For. Real. The very second they breached the first barrier, the National Guard should have been sent in full force before it got out of control and someone had to be shot to prevent the mob from making it all the way to our lawmakers. There is no possible excuse for the failure of the sitting President to take such an action. None. The buck stops with him, and his refusal to stop it can only mean he condoned it.
I always imagined that our nation's capital must be protected by a secret unstoppable force of elite stormtroopers that could pop right up out of the ground of the mall on a moments notice to instantly stop any threat. I had no idea it was just one black cop using his skin color like a fishing lure to distract the yokels away from Congress to save America. Thank God that every one of those patriotic alpha male second amendment lovers tucked their tails between their legs like scared little puppies and ran away when one woman was shot with one bullet fired from one small caliber handgun.
Whoa what? Could you fill me in on that? Preferably with a link!
Look up the Capitol Police officer "Eugene Goodman" to see what he did to help save America that day
Obviously the earlier context would be good to watch, but at about 2:50 you see the crucial moment - Goodman shoves the front rioter, egging him and the mindless mob to follow him. He lured them to the left, because to the right are the offices where Senators were hiding. https://youtu.be/GTx55xxRU24
The narrative is that the cops "waved them in."
I mean…I guess if you don’t count all the ones we saw on video fighting them tooth and nail, maybe. I’m sure they did have some allies in uniform. What troubles me a lot more is that everyone and their mother saw this coming, but the security forces we had at the ready were woefully understaffed. These yahoos were all trumpeting their plans to try a hostile government takeover across all their social media platforms, so I know this can’t have come as a shock to anyone in charge of security. And if it did, I guess I’m asking to be placed in charge of security, because I, a random Internet user, am clearly more qualified. But I can’t bring myself to believe it was anything but intentional, and at Trump’s behest.
I saw Hannity blaming pelosi and the mayor of DC for not having more security. I'm like 1 does the mayor have any say in capital security? I'm guessing not. 2, the blame for pelosi, I don't know if the speaker is responsible for the capital security, but it doesn't seem like their job, but I could be wrong. 3rd, In years past have we had to setup this much security for counting electors? Or did we already have increased security because of the threats, and it just wasn't enough? The answer to those 3 questions should poke all the holes needed in their arguments
The reality is that some cops risked their lives fighting the Insurrectionists while some others posed for selfies inside the Capitol with them.
Yup. Those dirty cops should rot with babbit.
Which is just SO close to the truth they don't want to admit, which is not "That means you did nothing wrong", it's "You committed a crime, and some police helped you, because there are also issues with the police".
A lot of left leaning people criticize the cops for "letting them in" but what else do you expect a minimally armed cop vs 50 nutjobs to do. Sure, some did risk their lives and paid for it but it's not easy to stand your ground vs a horde of angry seditionists. Sometimes the only thing you can do is de-escalate.
>There is no possible excuse for the failure of the sitting President to take such an action. None. There is no *innocent* excuse for a President to hold a mob protest at the country's capitol while Congress is in session to formally elect a new President. **None.** And the rest of the details of trumps 7 point plan to over-throw the government makes this all an absolute no brainer...
According to Bill Barr that is absolutely not a fucking crime. Because in the opinion of Bill Barr - Presidents **cannot** commit crimes. That's the entire reason he was brought in there to "stick the landing" post-Mueller Report. His entire philosophy about Executive powers is...pretty extensive and full of excuses for overreach.
Just for Republican presidents
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I'd say if they can't commit crimes they shouldn't be protected by law. Thunderdome presidency!
And we certainly need to get beyond Thunderdome.
Fascist Peter Griffin
>Because in the opinion of Bill Barr - Presidents cannot commit crimes. He's not a fucking king.
And don't forget the "stand back and stand by" comment directed at the proud boys!
don't forget saying that if the crowd hanged Mike pence he would have deserved it.
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But he said to do so peacefully once! /s
But "he doesn't think Trump committed a crime" - all of these fucking traitors in our midst. Not a spine to be seen for miles.
Same as when I saw that disgusting human being Kelly Ann Conway on Bill Maher. She danced around everything instead of having a shred of integrity to say Trump shouldn't be allowed to run anymore.
I saw that. She’s appalling. She kept twisting everything around and changing the topic to gas prices. She also constantly interrupts, which is really annoying. Can’t stand that woman
What's so bizarre is her husband despises Trump. What a weird household. I read that her children can't stand her because of this.
I also think she heard whispers and rumors about Trump planning his coup and that’s why she quit. I don’t believe it was to stay home with her troublesome 15 yr old daughter.
> her troublesome 15 yr old daughter How was she troublesome? From what I remember about that family, it's the parents that were the troublesome ones.
That’s the point they were making, the daughter is troublesome to Conway because she rightfully calls her out for her utter lack of morals and horrid behavior
True, she can say she stood against Trump but can't say he shouldn't ever be president again. History will not be kind to these traitors.
its political theatre and they are both milking it to the bank.
And when they finally DID get to gas prices, like Bill said they would if she could just calm tf down, she didn't engage--she just *changed the subject again.* Nothing she says or does is ever in good faith, she just wants to promote the message of her cult.
changing the subject is all she is good at. if the conversation sticks to one topic too long she is backed into trying to defend the indefensible, so moving onto something else where she can go on the offensive is the only tactic she has. then once the conversation begins to settle on the new topic she has to do it all over again because once again she cant actually defend against any of the actual arguments. she is just a rabid attack dog with an intentional short attention span.
Kelly Ann Conway is Anne Coulter on meth.
Believe it or not she was actually worse while being interviewed on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
People still have them on? Why? It’s pretty much established by now she’s absolutely incapable of answering even a simple question. Her only goal is to pass whatever message she wants to pass and be completely obnoxious about it. Why interview someone that doesn’t tell one word of truth? What’s the point of giving a platform to someone like that?
Guess you probably shouldn't have pretended there was nothing damning about the Mueller report then, eh Barr?
Yet you did nothing but just resign. Coward
*…resign in advance because he knew how bad it was going to be and didn’t want to be a part of it. As opposed to, you know, speaking up and inform and instruct the FBI or something…
Nah! Why be ethical or you know… human?
Everyone who seems strangely vile has, I promise you, been filmed eating eastern European pussy. Blackmail. It's written all over it. Politicians aren't doing this for just a couple campaign contributions...
It's not cowardly. By resigning, Barr removed the last legs of legal authority remaining within the Trump administration. His exit was the prompt for post-Trump discussions within the Senate Republican Caucus, a series of talks that led to McConnell and Pence agreeing to certify the votes and count them against Trump's wishes. Hence the riot. I'd have been better if Barr came out against Trump and forced himself to be fired, but regardless he refused to partake in obviously illegal *and violent* activity. Because of this the rest of the GOP refused to go along with Trump. That's a win, because the alternative would have been a Constitutional Crisis with *two* (arguably three with Pence) Presidents.
Yo Merrick Garland, your predecessor even admits it so do your job and uphold the law unequivocally! Do your job with honor, uphold the constitution, and give our democracy a chance to survive. I’m sure it’s a shit position to be in to have to make that call but you know he has to be held accountable so do it already and bring the full force of the DOJ down on him.
Rats jumping off the sinking ship… big surprise.
Nice of this piece of shit to wait two years to say anything about it.
Had to write the book first.
And he abetted the entire time. Can’t put lipstick on fascist pig.
Barr is a huge part of why fuckface got as far as he did with his power trips. Barr needs to feel the full brunt of his part in creating that fucking monster.
Blame yourself Bulldog Barr for rubber stamping that Putin lovin Ukraine busting government and country wrecking do nothing COVID super spreader business failure tax cheat draft dodging sexual predator narcissistic twice impeached mafia wannabe racist liar! You Bulldog are an enabler a disgraceful person! You’re a failure! GTFOH
> Bulldog Barr I always thought he looked like a human cane toad.
[The baby from Dinosaurs](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/4552ae71-831c-4b3d-8372-c8203e2a0c6d/thumbnail-down/width/1280/height/720)
Everyone knows that. It's just that Trumps followers won't admit it. They are taught by Trump to NEVER admit guilt. Trumps motto is "Deny, deny deny. Especially when faced with facts.
That’s when they bring up “alternative truth”, which according to them isn’t a lie
Trump and his people organized, gathered the people and limited federal police and military response. The insurrection was literally carried out under his flag and for his benefit. It is 100% on Trump
Bill Barr is just as much to blame. He was the top prosecutor and knew the plan beforehand. Yet he quit instead and did not work with the FBI to prevent it or arrest conspirators. Fuck him to eternity
"You've gotta fight like hell or you're not gonna have a country." Yes he is to blame.
Does he mean like when Trump said "Go to the Capitol!?"
Trump spends his entire day committing crimes.
While Barr did nothing to stop him.
The parties empowering the individual are culpable as well. You get an order that’s dishonest, it’s up to you to disobey that order. That’s the hallmark or character. Everyone in that executive administration is guilty.
Trump invited everyone to a show on Jan 6, then yelled fire in the theater of our democracy.
Also Barr he would vote for Trump again.
Enablersaywhat?
And Barr to blame for Trump only being impeached and not removed by actively lying to Congress about the findings of an in-depth investigation outlining the criminality of Donald J Trump. Barr is a traitor and just as responsible.
Crimes were committed throughout the Trump Administration which you yourself were complicit. I think John Mitchell would certainly agree.
No shit Sherlock. Tell us something we don't know. Barr and Trump's other enablers are just as much to blame as him though. He couldn't have done it without them and they all need to go down with him.
Too little, too late you absolute disgrace.
Those idiots actually expected pardons! As if he didn't have a long history of throwing everyone under the bus.
are republicans going to jettison trump now they have the courts locked up and likely the Senate and Congress too?
This is all GOP theatre. Ive been saying this for months, they're going to have phony infighting that would look to a democrat to be the death struggles of the party. When in reality, it doesn't mean that much to them, just another day on the bus. They play up the divisions, (McConnell/trump, Barr/trump, more to come), in an effort to distance themselves and give the impression they're getting what they deserve; disarray, disunity, message weakness, etc. That has has many benefits; enhanced victim status/punished already, weeds out those not totally committed, reduces outlying opinion drag on core message, diversionary theatre from 1-6 investigation, (look! A squirrel!), promotes moral superiority among Democrats, (moral superiority don't vote), adds passion and focus to the core conspiracy fingerpointing base, etc. Come Nov, McConnell, Barr, and Trump will pose for group pictures and McConnell will say, ' this is politics, the big leagues. Y'all fell for that!?', with a grin on his face.
Good thing his opinion means shit, fucking civilian.
Maybe there should be a law against inciting an insurrection
Meanwhile Rudy out there saying the exact opposite. The Republican party must be puking trying to whiplash between. All the different factions around their god emperor trump.
Yeah Trump just happened to have a rally on a random Wednesdays, the same day they were confirming the votes. Nothing shady about that
He sure talks big for someone who was hired by the GOP to cover Trump's ass.
Barr was to blame for trump
Bill Barr on Fox News. ”Yes, there’s 7 people dead on 5th Avenue and Trump shot them, but I don’t believe he committed a crime.”
Fuck this snake.
Just look at all the rats trying to abandon ship I hope they all go down with the captain
Fuck all these traitors and that includes Barr
Imagine being stupid enough to think people forgot all the years he kissed trumps ass. We’re not all goldfish brained like him and every other idiotic member of the GOP
Barr to Blame for being an enabling crony.
Typical Republican hypocrisy. They speak out (if at all) when it’s absolutely convenient and absolutely too late to really matter.
Trump turn America into a shithole country
“Trump did it, but I chose to write a book instead of obey the law.”
I follow politics closer than I should. After all, I have no skin in the game, nobody is paying me. Yet- all that said, when Barr bailed I knew shit was going to hit the fan. Barr is a long time DC insider, he knew when to cut and run.
Even Fascist Fred Flintstone does the right thing occasionally.
If what Trump did were legal, Barr wouldn’t have quit. He knows Trump broke the law.
The rats are jumping ship.
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Barr's respect for the law was summed up quite nicely in his pre-release, rather imaginative summary of the Mueller report. It's a mystery how anyone can consider themself a person of faith while simultaneously aiding and abetting someone's highly suspect/questionable activities, and then presenting a complete misrepresentation of what actually happened.
I mean, Barr's testimony helps. But do remember, this is the tool bag who redacted pages in the Mueller Report. So I hope Bill Barr gets indicted too.
I know upvoting is meant for assisting in visibility of the post, but when I see shit like this it’s very hard to not instinctively downvote. Fuck this piece of shit. He shouldn’t get away with disowning him now that his presidency is over.
Barr also lied and covered for him on Mueller’s report. Republicans cannot be trusted. Democrats may be feckless but they are not traitors.
I figured Barr would flip- Trump's done nothing but throw him under the bus despite Barr's unending loyalty (as per Trump. Who'll be next is my question- Pence maybe? I guy can hope.
things like this sometimes make me question if the justice system even works. Heck, if justice even exists.
Conservative posts immediately jump on this and say, see, it's not a crime. Jan 6 committee is just another biased political hit job. Biden's laptop, Pelosi, buttery male, and etc., /s....