- add live feed- Garland-- is warning the CONvicted felon and his MAGAts about

[malaise]

Election threats live on air right now.
This is great news.
These cases are a warning…the justice department will find you.
Tell them AG.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Wait, what!?!?

I thought Garland was a milquetoast Republican Manchurian candidate plant at the DOJ?

[malaise]

5. You've never seen me write that n/t

Last edited Wed Sep 4, 2024, 02:32 PM - Edit history (1)

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. No personal slight or accusation was intended towards you

But there are dozens of others whom that shoe fits perfectly.

[maxsolomon]

13. I don't think he's a Manchurian Candidate plant at the DOJ.

But he's milquetoast. He's as milque as toast can be. The milquetoastest.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. I guess you have a point

If by milquetoast you mean dog shit soaked in battery acid with bits of broken glass sprinkled on top.

Cuz that’s what’s being served to hundreds of J6 insurrectionists, some of whom will be dining on Garland’s brand of milquetoast for decades…

And the current GOP nominee has spent hundreds of millions trying to avoid even a nibble of Garland’s milquetoast.

So in that case, I agree that Garland is the milquetoastiest, and good on him for it.

If Justice were a restaurant, Garland would be the head chef, and Jack Smith the maître’d ensuring that Garland’s recipe is served piping hot, despite interference from the busboys res critics and corrupt health inspectors.

[jaxexpat]

26. Restaurant has a problem, though. The patrons usually die of malnutrition waiting to be served.

Some even, heaven forbid, simply walk out to find a deli.

[markodochartaigh]

49. Agree,

in this context I prefer Brazilian cuisine. The Brazilian government was right on top of Bolsonada's coup attempt. Of course they have had decades of practice. Maybe their left wing upper caste is also not as dismissive, at least publicly, of the threat to democracy.

[malaise]

86. Profound

Rec

[Bev54]

70. Perhaps you can look at your justice system rather than the people trying to exact justice

The system is broken.

[jaxexpat]

76. That's fair, I suppose, and still the fact remains, the most exemplary model of our problem-plagued...........

justice system are its practitioners. Everyone could/should seek to improve the DOJ but the performers on that stage seem to fall in two general categories: realists and idealists. Both positions are ineffectual and delusional as one acknowledges iniquities but sees a mountain-too-high and the other, while equally acquainted with its deficiencies, sees no-better-methodology.

The answer is political. In a rationally structured government, it always is. Much of the corruption and irresolution would simply evaporate with a very few and relatively moderate alterations. Two actually; term limits for Supreme Court justices and elimination of the Electoral College.

Perhaps if we made "interference with election integrity" a mandatory capital offence in both state and federal law. That should entertain the angels-on-the-head-of-a-pin devotees for a few decades.

[malaise]

85. Agree

Rec

[Orrex]

47. re: the restaurant metaphor

So far, the only people who've faced any form of justice are the bottom-feeders licking crumbs off of the floor, while Trump and his cronies have been gorging themselves at the buffet more or less nonstop since the restaurant opened.

Here's how the discussion usually goes:

Person 1: No one of real consequence has faced any real consequence for January 6th.

Person 2: What do you mean? Here's a long list of anonymous fools who've gotten mostly trivial sentences.

Person 1: Oh. And what about the the ringleaders?

Person 2: Why don't you call Joe Biden and tell him that you think he's terrible for picking Garland, since you obviously have access to all of the evidence and classified information as well as the history of the proceedings, and you know better than all of the lawyers and all of the investigators? My well-placed sources tell me blah blah blah blah blah.

[Lucky Luciano]

54. They should be in prison for 20 years.

Florence supermax
Solitary confinement 23.5 hours per day

[msfiddlestix]

73. ....

[ananda]

29. Exactly!

I've thought of him that way for three years now.

And still do.

[dchill]

9. It's REALLY too late for Garland or you to remediate this ...

...horrific situation. How many cases will they bring before the election? Before the election-denying state election officials attack the results? I have ZERO faith that this DOJ has done the necessary work to head these traitors off with anything stronger than this feeble warning.

ONLY if Harris wins will any of this ever be pursued by the DOJ.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Wouldn't a crime have to be committed, or evidence of a conspiracy surface for DOJ to "do something"?

Offering a $10 million reward for info on foreign interference isn’t “nothing”.

[dchill]

19. You must be replying to someone else...

...or you have just literally misquoted me twice.

[angrychair]

20. Not sure about that

I really think of him as the appendix I'll thr Biden administration. He is there but non-functional and useless

[GB_RN]

43. Hey, Don't Knock The Appendix!

It’s far from useless! It’s actually a reservoir of your natural gut bacteria, which allows your digestive tract to replenish itself after
say, a bad case of diarrhea. The concept of it being useless pretty much fell by the wayside back in the early ‘00s.

🖖

[angrychair]

55. Actually didn't know that

Fair enough. I guess there is nothing more useless than Garland

[Corktown]

89. Appendix Love

Thanks for standing up for the appendix. Appendices are historically underrated.

Just ask many books, they'll tell you about it! ....

[CrispyQ]

105. The things you learn on DU!

I hadn't heard that before.

[Oopsie Daisy]

23. I know! Right?!?

[Escape]

36. Milquetoast...

I suppose that describes Mr Garland's timidity, mollycoddling and impotence adequately over the past 3 years. I might also suggest pusillanimous and possibly even poltroon.

Mr Garland is the leading legal official in our current government. Another man who tried to overthrow that government three years ago and stole Top Secret legal documents from that government and commits felonies in broad daylight almost weekly against that government....is a free man and running for president of that government that he tried to overthrow.

People all around the world see that that is wrong and think that something should have been done about it. Either Mr Garland just hasn't gotten around to it yet or can't quite put his finger on whether committing crimes is indeed illegal.

Just four more months until poor Mr. Garland can finally crawl out from under his desk and go on home for good.

[Fiendish Thingy]

56. You inhabit a different plane of reality

One that is created from the absence of evidence.

I prefer to exist in the evidence based reality community.

[ancianita]

65. Thank you.

Sick of all this anti-Garland ish. There's so much evidence and plenty of real numbers to shut the mouths of Garland detracter/haters here, but they don't deserve the help when they refuse any search of the facts for themselves.

All they have to do is consider the average daily caseload of the DOJ.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

95. Agree.

I'm sick of it, too.

[Scrivener7]

78. You're consistent, I'll give you that.

[Escape]

116. Fiendish

A positive video was posted with words of encouragement from Merrick Garland. That was a good thing.

Unfortunately, the first post following that video was an attack by YOU. Before any other DU opinions on Garland's statements were offered, you scrambled to your keyboard and initiated a preemptive strike on those of us on this site who are frustrated, disappointed and angry that our DOJ, in three full years, can't seem to catch the bad guy.

I have only been posting here for a few weeks, but for several years now, Democratic Underground has been where I start my day.

Your posts are quite predictable.

[Bev54]

71. These posts are really getting to the point that should be alerted on.

He is a respected AG working for a democratic administration that is in the middle of a difficult election. The US justice system is the problem not Garland, the bashing really needs to stop.

If any of those bashing Garland even bothered to research the facts instead of using insinuations, they might actually learn something.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

96. Agree.

[ancianita]

104. Agree. And those of us who appreciate Garland's justice work should do so.

Garland has led near 8,000 prosecutions in the 3 years, 5 months and 25 days he has been Attorney General.

Yes, I ran the numbers and his work time.

[Think. Again.]

113. You write..

"The US justice system is the problem not Garland,..."

You do know that garland is in charge of the U.S. Justice system, right?

[Bev54]

114. No he is not in charge of the judges and the supreme court, you know right?

[Think. Again.]

115. Ah, thank you for that clarification.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

93. That is unfair and disgusting.

However a clear use of a thesaurus.

[Skittles]

41. no one says he doesn't do ANYTHING

the complaint is he hasn't done ENOUGH, and it is VALID

[ancianita]

64. What's enough, then. No one will agree on that, either. Most people talk as if only perfect is enough,

and anything short of that is failure. No one seems to take the time to run the numbers that best define "enough" of what the Garland DOJ has accomplished in getting justice.

[Scrivener7]

82. LOL! I don't think there's any need for us to parse how close to perfect is enough.

We're never going to need to have that conversation with this DOJ.

[ancianita]

88. Laugh all you like. There is one conversation about Garland that we're going to need. The numbers conversation, and

the timeline and quality of justice through that timeline. When you say there isn't "enough" it's a catchall for all kinds of imagined shortcomings of the AG despite no proof.

[Scrivener7]

106. "despite no proof."

[Bev54]

109. Well if you did the research you will find proof of the opposite but then that doesn't fit

the narrative now does it.

[Scrivener7]

110. .

[Bev54]

111. Laugh all you want but if you continue to make arguments without any research

the joke is on you.

[Scrivener7]

112. I love that you guys keep giving me permission to laugh all I want.

[ancianita]

123. And what, exactly, are you laughing about again?

[ancianita]

122. They'd find "proof of the opposite" of what, exactly? And what's the narrative, again?

[Bev54]

125. The narrative that Garland did nothing.

[ancianita]

127. Ah, okay, now I understand. Thanks. And yes, they would find out the opposite, but then why bother when

indulging baseless cynicism is easier.

[Bev54]

126. The narrative that Garland did nothing.

[onandup]

42. This is the visual version of a sternly worded letter

nm

[hadEnuf]

58. Yes, I'm sure the Nazi MAGATs are just trembling right about now.

Better than the nothing we have been getting though, I guess.

[kiri]

61. Merrick is NOT part of the solution...

IF MG had not sat on his rump his first year and started real investigations, many of the bad court decisions would have been headed off. Garland is a contributor to the threats to democracy. History will so regard him. Garland de facto gave us Aileen Cannon. Remember he is a member of the Federalists and only appointed Jack Smith, kicking, too little ,too late.

[Fiendish Thingy]

72. Nothing in your post is factual. Nt

[D23MIURG23]

90. That's probably a little strong, but Garland did drag his feet on the Trump prosecutions early on.

I think his initial impulse was to let Trump's role in Jan. 6 slide. He should have looked into that much more aggressively much earlier. Most of the stuff Trump was eventually charged with didn't even stem from the riot, they were related to conspiratorial behavior that could have been investigated in 2021. The DOJ went after all the Q shamen, and I doubt any of them even end up testifying at Trump's Jan. 6 trial.

He does deserve credit for appointing Jack Smith, though. He went with someone aggressive and I don't think that was by accident.

Maybe the fairest line on Garland, would be that he was slow to appreciate the degree of Trump's menace to the system, but he's gotten there over time.

[Fiendish Thingy]

91. Jack Smith started on third base thanks to Garland

The absence of public information is not evidence of Garland “dragging his feet”.

In fact, Garland persisted despite resistance and obstruction from Trump loyal FBI career employees.

Thanks to Garland, when Cannon dismissed the docs case and voided all evidence and testimony collected by Smith, there was still a substantial core of evidence remaining that Garland’s team had collected from the search at Mar a Lago before Smith was appointed.

The argument over Garland’s investigations of Trump has been debated for years on DU, with verifiable facts consistently revealing the truth when compared to emotional arguments based on opinions derived from the lack of public information available during the first couple of years of the investigations.

The fact that Garland bashing has resurfaced now means we are in a post Labor day news lull, and things are going so well for Harris that some folks need something to argue about, and I guess this is it.

[D23MIURG23]

94. It's actually based on investigative reporting that Garland actively resisted investigating Trump.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/report-says-doj-resisted-investigating-trumps-role-in-jan-6-for-over-a-year

You think what you want about the issue, but I didn't arrive at my opinion by reading into a lack of official comment from the DOJ.

[Fiendish Thingy]

97. Funny you should mention the WaPo report

Because, if you actually read the report, it reveals that Garland persisted with investigating Trump in the face of resistance and obstruction from Trump-loyal career employees.

Notice the headline says “DOJ resisted” and not “Garland resisted” because the latter isn’t true. Some of the DOJ resistance documented in the report came prior to Garland even being sworn in.

The authors of the WaPo report tried to create a Garland hit piece, using quotes from Trump loyalists with an axe to grind, but in the end, the evidence showed the opposite.

Here’s an evidence based analysis that refutes the standard take that the WaPo report proves Garland dragged his feet on investigating Trump, as well as showing that the WaPo report was incomplete and inaccurate in telling the whole story:

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/06/19/the-wapo-shows-there-should-be-more-scrutiny-of-steve-dantuono/

[D23MIURG23]

98. The upshot of the report is that Garland didn't push because he wanted "normal".

He wanted the evidence to "bubble up" and force his hand. Well, he got that eventually, but we haven't gotten a Trump J6 or classified documents trial and might never.

I understand that Garland has a difficult job, and that overreach can be a real problem, but I also haven't forgotten watching orange man commit treason in broad fucking daylight, and hearing Glenn Kirchner opine that there was sufficient evidence already being reported in the media to charge the bastard. That was like two full years before we got our first Trump indictment.

You can claim that the rank and file at DOJ were the problem, but it is in fact, his job to get them on board with his agenda. Leaders don't get to evade responsibility by blaming their subordinates.

[Fiendish Thingy]

100. TV lawyers will lead you down a path to disappointment and heartache

Not to mention confusion and misinformation.

Most TV lawyers tell you what they think you want to hear.

I don’t believe Steve D’Antuono’s name ever passed Kirchner’s lips, yet it was D’Antuono, not Garland, who did the lion’s share of foot dragging around the Trump investigations. Garland, as head of the DOJ, had the responsibility to circumvent these obstructions, but unlike TV crime shows, that doesn’t happen with the snap of one’s fingers.

Did you read the emptywheel article?

, but I also haven't forgotten watching orange man commit treason in broad fucking daylight

Many crimes were committed on January 6, and the weeks preceding, but none of them were treason and many weren’t committed “in broad daylight” but behind closed doors. If prosecution were limited to the evidence seen on TV, there would have been no charges against Trump.

[D23MIURG23]

118. You can keep making your excuses. I'm interested in results.

Let me know when those show up.

I'm done arguing. We'll see if Harris keeps Garland on if she wins. I'm betting she won't.

[Fiendish Thingy]

120. We're both interested in results

Although we have different perspectives on the realistic timetables for those results.

I don’t expect Harris to keep Garland, which is fine by me. Whoever is the next AG, I don’t expect to see results from existing cases any quicker, mostly because the bulk of existing cases are currently under the control of the Judiciary branch, not the DOJ.

As for possible new investigations or charges, well, we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we?

[mobeau69]

2. US offers up to $10 million for info on foreign interference.

[slightlv]

75. Theyre offering on foreign interference.

It's domestic that is continuing the coup. Until we have teeth for going after and punishing domestic terrorists, we're screwed IMNSHO.

[malaise]

3. Live Feed - Eff M$NBC for cutting this off to hear from their hacks

This is important national news

[BoRaGard]

4. k and r

[republianmushroom]

6. Is this the first final warning ?

We shall see, time will tell, if, they are really serious. Hopefully they are, but...

[malaise]

7. Watch the full press conference

There were indictments

[republianmushroom]

18. Yup, some states have had many indictments,

fed's are playing catch up, now, or trying to. If, the convicted felon wins, all those charges will disappear.
Time that has passed 46 months since 2020 election and now we have indictments, less than 70 days before 2024 election.
Mueller report, election interference, un-redacted, not yet 7 years ago +/-. No indictment. Statute of Limitations ran out 2 years ago +/-.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. Related: traitortrump's uncharged crimes...

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/president-trumps-staggering-record-of-uncharged-crimes/#table

[republianmushroom]

24. Yup, many, a whole lot, that was let slip by.

Well the convicted felon (by a state court) has put that old myth, 'no one is above the law', in its grave.

But we are warning, don't let it happen again. See what we have done, now.

[Scrivener7]

81. This combination of actors is such that, if you just flood the zone with crimes, only

a fraction will ever be charged.

Which is ridiculous.

[GB_RN]

45. Quoting Robin Williams...

“Cross this line, you die! OK, cross this line, you die!”
😁
*From part of his stand up routine back in the ‘80s, making fun of Muammar Qaddafi, and his “lines of death.”

[DoBW]

10. It seems we're better aware than in 2016 but ...

are we better armed.? Why does TSF want to shut down gov't?... to help foreign actors?

[malaise]

17. To stay out of prison

That is all

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Oooh

I bet they're really afraid that he'll get to charging them with crimes in the next decade or so.

[IronLionZion]

14. 2 months to election day

with early voting starting before that.

[pecosbob]

16. If you threaten to harm or kill an election worker or official or volunteer the Justice Department will find you...

and we will hold you accountable.

[wiggs]

21. I thought he might mention Jan 6 and fake electors, which were domestic efforts to interfere with elections. And as

a warning mention how many hundreds had been indicted.

[malaise]

34. He did n/t

[VGuerra276]

25. Texas

So why the F isn't he doing something about the blatant voter suppression happening in Texas? 1M voters purged from the registry, executing search warrants on abuelitas' homes who are community organizers and are only trying to GOTV among Hispanics!

[jaxexpat]

28. Because that would amount to actually doing something, I suppose. This DOJ has gotten to and rooted out.....

exactly ZERO of those ultimately behind this ongoing threat to democracy. They haven't even chosen the knives they'll assiduously carry into this gun fight.

[malaise]

30. You don't know what he is doing?

Do you - there is a task force - there are more lawyers hired.

[debm55]

33. I didn't watch, but why wasn't it done earlier.?TY malaise

[BoRaGard]

27. So glad Justice is being done

lock em up

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

35. The statute of limitations is winding down, they're not scared of someone who has yet to put a ringleader on trial.

Just delay, delay until it runs out.
I sure wish we'd done them like Brazil.

[Think. Again.]

31. Well it's a start, I guess...

So the doj is proactively "detecting and combatting" FOREIGN threats to our elections, and are willing to respond to violent threats against pollworkers and officials (they specifically did NOT say 'domestic threats') after those threats have been made or acted upon.

But I guess it's still up to volunteers like Mark Elias and the American Bar Association election task force to try to stop this election from being interfered with by the American rightwing.

Oh well.

[Harker]

50. +33. n/t

[Scrivener7]

80. Well, not act exactly. More like warn in an even more sternly worded manner.

Because that oughta do it.

[Think. Again.]

84. Yes, and he expertly buried those warnings...

...in a long, boring, monotone ramble about other things designed to get the viewer to either fall asleep or switch to anything else.

[Scrivener7]

107. Three dimensional chess, no doubt.

[Think. Again.]

117. Well, all the media is covering is his "foreign" interference....

...statements, so I guess it worked.

[MagickMuffin]

32. Death Threats will not be tolerated

However, I think the ones who have been sentenced are getting an extremely light sentences.

The Feds need to investigate Mark Jacoby. He is involved in some very shady schemes with getting 3rd party candidates on the ballots only in swing states. They forged a woman’s name to be an elector for Cornel West. She didn’t even know what an elector is!

And apparently Mark Jacoby has been charged for election interference before, but somehow never serves time behind bars.

[Nevilledog]

38. The internet has sniffed out the RW media personalities

Link to tweet

David Corn
@DavidCornDC
·
Follow

Big news! DOJ indictment says Russia (via RT) funneled $9.7m to an unidentified US media firm for content to sow discontent in the US. It says firm calls itself a "network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues." That matches the description of Tenet Media—a collection of rightwing/libertarian commentators, including Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin.
tenetmedia.com

[PedroXimenez]

40. i like that the indictment puts "talent" in quotes

[ShazzieB]

57. "Talent," as used here is standard broadcasting jargon.

It means any performer or reporter who is recorded live on radio or television.

The term is used to indicate a person's function in the broadcast and is not meant to imply anything about their ability or the quality of their performance.

I suspect the quotes were used here because it was part of the material quoted from the unnamed media company's website (the rest of which is highlighted in blue).

[PedroXimenez]

68. ok but i still like it

somewhat related, during the Alex Jones trial, one of the company representatives called InfoWars a "single-talent company", which i thought was funny because InfoWars has numerous on-air people other than Jones.

[ShazzieB]

69. Yeah, that IS funny!

[malaise]

108. Yes indeed

The views speak volumes😀

[Dan]

39. Well, I guess I have to disagree with the people who think that

Garland is milquetoast in temperament etc.; I have always said that the only issue with Garland is that he has the disposition of a Judge, that said, I stand by that statement.

[LexVegas]

44. This will be the first of only 878 warnings. Then there will be consequences. nt

[Wednesdays]

48. It's like, "Stop! I'm warning you! And if you don't stop, I shall warn you again!"

[Scrivener7]

79. But, of course, first consequences will have to be scheduled. And that takes time.

[LexVegas]

83. We don't want this to look political. nt

[BComplex]

46. I like it! I know Garland has a bad rep...well deserved...but he just totally ruined the MAGAts Christmas.

And I like it! Trumpsters can go suck eggs.

[SheltieLover]

51. K&R

[PatrickforB]

52. Thank you so much for posting this, Malaise. I was arguing with someone on here a few weeks

ago about this issue. They seemed to me to be taking a 'sky is falling' approach, and I pointed out that our job is to get out the vote and make sure people are registered, have a plan to vote and are working together. Not to mention voting ourselves

I went on to tell the person that there are others (you know Harris and Walz are ON THIS), and it is good to see DOJ involved as well.

You know what I'm thinking is that as much noise as Trumpy will make about 'bloodbaths' and so on, and these weird people who plan to 'monitor' voting sites with open-carry assault weapons, DOJ is gonna be on it, as well as a legion of lawyers. There was a number posted that people could save and call in case someone was trying to intimidate them while they are trying to vote.

This Garland thing is great because hopefully it will serve as a deterrant and instead of a horrible Jan 6 type mob, we will get a bunch of whimpers instead.

I'm in Colorado, so don't anticipate much trouble of that kind here, but there are others in different states, like TX and GA that may be in a different boat.

I did not save that 'who to call if people are intimidating you at the polling place' phone number, and if anyone sees this, and has the number voters can call, can you please post - maybe in its own OP, because it is that important.

[malaise]

59. You're welcome

Nice post.

[magicarpet]

62. You may find thesr links helpful,...

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[Ilsa]

53. This is the news that we should have dominating the mddia

instead of another school shooting.

[malaise]

87. Agree

It’s getting lots of coverage now

[B.See]

60. Saying something about it is better that NOT, i guess, BUT

Talk is cheap. MORE should've done and long ago.

Which is precisely why Texas' criminal AG, Paxton, has been emboldened enough to be pulling NAZI like raids on Latinos, and Latino voter organizations, harassing and intimidating Democratic counties, and obstructing the mailing of voter registration forms.

These vote suppressing, fascist insurectionists should've been locked the fk up, long ago.

[ecstatic]

63. I agree! nt

[DemonGoddess]

66. hiya malaise!

I'm going to say something that many (not you) are going to say is "apologist".

First of all, I have a long history of cops in my family, including my youngest son. For those of you who think things aren't moving fast enough IN THE OPEN, consider that any LEO who conducts his or her investigation like that, wouldn't be able to pass the case along for prosecution. A good investigation is a QUIET investigation. We can see the details in court, in the filings and the trials, and not before.

Secondly, AG Garland had to clean up the mess in DOJ left by his predecessors, so that he COULD start getting these important investigations underway. Bear in mind he doesn't personally do it, but the thousands across multiple departments, DO. Again, silence is actually golden in a solid investigation. Why on earth would DOJ or any other law enforcement agency have to be obligated to show every way in which they are proceeding with an investigation? That way lies a loss in court. That is not what any of us wants.

Finally, as the one woman was saying, this has been an ongoing thing, and they have gotten convictions already.

Is this taking much longer than I like? Of course it is. But, it is moving, and moving in the right direction. You all might want to remember this is the biggest investigation in all of its different parts, that DOJ has ever undertaken.

[malaise]

67. THIS

Is this taking much longer than I like? Of course it is. But, it is moving, and moving in the right direction. You all might want to remember this is the biggest investigation in all of its different parts, that DOJ has ever undertaken.

[usonian]

74. DOJ is tracking interference back to sources in Russia

https://democraticunderground.com/100219419277
Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool Exposed as Working For Alleged Russian Influence Operation in New DOJ Indictment

[BoRaGard]

77. The russians and the repubes are treacherously intimate

in their efforts to weaken American democracy, including relentless flooding the zone with bullshit. They have suckered the magats into submissive obedience, that's for sure.

[malaise]

121. Adding KO

First part

[Chakaconcarne]

92. Hoping there's a bunch of work been happening behind the scenes...

But this shit should have been tackled head on after 2020...ruling out 2016-2020 altogether.

[flying_wahini]

99. He can warn but it's a little too late.

Justice delayed is justice denied. And here we are.

[AllyCat]

101. Yes!! Spoken like a true American!

So glad he is with us!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

102. Thanks for posting this.

I appreciate hearing directly from AG Garland, rather than talking heads who too often speak merely to fill time between prescription meds commercials.

Anyone interested in reading the 32 page indictment:

https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._kalashnikov_and_afanasyeva_indictment_0.pdf


I have to say, the amount of pressure and responsibility on this man's shoulders NONE of us could possibly imagine, because if some folks did, they would not be so quick to criticize and belittle and demand. It's disgusting to see.

[malaise]

103. Thanks for your link

[MorbidButterflyTat]

128. Yep

You're welcome.

[BlueWavePsych]

119. Kick

[malaise]

124. Love that

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