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In reply to the discussion: Rachel is really slamming the DOJ under Merrick Garland, everything from not doing anything [View all]Justice matters.
(6,925 posts)62. The canceR is spReading fast.
And the Doctor seems to be MIA ATM...
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Rachel is really slamming the DOJ under Merrick Garland, everything from not doing anything [View all]
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
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I love her to death, but neither Rachel nor anyone else criticizing DOJ for not "cleaning up" DOJ
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#2
The argument by the judge against trump in the Carroll case was that trump was not using his office
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#10
Not just this one; it's an ominous pattern reminisent of Chamberlain's concessions to Hitler.
triron
Jun 2021
#93
that's what i'm thinking--in the name of bi-partisanship he's over fucking correcting. ugh!
orleans
Jun 2021
#74
Based on what IS visible though, they're cleaning nothing. You can put to one side anything that
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#79
Unless you have an in with the Presidential Personnel Office, Office of Personnel Management,
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#81
It actually is, and on the visible evidence of this thread, you appear overly defensive on the
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#101
Almost seems like you are bending over backward trying to whitewash what is quite visible. Sorry.
triron
Jun 2021
#94
Not at all. I'm bending over backward trying to explain a complicated area of the law to people who
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#95
They've publicly announced they're going to fight the E Jean Carroll case, are you ignoring that ?
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#80
I don't know sheshe, but whether they are doing something behind the scenes or not, by the
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#21
Ranting for ratings...great line. Love her or hate her, ya know this is going on
PortTack
Jun 2021
#77
I'm with her - every public action and lack of action since Garland took the helm
RainCaster
Jun 2021
#9
SheShe2 has a good point, Garland is supposed to get all that done in less than 3 months? We're not
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#11
Rachel Maddow is neither immature nor uninformed on political issues.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2021
#99
Yes there was opinion, but there was also observations of actions, or lack of actions being done by
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#26
Her assumption that all actions must be observed and if she can't see them nothing's happening
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#33
True, but the argument can also be made if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#39
I'm not a legal expert as you seem to be but it is evident to me that Garland...
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#36
sure except that the argument is in defense of Donald Trump defaming a person he raped.
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#42
Was Donald Trump acting in his role as President when he defamed the woman he raped?
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#50
The argument is that he isn't defending trump, but the executive branch to say what he wants without
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#34
It almost seems like Garland has been threatened by Trump or Repubs to not stir the pot.
Bluepinky
Jun 2021
#73
Nothing in his background gave me high hopes. One of the few disappointments Biden chose.
LizBeth
Jun 2021
#92
Turns out GaRland is a HUGE deception (if he doesn't start doing his job soon).
Justice matters.
Jun 2021
#52
You think if he hasn't "cleaned up the house of the dRumpf left overs" in 90 days
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#66
I think the criticism is that they could have interjected themselves somehow in the Arizona circus
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#61
Pressure from the media to take real action to secure democracy is a good thing. Pressure from the
KPN
Jun 2021
#71