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orthoclad

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18. The delays let the right-wing yell "election interference",

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:34 PM

Mar 23

witness memories got vague, the public memory morphed from "coup" to "tourists", etc. The insurrection got normalized.

Germany, for instance, acted quickly with their recent coup attempt. They arrested plotters before they acted, and had them jailed immediately.

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Merrick Garland is passionately defending us! [View all] LearnedHand Mar 23 OP

Yep. Sky Jewels Mar 23 #1

Right? I mean, shitty text bubbles are worth LearnedHand Mar 23 #2

Ya gotta have your priorities straight! Sky Jewels Mar 23 #5

Three years later, Trump has strangled aid to Ukraine BeyondGeography Mar 24 #27

telling us you don't know how to prosecute a former president bigtree Mar 24 #34

I don't, and neither do you BeyondGeography Mar 24 #35

what kind of rinky-dink prosecution is this fellow advocating bigtree Mar 24 #37

From anticompetitive conduct. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Mar 23 #3

I have had posters here at DU tell me that... Think. Again. Mar 23 #4

Its much deeper than just text messages. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Mar 23 #6

Then garland is even worse at describing things than he is at protecting American justice... Think. Again. Mar 23 #9

You almost have me in agreement DontBelieveEastisEas Mar 23 #11

he's not running a political campaign bigtree Mar 23 #17

DU posters tell me that Garland is still in charge of investigating Trump bigtree Mar 23 #13

After waiting for over two years orthoclad Mar 23 #14

Garland's investigation into the Trump WH began in the Fall of 2021 bigtree Mar 23 #16

The delays let the right-wing yell "election interference", orthoclad Mar 23 #18

shifted your argument bigtree Mar 23 #19

He went after the little guys, the Maga dumbfucks who did Trump's dirty work. Sky Jewels Mar 24 #31

as did the Jan.6 committee that Garland critics claim was so far ahead of DOJ bigtree Mar 24 #33

Iphone user, zero problems texting Android users and vice versa. emulatorloo Mar 23 #7

Nobody cares about Apple vs. Samsung anymore dalton99a Mar 23 #8

Not true DontBelieveEastisEas Mar 23 #20

You can answer FaceTime in Windows, etc unc70 Mar 24 #30

Why do I have to hate Apple edhopper Mar 24 #29

Can we keep democracy too? Silent3 Mar 23 #10

Yup this LearnedHand Mar 24 #22

WTF? hlthe2b Mar 23 #12

jesus, this a is stupid complaint bigtree Mar 23 #15

My astonishment is THIS is what Garland speaks out forcefully about? LearnedHand Mar 24 #21

this is hard for you bigtree Mar 24 #25

The bubble colors are actually a useful tool... brooklynite Mar 24 #23

Yup and the blue texts are E2E encrypted LearnedHand Mar 24 #24

You misspelled passively. dem4decades Mar 24 #26

Hah good one LearnedHand Mar 24 #28

Which was likely his plan all along. Sky Jewels Mar 24 #32

of course, That's why he hired the SC who accelerated and deepened his investigation to 2 felony Trump indictments bigtree Mar 24 #36

See, here is where you go off the rails BeyondGeography Mar 24 #39

the AG not only investigated the Trump WH, even as he was prosecuting the white supremacists sent to stop the countin bigtree Mar 24 #40

see, this is where you've equated Barr's corruption with Biden's AG's principled and proper prosecutions bigtree Mar 24 #41

You are the one apparently living in fear of RW whataboutism, not me BeyondGeography Mar 24 #42

the fuck bigtree Mar 24 #44

Why didn't he hire the SC right away? Sky Jewels Mar 24 #43

that only works if you're demagoguing about the start of his investigation bigtree Mar 24 #45

How about less passionately and more aggressively, that would be better. IMO republianmushroom Mar 24 #38