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Marcuse

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11. Barr did not provide even superficially plausible protection.

Sun Feb 27, 2022, 08:50 PM

Feb 2022

Barr is the single most important figure on Trump’s transition team, but the transition in question is not the democratic transfer of power. It is the transition from republican democracy to authoritarianism. Because of his suave, courteous, even jovial demeanor and intellectual acumen, and his long record as a member of the pre-Trump Republican establishment, it seems superficially plausible to look to Barr as the one who might ultimately seek to restrain Trump and protect the basic institutional and constitutional order.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/11/05/enabler-in-chief/

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Barr the brutal traitor lefthandedskyhook Feb 2022 #1

Yet Barr put his ass out there for TFG until after the election, Ocelot II Feb 2022 #2

Eh WHITT Feb 2022 #3

good question... agingdem Feb 2022 #7

Traitor Barr Beachnutt Feb 2022 #4

Good lord, the shamefulness! Karadeniz Feb 2022 #5

I hope he is the "John Dean" of the congressional hearings Thunderbeast Feb 2022 #6

Barr's loyalty is to Barr, not Trump, not the country. He is a perfect Republican. Chainfire Feb 2022 #8

One d***ed book cannot erase his performance as Trump's AG. Raven123 Feb 2022 #9

notice it's his 'temperment' and political abilities stopdiggin Feb 2022 #10

Barr did not provide even superficially plausible protection. Marcuse Feb 2022 #11

Trump was off the rails and his flanges Vogon_Glory Feb 2022 #12