Authoritarian State
“He lied to Congress. If anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. Nobody is above the law. Not the President of the United States and not the Attorney General.” — Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Trump says the Mueller investigation is over — “It’s done.”
Trump is going to do everything he can to keep Don McGahn from testifying.
A mob boss is in charge of every single lever at the highest level of government.
“The Trump administration is in a full blown cover up mode.” — Congressman Jamie Raskin
Paul Krugman says our government is one party rule.
The US has a lawless government until the Dems lay down the law.
“Harsh, but when an Attorney General says that a president can terminate a criminal investigation into him and his friends whenever he feels like it, that Attorney General has immediately become one of the most dangerous and lawless attorneys in the history of the United States” — Seth Abramson
On the National Day of Prayer Trump said that the one thing that got him through the Mueller probe was his faith. That’s easy to believe if you’re as big of a hypocrite as he is and most evangelicals are.
In an interview with Rachel Maddow, Hillary Clinton spoke indirectly to the Republicans saying that if the Republicans can accept help from Russia, what’s keeping the Democrats from taking help from China? Hey China! If you’re listening, could you get Trump’s tax returns? Think again, repugs. She also had a warning for candidates — you can run the best campaign and get the most votes and still lose.
“We are descending to a place where nothing matters. And that’s the place where autocrats thrive and democracies die.” — Max Bergmann
“William Barr cares nothing for the judgement of history. He sees his job as preserving, protecting, and defending the president against any and all legitimate inquiry.” — Dan Rather
House Judiciary Democrats are negotiating directly with Mueller for his testimony, bypassing Bill Barr.
On this day in 2016, Lindsey Graham tweeted: If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.
Meanwhile, Trump has asked for $1 billion for more beds for his concentration camps at the border. Kids are being held as prisoners in a big metal building with a high fence and barbed wire in McAllen, Texas. One of them just died. That makes 3 migrant kids who have died in US custody.
The Trump administration has filed a formal request to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act.
Presidential candidates Seth Moulton and Eric Swalwell have both called for the impeachment of Bill Barr.
On top of the attorney general not showing up yesterday to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, he has refused to give up the subpoenaed un-redacted Mueller Report. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler says if he doesn’t cough it up in the next day or 2 he will file a contempt citation against him.
Contempt of Congress is Bill Barr’s strategy.
We don’t have a President.
We don’t have a Secretary of Defense.
We don’t have an Attorney General.
We have an authoritarian state declaring that THEY ALONE decide the rule of law.
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