I sat down with @glennkirschner.bsky.social to discuss the Matt Gaetz nomination, and whether it will mean that current DOJ prosecutors might self-select out of government in anticipation of his confirmation.
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Brian, get a guest who actually knows something about election fraud by tampering with machine code and tabulation, not Marc Elias. Like Steven Spoonamore or one of the experts who sent a letter to Harris. I've been an activist for 20 years, after it was proven the Ohio election was rigged in 2004.
Resignation’s and retirements must fly! Without the people “who make the sausage?”
Know how things work and how by law they must be done!
Know how to resist criminal bosses! Keep a CYA file of Dirt on them! Use FOIA and all DOL OSHA levers! Just Tel!
Makes total sense also it seems to be a distraction to other characters he intends to nominate. Keep everyone head spinning and get some of the other bad seeds in.
I am struggling to figure out how to process these episodes. I like them and Glenn does a great job explaining things, but I no longer have an unshakable faith in our legal system. I expect Gaetz to be confirmed. I expect legal retribution. I'd rather you talk about how the legal system survives.
Gaetz could sit on the case for years, and give it to another Jack Smith so he can give a bunch of republican felons immunity and get nothing from it. It's what our side did.
SHID DEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING 2 him YET, JUST LIKE trump he WILL NOT B HELD ACCOUNTABLE. DEZZ white PRIVILEGE RACIST men JUST HAV MOST OF AMERICA LICKING DEY BALLS AND LOVING IT. SMMFH DAMN
Watching here from Denmark 🇩🇰 I’m so devastated about the election and I’m so thankful that there are channels likes yours and others, who share the truth 👍
Just another layer of scary! Hoping the best of DOJ prosecutors, if they decide to migrate, choose institutions primed to counter the descent of this Gov’t agency.
I am freightend at the thought of this man heading the DOJ
He has proven he is only going to serve one man's wishes. He had to resign his seat to avoid being prosecuted by his peers.
It is hard for me to believe that all 52 senates are so intent on staying in Trumps good graces that they would throw the country under the bus. The senate needs to send the message that people who run Defense, Intelligence, HHS and DOJ need to be qualified and not confirm any of those nominations.
It’s not a serious offer. It was a favor. Allowing the stepping down and the dropping of the curtain on any further investigation. Kind of like a staged attempt investigation. Or the smooth and swift election process. Radio silence
Can someone explain why it’s a good idea to leave the field when the goal is supposed to be to protect democracy. Surely there have to be some sort of guardrails that remain in place
I continue to believe he is a MAGA sacrificial lamb and a Trump Trojan horse.
When his confirmation fails, Trump will appoint someone far more dangerous, but less well-known (Mike Davis?) who actually knows how to weaponize the DOJ.
Trump follows a Putin playbook. Both are at risk of paying for their crimes if they are out of power. Putin weakened the Duma, I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump did the same, and he seems to have a lot of willing Senators and Congressmen.
Great Morals in GOP, 'Family Fn Values' 😂🤣 To think HE 'Forehead' resigned...That is how BAD HE IS!!! Oh, sorry, I forgot he's a 'CHRISTIAN', so this is ok?🤯🤯
My opinion for the Speaker is that the American people need to know the backgrounds of our House Reps, Senators, and Supreme Court Justices esp. when they are sexual assaulting people. That should exclude them from making decisions for us all!
Isn't it self-defeatist to keep airing the 'worst outcomes'? Please concentrate on and encourage what people *should* do in the face of these challenges instead!
ATTENTION: Go to the Freedom of Information Act website and request that Congress release their findings in the investigation of #MattGaetz immediately so both the public and the Senate will be made aware before he can be confirmed as #AttorneyGeneral. https://www.foia.gov/agency-search.html
I don't blame the ones who might choose to do so, but the last thing needed in America right now is the exodus of competent and moral minds. But again, can't blame those who simply can't stomach it.
I suspect these "nominations" are red herrings to suck oxygen out of the news cycle while T & E are doing far more nefarious shit. It's a classic misdirect. And the media falls for it every time.
Worse thing that could happen right now is if civil servants start resigning. We need stable continuity within the ranks to balance the chaos the leadership will bring. Im a civil servant now and I will continue to support and defend the CONSTITUTION!!!
It's been a travesty of 🇺🇸 Justice that Trump wasn't brought to trial & disqualified a long time ago. How can PresBiden VPHarris pass the powers of the Executive Branch to a traitor, liar, threat to 🇺🇸 NatSec? It defies the Constitution. Of course it did in 2016 also, but conflicts of interests,
NatSec threats Trump poses have increased tremendously! How can Trump b sworn in legally? How can the threat Trump poses not be taken into consideration as a serious disqualifying factor?
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
I wish we could convince some of these folks to stay and resist silently from within. Create future appellate issues to undermine the administration with landmines in pleadings, procedure and practice. Those folks would be heroes.
#Trump is a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist,pathological liar, fraud...Someone you wouldn't want for president.
Somehow, the Gaetz nomination pales into comparison.
So Matt Gaetz is awful, I get it.
What about Tulsi? If she gets confirmed are there any guardrails to keep her from completely exposing everything to Putin? Does anyone keep her in line? Are there paper trails? How much damage could she do?
Democrats must get aggressive with tanking the reputations of these cabinet picks. Go on Fox and Rogan! If these nominees even come across is halfway likable via Fox propaganda, the Senate will roll over and approve them.
Yes the thought of Gaetz…. I was horrified and physically sick watching Kavanaugh’s hearings and confirmation and thought that was as bad as it could get- a privileged rapey beer bro. There are way too many of those out there
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Know how things work and how by law they must be done!
Know how to resist criminal bosses! Keep a CYA file of Dirt on them! Use FOIA and all DOL OSHA levers! Just Tel!
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/ethics-committee-report-gaetz?source=facebook&medium=directpost
He has proven he is only going to serve one man's wishes. He had to resign his seat to avoid being prosecuted by his peers.
most appropriate for all of his choices
When his confirmation fails, Trump will appoint someone far more dangerous, but less well-known (Mike Davis?) who actually knows how to weaponize the DOJ.
What better way to replace them with Trump loyalists than to get them to 'self deport'?
Trump will simply bypass the confirmation by recessing Congress.
And dare Congress to impeach again. Which they won't.
He looks like if you left a piece of chicken to rot under your fridge and you finally found it after three months
Just ghastly
https://www.foia.gov/agency-search.html
Anyway, how are you holding up?
The job and its duties are changing. The "old" job isn't a thing any more. The old jobs are GONE.
They ARE qualified for the new job & its new duties.
Think about it.
The X-odus seems in full swing.
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Democrats on House Ethics:
Susan Wild (PA) - (202) 225-6411
Mark DeSaulnier (CA) - (202) 225-2095
Veronica Escobar (TX) - (202) 225-4831
Glenn Ivey (MD) - (202) 225-8699
Deborah Ross (NC) - (202) 225-3032
Somehow, the Gaetz nomination pales into comparison.
What about Tulsi? If she gets confirmed are there any guardrails to keep her from completely exposing everything to Putin? Does anyone keep her in line? Are there paper trails? How much damage could she do?
YOUR WILLING TO BE OR ALL READY ARE A FELON