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THREAD. 1. The analysis in this letter from Attorney General Bill Barr to U.S. Attorney (former U.S. Attorney?) Geoffrey Berman is consistent with the analysis in my long thread from last night.
#appellatetwitter #FridayNightMassacre
#appellatetwitter #FridayNightMassacre
2. It's not Bill Barr who removed Geoffrey Berman, but President Trump himself: "I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so."
#appellatetwitter #FridayNightMassacre
#appellatetwitter #FridayNightMassacre
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My new piece (with the great @jgeltzer)
As we discussed with one of the authors of book, How Democracies Die, #FridayNightMassacre purges fit an ominous path followed by elected autocrats.
We trace the broader pattern in which this fits...
justsecurity.org/68585/the-frid…
My new piece (with the great @jgeltzer)
As we discussed with one of the authors of book, How Democracies Die, #FridayNightMassacre purges fit an ominous path followed by elected autocrats.
We trace the broader pattern in which this fits...
justsecurity.org/68585/the-frid…
2. Fits within Ukraine scheme itself.
“At the heart of the Ukraine extortion scheme was Trump and his personal lawyer’s appropriation of [formal state] mechanisms for political benefit ...”
The purges are an extension of that broader project.
“At the heart of the Ukraine extortion scheme was Trump and his personal lawyer’s appropriation of [formal state] mechanisms for political benefit ...”
The purges are an extension of that broader project.
3. Part of campaign against whistleblowers:
“It would be a dangerous mistake to miss the connection [with]…intimidating the original whistleblower and suggesting the death penalty was appropriate for other officials who provided info to the whistleblower and Inspector General”
“It would be a dangerous mistake to miss the connection [with]…intimidating the original whistleblower and suggesting the death penalty was appropriate for other officials who provided info to the whistleblower and Inspector General”
I’m old enough to remember when folks like @TheJusticeDept AG Barr, and @SenAlexander we’re described by various “pundits” “insiders” and “serious political analysts” as “institutionalists” and that @SDNYnews was “independent”.
The old norms NO LONGER APPLY. #FridayNightMassacre
The old norms NO LONGER APPLY. #FridayNightMassacre
ANY TIME you hear ANY TALKING HEAD on tv or radio describe anyone as an institutionalist, turn the tv channel. They are applying old criteria to the current band of fascists. The #FridayNightMassacre is every bit as alarming as “The Night of the Long Knives” or the Reichstag Fire
Think it can’t happen here? Read about the Weimar Republic. Ask yourself why Stephen Miller suggested transporting caged immigrants by boxcar. Review how complicit politicians of the day like @senatemajldr today allowed a madman to have unchecking power. Follow @AuschwitzMuseum .
