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1/ Yes, there ought to be significant protests and resignations in DOJ, following the lead of the deeply principled Kravis & Zelinsky. Unfortunately, however, it won't make a (practical) difference. Even if, e.g., Chris Wray & Noel Francisco & Brian Benczkowski & Jeff Wall ...
2/ ... & Tim Shay & Jeffrey Rosen all resigned, and together with, e.g., Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, Bob Mueller, Rachel Brand, Dana Boente, Don McGahn--hell, let's add Jim Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, John Bolton, Kirstjen Nielsen, Dan Coats, Rex Tillerson, et al.-- ...
3/ ... issued a powerful, unequivocal condemnation of Trump/Barr's aggressive & unapologetic shredding of decades-old norms, not only at DOJ but also at State, DOD, NSC, etc., it wouldn't move 50+ GOP Senators an inch, ...
4/ ... and wouldn't affect the 44% of the electorate that supports Trump. And therefore it also wouldn't have the slightest impact on Trump/Barr/Cipollone/etc., other than to spur them to further norm-shredding. I wish it were otherwise, ...
5/ ... but I fear that's the sobering, terrifying truth about the state of our Nation today.
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