1/ I'm not a lawyer but I'm a rabbi w/extensive education in legal theory & GenXer with a decent US History education
This was expected from Roberts. He desires the appearance of judiciousness while trampling justice; Zechariah ben Avkulous (#17Tammuz) encyclopedia.com/religion/encyc…
2/ It's possibly based on the same faulty expectation that forced decisions in 2016: that Trump will lose so try to preserve the norms.
In 2016 that meant the FBI would go after Hillary but leave a private citizen alone, despite frightening connections to Russia etc
3/ Comey cared more about protecting the FBI than America. Mueller the same for DOJ. Trees not forest or b/c they conflate their beloved institution with all of America. I.e. if America can't exist w/o FBI or DOJ then those are important in themselves & the ends justify the means
4/ GOP followed this for 20+ yrs & esp. under #MoscowMitch: the GOP is what preserves AMERICA & so everything must be done to keep the GOP in power.
BTW, it's the same rhetoric of the Confederate rebels, that they were the real US & so they would destroy the village to save it.
5/ Roberts has the same view for #SCOTUS, that he will preserve it's importance by establishing it's primacy, yet allowing the GOP to do nearly everything, from the travel ban to today's idiocy
When a Dem is president he will reverse course. He's partisan & a fool
6/ So the same 'Trump will lose so let's save our institution' that animated the FBI in '16 is behind Roberts in '20
Sadly, Comey & Roberts cannot understand or acknowledge that Trump & the current GOP want to destroy America
Act now or it's too late!
7/ They were trying to zig when they should zag, trying to tip the scale to 'judiciousness' & appearing above the law. But sacrificing the law in order to do that
It's wrong to try to zig/zag at all! Judges, FBI/DOJ shouldn't try to wave with the wind. Justice is blind!
8/ This is why judges are enjoined to be completely above reproach. When the justice system - including the police & courts - aims for a goal outside of "equal protection under the law" then the system is dangerous & chaotic
Law preserves peace. No justice, no peace.
9/ I can't expect the GOP to know any of this, sadly. It's a broken party that has led to our time of misery, death, injustice and tyranny
I'm writing these things b/c in a number of years I want to be on record, saying "we knew it at the time"
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210.03/ I had too many sleepless nights over the last three weeks because of the drumbeat against Biden b/c there was too much smoke for there not to be fire. What kept me steady was my trust of his judgement. So if he thinks this is wise, then I logically have to support it.
209.02/ Following the assassination attempt on TFG yesterday - an act I condemn; ballots not bullets - the reaction by news agencies has been unhinged. But I'm singling out The Daily Beast and Politico who are lionizing TFG using very disturbing rhetoric. I've had to unfollow.
209.03/ I'm furious that so many in Congress are playing this dangerous game but I'm reminding myself that (1) the MSM has been fabricating stories & amplifying mythological pro-GOP nonsense for a while now & (2) I trust Biden's abilities to handle this like he did NATO.
208.02/ Demographically, I should be part of the "elite" but the past two weeks showed me that I'm a solid true-blue member of the Democratic "base" because I'm standing by Biden-Harris & have a white-hot rage against the media (& the cowards in my party) trying to take us down.
208.03/ People ask "Why haven't the media learned their lesson from 'But Her Emails?' in 2016"?! But the answer is QED - they did learn their lesson: that with relentless bad-faith attacks they can knock out the Democrat & elect a cash-cow tabloid buffoon. They know & want this.
207.02/ I didn't see the debate because I can't stand listening to Trump (ym'sh). The bizarre meltdown by the MSM calling for Biden to drop out is not only disgusting but reignited the normie-Democrats' blazing anger at the MSM goofs that brought us "But Her Emails" in 2016.
207.03/ Ironically, the drumbeat from the MSM about Biden's age for months - probably starting right after the withdrawal from Afghanistan which ruined their gravy train - prepared the public for how he sounded at the debate. The MSM hit-job backfired.
205.02/ It's important to know: every pawn can become a queen.
205.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Behaalotecha 5783 (last year) @ChochmatNashim
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