Thread: The most patriotic, professional, and honorable statement made by an AG of the US in my lifetime.
What an absolute blessing Merrick Garland is to the country and everyone else in the world relying on a democratic and therefore peaceful USA.
What an absolute blessing Merrick Garland is to the country and everyone else in the world relying on a democratic and therefore peaceful USA.
I genuinely #BackTheBlue, having served in a civilian role within my own country's police department and justice system.
In 2016 I believed the lie that the Republican party supported the rule of law and all those who lawfully enforce it.
By 1/6/21 I had reversed that belief.
In 2016 I believed the lie that the Republican party supported the rule of law and all those who lawfully enforce it.
By 1/6/21 I had reversed that belief.
I believe Merrick Garland made this statement in an effort to dial down the temperature of the heat source the criminally reckless Republican party has been inflaming since the moment their cult leader went public after his property was lawfully searched.
It is to save lives.
It is to save lives.
The precision of the today's filing decision by the DOJ, the AG's words, and the manner of his delivery demonstrate the incredible skill of Garland and his team.
He would have made a fine scotus* judge. I applaud President Biden for appointing him AG at this crucial time.
He would have made a fine scotus* judge. I applaud President Biden for appointing him AG at this crucial time.
*I will type scotus in lower case unless and until the court is restored to legitimacy and respect for the Constitution & the people of the US. I do the same with any acronym that no longer deserves to be written in upper case. Minor in the scheme of things but to me it matters.
The 8/8/22 lawful search warrant execution and associated lawful actions have really gotten under the skin of the former guy and everyone in his party and movement that have let us know how triggered they are.
They should be grateful things aren't worse for them right now.
They should be grateful things aren't worse for them right now.
IMO, anyone who still expresses support for them after 1/6 is unwilling or unable to acknowledge the reality of what happened that day, and why.
As I predicted that day, the truth will come out, and there will be a reckoning, under the laws of the US. It's already underway.
As I predicted that day, the truth will come out, and there will be a reckoning, under the laws of the US. It's already underway.
Literally hundreds of millions around the world are depending on it. The global body count from this presidency alone continues to grow. Whether individual Americans agree or not, the country has developed the rights - and responsibilities - of leading the democratic world...
We, in the hundred or so countries aspiring to be parts of a rules-based, democratic, international order, are beholden to the US for our security & welfare. What's the alternative? China? Russia? No thanks.
We know every country has it's rebels. But we cannot afford to sit by
We know every country has it's rebels. But we cannot afford to sit by
ignoring what maga republicans want to do to the US, as part of an ongoing international fascist project.
The blood of our parents and grandparents was spilled in our allied effort to defeat fascism the last time it attained the power to harm innocents on an industrial scale.
The blood of our parents and grandparents was spilled in our allied effort to defeat fascism the last time it attained the power to harm innocents on an industrial scale.
I am extremely pleased and relieved to see the US executive and legislative branches now using their lawful powers to fight fascism at home and abroad.
The task requires patience, so that the results endure, & to minimize the inevitable loss of life that has been set in train.
The task requires patience, so that the results endure, & to minimize the inevitable loss of life that has been set in train.
Those already killed in the current spike of fascism worldwide are always on my mind. The dozen or so deaths of innocent people resulting from 1/6. Every innocent Afghani so casually discarded by the 45th president's deal with the Taliban, made to look like 46 was to blame.
Every death caused by European dictators like Putin, Orban, and Lukashenko, in relation to Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya and other places that are now victims of their right wing extremism (aka fascism.) And other club members like Modi and Bolsanaro. From Covid, war & terrorism...
If you attend, let alone help run, a conference where Viktor Orban is invited to give a speech, then you have allowed yourself to be an enabler, at best, of fascist rhetoric, which inevitably leads to the deaths of innocent people.
This frog jumped out of the boiling water.
This frog jumped out of the boiling water.
I do have (basic human) empathy for those who are genuinely unable to understand that they have been manipulated into the cult. But make no mistake: those capable of understanding and accepting what is going on there deserve no sympathy from me. Their selfishness is extreme.
For the moment, I am basking in the glory of AG Garland's actions and public statement of today. They represent genuine hope, genuine capability, and a love of the law.
In life, it's always the quiet ones you have to watch.
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In life, it's always the quiet ones you have to watch.
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