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In reply to the discussion: The wreckage Merrick Garland leaves behind [View all]
prodigitalson
(3,193 posts)94. The confederates should have been treated
like the Bautista regime in 1959-60.
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It didn't need to become "hindsight", many of us saw it, many of us talked about our dislike for Garland,
Escurumbele
Aug 2025
#63
The position of Attorney General, in a country that's just had an attempted coup, should never be viewed as a
Crunchy Frog
Aug 2025
#98
Hell, they are why we have the fucking Electoral College in the first place!
Jilly_in_VA
Aug 2025
#58
If Gordon Lightfoot were alive, there'd be The Wreck of the Merrick Garland.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2025
#112
Every time I hear about a "moderate" Republican with a very good reputation
MadameButterfly
Aug 2025
#48
I think both Garland and Biden knew prosecution of trump would be a chitshow. We never should have relied on courts
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#5
Agree. Unfortuantely, it lost steam the minute they found documents in Biden's basement. There were a million
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#22
The convicted pedofelon abUSED the Seal of the President of the United States
Justice matters.
Aug 2025
#32
Think it would have hurt case UNLESS evidence was introduced of trump distributing, selling, etc., the documents.
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#55
I doubt everyone on a jury would see it like you or me. Plus, with not proof of misuse other than having records, he
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#60
Beating him on policies, at debates, matching him rally for rally, etc. Instead, we forgot the basics. Does that help?
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#20
I know Biden didn't have stamina, he and staff should have known too. trump's crimes, rapes, ignorance, racism was on
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#25
Believe if you give people somthing to vote for - rather than trying to convince them to vote against - they will come.
Silent Type
Aug 2025
#31
Biden should have declared an emergency and sent the chief insurrectionist to Guantanamo
dalton99a
Aug 2025
#9
with a crystalizing and near perfect example of what a truly partisan ( and corrupted? ) DOJ looks like
stopdiggin
Aug 2025
#12
but you do not understand how hard it is to deal out punishments and hold such awesome power
ImNotGod
Aug 2025
#28
Oh, no. Now they're insisting that it's time to move on and only bad Democrats would talk about this.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#104
I'd like to know who Newsom will appoint as AG to deal with the crimes Trump and his henchmen are now committing.
sop
Aug 2025
#33
MG screwed the country intentionally, it's pretty obvious that he had never any intent to prosecute Dump.
Clouds Passing
Aug 2025
#57
Since Garland didn't have the stomach, guts or boldness needed to prosecute the Felon
Janbdwl72
Aug 2025
#103