Nic J
Robert ReichWhy is Josh Hawley still in the Senate two years after provoking a deadly insurrection against the U.S. government? And why hasn't Trump been prosecuted yet?
Jessica Drossin@rbreich preach
Paige2 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈🔭📖🌹🌌@rbreich because people on top in the US always get away with it. Prisons are for the poor.
Carl Vernet@rbreich ANSWER: FBI and DOJ were compromised during Trump's 4 yrs of squatting in the White House. They have taken minimal action against Insurrectionist Traitors and will continue to do so unless there is a house cleaning in those orgs.
Flyover Project
Susann@rbreich I think we would all like to know that and more
Dan Wentzel 🏳️🌈@rbreich Sadly, I've lost faith that accountability and justice for January 6th is ever coming. When Trump wasn't arrested on the spot for stealing top secret government files like anyone else would have been, I stopped listening to the "be patient" folks. The AG and DoJ have already demonstrated that Trump and the coup plotters are above the law. The blue collar rioters go to prison while the white collar organizers and plotters seemingly go unpunished in the name of "bipartisanship".
Str8nger@danwentzel @rbreich sad but true. 😩
Overwhelmedhippie@rbreich This x 1000000000
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@rbreich We all wonder, here in Yurp.
Laure@rbreich “the new rules package that would largely gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent panel that was preparing to investigate lawmakers who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The maneuver will remove the only body that conducts meaningful ethics oversight of lawmakers.”
https://time.com/6245390/mccarthy-elected-house-speaker-kitchen-sink/
Karla Archer@rbreich according to McCarthy, Trump is running the House now
@karlaarcher @rbreich I caught that. Awful.
Bad at NamesGarland is a coward.
Jasmine
Eric Lundquist@rbreich that is the question “top of mind” of Americans (btw, I hate that phrase, top of mind)
brickbat@rbreich DOJ was and still is complicit, including Secret Service and FBI who always tended to be on the Right anyway. Only possible reason.
Ruby S.Democrats helped create/enable this disaster so I have no reason to think they're going to get us out of it, unless we somehow force them to. They're still worried about civility and outdated talking points.
Peter Relph
Angie Adamson@serehfas @peterrelph2 @rbreich
Of course. They want us to die much slower than the right does. But in answer to Secretary Reich's question, they are a big part of the reason why there have been no meaningful consequences for the ongoing attacks on democracy and human rights in the US.
They lack the vision and the guts to fight for this country. We have to make it untenable for them to stay in power without doing something to protect the future of our planet and our communities.
They have different roles to play in the pantomime their masters are enacting with their puppets to pretend opposition & hence democracy.
The puppets, the parties, are irrelevant, it is those who own & drive them that are the issue & they do not change regardless of which of their puppets are in apparent government.
Punch & Judy in UK folk puppetry.
World Championship Wrestling maybe in American terms.
WallOffTrump@peterrelph2 @ruby @serehfas @rbreich I want to believe that democracy can exist. The billionaire masters you cite win because they coordinate across borders to outflank any national attempt to restrain them. Across the world, people who want to preserve democracy are going to have to figure out our own ways to coordinate - ways to outflank across borders for the common good.
@davidarnell @ruby @serehfas @rbreich
They do not just outflank, they already own the forces that we would need to protect ourselves..
ニルス・スキニール@ruby @serehfas @peterrelph2 @rbreich
exactly right. and if you polled the dems today in US or Labor in AUS, most would vote to eliminate all COVID controls and benefits.
exactly right. and if you polled the dems today in US or Labor in AUS, most would vote to eliminate all COVID controls and benefits.
Mark R. Stoneman@rbreich I'd say because such blatant acts require a *political* reckoning because the justice system isn't set up to deal with these kinds of misdeeds by people with powerful political allies.
Hat. A cat. 😷🌻@markstoneman @rbreich on paper it is.
The legal system is a paper tiger when it comes to dealing with rich white cis guys
The legal system is a paper tiger when it comes to dealing with rich white cis guys
Scenario@rbreich Because Biden got duped by McConnell and the Federalist Society.
@rbreich I have been listening to Rachel Maddox’s podcasts where she relays in detail the roots of GOP current actions. They obviously study history but only so they can repeat past indiscretions and have a better outcome. Everything the Qpublicans are doing now was done by predecessors w varied success. White nationalists, greedy men, ignorants followers, nothing new
enigmajx #FBPE #FBPPR@rbreich
Because, as David Walsh said about Lance Armstrong, "extraordinary people demand extraordinary evidence".
ie.
➡️ due to their public fame and support, the case cannot just be a slam dunk but absolutely damning (think HofR report made that);
➡️ the courage of public officials to take up the gauntlet (to be seen at federal level).
12foxfire@rbreich
Why were ~200 House Reps who voted against certifying the 2020 allowed to hold their seats? The McCarthy debacle could have been avoided.
Why were ~200 House Reps who voted against certifying the 2020 allowed to hold their seats? The McCarthy debacle could have been avoided.
sodalis@rbreich The DOJ is hoping Trump dies on the toilet so they don't have to convict someone who isn't poor.
Ido Amir@rbreich Maybe #MerrickGarland meant "no one is above the law, but some rich white people are outside of it"..
#ArrestTrumpNow
#ArrestTrumpNow
hst@rbreich
Brace for another coup in 2024 now that the GOP controls the house.
Brace for another coup in 2024 now that the GOP controls the house.
SocialistStan@rbreich Because 'rule of law' is really 'rule by lawmakers' laws don't grow on trees, they come from congress, that's why they are the exception to all their own laws.
Polymorphous Lid@rbreich There is a myth #Lectured about often that #NobodyIsAboveTheLaw
That is as laughable as #VotersGetTheirSayAtTheBallotbox
twintootz@rbreich 2023 prediction:
The sick, self-serving, corrupt people who call themselves Republicans — who are still beholden to a malignant narcissist and crook — who don’t give a fuck that Trump stole top secret documents, incited a deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol and attempted through various means to overthrow the 2020 election, will USE *any indictment* of Trump and his crimes against the Democrats. They will USE it to create theater. Be prepared.
The sick, self-serving, corrupt people who call themselves Republicans — who are still beholden to a malignant narcissist and crook — who don’t give a fuck that Trump stole top secret documents, incited a deadly attack on our nation’s Capitol and attempted through various means to overthrow the 2020 election, will USE *any indictment* of Trump and his crimes against the Democrats. They will USE it to create theater. Be prepared.
@rbreich And the other 146 Republicans who voted to overturn an election to keep their Savior in office.
@rbreich Good questions.
Jamie DyerBecause the US isn't a country that has the rule of law, unless you're poor or not white and then law rules the fck outta you.
@rbreich
seriously ? .. look at them
seriously ? .. look at them
Aviva Gary@rbreich They are privileged rich white men.
That's it.
The system was made for them in mind, works great for them... not the rest of us.
Charlie@rbreich why hasn’t a Clinton been prosecuted?
VHaschWhy do laws not apply to the rich or powerful in ANY country on this planet?
(Laws are created to sustain those in power.)
Jan Bennett@rbreich exactly 🤷♀️
Sam Adams@rbreich Because Merrick Garland doesn't have a pair.
Pankhurst2Ugh!! So tired of this whine of why hasn't False Idol been charged yet. Jack Smith just brought on two more highly successful prosecutors. They are walking through many land mines and are making sure they,while setting legal precedence, won't be blown out of the courts and by a compromised SCOTUS. Can we stop demanding and start supporting by getting democrats elected at the local and state level so we can effing save democracy and let experts do their jobs?
Theocracidal@rbreich yeah wtf is happening with Josh Hawley. As for Trump the wheels are moving slowly, carefully, inexorably, with the only question being which prison should he live long enough. https://youtu.be/a0zUU2nMjW8
Trouble For Trump As Special Prosecutor Gets Trove Of State Documents About Fake Elector Scheme
KNERDBecause what you say didn't happen
Traveling Ed Teja (Writer)@rbreich The wheels of justice turn excruciatingly... well, not at all when it is powerful, connected people.
@rbreich THAT is the question… 🤔 Same applies to House #FreeDumbCaucus #Flynn #Stone #Bannon #Meadows #Rudy #Thomas etc…
#TeamTRE45ON #LockThemAllUp 🤬 #DOJMIA
#TeamTRE45ON #LockThemAllUp 🤬 #DOJMIA
@rbreich TRE45ON pays is the message from #DOJ & corporate America. SAD! #insurrectionhasnoconsequences #DOJisMIA
https://projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-company-election-deniers-jan-6/
Grandpa Dave 🇺🇲🇺🇦@rbreich Because they are kulturi.
Pete@rbreich Merrick Garland was the wrong man for the job. He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into appointing a special prosecutor.
BibbleCo@rbreich maybe that Constitution's not quite so bulletproof as people want to believe...
Ligma Johnson@rbreich why is Eric Swalwell still in Congress years after sleeping with a known Chinese spy? And why hasn't Hillary been prosecuted yet?
RabbitofCaerbannog@rbreich As a Missourian, I have the same questions!