Ladybean
Steven BeschlossThe longer it takes Merrick Garland to do his job, the more the sociopaths and extremists will continue to feel empowered.
Magick Man@StevenBeschloss it's SO FRUSTRATING!
MB@StevenBeschloss He doesn’t want to prosecute Trump. He has made that clear. Plus not prosecuting Gaetz. It was a huge mistake putting him in that job.
Ramona Grigg@StevenBeschloss
I've tried to be patient, and I've been among those who keep repeating that we have to give them time to make sure the evidence they have is ironclad, but when even I could make a case for indictment and prosecution, I can't do it anymore.
Justice must be done, no matter who the common criminal is.
I've tried to be patient, and I've been among those who keep repeating that we have to give them time to make sure the evidence they have is ironclad, but when even I could make a case for indictment and prosecution, I can't do it anymore.
Justice must be done, no matter who the common criminal is.
DGiant@StevenBeschloss What's the saying? If you go after the king....
Can you imagine Garland bringing charges, then he gets acquitted? It will only take 1 person, 1 person in the cult on the jury to say "Not Guilty."
Sunny Willow 🌞That's our judicial system. Do we throw it away because "what if"? If he's too scared or incompetent to try then he needs to be replaced!
Sue B.@DGiant @StevenBeschloss
It takes 1 juror to hang a jury, not acquit a defendant. The DOJ can always retry after a hung jury midtrial.
It takes 1 juror to hang a jury, not acquit a defendant. The DOJ can always retry after a hung jury midtrial.
@meow2u22 @StevenBeschloss Right. Trump will spin it that it vindicates him & any retrial will be spun as “persecution.” I’d like to see the Justice Dept have an airtight case.
Stargeezer Smith@StevenBeschloss
I worked in computer science, and I had an associate who didn't seem to get the "mission" concept. He'd work feverishly on a project to produce a masterpiece. But we had mission constraints, especially concerning schedule.
I tried repeatedly to impress upon him that the mission needed a timely and adequate solution more than a masterpiece. A solution of beauty that arrived too late was useless, a mission failure.
JarOCats™ 🏳️🌈@stargazersmith @StevenBeschloss I guess you tried the argument, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"...?
@StevenBeschloss That is true; however, if Garland loses his prosecution case against Trump, is that worse than not prosecuting Trump? Time to cogitate carefully and prepare a case against Trump that Garland can’t lose. Losing a prosecution case against Trump is worse than not prosecuting Trump. Garland needs to wait until the Fulton County, Georgia DA indicts Trump before indicting Trump for a variety of reasons.
Martha Howell@StevenBeschloss In many ways it's too late. He allowed an election featuring many of Trump's co-conspirators to go on. Would Ron Johnson have been reelected in such a tight race if more Wisconsinites had known that he was working with the false electors to toss their votes and have the gerrymandered state legislature appoint Trump?
Sriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼@StevenBeschloss I'm sorry, but it's more important that Garland gets this right - we only have one chance at it. It needs to be air tight and bullet proof - otherwise all of you will be angry that there was no conviction because of sloppy work. Going after members of congress and the former presidency is not something that can be done easily - we need to take this incrementally.
Toadman628@StevenBeschloss These people will expose themselves by their actions. Once those involved in the insurrection have been proven and sentenced to the extent of laws. They'll either fade or attempt to blend back into the obscurity of time. But, actions have consequences that laws remedy.
@StevenBeschloss Also, has history faded when the justice system was based upon being proven guilty? If it were the other way of guilty until proven innocent, then just who would be stuck in the justice system?
Anthrodiva@StevenBeschloss he's not gonna do it
Cykonot@StevenBeschloss Garland is a "contributor" to the federalist society. Gives speeches, etc.
Dems enabling Republicans by having them investigate themselves
Scenario@StevenBeschloss He assigned a Trump-appointed prosecutor to the Biden documents case within 24 hours.
leork@StevenBeschloss Remember that time Obama refused to prosecute any bankers?
Ya, good times. 😘
Ya, good times. 😘
tolortslubor@StevenBeschloss “Well-designed governments encourage good behavior and bar against the potential for evil. They treat 100% — not 2% or 10% or 80% — of elected officials as potential psychopaths. Elections are made open and verifiable. Bribery is forbidden. Powers are checked and balanced. Abuses are exposed and punished. Secrecy is curtailed and openness required. War powers are placed in a …” https://davidswanson.org/can-we-really-blame-sociopaths/
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Hal Brown@StevenBeschloss ... and the sociopathic extremists... because these days there is a lot of overlap.
A Tattered Scrapbook@StevenBeschloss “be” empowered.
@StevenBeschloss I'm getting frustrated at the lack of urgency of the DOJ's investigation of 1/6. It's getting to the point where we might have to call for street justice against Trump and his accomplices if we can't get those Trumpists punished in the courts.
Vicki Kyriakakis@StevenBeschloss @MarkOnArt Agreed. The delay boosts them. Justice should not take this long
Ford EytouThis is the reason I'm considering changing my #careerpath to sociopathism and #extremism
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Layla Low@StevenBeschloss @Deglassco Rachel Maddow’s 8-episode podcast “Ultra” is directly relevant to this observation. Recommend 5 out of 5.
EarthOne@StevenBeschloss I've given up on Garland and DOJ because justice delayed has led to what happened in Brazil, hasn't it? The J6 conspirators are undaunted, across all media fomenting their army of destruction. Bannon, convicted and sentenced, not a day in jail, an unregistered foreign agent still attacking democracies. If DOJ is being "diligent" it will be too late with govt. overrun by Insurrectionists: GOP-run states and US House, SCOTUS, all advocates for ending democracy.
Patricklee@StevenBeschloss should have AT THE VERY LEAST taken pictures of the individuals and their identification as they left the terrorist attack on the USA Capitol on #January6
Defend Democracy 🦋🌊@StevenBeschloss
It amazes me to no end how many smart people don't understand that swift prosecution of a former regime happens only in inherently unstable countries where any particular regime has little qualms about ordering the justice system to move swiftly towards a desired outcome because a pretence of "independent judiciary" is weak to nonexistent to begin with.
A very meticulous and thoroughly independent legal system is THE cornerstone of ANY stable democracy.
Karen Strickholm@BobC7000 @StevenBeschloss Absolutely. Who was it who said, we are a nation of laws, not men? Our legal system may be creaking forward a bit slowly, but forward it does go.
Alexander Ruthol@StevenBeschloss
And the more they will retaliate against witnesses, law enforcement, and judges trying to hold them responsible, and the more law enforcement and courts will be inclined to give them the benefit of all doubts and free them.
And the more they will retaliate against witnesses, law enforcement, and judges trying to hold them responsible, and the more law enforcement and courts will be inclined to give them the benefit of all doubts and free them.
J.H.NoyesGarland is doing his job: protecting criminal elites as they consolidate their power.
Kenneth John Bardsley
Ham on WryGarland has already missed the boat. In fact, he's not even at the pier.
OtownKim@HamonWry @StevenBeschloss I am so disappointed in Garland