Brewster BrownvilleJan 12, 2023

Merrick Garland's priorities:

1. Joe Biden's classified documents
2. Optics
3. Not upsetting insurrectionists
4. How things look
5. Not being 'political'
6. Discretion
7. Not being too hasty
8. Likability
9. The appearance of impartiality
10. Other things
11. Who knows
.....
543. Ensuring democracy survives the next #GOP attack

Show threadwhyJoeJan 13, 2023

@brewster It's so dumb to worry about the perception of politics or fairness from the right.

There is literally *nothing* a Dem could do that meets that standard--they don't care.

There is literally *no part of that standard* the right would uphold on their own watch. They. Don't. Care.

Show threadStatmonkey 🙊Jan 13, 2023
@whyJoe @brewster
How about not doing it for them but for us. I don't hold myself to a higher standard for others. I do it for me. Because I believe it is right and everyone should. Fuck them.
Show threadwhyJoeJan 20, 2023
@statmonkey @brewster The point is, it leads to Dems wringing their hands and bending over backwards. Second guessing themselves. Trying to negotiate in good faith with back-stabbers and liars.
Show threadStatmonkey 🙊
@whyJoe @brewster What's the alternative? If you don't deal with them, confront them, stand up to them they run unabated. If you don't wring your hands and ring the alarm bells it only emboldens them. Sorry I'm going to call them out, I'm going to wring my hands, I'm going to shout from the damned roof until I'm hoarse. If the last 20 years have taught me anything it's that I need to do more of this not less.
Jan 20, 2023 at 7:08pmWeb
Show threadwhyJoeJan 20, 2023
@statmonkey @brewster I think you've misunderstood. They wring their hands about sounding overly political, which is why the DON'T call them out or stand up. They need to worry less about being labeled shrill or "political," and stand up more.
Show threadBrewster BrownvilleJan 20, 2023
@whyJoe @statmonkey and they need to stop acting like politicians from the 1950s. They need to be *much* bolder about calling the GOP out as corrupt thieves. They need to *get their hands dirty* and go for the throat. There’s many ways to do that that aren’t ethically dubious but these days, I don’t even care about that. This is French resistance time - the ends justify the means.
Show threadwhyJoeJan 20, 2023
@brewster @statmonkey this is 100% what I mean. Fully agree.