So who is responsible for the injustice leveraged against our Democracy
d/t the painful delay in bringing this FELON45/47 to Justice. Who…? Patriot Jack Smith did his work. The corrupt & tainted 6 supreme Court justices? “judge” Cannon? Garland? He should have never been able to run again for office. It will take decades to shovel out of this shitshow…
It was painful to watch some of the testimony because Republicans were truly obnoxious & rude, not letting Jack Smith finish answer questions. It appeared their intent was to cast doubt on Jack Smith for the MAGA world. Frustrating. And I definitely blame Merrick Garland for waiting WAY TOO LONG to bring Jack Smith into the situation. We wouldn't be where we are if he hadn't taken so long to bring in Jack Smith!!!!!
Garland did not want to be the first AG to indict an ex president He waited hoping it would all fade from people’s memory and be forgotten Then he found out that CBS was going to do a story about documents being found in one of Bidens old offices Along with more being found in Bidens garage, What the right never mentions is that Biden notified the proper authorities and promptly gave them up Apparently Fox not the news never mentions that part or the fact that a republican prosecutor was made special prosecutor to investigate Biden and Pence who also found and turned in documents werepart of that person’s charge
That was his job: "without force or fear." In a very big and important way, he bears primary responsibility for creating the foul-tasting soup in which we find ourselves.
Garland might have been a good judge and maybe he would have been good on the SC, but he was not the right person to be AG. He should have acted on his first day Korea did it, Brazil did it, is the U S so corrupt that we are unable to to follow the law without. Fear or favor?
That was his moral obligation as the Attorney General. Was it fear or incompetence (or both?), as favor seems unlikely? He let the case languish.
"Hundreds of lawyers and former prosecutors have signed a letter of support for federal prosecutors who resigned amid concern that political alliances or priorities were taken into account when making prosecution decisions. "WE WERE TAUGHT TO PURSUE JUSTICE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, and knew our decisions to investigate and charge should be based only on the facts and the law," the letter continues. "We knew these values were more than just requirements in a manual -- they were foundational to a fair and just legal system. And we upheld then no matter who was President."" NBC NY 19-Feb-25 https://tinyurl.com/4c5s9855 [Capitalization added for emphasis.]
Of course, the Repubbies are trying to cast doubt on Jack Smith. It's all they have. Repubbies are--to the last man & woman right-winger Congress critter--deeply dishonest, scumsucking, belly-crawling sewer dwellers.
I cannot countenance the CEOs and people in Congress who refuse to rein in Trump. They are all a disgusting bunch of self-serving, immoral and sad excuses of humanity.
It's great that Jack Smith was able to tell the truth but the part about telling it to the whole country is wrong how much of his testimony will make it on fox news or OAN? I'm willing to bet that all they show is the Republican's lies and not Smith's responses
Jack Smith hearing today put in full view the republican party and the state of the American government. Trump committed more crimes while commenting on the hearing. EVERY day this nation shows what it is and what it isn’t.
Sobering indeed. Garland is in the past. What struck me, as it always does, is that every Republican NEVER allowed Smith to fully answer any question they asked. Instead, they interrupted his answers and then answered their own question with a spin that suits the MAGA/Trump agenda. It is frustrating, exhausting. "Gym" Jones never ONCE asked the Republicans to stop interrupting and allow Smith to fully answer their questions. However, every Republican that questioned Smith today looked like a total idiot. Most of them attempted to discredit Smith with information and questions from other cases he handled that had nothing to do with the case at hand. The speaker that was SHOCKINGLY stupid was Senator Brad Knott. He questioned Smith regarding the Bill of Rights citing that it is not unconstitutional that The Felon BELIEVED he won the election. "You can't convict someone for believing something." WHAT A MORON! Believing an election was stolen is not illegal, taking actions to knowingly submit false documents or disrupt a government function is illegal. WOW! it blew my mind.
I didn’t watch today. Just as you explained Ida, I knew this was how the day would go and after yesterday’s embarrassment at Davos from our fuckwit president, I just couldn’t take more of MAGA’s stupidity, watch them “try” to take down Jack Smith….good luck with that! I absolutely revere him! So smart, so talented! This week has been so disheartening watching what is happening in America.
On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred. Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, home on June 12, 1963. https://tinyurl.com/mvafvskh
[On] June 21 [1964] [James] Chaney, [Andrew] Goodman, and [Michael] Schwerner were released [from jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi] and drove off in the direction of Meridian in a blue station wagon. By preordained plan, KKK members followed. The activists were never heard from again. October 20, 1967 ... seven of the 18 defendants were found guilty … but none on murder charges. One major conspirator, Edgar Ray Killen, went free after a lone juror couldn’t bring herself to convict a Baptist preacher. Killen eventually got his due; he was convicted of manslaughter on June 21, 2005, the 41st anniversary of the crimes. https://tinyurl.com/y8w9828p
"The arc of the moral universe long but it bends toward justice." Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr., 31-Mar-1968, 4 days before James Earl Ray stole his life. https://tinyurl.com/yuhv6avh
The immunity decision by the United States Supreme Court in the appropriately styled case of Donald J. Trump v. United States of America renders this entire argument moot. What difference would it have made if the only thing Merrick Garland worked on from day 1 was Donald Trump's culpability for January 6, given that the Court pulled that ruling directly out of its ass?
It is by far the worst decision in the history of the court. No reasonable argument can be made in opposition to that proposition. Sure, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Lochner v. New York, Korematsu v. United States, and many others were colossally bad, but the effects of all of them have been overturned by constitutional amendments, laws and subsequent decisions.
In my view, the worst decisions in the history of the court have been made since John Roberts became chief justice. And there's only one way to do something about that: expand and reform the court.
It would have made a lot of difference. Garland had from January 2021 until July 2024, when the decision came down - 3-1/2 years. He gets no free pass because Roberts decided unwisely. As to this being the worst USSC court case ever decided, it would be hard to disagree. Roberts did not have to go so far. He wanted to as did all of his collaborators
Point taken, but I've not suggested that Merrick Garland get a pass, in fact I've often written that I never thought Merrick Garland was up for the job. My point is that the decision by the Supreme Court was not just unwise, it was utter bullshit, and they knew it.
I'm sure that John Roberts was very proud of himself when before his confirmation hearing he concocted that ludicrous analogy of a judge being nothing more than an umpire calling balls and strikes. It foreclosed a lot of nettlesome inquiries, and the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee never followed up on why it is that his strike zone varies wildly depending on who's playing the game.
When the pitcher is a corporation throwing to a union worker in the batter's box, Umpire Johnny will call a pitch in the dirt a strike. And when the union worker is throwing to a corporation, Umpire Johnny's strike zone becomes the size of a postage stamp. He is a disgrace, and largely responsible for the fact the Supreme Court ceased to be a legitimate governmental institution long ago.
Managers get tossed, players ejected, foul lines erased, and bases moved or missing. Johnny, Sammy, C-Thom, Kneel, and "Wasn't Me" BK use a shadow(y) rulebook unavailable to anyone else (ACB gets to peek sometimes). Forfeitures by Per Curiam slip opinions are common. Umpire conferences can take years.
I now have a completely different view of Merrick Garland as a counselor at law. He had all the power to bring tRump down but didn't. That 2 year delay looks like it was the opening tRump and the repubtiles needed to get their Project 2025 off the ground. Here we are knee deep in a facist takeover of our democracy. At least now it's out there and it's in Congress's hands to move forward with impeachments.
Jack Smith: "The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment." 🛡️
Today, Jack Smith stood as a lone firewall against the "Grift." But we cannot rely on one man’s courage. We need a Structural Antidote.
Project 2028 builds exactly what Smith warned is missing: ⚖️ Section I: Ending the "sitting president" immunity that blocked these trials. ⚖️ Section II: Outlawing the "Day One" retaliatory purges Smith is facing right now. ⚖️ Section III: Ensuring the DOJ answers to the Constitution, not a Unitary Executive.
Calling the Flamekeepers:@Ron Filipkowski — You’ve tracked every threat. Now help us build the structural defense. @Jamie Raskin — You said today the opposition "didn't lay a glove on him." Now, let's build the armor. @Adam Kinzinger @Aaron Parnas — How do we protect civil servants from the "catastrophic" purges Smith mentioned today? @MeidasTouch @Ben Meiselas @Michael Popok — Today proved why we need a "dictator-proof" Republic. @God — For the moral courage to see this through.
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Government always takes a long time to investigate and that should not matter Trump should be removed and prosecuted for the insurrection on Jan6h!!!! WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT!!!!!
Jack Smith was the 'Truth lion' in the den today. A man of great integrity... Something republicans have little knowledgw of!
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So who is responsible for the injustice leveraged against our Democracy
d/t the painful delay in bringing this FELON45/47 to Justice. Who…? Patriot Jack Smith did his work. The corrupt & tainted 6 supreme Court justices? “judge” Cannon? Garland? He should have never been able to run again for office. It will take decades to shovel out of this shitshow…
Cannon, Garland and Blanche (with help from many others)
Start with Garland. What a sad statement of democracy. The others tend to be liars with no sense of right and wrong....ethics, morals etc.
I agree. He was in charge. He would have been a
Shitty Justice too….NB
It was painful to watch some of the testimony because Republicans were truly obnoxious & rude, not letting Jack Smith finish answer questions. It appeared their intent was to cast doubt on Jack Smith for the MAGA world. Frustrating. And I definitely blame Merrick Garland for waiting WAY TOO LONG to bring Jack Smith into the situation. We wouldn't be where we are if he hadn't taken so long to bring in Jack Smith!!!!!
Garland did not want to be the first AG to indict an ex president He waited hoping it would all fade from people’s memory and be forgotten Then he found out that CBS was going to do a story about documents being found in one of Bidens old offices Along with more being found in Bidens garage, What the right never mentions is that Biden notified the proper authorities and promptly gave them up Apparently Fox not the news never mentions that part or the fact that a republican prosecutor was made special prosecutor to investigate Biden and Pence who also found and turned in documents werepart of that person’s charge
That was his job: "without force or fear." In a very big and important way, he bears primary responsibility for creating the foul-tasting soup in which we find ourselves.
{Redrafted]
Garland might have been a good judge and maybe he would have been good on the SC, but he was not the right person to be AG. He should have acted on his first day Korea did it, Brazil did it, is the U S so corrupt that we are unable to to follow the law without. Fear or favor?
Garland is an exceptionally weak individual.
Garland saw the trees but never the forest. He was so worried about prejudicing the rights of co-defendants Nauta and Oliveira that he made it all too easy for Cannon to withhold Smith's report. Why not just dismiss them and pursue the one who mattered? He dithered until Roberts issued his immunity coup de grâce decision. Politico, 6-Jan-25 https://archive.is/20250107151147/https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/06/trump-garland-jack-smith-filing-00196786#selection-1171.116-1171.149
That was his moral obligation as the Attorney General. Was it fear or incompetence (or both?), as favor seems unlikely? He let the case languish.
"Hundreds of lawyers and former prosecutors have signed a letter of support for federal prosecutors who resigned amid concern that political alliances or priorities were taken into account when making prosecution decisions. "WE WERE TAUGHT TO PURSUE JUSTICE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, and knew our decisions to investigate and charge should be based only on the facts and the law," the letter continues. "We knew these values were more than just requirements in a manual -- they were foundational to a fair and just legal system. And we upheld then no matter who was President."" NBC NY 19-Feb-25 https://tinyurl.com/4c5s9855 [Capitalization added for emphasis.]
Of course, the Repubbies are trying to cast doubt on Jack Smith. It's all they have. Repubbies are--to the last man & woman right-winger Congress critter--deeply dishonest, scumsucking, belly-crawling sewer dwellers.
Yes, yes, Yes! Wendy.
It did not have to be delayed or denied. Merrick Garland, how do you sleep at night?
I cannot countenance the CEOs and people in Congress who refuse to rein in Trump. They are all a disgusting bunch of self-serving, immoral and sad excuses of humanity.
It's great that Jack Smith was able to tell the truth but the part about telling it to the whole country is wrong how much of his testimony will make it on fox news or OAN? I'm willing to bet that all they show is the Republican's lies and not Smith's responses
Jack Smith hearing today put in full view the republican party and the state of the American government. Trump committed more crimes while commenting on the hearing. EVERY day this nation shows what it is and what it isn’t.
The Pedo-party proved today they are bottom feeding, low life, Orange cult brainwashed dispicable losers.
Sobering indeed. Garland is in the past. What struck me, as it always does, is that every Republican NEVER allowed Smith to fully answer any question they asked. Instead, they interrupted his answers and then answered their own question with a spin that suits the MAGA/Trump agenda. It is frustrating, exhausting. "Gym" Jones never ONCE asked the Republicans to stop interrupting and allow Smith to fully answer their questions. However, every Republican that questioned Smith today looked like a total idiot. Most of them attempted to discredit Smith with information and questions from other cases he handled that had nothing to do with the case at hand. The speaker that was SHOCKINGLY stupid was Senator Brad Knott. He questioned Smith regarding the Bill of Rights citing that it is not unconstitutional that The Felon BELIEVED he won the election. "You can't convict someone for believing something." WHAT A MORON! Believing an election was stolen is not illegal, taking actions to knowingly submit false documents or disrupt a government function is illegal. WOW! it blew my mind.
I didn’t watch today. Just as you explained Ida, I knew this was how the day would go and after yesterday’s embarrassment at Davos from our fuckwit president, I just couldn’t take more of MAGA’s stupidity, watch them “try” to take down Jack Smith….good luck with that! I absolutely revere him! So smart, so talented! This week has been so disheartening watching what is happening in America.
Justice delayed is not justice.
Most Of The Time That Is True, But Not Always:
On February 5, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted in the murder of African American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred. Evers was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi, home on June 12, 1963. https://tinyurl.com/mvafvskh
[On] June 21 [1964] [James] Chaney, [Andrew] Goodman, and [Michael] Schwerner were released [from jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi] and drove off in the direction of Meridian in a blue station wagon. By preordained plan, KKK members followed. The activists were never heard from again. October 20, 1967 ... seven of the 18 defendants were found guilty … but none on murder charges. One major conspirator, Edgar Ray Killen, went free after a lone juror couldn’t bring herself to convict a Baptist preacher. Killen eventually got his due; he was convicted of manslaughter on June 21, 2005, the 41st anniversary of the crimes. https://tinyurl.com/y8w9828p
"The arc of the moral universe long but it bends toward justice." Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr., 31-Mar-1968, 4 days before James Earl Ray stole his life. https://tinyurl.com/yuhv6avh
I was glued to the hearing all day. Jack Smith stayed so calm while I was ranting and raving at some of the committee members. He is my hero.
The immunity decision by the United States Supreme Court in the appropriately styled case of Donald J. Trump v. United States of America renders this entire argument moot. What difference would it have made if the only thing Merrick Garland worked on from day 1 was Donald Trump's culpability for January 6, given that the Court pulled that ruling directly out of its ass?
It is by far the worst decision in the history of the court. No reasonable argument can be made in opposition to that proposition. Sure, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Lochner v. New York, Korematsu v. United States, and many others were colossally bad, but the effects of all of them have been overturned by constitutional amendments, laws and subsequent decisions.
In my view, the worst decisions in the history of the court have been made since John Roberts became chief justice. And there's only one way to do something about that: expand and reform the court.
It would have made a lot of difference. Garland had from January 2021 until July 2024, when the decision came down - 3-1/2 years. He gets no free pass because Roberts decided unwisely. As to this being the worst USSC court case ever decided, it would be hard to disagree. Roberts did not have to go so far. He wanted to as did all of his collaborators
Point taken, but I've not suggested that Merrick Garland get a pass, in fact I've often written that I never thought Merrick Garland was up for the job. My point is that the decision by the Supreme Court was not just unwise, it was utter bullshit, and they knew it.
I'm sure that John Roberts was very proud of himself when before his confirmation hearing he concocted that ludicrous analogy of a judge being nothing more than an umpire calling balls and strikes. It foreclosed a lot of nettlesome inquiries, and the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee never followed up on why it is that his strike zone varies wildly depending on who's playing the game.
When the pitcher is a corporation throwing to a union worker in the batter's box, Umpire Johnny will call a pitch in the dirt a strike. And when the union worker is throwing to a corporation, Umpire Johnny's strike zone becomes the size of a postage stamp. He is a disgrace, and largely responsible for the fact the Supreme Court ceased to be a legitimate governmental institution long ago.
Managers get tossed, players ejected, foul lines erased, and bases moved or missing. Johnny, Sammy, C-Thom, Kneel, and "Wasn't Me" BK use a shadow(y) rulebook unavailable to anyone else (ACB gets to peek sometimes). Forfeitures by Per Curiam slip opinions are common. Umpire conferences can take years.
I now have a completely different view of Merrick Garland as a counselor at law. He had all the power to bring tRump down but didn't. That 2 year delay looks like it was the opening tRump and the repubtiles needed to get their Project 2025 off the ground. Here we are knee deep in a facist takeover of our democracy. At least now it's out there and it's in Congress's hands to move forward with impeachments.
Jack Smith: "The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment." 🛡️
Today, Jack Smith stood as a lone firewall against the "Grift." But we cannot rely on one man’s courage. We need a Structural Antidote.
Project 2028 builds exactly what Smith warned is missing: ⚖️ Section I: Ending the "sitting president" immunity that blocked these trials. ⚖️ Section II: Outlawing the "Day One" retaliatory purges Smith is facing right now. ⚖️ Section III: Ensuring the DOJ answers to the Constitution, not a Unitary Executive.
Calling the Flamekeepers:@Ron Filipkowski — You’ve tracked every threat. Now help us build the structural defense. @Jamie Raskin — You said today the opposition "didn't lay a glove on him." Now, let's build the armor. @Adam Kinzinger @Aaron Parnas — How do we protect civil servants from the "catastrophic" purges Smith mentioned today? @MeidasTouch @Ben Meiselas @Michael Popok — Today proved why we need a "dictator-proof" Republic. @God — For the moral courage to see this through.
The Human Firewall is live. Read the mandate and cast your vote in the poll at the bottom of the post:
https://gibby75.substack.com/p/project-2028-the-restoration-platform
#TheHumanFirewall #MeidasMighty #RuleOfLaw
Will Mr. Smith be allowed to pursue the two indictments against Trump once he is out of office?
Not if the statute has run, and if his dementia worsens. Trump’s dementia has worsened.
Fed Ex ASAP a large shipment of Big Macs, Whoppers and KFC to the orface office and get the heart rate up to 180-200!! Time to stop this insanity.
Ah, but he and his sycophants are adamant that he doesn’t suffer from dementia.
Just because they say it doesn't make it so! DJT is a Nut case unfit for office!
It’s obvious he does, but they are ignoring it.
Prior to today's hearing I swore, as a former republican, that I would never again pull a republican lever in a voting booth. Today, I doubled down!!
Government always takes a long time to investigate and that should not matter Trump should be removed and prosecuted for the insurrection on Jan6h!!!! WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT!!!!!