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LT Barclay

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24. From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe

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Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:02 PM

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even further back. If we'd put more of a butthurt on the south after the civil war and held government officials to a higher standard, we'd be a different country.
I think about the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The problem was well known back then and nothing was done. Now it is institutionalized and entrenched so much that we have thugs willing to kill to protect it.

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He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison. [View all] Aristus Jun 21 OP

I hear ya MustLoveBeagles Jun 21 #1

How now Merrick Garland? nt kiri Jun 22 #44

"The escape room of countries," as I recently heard a comedian describe it. Xavier Breath Jun 21 #2

My wife shared that with me just yesterday! Lucky Luciano Jun 21 #23

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That was very funny! ShazzieB Jun 23 #47

CO said he was ineligible... Hugin Jun 21 #3

What is stopping you from leaving? purple_haze Jun 21 #4

Very little. Aristus Jun 21 #6

Im broke, have a chronic illness and disability FirstLight Jun 21 #25

If/when they do, I'll be standing in line right behind you. Xavier Breath Jun 22 #36

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I also have a bottle of Glenlivet. Aristus Jun 21 #9

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Please forgive my ignorance, my dear Aristus . . . Who are we talking about? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 21 #10

Trump. Aristus Jun 21 #11

Thanks for telling me. It's a horrible development. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 21 #14

Yeah, shit. What's the worst that could happen? calimary Jun 21 #20

The Orange Menace MustLoveBeagles Jun 21 #12

Three strikes, isn't he supposed to be out? Dave Bowman Jun 22 #28

I did that on Election Night 2016. BadgerMom Jun 21 #13

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue! surfered Jun 21 #15

I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. Aristus Jun 21 #16

Please don't die on us, sir. love_katz Jun 21 #17

Aw, that's sweet! Aristus Jun 21 #18

Right there with you, Aristus Grim Chieftain Jun 21 #19

Hey, whatever it takes. Aristus Jun 21 #21

From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe LT Barclay Jun 21 #24

Have an extra one for me FirstLight Jun 21 #26

Stay strong. You can do it. Aristus Jun 21 #27

Anyone here recall chants of bomb,bomb,bomb Iran to the BattleRow Jun 22 #29

That was John mcCain if i remember correctly RubyRose Jun 22 #30

I can't recall who did..and I sure don't trust my memory,lol. BattleRow Jun 22 #31

That is correct. OMGWTF Jun 22 #32

Someone recorded a song parody that was played on the radio MichMan Jun 22 #40

Weird Al maybe? MorbidButterflyTat Jun 22 #43

Yes, it was McCain! ShazzieB Jun 23 #48

We were armed with court orders. He had a Cannon. Don't bring a paper to a gun fight. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 22 #34

I still don't understand how she was chosen "randomly" to be the supervising judge. TheRickles Jun 22 #39

THIS! WTH Happened ? hydrolastic Jun 22 #42

And now, the rest of the world has no incentive left to trust the american system. Justice matters. Jun 22 #35

Not disagreeing at all. Hang in there and cheers. ED Evolve Dammit Jun 22 #37

Wasn't that 37 count conviction in New York State? soldierant Jun 22 #38

I wasn't ever expecting he would have been sentenced to jail MichMan Jun 22 #41

I wasn't either really, but one can always hope. soldierant Jun 22 #46

That is correct! ShazzieB Jun 23 #49

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Well, Democrats had two years of a majority in congress plus the White House to get it done. lees1975 Jun 23 #50

We could have used some dlilafae Jun 23 #51

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Patience, grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Merrick Garland is working hard behind the scenes. Scrivener7 Jun 23 #53

Part of it is Fox News and the giant tumor in DC known as the Heritage Foundation. Initech Jun 23 #54