Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Let there be snark.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Come on, man.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

No one could have predicted…

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

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Repub Venality Open Thread: Impeach Bill “Very Low” Barr?

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IMO, this is not a bad idea — Barr’s extremely skittery about having to explain his legal ‘reasoning’ beyond ‘If the President does it, it is not illegal, that’s for sure’. There’s plenty of skeletons we know about in Barr’s closet(s), going back to his participation in the Great Clenis Hunt if not earlier…

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  1. 1.

    Mary G

    I’ve been saying this on Twitter every so often since we got the Mueller report partly released.

  2. 2.

    Yutsano

    The Barr impeachment would take up a lot of TV time. We all know how Dolt45 feels about not being paid attention to. The House needs to do this not only because they need to restore their integrity as a co-equal branch, it drive the Occupier NUTS. He’ll toss Barr like a bone from an eaten chicken leg.

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    plato

    Didn’t the traitorous partisan fucker arrogantly blow the dems off during their last ‘hearing’?

    The ‘establishment’ dems are not that great in doing these hearings on teevee. Bring on the yung’uns, who are not afraid to ask tough questions.

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    NotMax

    Just an FYI.

    In the case of a trial in the Senate following an impeachment other than that of a president or vice-president, the vice-president presides over the trial, not the Chief Justice.

    Not implying anything one way or another, merely providing a point of information. I do agree it is evident he has breached his oath of office and deserves impeachment.

    That said, should it come to pass that Barr is removed from office, there is virtually nothing preventing Dolt 45 from immediately appointing him as Acting AG (an unthinkable action for any president except this one).

  6. 6.

    Chetan Murthy

    @NotMax: Perhaps not:Per Wikipedia (from the Constitution)

    Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States

    Notwithstanding, I can’t see the Senate voting to convict.

  8. 8.

    Aleta

    Barrons: Attorney General William Barr sold millions of dollars in AT&T stock in April, a recent disclosure shows.

    Barr sold a total of between $1.75 million and $6.52 million of AT&T stock (ticker: T) from April 15 through 26, according to a form he filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Specific figures aren’t required for disclosure, only ranges.

    Barr used stock options to purchase AT&T shares on April 24, 25, and 26 and sold the shares immediately, the form stated. Buying stock through the options cost a total of between $601,003 and $1.27 million.

    He filed the disclosure to the OGE office on May 9, but it didn’t receive its third and final approval until July 2. After then, it was publicly posted to the OGE site.

    Barr’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the AT&T stock sales. Barr served on Time Warner’s board from July 2009 until it was acquired by AT&T last year.

    As a nominee for attorney general, Barr had disclosed in a regulatory form in December that he owned between $500,001 and $1 million worth of AT&T stock, and $250,001 to $500,000 in AT&T stock options. He also disclosed millions of dollars in other investments, including Dominion Energy (D), Merck (MRK), and Pfizer (PFE).

    Barr was confirmed as attorney general in February and sold a slew of assets in March, including the Dominion, Merck, and Pfizer stock. It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday why he retained his AT&T stock and options until April.

    https://www.barrons.com/articles/attorney-general-bill-barr-sold-millions-in-at-t-stock-51562169624

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    Raven Onthill

    This is a wonderful idea! But I am starting to have the discouraging feeling that Nancy Pelosi is having trouble holding the House Democratic coalition together, so it may not be done.

    Kraw…

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    @Chetan Murthy

    One could (tenuously) argue that serving in an acting capacity is not identical to actually holding the office.

    Also too, Alcee Hastings ran for Congress and won (still is a Congressman), after being impeached, convicted and removed as a federal judge.

  11. 11.

    Chetan Murthy

    @NotMax: F******k. I stand corrected. Wonder how that squares with the plain language of the Constitution. OTOH, facts are facts.

  12. 12.

    James E Powell

    Impeaching Barr would be a distraction. He needs to be investigated and harassed and bothered. He needs a constant chorus of condemnation for his corrupt and dishonest conduct.

  15. 15.

    Martin

    You know, if you told me 2 years ago we’d be looking back at Jefferson Fucking Beauregard Sessions as the good option for AG, I would have said you’re head trauma, batshit crazy. And yet, here’s where we are.

  18. 18.

    Jay

    @Mary Green:

    I’ve asked LGM to update the Mango Mussolini Administration Bingo Cards as appropriate.

    The Wild Card is the fall guy, ( fall person?) for the Red Square Parade.

  19. 19.

    Redshift

    @plato:

    Didn’t the traitorous partisan fucker arrogantly blow the dems off during their last ‘hearing’?

    Yeah, but it was after they voted contempt that Barr started to deal on access to the full Mueller Report, so I think there something to the argument that he can be skittish.

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    patrick II

    He should be impeached and indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice based soley upon what we know — and probably indicted again for what we don’t know about what he’s doing to Mueller’s spinoff investigations.

    Neither will happen, at least for now — but I’m rooting for ex-prosecutor Harris to indict in 2021. Which brings to mind just how desperate they will be to win in 2020.

  21. 21.

    Aleta

    (WaPo) National Park Service officials remain concerned that the deployment of tanks on the Lincoln Memorial’s grounds could damage its curbs and sidewalks, which are not designed to hold the weight of a vehicle weighing more than 60 tons. The federal government spent $30.7 million to refurbish the memorial under the Obama administration, including its sidewalks, and the Trump inaugural committee still hasn’t reimbursed the agency for damage it inflicted to the memorial during its setup in January 2017.

    Is he intent on purposely damaging the Lincoln Memorial because of the last administration, or just indifferent?

  23. 23.

    James E Powell

    @guachi:

    I hear that. I just prefer that any and all impeachment efforts be aimed directly at Trump.

  24. 24.

    Mary G

    @Aleta: He hates Lincoln for freeing the slaves, and for the knowledge certain that there will never be a giant Trump Memorial in DC.

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    Yutsano

    @jl: Which, in normal circumstances, would be referred right back to his own department for referral. But…there’s no way he would keep himself from quashing it. Which makes impeachment all the more imperative.

  29. 29.

    The Dangerman

    Just a moron, surrounded by morons, and he doesn’t care.

    I almost feel for the “surrounding morons”; working with him has to completely suck. We are going to find out that he broke all sorts of shit in the White House during his (probably daily) tantrums. Just a complete POS.

  31. 31.

    PPCLI

    going back to his participation in the Great Clenis Hunt if not before.

    Absolutely before: his contributions to burying Iran-Contra were disgraceful. This is a man who knows how to run a cover-up.

  32. 32.

    Matt

    Shorter whiny-ass Twitter Dems: “We can’t possibly do anything about the liar and criminal in the AG’s office, the Senate wouldn’t let us convict and the even bigger criminal in the White House would just appoint another one!”

    Any legislator who seriously believes that should resign – they’re admitting they can’t do their job, and aren’t interested in even trying.

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