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Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by cosmicgadget »

Finnucane wrote: post #14
cosmicgadget wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't hold out any hope that her replacement will be any different on this particular point.

They might be, but that’s not really a reason to let bad people stay in jobs they shouldn’t have. Otherwise e might as well give up any pretense of accountability and just let them do whatever they want.

And I didn't say she should remain.

I'm not sure about the "bad people" characterization though. Certainly she is a terrible person but if you are interested in having the least terrible AG you need to worry about her replacement. If by "bad people" you mean people who betrayed the electorate, I think she's been an extremely faithful advocate of the MAGA agenda.

Considering the president is unable to acknowledge anything that could be regarded as unflattering, I think it's safe to say we voted away the pretense of accountability.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by jsbisviewtiful »

barney54 wrote: post #18
Noaidi wrote: post #2

I guess the Dow is not at 50,000 anymore?

I don't know why you are getting downvoted for this comment. Bondi's promoting the DOW during a hearing was bizarre.

It was also indefensible. A few years back she campaigned on prosecuting pedophiles and, well, as AG she refused to do that. She went as far as protecting them.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by legitster »

mykowebhn wrote: post #6
josefritzishere wrote: post #3

If there are still history books in the future... what will they think of all this?

That the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling may have been the single worst thing to happen to the US.

???

People bring this up regularly, but I don't think it's that relevant. Studies regularly show that campaign contributions actually have very low influence on elections.

Trump notably had much smaller campaign budgets than his opponents in both winning elections, not even including the massive amounts of brazen fraud he used to pay himself with the money.

Fundamentally, it's presidential democracy that is flawed. We have a very powerful high office, and if enough people want to willing vote in a corrupt president, there's really not many checks against the damage that they can do.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by MattPalmer1086 »

cosmicgadget wrote: post #21
Finnucane wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They might be, but that’s not really a reason to let bad people stay in jobs they shouldn’t have. Otherwise e might as well give up any pretense of accountability and just let them do whatever they want.

And I didn't say she should remain. I'm not sure about the "bad people" characterization though. Certainly she is a terrible person but if you are interested in having the least terrible AG you need to worry about her replacement. If by "bad people" you mean people who betrayed the electorate, I think she's been an extremely faithful advocate of the MAGA agenda. Considering the president is unable to acknowledge anyt…

I think quite a lot of MAGA wanted the complete release of the Epstein files, so maybe not extremely faithful to the electorate...

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by happytoexplain »

helterskelter wrote: post #11

Let's hope she doesn't get a pardon before he leaves office.

Trump's abuse of the presidential pardon is so hideous, I wouldn't be surprised if this power granted by the original US Constitution is amended after he leaves, in response to his unprecedented lack of respect for it. However, I also wouldn't be surprised if nobody in power ever possesses the strength of character or simple morality to do so.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by hyperhello »

jsbisviewtiful wrote: post #23
barney54 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why you are getting downvoted for this comment. Bondi's promoting the DOW during a hearing was bizarre.

It was also indefensible. A few years back she campaigned on prosecuting pedophiles and, well, as AG she refused to do that. She went as far as protecting them.

Republicans simply don’t use words the same way others do. If you say you like flowers in the garden you mean they should be there. If they say they like flowers in the garden, they mean they would like to be paid to control whether they are there.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by lesuorac »

josefritzishere wrote: post #3

If there are still history books in the future... what will they think of all this?

The fairness doctrine needed to apply to political commentators on Cable and not just public airwaves.

It turns out if you can spend decades saying things unchallenged people believe it.

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by ricksunny »

Simulacra wrote: post #7

I support this. We should prosecute these people and Bondi's excuse that the economy would collapse was so ridiculous as to be insulting. If crimes were committed the perpetrators must be prosecuted no matter who they are.

Can you share a link to her saying that?

Re: Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general

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Post by murph-almighty »

shevy-java wrote: post #4

This means the Epstein connection must be much deeper than we already knew. We kind of need a global movement here that investigates all of those party-goers. Invading another country also serves as an ideal distraction.

I think the UK has been handling their end shockingly well, fwiw
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