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Nonilex<p>But during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>’s 4 yrs the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> failed to enter into any court-binding consent decrees, an issue that legal experts warned could put the dept's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> work at risk of being undone.</p><p>Under Dhillon's *leadership*, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division has lost &gt;100 of its attorneys through firings, deferred resignation agreements, demotions &amp; resignations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Tony 💉x9 🇦🇺<p>At least she tried to stop <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> by proving he is a criminal. It should have been Merrick Garland's job. 🙁 </p><p>The fact that she is both black and female means that an indictment and a prison sentence will come swiftly, and the American public will just assume she is guilty because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says so. :eyeroll: </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/trump-fbi-investigation-letitia-james" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/08/trump-fbi-investigation-letitia-james</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpland</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/juripurdence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juripurdence</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ruleByLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleByLaw</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> unveiled a revised <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a> investigations on Thurs, restoring the ability of federal investigators to use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrders</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/warrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warrants</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/subpoenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subpoenas</span></a> to go after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>’ phone records, notes or testimony.</p><p>The move by AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> rolls back a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> from her predecessor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>, who was appointed by President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, that flatly banned going after reporters’ info in leak investigations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/attorney-general-lifts-ban-on-subpoenaing-reporters-notes-in-leak-investigations.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/attorney-general-lifts-ban-on-subpoenaing-reporters-notes-in-leak-investigations.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s former policy, implemented under AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>, barred the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept from compelling records from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>, unless the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> was a suspect in a criminal investigation unrelated to newsgathering or they had obtained information through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> methods.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> said the DOJ will employ “procedural protections” before demanding information from reporters, including giving advance notice to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> &amp; requiring leadership approval in some situations….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Babs E. Blue #IStandW/Zelensky<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@faduda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faduda</span></a></span> Dear <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> - fuk you 👆</p>
Terry Hunter☑️🌈⭐✌🏼✌🏿✌🏻✌🏽<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEMOCRATIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEMOCRATIC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SENATORS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SENATORS</span></a> have got to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CONGRESSIONAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CONGRESSIONAL</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEMOCRATS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEMOCRATS</span></a> must <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SUBPOENAELONMUSK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUBPOENAELONMUSK</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEMS</span></a> must hold their own public probes of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> in front of cameras, even if the hearings are in a broom closet at the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Capitol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitol</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SheldonWhitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SheldonWhitehouse</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AmyKlobuchar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyKlobuchar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DickDurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickDurbin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChrisCoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisCoons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChuckSchummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckSchummer</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TammyDuckworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TammyDuckworth</span></a>, to name a few, have been talking tough for years while slow walking <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> into <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FASCISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FASCISM</span></a> hand in hand with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> had <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/4YEARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4YEARS</span></a> to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PROBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PROBE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JaredKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaredKushner</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IvankaTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IvankaTrump</span></a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2BILLION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2BILLION</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kushner</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> illegally acquired from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> yet they did <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NOTHING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOTHING</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SENATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SENATE</span></a> DEMOCRATS <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FAILED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAILED</span></a> to hold even <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/1HEARING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1HEARING</span></a> on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CRIMES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRIMES</span></a> WHILE IN OFFICE!</p><p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FAIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIL</span></a> of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is matched only by the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FAILURE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAILURE</span></a> of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SENATEDEMOCRATS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SENATEDEMOCRATS</span></a>!</p><p>DEM SENATORS have proven they care more about maintaining the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StatusQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatusQuo</span></a> than <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberty</span></a> for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/All" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>All</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SUBPOENAMUSK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUBPOENAMUSK</span></a>!</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@dcdeejay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dcdeejay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@augieray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>augieray</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; It's a self-sustaining mirage.</p><p>The mirage is not just the result of Right making themselves seem inevitable, invulnerable &amp; ubiquitous, but also Left making themselves invisible and inconsequential.</p><p>Just like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>, there is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> cult too.</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> could do no wrong" is the new "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> could do no wrong" — despite Schumer's YES vote on the cloture for CR and Biden's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> and his subsequent kneecapping.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SpaceLifeForm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SpaceLifeForm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QasimRashid</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> was a poor choice for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> and an even worse choice for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a>.</p><p>We have wrought what our timidness has sewn. Learn how to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> in order to (maybe) <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> This writer has a grip on reality. Hopefully, it doesn't become necessary but it's important to show the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MAGAmoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAmoron</span></a> and his <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> that sane, rational <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> are ready to defend themselves, the country and the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. Everyone should be stocking up on ways to repel the coup unfolding in front of us. Otherwise, start packing a bag for your stay in a <a href="https://toot.community/tags/concentration_camp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concentration_camp</span></a>. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> were the perfect doddering old fools of the past.</p>
OUR COMMON GROUND<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@glyph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>glyph</span></a></span> <br>I am terrified to think that I am a 6 in agreement on a scale of 1- 10, 10 being totally. To comfort myself, I rage against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMueller</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> and 'dem.</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> <br>After just 4 years of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> as AG, I can't help but see the bright side that he didn't end up with a lifetime appointment on the High Court. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCotUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCotUS</span></a> 🤔</p>
Nonilex<p>Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnKennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnKennedy</span></a> (R-LA) asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> who investigated Timothy McVeigh, who killed 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. “The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>,” Patel answered.</p><p>Another correct answer would have been <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>, the Biden’s AG who years earlier played a key role in the prosecution of the McVeigh case. Kennedy &amp; other Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> have spent years railing against Garland’s supposed mismanagement of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Friedrich <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nietzsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nietzsche</span></a> said it in the 19th century…</p><p>"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."</p><p>Over a dozen Justice Department employees who worked with special counsel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> to prosecute <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> have been fired. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration continues its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> of government workers who are perceived to be disloyal to the president.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/live/trump-presidency-day-8-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/trump-presiden</span><span class="invisible">cy-day-8-updates</span></a></p>
Charming Malcontent<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indivisibleteam</span></a></span> <br>as long as ineffective, wishy-washy individuals like #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> are elevated to positions of power in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> party then they will never be able to counter the rise of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FourthReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthReich</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murrica</span></a></p>
John Yates<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PattyHanson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PattyHanson</span></a></span> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> failed in his most important task! <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Babs E. Blue #IStandW/Zelensky<p>How’s that “working from the bottom up” thing goin’ for ya now <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> ?????? 😡🤬</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>How <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> stymied one of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s day one <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/executiveorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorders</span></a> before leaving office. </p><p>Trump wants to ramp up the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a>. Before he left, the former <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/attorneygeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attorneygeneral</span></a> made that harder. </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/how-merrick-garland-stymied-one-of-donald-trumps-day-one-executive-orders-before-leaving-office/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/01/21/how-merri</span><span class="invisible">ck-garland-stymied-one-of-donald-trumps-day-one-executive-orders-before-leaving-office/</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Reposting this link. Many important arguments in favor of DOJ’s paths to prosecuting Jan 6 transgressions, showing places where pundits Goodman and Conway overlooked key investigational procedures and the delay tactics of the primary suspect. And this great and handy timeline. Thank you again <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MarcyWheeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcyWheeler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jan6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/jacksmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jacksmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/merrickgarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merrickgarland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/doj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doj</span></a> <br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lfwwbeiu722a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lfwwbeiu722a</span></a></p>
GaslitNation<p>Merrick Garland, you might be retiring, but the people will never forget that you have blood on your hands.</p><p>This clip includes Dean Obeidallah on MSNBC explaining why Merrick Garland is the worst Attorney General of the modern era, as Gaslit Nation warned for years.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/merrickgarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merrickgarland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeanObeidallah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeanObeidallah</span></a></p>
LOLRH1 :toad:🇺🇲🇺🇦<p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/MerrickScrewedUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MerrickScrewedUs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/merrickgarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>merrickgarland</span></a></p>