Thank goodness you are here and writing, Mehdi!!! The “legacy”/ corporate media has devolved into constant repetition of the same sound bites. Even MSNBC with few exceptions does not hold trump and his surrogates to account. I am infuriated that Garland would not investigate trump and Jan. 6. No one holds this man or his surrogates accou…
Thank goodness you are here and writing, Mehdi!!! The “legacy”/ corporate media has devolved into constant repetition of the same sound bites. Even MSNBC with few exceptions does not hold trump and his surrogates to account. I am infuriated that Garland would not investigate trump and Jan. 6. No one holds this man or his surrogates accountable nor do they push back WITH FACTS any of the garbage they spout during an interview. Why, some ask, can they get away with this ….. because they can!!!
You are MUCH NEEDED and I look forward to your full launch in April!
Unless I am mistaken, Garland did launch an investigation… nearly three years after the fact. He then announced a special counsel to investigate Biden just weeks later when a few confidential documents were found in his garage. Why Mitch McConnell blocked Garland’s Supreme Court nomination for a year is beyond me. He would have fit right in with the majority cabal.
I’m extremely angry at Garland for his foot-dragging on Trump, about jumping quickly to appoint a SC to investigate Biden, & about him releasing Hur’s report without redactions, or at least a cover page commentary. I disagree about his scotus appointment, I think his temperament would have been well suited to the slow deliberative process there & his wanting to appear nonpartisan. He was a terrible choice for AG in this age of Trump; we needed an aggressive bulldog.
Medhi had a piece in The Guardian today, April 1st, urging Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire now to avoid a rehash of RBG’s replacement following her death. I agree with the assessment of the situation but unfortunately don’t trust Biden to do the right thing with her replacement. He has left many of Trump’s worst appointments in place. Take Postmaster Louis Dejoy. Joe also has this stupid position on bipartisanship. Decades in elected office with little insight to show for it.
I certainly agree with you on the errors of leaving terrible Trump appointees in place, like DeJoy. However, I’m under the impression that the only the Postal Board of Governors has the ability to fire him. Biden did replace the Rs on that Board or Commission & they need to fire DeJoy. Of course, Biden could apply some pressure.
Not sure of the current makeup of the board, but when Biden was elected he filled two vacancies. One a Republican hack and the other one not. If he had filled both seats with reform minded individuals who actually cared to address the last three decades of attacks against the service, Dejoy would be gone. But not bipartisan Joe. Of course Obama left something like 4 seats vacant throughout both his terms. I can only assume it was in retaliation for the Postal unions endorsement of Hillary. I wish there were one party consistently supporting the right things but both are compromised. One now is a cult.
Thank goodness you are here and writing, Mehdi!!! The “legacy”/ corporate media has devolved into constant repetition of the same sound bites. Even MSNBC with few exceptions does not hold trump and his surrogates to account. I am infuriated that Garland would not investigate trump and Jan. 6. No one holds this man or his surrogates accountable nor do they push back WITH FACTS any of the garbage they spout during an interview. Why, some ask, can they get away with this ….. because they can!!!
You are MUCH NEEDED and I look forward to your full launch in April!
Thanks Sandy!
Unless I am mistaken, Garland did launch an investigation… nearly three years after the fact. He then announced a special counsel to investigate Biden just weeks later when a few confidential documents were found in his garage. Why Mitch McConnell blocked Garland’s Supreme Court nomination for a year is beyond me. He would have fit right in with the majority cabal.
You are correct, Garland waited almost 3 to do anything for fear of not wanting to look partisan. “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
I’m extremely angry at Garland for his foot-dragging on Trump, about jumping quickly to appoint a SC to investigate Biden, & about him releasing Hur’s report without redactions, or at least a cover page commentary. I disagree about his scotus appointment, I think his temperament would have been well suited to the slow deliberative process there & his wanting to appear nonpartisan. He was a terrible choice for AG in this age of Trump; we needed an aggressive bulldog.
Medhi had a piece in The Guardian today, April 1st, urging Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire now to avoid a rehash of RBG’s replacement following her death. I agree with the assessment of the situation but unfortunately don’t trust Biden to do the right thing with her replacement. He has left many of Trump’s worst appointments in place. Take Postmaster Louis Dejoy. Joe also has this stupid position on bipartisanship. Decades in elected office with little insight to show for it.
I certainly agree with you on the errors of leaving terrible Trump appointees in place, like DeJoy. However, I’m under the impression that the only the Postal Board of Governors has the ability to fire him. Biden did replace the Rs on that Board or Commission & they need to fire DeJoy. Of course, Biden could apply some pressure.
Not sure of the current makeup of the board, but when Biden was elected he filled two vacancies. One a Republican hack and the other one not. If he had filled both seats with reform minded individuals who actually cared to address the last three decades of attacks against the service, Dejoy would be gone. But not bipartisan Joe. Of course Obama left something like 4 seats vacant throughout both his terms. I can only assume it was in retaliation for the Postal unions endorsement of Hillary. I wish there were one party consistently supporting the right things but both are compromised. One now is a cult.