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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums** Today's Hearing - Barr before House Judiciary Thread 1 **
Last edited Tue Jul 28, 2020, 12:41 PM - Edit history (1)
&feature=youtu.beThread number two is up, here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213819350
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)He sounds a bit out of breath.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)Im sure his adrenaline is still kicking.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)I dont know if I can make it through the gaslighting by gymmie and gogurt....
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)FarPoint
(12,486 posts)He , Barr did show up.... can't imagine what obstruction tactics he will utter...
riversedge
(70,460 posts)William Barr has a lot to explain about actions on Michael Cohen
Opinion by Jennifer Rodgers
Updated 11:06 PM EDT, Fri July 24, 2020
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/24/opinions/michael-cohen-trump-book-doj-rodgers/index.html
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riversedge
(70,460 posts)Link to tweet
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@ThePlumLineGS
William Barr's opening testimony today is saturated with evasion and dishonesty. It unwittingly reveals Trump's vision of "law and order": The law is there to protect Trump's corruption and manufacture authoritarian agitprop for his reelection. New piece:
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riversedge
(70,460 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)Also, I am so tired of the Repub persecution complex. It's the only tactic they know.
eep- sorry, meant to reply to thread. It's going to be one of those days. 🤪
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)nolabear
(42,004 posts)GET him, Mr. Nadler!
Ninga
(8,282 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,232 posts)nolabear
(42,004 posts)chriscan64
(1,789 posts)Serenity now!
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)Earplug time
blogslut
(38,023 posts)Spying! They all spied on our precious president!
crickets
(25,990 posts)Jordan is gish galloping the lies. I'd love to see some concrete proof for all this malarky and hearsay.
meow2u3
(24,776 posts)It's the same conspiracy theory, a.k.a., pack of lies, that falsely accuses Obama and Biden of spying on Trump's campaign--all at the top of his lungs!
nolabear
(42,004 posts)Even threw in Susan Rice.
Karma13612
(4,555 posts)Now that Nadler has given his opening statement, I guess I can go about the rest of my day. Gawd, Gym (shorts no jacket) Jordan. Yelling and going off on his tangents.
Why do I put myself thru this stuff?
But, if I was still working, I would be jealous that I couldn't be home watching.
spanone
(135,949 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Thanks for the report.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Man, it is quite the bit of creative editing.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)calling it "peaceful protests"
Showing as much violence as possible.
Literally, stoking the divisions
.....
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)Showing all of the peaceful daytime protests just doesn't fit the narrative. I hope there's a plan to push back on the optics, because you have to admit this looks really bad.
mnmoderatedem
(3,739 posts)it's a conveniently edited video.
Just have them, for instance, show where there was anything like what went on in that video in Lafayette Park.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)backtoblue
(11,348 posts)Extended noise, chaos, and violence.
Edit to add: American citizens are being demonized right now.
Satch59
(1,353 posts)What POS these republicans are...
ooky
(8,934 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Nadler stops the video for being overlong lol
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)What a fucking shit show by Jordan.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)noice
Brother Buzz
(36,505 posts)Cherry Picking, Baby!
crickets
(25,990 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr, you smug, criminal bastard
shockey80
(4,379 posts)How long are the Democrats going to sit there and allow this video to go on , all day.
Surprise, Nadler just said Jorden broke House rules by showing that video.
The Democrats have to understand the Republicans will break every rule, every law. You cannot fight these fuckers fairly. The Democrats should have never let that propaganda be shown.
crickets
(25,990 posts)I really like Nadler, but he does not push back hard enough on misbehavior like this.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Trump hasn't interfered with Barr's decisions and Barr didn't want the job of AG.
He auditioned for the damned job.
spanone
(135,949 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr speaks with almost a whisper and they had to turn the levels up but he's creating feedback on the mics
woodsprite
(11,941 posts)and where they have arrests/proof that some of the violence was instigated by the GOP mercs wannabes.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)Hey, Bill. Those protesters are responding to you and your secret soldiers.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)backtoblue
(11,348 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr tries to wheedle but ulimately admits that yes, he has
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Bascially just asked Barr: Why are you so mischaracterized when you are just a patriot trying to do your job?
lindysalsagal
(20,794 posts)Here's hoping Biden will prosecute and this becomes evidence of malicious intent to use the government for political wrangling.
malaise
(269,314 posts)Indeed
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)None of them bothered to show up half the time, and they ignored what advice they were given. It's ridiculous.
crickets
(25,990 posts)calming anyone down & were deployed without proper coordination with local forces; that the protestors are peaceful, e.g. the Wall of Moms, that tear gas and surveillance is being improperly used.
eta surveillance includes cell phone surveillance [FBI] that does not just pinpoint location but also scoops up conversation and other content without permission.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr responds with weasel words
crickets
(25,990 posts)Are commercially available laser pointers even capable of doing this, and if so why are they so commonly available? I read a post on DU last night which was explaining that you'd have to deliberately stare into a common laser pointer for some time to get any sort of damage. Anyone know about this?
Wednesdays
(17,487 posts)But my understanding is that is because they cause temporary blindness!
crickets
(25,990 posts)Well, that's not good. The lasers I have seen in vids are green. 😕
Possible more potentially damaging -- although not to the eye -- is that a regular pointer laser can overwhelm the eye with light, typically called flash blindness. If a person is walking a rocky path, operating machinery, a vehicle or aircraft, this temporary loss of vision could cause injury or disaster. At night, when the pupil is most open, the effects would bemagnified.
Still unclear from this article whether green lasers can cause permanent blindness. It's hard to believe it would when the simple remedy for a laser pointer is to look away or turn around.
Adding one more link:
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/laser-pointer-eye-injury
blogslut
(38,023 posts)In referring to the protestors at the courthouse, he almost calls it "the prison"
crickets
(25,990 posts)and Barr has the nerve to disagree that there is systemic racism in law enforcement. Wow.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... allow time for follow up !
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)So.... will they leave if the police protect it?
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)SamKnause
(13,114 posts)Is Barr whispering ???
Don't they want us to hear his answers ???
I have the volume maxed out and half the time I can't hear him.
They turned the volume down during the video and it has been fucked up since then.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr keeps bullshitting
crickets
(25,990 posts)When he wouldn't give a clear answer, she cut him off and kept right on going to the next question.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,474 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Then stop shipping them to those protests, Bill.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)As a Texan, I apologize to America for that dumb motherfucker.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)Claiming his time like a boss.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)Karma13612
(4,555 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)The congressman is hitting all the bases
End claiming Barr should be impeached
crickets
(25,990 posts)Now giving him the business about the Mueller report, including the unfavorable comments from a federal judge. Excuses about ongoing cases as reason for not releasing unredacted report do not apply any longer.
Cohen has been treated differently from Flynn and Stone.
H Res 1032 submitted to investigate Barr and to determine whether he should be impeached. Putting in the record a letter signed by thousands of attorneys asking for his investigation and removal and more. Yikes!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,474 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)He and Gym are so predictable.
Jones get Barr at agree, it was really mean for Mr. Nadler to call Barr's police stormtroopers.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,474 posts)Doug Jones is the Democratic Senator from Alabama
blogslut
(38,023 posts)I'll fix it
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)I forgot how I have to play host when I start a hearing thread.
Or does this mean I have to start a new one since I'm the idiot that just had to start an OP.
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)I'll try it
blogslut
(38,023 posts)I will be there
crickets
(25,990 posts)blogslut
(38,023 posts)Barr is raising his voice and losing his cool. Johnson is not letting him get away with it.
malaise
(269,314 posts)No one elevated it (during the Bush years) - Oops! May have just made a slip.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)malaise
(269,314 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)malaise
(269,314 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Link to tweet
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Johnson really nailed the point about how barr determines the law, based on what tRump wants. Also, got at him for playing the American people for fools:
You think that American people dont understand that you were carrying out tRumps will.
Eta: Reposted this twitter clip I saw at the Twitter account on Yaesus OP: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213820298
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,474 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)backtoblue
(11,348 posts)Mossfern
(2,614 posts)This is not a time for soap boxes.
Now on Antifa.
Yes, the Wall of Moms is Antifa.
This is such bullshit.
Sorry, I was at the dentist this morning so I just tuned in.
Barr wants a brief recess.
jayfish
(10,040 posts)One side asks questions the other offers unchallenged exposition. And the questioning side seems... well... unprepared.
Karma13612
(4,555 posts)Comfort break it looks like.