She shouldn't be confirmed, but will be just like Barret and Kavanaugh. Barrett, and Kavanaugh did the same charade with "It's a precedent" which isn't much different then "Biden is president" when asked if Trump lost the election in 2016. Don't tell the truth, just don't lie. RINOs don't care about truth, democracy, or justice; POWER if all that counts. Thank you America, Apparently the cost of eggs and milk is more important than the cost of freedom and democracy.
And Bondi is proffered as one of Trump’s more qualified nominees, smoothing the way for Gabbard, Patel, and Kennedy, and erasing the recent debacle that is Pete Hegseth. This is a national embarrassment. It is an insult to our intelligence. And it’s a shameless abdication of responsibility on the part of the Republican senators.
It infuriates me that these people get away with not answering questions and running out the clock, knowing that they’ll be confirmed no matter what. I can’t even watch these hearings. They are nauseating and oh, so familiar. Ack, ack, ack.
Following the “dumb?” question, are they any dumber than the Republicans who seem to be hell-bent on pleasing their dear leader. Maybe not dumb, but devious liars who wouldn’t know the truth if it were staring them in the face.
Exactly! Many of these R Senators are the same ones who correctly blamed trump for J6 2021 on and right after that day, then took McConnell's permission structure and voted not guilty. This national nightmare should have ended then.
Why, David Sharp, do you call then “GOP”? Asking seriously bc I see no semblance of what was and all that is and it’s MAGA unless they want to be “primaried” my too many MAGAts.
You are correct! I call them Republicans because I’m an old fart. Old school Rs were dramatically changed when they (or Nixon rather) invited the Dixiecrats in. Now irrevocably changed with MAGA—same hate, same misogyny, same racism … just louder and more virulent.
Rachel uses it on her show. She attended Oxford University in the late 1990's when she worked on her PhD in Politics. (There are some others, like "to suss" out something.)
Pam Bondi is insulting our intelligence. I saw through her play acting siting she wasn’t familiar with many of the questions asked by senators. She is a con.
Can we please stop referring to them as Republicans and called them what they? They are Trumpists. And quit with “GOP”. It’s not grand, it’s not old, and it’s a cult.
She has orchestrated to the world dumb blonds costumed in pin stripes, giving dumbed down answers... laughable it it wasn't sinking us into the orange swamp.
"Charade" is absolutely the right word to describe what is happening before our eyes, Steven. How is it remotely possible that a nominee to be our Attorney General - our topmost law enforcement officer - would openly lie in response to question after question without being laughed out of the hearing and tossed aside? Yet here we are.
This absurd spectacle presents us with another example of why Timothy Snyder's recommendation that the Democratic Party should form a "shadow cabinet" is so vital to the creation of an effective opposition, one that could counter each and every lie of the fascists and could do so on a continual basis.
As things stand, members of the press are only able to seek out individual senators or congresspeople for their responses to any given situation. If, on the other hand, members of the press could approach the appropriate member(s) of the shadow cabinet for commentary, just think how much more weight that commentary would carry.
A shadow cabinet would also be in a position to formulate and present policies in order to educate voters and give them a basis for making informed choices.
Would you agree that the idea of creating a shadow cabinet is one which we should all get behind? If so, may I suggest that you invite Professor Snyder to discuss the concept with you on a Zoom session in order to build momentum for its creation?
It’s funny that she “looks the part” for both sides. The Reps like her because she’s a Trump dream girl with her long, bleached blonde hair with the black roots. Dems see her as a the same thing but as cheap and dumb. And I do not like condemning people for their looks, but she’s something else.
The question has been and always will be WHAT DO WE DO. It’s a serious question. I post things but I don’t have the following that others,like yourself, do. All I can think to say to quote Pam K. GOD HELP US ALL.
She removed all doubt she is a blatant and obvious Liar. Not a positive attribute for the Attorney General of the United States. "Please let me assure you, in no uncertain terms, that you will be able to depend on me being an untrustworthy manager of the Justice Department. You can depend on me not applying the law as it is written. I take orders from the President regardless of facts or truth or the rule of law." She made this very clear.
I wonder how many people will remember how many of the Supreme Court nominees lied under oath during their Senate hearings? It seems lying under oath is acceptable. Golly, when I was a kid oath or no oath lying was a very big no-no! Lying is a betrayal and should be pointed out every time someone commits that betrayal.
As Rachel Maddow has warned, “Watch what they do, not what they say.” Hopefully, if they act outside of the law, there will be pushback by Democrats, and demonstrations by the public.
She shouldn't be confirmed, but will be just like Barret and Kavanaugh. Barrett, and Kavanaugh did the same charade with "It's a precedent" which isn't much different then "Biden is president" when asked if Trump lost the election in 2016. Don't tell the truth, just don't lie. RINOs don't care about truth, democracy, or justice; POWER if all that counts. Thank you America, Apparently the cost of eggs and milk is more important than the cost of freedom and democracy.
And Bondi is proffered as one of Trump’s more qualified nominees, smoothing the way for Gabbard, Patel, and Kennedy, and erasing the recent debacle that is Pete Hegseth. This is a national embarrassment. It is an insult to our intelligence. And it’s a shameless abdication of responsibility on the part of the Republican senators.
It's all relative, isn't it? Trump is so awful that I find myself wishing for Nixon.
Yup. Or even W. How far we’ve fallen.
I'll choose Dubya WAY before I'd take back Nixon! Dubya wasn't the brightest kid on the block, but at least he wasn't a sociopath.
It infuriates me that these people get away with not answering questions and running out the clock, knowing that they’ll be confirmed no matter what. I can’t even watch these hearings. They are nauseating and oh, so familiar. Ack, ack, ack.
Following the “dumb?” question, are they any dumber than the Republicans who seem to be hell-bent on pleasing their dear leader. Maybe not dumb, but devious liars who wouldn’t know the truth if it were staring them in the face.
But they DO know the truth. That’s what makes it so awful.
Exactly! Many of these R Senators are the same ones who correctly blamed trump for J6 2021 on and right after that day, then took McConnell's permission structure and voted not guilty. This national nightmare should have ended then.
God help us all😤
There is no God.
Sure feels like it.
And Steven, we all know by now, these Trump Republicans will say anything, make vague promises, instantly bark when daddy says, “Nice dog.”
Why, David Sharp, do you call then “GOP”? Asking seriously bc I see no semblance of what was and all that is and it’s MAGA unless they want to be “primaried” my too many MAGAts.
You are correct! I call them Republicans because I’m an old fart. Old school Rs were dramatically changed when they (or Nixon rather) invited the Dixiecrats in. Now irrevocably changed with MAGA—same hate, same misogyny, same racism … just louder and more virulent.
Steven, as the late unlamented (at least by me) Ronald Reagan said, “Here we go again.”
Reagan was loathsome but he wouldn't let Putin rule him.
Very true. He thought in black-and-white but he was not afraid to stand up … and Russia (actually the Soviet Union) was an enemy.
To think that he would be better than Trump is gobsmacking.
Gobsmacking! What a lovely word … and so accurate. My gob not only smacked but dropped.
Rachel uses it on her show. She attended Oxford University in the late 1990's when she worked on her PhD in Politics. (There are some others, like "to suss" out something.)
Ha ha! Glad you like it. My husband is English. I got it from him.
Those Brits! You’d think they invented the language!
Certainly more eloquent than Yiddish … if less pithy.
Bill Barr did the same.
Pam Bondi is insulting our intelligence. I saw through her play acting siting she wasn’t familiar with many of the questions asked by senators. She is a con.
Can we please stop referring to them as Republicans and called them what they? They are Trumpists. And quit with “GOP”. It’s not grand, it’s not old, and it’s a cult.
She has orchestrated to the world dumb blonds costumed in pin stripes, giving dumbed down answers... laughable it it wasn't sinking us into the orange swamp.
"Charade" is absolutely the right word to describe what is happening before our eyes, Steven. How is it remotely possible that a nominee to be our Attorney General - our topmost law enforcement officer - would openly lie in response to question after question without being laughed out of the hearing and tossed aside? Yet here we are.
This absurd spectacle presents us with another example of why Timothy Snyder's recommendation that the Democratic Party should form a "shadow cabinet" is so vital to the creation of an effective opposition, one that could counter each and every lie of the fascists and could do so on a continual basis.
As things stand, members of the press are only able to seek out individual senators or congresspeople for their responses to any given situation. If, on the other hand, members of the press could approach the appropriate member(s) of the shadow cabinet for commentary, just think how much more weight that commentary would carry.
A shadow cabinet would also be in a position to formulate and present policies in order to educate voters and give them a basis for making informed choices.
Would you agree that the idea of creating a shadow cabinet is one which we should all get behind? If so, may I suggest that you invite Professor Snyder to discuss the concept with you on a Zoom session in order to build momentum for its creation?
It’s funny that she “looks the part” for both sides. The Reps like her because she’s a Trump dream girl with her long, bleached blonde hair with the black roots. Dems see her as a the same thing but as cheap and dumb. And I do not like condemning people for their looks, but she’s something else.
The question has been and always will be WHAT DO WE DO. It’s a serious question. I post things but I don’t have the following that others,like yourself, do. All I can think to say to quote Pam K. GOD HELP US ALL.
The only thing I can think of is to mock relentlessly. And keep up the pressure on whoever has any power at all. My other ideas aren't printable.
She removed all doubt she is a blatant and obvious Liar. Not a positive attribute for the Attorney General of the United States. "Please let me assure you, in no uncertain terms, that you will be able to depend on me being an untrustworthy manager of the Justice Department. You can depend on me not applying the law as it is written. I take orders from the President regardless of facts or truth or the rule of law." She made this very clear.
I wonder how many people will remember how many of the Supreme Court nominees lied under oath during their Senate hearings? It seems lying under oath is acceptable. Golly, when I was a kid oath or no oath lying was a very big no-no! Lying is a betrayal and should be pointed out every time someone commits that betrayal.
As Rachel Maddow has warned, “Watch what they do, not what they say.” Hopefully, if they act outside of the law, there will be pushback by Democrats, and demonstrations by the public.