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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
(11,347 posts)He sounds a bit out of breath.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)Im sure his adrenaline is still kicking.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)I dont know if I can make it through the gaslighting by gymmie and gogurt....
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)FarPoint
(12,474 posts)He , Barr did show up.... can't imagine what obstruction tactics he will utter...
riversedge
(70,441 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
(70,441 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
(70,441 posts)crickets
(25,989 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
(11,347 posts)nolabear
(42,002 posts)GET him, Mr. Nadler!
Ninga
(8,282 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,227 posts)nolabear
(42,002 posts)chriscan64
(1,789 posts)Serenity now!
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)Earplug time
blogslut
(38,021 posts)Spying! They all spied on our precious president!
crickets
(25,989 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
(42,002 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
(135,922 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Thanks for the report.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Man, it is quite the bit of creative editing.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)calling it "peaceful protests"
Showing as much violence as possible.
Literally, stoking the divisions
.....
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)crickets
(25,989 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
(3,734 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
(38,021 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)backtoblue
(11,347 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
(8,933 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Nadler stops the video for being overlong lol
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)What a fucking shit show by Jordan.
blogslut
(38,021 posts)noice
Brother Buzz
(36,494 posts)Cherry Picking, Baby!
crickets
(25,989 posts)blogslut
(38,021 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
(25,989 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
(135,922 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Barr speaks with almost a whisper and they had to turn the levels up but he's creating feedback on the mics
woodsprite
(11,940 posts)and where they have arrests/proof that some of the violence was instigated by the GOP mercs wannabes.
blogslut
(38,021 posts)Hey, Bill. Those protesters are responding to you and your secret soldiers.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)backtoblue
(11,347 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Barr tries to wheedle but ulimately admits that yes, he has
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Bascially just asked Barr: Why are you so mischaracterized when you are just a patriot trying to do your job?
lindysalsagal
(20,787 posts)Here's hoping Biden will prosecute and this becomes evidence of malicious intent to use the government for political wrangling.
malaise
(269,267 posts)Indeed
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)crickets
(25,989 posts)None of them bothered to show up half the time, and they ignored what advice they were given. It's ridiculous.
crickets
(25,989 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
(38,021 posts)Barr responds with weasel words
crickets
(25,989 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
(17,462 posts)But my understanding is that is because they cause temporary blindness!
crickets
(25,989 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
(38,021 posts)In referring to the protestors at the courthouse, he almost calls it "the prison"
crickets
(25,989 posts)and Barr has the nerve to disagree that there is systemic racism in law enforcement. Wow.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)uponit7771
(90,370 posts)... allow time for follow up !
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)So.... will they leave if the police protect it?
uponit7771
(90,370 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
(38,021 posts)Barr keeps bullshitting
crickets
(25,989 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
(108,414 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Then stop shipping them to those protests, Bill.
blogslut
(38,021 posts)As a Texan, I apologize to America for that dumb motherfucker.
blogslut
(38,021 posts)Claiming his time like a boss.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)Karma13612
(4,555 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)The congressman is hitting all the bases
End claiming Barr should be impeached
crickets
(25,989 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
(108,414 posts)blogslut
(38,021 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
(108,414 posts)Doug Jones is the Democratic Senator from Alabama
blogslut
(38,021 posts)I'll fix it
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)blogslut
(38,021 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
(11,347 posts)I'll try it
blogslut
(38,021 posts)I will be there
crickets
(25,989 posts)blogslut
(38,021 posts)Barr is raising his voice and losing his cool. Johnson is not letting him get away with it.
malaise
(269,267 posts)No one elevated it (during the Bush years) - Oops! May have just made a slip.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)malaise
(269,267 posts)crickets
(25,989 posts)malaise
(269,267 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
(108,414 posts)crickets
(25,989 posts)backtoblue
(11,347 posts)Mossfern
(2,600 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.