Summary
The Justice Department’s decision to dismiss bribery charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams has led to a wave of resignations, tripling those of the 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre.”
Six senior officials, including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, stepped down in protest, citing concerns over political interference.
Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the dismissal, arguing the case was “weaponization” of the justice system.
Legal experts see parallels to past executive overreach, raising alarm over the independence of the Southern District of New York.
Oh God. Do you realize where we’re going?
Elongate.
Or fElongate to be more precise.
Can’t spell FELON without ELON! 🤣
Nope theirs was more clever
Omfg…. 😂 Now THAT is clever!
I find it fascinating that there are still regular references to Watergate in American political reporting/commentary. It just doesn’t seem relevant.
From my contacts with Americans, it seems that anti-trump Americans are in a state of shock (understandable), but still clinging to the hope that their institutions will save them (debatable considering global examples with the rise of authoritarian/corporate regimes in democratic environments; generally a “second term” tends to be a make or break period).
The pro-trump group seems to be doubling down on trump and even low key trying to justify statements like the Gaza annexation proposal by claiming “that’s just Trump, he says things.” Some of the stuff I’ve heard honestly made me a bit uncomfortable (these are people I know well for 15+ years) and I don’t discuss internal US matters with the pro-trump camp.
Watergate is about as far back as the average person can connect the historical dots. My view is that it goes much further back, to slavery itself - but many still view Watergate as some kind of original sin.
Personally, I find it simply amazing that Watergate is thought of as the worst thing in recent memory, when Iran/Contra is right fucking there. I think Iran/Contra is more instructive in how Republicans of today behave.
Basically, no one at the very top paid the price. Ronnie Raygun got to ride off into the sunset, even if he was hated at the time, to have the Strategic Forgettery Crew work in the decades since to resurrect his “memory”, in a very Orwellian fashion.
Even naming shit after that fucker. They still want that criminal on currency. And that’s with him having the most criminal administration in history - at least up until donvict. I don’t know how donvict’s first term or the second stacks up to Ronnie Raygun’s criminal legacy.
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These people need to understand this quickly, like yesterday: This whole “protesting by stepping down” thing, doesn’t help a damn thing. These mass resignations only embolden the shitheads to continue breaking the law with no fear of reprisal
When demonstrating against a larger power, one can only use the tools at one’s disposal.
Or would you rather they stay and change the system from within, ie: evolution over disruption … which would take time, patience, ability and maneuvering to keep their jobs in the first place.
The tool they should be using is saying “fuck off”. If you want to go to the top, you need to have responsibility.
Yeah I have to say, this is probably what they want, then they can replace people who pose a real threat with loyalists. If anything, pretend to be on board while sabotaging them at every opportunity
America has lost their moral compass. Sorry to say, but USA might never be the same. I invited everyone to read a little about how societies and empires have collapsed. Spoiler alert, starts gradually and then move fairly fast.
Republicans. Republicans have lost their moral compass (if they ever really have one, and that’s debatable).
Remember: most of the nation did not vote for these fuckers.
Yes that’s true.
But there are 90 million people who didn’t care if these people were in power either. I wouldn’t say those people have a moral compass either or we wouldn’t be here now.
I would agree about some portion of them. I will say a whole lot of people are just checked the hell out. Many people think their vote does not matter and take virtually everything for granted.
But then there are the people that DID know better, but thought they’d play games because of Gaza and/or because the Democrats did not give them a pretty, pretty pony. They convinced others to be just as apathetic, too.
Infuriating.
Were you around when Obama promised to close Gitmo? He never did and the public never pressed him on that.
Ive been wanting to replay luigi’s mansione lately
I’ve been on a BioShock 3 kick myself
We need to disallow allow any elected Official, or anyone they appoint, to have or even talk about anything to do with the Justice Department.
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✌️I am not a crook✌️
Yup. Still works.
