i just think it s brilliant, i really do. so i want to distinguish between two things. one is what senator boxer said, which i heard from a lot of democrats on capitol hill, which i think is a totally defensible argument. look, you look at the legislation. if you think it s a good deal, you vote for it. you don t do what mcconnell did. you don t say we re not giving you a win because that ll be bad politics even if you substantively support the thing. yeah, i mean, well, that s nice. mitch mcconnell. you think it s a wrong reading of the politics? it s also a wrong reading of where this country is going to be. donald trump has been able to because of mitch mcconnell seat more circuit court judges than almost barack obama did in eight years. he s done this in three years. this is very narrow piece of legislation that is going to maybe create 50,000 jobs, maybe. yes, the difference between passing and not is not enormous in any way for the american no one would make that ar
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kind of this political hit job on the basis of the investigation into donald trump suggesting that, you know, this political hit job suggesting that the russia hoax is somehow a real thing just in time for the 2020 election. and adam, you ve written a lot about how trump and barr and others share this similar attitude towards due process, civil liberties and protections depending on who is being protected and who is being prosecuted. yeah, well, it s really rather extraordinary after barr said last week that communities who criticize law enforcement can t count on their protection that those sworn officers of the law are mob enforcers who if they don t get their protection money they can t do their jobs. and obviously barr and the president himself criticize law enforcement all the time and don t expect to be denied its protection. had that some american citizens have the full rights of being american citizens and other americans simply do not. and that is both the core of trumpism