roles that could ve been played in the planning and rally beforehand. at the same time, i think that many democrats, certainly the ones in the generous fix committee, will say that they still think the justice department is acting too slowly. i m not doing enough. so, michael, if my garland does something now, their chance of that looks to political? but he succumbing to political pressure? well, this is one of the reasons why we learn this really well during the trump administration. that a president of the united states should not weigh in on a criminal investigation. because there is a problem of an appearance, an appearance of the president s that the justice department is being used as an appendage of the white house for political means for the president. now, it s important to know that our reporting shows
in the planning and rally beforehand. at the same time, i think that many democrats, certainly the ones in the generous fix committee, will say that they still think the justice department is acting too slowly. i m not doing enough. so, michael, if my garland does something now, their chance of that looks to political? but he succumbing to political pressure? well, this is one of the reasons why we learn this really well during the trump administration. that a president of the united states should not weigh in on a criminal investigation. because there is a problem of an appearance, an appearance of the president s that the justice department is being used as an appendage of the white house for political means for the president. now, it s important to know that our reporting shows something different than what trump did. what trump did is that he would directly call out publicly when he wanted the justice department to do. and, at times, he would corner top enforcement officials
It would do us well to take Putin’s words with full seriousness and avoid staining human history with another world war. Faced with increasing pressure to dissolve the five member UN Security Council, President Putin warned on October 21: “If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day – it would turn into the League of Nations. It would simply become a discussion platform”. As walls separating east and west along Manichean Cold War lines of “democratic/free” vs “authoritarian/enslaved” are quickly being erected before our eyes, it is worth pondering not only the deeper … Continue reading →