I totally agree! I don’t know why the case has taken so long to bring against trump but it’s high time it is! I too think that convicting him of crimes would help stem the tide but I also think that for his followers it will make no difference! They will call the trial and conviction a lie as well!
I just want to know when humanity went out of fashion!
I have been taken aback at how milquetoast the January 6th interviews have been! With the, and this isn't saying much, exception of Cheney and Raskin, they couldn't be more toothless and down in the mouth. They have MORE than enough evidence to do hearings, where are they? The country will be taken over by the extremists in the party and the people Trump's endorsing will have a real chance of winning because Trump will be totally legitimized. Democracy won't be weakened, this country will become RUSSIA. You would think watching what Russia is doing now in Ukraine would create a backlash to the GOP. But that can't happen with Trump unpunished. The Democratic Party has to get into the fighting ring, GET IN THERE and SAVE THIS COUNTRY!
The unwillingness to hold him accountable is placing him above the law. The very thing we don’t want. Why are we not upholding the laws of nation? We are becoming indifferent and desensitized to criminal behavior. Could it be more obvious? He’s not God. Moving this slow is illegal and highly dysfunctional. Time to get aggressive and protect our freedom and democracy
I agree with everything except it’s not the support that Trump gets from his followers but the “Wizard” behind the curtain- multi-national corporatism that supports his agenda wherever it fits their goals/ world domination.
I don’t imagine any rational person doubts the perpetuation of false grievances that the 2020 election was stolen will succeed unimpeded if Trump and his coterie are not held accountable for their criminal involvement in laying the groundwork. That said, considering the enormous external pressure that already has been exerted on DOJ, I think it implausible to expect a timely full-blown criminal investigation, let alone an indictment, either of Trump or of other top officials of interest.
Hence, I submit that our vigilance be directed to the media, clearly a most critical factor, as it alone can provide needed context, background, and a sense of which claims hold up and which are misleading, or outright lies. Here I would add that any failure by media to expose deception and get as close as possible to the verifiable truth must be met with a chorus of voices calling out the media rather than our retreating from it.
I agree! What actions can we private citizens take to make prosecution of Trump happen? I want to do more than hope and pray that he never holds or runs for office again!
Is it just me, or does no one else think Trump has lost touch with reality. (He lost touch with reality decades ago, but no one cared then, and look where it got us!) He suffers from delusions of grandeur, disassociarion, dementia, paranoia, and a number of other neuroses, and a psychosis or two besides. Anyone else like that would be locked away in an institution, and the DOJ cannot even get him locked up in jail for actual crimes.
As an outsider (non-American) I cannot even laugh anymore at the foibles of American jurisprudence. There is no prudence left in your justice system if Trump is not locked away somewhere other than Mar-a-lago as soon as is humanly, and humanely, possible.
He is a real and present danger to the whole world, not just the USofA, and WE ARE DEPENDING ON YOU to get rid of this insane fool.
Three reasons we know the 2020 election was the cleanest in our history.
1. There were RECOUNTS after recounts.
2. There were AUDITS after audits so baseless that they became known as "fraudits."
3. There were more than 60 lawsuits challenging the integrity of the election all thrown out of court, some by judges appointed by Trump himself, for lack of any evidence to support the senseless allegations.
One surmises an irony here. Before the election Trump, seeing the polls going consistently against him, started screaming, "There will be fraud; the election is going to be stolen" thereby alerting all those responsible for holding and regulating elections to be extra careful to dot all I's and cross all T's pertaining to voting.
This is a simple message that will be effective if only the Democrats will use it.
Yes Trump constitutes a grave danger to democracy: as POTUS, he would not have sent the Ukrainians any help but be cheering Putin on. The question is, who is Garland and the Jan 6th committee afraid of? which groups? why?
The events in New York are highly suspicions. First Cyrus R. Vance does not seek re-election at the end of his term. Wonder what led him to that decision after having been the man who called the Grand Jury into being and pushed the case aggressively? Then this new guy, sorry to say I have little confidence in Mr. Bragg, immediately expresses his hesitance to move forward. I wonder what prompted him to make that decision? THEN, the lead prosecutors resign - a no doubt honorable move on their part when confronted by the political obstruction of the District Attorney. From the outside the whole scene looks like a crime movie illustrating how influence, money and perhaps threats of criminal violence might be working in New York to keep Trump and his organization safely at home in the other most crime-gang infested state...
I agree. I have said this for 6 months, there has been enough evidence to jail him for a year. If you think we should not pursue this because he was a president, than think if the republicans take over congress in the midterms there will be no election, as we know it in the 2024 run, and thereafter you will not have a vote. It will be decided long before voting time. The election for president in 2028 will never be seen, a dictator will have been established. Don’t think this could happen in the USA ? Think again the wheels are already turning to put this in place.
The answer: number one, convict tRump and his mob along with his children. Number two, stop the republicans from taking over the congress. Number three. Put the judicial system back in place by adding more Supreme Court judges. We have sat on our hands for over a year already, pussyfooting with the adversary time is running out, grab the gauntlet, let’s move
My biggest worry is that Garland already knows all of this. He knows the strength and breadth of citizens' concerns. He knows what's in the papers. He knows why the January 6th committee is being careful. He knows that time is running out and that after the midterms there is a chance this "problem" will be taken off his hands. Still, he sits on this. I feel the only thing we can do to get Trump in the docket is to be SURE to have a Democratic majority out of this year's elections.
Agree totally! It’s time to kill the Trump virus before it kills us.
I totally agree! I don’t know why the case has taken so long to bring against trump but it’s high time it is! I too think that convicting him of crimes would help stem the tide but I also think that for his followers it will make no difference! They will call the trial and conviction a lie as well!
I just want to know when humanity went out of fashion!
I have been taken aback at how milquetoast the January 6th interviews have been! With the, and this isn't saying much, exception of Cheney and Raskin, they couldn't be more toothless and down in the mouth. They have MORE than enough evidence to do hearings, where are they? The country will be taken over by the extremists in the party and the people Trump's endorsing will have a real chance of winning because Trump will be totally legitimized. Democracy won't be weakened, this country will become RUSSIA. You would think watching what Russia is doing now in Ukraine would create a backlash to the GOP. But that can't happen with Trump unpunished. The Democratic Party has to get into the fighting ring, GET IN THERE and SAVE THIS COUNTRY!
https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice every one of us must send a message to the Attorney General at the department's official website demanding that tRump be brought to account for his criminal behavior. PLEASE DO IT TODAY!!
The unwillingness to hold him accountable is placing him above the law. The very thing we don’t want. Why are we not upholding the laws of nation? We are becoming indifferent and desensitized to criminal behavior. Could it be more obvious? He’s not God. Moving this slow is illegal and highly dysfunctional. Time to get aggressive and protect our freedom and democracy
I agree with everything except it’s not the support that Trump gets from his followers but the “Wizard” behind the curtain- multi-national corporatism that supports his agenda wherever it fits their goals/ world domination.
I don’t imagine any rational person doubts the perpetuation of false grievances that the 2020 election was stolen will succeed unimpeded if Trump and his coterie are not held accountable for their criminal involvement in laying the groundwork. That said, considering the enormous external pressure that already has been exerted on DOJ, I think it implausible to expect a timely full-blown criminal investigation, let alone an indictment, either of Trump or of other top officials of interest.
Hence, I submit that our vigilance be directed to the media, clearly a most critical factor, as it alone can provide needed context, background, and a sense of which claims hold up and which are misleading, or outright lies. Here I would add that any failure by media to expose deception and get as close as possible to the verifiable truth must be met with a chorus of voices calling out the media rather than our retreating from it.
Merrick Garland is too slow! What’s happening with him?!
I agree! What actions can we private citizens take to make prosecution of Trump happen? I want to do more than hope and pray that he never holds or runs for office again!
Is it just me, or does no one else think Trump has lost touch with reality. (He lost touch with reality decades ago, but no one cared then, and look where it got us!) He suffers from delusions of grandeur, disassociarion, dementia, paranoia, and a number of other neuroses, and a psychosis or two besides. Anyone else like that would be locked away in an institution, and the DOJ cannot even get him locked up in jail for actual crimes.
As an outsider (non-American) I cannot even laugh anymore at the foibles of American jurisprudence. There is no prudence left in your justice system if Trump is not locked away somewhere other than Mar-a-lago as soon as is humanly, and humanely, possible.
He is a real and present danger to the whole world, not just the USofA, and WE ARE DEPENDING ON YOU to get rid of this insane fool.
Three reasons we know the 2020 election was the cleanest in our history.
1. There were RECOUNTS after recounts.
2. There were AUDITS after audits so baseless that they became known as "fraudits."
3. There were more than 60 lawsuits challenging the integrity of the election all thrown out of court, some by judges appointed by Trump himself, for lack of any evidence to support the senseless allegations.
One surmises an irony here. Before the election Trump, seeing the polls going consistently against him, started screaming, "There will be fraud; the election is going to be stolen" thereby alerting all those responsible for holding and regulating elections to be extra careful to dot all I's and cross all T's pertaining to voting.
This is a simple message that will be effective if only the Democrats will use it.
Yes Trump constitutes a grave danger to democracy: as POTUS, he would not have sent the Ukrainians any help but be cheering Putin on. The question is, who is Garland and the Jan 6th committee afraid of? which groups? why?
The events in New York are highly suspicions. First Cyrus R. Vance does not seek re-election at the end of his term. Wonder what led him to that decision after having been the man who called the Grand Jury into being and pushed the case aggressively? Then this new guy, sorry to say I have little confidence in Mr. Bragg, immediately expresses his hesitance to move forward. I wonder what prompted him to make that decision? THEN, the lead prosecutors resign - a no doubt honorable move on their part when confronted by the political obstruction of the District Attorney. From the outside the whole scene looks like a crime movie illustrating how influence, money and perhaps threats of criminal violence might be working in New York to keep Trump and his organization safely at home in the other most crime-gang infested state...
Just wondering...
I agree. I have said this for 6 months, there has been enough evidence to jail him for a year. If you think we should not pursue this because he was a president, than think if the republicans take over congress in the midterms there will be no election, as we know it in the 2024 run, and thereafter you will not have a vote. It will be decided long before voting time. The election for president in 2028 will never be seen, a dictator will have been established. Don’t think this could happen in the USA ? Think again the wheels are already turning to put this in place.
The answer: number one, convict tRump and his mob along with his children. Number two, stop the republicans from taking over the congress. Number three. Put the judicial system back in place by adding more Supreme Court judges. We have sat on our hands for over a year already, pussyfooting with the adversary time is running out, grab the gauntlet, let’s move
The sooner, the better, and it MUST happen, simply MUST. No one is above the law.
My biggest worry is that Garland already knows all of this. He knows the strength and breadth of citizens' concerns. He knows what's in the papers. He knows why the January 6th committee is being careful. He knows that time is running out and that after the midterms there is a chance this "problem" will be taken off his hands. Still, he sits on this. I feel the only thing we can do to get Trump in the docket is to be SURE to have a Democratic majority out of this year's elections.