Sure.
Thing is … we’re talking about a prosecutor.
Hooooooooly shit, that website for Miller’s “Terrorism Awareness Project.” Normally, separating David Horowitz from his money for something so shoddy would be laudable, but as we all discovered in 2016, Miller’s intended audience isn’t that picky about quality. You can find the archived version of Miller’s site here—it’s terrible, top to bottom—or go directly to Miller’s “O Fortuna” video here. As Minhaj notes, “that tennis incel is now senior advisor to the president,” so there’s only so much value in shaking your head at the Young Stephen Miller Chronicles while muttering “That fuckin’ guy” to yourself. But there’s a vast gulf between “only so much value” and “no value at all,” and these days, we all have to take whatever we can get. That fuckin’ guy.
(The Miller stuff starts at about 9 minutes in.)
That Epstein article is infuriating when you realize the number of victims and amount of evidence. It’s one of the most nauseating examples of the disparate criminal justice systems faced by the ultra rich and everyone else.
It’s worth noting that he this is the same Epstein who held notorious parties in Manhattan in the 90’s, parties attended by Trump where he was alleged to have raped at least one 13 year old. Those lawsuits all collapsed due to shoddy legal work on the part of the folks filing but, given what we know about Trump and Epstein, I wouldn’t even be mildly surprised to learn that the allegations were true.
Trump, of course, also famously Told New York Magazine in 2002, “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
Agreed.
Also agreed. Though I’m not a fan of prosecutors as a rule, so I’m going to be biased. The job leans heavily on people to “get results” regardless of what they are. So they pass on hard cases and cheat on others to keep their numbers up. Then they go into politics with their track record of being “tough on crime” or whatever.
Even still, we’re talking about over 60 cases of statutory rape, child pornography, child prostitution and on and on and the guy gets 13th months? There are no fucking deals when the crimes are that heinous. You lock the fucker up and throw away the key.
Like I said, I hate prosecutors, so I’m not giving them any benefit of the doubt.
I’m surely keen to know what you think prosecutors should be replaced with.
People not trying to further their political careers.
So you’d replace them with other prosecutors? Your problem is really not with the office. It’s the appointment process.
Full disclosure: I was a prosecutor.
I mean, if we’re going to toss that out there, you could also throw in CEO’s, surgeons, etc. Truly politicians come from all walks of life.
If you’re talking about appointees in Justice, well, who better to put there than people with legal backgrounds?
Bob Mueller is a prosecutor.
How much longer will he be Secretary of Labor? The civil suit just starting up is going to be massively ugly.
I thought the next one in imminent danger of being fired was Kirstjen Nielsen in Homeland Security?
She just tear gassed brown kids, she’s back on the Nice list.
I didn’t realize she made the call for that, I thought it was directly from the President. Was it border forces or Army forces that stepped in and fired tear gas?
I was going based on the radio chatter and this article from a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-is-preparing-to-remove-kirstjen-nielsen-as-homeland-security-secretary-aides-say/2018/11/12/77111496-e6b0-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.6244991c1e06
This tidbit just annoys the hell out of me:
Trump has [berated] her during Cabinet meetings, belittled her to other White House staff and tagged her months ago as a “Bushie,” a reference to her previous service under President George W. Bush and meant to cast suspicion on her loyalty.
I don’t have any love for anyone in his administration, but what an ass he is.
But those aren’t political positions. Also it tends not to affect their job performance.
If a CEO fucks over his company to make a bid for a political position, he probably wont be CEO any more. If a prosecutor fucks over the justice system to make a political bid, no one even notices because they all do it anyway and they’re probably doing it to poor minorities anyway.
This is legit the best news of this news-heavy day (at least until Trump picks someone even worse.)
Which is why I find it continually surprising that people continue to want to work with the guy. Though, I am sure there are hundreds of people who have turned down jobs in the administration without us even hearing about it.
I think I missed which prosecutor you were talking about, Shiva. Is it just one in particular?