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We were warned. Several news outlets warned us that William Barr, a conservative Catholic, is not much of a believer in separating church from state. The most recent story appeared in Patheos on February 13: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/02/theocracy-alert-senate-votes-to-advance-attorney-general-nominee-william-barr/ As you read through the article, you'll notice that he sounds a lot like Mike Pence, and possibly as nutty as Rick Santorum. Unfortunately, that did not prevent the Senate from confirming his appointment on February 14: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/william-barr-confirmed.html I'd say "God help us all", but that no longer seems like an appropriate comment. If you have forgotten why Rick Santorum is bat shit crazy, these quotes will help you remember. Since January 2017, he has been an analyst for CNN, which seems to be an awfully odd fit. https://theweek.com/articles/479083/9-controversial-rick-santorum-quotes Santorum's biography provides ample evidence why he would have been a terrible president (he ran in 2012 and 2016). Being a good Catholic boy, Santorum and his wife have had 8 children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum
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that guy in AZ Wrote:We were warned. Several news outlets warned us that William Barr, a conservative Catholic, is not much of a believer in separating church from state. The most recent story appeared in Patheos on February 13: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2019/02/theocracy-alert-senate-votes-to-advance-attorney-general-nominee-william-barr/ As you read through the article, you'll notice that he sounds a lot like Mike Pence, and possibly as nutty as Rick Santorum. Unfortunately, that did not prevent the Senate from confirming his appointment on February 14: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/william-barr-confirmed.html I'd say "God help us all", but that no longer seems like an appropriate comment. If you have forgotten why Rick Santorum is bat shit crazy, these quotes will help you remember. Since January 2017, he has been an analyst for CNN, which seems to be an awfully odd fit. https://theweek.com/articles/479083/9-controversial-rick-santorum-quotes Santorum's biography provides ample evidence why he would have been a terrible president (he ran in 2012 and 2016). Being a good Catholic boy, Santorum and his wife have had 8 children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum Shaking my old head; yes Republican Catholics are strange creatures; they are not "normal" because one part of their brain belongs to the church and they do believe in very strange things written on goat skin by weird people . But yeah " witches" were burned at the stake by this church; so Trump uses this "witch hunt" statement; probably Pence told him to use that word. I guess the "mob"s favorite churches are the Catholic ones. This Barr guy is and will be an total obstructionist; catholic religious people should never be allowed to run a country . History shows what then happens, ask Joan of Arc or the Templars.
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Adding to the other articles above, AG nominee William Barr in 1992 CNN interview: Roe v. Wade ‘will fall’ “I think that Roe v. Wade will ultimately be overturned,” Barr said on CNN’s “Evans & Novak.” “I think it’ll fall of its own weight. It does not have any constitutional underpinnings.” That was 1992. Once a Barr...always a Barr. Another in the long line of "strict constitutionalists." Will we go back to "coat hanger" abortions?
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Now that Bill Barr is running the Department of Justice, it didn't take the department very long to exempt Trump's hotels from the ban on Foreign payments. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/9/1849047/-The-DOJ-exempts-Trump-s-Hotels-from-ban-on-Foriegn-payments?detail=emaildkreadtestcontrol Just as a reminder, the Emoluments Clause (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8) has been part of the U.S. Constitution for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_Nobility_Clause Remember these words, Donald? “I, Donald Trump, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
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Comey's theory's (CNN Town meeting) is that Barr is no fool, and Barr does see Trump as a con man, idiot, and a total fuckup, but Barr is willing become like Trump in order to keep Trump from doing really bad shit that truly would mean the end of the Republican party. Comey's theory is that Barr perceives himself as unsung hero that is keeping Trump contained within acceptable boundaries, and adopting Trump's language because it feeds Trump's massive hungry ego to hear powerful men such as Barr use phrases\words like "FBI is spying on Donald Trump" or "There was no collusion". Barr is on Trump's team. When Trump hears Barr talking like him, its like a shot of heroin into Trump's ego system. Comey's theory is that Barr understands Trump is an ego junkie, so Barr feeds Trump ego on a regular basis, but it also means Barr is fucking over congress (and the country) at the same time with the rationalization that Congress will outlast Trump in the long run, but if someone does not contain Trump, the Republican party could be destroyed by 2020. Unless Trump launches nuclear weapons, the US will survive the Trump era, but Trump very well could destroy the entire Republican party by making it the party of wackos, racists, sexist, homophobes, etc. Centris Repubublican voters either form a new party, or they become swing voters like Democratic swing voters who are left leaning moderates. In otherwords, Comey is suggesting that Barr is a spy that gotten into Trump's inner circle.
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Yesterday morning, former Obama attorney general Eric Holder wrote an op-ed Wednesday accusing attorney general William Barr of “plainly ideological” and “nakedly partisan” actions in response to Barr’s framing of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the origins of the FBI’s Russia probe. Barr’s statements, made in a series of interviews this week, were “so deeply inappropriate for America’s chief law enforcement official that they demand a response from someone who held the same office,” Holder wrote. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/eric-holder-claims-barr-is-unfit-to-be-ag-in-op-ed/ You may remember that Holder came under criticism for his handling of the "Fast and Furious" case. What's often overlooked, though, is the fact that the same operation was started by the Bush administration in 2006, but was initially called "Operation Wide Receiver". https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/world/americas/operation-fast-and-furious-fast-facts/index.html
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AZ, one theory being tossed around is that Barr is mantiplating Trump to ensure entire the Republican party does not sink to the bottom of the ocean while Trump sails off into the sunset richer and more powerful. One example is that Barr was smart enough to stay far far away from the Ukraine mess so that he could defend trump as the AG. The gist behind the theory is that Barr is willing to talk to the press telling the press exactly what Trump wants to hear, but behind the scenes Barr is not really doing anything significant, nothing more than shuffle paper arounds looking like he is doing Trump's dirty work. Barr knows the results of official reports before he authorise the start of any Trump's investigation. He is willing to go as far as tell the press that he might investigate President Obama, Hillary Clinton, etc, etc, but he is intentionally creating fake News to save the Republican party, not Trump. Such investigations will never be started, or progress so slowly it will take years to finished with results clearing them, except for suggesting that certain conspiracy theories remain unanswered, such as "It remains unknown if President Obama is not human being, but a biological Cyborg created by the CIA in the 1960s"
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