Monday, February 22, 2021

We don’t need dummkopfs!

Morning Papers

The Rooster

"Okeydoke"

US Senator Grassley is a Trump loyalist as exhibited by his introduction speech at the Garland Senate Hearing. He is untrustworthy.

Graham is still carrying water for Trump. God forbid he should be more worried about children without parents than drug cartel members falsely seeking asylum. Seems like nonsense to me. The issue at the border is about catching the traffickers. It is a long history that the cartels primarily send drugs at legal crossings. There was a large truckload stopped this past year. So, while there may be some individuals that slip through the net, most of the drugs are coming by a vehicle of some kind, be it hand gliders or tunnels. 

I think the best first step for the US Justice Department under Garland is to make short work of the Trump nonsense with constitutional policies for the department. Then he needs to deal with the realities we face today.

We do not have a dummied down justice department as is existed under Barr. I do thank former AG Barr for protecting the US Constitution in his final days of office. He did his part to prevent the attack to remove the USA Constitution. Perhaps he will write a book about those days. It would promise to be an interesting read.

US Senator Whitehouse characterized through his requests a Justice Department that was severely partisan. It reflects a troubling paradigm of ignored requests of US Senators. Do US Senators need the legal capacity to pursue their questions and act autonomously when proven a corrupt US Justice Department is avoiding important requests. Perhaps the US Attorneys can be compelled to answer such questions when the DOJ is proven after a period of time to be uncooperative.

Facts are necessary to legislate well.

I think President Biden is doing the right things when he wants to start off with a fresh slate of US Attorneys, too. 

We don’t need dummkopfs!