My choice then was Doug Jones. We needed an Attorney General who pursued the insurrectionists, their funders and backers, dealt with domestic threats and dark money subversion of democracy far more aggressively – and with much more haste – than Merrick Garland did. I think Doug Jones was better prepared to do that.
My choice then was Doug Jones. We needed an Attorney General who pursued the insurrectionists, their funders and backers, dealt with domestic threats and dark money subversion of democracy far more aggressively – and with much more haste – than Merrick Garland did. I think Doug Jones was better prepared to do that.
In retrospect, I think Jack Smith would also have made an excellent Attorney General.
Brazil is an excellent example of how to quickly deal with insurrectionists and coup makers.
Smith should be a top contender for either Attorney General, another Justice Department position, or a judgeship in the next Democratic administration. I'd say the same of Doug Jones but for the fact he turns 75 in 2029.
This is a bigger rant that I don't feel like making today, maybe I won't ever, but my opinion of Biden's presidency is very conflicting with itself. He did an incredible job on the legislative front and getting stuff done with razor thin margins in congress, with our caucuses decently far apart on ideology. Arguably the best at it in my lifetime.
He also horrifically misread the moment that our democracy and country was in and picked people that would slow walk so many monumentally important things. Garland is one of the more egregious examples. January 6 was an attempt to overturn our democracy and ignore the outcome of an election. A swift and effective response should have been priority number one, two, and three for the Justice department. Garland fumbled this, hard, and the damage to our country and systems will last for generations.
My choice then was Doug Jones. We needed an Attorney General who pursued the insurrectionists, their funders and backers, dealt with domestic threats and dark money subversion of democracy far more aggressively – and with much more haste – than Merrick Garland did. I think Doug Jones was better prepared to do that.
In retrospect, I think Jack Smith would also have made an excellent Attorney General.
Brazil is an excellent example of how to quickly deal with insurrectionists and coup makers.
Smith should be a top contender for either Attorney General, another Justice Department position, or a judgeship in the next Democratic administration. I'd say the same of Doug Jones but for the fact he turns 75 in 2029.
Jones or Smith likely would have been great.
This is a bigger rant that I don't feel like making today, maybe I won't ever, but my opinion of Biden's presidency is very conflicting with itself. He did an incredible job on the legislative front and getting stuff done with razor thin margins in congress, with our caucuses decently far apart on ideology. Arguably the best at it in my lifetime.
He also horrifically misread the moment that our democracy and country was in and picked people that would slow walk so many monumentally important things. Garland is one of the more egregious examples. January 6 was an attempt to overturn our democracy and ignore the outcome of an election. A swift and effective response should have been priority number one, two, and three for the Justice department. Garland fumbled this, hard, and the damage to our country and systems will last for generations.