Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Friday, June 11, 2021

Trump Administration Used Apple to Spy on Intelligence Committee Members



Hunting Leaks, Trump Officials Focused on Democrats in Congress 





Trump used his justice department thugs to spy on Adam Schiff and others in Congress, their staff and family members.

You know that what we’ve learned so far is only the tip of the iceberg of his dirty, criminal dealings, right?

Always projection. 

Whenever Trump accuses someone else of criminal activity, look at the crimes he is secretly committing.

How many times did Trump claim the Obama administration used the FBI to spy on his campaign? 
The FBI actually did the opposite, announcing an investigation into HRC during an election. Always corruption and projection with the GQP and Trump.

This isn’t shocking or even surprising. It is expected. There are no limits to what the GQP and Trumpublicans will do to subvert democracy and maintain its stranglehold on power.

Republican attacks on government have been in broad daylight since Reagan. But the behind-the-scenes abuses at the Trump DOJ belied the GQP's wanting a small government while decrying a deep state. 

Trumpublicans exploit all the protections of the Constitution and want total control of an extensive government apparatus to overturn our civil rights, often by perverting justice. 

When Hannah Arendt spoke of 'the banality of evil', she meant all the government workers who did their small cog jobs with no thought of their contribution to the greater evil. 

The Sessions, Barrs, and McConnells, instituting the madness of the right wing extremist agenda, relied on the mindset of those implementing the abuses. "Just doing my job" compliance and "what can one person do?" defeatism in the ranks is as dangerous as the malicious machinations of those at the top.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did anyone else besides me notice there was no giant inflatable baby Biden in diapers balloon flying over England when President Biden arrived? It's nice to have a guy who's liked and respected as our president again.

Trump's ass must be burning with jealousy! Bwahahahaha!

Our allies and the rest of the world hated tRump except for and Putin, Kim, and every other tin horn dictator.

Anonymous said...

A short respite I fear. The anti reality MAGA Turds are reading a comeback. And it might be a violent oe.

Mike said...

Nice to the point post.

Bluebullamerica said...

Is anyone really surprised by this? Anyone who has been even half-awake these past few years could easily see how criminal and mob-like this whole bunch has been acting. And, of course the entire GQP with one or two notable exceptions has enabled and encouraged this lawlessness and corruption. Barr should be brought up on charges along with Trump but, of course, that won't happen. The rich and powerful are almost never brought to justice for their crimes. Meanwhile, we just had a case where a homeless, mentally ill old woman was tasered and roughed up for trying to steal a loaf of bread. She should've stolen millions like Trump did - she'd get her own program on one of the radical right's Fascist stations and be hailed a heroine.

skudrunner said...

When you give away billions of dollars to a country or people why would anyone criticize biden. He is like a rich uncle who will give you anything you want because after all it is not his money.

There is no criticism of biden giving putin everything he wants and of course putin didn't know anything about the hackers. Hunter uses racial slurs in his texts and the media is non existent because they are obsessed with the former president.

Shaw Kenawe said...

skudrunner This post is about the Trump administration breaking the law and using the DoJ as its own private investigator of members of Congress.

Also to counter your childish statement about giving away billions of dollars, why do you always fail to mention the billions of dollars Trump gave to the richest 1% by giving them PERMANENT tax breaks? (The middle class tax breaks will end in about 4 years). The fact that you never mention this move by Trump that dwarfs anything Biden does shows you listen only to the far right noise machine. (BTW, whatever "giveaways" you're talking about, they're for the middle and working classes, which you apparently disapprove of helping?)

Trump enriched his buddies in the upper 1% and in the energy sector. He gave away billions to the uber rich and left us in the middle classes and working classes to make up for the loss in tax revenues.

The richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, and other American tycoons, paid no taxes on their billions and billions of dollars, but I had to pay taxes, and I'm retired and living on my savings and social security. You can thank the Trumpublican corrupt president for that gift to the already comfortable. You are still under the false impression that Trump gave a flying donut for you. He was born with a golden spoon up his prodigious posterior, he knows nothing about the struggling middle and working classes.

Your complaints are duly noted and seen for their blind allegiance to a corrupt ex-president who believes he'll be reinstated in the presidency in August.

That mentally deranged idea should tell you and the 30 percenters how demented Trump is.

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't it be nice if the pro Trump (trumpism) knuckle draggers voted and then every state with a pro trump majorrity were forced to succeed from the union and begin fend ENTIRELY for themselves?

Intelligent people with the ability to see reality and reason would be FAR better off without their unreason, lies, and conspiracy BS.

Bluebullamerica said...

Skidmark reminds me of the guy who has fallen overboard into a turbulent ocean and begins flailing for help from the others still onboard. They toss the desperate man a life preserver and he grabs for it before yelling up to them; "This one is blue! Don't you have a yellow one? This will never do."

He tries (fails) to make it seem like Russia is getting some huge benefit from President Biden, all while totally forgetting (or lying) about Trump's constant siding with Putin over America and doing everything he could to help Russia, including gifting them Crimea.

Truly, I will never ever understand these right wing mutts.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Bluebullamerica skudrunner and his friends never stop talking about how President Obama went on an apology tour when he gave a thoughtful and diplomatic speech in Egypt in June of 2009, but they NEVER quote Trump when he answered Bill O'Reilly:

Feb. 6, 2017: "President Donald Trump appeared to equate US actions with the authoritarian regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview released Saturday, saying, “There are a lot of killers. You think our country’s so innocent?”

Trump made the remark during an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, saying he respected his Russian counterpart.

“But he’s a killer,” O’Reilly said to Trump."



"But he's a killer." And Trump essentially says, yeah, but so are we. And the Trumpers hardly mention THAT comparison with Russia and its totalitarian government whose leader, Putin, kills off any political rivals. Trump essentially saying America does that too.

The Trumpers are hypocrites on steroids.




Dave Miller said...

Skud... really? Why not bring up Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi?

Is Hunter Biden indicative of how conservatives want to argue policy?

Anonymous said...

A reminder for your resident troll skudrunner:

tRump became President of the United States. He will forever remain so. In some distant future he will be memorialized as one of the worst Presidents of all time. But at this moment his followers, millions upon millions of angry people, feel their way of life is going away.

They cherish the flag, proudly sing the national anthem and love our veterans, while simultaneously hating millions of fellow Americans. Sooner than later they will wither and die from disease, old age and a burning hate that cannot be quenched - believing their beloved one was cheated out of a second term.

And their and your troll's stomachs turn at the thought that a black man served America as President for eight years and did so successfully and with honor.

Anonymous said...

Ignorance and Fear Lead the Trumpublicans just as Ignorance and Fear have Always Led the Ignorant and the Fightened.