OMG Brian. What's to stop all the Epstein Files being sent to the white house.. with that in mind what's to stop darling Bessent at the department of treasury from sending all of our personal information to the white house as well.
I erased the communication, back in January 2025 I commented somewhere that this regimes plan was to "pocket the U.S. Treasury". A Substack subscriber using the handle Elon Musk @elonmusk +- responded YES.
Not to sound negative but honestly what the hell do you think us all readers can do about any of this?! Nothing.
As much as all of this makes me feel ill, we’re screwed because both parties have been feckless for years because of their corporate overlords. I don’t see the Democratic party doing anything of worth to stop this because we have such powerful leadership from Schumer & Jefferies. The leaders we deserve…
Not to sound even more negative, but I want to know anyway. I really don't care if the article tells me we can do about it, it must be made known one way or another.
I am very, very tired of the notion that these kind articles should be expected to provide such an appendix like that... at all.
While outside groups sue and courts may slowly rule against the administration the people who could do something about it quickly are busy poll testing what they should say/do or actively enabling the looting, destruction, etc.
Trump destroys the people’s house piece by piece, congress collectively shrugs.
Trump removed classified documents and then used them to get rich, congress shrugged and then Supreme Court said it’s fine. They’d probably put their stamp of approval on this too.
Anyone with any foresight could’ve seen where this was going. The whole ‘government of the people, for the people, by the people” is long gone.
As much I hate Cheeto and everyone in his administration, I find it laughable to think Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer will do squat regarding Cheeto’s grifting and disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law. Traffic cones would be more useful.
Why aren't the legal hacks in the Office of Legal Counsel - who hand out 'findings' that provide the President with legal cover for whatever he wants to do - disbarred?
The Torture Memo author - John Yoo, from the W. Bush years - has a cushy Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, position. These legal hacks hand out permission slips to the POTUS and there are no consequences. Rule of Law my a#$. The legal system, the judicial system, is almost as broken as the political and economic systems in the country. Why should anyone defend these systems?
To broaden it out a bit, there are a whole bunch of laws that are basically going unenforced now. I actually see a huge opportunity for the next department of Justice to go after accountability. I'm thinking of the foreign agent registration act, the foreign corrupt practices act, certain aspects of tax law, even tariff enforcement.
I saw that Trump seems to have stolen the Resolute Desk as well. I don't think it'll require super creative prosecution to deal with that one.
"I actually see a huge opportunity for the next department of Justice to go after accountability."
The same 'opportunity' was available during the Biden administration... and look how that turned out. Given another, future, Democratic trifecta, what has changed to prevent the Dems. from squandering the opportunity... again? This Democratic leadership apparently has higher priorities than defending democracy, the rule of law or the Constitution.
"These checks are real but nowhere close to foolproof. If Trump wants to destroy or sell a document badly enough, he can surely do it, even at the risk of getting caught, because once met, his objectives can’t easily be reversed. Burned documents can’t be pasted back together. Once sold, they’re no longer secret."
Forgiveness is easier to obtain than permission has long been Trump's MO. And, to be fair, it predates Trump, just Trump is more blatant about it.
OMG Brian. What's to stop all the Epstein Files being sent to the white house.. with that in mind what's to stop darling Bessent at the department of treasury from sending all of our personal information to the white house as well.
I erased the communication, back in January 2025 I commented somewhere that this regimes plan was to "pocket the U.S. Treasury". A Substack subscriber using the handle Elon Musk @elonmusk +- responded YES.
Not to sound negative but honestly what the hell do you think us all readers can do about any of this?! Nothing.
As much as all of this makes me feel ill, we’re screwed because both parties have been feckless for years because of their corporate overlords. I don’t see the Democratic party doing anything of worth to stop this because we have such powerful leadership from Schumer & Jefferies. The leaders we deserve…
Not to sound even more negative, but I want to know anyway. I really don't care if the article tells me we can do about it, it must be made known one way or another.
I am very, very tired of the notion that these kind articles should be expected to provide such an appendix like that... at all.
While outside groups sue and courts may slowly rule against the administration the people who could do something about it quickly are busy poll testing what they should say/do or actively enabling the looting, destruction, etc.
Trump destroys the people’s house piece by piece, congress collectively shrugs.
Trump removed classified documents and then used them to get rich, congress shrugged and then Supreme Court said it’s fine. They’d probably put their stamp of approval on this too.
Anyone with any foresight could’ve seen where this was going. The whole ‘government of the people, for the people, by the people” is long gone.
Brian has it figured out. And the legacy press is asleep at the wheel, as usual.
As much I hate Cheeto and everyone in his administration, I find it laughable to think Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer will do squat regarding Cheeto’s grifting and disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law. Traffic cones would be more useful.
Why aren't the legal hacks in the Office of Legal Counsel - who hand out 'findings' that provide the President with legal cover for whatever he wants to do - disbarred?
The Torture Memo author - John Yoo, from the W. Bush years - has a cushy Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, position. These legal hacks hand out permission slips to the POTUS and there are no consequences. Rule of Law my a#$. The legal system, the judicial system, is almost as broken as the political and economic systems in the country. Why should anyone defend these systems?
What’s the over/under on King Tubby selling the nuclear launch codes to Putin?
To broaden it out a bit, there are a whole bunch of laws that are basically going unenforced now. I actually see a huge opportunity for the next department of Justice to go after accountability. I'm thinking of the foreign agent registration act, the foreign corrupt practices act, certain aspects of tax law, even tariff enforcement.
I saw that Trump seems to have stolen the Resolute Desk as well. I don't think it'll require super creative prosecution to deal with that one.
"I actually see a huge opportunity for the next department of Justice to go after accountability."
The same 'opportunity' was available during the Biden administration... and look how that turned out. Given another, future, Democratic trifecta, what has changed to prevent the Dems. from squandering the opportunity... again? This Democratic leadership apparently has higher priorities than defending democracy, the rule of law or the Constitution.
All it takes is for the Democratic primary electorate to pick the right person.
"These checks are real but nowhere close to foolproof. If Trump wants to destroy or sell a document badly enough, he can surely do it, even at the risk of getting caught, because once met, his objectives can’t easily be reversed. Burned documents can’t be pasted back together. Once sold, they’re no longer secret."
Forgiveness is easier to obtain than permission has long been Trump's MO. And, to be fair, it predates Trump, just Trump is more blatant about it.
Give them ideas, that's how you beat them. Who are you?
This phuqing guy!
Longtime reader and subscriber with a minor usage note: "cannot [do x]" = "is unable to [do x]"; "can not" = "can avoid [doing x]".
How will that improve affordability for the average American?
Asking for lazy fuckers Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.