29th January 2018, 10:16 PM
So, the State of the Union address is today, and Trump's going to use it as a moneymaking advertisement, apparently. Because of course he is. I'm sure it will not be a very good speech, but don't think I will watch.
Meanwhile, Devin Nunes and the Republican Party are busy trying to destroy democracy, the FBI, and the Justice Department all in the name of holding political power they don't deserve: the House Intelligence Committee's Republican members are going to release Nunes' anti-FBI/Justice memo, while not allowing the release of the Democratic members' memo. While there are reasons to dislike many things Justice and the FBI have done, those reasons are pretty much on the opposite end of the spectrum from why Trump and his cronies like Nunes don't like them -- think racial justice, etc.
Unfortunately for the Republicans our legal establishment still believes in democracy and the rule of law, ideas the Republicans have abandoned, so this conflict was inevitable. This is a somewhat high-stakes fight here, and the wrong side can't win. With how much we've heard about how critically flawed Nunes' memo is, and with how obviously Nunes is 100% in Trump's corner, I doubt this will have the impact the Republicans want, but their base will eat it up and that alone is really bad given how divided this nation is now.
I guess we'll just have to wait to see what happens, but I hope it goes well. On that note, we went to see The Post a while ago. It's really good, watch it!
Meanwhile, Devin Nunes and the Republican Party are busy trying to destroy democracy, the FBI, and the Justice Department all in the name of holding political power they don't deserve: the House Intelligence Committee's Republican members are going to release Nunes' anti-FBI/Justice memo, while not allowing the release of the Democratic members' memo. While there are reasons to dislike many things Justice and the FBI have done, those reasons are pretty much on the opposite end of the spectrum from why Trump and his cronies like Nunes don't like them -- think racial justice, etc.
Unfortunately for the Republicans our legal establishment still believes in democracy and the rule of law, ideas the Republicans have abandoned, so this conflict was inevitable. This is a somewhat high-stakes fight here, and the wrong side can't win. With how much we've heard about how critically flawed Nunes' memo is, and with how obviously Nunes is 100% in Trump's corner, I doubt this will have the impact the Republicans want, but their base will eat it up and that alone is really bad given how divided this nation is now.
I guess we'll just have to wait to see what happens, but I hope it goes well. On that note, we went to see The Post a while ago. It's really good, watch it!