This seems like a very objective and balanced summary of yesterday’s testimony:
Not calling for Barr’s head, nor defending what he did. But overall there were serious concerns about his testimony and actions he should have taken but didn’t.
You were far from alone. Hell, I argued strenuously for this exact same scenario in the Mueller thread. Relied on the same representations by US attorneys who had worked with him re him basically adhering to norms and being an institutionalist. What a load of bollocks.
Barr is a piece of shit, same as virtually every nominee Trump has made to his administration.
I used to have some faith in Christopher Wray, too, but now he’s been praised by Barr, no more.
Watching the rule of law be savaged as it has been by this cabal is so painful. I struggle to get my head around the depth of the depravity.
I’m afraid (as the saying goes), you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
The bar (barr?!) still has a long way to go down. For example, wait until the DOJ starts going after Trump’s enemy list. Wait until political opponents are jailed on spurious charges.
Just wait. More to come.
I can just hear Barr or Fox News claim Mueller likes to use the royal ‘we’.
But seriously, while I agree there’s not a lot of wriggle room in this case, the use of the singular ‘we’ is not totally unheard of, though would be quite odd indeed in this particular instance.
I don’t know about that one but Barr referred to the decision to reserve executive privelege for McGahn by using the collective first person: “We haven’t waived privelege”
More like
“I didn’t eat any of your cookies, once I took them - they ceased to be yours and became mine”
(followed with a “I didn’t see your name on the cookies” or “once you left them, you abandoned any ownership priveleges”, etc"
Bill Barr. Sounds like cheap cash only dive in a strip mall near an airport.
I miss Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. He was a bigoted elf, but his name was fun to say.
If only we could trade him in for Bill Burr. 
I don’t know if the Dems are going to fight back or just furrow their brows and talk about grave concerns. I do like The Hoarse Whisperer’s advice
OK, I’m not familiar with him…Does Cohen always look like he’s trying and failing to hold back a laugh? He seems extremely pleased with his gag, here.
It’s a complete waste of effort to suck up to someone you know does not make appointment decicions based on how far up his anus your tongue is. On the other hand, if you are guaranteed to be appointed by doing so and you believe the end justifies any means, then there’s no surprise at the exquisite level of corruption in Trumpia. It’s also no surprise what happens to someone who tires of the taste of Trump dung and tries to do something right, decent, and even honorable.
Yeppers. Also don’t forget Tan the Conman crowed about having acting officials, meaning, of course, he could populate his admin without Congress bothering him. Anyone, anyone at all, willing or wanting to be part of that is as craven as Tan himself.
Cry, the beloved country.
How could any of you guys thought that Barr was a decent choice for AG? Where were you when he was orchestrating and coordinating the cover up of the Iran Contra scandal?
I don’t know about the rest of the “you guys”, but I was holding out for Jeanine Pirro.
I was wondering why the lying sack of shit has not been charged with contempt of Congress. It turns out, according to CNN, that he might yet be, although it’s a difficult and cumbersome process. There are now actually two reasons to do it: failing to show up for the House hearing, and failing to comply with the subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report.
Part of the problem is that such actions invariably involve the cooperation of the Executive Branch, the head of which at the moment is an even worse lying sack of shit.
I’d be alright with Bill Cosby.
Was Barr issued a subpoena to appear? If not, is there some legal bar to issuing a subpoena? If he did violate a subpoena, when will the House Sergeant-at-Arms attempt to arrest him?
Wait until we see what they do to Democratic candidates. It is already starting - Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies.
Not just US investigations.
Obama: “When they go low, we go high!”
Republicans: “We can always go lower!”
I was a small dot in my mother’s ovaries at the time, we didn’t get a lot of news coverage in there.
A parade!