Tag Archives: Department of Justice

Six Takeaways from the Mueller Report

By Mark | April 18, 2019

I hate to start out yet another post talking about Attorney General William Barr, but, as I’m sitting here, making my way through Robert Mueller’s incredibly dense 448-page report, I find myself with renewed appreciation for just how absurd the conceit behind Barr’s 4-page summary was. The notion that anyone could adequately sum up this […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Barbara Ledeen, Betsy DeVos, campaign finance, Chuck Grassley, collusion, Department of Education, disinformation, Don McGahn, Donald Trump Jr., election fraud, Erik Prince, fake news, FBI, frustration, hacking, impeachment, Internet Research Agency, James B. Comey, Jeff Sessions, Jesse Watters, Jim Sciutto, Jody Hunt, Julian Assange, Konstantin Kilimnik, lying, Matthew Miller, Michael Flynn, Michigan, Minnesota, obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, Pennsylvania, Peter Smith, Rick Gates, Rob Porter, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Senate Judiciary Committee, special counsel, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks, William Barr, Wisconsin | 63 Comments

With the release of the Mueller report imminent, the President’s desperate lies intensify

By Mark | April 15, 2019

I have a migraine. My head hurts like hell, but, after about four hours, I can finally see again, so things seem to be trending in the right direction… At any rate, I wanted to share a few things with you before I crawl back beneath the covers. Word came out from the Department of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Carter Page, Christopher Steele, collusion, conspiracy theory, corruption, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, dossier, election hacking, election interference, exoneration, FBI, FISA, George Papadopoulos, Helsinki, Hillary Clinton, House Intelligence Committee, Jared Kushner, lies, Michael Cohen, obstruction of justice, Republican National Convention, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Spygate, spying, Trump Tower, Ukraine, Washington Free Beacon, Wikileaks, William Barr | 46 Comments

William Barr on the DOJ’s attempt to destroy the ACA and leave 20 million Americans without health care

By Mark | April 9, 2019

[William Barr, looking like an actor auditioning for an Alka-Seltzer ad spot, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee.] Generally speaking, it is the job of the U.S. Department of Justice to defend the laws of the United States. This, however, is not the case with Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, which is actively engaged in […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, health care, health care reform, House Appropriations Committee, Matt Cartwright, Medicare, Medicare expansion, pre-existing conditions, Robert Mueller, William Barr | 10 Comments

Release the Mueller Report

By Mark | April 4, 2019

[Protesters gather along Michigan Avenue in downtown Ypsilanti to demand that the Mueller report be made public.] Well, a few significant things have happened since we last talked about Attorney General William Barr’s decision to keep the 400-page Mueller report from Congress, and offer in its place a 4-page letter of his own, declaring not […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged call to action, collusion, coverups, Donald Trump, exoneration, Marcy Wheeler, obstruction, obstruction of justice, oversight, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, William Barr | 100 Comments

The Barr memo isn’t the Mueller report

By Mark | March 26, 2019

I wanted to hold off on posting anything about the Mueller report until we actually had it in front of us. It’s looking now as though that may be several weeks away, in spite of the fact that members of the House voted unanimously to make it public. It would appear as though the White […]