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Julie Bannerman's avatar

The upside: with loyalty to Trump, greed and corruption as their lodestars, Patel and Bondi are all but guaranteeing their revenge and distraction cases will be thrown out as long as responsible judges exist.

The downside: real criminals, like many of those who populate MAGA world, remain free to plunder and exploit without pesky concerns like the rule of law.

Thank you, Mary and your allies, for keeping the headlights on this unfolding debacle!

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Terrin Haley's avatar

Paid for a subscription after reading one column...

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Frederick Jackson's avatar

Me too.

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Kasey Coff's avatar

To be fair (!) Patel is only emulating his boss. Trump's a lousy leader, but when it comes to using government coffers to his advantage, he does lead from the front.

I'll also admit there's a big difference between 26 (Alexis Wilkins) and 17 (Virginia Roberts Giuffre).

But in truth, the optics (when did that become a trendy word for "appearance"?) remain the same: older rich sugar daddy using a young woman / child because he can.

Disappearing government flight trackers, blowing up open boats in international waters, appropriating taxpayers' funds for fancy bathrooms, using military resources for housing, travel, make-up studios... business the Trump way.

Quote of the week award goes to Kyle Seraphin: “One of us has an FBI security detail despite not being part of the government. One of us supports four kids and a wife without taxpayer jets.” Priceless.

p.s. To the best of my knowledge, Bill Barr is still alive. o_0

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Jack McGowan's avatar

SNAP!

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Power is a huge attraction, full of pungent pheromones that drives beautiful women wild. Or, like Bezos's bride, Kash's girlfriend is a blow up doll. Or, perhaps like Musk's ideal women, she's an SS GrokRobot

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Patricia Davis's avatar

The truth…ever revealing ..keeps us at a vulnerability level seen ( and used) by few . To continue the warning , and we must, albeit warning still being unheeded …there are eyes watching and strikes planned …snakes are cunning …and deadly.

Amazing Mary, TY🫶

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Kash Patel proves over and over again he is not fit to be a podcaster, much less run the FBI. And like those petulant rich boys who like to destroy, Patel is tearing down the sandbox, his own sandbox, because he is too deranged to understand what he does. He is truly the kid you could get to do anything stupid (put the firecracker in her purse and run) in order to be liked by the cool kids. He is pitiful.

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