And that needs to start with electing representatives and a President that respects and will restore our Constitution.
This goes farther than Trump. Our Constitution was damaged and tattered well before that, which is part of what enabled Trump and his admin to rip it to shreds.
The President getting to decide what laws are enforced and which aren’t is kind of insane. The pardon power was generally fine before this, but was clearly open to abuse.
Hillary broke the law with her private email server, but everyone else, including W and Trump and Hegseth broke that same law. It just wasn’t enforced until they decided to hit Hillary with it specifically.
If there are laws we shouldn’t enforce, we should just get those laws off the books. And clearly we need to rein in Presidental power. We left a whole lot of trust that the office would be run in good faith, and regardless of party that’s generally been true, with exceptions. The is the first administration that hasn’t given a single fuck about the American people.
I feel like every previous President was brought in and made to understand that it’s a china shop, and they need to not act like a bull, and then were given very specific and explicit reasons why for each situation. There’s a reason each predecessor did what they did, and those actions were generally done under the advisement of some very smart people with solid research, and if you’re going to break with that previous decision, you better be really damn sure of what you’re doing.
This is the first administration that’s come in and told each of those advisors to fuck right off. The biggest plate to break so far is the idea of Due Process. When I Google the phrase “Due Process”, the first thing that comes up should absolutely not be about immigrants. This isn’t a law centered on immigrants or anything about immigration specifically. You know the reason that immigration comes up as the top result for “due process” in 2025.
If there are laws we shouldn’t enforce, we should just get those laws off the books.
I believe it’s a fairly sane and desirable that we hold people accountable for arguably mishandling classified information (regardless of intention to mishandle) and sidestepping established procedures to communicate in an official capacity. It’s very reckless behavior and many people were involved in enabling this behavior.
I couldn’t find a source on George W. Bush violating the same law and invite clarification, but I’d just like to say that I imagine that we can manage equitable and reasonable enforcement of the law as a society. Not all laws are made equally, but some are pretty sensible.
W’s case was more egregious because the emails were just deleted. Hillary had someone review which emails were personal and which were relevant and turned over all government related emails.
I mean Hillary’s lawyers also used BleachBit, right? It’s just suspicious, but I don’t want to discount from what you are saying. Thanks again for informing me.
The reason why people reacted so strongly to Hillary I feel is due to the Obama-era persecution of whistleblowers/etc.
It was her IT consultant, Platte River Networks (PRN).
The PRN technician then had what he described to the FBI as an “oh shit moment,” realizing he had not set the personal emails to be deleted as instructed months earlier. The technician then erased the emails using a free utility, BleachBit, sometime between March 25 and 31.
The lawyers had likely instructed them to regularly delete personal records older than X. IT dude didn’t do his job. Tried to do it after the subpoena, which of course is highly illegal. But Hillary didn’t order it, and when the lawyer ordered it it was almost certainly legal.
You know, at the time I considered it a silver lining that despite all this shit being selective and hypocritical as fuck, at least it would clean up our government a bit going forward.
And that needs to start with electing representatives and a President that respects and will restore our Constitution.
This goes farther than Trump. Our Constitution was damaged and tattered well before that, which is part of what enabled Trump and his admin to rip it to shreds.
The President getting to decide what laws are enforced and which aren’t is kind of insane. The pardon power was generally fine before this, but was clearly open to abuse.
Hillary broke the law with her private email server, but everyone else, including W and Trump and Hegseth broke that same law. It just wasn’t enforced until they decided to hit Hillary with it specifically.
If there are laws we shouldn’t enforce, we should just get those laws off the books. And clearly we need to rein in Presidental power. We left a whole lot of trust that the office would be run in good faith, and regardless of party that’s generally been true, with exceptions. The is the first administration that hasn’t given a single fuck about the American people.
I feel like every previous President was brought in and made to understand that it’s a china shop, and they need to not act like a bull, and then were given very specific and explicit reasons why for each situation. There’s a reason each predecessor did what they did, and those actions were generally done under the advisement of some very smart people with solid research, and if you’re going to break with that previous decision, you better be really damn sure of what you’re doing.
This is the first administration that’s come in and told each of those advisors to fuck right off. The biggest plate to break so far is the idea of Due Process. When I Google the phrase “Due Process”, the first thing that comes up should absolutely not be about immigrants. This isn’t a law centered on immigrants or anything about immigration specifically. You know the reason that immigration comes up as the top result for “due process” in 2025.
I believe it’s a fairly sane and desirable that we hold people accountable for arguably mishandling classified information (regardless of intention to mishandle) and sidestepping established procedures to communicate in an official capacity. It’s very reckless behavior and many people were involved in enabling this behavior.
I couldn’t find a source on George W. Bush violating the same law and invite clarification, but I’d just like to say that I imagine that we can manage equitable and reasonable enforcement of the law as a society. Not all laws are made equally, but some are pretty sensible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_White_House_email_controversy
Thanks!
W’s case was more egregious because the emails were just deleted. Hillary had someone review which emails were personal and which were relevant and turned over all government related emails.
I mean Hillary’s lawyers also used BleachBit, right? It’s just suspicious, but I don’t want to discount from what you are saying. Thanks again for informing me.
The reason why people reacted so strongly to Hillary I feel is due to the Obama-era persecution of whistleblowers/etc.
It was her IT consultant, Platte River Networks (PRN).
The lawyers had likely instructed them to regularly delete personal records older than X. IT dude didn’t do his job. Tried to do it after the subpoena, which of course is highly illegal. But Hillary didn’t order it, and when the lawyer ordered it it was almost certainly legal.
Thanks for also clearing that up. I truly appreciate it.
You know, at the time I considered it a silver lining that despite all this shit being selective and hypocritical as fuck, at least it would clean up our government a bit going forward.
Now…