Telling Big Lies: more Senate probes of Trump
It’s often educational to visit the looking-glass world of the leftist press. For example, from Salon, we have this article entitled, “‘Trump turned DOJ into his personal law firm’: Senate probes prosecutor’s claim of Trump corruption”:
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it will probe former federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman’s claim that former President Donald Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr sought to pressure federal prosecutors to go after Trump’s perceived enemies.
Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that the panel will investigate claims of “astonishing and unacceptable deviations” by DOJ officials to pursue partisan prosecutions and Barr’s efforts to replace Berman with a “Trump loyalist.” Berman’s claims “indicate multiple instances of political interference,” Durbin wrote, calling on the DOJ to produce all documents and communications related to Berman’s claims.
All this is concurrent with the multiple actual ongoing partisan political prosecutions by the Biden administration. But the Big Lie technique is apparently a useful one to the current administration. You almost have to admire the symmetry of it.
Has it ever seemed odd to you that the Nazis discussed their Big Lie approach openly? If so, you probably haven’t seen the original in context, because the famous Big Lie explanation was itself embedded in a Big Lie. Here’s the relevant quote from Mein Kampf, which refers to the blame for Germany’s defeat in World War I:
But it remained for the Jews, with their unqualified capacity for falsehood, and their fighting comrades, the Marxists, to impute responsibility for the downfall precisely to the man who alone had shown a superhuman will and energy in his effort to prevent the catastrophe which he had foreseen and to save the nation from that hour of complete overthrow and shame. By placing responsibility for the loss of the world war on the shoulders of Ludendorff they took away the weapon of moral right from the only adversary dangerous enough to be likely to succeed in bringing the betrayers of the Fatherland to Justice.
All this was inspired by the principle – which is quite true within itself – that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.
So in the course of discussing the Big Lie, according to Hitler it’s the Jews who are perpetrating it, not the Nazis. Those two paragraphs are followed by this one, which is an excellent description of why Big Lies so often work, and why they continue to work today:
It would never come into [the masses’] heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.
And so today the Biden administration simply must use the DOJ to pursue and prosecute its political opponents in the Trump administration who supposedly tried to usurp the DOJ for their own political ends. The following sort of legal activity is the way they’re going about it: this, as well as this, this, this, and this.
NOTE: By the way, the Salon characterization of Berman as “a Republican former Trump transition official” is itself purposely misleading. For starters, I can’t find any indication that Berman is any sort of Republican, although it’s certainly possible. But he was no Trump ally and had personal reasons to hate him, Barr, and Giuliani. You can read about Berman’s history here. Also note that Berman was the guy who previously prosecuted Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney.
Neo, the link to Berman’s history is broken.
Our very own Stasi’s desperate and disgraceful hunting of the great orange whale (and “partners in crime”) is rapidly intensifying, and it would seem as though the only question now is not whether but when Trump will be indicted, (needless to say) on utterly spurious grounds. The rabid partisans who make up the activist (and utterly unhinged) base of the party of “woke” totalitarian cultists are already salivating over the prospect of their nemesis in chains and rendered hors de combat as the destruction of the republic proceeds apace, while the Republicans may well soon be snatching “defeat from the jaws of victory”.
Paul in Boston:
Thanks, fixed.
Well he handed the job to khazemi deutsch bank fixer sec associate of mrs strzok melissa hodgman who is investigation truth social quelle surprise.
Nothing leads to greater missteps than ideological obsession.
By definition, obsession rejects both common sense and “inconvenient truths”.
Trump is indeed the democrat party’s “Great White Whale”.
Like Ahab, their obsession with Trump will lead to their downfall. Not by Trump but by the majority of Americans, who are increasingly under personal threat by crime, inflation, racist indoctrination of their children and now, being branded as a “fundamental threat to democracy”.
25% of Americans cannot intimidate 75% of Americans in the anoymous voting booth.
While stealing another election would result in a terrible consequence.
Tucker had AZ Governor candidate Kari Lake (R) on tonight. He claimed that the media has branded Ms. Lake as a purveyor of “The Big Lie.” I don’t know any of the facts of this, though the few clips I’ve seen would suggest that she is a determined truth teller.
Classic case of “Confession by Projection”……
Dershowitz:
“Is This the End of Executive Privilege? Or Only for Trump?”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18905/executive-privilege-trump
Dershowitz once again shows his courage…but, alas, also his poor judgment, as in the following:
‘…”Because we can” has become the current mantra of both parties. [Emphasis mine: Barry M.] Neutral principles, which apply equally without regard to partisan advantage, is for wimps, not party leaders or other government officials. “They do it too” has become the excuse de jure….’
@ Barry in re Dershowitz ”Because we can” has become the current mantra of both parties.”
It’s not the mantra of the Republican Party currently; possibly, it never has been (witness the refusal of Congress to deliver on long-time promises even when they had both Houses AND the Presidency).
However, DeSantis and Abbott are showing what Governors with fortitude will do because they can.
Fighting back against rampant, legal, social, ethical and Constitutional abuses “because we can”?
Um, er, excuse me….
(Though apologies if I didn’t quite catch the irony(!))
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And in other “fighting back”(?) news…
“Swedish PM Concedes Election Defeat To Bloc Including Far-Right Sweden Democrats”—
https://blazingcatfur.ca/2022/09/14/swedish-pm-concedes-election-defeat-to-bloc-including-far-right-sweden-democrats/
Also Dersh: “Today’s partisan victory for Democrats, if their waiver argument is accepted, will soon become their loss should Republicans take control.”
I don’t know why he thinks that.
Republicans have very seldom hit back at Democrats.
With the exception of capitalizing on the Democrats’ dropping the filibuster for judicial appointments, I can’t think of anything the GOP has ever done to make the Left pay for trashing norms, regulations, laws, or the Constitution.
Change my mind.
Dershowitz cited one case:
IIRC the discussion about the two revolved around the differences in the offices held by the two parties in those years in order to explain why the two nominations were not sufficiently analogous.
However, it’s hard to make a trend out of one example.
Also, who actually said, “Because we can” as a taunt, which is what Dersh implies, rather than a plain statement of fact?
Or said it at all?
Seems to me that Dershowitz is rather conveniently forgetting several pertinent details:
– the war Harry Reid declared on Congressional precedent—and the Republican Party—by smashing the filibuster, and
– the total absence of bi-partisanship on Obamacare.
The response to this onslaught was that the Republicans rejected Garland’s nomination, fully expecting that the likelihood of a Democrat party win in the 2016 election would ensure Garland’s renomination.
Except that Hillary didn’t come through.
No doubt Garland and his supporters gleefully recognize that he can destroy the republic far more efficiently in his current role.
Changer.
Big time.
Another memorable “Biden” achievement….
“This is the moment I gave up on Joe Biden”—
https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/this-is-the-moment-i-gave-up-on-joe-biden/
(Nice to know that there ARE some Democrats out there who are paying attention to the ABSOLUTE S**T SHOW being served up by their party.)
Related:
‘ ‘Lack of Support From the Federal Government’: Democrats Still Changing to GOP Along the Border Over Immigration, Border Security;
‘ “The shift in allegiance is being replicated across the Texas-Mexico border and is encouraging for Republicans who are campaigning on border security and making a big push to win over Hispanic voters.” ‘
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/09/lack-of-support-from-the-federal-government-democrats-still-changing-to-gop-along-the-border-over-immigration-border-security/
The bankrupting of a nation:
“Americans Continue To Pile On More And More Debt;
“American consumers continue to cope with rising prices and prop up the sagging economy using their credit cards.”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/americans-continue-pile-more-and-more-debt
…as the American—let-them-eat-crap—Royalty parties like there’s no tomorrow…
“…Biden threw an inflation reduction party to celebrate his ‘phony accomplishment’;
‘The CPI report found inflation rose to 8.3% in August’—
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-biden-threw-inflation-reduction-party-celebrate-phony-accomplishment
William Jacobson on “Biden” knee-capping the electoral process…
“Election Interference: DOJ/FBI Carpet-Bombed Subpoenas An Attempt To Freeze Political Opposition In Runup To Midterms;
“If Trumpworld and conservative world and Republican world legitimately were deserving of carpet bombed subpoenas regarding January 6, it would have been done a year ago, not now in the runup to the 2022 midterms. It’s reminiscent of the 2013-2014 prosecutorial attempt to freeze the Wisconsin conservative movement.”—
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/09/election-interference-doj-fbi-carpet-bombed-subpoenas-an-attempt-to-freeze-political-opposition-in-runup-to-midterms/
Yes the same chisholm who let darrell brooks suv go rampant
The 7th circuit ratified hiz raid on cyndi archer
More evil.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/facebook-spied-on-private-messages-of-americans-who-questioned-2020-election/
it’s not possible for anyone to think this is ok. Not possible.
The supposedly clueless, ignorant Democrat voter who really is a nice person and just knows that Democrats are the good guys cannot possibly believe in good faith that this is not a horrific abuse of power.
Imagine the screaming if the roles were reversed. And note, anyone who believes that THEY and their side are immune from the corrupting influence of power is guilty of the worst hubris. They aren’t just morally defective. They are embracing the path to evil.
The argument — “It’s okay if we do it, but horrible it they do it because we are good and they are evil” isn’t morally acceptable even to kids in grade school. Little kids know better. Don’t let your liberal friends get away with it.
Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations: Unpacking the Apparent Trump-Hillary Double Standard: For Her, the FBI Helped Obstruct Its Own Investigation
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/09/15/unpacking_the_apparent_trump-hillary_double_standard_in_which_the_fbi_helped_obstruct_its_own_investigation_853619.html