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[disgruntledemployee]

I suppose it's easy to deploy a bunch of NG when you don't have to pay em.  I'm sure they're happy, believe in the mission, and fully support this fine use of military capability.  It probably ranks right up there with disaster relief.

Or, let em work their civilian job so they can still pay their bills, etc.  Hmmm.  Unless that's a civil service job on furlough.  I wonder if they can do Door Dash in Humvee.

[Banzai]

10 hours ago, HeloDude said:

Probably the same reason this guy will win…don’t pretend that you progressives are above the nonsense.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna235573

 

Well that response doesn't make any sense at all.

[brickhistory]

DOJ dropped the ball on not having a perp walk for Comey.  Was satisfying seeing the mugshot.

Now, let's see this hippo get perped walked and a mugshot.

New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, source says

[Boomer6]

On 10/8/2025 at 1:49 PM, Sua Sponte said:

Someone to be AG who has never served as a US Attorney...ever. That's like hiring a regional airline pilot to run one of the majors. 

Disagree.

We've had plenty of defense secretaries with zero military experience/only bureaucratic experience, and they weren't all idiots. The military is the primary form of defense, yet they'd never been in the military and some did fine.

Bondi was actually an AG in Florida, so her not being a US attorney seems irrelevant. You know, kinda like Obama was a community organizer before he was a senator. What I'm saying is, disagree with her politics all you want, just come up with a less stupid analogy.

[fire4effect]

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/colombian-president-alleged-drug-boat-from-his-country-white-house-baseless/

Sounds like the bad guys are trying a PR campaign to help ease the pressure. I doubt anyone on the boats were actually innocent. 

[Sua Sponte]

24 minutes ago, Boomer6 said:

Disagree.

We've had plenty of defense secretaries with zero military experience/only bureaucratic experience, and they weren't all idiots. The military is the primary form of defense, yet they'd never been in the military and some did fine.

Bondi was actually an AG in Florida, so her not being a US attorney seems irrelevant. You know, kinda like Obama was a community organizer before he was a senator. What I'm saying is, disagree with her politics all you want, just come up with a less stupid analogy.

It’s not irrelevant since it consistently shows she never prosecuted at the federal level. 

Here’s a former AUSA discussing her lack of federal prosecutorial experience is showing as AG. Warning though, you’ll have to use your critical thinking skills. 

https://open.substack.com/pub/staytuned/p/pam-bondi-trumps-clueless-heat-shield?r=58l99b&utm_medium=ios

 

[Boomer6]

1 hour ago, Sua Sponte said:

It’s not irrelevant since it consistently shows she never prosecuted at the federal level. 

Here’s a former AUSA discussing her lack of federal prosecutorial experience is showing as AG. Warning though, you’ll have to use your critical thinking skills. 

https://open.substack.com/pub/staytuned/p/pam-bondi-trumps-clueless-heat-shield?r=58l99b&utm_medium=ios

 

Clearly you used no critical thinking skills in evaluating my comment. Posting clearly biased links to support your case makes my point better than I could have.

[Sua Sponte]

7 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

Clearly you used no critical thinking skills in evaluating my comment. Posting clearly biased links to support your case makes my point better than I could have.

“Clearly biased links” apparently involve a former AUSA in the DOJ pointing out examples of how Bondi lack of DOJ experience is contributing to her current missteps as AG.

Sixth-seventh of your username checks out.

 

[brickhistory]

3 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

“Clearly biased links” apparently involve a former AUSA in the DOJ pointing out examples of how Bondi lack of DOJ experience is contributing to her current missteps as AG.

Sixth-seventh of your username checks out.

 

 

So, one guy who has never run a large legal office, federal or state, says the head of the DOJ is unqualified.  But that same head of DOJ has run a state DOJ, which is pretty substantial.  

Las head of DOJ was quite the liberal lawyer, but had never actually run anything.  How'd that turn out?

I also am unaware when the last time a sitting head of DOJ argued a case.  That's what minions are for.

In the end, only one opinion matters.  The guy we elected by a fairly large margin chose her.  Gnash your teeth all you want, but that's the reality.  Until or if he changes his mind.  That whole "serving at the pleasure of the President" gotcha thing.

[disgruntledemployee]

1 hour ago, brickhistory said:

 

So, one guy who has never run a large legal office, federal or state, says the head of the DOJ is unqualified.  But that same head of DOJ has run a state DOJ, which is pretty substantial.  

Las head of DOJ was quite the liberal lawyer, but had never actually run anything.  How'd that turn out?

I also am unaware when the last time a sitting head of DOJ argued a case.  That's what minions are for.

In the end, only one opinion matters.  The guy we elected by a fairly large margin chose her.  Gnash your teeth all you want, but that's the reality.  Until or if he changes his mind.  That whole "serving at the pleasure of the President" gotcha thing.

So, you're happy in how she's running DOJ?  Wasn't there a promise in there to stop the weaponization of DOJ?  Oh, here's a quote from her on Tues.  How's she doing, guys?

"I took office with two main goals: to end the weaponization of justice and return the department to its core mission of fighting violent crime," Bondi told lawmakers. "While there is more work to do, I believe in eight short months we have made tremendous progress towards those ends."

[Sua Sponte]

1 hour ago, brickhistory said:

 

So, one guy who has never run a large legal office, federal or state, says the head of the DOJ is unqualified.  But that same head of DOJ has run a state DOJ, which is pretty substantial.  

Las head of DOJ was quite the liberal lawyer, but had never actually run anything.  How'd that turn out?

I also am unaware when the last time a sitting head of DOJ argued a case.  That's what minions are for.

In the end, only one opinion matters.  The guy we elected by a fairly large margin chose her.  Gnash your teeth all you want, but that's the reality.  Until or if he changes his mind.  That whole "serving at the pleasure of the President" gotcha thing.

That one guy obtained convictions of 100 mafia members when he was a federal prosecutor, which is 100 more than Bondi. A quick Google search of his bio shows he held the title "Director of the Criminal Justice Division" in the New Jersey AG office. I dunno about your part of the world, but in mine, when you have "Director" in your job title, you're usually running a major office. Especially in the 11th most populous state. 

While being an AG of a state is pretty substantial, it's not the same scope as being the USA AG and being a cabinet-level official who's leading the biggest law office in the world and overseeing the DEA, FBI, U.S. Marshals, etc.

If you're referring to Merrick Garland, he was such a liberal that he upheld the death penalty in multiple appeals and sided with law enforcement in cases like U.S. v. Watson (1999) when he was the Chief Judge leading the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That really doesn't sound very liberal of him. He was actually considered more of a centrist. 

Though rare, Janet Reno argued U.S. v. Virginia (1996) in front of the SCOTUS in the case that allowed women to enroll in VMI. Robert Kennedy also argued a case for the U.S. when he was AG. 

In the end, I don't really care if Bondi keeps her job or gets fired, so your comment of "gnash your teeth all you want, but that's the reality" is moot. However, it's pretty entertaining to see people here, who have never been federal prosecutors, circle the wagon in her defense when critics, who have served as federal prosecutors, state she's in over her head as AG.

[brabus]

She’s a big disappointment. Not having federal experience may or may not be the primary CF, but regardless, Trump would be smart to fire her and put someone else in. I have no SA on what the bench looks like, I just know she’s been very underwhelming.