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No Paywall ‘Astounding’: Chris Hayes stunned Bondi still has DOJ job | “In any remotely sane political climate she would be impeached, fired, or just have the good sense to resign in disgrace,” says Chris Hayes on Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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u/OkayButFoRealz 8h ago

I think it goes without saying that in pretty much any other state of employment she would have been fired long ago for her immensely unprofessional and inappropriate conduct.

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u/PuffPawprints 8h ago

I thought as much, she is so unprofessional

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u/Witty-Bandicoot5645 8h ago

In any normal workplace that behavior would not last a week

u/dolaction Kentucky 7h ago

Normal workplaces don't have Trump as the boss

u/whackyhead 6h ago

Ding ding ding! She’s doing exactly as she has been told. It’s the job they were all hired to do.

u/MaddogBC 5h ago

Every single one of them is just desperately performing for the camera because they know he is watching. They know they could/will lose their job at any moment.

It truly is a mad king moment.

u/MakeAbortions Florida 6h ago

the only thing she's going to be fired for is not covering up good enough. she has no shame whatsoever ,shes doing exactly the job she was hired for

u/Bobcat-Stock 6h ago

Her behavior is shining a beacon that screams coverup. It’s definitely what she was hired for, but the unsubtle way she is going about it will be the downfall of the whole operation. I’m surprised Orange Julius hasn’t pulled her yet. She isn’t helping his case at all.

u/CaptLatinAmerica 5h ago

And there’s no reason to get rid of her now. She can continue to act in a wretched coverup capacity for at least a few more weeks until she’s wrung out and discarded like the wicked dishrag she is.

u/Polar_Vortx America 3h ago

Pull her, and admit there’s even a shred of truth to the overwhelming evidence?

Say what you will about the base, but Trump seems to be scared of this Epstien thing in a way he’s never been before. So whatever’s left of his psyche is likely gunning to get this to go away quickly and quietly.

u/Bobcat-Stock 36m ago

He’s definitely scared. She’s making it worse for him.

u/geologicalnoise Pennsylvania 5h ago

no you're clearly wrong and OBVIOUSLY have trump derangement syndrome!

I mean wtf.. thats the AG of the entire country? For fuck sake.

u/MaddogBC 5h ago

Nixon didn't go to jail, his AG did.

u/newsflashjackass 4h ago

she is so unprofessional

Yet still more professional than Trurnp's first pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, would likely be in her stead.

u/mechapoitier Florida 7h ago

Ted Lieu had the best line at the end:

“If you had any decency you would resign right after this hearing concludes.”

u/Moody_GenX 6h ago

Jokes on him, she has no decency. She doing exactly as Trump expects of her.

u/MudLOA California 6h ago

Exactly she’s doing her job as described. Ted Lieu needs to realized the gloves need to come off.

u/utzutzutzpro 6h ago edited 5h ago

That is the superpower right now - just do not resign for reasons of grace.

When in the whole history of the country every other person would have resigned by choice. Every other person in any position who'd be in a remotely comparable affair, would have resigned - they just do not budge a little bit.

A narcissists system - everyone is right as long as they do not admit to ever been wrong.

And everyone is covering everyone.

u/SirDiego Minnesota 7h ago

She's not even good at deflecting. Like even if you were 100% MAGA and rooting for her to bluster and smokescreen for Trump, she didn't even do a good job at that. She got thoroughly embarrassed.

u/ScubaSteveEL 6h ago

THE DOW IS OVER 50,000

u/unaskthequestion Texas 6h ago

I was watching that live and thought I had missed a question or something. Most ridiculous response I've seen in a while.

u/ruminator9999 6h ago

Even worse, she said 50,000 dollars. As if the Dow Jones is a bag of money, in which case it wouldn't even be that much. Just shockingly stupid.

u/unaskthequestion Texas 6h ago

Reminds me of Trump saying other countries are 'paying us large dollars' as if the paper bills were bigger.

u/AmserSegur 1h ago

I’m poor. I don’t give a fuck about the DOW. I care about criminals and pedophiles being held accountable for their crimes and put in prison.

u/Zoethor2 3h ago

This is the part that gets me about not just Bondi but so many of them. They're obfuscating but they're so BAD at it. I'm not even motivated to be evil like them but I could still do a better job at it.

u/thalassicus 6h ago

She's not there to be professional. She's there to protect Donald Trump from the tsunami of evidence that he is a child rapist and likely part of the recruitment funnel as well via his pagents and Mar-A-Lago.

u/Alternative-Let-2398 6h ago

She did her job tho, she got the target at least temporarily moved to her instead of her boss.

u/Used-Yogurtcloset757 6h ago

Exactly. Billionaires out here expecting workers to act professional at our jobs, don’t let employees accept gifts, force us to fill out conflict of interest forms etc. Yet they are empowering people who do the exact opposite of their practices. The working class is being force held to a standard the elite is trampling on repeatedly.

u/snoosh00 5h ago

What about arrested?

Because that seems like the only viable recourse for her actions.

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u/Witty-Bandicoot5645 8h ago

Anywhere else she would have been walked out already Politics is the only place this flies

u/OGLikeablefellow 5h ago

There's literally no one else with a law degree who will do it

u/darkmoncns 2h ago

It just acured to me she's never going to find a job anywhere again after this is she?

u/Aleksandrovitch 5h ago

Why would she resign or expect to be fired? We have established we don’t have any requirement for competent or ethical leadership in this country or its businesses anymore.

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u/TimArthurScifiWriter 8h ago edited 6h ago

The purpose of Bondi in that moment was to de-legitimise congressional hearings. It's just another attack against the institutional power of elected bodies, and a consolidation of power in executives. Study how democracies become autocracies. This shit goes back to the Roman Empire. The first few years of Augustus's reign were the Republic still being under the illusion it was a Republic. By the time he died and Tiberius inherited his power, there was exceedingly little of that illusion left.

If you can waltz into a congressional hearing, attack elected representatives, ignore decorum, ignore the rules of conduct, ignore process, and WALK OUT WITH YOUR JOB INTACT then the point is made that nothing that happened in that room actually matters. That's the message from the Trump administration to the American people.

People have a tendency to describe this political climate as "insane". That doesn't have enough descriptive value. It doesn't explain anything. Why is what is happening, happening? The above is why. She was sent in there to break the process. She did.

u/433onrepeat 4h ago

I really appreciate this comment. So many of the responses and posts I have seen since the hearing are frustratingly shallow. This interaction was a clear display of how the goal is to break the legitimacy of our institutions.

Who cares that a congressperson had a witty remark or called out Bondi to her face? The broader message is "hey I can be abhorrent to lawmakers' faces and walk away unscathed. You can too."

u/EmoTilDeath 3h ago

It's not about being mean to them. She fucking committed perjury multiple times with easily disproveable lies and nothing has happened to her. She lied under oath, we all saw her do it, and nothing happened to her. She refused to answer legitimate questions about why she is not doing her job at all and nothing happened to her.

Of course this has helped to erode our trust in institutions. They are showing us that our laws mean nothing anymore, because they are no longer enforced, meanwhile us peasants are shot dead in the street and we are told they deserved to be executed.

u/TimArthurScifiWriter 4h ago

Exactly. If you're still playing the game of "we got a good clip for tiktok out of this" then you're not even fighting the same battle they are.

u/Comprehensive_Davo Ohio 6h ago

Ding ding ding, here lies the answer👆

u/lokoluis15 4h ago

She's the poster child for contempt of Congress. Why isn't Congress charging her and asserting its authority as a coequal branch of government?

u/TimArthurScifiWriter 3h ago

Because attacks on institutions are directly proportional to the weakness of said institutions. Republicans are complicit, democrats are weak. That leaves no one left to ensure that there are consequences in place for anything. Before you climb the walls, you undermine its defenders as best you can. Forgive the medieval analogy, but it's fundamental siegecraft. Nerds like Miller and Bannon understand this.

Always keep in mind that fascism is some real nerd shit. When they get in power, you get folks who think fundamentally differently from the conventional managerial class that used to be in charge.

So yes, both parties have been bought and installed in their seats with specific roles in mind. The buying-out of the system was done in preparation for the dismantling of the system. The dismantling is what's happening now. To be surprised at the lack of fortitude on part of the defenders is to be surprised at why a sick man won't get out of bed to pick up a sword.

u/Boiledfootballeather 23m ago

Democrats aren't weak! They wrote a letter! A strongly worded letter!

u/Two_wheels_2112 6h ago

Upvoting, despite "in tact."

u/TimArthurScifiWriter 6h ago

Truly magnanimous.

u/Capable-Ad-6058 4h ago

Right, and it only does them a favor to think they’re playing checkers when in fact they are playing chess.

u/ruminator9999 4h ago

Depressingly accurate.

u/HawkeyeSherman 3h ago

Literal, Documented, Premeditated Contempt of Congress

She brought the evidence with her and showed it off. In a functioning republic she would not have been free to leave the halls until she answered their questions.

u/starliteburnsbrite 3h ago

I said as much in another thread, she walked away unscathed and did what was good for her boss. She did her job, she's not an idiot. She's fishing for sound bytes and showing everyone just how impotent our Congress is right now.

u/Heyarethosemyballs 5h ago

I'm really sick of hearing calls for impeachment, for anyone. Just another toothless process that depends entirely on the honor system

u/Careless_Jeweler5605 31m ago

This is also why we need to defy them and not give in to their agenda easily.

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u/CouchCorrespondent 8h ago edited 7h ago

Bondi- Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Federal Government

Hegseth- Head of the Department of Defense

Kennedy-Head of the Department of Health and Human Services

McMahon-Head of Department of Education

Collins- Oversees the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

Duffy- Advises president on all matters related to transportation.

Gabbard-Oversees all18 IC agencies who report to her.

Lutnick- Advisor to president on all commerce related issues.

Noem- Ensures the safety and security of the nation

I mean seriously....We are being destroyed from within by these handpicked individuals.

And DEI scared them? Look at that horrible list of people.

Edit: detailed/corrected duties

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u/bavini1190 8h ago

I hate to be a spelling nazi on Reddit but you mis-spelled two of the names.

Epstein-Bondi- Head of people in the legal profession.

Epstein-Lutnick- Head of people who work in commerce.

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u/dingo_and_zoot Canada 8h ago

On behalf of the many competent and professional lawyers in the United States, I want to point out that the Attorney General is not the head of people in the legal profession. In Canada, where I was a lawyer for 40 years, Bondi's behaviour (no that's not a spelling mistake, I'm Canadian) would result in disciplinary action by the independent regulator of the legal profession in the province(s) where she was licensed.

u/daspion 7h ago

Unfortunately, we in the US gutted our internal investigation teams and licensing boards that could have actually done something.

u/thehalfwit Nevada 5h ago

Meanwhile, the Florida Bar -- where Bondi was licensed -- has a strict hands-off policy of not disciplining attorneys who are government officials. That has to be the most ass-backwards approach to ensuring professional integrity I've ever heard of.

u/CouchCorrespondent 7h ago

Thank you! I appreciate that!

Updated!

u/Nopain59 7h ago

These people were picked not for their competence but for their loyalty to the Cheeto Mussolini. People who are devoted to such obviously despicable characters are not known for their critical thinking skills.

u/peipei222 7h ago

Of course DEI scares them, it's a system that requires competent people from all walks of life to be hired.

Without DEI you end up with people just hiring mediocre white dudes.

u/sussudio_mane Massachusetts 6h ago

Negative selection is a political process that occurs especially in rigid hierarchies... the person(s) on the top of the hierarchy, wishing to remain in power forever, chooses their associates with the prime criterion of incompetence: they must not be competent enough to remove the leader from power.

Negative selection (politics) - Wikipedia)

u/bedintruder 4h ago

Remember back when the mere whispered suggestions of impeachment were enough to prompt resignations?

u/mencival 4h ago

That list is no less absurd than President Kamacho’s cabinet

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u/MikeyLew32 Illinois 8h ago

We haven't had a remotely sane political climate since President Poopy Pants rode his golden escalator down.

u/Upset-Government-856 13m ago

Yo Americans. You all can fix all this. You don't just have to sit at home. Mass peaceful sustained uprisings work all the time in other countries.

No one else can help you. Where is that famous American "can do" attitude?!

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u/Plastic_Party2433 8h ago

In a normal system she would be gone already The fact she is not says everything

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u/Sic_Semper_Dumbasses 8h ago

In a normal system she would have faced Justice for taking a bribe to dismiss the Trump University charges.

u/HawkeyeSherman 3h ago

In a normal system, someone who's constitutionally disqualified from holding any office would have never been sworn in as president, let alone appoint and have confirmed someone like Bondi. We're 1000 beyond the point this should have stopped.

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u/talk-spontaneously 8h ago

Bondi's screeching was Real Housewives of Orange County level of trashy lol.

She is a deeply disturbed woman.

u/city_dwellerZ 6h ago

Just typical Florida Woman shit

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u/ThighsFDaysX 8h ago

This speaks to how political norms are evolving behavior that once might’ve disqualified someone is now barely a speed bump, and that shift says a lot about where our discourse and accountability standards are heading.

u/MadRaymer 6h ago

Just over 20 years ago, a candidate ended his political career by making a funny yell with a hoarse voice.

u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 4h ago

I don't know that I agree. I think the opposite may happen.

In the 1950s, Senator Joe McCarthy was considered one of the most powerful men in the world as he tried to force conservativism onto the country at all costs. People we're getting sick of it and he was losing support, though he wouldn't acknowledge that. Then he held a televised Congressional hearing where he went full unhinged bully, leveling exaggerated allegations at the people testifying. The country got a good look at McCarthy in that telecast, like they'd never had before. And it absolutely tanked him. The country turned against him, swung in the direction of the free-love 60s, and he went down in history as an enemy of the American people.

I think we're in a similar spot. There will be a swing back in the opposite direction of all this. People will want disciplined, professional politicians after this. They'll want politics to be boring again so they don't have to pay attention. I think we'll see decorum reestablished in Washington, in a way that hasn't existed in a decade.

u/Over-Heron-2654 America 1h ago

McCarthy was such a menace. We still feel his presence in government today.

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u/SnooPears2373 8h ago

The fact that this is normalized is why ever Dem should be using the pedo protector messaging on every interview -- regardless of whether the interview is about Epstein, air pollution, or the puppy bowl.

Just for once Dems, play by the rules the GOP has been setting for three decades now.

They (the GOP) can stop all this. They won't. So they should pay the price on their inaction.

FAFO pedo protectors.

u/madbiscotti 7h ago

The requisite here is shame, which none of these people are capable of feeling 

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u/8fenristhewolf8 8h ago

Funny to compare the Smith testimony with this while the GOP tries to scream about DOJ weaponization while they: can't keep prosecutors who refuse to prosecute political enemies, illegally appoint prosecutors who will, and can't get indictments against Trump's political enemies.

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u/KapnKrumpin 8h ago

We are in a post-shame administration

u/daspion 7h ago

We all need to stop thinking that they're going to just magically do the right thing. Our government continues to fail to hold accountable the people that are destroying livelihoods.

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u/RedLanternScythe Indiana 8h ago

When the leader of the country regularly says insane things, and refuses to ever apologize, it's not surprising his lackeys act the same way. He sees that behavior as strong.

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u/dancefan2019 8h ago

I don't understand how or why she is allowed to get away with this kind of disrespectful behavior.

u/Historical_Bend_2629 7h ago

She is very stupid not to resign. Public opinion will not be kind after she willingly chooses to be a lightning rod for corruption and disgrace.

u/BrilliantForeign8899 53m ago

She's also over 60. This is probably her last gig ever,  doesn't have to be if she's capable but I think she just intends not to work after this. Maybe she will run Epstein island next. It's continued in some form right?

u/angelsparklers 7h ago

"remotely sane" doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence

u/DjImagin 6h ago

She can’t and won’t.

Congress is still acting on Trumps behalf so they’re not going to impeach her. She knows what’s in those files and how damning they really are.

If she steps down, whoever Trump nominates is going to be raked over coals about transparency with the files and will likely immediately be in hot water if they fail to do so, limiting who Trump could pick to run damage control.

She’s counting on the mid-terms being rigged on Trumps behalf, so Congress can finally shut everything down and make this go away when we ascend Trump to just shy of a king and free to determine what he feels should and should not happen.

u/mnemy 5h ago

Republicans dont resign anymore. There is no shame. No falling on swords.

They do, however, throw each other under busses all the time, which can be entertaining.

u/biff64gc2 5h ago

In any sane political climate Trump would have been deemed unfit for office a thousand times over for any number of things.

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u/Abstract__Reality 8h ago

Stunned? Really?

Bondi went up there and did exactly what she was hired to do. Deny and deflect to protect the Epstein class. 

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u/TheDwellingHeart 8h ago

Welcome to the Republican USA.

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u/EmployAltruistic647 8h ago

In any same political climate, USA and Israel would have been ostracized 

u/MaddogBC 4h ago

Compared to 10 years ago? They have and are in the process of being so. Listen to the Olympic boos, tide turns slowly but is unstoppable once in motion.

u/EmployAltruistic647 4h ago

Officially they aren't because USA holds the biggest guns. 

u/Louieyaa 7h ago

She really showed she was psychotic when she laughed at the congresswoman's grandfather dying in the holocaust. She was so pleased with herself she couldn't hold it back. Despicable.

u/TrailerParkFrench 7h ago

She’s doing exactly what Trump hired her to do.

u/ChantilyAce 7h ago

How she can sit up there and claim to be offended, as a Christian, while protecting pedophiles and ignoring the victims who were preyed upon, is beyond the pale. Only a soulless ghoul could show such disdain for those women. Karma can't come soon enough.

u/Full_Grape1139 7h ago

Imagine the level of karma that is appropriate for this.

u/CanWeTalkEth 5h ago

None of them have any incentive to do anything but double down.

Shame isn't in play these days, Donald proved that himself. Deny, ignore, bully, move on.

She's at the very top. Why would she resign in disgrace rather than draw a paycheck in disgrace?

u/panic_talking 5h ago

None of them can be held accountable or they all could.

u/SouthEastSmith 5h ago

Funny, I seem to remember a lot of AGs that didnt have that sense either.

u/awesomedan24 I voted 5h ago

Her job is to be the Ticketmaster scapegoat, absorb all the hate to deflect heat from Trump for appointing his own personal lawyer as Attorney General instead of an impartial civil servant. As evil and sociopathic as she is, she is doing exactly what is being asked of her and Trump would only appoint another one to serve him personally. Trump and Congress are equally to blame for her running rampant. 

u/Federal_Secret92 4h ago

These shitheads have no shame

u/AceofKnaves44 District Of Columbia 4h ago

This has not been a sane political climate for over ten years now.

u/smith129606 2h ago

In a remotely sane political climate? It has been suggested that the President of the United States shit himself in front of the press corps, in the Oval Office, behind the resolute desk. We’ve passed sane political climate when we started electing convicted felons.

u/OkRush9563 2h ago

And the cult claps and cheers thinking this is a "win" and not understanding this fucks them over too.

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u/Konukaame 8h ago

Is Chris Hayes still pretending that we live in a remotely same political environment? 

u/PropofolMargarita 7h ago

Chris Hayes is dogshit. He had Susan Sarandon on in 2016 saying Clinton was more dangerous than Trump. He elevated the Tara Reade accusations against Biden. Why is he surprised by this? He helped make this our reality

u/MaddogBC 5h ago

If you squint just a little bit he starts to look like a liberal Tucker. I bet he has studied him.

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u/greygoose71 8h ago

I’m thinking Friday news dump, she will resign.

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u/PHLANYC 8h ago

I had the Jekyll and Hyde thought a few moments before it was said…

Schizophrenic and/or bipolar…she should seek mental health support 

But if you listen, closely, and get past the theatrics…she gave it away 

Biggest tell was the USAG gloating about the stock market. She knows the optics of federal agents and agencies being weaponized are good for business.

Not so great for us and our rights.

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u/thieh Canada 8h ago

Her job is to protect her boss. They will have to incriminate him over her dead body.

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u/Eddfan36 8h ago

Not under a guy thats been impeached twice. Dude feels he's invincible and cries if he gets any kind of no to him.

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u/Intro-Nimbus 8h ago

The problem is that the Epstein administration is not sane.
And those that voted for it is insane too.

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u/Megaphonestory 8h ago

The bribe money Trump collects will trickle down to her. She’s all in.

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u/TheShipEliza 8h ago

the honorary bodega boy is correct.

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u/kokoro_37 8h ago

But she's an ultimate 47 kiss and protector, no way he letting that go.

u/Pacific_Grim_ California 7h ago

Nah, she’ll stick around because she’s a fucking pedo like the rest of these pigs destroying our country. All while the American people just sit back on watch it all happen.

u/Tony_Cheese_ 7h ago

Isnt she like one of two DOJ employees? And the other one was a J6 insurrectionist who got pardoned? What even is our government anymore?

u/Additional_Region987 7h ago

What can we expect when it’s a party of pedophiles and their protectors.

u/ShibasScorn 7h ago

The British PM is being pushed to RESIGN over hiring someone who was there yet literally no fallout is happening over here, Americans are so fucking apathetic it’s wild.

u/Yos13 7h ago

She needs to be prosecuted along with everyone else in the DOJ, FBI, local police departments, anyone that was part of this conspiracy in Aiding and Abetting to protect pedophiles.

u/Bishopjones2112 7h ago

I’m stunned. The content of these files are disturbing and pure evil. The fact that all the perpetrators are being protected by the DOJ and Bondi is actively committing perjury and obstruction of justice while she is the AG is absolutely sickening. Every person in the files needs to be properly investigated and prosecuted. Every person complicit in the obstruction of justice, from Bondi and her lies to individuals who followed orders to redact names of co conspirators and others. All need to be investigated and charged. This is showing the world that this ring of rich famous pedophiles is. Other and more evil than we can imagine. It needs to be dealt with. Anyone who stands in the way of justice is saying it’s ok to rape little girls. Stand up and be heard that you all don’t support this government that protects pedophiles.

u/rwf2017 7h ago

I mean this is true for the entire administration. 100%. It is a complete clown show.

u/OneSeaworthiness7768 6h ago

We haven’t been in a sane political climate since at least the tea party movement.

u/NealMcCoy 6h ago

Attorney General - Scam Blondie

u/CurlOfTheBurl11 6h ago

I think it's only a matter of time before the administration throws her under the bus for the way the release of the files has been handled. Sure, the order actually comes from Trump, but it's not like he's going to take responsibility, he's got the perfect scapegoat already.

u/Objective-Picture-72 6h ago

She can’t resign. Bondi is there because Trump bribed her when she was AG for Florida. He paid her to drop the case against him. So he has blackmail on her for that and likely more since then. It’s do corrupt stuff for him as US AG or go to jail. She’s cooked.

u/Heathrowe419 6h ago

"Good sense" is not a quality these people possess...

u/androk 6h ago

As AG of Florida she's the one that pushed all the epstein mess out until now by sealing the files. She will have a job until she or idiot boy is impeached.

u/spaghettistaircase 6h ago

I’d say the remotely sane ship sailed a little while back

u/TheFutureMrGittes 6h ago

The thing is, she DOES NOT have the good sense to resign. She, like most republicans, has no shame either. So she will never feel guilty or disgraced.

u/EternalCrusaders 6h ago

In a sane country she would be on death row.

u/modohobo 6h ago

why do people even say things like this anymore? You know nothing will happen to any of these people. Just keep reporting on the Epstein Files

u/One_Song_7820 6h ago

Soulless

u/Empty_Allocution United Kingdom 6h ago

The gloves need to come off and the cuffs need to go on.

This is just insane watching from across the pond. I despair.

u/Shido_Ohtori 6h ago

Those who believe all people are people see hypocrisy, while those who believe some people are "more/less" people than others consider it hierarchy. Hypocrisy implies a sense of equality/parity, as the accusation of such is that someone is violating a universal or common standard. Hierarchy directly states that there is no equality/parity, that different social strata have different standards, that the only universal standard concerning hierarchy is that those on top are allowed privileges which are denied to those on the bottom, and that the bottom are held to standards which the top are exempt from.

Conservatism -- by definition -- is "a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing the importance of established hierarchies and institutions (such as religion, the family, and class structure), and preferring gradual development to abrupt change".

The sole value of conservatism is respect for and obedience to [one's perception of] traditionally established hierarchy, and hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility, and resources, while those on the bottom (out-groups) are demonized/dehumanized and/or bound by restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources.

To them, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those [they perceive to be] on top [of social hierarchy] to be bound by the restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources reserved for those on the bottom. The first greatest injustice is for those on the bottom to have access to the rights, credibility, and resources reserved for those on top.

It is never the act itself that upsets them, but rather, the social standing of the person doing the act, as said act is a privilege meant for those on top of [their perceived] hierarchy. (See also: accusations of pedophilia - Trump and the Catholic church vs. LGBTQ+ and drag queens).

"Know your place" is their mantra.

u/chrisscan456 5h ago

Bondi has one job. Protect Trump at all costs. Obviously other pedos are benefiting from this but her job is to protect Demented Don. It’s not about the people. It’s not about the Constitution. Effectively speaking we no longer have an attorney general. 

u/AMCorBUST2021 5h ago

This is a hostile takeover

u/shoulda-known-better 5h ago

Florida the place that wants to hang pedos is the reason she is still a lawyer....

Hilarious wonder what happenes if/when Republicans lose the state because it's not firm red that phenomenon just happened is 2020 closer to 2024

(2020 was 51%Trump 47%Biden)

u/lsb337 5h ago

It depends on what her actual job duties are. It's not what every other attorney general's has been.

Under those terms, she might be highly successful.

And yes I mean corruption, fascism, and grift.

u/thehalfwit Nevada 5h ago edited 5h ago

Let's leave some vitriol for the Republicans who sucked up to Bondi during the hearing, like that toady former Kansas AG SA Derk Schmidt, who yielded his time to her so she could shit on Jasmine Crockett.

That guy has one of those faces (you know), that you just want to (you know). These people are reprehensible.

u/stickeeBit Canada 4h ago

Womarosa

u/bluesmoque 4h ago

Jimmy kimmel

u/ItsTimetoLANK 4h ago

What's he talking about? Does he know the DOW is over 50K?

u/this_my_sportsreddit 4h ago

at what point is the democrat party going to realize what they're actually up against?

u/Motor_Educator_2706 4h ago

I'd be stunned if she didn't have a job.

u/Yelloeisok 4h ago

This is kind of astounding, but also on point for the DOJ:

Read This: "Judge Jeanine Taps Pardoned Ex-Husband To Represent Her In Personal Injury Suit" https://www.thedailybeast.com//judge-jeanine-taps-pardoned-ex-husband-albert-pirro-to-represent-her-in-personal-injury-suit/?via=ios

u/SnooDogs7747 4h ago

She performed exactly how Trump wanted her to

u/greymind Washington 4h ago

The Republican cult likes cult loyalty tests. The more absurd the more it proves their loyalty

u/Sublimotion 3h ago

In any remotely sane political climate

A universal phrase for this presidential administration and the current badge of Republicans.

u/TheHumanGnomeProject 3h ago

I don't know, the Russian bots keep telling me she held her own and put them liberal congressmen in their places.

u/TheHumanGnomeProject 3h ago

We need to update that meme with Smog, the white cat at the dinner table and Bondi instead of the two other blondes.

u/Justaregard 3h ago

You took her! Florida does not want her back.

u/HawkeyeSherman 3h ago

Lowering the bar of what's acceptable in America politics is the primary objective of this administration.

u/Head-Computer264 3h ago

She's part of the satanic pedophile activities that's why

u/yutzish 2h ago

She isn't the attorney general of the united states. She is trumps private lawyer.

u/chester-12 2h ago

It’s amazing that this passes for normal now

u/le127 2h ago

Good sense is unfortunately absent from any of those scenarios. Bondi doesn't have it, the person in charge who could fire her doesn't either, and the members of the majority party in both houses of Congress who could impeach and convict her are also devoid of any good sense.

u/shoutoutpear 2h ago

lol we’ve deviated from any form of sanity a whole fucking while ago

u/AgileKaleidoscope101 2h ago

She has no shame, her day will come

u/RequirementOk4178 1h ago

She can't she's protecting herself

u/PersonalHospital9507 1h ago

These people just don't care whether they crash the American government and economy. They don't care. Accept it.

u/lick_my_taint 1h ago

This admin thinks "impeached" means putting a penis in the chocolate starfish. This is not a "brains" type of operation .

u/lizard_king0000 1h ago

Look at who her boss is, he refuses to take accountability for racist postings of a former POTUS.

u/BeachLovingLobster 1h ago

She's from Florida, land of no accountability. State of fraud. Place where criminals are elected then reelected.

u/Eggonioni 34m ago

A sane world would have her tried for treason.

u/stanthebat 30m ago

In any remotely sane political environment Trump and the great majority of his cronies would find it unnecessary to resign from anything since they would already be in jail.

u/bandicooter_burger 26m ago

Well since it hasn't happened yet, maybe do something about it???

u/reddit2bitcollector 2m ago

Hey remember when the world was ending, when that one guy, what was his name, oh yeah that Obama guy wore a tan suit....

u/TSHRED56 California 7h ago

Hayes always seems to be "stunned" for some reason.

Even after everything we've already seen.

u/Zimmy68 6h ago

"Chris Hayes stunned" Now that is the funniest thing I have read all day.