Is it the DOJ or DONJ Department of No Justice?
Department of No Justice
Please consider The Unraveling of the Justice Department
President Trump’s second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department. Trump and his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency from political influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted ethics rules and caused a breakdown of institutional culture. To date, more than 200 career attorneys have been fired, and thousands more have resigned. (The Justice Department says many of them have been replaced.)
What was it like inside this institution as Trump’s officials took control? It’s not an easy question to answer. Justice Department norms dictate that career attorneys, who are generally nonpartisan public servants, rarely speak to the press. And the Trump administration’s attempts to crack down on leaks have made all federal employees fearful of sharing information.
But the exodus of lawyers has created an opportunity to understand what’s happening within the agency. We interviewed more than 60 attorneys who recently resigned or were fired from the Justice Department. Much of what they told us is reported here for the first time.
Beginning with Trump’s first day in office, the lawyers narrated the events that most alarmed them over the next 10 months. They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about the work they and their colleagues were told to abandon — investigations of terrorist plots, corruption and white-collar fraud.
Some spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation against them or their new employers. We corroborated their accounts with multiple sources, interviewing their colleagues to confirm the details of what they described and reviewing court documents and contemporaneous notes.
Some Anecdotes
Prosecutor, Capitol Siege Section: It was inconceivable to me they’d fire people for no reason except they’d worked on cases that were now disfavored. People like me, who are career attorneys, work within a structure. We don’t have much latitude. To be told that you are being punished for your decisions, when you were following guidance created by very talented and skilled prosecutors above you, which judges blessed for the most part — it’s completely bizarre. It flipped the culture of the institution. It’s a culture now of fear. And they are losing people all the time, very good people, who were the future of the department.
Peter Carr, senior communications adviser: I had never seen prosecutors targeted simply because the case they brought was something that current D.O.J. leadership did not like. How can you take these very difficult and challenging cases involving high-profile individuals with the knowledge that at some point in the future, someone is going to end your career because of it?
Katie Chamblee-Ryan, Civil Rights Division: When Bondi’s 14 emails started coming in, one was crazier than the next. It’s hard to explain how shocking that was. In the Biden administration, there were all these checks in place to make sure we weren’t acting on our political biases. It was so by the book. It was too slow, to be honest. Now that seemed farcical.
Lawyer, Federal Programs Branch, which defends legal challenges against government agencies: Bondi’s memo on zealous advocacy suggested we could be disciplined or fired for pushing back on legal or factual claims we believed were unsupported. That threw up red flags for me. It was just completely improper.
Dena Robinson, Civil Rights Division: Some of us referred to them as “Pam Bondi’s mixtape,” both because they were so random and there were so many dropped all at once. One thing that stuck out to me was her insistence that we served at the pleasure of the president and that we were enforcing the president’s priorities. We swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Second Lawyer, Federal Programs Branch: When Judge Chutkan’s order came down, that was brutal. Our bar licenses would be on the line if someone associated with DOGE lied about things we had to represent in court. One of the lawyers in the case said he emailed the political leadership about what the judge said about possible sanctions and they said, “NBD” — no big deal.
I realized that the line attorneys were just pawns. If we got sacrificed on the way to taking these cases to the Supreme Court, that would just be how it was. Out of 110 lawyers who were in my branch in January, more than 75 have left.
Katie Chamblee-Ryan, Civil Rights Division: What happened to PIN was an alarm blasting everywhere. That’s when I was like, They’re just going to break every rule. They don’t care. That’s when private meetings started among staff to talk about whether you have more legal protections if you resign or are fired.
Gregory Rosen, Capitol Siege Section: I laughed when I found out we were demoted. But it was clear to me just how truly vindictive this would get. All of us collectively had over 100 years of prosecutorial experience. The brain drain was beginning. Maybe the Justice Department survives but loses all the experts.
Ejaz Baluch, Civil Rights Division: The way we did investigations drastically changed. Normally, line attorneys investigate cases and follow the facts and law on a nonpartisan basis. If we discovered a law was violated, we recommended a lawsuit to the leadership of the division. It was bottom up.
That process turned upside down. It was outcome driven. The prime example I saw was the investigation into the U.C. school system about allegations of antisemitism on campus. In March, Andrea Lucas, who Trump appointed to be acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filed what’s called a Commissioner’s Charge, which is essentially a complaint of employment discrimination. It was my section’s job to investigate it. We were told: “You have 30 days to do an investigation and give us a Justification Memo” — which is what we write after we conclude there is a legal violation.
Multiple teams of attorneys went to Berkeley, U.C.L.A., U.C. Davis and U.C.S.F. Mostly they didn’t find sufficient evidence to bring suit. The teams were so scared that in real time, every day, they were summarizing and reporting up to office management, back to Michael Gates, the deputy assistant attorney general, to create a paper trail for how they were not finding evidence.
Dena Robinson: One of my colleagues was pulled into working on the investigations. Every single time that this colleague pointed out factual or legal or ethical issues, the people running them just shrugged.
For example, the administration was saying they wanted to go after Perkins Coie because of Trump’s commitment to ending discriminatory D.E.I. policies. The idea of the investigation was that Perkins Coie supposedly engaged in illegal discrimination against white men. But Perkins Coie is an extremely white firm — only 3 percent of the partners are Black. When my colleague pointed that out, the leadership didn’t care. They’d already reached their conclusion. They continued instructing my colleague to just find the evidence for it.
Our job wasn’t to engage in fact-finding investigations; our job was to find the facts that would fit the narrative that the administration already had.
Jen Swedish, deputy chief of the Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division: To demand lawyers put language in filings suggesting that we had filed a frivolous lawsuit — we thought that was unethical. We worried about our bar licenses.
Liz Oyer, pardon attorney: In February, I was assigned to a working group that the attorney general created to restore gun rights to people convicted of crimes. I was asked to identify suitable recipients, so I looked for people who had committed minor low-level offenses in the very distant past and demonstrated exemplary conduct in the community for many years since their conviction. The pool was narrowed to nine people. And then I was asked to add Mel Gibson to the list.
Mel Gibson has a history of domestic violence, and I’m well aware from my experience and training that it is very dangerous for a person with a domestic-violence history to possess a firearm. As attorney general, Bondi has the power to restore rights without my blessing. My recommendation was sought, I believe, to give a veneer of legitimacy to what was actually a political favor for a friend of the president. I said I couldn’t recommend restoration. And then I waited for the other shoe to drop.
I finally got a phone call from Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general. It was strongly suggested to me that Mel Gibson is someone who had a personal relationship with the president and that really should be all I needed to know. I felt sick. I literally did not sleep at all that night. I wrote back still not making the recommendation. At 2 o’clock that afternoon, I was in a meeting when I learned that I was fired. My deputy told me to grab my bag and literally pulled me out of the room by my elbow and told me in the hallway that she had gotten a call saying that there were security officers in my office waiting to walk me out of the building. I threw everything into a grocery bag and walked out of the office.
Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, issued a statement saying that I was lying about the circumstances leading up to my firing. Then I was invited by the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee to testify in front of Congress. The administration sent armed U.S. Marshals to my home to deliver a letter warning me about testifying.
I needed a lawyer. I spent the entire weekend calling all of the lawyers that I know at law firms around D.C. Everybody I talked to was saying: “Thank you so much for what you’re doing. We’ll do whatever we can behind the scenes to support you.” But nobody actually wanted to sit behind me at a congressional hearing. Nobody wanted to put their name on a letter to Todd Blanche.
Prosecutor, D.C. metro area: It’s unprecedented to shift resources away from national security to this degree. Virginia and D.C. have the most important offices for counterterrorism and espionage. We get cases from the Middle East, long and complex investigations of terrorist threats from abroad and also domestically. In the Eastern District, there were 12 to 14 lawyers in the national security unit and now there are four, with no deputy or chief. In D.C., the national security unit is down about 50 percent. I was recently on the floor where F.B.I. agents work on domestic terrorism and it was completely hollowed out.
Mike Romano, Jan. 6 and PIN: No one should be charged with a crime because the president says “Do this,” and the people he has installed do what he says. The decision should be in the hands of people who know the evidence and have experience evaluating it and working criminal cases. If I was in that office, I’d wonder what the point is of exercising my professional judgment. If we’re indicting people because the president hates them, that’s counter to the whole point of doing my job.
Prosecutor, D.C. metro area: The thing is, Erik bragged about how close he was with Trump’s former lawyers at D.O.J. But it didn’t save him.
We all knew Erik said no, and the career attorneys recommended against it. So for Halligan to go ahead was enraging. The Eastern District of Virginia has a long reputation of being very proficient and competent, and it all vanished.
This is the whole problem with the White House directing criminal investigations. This is what you get. We won’t get the benefit of credibility from judges that we had, and I’m even more concerned about juries. I really fear the Justice Department — which has a good record of convicting dangerous, violent people — won’t see the same success rate, because people will think it’s not on the level.
Ryan Crosswell, PIN: The Eastern District of Virginia handles some of the biggest espionage and counterterrorism cases. Now it’s being led by someone who doesn’t know what she is doing.
Prosecutor, D.C. metro area: The D.C. office is hemorrhaging bodies, and they will probably get rid of two competent people for stating relevant facts that were on the record.
I don’t think people will truly understand what’s happening to justice in America until it impacts them. Even my family: My parents voted for Trump. I don’t think they see it as a priority. I mean, they’re not going to be criminally indicted anytime soon. When I tell them what’s happening, I don’t think they really believe me.
It would take a lot of restraint not to retaliate in the next administration. A lot of career people are helping the administration now. I have a list in my head, and if we get out of this, some of them I’m holding to account. A lot could be validly criminally probed. But the back-and-forth will not be good.
Best Comment for Last
Dena Robinson, Civil Rights Division: I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. I think Americans should be enraged. We all deserve better than this. I keep telling my colleagues still working in the division that I’m holding the line with them from the outside. But I feel guilty that I’m not holding the line with them from the inside.
DONJ – Department of No Justice
That’s 18 out of 60 comments that caught my eye.
But that last comment sums things up. “I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. I think Americans should be enraged. We all deserve better than this. “
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Trump doesn’t care about legalities.
It does not matter if Biden was worse or Kamala would have been worse.
Whataboutwhoeverism is irrelevant.
This is happening here and now and there is no excuse for it.
How the frying f*ck does what Biden did justify what Trump is doing now.
WhatAboutIsm is a scapegoat for unwillingness to criticize Trump. Period.
This is nothing but TWS in disguise.
The party in power deserves the scrutiny because it is the only party that can make changes. period.
So stop all this WhatAboutIsm bullshit.
1) swearing doesn’t make your point any better.
2) your first statement is demonstrably false. i will gladly list dozens of criticisms. so will the majority of people who voted for trump provided the unacceptable alternative. seeing trump in context when dealing with people who want to view him in a vacuum (ALWAYS a negative vacuum at that) is not trump worship. it’s called intellectual honesty.
3) since your first statement is false, that naturally negates your second statement.
4) your third statement is spot in.
5) calling it whataboutism is a cheap way to marginalize a person or argument. it’s intellectually dishonest and useless unless selling hey to sheep.
6) if the doj had my family/children investigated multiple times and always to no end, you bet your bottom dollar i’d want some revenge – i’d like to be better than that but don’t believe i am. trump certainly isn’t either. are you really going to pretend that you are?
So our excuse for Trump’s no Justice department is Biden’s no justice department.
Got It TWS Brutus and Tom
It’s too much to ask for justice. Because all you get is massive WhatAboutBidenIsm.
BenW: “It’s absolutely hilarious that Mish presents this information as being completely above board, UNBIASED and representing reality.”
Mish: On this issue you are a moron with a reading problem.
When did I defend what Comey did, Bolton did etc.?
The answer is NEVER.
I criticized the WAY Trump pursued these cases. 100% Rogue.
And you are a liar. I never presented the information as “completely above board, UNBIASED.”
They clutch to their whataboutism pearls because they know they do not have any justification for Trump’s lawless steamrolling of American ethics, morals, laws, and institutions, if they had a cogent defense they would rely on that instead of empty meme-like talking points they always accuse everyone else of relying upon.
It’s psychological. Their identity is all wrapped up in this drivel and anything that threatens its veracity cannot be believed without threatening their own identity. They’re supposed to be the brilliant minds that saw the truth, not the gullible clowns who fell for a con artist two times in a row, even after said con man told them exactly what the con was.
i would argue it’s a general comment on/obersation of human nature more than anything else … if you punch me, i punch you, current administration certainly included. that said, i don’t think anyone playing “whataboutism” as your fans call it are actually of the opinion that biden did anything to trump. instead, the concern is that a bunch of unknown people who were never elected did things via the justice department at trump and his cohorts, all while biden was trying to not wet himself and then telling stories of his uncle getting eaten by cannibals. hate trump all you want, he’s out in the daylight and that is much better than the previous administration.
Whataboutism is related to the concept of Rules for The but Not for Me.
What is WRONG did not start 10 months ago. It started LONG before that and ALL of it matters.
Basically Ms Bondi i getting rid of the deep state. Also, the Justice department works at the pleasure of president Trump and the same for Biden when he was in office
These high paid lawfare lawyers needed to be working on cases that impacted crime not political sabotage.. They can’t say they were following orders like the natzies. These Democrat Party members knew exactly what they were doing–keeping the swamp wet not drained as Trump promised to do
Chaos in a government agency?
Shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Remove the TDS suffers from that list of 60. Then remove those who are constant complainers. Probably then left with a list of 4 or 5 people
The 60 legal eagles , are more than likely the same as the 51 intellgence
Officials who verified the russia hoax
And denied the hunter Biden laptop was
Legit
Why not a headline of, “60 partisan democrats…”
Trump and his band of idiots are so bad we are now feeling sorry for lawyers.
if the last 10 years was a book written in 2015 the author would has been certified as insane. But here we are living it.
To-date, Trump’s DOJ has indicted three people:
Bolton – likely mishandled classified documents that he didn’t have the authority to de-classify
Comey – gave permission to leak information in order to hurt a political rival & sitting president
James – campaigned on getting Trump, likely committed mortgage fraud
Is investigating these individuals:
Schiff – a serial liar to the American public especially in regard to J6 for possible mortgage fraud
J Smith – at the very nexus of the Get Trump regime within the Biden DOJ
Wray – approved the egregious FBI raid on Mar-a-Largo
For now, the cases against Comey & James have been thrown out due to a likely activist judge’s interpretation of the AG’s ability to appoint a temporary prosecutor.
Sorry, but this doesn’t look like a rogue DOJ to me. Bolton & Comey are guilty plain & simple of breaking the law. And James is the worst prosecutor you can imagine, willing to endlessly cross lines to get political opponents. Standing up for her is the ultimate in hypocrisy.
It’s absolutely hilarious that Mish presents this information as being completely above board, UNBIASED and representing reality. The vast majority of these examples are people who’ve spent most of their adult lives showing loyalty to the progressive, Dem cause. Unfortunately for them, EVERY administration cleans house. Fortunately, Trump is a lot more aggressive this time around.
Aggressive and the msm reports these things when the president is republican.
When a dem cleans house the ignore it
BenW: “It’s absolutely hilarious that Mish presents this information as being completely above board, UNBIASED and representing reality.”
Mish: On this issue you are a moron with a reading problem.
When did I defend what Comey did, Bolton did etc.?
The answer is NEVER.
I criticized the WAY Trump pursued these cases. 100% Rogue.
And you are a liar. I never presented the information as “completely above board, UNBIASED.”
Dena Robinson, Civil Rights Division:“I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. I think Americans should be enraged.”
Is she telling the truth or weaving a propaganda narrative? Trump underwent a four year coup against himself during the first term.
51 intelligence officials signed onto a fraudulent letter claiming the Hunter laptop had all the earmarks of Russian disinfo. Bobolinsky had already verified some of the material.
She’s spouting propaganda. That’s my vote.
well if it is partisan now, it sure as hell was partisan before.
To counter charges of DS, simply quote what JD Vance, or Tucker said about Trup. Here’s a tiny sample:
“We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.”
“I hate him passionately. Carlson text.
“That’s the last four years. We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There isn’t really an upside to Trump.” Carlson on air .
JD Vance:
Trump “Unfi for nation’s highest office”
“I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him.”
My God what an idiot
in an FB email toa friend he said Trump could be “America’s Hitler”.
But yeah MAGA keep telling us how we’re crazy for saying bad things about Trump. Or maybe consider all these other critics are correct and changed stripes only because they benefitted personally
In statistics, you have what is called a BIASED SAMPLE.
FYI: In statistics, sampling bias is a bias in which a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population have a lower or higher sampling probability than others.
Drawing conclusions from a biased sample reflects poorly.
This will be my last comment here. At the very least, you would mention the inherent sampling bias, and that any conclusions should be considered in the light.
Whenever you have a group of individuals
who are beyond any investigation
who can manipulate the press, judges, members of our Congress
you’ll have within our government those who are above the law.
Even whataboustism claims ring hollow when comparing Biden being “above the law” compared to what Trump has already done, let alone what he is also going to do.
Yeah, trump seems like “worser, faster”. More than just a rounding error.
But, more importantly…,do you recognize the movie I’m quoting?? /s
Legal revolution. My tweet is the law and decission. Pete or Homan will execute it (or you, it depends). The world aroud us is faster, let’s live faster. If the department of justice is not carrying its function anymore then change the name. Defence dept. did the same. Any ideas about new name for DoJ?
Homan seems to be in hiding. Doesn’t want to talk about that bag of cash.
Here’s how ChatGPT compares Biden to Trump.
There’s a real difference between Biden’s and Trump’s conduct regarding the DOJ. Biden hasn’t directed the DOJ to investigate political rivals, and the few “misuse” claims generally boil down to isolated comments or political optics — not orders, pressure campaigns, or personnel retaliation. By contrast, Trump repeatedly and openly pushed the DOJ to target opponents, overturn the 2020 election, protect allies, and punish critics, and often fired or attacked officials who refused. You can criticise Biden for messaging or judgement, but the scale, intent, and pattern of behaviour just aren’t remotely comparable.
My personal comment….I assume that Trump has already lined up broad pardon for all participants because a lot of this behaviour would otherwise be career ending for many.
Bullies do not care, they just want to bully. Trump is their hero because they want to rape and pillage. Republicans have turned into an insurrectionist nightmare.
South Park is doing a pretty good job of portraying the Trump nightmare #2
I am surprised the network has not been censored by Trump or the writers “Suicided” by the Department of Injustice.
Proper self-defenestration takes time and smart planning.
Sincerely,
Vlad Putin
It is the Democrats who intend to fundamentally change the country, as Obama put it. That is the real insurrection. How many Democrat politicians voted against a recent resolution to condemn socialism? How many Booed Trump when he said to congress, that the U.S. would never become a socialist country? The current L.A. mayor went to Cuba several times, under Castro. The new mayor of NYC says he is a Democratic Socialist. A neighbor of mine who grew up under Castro, left California, as he sees where the state is heading under Democrats.
You’re quoting ChatGPT? I thought it was wild that so many had problems with Mish quoting the NYT!
Correction. Biden did not publicly call for his opponents prosecution but he did talk about it in general terms
Spare me the outrage. Any attorney who was willing to assist putting somebody in a locked cage because that somebody entered the Capitol building unarmed and walked around without causing any damage to person or property deserves much more than to lose their job.
It’s not a partisan matter. It’s basic decency.
The fact that they beat up Policemen so that they could walk around without causing damage is of no concern to you?
Many were never prosecuted for assault yet they were jailed pretrial
Troll, You can not be that stupid!
Oh yes they can. See below (I don’t recall Biden pardoning any of the law breakers who were charged and convicted of crimes during the BLM riots):
Most of the people hear have terminal TDS. The same people that advocated and cheered on the BLS riots and destruction want to imprison all the redneck yahoo’s who entered the capital building. Basically a protest that spiraled out of control. What a bunch of pathetic hypocrites. The Bls movement which burned and rioted countrywide for a POS drug addict criminal who the world is better off without. The guy who robbed a pregnant woman by sticking a knife in her belly. Unbelievable the retards here. I don’t even like Trump but the way the political aholes here whine on and on about J6 is pathetic.
BS. Can I walk into your house and walk around, watch some TV??
they’re not supposed to be there. they knew that. peiple smashed their way in to open the doors. IF they entered from one of the entrances where the police removed the baricades then fine, but they didn’t get prosecuted if they were pne of those.
and my other counter is: what justification is there to issue a blanket pardon, including to people we see on tape smashing cops in the face with metal poles, stomping on them, or smashing in windows?
Trump could have chosen to pardon only the NON-VIOLENT prosecutions. he didn’t. why? BC he wants to send the signal that anyting done in his name, even violence, is forgivable.
I suppose you were one the people posting bail for the BLM rioters after they destroyed and burned and robbed people. These are your idols. Pathetic,
no, i wasn’t, and they are not my idols in any sense. i hate BLM and everything it stands for, much less violent rioters.
were any of those people POTUS? if not then it’s irrelevant to the discussion.
and in fact the violent rioters were prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned. And they weren’t pardoned, not even in Dem strongholds.
The better question is why did the Biden administration prosecute so many NON-VIOLENT protestors?
Biden did because it was political prosecution
If you open your door and invite me in. Which did happen at a lot of the entrances
Do did you enjoy your tour of the Capitol?
“In the Biden administration, there were all these checks in place to make sure we weren’t acting on our political biases.”
That’s like Brutus and Cassius saying “Well, you know there WAS a sign on the door ‘please check all daggers before entering Senate meeting hall’.”
Ut decretum est, ita factum est.
Funny and true!
It was already the Department of InJustice.
I am starting to wonder if you aren’t paid by the Evil Ones. The very Forces of Evil that have destroyed the Rule of Law BEFORE Trump and the idiots now in charge took over
The Department of Justice NEEDS to be completely destroyed. As does the FBI and the CIA and pretty much EVERY department of the US Government.
If there is ONE THING that DOGE accomplished, it was to show that the US Government is ROTTEN to the core. Corrupt from top to bottom and inside out.
ALL of it
And yeah lets look at what that “article” is. New York Times. In other words, CIA/Intel Blob
In other words the forces of evil
EVERY person who takes ANYTHING that is written by the NYT or ANY other corporate media source seriously is an enemy of the people of the United States and actually of mankind
I started reading this blog maybe more than 15 years ago. Because Mish had great insightful things to say about things like deflation versus inflation and economic issues.
Now? Pretty much garbage
God. New York Times. Does no one have a brain any more?
Ok. Lets get rid of Bondi. She is Blob. Lets put Sidney Powell in place of Bondi. At least then we would get the people who stole the 2020 election put in jail.
Well said, Tom. The Deep State under the apparatus for which Biden was the figurehead had become indistinguishable from organized crime. That it is only marginally better under Trump may have something to do with the mediocrity of Bondi…but more likely evinces the depth and breadth of the rot in the DoJ.
So our excuse for Trump’s no Justice department is Biden’s no justice department.
Got It TWS Brutus and Tom
It’s too much to ask for justice. Because all you get is massive WhatAboutBidenIsm.
You didn’t comprehend what I wrote. The DoJ/FBI/CIA have been very corrupt for a long time. I was just stating that fact as opposed to particularly making an excuse for Trump. I never expected Trump to make much of a dent in cleaning up the fetid Swamp. I doubt anyone could.
It’s more like a pot/kettle/black thing. Hypocrisy. Oblivious hypocrisy, they are totally unaware of it and feel super sanctimonious.
Pure Fox News fantasy…
I started reading this blog 18 years ago. There was a commenter Gaudia Ray who was always talking about gold and silver. Like, $1,000,000 of gold would fit into a suitcase; likewise silver fill up an SUV. Now, $1,000,000 gold will fit into a cigar box; likewise silver into a standard footlocker. That’s the most valuable thing I ever saw on this blog, nothing to do with the political Punch & Judy nonsense.
How many times do I have to post on gold?
Is there anything more I can say about Fed debasement, Congressional spending?
Am I supposed to write about every move up or down in gold?
Buy gold and silver. The latter is more risky.
I started reading this blog about 2005 as research for the housing bubble and the gold articles you cite. Mish did a fantastic job of staying in front of that bubble and covered the gold market well. As a fiscally conservative Republican (who’s representation no longer exists) gold and mining companies remain of great interest to me.
As regards the current gold market? In the last quarter of 2025 gold has averaged a solid $4,100 per ounce and most gold mining companies realized a sale price of $3,450 in Q3. This translates to an additional profit of $650 per ounce for Q4 earnings. Profit margins are exploding for the miners and the underlying value of their assets are grossly undervalued.
Quality mining companies like Agnico Eagle (AEM) are selling at a huge discount to NAV as they value their gold inventories at around $1,400 per ounce.
The 2020 election was not stolen.
You live in a plotist “reality”
Imagine believing the 2020 election was stolen and the right did nothing more than host a loud tour of hillbillies through the Capitol Building. Some “Patriots” they are, to not even fight to take back a stolen election. It’s as if they say they care about democracy but not enough to actually defend it. Totally soft.
The largest media company in the world is Newscorp:
Parent of Faux News, the Wall Street Journal and thousands of other newspapers, stations and outlets which spew lies and division virtually all day.
How does it feel to be one of their pawns?
I don’t know what it feels like, but as an observer, it sure looks simpish.
The DOJ needed some serious cleanup but firing or pressuring people to leave because they won’t kiss the POTUS’s ring and then replacing them with incompetent sycophants is just plain stupid. If I was a wealthy foreign investor I would move the attractiveness of large U.S. investments or doing business in the U.S. down a couple of pegs on my list.
Sad but true.
There’s no one in DC to fix USA. And almost all of you will vote for another batch of crooks.
Continuing on the current path by the trump admin in all areas of govt not just the DOJ will lead to violence by the people. Electing a congress that will stand up and do their job, regardless of “party”, is imperative in 2026. The US cannot survive another 3 years of the trump admin.
When pushed far enough and hard enough the people will respond, remember the late 60’s and early 70’s and how everyday Americans responded to the Vietnam War.
86/47
>> Electing a congress that will stand up and do their job,
>> regardless of “party”, is imperative in 2026.
Which of your neighbors did you convince to run already? Good job! Glad you’re not banking on any candidates backed by a cent of money.
There has been “no justice” in the justice department since at least 1997 when I tried my first federal criminal trial and was able to see the system as it actually is. The department of “justice” is all about protecting the “ins” and screwing the “outs” and always has been. Only a chitposter wouldn’t want to hear about “whataboutism” because “whataboutism” is simply exposing the long term corruption of the department of “justice.” The 60 sources for the article are just disgruntled ex-employees, simple as that. These are the same people that stalled the prosecution of Hunter Biden until the Statute of Limitations had run on the most serious crimes, then cut a sweetheart deal with him that was later questioned by the judge and ultimately revoked. The same people that gave Epstein a deal the first time he was prosecuted.
Fact, the laws in this country are so vague that anyone can be prosecuted if someone in the government wants to get that person. The government has been using this to go after people on the black list since Hoover.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I include enough exclamation points?
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There. A couple more. !!!!!!
When will Americans wake up?????
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I regularly criticize the uniparty and this is why.
It won’t change until neighbors talk one of their own honest, decent neighbors into running for the House.
Politics is for people who want to sell others out so they can get rich, what kind of fairy tale do you think we live in?
Heh…. True. That’s why you have to push someone into it. Find a good neighbor.
I agree with some of what you have written.
“Fact, the laws in this country are so vague that anyone can be prosecuted if someone in the government wants to get that person”
This applies especially to local “laws” often made up on the spot by local thugs in costume. Today first and fourth amendment auditors are proving our local police in many if not most communities are corrupt, ego driven thugs that have little or no understanding of the “laws” the try to enforce.
Exactly but the question is how can we fix this. It needs to start by eliminating the corrupt political class. We have the best govt money can buy. Until that is fixed nothing changes until we spiral into civil war.
How long after 1997 did you keep trying cases in a justice system that, deep inside, you knew did not dispense justice? Asking for some friends.
How the frying f*ck does what Biden did justify what Trump is doing now.
WhatAboutIsm is a scapegoat for unwillingness to criticize Trump. Period.
This is nothing but TWS in disguise.
The party in power deserves the scrutiny because it is the only party that can make changes. period.
So stop all this WhatAboutIsm bullshit.
Our system of government is rooted in the Common Law tradition whereby rather than codifying every single operational aspect of governance, there is heavy reliance on precedent and tradition.
That governance style, inherited from the British, held together for centuries as long it was respected by both the right and the left but has turned out to be no match for a force that is solely driven by narrow personal and political interests rather than the common good and common sense.
There is probably no choice but to rewrite the rules in such a way where institutions that by their nature should be as independent from political influence as much as possible can be assured of such a status in the future. Hopefully, the political will to do so can be found at some point – for the future sake of our nation.
Our culture emphasizes greed too much. The laws don’t matter. The gov violates them all the time. Voters re-elect the crooks.
“Today’s Department of Justice has lost the will and indeed the ability to go after the highest-ranking corporate wrongdoers.”
― Jesse Eisinger
I lost all interest in this post when I saw the source was the Democrat Times of New York. Enough said.
Off to your safe space then.
what safer space could exist than that which includes a bunch of lefty crybaby larps who can’t tolerate an opposing view point? what are you going to do, give me a thumbs down because i know the nyt has a historically demonstrated strong left bias? whatever will i do … a bunch of fat girls and skinny guys who dress in black and don’t go out in the sunlight are saying mean things to me and giving me a thumbs down … SAFEST SPACE EVER!!!
Just stick with the Kings James bible and don’t leave your house you’ll be ok. Mental health assistance can be found online and you can have everything you need delivered.
including a new Bible (MADE IN CHINA)
You poor little thing, your existing beliefs have been defended against all attacks by new information that might help you make better decisions, and you cannot tolerate that.
maybe rephrase in a way that’s not total gibberish … my six year old writes better than you. no worries, though, your emotions transcend your inability to write … you hate trump and you like to pick on people who disagree with you. got it, larp.
I’m reminded of the 50 former intelligence operatives that said the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.
No, no. They said it “looked like” Russian disinformation. Not that it was Russian disinformation.
And then it turned out to be true! After all, who better to recognize the looks of “Russian disinformation” than those who produced “Russian disinformation”.
🙂 I love this show.
LOL 50 of them lied if they said that. Where is their sworn testimony? Do you even know how the law and the court system work?
and you actually accuse people of tws and being in a cult. that’s rich, larp.
they said it has all the earmarks of Russian information. And it did. it was incorrect but so what?
And the next Democrat to become POTUS will create similar chaos.
Exactly! Where was this deep investigation into how Biden’s DOJ handled things. It’s back & forth just like Congress & the WH. Everything about DC is dysfunctional / tribal. My fav was this doozy!!!
“In the Biden administration, there were all these checks in place to make sure we weren’t acting on our political biases. It was so by the book.”
That’s the pot calling the kettle black.
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We make comparisons to history for a reason, dude.
You and me, presidents, Congress, Antifa thugs, kids, etc all make mistakes & its important that we learn from them. Presidents & Congress certainly appear to be immune from the necessary learning process.
Name one mistake Trump has admitted to making himself.
Name on mistake Joe Biden admitted to?
You whine and distract from the epic failure of your Pig Daddy.
I’m fine with you calling it whining. I recognize hypocrisy, when I see it.
Triggered by Biden. Wow, you are a weakling
Okay, if you say so, dude.
unfortinately that’s probably true. Dems will learn from Trump and just power through stuff to undo what he did and get their own agenda done.
hard nto to be pessimistic when every 4 years the country will go through fundamental upheaval, and changes of important things.
the FOUnders wanted it done through Congress, they wanted it to be hard to pass new laws and do important stuff. Now withthe rise of Executive Orders that’s all done.
Each new POTUS will simply undo by EO what the last one did.
Needs a deep cleaning; even if it’s Chaotic w/collateral damage’s
They are not a bipartisan department; especially since the Obama years.
The DOJ was a big part of the deep state, the DC Swamp, and I’m not sorry to see it dismantled and lots of key people leave. However, after doing so, the next step should have been to put in place the best and the brightest leaders, intelligent and ethical lawyers with a plan to reconstruct the ideal Department of Justice. Instead they installed as DOJ leaders uniformly unintelligent bootlicking Trumpers who had no plan at all, other than to do what their bosses told them to do.
Sad really, but hopefully at some point a great leader will be appointed who can rebuild the DOJ into a great organization that works for the best interest of the American people. A 21st century Camelot.
I agree with you but in hindsight, how could we, with loyalty to TACO being the only qualification and all other attributes potentially allowed as footnotes, possibly get anything other than what this post describes. If I recall correctly Janet Reno, the lady AG of the Branch Davidian tanks and federal law enforcement fame was also from Florida. Quite the coincidence.
The DOJ in the Biden years was so political and corrupt that even placeholders are an improvement. The correction has so far to go to come back to center I can see where it appears a large swing is occurring. Actually, there to more to go to cancel recent 2020-2024 misdeeds.
In a Third World banana republic, the dictator currently in charge runs the whole place as though it was his private kingdom. Constitution? We don’t need no stinkin’ constitution.
OH, your to late the clown is gone; the adults are now in charge again… Thanks
goodness
“You reap what you sow….” comes to mind so what’s being sown now and what will be reaped later?
Truly sad to see the collapse of America, nothing I can do about it but watch from afar.
When ya movin’ dude. Will be so great to see you go. Can we please have a countdown???!!!!!
Good riddance
Wherever he goes, he’s not going to be welcomed with open arms by the natives. There’s huge anti-American sentiment worldwide and it’s been getting worse. People don’t appreciate “ex-pats” driving up the cost of living in their countries. It’s a lot safer to be rich in the United States.
Yes. Thank you. The way forward is to fix the issue {s} we are corralled by.
I did not escape the Nazis,the Stasi, and come to America to only let it die on the sword of communism.
Trump is a “problem “ but so are Illanh, Newsom, AOC, Waltz, and Schiff.
Screw the expats…. The whimps…let them go. We need real Americans who will stand up for this Constitutional Republic. Not these morons who spout off about democracy and freedom and then run away with their tails between their gonads to some utopia that doesn’t exist …..
We can fix this. It is broken…That is the challenge. Let America shine.
We have done this since 1776.
Study what the problems are and FIX them. Where are the Americans????
Wow! Downvotes?
I’m staying, standing up and continuing to work, play and thrive.
Provide for my family, friends, neighbors and employees.
Supporting my local economy and paying outrageous taxes to the local, state and Federal governments.
Trump may harm our system and the world, for a time, but I have confidence that cooler heads will prevail. If Trump and his sycophants prevail? We are truly fucked!
As a farmer, it’s off to work, then church, then back to work. The employees get Sunday off…
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“There’s huge and well deserved anti-American sentiment worldwide and it’s been getting worse”
Fixed it for you.
Department of grudges
At best, taco is a bull in a china closet. And he is just getting started.
The place needs to be fumigated