Everyone Hates William Barr-- And For Good Reason

 

1,612 former Justice Department lawyers and judges have signed an open letter to Trump consiglieri William Barr, calling him out for using the Department as an auxiliary of the Trump reelection campaign (which is illegal). They have served both Democratic and Republican administrations and each took the same oath that Barr did "to defend the Constitution and pursue the evenhanded administration of justice free from partisan consideration. Many of us," they wrote, "have spoken out in previous statements, motivated by an ongoing concern that President Trump and Attorney General Barr are weaponizing the DOJ in the service of Trump’s personal interests, thereby doing grave damage to the rule of law, to the foundational principle that the law should be applied equally to all Americans, and to the DOJ’s institutional credibility as an independent law enforcement agency."

We speak out again now because we fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ’s vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections. He has signalled this intention in myriad ways, from making false statements about the security of mail-in voting from foreign hackers to falsely suggesting that mail-in ballots are subject to widespread fraud and coercion. Most recently, the Department made a premature and improper announcement of a mail-in ballot tampering investigation that the White House immediately used as a talking point in its campaign to discredit mail-in voting and to further the claim it will be rigged against President Trump.

And based on Attorney General Barr’s public statements and other evidence, it appears that he will use the ongoing inquiry into the origins of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election-- known as the “Durham investigation” after John Durham, the U.S. Attorney in Connecticut tapped by Barr to lead it-- to help President Trump’s reelection chances. There are serious questions about whether there is a legitimate basis for the Durham investigation. It has been repeatedly politicized and tainted by President Trump, and both the DOJ’s Inspector General and the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence have concluded that the Russian interference investigation was wholly appropriate and methodologically sound. But even if there is a legitimate predicate for the Durham investigation, there is clearly no justification for taking public action on it in such close proximity to the November election. Such a blatant politicization and abuse of federal law enforcement power risks immense and lasting harm to our democracy and to the integrity and reputation of the DOJ.

The core principle of federal law enforcement-- familiar to all DOJ lawyers-- is that the law should be applied equally and impartially, free from partisan considerations. It is embodied in the Constitution and countless laws and rules governing the conduct of federal prosecutors, including DOJ policies-- both written and unwritten-- designed to avoid interference with an election. One such unwritten policy-- sometimes called the “60-Day Rule”-- creates a presumption that DOJ personnel should not take public steps or make public statements about a criminal investigation in the period immediately before an election if doing so could influence the vote.

Attorney General Barr is well aware of the 60-Day Rule and the longstanding policies and traditions it serves. Indeed, he endorsed it during his own Senate confirmation hearing, explaining that it exists because “the incumbent party has their hands on … the levers of the law enforcement apparatus of the country, and you do not want it used against the opposing political party.” Earlier this year, Attorney General Barr issued a memorandum to DOJ personnel in which he reiterated that “the Department has long recognized that it must exercise particular care regarding sensitive investigations and prosecutions that relate to political candidates, campaigns, and other politically sensitive individuals and organizations-- especially in an election year.” In doing so, he acknowledged the importance of “ensur[ing] that the Department’s actions do not unnecessarily advantage or disadvantage any candidate or political party.” During his first tour as Attorney General, Barr criticized just such an action, when Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh indicted former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger days before the 1992 election, thereby damaging President George H.W. Bush’s re-election campaign.

But now, Attorney General Barr seems to be ignoring the principle altogether in his handling of the Durham investigation, which he has continued in spite of President Trump’s repeated efforts to use it as a political weapon. President Trump has publicly insisted on prosecutions of numerous persons associated with what he calls the “Russia Witch Hunt,” including former President Obama and former Vice President Biden, and has bluntly stated that Attorney General Barr’s ability to be considered “the greatest attorney general in our history,” versus just “an average guy,” hinges on whether he prosecutes them. President Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows suggested that he has reviewed documents related to the investigation that demonstrate that “it’s time for people to go to jail.” Far from distancing himself from these abuses of power, Attorney General Barr has repeatedly violated DOJ policy by commenting on the investigation, to include opining that its subjects committed crimes constituting “one of the greatest travesties in American history” and “sabotage” of President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Such improper political influence from the White House and guilt-presuming comments not only violate DOJ policy, they undermine fundamental fairness and due process.

While the 60-Day Rule’s presumption against pre-election action can sometimes be overcome for legitimate law enforcement purposes-- such as the need to enforce a subpoena when a prosecutor fears evidence will be destroyed or the need to make an arrest when a suspect may flee-- we are aware of no such exigencies here. The recent resignation of Nora Dannehy, one of prosecutors on the Durham investigation-- in apparent protest of pressure to produce unprecedented pre-indictment findings before the election-- further suggests that the Durham investigation is being used as a means of partisan interference in the election on President Trump’s behalf.

In recent remarks, Attorney General Barr criticized DOJ career prosecutors for being insufficiently deferential to the Trump administration and the political leadership at DOJ. Attorney General Barr’s comments display a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of career prosecutors and why many of them have openly resisted his interventions on President Trump’s behalf. While it is of course true that the DOJ is managed by its political leaders, when those leaders violate their oath to faithfully execute the law, the career staff is obligated by their own oaths of office to uphold the principle of equal justice under law. All DOJ officials, including Mr. Durham himself, should respond to any improper efforts to influence the election by: reporting misconduct; refusing to carry out improper directives; and following the lead of Ms. Dannehy and others and resigning rather than violate their oaths of office. The Inspector General should protect the DOJ’s integrity by answering the call of the House of Representatives to open his own investigation into election interference. And given Attorney General Barr’s demonstrated willingness to use the Department to help President Trump politically, the media and the public should view any election-related activity by the DOJ-- including any announcement or findings related to the Durham investigation-- with appropriate skepticism.

BONUS: Do You Find Melania To Be A Sympathetic Figure?

Don't. She isn't. She's no prisoner of Zenda. A really disgusting leaked tape that's been circulating (until she caught COVID):

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

All week long, I've been wondering what to do with all of the memes that depict this week's 2020 Cavalcade Of Republican Goonery. I mean, there's so much, where do I start? So I've decided that the best thing to do is just present a selection of the week's better Republican Con-Vention memes as a kind of rap-up, more or less let the pictures do the talking. and leave it at that. Besides, a week of prime time exposure to the Republican Party's selection of "best people" and "very fine people" has left me almost speechless like many of you.

First I'll start with the First "Lady." Some people may think that I should go easy on her, but, why? The woman is a disease. She's part of this Republican attack on America so she's fair game. She doesn't get away with her role in this just because she can flash her lashes and stick out the biggest boobs that money can buy. First, here she is in her Stalin era Red Army uniform knock off as she gave her little speech. Second, a comparison to her hubby's idol.

Queen Melanoma has liked to play totalitarian dress up before. Remember her trip to Africa where she dressed up as the Nazi archaeologist from one of the Indiana Jones movies? She's very into symbolism. I made that point in Thursday's Midnight meme and so did one of our readers. How long before she publishes her "Little Red Book Of Gardening Tips?"

Next up, Washington's two amperes of brain power couple Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle from Monday night's opening screamfest.

My god! What were these people snoring backstage before they appeared? Don Jr. was pathetically trying to look like a future president in an in house pageant at the local insane asylum. He was the poster boy for "Lost My Grip On Reality." And Kimberly? That was some Rudy Giuliani imitation! I don't think much of Kimberly's ex Gavin Newsome but he should be breathing a huge sigh of relief that that nutball is no longer in his life. The fact that she once was should, in a sane world, disqualify him from ever holding public office again. Count yer lucky stars, Gavin. You dodged a bullet. And, lets not forget how many people have pointed out that Kimberly reminds them of someone else.

And, of course, how could I forget the biggest, most dangerous lunatic of all.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

When I first saw what the Whore Of Slovenia had done to the classy Jackie Kennedy White House Rose Garden, I figured, well of course! Jackie's version (see left, below) of the garden deliberately offered a variety of flowers in a variety of colors, symbolic of how she saw America. Queen Melanoma's version? Not so much. In kkkeeping with the Trump family vision of America, the new roses come in one color, whites only. Yeah, I know the White House is white. It has been since it was restored after the Brits set torches to it during the War of 1812. It's a big, beautiful solid white edifice but that's all the more reason to surround it with some color. Oh, did I say "Surround the White House with some color?" Well, we know how President Grand Wizardo reacts to that! He orders up some gas canisters for his gestapo and heads for his bunker.

Little did I know that there was some additional symbolism afoot. Apparently the new Rose Garden is also a tribute to Melania the Mail Order Bride's hubby and his Moscow handler. How nice.

Please be sure to notice the new white concrete sidewalks. Now Miss Expando Boobs can strut her "kidneys" out in the garden in her 9-inch spike heels no matter what the weather.

Can Trump Be Toppled Without Bloodshed?

Melania avoids being seen anywhere near Trump as much as she can and I bet it isn't just because she loathes him. She's from Slovenia, separated from Romania by a stretch of southern Hungary. In 1989, she was just 19 years old, a model and prostitute in her hometown and in nearby Ljubljana and she remembers well when Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena fled their palace and were arrested and summarily executed in Târgoviște, a small town in the southern part of the country. Elena shrieked, "You sons of bitches!" as she was being dragged to a wall to be shot. (120 bullets were found in the couple's bodies. The following year, the revolutionary government responsible for the execution, abolished capital punishment.)

Anyway... Melania doesn't want to wind up against a wall and shot just because she's married to a fascist pig. And yesterday The Atlantic published a piece by Franklin Foer, The Trump Regime Is Beginning To Topple. No doubt Melania hopes when they come and drag Trump out of the White House, they overlook her and grab Ivanka instead. "Over the course of his presidency," wrote Foer, "Donald Trump has indulged his authoritarian instincts-- and now he’s meeting the common fate of autocrats whose people turn against them. What the United States is witnessing is less like the chaos of 1968, which further divided a nation, and more like the nonviolent movements that earned broad societal support in places such as Serbia, Ukraine, and Tunisia, and swept away the dictatorial likes of Milošević, Yanukovych, and Ben Ali."

No doubt Melania likes that "non-violent" description but I'm sure she's thinking of the horrifying photos she saw-- an impressionable a 19 yearly hooker-- of First Lady Elena Ceaușescu, being dragged out of a kangaroo court kicking and screaming

to a wall to be shot like a dog

Foer though predicts that "Trump’s time in office will end with an election and not an ouster, it is only possible to grasp the magnitude of what we’re seeing and to map what comes next by looking to these antecedents from abroad. As in the case of many such revolutions, two battles are being waged in America. One is a long struggle against a brutal and repressive ideology. The other is a narrower fight over the fate of a particular leader. The president rose to power by inflaming racial tensions. He now finds his own fate enmeshed in the struggle against police brutality and racism.

The most important theorist of nonviolent revolutions is the late political scientist Gene Sharp. A conscientious objector during the Korean War who spent nine months in prison, Sharp became a close student of Mahatma Gandhi’s struggles. His work set out to extract the lessons of the Indian revolt against the British. He wanted to understand the weaknesses of authoritarian regimes-- and how nonviolent movements could exploit them. Sharp distilled what he learned into a 93-page handbook, From Dictatorship to Democracy, a how-to guide for toppling autocracy.

Sharp’s foundational insight is embedded in an aphorism: “Obedience is at the heart of political power.” A dictator doesn’t maintain power on his own; he relies on individuals and institutions to carry out his orders. A successful democratic revolution prods these enablers to stop obeying. It makes them ashamed of their complicity and fearful of the social and economic costs of continued collaboration.

Sharp posited that revolutionaries should focus first on the regime’s softest underbelly: the media, the business elites, and the police. The allegiance of individuals in the outer circle of power is thin and rooted in fear. By standing strong in the face of armed suppression, protesters can supply examples of courage that inspire functionaries to stop carrying out orders, or as Sharp put it, to “withhold cooperation.” Each instance of resistance provides the model for further resistance. As the isolation of the dictators grows-- as the inner circles of power join the outer circle in withholding cooperation-- the regime crumbles.

This is essentially what transpired in Ukraine in 2014. When the country’s president backed away from plans to join the European Union, a crowd amassed in Kyiv’s central square, the Maidan. The throngs initially had no avowed intention or realistic hope of overthrowing the kleptocratic president, Viktor Yanukovych. But instead of letting the demonstrators shout themselves hoarse in the thick of subfreezing winter, Yanukovych set about violently confronting them. This tactic backfired horribly. A movement with limited aims became a full-blown revolution. Oligarchs quietly slunk away from a leader they had long subsidized. Lackeys who had faithfully served the regime resigned, for fear of attracting the public’s ire. In the bitter end, Yanukovych found himself isolated, alone with his own family and his Russian advisers, destined for exile.

It is astonishing how events in the U.S., despite all the obvious imperfections of the analogy, have traced the early phases of this history. This is observable in the images of the crowds on successive nights, as Trump’s violent suppression of the protests in Lafayette Square has only caused their ranks to swell. And it’s possible to see how elites, in the course of just a few days, have begun to withhold cooperation, starting with the outer circles of power and quickly turning inward.

Twitter’s decision to label Trump’s posts as misleading was a hinge moment. For years, the company had provided the president with a platform for propaganda and a mechanism for cowing his enemies, a fact that long irked both critics outside Twitter and employees within. Only when Trump used Twitter to threaten violence against the protests did the company finally limit the ability of users to see or share a tweet.

Once Twitter applied its rules to Trump-- and received accolades for its decision-- it inadvertently set a precedent. The company had stood strong against the bully, and showed that there was little price to pay for the choice. A large swath of S&P 500 companies soon calculated that it was better to stand in solidarity with the protests, rather than wait for their employees to angrily pressure them to act.

A cycle of noncooperation was set in motion. Local governments were the next layer of the elite to buck Trump’s commands. After the president insisted that governors “dominate” the streets on his behalf, they roundly refused to escalate their response. Indeed, New York and Virginia rebuffed a federal request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. Even the suburb of Arlington, Virginia, pulled its police that had been loaned to control the crowd in Lafayette Square.

As each group of elites refused Trump, it became harder for the next to comply in good conscience. In Sharp’s taxonomy, the autocrat’s grasp on power depends entirely on the allegiance of the armed forces. When the armed forces withhold cooperation, the dictator is finished. Of course, the U.S. is far more democratic than the regimes Sharp studied and doesn’t fit his taxonomy neatly. But on Wednesday, the president’s very own secretary of defense explicitly rejected Trump’s threat to deploy active-duty military officers to American streets. It’s among the most striking instances of an official bucking a president in recent decades.

The examples of Serbia, Ukraine, and Tunisia show how even the subservient unexpectedly break from a leader once that leader is doomed to illegitimacy. And to an extent, the cycle of abandonment has already begun. Jim Mattis’s excoriation of his old boss prodded Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to echo his condemnation of the president. As each defector wins praise for moral courage, it incentivizes the next batch of defectors.

Even if the protests fizzle-- and the parade of denunciations comes to an end-- it’s worth pausing to marvel at the moment. Despite the divisions of the country, a majority of its people joined together in shared abhorrence of the president, at least for an instant. Sectors of society that studiously avoid politics broke with their reticence. In a dark era, when it seemed beyond the moral capacities of the nation, it mustered the will to disobey.

And what about Trump's henchmen in Congress, who have legitimized his regime and give it the patina of legitimacy? The anti-Trump wave is getting stronger by the day. Yesterday, George W. Bush, Colin Powell and Mitt Romney all said they would not support Trump's reelection and would not vote for him. Will other senators join Murkowski and Romney? What about Susan Collins (R-ME)? Cory Gardner (R-CO) is a lost cause. So are Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), David Perdue (R-GA), #LadyG (R-SC), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Steve Daines (R-MT). They've all worked to look like they're connected to Trump at the hip. That will come back to bite each of them in November-- as well as Mitch McConnell (R-KY). And now... the exciting new Lincoln Project add that was just released. 

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

A girl can dream. Queen Melanoma contemplates the permutations of the phrase "Be Best."

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Sunday Thoughts:

We've all seen at least some of Melania Trump's porn pix. They pop up everywhere on the internet. If Trump fans had their way, that skanky full-frontal photo of oiled up pouting Melania holding her hand over her crotch would be displayed at every bus stop in America.

Given the reports of Donnie and Melania's true relationship, it's safe to say that, lately, some of us have seen Melania naked more that Donnie Head Case has, at least in the aforementioned photos. Of course, maybe he just travels around with one of those Japanese-manufactured sex robots made to pass for Official Wife #3. It wouldn't surprise me. Maybe the robot will actually hold Donnie's little hand as they walk off Air Force One. Hey, someone has to do the job, right? Anyway, who knows? I don't really care. All I care about is the hypocrisy. The evangelista crowd loves Melania almost as much as they love their nutjob prez. They are as proud of her as Borat is of his sister who was voted the "5th Best Prostitute In Kazakhstan" and has the trophy to prove it. When Mr. Head Case took office, I ran into two Republicans in Pennsylvania who not only claim to be fervent Christians but raved about her nudie shots while professing their lust. One added, of course, that she was "a lot better than that ape that Obama's married to." Yep. Racism is Christian too; nothing at all new there! Like the mega popular Christian hymn sez- "Onward Christian soldiers marching off to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before!"

Oh, but back to that hypocrisy! Christians profess to hate porn and think it's a danger to the world. Bullshit. They love porn. They obsess about everybody's sex lives 24 hours a day. They try to legislate sex. They even try to legislate gender. They think about "it" all the time, right down to making up fantasies about community pedophile centers in the basements of pizza shops. I can only conclude that Trump's evangelical fans love them some porn, bigly bigly! For them, it's Love Jesus-Love Trump-Love Porn. Lots of porn. They vicariously live through Donnie Head Case because he bangs porn stars like they wish they could. It's all tied in with that Jesus hung out with prostitutes thing. It's tied so tight that Donnie Head Case is their new Jesus. They can barely separate the two anymore. It's all about who they are.

Rushin’ To Destruction, Part 5-- Melania: A Wife

-by Noah

What do we call this woman, this one half of the FLOTUS & BLOTUS combo? Should we call her First Ho? Queen Melanoma? Miss Money Honey? Lady Orange Dick? Money B. Best? Mommy Weirdest? Miss Chain Migration 2006? The Grabbed Pussy That Stuck? Lindsey Graham’s Worst Nightmare?

I really don’t care, do you? All of the above will suffice. All I care about is what she knows. She made a dark choice and she lives with it. She never seems to radiate true happiness but, as they say, money can’t buy you love, especially when you marry a man who is completely incapable of loving others. I give her credit for fortitude, though. She’s sly, too. I had a special appreciation for her wearing a tiffany blue dress to the inauguration, given her reported long-standing affair with the security chief of Tiffanys, which is located conveniently just downstairs from her New York apartment in Trump Tower. Who does she dream of more, the security guy or all that silver and gold jewelry in the store? Or does she just have nightmares in orange?

You bought it, you own it, babe.

Be Best what? So many questions about this woman. Her Secret Service name is “Muse,” so I guess that tells us what they think, and, certainly policy-wise, she echoes everything her hubby believes and wants. I wonder if she ever models a jewel-encrusted hood & sheet ensemble; tiffany-blue or traditional white? How long after The Donald’s failed presidency will they divorce, and which one will initiate the proceedings? What will be the grounds? Is The Donald a hitter? That certainly fits with what we know about him, every bit as much as his penchant for always eventually wanting a new and younger model. Who drew up the pre-nuptial agreement? Michael Cohen? Rudy Giuliani? Rupert Murdoch’s lawyer? Dr. Harold Bornstein? I bet it’s a doozy. Melania’s not dumb but it’s hard to imagine that the agreement favors her. So, if either of the partners moves for divorce, it’ll be Donnie Mental Case. If Melania initiated the divorce, I can see Little Donnie tying the proceedings up in various courts for the rest of his life. She’s much younger so she’ll wait him out. “Here, dear. Here’s another double cheeseburger.”

Whether it’s that infamous “I Don’t Care” jacket she wore to and from a visit to her husband’s prized collection of children in cages, or dressing up in a deliberately provocative colonial safari outfit to express solidarity with the white historical oppressors as she visited Africa, Melania Trump is determined to proudly express her being a total asshole. I’d say “inner asshole” but being an asshole is 100% outer with her. Don’t forget also that, while in Africa, she used her clothing choice to ape a Nazi archaeologist from a Raiders Of The Lost Ark movie. At this point, there can be no surprise if she visits Philadelphia, Mississippi wearing a shirt that depicts a lynching. It’s who she is and it wasn’t just her looks that attracted Little Donnie to her.

Melania Trump is no sympathetic figure. She has plenty of vileness to match her husband. The Secret Service chose a good name for her when they started calling her “Muse.”

Melania Trump chose her life. She may come to hate the marriage to a horrendous pig who humiliates her but she’s certainly not there to soften his rough edges. She may reject his hand in public from time to time and reports are that she sleeps in a separate bedroom clear on the other side of the White House. I can’t blame her for that but her political views appear to be no different than those of Stephen Miller or any of the other bipedal cancers that inhabit the Trump White House. She knows her role and she relishes it.

When Melania did the traditional FLOTUS thing and chose a signature cause, she selected bullying and named her campaign “Be Best.” At the time, she claimed that she was particularly “concerned” about the bullying of children. Apparently, in her sick mind, putting children in cages is not bullying. “Be Best” is now notorious for its sick irony and hypocrisy, so much so that most of us see that it stands either for “Be Best Hypocrite” or “Be Best Bully.” Does it matter which? Again, I don’t really care, do you?

On the off chance that Melania’s “Be Best” campaign is sincere, her silence in the face of her husband’s bullying Megyn Kelly, Gold Star families, military widows, and many, many more can’t help but make me wonder if she should add herself to the endless list of those being bullied by her husband. It’s either that or she agrees with him. You decide. To quote Lindsey Graham, “I’ve made up my mind” but at least, unlike that obsequious little worm, I looked at the evidence.

Melania Trump: Actress, Model, in her greatest role. Melania Trump: Actress, model, whatever it takes.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Remember that Elf On A Shelf looking over catatonic Pence's shoulder in the Oval Office last year? Well, the Whore On The Door 1-ups that! Who says a curmudgeonly guy like me can't be filled with Christmas spirit! Maybe Pence would like one, eh?

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

A few days ago, the Midnight Meme Of The Day featured Queen Melanoma with her beloved Justin Trudeau Christmas ball. Well, I guess her brain-rotted hubby got wind of it and blew a gasket. From the look of it, I'm also guessing he told his very fine pals at FOX "News" and they generously sent him some ornaments right off of their office Christmas tree. What swell people they must be, all full of Christmas spirit! I bet they even sent along a recording of Tucker Carlson singing "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas" and it's playing in a loop throughout the White House! Donnie smiles! Happiness abounds! It's a Christmas miracle!

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Ah, the longing! The longing! We can see what Queen Melanoma longs for for Christmas, a man, a real man, a real president!

But here's what I long for. Here's what I want for Christmas: I want a patriotic Two Million Whistleblower March On Washington! That's right. I want a world where 2,000,000, hell, make it 5,000,000, patriotic Americans purchase a whistle and get their butts to Washington and parade around the White House blowing their whistles day and night as loudly as they can for as long as they can. They can use a referee's kind of whistle or a slide whistle, it doesn't matter. If 1776 of them want to blow a trombone for variety, that's fine, too. Just do it!

If President Mental Case heads off to Mar-a-Lago to escape this demonstration of true patriotism and street justice, Floridians can head to Mar-a-Lago. If you live in or near Washington, why not consider doing this on any day at any hour? Can't sleep some night because of what the Republicans are doing to this country, go to Moscow Mitch's house. Go to whatever bed of straw Moo-er Nunes beds down in. If your congresscritter is any kind of Repug Party goon and you can't get to Washington, take this tactic locally. Take this bit of guerrilla theater to its office with as many patriots you can gather up in a posse and blow away! Are you near a FOX "News" building or Sean Insanity's house? Do it there, too! You can even call in to right wing radio talk radio programs under the pretense of agreeing with whatever lunacy the host is espousing at the moment. Once on the air, blow away with every ounce of power in you lungs!

The mass march idea is the best, though. That is, if the corporate media covers it, and if they don't, well, you now know what to do!

This Christmas, why not... Disturb The Peace!

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Oh oh! looks like someone's weekend date plan crashed and burned. Donnie's lap dancer seems to have chosen another lap! Who can blame her?

C'mon, Donnie, don't despair! I'm sure you can scrape up the dough for another $130,000 substitute. Better hurry, though. The price to spend any time with you is going up more every day.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Makin' Eyes: Left- Obviously lovestruck Melania coming on to Canadian PM Justin "Swoon-o-Matic" Trudeau in her 4 digit Red Devil Fuck Me Frock last weekend at the G7 in Paris. Right- Ivanka swooning at Justin 2 years ago at a roundtable event in Washington. I have to laugh at the pained expression on Senor Trumpanzee's face. He knows he's A1 cuckold material. Happy dreams, Donnie! Got an extra $130,000 in your pocket? It's OK, Donnie. You can always dial up a porn star. You'll never be a man and your wife knows it.

But let's be fair to Melania and Ivanka. They spend all day surrounded by croaking toads. Toads named Steve Mnuchen, Mick Mulvaney, Stephen Miller, Jared Kushner and god knows what else is hopping around the White House looking for flies. You think either woman has ever spent even a second fantasizing about Ben Carson, Sonny Perdue or Wilbur Ross? Not bloody likely!

Guess what, Donnie. Trudeau's already got your wife and daughter. Anytime he wants. And, unlike you, he didn't have to grab them by the pussy. Now all that's left for you to fret about is a White House 3-Way going on while your sitting in your bathroom on your gold toilet tweeting away.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Yeah, I know this meme has been around for a while but every day it just gets more and more poignant when it comes to Trump and his dumbass lynch mob of mindlessly arrogant and hypocritical treason puppets.

If I was a snarky individual, I might say that Melania is the epitome of immigrants who will do the jobs that most Americans won't do; well, at least a couple of those jobs. You couldn't pay me enough to get in bed with anyone named Trump but then I have a healthy amount of self-esteem. Melania? Apparently not so much. Not that I'm being judgmental or anything like that. You couldn't pay our immigrant workers enough to do that either, unless they could bring their machetes. They'll go out in the blazing sun every day for a pittance and pick the fruits and vegetables that we eat, all so they and their families can continue to survive and hold onto an ever-dimming hope for a better future. That takes a ton of love. But when it comes to the evil orange obesity; as the saying goes, they'll do anything for love, but they won't do that. That's the job of a Slovenian porno queen.

Make the call. Burn up the lines. Report Melania! Don't expect any positive results of course, but think how much better you'll feel. I know. It works! It puts a smile on my face every time!

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Spy vs. Spy: White House CSI Edition:

So... Trump was right all along! There was a spy working for the Eric Holder-run DOJ during the 2016 campaign! Little did Trump know that the spy was often standing right by his side. Now that the spy's identity has been revealed, it might be time to investigate who sent her to chat up Trump and latch onto him all those years ago. Who else was she reporting to?

And how pathetic is it that Trump is still trying to hold her hand? Look at that picture. She's having none of it. If only she had the guts to kick him in the balls and proceed to mash them into the ground with those spike heels, and do it in public, too. Damn. Mike Pence would get all bigly hot and bothered. Go ahead, Melania. Do it. Be Best, Melania! Do it for the world!

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Merry Christmas from DownWithTyranny! What better visual for this year than Melania's blood-dipped Christmas trees? What a statement! Is it hear her cry or is it hear her cackle? I don't really care, do you?

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Oh poor you, Melania. So abused. So picked upon. Fuck you! The last First Lady got repeatedly subjected to typically Republican racial diatribes calling her an ape and a man, complete with idiotic YouTube videos offered as so-called evidence. Fuck you to the heavens and all the way down to the hell where you belong.

Melania, you signed up for any abuse you get when you married what you married. You won the Slovenian Whore Championship and snuck into America as a mail order blow up doll for your orange Jabba the Hutt. You even got your relatives here via chain migration, no irony there, eh? What more do you want? You want Borat to come from Kazakhstahn hand you a trophy?

Melania, do you think you're bullied? Is this you playing the victim card? If so, I'm surprised there are any of those cards left at the White House. Or, is this your way of trolling us and claiming that Cheeto the Hutt bullies you and maybe even hits you? Put up the evidence. Please, just do it. It'll be a joy to watch Kellyanne Conartist and Sarah Huckabee Sanders trying to explain it all away. They need another challenge. It's been hours, no minutes, since the last one.

You want to know what it's really like to be bullied, Melania? Then walk out on Cheeto Jabba and walk the streets of Washington or New York where millions of us will tell you "No. We really don't care. Fuck off."

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

To be fair, Rene Belloq, the Raiders Of The Lost Ark character Melania Trump is standing next to in tonight's meme was not strictly a NAZI. He he was, to be more precise, an opportunistic NAZI sympathizer, so, in that sense, it's a perfect match at the least. But, I have to laugh at people who think that Mail Order Melania is unaware of the messages she sends with her hideous fashion choices. Once? Maybe. but this is over and over again. This is a woman filled with hate for those she views as people who don't matter, people she looks down upon, people she barely even considers people. For those who wonder why she married fellow jackass Donnie Trump, that shared worldview is one of the keys to their marriage. It could not be more obvious. It's right there with the smell and attraction of the money, and the fact that Donnie Boy would probably try to ruin her life in an instant and have her deported if she ever did something he actually didn't approve of.

With Melania, It's not just the wearing heals to a hurricane or 5 figure gardening clothes, not too mention her internet full of softcore porn. It's not just "I Don't Really Care, Do You" jackets. It's more than standing next to her husband to distract from that thing on his head. Earlier this week it was wearing the British Colonial garb to Africa, complete with safari pith helmet to piss off a whole continent. Now it's Dress As A Nazi Day on a visit to the Pyramids in Egypt. At least she leaves the Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS uniform back at the White House. So far, that's only for Donnie and her other men. You can bet she wears it around the White House living quarters, though. OMG, if Kellyanne ever saw that one, she'd be getting her own in a heartbeat, if she doesn't have one already. We know how much Kellyanne loves to dress up! How much of a PC crisis would it be if Melania dressed as Ilsa strode into Stephen Miller's office? How much would Miller be conflicted? Enough to melt down into a puddle or just keel over dead?

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Melania really doesn't care, does she. But, don't worry, Melania's wearing of a hated symbol of the good old days of sadistic, exploitive European colonial rule is sure to be a big hit with her "husband" and the rest of the White Nationalist crowd back at the big White Plantation House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Maybe Republicans will be adopting these hats as a new fashion, with a new slogan. I can see it now: Make The World White Again! That's what they always meant anyway.

Meanwhile, may I suggest that some African officials paint "Be Best" on a hungry 25 foot African Python, drape it over her shoulders, and leave the building? Yeah, I know those officials are better than her, better than me, too, at least when it comes to diplomacy bullshit. So, it will never happen. My python idea is only the stuff of James Bond films anyway. So, we will just have to brace ourselves for that time in the near future when Melania shows up in Birmingham, Alabama on Martin Luther King Day to commemorate the horrible bombing that killed those little girls. She will be wearing a Confederate soldier's uniform. And Republicans will cheer. It's all about heritage, you know.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

As we all know, just about anything can show up in your mail. The other day, I received this letter from Melania Trump. I don't think I have ever received mail from a Republican. Maybe I should just be like some political sleazebag and say "I don't recall."

My first reaction to having such a thing in my mailbox was embarrassment. How do I explain this to my letter carrier? How many people at the Post Office saw this? How many times do I have to wash my hands? The emails from Republicans are bad enough, but something I have to actually touch? What's in this envelope? I showed the envelope to my wife. She had the exact same reaction of revulsion. I quickly explained to her that if Melania was writing that she wanted to get together with me, well, not to worry. I'm in no way interested. She knew that. But, there the envelope sat. It sat and sat, beckoning to me. I wonder what's in it? My mind raced with the possibilities.

Is it full of anthrax dust? Or is is just one of those whining things like the republican emails I get about her "husband" being unfairly treated by the "fake" news elites and minority groups, pleas to purchase a copy of some idiot book by Newt Gingrich.. that kind of thing. I looked at the still sealed envelope. Is she selling personalized flotation devices? Aluminum siding? Used cars from Kazakhstan? A Putin bobblehead set? Is she selling something with a $130,000 price tag?

We'll never know. I didn't open the envelope. I took a sharpie to it and tossed it in the trash. I used up so much ink over her name that she probably got high. Soon the trash would be collected and the envelope wouldl be jammed into a huge plastic bag and taken out to sea to sleep with the fishes. If only other things were so simple.

Noah's Note: In creating tonight's meme, I figured that tossing the letter itself wasn't enough. I had second thoughts. I had to document it and it needed an appropriate backdrop. So, I covered up my address and other possible identifying marks, took it outside, dropped it on a typically soiled NYC sidewalk and snapped the picture that you see. Then, being the good and kind citizen that I am, I finally saw an opportunity to double down and make good use for Melania's stationary. An elderly woman came along, walking her tiny dog. After the dog did what dogs do on city sidewalks, I bent down and, using the envelope, I picked up Fido's deposit and put it in the woman's plastic bag for her to dispose of in the proper receptacle. Sleep with the fishes Melania.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

by Noah

Remember when Melania Trump announced her "Be Best" campaign? Yeah, I barely did as well. No matter. Every First Lady adopts a cause and "Be Best" was, at least on paper, her effort to do something for the mental, physical, and emotional welfare of children. She has even given some words, if not much in the way of actions, to the problem of bullying. All of this, of course, is in obvious head on conflict with everything her rancid husband and his party stand for. Her campaign was announced even as her husband was having children kidnapped and stuffed into cages.

Not that I believe it but, let's just say for argument's sake, that Melania Trump has a few ounces of sincerity in her mind somewhere. Might she try to convince Putin's Fist Puppet to let her expand her cause into looking after adult children, adults who behave like an emotionally disturbed child, as tonight's meme suggests? She could start with Brett Kavanaugh. She has the time. I would advise her not to even try with those in the White House or the Senate.

The problem is that, when it comes to the pictured Kavanaugh, it's too damn late. He is a spoiled child who never had to grow up. There will be no change of habits. All his life, he has gotten away with everything he's ever done. He won't be getting better. He will be getting worse if he isn't disbarred, impeached and removed from the United States judicial system. If he isn't, the circus of the hearing process we've been experiencing for the last many days will pale in comparison to what's to come. Suppose more detailed and more provable accusations of past behavior are to come next week, next month, or next year. If he is further emboldened by a continued free pass or a get out of jail free card, what might he try next? The Kavanaugh story is TV drama. It's reality TV. In TV crime shows, the drunken judge kills someone with a car. The woman hating lawyer rapes an underage girl... You know how this goes.

Whatever happens, it's all on the people who put Kavanaugh wherever he is; the people who made excuses for him all his life; the people who emboldened him; the people in the senate who saw his obvious issues as no big deal, maybe even attributes; just one of the boys.