Breaking - House Foreign Affairs Com to investigate Pompeo's RNC speech from Israel

[malaise]

Good

This is bullshit and the media should not cover this illegal act.

[msongs]

1. did jamaica get some drought relief from the storm? nt

[malaise]

3. Yes indeed - we still need more rain

but that sure helped. Thanks for asking msongs

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Sounds impeachable to me.

[dalton99a]

4. Goddamn hypocrite

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign. On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term.

[crickets]

9. Because of course.

He shouldn't get a free pass from the media, but likely will.

[NCDem47]

5. I wish Pompey will get nailed to the wall for this, but

He won’t. He’ll go through with it as if nothing is wrong. What’s stopping him? How will he suffer any consequences?

Sad, sad, sad state of affairs. Election Day can’t come soon enough.

[KS Toronado]

14. Because FuBarr has got his back just like little donnies.

[Grasswire2]

6. Dominionist, rapture ready.

Pompeo, Pence, Barr..........

There's something really freaky about this moment.

[malaise]

7. Isn't Barr Catholic?

They are into the rapture too?

[crickets]

8. Barr's religious issues aren't because he's Catholic, but because he's Opus Dei.

I don't know how Catholics feel about the rapture, but some of them have no love for Bill Barr and Opus Dei.

Did Opus Dei Teach A.G. Barr to ‘Puts Away His Scruples’?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/3/1855095/-Did-Opus-Dei-Teach-A-G-Barr-to-Puts-Away-His-Scruples

Just to recap, Opus Dei, literally meaning, "The Work of God" was founded in Spain 1928 by the priest Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. He based its mission upon the idea that lay Catholics could achieve holiness without entering a religious order. It is a personal prelature – meaning that, unlike a diocese, is not territorial but is a combination of laity, clergy and prelates who undertake specific pastoral activities. It is known for recruiting very influential members, especially those simpatico with culturally conservative causes. To describe its many wealthy and powerful leaders as economic royalists would be an understatement. [snip]

But more importantly, Escriva also taught his followers to put away their scruples (The Way, Nos. 258 and 259), seemingly teaching that the ends always justify the means. Perhaps maxims 258 and 259 might explain the Attorney General’s prior misleading House testimony as well his unwillingness to answer questions that merely required a yes or no response. Much of what Escriva preached dovetails nicely with the William Barr’s ideal of a society built upon religious orthodoxy. That being the case, it also seems that Escriva’s means for realizing that goal similarly dovetails.

What is it about Republicans such as William Barr who are willing to destroy the norms of both justice and American democracy; what drives men such as him? To this observer, it seems it is the overwhelming desire to impose both a theocratic cultural agenda coupled with a laissez-faire-tinged brand of capitalism rapidly devolving into a new feudalism.

'A threat to democracy': William Barr's speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/19/william-barr-attorney-general-catholic-conservative-speech

William Barr Is Neck-Deep in Extremist Catholic Institutions
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/william-barr-notre-dame-secularism/

[malaise]

12. Thanks

[KS Toronado]

16. its many wealthy and powerful leaders as economic royalists, sounds like a prosperity gospel.

[LeftInTX]

17. Ick..Explains him

[Grasswire2]

10. yes, he's part of the ancient Opus Dei cult. nt

[malaise]

11. Got yah

[soldierant]

19. If any Catholic would be into the rapture,

it would be an Opes Dei Catholic or a Blue Army Catholic. (Or both, There is some overlap.)

[procon]

13. Pompeo's not worried.

Why should he? If he's charged or indicted, tried and convicted, it doesn't matter. Trump will be at the ready to grant him a pardon and put another convicted felon on the payroll while blaming Dems for picking on another blameless Republican.

[rurallib]

15. I would sure like to see some subpoenas issued,

some punishments handed out, some butts in jail and some of this shit stopped. They should have the power to stop this Cleary illegal speech. When Pompeo gives it, it will be another 'own the libs' moment. And once again the Trump admin gets away with thumbing their nose at the law with no consequences.

[Karadeniz]

18. Why on earth investigate? He's a paid govt employee. According to the Hatch Act, it's illegal

For him to promote politics. He has no personal capacity. He's an employee exploiting his position. Illegal. No investigation needed.