RE: Merrick Garland and the DOJ
I have recently been critical of Merrick Garland, and expressed frustration at the DOJ's apparent inaction on the 1/6 insurrection. But now, after further thought, I have changed my mind, for several reasons.
Over the summer and into the fall Glenn Kirschner, in his Justice Matters videos, frequently expressed frustration in this regard, and pleaded repeatedly with the DOJ to take action. However, in the last couple months he has changed his tune, and now frequently reassures his audience that things are happening. My feeling is that an inside connection in the DOJ reached out to assure him that the investigation is on track.
I was also thinking about the Georgia DA who was arrested for interfering with indictments in the Ahmaud Arbery case. Obviously, there is a big difference between interference and declining to bring charges on reasonable grounds, not to mention the differences between the US AG and a local DA, but nonetheless a failure to act after 1/6 would be the greatest dereliction of duty in the history of the country. No one would want to go down in history as the biggest stooge since Neville Chamberlain. Given the revelation of the 38-page Power Point sedition memo, and the fact that Republican leadership were briefed on it two days before the insurrection, it is simply impossible for me to believe that Garland or the DOJ would sit on their hands and do nothing. I have to believe that Garland and the DOJ fully understand the gravity and urgency of the situation, and that they are committed to saving our democracy. They can see everything that we can, plus much, much more. During his confirmation hearing Garland became emotional talking about how this country had saved his family, and I have no reason to doubt his sincerity.
I suspect that Garland wants to let the House Committee on January 6th hold its weeks-long public hearings before he does anything publicly, because the hearings will set the stage for DOJ indictments, and help to discharge the bellowing from the likes of Gym Jordan and the inevitable right wing three-ring-circus that will ensue. I have no idea when the DOJ will announce indictments — it might be a year or more from now — but it seems to me there needs to be a coordinated high level effort to put any forthcoming indictments into context, or the Republicans could well succeed in framing it all as an unprecedented, politically motivated attack. The 1/6 committee and the DOJ know they have a wounded and enraged tiger by the tail, and that, if they don't proceed methodically and carefully, they could easily lose control. They get one shot at this, and if they blow it they will be handing victory to the traitors. And if that happens things will very likely get extremely ugly in this country in short order.
Let's hope that Merrick Garland is the Ulysses S. Grant we need at this moment, or Gandalf the White if you like, operating on the sly, readying a cavalry against a bunch of ratfucker orcs. Because if not, I'm going to take a hiatus in Costa Rica for awhile.
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Into google search it just shuts down and goes nowhere. 
Funny. "Whinging"...
I thought it was a typo but I guess it's a thing!
