Butler on Barr pushing Trump’s Agenda Inside DOJ: This Is How Democracy Dies | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Fmr. federal corruption prosecutor Paul Butler reacts to the reports that Bill Barr is working inside the DOJ on cases that are in Trump's political interests. Aired on 2/12/2020.
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Butler on Barr pushing Trump's Agenda Inside DOJ: This Is How Democracy Dies | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

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  1. How to become a Dictator
    Ingredients.
    #1 One narcissistic pathological lying President or leader.
    #2 Idiots.
    Method
    #1 Remove all people who criticize you from their job.
    #2 Remove all people you think might criticize you, from their job.
    # 3 Load the courts with people friendly to your cause
    #4 Make the channel that does not criticize you the State Channel
    #5 Claim everything and everyone else is fake news.
    # 6 Put as many family members in Gov. jobs as there are family members
    #7 Reward those who spread favorable propaganda
    #8 Hold a lot of rallies, offer nothing, constantly rubbish everyone not you……
    # 9 Create many enemies of the State that only you alone can save the people from.
    #10 Constantly lie. The more and bigger the lies, the better.
    #11 Claim all the good things are because of you, and all the bad things are because of them
    #12…Claim the Lord sent you.( this one can be a bit dodgy)

    1. waiotahi52 – Good for you – better than sitting & griping about it – & just slagging off at someone. Rgd NZ.

    2. Don’t live near a windmill, the noise gives you cancer
      We will pull our troops out of Syria
      Buy American hire American
      https://qz.com/1483890/how-many-donald-trump-products-are-made-in-the-usa/
      “I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have.”
      “[L]ook, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump.”
      “[N]obody knows more about construction than I do.”
      “Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me.”
      There are more, about 16,000 at last count.
      I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.” –Donald J. Trump, August, 2016….246 so far, cost you $127,000,000…

    3. @Celina Patron Lev Parnas “I don’t know him at all,” Trump said Thursday. “Don’t know what he’s about. Don’t know where he comes from. Know nothing about him. I can only tell you this thing is a big hoax.”https://www.reddit.com/r/idontknowhim/comments/epvjdh/donald_trump_doesnt_know_lev_parnas/

  2. The next time they ignore a Congressional subpoena have them arrested like they do everyone else in this country when they defy a subpoena.

    1. @sal been ‘whenever a socialist is proven wrong they default to Russia did it. It’s so funny’ when your proven wrong(you are yet to prove any one wrong) you resort to this, as you did to another comment of mine

      ‘It’s ok find a safe space, loosen your man bun, and have a soy burger 🤪🤣🤪🤣’
      You are a bot or a dickhead……either way, we are done

    2. If the subpoena are issued through the courts, which the house could have done but didnt because time was against them. And mostly likely will be upheld by the highest court. Ignore it and see what happens

    3. garden  time was against them? That’s nuts. “Most likely”????
      ….then what do we needs courts for? That’s just silly talk/excuses.🤣

    4. Sadly if It wasn’t an election year, they would have gone through the courts. They’ve said it many times

  3. Barr’s support for Trump’s agenda is just abominable. Why next thing you know he might even start describing himself as Trump’s “wingman”!

    1. @winter garden What drugs are you on? The “Russian” conspiracy started under Obama way back in 2012. Exactly what corrupt thing has Trump done?

  4. People who voted for trump have to do their own fact- checking. Search the internet for the truth. trump lies about everything

  5. Nellis air force base is kidnapping whole families and God only knows what they are doing with these families but robert Justin alford green and other gang members may know.

  6. Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

    *1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism* – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

    *2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights* – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

    *3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause* – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

    *4. Supremacy of the Military* – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

    *5. Rampant Sexism* – The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

    *6. Controlled Mass Media* – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

    *7. Obsession with National Security* – Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

    *8. Religion and Government are Intertwined* – Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

    *9. Corporate Power is Protected* – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

    *10. Labor Power is Suppressed* – Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

    *11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts* – Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

    *12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment* – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

    *13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption* – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

    *14. Fraudulent Elections* – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
    —–
    Sounds familiar?

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