Barr has made DOJ political

He’s working for Trump, not the country. I hope he is investigated when he is gone.

Not since John N. Mitchell steered the Nixon re-election effort from the fifth floor of the Justice Department has an attorney general wielded the power of the office to so bluntly serve a presidential campaign https://t.co/Na3KKm9mNF @ktbenner
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) September 26, 2020

It takes courage for a DOJ prosecutor to publicly call out AG Barr. Respect to Jamie Herbert, for speaking truth. “The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political interests of Donald J. Trump. This is a dangerous abuse of power.” https://t.co/XNxiEEYBgu
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 26, 2020

More career folks speaking out against Barr https://t.co/H36rR5TqUv
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 25, 2020

Could AG Barr use the levers of government to help Trump steal the election? Let me count the ways. My thoughts in ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ https://t.co/A3NFJ2wGgs
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) September 22, 2020

Barr might be the most dangerous man in America: How William P. Barr can help Donald Trump win the election – The Washington Post ⁦@BarbMcQuade⁩ #DisbarBarr https://t.co/tJHaZPEYz1
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) September 22, 2020

Under William Barr, the Department of Justice has become a rogue agency. https://t.co/T2fKivkVHc
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 22, 2020

Analysis: William Barr’s habit of misleading https://t.co/T02ltylpVg
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2020

William Barr has gone too far before, but never this far, @RuthMarcus writes https://t.co/pdDlHQ7iRr
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 17, 2020

Yes he ishttps://t.co/dp2HLM238p
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) September 17, 2020

It’s truly educational just how intent on not listening some people actually are https://t.co/FgSdOcdrDD
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) September 17, 2020

Bill Barr is the ultimate fixer Donald Trump has always wantedhttps://t.co/qvzSLEeiYu pic.twitter.com/tLzWFg9W9t
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 17, 2020

Important thread. Barr is a subversive and dangerous individual, solidly within authoritarian tradition, including his association with Opus Dei (friends & policy managers for Franco & Pinochet) https://t.co/yj11inONT2
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) September 17, 2020

Stop calling Bill Barr crazy and delusional. This is a serious conceptual error. He is a deliberate propagandist who is methodically helping Trump actively weaponize the government in numerous corrupt ways, all serving the end of keeping him in power:https://t.co/PFeV9lujwJ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 17, 2020

!!! Attorney General William Barr slammed the hundreds of Justice Department prosecutors working beneath him on Tuesday, equating them to preschoolers, in a defense of his own politically tuned decision making in the Trump administration. https://t.co/JvZngoxhx1
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 17, 2020

Hey, remember when I warned you in my recent @TheAtlantic piece about Trump and Barr trying to turn the FBI into a private police force and DHS into the interior ministry – so we have to vote out the GOP entirely? Yeah, that. https://t.co/XrhS4gTDtq
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 17, 2020

Barr Says ‘Black Lives Matter’ Doesn’t Care About Black Lives https://t.co/f15BMgJjws
— Kevin Whitelaw (@KevinWhitelaw1) September 17, 2020

Read everything Barr was saying to the DOJ prosecutors. Then remember that last week, one of Durhams top deputies resigned in protest of Barr trying to rush the Durham report for politician purposes. We are seeing Barr’s rage filled reaction that his corruption got delayed.
— Kurt "Mask Up, Vote Early" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 17, 2020

Q: What do you make of (the press), is it different in kind from what we've had in the past?

Barr: I mean, well, they're more ignorant than we've had in the past. … They don't care that they are not telling the truth because they don't believe truth is a meaningful concept.
— Sadie Gurman (@sgurman) September 17, 2020

He's attacking Michael Dreeben, who was a career, not political, member of the solicitor general's office and who served both Democratic and Republican administrations for decades. What a disgrace. https://t.co/fmtxwaZL6r
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 17, 2020

CNN is reporting that Attorney General Bill Barr said in a speech that coronavirus closures are the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties’ other than slavery in US history.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 17, 2020

Barr is attacking Michael Dreeben, detailed from the Solicitor General’s office to Mueller. Not an Obama person, the career deputy for the SG who handled criminal appeals in SCOTUS. I worked with him for well over a decade, pre-Obama, & couldn’t tell you what his politics are. https://t.co/RldjrJ5ux5
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 17, 2020

Just a stunning quote from an attorney general. https://t.co/wnlGehX12H
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) September 17, 2020

Barr accuses career Justice Dept. prosecutors of 'headhunting' in politically charged defense of his actions as attorney general https://t.co/j53w2Fhsx8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 17, 2020

Covers: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine

“It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” was originally released by Ike and Tina Turner in 1961. Ike’s spoken part was actually recorded by Mickey Baker of Mickey and Sylvia. A 1960 version by Mickey and Sylvia wasn’t released until 1990. The cover version I know best is an instrumental version by Ry Cooder (with David Lindley also on guitar) from 1978,

Covers: Temptation

“Temptation” was published in 1933 and was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. It was first performed by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film Going Hollywood. The cover I know best is the 1961 Everly Brothers version which was #1 in the UK but only #27 in the US.

Covers: My Old Friend the Blues

Steve Earle released the original version in 1986. I’m putting it here because I like the bluegrass version he did with the Del McCoury band. I found a cover by Percy Sledge who covered other country songs over the years. If you like the Earle/McCoury combination, check out The Mountain (1999) an album of original bluegrass songs written by Earle. There are also other Earle/McCoury videos on YouTube.

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Trump sabotages FDA vaccine guidance

He’s the one making it political. While he is president, I would only take a vaccine if Fauci says to do it. I don’t trust Trump.

Breaking News: President Trump undercut government scientists on new FDA guidelines for approving a coronavirus vaccine, suggesting the plan might be political.https://t.co/bNh0g3SiVu
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 23, 2020

Trump meltdown in 10, 9, 8….

FDA to announce tougher standards for a coronavirus vaccine that make it unlikely one will be cleared by Election Day unlikely. https://t.co/fNnJxJhVRU
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) September 22, 2020

President Trump said today that the White House may not approve tougher FDA guidelines for authorizing the emergency use of any coronavirus vaccineshttps://t.co/yPT2Si7vAJ
— POLITICO (@politico) September 23, 2020

Trump, asked about stricter guidelines by the FDA before a vaccine can be released: "That has to be approved by the White House."

There you have it.

The vaccine has to be approved by the White House.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 23, 2020

I don’t know if this true or Trump made it up

FDA declines to comment when asked if the White House would have to approve changes to vaccine approval standards, as President Trump claimed during his briefing tonight.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 23, 2020

The FDA is in a tough spot. Trump could fire people if they disagree with him.

Last week President Trump rebuked the CDC Director's testimony on masks and timing of a virus vaccine.

This time the President rejected the FDA Commissioner's testimony on safety reviews for a vaccine.

"Ultimately, the White House has to approve it."https://t.co/PBx4Of5ebY
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) September 23, 2020

“If the president [overruled the FDA on the timing of a vaccine release], physicians all over the country would advise their patients not to take the vaccine.” —Dr. Jonathan Reiner, ex-White House medical advisor, on @cnn, just now.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 23, 2020

But Trump’s bleach-swilling cult members would take it.

Trump lies update 9/23/20

Trump said he brought back 700K manufacturing jobs. It's negative-237K under Trump as of August. It was plus-483K as of February.

Trump said he put coal miners back to work. It's negative-5.3K under Trump as of August. It was negative-1K as of February. https://t.co/7oyDoW4Mu6
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 23, 2020

Dishonesty chain – from Tom Elliott and Ian Miles Cheong to some conservative activists to Eric Trump to a Trump campaign senior advisor to a retweet from the president himself. https://t.co/0zEeAVZHf3 pic.twitter.com/y5AsfAKc32
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 23, 2020

Analysis: Tucker Carlson and Trump baselessly suggest Ginsburg’s granddaughter lied about Ginsburg’s dying wish https://t.co/etFoVtWsf4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 22, 2020

a disgusting lie even by Trump’s standards

Trump falsely claims covid-19 “affects virtually nobody” as death toll approaches 200,000… https://t.co/oSy9kWhXrw
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 22, 2020

Fact check: President Trump baselessly claims Democratic politicians wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish https://t.co/pblLSrwuv4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 22, 2020

No justice for Breonna Taylor

What Kentucky did was ridiculous. Support the Louisville Community Bail Fund. I did. See the first tweet below.

The best way to show up from afar for the city of #Louisville and organizers as they face the grand jury decision in the murder of #BreonnaTaylor is to RT their experiences and help fund & share the bail fund. https://t.co/J3scpnAVQK
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) September 23, 2020

Correct. That is the state of human rights in Kentucky. https://t.co/mgHsEcreEG
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 23, 2020

So no one in Louisville was responsible for killing Breonna Taylor, but the city awarded $12m to her estate? The city must have thought someone did something to settle like that, no?
— Madhulika Sikka (@madhulikasikka) September 23, 2020

There’s an armed group of Trump white supremacists ready to meet them. This is not a drill. Keep your eyes on Louisville. https://t.co/gvTGmR8g5v
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) September 23, 2020

That sums up what Black people are feeling at this moment all over the country about the American promise of equal justice and full citizenship. https://t.co/74OrL1tVtK
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 23, 2020

The sobs.

That’s what’s sticking with me here in Louisville as I see the reaction to the Breonna Taylor announcement. I’ve covered a lot of these but I don’t remember ever seeing this much hurt, this much crying from protesters.
— John Eligon (@jeligon) September 23, 2020

Daniel Cameron just called Breonna Taylor’s death “part of a national story.” No, man. Her death is a robbery. Those officers robbed her of her life. They robbed her family and her boyfriend of their loved one. They robbed Louisville of a first responder. Who elected this man?
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 23, 2020

Bear in mind that the prosecutor presents information to the grand jury.

It's not a public proceeding, so we don't know what Louisville prosecutors said to those jurors about Breonna Taylor's murder.

But we do know that this indictment is pathetic in light of the evidence.
— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) September 23, 2020

Celebrities spoke out about the Breonna Taylor case https://t.co/e5VlFvCFkr
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 23, 2020

What a racist, bottomlessly narcissistic piece of shit Donald Trump is https://t.co/4fyz8oOWDC
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) September 23, 2020

Surreal scene here on Bardstown Road in Louisville….100 police officers with lights and riot gear on…Protesters around the streets

And then an Ice Cream truck drives up with its music playing right in the middle

A woman scream “READ THE ROOM ICE CREAM MAN!!!!”
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) September 23, 2020

Nobody will stand trial in the death of Breonna Taylor because that's the way things work in the world created by our misbegotten "war" on drugs, a world in which very few of us live, and that even fewer of us understand. https://t.co/BeZXli74Qd
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 23, 2020

Cameron is not, to my mind, a “sellout.” He’s just a tool. A tool of the White supremacist system unable or unwilling to oppose it. He didn’t betray anybody because ain’t nobody who knows what he’s about counted on him to be any better than he is.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) September 23, 2020

👇🏽 https://t.co/3suDLxHrYF
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) September 23, 2020

Police in Louisville tonight pic.twitter.com/t262TgTc5W
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 23, 2020

This has become a national phenomenon with enormous dangers going forward: https://t.co/ePaopRCJTE
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 23, 2020

So it turns out they can arrest someone without waiting six months? https://t.co/VxND9K9e5w
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) September 23, 2020

Take note that the (Democratic) prosecutors who whiffed the ball on grand juries for Tamir Rice and Michael Brown were subsequently voted out of their jobs. Just leaving that right there for ole Mr. Cameron. #getthisdance
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 23, 2020

Coronavirus science notes 09/23/20

As many as one in three Covid-19 patients will develop symptoms that linger for months. Their circumstances, still little understood by the medical community, may play a significant role in shaping the country’s response to the pandemic.https://t.co/qS8dR0PO6p pic.twitter.com/ToZR83kyRO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 28, 2020

Another consequence of our inability or refusal to contain the pandemic: Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread https://t.co/p8OHL02rcd
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) September 23, 2020

General consensus (AFAIK!) is that fomites are not a significant vector for SARS-CoV-2. I stopped wiping down groceries and boxes when I read @larrybrilliant wasn't doing it. (Keep washing your hands, obviously…) https://t.co/2xJyRgS5fX
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) September 18, 2020

My son, Raphael, working with Benji Wu and Leo Jacoby, made this. They're students; it was their stuck-indoors summer project. https://t.co/pJbt0EGttO https://t.co/tduKXUr2yz
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) September 22, 2020

As the US borders 200,000 deaths, why the hope of eliminating COVID increasingly diminishes. By me for @axios https://t.co/HHGmFzdrdV
— Bryan Walsh (@bryanrwalsh) September 20, 2020

The problem with getting tested too soon after COVID-19 exposure is that it can create a false-negative result, since there may not be enough viral particles present to be detected. How long you should wait, and what you should do in the meantime: https://t.co/XeN8xOF7nB pic.twitter.com/ic5iHFQY7r
— WebMD (@WebMD) September 18, 2020

The CDC has issued a news release to clarify what precautions should be taken by a person who has already been infected with coronavirus. What you need to know: https://t.co/8xzwOO8Vyq pic.twitter.com/4fNtn5Oqem
— WebMD (@WebMD) August 15, 2020

The CDC reversed a recommendation that previously said people don’t necessarily need to get tested for the coronavirus if they had close contact with someone with COVID-19 but don’t have any symptoms themselves. What you need to know: https://t.co/SV1OQ3a5aF pic.twitter.com/2zvDrMvRJv
— WebMD (@WebMD) September 18, 2020

Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children than White youths, CDC study finds /health/2020/09/15/covid-deaths-hispanic-black-children/?tid=ss_tw
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) September 15, 2020

Coronavirus polls update 09/23/20

Who do you trust more on information about the coronavirus via new Quinnipiac poll:

Democrats:
1% President Trump
97% CDC scientists

Republicans:
51% President Trump
36% CDC scientists
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) September 23, 2020

New poll: 51% of Republicans say they trust President Trump over CDC scientists on COVID-19, another indication of how partisan politics have consumed the national conversation about the virus. https://t.co/rrNmouLj8T
— Fadel Allassan (@FadelAllassan) September 23, 2020

ARIZONA
Has [see below] done a good job or bad job handling the coronavirus outbreak?

Donald Trump
Good job 42%
Bad job 55%

Governor Doug Ducey
Good job 48%
Bad job 49%

(Monmouth U. Poll, RV, 9/11-15/20)https://t.co/IiCgGgKEMr
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 17, 2020

Most Americans are skeptical of Pres. Trump's performance on the COVID pandemic, disbelieving of his rhetoric on the virus and critical of what they view as his lagging approach to containing it, new @ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. https://t.co/IHcVMCBkU1
— ABC News (@ABC) September 15, 2020

New @pewresearch poll in 14 countries: Has your country done a good job dealing with coronavirus?

Denmark 95%
Australia 94%
Canada 88%
Germany 88%
Netherlands 87%
South Korea 86%
Italy 74%
Sweden 71%
Belgium 61%
France 59%
Japan 55%
Spain 54%
United States 47%
United Kingdom 46%
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 28, 2020

Covers: Hit the Road Jack

Percy Mayfield wrote songs for Ray Charles after his own popularity waned. “Hit the Road Jack” was a big hit for Charles in 1961. Many years later, Mayfield’s demo was released.

Behind The Song Lyrics: “Hit the Road, Jack” Ray Charles