Examining the material impact of MAGA.

[berg80]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief, eliciting shock as he has bulldozed the department’s longstanding independence from the White House. That boundary had historically ensured that criminal prosecutions were based on evidence, not partisan motives.

Repeatedly this year Mr. Trump has redirected the department’s traditional power to enforce laws and prosecute criminal cases to hound his critics and political foes. Mr. Trump and his aides have ordered the department to launch investigations and lodge criminal charges over the objections of nonpartisan career lawyers who found the evidence of wrongdoing dubious or slim.

The cumulative damage done to the once-respected Justice Department is so profound that it may not regain any semblance of its former self in our lifetimes, warn career law enforcement officials with whom we have spoken. It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.

Many federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who recently worked for the department or who still do are disconsolate at the dizzying speed with which they see their beloved institution breaking the founders’ promise that American citizens be punished according to the law, rather than a king’s whims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion/trump-biden-justice-department.html

I'd like to think that assessment is too pessimistic. Whether it is will depend more on trumpery's lasting affect on the former GOP than anything else. If rank and file Repub voters continue to return folks like Gym Jordan, Mike Lee, and Jim Comer to Congress then it will prove to be correct.

 

[martybegan]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief, eliciting shock as he has bulldozed the department’s longstanding independence from the White House. That boundary had historically ensured that criminal prosecutions were based on evidence, not partisan motives.

Repeatedly this year Mr. Trump has redirected the department’s traditional power to enforce laws and prosecute criminal cases to hound his critics and political foes. Mr. Trump and his aides have ordered the department to launch investigations and lodge criminal charges over the objections of nonpartisan career lawyers who found the evidence of wrongdoing dubious or slim.

The cumulative damage done to the once-respected Justice Department is so profound that it may not regain any semblance of its former self in our lifetimes, warn career law enforcement officials with whom we have spoken. It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.

Many federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who recently worked for the department or who still do are disconsolate at the dizzying speed with which they see their beloved institution breaking the founders’ promise that American citizens be punished according to the law, rather than a king’s whims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion/trump-biden-justice-department.html

I'd like to think that assessment is too pessimistic. Whether it is will depend more on trumpery's lasting affect on the former GOP than anything else. If rank and file Repub voters continue to return folks like Gym Jordan, Mike Lee, and Jim Comer to Congress then it will prove to be correct.

The Justice Department is part of the executive branch. It cannot be independent of the President and the President's powers.

The whole trope of it being independent is not based on the Constitution nor is it based in any Law.

 

[ColonelAngus]

TRUMP WILL BE PRESIDENT FOREVER!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

In the year 2050….TRUMP WILL BE PRESIDENT! HE IS NEVER LEAVING OFFICE!

MAGA!

 

[theHawk]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief,

No, We the People elected him into that role.


You still cannot accept the results of the election, because you were so brainwashed into thinking Kamala was actually going to win. Your terminal case of TDS doesn’t help either, it’s probably eaten up half your brain.

Is there ever a point people like you will realize just how much your worldview is built entirely on lies?

 

[theHawk]

That boundary had historically ensured that criminal prosecutions were based on evidence, not partisan motives.

Until Biden came along. Persecuting people based on their politics is all they focused on.

 

[Nostra]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief,

Actually stupid, the Constitution anoints him as that.

The DOJ is part of the Executive Branch. The President is the head of the Executive Branch.

You need a basic education, Dumbass.

 

[IDIOCRACY]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief, eliciting shock as he has bulldozed the department’s longstanding independence from the White House. That boundary had historically ensured that criminal prosecutions were based on evidence, not partisan motives.

Repeatedly this year Mr. Trump has redirected the department’s traditional power to enforce laws and prosecute criminal cases to hound his critics and political foes. Mr. Trump and his aides have ordered the department to launch investigations and lodge criminal charges over the objections of nonpartisan career lawyers who found the evidence of wrongdoing dubious or slim.

The cumulative damage done to the once-respected Justice Department is so profound that it may not regain any semblance of its former self in our lifetimes, warn career law enforcement officials with whom we have spoken. It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.

Many federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who recently worked for the department or who still do are disconsolate at the dizzying speed with which they see their beloved institution breaking the founders’ promise that American citizens be punished according to the law, rather than a king’s whims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion/trump-biden-justice-department.html

I'd like to think that assessment is too pessimistic. Whether it is will depend more on trumpery's lasting affect on the former GOP than anything else. If rank and file Repub voters continue to return folks like Gym Jordan, Mike Lee, and Jim Comer to Congress then it will prove to be correct.

I stopped reading at destroying the WH.......why subject yourself 2 the definition of mass hysteria?

 

[berg80]

No, We the People elected him into that role.

Not surprisingly you missed the point. Prez's don't refer to themselves as the chief law enforcement officer. Making it especially outlandish when a convicted criminal does.

 

[Rawley]

The Justice Department is part of the executive branch. It cannot be independent of the President and the President's powers.

The whole trope of it being independent is not based on the Constitution nor is it based in any Law.

THe last administration made this perfectly clear

 

[martybegan]

Not surprisingly you missed the point. Prez's don't refer to themselves as the chief law enforcement officer. Making it especially outlandish when a convicted criminal does.

Any power someone in the executive Branch has is delegated from the Elected President.

That's it. nothing else.

Hopefully the SC will fix this whole "semi-independent" agency crap once and for all.

 

[Correll]

The cumulative damage done to the once-respected Justice Department is so profound that ...

I stopped reading here. THe justice department lost all it's respect when it was willing to go along with lawfare.


That being said, also, the investigation of lawfare adn holding those people accountable for their crimes, is NEEDED.


We need to stop treating lefties nicely. THey see it as weakness and it just encourages more attacks.


We need to be as merciless with them, as they are with us.

 

[Nostra]

Mr. Trump has at the same time anointed himself the country’s law enforcer in chief, eliciting shock as he has bulldozed the department’s longstanding independence from the White House. That boundary had historically ensured that criminal prosecutions were based on evidence, not partisan motives.

Repeatedly this year Mr. Trump has redirected the department’s traditional power to enforce laws and prosecute criminal cases to hound his critics and political foes. Mr. Trump and his aides have ordered the department to launch investigations and lodge criminal charges over the objections of nonpartisan career lawyers who found the evidence of wrongdoing dubious or slim.

The cumulative damage done to the once-respected Justice Department is so profound that it may not regain any semblance of its former self in our lifetimes, warn career law enforcement officials with whom we have spoken. It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.

Many federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who recently worked for the department or who still do are disconsolate at the dizzying speed with which they see their beloved institution breaking the founders’ promise that American citizens be punished according to the law, rather than a king’s whims.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion/trump-biden-justice-department.html

I'd like to think that assessment is too pessimistic. Whether it is will depend more on trumpery's lasting affect on the former GOP than anything else. If rank and file Repub voters continue to return folks like Gym Jordan, Mike Lee, and Jim Comer to Congress then it will prove to be correct.

Barry Hussein sent the IRS after conservatives.

Tater tried to lock up his #1 political rival, and his associates.


Seriously, your lack of self awareness is astounding, Moron.

 

[Rawley]

Not surprisingly you missed the point. Prez's don't refer to themselves as the chief law enforcement officer. Making it especially outlandish when a convicted criminal does.

"We just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by, if we, if he does run. I'm making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next President again."

 

[theHawk]

Not surprisingly you missed the point. Prez's don't refer to themselves as the chief law enforcement officer. Making it especially outlandish when a convicted criminal does.

You were fine with unelected criminal Biden was doing it, so spare us the lecture.

 

[MagicMike]

THe last administration made this perfectly clear

The last administration appointed an independent council to avoid the appearance of impropriety. That is the way legitimate administrations have historically done it.

 

[whitehall]

It's a comment on the crazy TDS left and their minions in the media when "MAGA" (Make America great again) Becomes the rallying cry of the anti-American left.

 

[blackhawk]

 

[BluesLegend]

No, We the People elected him into that role.


You still cannot accept the results of the election, because you were so brainwashed into thinking Kamala was actually going to win. Your terminal case of TDS doesn’t help either, it’s probably eaten up half your brain.

Is there ever a point people like you will realize just how much your worldview is built entirely on lies?

We the people elected Trump to put his boot up the Dem's ass and he's crushing it!

 

[BluesLegend]

It's a comment on the crazy TDS left and their minions in the media when "MAGA" (Make America great again) Becomes the rallying cry of the anti-American left.

The left HATE America like most communists do. They live their sad pathetic lives while others work hard and achieve the American dream, this makes them bitter. The left want it handed to them, like the spoiled 2 year olds that they are.

 

[berg80]

I stopped reading here. THe justice department lost all it's respect when it was willing to go along with lawfare.

"Lawfare" is a word that loosely describes the tactics trump used to stay out of prison for the crimes he committed. Prosecution is the word that describes what Jack Smith was pursuing by indicting trump for the crimes against the state he committed.