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A large number of them would still choose to die of cancer out of spite. The rest would die from overdoses of gymnasium floor cleaner or whatever other pseudoscience nonsense their cult leaders are peddling at the time.
“We’ve been investigating since November.” 
I’m more curious about NARA dropping the ball. >

Yeah, that's my issue mainly too. They should know if documents are missing. >


They should know if documents are missing.

I have a friend who works at State; he told me that the sheer volume of classified material generated by the WH makes it hard to control.
I don't care if it's hard to control, it needs to be controlled anyway. >

100% I've heard the same. Sheer volume. Over classification of documents. I don't care. Hire more people and develop new systems to manage it better. It needs to be under control. >

Your realize that rhe modus operandi of the GQP is to not fund places it doesn't want to do their jobs?
Post office?  Refuse to budget them, then say they're useless so they can try to privatize or get rid of it again.
IRS?  Keep under funding them, so they cannot have the manpower necessary to investigate  and litigate rich people and corporations for tax fraud/evasion.
Stop blaming the institutions being eroded, blame the assholes breaking it on purpose so they can get away with their  crimes >

Biden should just declassify the documents with his mind, problem solved. >

Maybe the FBI planted them! And if they didn’t then he already declassified them. >

Investigate and if anything improper is found then prosecute.  It's not rocket science.  This goes for Trump or Biden.  This is the difference between Republicans and Democrats.  Democrats don't give a shit if you go after a Democrat... if they did something wrong they should be punished. >

You can't prosecute a sitting president. That has been clearly established. The House can--and probably will--impeach him. >

They were going to impeach him anyway. They said as much. >

But I was really looking forward to articles of impeachment being brought because Disney cast a dark skinned woman as the little mermaid, or because Joe fell off his bike.  
It's kind of a bummer that they now have something that sounds a bit more legitimate to waste time with. >


a bit more legitimate to waste time with.

I voted for Joe and I plan to vote for him again if he runs again. That said, if there was a significant crime here, then it isn't a waste of time. I wouldn't even want the Democratic majority to just acquit him in a Senate trial. If he did something that warrants being removed from office, then remove him from office (If somehow this was true, it would mean he wouldn't be getting my vote in 2024). >

Someone else needs to run in 2024, and someone needs to start explaining that to Biden now. >

He's going to run. People need to get over the idea that he may not run. Baring some huge legal or medical issue he's going to run. >

Yes he is going to run.
A lot of people who voted for him don't want him to run again and may not vote for him again.
These two things can both be true. >

I voted for Biden.
I don’t want him to run again.
If Trump is the nominee, I’ll vote for Biden again.
If Desantis is the nominee, I’ll vote for Biden again.
Republicans are self proclaimed party of domestic terrorists.
As an independent, I will treat them as such and vote blue until they get their shit together.
Fuck the GOP. >

So NARA seemed to know that there were missing documents and tried to work for months with dt's team to get them back.
It has obviously been awhile since biden was vp, was NARA attempting to find these documents all this time? 
I assume that there is a database of all confidential documents and that they are tracked, which is how they knew trump still had certain documents in his possession.
Did NARA not know these docs were missing? Or they didn't care? That's what I'm curious about. >

NARA had no idea that these documents were missing and did not request them. Had Biden's attorneys shredded them no one would ever know about this. >

Yeah, the Biden situation is more of a condemnation of our systems for tracking classified documents and making sure they don't go missing than it is a scandal for Biden.  
Trump's situation is disturbing because of the lengths he went to in order to keep the documents even after they were requested and conceal the fact that he had them.  Hard to imagine a non-nefarious reason for doing that. >

So for the trouble, Garland appointed a Republican operative with a blank check....I wonder how that will go? >

I know for a fact that there are still a lot of unbiased judges who aren't political operatives either way (they mostly go one way) in this country so I'm beginning to question Garland's motives or competence at this point. >

He was on speed dial at the Federalist Society to moderate their panels.  That is not something an organization would likely hand over to someone outside their "values" >

It's certainly interesting seeing the pearl-clutching over classified documents, particularly amongst Republicans, who summarily ignored the subject when it involved DJT. >

They’re still rehashing the line that Trump declassified all the documents he had and that since Biden was VP he couldn’t. So trump is innocent and Biden is a criminal. And if Obama declassified any of those he was only doing it to cover Biden and is also a criminal.
It’s like a straight up parody over there right now. >

The DOJ isn't even arguing the classification status in court. From what I understand they're investigating him for being in possession of defense documents without authorization. >

And now that there’s a special counsel this will be investigated and the truth will come out.
It won’t be satisfying for a lot of people but the truth of what happened here is important.
As well as what measures we can take to further prevent things like this from happening. 
But like, the conservative goalposts keep moving. They’re just treading through them as fast as they can. A new one is that Trump has secret service protecting his documents while Biden didn’t. 
Biden still had secret service protection. And saying Trumps protected it means conspiracy. So that’s super fun. >

I wonder if they know Secret Service protects the individual and not property. When he's not at MAL the Secret Service isn't either, they go where he goes. He has to have private security for that. It's the same reason there weren't Secret Service agents protecting Pelosi's house. >

At the end of the day it is what it is and if Biden is guilty he’s guilty. 
There’s no dancing around the issues. 
But if Biden is guilty, then Trump is guilty. It’s not one or the other here, which is what they’re saying.
It’s just amazing watching them bend over backwards to say how Biden belongs in prison and Trump did nothing wrong. >

NARA knew Trump still had documents and requested them for almost a year before the first batch were returned, DOJ was involved only after the first batch was returned. Shortly after that it was reported. They knew things were missing and it was kept quiet for a year.  
NARA didn't know Biden still had documents, when they were discovered and returned DOJ got involved and shortly after that it was reported.  
There's not much difference in how the DOJ handled the two cases publicly. The only difference was that the refusal to turn over the rest of the documents was kept quiet until the Maralago search happened. If they find more, we're going to hear about each single scrap of paper Biden's lawyers voluntarily turn over. One by one, a constant trickle in the news cycle. >

The difference is intent, quantity, quality, lying and obstruction.  
The similarities are they are classified docs. 
One is robbing the bank and the other is forgetting to deposit the checks. >

The MAGA cult doesn't understand nuance unfortunately.  In their mind, what Biden "did" is already worse than what Trump did. >

It's not about nuance. It's about their worldview. 
In their mind, their "team" can do no wrong, no matter what horrible shit they pull. It's always for the "greater good of Murica."
By contrast, in their mind the "other team" can do no right. Even if Biden himself single-handedly cured cancer and was lifted to the heavens by a choir of angels, they would still see some nefarious plot to destroy the country.