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Rant rant rant rant on please. My disgust with Garland makes me crazy. I truly believe if Harris had been AG Trump would be at Rikers with his accountant. Like Ari Melber said”Don’t order a pizza from Garland because it will come 3 years late.” Garland, our children are at stake here, our Democracy is at stake here. Be brave get a spine indict him. NOW.

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Mr Hubbell, You are not ranting! You have not gone fsr enough!

How has this nation sunk so low to get to the point of allowing an obvious insurrectionist to run for office of POTUS? How low have we sunk to allow MCarthy to even be in office much less SOTH? How low have we sunk to allow the slew of other elected to be walking free much less holding office? Our reputation abroad must in the cellar.

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If you didn't know who Kacsmaryk was and you saw him approaching on the street, you would think to yourself. "Fundamentalist religious nut!" He has the look in his mien of Torquemada, founder of the Spanish Inquisition.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Good rant, Robert! If you have any suggestions for how we can bring any pressure on the DOJ, Jack Smith and Fani Willis to get on with it, please let us know.

Meanwhile here's the letter I sent to Axios this morning:

You have made a serious mistake in firing Ben Montgomery. Your cowardly capitulation to the DeSantis P.R. machine is a spineless acknowledgement that they own you, and you are not independent or unbiased. Will no longer read, reference or recommend your news service; you have demonstrated that you lack basic journalistic standards, and are no longer a credible source of information. Too bad; you could be so much better….

I will spread the word; you don’t deserve to fail us this way without widespread public notice and opprobrium.

- count me a disgusted former reader-

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

It’s been 799 days since January 6, 2021, an event of domestic terrorism and attempted insurrection.

Merrick Garland was sworn into office on March 11, 2021.

It took Garland 617 days to appoint Jack Smith as Special Counsel.

We all watched the horrifying events of 1/6/2021. The January 6 Committee gave DOJ all of the evidence from their painstaking work. Stewart Rhodes of the Oathkeepers has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy (11/29/2022).

How much longer must we wait for indictments from the top down?

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Rant on, Mr. Robert. I must admit that for most articles I read, my enthusiasm wanes after so many paragraphs. But for me, every Today's Edition leaves me wanting more, not less. Apologies to your astute Managing Editor!

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Could not agree more regarding the DOJ, they had first and goal on the two yard line two years ago and fumbled the football of Justice . Trump is not a king rather an ordinary citizen subject to the laws of the United States and the Constitution. The Proud boys and Oath Keepers yes are bad but the GOP Congress are much more dangerous and criminal.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Mr. Hubbell, I agree with you completely that any logical thinking person has the right and actually an obligation to be pissed off at the pace the DOJ has taken to prosecute Trump and the rest of his gang.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

My deep anger over Dobbs and all its consequences got the best of me this afternoon. Thank you, Robert, for expressing the breadth of the impact and consequences of Dobbs.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

I have a question about how the NY indictment might work out. It is my understanding that Trump is unlikely to face jail time for anything he has done, partly because he has no history of previous convictions. Does that change if he is convicted, even on a misdemeanor, in NYC? In other words, if Bragg gets him first, does that cause him to face stiffer penalties if convicted in either Fulton County or by the Feds? Likewise, if he were convicted first in NY, then in GA--would that put him at more risk for a significant sentence in a 3rd conviction in federal court?

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

A limit of five paragraphs? Some days bring more news and thoughts than others. Some days one needs to release the Kraken. I vote no to artificial limits.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

These are sad days where it seems that the power is out of balance. We have to keep protesting, by calling religious tyranny out for what it is and voting, voting, voting. Thank you, Robert.

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By equating “support for ‘BLM Riots’” with investments in Black communities, Claremont is essentially saying “Black Lives Don’t Matter” and harkening back to the good old days when banks were free to redline against these communities.

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I wrote last week this is the man that

while running for the Presidency said “I

could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and get away with it”! It appears he was right. That would be the least of his crimes.

He has committed treason! Long ago, he would have been made to stand before a firing squad, there would have been no January 6, Committee hearings, ad naseum! We all saw it in real time. We knew he staged that coup!

He left the White House with Top Secret Papers claiming he “declassified” them, they belonged to him! He reluctantly returned them to, piecemeal, under warrant, to NARA. Now he is guilty of the ESPIONAGE ACT usually reserved for spies who are charged and jailed immediately!

You continue to RANT all you want! I do it everyday. What the hell has the DOJ been doing since January 6, 2021? All the evidence was right in front of them. The BS line about indicting a former President is just that. Once he leaves office he is a NORMAL CITIZEN!

So please RANT and I will RANT with you.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Rant on. I share your fears and frustrations.

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Mar 16, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

BLM or LMI. 🤔 How could that so easily be misconstrued? By a dimwit.

Wow, didn't know about the Axios kerfuffle....disappointing, indeed.

My question about mifepristone - if it's banned, what about all those patients with Cushing's disease, fibroids, endometriosis, and probably more? As you quote Strauss Harris "...the FDA approval simply confirmed the drug's safety and effectiveness and doesn't require anyone to prescribe it or take it." Just like it doesn't require anyone to take Tylenol or VIAGRA!!!!, both of which have more side effects.

Not an email, but "a number that represents the whole number of years that [I] believe is acceptable for indicting a coup plotter who is running for a second term as president as part of a second coup attempt" is 1/365th.

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