Read this piece on Roy Cohn. Then look at Todd Blanche.
Cohn made his name as Joseph McCarthy’s chief henchman during the Red Scare, ruining lives with reckless accusations. He later became Trump’s mentor and personal fixer.
Cohn taught Trump three lessons.
Ignore the rules and do what you want.
Never leave a paper trail.
And if someone gets onto you, rat out others to save yourself.
Cohn was eventually disbarred for dishonesty and unethical conduct. That was the man who built the Trump playbook.
Now meet the man Trump wants running the Justice Department.
Todd Blanche was Trump’s personal defense attorney. He never stopped acting like it. As Acting Attorney General he forced prosecutors to close an investigation into a fraudster who paid millions to people close to the President. A federal judge described his May testimony to Congress as at best misleading and at worst disingenuous, and sent a disciplinary referral.
More than 16,000 DOJ employees have left under his leadership, including a quarter of the department’s attorneys. The people who worked January 6 cases were shown the door.
This is Trump’s vision of a new Roy Cohn finally realized.
A loyal fixer with the full power of federal law enforcement, using the Justice Department to protect one man and punish his enemies.
The Attorney General serves the American people, not the President personally. Blanche has spent his career proving he does not understand the difference.
He must not be confirmed.
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In 1997, during one of his most private and protective periods, Prince specifically asked to appear on Muppets Tonight.
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Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, two of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists ever, playing "Jerry's Breakdown" live in 1974.
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Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody ('89 Remix)
Legend!! Still rocks it now!! I much prefer this Frankie Knuckles remix, giving it an edgier club sound, produced for Chaka Khan's compilation album Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project in 1989. The '89 remix climbed to #6 in the UK.
Mike Krukow has been at the top of the baseball announcer rankings for all his days in the booth - and on the list of the game's class acts. With his retirement, the overall quality of baseball announcing will now drop at least 39%. Honored to call him a friend.