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41. You need to do your own research, Fiendish. Google is your friend...

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:02 AM

Jul 2025

"President Joe Biden is quietly expressing regret about appointing Merrick Garland as attorney general. According to a report in The Washington Post, Biden believes Garland was slow to prosecute Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and allowed for an aggressive prosecution of his son Hunter."

https://san.com/cc/biden-regrets-appointing-merrick-garland-as-attorney-general-report/

"The Washington Post has an in depth profile of President Biden's administration. Apparently, Biden regrets selecting Merrick Garland as Attorney General, and would have preferred former Alabama Senator Doug Jones."

"In private, Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general, complaining about the Justice Department's slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump, and its aggressiveness in prosecuting Biden's son Hunter, according to people familiar with his comments."

https://reason.com/volokh/2024/12/29/president-regrets-selecting-merrick-garland-as-attorney-general/

I would post the WaPo article just for you, but it's paywalled.

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Another Shout Out To Merrick Garland [View all] gab13by13 Jul 2025 OP

Fuck anyone who helped sweep that under the rug FoxNewsSucks Jul 2025 #1

Alex Acosta BigMin28 Jul 2025 #5

The Garland Society devotees won't like that. BannonsLiver Jul 2025 #2

what IS it with that cult Skittles Jul 2025 #7

What is it with that cult? Woodycall Jul 2025 #11

ah yup, sounds about right... bluboid Jul 2025 #12

Or in some cases BaronChocula Jul 2025 #16

This sounds about right fujiyamasan Jul 2025 #21

It's hard to say that without getting attacked around here unfortunately. But having lived through it... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 2025 #54

it's as good a theory as any Skittles Jul 2025 #18

Merrick the Meek was so concentrated on going after the small fry J6 rioters instead of TSF insurrectionists... brush Jul 2025 #57

AG's need a bulldog mentality, not that of a bunny rabbit. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #3

That's an insult to bunny rabbits. FoxNewsSucks Jul 2025 #6

I saw a couple of rabbits duking it out in the road Skittles Jul 2025 #8

yup again. bluboid Jul 2025 #13

I shall damn him with faint praise -- he ain't as bad as Bondi. Intractable Jul 2025 #4

or Hitler MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #17

It's a low bar and you lowered it further. Intractable Jul 2025 #19

to make the point MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #20

Maybe beats Barr fujiyamasan Jul 2025 #22

Speaking of bars MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #53

Garland is compiling a strongly worded statement. nt LexVegas Jul 2025 #9

ARRGLE BARRGLE!!! Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #10

So to you edhopper Jul 2025 #34

One answer? Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #35

If your view of reality edhopper Jul 2025 #48

Don't put words in my mouth Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #49

I think Garland made big mistakes edhopper Jul 2025 #58

My reply didn't single you out specifically Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #59

But this is an opinion site . republianmushroom Jul 2025 #61

No it's not, it's a discussion board Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #63

But you also use your opinions. republianmushroom Jul 2025 #64

I share both opinions and facts Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #65

To be fair that's the first tenet in the Garland Society code. BannonsLiver Jul 2025 #45

I'm a Neera Tanden fan from 2016..... BigmanPigman Jul 2025 #14

bellend Manchin ratfucked her confirmation for OMB director in February 2021 Celerity Jul 2025 #43

I seem to remember reading about that BigmanPigman Jul 2025 #67

epstein was dead orchidlady Jul 2025 #15

Look, I know you can use capital letters 'cause there are some in your post. BWdem4life Jul 2025 #23

Discuss the content not the form n/t malaise Jul 2025 #29

From the reality based community Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #36

Patience grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Garland has this. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #24

Oh dear... Here we go, again! "Merrick, Merrick, Merrick" is the "Marcia-Marcia-Marcia" of the new millennium. Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #25

Krasnov runs the legislative branch of government, gab13by13 Jul 2025 #30

Who is Krasnov? Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #32

What, you no gotta da jockey code book? Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #50

Ha! Great link! That perfectly illustrates the absurdity of all the stupid nicknames given to Trump. Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #68

KGB code name for Trump gab13by13 Jul 2025 #52

If true, among actual former KGB agents, this "code name" would make conversation easier ... Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #70

Critical thinking is hard Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #37

Scapegoating, whining, foot-stomping and tantrums are easier. Oopsie Daisy Jul 2025 #40

His hypersensitivity, that's a new one added to the list. Passages Jul 2025 #26

Neera Tanden went overboard criticizing President Biden gab13by13 Jul 2025 #27

So, Tanden is wrong when bashing someone you like Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #38

The extremely risk-averse Garland was the wrong man for the job. sop Jul 2025 #28

I believe Biden's regret was very specific Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #39

You need to do your own research, Fiendish. Google is your friend... sop Jul 2025 #41

Well the entire report appears to be unsourced Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #44

Sure, Fiendish...you hang on to that. sop Jul 2025 #46

Well, my position is more factual than "even Biden says Garland was too meek!" Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #47

That's only slightly better uponit7771 Jul 2025 #71

Having had a potential supreme court seat dangled at him by democrats, he went overboard trying to show he could be Solomon Jul 2025 #31

I'm not sure what this has to do with the typical criticisms of Garland? themaguffin Jul 2025 #33

Selective law enforcement. lees1975 Jul 2025 #42

I promised myself to never engage with Garland bashers again, and this thread is proof of how right my decision was Beastly Boy Jul 2025 #51

But here you are. republianmushroom Jul 2025 #62

Just to say "I told you so". I am not engaging in any conversation beyond that. Beastly Boy Jul 2025 #66

Meek Merrick the putz, never has a country been more ill served than by that loser Blues Heron Jul 2025 #55

That was my thought as well. Biden respected the doj ecstatic Jul 2025 #56

People are still beating this dead horse? ShazzieB Jul 2025 #60

I had always thought they didn't release TheFarseer Jul 2025 #69