A few days ago, this board was inundated with people demanding Garland and DOJ DO something!!!

[StarfishSaver]

But now that they're DOING something, the board is filled with shrugs and lots of "So what? It's not going to make any difference" and "I'll believe it when I see it" posts.

What's up with that?

[madaboutharry]

1. Yeah, it is perplexing.

Garland was obviously working hard in preparing to do the right thing but he failed to personally inform folks on DU.

[StarfishSaver]

2. Yup

They complained that he should be telling them what he was doing. And now he's telling them what he's doing and they aren't interested.

[ShazamIam]

3. We forget how this Adm. has been under attack since Inauguration day, with

acts like the Republicans refusing to name members to committees, the pandemic, and we can only guess at the shambles left in every branch of government. Especially of course, the DOJ, IRS, Defense, Intelligence, and, and, and.

But based on articles and comments, I felt like we had major visiting from the people working hard to divide the Democratic.

[StarfishSaver]

4. I think you're right

Not a coincidence.

[dem4decades]

5. Garland's DOJ isn't doing enough to clean house with those involved in the Schiff and others

Apple information. Today. after the story comes out they seek an IG investigation? They didn't know about it before?

[StarfishSaver]

8. As I was saying ...

[dem4decades]

11. Adam Schiff, Chairman Nadler, Neil Katyal all say DOJ hasn't done enough but you disagree.

[comradebillyboy]

22. ++++

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. I, for one, am glad to see the announcement.

After Fitzmas, the Mueller Report Barr Edition, the revisionist report of the church photo-op, and the Senate 1/6 report that doesn't mention "insurrection", etc etc, yeah. Put me in the "believe it when I see it" crowd.

Even when Democrats make the effort, republiqon cheating seems to thwart it every time. I'll be glad to give Garland the chance to prosecute and jail them. And applaud his stance on voting.

But we're running out of time to get this done. Criminal scum are walking free. Out on bail would be bad enough, but we don't even have that.

I sincerely hope that will not, once again, be the case. But we've been burned by anticipointment way too many times to jump up waving pompoms ever again.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Who are these people, denying the world benefit of their wisdom?

How dare they waste their talent trolling internet sites instead of stepping up to the plate and taking charge?

[LizBeth]

9. I do not know where you are seeing shrugs but I think it is awesome great and anticipate action.

Coolest.

[Sewa]

10. Thanks to the people demanding that Garland

and the DOJ do something, they are doing something. Keeping their feet to the fire works. Those that turned up the heat should be patting themselves on the back. 👏

[StarfishSaver]

14. You really think Garland just came up with a Voting Rights plan in the last few days

because people started fussing at him earlier this week?

Wow.

[Sewa]

18. Yep

Who couldn’t have came up with that plan in an hour? 🤙

[StarfishSaver]

19. LOL

OK. Good to know for future reference.

[Grasswire2]

12. Calm down.

And please stop criticizing other Dems.

[StarfishSaver]

16. This is pretty rich

on a couple of levels ...

[ecstatic]

13. This was still going on under Garland's DOJ.

So my opinion of him actually went down when the news story came out. I'm just exhausted and will probably take a break from news.

[StarfishSaver]

17. Good idea

[Turbineguy]

15. Well..... Ya know....

we don't always get it right the first time every time....

[gab13by13]

20. Why won't DOJ tell Congress who was targeted?

As I was one of the ones asking for DOJ to do something about Arizona I am still not satisfied. What is DOJ doing about a private Qanon company having access to sealed ballots, voting systems, and other election materials that are no longer in the custody of election officials?

I also said DOJ should hurry and act because it is harder to negate a state law that is already passed. Yeah DOJ will file law suits against corrupt election laws which will take how many years to get through the courts? DOJ needed to emphasize that it will question state legislators under oath if they lied about the reasons and data for their new election laws. State legislators need to understand that they can be indicted for passing these corrupt election laws.

IMO DOJ needs to do more. The Senate doing an investigation is a joke since nothing will get out of committee. Jerry Nadler in the House stated he didn't want to hold hearings without giving DOJ a chance to clean house first. So we are at a standstill for bringing Sessions, Barr before a committee.

Seeing as Sessions recused himself from anything Russia, anyone want to bet me that Rod Rosenstein had a hand in this?

[StarfishSaver]

23. Not only are you moving the goalposts

But you're also demanding DOJ take actions it has no power to take.

For example, DOJ can't prosecute state legislators for passing "corrupt election laws" or "question state legislators under oath if they lied about the reasons and data for their new election laws." We might not like what they've done, but passing legislation, regardless how odious, is not a federal crime.

[Elessar Zappa]

31. DOJ has no power

to indict legislators due to corrupt election laws.

[Justice matters.]

21. It's good to see 'something' is DONE, but...

between seeing 'something' is DONE and seeing that 'something' actually working to right the wrongs (illegal stuff), there's a big diff.

[FreepFryer]

24. AstroTurf discouragement efforts by Republicans and their crowdfunded foreign friends. (Nt)

[betsuni]

25. It's "Democrats sit around doing nothing" followed by "Well, that's not good enough" syndrome.

[Kaleva]

26. Doomers and Gloomers move the goalposts.

when one dire predication or predicament doesn't pan out or is addressed, they quickly forget it and create another.

[MineralMan]

27. I can only conclude that some people do NOT want the Biden administration

to succeed. When it does, however, those same people find something else to complain about that detracts from the mission.

Why do they do that? I do not know, and there may be several different answers.

[we can do it]

28. Thank you for this.

[mcar]

29. Classic DU

I've been here so long I remember the same kind of complaints during the Obama Administration. "Why won't he use the bully pulpit" about their pet issue, over and over.

Then, Pres. Obama would give an amazing speech on that very same issue. The response here?

"Talk is cheap."

[Bettie]

30. I, for one, am happy that they plan on addressing

voter suppression and voting rights as a whole.

I hope it makes a difference.

[Elessar Zappa]

32. There's some people who enjoy being outraged.

It’s like a drug for them.

[Goodheart]

33. I'll be happy when I see indictments.

[StarfishSaver]

34. Perhaps you will be

But I suspect that many people who say that won't be happy at all with indictments. When those come down, they'll predict they'll never see any convictions ...

[Peacetrain]

35. I could not agree more.. its that same old "hold his feet to the fire" campaign used by some on our

side used against President Obama


I still fume over that..

[StarfishSaver]

36. Yep.

And when he did what they wanted, they either took credit for it or shrugged and claimed it still wasn't enough and then went right back to castigating him.

[bigtree]

37. they're not reading anything other than the inside of their own heads

...and are understandably cynical about government's ability to confront itself.

They need time, too.

There's really no substitute for patiently informing folks about what Garland is actually doing, and public opinion will include more than what people feel about government when that information proliferates.

Lots of work to do.