This is why defeating him in 2020 does little to nothing to bring about the change that we desperately need. We need to reform the very systems that allowed Trump to be president in the first place.

Because if we don't, we will get another Trump in the near future.

We convince ourselves to stay in shitty jobs or relationships and that a vacation will fix everything. It doesn't. Pleasure and happiness are not the same thing. Happiness is a sustatined state of being content no matter where you are.

He's an attorney that's served in government for the entirety of his career. He's only been in private practice since 2009, and he was probably hired to bring in powerful clients to help them deal with the government.

Read his Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barr



Trump's policies serve the interests of the 1%. Trump's demagoguery builds political support for those policies. The 1% need Trump to survive. At 69, with his usefulness fading, Barr saw an opportunity for himself. Protect Trump and be rewarded by the 1%. He can sell himself as the corporate lawyer that protects the powerful from the government.

Look at what defending Michael Jackson and OJ did for Johnnie Cochran's legal practice.

picking Daniel Jones in the NFL draft:



https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-is-not-happy-the-giants-picked-daniel-jones/

fervently want to return to some sort of "normalcy". At some point, the Democratic congressional leadership has to understand that there is no return to normalcy.

What needs to be done today is the creation of a select committee in the House to investigate the president. You don't have to call it "impeachment". Call it whatever you want. But that committee needs to be raining subpoenas on the White House like a tsunami. If Trump wants to fight them all in court, so be it. Dare him to. But if people don't comply, order their arrest. Call Trump's bluff.

Not standing up to Trump will weaken efforts to replace him in 2020. Don't rely on presidential election polling data a 18 months ahead of the election as comfort. Take more aggressive action now or risk losing big in 2020.