Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to be his MAGA voters’ “retribution.” Now an official at the DoJ named Ed Martin is pressing to see that pledge through.
EVERYTHING Don Taco (and his administration) does falls into one of three categories: Grift, Revenge or Cruelty. Sometimes their actions fall into more than one category.
I would never accuse Jay of normalization, he's a true master of word ceremonies when it comes to the mad clown. So I was nitpicking here a bit. My ire is most definitely with mainstream media.
Absolutely agree - language is very important and we should not promulgate terms which give any of them legitimacy. Indeed the memorable tags of “MAGA”, and “Brexit” in the UK gave flags to rally round with subsequent consequences. (I even believe Brexit may not have happened without this empowering label - and certainly the “Remain” campaign missed the potency of it and didn’t flag up with a similarly effective tag or concept)
Well put. I’ve been saying for years we must stop letting the far-right coin the terms. No one is “pro abortion”; sensible people are pro-choice. Let’s take back the terms!
A trouble I see with this is that anti-MAGAs ought to have been election deniers of the 2024 Presidential 'results' but they were too staid to invest in getting to the bottom of how it was that every swing state went to Grump for the American people.
I used to worry that the country is so fractured that we wouldn't be able to pull ourselves together if we were suddenly attacked by China, Russia, or some other adversary, but now I realize Trump's doing their dirty work for them. No need to waste explosives.
The thing about Martin is guys like that always have shyte to hide as well. He's a bully and needs to be treated as such. Unmask him. Investigate him and put all his dirty laundry on a billboard. Will it stop him, no. But it might give a little incentive to the people he investigates to fight back. For example, find his tindr, grindr, growler accts (had to look those up lol). All of those cheeto bootlickers are pedos that need to be unmasked.
I would like to see a coordinated effort between blue state DAs to look for the "shyte" from guys like Martin in their districts. Some of these guys committed crimes in red districts and won't get caught. But others committed their crimes in blue urban districts. These blue state DAs and attorneys general should have a big confab devoted to hunting down people in the regime and looking for crimes that can be prosecuted without threat of presidential pardon. They can even call the coordinated effort a witch hunt, for all I care.
Really good article, Jay. Did I have a bad dream or did Trump just ramble on at length about Putin explaining to him, at the 2025 Alaska Peace Deal, the evils of mail-in ballots and how that practice needs to stop. So now, Putin is making internal US policy? And I've not heard ANYTHING made of this in the mainstream news. Stop, my head is about to explode!
And he's signed, or is going to sign, an executive order to get rid of mail in ballots? Frump is so delusional I don't believe putin said anything to him about mail in ballots, because what place do ballots have in "peace talks"?? I think it's all in the great orange one's head.
Have you ever known a teenager who was a serious pathological liar? I have. That's Trump--he just makes things up to suit himself. You can't believe one single word he says. How scary that he's president, with the nuclear button, and he has major mental health problems.
I've met adults who were serious pathological liars. I mean we knew he was a pathological liar after his first term yet here we are dealing with the liar who now has dementia. I believe the dementia adds a different layer to the lying
The ABA & state bar associations need all the support they can get to fight the many 'lawyer' thugs through disbarment proceedings. Flood them with written complaints. The thugs must not be allowed, through their wrongful or any retribution actions, to rewrite history.
To the lawyers out there, is there an opportunity to sue Ed Martin for intimidation and harassment in his role as Director of the Weaponization Working Group?
The visit to Letitia James' house and, what I'm hearing, the subsequent publication of a photo of her house in the NY Post may be prosecutable. I was trained a long time ago that, when asking law enforcement who they are, they are obligated to answer truthfully. The video of the visit demonstrates the two men lying. Please push on this one!
Mills can deny what he did to women he's dated, but having Martin do a cover-up of those things is exactly why he's "a Trump kind of guy."
Being SO FIRMLY in Trump's camp, I can't help but ask myself if it's possible that Martin is also listed in the Epstein Files. Everyone knows Trump's a child molester (plenty of paid off victims) and I can't imagine someone who is not one being that close to one and not being completely repulsed.
EVERYTHING Don Taco (and his administration) does falls into one of three categories: Grift, Revenge or Cruelty. Sometimes their actions fall into more than one category.
He's an all of the above kinda guy, all the time.
I really hate the phrase, "election truther." I realize this is the norm, but maybe "election denialist" or something else could replace it?
Anyway, thanks for all this. I hate all the doom it creates in my soul, but information is power. The comp to J. Edgar seems fitting.
The addition of the -er has always had a negative connotation in public discourse, like a 9/11 truther. But I get your point.
It should not be the norm. On NPR they referred to epstein victims as "underage women". Underage women are children!
Yikes.
I would never accuse Jay of normalization, he's a true master of word ceremonies when it comes to the mad clown. So I was nitpicking here a bit. My ire is most definitely with mainstream media.
I missed that. Shame on them!! Meanwhile I have lost track. Do we even still have an NPR?
Seconded. There's no truth there. How about 'Election Delusion Fanboy'?
Love it. Make it so.
Absolutely agree - language is very important and we should not promulgate terms which give any of them legitimacy. Indeed the memorable tags of “MAGA”, and “Brexit” in the UK gave flags to rally round with subsequent consequences. (I even believe Brexit may not have happened without this empowering label - and certainly the “Remain” campaign missed the potency of it and didn’t flag up with a similarly effective tag or concept)
Well put. I’ve been saying for years we must stop letting the far-right coin the terms. No one is “pro abortion”; sensible people are pro-choice. Let’s take back the terms!
Even the term "right" is wrong.
"Remainers" were labelled "Remoaners" by the leave campaign so that added and even more negative connotation to the cause, unfortunately.
Very good point
How about "election denier"?
A trouble I see with this is that anti-MAGAs ought to have been election deniers of the 2024 Presidential 'results' but they were too staid to invest in getting to the bottom of how it was that every swing state went to Grump for the American people.
I used to worry that the country is so fractured that we wouldn't be able to pull ourselves together if we were suddenly attacked by China, Russia, or some other adversary, but now I realize Trump's doing their dirty work for them. No need to waste explosives.
Seeing Martin land in this position is like looking into a display toilet at Home Depot and seeing a fresh turd.
The thing about Martin is guys like that always have shyte to hide as well. He's a bully and needs to be treated as such. Unmask him. Investigate him and put all his dirty laundry on a billboard. Will it stop him, no. But it might give a little incentive to the people he investigates to fight back. For example, find his tindr, grindr, growler accts (had to look those up lol). All of those cheeto bootlickers are pedos that need to be unmasked.
I would like to see a coordinated effort between blue state DAs to look for the "shyte" from guys like Martin in their districts. Some of these guys committed crimes in red districts and won't get caught. But others committed their crimes in blue urban districts. These blue state DAs and attorneys general should have a big confab devoted to hunting down people in the regime and looking for crimes that can be prosecuted without threat of presidential pardon. They can even call the coordinated effort a witch hunt, for all I care.
Deplorables.
Keep a list of the villains and what they have done. There will need to be a reckoning.
I speak their names aloud like Arya Stark did.
"What do we say to Ed Martin?"
"Not today!"
File the names under “Maggot Regime”.
Really good article, Jay. Did I have a bad dream or did Trump just ramble on at length about Putin explaining to him, at the 2025 Alaska Peace Deal, the evils of mail-in ballots and how that practice needs to stop. So now, Putin is making internal US policy? And I've not heard ANYTHING made of this in the mainstream news. Stop, my head is about to explode!
Apparently Putin told him the 2020 election was stolen using mail in ballots. Putin plays him like a fiddle.
And he's signed, or is going to sign, an executive order to get rid of mail in ballots? Frump is so delusional I don't believe putin said anything to him about mail in ballots, because what place do ballots have in "peace talks"?? I think it's all in the great orange one's head.
Have you ever known a teenager who was a serious pathological liar? I have. That's Trump--he just makes things up to suit himself. You can't believe one single word he says. How scary that he's president, with the nuclear button, and he has major mental health problems.
I've met adults who were serious pathological liars. I mean we knew he was a pathological liar after his first term yet here we are dealing with the liar who now has dementia. I believe the dementia adds a different layer to the lying
Thank goodness you have Riley and Ronan to cuddle every day!❤️
Luckily for Garcia he’s got the perfect defense over the Elon Musk kerfuffle: truth …
“Is this a stoop?” 😂
Yes, what a dumb ass question. Bravo to her for standing her ground as they left with their tails between their legs.
These guys don’t know how to do undercover work unless their goal was to simply intimidate. Don’t think it’s going to work.
Yes it’s an obvious stoop, as in to lower and debase oneself.
Also as in stoopid.
Exactly!
The ABA & state bar associations need all the support they can get to fight the many 'lawyer' thugs through disbarment proceedings. Flood them with written complaints. The thugs must not be allowed, through their wrongful or any retribution actions, to rewrite history.
Exactly…. My words( I spelled it wrong🥵) exactly, disbar Pat!! Thank you for not mincing words.
Martin is pedo 47's Roy Cohn.
To the lawyers out there, is there an opportunity to sue Ed Martin for intimidation and harassment in his role as Director of the Weaponization Working Group?
The visit to Letitia James' house and, what I'm hearing, the subsequent publication of a photo of her house in the NY Post may be prosecutable. I was trained a long time ago that, when asking law enforcement who they are, they are obligated to answer truthfully. The video of the visit demonstrates the two men lying. Please push on this one!
Nice job of reporting, as I have come to expect!
But I prefer "Jeanine Boxwine Pirro."
Mills can deny what he did to women he's dated, but having Martin do a cover-up of those things is exactly why he's "a Trump kind of guy."
Being SO FIRMLY in Trump's camp, I can't help but ask myself if it's possible that Martin is also listed in the Epstein Files. Everyone knows Trump's a child molester (plenty of paid off victims) and I can't imagine someone who is not one being that close to one and not being completely repulsed.