Now I know why they became fast friends.

I can see this guy at Omega House with Doug Neidermeyer and Greg Marmalard.

but eventually they'll turn against one another. It's in the nature of the condition. I hope it's sooner than later.

And like Trump, he's always been this way. It's no accident that they ended up together.

The article is quite edifying in two parallel zones of political life. The Democrats got wobbly, lost their spine, during/after Reagan.

I'm glad to see then coming back.

Get his fat ass outa there!

A fascinating perspective on this roycohn.

for spotting deeply criminal personalities, to promote to key spots in his criminal empire.

Jarad's extreme loyalty to his criminal father comes to mind.

...what we know about his hiring of a young Jeffrey Epstein to be on the faculty despite lack of a college degree.

There's a buttload of info in this piece that really should be revisited by a contemporary journalist.

Yes, he did. Banana Republican operatives both.

To know one

Of course he would be someone in The Dump's inner circle. That's the only sort of person who would be loyal to someone like the orange asswipe.

We've all seen through Barr's act of being upset with the dump's actions and tweets. He's perfected this act over the years and it's served him well.

He needs to be tossed to the curb, but it's going to be up to the Democrats to find a way to do that.

I don't comprende, but oh well what's new

My spidey senses seem to be telling me that there's more to the Epstein-Barr (heh) connection than meets the eye.

How often do we read news stories about right-wing Republicans preaching about morals caught in child porn or sex trafficking?

When was the last time you heard of one dressing up like a baby, diapers and all.

I went to a hippie private school but there were a couple of fascist teachers and more than a few students just like Barr. I’d like a shot at my tormentors with the assistance of a tire iron perhaps. I had the fortune to be able to confront one once. The whole restaurant was apprised of what a prick he was.

Fascinating and revealing read.

...and Barr has a sibling named "Hilary".

Could call it, "Mean Boys".

sociopaths and bullies who are loyal to him

And at the heart of today's Republican party is the simple belief that some people are inherently "better" and more deserving than other people. This memoir reveals a lot of details about what we already knew generally about Barr. That he's a bigot.

More apropos is that he embodies Trumpism, which is the Republican party's new ontological center.

So undemocratic and dangerous.

I wonder if this writer - Jimmy Lohman - is still around? It would be interesting to find out what he thinks of Bill Barr now, as opposed to 1991.

and JUST joined twitter.

Seems like an awesome guy.

A quick Google search tells me the author of the piece has moved to Austin. He posted this column on Feb. 12 on his facebook page, where he also has a photo of himself with Hillary Clinton as well as Jimmy competing in a Spinal Tap air guitar contest.

Here's a Youtube video of Jimmy on the guitar. He's posted several like it.

because as I read, I realized this person can write in a vivid, compelling way.

A couple of my favorite lines:

Billy "started developing a soft spot in his 'law and order' heart for white-collar criminals."

and

"I don't see what is so refreshingly candid about wearing a three-piece suit over a brown shirt."

Barr: Born to be a Villain.

not the DOJ

...as in the days left before he resigns, or is carried out in cuffs.

Barr has been corrupt his whole life and had a corrupt father. Perhaps Trump is his father figure.

Much obliged for the post, DD, your contributions here = awesome!!

Thank you for this.

Maybe he could write a song about corrupt Billy Barr like the Moscow Mitch song!

Maybe it was common knowledge? It might show why Poppy took a shining to him in '91 and made him AG. Poppy loved his CIA pals.

Unfortunately, Gannett purchased the Flambeau and the FSView in 2006 as part of their for-profit portfolio.

I hope they still do good work, but Gannett has a way of sucking resources out of all its properties.

Gannett tried to purchase the Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University in 2008, but my students fought it, and we successfully turned the Collegian and its related media — CTV, KCSU and College Avenue magazine — into a non-profit corporation that would guarantee the students' right to choose content, which is the Independent Florida Alligator model. (Full disclosure: I'm a UF graduate. Go Gators.)

AS part of their "Football is KING" philosophy. That's why I will never donate to the FSU Foundation - instead I donate to the individual schools, such as Information Technology (used to be Library Science) or Social Sciences. Since my two majors were in Library Science and Anthropology, I want to support them.

I was at FSU when the Seminoles lost over 20 games in a row and was involved in the petition to remove football from their sport lineup. Unfortunately, Bobby Bowden managed to turn them around and they won consistently for the rest of the time I was there. I only keep track of the games so I can avoid going near town on home game days.

It was part of my job at the Gainesville Sun to keep an eye on the "enemy," so to speak.

And you're right about college football and its bizarre hold on major universities. This is not the forum for such a conversation, but unless and until football simply fades away, my belief is that all major college football should be turned into a professional minor league operation that still plays its games at campus stadiums but that is entirely made up of "professional football apprentices," players who have no obligation to go to school but would receive a stipend to do so when their football career ends. It's complicated, but it could be done.

I'd started at a small private college (Florida Presbyterian, now Eckerd College) and transferred up here in January 1972. I'd drive out to a horse stable out in the National Forest to ride. Fall quarter (remember the quarter system?) I went out to ride, but when I got back into town, I couldn't get back to campus. All the roads were re-directed or blocked off and that was my first quarter of driving in Tallahassee so I had a hard time finding my way.

When I got back to the dorm, I asked a friend what was going on and she said, "Oh, it's just the first game of the season." I asked what game and she explained about football. Until then I hadn't even known FSU had a team! Fla Pres's big claim to fame was their sailing and their bridge team (now they have a basketball team). If I'd known how much FSU valued football over academics I probably would not have come here.

Go Royals
Go KU Jayhawks?

I was a KU fan when I taught there, but as a Nebraska grad (the only Power Six conference school never to win an NCAA Tournament basketball game), I'm a little tired of KU's success and the entitled attitude of its fans. Nothing personal, I'm just jealous.

I taught at CSU for 10 years but was ousted by the president after "FUCK BUSH" in 2007-08, so I have bittersweet memories of that place. I also taught at CU Boulder and just retired from the state in 2017 after 27 years. I'm at the University of Iowa now.

Rec

If you never heard of it or don't remember here is a taste.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/07/28/bcci-scandal-behind-the-bank-of-crooks-and-criminals/563f2216-1180-4094-a13d-fd4955d59435/

And I think they should.

to overturn Roe v. Wade. Without those kinds of warm, public endorsements then, we wouldn't have Barr actively shredding the Constitution now.

But tell me again how Biden's centrist policies will be good for the country.

constitution does not provide a right to abortion.
Folks...Biden has no business being in this race. People think he's "safe" to beat trump. He. Is. Not. Trump is going to walk all over him if he gets the nomination. The republicans will crucify Biden.

Sadly, go along to get along not working for us.

That piece was brutal. Biden's centrist policies are not good for the country and should he win the nomination, Trump and the Republicans will chew him up and spit him out.

has been an asshole his whole life. Nice!

had posted this on DU, it would have probably been alerted and hidden.

The author is giving us personal insight into Barr's personality, history, and behavior. Barr is now "Trump's Roy Cohn," and apparently proud to be so. He's a bully and a fascist and a sociopath.

What in this piece from 1991 strikes you as alertable at DU today?

Barr never stopped being who he was. And the writer is spot on about the Democrats of that time.

I hope and pray that the Democratic leaders of today have seen the errors of the past, and will move to remedy them. I hope and pray that Barr will fall heavy and hard when he gets impeached.

Just ask Uncle Clarence.

and I'm not convinced -- at all -- he's seen the errors of the past. Sadly. That piece was brutal, on many different levels.

over 30 years. He is nothing, if not, consistent. He is on a religious mission.

The Greek's always looked at the hero or villain's childhood to see what the future might hold.

Wow. Thanks for posting this.

Sensational.

In fact I think I will. So many missed opportunities with Democrats. Sometimes I wonder......

... really needs to devote most of next show with this information. This needs to be spread far and wide. OVER DECADES, he's gotten away with so much illegal, immoral, and dangerous shit that has really hurt our country. And he's doing the very worst imaginable right now in front of our eyes.

Agree that it needs to be disseminated.

Never underestimate the damage that a bunch of "listless Democrats" can do.

Barr, like Trump, has been heading for this moment his whole life.

Who knew?

... behavior stopped

For some time now, I've been wondering how Barr became Barr. That article sheds some much needed light on the process.