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<\/a>By Henry S. Villard<\/strong><\/p>\nI have a friend who, some months ago, said (and I quote) \u201cthere is nothing inimical that can be said about Trump and his followers that isn\u2019t true,\u201d and that statement of fact has been borne our over and over again, innumerable times, since that statement was made. The latest total lack of decency and complete breach of ethics is below and I hope you will read it carefully because, in its early days, this type of behavior is exactly what Mussolini and Hitler and their followers did to and with anybody who disagreed with them or had the courage to point out their unending flaws. If you are still considering voting for Trump, and this doesn\u2019t finally change your mind, then\u2014seriously\u2014you are lost forever as far as decency and ethics goes in America.<\/p>\n
Read this and weep (or puke, as you see fit):<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Bill Barr Reportedly Pressed Rupert Murdoch To ‘Muzzle’ Trump Critic Judge Napolitano On Fox News<\/strong><\/em> Attorney General William Barr met last year with media mogul Rupert Murdoch to pressure him to \u201cmuzzle\u201d Donald Trump critic Andrew Napolitano on Fox News, according to a new book out Tuesday.<\/p>\n Napolitano\u2019s air time has dwindled as his criticism of Trump has increased over the last year.<\/p>\n Barr\u2019s meeting with Murdoch, the executive chairman of Fox News\u2019 parent company, at his New York home was widely reported at the time, but its purpose was not revealed. One aim of the meeting was to shut up Napolitano, according to the book \u201cHoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth,\u201d written by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter.<\/p>\n Trump \u201cwas so incensed\u201d by Napolitano\u2019s increasingly critical comments about him in Fox News broadcasts that he \u201cimplored Barr to send Rupert a message in person \u2026 about \u2018muzzling the judge,\u2019\u201d according to the book, reported The Guardian, which obtained a copy. Trump \u201cwanted the nation\u2019s top law enforcement official to convey just how atrocious Napolitano\u2019s legal analysis had been,\u201d wrote Stelter, citing information from an unnamed source.<\/p>\n Napolitano, a former New Jersey superior court judge, reportedly told friends early in 2019 that he was on Trump\u2019s \u201cshort list\u201d for the U.S. Supreme Court. But when news emerged later that year of Trump\u2019s phone call pressing Ukraine\u2019s president to launch an investigation into baseless accusations against Joe Biden, Napolitano called the president\u2019s actions both \u201ccriminal and impeachable.\u201d<\/p>\n The judge also said that much of what was found in an investigation by former special counsel Robert Mueller concerning Russian interference in the 2016 election was \u201calso impeachable.\u201d<\/p>\n Barr\u2019s words \u201ccarried a lot of weight\u201d with Murdoch, Stelter reports, though it\u2019s unclear how the pressure to silence Napolitano served taxpayers funding Barr\u2019s salary.<\/p>\n A daytime slot for Napolitano soon disappeared and he was carved out of coverage of Trump\u2019s impeachment, Stelter noted.<\/p>\n Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo would only book Napolitano to discuss non-Trump topics, because she would become too upset when he criticized Trump, a staffer told Stelter.<\/p>\n Napolitano still appears on Fox News, though in a more limited role. He recently harshly criticized Trump for sending federal officers into Portland to snatch residents off the streets, calling it a dangerous slide into totalitarianism. \u201cThere is nothing lawful or orderly\u201d about the aggressive tactics Department of Homeland Security officers are wielding against people protesting racism, he wrote in a Fox News opinion piece. The agents\u2019 actions are \u201cunlawful\u201d and \u201cunconstitutional,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n He has also blasted Barr as \u201cStalinistic.\u201d<\/p>\n From H. S. V.: Add this to \u201cthe list,\u201d that list exploding last night when it was revealed that Mary Trump, Donnie\u2019s niece, taped his sister, her aunt, Maryanne, a retired federal judge, who stated, unequivocally, not only that little Don has no moral compass but that he is a liar and is totally untrustworthy. Sadly, though (and more on this in coming columns), nothing will deter the remaining \u201c42%\u201d who, in their one topic loyalty to a corrupt liar, cheater, swindler, coward and traitor, can not be blown off with an atomic water cannon, and, as with the huge majority of the German people, will follow Herr Trumpler to the death. We will continue shortness. Stay safe, all.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] By Henry S. Villard I have a friend who, some months ago, said (and I quote) \u201cthere is nothing inimical that can be said about Trump and his followers that isn\u2019t true,\u201d and that statement of fact has been borne our over and over again, innumerable times, since that statement was made. 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\nMary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n