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Mary Faith Nicholas's avatar

What a beautifully written true commentary on a pathetic, cruel and hideous woman.

Thank you.

Lynne's avatar

I saw several clips of today’s hearings. Most disgusting to me was when she was touting the stock market, saying we should be talking about $$$ instead of these victims of sexual abuse. These poor women were sitting behind her. It was truly sickening.

Donna Maurillo's avatar

It always galls me that she can show up wearing a gold cross and act the way she does. No wonder Christians are getting a bad name.

Veronica's avatar

I know; that disgusts me, too. She is no Christian whatsoever. She is a fake.

Donna Maurillo's avatar

Not all Christians... or even most Christians... are as fake as she is. Most of us actually follow the good words of Jesus.

Cheryl Jones-Head's avatar

“Most”??? Well, 80% of Evangelicals voted for him in 2024. So after all of the affairs were known, after two impeachments (and the reasons for them). After his treatment of immigrants at the border in his first term and threats to do worse his 2nd. After 34 FELONIES. That’s right, EIGHTY PERCENT. I believe tRump was right with one thing…he ABSOLUTELY could shoot some on Fifth Avenue and he would still not lose their vote. Hell, he could *ape a 14 yo girl on the altar of their church and they’d still vote for him. So spare me.

Donna Maurillo's avatar

Evangelicals in the US make up only 25% of Christians. Do the math. it’s not that hard. In fact, in the last few years, evangelical Christianity has been viewed more and more negatively. Even by other Christians.

Maria K.'s avatar

I saw that too! What does the stock market have to do with ANYTHING? Reminds me of those arguments that Hitler fixed German economy. Yeah... uh-huh.... so that makes it ok...

bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

And Mussolini made the trains run on time!

Smacking my head

Anna Bolique's avatar

I literally felt like throwing up while watching that clip.

Deborah Marie's avatar

Yes it was I couldn't watch very long. It had me feeling 🤢

Joseph A. Izzo's avatar

John,

Are you considering sending this to the nasty and arrogant Pam B(l)ondi at the DOJ??? I doubt she follows you on Substack, but she richly deserves to hear all the things you say about the loss of her soul & humanity.

Save another essay for Kristi Noem...she deserves one too. And, Pete Hegseth, Steve Miller, Kash Patel, J.D. Vance...all bottom feeding swamp dwellers.

Laura's avatar

Good suggestion. However, it might result in a target on John's back and stormtroopers visiting his home, dragging him out of his vehicle, and 'accidentally' transporting him to a re-education camp!

PeachBlossom's avatar

I'm sure he's already being monitored, as are most Substack posters and commenters.

Joseph A. Izzo's avatar

Then we all file a class action suit against the DOJ, FBI for violation of our rights to free speech. No one here is promoting violent rebellion or insurrection like the MAGA's did on January 6, 2021. Pushing back against these bullies and censors is the only way to stop them.

TriTorch's avatar

Like much of Washington, backstabbing miscreant Bondi reports to her crimeboss blackmailer... and that ain’t 'We the People'. The top law enforcement official in the country trying to redirect the conversation away from her not prosecuting the worst crimes imaginable against the most vulnerable and into economics as if she were some wacky treasury secretary.

What an utter, loathsome, seething, putrid, disgrace.

Kathleen's avatar

I watched portions of the hearing, and I too was curious how someone could become at disrespectful, rude, hateful, and vile as Bondi. She apparently has no capacity for empathy and compassion. And considering her actions at DoJ, her legal skills are non-existent as well. I look forward to her impeachment and removal from office.

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Amen! What an absurd, incompetent, incoherent, ignorant performance! There’s definitely something mentally wrong with her. She has to be impeached.

Lizbeth Maher's avatar

I thought the same thing. She’s 60 years old, yet her affect reminded me of some junior high school girls I knew way back when. Whining, shrieking, rolling her eyes… very disturbing behavior for a middle aged woman.

Lizbeth Maher's avatar

Absolutely, right down to the constant hair flip.

Anna Bolique's avatar

The way she ended up screaming "You're not even a lawyer!" at Harvard Law graduate and former Washington University law professor Jamie Raskin of all people, was a jaw-dropping moment. It really enhanced the already obvious fact that she was a shrieking, impotent harridan, completely out of her depth.

Mark Carpenter's avatar

I’ll be succinct and get right to the point: I don’t know what happened to people like Pam Bondi, Karoline Leavitt, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, JD, Vance, Donald Trump, and so many of the other people of Trump’s entourage in this administration during their lifetimes. I don’t know why these people are the way they are. I certainly don’t have the training to fix them.Regardless, the people of Trump‘s entourage have become People Of The Lie. They don’t tell the truth because – frankly, they’re incapable of telling the truth. For them,telling the truth, and telling a lie are morally equivalent; and given the choice, they’ll tell a lie.

It’s not that they’re “sinners“ – we ALL sin, and if we’re honest, we admit we sin many times a day. At least we’re aware of what we’re doing.They’re long past the point of making moral choices. They are incapable of making moral choices, because unfortunately, they are bad-to-the-bone EVIL. They’re past the point of redemption. They are truly the human incarnation of Satan on this earth.

Most people are too nice to say these kinds of things. I do “niceties“ most of the time, but in the case of Trump and his entourage, niceties no longer cut it. We’re talking about evil people here – irredeemably evil people. This is how they kidnap and arrest anybody on the street – just for the hell of it; this is how they murder and torture people;this is how they separate children from their parents and put children in cages.

Let’s call this out for what it is: we are seeing the zenith of human evil in our midst.

Anna's avatar

No one has the "training to fix them" because there is no fixing them. They've all sold their souls and you've said it: "They are incapable of making moral choices" anymore.

Just despicable.

Veronica's avatar

Of Stephen Miller, my mom said that the devil preys on the weak. I think that's what happened with this modern-day Goebbels.

That said, the people you listed are the way they are for one reason: they sold their souls for power and money. And in the case of the thing (Trump), he was never taught how to be a good human being.

Delphine Reed's avatar

As an author myself, and a lover of words, I simply delight in how you delineate the obvious! Thanks for another great document that delivers nothing but the truth!

Laurie's avatar

Naturally she's wearing a cross. 🤨

DENNIS WANSITLER's avatar

a cross that will weigh like a millstone for all the lies she refuses to acknowledge and repent.

Brenda Anna's avatar

It's either for show or she never read that part in the Gospel which says, "You cannot serve both God and money."

Or maybe she thinks God and money serve her...

She certainly came across as arrogant and belligerent.

Barb Olszewski's avatar

There’s also the part about taking the Lord’s name in vain. Spoiler alert: that means much more than merely swearing.

Lisa T. Sandoval's avatar

I’m glad others have had the stomach to watch and hear her bellowing and gaslighting so I don’t have to. I hope her day of reckoning comes soon and not a day too soon.

Lonni Skrentner's avatar

It's not often I wish I had written what I just read, but this is a piece that I wish I had written. Eloquent, empathetic, parental and truly Christian! Thank you!

Suzanne Clothier's avatar

I am out of words for this soulless human. Thank you for putting yours out for us to share. The look in her eyes that says, "Sold my soul" is eerily appearing on many in this regime: Noem, Vance, Rubio and others. Appalling.

Margaret Flynn's avatar

I’ve watched her moral descent for years. Her lack of compassion and respect for the victims of heinous crimes are testimony to her own lack of character. Hopefully she will one day be held accountable.

Deborah Hemenway's avatar

Amen, She has no moral compass or ethics. Since she refuse to prosecute Epstein in Florida as AG I guess it is no wonder she refuses to even begin to protect the victims of Epstein. I have to believe that all the members of this regime sat at the feet of Roy Cohn and learned to deny, deny, deny and attack, attack, attack. They have all earned at PhD in lying so much so it has become an art form with them. 1984 what isn't is and what is isn't. In the Inferno some of the worlds greatest liars ended up in the 9th circle of hell. I rather think it is going to get mighty crowded there where the time comes for these to give up their earthly coil.

Donna Leammari's avatar

AMEN 🙌🏻

Today was yet another horrible day of her misguided alliance to evil 😈

Heartless Bitch that one is!!!!!

Julie's avatar

Amazing letter. Praying that they all get tried for their crimes. And when found guilty. They go to jail or the other alternative ☠️🙏🏻🕊️

Lizbeth Maher's avatar

I also watched the hearing today. Afterwards, one of the Epstein survivors who was sitting behind her said, “All she (Bondi) needed to do was turn around and look at us. She wouldn’t even look at us.” She is a monster, and the Republican congressmen there who licked her boots are monsters as well.