{"id":6834,"date":"2022-08-12T20:26:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T03:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T01:51:12","slug":"merrick-garland-masterfully-played-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6834","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Merrick Garland masterfully plays Donald Trump (and other Republican bloviators)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since Merrick Garland doesn&#8217;t look fierce and imposing and boast and crow, Trump may have assumed His appointed Attorney General would meekly serve His purposes, being obedient and easy to control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LM5H9vlH31s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Merrick Garland doesn&#8217;t look fierce and imposing and boast and crow, Trump may have assumed His appointed Attorney General would meekly serve His purposes, being obedient and easy to control. 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