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Hey, James, we've known all along that the Trump administration taking the cue from its leader is craving that it's corrupt.

This week reinforced the notion there also are shockingly incompetent.

I mean shockingly incompetent.

A judge throughout the political revenge indictments of James Comey and Latina James,

as the U.S. attorney Trump and Bond hastily arranged, wasn't legally appointed and botched up the charges anyway.

I don't ever remember an embarrassment this bad for the Department of Justice.

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Higset, the man whose character may be lower than his confidence,

as a close call, went ballistic when six congressional Democrats, all national security veterans,

put out a video telling military personnel they shouldn't obey illegal

orders. Now, you can argue whether that was a good idea or bad idea, but if a soldier or

a sailor obeys an illegal order, he or she faces court-martial or prosecution. I mean,

that's a simple matter of military law. The administration is trying to make this a federal case.

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