And will take generations to put it back together.

“If confirmed, I will work to restore confidence and integrity to the Department of Justice — and each of its components,” Pam Bondi vowed during her confirmation hearing in January. “Under my watch, the partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end. America must have one tier of justice for all.”

But since her confirmation on February 4, Attorney General Pam Bondi has done exactly the opposite, weaponizing the DOJ against Trump’s political enemies and withdrawing criminal investigations of his allies. The tone was set on her first full day, when she fired off an all-staff memo threatening to fire anyone who raised ethical or legal objections to advancing frivolous arguments in court.

Literal Mob Rule:

The Civil Rights Division, which once protected victims of discrimination, is helmed by yet another former Trump lawyer, Harmeet Dhillon, a culture warrior who brags about outsourcing her prosecutorial discretion to Twitter randos. Per the Wall Street Journal: Harmeet Dhillon, head of the civil-rights division at the Justice Department, wakes up around 6 a.m. and begins her workday scrolling through X, searching for claims of discrimination. A lot of them, Dhillon said, regard universities. After spotting “a list of new horrors,” she said, “I text my deputies, and we assign cases, and we get cranking.”

  • teslasaur@lemmy.world
    111·
    3 days ago

    This paper estimates that 4.5% of the population is psychopathic:

    Has psychopatic traits*

    I don’t understand why, but they dont account for sociopathy at all in that study.

    I would agree that 5 % of people have psychopatic traits. To varying degrees. Many of those that take riskful jobs have psychopatic traits, it doesn’t have to be an “evil” job. Pilots, fire fighters, police, doctors, etc all have some parts of their job that is fitting for someone with traits that allows you to ignore risk to the benefit of others.

    Diagnosed psychopathy is very rare in comparison.

    • kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip
      8·
      2 days ago

      Sociopath is not a clinically defined term. Sociopath is basically a slang term for a person with anti-social personality disorder (ASPD). ASPD can be one part of a psychopathy diagnosis but they are not the same thing.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      this type of brain damage is on a spectrum

      This paper estimates that 4.5% of the population is psychopathic

      Has psychopatic traits*

      Also known as “on a spectrum” …right?

      I don’t understand why, but they dont account for sociopathy at all in that study.

      Not in the DSM as such maybe?