Only Barr and DHS have the ability to extend state power immediately to U.S. citizens, inside the United States. Defense, State, etc, have none of these powers at hand. Trump is functionally incapacitated, and Barr knows it, and he's stepped in as the Acting President. /2

Only Barr and DHS have the ability to extend state power immediately to U.S. citizens, inside the United States. Defense, State, etc, have none of these powers at hand. Trump is functionally incapacitated, and Barr knows it, and he's stepped in as the Acting President. /2

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 27, 2020

This makes Barr the most dangerous man in the United States government right now.
Courts and state AGs and state authorities - and not naked protesters - need to step into his way. (Protesters, stop helping Barr. Because you are.)
/4x

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 27, 2020