Very soon after Barr was confirmed by the senate, Matth Schlapp, a GOP strategist and husband of Mercedes Schlapp, who works as a communications person for trump, said on TV that we should look for the Mueller probe to wrap up very very soon. When I heard him say that I wondered what he knew, and assumed that Barr had done something to stop the investigation. And he did. Btw, I don't believe that Barr and Mueller or anyone is doing anything to protect our democracy by hiding damaging information and urging trump to resign. Sarah Kendzior, who is a scholar of authoritarian regimes, says that people should believe their own eyes. We should not respond to something as disturbing as what's happening now (the obstruction of the investigation) with some rationalization that it's being done for our own good. That's what authoritarians want. It's painful and deeply scary to watch what's going on and believe it for what it appears to be, but we shouldn't try to rationalize it. It's awful, but let's keep our eyes open. Let's stay awake.
I don't believe anyone "is trying to protect the American people" from the truth. We live in a country where people bring massacre dozens at a time and no one is trying to protect us. Buying into this theory worries me.
We've learned so much about how people operate and their motives from the last 2 years. We are not babies and one or 2 people do not have the authority to keep the truth from the American people to benefit above all Donald Trump. The idea goes against democracy itself.
The truth will come out, we basically already know what it is, and sadly the Mueller report has not changed anyone's mind about what has happened.
I don’t think any Republicans are trying to protect the American people. Barr is protecting a corrupt president and in so doing, he’s protecting his own Republican Party. He’s not a good guy, folks. I wrote a few weeks ago that Barr gave me an uneasy feeling and that I didn’t trust him. At the same time, I foresaw him doing the right thing down the road, but that may be a time when so much contradictory evidence has emerged, that Barr has no choice but to try to salvage his own reputation. I still don’t understand how this could be, but that contrary thought is still resonating with me.
So many of us have written about a visceral reaction to Trump, finding it unpleasant to see him or hear him speak. I have the same reaction to Barr, Erik Prince and Brad Parscale.
I had been anxiously and gleefully awaiting the Muller report. Friday I happened to click on my CNN tab just to see what the day's news held. I still browse the headlines, but often don't trust just one source for my news. I saw only the headline that the report had been delivered. I felt sick to my stomach, and a sense of overwhelming sadness came over me. I read nothing else, closed all news tabs and was very careful where I surfed the internet the rest of the weekend. When I awoke in the morning on Saturday, all dread was gone, but there was still some disappointment lingering through the remainder of the weekend. I got a few highlights from the one or two twitter accounts where I read, but other than that, I was in the dark. I know what I felt, and that I was supposed to tune out for the time being.
I don't believe for a moment that Trump is not guilty of collusion. Or conspiracy. Too many of his circle have been convicted or pleaded guilty. The bottom line is they simply hid the evidence well enough that it could go either way in a court of law.
I still believe that Trump will go down. His time is nearly up. The report is over 300 pages long according to the NYT, and to have the news taken in hook, line and sinker over a carefully worded 4 page synopsis designed to specifically detract from the report's actual findings was a negative event I didn't need to get roped into on top of all that is already on my plate.
I think there is a real effort to hide the report, not to protect the citizens of the US, but to protect those who hitched their wagons to Trump and the GOP. We have an illegitimate president in office and this country never envisioned such a thing taking place. There currently are no legal remedies.
The calls for Adam Schiff's job tell the story in the last few days. There are only four Democrats who cannot have their access to the report's intelligence findings blocked. They are members of the Gang of 8, and Schiff is one of those four. What is in that report can only be hidden for so long, and just like any child knows, if you don't fess up when caught, it just makes matters worse. The GOP knows this, but they've gotten away with so much for so long, they still think no on will point out that the emperor has on no clothes.
This kind of fell in my lap this morning, and it shows that the fight is not over. There are those who are willing to stand up for what is right, in spite of those who would call for their head on a platter:
Adam Schiff Intelligence Committee 3/28
Omg Cindy – I felt and did the EXACT same thing. I heard about the Mueler report Friday night and immediately felt sick to my stomach, and thought it was not going to be good. I could not and did not look at the news for the whole weekend after a quick scan to check if it did come out Friday night. I also felt deeply that they are ‘lying and/or hiding something’. Those words kept ringing in my head every time I thought of the report or heard anything. I’ve slowly poked out of my shell and started to check out the news again, and feel…. much less negatively about it. The whole report may never come out, but most of it will, and the betrayal will be exposed.
Well, after reading this I would say I have to agree with you all that the GOP are not doing what is best for us all. I guess I just like to hope that there are some that do, because it's so awful what is going on that when you hear a bit of hope it is hard to discern whether it's just what you hope /want to be true. I don't listen to the news as much anymore because I can't stand to hear it all and it's tough but my optimistic side is always hopeful. Perhaps it will all be leaked out like I originally thought and we just have to wait and be patient. and Pray / send light to it all!
Cindy thanks for posting Adam Schiff's speech. He is a hero. It is affirming and on track. Adam Schiff Intelligence Committee 3/28
I'm amazed by all of the hand-wringing that is going on by the media and pundits. They are very perplexed by Mueller and his findings, although right now their information and analysis is based on Barr's 4-page op-ed. It might make sensational news, but it's a waste of time. I strongly sense that Mueller plays by the book, is a good Marine, and is loyal, but to the country. I also strongly believe Mueller was hampered in some way -- maybe he even anticipated it -- so he has been strategic. The words "smart strategy" popped into my head. When Barr's report was released, in my mind's eye I immediately saw Mueller shaking his head, as if to say, "No-o-o-o ....". I say we wait and see.
In meditating on Robert Mueller, I am very much sensing his relief in many ways that his investigation was abruptly terminated by Barr, but also that he is troubled deeply in his being and I see him sitting alone in peace but anticipating what is to come.
He knows he will be called upon by Congress to testify, and even though most of this will be in private, we will be informed of much of the damning evidence.
I do feel that impeachment proceedings will be initiated in spite of the convolutions and perceived legal impossibilities. November comes to me as definitive time for some results.
I am so sickened by the gaslighting, the toxcicity, and the outrageousness of the whole T***p regime at this point, that I can't even say the name, much less focus on the face or the voice of his vileness. He is dead to me, he is already gone.
Mercury is going direct today and conjunct Neptune, so going forward over the next two weeks we can take our spiritual power back in the holographic dream-scape and stay firmly grounded as Saturn closes in with it's conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn...
Mueller as the 'Martyr' just doesn't feel right, does it? He is a powerful Leo personna, and I am reminded that he is experiencing a strong square from Uranus (in Taurus)... we are in for some surprises ;)
I love Adam Schiff! What we are seeing from the Republicans are the same defenses you experience in any highly dysfunctional system.lashing out, blaming, self righteousness, on and on. Adam Schiff is a huge threat to them and they are scared. So rather than act with integrity and surrender to the truth so healing can occur, they are acting out, kicking around sand in their sandbox like a bunch of little kids. I would venture to guess the base functions much the same way. I guess DT is going to be speaking at a rally in Michigan tonight. The good news is we have been warned, so we can ask for protection from headlines that may come out as a result.
I agree the truth will come out, but things may get worse before they get better.
I don’t know about anyone else, but we have elections on Tuesday. On our ballot we have someone running for the State Supreme Court. Every election is vital for us to participate in.