Well it's official - Nancy Pelosi just admitted on TV that we are in a constitutional crisis.
Even so, the Dems keep bringing neatly folded napkins to the gunfight.
And I agree, they need to start swinging their d*cks like the Rethugs do, and start fighting dirty fire with dirty fire. Obeying the laws to the letter in this case means the end of our democracy.
I'm hopeful that Mueller will leave DoJ soon, and then go have a few nice tattle tale sessions with Congress. BUT he may be bound by his security clearances to not reveal everything, even if he is subpoenaed.
Meanwhile, I think the IRS commissioner should just go ahead and hand over Twitler's returns, do the right thing and f*ck Mnuchin. I'd fall on my sword gladly if it was me.
I have a number of questions I would like for Jeanne or other psychics to answer: It's abundantly clear that Republicans are eager to shut down the investigations under a false premise, that the Mueller investigation found nothing and there is nothing more to be learned. The situation with Senator Richard Burr's Senate Intelligence Committee raises a number of questions. If Donald Trump Jr. defies the subpoena, will Senator Burr have the courage to take enforcement action? Did Richard Burr make a deal with someone to ignore all the flack he's getting from GOP partisans and have his committee continue to investigate issues that haven't been fully resolved?
We're undoubtedly going to see court litigation that will determine whether Trump and his followers get away with the blatant cover ups. What exactly what should we expect during the next 3 or 4 months which impacts the success or failure of the GOP cover up attempts?
why that may not work: https://theweek.com/speedreads/833454/trumps-handpicked-irs-chief-irs-legal-counsel-both-have-ties-trump-businesses
Meanwhile, I think the IRS commissioner should just go ahead and hand over Twitler's returns, do the right thing and f*ck Mnuchin. I'd fall on my sword gladly if it was me.
Which is why we are happy that NY State just voted to release his New York State taxes, which should contain much of the same information as the federal taxes.
The one way Twitler isn't a complete moron is that he installed people who have just as much to lose by his downfall as he does. Truth will out, it'll just take longer.
I get the feeling that EVERYTHING Trumple Dumpskin et al are doing right now is all about delaying. They want to run out the clock on statutes of limitations, or until they can somehow escape.
I believe Mango Jr. will plead 5th Amendment when he gets in front of the Senate Intel Committee. Doing so delays things considerably.
Yes, the truth will out eventually, but similarly to Jeanne, my feeling has always been that it will take at least a decade to sort out and reset.
Laura, those issues are known and are being worked on. Eric Swalwell announced two months ago that legislators were working on a bill to address that very issue. Today the No President Is Above the Law Act was introduced by Swalwell, Nadler, and Deutch. In a nutshell, it waives the statue of limitations on crimes that incumbent presidents may be accused of in the event that the DOJ rule about not indicting a sitting president is invoked. I don't know if McConnell will allow it to see the light of day in the Senate, and if it does pass, I'd assume that Cheatolini would veto it-if he's still in office by then (I'm still a Pollyanna). However, this is just the start. Eventually bills like this will be written and passed so that we will never have to go through such criminal governance in the future.
Note: this thread turned into a potent discussion about how to deal with tough emotions about DT and his enablers. I have moved those posts to a new thread in a section on coping: Can you love Donald Trump and Company?
Feel free to continue posting here on Robert Mueller. :-)
Back to Mueller.
Is he looking forward to or dreading his upcoming testimony? Does he have any desire to protect the illegal actions of his alleged friend Barr? How much impact will he have? Twitler sure seems frantic about it.
I threw a few cards on Barr and Mueller this morning and got the following:
I asked how Barr is feeling now and in the near future (after Mueller’s testimony) and got (Rider Waite):
The seven of pentacles - reaping what you have sown, preparation for retirement?
The tower reversed - fear, averting disaster or possibly deferring disaster
I asked how Mueller is feeling in the lead up to testifying, after testifying and then further into the future as clarification:
The knight of swords - committed to completing his mission, courage
Death reversed - delay and change? I thought possibly being shunned by the R’s for causing them problems
King of pentacles reversed - I wasn’t sure what to make of this except maybe that he retires because he is fed up or disappointed with the whole situation.
I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of the combinations of the cards and I felt a bit apprehensive about Mueller’s. I am still a novice at this. If anyone has a take on it, I would be very interested to hear it. These are most certainly trying times!