I was angry last night. I'm angry this morning. I was angry and crying last night. When do we get justice? Justice seems dead. Even our "Chief Justice" sat there like a potted plant.....and I think potted plants should be offended by that comparison.
I got about 3 hours of sleep. I woke up at 1:30 am, angry. I left for work at 6:30 am angry. I got my breakfast and when I went out to my car (Prius) it won't start. Small victory is that I'm already at work AND it isn't raining.
I'm tired. I'm tired of "small victories". I'm tired of this rampant corruption. My ego is dreading the fallout from this. Trump will spend 24 hours gloating about this. His supporters will gloat about this for the remainder of his presidency (which now has no end time....). The day after his acquittal, Trump will be on the phone to China, Turkey, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and any other country that is willing to tamper with our elections....just like he did with Ukraine after the death of the Mueller report.
I am not happy with our "small victories", while the other side is cheating with both hands and grabbing wins illegitimately. Why should I trust spirit? Why should I keep up hope? Every time I get my hopes up, they get dashed. I suppose it is my expectations, I expect things to be fair, honorable, honest and they aren't. I expect that laws will be obeyed and they aren't. I expect that THIS TIME the light will win....and it doesn't....yet again.....
I am in the position of needing to run to get to work now, but I wanted to tell you that I hear you. I just wanted to offer the small comfort of witnessing your words and holding you in my thoughts.
@codyroo, I hear you and also feel that anger, profound disappointment, and exhaustion. It's a daily act of hope and faith, which sometimes feels like a waste of time. But on some level, I know that it's not. Even though we are venturing into unknown territory, this story isn't over. I know this in the core of my being.
I'm happy you are sharing your feelings with us. Just take care of yourself. Do those things that give your life meaning and make you happy. That will elevate you and all of us.
Another leak on Bolton ‘a book:
Trump directed John R. Bolton, then his national security adviser, to help with his pressure campaign to extract damaging information on Democrats from Ukrainian officials, according to an unpublished manuscript by Mr. Bolton.
Mr. Trump told Mr. Bolton to call Volodymyr Zelensky, who had recently won election as president of Ukraine, to ensure Mr. Zelensky would meet with Mr. Giuliani, who was planning a trip to Ukraine to discuss the investigations that the president sought, in Mr. Bolton’s account. Mr. Bolton never made the call, he wrote.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/trump-bolton-ukraine.amp.html
Based on what I'm hearing now on CNN this could be the absolute worst day in all of American history! Thanks to the Republican party we now have the makings of a full-blown dictatorship with no accountability whatsoever in the White House. CNN believes that the senate will soon block witness testimony and documents from presentation in the senate. They will also let the president off the hook with no accountability whatsoever for his actions. You can bet that this will embolden Trump to far more brazen acts of moral turpitude and lawlessness.
If the senate Republicans are going to do exactly what CNN believes, we have forever lost the very freedoms our ancestors fought and died for. The constitution is nothing but a meaningless scrap of paper thanks to the hyperpartisan Republicans who refuse to do what they know is right.
Unless something major happens in favor of Democrats, we are now a dictatorship. He thinks he is above the law, and rethugs have made it crystal clear that they don't intend to hold him accountable for anything. I think the next thing he will do is cancel the upcoming election. I want to be hopeful about all the predictions of T's downfall, but I don't see how they happen at this point. I hope I am wrong more than I can put into words.
Editing to say we don't stop fighting. "Give me liberty, or give me death." Patrick Henry
Forgive my french but holy crap. Parnas' attorney just publicly released the letter he sent to Mitch McConnell this morning in which he lists all of the things Lev Parnas could testify too, including the names of Republicans involved in both the Ukraine events AND the cover up.
You can read the letter here - save a copy to show your grandchildren some day.
https://twitter.com/josephabondy/status/1223331368618418176/photo/1
(P.S. I have reason to believe that there is MUCH more that Parnas can testify too then just the events in 2019)
Dems need to subpoena Parnas and Bolton. Now. Public hearings. No rethug participation or opinions required.
Holy crap is right. He just added a new name to the coverup. Lindsey Graham just got blown up in that letter and no one had connected him yet.
That letter is going to come back and haunt them all. Once Barr/Trump release control of the justice department, we now have a clear cut conspiracy case and Graham/Nunes go down in flames. The better hitch their buggy to the next President really tight if they want to survive this one.