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It goes without saying I don’t want to believe they are, as a life long Dem I want to believe they know what they’re doing and they’ve got this. But Rick Wilson makes some hard to argue with points.
As Wilson argued on Brian Williams, Friday night, if the Democrats understood power they’d already be in court subpoenaing the full Mueller Report-rather than waiting hopefully for Mueller’s coming redacted mess.
“You know what’s not going to stop this trump regime? A roughly worded letter by Democrats in Congress. What’s not going to stop them is words in a press conference. They respond to one thing. They respond to the use of power.” @AmandiOnAir #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/arK9FMM78e
— 🇺🇦 La Fella Nikita, PhD 🇺🇦 (@LaF3mm3Nikita) April 13, 2019
“The democrats are acting like the political process will save them from dealing w/ Trump. They don’t understand,Trump is not a politician. Trump is an autocrat…They need to start leading with power…they need to begin impeachment proceedings immediately” @AmandiOnAir #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/dj6ZPuSKTD
— 🇺🇦 La Fella Nikita, PhD 🇺🇦 (@LaF3mm3Nikita) April 13, 2019
Believe what your eyes are telling you.
Listen to that insistent, urgent voice in your head.
Trust that uneasy feeling that’s harboring in your gut.
You are indeed witnessing the dismantling of our democracy & an attempt to create a dictatorship.
Now boldly rage against it.
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) April 8, 2019
Why were Speaker Pelosi's comments, implying that impeaching @realDonaldTrump was "not worth it," such a bad precedent setting mistake?@gaslitnation's @sarahkendzior explains in this 🔥excerpt🔥from our chat on the #StrangeDaysPodcast👇
Full interview👉🏼https://t.co/ZMSXBe0VcZ pic.twitter.com/tjnpKa5sm2
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) March 19, 2019
My Bill Barr piece is now available on the free side at @thedailybeasthttps://t.co/9U5P6TQZrd
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 12, 2019
Terrific history Kind Ma'am. In 1973-1947 the system worked-will it similarly work in 2019-2020. We can hope so but hope is not a strategy we must demand it
— Expand the Court (@ProChoiceMike) April 12, 2019
And the House is sending letters.#IssueTheSubpoenas #ImpeachmentHearings #MnuchinContempt
Do something with teeth!
Trump and these grifters could care less about statements and requests.— Hoot-n-Nanny🦉🦉 (@hawklyf49) April 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1116683119174643713
The Attorney General sneered at the Congress and placed himself imperiously above its questions. He continued to arrogate onto himself what portions of the Mueller Report–paid for by the people, essentially in its totality to the Congress to do its duty–we would see.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) April 12, 2019
Agencies are being left to appointed caretakers some outside the normal chain of succession, many unconfirmed for their current posts by the Senate. Political opponents tip-toed around these crimes daring not to appear "too extreme."
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) April 12, 2019
LOL They ought to have a formal proceeding for Barr
— Expand the Court (@ProChoiceMike) April 13, 2019
As usual, anyone counting on the Democrats not to blow it this week was disappointed. Democrats failed to hold Barr to any meaningful account in the hearings this week, asking questions in an oblique, diffident manner that mirrored Barr’s cool affect. They whispered when they needed to shout. They threw underhand softballs when they should have brought the heat. They were lulled into a trance, still believing they can shame the shameless or trap Barr and Trump with some kind of bluff.
3. When you meet aggression with moderation it simply adjusts after acquiring territory. You must counter attack-disproportionately within the boundaries of the law.
— Tim Hogan 浩勤 (@TimInHonolulu) April 13, 2019
This is key-they must learn to attack DISPROPORTIONATELY rather than just defending against aggression
— Expand the Court (@ProChoiceMike) April 13, 2019
Heck, let’s end this chapter with another quote of Yeats:
The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
The fact the Democrats aren’t already in court to get the full, unredacted Mueller report is exactly the kind of behavior that happens in nations slipping from democracy to authoritarianism. They think this is procedural and political, not existential. There are no brakes, no white knight in DOJ to come to the rescue, and unless Democrats get the entire report in court, Barr, Trump, and Fox will write the history of this sorry affair.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-the-law-that-requires-steven-mnuchin-to-turn-over-trumps-taxes-or-lose-his-office-and-go-to-prison
The constitutional crisis is here. Some are saying the Dems need to counter it with their own immigration plan. That misses the point, this is about a lot more than a disagreement on policy. Trump used ICE to punish political enemies https://t.co/2KxYlO7f7D
— Expand the Court (@ProChoiceMike) April 12, 2019
A slow motion assault on the Rule of Law
Rick has hit the nail on the head. Including pointing out the abject failure of elected Democrats to stand up for our nation in her hour of need. https://t.co/GwUnQuxbjb
— Jeff McFadden (@JeffAndDonkeys) April 12, 2019