As I’ve said before on this board, Trump has other people do his firing because if he were to do it in person, he’d be admitting to having made a mistake in hiring the person in the first place, and Trump is too proud of himself to admit such a thing.
Wasn’t there a case many years ago where a cabinet secretary refused to resign and insisted the president couldn’t replace him? Or am I remembering a plot device from some novel?
I think you just start the Calliope again?
Username Irony. 
I wouldn’t be surprised if Mueller hasn’t got the investigation sewn up. The report may already be printed and bound. I hope so anyway.
First you might try some good, old-fashioned protesting.
You can search by zip code for protests near you here: Rapid-Response Events | MoveOn.org (you do not even have to sign-up if you do not want to be on their list…you can see the details without doing that…if you get on their list they will email you for other stuff including donations).
They have already called for protests starting tonight at 5p locally across the country.
Presumably the AG can make sure the report never sees the light of day. It’ll be almost two months before Dems take control of congress. You can be sure they will try kill the investigation as much as possible before that.
What happens if Mueller finds himself in a room with a bone saw?
and then…what? :rolleyes:
The House can convene a hearing and call Mueller to testify publicly about his findings.
Question is how far his findings have gotten.
Pelosi might also try to tell Trump she will forego a subpoena for his tax returns or somesuch.
Maybe they could start their own investigation and hire Mueller? Dunno if they can do that.
I know how you feel about asahi’s pessimism, but…
If it is true that we are in a fighting retreat and have no real hope of actually winning until the revolution comes, I reckon that would be valuable strategic information.
I’m not saying that’s the case. But what I get from asahi is not so much despair as the idea that those who believe we can “right the ship” are fundamentally mistaken about the nature of the battle we are waging.
Yes, the House committee could hire Mueller (if he’s a free agent) to pursue their own select committee investigation. They could also subpoena all his records of his activities. They can subpoena Mueller and his team to testify about what they discovered.
Also we know Mueller has been sharing his findings with other law enforcement agencies. Those agencies can continue acting on the info that Mueller & his team have accumulated plus they can supply their own material to to the committee.
Mueller’s been at this almost 18 months. It’s too late to just throw some rugs over it.
OK, but if we are mistaken, then what should we be doing, and why?
I’m trying to figure out why it’s counterproductive to continue to work within the system, so to speak, to oppose the forces of Trumpism. I’m willing to concede that a good deal of it may wind up being a waste of time. (Though one of the problems is, we may not know for sure until we try.) But what’s the opportunity cost? What should we be doing instead?
Trump has the impulse and intentional control of a 5-year-old. It shouldn’t be that difficult to distract him into wasting much of the time he has left.
Making him think that Hillary Obama is in favor of something should make him kneejerk into opposing it and vice versa.
Congressional probes may not result in impeachment but they could find stuff that motivates more people to vote in 2020. They could also go after other Republicans, including appointees secretary-level and below who might squeal interesting things.
That one went onto my FB. Thanks.
Whitaker was only recently a small-time scammer.
Only the best.
Two thoughts
If Trump was as bad as you guys think he is, he’d nominate Eric Holder and really stick it to the immigrants.
Of course I don’t think cracking down on weed is as important to Trump as it was to Holder, Sessions, and Obama.
What is next for Sessions? Wikipedia tells me that he turns 72 years old on Christmas Eve. Is it possible he would try to return to the Senate (AL) at 74 years old in 2020 or 76 years old in 2022?
Given that 21 current Senators, or over one fifth of the Senate, are 74 years old or older (and 9 are over 80), I can’t see that as being a major obstacle.