You
know Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner from Looney Tunes? How the roadrunner
always just confidently runs off a cliff, and then the coyote runs
off after him, but the coyote always goes “wtf” and looks down
and then he falls while the roadrunner keeps on going? And yet
somehow the coyote never a) just lets the road runner go or b) dies of
his injuries?
Congressional Republicans remind me a lot of the coyote.
As
of this writing we haven’t come up on the red line, which is if
Trump moves to fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller. That’s not
because we hope he will #lockthemup. I mean, we do hope that, but
it’s not the core issue. Getting rid of Mueller would be an
announcement that Trump and his Republican enablers are no longer
interested in pretending that they are bound by the rule of law.
So
whether or not you care about Trump-Russia, you need to care about
this. If this happens, there are rapid response events planned all
over the country, so you need to be ready to hit the streets. I’m serious. If it’s
cold where you live, go find your warmest coat. Put gloves, a scarf,
a hat, and a couple of protein bars in the pockets now. Go
find your snow boots or your old sneakers or whatever you wear in the
snow and put a pair of clean socks in them. If your state ACLU has a
mobile justice app, download it now. Keep your phone charged.
If
you’re sick of or overwhelmed by this story: If you can focus on
something else, great! There’s plenty of other work to do. All you
need to know is that yes, it did get louder this week, in large part
because the entire Republican establishment has joined in the
shouting in Trump’s defense. If something happens that you do need
to know, trust me, it’ll be impossible to miss.
If
you do care about Trump-Russia, you might still be overwhelmed and
confused. That’s because the entire Republican establishment is
making a deliberate effort to overwhelm and confuse you. So we’re
going to walk through recent developments, because fuck them.
Hearseeno 