It doesn't f***ing matter who the anonymous op-ed writer is

[matt819]

He/she is not part of any resistance. The writer, who may very well be representative of a larger group, fullys support the conservative - read that as right wing extremist - agenda. He/she is mostly anxious that the boss will fuck that up.

No word about children in cages.
Nothing about wage stagnation.
No word about the reality that their immigration policy and actions constitute human rights abuses.
No word about election integrity.
No word about how their policies have adversely affected the so-called average American.
No objection to racism, bigotry, misogyny, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and more.

And on and on and on.

Okay, maybe the internal resistance has a plan to stop insane military actions or nuclear war. Great. My guess is that with or without any sort of internal "resistance," cooler minds would prevail in the event these situations arose.

The writer has revealed nothing that the rest of us in the reality-based universe knew as fact or simply assumed because the president is a fucking lunatic.

I have to agree with SHS. The writer and others who share his/her views is indeed a gutless coward. Got a problem with your boss, even if your boss is president? You take a stand. You're a fucking senior official. If you lack the spine and the integrity to behave like one, then you are a gutless coward. If you stand up to him and are rebuffed, you may be fired. Or you may just have to turn in your WH badge and forego your six-figure salary. Then you can speak publicly about your concerns.

Because right now, whoever you are, you are a gutless coward. You are a collaborator. You are an enabler. And, since you have chosen to remain nameless, we must assume that you are representative of a larger group of collaborators and enablers. Sadly, some of you had successful careers in positions that demanded decency and integrity.

And you know what? I don't fucking care who you were in your previous careers are who you are now because you are all the same. Now, you are all co-conspirators in the most criminal administration in American history, and if there were true justice in this country, you would all be tried, convicted, and jailed as such. So, revel in your anonymity, you spineless cowards.

[elfin]

1. I still come back to Kelly

Mainly due to no objection with kids in cages - he is a hardliner on immigration. But he does have a strong interest in National Security - headed it before he engineered the installation of Kirstjen (sp?), his protegee and horrible person.

He thinks he is a "grownup" in the room. Nope.

[elleng]

2. The writer has revealed an opening to the 24th Amendment approach

and stop calling him/her a coward, just DO IT, as suggested by Senator Warren:

This isn’t about politics – this is about the safety of our children, the national security of our nation, and the future of our democracy.

Tell the cabinet: if Trump is unfit, invoke the 25th.'

https://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/invoke-the-25th?source=20180906em1-full

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016215102

[emulatorloo]

4. Yes. See also "Stop looking for the anonymous writer. Start looking at Trump"

Don Viejo posted this editorial from WAPO by Jennifer Rubin. She also agrees w Warren.

Stop looking for the anonymous writer. Start looking at Trump.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211105946

Itrue Washington fashion, the anonymous New York Times op-ed sparked an irrational, unproductive search for the author’s identity. If an unnamed “senior official” told us WWIII was about to break out, we wouldn’t spend our waking hours trying to find the reporter; we’d be trying to figure out whether he was right, what the consequences might be and how to stop it or ameliorate its ill effects.

Nevertheless, the fruitless search for the op-ed writer distracts us from the calamity. The president, we are repeatedly told by people close to him, is nonfunctioning, irrational and unfit to such a degree that he’s not fulfilling his job in a meaningful way. I’m inclined to agree with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who told CNN: “If senior administration officials think the President of the United States is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment.” She said, “The Constitution provides for a procedure whenever the Vice President and senior officials think the President can’t do his job. It does not provide that senior officials go around the President — take documents off his desk, write anonymous op-eds. … Every one of these officials have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It’s time for them to do their job.”

The same should be said of Congress. The relevant Cabinet officials and former Cabinet officials need to testify, if need be in executive session. The House and Senate Armed Services committees should call in Defense Secretary Jim Mattis; House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees should interview former secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the current secretary, Mike Pompeo. The Intelligence committees likewise need to speak with CIA Director Gina Haspel, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and other senior officials. We shouldn’t be asking these people whether they wrote the op-ed, for goodness’s sake. We should be asking whether the president is fit. We should ask what they’ve personally seen.

Demand the translator’s notes from the Helsinki one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to ascertain whether Trump is lucid when speaking to an adversary. When Don McGahn leaves the White House, subpoena him to give his take on the president’s ability to comprehend the law and conform his behavior to comply with it.

More at link

[elleng]

5. Yes. Thanks. Saw it.

[Merlot]

3. Yes, the writer is OK with a right-wing extremist agenda

Who is really going to benefit from this letter...I think trumpft will. He will use this to rally his base, he will use it to play victim, he will use it to prove there is indeed "shadow-govt" and he will use it to further his agenda.

That's why I think he not only knows who wrote it, he had a hand in it and approved the strategy.

Think about how he lies, his "John Barron" phone calls to the reporter, his probable leaking of his own comments about Canada and trade, etc. He loves to play games and mess with the media. That's why he calls them fake, because he knows how easy it is to manipulate them. This letter has wiped everything else off the media landscape, and by everything else, I'm talking about a revealing book by an author who isn't a disgruntled white house staffer, but someone held in high-esteem.

People love to think he's crazy, loosing it, etc. He's not. He may not be intellectually quallified to hold office of POTUS, but he's not crazy. He's manipulative. People who don't understand this have never worked or lived with someone like this, and he takes full advantage of their willingness to believe he's crazy.