Judge Emmett Sullivan came to kick ass, release tapes and documents, and chew bubblegum

and he's fresh out of bubblegum.

(He also doesn't seem to think he has to wait for an impeachment inquiry to order information released)

Judge orders parts of Mueller report unredacted

A federal judge has ordered portions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be unredacted and made public in the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the limited order Thursday. Portions of the report relating to Flynn are redacted and would be made public under the order.

It is the first time a federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to make public portions of the report the agency had kept secret.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/the-latest-judge-orders-parts-of-mueller-report-unredacted/2019/05/16/a2a30e4c-782e-11e9-a7bf-c8a43b84ee31_story.html

How many DUers have read the Mueller Report? How many of you have shared and discussed the findings

with friends and colleagues who don't have the time or inclination to read it?

I've been doing that and find it to be a very good use of my time. I'm able to provide information and answer questions from people who aren't as tuned in to all of this as I am and who feel confused by all of the different things they're hearing about it. But they trust my judgment and know I have my facts straight and they're listening, asking questions and have a better understanding of what this is all about.

I highly recommend that others do the same. It's certainly more effective than complaining online about what Pelosi should be doing. None of us has any control over what Nancy Pelosi does. But we all have control over what WE do as individuals.

It's both amusing and frustrating watching people with no political, legislative or legal experience

lecture Speaker Pelosi and her team about how and when impeachment must operate. And not just lecture, but mock and taunt, not realizing how ridiculous it sounds.

But I am so glad that Pelosi is in charge, she knows what she's doing, and she has the backbone and confidence to withstand the catcalls from the gallery while she works to move this process in the right direction.

Love me some Nancy Pelosi.

When will these arrogant men realize Speaker Pelosi is playing Rope-a-Dope with them like a master?

While Pelosi and her team are systematically getting their ducks in a row, laying the procedural groundwork they need (and, thank you, Lord, ignoring the calls from the base and the Trumpers to jump the gun) for court fights and impeachment, she's giving the Trump team her Cheshire cat smile and saying little more than a breathy "Oh, please, please. The last thing I want is to IMPEACH you. Please don't make me!" That's both pissing them off and making them cocky as heck, and it seems that just about every hour they do something else stupid that provides further evidence of contempt of Congress and obstruction of justice.

Keep digging, fellas. Just when you think you've dug the perfect hole, Nancy and her team are gonna bury you with your own sh-t.

America's Best Christian Betty Bowers Explains Religious Freedom

What was the "legitimate legislative purpose" of the Benghazi investigation?

I won't ever need an abortion but I fight like hell to protect other women's right to choose

I wish more people were as willing to fight for rights that others deserve and desperately need even when those rights don't personally benefit them.

If they were, we'd be in a different place today.

"Mr. President. How many abortions have you paid for and/or helped to arrange?"

Just a suggestion for the next journalist who interviews him.

No point in asking IF he's paid for or arranged an abortion. There's little doubt that he has. In fact, given his sexual proclivities and prolificacy, it's virtually impossible that he hasn't. So they should skip straight to the number.

The time to get in Alabama's face was years ago

It's good that people are mobilizing now, but where's everyone been? Alabama has been laying the groundwork for this for years with little pushback from white people outside of the state.

For example, in 2015, the state announced it was closing or substantially reducing service hours for 30+ driver license offices. Lo and behold! Those all just HAPPENED to be in Alabama's "Black Belt," predominantly black counties where voters had voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama.

Why did that matter? Well, not only is the ability to obtain a driver license absolutely critical to obtaining and keeping a job, getting to school, health services, etc. (especially in these mostly rural areas with little reliable public transportation), Alabama had just past a very strict voter ID law that required people to have state-issued IDs that were issued by the state DMVs at their driver license offices. No state ID, no vote. And if you can't get to the driver license office because it's too far away one or two or three counties away, it's difficult and expensive and perhaps impossible to get the ID you need to vote in upcoming elections.

So, it was obvious that this was part of an effort to substantially curtail the black vote. But where was the outcry? While there was some national coverage and Hillary Clinton drew attention to it, there was hardly a peep of protest from people outside of Alabama.

Fortunately, the Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation were paying attention. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx used his authority under Title VI to order an investigation into the closures and when that investigation proved that Alabama's actions indeed violated Title VI (the section of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination in the use of federal funds - and the Alabama DMVs received some federal money), the Department ordered the state to reopen the facilities or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transportation dollars. The state complied and reopened the offices and expanded the hours.

But a lot of damage had already been done. Countless black Alabama residents were unable to get their driver licenses during that time and this surely resulted in significant suppression of the black vote in 2016. And, even though people rose up and voted in record numbers in the special election in 2017 - thanks to the high profile Senate race - the turnout would have been even higher had it not been for the state-imposed voter suppression that few people outside of the state bothered to pay attention to.

And it's only going to get worse. Because while Obama's Transportation Department vigorously enforced this agreement, in particular, and Title VI more broadly and kept a close watch on Alabama after that, it's unlikely that any of this is being enforced under Trump's administration. (Another example of how elections have consequences).

Alabama has been suppressing the black vote for years but white voters just haven't felt the need to go out of their way to fight back on their behalf. Now this voter suppression is coming back to bite white voters, especially white women, as the people (mostly white men) who the disappeared black voters would have helped defeat have turned their sights on the rights of women of all races.

I can only ask when I hear the too-late outcry: Where were you when black voters were being pushed out? And will you now, at long last, join the fight against voter suppression now that you see (or should see) that, even though voter suppression doesn't affect YOUR right to vote, it is putting your health, lives, rights and future at risk?

I'm really glad Elizabeth Warren has refused to go on FOX

I don't understand why people think Democrats can lure Trump voters into our tent by fishing around in the FOX swamp.

Anyone who watches FOX news and can't be reached through any other network, outlet or means is NOT going to vote for a Democrat. If they aren't getting their information exclusively from FOX, find out what else they're watching/reading/listening to and reach out to them there.

But wading into FOX is not only a waste of time, it's a distraction and drain of energy that could be better focused elsewhere.