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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Wed May 1, 2019, 06:52 PM May 2019

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The wager has been made. The Trump regime has pushed all of its chips into [View all]

the center of the table and they are betting that the Democrats really are the spineless snowflakes they've been painting us as for the last three years. They seem certain that "the adults in the room" won't start arresting their subpoena-defiers and throwing them in jail until they comply.

If you think you have a dog in this fight, it is time to call/text/email/fax your favorite Democrats and let them know what you expect of them.

It's time to "call and raise".

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The wager has been made. The Trump regime has pushed all of its chips into [View all] Atticus May 2019 OP

Time to howl. Chin music May 2019 #1

Congress does take bdamomma May 2019 #2

I honestly believe that too. Chin music May 2019 #3

YES Grasswire2 May 2019 #13

of course bdamomma May 2019 #29

take away their talk radio. protest the 88 universities that support 260 limbaugh stations by certainot May 2019 #25

Call Congress (571)220-3505 BigmanPigman May 2019 #4

It is a "regime." A dictator's regime. Constitutional Democracy is on the ropes. ancianita May 2019 #5

Right. So let's get busy. Call them all. Write letters to the editor. Talk to people. Donate. Evolve Dammit May 2019 #6

The most lawless administration EVER! SergeStorms May 2019 #12

I'm calling Speaker Pelosi and Representative Nadler. House: (352) 799-8354 ancianita May 2019 #15

I want him in jail.. Resignation is minor, although necessary. pangaia May 2019 #16

I don't think they'd take that seriously. If you can support their process, they will. ancianita May 2019 #17

My reps are Kamala Harris and Maxine Waters nini May 2019 #7

Per the rules who arrests them? gldstwmn May 2019 #8

A subpoena is only as powerful as the issuing institution wishes it to be. Gregory Peccary May 2019 #11

There is also the D.C Police Department, which I heard, honors their calls. ancianita May 2019 #19

+1 uponit7771 May 2019 #36

Gotta wash socks. BBL. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #28

Well, technically you can't both "call and raise", it's one or the other Gregory Peccary May 2019 #9

Have no idea what I was thinking. Thanks for the correction. nt Atticus May 2019 #10

Could be argued that when you raise, you are also by definition ... calling :) mr_lebowski May 2019 #51

I don't think it was a choice. JohnnyRingo May 2019 #14

We all know what appeasement Harker May 2019 #18

Regime change begins at home shanti May 2019 #20

we should be rioting and causing all sorts of grief and hell gopiscrap May 2019 #21

Just what this lizard prez wants. Just so we can be called "mob," "demons," etc. Pretty ancianita May 2019 #24

we need to work both sides gopiscrap May 2019 #26

this regime bdamomma May 2019 #30

Barr is caving, is a no show for tomorrow burrowowl May 2019 #22

That's stonewalling, not caving. DavidDvorkin May 2019 #27

i dunno, maybe need to keep that powder dry, y'know, wrong hill to die on and all that KG May 2019 #23

We'll see, Mueller and McGhan are already being blocked by the White House from speaking uponit7771 May 2019 #37

Keeping powder dry The Wizard May 2019 #31

One Congressman has a huge Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket in front of him.:) True Blue American May 2019 #32

AMEN!! Cause we know ... damn well ... team Trump / Russia would be making up all kinds of crap uponit7771 May 2019 #38

If they don't call the bluff the system of checks and balances is dead Buckeyeblue May 2019 #33

Well said BigOleDummy May 2019 #34

K&R, uponit7771 May 2019 #35

Yes!! Catch2.2 May 2019 #39

And don't forget - YOU are THEIR employer. Shouldn't they heed what YOU, THEIR EMPLOYER direct calimary May 2019 #40

This time they must go all out LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #41

I fear that they will prevail ... the have rigged the system in their favor despite the voices of jimlup May 2019 #42

To solve the problem, we must criminalize lying (when it has material effects) FiveGoodMen May 2019 #43

yep jimlup May 2019 #48

Actually the wager is it's republicans who will do nothing EleanorR May 2019 #44

" I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die!" TrollBuster9090 May 2019 #45

Can Congress actually arrest people? AdamGG May 2019 #46

They imagine it reaching the Senate where they can proclaim "CheckMATE!!" Sparkly May 2019 #47

I called Hoyer, Cardin and Van Hollen. Collimator May 2019 #49

Thank you. nt Atticus May 2019 #50

My housemate disagrees with me. Collimator May 2019 #52

Please post more often. We need more opinions from people who think AND are comfortable Atticus May 2019 #53

Your post made me smile. Collimator May 2019 #54