Rumor mill, off twitter, rude pundit:

[jeffreyi]

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[librechik]

1. ...and in 3 years, Steven Miller is our new president! n/t

[SergeStorms]

21. Is there any way to.....

wash my eyes and brain out with soap? You just HAD to say something disgusting like that, didn't you.

[Augiedog]

22. Love yer eyeball swapping gif

[dchill]

2. Only the BEST people.

The BEST PEOPLE!

[NewJeffCT]

3. This would not surprise me at all

He probably thinks it will calm down in the 8 months till election day

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Does anyone know the record for the most House seats lost in one election?

If this happens that record will be in jeopardy.

[marylandblue]

7. In 1894, Democrats lost 127 seats

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[lunatica]

14. Werent they the Republicans back then?

Maybe it’s history repeating itself.

[marylandblue]

18. Yes, the only seats they kept were in the South

[Kirk Lover]

5. Well it does make sense...we got the House Report after all which cleared dotard douchey donnie

so what is the point of this nosy Mueller probe? Fuck you trashbag tRUMP....it ain't gonna work. You can try this move ...but its just gonna make it more OBVI and Congress will reappoint his ass because they are counting ON MUELLER to GET RID OF YOUR BLOATED BIG ASS.

[octoberlib]

6. A journalist just tweeted that Fox News is reporting almost the same thing except

they left out Sessions' firing and replaced it with Kelly getting fired and Mulvaney becoming CoS.

[davekriss]

8. I would not be surprised

As lawless as this administration has been, its a pipe dream to think Trump would let Mueller complete his work and challenge his power. I don’t see this happening. My next thought is, what then? 1930s Germany? Our version of the Arab Spring? What?

(I hate this! I want to wake from this nightmare now!!)

[spanone]

9. a dictator cornered is as scary as it gets

[NewsCenter28]

10. The nightmare begins-Code Red Alert

This is huge. Need to be prepared to march. This.Is.It! Time to try to save the republic!

[triron]

27. Nothing should be off the table in response.

[jeffreyi]

11. Agree.

What's the next step, if it comes to this?

Update just found this link

https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/

[chowder66]

12. I wonder if the RUMINT is from this article.

Snip...

"Perhaps most consequential for Robert Mueller’s investigation, sources said Trump has discussed a plan to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. According to two Republicans in regular contact with the White House, there have been talks that Trump could replace Sessions with E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt, who would not be recused from overseeing the Russia probe. Also, as an agency head and former state attorney general, Pruitt would presumably have a good shot at passing a Senate confirmation hearing."

The article goes on about McMaster and Bolton as well.


[link:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-swinging-the-axe-at-tillerson-mcmaster-sessions-jared-and-ivanka|

[Stuart G]

13. Wouldn't Pruitt/Trump fireing Mueller be dangerous for Trump?

Just asking the question. It needs to be asked.

[erronis]

16. Dangerous how? Laws of the land (SCOTUS, congress)? Or because the people would demand justice?

Where does the military stand in the coup? Have they already been co-opted by plants in the last 10-20 years?

Where are the honorable people that govern?

Good question.

[Honeycombe8]

17. Lindsay Graham said at one time that would be a mistake, because they'd just...

immediately name Mueller as an Independent Counsel, not under Trump's authority at all.

BUT, he said they'd pass a law restricting the W.H.'s ability to fire Mueller, and they never passed it. So does that mean there was no support for it? I think so. Which means there's no authority for preventing firing Mueller at all, I guess.

We have a situation where the W.H. is corrupt, and a number of Congress people are corrupt loyalists. A coup, sort of. We have only the judiciary to rely on, and many of those are Republican appointees.

[Horizens]

32. Dangerous ?

trump's greatest danger is letting Mueller finish his work. I've no doubt that trump is guilty on numerous counts. I think he's going to have Mueller fired one way or another and I think he's going to do it soon. Hope I'm wrong but knowing trump, he'll do whatever tisane his own skin.

[Honeycombe8]

15. Republican on Ali show discussed that. Get rid of Sessions and fire Mueller.

Sessions shouldn't have recused himself. It's not required, so he could un-recuse himself and get involved in the Mueller investigation. Or someone else could be appointed and get involved or fire Mueller. There's no reason for the Mueller investigation to continue, since it hasn't found any collusion.

[Gore1FL]

19. I take some comfort in the fact that Bill Kristol almost always gets it wrong. nt

[SergeStorms]

20. There are still the State AGs.

New York, Virginia and who knows what other States. I'm certain Mueller has his bases covered because he knows how shady and lawless this bunch is. Trump, Trump Jr. are toast in New York. Manafort, Page etc. in Virginia.

Mueller is no dummy. I'm sure there are contingency plans in place for this very reason.

At least I hope so. Now it's time for some Democratic "thoughts and prayers".

[getagrip_already]

23. there is a good chance that courts will block trump from doing this

Ari listed a court decision on his show, which prevents a president from firing a special council without cause.

The gop droid he was asking said that it wouldn't be the president if pruit did it. aha. nope, that won't fly.

The real problem isnt pruit firing muehler, it's pruit issuing new guidelines restricting the proobe to specific dates and topics. He also can veto any indictments, and he controls the content and release of any report.

They will basically just cut off the air supply and turn out the lights. Nothing will ever result from the investigation.

Pruit could even write trump a letter of exoneration.

[SergeStorms]

25. Now that's a nightmare scenario.

I'm sure Trump and his lawyers have explored every avenue to get his ass out of this trouble. There are still that State investigations and AGs though, so all isn't lost. I know the New York AG would LOVE to nail Trump's ass to the wall.

[getagrip_already]

26. whyat would happen though if

pruit kicked off a criminal investigation against the new york ag's?

I'm sure they can cook something up.

[bigtree]

24. I think Pruitt needs to be re-confirmed

...here:

http://www.businessinsider.com/flaw-with-trump-replacing-jeff-sessions-with-scott-pruitt-2018-3

[getagrip_already]

28. he would, but not for 150 days.....

the federal vacancies act permits the president to appoint a temporary replacement as long as that person has already been confirmed for another similar post.

pruit could do a lot of damage in 5 months.

[IluvPitties]

29. Not shocked if it happens.

[shenmue]

30. I learned a new word today. Never knew what "rumint" was.

[Cha]

34. Yep.. never heard of it. nm

[Girard442]

31. Why a 3-cushion bank shot like this when Trump could just tweet Mueller's been fired?

Send U.S. Marshals to board up Mueller's office and take possession of the files and dare Congress and the courts to do anything about it.

[NCDem47]

33. Of all the Trumps cronies with cabinet rank,

I always thought Pruitt was the most asshole-y of the bunch (I can think of a few close seconds). He will have NO qualms taking orders from the President and doing his part to stop everything. And he’ll do it with that smug F You look he always has on his face.

[Cha]

35. I read here that a Legal Expert

said a new AG could not oversee Mueller.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210359726

Didn't Sessions leave his Senator's seat in Alabama and we got Doug Jones?