One as-yet-unmentioned benefit of flipping the House...

[regnaD kciN]

...is that it now makes it impossible for 45 to shut down the investigation into Russiagate.

Oh, sure, Mad King Donald could fire Sessions and Rosenstein and bring in a new AG who will end the probe and dismiss Mueller but, if he tries that, the House Judiciary Committee can and will start up their own investigation, with full subpoena power, televised hearings, and everything. They could even hire Mueller as their majority counsel, and bring on his staffers from the DoJ to assist the new probe.

If Repugs had held on to the House, the investigation would have been history. Now, it’s never been more alive.

[dalton99a]

1. And the House committees can exercise real oversight over his Cabinet.

[RHMerriman]

5. True that...

Can you hear that? Those trumpet calls? It's the goddamned cavalry, riding to the rescue!

[Cha]

18. Oh I bet the trump fascist cabinet

is blubbering in their bourbon or whatever the hell.

Could they rein in ben carson HUD Gaslighter for instance?

Thanks Dalton!

[Patterson]

2. Can't he shut it down before the new congress?

[toddwv]

6. It'll will just get started back up with vengeance as soon as the shiny new and blue House is

as soon as the shiny new and blue House is gaveled in when the 116th Congress is convened on Jan. 24rd 2019.

[2naSalit]

8. That's right...nt

[GaYellowDawg]

3. Oh, it's been mentioned...

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211378663|

[RDANGELO]

4. Are you ready for some open hearings with Michael Cohen.

Paul Manefort

Rick Gates

Don jr.

Don Mcgahn

[2naSalit]

9. Wait til they get to

the kids!! That's when orange shit will hit the fan.

[RHMerriman]

7. Rep. Jerome Nadler, current ranking member of Judiciary, and so

Rep. Jerome Nadler, current ranking member of Judiciary, and so the expected chair of the Committee in January, laid out a marker tonight:

Trump makes any move to thwart the Mueller investigation, and any inquiries by the House, and "everything is on the table."

EVERYTHING...

[2naSalit]

10. Ooooh!

[RHMerriman]

11. Yep ... Trump is dead, politically.

Yep ... Trump is dead, politically.

There are some ignorant types who will argue otherwise, but from the perspective of having lived through Nixon's presidency, Trump is already in the grave.

[2naSalit]

12. I lived through that too

and this is so much worse. I can't wait to see his mug shot. But in reality, I honestly think that many will be going down with the cheato, many form Congress, and I think it will be via RICO indictment.

[RHMerriman]

13. I agree with you.

I agree with you.

One things get going, the GOP is going to collapse, akin to the Whigs.

[2naSalit]

14. I need to brush up on my history

about the Whigs, I don't remember much about that and suddenly, it's become relevant, maybe.

[RHMerriman]

16. Successful party for many years that fell apart when faced by the sectional crisis

Successful party for many years that fell apart when faced by the sectional crisis

[2naSalit]

17. Thanks...nt

[BamaRefugee]

20. Trump will be packing the courts with the worst people for 2 more years

And the effects will last for decades.
I don’t believe the House can stop him, I’d like to be wrong!

[RHMerriman]

21. House funds the federal courts.

House funds the federal courts.

No buck$, no Buck Rogers.

[BamaRefugee]

22. No Federal courts, no trials from Mueller indictments

No ultimate law enforcement of any kind on the Federal level, no trials for election fraud, no trials for corruption, I don’t see your point?

[RHMerriman]

23. The point is the House has the power of the purse; without consensus candidates, the House can

The point is the House has the power of the purse; without consensus candidates, the House can gut GOP-favored pork.

NO ONE in politics is going to die to protect Donald Trump. Sessions was his first "mainstream" endorsement, and Trump has demonstrated that even that level of support is not enough.

Trump will die in prison.

[OliverQ]

15. Well, he could do it before January 1st since Republicans are still in power for 2 more months.

[2naSalit]

19. So much is in motion

at this point that the investigation isn't all in one place anymore. And even if the investigation might be halted, it is still there. So it gets taken up by the House in a couple months, the evidence and all that has been compiled up to now can't be destroyed or hidden from the cmte. The ball is rolling, it might be briefly interrupted by a pebble, but it's a boulder so it ain't gonna stop rolling until it gets to the bottom of the hill.