Good news. Bipartisan outrage.

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/808135408144044032

[livetohike]

1. Something better happen immediately. Televise the hearings on the major networks.

This is much bigger than Watergate.

[a_random_joel]

31. Absolutely worse than Watergate!

100%

[LiberalLovinLug]

35. I'd suggest that this could be a bargaining chip for the GOP over Donald

If the Don promises them behind closed doors for the SS cuts they want, which he has said he'll leave alone, scrapping the ACA entirely, signing the TPP, etc. in other words start acting like the GOP stooge every other Republican President would have....

then they will stop making such a "big deal" out of this, and drop the bi from bi-partisanship.

[SamKnause]

2. They will form a committee.

There will be hearings.

Nothing will be done.

The Dictator will be sworn in and this country will never be the same.

The majority of our politicians are responsible for what is happening.

They passed the laws that allowed the banks and corporations to rape

the wealth of this country.

They sent our soldiers to war for oil.

They allowed the news to become reality TV.

[gordianot]

3. Winner you are correct.

I am curious to see where this goes and how angry some people get. Some leaders need to emerge.

[AgadorSparticus]

10. I agree. Leaders need to emerge now.

[certainot]

37. as long as liberals and the left keep ignoring talk radio trumps admin

controlling 1200 radio stations from the white house will decide what deserves outrage, and who is to blame

[get the red out]

5. Yes

The news media is owned by the corporations who profited from that hideousness.

[Ligyron]

8. We didn't even get much oil for all that blood and treasure either.

When that whole debacle started, I said to myself, " hmmm,well ... at least gas will be cheaper...".

Fool that I was.

All those dead kids, most from those poorer red states who voted the Chimp into office in the first place.

Inadvertently voted to have their children exterminated and they've now voted for their own demise as well as ours.

Sure glad I'm old now.

I've had a really great life but I fear for our kids and grand-babies - as so many of us here do.

[lagomorph777]

16. I'm so glad I never had children.

What a cruel fate they would face.

[PatrickforO]

9. The greed heads in the Military Industrial Complex

big pharma, big oil, and Wall Street bankers spent decades propagandizing the American people through Fox-News and hate-talk radio. The now ignorant, brainwashed public elected the buffoon Donald Trump as our president.

So, we now say a sad BOHICA to the American people, everyday people trying to make their living.

Bend
Over
Here
It
Comes
Again

Get ready for more moves towards dictatorship, political oppression, massive arms buildup and WAR!

Rhetorical question: Do you think Comey will ever be tried for illegally helping Trump win the presidency?

[bdamomma]

13. Comey to held accountable???

was Bush and Cheney ever indicted for the Iraq war? This has been planned for a long time, also tRump has been in bed with Russia for a long time. Remember when he asked Russia to find the e mails for Clinton.

This guy is a dangerous whack job. WE NEED TO CALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS NOW.

tRump along with many others should be held for treason and enemies of the state.

[PatrickforO]

36. Totally!

But...google 'treason' and go to images. You will then see what the half of our population brainwashed by Fox 'news' and hate-talk radio believe, and just as fervently.

That doesn't give us excuse for not doing as you say, but it is disheartening.

[SamKnause]

21. No.

You can start wars and crash the world economy and not be held accountable.

[RKP5637]

28. It will be the SOS as usual. NOTHING will happen. FFS, the whole herd of them might as

well go home and stay home. They are financial parasites.

[rpannier]

38. You left out the tersely written letter

[Saviolo]

42. And don't forget

They passed the laws that would allow the banks and corporations to buy speech and elections with the grotesque Citizens United decision.

We're back to the golden rule. Who has the gold makes the rules.

[pnwmom]

43. Worse than that. They see no need of an independent bipartisan committee.

The Senate Rethugs are perfectly capable of handling it themselves, they say.

[LAS14]

4. Finally some bi-partisanship! I hope it's a sign of things to come.

I hope it's a sign that Republicans are taking seriously not only the Russian hacking, but the prospect of a president who puts self-interest above the country.

It's interesting/sobering that half of the news value of this piece is that there was cooperation. About ANYTHING!

[mdbl]

6. Don't count on it

They will put on a show to negate their crimes. They've been doing it for 30 years now. The ultimate way to negate their crimes this go around is to abolish the laws they love to break.

[ZoomBubba]

11. McCain and Graham ...

... are probably close to the ends of their careers, so they can feel free to test the waters, so to speak.

I think the bigger news is that Rubio has joined in the calls. He's still someone considered to have a political future (he also outperformed Trump by a wide margin) and I think that can be taken as a sign that Republicans are getting pretty serious. If a few more join in, then Trump is suddenly in a world of trouble.

Big question is ... if the Senate GOP goes, will the House GOP follow?

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Most GOP in congress are too young to know the difference and don't know how to address this.

They certainly won't go anywhere that leads away from owning the system top to bottom.

[ZoomBubba]

15. I'm going to pay some close attention to Rubio ...

... I think if he puts himself firmly against Trump, some of the younger ones will follow. He outperformed Trump by a good margin and if it doesn't erode, they may follow.

[Ford_Prefect]

20. How does Rubio win in that scenario? He may not love Trump but he's still from the dark side.

[ZoomBubba]

22. It's not really winning ...

... it's about whether it's worth the risk. That's pretty much at the heart of things with most career politicians.

It's kind of like "if we stick with Trump long-term, will it be good for us?" and "will standing by him get me elected in 2018?"

[Ford_Prefect]

24. Yes but consider who put Trump up there and what resources they have from

hacking the GOP that might be used as blackmail. I assume no one in the GOP has the range of choice that would lead them to undermine Trump without a VERY persuasive and inarguable chain of evidence. You have to sell it in to the folks back home, come re-election time, that you brought down THEIR choice for President.

Donny already has 1/2 the press back-pedaling on this one.

[ZoomBubba]

47. I don't really believe ...

... the blackmail thing. You can't expect an entire body of elected officials to hold onto a secret like that.

[Ford_Prefect]

48. Denial is a powerful force in politics and culture.

Don't assume they cannot block what they do not wish to hear in public even now. McConnell is only 1 senator out of 100 and he got the whole thing hidden until AFTER it would have done the most damage.

Trump's Financials are still hidden from anyone who voted, yet they depend on the favors of a foreign power.
Ask yourself if that isn't an example of the same dynamic?

They don't have to extort ALL of congress, just the ones who steer the others. The press seems willing enough to buy ANY explanation as demonstrated by their treatment of Trump and the other GOP candidates.

[LAS14]

32. There are two things at stake here.

One is progressive values, and Rubio gets us nowhere. But the other is the stability of our democracy. Can a demagogue take over the country and be unopposed by the Republicans? Losing that second battle could mean no chance for the first battle over the long term. We could be destroyed.

[phylny]

19. I called both Republican Senate

offices and thanked them b

[rpannier]

40. I'm gonna go out on a limb here

Sen Flake - he hates Trump. was a never Trump Republican and didn't vote for him
Sen Sasse - Also a never Trumper
Sen Collins - Rumored to want to be Governor of Maine in 2018
Orrin Hatch - Remote possibility. But he is retiring. He has nothing to lose or gain at this point
Sen Portman - Part of the Kasich Club. I think if he thought he could make it happen, he'd be promoting Kasich right now and loudly

[McKim]

25. Push the Story and Stop the Negativity

I am planning to act and contact media and my congress reps. And make as big a stink as I can.
The grown up senators who made this statement need some back up. Don't give into hopelessness. Support the adults who are providing some leadership!

[blue neen]

26. Yes.

Thank you.

[LAS14]

33. Hear, hear!!!!

[pnwmom]

44. Not so much. They've rejected the idea of an independent bipartisan panel.

The Senate GOP leaders say they can handle it themselves within their regular committees.

[mountain grammy]

7. Bipartisan my ass.

If they wanted to show bipartisanship they would first confirm Garland then move on this.

[DK504]

12. Unless they come out

and say this is an illegitimate Presidency nothing will get done. Especially since SChumer wants to wait until the next session to start a conversation about this.

Isn't this the time?

[lagomorph777]

18. Waiting until the next session will ensure failure.

[RKP5637]

29. Yes, and waiting until the next session is basically acceptance. They have to have the

guts to do it now!!!

[Elmergantry]

17. meh

Russians dont scare me

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[Lucky Luciano]

23. This is watergate*1000000 nt

[BSdetect]

27. If only they could dump thr turtle

Now that would make things so much better

[Puzzler]

30. Trump is a such loose cannon...

... that I'm going out on a limb here, and suggest that much the rank and file GOP want him gone and Pence take his place. That would be the "easiest" to do constitutionally. (Note "easiest" in quotation marks)

-P

[a_random_joel]

34. "What did the President-elect know, and when did he know it?"

You know, the Repubs sure set an interesting precendent with all of those Benghazi hearings and investigations...

[Hekate]

39. KnR

[CitizenZero]

41. The Russian People Versus The Russian Government

I have seen some confusion over this even amongst more Liberal news figures, and I think that this is an important point to make- The Russian People are not our enemies, and they never were. It was the Communist Government that oppressed the Russian People and which was our enemy during the Cold War. The Russian People themselves were oppressed by the Communist System. Once that System was overthrown, it was hoped that the Russian People would get the only legitimate form of Government, which is a Constitutional Democracy.

Instead, what happened is that Russia was taken over by Oligarchs who are now under control of the Authoritarian Strong Man, Vladimir Putin. I point this out again because the Russian People deserve a Democracy, just like every other People and every other Nation. I have known a number of Russian People through my University, and they are all good people who desire a real Democracy in their own Homeland, and instead have Putin and his Cronies. So, our mutual enemy is Putin and his Thugs. Our allies there are all the Russian People who thirst for real democracy. The Russian People must be held separate from the Authoritarian Government that oppresses them and thus prevents real Freedom in that Country.

So, in sum, the Authoritarian Russian Government is our enemy, but the Russian People are not. The Russian People themselves suffer under Putin's Regime. That is why Trump likes Putin so much. It is because they are so alike. Both are narcissists see themselves as Authoritarian Strong Men with contempt for Democracy and real Freedom. It is important to make this distinction, because we should be working to help make Russia a Democracy by fighting Putin's Regime. We also must fight the anti-democratic Trump Regime at home as well. Russians who oppose Putin are natural allies to anyone who loves real freedom, and we should not write off an entire Nation that is suffering under the Putin Regime. So, Trump likes Putin, but I am sure he is dismissive of the Russian People who desire real democracy.

[TheFrenchRazor]

45. repubs are just covering their asses; they won't stop trump. nt

[coco22]

46. GOP isn't really outraged..

Some of it is their hate for Trump and a lot of it is covering their asses for when the shit hits the fan.